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Food Thread: Was The Original Yorkshire Pudding Made From Yorkshiremen, Or Yorkshire Terrier?

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Yes...another installment in the never-ending saga of Dildo's Yorkshire Pudding Journey^TM!

Yes, these were...fine. But not impossibly fluffy and tall and ethereal. But I got some advice from a real live Brit last night. We had him for dinner, and he tells me that his father swears by the minimalist technique of using a tiny bit of fat. No more than a bare bit to lubricate the bottom of the vessel.

That goes against every fiber of my being, which is that the more fat the better the food! We shall see if he is correct...so look for the next episode coming soon!

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Recently in the comments, somebody pointed out that it is the water in vodka that makes the difference between the various brands. My apologies, but I do not remember which commenter it was, but I think it is a very interesting point. So I made some vodka with Everclear and my wife's favorite bottled water, and did a blind taste test to see whether she could identify it. It wasn't a perfect comparison, because I don't have a graduated cylinder for precise measuring, so I think the Everclear vodka was a bit more alcoholic.

One interesting result was that she did not choose what she thought was her favorite vodka as the winner! She also didn't choose the Everclear vodka made with her preferred water, so more experimentation is needed.

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That was served to me on a recent flight. Supposedly it is "filet," although it did not specify what animal's filet, so I am tending toward rat, or maybe racoon.

I am sure that the exact temperature is specified in the instructions to the food techs (I won't call it a recipe, and I won't call them cooks), so that isn't some overdone mistake on the part of the food company. I firmly believe that it was intentional, which suggests the question: Why?

If you are going to kill the food, why not just make something really cheap instead?

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That is my first attempt at a Mescal cocktail, and it was a success! Mescal, Amaro (I used Aperol), simple syrup, lemon juice, bitters, and an egg white. Shake it all up with ice and pour it in a cocktail glass.

Very good, although I will need to play with the proportions a bit, since I and the other taster thought it was a bit too sweet, masking the tartness of the lemon juice.

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That is a simple pork Milanese, but with a small twist. I have some cornbread crumbs that I made because I am a cheap bastard and didn't want to throw away the stale cornbread. So I mixed it with regular breadcrumbs to see whether that worked. And it did, but not as well as breadcrumbs alone. I think the cornbread was too sweet. But it was fun to try, and it certainly browned nicely!

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I'll be in and out, so behave yourselves, and in particular, don't talk about boring food!
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The garlic is busily growing, with pretty impressive green shoots that are pushing a foot tall! I even fertilized them! And if they survive the deer and squirrel apocalypse, and actually grow into something edible, I will be in garlic heaven! In case it doesn't, send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

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1 I wonder if having three food threads in a row is some sort of record here at AoSHQ...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 04:03 PM (gnNyN)

2 The title reminds me - I'm all out of hobo meat for my hobo stew.

Posted by: Fritzy at May 10, 2026 04:03 PM (2GIh1)

3 Had a lovely lunch out with son and grandsons so it's left over tacos, avocado and watermelon tonight.

Posted by: Tuna at May 10, 2026 04:05 PM (lJ0H4)

4 I went for a walk, and the cute little ducklings that I first saw yesterday have already lightened from brownish to yellow. There appear to still be four of them, though one I could only see by his wake, since they were in some plants by the shore of the retaining pond.

I believe it was put in to keep the development's hydrologic profile (if I'm using that term correctly) the same as before it was built, so that neither more nor less water flows off the entire property as a whole when it rains, but it is very popular with various waterfowl. Most just rest briefly, and some stop to raise a family at that time of year, but in particular we have a semi-permanent population of fat and happy ducks that some residents like to feed in the adjoining park.

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 04:05 PM (Sy6m/)

5 Corgis summoned

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 04:05 PM (Sy6m/)

6 Those pork chops look like the ones mom used to make.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 04:07 PM (jehhT)

7 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 04:07 PM (o9su6)

8 Those pork chops look like the ones mom used to make.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Shake and Bake?

Posted by: Tuna at May 10, 2026 04:08 PM (lJ0H4)

9 Pudding? Luxury. Our parents made us eat sludge from the outhouse and told us it was chocolate sauce, then beat us for contracting hepatitis and cholera.

Posted by: A Yorkshireman at May 10, 2026 04:09 PM (TbWk/)

10 >>I wonder if having three food threads in a row is some sort of record here at AoSHQ...

They all end up as food, boob, gub, or movie threads.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 04:10 PM (NcvvS)

11 One of the most important things my students have taught me is the difference between a home cook and a professional. It’s a distinction many chefs fail to make, which accounts for the large number of beautiful cookbooks that are impossible to use.
—Jacques Pépin, The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 10, 2026 04:10 PM (EXyHK)

12 > Those pork chops look like the ones mom used to make.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Shake and Bake?
Posted by: Tuna
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Probably....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 04:10 PM (jehhT)

13 Yes...another installment in the never-ending saga of Dildo's Yorkshire Pudding JourneyTM!
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The Dildoniad

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:11 PM (kpS4V)

14 Brattleboro wants to wish Micheal Obono a Happy Birthing Persins Day. We loves yew and miss you.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 10, 2026 04:12 PM (gG5Gl)

15 Leaving in about 30-40 minutes for Poke Bowls...but got credit for running a great concessions dessert table for my kid's 1st community play (run by our Church). Apparently, it's a new thought to tell folks to bring something they would want to eat and to not worry about bringing too much b/c it would become the post-show free cast snacks. And to keep a public list of what was coming b/c folks would naturally fill in the cracks.

Notable things - when priced as "pay want you want donation" allergy homemade stuff went like hotcakes as did Skittles and Ring Pops (sugar candy vs chocolate candy). Apples and chips/popcorn less so. Apparently, you want those items at dinner (where both went like hotcakes for the talent show the week before which was a dinner event), not dessert. Cookies were also slow. Seems kids want sugar over chocolate, or are used to it so pick it.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 10, 2026 04:13 PM (tOcjL)

16 Yes...another installment in the never-ending saga of Dildo's Yorkshire Pudding JourneyTM!
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The Dildoniad
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:11 PM (kpS4V)
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Somehow I don't see Christopher Nolan directing the movie...which is probably for the best.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 04:13 PM (gnNyN)

17 I think that airline food is Filet of Ötzi the Tyrolean Iceman.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:13 PM (kpS4V)

18 Confirming what has long been known. Geniuses prefer pineapple on their pizza.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 10, 2026 04:13 PM (0sNs1)

19 Whole Roasted chicken in a bag tonight, with a side of beef egg bites.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 10, 2026 04:15 PM (XV/Pl)

20
Duncan,

Yep.

Some people aren't very smart, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 10, 2026 04:15 PM (3ek7K)

21 Somehow I don't see Christopher Nolan directing the movie...which is probably for the best.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Starring Denzel Washington as CBD. Whoopi Goldberg as Mrs. Dildo.

Posted by: Tuna at May 10, 2026 04:16 PM (lJ0H4)

22 Mmmm....just pulled a steak from the broiler

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:17 PM (kpS4V)

23 Starring Denzel Washington as CBD. Whoopi Goldberg as Mrs. Dildo.
Posted by: Tuna at May 10, 2026 04:16 PM (lJ0H4)
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LOL I was just about to cast Denzel as The Dildo.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:18 PM (kpS4V)

24 The Dildoniad
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:11 PM (kpS4V)

The Dildodyssey.

Posted by: Now with 200% more race-swapping at May 10, 2026 04:19 PM (TbWk/)

25 > Mmmm....just pulled a steak from the broiler
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Interesting take on being sucked into a jet engine.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 04:20 PM (jehhT)

26 Starring Denzel Washington as CBD. Whoopi Goldberg as Mrs. Dildo.
Posted by: Tuna at May 10, 2026 04:16 PM (lJ0H4)
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LOL I was just about to cast Denzel as The Dildo.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:18 PM (kpS4V)

DOC JOHNSON AIN'T GOT SHIT ON ME!!!

Posted by: Directed by Antoine Fuckwa at May 10, 2026 04:20 PM (TbWk/)

27 Food Thread: Was The Original Yorkshire Pudding Made From Yorkshiremen, Or Yorkshire Terrier?
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I read that, and I have to say, before reading on, it gave me paws.

Posted by: mrp at May 10, 2026 04:21 PM (rj6Yv)

28 Recreated a nice snack from my childhood this past week. I had a bunch of cornflakes leftover from making a cornflake chicken casserole, and remembered that my mom used to make buttered cornflakes with garlic and salt.

1 oz cornflakes (about a cup)
1 tbsp butter
1 large clove garlic
salt

Crush the cornflakes if desired (mom didn’t, but when I first made it the leftover cornflakes were already crushed, and this worked). Layer cornflakes, butter, and garlic in microwavable cup or bowl. Microwave about 20-30 seconds until butter is fully melted.

Mix, salting to taste, and eat.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 10, 2026 04:21 PM (EXyHK)

29 Shake and Bake?
Posted by: Tuna at May 10, 2026 04:08 PM (lJ0H4)
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I'll admit it. It's Shake and Bake and Ah he'pd.

Posted by: mrp at May 10, 2026 04:23 PM (rj6Yv)

30 Pineapple on pizzas was started by Bolsheviks

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 04:23 PM (o9su6)

31 I wonder if having three food threads in a row is some sort of record here at AoSHQ...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

If boobs are in one of the food groups, then -

No.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 10, 2026 04:24 PM (Kyh8Y)

32
Skip,

They got something right.😃

Posted by: four seasons at May 10, 2026 04:24 PM (3ek7K)

33 Today's "authentic" Yorkshire Pudding obviously has a healthy dose of curry in it...because...you know....

Posted by: Orson at May 10, 2026 04:24 PM (dIske)

34 I am curious about this little fat thing and Yorkshire pudding. I make it for Christmas Eve just like my mama did, and it is not a low fat thing, hence the once a year indulgence. It is always devoured. That said, the youngest found the little British kiddo who does the short cooking snippets. He did a roast and served each portion in a Yorkshire pudding bowl. This has been requested, but my child said our roast needs to be 1. Far less cooked, grey roast should be a crime, and 2. Seasoned. He only used salt and pepper. I quoteth “where is the rosemary? The garlic? The entire herbed crust? Abomination!” Apparently there is a pan specifically for Yorkshire pudding and these bowls. I will source it and we will try it out.

Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 04:24 PM (p4NUW)

35 Stephen Price Blair, thank you for the salmon terrine idea. A plank of smoked salmon surrounded in poblano cream cheese and wrapped in thin sliced salmon for slicing.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 04:26 PM (z2aPa)

36 In an earlier Thread this week, it was demonstrated that New Jersey residents possess a woefully inadequate knowledge of BBQ brisket, likely attributable to the lack of quality BBQ (and picante sauce) on the Eastern Seaboard.

Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 10, 2026 04:26 PM (0sNs1)

37 From the picture it appears that the fat wasn't hot enough before adding the batter.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 04:28 PM (z2aPa)

38 A plank of smoked salmon surrounded in poblano cream cheese and wrapped in thin sliced salmon for slicing.

That sounds literally mouth-watering.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 10, 2026 04:28 PM (EXyHK)

39 I was TDY to Yorkshire and a group of us were at a fancy restaurant during the Christmas season and ordered Yorkshire puddings.

A Texan at our table loudly (as is the way of his people) declared that the pudding needed some chili on top, to the horror of the waiter,

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:29 PM (kpS4V)

40 My bread issues were all due to not using enough water. I used one of cookbook proportions and saw my mistake.

Posted by: Accomack at May 10, 2026 04:29 PM (8jVAy)

41 From the picture it appears that the fat wasn't hot enough before adding the batter.

There are all sorts of ways to make Yorkshire pudding, but they all have one thing in common: the pots need to be very hot and they need to be dense enough that they don’t cool down too much when adding the batter.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 10, 2026 04:30 PM (EXyHK)

42 but my child said our roast needs to be 1. Far less cooked, grey roast should be a crime, and 2. Seasoned. He only used salt and pepper. I quoteth “where is the rosemary? The garlic? The entire herbed crust? Abomination!”
Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 04:24 PM

A nipper wise beyond his years. You should be proud!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 10, 2026 04:30 PM (0sNs1)

43 If boobs are in one of the food groups, then -

No.
Posted by: Tonypete

Well, they are food for babies, but babies are nursing and not commenting "Look at the boobs on my mom." 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:30 PM (Yl2Ob)

44 CBD,

Your airline filet looks like it was sliced from Evil Dead's Book of the Dead.

I suggest you get your digestive system exorcised

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 04:31 PM (iJfKG)

45 Well, they are food for babies, but babies are nursing and not commenting "Look at the boobs on my mom."
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If baby 'rons could talk, they would say that.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:32 PM (kpS4V)

46 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:32 PM (kpS4V

Probably. Ha.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:33 PM (Yl2Ob)

47 I was TDY to Yorkshire and a group of us were at a fancy restaurant during the Christmas season and ordered Yorkshire puddings.

A Texan at our table loudly (as is the way of his people) declared that the pudding needed some chili on top, to the horror of the waiter,
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:29 PM

Is it not more traditional to order figgy puddings during the Christmas season?

I've learned not to ask where people are from. If they're Texan, they'll tell you, and if not, why embarrass them?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 10, 2026 04:34 PM (0sNs1)

48 Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 10, 2026 04:26 PM (0sNs1)

Will no one rid me of this meddlesome Texan?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 10, 2026 04:35 PM (iERP6)

49 Just tried a new brand of store bought ice cream called "Ice cream for bears" It is sweetened with just raw honey and quite tasty. This one was called "caramaul" ( or caramel) I think all of their flavors-are take off on something to do with bears.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:38 PM (ix8EF)

50 Beefgasm. Just a little salt, Moroccan spices, and a pat of butter.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:38 PM (kpS4V)

51 think all of their flavors-are take off on something to do with bears
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Cocaine!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:39 PM (kpS4V)

52 That was served to me on a recent flight. Supposedly it is "filet," although it did not specify what animal's filet, so I am tending toward rat, or maybe racoon.

Oi! Is that rat tart?!

Posted by: Detective Parson Michael Palin at May 10, 2026 04:40 PM (/HDaX)

53 Thanks for food thread.

The eggplant parmigianas are in the oven.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 04:40 PM (RIvkX)

54 Strawberry shortcake season is here. I prefer .to put a dollop of creme fraiche in the cup and then cover in the Strawberry mixture. I do add a dash of amaretto to the mashed strawberries.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 04:40 PM (z2aPa)

55 Texas Sling

1-½ oz candied jalapeño syrup
1-½ oz Shiner gin
½ oz lime juice
½ oz Cherry Heering
¼ oz Benedictine
¼ oz triple sec
1 dash Angostura bitters

Shake with ice, strain, top with sparkling water, and garnish with a couple of candied jalapeños.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 10, 2026 04:41 PM (EXyHK)

56 I think all of their flavors-are take off on something to do with bears.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:38 PM

I'm guessing that Peas Porridge is not going to be one of their top-selling flavors, at least to humans.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 10, 2026 04:41 PM (0sNs1)

57 My favorite fish filet is The Guitreau at Mike Anderson's in New Orleans.

Posted by: mrp at May 10, 2026 04:41 PM (rj6Yv)

58 That airplane filet is gross, which airlines should we avoid?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 04:41 PM (RIvkX)

59

Choco Scat

Posted by: four seasons at May 10, 2026 04:42 PM (3ek7K)

60 I got some advice from a real live Brit last night. We had him for dinner, and he tells me that his father swears by the minimalist technique of using a tiny bit of fat. No more than a bare bit to lubricate the bottom of the vessel.

Smart of you to get that information out of him before having him for dinner. Now looking up pairing suggestions for Brit. Bass Ale, perhaps? Newcastle? Guess it depends on how you prepared your Brit.

In re the fat content suggestion, this may track with the pancake theory, which holds that you should toss the first batch of pancakes that come off a freshly greased griddle. Subsequent pancakes that come off that griddle are indeed fluffier, and take on a more uniform golden brown color ONLY if you do not regrease that griddle. May your quest for pudding be rewarded, if only so that you no longer have to have your guests for dinner...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2026 04:42 PM (nbLIj)

61 That thing from the airlines looks pre- digested.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 04:43 PM (z2aPa)

62 I made yeasted dough cinnamon rolls. I am not fond of white sugar frosting so I made them with penuche frosting instead.
Butter and brown sugar, with milk stirred in at high temperature. I skipped the final step of adding in powdered sugar since that is more a glazing than a frosting.

I recommend this for cinnamon rolls.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 04:43 PM (rbvCR)

63
Did you cook him rare or medium?

Posted by: four seasons at May 10, 2026 04:43 PM (3ek7K)

64 Cocaine!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:39 PM (kpS4V

You can only get that variety if you've spent at least $400 at the store within two months. It's like the ice cream of "free turkey" for Thanksgiving. This one is called "free junkey."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:45 PM (ix8EF)

65 Did you cook him rare or medium?
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For authenticity, he was boiled for four hours to remove all flavor.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:45 PM (kpS4V)

66
Lol Eris

Posted by: four seasons at May 10, 2026 04:47 PM (3ek7K)

67 “I like white beans. I like red beans. I like butter beans. Get me some cornbread and cabbage greens!”

Posted by: Joe Houston at May 10, 2026 04:48 PM (EXyHK)

68 61 That thing from the airlines looks pre- digested.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 04:43 PM (z2aPa)

Looks like it has been pressed and formed into a meat dildo.

So, that's Charlie Brown's huh?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 04:48 PM (bss/y)

69
61 That thing from the airlines looks pre- digested.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 04:43 PM (z2aPa)

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It looks like a piece of meat my grandmother hocked out onto her plate after being unable to swallow it.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 10, 2026 04:48 PM (VWtfl)

70 If boobs are in one of the food groups, then -
No.
Posted by: Tonypete

Well, they are food for babies, but babies are nursing and not commenting "Look at the boobs on my mom." 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Cannibal Bob hardest hit.

Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 04:49 PM (VHUov)

71 Having worked in institutions for many years I consider myself a connoisseur of cuisine from schools, colleges, hospitals, and airlines.

I wouldn't eat that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 04:50 PM (RIvkX)

72 Flight attendant: "Sir, would you like the meatloaf, the roast chicken, or the owl pellet?"

Dildo: "Surprise me!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:50 PM (kpS4V)

73 Just tried a new brand of store bought ice cream called "Ice cream for bears" It is sweetened with just raw honey and quite tasty. This one was called "caramaul" ( or caramel) I think all of their flavors-are take off on something to do with bears.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Piper has mentioned that brand a few times. So it must be health food, even if it's ice cream.

Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 04:51 PM (VHUov)

74 Strawberry shortcake season is here. I prefer .to put a dollop of creme fraiche in the cup and then cover in the Strawberry mixture. I do add a dash of amaretto to the mashed strawberries.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 04:40 PM (z2aPa)

Strawberry shortcake is today's dessert here at Casa Sin Problemas. Instead of soaking the angel food cake in the Flor De Cano rum that I have on hand, I'll be adding it to the heavy cream as it is whipped to the proper consistency. I like the idea of folding in the strawberries afterwards and building the shortcake from there. I'll mull that one over...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2026 04:51 PM (nbLIj)

75 SanFranpsycho, I'm with you on not eating it.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 04:52 PM (z2aPa)

76 Flight attendant: "Sir, would you like the meatloaf, the roast chicken, or the owl pellet?"

Dildo: "Surprise me!"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:50 PM (kpS4V)
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Spirit?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 04:52 PM (RIvkX)

77 Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 04:51 PM (VHU

I'd had never heard of it or seen it before . I'm guessing the ingredients might not include unpronounceable names . I'd buy it again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:53 PM (ix8EF)

78 Spirit?
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The Waffle House of the skies.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:53 PM (kpS4V)

79 Spirit?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Like Spirit Airlines served food. They'd just tell you to hit the vending machines before you board.

Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 04:54 PM (VHUov)

80 That airplane filet is gross, which airlines should we avoid?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 04:41 PM (RIvkX)

All of them?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 10, 2026 04:54 PM (wVcYX)

81 Willowed from previous thread.
149 68 So they are having a hard time identifying the person involved in the engine incident???
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 10, 2026 02:52 PM (DNyHT)
And their motive.
Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 04:31 PM (LHPAg)

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 04:55 PM (LHPAg)

82 Eromero, well.played, Sir.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 04:56 PM (z2aPa)

83 Got a locally brewed concoction called "The Transfusion": Long Road vodka, ginger beer, lime, and Concord grape juice. Not bad.

Gotta support the arts.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 04:58 PM (kpS4V)

84 Definitely have to work on the grill part I need, had it ordered but all fell apart last time I tried.

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 04:58 PM (qEb4U)

85 SanFranpsycho, I'm with you on not eating it.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 04:52 PM (z2aPa)

Let's get Mikey to try it. He eats everything.

Posted by: Life Cereal at May 10, 2026 04:59 PM (wVcYX)

86 Better just to drink whiskey in flight.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 05:01 PM (RIvkX)

87 Got a locally brewed concoction called "The Transfusion": Long Road vodka, ginger beer, lime, and Concord grape juice. Not bad.

Gotta support the arts.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

A grape Moscow Mule? Should work.

And, "Transfusion?" Was the color appropriate? Did they serve it in a plastic bag with a straw?

Posted by: vlad mikeski at May 10, 2026 05:01 PM (VHUov)

88 SanFranpsycho, I'm with you on not eating it.
Posted by: Ben Had

Let's get Mikey to try it. He eats everything.
Posted by: Life Cereal

Your not the boss of me! Our contract ended decades ago!

Posted by: mikeyski at May 10, 2026 05:02 PM (VHUov)

89 We use a combo of challah breadcrumbs and panko to bread our chicken. Lightly pounded and marinated in buttermilk, then air fried.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 05:03 PM (RIvkX)

90 All Hail Eris, the hangover will be in technicolor.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 05:03 PM (z2aPa)

91 Will no one rid me of this meddlesome Texan?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 10, 2026 04:35 PM

Dude. I didn't refer to you as a New Jersey native.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 10, 2026 05:03 PM (0sNs1)

92 It looks like a piece of meat my grandmother hocked out onto her plate after being unable to swallow it.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 10, 2026 04:48 PM (VWtfl)

Your gonna get spoy-ULLED at Prechewed Charlies tonight!

Well, those mushrooms ain't gonna saute themselves. Bon apetit, ever'body...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2026 05:04 PM (nbLIj)

93 That airplane filet is gross, which airlines should we avoid?
---------
All of them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 05:05 PM (jehhT)

94 Spirit?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 04:52 PM (RIvkX)

Sadly no. United Polaris.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 10, 2026 05:06 PM (iERP6)

95 Starring Denzel Washington as CBD. Whoopi Goldberg as Mrs. Dildo.
Posted by: Tuna at May 10, 2026 04:16 PM (lJ0H4)
Tuna. Tuna. Did you just compare Mrs. CBD to.....I can't say it?

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 05:07 PM (LHPAg)

96 SanFranpsycho, some bread pudding made with challah would be a welcome dessert.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 05:07 PM (z2aPa)

97 How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 10, 2026 05:07 PM (JCuNA)

98 Sadly no. United Polaris.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 10, 2026 05:06 PM (iERP6)
=====
I hope you sent that photo to the CEO.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 05:08 PM (RIvkX)

99 Dude. I didn't refer to you as a New Jersey native.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 10, 2026 05:03 PM (0sNs1)

Fair enough...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 10, 2026 05:08 PM (iERP6)

100 "United Polaris is United Airlines' premier international business class product, featuring lie-flat beds with direct aisle access on long-haul flights. Key features include private seating, Saks Fifth Avenue bedding, restaurant-style dining, and exclusive access to Polaris lounges. "

Daaayyum, Dildo.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 05:09 PM (kpS4V)

101 "United Polaris is United Airlines' premier international business class product, featuring lie-flat beds with direct aisle access on long-haul flights. Key features include private seating, Saks Fifth Avenue bedding, restaurant-style dining, and exclusive access to Polaris lounges. "

Daaayyum, Dildo.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

"Restaurant-style dining." Maybe they should consider restaurant-style food, too.

Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 05:11 PM (VHUov)

102
Ace pays Dildo well. Hi flyer.

Posted by: four seasons at May 10, 2026 05:11 PM (3ek7K)

103 SanFranpsycho, some bread pudding made with challah would be a welcome dessert.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 05:07 PM (z2aPa)
====

Mrs. F. has done that depending how her weekly challah comes out.

I have to tell her lib little sis used her new breadmaker last Friday and that challah came out great. Really nice and soft, very pully texture.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 05:11 PM (RIvkX)

104 Airline meat blob.

Delmar O'Donnell: Care for some gopher?

Ulysses Everett McGill: No thank you, Delmar. One third of a gopher would only arouse my appetite without bedding it down.

Delmar O'Donnell: Oh, you can have the whole thing. Me and Pete already had one apiece. We ran across a whole... gopher village.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 10, 2026 05:12 PM (2xF0u)

105 I believe ‘vodka’ is literally translate as ‘little water’ and it’s made by distilling to nearly 100% alcohol and then adding water.

There do seem to be some differences between brands, as some seem to be ‘heavier’ and more oily than others. And the cheaper brands used less filtering and cheaper distilling techniques.

But I have long thought that ppl paying heavy money for ‘designer’ vodka are wasting their money.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 10, 2026 05:12 PM (JCuNA)

106 "Restaurant-style dining." Maybe they should consider restaurant-style food, too.

“Restaurant-style” is a very vague term. It doesn’t say it’s a good restaurant.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 10, 2026 05:13 PM (EXyHK)

107 There do seem to be some differences between brands

I can’t really distinguish between Tito’s or Wasatch’s Patriots Creek. I can easily distinguish between either of those and Lone Star Vodka.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 10, 2026 05:15 PM (EXyHK)

108 I have fresh raw goat's milk and free range chicken eggs in the fridge. Good stuff!

Posted by: Emmie at May 10, 2026 05:16 PM (FMtrg)

109 I’ve found the foreign airlines do a better job with food than domestics, even on international flights. I’m too cheap to pay for 1st class when traveling on my dime, but I used to travel a lot for work and the client always ponied up for business class at least. Foreign airlines were better across the board.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 10, 2026 05:17 PM (JCuNA)

110 Re: vodka--I just bought some Tito's and like it. Been trying to find something alcoholic I can still drink occasionally without my cheeks turning bright red. My beloved red wine is the worst, white not any better, bourbon a little better.

But one drink of Tito's with lime seems to be okay. They make a big deal about no additives.

Posted by: skywch at May 10, 2026 05:19 PM (uqhmb)

111
Been trying to find something alcoholic I can still drink occasionally without my cheeks turning bright red.

Wear pants.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 05:22 PM (Cqx++)

112 The Blade is flying to Hawaii on Delta later this week and he’s not looking forward to the food. He brings his own snacks. He buys booze on the flight. Sometimes a lot of booze.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 10, 2026 05:23 PM (JCuNA)

113 skywch, you might like Balvenie Doublewood 12.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 05:24 PM (z2aPa)

114 49 Just tried a new brand of store bought ice cream called "Ice cream for bears" It is sweetened with just raw honey and quite tasty. This one was called "caramaul" ( or caramel) I think all of their flavors-are take off on something to do with bears.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May

It’s not new! I have been telling y’all about this, but no one listens. It’s like they think anything I say doesn’t equate to tasty food so they just skip over me or something! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Joking aside, the honey honey tastes just like warm milk and honey, only frozen. You have to try it.

Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 05:25 PM (vUQz/)

115
Is Mother's Day a thing anywhere else besides here?

Posted by: four seasons at May 10, 2026 05:26 PM (3ek7K)

116 Piper has mentioned that brand a few times. So it must be health food, even if it's ice cream.
Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 04:51 PM (VHUov)

Bless you, friend.

Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 05:27 PM (vUQz/)

117 four seasons, Tousi mentioned Mother's Day in the UK is in March.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 05:28 PM (z2aPa)

118 111
Been trying to find something alcoholic I can still drink occasionally without my cheeks turning bright red.

Wear pants.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 05:22 PM (Cqx++)
I spit chewed up corn all over the place. Very entertaining.

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 05:28 PM (LHPAg)

119
Thank you Ben Had.

Posted by: four seasons at May 10, 2026 05:28 PM (3ek7K)

120 109 I’ve found the foreign airlines do a better job with food than domestics, even on international flights. I’m too cheap to pay for 1st class when traveling on my dime, but I used to travel a lot for work and the client always ponied up for business class at least. Foreign airlines were better across the board.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 10, 2026 05:17 PM (JCuNA)

If I ever get forced to return to living on my own and don’t get to fly…well, actually, if that happens, I won’t really be flying anywhere so I guess it doesn’t matter what I was about to say.

Anyway, carry on.

Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 05:29 PM (vUQz/)

121 113 skywch, you might like Balvenie Doublewood 12.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 10, 2026 05:24 PM (z2aPa)
——

One of my go-tos. Have a bottle in my cabinet now. Although I think it’s closer to bourbon than scotch to my tastes. It’s got a sweeter flavor profile than the peat monsters I like.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 10, 2026 05:32 PM (JCuNA)

122 It’s like they think anything I say doesn’t equate to tasty food
Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 05:25 PM

Piper, that's not true. We know your taste in food is kale and kearty!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 10, 2026 05:34 PM (0sNs1)

123 United Kingdom and Ireland have "mothering Sunday" the fourth Sunday in Lent which is usually sometime in March. It started out in America as a sort of seminreligious holiday in the church to show respect and appreciation for the kind of sacred nature of good mothering, , and the woman who founded it in America was unhappy with its commercialization.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 05:36 PM (rZCVI)

124 Dildo's Yorkshire Pudding Journey

Wasn't that one of those children's books which arguably shouldn't be in school libraries?
😲

Posted by: mindful webworker - a Dr Schiss classic at May 10, 2026 05:41 PM (Cl/mc)

125 I recently tried to find granola at the grocery store that didn't have seed oils, weird sweeteners, fillers, or preservatives. No luck.

Yes, a person can make their own granola. Sometimes convenience is valuable.

Posted by: Emmie at May 10, 2026 05:44 PM (FMtrg)

126 Budget Steak Tastes Like $100 After This One Trick
Cowboy Kent Rollins
https://youtu.be/hT-z6ICRKVI

Posted by: mindful webworker - just a cup of joe for me, thanks, at May 10, 2026 05:45 PM (Cl/mc)

127
Cowboy Kent has great recipes.

Posted by: four seasons at May 10, 2026 05:45 PM (3ek7K)

128 Ma used to make Yorkshire pudding?
every year She would rotisserie roast beef and put the
slightly baked pudding in a pan under the cooking
beef collecting the drippings than put in back in oven to finish it was fantastic I can taste it just thinking of it
heaven fluffy and crispy on bottom and sides
I love me MA! still going 96?

Posted by: vizzy at May 10, 2026 05:50 PM (qwdJy)

First World Problems...

Sigh...we had some heavy drinkers over yesterday for a roast, and the bast*rds drank most of my Guinness!

Why is it that people will gravitate toward that which is in short supply? I have about 40 bottles of Bourbon, but no...they had to knock off the beer first!

Well, actually...during, but still!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 I'd go for the Guinness.

Posted by: mindful webworker - if poured right at May 10, 2026 02:01 PM (Cl/mc)

2 Not many takers on this thread, so far. FWP

Posted by: mindful webworker - another at May 10, 2026 02:02 PM (Cl/mc)

3 Never had a trifecta before. Feels... like nothing.

Posted by: mindful webworker - thurd? at May 10, 2026 02:03 PM (Cl/mc)

4 Was napping

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 02:04 PM (Ia/+0)

5 FWP: I wanted to try some other nitro stout and the store only had Guinness. I like the widget cans. I don't drink enough to make it worth trying the "nitro surge" thingie.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 10, 2026 02:05 PM (vTZFs)

6 FWP: I'm stuck at my MiL's for a few more hours.

Amuse me, Morons.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 10, 2026 02:05 PM (yTFk8)

7 Did you notify downstairs?

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 02:05 PM (Ia/+0)

8 Sometimes I start to read a comment, then I see it says "Skip," so I do.😁

Posted by: mindful webworker - to m' loo my darling at May 10, 2026 02:06 PM (Cl/mc)

9 It less dangerous than Bourbon, if you don't count the bomb the following morning.

Posted by: Shen Nan I Gan at May 10, 2026 02:06 PM (/woqj)

10 Steak or kale? Decisions, decisions.

Posted by: Case at May 10, 2026 02:06 PM (NWIIQ)

11 Did you notify downstairs?
Posted by: Skip

Why disturb their happy chatter?

Posted by: mindful webworker - non-nooder (for now) at May 10, 2026 02:07 PM (Cl/mc)

12 The last Guinness I had in a bottle wasn't even 12oz. It was 11.3oz.

WTAF

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 02:08 PM (jehhT)

13 Guiness is a "BEER OF COLOR" and that is good because that makes Guiness a Nonracist Beer.

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 10, 2026 02:09 PM (38587)

14
Sundays I leave at a quarter after 5 to drive the 45 miles to church. Traffic shouldn't be bad at that time, right?

Not this morning. I hit the jackpot. Drunk drivers, stoned drivers, cars with no lights, cars with 500,000 candlepower lights, cars doing 100 and cars doing 40.

I don't want to take the toll road, but you get a slightly better quality of driver.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:09 PM (HdYcL)

15 6 FWP: I'm stuck at my MiL's for a few more hours.

Amuse me, Morons.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 10, 2026 02:05 PM (yTFk

If you can't physically escape you have to fully dissociate if you don't want to keep feeling the torture.

Posted by: A bit out of body at May 10, 2026 02:10 PM (TbWk/)

16
FWP: I'm stuck at my MiL's for a few more hours.

____________

May as well burn it all down. "Your daughter is just like you."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:13 PM (HdYcL)

17 You need less sophisticated drinker friends. Then you could just put out a keg of Stroh's and they'd be thrilled.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 10, 2026 02:16 PM (vbXSk)

18 As I ponder what FWP I might have (which I usually don't), I came up with this.

Built this new house a couple of years ago. There is veneer on the kitchen, pantry, and bathroom cabinet tops. A couple of weeks ago, it all started coming off. Most can probably be glued back easily, but not the bubble on the kitchen cabinet.

If it were an appliance, I'd think the warranty just ran out.

Before I DIY fix it, I'm going to see what the builder thinks. Fortunately, he's around, helping with rehabbing the old house. But should I trust him?

Posted by: mindful webworker - unglued at May 10, 2026 02:16 PM (Cl/mc)

19 I feel our pain CBD.

The same thing used to happen with my home brew. Someone would bring a commercial keg and my brews would empty before my 3rd pint. The horror!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 10, 2026 02:17 PM (SC8Ww)

20 Bourbon and Guiness. This is not an either-or situation.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 10, 2026 02:17 PM (EXyHK)

21 In honor of today's super special day

Hush now, baby, baby, don't you cry
Mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true
Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you
Mama's gonna keep you right here under her wing
She won't let you fly but she might let you sing
Mama's gonna keep baby cozy and warm

Ooh, baby, ooh, baby, ooh, baby
Of course mama's gonna help build the wall

Posted by: Annual tradition of the Pink Floyd variety at May 10, 2026 02:18 PM (TbWk/)

22 C'mon over to my place CBD. I'll work on your bourbon!

Posted by: 496 at May 10, 2026 02:18 PM (sOtuf)

23 FWP: "Pedestrians" breaking into airports and prancing down the runway to be swallowed into an oncoming jet engine, turning them into a Manwich Sandwich.

FW solution:

https://tinyurl.com/6smzfdua

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 02:21 PM (y1wyK)

24 Saw The Wall live in London

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 02:22 PM (Ia/+0)

25 Otters called

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 02:22 PM (Sy6m/)

26 Finally a nice day outside, hardly been out

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 02:23 PM (Ia/+0)

27 23 FWP: "Pedestrians" breaking into airports and prancing down the runway to be swallowed into an oncoming jet engine, turning them into a Manwich Sandwich.

FW solution:

https://tinyurl.com/6smzfdua
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 02:21 PM (y1wyK)

I'm all for natural selection doing its thing.

Posted by: Make some chili at May 10, 2026 02:23 PM (TbWk/)

28 @6
Amuse me, Morons.

You didn't bring a flask with you? That should have been priority.

Posted by: Case at May 10, 2026 02:25 PM (NWIIQ)

29 My truck has four quarts of Guinness. To lubricate the engine.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 02:26 PM (nUR++)

30 I'm all for natural selection doing its thing.

Posted by: Make some chili at May 10, 2026 02:23 PM (TbWk/)
-

1. Super expensive.

2. Who's gonna clean that up?!?!?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 02:27 PM (y1wyK)

31 I'm all for natural selection doing its thing.

Posted by: Make some chili at May 10, 2026 02:23 PM (TbWk/)
-

1. Super expensive.

2. Who's gonna clean that up?!?!?!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 02:27 PM (y1wyK)

Fair point. Send their surviving family a bill for the engine repair and decontamination. And make them shovel the ground Chuck off the tarmac.

Posted by: SWIDT? at May 10, 2026 02:29 PM (TbWk/)

32
Her Majesty informed me a fellow Borzoi breeder suffered a broken tibia, femur, C-2 and has had a concussion. She's in ICU and will need surgery. Given she's about our age, I'd be surprised if she ever recovers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:31 PM (HdYcL)

33 > 1. Super expensive.

2. Who's gonna clean that up?!?!?!
-------
The "after" photo of the affected engine is.... wild. All the fan blades are gone. And inside of the engine cowling is pink.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 02:32 PM (jehhT)

34 I'd be surprised if she ever recovers.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:31 PM

Freak show accident?

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 10, 2026 02:33 PM (yTFk8)

35
All the news reports say the trespasser who died at the Denver airport was "struck by the aircraft," no mention of going into the engine. How diplomatic.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 10, 2026 02:34 PM (VWtfl)

36
Freak show accident?

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 10, 2026 02:33 PM (yTFk

___________

Don't know, but my guess is a car accident on the way to the National Specialty.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:34 PM (HdYcL)

37 Don't know, but my guess is a car accident on the way to the National Specialty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:34 PM

Awful. Was she an actual friend or just a fellow breeder?

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 10, 2026 02:36 PM (yTFk8)

38
It's the new TikTok Jet Engine Challenge!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:36 PM (HdYcL)

39 All the news reports say the trespasser who died at the Denver airport was "struck by the aircraft," no mention of going into the engine. How diplomatic.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

NY Post had a photo of the engine after it chewed him up and spit him out. Unpleasant to say the least.

Posted by: Tuna at May 10, 2026 02:36 PM (lJ0H4)

40 May as well burn it all down. "Your daughter is just like you."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026

Today, in separate texts, my older 2 both told me they look in the mirror and see me, and the words out of their mouths sound suspiciously familiar more and more frequently. It is happening, they are turning in to me, and it is nowhere near as bad as they thought when they were teenagers.

Oh, and then in our group text, my oldest said she just wanted to thank me again for my very dominant genes. Best Mother’s Day gift ever. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 02:38 PM (Dd38x)

41 My First World Problem is that Whole Foods has changed the recipe for their English muffins that I sometimes eat for breakfast. The new versions are smaller and thinner (shrinkflation, anyone?), and don't toast as nicely as the old ones.

Next week's project is to buy some different brands and try to find a version I like.

Or go back to oatmeal for breakfast.

Posted by: a.moron at May 10, 2026 02:38 PM (X5Jzz)

42 NY Post had a photo of the engine after it chewed him up and spit him out. Unpleasant to say the least.
Posted by: Tuna at May 10, 2026 02:36 PM (lJ0H4)

Was he getting into the Spirit of things?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 02:38 PM (utfVc)

43 2 Not many takers on this thread, so far. FWP
Posted by: mindful webworker - another at May 10, 2026 02:02 PM (Cl/mc)

Pastor hates it when I text during the sermon.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 02:39 PM (2WIwB)

44
Was he getting into the Spirit of things?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 02:38 PM (utfVc)

___________

No, it was the final Frontier.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:39 PM (HdYcL)

45 32
Her Majesty informed me a fellow Borzoi breeder suffered a broken tibia, femur, C-2 and has had a concussion. She's in ICU and will need surgery. Given she's about our age, I'd be surprised if she ever recovers.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02

Awful news. I am sorry to hear this.

Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 02:39 PM (Dd38x)

46 Several folks, including a pilot that I know have said they are open minded to the idea that the Frontier Airline pedestrian pink mist event was an almost successful terrorist suicide effort.

But hey, Third world problem, and this is a FWP thread.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 10, 2026 02:39 PM (iMotb)

47 I do the shopping for my parents, who are both in their 80s now, so that all my dad has to do is show up and pay. And one thing I do is make sure that everything is fully stocked with extra in the pantry, because there does seem to be a "scarcity syndrome" where if something is perceived to be in short supply, then it will get consumed faster.

But you know, many people are just beer drinkers, and avoid the hard stuff as likely to mess up the rate and result in overindulgence. I don't think anyone ever looked at a shelf full of bourbon and thought, "Oh no, that's too much, I couldn't possibly finish it off tonight so I won't bother having any."

And there is also an inverse "last corner of the casserole" syndrome at potlucks. I don't know if people think that eating half of the dish doesn't count as calories if they're not the one to finish it off, or if they're holding out for a fresh dish, but that last corner is likely to end up thrown out or pity eaten by the cook.

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 02:41 PM (Sy6m/)

48 damn. i've got maybe 15 blurbons. at least the bag of cork stoppers is impressive.

Posted by: cmeat at May 10, 2026 02:41 PM (R11M+)

49 41 My First World Problem is that Whole Foods has changed the recipe for their English muffins that I sometimes eat for breakfast. The new versions are smaller and thinner (shrinkflation, anyone?), and don't toast as nicely as the old ones.

Next week's project is to buy some different brands and try to find a version I like.

Or go back to oatmeal for breakfast.

Posted by: a.moron at May 10, 2026 02:38 PM (X5Jzz)

Our local Vons changed the way they make Susan cookies. More cookie, less chocolate. Pffft......

Haven't bought any since. Just as well - I don't need anymore cookies.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 10, 2026 02:42 PM (QGaXH)

50 33 > 1. Super expensive.

2. Who's gonna clean that up?!?!?!
-------
The "after" photo of the affected engine is.... wild. All the fan blades are gone. And inside of the engine cowling is pink.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 02:32 PM (jehhT)

Yeah, I saw that. Who knew they paint the insides of jet engines pink?

Oh . . .

Posted by: a.moron at May 10, 2026 02:43 PM (X5Jzz)

51
Our local Vons changed the way they make Susan cookies. More cookie, less chocolate. Pffft......

__________

Our local HEB has greatly improved their frosted sugar cookies. They're lighter, less like the door stop they used to be.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:44 PM (HdYcL)

52 35
All the news reports say the trespasser who died at the Denver airport was "struck by the aircraft," no mention of going into the engine. How diplomatic.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 10, 2026 02:34 PM (VWtfl)

One report I read quoted a passenger who was looking out the window when the "pedestrian" was "struck by the aircraft" as saying he saw parts flying out of the engine.

People parts, not engine parts.

Posted by: a.moron at May 10, 2026 02:45 PM (X5Jzz)

53
Fricaseed pedestrian.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:45 PM (HdYcL)

54 Today, in separate texts, my older 2 both told me they look in the mirror and see me, and the words out of their mouths sound suspiciously familiar more and more frequently. It is happening, they are turning in to me, and it is nowhere near as bad as they thought when they were teenagers.

Oh, and then in our group text, my oldest said she just wanted to thank me again for my very dominant genes. Best Mother’s Day gift ever.

That's nice. If there was any way to erase any and all traces of the female mammal that birthed me from myself I would do it in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Don't worry I have some word for Fathers Day too at May 10, 2026 02:45 PM (TbWk/)

55
Standing on runway, minding own business.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:46 PM (HdYcL)

56 Trump cucked bigly by Iran.
$5 gas for nothing.
Thanks Bibi.
Shalom.

Sad!

Posted by: Le Haim at May 10, 2026 02:46 PM (agTDo)

57 50 33 > 1. Super expensive.

2. Who's gonna clean that up?!?!?!
-------
The "after" photo of the affected engine is.... wild. All the fan blades are gone. And inside of the engine cowling is pink.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 02:32 PM (jehhT)

Yeah, I saw that. Who knew they paint the insides of jet engines pink?

Oh . . .

Posted by: a.moron at May 10, 2026 02:43 PM (X5Jzz)

Well, they need a more effective way of assuring the runway and airport in general is clear of unauthorized pedestrians.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 10, 2026 02:47 PM (QGaXH)

58 Shouldn't the Stormfag troll be concerned about the shocking increase in the price of Astroglide?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 02:48 PM (utfVc)

59 44
Was he getting into the Spirit of things?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 02:38 PM (utfVc)

___________

No, it was the final Frontier.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:39 PM (HdYcL)

What's the Delta on human volume pre and post mincing?

Posted by: It's plane to see at May 10, 2026 02:48 PM (TbWk/)

60 41 i've only ever had thomas'
they're in the refrigerated section. and the new resealable flap is great.
not much for whole paycheck, but it is where i discovered parrano gouda.

Posted by: cmeat at May 10, 2026 02:48 PM (R11M+)

61 Engines are part of the aircradt

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 02:48 PM (Ia/+0)

62 Can you get hantavirus from oral? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Le Laim at May 10, 2026 02:48 PM (vFG9F)

63 49

Our local Vons changed the way they make Susan cookies. More cookie, less chocolate. Pffft......

Haven't bought any since. Just as well - I don't need anymore cookies.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 10, 2026 02:42 PM (QGaXH)

Hopefully they didn't reduce the amount of Susan they put in the cookies. Or substitute Karen for Susan in the recipe.

Posted by: a.moron at May 10, 2026 02:49 PM (X5Jzz)

64
What's the Delta on human volume pre and post mincing?

Posted by: It's plane to see at May 10, 2026 02:48 PM (TbWk/)

___________

We don't even know if he was American.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:49 PM (HdYcL)

65 62 Can you get hantavirus from oral? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Le Laim at May 10, 2026 02:48 PM (vFG9F)

Only if you blow a rat.

Posted by: Which in this case wouldn't surprise me at May 10, 2026 02:49 PM (TbWk/)

66 So it's a hooch thread?

Posted by: Just got here at May 10, 2026 02:51 PM (AqVO0)

67 It's only true Guinness when it is drawn from a tap into a pint mug, with a clover impression in the foam. If the barkeep rolls his/her r's, then it's certainly real.

viz: https://shorturl.at/nC2XH

Posted by: Mike Hammer, �irinn go Br�ch! at May 10, 2026 02:51 PM (XeU6L)

68 So they are having a hard time identifying the person involved in the engine incident???

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 10, 2026 02:52 PM (DNyHT)

69 Well, they need a more effective way of assuring the runway and airport in general is clear of unauthorized pedestrians.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistanp/

Yeah, but people get upset if you shoot them when they come through the fence

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 10, 2026 02:53 PM (oebnX)

70 54

That's nice. If there was any way to erase any and all traces of the female mammal that birthed me from myself I would do it in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Don't worry I have some word for Fathers Day too at May 10, 2026 02:45 PM (TbWk/)

My sympathy to you and everyone else who had shitty parents. Take pride in the fact that you overcame that.

My parents weren't rich in material things, but they did everything they could to raise me right, and I thank them for that. Mom has been gone since 1984 and I still miss her.

Posted by: a.moron at May 10, 2026 02:53 PM (X5Jzz)

71 Guiness nitro on tap, with a Black Bush, neat, back, please Oh and put on Drop Kick Murphy's Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced.

Then I'm home in Poundtown with sweet Bridget from Dorchester.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 10, 2026 02:54 PM (wBaIH)

72 The skies weren't very friendly that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 10, 2026 02:54 PM (AqVO0)

73 56

Sad!

Posted by: Le Haim at May 10, 2026 02:46 PM (agTDo)

Yes, you are sad. Show us on the doll where the bad Orange Man touched you.

Posted by: a.moron at May 10, 2026 02:55 PM (X5Jzz)

74
My mother had six kids and even I turned out all right. I'd say that's a successful life.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:55 PM (HdYcL)

75 17 stroh's (it's shorts spelled backwards!} was the first to market 30 packs so... we drank one each on overnight dirt bike trips. sometimes needed one more for the ride home that was shared.
"some of you never ran from the cops on a two stroke, and it shows"

Posted by: cmeat at May 10, 2026 02:56 PM (R11M+)

76 So they are having a hard time identifying the person involved in the engine incident???
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 10, 2026 02:52 PM (DNyHT)

Facial recognition is right out. Maybe DNA?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 02:57 PM (utfVc)

77 My parents weren't rich in material things, but they did everything they could to raise me right, and I thank them for that. Mom has been gone since 1984 and I still miss her.
Posted by: a.moron at May 10, 2026 02:53 PM (X5Jzz)

Sorry to hear that. I'm glad she was a good mom while she was here.

Posted by: Count your blessings at May 10, 2026 02:57 PM (TbWk/)

78 60 41 i've only ever had thomas'
they're in the refrigerated section. and the new resealable flap is great.
not much for whole paycheck, but it is where i discovered parrano gouda.

Posted by: cmeat at May 10, 2026 02:48 PM (R11M+)

Thomas are OK, the old Whole Paycheck ones were better, in my opinion. I could go back to Thomas, if I can't find anything I like better.

Posted by: a.moron at May 10, 2026 02:58 PM (X5Jzz)

79 So they are having a hard time identifying the person involved in the engine incident???
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 10, 2026 02:52 PM (DNyHT)

Facial recognition is right out. Maybe DNA?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 02:57 PM (utfVc)

Funny, I see his face all over.

Posted by: Over here and over there and... at May 10, 2026 02:58 PM (TbWk/)

80 Things To Do In Denver When You're Shred

Posted by: gKWVE at May 10, 2026 03:00 PM (W8Wia)

81 mom is 98 next month. still a hoot.
i'll bring her a snowball saki jar {a tiny vase} filled with violets and lillies of the valley and she'll cry joy. it's what she wants.
hoppy mudders day, all y'all.

Posted by: cmeat at May 10, 2026 03:00 PM (R11M+)

82 One of the dreads for corpsman on aircraft carriers is having someone get sucked through an engine. The crew drop the engine and call the wing corpsman to gather what's left for the casket. Dental tools are recommended.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 10, 2026 03:01 PM (SC8Ww)

83 I wonder how the trespasser got sucked into doing such a foolhardy stunt?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 03:03 PM (utfVc)

84 There have to be easier and less dangerous ways to end yourself than walking into a a jet engine. Go to Canada and apply for MAID.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026 03:03 PM (gu0hJ)

85 78 i'll take your word as i never had them.
every other one i've tried is too dense with smallish holes.
and i'm wrong, thomas' popped into my head but the good ones, in the 'fridge section are bay's. my bad. thomas' are only ok.

Posted by: cmeat at May 10, 2026 03:05 PM (R11M+)

86 how the trespasser got sucked into doing such a foolhardy stunt?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 03:03 PM (utfVc)

I hope Madonna has a good alibi

Posted by: gKWVE at May 10, 2026 03:06 PM (W8Wia)

87 The problem on carriers is there isn't a lot of room., any distraction can be deadly.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 10, 2026 03:07 PM (SC8Ww)

88 So it's a hooch thread?

Boobs, booze, boomsticks, and (on Sundays) books account for at good 50% of the content here. 90% if you include politicians in the boobs category.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 10, 2026 03:07 PM (vTZFs)

89 Gimme your bourbon

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2026 03:08 PM (dE3DB)

90 83 I wonder how the trespasser got sucked into doing such a foolhardy stunt?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 03:03 PM (utfVc)

Only 2 reasons you hop a fence to enter a runway - you are an idiot or you are a terrorist...have they actually conclusively figured out he was the 1st?

Posted by: Nova Local at May 10, 2026 03:08 PM (tOcjL)

91 83 I wonder how the trespasser got sucked into doing such a foolhardy stunt?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 03:03 PM (utfVc)

I give equal odds for an idiot "influencer" desperate for content, or a third-worlder with shit for brains looking to steal tools or baggage or something.

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 03:09 PM (Sy6m/)

92 Guinness Draught? Step up your game to the best beer in the world. Guinness Foreign Extra Stout.

Posted by: JackWayne at May 10, 2026 03:09 PM (q+JTR)

93 Go to Canada and apply for MAID.

I have the unsettling suspicion that they try to convince non-citizens to get on the dole rather than on MAID.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 10, 2026 03:09 PM (EXyHK)

94 "they f*ck you up, your mom and dad
they may not mean to, but they do
they fillyou with the faults they had
and add some extra, just for you"

Posted by: cmeat at May 10, 2026 03:10 PM (R11M+)

95 That's nice. If there was any way to erase any and all traces of the female mammal that birthed me from myself I would do it in a heartbeat.
Posted by: Don't worry I have some word for Fathers Day too at May 10, 2026 02:45 PM (TbWk/)

I am sorry your mother wasn’t great. I hope there was another female who poured herself into you along the way. And if not, I am glad you took the difficult situation and made yourself something despite it.

Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 03:11 PM (hftzA)

96 Not much out on the expanse of taxy ways or runways. Its acres of open space

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 03:12 PM (Ia/+0)

97 Was he getting into the Spirit of things?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 02:38 PM (utfVc)

___________

No, it was the final Frontier.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:39 PM (HdYcL)

He was just prepping for the transition to Spirit Halloween Airlines.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 10, 2026 03:12 PM (qx7Zg)

98 Mid and higher grade sardines are getting hard to find in stores, at least in my area. The new food fad is the sardine fast and eating sardines in general. They are a superfood, rich in omega-3 and other nutrients and they are easy to store at home. YT has plenty of videos related to the little fishies.

When they are packed in EVOO and "wild-caught", they aren't a bad choice for the post-29 crowd.

The problem is finding the better brands in stores.

Posted by: mrp at May 10, 2026 03:13 PM (rj6Yv)

99 Denver's airport is massive. If the pink mister hopped a perimeter fence he'd have walked quite a distance to get on an active runway.

Conversely, there's likely security cameras "everywhere" so there'd be some idea how and where he got onto an active runway.

It's very weird....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 03:13 PM (jehhT)

100 Well, they need a more effective way of assuring the runway and airport in general is clear of unauthorized pedestrians.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 10, 2026 02:47 PM (QGaXH

Roof Koreans?

FWP

I went to Costco with my friend Friday and bought myself sushi - the big 30 piece one.

2 tiny packets of Wasabi paste. Very tiny. Seriously, This is Costco - Canada but still Costco. How much can wasabi paste cost? I did have some at home from Amazon. I bought it JUST for this emergency.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 10, 2026 03:14 PM (Sco7b)

101 Naaah. Your perception of their drinking is skewed.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 10, 2026 03:14 PM (FcFs+)

102 Well, time to get on with my day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 03:14 PM (utfVc)

103 erase any and all traces of the female mammal that birthed me

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J9u2ozWplAs

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 10, 2026 03:17 PM (Kt19C)

104 99 Denver's airport is massive. If the pink mister hopped a perimeter fence he'd have walked quite a distance to get on an active runway.

Conversely, there's likely security cameras "everywhere" so there'd be some idea how and where he got onto an active runway.

It's very weird....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 03:13 PM (jehhT)

Well, they said it was about two minutes from when he jumped the fence to when the airplane jumped him, so they must have tracked him back on video.

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 03:18 PM (Sy6m/)

105 I'm
too sexy for my SCHUURLP

Posted by: Guy on the runway at May 10, 2026 03:18 PM (vFG9F)

106 The problem is finding the better brands in stores.
Posted by: mrp at May 10, 2026 03:13 PM (rj6Yv)

Lol. Sorry. When I was taking care of my late Mother and supply lines were strained, I loaded up for zombie apocalypse.

I have about 600 cans of sardines and sardine fillets downstairs. They are REALLY expensive now. I picked most of the good, quality sardine tins up for $1.25 Can maximum and they're about $3 now.

If you have a Costco nearby, they have great sardines. One tin is two meals but they're great. I haven't checked price lately...because I'm set. Love sardines.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 10, 2026 03:19 PM (Sco7b)

107 The anti FWP! I just heard the pool heater fire up. Yay!

Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 03:20 PM (hftzA)

108 I was drawn to the stupidity of the nutritional information. 1 can is 1.25 servings. Lawn...get off it

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 10, 2026 03:22 PM (cS1cw)

109 The anti FWP! I just heard the pool heater fire up. Yay!
Posted by: Piper

Out here the big yellow ball in the sky is our pool heater.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 10, 2026 03:23 PM (SC8Ww)

110 ME's report will be interesting.

"Death a result of ingestion by gas turbine engine"

[must remember to ask Muldoon if there is an ICD code for that]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2026 03:23 PM (XeU6L)

111
Anti-FWP 2. The Big Dummy swept this weekend with another Best of Breed win at today's Jesse James KC show in Lawrence.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 03:24 PM (HdYcL)

112 NY Post had a photo of the engine after it chewed him up and spit him out. Unpleasant to say the least.
Posted by: Tuna at May 10, 2026 02:36 PM (lJ0H4)

Was he getting into the Spirit of things?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 02:38 PM (utfVc)

Death by lethal ingestion.

Posted by: RI Red at May 10, 2026 03:25 PM (Edxq2)

113 I know it's Mother's Day but all of this sardine talk makes me think of my dad. At our old house he and I used to sit on the low wall by our garage and eat sardines and crackers. He would give me sips from his Lone Star beer. I was 5 when we moved, so I was younger than that at the time.

It was all delicious. No sardines since then have tasted as good. Or Lone Stars.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at May 10, 2026 03:25 PM (FEVMW)

114 09 The anti FWP! I just heard the pool heater fire up. Yay!
Posted by: Piper

Out here the big yellow ball in the sky is our pool heater.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 10, 2026 03:23 PM (SC8Ww)

Oh it will be here, too, over the summer. Then there will be calls for the chiller by everyone but me. I like it as the world’s biggest bathtub. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 03:26 PM (hftzA)

115
"Death a result of ingestion by gas turbine engine"

__________

Avulsion

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 03:27 PM (HdYcL)

116 Drank Guinness and drove home? How many fought with the cops and had to be tased?

Posted by: Typical Irish at May 10, 2026 03:28 PM (oftw2)

117 Go Big Dummy!

Posted by: Piper at May 10, 2026 03:29 PM (pZEOD)

118 Heard It Through The Turbine

Posted by: Zombie Marvin Gaye at May 10, 2026 03:30 PM (ZnrCl)

119
We had a pool at our house in Ohio. It was a pain in many ways, but nice to use in the summer. And it was set out of sight of the road and far from the neighbors. So, ymmm, mmm.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 03:31 PM (HdYcL)

120 Avulsion
Posted by: Hadrian
----

[tips hat]

Thank you. A term I have never previously encountered.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2026 03:31 PM (XeU6L)

121 I have a first world problem. My husband was in an accident four months ago. The at-fault driver's insurance has not yet settled with us for anything close to the value of our totaled vehicle. In the meantime, our wrecked car is sitting in a towing yard racking up storage fees and we are renting a vehicle until we get our settlement and can buy a replacement. (The insurance company stopped paying storage charges after two months.)

Just how much in expenses can an insurance company cost us while they dither around? Or do they figure that we will accept their lowball settlement offer in order to wrap things up and get out from under storage and rental expenses?

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 03:32 PM (FMtrg)

122 It was all delicious. No sardines since then have tasted as good. Or Lone Stars.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at May 10, 2026 03:25 PM (FEVMW)

I'm happy you have thise memories.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 10, 2026 03:35 PM (Sco7b)

123 Heading over to see my parents and my sister
Pop in later from there

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 03:36 PM (Ia/+0)

124 We use a "solar blanket" on the pool to warm it up. Just put it on today. Water temp is currently 70F. Chilly...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 03:37 PM (jehhT)

125 Or do they figure that we will accept their lowball settlement offer in order to wrap things up and get out from under storage and rental expenses?

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 03:32 PM (FMtrg)

Yes, and I think sitting on money has become the standard for "insurance" for some time now. I have a simple recurring reimbursement claim and I routinely have to wait 120 days for it to come through. And they often make a "mistake" that requires an additional 30 day review. I'm sorry to hear of your trouble - you already know, do not take their first offer.

A lot of it is just playing the "game" with them because every day they hang on to money is another day of making money off it. I got 50% more back on a vehicle claim, just by rejecting their offer, then doing basic research, then providing it and insisting on even more than that.

Posted by: ... at May 10, 2026 03:37 PM (vE0+H)

126 If we had a tranny president would the Left insist it was in fact our First Female President? I wonder. I would almost vote for one just to watch the carnage.

Girl power!

Posted by: ... at May 10, 2026 03:40 PM (vE0+H)

127 Thanks, Ellipses. It's insane -- they were apparently fine with paying $70/day for storage fees for two months, but $5000 for our vehicle loss is too much in their view.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 03:42 PM (FMtrg)

128 Or do they figure that we will accept their lowball settlement offer in order to wrap things up and get out from under storage and rental expenses?

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 03:32 PM (FMtrg)

Yes and they will keep it up as long as they think they can get away with it. Maybe find a lawyer who does first and second party insurance claims who can provide some guidance and maybe fire a shot or two across the bow.

Posted by: Insurance is asshoe at May 10, 2026 03:43 PM (TbWk/)

129 I love Guinness! Guinness for Health!

Your friends are "OK" CBD

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 03:44 PM (RIvkX)

130 Just how much in expenses can an insurance company cost us while they dither around? Or do they figure that we will accept their lowball settlement offer in order to wrap things up and get out from under storage and rental expenses?
Posted by: Emmie
------

~~I was rear-ende...~~

Heh...decided to re-phrase, knowing the Horde.

My car was struck in the rear by a fellow with Progressive. They refused to settle. My only recourse was to sue the guy that ran into me. Not happening. We tend to forget that insurnace companies are in business to profit, not to look after their policy holders.

After hurricane Helene passed through, my home-owners company (Liberty Mutual) cancelled my policy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2026 03:45 PM (XeU6L)

131 I wonder if the runway guy tried to duck under the wing, but the engine at full thrust sucked him up anyway.

and from my sixth grade mind ... "I bet he doesn't have the guts to do that again".

Posted by: illiniwek at May 10, 2026 03:46 PM (vbXSk)

132 Mike Hammer, I think the whole purpose of insurance is so these situations can be handled without suing. But this insurance company is practically begging us to sue their client.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 03:47 PM (FMtrg)

133 Now I have an urge for a Guinness. They go with steak, corn-on-the-cob, and NY strip rare?

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 03:51 PM (LHPAg)

134 This is the first time we've had to deal with an auto accident without our own insurance company being involved. Our insurance company informed us that our coverage doesn't include delivery driving. That requires the purchase of a special rider, and our company doesn't offer that particular rider. We had to switch companies.

So we are at the mercy of the at-fault driver's insurance. They were telling us that they didn't have the resources to cover all the damages to the four vehicles in the accident.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 03:52 PM (FMtrg)

135 Happy Mother's Day Mom! This year it will be ten years you and Dad have been gone. Miss you both very much!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 10, 2026 03:52 PM (QGaXH)

136 84 There have to be easier and less dangerous ways to end yourself than walking into a a jet engine. Go to Canada and apply for MAID.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026 03:03 PM (gu0hJ)

Some swabbie was ingested into the engine of a A-6, I believe it was. He walked away.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at May 10, 2026 03:52 PM (awQYY)

137 134 This is the first time we've had to deal with an auto accident without our own insurance company being involved. Our insurance company informed us that our coverage doesn't include delivery driving. That requires the purchase of a special rider, and our company doesn't offer that particular rider. We had to switch companies.

So we are at the mercy of the at-fault driver's insurance. They were telling us that they didn't have the resources to cover all the damages to the four vehicles in the accident.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 03:52 PM (FMtrg)

I would involve your insurance company. It will solve your issue (and will be way cheaper than legal counsel if the driver is a deadbeat). If effectively this is like an "uninsured driver" b/c the driver had so little insurance for property damage in an accident, you may have to recover from your own insurance, anyway.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 10, 2026 03:55 PM (tOcjL)

138 Mike Hammer, I think the whole purpose of insurance is so these situations can be handled without suing. But this insurance company is practically begging us to sue their client.
Posted by: Emmie
-------

Mine was pretty amazing. Police report had the the guy clearly at fault. Included an eye witness. Three indepedent repair shops had provided repair estimates and photos.

Progressive:"Nope"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2026 03:55 PM (XeU6L)

139 [willowed]:

Irradiation works to preserve foods, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 01:50 PM (utfVc)

Always amusing how the "BELIEVE SCIENCE" crowd vociferously opposes irradiating food because it'll turn your blueberries into U-235 and make you grow an extra head.
Posted by: Lots of really stoooopid people running around loose at May 10, 2026 01:54 PM (TbWk/)

There's no upside in having an extra head.

Posted by: Rosey Grier at May 10, 2026 03:57 PM (wVcYX)

140 Yep, an A-6.

https://youtu.be/AF55oyAJDBk

Posted by: Easy the Elder at May 10, 2026 03:58 PM (awQYY)

141 92 Guinness Draught? Step up your game to the best beer in the world. Guinness Foreign Extra Stout.

exactly.

Posted by: ibid at May 10, 2026 03:58 PM (BiQ2s)

142 Hadrian: I feel your pain, I'm in Harris County.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 10, 2026 03:58 PM (gHSfI)

143 >>>>So we are at the mercy of the at-fault driver's insurance. They were telling us that they didn't have the resources to cover all the damages to the four vehicles in the accident.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 03:52 PM (FMtrg)
*****
Have you tried contacting your State’s Insurance Commissioner? Maybe file a complaint with them? I wish you luck in resolving. I know it would stress me out.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 10, 2026 04:01 PM (EFz10)

144 Food thread is up!

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 04:03 PM (Sy6m/)

145 So we are at the mercy of the at-fault driver's insurance. They were telling us that they didn't have the resources to cover all the damages to the four vehicles in the accident.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 03:52 PM (FMtrg)

That sounds like bullshit. They're required by state law to have minimum cash reserves sufficient to cover claims and maintain liquidity as a condition of operating as an insurance company in whatever state you're in. Either they're some fly-by-night outfit or they're lying to you.

Posted by: Again, insurance is asshoe at May 10, 2026 04:04 PM (TbWk/)

146 Heard It Through The Turbine
Posted by: Zombie Marvin Gaye at May 10, 2026 03:30 PM (ZnrCl)

He's now SLIME IN THE TURBINE MACHINE!!!

Posted by: Zombie Marvin Zindler at May 10, 2026 04:04 PM (wVcYX)

147 Is Progressive offering Kelly Blue Book value only?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 10, 2026 04:10 PM (ZVgZ4)

148 They're required by state law to have minimum cash reserves sufficient to cover claims and maintain liquidity as a condition of operating as an insurance company in whatever state you're in. Either they're some fly-by-night outfit or they're lying to you.
Posted by: Again, insurance is asshoe at May 10, 2026 04:04 PM (TbWk/)

That's good to know. You know how you choose coverage limits when you buy insurance and there's a legally-required minimum. I was thinking the at-fault policy was minimum coverage and turned out to be not enough for four cars.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 04:20 PM (FMtrg)

149 68 So they are having a hard time identifying the person involved in the engine incident???
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 10, 2026 02:52 PM (DNyHT)
And their motive.

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 04:31 PM (LHPAg)

150 16
FWP: I'm stuck at my MiL's for a few more hours.

____________

May as well burn it all down. "Your daughter is just like you."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 02:13 PM (HdYcL)

“I’ll need a colon cleanse after this meal.”

“Trump was elected to eliminate people like you.”

“Are you proud of all the abortions you’ve had?”

(Light a cigarette)

Posted by: Kathysaysso at May 10, 2026 04:57 PM (7OVtU)

The Food Fanatics Will Never Stop!

Whole milk in our schools? That should be entirely unexceptional, especially since reduced fat milk is a new thing. Children have been drinking whole milk from animals for at least 10,000 years (and probably longer), and in case some people are unaware, infants drink human milk, which is even richer than most cow's milk!

But the food lunatics must have their way, which means they have taken shoddy science (fat makes you fat!), ignored confounding variables, and tried mightily to transform the American diet into a horror-show of low fat, high carbohydrate foods that have made us one of the fattest societies in the world. And of course these maniacs cite that data to claim that whole milk is one of the culprits! Never mind that these same maniacs are part of the destruction of normal childhood behavior like running around at recess, and racing around the neighborhood until dark.

USDA Restores Whole, Reduced-Fat Milk Options in Child Nutrition Programs

The rule furthers the president’s “commitment to improving childhood nutrition and supporting America’s dairy farmers by ensuring schools and child nutrition providers can once again offer students nutrient-dense dairy options that align with the latest nutrition science and consumer preference,” the USDA said in a May 8 statement.
“Whole milk and other dairy products provide essential nutrients including protein, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamins A, D, and B12. Whole milk is especially important for young children aged 1 to 10 to support energy needs and brain development.”

Oh, and let us not forget the massive welfare state that many of these same deluded, anti-science zealots created. Pay for poor people's food, but they will have to eat what we say! And that means more of that incredibly destructive diet!

And just for sh*ts and giggles, they throw in the very poorly studied claims that kids who eat a normal diet are getting cardiovascular disease!

In a Sept. 10, 2025, statement, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine called on the MAHA commission to drop whole milk from its recommendations, citing potential cardiovascular health risks to children.
Children are increasingly exhibiting early signs of high cholesterol, heart disease, and other cardiovascular diseases. Allowing full-fat whole dairy in school meals will only result in more such health issues, the committee said.
“Instead of addressing real changes to provide healthier school meals, the MAHA Strategy is pushing whole milk at the expense of children’s health,” Neal Barnard, president of the committee, said.
“The federal government should be putting less saturated fat on school lunch trays, not more, and it can do that by making it easier for students to access nondairy beverages and plant-based entrees.”

Oooh! "Plant-based!" The Holy Grail of the food Nazis! That's the real agenda. No more red meat, then no more whole milk, then no more animal protein, then only insect protein to supplement the "plant-based" crap. It's to save the earth! And the spotted owls! And the children!

Do you hate children?

This is all nothing more than carefully disguised social engineering that is indistinguishable from the manipulations of culture by the communists of the Soviet Union and Red China. They strive to change the essential nature of Man, and whether that is through diet, forcing us into 15 Minute Cities, making sexual characteristics fluid and changeable, destroying our religions, or many other culture-destroying manipulations. And the goal is always the same...the elites will rule us from their lofty perches, and we will wallow in the muck as society decays because of the loss of free will and individuality.

Then want us to be identical cogs in their infernal machine, and every single thing they do is in furtherance of that goal.

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM

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1 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

2
ESPONJA!!11!!111!1!

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 10, 2026 12:01 PM (8iYDv)

3 And Happy Mother's day to all the moms out there

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 12:03 PM (Ia/+0)

4 "Plant-based": because "vegetarian" is just TOO HARD. I want that phrase shot, burned, cast on the ash heap of history...

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:04 PM (T6aVk)

5 We used to have whole milk in the schools. We had fewer cardio problems in children at that time. Are these people just rank idiots that can't bother to compare the data that has existed for decades?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 10, 2026 12:04 PM (7T8ei)

6
*skids in on one foot*
*steadies self on door frame*

Did someone mention food?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 12:05 PM (HdYcL)

7 All the nails that stick up must be hammered down.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:06 PM (bss/y)

8 Good morning, CBD, and Horde! Just woke up. Got drunk on 2% milk last night, and have a vicious hangover this morning.

Just kidding. I won't buy 2% crap. I have whole milk in the fridge, and 18% coffee cream, and I am enjoying coffee with a dollop of that in it right now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:07 PM (utfVc)

9 TOUSi will be live @ 12:30 (he missed yesterday).

https://www.youtube.com/live/mx1RtL5MYzU

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UAE Under Missile Attack - IRGC Warns Trump To 'Surrender' - Crackdown In Iran
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IRGC clown-show continues.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 10, 2026 12:08 PM (aUMnT)

10 White Milk is racist!

Posted by: NPC Gradute of the Ibram Kendi School of Learing at May 10, 2026 12:08 PM (nHXB4)

11 Maybe "we" need to assume a more forceful role in society and "push back twice as hard" (as some leftist once said) on the powers that be that are doing all this?

We've been passive for too long. IMO

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 10, 2026 12:09 PM (jehhT)

12 Considering the education system throughout the West, it's at least encouraging that many of the kids aren't breastfeeding until age 8 or 9.

Along with food, it the other holy grail - everything has to be recyclable and reusable or else Gaia dies.

Before my horror movie bent, that was a fairly common plot in the kids shows.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 10, 2026 12:09 PM (Sco7b)

13 Kids and dogs do not decide to be vegan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 10, 2026 12:10 PM (JkO4W)

14 Oh, and if you fight back and people bitch, threaten them with peanuts!!!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 10, 2026 12:10 PM (Sco7b)

15 "Plant-based": because "vegetarian" is just TOO HARD. I want that phrase shot, burned, cast on the ash heap of history...
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:04 PM (T6aVk)

All our food is plant-based, even a delicious and nutritious steak. Plants are what food eats. Push it back a notch, and all food is carbon-based.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:11 PM (utfVc)

16 It's my Constitutional Right to get a cartfull of Ding-Dongs and Ho-Hos at at taxpayer expense.

It ain't 8 ounces of whole milk what's makin' my chillum fat.

Posted by: Bumquishia On EBT at May 10, 2026 12:11 PM (oftw2)

17
"Plant-based": because "vegetarian" is just TOO HARD. I want that phrase shot, burned, cast on the ash heap of history...
Posted by: Cow Demon

How about "responsible medicine"?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)

18 Children have been drinking whole milk from animals for at least 10,000 years (and probably longer)

Wikipedia says 9.000 (and adults). Their references seem sparse.

The oldest *evidence* of a milk consuming culture seems to be the Yamnaya at 6,000 ish.

But I've been wrong before.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 10, 2026 12:12 PM (aUMnT)

19 The Republican candidate for TX Ag Commissioner, Nate Sheets, has promised CLEAN SCHOOL LUNCHES when he gets into office. Right now the school districts do what they want in terms of school lunches with relatively few guidelines (OK, there are fed ones in there as well) but this bored trust fund baby needs a job, so he will micromanage the 1088 school districts in TX to make sure their lunches are OH SO CLEAN!!!

Mr. Sheets, I have no idea what the fuck about but I guess it sounds lovely. You need to set your goals higher: end death in TX. Make it illegal to die here. Or are you on the payroll of Big Death?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:12 PM (T6aVk)

20 It will actually make health worse because now kids will be getting more calories from sugar and fat from the whole milk. Those calories could be filled by something better like a glass of water with a banana or apple.

This is performative bullshit for the health-influencer racket mob. We are being led by complete idiots. It will impact health about as much as forcing Kellogs to stop using artificial food dye in Froot Loops.

The left turning pro-red dye was not on my bingo card. It’s banned in most of the developed world because of legitimate science. It’s progress, you don’t need to be mad about literally everything. 🙄

The right turning pro-nanny state was not on my bingo card either. The irony is hard to miss when the same Health Secretary amplifying these culture-war health scares is publicly celebrating fast-food chains for frying potatoes in beef tallow. It's performative.

I work at an elementary school and A LOT of 2% milk goes straight to the trash. Do i think anyone in the Trump admin cares about children's health? No, but Americans need to learn the enemy is sugar not fat.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 10, 2026 12:12 PM (ycI94)

21 Month two of the Carnivore diet, not liking it but the damn thing works.

My dreams of bread are becoming more intense and vivid.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 10, 2026 12:12 PM (DxkhG)

22 I find it odd that so many of my coworkers have some kind of food issue; glutens, dairy, eggs, peanuts, etc. I have no dietary issues, other than not being able to process certain foods like corn, but that does not stop me from eating an ear of sweet corn slathered in butter on occasion.

And I love milk. We only buy whole milk, preferably Darigold.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 12:12 PM (0aYVJ)

23 citing potential cardiovascular health risks to children."

So, bullshiite. Got it.

Posted by: man at May 10, 2026 12:13 PM (XuXeR)

24 White Milk is racist!
Posted by: NPC Gradute of the Ibram Kendi School of Learing at May 10, 2026 12:08 PM (nHXB4)

There's another gripe: chocolate milk in the markets is all 2% milk. I have never seen chocolated whole milk in the stores.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:14 PM (utfVc)

25 All our food is plant-based, even a delicious and nutritious steak. Plants are what food eats. Push it back a notch, and all food is carbon-based.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:11 PM (utfVc)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)

26 Someone really needs to invent "milk" that is bug-based. There would be lots of studies to show that it's actually the best nutritional option for your kid.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 10, 2026 12:14 PM (JkO4W)

27 I find it odd that so many of my coworkers have some kind of food issue"

I'd bet they don't. It's "me" syndrome...

Posted by: man at May 10, 2026 12:15 PM (XuXeR)

28 Young skulls full of mush need the fat in whole milk, real butter, real food, etc. for their brains to fully develop.

Why, it's almost as if they want a population of public school edumacated witless drones and mouth breathers.
Almost.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 10, 2026 12:15 PM (wVcYX)

29 My mom used to get fresh milk from a local farm down the road. She would skim the cream and make butter. Back when folks could do such things without gubmint intervention. What a stupid world, sometimes.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 12:16 PM (0aYVJ)

30 TBF, people in this country turn stupid when it comes to food. I hate to tell you this, but there is not a morsel of food you have ingested that was NOT GMO. That is a battle that was fought and lost about 6000 years ago, as soon as farmers in ancient times began to figure out how to get more bang for the buck.

Eating LOCAL does nothing either. I don't see these stupid food establishments saying everything is LOCAL with, say, a wheat farm on the rooftop or an extensive greenhouse growing everything imaginable for their use.

Among many other stupid fads and assorted wastes of time people wish to indulge in because we are spoiled and take things for granted.

Which is why I will catch myself saying that this country needs a famine so its people can stop being spoiled and see the miracle of logistics paired with insanely productive farmers for what it is: a true miracle.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:16 PM (T6aVk)

31 27 I find it odd that so many of my coworkers have some kind of food issue"

I'd bet they don't. It's "me" syndrome...
Posted by: man at May 10, 2026 12:15 PM (XuXeR)

Or just normal shit: hey, I drank all those white russians last night and I feel horrible today. I MUST be lactose intolerant.

No, you're a retard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:17 PM (bss/y)

32 My theory is kids these days do not get enough exercise, and this corn sweetener is doing lots of damage to humans

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 12:17 PM (Ia/+0)

33 Actually the saddest thing is there actually are school nutrition programs. You have kids, freaking feed them. That's part of being a parent.

I remember when my late Mother was teaching here in Canada and school breakfasts started. It was just supposed to be for the poorer kids. But like all good liberal intentions, kids who missed breakfast came and were fed. And it grew and grew.

When I taught in South Korea, at after-school English schools, the day kids would get nice hot meals. Simple but great.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 10, 2026 12:18 PM (Sco7b)

34 I note that for about 6000 years or so humanity had no issues with wheat and it has been a staple in many countries. Then suddenly in the past 25 years we need gluten free options for absolutely everything.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:18 PM (T6aVk)

35 "Got drunk on 2% milk last night..."

Me too.

Posted by: Det. George Francisco at May 10, 2026 12:18 PM (C30Iv)

36 My "bad cholesterol" is high, but so is my "good cholesterol". Supposedly there is a link between LDL (bad) cholesterol and heart issues, but I also hear it is very low on the "risk of heart disease" indicators.

Doctor wants to give me statins, but I really think the harm from statins is (probably) greater than the risk from the LDL indicator.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 10, 2026 12:19 PM (vbXSk)

37 I (unintentionally) made a vegetarian breakfast casserole for my wife this morning. White bread, 6 eggs, 2 cups of milk and a cup of brown sugar. It was delicious

My poor pancreas.

Posted by: 496 at May 10, 2026 12:19 PM (sOtuf)

38 33 Actually the saddest thing is there actually are school nutrition programs. You have kids, freaking feed them. That's part of being a parent.

YOU ARE HEARTLESS!!!!!!!! FOOD SHOULD BE FREE!!!!!!!

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:19 PM (T6aVk)

39 My dad did not drink milk, for the most part. But when he was a Marine, he would drink at least two glasses with breakfast, and sometimes dinner. The body craves things, and milk takes care of a lot of things.

My bride had similar cravings when carrying our second child. She was downing a gallon every couple of days. Whole milk, and she really loved the good German milk at our neighborhood grocery.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 12:20 PM (0aYVJ)

40 Full send on the RC Cola and Moon Pies in southern schools' lunch rooms.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 10, 2026 12:21 PM (wVcYX)

41 Over half of young boys are in ADD meds and they are going to blame whole milk for their health problems?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2026 12:21 PM (2Kesc)

42 Stateless - I agree on not letting the government take over feeding children. Seems to me providing food is an essential ald elemental bond between parent and child.

Posted by: 496 at May 10, 2026 12:21 PM (sOtuf)

43 The school lunches sucked so bad at my school that at the end of first grade, my parents wised up, got me a very cool NFL themed lunchbox (with the helmet logos of each team grouped by conferences on either side of the box), and packed my lunch every day for school. This was more or less how it stayed for the next 11 years.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:22 PM (T6aVk)

44 I've come to the conclusion that there are insane, destructive people in almost all walks of life.

It's always been the "why" that has perplexed me. What do these people gain by advocating for things that are obviously and factually harmful to children, and the the populace in general?

Evil is honestly the only explanation I can come up with.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 10, 2026 12:22 PM (dmDsy)

45 Hadrian, since you are here, a chemistry geek question for you: I have seen several videos on the toob of ewes that demonstrate making metallic sodium by reacting NaOH with magnesium chips in a beaker of baby oil at about 200 degrees C. Menthol is used as a catalyst. The sodium collects as globules of liquid metal in the bottom of the flask. One of the presenters, NurdRage, claims consistently better than 90% yield.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:22 PM (utfVc)

46 gluten free options for absolutely everything.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:18 PM (T6aVk)

Fashion.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 10, 2026 12:22 PM (aUMnT)

47 (with the helmet logos of each team grouped by conferences on either side of the box)
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I had that lunchbox in 4th grade. I loved it

Posted by: 496 at May 10, 2026 12:23 PM (sOtuf)

48 42 Stateless - I agree on not letting the government take over feeding children. Seems to me providing food is an essential ald elemental bond between parent and child.
Posted by: 496 at May 10, 2026 12:21 PM (sOtuf)

Go eat at the canteen like everyone else. Your children included. What, you think the State has time to indulge your family time?

We will go through your house and take your cookware and utensils. We need it anyway for the backyard furnace. Surpass Britain and catch up with America.

Posted by: Mao at May 10, 2026 12:23 PM (T6aVk)

49 41 Over half of young boys are in ADD meds and they are going to blame whole milk for their health problems?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2026 12:21 PM (2Kesc)

THIS. They are giving all sorts of whacked out shit to kids who should not be on any psychoactive substances. Why? Because their hormones are already whacking them the fuck out. That stuff needs time to settle before you start fucking with it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:24 PM (bss/y)

50 chocolate milk in the markets is all 2% milk. I have never seen chocolated whole milk in the stores."

Hmm. Not really. Maybe in different places? Mrs indulges in "promised land" whole choc milk. Very rich, it is. Costco, iirc.

Posted by: man at May 10, 2026 12:25 PM (XuXeR)

51
Whole milk, and she really loved the good German milk at our neighborhood grocery.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

What is German milk?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (Cqx++)

52 What is German milk?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (Cqx++)

It has a dueling scar and rants about the Jews.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (bss/y)

53
What is German milk?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (Cqx++)

Deutsche Milch, ja

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (T6aVk)

54 Over half of young boys are in ADD meds"

Rookie numbers!

/wineboxers

Posted by: man at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (XuXeR)

55 A quick question, what are cows used for in India?

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 12:27 PM (LHPAg)

56 You know who else drank German milk.

Posted by: NPC Gradute of the Ibram Kendi School of Learing at May 10, 2026 12:27 PM (nHXB4)

57 What is German milk?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (Cqx++)

What you get from a Teutonic wet nurse.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 10, 2026 12:27 PM (aUMnT)

58 What is German milk?"

Ohhh...."milka" brand chocolate....

Posted by: man at May 10, 2026 12:27 PM (XuXeR)

59 A quick question, what are cows used for in India?
Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 12:27 PM (LHPAg)

Speed bumps?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:27 PM (utfVc)

60 Evil is honestly the only explanation I can come up with.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)

Yup

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2026 12:28 PM (pKd0j)

61 53
What is German milk?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (Cqx++)

Deutsche Milch, ja
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (T6aVk)

Gah. Tastes like commies and migrants.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:28 PM (bss/y)

62 If you want to see the direction the country is going in regards to food supplies just take a tour of your local walmart. Just a few years ago our walmart had a huge section dedicated to all of that fake crap like almond milk*, soy milk, tofu milk, etc.

Today it is now just a small section in the dairy case, less than half of what they used to carry.

*It takes over 1,900 gallons of water to make one gallon of almond milk. And the health nuts who drink it think it is the best thing they can do to save the planet.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 10, 2026 12:28 PM (0N4FZ)

63 Whole milk, and she really loved the good German milk at our neighborhood grocery.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

What is German milk?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (Cqx++)

Regular cow milk, purchased while living in Germany. Good stuff.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 12:29 PM (0aYVJ)

64 What is German milk?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (Cqx++)

It has a dueling scar and rants about the Jews.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (bss/y)

It makes the other nearby milk nervous, with it's constant rants about Anschluss.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 10, 2026 12:29 PM (wVcYX)

65 I recently got Mrs B to let me move from skim to whole milk for the household. I give all credit to RFK Jr. He's a force.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 10, 2026 12:29 PM (l26NL)

66
Steak is a renewable resource!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 12:30 PM (HdYcL)

67 Gah. Tastes like commies and migrants."

As an aside... it's sad, really, to watch a few videos on traditional German foods being served - the more traditional, the smaller the crowds...

Posted by: man at May 10, 2026 12:30 PM (XuXeR)

68
Gah. Tastes like commies and migrants.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:28 PM (bss/y)

Drinking the German milk from the former East, I see.

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:30 PM (T6aVk)

69 Also, we never buy margarine. only butter. Mostly salted, but there are some recipes where salt-free is preferable.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 12:31 PM (0aYVJ)

70 Blue milk is sinful. Powdered blue milk is a crime.

Posted by: man at May 10, 2026 12:31 PM (XuXeR)

71 I don't know why, but I bought Steak-ums for the first time in decades recently. I may say 100% beef on the package but I am reminded that hooves and horns are beef too.

Nothing natural added.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Kyh8Y)

72 I don't drink energy drinks, because they suck and they're hard on my cardiovascular system. But also, I may believe they are causing a spike in colo-rectal problems among the youth. Nasty brews of unnatural ingredients.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 12:31 PM (D1E+2)

73 but I am reminded that hooves and horns are beef too."

Rectum?

Posted by: man at May 10, 2026 12:32 PM (XuXeR)

74
As an aside... it's sad, really, to watch a few videos on traditional German foods being served - the more traditional, the smaller the crowds...

Posted by: man at May 10, 2026 12:30 PM (XuXeR)

_____________

My hypothesis is that any worthwhile German food was improved in Texas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 12:33 PM (HdYcL)

75 I know it's Mother's Day, but I have to say growing up my mother was an abysmal cook. In hindsight I existed on mostly high processed food. She tried, God bless her, but she was awful. Her chicken fried steak was passable if your teeth were strong enough and her biscuits and cream gravy were good.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 10, 2026 12:33 PM (l26NL)

76 Aeons ago, when my roomie was my best friend, I ran out of my skim milk, and decided to give his whole milk a try. I had never heard of such a thing. When I poured it onto my cereal I freaked out. It looked like paint.

Dude came home and we talked about milk. He had been drinking whole milk his whole life and got hold of my skim milk. "WTF is this - water?" he asked, but I had been drinking skim milk my whole life - thanks, Mom!

I have since gone to 2%. But this whole milk talk made me think of that.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:34 PM (T6aVk)

77 Consider the first guy ever to try cow's milk.

What madness was floating through his mind at that time.

Utterly disgraceful.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 10, 2026 12:34 PM (Kyh8Y)

78 My "bad cholesterol" is high, but so is my "good cholesterol".

I'm one of those high LDL, high HDL, low triglyceride folks. The literature is all over the place on what it means. FWIW, my resting BP at the doc's office last time was 116/75 w/o meds. I don't drink milk though I love cheese.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 10, 2026 12:34 PM (W5mpo)

79 72 I don't drink energy drinks, because they suck and they're hard on my cardiovascular system. But also, I may believe they are causing a spike in colo-rectal problems among the youth. Nasty brews of unnatural ingredients.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 12:31 PM (D1E+2)

Why would people drink energy drinks when there are wonderful things out there like coffee???

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 12:34 PM (T6aVk)

80 71 I don't know why, but I bought Steak-ums for the first time in decades recently. I may say 100% beef on the package but I am reminded that hooves and horns are beef too.

Nothing natural added.
Posted by: Tonypete
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On the other hand,if it's not 100% beef what is it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 12:35 PM (f5xB0)

81 There is a good reason rural people were more health than big city people and food nutrition was a good one.

Posted by: Kafiroon at May 10, 2026 12:35 PM (IzMux)

82 Utterly disgraceful.
Posted by: Tonypete

Udderly disgraceful. Get the pun right or get out.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 10, 2026 12:35 PM (W5mpo)

83 skim milk should be against the law

Posted by: doug at May 10, 2026 12:36 PM (Hy+R4)

84
I've taken to adding a pint of heavy whipping cream to any pot of soup I make. Improves the taste immensely.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 12:36 PM (HdYcL)

85 My hypothesis is that any worthwhile German food was improved in Texas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Having spent time in Fredericksburg, I rate this comment as:

[X] True

Posted by: Tonypete at May 10, 2026 12:36 PM (Kyh8Y)

86 Why would people drink energy drinks when there are wonderful things out there like coffee???
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Red Bull is cool. Did you see that commercial?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 12:36 PM (f5xB0)

87 What is German milk?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

The cream rises to the top very orderly.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 10, 2026 12:36 PM (W5mpo)

88 >>>I know it's Mother's Day, but I have to say growing up my mother was an abysmal cook. In hindsight I existed on mostly high processed food. She tried, God bless her, but she was awful. Her chicken fried steak was passable if your teeth were strong enough and her biscuits and cream gravy were good.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

>My mother couldn't cook a palatable egg to save her soul. I always had to feed her eggs to the dog under the table.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 12:37 PM (D1E+2)

89 78 My "bad cholesterol" is high, but so is my "good cholesterol".

I'm one of those high LDL, high HDL, low triglyceride folks. The literature is all over the place on what it means. FWIW, my resting BP at the doc's office last time was 116/75 w/o meds. I don't drink milk though I love cheese.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 10, 2026 12:34 PM (W5mpo)

I'm one of those high LDL, low HDL, high triglyceride folks...I drink whole milk, eat bacon and all manner of meat. My BP is pretty good w/o meds too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 12:37 PM (ynpvh)

90 Dueling scar. Abominable. Worse than piercings.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 10, 2026 12:37 PM (EToZu)

91 72 I don't drink energy drinks, because they suck and they're hard on my cardiovascular system. But also, I may believe they are causing a spike in colo-rectal problems among the youth. Nasty brews of unnatural ingredients.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 12:31 PM (D1E+2)

Disclaimer: I do drink energy drinks. Mostly for preworkout.

So, I had worked out one day and one of the drinks I made (I usually buy powder, because canned drinks are insane price wise) was pretty high in Caffeine 200mg. I worked out hard and later in the day at work I was dragging. So I looked up real quick 'How much caffeine is safe?' 400mg per day was the bing ai answer (generally.)

Most energy drinks are around 140mg of caffeine, but I see kids POUNDING these things.

So, yeah, I can believe it is leading to gastrointestinal stuff, to say nothing of wrecking gut microbiome.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

92 I don't know why, but I bought Steak-ums for the first time in decades recently. I may say 100% beef on the package but I am reminded that hooves and horns are beef too.

Nothing natural added.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Kyh8Y)

When I am in AZ, I buy them frequently. One pane of it, crumbled up into a bowl of ramen makes a quick and easy meal. Add a little frozen spinach or broccoli, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:38 PM (utfVc)

93 88 >>>I know it's Mother's Day, but I have to say growing up my mother was an abysmal cook. In hindsight I existed on mostly high processed food. She tried, God bless her, but she was awful. Her chicken fried steak was passable if your teeth were strong enough and her biscuits and cream gravy were good.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

>My mother couldn't cook a palatable egg to save her soul. I always had to feed her eggs to the dog under the table.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 12:37 PM (D1E+2)

My Mom was a pretty good cook, except when it came to beef...her beef was cooked well done, which meant chewy and dry...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 12:39 PM (ynpvh)

94 In 40 or 50 years, traditional German food will be falafel and hunmmus.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 10, 2026 12:39 PM (25Mwa)

95 90 Dueling scar. Abominable. Worse than piercings.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 10, 2026 12:37 PM (EToZu)

Well, they were bored.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

96 My Mom was a pretty good cook, except when it came to beef...her beef was cooked well done, which meant chewy and dry...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 12:39 PM (ynpvh)

yeah. I never knew the joy of a rare-to-medium rare steak until I moved from home.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (0aYVJ)

97 66
Steak is a renewable resource!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 12:30 PM (HdYcL)

Grass-fed beef on lands that can only grow grass increase the food we have available...turning land that can't grow crops into land that grows BEEF!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (ynpvh)

98 Red Bull is cool. Did you see that commercial?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 12:36 PM (f5xB0)

I had a Red Bull once, back when there was only one flavor of it. It was nasty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (utfVc)

99 94 In 40 or 50 years

Unnecessarily optimistic estimate.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (aUMnT)

100 Speaking of Germans, there's a neat website I stumbled across which let's you search your name for Civil War soldiers and sailors. I found my forebears from Texas.

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/index.htm

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (l26NL)

101 In 40 or 50 years, traditional German food will be falafel and hunmmus.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I do believe the national dish of England is chicken tikka masala. Not joking.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (xxBSa)

102 >My mother couldn't cook a palatable egg to save her soul. I always had to feed her eggs to the dog under the table.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 12:37 PM (D1E+2)

Wow - eggs have got to be the easiest thing in the world to cook.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (25Mwa)

103 "Plant-based" as a descriptor for food means only that it should be 'served' from a trough to farm animals who are kept in pens.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 10, 2026 12:43 PM (ayRl+)

104 96 My Mom was a pretty good cook, except when it came to beef...her beef was cooked well done, which meant chewy and dry...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 12:39 PM (ynpvh)

yeah. I never knew the joy of a rare-to-medium rare steak until I moved from home.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (0aYVJ)

Mexicans cooked their beef well, afraid of pathogens from undercooked beef...I've asked for medium rare at quite a few Mexican eateries only to get well done...
I too didn't find out about the wonderment of medium-rare beef until I already had a job and was on a company lunch...others ordered their steak that way, so I was curious and tried it...and LOVED it. Too bad I can't eat medium-rare anymore due to my transplant.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 12:43 PM (ynpvh)

105 yeah. I never knew the joy of a rare-to-medium rare steak until I moved from home.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (0aYVJ)

My mom is was/is like that too. It is strange because grandpa was a rare doneness kind of guy. I prefer medium rare if done properly, but will only order medium at a restaurant unless I know they know what they are doing. Often you either get cold center, or medium well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y)

106 I do believe the national dish of England is chicken tikka masala. Not joking.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (xxBSa)
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Compared to over-boiled stew meat with a bay leaf added for flavor, that might not be a bad thing,

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 12:44 PM (y1wyK)

107 Thx CBD. My favorite story about food this week is that all the plant based meats contain mycotoxins. Real healthy vegans. And they taste awful

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026 12:44 PM (gu0hJ)

108
I do believe the national dish of England is chicken tikka masala. Not joking.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (xxBSa)

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50 years ago it was spag bog. So things have only changed, not improved.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 12:45 PM (HdYcL)

109 I had a Red Bull once, back when there was only one flavor of it. It was nasty.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (utfVc)

Battery acid. There are some good tasting ones out there. Monster makes a few of them, but the base Monster is nasty (although not as bad as red bull.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

110 Compared to over-boiled stew meat with a bay leaf added for flavor, that might not be a bad thing,
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

It's not. British food sucks. ,

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 10, 2026 12:46 PM (xxBSa)

111 Oh, that's the thing, the base Monnster energy drink (Black can with green lettering) is a licorice flavor, that's why it is nasty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:46 PM (bss/y)

112 Often you either get cold center, or medium well.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y)

I've been to many Texas Roadhouse restaurants, and with one exception, it comes out just the way I like it. Pretty good track record.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 12:47 PM (0aYVJ)

113 5 We used to have whole milk in the schools. We had fewer cardio problems in children at that time. Are these people just rank idiots that can't bother to compare the data that has existed for decades?
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 10, 2026 12:04 PM (7T8ei)

As Upton Sinclair said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." In a Morisettean irony, he was a socialist; he was right about the power of incentive, and failed to make the requisite deductions, because he was not immune to it himself.

As CBD says, they are Tyrant Hearts that seek untrammeled power over an undifferentiated mass of demoralized serfs. Keeping us and our kids unhealthy is in service of that goal.

Because of the power of incentive and the size of prize in their eyes -- nothing less than total enslavement of the entire human race -- it is impossible to say if they know better or have convinced themselves. I generally assume that they are Nihilistic Liars who neither know nor care if their own words are true, as long as they're *effective*. Either way, practically every institution has been infiltrated and subverted by grifter scum.

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 12:48 PM (Sy6m/)

114 "Plant-based" as a descriptor for food means only that it should be 'served' from a trough to farm animals who are kept in pens.
Posted by: Dr_No at May 10, 2026 12:43 PM (ayRl+)

Fucking A&W ~~drive-ins~~ burger stores here now proudly claim "non GMO beef" and "eggs from chickens raised on a vegan diet". That right there is cruelty to chickens. There natural diet is bugs, and free-range chickens will naturally scratch for bugs. In order for them to be "vegan", you have to cage them. Used to be I'd go to the one in Three Hills when I had occasion to be there. No more. Got a coffee there (and only coffee) about a month ago, because open late, and coffee was needed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:48 PM (utfVc)

115
Of course, kids used to go out for recess and try to kill themselves or others on jungle gyms or playing dodgeball.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 12:49 PM (HdYcL)

116 100 Speaking of Germans, there's a neat website I stumbled across which let's you search your name for Civil War soldiers and sailors. I found my forebears from Texas.

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/index.htm
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
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It's a limited site. If your people are from South of the Mason & Dixon they aren't counted. Reconstruction ain't over yet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 12:50 PM (f5xB0)

117 >>>Wow - eggs have got to be the easiest thing in the world to cook.

Posted by: Tom Servo

>Too much heat. Burnt on the outside, raw and slimy on the inside for over-easy. The dog didn't mind too much.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 12:50 PM (D1E+2)

118 114 "Plant-based" as a descriptor for food means only that it should be 'served' from a trough to farm animals who are kept in pens.
Posted by: Dr_No at May 10, 2026 12:43 PM (ayRl+)

Fucking A&W drive-ins burger stores here now proudly claim "non GMO beef" and "eggs from chickens raised on a vegan diet". That right there is cruelty to chickens. There natural diet is bugs, and free-range chickens will naturally scratch for bugs. In order for them to be "vegan", you have to cage them. Used to be I'd go to the one in Three Hills when I had occasion to be there. No more. Got a coffee there (and only coffee) about a month ago, because open late, and coffee was needed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:48 PM (utfVc)

Chickens eat both bugs and plants...they're omnivorous. I would sometimes feed ours crickets I captured outside...the crickets were attracted to the lights so made catching them and putting them in a 5 gal bucket easy. Also, alfalfa in their diet made the yolks turn a wonderful orange-red color, with the most fantastic flavor.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 12:50 PM (ynpvh)

119 Fucking A&W drive-ins burger stores here now proudly claim "non GMO beef" and "eggs from chickens raised on a vegan diet". That right there is cruelty to chickens. There natural diet is bugs, and free-range chickens will naturally scratch for bugs. In order for them to be "vegan", you have to cage them. Used to be I'd go to the one in Three Hills when I had occasion to be there. No more. Got a coffee there (and only coffee) about a month ago, because open late, and coffee was needed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:48 PM (utfVc)

The one here got closed down during the covidicy. I always thought their burgers- while large- were also kind of bland.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 12:51 PM (bss/y)

120 117 >>>Wow - eggs have got to be the easiest thing in the world to cook.

Posted by: Tom Servo

>Too much heat. Burnt on the outside, raw and slimy on the inside for over-easy. The dog didn't mind too much.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 12:50 PM (D1E+2)

Um...nasty. I have to eat mine well done, so I puncture the yolk so it cooks evenly, and just before the center solidifies, I pull it out so it finishes cooking on the plate to perfection.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 12:52 PM (ynpvh)

121 22 I find it odd that so many of my coworkers have some kind of food issue; glutens, dairy, eggs, peanuts, etc. I have no dietary issues, other than not being able to process certain foods like corn, but that does not stop me from eating an ear of sweet corn slathered in butter on occasion.

And I love milk. We only buy whole milk, preferably Darigold.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 12:12 PM (0aYVJ)

Should I mention not being able to process foods is a food issue?

My dad was lactose intolerant and he also ignored that issue, sometimes to his own detriment, but he got more mental health bennies than physical health ills, although sometimes that was a close call by the decision...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 10, 2026 12:52 PM (tOcjL)

122 Thx CBD. My favorite story about food this week is that all the plant based meats contain mycotoxins. Real healthy vegans. And they taste awful
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026 12:44 PM (gu0hJ)

~~plant-based meat~~ counterfeit meat

There, as it should be. Trans-meat? LOL

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:52 PM (utfVc)

123 @ 29 My mom used to get fresh milk from a local farm down the road. She would skim the cream and make butter. Back when folks could do such things without gubmint intervention. What a stupid world, sometimes.
________________________________________________

In the N'Awlins of the '50s (when I were but an Wee Tyke), breakfast time at our house always caused arguments when a new bottle (yes, glass bottle, paper stopper) of WHOLE milk was opened. We fought about who got to lick the paper cap and get all the creamy goodness stored on its cardboard surface. Then we'd fight about who got the 'cream' that always floated on top of the milk below it. Damn, them was good days …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 10, 2026 12:53 PM (ayRl+)

124 “I generally assume that they are Nihilistic Liars who neither know nor care if their own words are true, as long as they're *effective*. Either way, practically every institution has been infiltrated and subverted by grifter scum.
Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 12:48 PM (Sy6m/)

A notable recent example was that 6 foot spacing rule during the Covid breakout. After it was over they laughingly admitted that “yeah, there were no studies or anything else about that. We just made it up because it felt good.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 10, 2026 12:54 PM (25Mwa)

125 Wow - eggs have got to be the easiest thing in the world to cook.

Posted by: Tom Servo
_________

Obligatory sloppy, slimy eggs:

https://tinyurl.com/wf892fr6

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 10, 2026 12:55 PM (XvL8K)

126 I've got yesterdays McDonalds in the air frier... wish me luck!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 10, 2026 12:55 PM (dmDsy)

127 66
Steak is a renewable resource!

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Cows eat grass.... grass needs sun and water and CO2.... the water gets to the countryside by rain... rain is water from the oceans evaporated by the sun....

If you eat beef, you are actually solar powered

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 10, 2026 12:56 PM (bXoVc)

128
This kind of stuff makes me nuts.

Children absolutely need a pretty good amount of fat and cholesterol in their diets because they are growing and their brains and nerves and muscles are developing.

And all of those take fats and cholesterol.

Whole milk is great for kids.

I suspect the high near retardation rates in the 3rd world is due to a lack of fats in their diets.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 12:57 PM (iJfKG)

129 In the N'Awlins of the '50s (when I were but an Wee Tyke), breakfast time at our house always caused arguments when a new bottle (yes, glass bottle, paper stopper) of WHOLE milk was opened. We fought about who got to lick the paper cap and get all the creamy goodness stored on its cardboard surface. Then we'd fight about who got the 'cream' that always floated on top of the milk below it. Damn, them was good days …
Posted by: Dr_No at May 10, 2026 12:53 PM (ayRl+)

I remember doing the same. Now, all I get is homogenized milk, which is fine. Drink all the cream off the bottle of milk, and what are you left with? Skim milk.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:57 PM (utfVc)

130 "In a Sept. 10, 2025, statement, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine called on the MAHA commission to drop whole milk from its recommendations, citing potential cardiovascular health risks to children.
Children are increasingly exhibiting early signs of high cholesterol, heart disease, and other cardiovascular diseases. Allowing full-fat whole dairy in school meals will only result in more such health issues, the committee said."

It's finding the wrong solution. The forced sedentary nature of school is more likely causing the cardiovascular health issue risks vs the diet. Likely the lack of fiber in school meals (and kids' overall diet) would be a secondary effect, which milk choice does little to effect.

AKA - you'd have a much better chance of lowering the risks by having 30 minute walks around the school every day after an oatmeal or raisin bran breakfast.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 10, 2026 12:58 PM (tOcjL)

131 128
This kind of stuff makes me nuts.

Children absolutely need a pretty good amount of fat and cholesterol in their diets because they are growing and their brains and nerves and muscles are developing.

And all of those take fats and cholesterol.

Whole milk is great for kids.

I suspect the high near retardation rates in the 3rd world is due to a lack of fats in their diets.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 12:57 PM (iJfKG)

Even if you eat 0% cholesterol, you're body will make it. It's absolutely crucial to cell membranes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 12:58 PM (ynpvh)

132 Aetius, now you have me interested, I like licorice

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 12:58 PM (Ia/+0)

133 129 In the N'Awlins of the '50s (when I were but an Wee Tyke), breakfast time at our house always caused arguments when a new bottle (yes, glass bottle, paper stopper) of WHOLE milk was opened. We fought about who got to lick the paper cap and get all the creamy goodness stored on its cardboard surface. Then we'd fight about who got the 'cream' that always floated on top of the milk below it. Damn, them was good days …
Posted by: Dr_No at May 10, 2026 12:53 PM (ayRl+)

I remember doing the same. Now, all I get is homogenized milk, which is fine. Drink all the cream off the bottle of milk, and what are you left with? Skim milk.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:57 PM (utfVc)

That damned Homo milk used to make Greek homo yogurt!

Posted by: Al Sharpton at May 10, 2026 12:59 PM (ynpvh)

134 Sometime ago I read that the reason there are so many crazy and shallow theories now is that the wiser, more experienced generation of scientists and physicians who might have provided criticism all died in Auschwitz.

I don't remember the source, and it was years ago. But I wonder if it isn't part of the arrogance of experts here.

Posted by: Wenda at May 10, 2026 12:59 PM (kyMpJ)

135 When working nights, usually carried a energy drink, but no use for them normally. I have 1 laying around these last few months but haven't touched it.

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)

136 now you have me interested, I like licorice
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 12:58 PM (Ia/+0)

Gah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 01:00 PM (bss/y)

137 >>now you have me interested, I like licorice

Licorice is the bomb.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2026 01:01 PM (b2oah)

138 Plant-based foods? Insects? Free range chicken and chicken eggs are both plant- AND insect-based! Shazam!

The food Nazis are nuts. They follow fads pimped by their favorite Hollywood celebs and Interwebz health food influencers. New fad follows new fad. It's nuts. It seems every day now I see a headline, "New Study Says (insert food, beverage, vitamin or supplement I never heard of before) will extend your life and/or prevent dementia," or something.

A new study that typically contradicts innumerable prior studies.

Posted by: Gref at May 10, 2026 01:01 PM (5rh/l)

139 Knox, Knox!

What's there?

https://tinyurl.com/3c5m89pj

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 01:02 PM (y1wyK)

140 100 Speaking of Germans, there's a neat website I stumbled across which let's you search your name for Civil War soldiers and sailors. I found my forebears from Texas.

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/index.htm
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 10, 2026 12:41 PM (l26NL)
What I found was 'Site no longer updated or maintained'. And a load of northern viewpoint stuff. Sad. But General Stephen D. Lee said it would be this way.

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 01:02 PM (LHPAg)

141 OT - Since I'm being taken out for dinner for Mother's Day (poke bowls - a dinner of champions), I'll miss most of the food thread, so I wanted to report on my spoyse's continued Kashi Go experiment.

So, as mentioned previously, he really liked the 10 fiber +10 protein peanut butter Kashi Go cereal. But like all men, he wanted to see if even more could be better, so he tried the 12+12 original Kashi Go flavor this week - and that was a BIG FAT FAIL. He called it bird food and eating twigs and leaves. So, not going to go back to that flavor.

But b/c he's all in for the experiment, we have now bought 2 more of the flavors, Honey Almond 10+10 and Chocolate 10+10 (he decided to skip berry b/c he doesn't like fruit in granola - did I tell you how different our tastes are - I looked at him like he had 2 heads when he didn't want to try it

. So, over the next few weeks, I'll let you know how these compare to the 1st one.

TL/DR - skip 12+12 Kashi Go - too much of a good thing.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 10, 2026 01:02 PM (tOcjL)

142 Licorice is the bomb.
Posted by: JackStraw

Jerry Garcia once likened licorice to the Grateful Dead. He said "Not everyone likes licorice, but those who do seem to really like it. Kinda like the Dead".

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 10, 2026 01:03 PM (l26NL)

143 now you have me interested, I like licorice
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 12:58 PM (Ia/+0)

Gah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 10, 2026 01:00 PM (bss/y)
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YOU TELL 'EM!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 01:03 PM (y1wyK)

144
Eat these superfoods and you'll live forever!

[List of disgusting stuff a starving dog wouldn't touch]

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 01:03 PM (HdYcL)

145 124 “I generally assume that they are Nihilistic Liars who neither know nor care if their own words are true, as long as they're *effective*. Either way, practically every institution has been infiltrated and subverted by grifter scum.

A notable recent example...

More recent example, LIB Karen BASS(HOLES) and firestarting BASS(TARDS). What could possibly Go Wrong?

A: MAD as Hell and Not gonna LIB anymore...
Mayor/Pratt'26
PrattOlympics'28
Rubio/Pratt'28 (not DeepState Fake/Haley)
Prez/Pratt'28

Yes, I BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT.
REAL CHANGE. REAL FEAR FOR THE DEEP STATE'Rs
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PutASmileOnThatFace

This is PRECISELY the kind of showmanship that Trump would secretly get behind as a successor to his current LiveAction/Apprentice show.

LET'S GO BRANDON!
DEFEAT LIB STRATEGIC INSANITY FOREVER!
https://iran.liveuamap.com/

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 10, 2026 01:04 PM (flzPv)

146 >>Jerry Garcia once likened licorice to the Grateful Dead. He said "Not everyone likes licorice, but those who do seem to really like it. Kinda like the Dead".

One of my favorite Jerry quotes. Sums it up perfectly.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2026 01:05 PM (b2oah)

147 134 Sometime ago I read that the reason there are so many crazy and shallow theories now is that the wiser, more experienced generation of scientists and physicians who might have provided criticism all died in Auschwitz.

Posted by: Wenda at May 10, 2026 12:59 PM (kyMpJ

I'd think that it's more that the system is easier to swim through if you go along and get along. The entire education system is basically parroting back what the teacher du jour believes so you pass the test.

By the time you're going for PhD or whatever, there's no reward in going out and adversarily proving something wrong. That really should be the only way advanced degrees are given.

There's no reward in challenging someone's papers.
Journals will shot toss anything going against current thinking.

Let the system die.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 10, 2026 01:06 PM (Sco7b)

148 Whole milk is the way. My mother (Happy M-day, mom!) who succumbed to a lot of the low-fat marketing of the 70's, tried skim milk once and said, "Oh HELL no!" We were straight whole milk drinkers from then on.

Somewhere north of her 75th birthday, she started buying low fat ice cream and (shudder)ice milk. I had to intervene:

"Mom, however much extra time you think eating this crap is getting you, can't be worth trading out the happiness derived from Breyer's, or Dolly Madison, or Sealtest. " These were ice cream brands that she introduced me to and, thankfully, the talk yielded results. She even mentioned that the real stuff made her feel more "full", in a pleasant way. Yeah, that's the dirty little secret of low fat treats. You tend to eat more of it to get the same level of satisfaction..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2026 01:09 PM (nbLIj)

149 Three slabs of baby Backs headed for the smoker soon.
mmmmmmm!!!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 01:10 PM (2WIwB)

150 Spotted owl should be packed fully feathered in a thick coat of red clay and steam baked in a pit of hot coals until it is falling-off-the-bones tender, then served with Brussels sprouts at every meal. It won't make you live forever, but it will damn sure seem like it.

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2026 01:12 PM (I0N4X)

151 Three slabs of baby Backs headed for the smoker soon.
mmmmmmm!!!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 01:10 PM (2WIwB)

What kind of babies?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 10, 2026 01:12 PM (iERP6)

152 "Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 10, 2026 12:12 PM (ycI94)"

Reddit still not beating that well-deserved rep of being the Special Education corner of the Internet today, I see.

Posted by: Saber Alter at May 10, 2026 01:12 PM (qtd4D)

153 I actually like licorice flavor. A shot of Jaegermesiter is nice now and then, but moderation, folks.

Funny, because I drank Ouzo in Crete, and was hung over for a day and a half, and the only thing that killed that hangover was getting drunk again on beer.

But I was serving my country as a Soldier! : )

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 01:12 PM (0aYVJ)

154 Conan, what is best in life?

Watching leftists' redistricing scheme blow in their faces thanks to a Democrat appointed judge in Virginia and then watching them lose their shit on CNN.

Also, the lamentations of their women.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2026 01:12 PM (b2oah)

155 Sometime ago I read that the reason there are so many crazy and shallow theories now is that the wiser, more experienced generation of scientists and physicians who might have provided criticism all died in Auschwitz.

Posted by: Wenda at May 10, 2026 12:59 PM (kyMpJ

***

I call it the Spring Butt generation. Spring butts are those students that absolutely have to say something regardless of what the issue is. They just have to express their opinion. Can't help themselves. And now we have a whole generation with a social media platform, and they are all being Spring Butts.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 01:13 PM (2WIwB)

156 I'm deathly allergic to tree nuts. Anaphylactic shock. Airways closed. Mouth filled with more hives than mouth. Face swollen, BP drops.

I can assure you it is not a "me thing."

Posted by: Delurker at May 10, 2026 01:13 PM (gtcuf)

157 Three slabs of baby Backs headed for the smoker soon.
mmmmmmm!!!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 01:10 PM (2WIwB)

What kind of babies?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 10, 2026 01:12 PM (iERP6)

***

Succulent delicious ones!
OK...should of wrote Baby Backs, but I'm just so excited!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 01:14 PM (2WIwB)

158 156 I'm deathly allergic to tree nuts. Anaphylactic shock. Airways closed. Mouth filled with more hives than mouth. Face swollen, BP drops.

I can assure you it is not a "me thing."

Posted by: Delurker at May 10, 2026 01:13 PM (gtcuf)

But not allergic to legumes?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

159 >>Month two of the Carnivore diet, not liking it but the damn thing works.

Not liking it!?

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 01:14 PM (NcvvS)

160 158 But not allergic to legumes?

Not at all.

Posted by: Delurker at May 10, 2026 01:15 PM (gtcuf)

161 I'm deathly allergic to tree nuts. Anaphylactic shock. Airways closed. Mouth filled with more hives than mouth. Face swollen, BP drops.

I can assure you it is not a "me thing."

Posted by: Delurker at May 10, 2026 01:13 PM (gtcuf)
-

That's just nuts!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 01:15 PM (y1wyK)

162 I'm deathly allergic to tree nuts. Anaphylactic shock. Airways closed. Mouth filled with more hives than mouth. Face swollen, BP drops.

I can assure you it is not a "me thing."

Posted by: Delurker at May 10, 2026 01:13 PM (gtcuf)

And how did this allergy arise? And precisely which component in tree nuts is the culprit? If you have children, have any of them inherited this affliction?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 01:16 PM (utfVc)

163 OK...should of wrote Baby Backs, but I'm just so excited!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 01:14 PM (2WIwB)
and he just can't hide it

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 01:18 PM (LHPAg)

164 When I got divorced in 2006 I was HOUNDED by DSHS to sign up for Medicaid and food stamps.

I refused. Not that it wouldnt have been helpful, and seeing all the lightbulbheads taking advantage, I prolly should have….. but I had pride. My job had an affordable healthcare plan and I could feed my own kids, thank
You very much.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2026 01:19 PM (A5RD0)

165 >>What is German milk?

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 01:22 PM (NcvvS)

166 I'm deathly allergic to tree nuts. Anaphylactic shock. Airways closed. Mouth filled with more hives than mouth. Face swollen, BP drops.

I can assure you it is not a "me thing."

Posted by: Delurker at May 10, 2026 01:13 PM (gtcuf)

It might be a you thing if you start gasping and fall on the floor if someone is eating peanuts in the same room as you.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 01:23 PM (iJfKG)

167 Diogenes,
I like that theory too.

Posted by: Wenda at May 10, 2026 01:24 PM (kyMpJ)

168 Folks, read, watch the ad and LOL:

https://tinyurl.com/293uatkc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 01:25 PM (y1wyK)

169 We have a large tarragon plant in Queens. Love the licorice flavor.
My insides look like a cannoli with all the dairy I eat.
My brother has battled his weight all his life. He’s on a carnivore diet now and is losing weight easily.

Posted by: Accomack at May 10, 2026 01:25 PM (T8bqm)

170 What is German milk?

*********

I do't know, but I do know that you can get dragon milk from a cow with short legs.

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2026 01:26 PM (I0N4X)

171 Hadrian, since you are here, a chemistry geek question for you: I have seen several videos on the toob of ewes that demonstrate making metallic sodium by reacting NaOH with magnesium chips in a beaker of baby oil at about 200 degrees C. Menthol is used as a catalyst. The sodium collects as globules of liquid metal in the bottom of the flask. One of the presenters, NurdRage, claims consistently better than 90% yield.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:22 PM (utfVc)

Since that reaction won't go as a simple displacement one at room temperature, one can either raise the temperature to push the equilibrium in a favorable direction or use a catalyst like a tertiary alcohol which stabilizes intermediate species on the way to the final product.

Menthol is a secondary (rather than tertiary) alcohol but your source seems to be saying it's possible to get the reaction to go and give good yield.

Posted by: The Clams at May 10, 2026 01:26 PM (/HDaX)

172 /sock off

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 10, 2026 01:26 PM (/HDaX)

173 BTW raw milk lacks any added nutritional value than pasteurized whole milk, which is less hassle obtaining and less risk of contamination. The risk is small, but fracionally higher than pasteurized; it just doesn't add anything -- unless you're buying shit milk that contains additives.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 10, 2026 01:26 PM (wBaIH)

174 >>I'm deathly allergic to tree nuts. Anaphylactic shock...

Coconut for me. First time having coconut was at a wedding where they served coconut ice cream. Couldn't swallow it, throat closed. Spit it immediately into the spoon and asked what the flavour was - response: 'Coconut! Isn't it good?' My answer: 'Tastes fine. Can't eat it.'

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 01:27 PM (NcvvS)

175 126 I've got yesterdays McDonalds in the air frier... wish me luck!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 10, 2026 12:55 PM (dmDsy)

Let us know how it works out! I have generally found fast food to be unreheatable.

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 01:27 PM (Sy6m/)

176 What is German milk?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (Cqx++)
-

Nein percent fat.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 01:27 PM (y1wyK)

177 Low fat usually means added corn syrup, which is less satiating.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 10, 2026 01:27 PM (wBaIH)

178 Sometime ago I read that the reason there are so many crazy and shallow theories now is that the wiser, more experienced generation of scientists and physicians who might have provided criticism all died in Auschwitz.

Posted by: Wenda at May 10, 2026 12:59 PM (kyMpJ

Part of it is government funding of science. The Gov does things on a biennial process, and grants are limited in time and scope. However they are pretty good paying, which means the money available sucks all the talent and available facilities to the areas teh Gov wants studied which is around areas that some legislator or lobbyist wants studied: Global warming, fat causing heart attacks and so on.
Also, grants don't get renewed on negative studies. Even if you shoehorn "global warming" into your study of (say) reproductive strategies of longhorn beetles because that is the only way to get funding, you can't come out and say you saw no influence of global warming on this population. However that is not so much fraud as it is engagement farming for, and audience capture by, the funding committees

Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 01:28 PM (rbvCR)

179
'Tastes fine. Can't eat it.'

Less filling

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 01:28 PM (Cqx++)

180 Menthol is a secondary (rather than tertiary) alcohol but your source seems to be saying it's possible to get the reaction to go and give good yield.
Posted by: The Clams at May 10, 2026 01:26 PM (/HDaX)

Ah, thanks for the bivalve insight! He did mention that the reaction will proceed much faster if some pellets of metallic sodium are added to "seed" the reaction vessel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 01:30 PM (utfVc)

181 Low fat usually means added corn syrup, which is less satiating.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 10, 2026 01:27 PM (wBaIH)

And fructose makes you hungrier by suppressing various signaling hormones, so you get less satisfaction from fats, and the HFCS makes your body ignore what signals your gut throws to say it is getting full.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

182 174 >>I'm deathly allergic to tree nuts. Anaphylactic shock...

Coconut for me. First time having coconut was at a wedding where they served coconut ice cream. Couldn't swallow it, throat closed. Spit it immediately into the spoon and asked what the flavour was - response: 'Coconut! Isn't it good?' My answer: 'Tastes fine. Can't eat it.'
Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 01:27 PM (NcvvS)
Ixnay on the 3 hour tour then.

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 01:31 PM (LHPAg)

183 I'm deathly allergic to tree nuts. Anaphylactic shock. Airways closed. Mouth filled with more hives than mouth. Face swollen, BP drops.

I can assure you it is not a "me thing."

Posted by: Delurker at May 10, 2026 01:13 PM (gtcuf)

Buddy of mine is the same. When he was dating his future wife, she had gotten these Entenmann's crumb donuts. Neither he nor she was aware they were flavored with ground hazelnuts. He had to rush home and pound Benadryl to avoid an ER visit. Took him the better part of the day to recover...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2026 01:31 PM (nbLIj)

184 158 156 I'm deathly allergic to tree nuts. Anaphylactic shock. Airways closed. Mouth filled with more hives than mouth. Face swollen, BP drops.

I can assure you it is not a "me thing."

Posted by: Delurker at May 10, 2026 01:13 PM (gtcuf)

But not allergic to legumes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

Me either - Tree nuts (cashews) are killer...Peanuts are awesome...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 10, 2026 01:32 PM (tOcjL)

185 A friend volunteered as a teaching assistant at an inner city elementary school. Says the kids’ school breakfast most days is loaded w sugar, like French toast sticks and chocolate milk.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 10, 2026 01:33 PM (jYRYu)

186 My sister has a skin condition and her dermatologist recommended a milk bath. She called a wholesale dairy supplier to order a large enough quantity. The supplier asked if she wanted it pasteurized and she said, "No, just up to my navel."

Posted by: muldoon at May 10, 2026 01:33 PM (I0N4X)

187 Coconut for me. First time having coconut was at a wedding where they served coconut ice cream. Couldn't swallow it, throat closed. Spit it immediately into the spoon and asked what the flavour was - response: 'Coconut! Isn't it good?' My answer: 'Tastes fine. Can't eat it.'
Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 01:27 PM (NcvvS)

I can eat coconut, but I hate the flavor and texture. The shredded stuff (copra?) beloved of bakers always tastes like rancid sawdust to me. Funny, I have coconut water taken directly from a fresh-picked coconut, and it is yummy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 01:34 PM (utfVc)

188 What is German milk?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 12:26 PM (Cqx++)
-

Nein percent fat.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 01:27 PM (y1wyK)

*enthusiastic golf clap*

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2026 01:34 PM (nbLIj)

189 Real healthy vegans. And they taste awful
Posted by: Smell the Glove

That's right! You just can't get good vegans anymore no matter where you shop!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 10, 2026 01:34 PM (Kyh8Y)

190 >>Less filling

Heh, last fall the children at the coffee shop handled the lid of my order with hands that had touched coconut syrup. Upper lip swelled within an hour - for three days, had a Kardashian face.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 01:34 PM (NcvvS)

191 I suspect the high near retardation rates in the 3rd world is due to a lack of fats in their diets.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 12:57 PM (iJfKG)

I suspect Homo erectus re-admixture.

Funny thing about censorship, it leaves the option open that they nominally oppose, instead of allowing it to be studied and potentially debunked. We know that the ethnicities with the highest math ability have some Neanderthal and/or Denisovan admixture, implying that we were the third-most intelligent hominid at best. So, it is logical to wonder if there are populations with admixture from less intelligent hominids as well -- but I don't blame scientists for not doing the work to disconfirm the hypothesis, since even proposing to study it could put you in the gunsights of an "antifa" assassin.

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 01:35 PM (Sy6m/)

192 Ah, thanks for the bivalve insight! He did mention that the reaction will proceed much faster if some pellets of metallic sodium are added to "seed" the reaction vessel.

That can help too. For example, seeding is a common way to generate crystals large enough to perform proper x-ray crystallographic analysis, rather than waiting the longer period of time just using evaporation alone to get the job done.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 10, 2026 01:36 PM (/HDaX)

193 >>Ixnay on the 3 hour tour then.
Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 01:31 PM (LHPAg)

Definitely put me off any tropical adventures.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 01:36 PM (NcvvS)

194 "Grass-fed beef"

Highest in omega 3 and delta 9

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 10, 2026 01:36 PM (W5mpo)

195 The supplier asked if she wanted it pasteurized and she said, "No, just up to my navel."
Posted by: muldoon

HeyOhhhh!! Yes Sir!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 10, 2026 01:37 PM (Kyh8Y)

196
Lol muldoon,

You are a treasure.

Posted by: four seasons at May 10, 2026 01:38 PM (3ek7K)

197 >>Funny, I have coconut water taken directly from a fresh-picked coconut, and it is yummy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 01:34 PM (utfVc)

AOP, pretty sure that it's the pulp that is the problem, but testing other products (coconut oil, coconut water) has an extremely adverse risk/reward profile.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 01:39 PM (NcvvS)

198 It's very simple. The "elites" want us weak, stupid and malnourished. You don't have to worry too much about revolt when the population is barely able to walk to their own backyard and get tree bark for their daily soup.

Posted by: Education system already covered stupid at May 10, 2026 01:40 PM (TbWk/)

199 >>>Whole milk in our schools? That should be entirely unexceptional, especially since reduced fat milk is a new thing.

Reduced fat milk is not whole milk. The term "whole milk" is only used to describe milk with all the fat intact, usually around 3.5-4%, though that can vary.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 10, 2026 01:40 PM (syz1S)

200 There is an alternat process of sterilizing foods that subjects them to very high pressure. It is called "pascalization" and subjects the food to 100–1000 MPa pressure at room (or colder) temperature. This is aimed at destroying disease causing microbes and not cooking the enzymes and such out of the material, and not cooking things like seafood.
There was one bit of equipment I was researching that would do 1 liter amounts, but it was about the size of a semi truck, and was manufactured in Catalonia, Spain, so I lost interest.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)

201 198 It's very simple. The "elites" want us weak, stupid and malnourished. You don't have to worry too much about revolt when the population is barely able to walk to their own backyard and get tree bark for their daily soup.
Posted by: Education system already covered stupid at May 10, 2026 01:40 PM (TbWk/)
NORKS.

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 01:42 PM (LHPAg)

202 The supplier asked if she wanted it pasteurized and she said, "No, just up to my navel."
Posted by: muldoon

My eyes have rolled so far back into my head I can't see. Thank God for Mavis Beason's touch typing course I took all those years ago.

Posted by: Hope I didn't misspell anything at May 10, 2026 01:42 PM (TbWk/)

203 The supplier asked if she wanted it pasteurized and she said, "No, just up to my navel."
Posted by: muldoon

HeyOhhhh!! Yes Sir!!
Posted by: Tonypete at May 10, 2026 01:37 PM (Kyh8Y)

Let's not skim on these puns.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 01:42 PM (2WIwB)

204
Let's not skim on these puns.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 01:42 PM (2WIwB)

___________

No whey!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 01:44 PM (HdYcL)

205 Fun fact: I used to call the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage act on federal awarding of contracts the "Mavis Beacon" act. No one said anything because by that time they were accustomed to my odd ways.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 01:45 PM (rbvCR)

206 205 Fun fact: I used to call the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage act on federal awarding of contracts the "Mavis Beacon" act. No one said anything because by that time they were accustomed to my odd ways.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 01:45 PM (rbvCR)

Sounds like you were a strange type of guy.

Posted by: Wait for it... at May 10, 2026 01:47 PM (TbWk/)

207 German milk = beer

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026 01:47 PM (gu0hJ)

208 Even if you eat 0% cholesterol, you're body will make it. It's absolutely crucial to cell membranes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 12:58 PM (ynpvh)

Your body will make cholesterol from fats, or vice-versa. Because I took biochemistry, I ignore dietary cholesterol, which is metabolically fungible with fat. (My degree is in math, but I was flirting with the idea of a double major that I didn't follow through on.) But kids need fat in their diet to make that essential cholesterol.

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 01:48 PM (Sy6m/)

209 There is an alternat process of sterilizing foods that subjects them to very high pressure. It is called "pascalization" and subjects the food to 100–1000 MPa pressure at room (or colder) temperature. This is aimed at destroying disease causing microbes and not cooking the enzymes and such out of the material, and not cooking things like seafood.
There was one bit of equipment I was researching that would do 1 liter amounts, but it was about the size of a semi truck, and was manufactured in Catalonia, Spain, so I lost interest.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)

Irradiation works to preserve foods, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 01:50 PM (utfVc)

210 Speaking of milk, Michelle Obama banned chocolate milk from the schools' lunch program. Because delicious or something. Chocolate milk on Fridays was a big treat in my childhood. God forbid kids should have a little sugar.

Posted by: fly gal at May 10, 2026 01:53 PM (qpo2d)

211 After a heavy workout in the gym, I like Roach Burgers for protein and hamster piss for my electrolytes.

I am only sick 4 times a week and my yearly blood tests are at max levels.

But I am better than you because I am saving the planet for "THE CHILDREN"....

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 10, 2026 01:54 PM (38587)

212
Irradiation works to preserve foods, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 01:50 PM (utfVc)

Always amusing how the "BELIEVE SCIENCE" crowd vociferously opposes irradiating food because it'll turn your blueberries into U-235 and make you grow an extra head.

Posted by: Lots of really stoooopid people running around loose at May 10, 2026 01:54 PM (TbWk/)

213 Irradiation works to preserve foods, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 01:50 PM (utfVc)

This is true, but it is considered "bad" for the type of people who want raw milk and the legislators who want to prevent people from getting it.

Also some of the people in the world probably shouldn't be given access to gamma radiation sources. They might try to lick it or lose it down a gopher hole or something.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 01:54 PM (rbvCR)

214 >>The supplier asked if she wanted it pasteurized and she said, "No, just up to my navel."
Posted by: muldoon

Dad had a book of jokes from the late '40s. It was titled, 'Naughty But Nice. Mom didn't know that at least one of her children had read it. That joke was in it :-)

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 01:55 PM (NcvvS)

215 Always amusing how the "BELIEVE SCIENCE" crowd vociferously opposes irradiating food because it'll turn your blueberries into U-235 and make you grow an extra head.
Posted by: Lots of really stoooopid people running around loose at May 10, 2026 01:54 PM (TbWk/)

But if your kids grow three balls they will be well placed to open a pawn shop

Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 01:55 PM (rbvCR)

216 I worked in a grade school for several years. We fed the kids breakfast. The menu was designed by a dietitian. The sugar content was insane -- the yogurt, for instance, had more sugar than a can of soda. One of the offerings was Pop-Tarts, with 70 grams of sugar. Add to that the sugar content of the orange juice drink.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 01:59 PM (8Ihxc)

217 I also remember the EXPERTS saying that eating eggs will kill you because of the cholesterol in the eggs.

Then was don't eat the yolk and only egg whites. But all the good stuff is in the yolk.

I eat 4 eggs a day because eggs are super food and my cholesterol numbers are normal.

These so-called experts like Fauci are just like Dr. Josef Mengele. Never got that poisonous COVID Shot and my Immune system did just great. Trusted what GOD gave me and not Commie Leftists.

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 10, 2026 02:01 PM (38587)

218 and this corn sweetener is doing lots of damage to humans
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 12:17 PM (Ia/+0)

People who have never eaten corn sweetener die.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 02:01 PM (nUR++)

219 The best whole milk imho comes from Jersey Guernsy cows. Their milk has a higher fat content than regulsr whole milk. Unfortunately the major commercial dairies don't seem to produce it anymore; only small local enterprises do these days.

Posted by: fly gal at May 10, 2026 02:02 PM (qpo2d)

220 81 There is a good reason rural people were more health than big city people and food nutrition was a good one.
Posted by: Kafiroon at May 10, 2026 12:35 PM (IzMux)

Rural people still die.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 02:04 PM (nUR++)

221 But if your kids grow three balls they will be well placed to open a pawn shop
Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 01:55 PM (rbvCR)

If they start with three balls their on-base percentage will be through the roof.

Posted by: Confucius say baseball wrong at May 10, 2026 02:04 PM (TbWk/)

222 83 skim milk should be against the law
Posted by: doug at May 10, 2026 12:36 PM (Hy+R4)

Hell no!

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 02:04 PM (nUR++)

223 People who have never eaten corn sweetener die.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 02:01 PM (nUR++)

HFCS interferes with the signaling by your gut that tells your brain to stop eating.
This is not insulting how you chose to eat, it is only an observation on metabolism.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 02:05 PM (rbvCR)

224 The best whole milk imho comes from Jersey Guernsy cows. Their milk has a higher fat content than regulsr whole milk. Unfortunately the major commercial dairies don't seem to produce it anymore; only small local enterprises do these days.
Posted by: fly gal at May 10, 2026 02:02 PM (qpo2d)

Jersey are the brown cows, and Guernsey are the black and white ones, IIRC. And Jersey cows bounce:

https://youtu.be/8Mc2pBJzI0g

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 02:06 PM (utfVc)

225 IIRC. And Jersey cows bounce:

https://youtu.be/8Mc2pBJzI0g

AOP lol!

Posted by: fly gal at May 10, 2026 02:11 PM (qpo2d)

226 The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has their reasoning backwards. They state that children are experiencing higher rates of cardiovascular disease BEFORE whole milk is re-introduced and claiming that whole milk is causing the problem.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 10, 2026 02:12 PM (8Ihxc)

227 >>If they start with three balls their on-base percentage will be through the roof.

Someone who had never seen a baseball game went to one. Every time someone hit the ball she would yell, 'Run, Charlie, run!' Then a player got a walk and, as he trotted to first base, she yelled 'Run, Charlie, run!' Her escort explained that he didn't have to run he had four balls. She immediately yelled, 'Strut, Charlie, strut!'

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 02:13 PM (NcvvS)

228 HFCS interferes with the signaling by your gut that tells your brain to stop eating.
This is not insulting how you chose to eat, it is only an observation on metabolism.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 02:05 PM (rbvCR)

The ONLY thing I will ever attack is the attempt to find the Universal Rule Book. Which can’t happen as we are all individuals. And no matter how you manage your diet, health, etc…one day you will die. I just keep those things in mind and act accordingly.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 02:16 PM (nUR++)

229 AOP lol!
Posted by: fly gal at May 10, 2026 02:11 PM (qpo2d)

That's such a perfect little tune, isn't it? And I got my cows wrong. Holsteins are the big black and white ones now seen in most commercial dairies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 02:17 PM (utfVc)

230 Nood, first world problems

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 02:21 PM (Sy6m/)

Book Thread: 05/10/2026 [MP4]

Good morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes. It’s time once again for the monthly MP4-hosted Sunday Book Thread. As it’s May, it’s Goodwood Races time in England and women are encouraged to wear their finest:

So ask the barman for a Pimm’s, covfefe or tea and let’s get started!

TBR, TBRA and what’s the point?

Here on the Book Thread, we talk a lot about our To Be Read (TBR) lists and, sometimes, about our To Be Read Again (TBRA) lists. I can look around my house and find lots of books I have yet to read (some of them in my hands for years) as well as the more familiar ones I’ll pick up when I’m at a loose end. On the TBR list I’ve got, for example, Shelley Puhak’s bio of Ersebeth Batory, The Blood Countess: Murder, Betrayal and the Making of a Monster. I also have William Mann’s Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood, which I’ve only managed to get a quarter of a way through.

In the latter category, I have my comic strip collections, a plethora of true-crime works, 20-odd books on English and Victorian history and shelves of volumes on a variety of topics. These are the books I’ll pull down when I’m sitting to relax, or as entertainment over a meal or just because I’ve enjoyed them so much, re-reading is a pleasure.

“What about ‘what’s the point?” I hear you say. That was a thought that occurred to me the other night as I was finishing off a TBR book. I glanced up at my packed shelves and wondered – why do I keep these books which I’ve read and will likely never read again? For instance, Barbara Mertz’s Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: I’ve read it, taken in its knowledge and shelved it. I doubt I will ever page through it again. So why do I keep it when I could trade or sell it and make room for other books?
I don’t know. Part of me knows I’ve got dozens of ‘finished’ books which are gathering dust, but another, stronger part of me recoils at the very idea of getting rid of any book for any reason. I know that when I die, everything I have except for my Hollywood and Jack the Ripper collections (which will sell for a pretty penny) will end up in the dumpster, so why not anticipate the reaping now?

What about you? What books are begging to be read and which ones are the old friends you turn to at a leisure moment? And do you, like me, hoard your books like Scrooge hoarding his gold?

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:00 AM

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1 I read the Ace of Spades HQ, does that count?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:01 AM (1Ff7Z)

2 Tolle Lege

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading.

Posted by: JTB at May 10, 2026 09:02 AM (yTvNw)

4 Morning, MP4.

Howdy, Horde.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 09:02 AM (q3u5l)

5 That library pic looks strangely familiar...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 09:02 AM (gnNyN)

6 MP4,
Thanks for doing the thread. Give the new up a pat for us. The photo in the pet thread is adorable.

Posted by: JTB at May 10, 2026 09:03 AM (yTvNw)

7 “ Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.”

Isaiah 26:12

Posted by: Marcus T at May 10, 2026 09:03 AM (u/66v)

8 Good morning morons and thanks MP4

Still working through Douglas Murray'a On Democracy and Death Cults

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX)

9 As it’s May, it’s Goodwood Races time in England and women are encouraged to wear their finest.

What, no train-smash women? I guess Goodwood is less trashy than Aintree....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:04 AM (1Ff7Z)

10 And do you, like me, hoard your books like Scrooge hoarding his gold?
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yes. yes I do.

Like you, I have many books that I most likely will never read again. I also have an extensive collection of roleplaying games that I will never play again. But I keep them around for sentimental value, I suppose.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 09:04 AM (gnNyN)

11 Yes your new puppy looks very cute.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 09:04 AM (RIvkX)

12 Yay MP4!

*And do you, like me, hoard your books like Scrooge hoarding his gold?*

Of course

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2026 09:05 AM (6U1c2)

13 Good Sunday morning, horde.

I have so many books that I want to read because they're either culturally or historically important. And I occasionally do pull one off the shelf and read it, and am glad for it.

But I'm usually distracted by other shiny things, especially when I'm in the mood to just read pulp mysteries or spy novels for weeks on end, and that's all right.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2026 09:05 AM (h7ZuX)

14 Some books will be part of the estate. Others leave the house once I'm through with them. The tough part is deciding.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 09:05 AM (p/isN)

15 My TBR is over 200, which is somewhat of an embarrassment. But it does give me something to look forward to.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 09:06 AM (0U5gm)

16 Mostly from a podcast on Gen Scharnhorst which brought up his protégé Karl v. Clauswitz and his book On War I thought should read it again. I had a paperback copy 40 years ago but lost it somewhere.

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 09:06 AM (Ia/+0)

17 I try not to buy fiction books I won't reread

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2026 09:06 AM (6U1c2)

18 Hi, my name's Dave, and I'm a book-a-holic.

*waits for the traditional response*

I've probably got thousands. Many that I'll never get around to re-reading, not even because they weren't great, but because they're never in sight when the longing for comforting familiarity strikes.

But there's something insidious about those who would willingly toss out books. Give away to good recipients, sure, but you'd better be able to pass a Librarian's Background Check.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 10, 2026 09:06 AM (aJQbY)

19 What about you? What books are begging to be read and which ones are the old friends you turn to at a leisure moment? And do you, like me, hoard your books like Scrooge hoarding his gold?

Vmom sent me a nice big book of Zane Gray stories I haven't even taken out of the wrapper yet. Some day I'll get to it, vmom....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:07 AM (1Ff7Z)

20 For some reason, I simply cannot crack the 80% mark of books in my collection that I've read.

By the time I've read a bunch of books in my TBR pile, it's time to go to the library book sale and get a bunch more...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 09:07 AM (gnNyN)

21 Morning, book people,

I've dived back into S.M. Stirling's The Sky People, which features an alternate Venus -- habitable, and inhabited by men, Neanderthals, and dinosaurs among others -- and the adventures of Terran colonists thereon.

Earlier this week I was on a non-fiction kick. I re-read Alfred Lansing's classic, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage; Leon Stover's review of classic SF and its beginnings, Science Fiction From Wells to Heinlein; and a book about Ian Fleming. I'll deal with that one in another comment.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:08 AM (wzUl9)

22 Thanks for the Sunday Morning Book Thread, MP4!

Books are like old and cherished friends, and sometimes we would rather keep them around for a little while longer. Which turns into a lot longer.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 10, 2026 09:08 AM (vrNzf)

23 I should have added:

What about gift books? Keep because someone thought enough of you to buy it, or treat it like any other acquisition?

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 09:08 AM (p/isN)

24 My TBR is over 200, which is somewhat of an embarrassment. But it does give me something to look forward to.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 09:06 AM (0U5gm)

Just don't break your glasses.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:09 AM (1Ff7Z)

25 Coming to the end of "The Star Treasure" by Keith Laumer. Still ground bound, and now we've got weird mindfuckery. Not sure whether I'll reread those chapters.

This book includes three short stories after the main feature. One is a Retief/Bolo tale that I've read elsewhere. Another is by Harlan Ellison. This will be my first Ellison story.

I'm also rereading "Doctor Mid-Nite," a squarebound DC miniseries that introduced Dr. Pieter Cross, a Shadow-like operator who loses his normal eyesight and takes the costumed identity of the original Dr. Mid-Nite, who also can see only in the dark. Whereas that Dr. M. only used smoke bombs to create fighting spaces, Cross has a lot more tech. The comic has abstract painted art, which I usually don't like, but it works.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 09:09 AM (p/isN)

26 Mornin', Horde, and thanks, MP4. Seldom re-read nonfiction; trying to re-read all of my fantasy & science fiction to pick out what's going to go, but not making a lot of progress. Will pull up David Weber, John Ringo, and Glen Cook for comfort re-reads. Current TBR being read is The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein, and enjoying it, but also slow going just because of other activities getting in the way.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 09:10 AM (NcvvS)

27 Good morning, MP4 and Horde.

Many of my TBRs are old books of my father's from his youth. He collected lots of musty tomes on African exploration and travels around Asia. I love their maps and illustrations and fully intend to read them...someday. I wonder if I inherited some of my dad's TBRs. That would be a hoot.

I myself like collecting Teddy-ana and 19th Century literature. There's also a teetering stack of sci fi paperbacks.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 09:11 AM (kpS4V)

28 A lot of my TBR consists of Kindle books; much of what remains on my bookcases is TBRA or probably won't revisit, but I liked it dammit so it's staying on the shelves. Will I read through all 13 volumes of Theodore Sturgeon's collected short stories? Probably not, but there are gems in every volume, so... Will I get around to Don Robertson's Civil War novels? Maybe not, but maybe I will, so they stay, along with his other books which are on the TBRA pile.

Culled a lot of print as I was converting to ebooks. What print remains on my shelves is almost all stuff I expect to read again or simply don't plan to part with, just because.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 09:11 AM (q3u5l)

29 I don't get rid of books unless I really don't like them. My kids will read them, and their kids, etc.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 09:13 AM (0U5gm)

30 Its time for me to crack open a beer and crank up the celebratory music! ...Well, maybe its not time right NOW, but I did that earlier, and probably will again tonight...

Whatever. The point is; I'm thrilled. After six long months of waiting, I finally received a shipment of 4 custom-bound omnibuses from the Houchen Bindery. Three runs of great-but-forgotten comic books, sewn together to create 4 hardcover books! They look great on the shelf, and they let me read/flip through the entire series while holding a single volume.

I cracked open the first book (Brath, a comic about a faux-Celtic warrior) the first night I had the books. After that, I'll re-read the first half of Sojourn (a fantasy epic starring a hot blonde) and then finish off with a two-volume set of Meridian; a comic that started off looking terrible, and then developed into my favorite series of all time (at the time). And now it's all displayed on my bookshelf. I'm just soaking in the nostalgia...

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 09:13 AM (3v7ra)

31 The Goodwood Cup? It was often featured when Bertie and friends at the Drones pestered Jeeves for rock-solid investment schemes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2026 09:14 AM (3ZBdr)

32 I've been watching/reading Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet" again. It's four hours long!

Posted by: Smallish Bees at May 10, 2026 09:14 AM (xKjWc)

33 *And do you, like me, hoard your books like Scrooge hoarding his gold?*
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More like Smaug the dragon sprawled over his hoarded treasure.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 09:15 AM (kpS4V)

34 As it’s May, it’s Goodwood Races time in England and women are encouraged to wear their finest.

I included a pic with this thread, but I guess it got lost. Here's a typical Goodwood view:

https://tinyurl.com/w8uk9utv

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 09:15 AM (qRla/)

35 Yay book thread! Congrats on finishing your draft, MP4! I'm finally getting back into the groove, finding the rhythm of plotting, brainstorming and then productive writing. I was trying to force things for a while, basically rejoicing in not having to do research, but it was all over the place. I spent last night combing through what I had written and doing significant edits to bring things into line.

As I have said before, I manage my library with callous ruthlessness. Only the worthy may remain. Whenever I buy a new book, the existing ones tremble with fear (except for Tolkien and Waugh, they laugh).

Books that sit unread will be discarded, whether read previously or not. No slackers. I've been binging on Graham Greene and half of his stuff is being sent back from whence it came.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 09:15 AM (ZOv7s)

36 I have trouble getting rid of books because for most of them I just can't stand the idea that they'll wind up in a landfill somewhere. So I can get rid of books I dislike, but if there's even a smidgeon of merit in a book I want to find it a good home.

Libraries are not a good home. Most of them value throughput rather than maintaining a good collection. Library book sales are (at least around here) maddeningly picky about what they'll take. Which is why book sales seem to have so many political memoirs -- people buy them and never touch them until it's time to make room for the next political memoir Oprah tells them to buy.

Used bookstores are a good home, except for the problem that most of them now pay only in store credit . . . so I go home with more books.

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 10, 2026 09:15 AM (78a2H)

37 I should like to winnow down my books to just comfort reads and old favorites
There are books I used to enjoy that I don't anymore - I should really weed those out.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2026 09:16 AM (gDlxJ)

38 Edward Abel Smith's Ian Fleming's Inspiration: The Truth Behind the Books is a pleasant read. It details many items of Fleming's early life and his wartime and postwar experiences which found their way into the novels. He and his wife-to-be, Anne, had a friend in the late '40s and early '50s named "Loelia Ponsonby," which name Bond fans know as that of JB's secretary in the early novels.

It's well-researched and fun to read, but darn, the thing needed another pass by an editor! He's got typos and missing words all through it. The worst is the misspelling of the name of his headmaster's wife, famous author Phyllis Bottome (The Mortal Storm), who encouraged him at age nineteen to write. Smith spells it hilariously as "Phillis Bottom." The book is from 2020, so he did have the 'Net resources to check his references. Disappointing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:16 AM (wzUl9)

39 We have a new job building a town public library, not sure what all we are doing there yet, but hopefully will be a interesting job.

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 09:16 AM (Ia/+0)

40 (1/2)

I reread "The Curve of Binding Energy" for the first time in fifty years.

It was a big deal in 1973 - the book was by John McPhee, and basically consisted of interviewing and talking about the life of Ted Taylor, physicist and number bomb designer, who was very, very worried that some terrorist group would steal nuclear material, make a crude bomb, and detonate it.

The assumption was that the United States was about to build hundreds of civilian nuclear reactors (which didn't happen), and Taylor thought that enormous amounts of money should be spent securing the nuclear materials that would have to be stored and moved about the country.

Several people at the Atomic Energy Commission and elsewhere poo-pooed this, saying that there were easier ways of causing mass casualties than building a crude bomb.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 10, 2026 09:16 AM (aD4fx)

41 MP4 been using the time machine again!

Posted by: dantesed at May 10, 2026 09:17 AM (Oy/m2)

42 Larry Correia's newest book, "Magic and Bullets," is out. It cracked the top 200-ish.

In Fantasy, romantasy has taken up all the top spots on the charts.

Really, Amazon needs to get those books into its own category, so other authors can be discovered. Not everybody's bosoms need heaving, nor their girth swelling.

Posted by: Smallish Bees at May 10, 2026 09:17 AM (xKjWc)

43 Read By Sorrow's River by Larry McMurtry. It was on the sale shelf at the Hooterville Library. Since I loved Lonesome Dove, I will pick up any of McMurtry's western novels. This is the third book in the Berrybender series and I have been reading them in reverse order because that is how they came to me. Had forgotten just how wordy McMurtry can be, but he does paint a scene and characters like nobody's business. The man does know a bit about how tough things were in a new land for trappers and Indians. He did tend to gloss over some of the worst parts, generally when the travelers encountered weeks without water and had to sacrifice their horses to obtain something resembling consumable fluid. The book is entertaining and educational, and the plot line is full of twists and turns. Recommend.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 10, 2026 09:18 AM (vrNzf)

44 I share MP4's aversion to getting rid of ANY books for ANY reason. Reality (space in the house) has gotten harder to ignore. The friends of the library in town get some of them after I've agonized about the matter. Fortunately, I have great nieces and nephews who share some of my interests and knowing the books will be appreciated makes the giving easier. Those include doubles of things like a complete Shakespeare, Arabian Nights, the Francis Parkman volumes of history, Greek philosophy, wood working hand tools, even a lot of Clive Cussler books I'll never reread.

But it still feels like a sin.

Posted by: JTB at May 10, 2026 09:18 AM (yTvNw)

45 Some of my favorites, that I will re-read when I just can't get interested in anything else:

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. Young girl traveling alone on a transatlantic commercial ship, assaulted by the captain, takes over the ship. No one believes her when the ship reaches America. Great adventure, unlikely grrl power, but very enjoyable.

The Powwow Highway, by David Seals. An American Indian has a cross-country adventure with his buddy, whose sister is in jail in the American southwest. They've got to break her out. This book is the reason I call my car my "war pony."

I Am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes. One of the best spy novels/international intrigue I've ever read.

The Likeness, by Tana French. Dublin Murder Squad series. A detective is the doppelganger of a murdered woman. She looks so exactly like this woman, that she goes undercover in the home of friends who killed her, purporting to have survived the attempt but having no memory of it. Ridiculous premise, but fascinating.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2026 09:19 AM (h7ZuX)

46 >>And do you, like me, hoard your books like Scrooge hoarding his gold?

Have donated about 300 books to various libraries; about 60 more will be going soon. Leaves about 3500 in the house.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 09:19 AM (NcvvS)

47 I mentioned The Blood Countess earlier. I think it's going to be one of the books I give away. Not because it's bad - it isn't - but because I'm listening to it on Audible and once that's done, I can't imagine turning to it again. Of course, I could put it on a shelf next to Radu Florescu's Dracula: Prince of Many Faces.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 09:19 AM (qRla/)

48 I'm not wearing any pants and my underpants smell like urine. It might be time to clean up. Happy Mother's Day, you mothers out there!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 09:19 AM (D1E+2)

49 Many of my TBRs are old books of my father's from his youth.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 09:11 AM (kpS4V)
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My father's library looms over me like a restless Vesuvius thinking of reburying Pompei.

That inevitable catastrophe is one of the reasons I endlessly look for things to get rid of. On my visits, I'm starting to chip away at it, but it's like trying to dig the North American Dignity Canal with a teaspoon.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)

50 Not everybody's bosoms need heaving, nor their girth swelling.
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Bodice-ripping and codpiece-busting!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 09:19 AM (kpS4V)

51 I read Yesteryear...complete trash. The premise that it was sold on was not what the book was about. I finished it because of my book club. It was a very woke book. After I started reading it, I found out it was classified as "dark humor/satire". It was neither, it was more of a very un funny parody/caricature of tradwives, Christians, conservatives, men, children, mental health, etc. The book jumped around a confusing timeline. It was not well researched as there were several glaring errors. The ending was a hot confusing mess that was not logical.
Highly DO NOT recommend!

I'm now listening/reading Larry Correia's "Magic and Bullets", which is way more enjoyable!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 10, 2026 09:19 AM (VCgbV)

52 2/2

Several people at the Atomic Energy Commission and elsewhere poo-pooed this, saying that there were easier ways of causing mass casualties than building a crude bomb.

The eerie thing (mentioned several times in the book) was that the reference event that was used was terrorists taking down the World Trade Center.

The book concludes with McPhee and Taylor walking through the World Trade Center, with Taylor discussing where the best place would be to place a nuke to bring the WTC towers down.

Guess that the skeptics at the AEC were right in hindsight.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 10, 2026 09:20 AM (aD4fx)

53 Used bookstores are a good home, except for the problem that most of them now pay only in store credit . . . so I go home with more books.
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 10, 2026 09:15 AM (78a2H)

Aye, that's the rub. Gimme money for my used books. I can't winnow, if I'm just trading. And I'm sure as heck not giving them a book that they will turn around and sell.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:22 AM (1Ff7Z)

54 AUDIOBOOK QUESTION: How many of you listen to audiobooks?

I read; my wife listens.

My sister/writing partner and I have invested in an excellent book reader for our series, and . . . it's expensive. I hope it'll be worth it.

Posted by: Smallish Bees at May 10, 2026 09:22 AM (xKjWc)

55 I didn't do much reading this week. Still picking away at "Descent" and that Star Trek Mirror Universe novel "Sorrows of Empire". Interesting to see some of the same people and events reflected in a funhouse mirror.

First contact is very different with the Terran Empire:

"Starfleet regulations regarding first contacts in deep space are clear: capture the alien vessel; subdue its crew; remand prisoners to the chief medical officer for vivisection and analysis; and file a full after-action report to Starfleet Command."

I seem to recall MU Doctor Phlox testing the tensile strength of a Tholian.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 09:22 AM (kpS4V)

56 And yes, the books I have, I hoard like Scrooge.

Been in a reading slump the past few weeks, but think I finally broke it. Watched the new Park Chan Wook (did I get that right?) movie, No Other Choice, which is based on Donald Westlake's The Ax. The flick didn't really do it for me, so revisited the novel. And then Westlake's The Hook (much of which would appeal to some of the Lit Horde -- think Strangers on a Train meets the book business). Squeezed in a couple of movies based on his Parker novels, and started a re-read of that series and have just started book 5. 6 novels read in just over a week, and delighted with all of 'em. Thank you, Westlake.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 09:22 AM (q3u5l)

57 Just Some Guy was kind enough to send me some early William Goldman novels, so they are waiting for me when I finish the S.M. Stirling story. I've read Goldman's first, The Temple of Gold, but remember nothing about it; I think I read his later Father's Day, but ditto; and Soldier in the Rain and The Thing of It Is . . . are new to me.

Well, I do recall seeing the movie version of Soldier w/ Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen on TV many years ago, but I've forgotten most of that.

JSG also sent me a copy of Goldman's comedy play (written w/ brother James), Blood, Sweat, and Stanley Poole. The original 1961 cast included Darren McGavin and Eugene Roche. Ought to be fun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:22 AM (wzUl9)

58 In 1874, Henry Morton Stanley set out to follow the Congo River from its headwaters to the Atlantic. What followed was a deadly three year ordeal before his party finally completed the route. In 2004, Tim Butcher chose to recreate that journey, and documented his challenging trip inBlood River.

Butcher had some modern conveniences that Stanley did not; his journey began by motorbike, accompanied by his Pygmy bodyguard. He also used the traditional dugout canoe, and part of his journey was by a tugboat hauling a barge. The region of the Congo is one of the more dangerous places to travel in the world, and he relates his luck in some situations, and his fear in others.

What he discovers on his journey is that the Congo is even worse off now than it was when Stanley made his trip. On the tugboat, he converses with the Malaysian captain, who points out that Malaysia was colonized, but they have Formula 1 and skyscrapers, so there must be a different reason for the abhorrent conditions. Frankly, his description of his journey is like a factual version of Heart of Darkness.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 09:23 AM (0U5gm)

59 We have a new job building a town public library, not sure what all we are doing there yet, but hopefully will be a interesting job.
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 09:16 AM (Ia/+0)
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Our library (funded by a one mill property tax) has gone beyond doing used book sales and is now creating a used book store. What a great business model! Taxpayers cover your purchasing budget, overhead, and employee salaries, and so you can drive the remaining used book stores - whose employees are paying for all of this - out of business.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 09:23 AM (ZOv7s)

60 Just hearing the reviews of Yesteryear put me off it. The reviewers weren't reviewing the book, they were reviewing the idea of making fun of people they disagree with. Naturally they thought this was swell.

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 10, 2026 09:23 AM (78a2H)

61 I'm not reading anything specific right now except my own book. I'm on chapter 9 (of 15), going through it slowly to get all the period details right. If I'm reading anything else, it's books on 1922 Hollywood, the Taylor murder or period fashion catalogs.

I'd like to get through chapter 10 today, but who knows? What I really need to do is fight the temptation to go out and get drunk.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 09:23 AM (qRla/)

62 The book is from 2020, so he did have the 'Net resources to check his references. Disappointing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:16 AM (wzUl9)

True, but as you know, editors aren't free. BTW, how's Avery's edit?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:23 AM (1Ff7Z)

63 Well they didnt use a nuke

I remember a robert moss book in the 80s that attacked the towers

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 10, 2026 09:24 AM (bXbFr)

64 29 I don't get rid of books unless I really don't like them. My kids will read them, and their kids, etc.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 09:13 AM (0U5gm)

I still find gems at Mom's house.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2026 09:24 AM (h7ZuX)

65 How many of you listen to audiobooks?

I've never listened to an audiobook. What's the advantage of it?

Posted by: dantesed at May 10, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)

66 Just a heads up for any who might be interested; the Humble Bundle website is selling a bundle of ebook-versions of novels from Mercedes Lackey. I remember reading a bunch of ML's books back in high school. I saw her as sort of low-rent Anne McCaffery, especially with her griffon books. But ML may have been more of a proto-romantasy writer. Most of the moments I remember from here books were...what's the current term?...Spicy.

The most amusing example that I remember; some random girl gets cursed by the main villain, turning her into a wolf-woman. She is sent to attack the heroes, but she's a little bit hormonal, so the 'attack' turns into a struggle-snuggle with the heroine's sidekick. Falling madly in love with said sidekick, she switches sides and fights with the heroes for the remainder of the book. After the villain is defeated her curse is lifted, and she starts sobbing uncontrollably, worried that her boyfriend won't love her anymore since she isn't 'exotic' or whatever...

Heh. I guess that unlike current female authors/creators, old-school Mercedes Lackey wasn't focused on writing all female characters as embodiments of strength and virtue...

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 09:25 AM (3v7ra)

67 I'm not wearing any pants and my underpants smell like urine. It might be time to clean up. Happy Mother's Day, you mothers out there!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 09:19 AM (D1E+2)
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This is a TBR thread, not a TMI thread...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 09:25 AM (gnNyN)

68 As it’s May, it’s Goodwood Races time in England and women are encouraged to wear their finest.

I included a pic with this thread, but I guess it got lost. Here's a typical Goodwood view:
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So, like an English Kentucky Derby.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 10, 2026 09:25 AM (VCgbV)

69 Are those shelves glassed in or nah? (I have two bookshelves with glass doors on them.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 09:26 AM (nUR++)

70 I'm not wearing any pants and my underpants smell like urine.

This, too, is the story of Joe Biden.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 09:27 AM (qRla/)

71 Frankly, his description of his journey is like a factual version of Heart of Darkness.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 09:23 AM (0U5gm)
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If you dig into literary biographies, you realize how little authors change actual events. This is particularly true with Conrad, and Ian Burnet actually ran a bunch of these stories to ground. Heart of Darkness basically cleaned up the geography and changed a few names. Other Conrad tales are even less embellished.

You write what you know. Want to write interesting stuff? Go out and live an interesting life.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 09:27 AM (ZOv7s)

72 Larry Correia posted this last week: After seeing that all the writing money is romantasy now, I am officially announcing my new pen name and series - Lobellia Troutswallow's A Kingdom of Angst and Boning. When beautiful 20 year old Glorendirerial Pufferdown goes to magic dragon school for magical dragons she meets Prince Tyrendrial Starfire who is cruel yet hot. And probably an elf or something. Their passion ignites a war between the gnomes and the local planetarium. Only then Gloreandreal is kidnapped by the minotaur pirate Hernand The WellHung. Swooning with even more passion, will Glerendreiaiel choose the dragons of prophecy or forbidden love?

Book 1: A Crown of Wolves and Roses
Book 2: The Sword of Length and Girth
Book 3: The Sword of Length and Girth 2: The Swordening
Book 4: A Knight of Mist and Lilacs
Book 5: A Shadow of Flame and Shadows
Book 5.5: A Moat of Sorrow and Burritos
Book 6: The Loins of El've'ns'mo'oor
Book 7: A (noun) of (noun) and (noun) TBD
Book 8: A Court of Wings and Thorns and Crowns and
Book 9: Gundum Wing Onyx Tensai Angel Genesis Alpha Force Go
Book 10: Smut Throne

I should be able to get all ten books banged out by the weekend. I will make BILLION

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)

73 I rarely get rid of books. Never good books. I assume I'll get around to them again, sometime. Half of my adult life has been about going back to the books that enjoyed as a teen. I figure someday (retirement?) I'll have time to go back to what I'm discovering today.

And while this doesn't apply to most books; a lot of books on my shelf are comics, and those are super-easy to re-read. Especially while 'watching' a movie or during tv commercials. You can just browse through them, idly enjoying the art, re-reading the highlights, and quickly flip past the lesser sections...

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 09:29 AM (3v7ra)

74 3/4 of the way through To The Finland Station. Learning a lot. I don’t know why modern leftists are so enamored with Marx. He’s just another old dead white man. Because he’s so tied to the Russian revolution it’s easy to forget he started writing during the American Civil War. (I know I did). I read a little more in Of Human Bondage but the Finland Station has taken hold I spent more of my time with that.

Posted by: Who Knew at May 10, 2026 09:29 AM (0QMbS)

75 Our library (funded by a one mill property tax) has gone beyond doing used book sales and is now creating a used book store. What a great business model! Taxpayers cover your purchasing budget, overhead, and employee salaries, and so you can drive the remaining used book stores - whose employees are paying for all of this - out of business.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 09:23 AM (ZOv7s)

Sounds like government run grocery stores are right around the corner.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 09:29 AM (nUR++)

76 I don't listen to audiobooks for four reasons:

1. I don't commute and when I take long car trips I usually have a companion, so we talk.

2. My favorite forms of exercise mostly don't go well with audiobooks. I know there are waterproof earphones but I don't want to listen to a book while I'm swimming, and if I have to crank up the volume inside my noise-cancelling headphones so I can hear the audiobook over the gas powered tools then I'm still damaging my hearing.

3. On the few occasions when I have tried sitting quietly and listening, I fell asleep.

4. They're so damned SLOW! A novel takes MUCH more time to read aloud than it does to read silently.

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 10, 2026 09:30 AM (78a2H)

77 >>How many of you listen to audiobooks?

Never - as a reasonably quick reader, they're too slow.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

78 So, like an English Kentucky Derby.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 10, 2026 09:25 AM (VCgbV)

Pretty much, though Goodwood now is known more for motor racing.

It's not as exclusive as the Enclosure at Royal Ascot, that's for sure.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 09:30 AM (qRla/)

79 AUDIOBOOK QUESTION: How many of you listen to audiobooks?

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If I find a good audio book in the used bookstore, I will get it. I put them on a memory stick, and will listen to a book on long drives.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 09:30 AM (0U5gm)

80 My home is a black hole for books - the gravity is so intense none ever leave.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 09:31 AM (nUR++)

81 77 >>How many of you listen to audiobooks?

Never - as a reasonably quick reader, they're too slow.
Posted by: Nazdar at May 10, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

Never. I have no inclination to do so even now.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 09:32 AM (nUR++)

82 Between spending a weekend visiting family, and coming home to a delivery of new books, I had completely forgotten about trying to read The Silmarillion. Oh, well. That is one book that will not suffer from having a couple weeks go by between chapters. I'll get back to it eventually...

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 09:32 AM (3v7ra)

83 A mini tradegy, books a million has closed in the Rockaway mall, which means the only close by bookstore is the Barnes and Noble on Route 10.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 10, 2026 09:32 AM (XV/Pl)

84 Sam Kean's The Disappearing Spoon about the discovery and uses of elements in the periodic table, including the table itself.
Like Kilgoolie in Australia, where real gold was discarded because it came out as an alloy of tellurium. When tellurium was identified they tore up their own town to search the trash and get the gold out of it.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 10, 2026 09:32 AM (iJNux)

85 During the Sniffle Scare I reread a lot of the books already on my shelves, many of which I hadn't dipped into in some years. I ended up buying a paperback edition of Philip MacDonald's Murder Gone Mad, which John Dickson Carr had listed in '47 as one of the ten best mystery novels, and which I'd read in high school. I wound up appreciating it much more. I need to revisit some more of the novels on his list, too; he thought highly of S.S. Van Dine's The Greene Murder Case, though more because of its shivery use of atmosphere than anything else.

Now, if my mind is tired and I just want to reread something that does not take mental energy, I'll pick up an old Ellery Queen or Rex Stout, or a Bond book, or perhaps one of Stephen King's good (read: early) works. Or, if I'm thinking non-fiction, the foreword and the first section (the Trojan War) of Barbara Tuchman's The March of Folly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

86 Skip, a new library sounds wonderful! what town?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2026 09:33 AM (dE3DB)

87 Between spending a weekend visiting family, and coming home to a delivery of new books, I had completely forgotten about trying to read The Silmarillion. Oh, well. That is one book that will not suffer from having a couple weeks go by between chapters. I'll get back to it eventually...
Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 09:32 AM (3v7ra)
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That's my bedtime book at the moment. It pairs very well with City of God.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

88 A mini tradegy, books a million has closed in the Rockaway mall, which means the only close by bookstore is the Barnes and Noble on Route 10.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 10, 2026

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We had a BAM as a stand-alone building outside a mall here, about two miles from a Barnes & Noble. Though I missed the former when it closed, I wasn't surprised. This city, and certainly not my section of it, can hardly support one big bookstore, let alone two.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

89 A new library is under construction perhaps a ten minute walk from my house. The skeletal structural beams are taunting me.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 09:35 AM (0U5gm)

90 I included a pic with this thread, but I guess it got lost. Here's a typical Goodwood view:

https://tinyurl.com/w8uk9utv
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)

I thought what is it about Brit chicks and their wildly impractical hats but then I thought better than a hijab.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 09:36 AM (ndZc7)

91 What I really need to do is fight the temptation to go out and get drunk.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 09:23 AM (qRla/)

Have you ever tried to get help? Too many good writers have been lost to that. There's gotta be someone out there to help you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:36 AM (1Ff7Z)

92 25
I'm also rereading "Doctor Mid-Nite," a squarebound DC miniseries that introduced Dr. Pieter Cross, a Shadow-like operator who loses his normal eyesight and takes the costumed identity of the original Dr. Mid-Nite, who also can see only in the dark. Whereas that Dr. M. only used smoke bombs to create fighting spaces, Cross has a lot more tech. The comic has abstract painted art, which I usually don't like, but it works.
Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 09:09 AM (p/isN)

I think I've only ever known the original Dr. Mid-Nite, and even then only through cameo appearances....Painted art can be pretty hit or miss for me. I only have a few examples, but the only one I've really enjoyed was Alex Ross painting Kingdom Come.

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 09:36 AM (3v7ra)

93 I admit up front that this is 'quelle cheez-ayyyyy!', but hey … I still enjoy re-reading the old 'Classics Illustrated' comic books of my childhood. Good adaptations of stories, and (usually) very excellent artwork. Taking a slight dip into the downstream pool of cooler water, I readily admit to reading the Sunday Funnies mainly for Hal Foster's 'Prince Valiant' storyline and artwork - but mostly for the artwork. Simple, clean, elegant. What's not to like?

Posted by: Dr_No at May 10, 2026 09:37 AM (ayRl+)

94 54 AUDIOBOOK QUESTION: How many of you listen to audiobooks?
I read; my wife listens.
Posted by: Smallish Bees at May 10, 2026 09:22 AM (xKjWc)

Both. Sometimes, I download the audio and ebook version of the same book, because I want to continue the story if I'm no longer in the kitchen or the car.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2026 09:37 AM (h7ZuX)

95 I should be able to get all ten books banged out by the weekend. I will make BILLION
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026

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I'm in for A Moat of Sorrow and Burritos!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

96 @30 --

Castle Guy, Sojourn is one of the comics series on my TBRA list. I could lay my hands on them in five minutes.

But, see, there's this Warlord omnibus that I'm expecting to be delivered this week. ...

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (p/isN)

97 88 A mini tradegy, books a million has closed in the Rockaway mall, which means the only close by bookstore is the Barnes and Noble on Route 10.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 10, 2026

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We had a BAM as a stand-alone building outside a mall here, about two miles from a Barnes & Noble. Though I missed the former when it closed, I wasn't surprised. This city, and certainly not my section of it, can hardly support one big bookstore, let alone two.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

Does BAM still exist or are individual locations shuttering? (One B&N in Lubbock and one in Amarillo which is good.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (nUR++)

98 If I still took long bus trips, I'd probably use audiobooks; ditto if my eyes finally decide they've had enough of this #@%! and quit their job. I've got a few discs of Harlan Elllison reading his stuff, and he does a great reading, but I don't revisit them often. I think of audiobooks as something to use during solo travel and I'm done with that.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (q3u5l)

99 I listen to audiobooks a lot now. Started a couple years ago, when I realized I could do the routine parts of my job while listening.

Most recently finished Project Hail Mary. Decided to re listen to Ilona Andrews Hidden Legacy books. There are "graphic audio" versions which are basically radio dramas.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (6U1c2)

100 I listen to audio books. I like them because I can do other things while listening like cook dinner, garden, take the dog for a walk, drive, etc. I don't have the luxury of sitting around all day reading. I actually only read in bed before going to sleep.
A good narrator is key. I've stopped listening to several books because the narrator annoys me. Sometimes it's their voice or tone. Flatness is another annoying one, it sounds like they are droning on and I lose interest. Having AI read a book or sounding like AI is another big turn off. I just listened to Hypernia and the narrator sounded like AI, I barely got through, in fact I abandoned it towards the end. I did try. I might try reading it, maybe.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (VCgbV)

101 I've never listened to an audiobook. What's the advantage of it?
Posted by: dantesed at May 10, 2026 09:24 AM (Oy/m2)

"Reading" while driving, or cooking.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (h7ZuX)

102 I included a pic with this thread, but I guess it got lost.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)

Send it to me and I will add a link.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 10, 2026 09:39 AM (iERP6)

103 My TBR of real books is around 50. Some are TBRA, like Simon Schama’s Citizens that I read, years ago, lost, and found more recently at a used book store, so on the pile it went. My kindle library probably has over 100 unread books in it. I’m getting rid of more books these days because I’m running out of shelf space. I keep a lot, not because I might reread them but because they’re cool. And my new honey is a reader ( unlike my ex) so I keep ones that I think she might enjoy, too.

Posted by: Who Knew at May 10, 2026 09:39 AM (0QMbS)

104 I should be able to get all ten books banged out by the weekend. I will make BILLION
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026

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I'm in for A Moat of Sorrow and Burritos!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)
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The really sad part is that all ten books could be written, "edited", published by AI, and available for sale on Amazon by the time this book thread is over...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 09:39 AM (gnNyN)

105 Sometimes, I download the audio and ebook version of the same book, because I want to continue the story if I'm no longer in the kitchen or the car.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Same!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2026 09:39 AM (6U1c2)

106 I remember several years ago, I found an audio book version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Played it when we took the kids on a long, long road trip to the coast, and it kept them quiet during the voyage.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 09:39 AM (0U5gm)

107 I do wish we could get a separate Romantasy section in the library. They crowd out regular sff

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2026 09:41 AM (6U1c2)

108 I have books I'll never get rid of.

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 09:41 AM (LHPAg)

109 Also on my TBR pile, actually a shelf, is my annotated hardback edition of Lewis's The Screwtape Letters. I should have brought it with me on my recent Kansas trip.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

110 https://tinyurl.com/w8uk9utv
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)

I've seen those kinds of hats worn by those weird looking royal girls, Bellatrix and Eugenics.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 09:42 AM (0aYVJ)

111 If you have not watched TJM's video on "world building" you should it is very good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 09:43 AM (RIvkX)

112 I should be able to get all ten books banged out by the weekend. I will make BILLION
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I saw that, hilarious! If Larry wrote it, I'd read it, lol!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 10, 2026 09:43 AM (VCgbV)

113 True, but as you know, editors aren't free. BTW, how's Avery's edit?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026

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She liked it a lot and is willing to recommend it to the skies, as she put it. Now that my editing is done, I've set it aside as I am trying to focus on finding a house and moving.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

114 Does BAM still exist or are individual locations shuttering? (One B&N in Lubbock and one in Amarillo which is good.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (nUR++)
We have a B$N (clean bathrooms) and a Half-Price Books in ETEX.

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 09:45 AM (LHPAg)

115 And yes, the books I have, I hoard like Scrooge.

Been in a reading slump the past few weeks, but think I finally broke it. Watched the new Park Chan Wook (did I get that right?) movie, No Other Choice, which is based on Donald Westlake's The Ax. The flick didn't really do it for me, so revisited the novel. And then Westlake's The Hook (much of which would appeal to some of the Lit Horde -- think Strangers on a Train meets the book business). Squeezed in a couple of movies based on his Parker novels, and started a re-read of that series and have just started book 5. 6 novels read in just over a week, and delighted with all of 'em. Thank you, Westlake.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 09:22 AM (q3u5l)

I, too, thought No Other Choice was a dull dud. Could lose an hour with no effect.

Anywho, Westlake's "The Ax" is a fun read. I, too, followed it up with "The Hook". The hook isn't as good but it's still okay.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 09:46 AM (iJfKG)

116 Does BAM still exist or are individual locations shuttering? (One B&N in Lubbock and one in Amarillo which is good.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (nUR++)

Website says they're still a going concern. Just closing some locations and redesigning as smaller shops. Still have some new stores in the pipeline.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:46 AM (1Ff7Z)

117 What if I want to read a book I own again?

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 09:46 AM (Ia/+0)

118 Dr No,

The old Classics Illustrated Comics were a joy. Had a bunch of 'em when I was in 5th grade and up. Wound up reading a number of the books they were based on, and got through a number of grade school and high school book reports with their help. Cliff's Notes? Bah!

IIRC Joseph Epstein mentioned in one of his essays that he met someone who used to write text adaptations for Classics Illustrated, and thanked him warmly for his contribution to Epstein's early education.

There was an attempt to do a new CI some years back -- focused on the art rather than the adaptation and a bit pricey. They didn't last, but the Poe volume with Gahan Wilson art was nice.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 09:47 AM (q3u5l)

119 I like to drop off once or twice read books at little book exchange boxes near where I live. Like the gang from Toy Story, they need to be loved again.

Posted by: No Justice for Iryna, No Peace for Charlotte Government at May 10, 2026 09:47 AM (7/Q5O)

120 I continue with Malcolm Guite's Galahad and the Grail. This is a slow but delicious process. I read a section, listen to Guite read it with all his verve (download from Audible), then reread that part with his voice in my head. It may sound weird but it is bringing out aspects I missed on the first reading. Nerd level appreciation.

Posted by: JTB at May 10, 2026 09:48 AM (yTvNw)

121 Send it to me and I will add a link.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 10, 2026 09:39 AM (iERP6)

To see the flip side of Goodwood women, check out Kim DuToit's site about "train smash women."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:48 AM (1Ff7Z)

122 To make more room for the books on end tables TBR.

Posted by: No Justice for Iryna, No Peace for Charlotte Government at May 10, 2026 09:48 AM (7/Q5O)

123 My lifestyle is on a path to minimalism, so I consume audiobooks. My TBR list resides on the Libby app.
Right now it is a single book: The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis.
I have to say I've gotten some good suggestions from right here on Ye Olde Book Thread.
And speaking of TBRA, last year I listened to The Last One At The Wedding (thanks for the rec, hordemates) and enjoyed it so much I listened to it twice.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 10, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

124 Decolonization has not been a net plus

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 10, 2026 09:49 AM (bXbFr)

125 Just started reading in print - Jim Butcher's Outlaw and T Kingfisher's Wolf Worm

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2026 09:51 AM (GhIJO)

126 She liked it a lot and is willing to recommend it to the skies, as she put it. Now that my editing is done, I've set it aside as I am trying to focus on finding a house and moving.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

Yeah, that's definitely the right move. (heh)

Now, you'll need a copyeditor and a book cover. SAH has offered to do a cover for SSH, and she knows a copyeditor who charges $50 for 50k words. I'm just waiting to hear back because SAH has been sick and has a big workload.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:52 AM (1Ff7Z)

127 I have old paperbacks that are literally falling apart they really need to be trashed. Plus, the font is tiny, even with my readers.

We also have a few shelves of old, outdated college textbooks. They are hard to part with because they all cost $100++ each....😱

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 10, 2026 09:52 AM (VCgbV)

128 My TBR is on Kindle as well as a stack of physical books. I've counted them, and there are more books just on Kindle than I can read if I live to be 105 years old (I'm 62 now). Just shattered my phone screen yesterday, so not reading on Kindle for a month until I can get another phone.

Time to assault the physical book pile, which include a bunch of philosophy books by Dr. Edward Feser, one of my favorite Catholic philosophers.

Completely unrelated: Ellen Page is playing Achilles in Christopher Nolan's new Odyssey. Ellen still has her vagina, but no breasts, so she's indistinguishable from the Achilles of legend, I guess.

Oh, and a jet black lady who looks to be from Ethiopia is playing Helen of Troy. Or, Helen of Detroit, if you will. Again. Indistinguishable from the Helen of legend.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 10, 2026 09:53 AM (/RHNq)

129 I stopped at a park in a nearby town recently, because they have the good swings. Tall, with a board seat instead of those slings that crush my hips. Yeah, I'm 64 years old, and love to swing. So what?

There was a little free library by the playground, and it was completely empty! Unacceptable! I gathered up a bagful of books from my shelf that I enjoyed, but will not read again, and filled it up. I should be able to find another bagful before too long, and I might start culling Mom's abandoned shelves, to the same purpose.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2026 09:53 AM (h7ZuX)

130 72 Larry Correia posted this last week: After seeing that all the writing money is romantasy now, I am officially announcing my new pen name and series - Lobellia Troutswallow's A Kingdom of Angst and Boning. When beautiful 20 year old Glorendirerial Pufferdown goes to magic dragon school for magical dragons she meets Prince Tyrendrial Starfire ---

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)

Going off on a tangent; I have grown to hate the 'magical dragon school' trope in fantasy stories. Magical academies just feel so....un-fantasy. They make the story feel like modern-day stories but with magic and monsters replacing technology. Few (if any) authors make the trope feel right in the fantasy world.

On a much smaller scale, I bailed on one particular fantasy novel when a rural peasant casually mentioned going to school. Ug. You probably could craft a setting where that made sense, but seeing it in that book just broke my interest.

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 09:53 AM (3v7ra)

131
If you want to know what all the young cool cats and kittens are reading...

One of the kiddos got married last weekend and among all the various festivities, the kiddos and I were discussing books.

They all were reading or had read :

"Dungeon Crawler Carl" series and were excitedly awaiting the final book in the series.

DCC is about aliens who invade Earth and throw people into dungeon games as entertainment. Hijinks ensue and it's supposed to be very funny.

Brandon Sanderson's series "The Way of Kings"

The story here seemed fairly complex buuuut if you like swords and sorcery and don't mind long novels, you'll probably like it. They all were reading the series and gave it a thumbs up.

Now, finally you can hang with the teens and young adults in the mall and wear your baseball cap backwards, and be thought the coolest of the cool.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 09:53 AM (iJfKG)

132 If you get an audiobook on history or a textbook, how does it do maps or such?

Posted by: dantesed at May 10, 2026 09:54 AM (Oy/m2)

133 I've started reading one of Thomas Paine's recommendations from a long time ago:

The Ice Limit by Preston & Child

A billionaire with more money than sense wants to recover a 10,000 ton meteorite from a remote location in southern Chile. Despite planning for every contingency, the plan does not go smoothly, as the meteorite is not exactly what they thought it was.

The conclusion is played out in the sequel, Beyond the Ice Limit, part of the Gideon Crew novels.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 09:55 AM (gnNyN)

134 Never listened to an audio book but I used to like Chapter a Day on Wisconsin Public Radio. I don’t know if that’s still on.

Posted by: Who Knew at May 10, 2026 09:56 AM (0QMbS)

135 Brandon Sanderson's series "The Way of Kings"

The story here seemed fairly complex buuuut if you like swords and sorcery and don't mind long novels, you'll probably like it. They all were reading the series and gave it a thumbs up.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 09:53 AM (iJfKG)
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The first couple of books in the Stormlight Archive are quite good. But the next two aren't quite as good. Sanderson shit the bed with Wind and Truth as he goes full woke in that book and the ending is just terrible.

I'll never read another Sanderson book again after that debacle.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 09:58 AM (gnNyN)

136 89 A new library is under construction perhaps a ten minute walk from my house. The skeletal structural beams are taunting me.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 09:35 AM (0U5gm)

When I was a kid, I was thrilled when they built a library-annex a mile and a half from my house. The main library had been on the far side of town, requiring a long car-ride to get to. The annex was a quick bike ride away. I spent so much of my teenage years in that annex... Admittedly, mostly browsing the one looooooooong shelf of sci-fi/fantasy novels.

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 09:58 AM (3v7ra)

137 I listen to audiobooks all the time. For long trips I download several free audiobooks from my local library or from Audible. I also do this for my daily work commutes. On long trips, there's only so much two people can talk about, so audiobooks fill in the gaps.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 10, 2026 09:58 AM (XMwZJ)

138 @92 --

Kingdom Come was a slam dunk. I'd love to have a poster of the last page of issue 3, where Big Blue meets the Big Red Cheese.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 09:59 AM (p/isN)

139 132 If you get an audiobook on history or a textbook, how does it do maps or such?
Posted by: dantesed at May 10, 2026 09:54 AM (Oy/m2)

It doesn't. Those kinds of books aren't a good use of audio, IMO. Even ebooks with maps are annoying, because it's hard to go back and forth from the text to the maps.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2026 09:59 AM (h7ZuX)

140 I liked the Dungeon Crawler Carl books to an extent. It is funny. I sound like an old fussy-duddy but there are a lot of f-bombs and taking the lord's name in vain. That's a turn off to me. I did get through the first 2 books though. I don't know why authors feel the need to use so much foul language these days. It's like all the unnecessary nudity and sex in movies and on TV.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 10, 2026 10:00 AM (VCgbV)

141 I just received a TBRAIAT (to be read again in another translation), i.e. the latest release of The Camp of the Saints. I have an edition that was published sometime back in the 80s, and I've always felt the language was a bit awkward in parts. Maybe this translation will be less clunky. Also, I wanted a second (paperback) copy in case I loan it out, since my 80s edition is a hardback. I have no idea if it has any economic value, but I know that at one point the book was selling for an elevated price due to its scarcity.

Posted by: PabloD at May 10, 2026 10:00 AM (C30Iv)

142 Some fall out from reading Guite's epic ballad about King Arthur. It (re)ignited my interest in the tales generally and in the sources for them. I started with Tennyson's Idylls of the King. I must have read bits of it but never the whole thing. Just a few pages in and I am stonkered. It is magnificent! It takes my appreciation of Tennyson, already sky high, to higher levels.

The next fall out was learning there is another version of Mallory's Le Morte D'Arthur: the Winchester version. It was discovered in 1934 in the library of Winchester College and is supposed to be closer to Mallory's original than the Caxton version that everyone reads. Don't know any more yet but the idea is intruiging. Two more books for the shelves.

The county library had neither work, of course. But the local B and N, to my considerable amazement, had both. Penguin Classics and Oxford World Classics to the rescue.

Posted by: JTB at May 10, 2026 10:01 AM (yTvNw)

143 It seems to be a trend that 'magical dragon schools' are being replaced by Quality Learing Centers.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 10, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

144 There was a little free library by the playground, and it was completely empty! Unacceptable!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 10, 2026 09:53 AM (h7ZuX)
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Excellent! Feed those young minds! Good way to bypass Current Year library indoctrination too.

Actually, wee free libraries could be petrie dishes for Robert Anton Wilson-style social hacking.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 10:03 AM (kpS4V)

145 I had to get a new Kindle because my (really, really) old one wouldn't hold a charge anymore.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 10:04 AM (kpS4V)

146 The library here has been run for some years by people who believe that a book that hasn't been checked out in five years should be weeded from the collection. I snagged several Don Robertsons and a couple of Gerald Kersh novels from their sale tables.

Best library memory for me was the Chicago Lawn branch of the Chicago Public Library. Poking around the shelves and finding The Martian Chronicles, The Haunting of Hill House, a couple of the Arkham House Lovecrafts and a bunch of the old Ted Dikty Year's Best SF anthologies.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 10:05 AM (q3u5l)

147 "...but I used to like Chapter a Day on Wisconsin Public Radio. I don’t know if that’s still on.
Posted by: Who Knew at May 10, 2026 09:56 AM"
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Yes, it is. Thanks to the generous support of Listeners Like You.

Posted by: Nina Totenbag at May 10, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

148 Some things are meant to happen together. Yesterday I got my copy of Woodcarving Illustrated magazine, which is always welcome. The same day Doug Linker (my favorite) posted his latest YT video about whittling. Coincidence? No. Proof that God approves of one of my hobbies.

Posted by: JTB at May 10, 2026 10:07 AM (yTvNw)

149 I'm in for A Moat of Sorrow and Burritos!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)
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The Sword of Length and Girth reminded me of Ace. It seemed very much in his land.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

150 @118 --

I have some of the 1980s Classics Illustrated stories. Such a shame that First Comics folded.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 10:08 AM (p/isN)

151 Have you ever tried to get help? Too many good writers have been lost to that. There's gotta be someone out there to help you.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:36 AM (1Ff7Z)

It's depression that's killing me. I have pills, but they don't help as much as you would think. I don't like the idea of therapy, since a therapist wouldn't tell me anything or offer any advice that I can't already tell myself. And other people really don't want to listen to your troubles.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 10:08 AM (qRla/)

152 The Ice Limit by Preston & Child

A billionaire with more money than sense wants to recover a 10,000 ton meteorite from a remote location in southern Chile. Despite planning for every contingency, the plan does not go smoothly, as the meteorite is not exactly what they thought it was.

The conclusion is played out in the sequel, Beyond the Ice Limit, part of the Gideon Crew novels.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

That book was so good, it began my addiction to the authors, I now have 25 or so of their books.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 10:08 AM (0U5gm)

153 Posted by: Smallish Bees at May 10, 2026 09:17 AM (xKjWc)

Is that why Corriea was threatening to write a romantasy series?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2026 10:10 AM (lFFaq)

154 I included a pic with this thread, but I guess it got lost.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)

Send it to me and I will add a link.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 10, 2026 09:39 AM (iERP6)

Just use the link I posted at comment 34. That will do.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 10:10 AM (qRla/)

155 96 @30 --

Castle Guy, Sojourn is one of the comics series on my TBRA list. I could lay my hands on them in five minutes.

But, see, there's this Warlord omnibus that I'm expecting to be delivered this week. ...
Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 09:38 AM (p/isN)

Warlord by Mike Grell? I have that omnibus. It's weird...It uses some unique paper-stock that feels/looks old. And the book is super-light. It's twice as thick as my Sojourn book, but weighs significantly less. I read the first dozen or so issues before getting distracted. (But I fully intend to get back to it sometime) The story was very Edgar Rice Burroughs...

Sojourn (at least the first half) is always on my To Be Read Again list. That's why I went through the time/expense of getting a custom-bound omnibus of it; to make re-reading easier!

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 10:11 AM (3v7ra)

156 I just received a TBRAIAT (to be read again in another translation), i.e. the latest release of The Camp of the Saints. I have an edition that was published sometime back in the 80s, and I've always felt the language was a bit awkward in parts. Maybe this translation will be less clunky. Also, I wanted a second (paperback) copy in case I loan it out, since my 80s edition is a hardback. I have no idea if it has any economic value, but I know that at one point the book was selling for an elevated price due to its scarcity.

Posted by: PabloD

I haven't read an earlier translation, but the one recently published by Vauban Books is well done. They are having a hard time keeping both paperback and hardback on the shelves.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 10:12 AM (0U5gm)

157 I talked about this book last evening on the Hobby Thread, "This House of Sky" by Ivan Doig. I picked it up at an estate sale. It is a memoir of growing up in 1940's-1960's Montana. It was an excellent read.

I have never listened to an audio book. I am a visual learner and like to see the words. Sometimes I re-read a page, especially if I like the writing. I know lots of people who love audio books.

I recently read "To Kill a Mockingbird" aloud to my husband, who is NOT a reader but enjoys a good story. Our grandson was reading it in HS and I hadn't read it in a couple of years. It took so long to read it out loud! It was fun to read it with MrT and see his reaction to the story as we went along. Almost made it like reading it for the first time myself.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 10, 2026 10:13 AM (nz1sK)

158 Thanks for the suggestion, though.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 10:08 AM (qRla/)

Well, maybe the new dog will help.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 10:14 AM (1Ff7Z)

159 The Sword of Length and Girth reminded me of Ace. It seemed very much in his land.

More like The Shelf of Splinters and Tears.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 10:14 AM (qRla/)

160 Going off on a tangent; I have grown to hate the 'magical dragon school' trope in fantasy stories. Magical academies just feel so....un-fantasy. They make the story feel like modern-day stories but with magic and monsters replacing technology. Few (if any) authors make the trope feel right in the fantasy world.

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 09:53 AM (3v7ra)
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Several people have told me that the second book in the Man of Destiny Series (Rise of the Alliance) is their favorite. It was very popular in my squadron and I think the reason for that is that I have Adam Flyte (an older Annikin) go into OCS as war looms.

His class consists of civilian pilots who have to adjust to military life and that allows me to do deeper character development. I was also writing what I know, having gone to OCS myself (I did not complete it).

Fantasy schools could be written well, crucibles of character, places where lives are built but also destroyed, but to do that authors would have to understand how high-pressure environments function, and to know what it is like to both scrape through and graduate and also wash out. They know neither.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

161 The first couple of books in the Stormlight Archive are quite good. But the next two aren't quite as good. Sanderson shit the bed with Wind and Truth as he goes full woke in that book and the ending is just terrible.

I'll never read another Sanderson book again after that debacle.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 09:58 AM (gnNyN)

Agreed on all points.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2026 10:14 AM (lFFaq)

162 I listened to "Six Frigates" and wondered what illustrations I was missing.

I maintain that Decatur's mission in Tripoli would make a great movie.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 10:16 AM (p/isN)

163 To put it another way, "magic dragon school" should be like The Paper Chase or The Lords of Discipline but with a higher mortality rate. That might be interesting.

One dramatic advantage of having OCS as part of the story is that as the galactic civil war drags on, Adam Flyte experiences the recurring pain of losing classmates, which in turn hardens him for his eventual heel turn. It also creates more emotional impact for the reader than robots vs clones, which is perhaps the lowest stakes I can imagine in warfare.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 10:16 AM (ZOv7s)

164 From earlier this week, didja see that Douglas Adams' book Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency has come to pass?

Humanoid Robot Becomes Buddhist Monk in South Korea

https://tinyurl.com/bh5y7h8f

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

165 More like The Shelf of Splinters and Tears.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 10:14 AM (qRla/)
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The Drill of Reversing and Frustration

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

166 I mentioned above donating books to the local friends of the library. The donated books are sold by the group to support more programs held at the various branches, not to put on the shelves. Although from my viewpoint they should. But I don't trust the staff to keep them available. The selections of the classics the library offers is sparse. But plenty of copies of Mike Obama's ghost-written shit and 'celebrity' stuff.

Posted by: JTB at May 10, 2026 10:17 AM (yTvNw)

167 I maintain that Decatur's mission in Tripoli would make a great movie.
Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 10:16 AM (p/isN)
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Modern Hollywood would make the pirates gay people of color who suffer unjustly from MAGA haters.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)

168 A friend of mine had a roommate who was always after he to get rid of some of her myriad books, asking her why she kept them if she'd already read them. My friend looked ta her and said, "You already heard that opera, so why do you want to keep all those records around?" And that was the last time she heard THAT argument, LOL.

Currently reading a bunch of stuff by B.B. Hamel. Formulaic stories albeit with some interesting characters, but some good dirty fun light reading overall.

Posted by: tankascribe at May 10, 2026 10:19 AM (NtoJk)

169 I plow through my TBRA pile by taking a book off the shelf, turning to any page and reading for 5-10 mins. Repeat on next book, etc.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 10, 2026 10:19 AM (y171U)

170 AUDIOBOOK QUESTION: How many of you listen to audiobooks?
Posted by: Smallish Bees

I did before the invention of podcasts. They do stick with you, if you're an auditory learner. I think the consensus is, if you have a particular voice and/or an affect, it's worth it to record one.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 10, 2026 10:19 AM (diia5)

171 BTW HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the moms of the horde!!! 🌸🌻🌺💐

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 10, 2026 10:20 AM (VCgbV)

172 I maintain that Decatur's mission in Tripoli would make a great movie.
Posted by: Weak Geek

Can't do it. Would be Islamophobic.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)

173 I recently read "To Kill a Mockingbird" aloud to my husband, who is NOT a reader but enjoys a good story. Our grandson was reading it in HS and I hadn't read it in a couple of years. It took so long to read it out loud! It was fun to read it with MrT and see his reaction to the story as we went along. Almost made it like reading it for the first time myself.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 10, 2026 10:13 AM (nz1sK)
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Before radio and television, that was what people did in the evening. Books were designed to be read aloud. To promote their books, authors would do public readings.

My father used to read books to me well after I was old enough to read them myself. He liked reading and I liked listening. Specifically Mark Twain.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 10:22 AM (ZOv7s)

174 138 @92 --

Kingdom Come was a slam dunk. I'd love to have a poster of the last page of issue 3, where Big Blue meets the Big Red Cheese.
Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 09:59 AM (p/isN)

Heh. I know that exact page. My copy of Kingdom Come is shelves just across the room. You're comment made me grab the book and revisit it. There is something awesome about the Captain's smile...

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 10:23 AM (3v7ra)

175 74 3/4 of the way through To The Finland Station. Learning a lot. I don’t know why modern leftists are so enamored with Marx. He’s just another old dead white man. Because he’s so tied to the Russian revolution it’s easy to forget he started writing during the American Civil War. (I know I did). I read a little more in Of Human Bondage but the Finland Station has taken hold I spent more of my time with that.
Posted by: Who Knew at May 10, 2026 09:29 AM (0QMbS)
I've imagined if Marx had taken the round that got T.J. Jackson.

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 10:24 AM (LHPAg)

176 friend of mine had a roommate who was always after he to get rid of some of her myriad books, asking her why she kept them if she'd already read them. My friend looked ta her and said, "You already heard that opera, so why do you want to keep all those records around?" And that was the last time she heard THAT argument, LOL.

Posted by: tankascribe at May 10, 2026 10:19 AM (NtoJk)
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I asked my father the same thing because my mother never kept her cheap paperbacks, just tossed them. When I was a teenager, I convinced her to put them in a (paper) grocery bag and when it was full, I'd sell them for used books for me. (I lived with her after the divorce.)

Anyhow, my father noted that much of his collection non-fiction, so he needed it for reference purposes. I said "got to the library" and he replied "Oh, is that open at midnight when I want to look something up?"

Growing up was interesting because I was constantly jugging my growing book collection, which my mother found annoying and would not in any way encourage. Much of my "shelves" were converted cardboard boxes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 10:26 AM (ZOv7s)

177 @174 --

Oh yeah. Very unsettling.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 10:28 AM (p/isN)

178 Chesterton and Belloc both noted decades ago that Marxism was heresy under a veneer of science. It pretended to be purely rational, but relied on greed, envy, pride and wrath to spread and resonate.

That is why its promises keep failing, but people still support it because success is no longer defined as prosperity, merely punishing designated enemies.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 10:29 AM (ZOv7s)

179 Actually, Douglas Adams is having a hell of a week. Electronic Monks and Trump’s UFO files.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

180 There was a "real" magical school in folklore: the Scholomance, in a cave in the mountains of Transylvania. The headmaster was the Devil, and the class size was always 10. But only 9 students got to graduate. Bram Stoker hints that Dracula is an alumnus. _That's_ what a "wizarding school" should be like!

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 10, 2026 10:32 AM (78a2H)

181 I have finally struggled through reading Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress." I attempted to read it several times before. I never got through 40 pages before getting bored. A month ago I set a goal to read the entire book, thinking it must get better as it goes along, because everyone says it is a good sci-fi novel. Wrong. I found it a rambling, confusing primer about communism, propaganda techniques, overthrowing governments, and group marriage, with some bits of orbital mechanics and underground farming on the Moon in it.

I do not recommend it.

Posted by: Gref at May 10, 2026 10:32 AM (5rh/l)

182
Reading Rebel King by Tom Bower, a biography of Charles III from after Diana's death and his effort to rehabilitate his image and also to marry Camilla.

Basically, Charles is a gigantic baby, petulant, selfish, inconsiderate, resentful, personally extravagant but cheap toward others, disloyal, grasping, self-pitying, hypocritical and overall incapable of running anything without driving away those he needs to operate.

What's amazing was his reliance on image consultants, fixers, fund raisers, an unfortunate trait he seems to have passed to the next generation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 10:33 AM (HdYcL)

183 91 What I really need to do is fight the temptation to go out and get drunk.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 09:23 AM (qRla/)

Have you ever tried to get help? Too many good writers have been lost to that. There's gotta be someone out there to help you.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 09:36 AM (1Ff7Z)
Just yesterday, The Lost Weekend crossed mu mind.

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 10:33 AM (LHPAg)

184 Oldest son and his wife read aloud to each other. I think they alternate chapters.

They also watch some of the weirdest movies. I don't know how they trip across those.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 10:34 AM (p/isN)

185 Hopefully monks being robots doesn't transfer from Buddhism to Roman Catholicism because the whole idea, IMO, is ridiculous and faddish snd insulting to actual human beings.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 10:35 AM (6UQAR)

186 Hollywood won't tolerate a anti-Islamic film.

And a point made on a podcast not long ago was the Barbary Islamic war were not pirates as we might think. They were run by the Islamic leaders. Decatur wasn't fighting against 1 pirate ship, it was a government.

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 10:36 AM (Ia/+0)

187 AUDIOBOOK QUESTION: How many of you listen to audiobooks?
Posted by: Smallish Bees

Most of my "reading" is text-to-speech on my Kindle. The in-book service has been knee-capped over the years, I used to be able to close the cover and have it keep going and now sometimes the tts won't even come up, which I suspect is due to Amazon buying Audiobook.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2026 10:36 AM (lFFaq)

188 Re disposal of books. Upon retirement and cleaning out my office,probably got rid of several thousand books with absolutely no remorse. They were on specific topics in law, politics, area studies, and empirical research that I have no interest in ever dabbling with again.

Some were assorted debris that one collects over the years like SAS manuals (stats not spec ops), database manuals, etc. More convenient to have them on my shelf for research projects back in the day rather than bothering to go to the library or worse, inter-library loan.

No emotional attachment to them whatsoever, since then, pretty ruthless at home as well, multiple passes through fiction and non-fiction alike.

My sort is basically whether I will realistically ever want to reread that particular book again, if not discard (have a Better World Books donation box around so put them there). I have at least two research projects that I want to complete and after that, I will empty another couple of bookshelves.

And it is time to get rid of most of my 30-40 year old paperbacks as well. They don't age well and pages falling out, yellowed brittle paper, and the smell of them is rather off putting.

Posted by: whig at May 10, 2026 10:37 AM (E4rtv)

189 Well, it's that time. Thanks MP4, and stay off the sauce!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)

190
I have finally struggled through reading Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress."

____________

I, too, have tried to read Heinlein and I, too, have failed. Can't understand what all the fuss is about him. Chacun à son goût, but I think he's dreadful.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 10:39 AM (HdYcL)

191 Libby (Library) audio allows up to 3x speed, Audible 3.5 max. Both auto adjust pitch so don't sound like chipmunks. For light fiction or entertainment bios I can usually go max speed & enjoy/understand. For nonfiction I'm usually somewhere around 2x. Even dense or new nonfiction I tend to bump up at least 10 or 15%.

That said for something you really want to study a real book is a must.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at May 10, 2026 10:40 AM (KaHlS)

192 AUDIOBOOK QUESTION: How many of you listen to audiobooks?
Posted by: Smallish Bees

Generally, I don't do audiobooks. But I will listen to 'The Great Courses' lecture series while going on walks. It's kind of like a non-fiction audiobook. Sort of...

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 10:41 AM (3v7ra)

193 I've listened to about 10 audiobooks, I think.

My absolute favorite is the unabridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo on LibriVox as read by David Clarke. It is magnificent.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 10, 2026 10:41 AM (/RHNq)

194 186 Hollywood won't tolerate a anti-Islamic film.

And a point made on a podcast not long ago was the Barbary Islamic war were not pirates as we might think. They were run by the Islamic leaders. Decatur wasn't fighting against 1 pirate ship, it was a government.

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 10:36 AM (Ia/+0)

Such a movie could make money in China and India.

No theater chains in the US or EU would show it. In the EU the theaters and theater chains wouldn't even have to make the call; the EU would ban it. Sad. The Islamists have a violence veto on discussion of anything Islam in the entire Western world. And in many other nations.

Posted by: Gref at May 10, 2026 10:42 AM (5rh/l)

195 54 ... "AUDIOBOOK QUESTION: How many of you listen to audiobooks?"

When I listen to audiobooks it's for a specific voice that adds to my enjoyment of a book I've read. Gary Sinise's reading of Travels With Charley, Malcom Guite reading his poetry, Andy Serkis narrating LOTR, etc. They are the exception for me, not the rule.

Posted by: JTB at May 10, 2026 10:42 AM (yTvNw)

196 Well, it's that time. Thanks MP4, and stay off the sauce!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)
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It was the best of shires...

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 10:43 AM (y1wyK)

197 I have finally struggled through reading Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress." I attempted to read it several times before. I never got through 40 pages before getting bored. A month ago I set a goal to read the entire book, thinking it must get better as it goes along, because everyone says it is a good sci-fi novel. Wrong. I found it a rambling, confusing primer about communism, propaganda techniques, overthrowing governments, and group marriage, with some bits of orbital mechanics and underground farming on the Moon in it.

I do not recommend it.
Posted by: Gref at May 10, 2026

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Heinlein, esp. with his later books, is not for everyone. Please try The Door Into Summer (adult) and Have Space Suit Will Travel (written for young adults, but enjoyable by anyone).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9)

198 We also have a few shelves of old, outdated college textbooks. They are hard to part with because they all cost $100++ each....😱
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 10, 2026 09:52 AM (VCgbV)
Keep them, especially medical or engineering studies. For the burning times.

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 10:43 AM (LHPAg)

199 Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at May 10, 2026 10:40 AM (KaHlS)

I actually usually slow mine down, but that's because I'm generally doing something else at the same time and can't split my focus as well as I used to.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 10, 2026 10:43 AM (lFFaq)

200 I think I'm going to call it a morning, too. I really must get to at least chapter 10.

Thanks for hosting me, CBD, and thanks to all of you for hanging out.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 10:46 AM (qRla/)

201 @ 188 - "And it is time to get rid of most of my 30-40 year old paperbacks as well. They don't age well and pages falling out, yellowed brittle paper, and the smell of them is rather off putting. "
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Whig, I know exactly of what you speak. When I moved to M'boro from Cordova, TN, I donated at least 3 YUUUGE boxes of my paperbacks and (yes, I admit it) 'Playboy' mags from the Hefner days. The only books I kept out of the donation were ones like 'A Canticle for Liebowitz', 'Something Wicked This Way Comes', and others in that vein. I also kept the USAF printout of how it would 'rule the weather' by 2025 (pub. in '89). They got that one right (and it describes chemtrails rather neatly, too). Do I miss the books? Yes. Did I READ the books anymore? No. Like you said, brittle paper, 'old book' smell, glue not keeping the pages inside anymore … let someone else enjoy the read - and the repairs. Fun while they lasted, tho'.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 10, 2026 10:46 AM (ayRl+)

202 Loved Heinlein as a kid; nowadays, I think Heinlein from Stranger in a Strange Land and up is hit-or-miss. But The Puppet Masters (my first Heinlein and the book that began my decade of almost nothing but sf for pleasure reading) still holds up nicely imho and I can still reread that one with pleasure more than 60 years after I first read it. YMMV.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 10:47 AM (q3u5l)

203 I was going to start getting rid of books in my library, especially the ones that might be worth a buck or two (19th century how-to books and suchlike.) My daughter said not to because come the apocalypse my house would be the library for stuff people needed to know. I was a little puffed up at that and figured what-the-heck, they're paid for, might as well let her deal with it when the time comes.

Posted by: Alan M Imboden at May 10, 2026 10:48 AM (i/4br)

204 181 I have finally struggled through reading Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress."
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Heinlein always needed a good editor and as he grew in fame, he could overawe his editors which had an unfortunate affect on his work. Other than his juveniles which were stripped of a lot of his digressions, he liked to spike his adult novels with unconventional hot takes, some aged well, others did not. And his predilection for inserting his bit of sex got greater as he aged than his much older and sedate stories in the 40's and early 50's.

And part of those digressions came from the really bad social science books that Heinlein read as he became a professional writer. Meade, Milgram, Kinsey Report, Stanford Prison Guard experiment, etc. were basically constructed as deliberate lies disguised as research.

Heinlein naively thought, as many of the educated class did back then, that what these were groundbreaking studies in social sciences, he forgot that scientists are no better and no worse in lies and deception than other humans.

Today, we know much of that social science and sex research is simply bogus that he relied upon.

Posted by: whig at May 10, 2026 10:48 AM (E4rtv)

205 If you'll never read the book again, I recommend contacting your local library, and see if they accept donations. For example, the Somerset County Library accepts donations, which they sell to support the library. Other libraries have books sales several times a year - again, the money from the sale supports the library.

Posted by: Bill Anderson at May 10, 2026 10:49 AM (6kAzp)

206 My daughter gave me three volumes of Chinese SciFi starting with the 3 Body Problem that I haven't read, at least three years ago.

The internet has damaged my book reading.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 10, 2026 10:51 AM (KKN1V)

207 Heinlein, esp. with his later books, is not for everyone. Please try The Door Into Summer (adult) and Have Space Suit Will Travel (written for young adults, but enjoyable by anyone).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Yep. And I would include Double Star as many of the observations came from Heinlein's stint in practical politics.

Posted by: whig at May 10, 2026 10:52 AM (E4rtv)

208 Heinlein, esp. with his later books, is not for everyone. Please try The Door Into Summer (adult) and Have Space Suit Will Travel (written for young adults, but enjoyable by anyone).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9)

I enjoyed many of Heinlein's earlier books. Several months ago I got onto a Heinlein kick. Most of the ones I attempted were ok, some were great. A few were too technically outdated or written very much for adolescent readers, for me to stick with. I was often intrigued by Heinlein's future technology 'predictions.' Many are sort-of accurate. Some are laughable, in hindsight.

Posted by: Gref at May 10, 2026 10:52 AM (5rh/l)

209
Her Majesty said Laura King was handling The Big Dummy in Kansas this weekend. Laura was featured in Dogland by Tommy Tomlinson, a story of her and Striker, her Samoyed and their Westminster quest in 2021.

HM was not familiar with it. I told her it was better than most but still not satisfactory because it was written by an outsider. She suggested I write a book. Yeah, I know how I'd write it but I'm not going to write it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 10:52 AM (HdYcL)

210 O.K. I’ll try again. I’m generally OT, Willowed, several unknown slang terms, and too late to last book thread.
I liked an early 20th century humor author in our public library (mid 1960s). He was an immigrant from eastern Europe in a big U.S. city.
He told a tale about applying for a scholarship reserved for veterans of World War One. His application seemed to be well received until the committee realized that he was in the wrong army during the war. His ancestral home was in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Does anybody recognize this guy?

Posted by: Fenderbender at May 10, 2026 10:53 AM (1FEc1)

211 Posted by: Dr_No
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I got around to to throwing away old Air Force technical manuals. Downsizing my mom's house as she went into assisted living cured me of wanting to dump that duty on future generations.

She was a hoarder.

Posted by: whig at May 10, 2026 10:54 AM (E4rtv)

212 Since I don't trust my local public library to keep them, and the college library has the material already, I've recently checked the online catalog of the college where I was an undergrad and sent them some Borges, I B Singer, and John O'Hara volumes. May have some more to pass their way at some point but haven't decided to cull those particular volumes yet.

If everything goes according to plan, when I kick the bucket the only things on my shelves will be books the offspring will want, or books they can donate or sell without inadvertently unloading something that's worth a decent amount of coin.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 10:56 AM (q3u5l)

213 “ For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

Psalm 139:13

Posted by: Marcus T at May 10, 2026 10:59 AM (JW6Az)

214 If I had kept all the books I've bought and read, I wouldn't be able to get into my house or even open the door. About 90% of the books I still have are DIY instruction books.

Posted by: Toad-0 at May 10, 2026 11:01 AM (z8j2X)

215 His application seemed to be well received until the committee realized that he was in the wrong army during the war. His ancestral home was in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Does anybody recognize this guy?
Posted by: Fenderbender at May 10, 2026 10:53 AM (1FEc1)

Miklos!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2026 11:02 AM (kpS4V)

216 With no pants-requirement this week, a lot of you are taking advantage of letting it all hang out.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at May 10, 2026 11:03 AM (0sNs1)

217 His application seemed to be well received until the committee realized that he was in the wrong army during the war. His ancestral home was in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Does anybody recognize this guy?
Posted by: Fenderbender at May 10, 2026

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At first I thought you might be talking about George Papashvily, the Georgian (SSR) immigrant who with his American wife Helen raised German shepherd dogs. They wrote about it in Thanks to Noah, which I read as a boy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 11:06 AM (wzUl9)

218 “ For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

Psalm 139:13
Posted by: Marcus T at May 10, 2026 10:59 AM (JW6Az)

Thank you, Marcus.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Horde moms.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 10, 2026 11:06 AM (wVcYX)

219 Fenderbender: Are you maybe thinking of the "Hyman Kaplan" stories by Leo Rosten (aka Leonard Ross)?

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 10, 2026 11:08 AM (78a2H)

220 My last move (2016) I gave probably 100+ books away, it was a hard decision on what was in the giveaway boxes. I swore I would take it easy on my book buying. LOL! I now have bought at least 150 books to go with the 100+ I kept. i have at least 25 TBR and at least the same number on my TBRA list.

Posted by: dave at May 10, 2026 11:10 AM (2ZUrQ)

221 The audiobooks of P.G.Wodehouse are so funny, they are worth listening to. My favorite narrator of those is Jonathan Cecil.

Posted by: microcosme at May 10, 2026 11:10 AM (tIOA7)

222 Well he was a annapolis trained engineer and a keen observer but was still addicted to the kultursmog that was rising in the 50s and began to smothet us in the 60s

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 10, 2026 11:10 AM (bXbFr)

223 Mehdi Hasan: AOC’s Superpower in 2028 Is Convincing Republicans She’s Dumb and Extreme

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And she does it very, very well.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 11:12 AM (ndZc7)

224 What causes most problems in Greek mythology:
https://shorturl.at/Ph7wR

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 10, 2026 11:12 AM (O/6DU)

225 Yes, Heinlein was always at odds with the bluenoses and holy rollers of the 1920s and 1930s, and never really got past that.

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 10, 2026 11:14 AM (78a2H)

226 >>I should be able to get all ten books banged out by the weekend. I will make BILLION

Lol!

Given Correia's writing skill, he really could do this and make bank. Heck, he could feed his creative outlines into AI and still succeed.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 10, 2026 11:15 AM (8Fxbo)

227 167 I maintain that Decatur's mission in Tripoli would make a great movie.
Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 10:16 AM (p/isN)
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Modern Hollywood would make the pirates gay people of color who suffer unjustly from MAGA haters.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 10, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)
It was , sorta kinda, in The Wind and the Lion with Sean Connery. A very good movie.

Posted by: Eromero at May 10, 2026 11:15 AM (LHPAg)

228 There's a nifty story by Ray Bradbury called 'The Exiles.' The spirits of long dead fantasists (Poe, Bierce, etc) live on, on Mars. The future has no use for such nonsense. When the last copy of their work is destroyed, the writer is truly dead and his spirit fades out forever.

Read that one (it's in The Illustrated Man IIRC) at the beginning of my decade-long sf-only binge. To this day, when I get rid of a book I can't help feeling a little chill of 'what if...'

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 11:16 AM (q3u5l)

229 I too have been reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, and eagerly await the next installment which is due to be released on Kindle this coming Tuesday.

Is it great literature? Oh, hell no. But it meets Heinlein's advice for Aspiring Writers: "Remember, you're competing for Joe's beer money. And Joe likes his beer."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 10, 2026 11:18 AM (2xF0u)

230 Finished Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner. He's one of my only favorites from the twentieth century. Years back, Angle of Repose and Crossing to Safety were great as well. Even Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs was lovely and interesting. It's nice to read some ecological writing from before the climate change scam. I have All the Little Live Things on my shelves too. Maybe some day!

I also read The Whole Counsel of God: An Introduction to Your Bible by Fr. Stephen De Young. Wow, it is so good! And it's barely over 100 pages. I want my teenagers to read it. I was very impressed by the lack of motivated reasoning, which you can always feel in apologetic works. He is very honest reporting what modern scholars understand about the Bible. At the same time he doesn't spend long on discredited but popular scholars who try to undermine its authority.

I also appreciated how he could articulate an Orthodox way of reading the Bible that is distinct from Protestant and Catholic ideas, without saying, "The East doesn't believe in reason," as I hear so often from other Orthodox faithful (and even theologians).

Posted by: frammish at May 10, 2026 11:18 AM (8TbJ+)

231 >>Modern Hollywood would make the pirates gay people of color who suffer unjustly from MAGA haters.

There was pirate series on HBO or Showtime a few years ago. Made them gay, or simps, with gay girlbosses being the real leaders. Just horrid!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 10, 2026 11:18 AM (8Fxbo)

232 He was an immigrant from eastern Europe in a big U.S. city.
He told a tale about applying for a scholarship reserved for veterans of World War One. His application seemed to be well received until the committee realized that he was in the wrong army during the war.

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I watched an OK syfy movie yesterday, The Thirteenth Floor. In one scene set in 1937, a character speaks of his experience in "World War One." Since WWII hadn't happened yet, there was no WWI in 1937.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)

233 Wolfus, here's a Buick for you:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3tteu2

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026 11:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

234 I drive up to Ohio a couple of times a year. It's a 1000-mile drive, and I usually listen to audiobooks on the road. Last year, I was driving and listening to one of the Dortmunder novels. I started feeling nervous about being stopped by the police. It was a while before it dawned on me that I had become so engrossed in the story that it felt like I was a part of the criminal conspiracy.

Posted by: Toad-0 at May 10, 2026 11:22 AM (z8j2X)

235 Visual metaphor of the Virginia redistricting debacle.

https://tinyurl.com/5mtdj2p7

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)

236 Last month I finished on my TBRA pile Ellis Peters' (Edith Pargeter) Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series, 20 novels plus a short story collection. I have all the series in paperback with teeny tiny print, but this rereading I purchased them on Kindle. Made for a wonderful and relaxing reading experience and I could refer to the physical copies when needed (they have maps that the Kindle editions don't have).

Now I am rereading all of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series. Or maybe I should call it, his Archie Goodwin series. Like Lily Rowan, I love me some Escamillo!

Those I have entirely on Kindle in a series of 46 books. I am on Book 8 now, Where There's a Will. Still pre-WWII.

Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at May 10, 2026 11:27 AM (TPFQA)

237 Wolfus, here's a Buick for you:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3tteu2
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 10, 2026

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A beauty -- something like what the Batmobile should have looked like! That clear roof would have been a problem for sure with heat building up in the passenger compartment. Otherwise, 325 hp is the kind of power we see today; this car could keep up with traffic on a modern interstate (though everybody would be slowing down to take a look at it).

I wonder why AMT or Revell didn't do a scale model assembly kit of it. Or maybe they did and I just never saw it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 11:28 AM (wzUl9)

238 231 >>
There was pirate series on HBO or Showtime a few years ago. Made them gay, or simps, with gay girlbosses being the real leaders. Just horrid!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 10, 2026 11:18 AM (8Fxbo)

Black Sails? I tried watching that, but bailed after the first episode. It turned out to be a Treasure Island prequel (can't risk having an original story, don't you know), plus it was going to include some lesbian tavern wenches as point-of-view characters. Between all that and the vulgarity, I lost interest.

I think there was also something called 'Our Flag Means Death,' but that was so obviously foppish and parody-seeming that I didn't even bother checking it out.

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 10, 2026 11:28 AM (3v7ra)

239 Thank you for the book threat. I read it every week. But rarely comment so really interesting book that are bad a year or so ago was called the club maker. Involves a history of Utah and the Mormon church. I found it very interesting and the storyline was awesome.
This summer I plan to read Moby Dick. I’m older and it’s time.

Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at May 10, 2026 11:31 AM (S3aD9)

240 Wow. That was all jumbled up. My apologies. The book was the Glove Maker. Highly recommend for those who like historical fiction and well-written books.

Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at May 10, 2026 11:33 AM (S3aD9)

241 . . . Now I am rereading all of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series. Or maybe I should call it, his Archie Goodwin series. Like Lily Rowan, I love me some Escamillo!

Those I have entirely on Kindle in a series of 46 books. I am on Book 8 now, Where There's a Will. Still pre-WWII.
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at May 10, 2026

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You'll notice that Stout gets more assured after the war. He shifted to a new publisher, Viking, and Wolfe becomes much less talkative and Archie even smarter and a bit more polished. Murder By the Book, Might As Well Be Dead, and The Mother Hunt are special favorites of mine, along with the clever novellas "Die Like a Dog," "Double for Death," and "The Gun With Wings."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 11:33 AM (wzUl9)

242 Russia’s Putin Claims Ukraine War “Coming to an End”

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Victory is beyond his capacity but he may snatch defeat from the debacle and lie it into victory.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 11:33 AM (ndZc7)

243 Toad-o at 234

Westlake will do that to you.

If memory serves, Dortmunder was born from the Parker series -- Westlake was toying with a Parker novel in which a job goes far enough south that he has to steal the same thing over and over again. Every time he tried to make it work it came out funny rather than the usual lean mean Parker story. The book became The Hot Rock.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 11:34 AM (q3u5l)

244 It's about time for a Wilbur Smith weigh in!

Posted by: bookguy at May 10, 2026 11:37 AM (B9g5q)

245 . . . You'll notice that Stout gets more assured after the war. He shifted to a new publisher, Viking, and Wolfe becomes much less talkative and Archie even smarter and a bit more polished. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026

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By which I mean Archie no longer talks quite so much like a street thug as he does in the first two or three books. He no longer says things like "He don't matter," for instance. Nor would the 1934-ish Archie have known about things like Persian rugs (which he says he learned about from Lily Rowan, and he didn't meet her until about 193

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 11:37 AM (wzUl9)

246 Après moi, le déluge

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Kim Jong Un Rewrites North Korea’s Constitution to Require Immediate Nuclear Strike If He Is Assassinated

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 11:38 AM (ndZc7)

247 Re: my 245: "Nor would the 1934-ish Archie have known about things like Persian rugs (which he says he learned about from Lily Rowan, and he didn't meet her until about 1938 )."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 11:42 AM (wzUl9)

248 “The View” Co-Host Hostin: How Dare Rubio Stand by and “Allow Latinos to Be Rounded Up”

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Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias is already pretty round.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 11:42 AM (ndZc7)

249 That was a milius script they domt make those anymore

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 10, 2026 11:46 AM (bXbFr)

250 248 “The View” Co-Host Hostin: How Dare Rubio Stand by and “Allow Latinos to Be Rounded Up”

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Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias is already pretty round.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 11:42 AM (ndZc7)

Hmmmm...so only Latinos/Latinas are illegal? I never realized Sunny Hostin was such a racist bigot.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 11:46 AM (T6aVk)

251 North Carolina Autism Billing Rises 47,000% Over Five Years, Raising Questions

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From eating Aunt Bea's pickles?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 11:46 AM (ndZc7)

252 242 Russia’s Putin Claims Ukraine War “Coming to an End”

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You never go full Kilgore.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 10, 2026 11:47 AM (JkO4W)

253 The more exposure to wolfe the more sophistication

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 10, 2026 11:47 AM (bXbFr)

254 242 Russia’s Putin Claims Ukraine War “Coming to an End”

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Victory is beyond his capacity but he may snatch defeat from the debacle and lie it into victory.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 10, 2026 11:33 AM (ndZc7)

Or what we may call "saving face".

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 11:47 AM (T6aVk)

255 What causes most problems in Greek mythology:

Them old homos with tiny pee pees.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 10, 2026 11:47 AM (HTa/G)

256 . . . You'll notice that Stout gets more assured after the war. He shifted to a new publisher, Viking, and Wolfe becomes much less talkative and Archie even smarter and a bit more polished. Murder By the Book, Might As Well Be Dead, and The Mother Hunt are special favorites of mine, along with the clever novellas "Die Like a Dog," "Double for Death," and "The Gun With Wings."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 11:33 AM (wzUl9)

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Definitely! With this rereading, I am able to immerse myself in the era and the Brownstone setting and the familiar recurring characters. On the first reading, I was often so eager to move forward with the story that I would sometimes miss the nuances of Stout's descriptions. This time I am moving more slowly and savoring the works.

Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at May 10, 2026 11:49 AM (TPFQA)

257 The more exposure to wolfe the more sophistication
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 10, 2026

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True. Though Archie would be the last to admit it, or that he secretly admires the big guy or worries when Wolfe gets shot in Too Many Cooks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 11:49 AM (wzUl9)

258 Well thats the theoru anyways

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 10, 2026 11:50 AM (bXbFr)

259 What causes most problems in Greek mythology:
https://shorturl.at/Ph7wR
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 10, 2026 11:12 AM (O/6DU)

I'd say absolute boredom. Their lives, themselves, and everyone and everything else.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 10, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew8)

260 259 What causes most problems in Greek mythology:

Hot Wax.

Posted by: Icarus at May 10, 2026 11:52 AM (nHXB4)

261 That book was so good, it began my addiction to the authors, I now have 25 or so of their books.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 10, 2026 10:08 AM (0U5gm)
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Yeah, thanks to you I also have at least that many of their collaborative books, as well as some of their individually written books.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 11:52 AM (gnNyN)

262 Definitely! With this rereading, I am able to immerse myself in the era and the Brownstone setting and the familiar recurring characters. On the first reading, I was often so eager to move forward with the story that I would sometimes miss the nuances of Stout's descriptions. This time I am moving more slowly and savoring the works.
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at May 10, 2026

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There are little things you notice as an adult. In one novel, Before Midnight, a magazine contest is involved. At one point late in the book Archie refers to another magazine which from its name is clearly supposed to be Time, and comments that he didn't know what reaction "Mr. Tite" was going to have. This was an in-joke; Henry Luce founded Time. I didn't get that as a teenager.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 11:53 AM (wzUl9)

263 Elinor, you'll also notice that while Wolfe, Archie, and the others don't age, outside events from our world often show up. For instance, in And Be a Villain Archie is preparing Wolfe's tax returns for submission -- on March 15, not our April. The IRS deadline changed to 4/15 in 1954.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 11:56 AM (wzUl9)

264 My TBR pile is much larger than my TBRA pile, and yet the latter gets more attention. I'm dumb that way.

Por ejemplo, I aM reading Lord Valntine's Castle again, but in my defense the last time was at least 20 years ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 10, 2026 11:56 AM (0aYVJ)

265 And on that happy note it's time to screw up a few chores here at Casa Some Guy and then dive back into Westlake for a while.

Thanks for the thread, MP4.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 10, 2026 11:56 AM (q3u5l)

266 Yeah, chore time for me too. A tip of the ol' chapeau to MP4 for hosting us, and to all of you for fascinating discourse!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 11:58 AM (wzUl9)

267 WE HAZ A NOOD
And as always, there will be a closed book test for the thread

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

268 "And part of those digressions came from the really bad social science books that Heinlein read as he became a professional writer. Meade, Milgram, Kinsey Report, Stanford Prison Guard experiment, etc. were basically constructed as deliberate lies disguised as research.

"Heinlein naively thought, as many of the educated class did back then, that what these were groundbreaking studies in social sciences, he forgot that scientists are no better and no worse in lies and deception than other humans.

"Today, we know much of that social science and sex research is simply bogus that he relied upon."

Yeah, lots of the "Golden Ageish" SF writers had either a legitimate interest in social science, determinative or predictive history, general semantics, the fad of the day or the like, or at least found them to be valuable sources for story ideas. IIRC, for a time Heinlein was also a fan of Korzebski and general semantics and it showed, but Asimov (Foundation series), Vance (Languages of Pao), Beam Piper (much of what he wrote), and so on also swam in that sea. As with so much else at that time, John Campbell probably was a major influence there.

Posted by: Pope John 20th at May 10, 2026 12:05 PM (7ZRgl)

269
263 Elinor, you'll also notice that while Wolfe, Archie, and the others don't age, outside events from our world often show up. For instance, in And Be a Villain Archie is preparing Wolfe's tax returns for submission -- on March 15, not our April. The IRS deadline changed to 4/15 in 1954.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 11:56 AM (wzUl9)

***

They are held in time while the world moves forward. Stout made a good choice.

Also, I kept noticing that Archie seemed extraordinaringly well-informed concerning fabrics and garments and fashions. Later I found out that Stout's wife Pola was a textile designer and craft weaver and was active in the textile business world and hobnobbed with other designers of the time.

Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at May 10, 2026 12:10 PM (TPFQA)

270 Also, I kept noticing that Archie seemed extraordinaringly well-informed concerning fabrics and garments and fashions. Later I found out that Stout's wife Pola was a textile designer and craft weaver and was active in the textile business world and hobnobbed with other designers of the time.
Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at May 10, 2026

***
I did not know that!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 12:29 PM (wzUl9)

271 "the 'Golden Ageish' SF writers"

I should have thought for a few more minutes before posting the above. Although Whig is right about the influence of bad social science on Heinlein's writing, and upon the writing of many other SF authors from the 1930s on, good and bad theories of governance, social science, cyclical history, and so on have been part of science fiction from the beginning of the form as a recognized genre. So pretty much any speculation about ideal, or even "better" societies, can be considered to be part of the utopian/distopian subgenre of science fiction; Plato's "The Republic" and his Allegory of the Cave is often viewed as such, and has been rewritten by Jo Walton as an explicit SF story.

Posted by: Pope John 20th at May 10, 2026 01:13 PM (7ZRgl)

272 I, too, have trouble getting rid of books and magazines I know I will not re-read. My solution is to pass them along to friends and family I believe will enjoy them, thus keeping them "in the family." The problem with this strategy is I read more than anyone else and my gifts are often greeted with "I haven't finished the last one you gave me!"

Posted by: March Hare at May 10, 2026 01:14 PM (O/GSq)

273 As for audiobooks, I listen while at the gym or while on a long drive/road trip, especially if I can find a story that Hubs will enjoy (he is not a reader.). However, I recently tried listening to "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress," and discovered this novel was much easier to follow when I read it. Heinlein made up a "Looney patrois" which I found easier to decipher when written out. Also, as this was an ebook, I could use the "Look-up" and "Define" features.

Posted by: March Hare at May 10, 2026 02:02 PM (O/GSq)

274 @243 --

Your memory serves you well.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 10, 2026 02:21 PM (p/isN)

275 I bought How to Slay a Wizard by Owen Benjamin for my son for his 14th.

There's some salty language in it, but nothing he's not heard before and I felt it had a message that needed to be received young; I'd read the Kindle version beforehand.

It got repetitive toward the end, but some of it might have been smoothed out for the print run.

Highly recommended for grads (HS or college).

I'm not quite halfway through 2666 by Roberto Bolaño, but it's riveting.

Posted by: logprof at May 10, 2026 02:40 PM (jo6FO)

276 The various mentions of Heinlein's work above prompt me to recommend a couple of his lesser known books: "Magic Inc." and "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag". These are stand alone stories and I would classify them as fantasy rather than science fiction.

"Magic Inc." is set in an alternate world where magic is a recognized and openly practiced art. Witches and wizards are professionals like lawyers and doctors. The protagonist is a young businessman who has a hardware store and contracting business. He and his associates discover that what on the surface seems to be a bureaucratic scheme to regulate the practice of magic is in fact diabolically inspired. To thwart it requires lobbying the state legislature and an incursion into Hell itself.

Posted by: John F. MacMichael at May 10, 2026 03:45 PM (aYnHS)

277 "The Unpleasant Profession..." starts when Mr. Hoag has come home at the end of the day and is washing up before fixing his supper. He is interrupted by a phone call. The caller is an acquaintance begging him to fill in for a missing guest at a dinner party that evening. Knowing she employs an excellent cook he agrees. At the dinner party a woman who boasts of her ability to tell peoples' professions from the dress and mannerisms turns her attention to Mr. Hoag. She proclaims he must be a jeweler because of the jewelers rouge on his left hand. He sees he has a reddish substance under the nails of that hand and realizes he must have forgotten to finish washing when the phone rang. He does not know what the reddish stuff under his nails is. But the sight of it fills him with repulsion and fear. And he realizes that he does not known what he does during the day. He bolts from the party in a panic. The next day he hires a young couple who are private investors to follow him and discover what he does during the day. They think he is nuts but take the job. What they discover is much, much stranger and frightening than a simple case of amnesia.

Posted by: John F. MacMichael at May 10, 2026 03:55 PM (aYnHS)

278 Worst audiobook to walk to?
The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

Posted by: No Justice for Iryna, No Peace for Charlotte Government at May 10, 2026 03:56 PM (7/Q5O)

279 Last fall, we renovated our basement and built an actual library, with built-in shelves and a built-in desk for my husband. We got our book collection (something like 18 moving boxes full) and happily put them up on the shelves, for the first time in maybe 6 or 7 years. It was like meeting old friends again, though many of the books I hadn't thought about for years. I'd not exactly forgotten them, because as soon as I saw them I remembered them, but it was a warm wave of recognition as I saw their covers again. Now I'm looking at them and thinking that at my age, I will never be able to read all of them again, there's just not enough time. I've trimmed the collection at various times over the years, but I am really reluctant to get rid of any book, unless it's one I actively dislike. Still, after unpacking all these books, I find myself thinking 'What happened to my book about the haunting of Borley Abbey? And there was that one about magic tricks as performed over the world. And what about 'Travels in Arabia Deserta'? I never would have gotten rid of those - did I accidentally include them in one of my cleaning spasms?'

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at May 10, 2026 04:41 PM (A3bPQ)

280 80 My home is a black hole for books - the gravity is so intense none ever leave.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 09:31 AM (nUR++)

I love you.

Posted by: Kathysaysso at May 10, 2026 05:10 PM (7OVtU)

Daily Tech News 10 May 2026

Top Story

NASA is planning a rescue mission for its Neils Gehrels Swift Observatory - a.k.a the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer - which is sinking fast and will re-enter the atmosphere later this year without a boost. (Spaceflight Now)

Which is precisely what they plan to give it.
Also sinking fast and being closely tracked by NASA is Mexico City. (The Guardian)

Large parts of the city are subsiding by more than two centimeters a month. This causes problems.

Tech News

CPanel's terrible, horrible, no good very bad week. (Copahost)

CPanel issued patches for three new vulnerabilities over the weekend, after 44,000 CPanel servers were hacked in the past week. (My own server was affected, but I managed to get it locked down before the wave of ransomware hit. And I have off-site backups.)

Since each server can host hundreds of websites, 44,000 hacked servers could affect a lot of people.
With mid-range smartphone sales dropping as memory prices bite, Mediatek and Qualcomm have cut their production orders with TSMC for 5nm and 4nm chips. AMD immediately took up the slack. (WCCFTech)

All current AMD CPUs (and GPUs) are built on TSMC's 5nm and 4nm processes - they don't use 3nm at all, and 2nm is set to arrive at the end of the year with Zen 6 - and AMD is selling every CPU they can churn out.
I mentioned that Intel's stock recently hit a 20-year high. You know who bought the dip? The federal government. (WCCFTech)

The Trump Administration converted a Biden-era grant - which came with conditions attached that Intel couldn't meet - to a straightforward share purchase.

At the bottom of the market.

Oh, and Intel is currently in talks to manufacture chips for Apple 25% cheaper than TSMC.
Fiber optic cables can listen in on your conversation. (Science)

If someone shines a laser down the cable and monitors the results very, very carefully.
Micron is shipping a 245TB SSD. (Nerds.xyz)

Not one of the tiny M.2 drives, but a still compact U.2 2.5" model.

Musical Interlude

Bonus Interlude

FrAIren Interlude

Disclaimer: Wait, Caravan Palace did the music for MOUSE: P.I. For Hire?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Hope all Moms have a happy Mother's Day

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 10, 2026 04:35 AM (NkASH)

4 BOING!

Can I identify as a mom?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 04:36 AM (y1wyK)

5 There are single Dads out there for sure, but somehow its different.
And Trannies can't be Moms

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Happy to read that UK MP Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain Party made a good showing in last week's elections:

https://tinyurl.com/ywpman56

Restore is to the UK what MAGA is to the US.

Farage and his Reform Party are what RINOs are to the GOP.

But Farage will lie his way up claiming to be more extremely conservative than Lowe. That's all Farage has ever done.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 04:43 AM (y1wyK)

7 Will the Senate clean up the mess that is the US Secret Service?

https://tinyurl.com/2pjt8epf

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 04:45 AM (y1wyK)

8 Single dads can celebrate Father's Day. Apparently , there are people in Seattle, I think who want celebrate "Others Day" because they feel left out of "Mother's Day" Gee, people feel left out for all kinds of reasons on man holidaysThey feel sad perhaps and cope with it .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:46 AM (Nx5jP)

9 "Many" holidays.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:47 AM (Nx5jP)

10 I'm a born and raised city slicker. But I learned something about fertilizer explosions.

Consider this a PSA:

https://tinyurl.com/4v3zy589

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 04:49 AM (y1wyK)

11 And the "Christian Post" has a number of articles at the site "Post Opinion" section" by women who are feeling loses during this day and how their faith helps them at this time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:53 AM (Nx5jP)

12 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 10, 2026 05:02 AM (vBlQn)

13 Happy Mother's Day.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 10, 2026 05:12 AM (vBlQn)

14 Can I identify as a mom?
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Sure!

Posted by: Jack Butler at May 10, 2026 05:13 AM (vBlQn)

15
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 10, 2026 05:14 AM (8iYDv)

16 Happy Mother's Day, all you Mothers.

My own mom passed away over 30 years ago. My wife, the mother of my children, passed away almost 7 years ago.

I will need to call my daughter and DiLs to send them my best wishes for their happiness.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 10, 2026 05:18 AM (qFwJc)

17 Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 10, 2026 05:18 AM (qFwJc)

I am sorry for your losses. It is kind of you to think of your DIL's .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 05:19 AM (rZCVI)

18 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 10, 2026 05:20 AM (V0/Sp)

19

11

women who are feeling loses during this day

FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:53 AM

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Get off a me like that.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 10, 2026 05:21 AM (azNOR)

20 https://tinyurl.com/mudenu8a
Top 20 Posts Doug Ross Substack

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 05:21 AM (Ia/+0)

21 Evening and morning, ever'body,

I'm awake an hour early. Not Stirling's fault, just the way it goes sometimes. Come to think of it, this is the first time I've been up this early since my trip on 4/17. It's 68 F., no rain impending, so I can start the week with a good workout . . . once I get some coffee into me.

So, aside from discussions of Jagermeister (blech!) on the ONT, whassup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 05:28 AM (wzUl9)

22 Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 10, 2026 05:18 AM (qFwJc)

And to think of your daughter as well

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 05:28 AM (rZCVI)

23
*stirs grouchily*

I'm up, I'm up!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2026 05:31 AM (HdYcL)

24 There are three women that are mothers to my grands. They are good mothers. I should show them some love and respect.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 10, 2026 05:32 AM (qFwJc)

25 Can I identify as a mom?
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Sure!

Posted by: Jack Butler at May 10, 2026 05:13 AM (vBlQn)
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Time to make myself a yummy sammich.

I love me!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 05:35 AM (y1wyK)

26 Oh yes! Happy Mother's Day!

My mom passed away at age 70 in Nov. 1986, so almost forty years ago, when I was a young man. She did a pretty good job as a pioneering single mother* with my brother and me: Neither of us wound up crazy, or criminal, or on welfare. She'd have been proud of my working for, and getting my bachelor's from, the local private college, since she was always a fan of their football team.

* In essence. My father was around, didn't live with us, and contributed money and meddling, but Mom raised us. Despite working nights, she was always there for us.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9)

27 As I mentioned on the ONT, I drove past my former mother-in-law's house yesterday morning. I have no idea if she still lives there, or is even living, for that matter. A compact SUV stood in the driveway, so somebody lives there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 05:39 AM (wzUl9)

28 Nice psalm - psalm 8 KJV:

https://tinyurl.com/y6p6jzcb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 05:44 AM (rZCVI)

29 Today I will think back to my mother (I often do) She was one of those women who took over a mans job of building airplanes for WW2. Worked as a drill press operator and soon after the war ended I was born. All the good times and some bad times in her life after that and I wish I had been more attentive to her when I was very young. She always wore, when going out on the town, 'Evening in Paris Perfume' and became town clerk for out town and traveled to NYC by herself for conferences. I can't imagine her ever doing that today, no way. Even rode the subway when you didn't think about safety at all.

Posted by: Colin at May 10, 2026 05:45 AM (e8qy3)

30 A happy Mother's Day to all the 'ette moms!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 10, 2026 05:46 AM (T3arw)

31 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9

Thanks for your witness.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 05:46 AM (rZCVI)

32 My mother, as I said, was a pioneering single mom. She was born in western Canada; her family (Swedish dad, Ukrainian mom) moved to Florida when she was twelve. She became a registered nurse in the Thirties, when nurses did a lot of the scut work. I found out a while back that she was an expert on the nursing of communicable diseases and was asked to lecture succeeding nursing classes on the topic at LSU School of Nursing!

After I was born, she shifted to private duty night work, the eleven-to-seven shift. She'd leave the house at ten pm and get back about seven-thirty, so she was glad when we boys started getting ourselves up for school and she didn't have to chase after us. She didn't work every night; there were days where she did not have to sleep and could do things with us in the summers when we were small.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

33 Posted by: Colin at May 10, 2026 05:45 AM

Thanks for your interesting account and your affirmation of her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 05:56 AM (PFs9e)

34 Now I wish I had asked my mother more about day-to-day life in the Thirties, Forties, and Fifties. She told us some things; for instance, that she saw Frankenstein w/Karloff at a downtown movie theatre here (presumably on a re-release; she was only fifteen when the movie came out in 1931, and still living in FL). I'd love now to ask about prices of things, how men and women dressed, radio programs, all of that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

35 Hokay; time to change, stretch, and work out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)

36
Mexico City is destined to become the home world of the Mole People

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 10, 2026 06:03 AM (xG4kz)

37 Luckily both my mom and dad are still around. My sister is bringing supper to them and I will go over to there place as well.

Last evening my sister took me to a comedy club, we saw two guys, one is on Gutfield often. Never been to one before. It was fun.

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 06:10 AM (Ia/+0)

38 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 10, 2026 06:14 AM (xvhJH)

39 Mexico City is destined to become the home world of the Mole People
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 10, 2026 06:03 AM

Aren't they already? Oh, "mole". Carry on.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 10, 2026 06:16 AM (T3arw)

40 Happy Mothers Day to all ettes! I don't usually much notice Hallmark Holidays, but since this one celebrates the center of family strength, and therefore of civil society itself, I say we raise a glass to Mothers everywhere!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2026 06:19 AM (Sroko)

41 A free cell game I play on the phone now and then runs ads between games and more and more often I'm seeing ads by left-run states and cities desperately trying to convince folks to move back or at least visit. Illinois I see the most often - bragging on their progressive approach to citizenship, etc, lol ....sure that'll get em back. The saddest ad so far - San Diego. San Diego needs to gin up interest? General CA insanity aside, as recent as the 80s San Diego was actually conservative for the most part and was the place to be IMHO. Like anyone playing a mobile card game is going to base a move or holiday destination decision into one of these lefty shtholes because of an ad. Idiocracy.

Posted by: Grainger at May 10, 2026 06:28 AM (hyQrc)

42 I play Suduko at Easybrain, it has a commercial at end but its fine.

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 06:30 AM (Ia/+0)

43 Daily, I play Nerdle, Quordle and Wordle. Trying to keep my brain supple.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2026 06:33 AM (uJ3I2)

44 Www.solitareparadise.com is where I play mahjong and spider solitaire

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 06:37 AM (Ia/+0)

45 If you appreciate a little Chopin background music, I recommend this excellent recording of pianist Yeol Eum Son. She also is just outstanding playing Mozart, if you enjoy Mozart.

https://tinyurl.com/ycxxhhud

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2026 06:43 AM (uJ3I2)

46 Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2026 06:19 AM (Sroko)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 06:45 AM (6UQAR)

47 Solitairepatadice has free cell and lots of other games.

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 06:50 AM (Ia/+0)

48 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

In today's adventures in Lord of the Ring Online, I've made it to Dunland, where I will be assisting the native tribesmen in various tasks in an effort to sway them away from Isengard's influence.

I'm also clearing a path for the Grey Company as they head southwards to join Aragorn before his fateful journey through the Paths of the Dead.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 10, 2026 06:50 AM (gnNyN)

49 Mexico City sinking?

Montezuma's revenge?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2026 06:52 AM (2GVsD)

50 I was at the store and saw a number of men buying flowers and balloons for either their mothers and/or wives. I made me happy. Spouse gave me a nice card

I got some flowers for the church - pretty tulips- and will bring them home after service. What a nice afternoon for me was spouse and I going out for potato skins and a chocolate martini ( he had club soda) yesterday. It was like a date. He is a nice, hard working, funny guy and a man of faith. Son was at home taking a test online for work . He passed it

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 06:52 AM (6UQAR)

51 Mexico City sinking?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2026 06:52 AM (2GVsD)
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Gives a whole new meaning to sinko de Mayo.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 06:56 AM (y1wyK)

52 Captain Ouever, "hold the Mayo."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2026 06:56 AM (2GVsD)

53 Fen have a great day today

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 06:57 AM (Ia/+0)

54 Happiest of days to you, Fen

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2026 06:59 AM (A5m1a)

55 Good morning morons and Happy Mother's Day

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 07:07 AM (RIvkX)

56 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 10, 2026 07:10 AM (VyBeY)

57 Good deed and idea story from Japan:

https://tinyurl.com/9cmw5dnv

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 07:11 AM (y1wyK)

58 My mom was pretty cool in her youth. I was born while dad was serving with the ARVN in Long Binh, she was alone for the first 6 months.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 07:14 AM (RIvkX)

59 If someone shines a laser down the cable and monitors the results very, very carefully.

Which means they have to access the individual cable, strip its cover, and put a device on it. And, in the process, not bend it far enough it disrupts the signal. (That takes a lot with modern fiber, but it's still a consideration.)

Versus monitoring WiFi, which requires sitting across the street in a van. Or the next street over, with the power some of my neighbors put out on their WiFi networks.

BTW, anyone know why an Ubiquity WAP would connect devices but not provide them internet? Just had FIOS installed - finally - and what I thought was a problem with our old service turns out to maybe be a WAP problem. (Cables check fine with my tester.) I'm going to have to plug a cable into its other port and fiddle with it.

Posted by: GWB at May 10, 2026 07:17 AM (ADKNC)

60 The Deep State's swamp is alive and well:

https://tinyurl.com/bdzhuvjz

Warm and sunny early afternoon here in Jerusalem. Think I'll do my walk and exercise. I like the heat!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 07:24 AM (y1wyK)

61 I am currently failing at robot solitaire contract bridge, courtesy of Bridgebase.com

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2026 07:25 AM (acx3c)

62 And today's left wing sign- in the hills of a slightly more rural, woodsy part of NJ- ( yes, we have them) "Ice out of our neighborhoods" ( first of all- what made it exclusively "your" neighborhood ( how do the other neighbors feel?) and secondly, do you want drug traffickers, rapists and murderers in your neighborhood?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 07:27 AM (EQmpy)

63 Thanks, Skip and Huck.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 07:29 AM (G7WXk)

64 Can I identify as a mom?
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Sure!

Posted by: Jack Butler at May 10, 2026 05:13 AM (vBlQn)
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Today, anyone can be anything!

https://tinyurl.com/263sw5x9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 07:30 AM (y1wyK)

65 It's funny that on Mother's Day, I never feel like it's for me. My thoughts are only for my own mom, who has been gone for 17 years.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 10, 2026 07:33 AM (qBdHI)

66 Today, anyone can be anything!

https://tinyurl.com/263sw5x9
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Ugh. Threw up a little bit in my mouth.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 10, 2026 07:35 AM (vBlQn)

67 My mom was pretty cool in her youth. I was born while dad was serving with the ARVN in Long Binh, she was alone for the first 6 months.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Wait, your dad was in the ARVN? San Fran, I thought you were Jewish. That's way cool though.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 10, 2026 07:35 AM (l26NL)

68 Laura Loomer axe a question:

https://tinyurl.com/yzdcpjzs

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 07:35 AM (y1wyK)

69 Today, anyone can be anything!

https://tinyurl.com/263sw5x9
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Ugh. Threw up a little bit in my mouth.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 10, 2026 07:35 AM (vBlQn)
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Indeed. It's odd to see.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 07:36 AM (y1wyK)

70 San Franpsycho, please disregard my previous post. I misread it. Sorry

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 10, 2026 07:36 AM (l26NL)

71 Miss Linda brings me the crossword puzzle that appears in our local free arts-and-politics newspaper. They usually start off pretty easy, but the wordplay in the "long" answers in the puzzles can be tough until you tune in on their concept.

I suppose some of the vintage questions about the '80s and farther back (e.g., "Newman's half-Apache") would be tough for the younger people.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

72 Today, anyone can be anything!

https://tinyurl.com/263sw5x9
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Is Page even still an actor? A professional trans something, is what I thought she/it was. Shows what I know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2026 07:41 AM (YjkhO)

73 In today's adventures in Lord of the Ring Online, I've made it to Dunland, where I will be assisting the native tribesmen in various tasks in an effort to sway them away from Isengard's influence.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

hehe. It's an interesting game in that you get familiar with the locations. I gave up after first losing an account when Turbine gave up the ghost, and second, going back to Angmar and getting absolutely shit-stomped. I did get invited to a private house for a while. Waste of time, but fun.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 10, 2026 07:41 AM (diia5)

74 crosswords is another game I stink at. My MIL used to do them in pen while smoking her morning cig.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2026 07:42 AM (YjkhO)

75 Morning, all, and happy Mother's Day to those who celebrate.

It was a particularly lousy day yesterday. Hardly got any editing done, so went out and spent money I should not have spent getting drunk. Which is SOP for me, but I also found out a dear lady friend is going through some terrible times, feeling lost, alone and horribly unhappy. Been trying to write her an e-mail, but just can't find any words that don't sound anodyne and pathetic.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 07:44 AM (qRla/)

76 Mexico City sinking is what happens when you build on lake bed sediment. Lots of heavy concrete buildings and infrastructure on a thick layer of lake bed sediment. Genius!

"Hey, the Aztecs built here, so it should be okay, right? Right?"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 07:45 AM (ynpvh)

77
Happy Mother's Day to All Ette Mothers!!!!

And everybody else...Don't forget to call your Mom!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 07:48 AM (iJfKG)

78 77
Happy Mother's Day to All Ette Mothers!!!!

And everybody else...Don't forget to call your Mom!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 07:48 AM (iJfKG)

Kinda hard to do...last I knew, she was ashes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 07:49 AM (ynpvh)

79 There was a fun event back in the Turbine days when the devs came into the game and helped out players for a day. I was on Weathertop and one dev just vaporized all of the creatures in a few seconds. That was hilarious.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 10, 2026 07:51 AM (diia5)

80
I agree with this:

https://instapundit.com/795786/

And I would go further and say that this should be investigated fully and everyone involved should be tried in a court of law and if found guily-

hung by the neck until dead.

This sort of crime cannot go unpunished.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 07:51 AM (iJfKG)

81 Wait, your dad was in the ARVN? San Fran, I thought you were Jewish. That's way cool though.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 10, 2026 07:35 AM (l26NL)
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He was in the military advisory group sent by President Kennedy before any major combat and before the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

82 Happy Mother's Day to All Ette Mothers!!!!

And everybody else...Don't forget to call your Mom!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 07:48 AM (iJfKG)

Kinda hard to do...last I knew, she was ashes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 07:49 AM (ynpvh)

Oh, come on!

Surely you know a good medium who can run a seance for you.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 07:52 AM (iJfKG)

83 I am sorry about your friend. How about " I am sorry that you are having such a miserable and unhappy time. I care about you a lot, and think highly of you , and would be glad to help you if I can by listening."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 07:52 AM (PFs9e)

84 "69 Today, anyone can be anything!

https://tinyurl.com/263sw5x9
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Ugh. Threw up a little bit in my mouth.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 10, 2026 07:35 AM (vBlQn)
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Indeed. It's odd to see.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 07:36 AM (y1wyK) "

anything, anything at all, to disrupt and overturn the evil old wypipo culture that made their very existence possible ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 10, 2026 07:53 AM (VyBeY)

85 82 Happy Mother's Day to All Ette Mothers!!!!

And everybody else...Don't forget to call your Mom!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 07:48 AM (iJfKG)

Kinda hard to do...last I knew, she was ashes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 07:49 AM (ynpvh)

Oh, come on!

Surely you know a good medium who can run a seance for you.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 10, 2026 07:52 AM (iJfKG)

I'd use the dwarf medium who escaped from prison. She's the small medium at large...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 07:53 AM (ynpvh)

86 83-for MPPPP

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 07:53 AM (PFs9e)

87 This sort of crime cannot go unpunished.

Wanna bet?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 07:53 AM (qRla/)

88 "Mexico City sinking is what happens when you build on lake bed sediment. "

They can build New Mexico City on top of it.

Posted by: fd at May 10, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

89 https://tinyurl.com/yzdcpjzs

I love when they call these people "pedestrians"

No, pedestrians are found on the sidewalk. Crazy people are found on the runway.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

90 Mom is/was ashes, Dad is buried 1800 miles away. Wife is nearby, cemetery is only 20 miles away.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 07:56 AM (ynpvh)

91 88 "Mexico City sinking is what happens when you build on lake bed sediment. "

They can build New Mexico City on top of it.

Posted by: fd at May 10, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

Hah, yes, reminds me of some archaeological sites, where the current city is built on the previous, going back 17 instantiations, each time the city burned to the ground.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 07:59 AM (ynpvh)

92 89 https://tinyurl.com/yzdcpjzs

I love when they call these people "pedestrians"

No, pedestrians are found on the sidewalk. Crazy people are found on the runway.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

Fashion IS a passion for some.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 07:59 AM (ynpvh)

93 My mother dinned into me at an early age that she wanted to be cremated. I decided the most appropriate thing to do with her ashes was to sprinkle them in the Miss. River; after all she lived in close proximity to it for some thirty-five years.

My father is buried in one of the cemeteries in Mid-City.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 08:01 AM (wzUl9)

94 Besides MP4 - you know what to say. You are a caring, articulate person.You're just being too hard on yourself because you are in low spirits and nothing probably sounds right to you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 08:01 AM (afKoR)

95 I'm
too sexy for my SCHUURLP!!!

Posted by: Guy on the runway at May 10, 2026 08:02 AM (vFG9F)

96 “Strategic hamlets” was the brainchild of CIA wizards, apparently. In hindsight, they should have invaded Berkley and Ann Arbor. Oops

Posted by: Common Tater at May 10, 2026 08:03 AM (XH8Ra)

97 If you are interested, Catherine Herridge has a great interview with longtime Federal prosecutor Jim Trusty covering the legal cases against Comey, Brennan at al, and the possible future prosecution of Obumbles.

https://tinyurl.com/yj2ennps

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2026 08:03 AM (C2m2z)

98 Good morning Horde. Thx Pixy
A very Happy Mother's Day to all the Horde mom's

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026 08:03 AM (gu0hJ)

99 “Strategic hamlets” was the brainchild of CIA wizards, apparently. In hindsight, they should have invaded Berkley and Ann Arbor. Oops
Posted by: Common Tater at May 10, 2026 08:03 AM (XH8Ra)
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My dad was a 24 year old grunt, but his team worked with the Montangnard people who lived in the western mountains along the Ho Chi Minh trail.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

100
"Hey, the Aztecs built here, so it should be okay, right? Right?"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 07:45 AM (ynpvh)

The otiginal Aztec city was amazingly beautiful, an astounding feat of engineering. It was spread across a series iog small islands in a large and shallow inland lake, all connected by causeways.

Soon into the colonial period, the Spanish felt the layout was too limiting, so they drained the lake, destroying the ecosystem which has sustained the city, and turned the entire valley into a vast mudflat with a couple higher spots.

And from that, Mexico City grew into toxic monstrosity it is today.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 10, 2026 08:06 AM (25Mwa)

101 On the other hand I have no idea where the former Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 is buried, or if she was cremated. None of her names turn up in a search of the cemetery where my father and many long-time denizens of this city rest.

She had kids w/ two different men after we divorced, one boy in about 1991, so he'd be an adult now, and a daughter some time around 2010.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 08:08 AM (wzUl9)

102 I've got to thank Ace tomorrow. He posted on X my comment about Lucas tweeting that Warner and Kaine being "cucks" . He put it in the sidebar as well. It's been viewed 105k . Holy crap

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026 08:11 AM (gu0hJ)

103 Happy Mother's Day to all while enjoying an absolutely beautiful spring day in Indiana.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at May 10, 2026 08:11 AM (CwhoI)

104 101 On the other hand I have no idea where the former Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 is buried, or if she was cremated. None of her names turn up in a search of the cemetery where my father and many long-time denizens of this city rest.

She had kids w/ two different men after we divorced, one boy in about 1991, so he'd be an adult now, and a daughter some time around 2010.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 08:08 AM (wzUl9)

You can do an obituary search online, if you know what her final surname was...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 08:12 AM (ynpvh)

105 Anyhow -- I'm back from my workout, mostly walking in misty water-saturated air, cleaned up, having breakfast and a pipe. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie w/ Maggie Smith is on Movies! They'll have I Remember Mama, Little Women (the 1949 version w/ June Allyson), and The Trip to Bountiful later today . . . and a strange choice for Mother's Day, Mildred Pierce w/ Joan Crawford as their prime-time flick.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 08:13 AM (wzUl9)

106 100
"Hey, the Aztecs built here, so it should be okay, right? Right?"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 07:45 AM (ynpvh)

The otiginal Aztec city was amazingly beautiful, an astounding feat of engineering. It was spread across a series iog small islands in a large and shallow inland lake, all connected by causeways.

Soon into the colonial period, the Spanish felt the layout was too limiting, so they drained the lake, destroying the ecosystem which has sustained the city, and turned the entire valley into a vast mudflat with a couple higher spots.

And from that, Mexico City grew into toxic monstrosity it is today.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 10, 2026 08:06 AM (25Mwa)

It's also the reason it does so poorly in earthquakes...lake sediment jiggles like a Bill Cosby-roofied jello...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026 08:13 AM (ynpvh)

107 I've got to thank Ace tomorrow. He posted on X my comment about Lucas tweeting that Warner and Kaine being "cucks" . He put it in the sidebar as well. It's been viewed 105k . Holy crap
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026 08:11 AM (gu0hJ)
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You realize this is also my brush with Greatness! I know you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)

108 @105 Maggie Smith was fantastic, but Jean Brodie was kind of a jerk

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026 08:14 AM (gu0hJ)

109 Thank you, Fen.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 08:14 AM (qRla/)

110 an do an obituary search online, if you know what her final surname was...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 10, 2026

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That was how I found out she was gone and about the memorial service her friends (some of them once mine) held for her in '16. She re-assumed her maiden name in the last years, I think; her FB page had that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 08:15 AM (wzUl9)

111 @107 San Franpsycho, glad to have you along for the ride.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026 08:15 AM (gu0hJ)

112 . . . and a strange choice for Mother's Day, Mildred Pierce w/ Joan Crawford as their prime-time flick.

Not really, since Pierce is about a mother who sacrifices everything for her ungrateful daughter. It probably speaks to a lot of mothers, these days.

Mommie Dearest, on the other hand, would be a strange choice.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 08:16 AM (qRla/)

113 Maggie Smith was fantastic, but Jean Brodie was kind of a jerk
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026

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I got the impression, from Spark's novel anyway, that Jean was teaching the kids all the *wrong* things to handle life. She never realizes it. But the reader does.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 08:16 AM (wzUl9)

114 . . . and a strange choice for Mother's Day, Mildred Pierce w/ Joan Crawford as their prime-time flick.
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Not really, since Pierce is about a mother who sacrifices everything for her ungrateful daughter. It probably speaks to a lot of mothers, these days.

Mommie Dearest, on the other hand, would be a strange choice.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026

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Good point, MP4. I guess I was thinking a film noir is an odd choice to celebrate this particular day with.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 08:17 AM (wzUl9)

115 *basks in reflected glory*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

116 And I've never been a big fan of Joan Crawford. I can admire her talent and skill, and her ability to hang on to stardom for so long in H'wood, but I would hardly go out of my way to see one of her movies just because she is in it.

I'd like to see the recent-ish cable TV version of Mildred Pierce w/ Kate Winslet. I understand it followed the book by James M. Cain much more closely than did the Crawford version and didn't introduce any murders.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 08:22 AM (wzUl9)

117 I've only seen two movies with Joan Crawford. Mildred Pierce and Johnny Guitar.

Both are pretty good.

Posted by: dantesed at May 10, 2026 08:27 AM (Oy/m2)

118 To the amusement of many and the disgust of many more, Starmer in the UK is refusing to resign - even though even the Left’s show that he is the most universally despised PM in British history. (His approval rating might be less than 10% right now)

But why would he resign? He is so hated that he has no career, no possible job opening after this debacle. He has no valuable skills, as soon as he’s out he turns into an unemployable nothing with zero prospects.

And no one in Labour really wants to take the job, because they recognize it’s now a hopeless position, and anyone who takes over will be destroyed by it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 10, 2026 08:27 AM (25Mwa)

119 But why would he resign? He is so hated that he has no career, no possible job opening after this debacle. He has no valuable skills, as soon as he’s out he turns into an unemployable nothing with zero prospects.
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Tell me about it.

Posted by: Still a Kween Former Mayor London Breed at May 10, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)

120 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

121
117 I've only seen two movies with Joan Crawford. Mildred Pierce and Johnny Guitar.

Both are pretty good.
Posted by: dantesed at May 10, 2026 08:27 AM (Oy/m2)

You need to see both the pinnacle and the bottom of her career! First, “Grand Hotel” from 1931 with Greta Garbo and an all star cast. Movie stands up very well even today, and her performance in a key role was perfect - and you get to see her when she was in fact very good looking.

After that, you need to behold the wonder that is “Trog!” As has been said by others, not only have most people never seen a movie this bad, most people have not even conceived of a movie this bad!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 10, 2026 08:33 AM (25Mwa)

122 Joan Crawford and Bette Davis were crazy in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?. And I saw Joan in her last movie, Trog.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 10, 2026 08:33 AM (gu0hJ)

123 And I've never been a big fan of Joan Crawford. I can admire her talent and skill, and her ability to hang on to stardom for so long in H'wood, but I would hardly go out of my way to see one of her movies just because she is in it.

I've never cared for her, either, except in silents. She's always had a hard edge, which is understandable - she was determined to be a star and the camera always emphasized that part of her personality. But the edge is softened a bit in Our Dancing Daughters and Sally, Irene and Mary, mainly because it's countered by her flapper portrayal.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 08:35 AM (qRla/)

124 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 10, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)

125 >>But why would he resign? He is so hated that he has no career, no possible job opening after this debacle. He has no valuable skills, as soon as he’s out he turns into an unemployable nothing with zero prospects.

I'm not so sure about that. Starmer is part of a team that includes globalist leaders in government and business around the world. He didn't come up with his disastrous policies all by himself, they are a carbon copy of what is happening in EU countries and places like Canada and Australia. They were even being implemented here.

They are all part of the WEF cabal that also included Obama and Biden and many others in our government and private industry. They are on their heels but they are far from dead. I'm sure there's a job for him somewhere in the cabal when his time in office is up.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2026 08:35 AM (viF8m)

126 Wolfus agree with you on Joan

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 08:36 AM (Ia/+0)

127 Starmer is the last white PM. The bolshies are not ready to pull the trigger.

Posted by: Accomack at May 10, 2026 08:38 AM (8jVAy)

128 They are all part of the WEF cabal that also included Obama and Biden and many others in our government and private industry. They are on their heels but they are far from dead. I'm sure there's a job for him somewhere in the cabal when his time in office is up.
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*straps on kneepads*

Posted by: Still a Kween Former Mayor London Breed at May 10, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

129 How do I find Ace on X?

Posted by: M. Gaga at May 10, 2026 08:38 AM (KiBMU)

130 Good morning everyone. It's a beautiful morning here in western NC. Wishing you all a peaceful Sunday.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 10, 2026 08:39 AM (S+2Xo)

131 @AceOfSpadesHQ

Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2026 08:40 AM (viF8m)

132 The thing about watching Trog is that there are points where you start thinking “ok maybe if they go in this direction with the script it won’t be so bad”, but then a couple minutes later you’re thinking “ohmigod, they just made it even worse!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 10, 2026 08:40 AM (25Mwa)

133 Google "Ace of Spades HQ on X" and you will find it.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 10, 2026 08:41 AM (J4Dwc)

134 How do I find Ace on X?

Look for a shelving thread.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 10, 2026 08:41 AM (qRla/)

135 Or what Straw said

Posted by: one hour sober at May 10, 2026 08:41 AM (J4Dwc)

136 Joan Crawford has a small part in one of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. two-parters, "The Five Daughters Affair," that was turned into a movie (The Karate Killers) for release overseas.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 08:43 AM (wzUl9)

137 On 20 Posts a picture from Ireland of Turks running that country, England is already run by foreigners

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 08:44 AM (Ia/+0)

138 The thing about watching Trog is that there are points where you start thinking “ok maybe if they go in this direction with the script it won’t be so bad”, but then a couple minutes later you’re thinking “ohmigod, they just made it even worse!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 10, 2026

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There is a Season Three U.N.C.L.E. like that, "The My Friend the Gorilla Affair." The series' nadir for sure.

I'v always thought the script could have been saved, though. Create a frame story of Waverly telling a bedtime tale to his grandkids about two super-secret agents fighting a mad scientist in Africa and their comic encounter with a jungle girl plus her tame gorilla -- so that all the silly stuff we see is restricted to the kids' story Waverly is telling.

My idea came from the X-Men comic where Kitty tells Peter's sisters a bedtime story about pirates, and she casts the X-Men in all the roles. Wolverine becomes a hairy beast that eats beer cans whole and spits out the empties, for example. Hilarious and classic stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2026 08:50 AM (wzUl9)

139 Johnny Guitar is a wonderful movie. Great acting, visuals, epic hatred between Crawford and McCambridge.

Posted by: One Of My Faves. at May 10, 2026 08:51 AM (oftw2)

140 BOOK THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)

141 w00t

Posted by: m at May 10, 2026 10:10 AM (RtN13)

142 Microsoft Edge and MalwareBytes both flagged nerds.xyz as a suspect site due to malware and phishing. I'm just sayin'...

Posted by: Rusty Bill at May 10, 2026 12:35 PM (4UFPI)

Saturday Night Club ONT - May 9, 2026 [D & D]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. Come in in, grab a drink or 3.

Did you remember a gift for Mom? Does the top photo give you some inspiration?

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

A man in a bar starts talking to a prostitute. He says, "How much for a hand job?" She says it's $250. He says, "$250 for a lousy hand job? That’s crazy!" She says, "Honey, follow me," and takes him outside.

"See that Ferrari? I bought that Ferrari just with money from hand jobs. I give the best in the world." So he tries it, and it's great. A week later he's horny again. He goes back to the bar and asks her about a BJ.

She says it's $500. He thinks that's too much. She says, "Honey, come out back. See that mansion up on the hill? I bought that mansion with money from BJs. I do it the best." So he takes her up on it, and it's amazing. He's drained for a month.

Now obsessed, he goes back. Desperately he says, "I gotta know, how much for the coochie?" "Oh honey," she says, "If I had one of those, I'd own this town."

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Elderly couple in church.

Wife turns to Husband suddenly during the service, leans close to his ear and says "I've just done a silent fart. What should I do?"

Husband says "Put new batteries in your hearing aid!"

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Drink of the Night

Tonight we drew the 6 of spades from our deck of playing card cocktails.

Beware of brain freeze!

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Club ONT Department of Stopping to Smell the Flowers

Photo credit: Dick van Duijn

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Club ONT Department of Music History

Philips and Sony collaborated on the size of the compact disc in the late 1970s to create a single standard and avoid a format war (like VHS v. Betamax). Philips made an early prototype in 1979 which was an 11.5 cm disc that held about 60 minutes of audio. Sony initially favored a smaller 10 cm disc but Sony president Norio Ohga pushed for more capacity. Specifically, the goal was a disc that could fit Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

They settled on a 12 cm diameter disc which was precisely enough to fit the longest known recording at the time (a 1951 version at about 74 minutes).

The size of the hole in a compact disc was determined when Joop Sinjou, the head of Philops audio products development in the Netherlands, put a Dutch 10 cent coin (known as a dubbeltje) on the table during a standardization meeting. The coin created a hole of exactly 15 mm.

Now you know...

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Club ONT Endorsed 80s Re-boot

We absolutely would watch this! pic.twitter.com/oj64grsH86
— Hollywood Horror Museum (@horrormuseum) May 8, 2026

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Club ONT Department of Hallucinations

This video simulates what it looks like when you are on acid. Stare at the numbers in the middle of the screen and then look around - whoa. 😵‍💫 pic.twitter.com/h1rtn9O18T
— AlphaFox (@alphafox) May 8, 2026

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Club ONT Crime Blotter

Boston bakery pleads for return of giant ice cream cone mascot

The co-owner of a Boston bakery is offering baked goods as a reward for the safe return of the eatery's "mascot," a large plastic ice cream cone named Swirly.
Swirly, a fixture outside of Flour Bakery on the Boston Common, was initially feared to have blown away during the winter, but co-owner Joanne Chang said she now has good reason to believe the mascot is still nearby.
"He was possibly spotted in a nearby dorm window looking down longingly at home and we have reason to believe he may be confused about where he is," Chang wrote on social media.
She said all the bakery wants is Swirly's safe return.
"To anyone who is temporarily sheltering him: thank you for protecting him this winter, please return him safely, no questions asked, in exchange for baked goods and our eternal gratitude," Chang wrote.

O Swirly, Swirly where art thou? Deny thy temporary dormitory dwelling and return home. Break free from the shackles of communal living. If for nothing else, think of the sprinkles that you once called compatriots.

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The Club ONT Magical Jukebox

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

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The Club ONT lost and found still has several frilly hats left behind from Derby day last week. And lots of other stuff. Some unidentifiable. Some unmentionable. Please stop by and grab what's yours (or pick up a nice gift for Mom)!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 A couple of those Frozen Lemonades would hit the spot!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 10:02 PM (/lPRQ)

2 the ONT time to go

and I had to register --- again

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:03 PM (3UR/I)

3 That ain’t beer!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2026 10:04 PM (ZVgZ4)

4 Sorry I'm late, I mistakenly said "See ya later," to a crocodile, and now I can never show my face in that swamp ever again.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (lbImv)

5 I watched half of the LSD video. Nada. Maybe I didn't look at it long enough.

Evening, all!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (wzUl9)

6
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Jesse James KC show in Lawrence. Nothing in the Hound Group, though. We'll take them where they come from.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (HdYcL)

7 Santana, proof that bs can rise to the top.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (3UR/I)

8 My first summer in Denver, I went to see the Steve Miller Band live at Red Rocks, the park just outside of town. An oudoor concert in August? I would *NEVER* have considered such a thing here in Da Swamp. But while it was warm, it was dry and actually kind of invigorating.

Oh, the band was great too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM (wzUl9)

9 Dino, sorry I couldn't make it to Wednesday's ONT this week. I felt especially bad when I found out that VP Vance wanted to hear my excuse. I guess I won't be getting an invitstuon to the Naval Observatory any time soon.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM (lbImv)

10 Anyone guess the music theme?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)

11
*kicks rock*

My Flyers got swept tonight, losing 3-2 in OT. While I now want to see Buffalo be the Eastern Conference champs, Carolina is scary good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM (HdYcL)

12 Santana didn't sound like *anybody* else in Top 40 when he first arrived with "Black Magic Woman."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:08 PM (wzUl9)

13 5 shots of vodka? In a 12 Oz glass? Fuck.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)

14 9 Dino, sorry I couldn't make it to Wednesday's ONT this week. I felt especially bad when I found out that VP Vance wanted to hear my excuse. I guess I won't be getting an invitstuon to the Naval Observatory any time soon.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM
***
Could be a mark on your permanent record!

Posted by: TRex - VP adjacent dino at May 09, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

15 Congrats to you and HM, Hadrian.

I hope her road trip continues to be successful!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:10 PM (A5RD0)

16 I loved some of the X comments on the acid video - “I just did acid yesterday, it’s nothing like this!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (25Mwa)

17 5 shots of vodka? In a 12 Oz glass? Fuck.

Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
++++++++

The two dashes of Sprite give it a kick.

Carbonation makes alcohol absorb faster.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)

18 The LSD video is what it looks like after the eyeball doctor injects your eye with macular degeneration meds.

Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (VJX5o)

19 How a r e you supposed to get a whole lemon in there?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

20 6 Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Jesse James KC show in Lawrence.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM
***
Hooray! Congrats!

Posted by: TRex - east german judge dino at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

21 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (NkASH)

22 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

23 Specifically, the goal was a disc that could fit Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

You know, this past Thursday was the 202nd anniversary of the first public performance of Beethoven's Ninth.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:12 PM (lbImv)

24 I never was really clear if that song was about a woman who did black magic, or a magic woman who was black.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 10:12 PM (25Mwa)

25 Tonight’s busts, Hades, Washington and Oscar Wilde.

Tonight’s drink, Rob Roy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 10:12 PM (XV/Pl)

26 This will be my first Mom's Day after my Mom passed last fall. But I'm gonna spoil the hell out of the mother of my sons tomorrow.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, he said, snootily at May 09, 2026 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)

27 Hadrian, I meant to comment this morning. I love a good spreadsheet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

28 Thanks for the swell Saturday Night Club ONT, D & D!

Great jokes tonight.

I'm having trouble visualizing the T Rex handcuffed to a dandelion...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 09, 2026 10:13 PM (vrNzf)

29 The coin created a hole of exactly 15 mm.

Just how heavy and/or hot was that coin?

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:13 PM (zMT95)

30 That sit-com parody is darker than you think. Look at :45. Where's the baby?

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2026 10:13 PM (0Htd1)

31 I never was really clear if that song was about a woman who did black magic, or a magic woman who was black.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 10:12 PM (25Mwa)

Woman who did black magic, final answer. She may 'allso' have been black.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

32 I watched half of the LSD video. Nada. Maybe I didn't look at it long enough.

Nothing for me either. I guess the alternating light/dark pattern is supposed to cause some kind of residual retinal effect. Or maybe the joke is that my life is already like being on acid.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2026 10:14 PM (vTZFs)

33 Santana!
Nice!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:15 PM (2WIwB)

34 Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Jesse James KC show in Lawrence. Nothing in the Hound Group, though. We'll take them where they come from.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (HdYcL)

So the Big Dummy isn't a Hound Dog?

https://youtu.be/aNYWl13IWhY

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2026 10:16 PM (qx7Zg)

35 5 shots of vodka? In a 12 Oz glass? Fuck.

Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
++++++++

Not seeing a down side.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

36 I am not ordinarily a Santana fan, but DAMN! that guy could lay down some licks! Outstanding music choice. Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:17 PM (Jr+re)

37 Some of yall are weird...

SOME? You take that back, right now1

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:17 PM (zMT95)

38 Congratulations to Her Majesty and The Big Dummy!

Keep up the good work!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 09, 2026 10:17 PM (vrNzf)

39 Could be a mark on your permanent record!
Posted by: TRex - VP adjacent dino at May 09, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

I've got a really good eraser.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (lbImv)

40 The hallucination video is cool. Sometimes the words and letters in my prayerbook move around, especially Psalms.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

41 I loved some of the X comments on the acid video - “I just did acid yesterday, it’s nothing like this!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 10:11 PM (25Mwa)

They would be right.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (snZF9)

42 A mini tragedy happened today, went to The Rockaway Mall and discovered Books A Million has closed.

If the Tea Lady goes tits up the their will be no reason to go their any longer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)

43 After watching the LSD video, then looking at a blank section of computer screen... yeah, the shifting geometric pattern is *similar* to what I remember of a (long ago!) trip.

But there's just something missing:

A lightbulb dangling at the end of a cord from the ceiling fixture, and the notion that the bulb and pattern are totally freaking HILARIOUS

Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

44 Not seeing a down side.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

Its vodka. Vodka mixes well, but on its own, there is not much difference between McCormicks and top shelf stuff.

Rum on the other hand, there are entire galaxies between.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)

45 I watched half of the LSD video. Nada. Maybe I didn't look at it long enough.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:05 PM (wzUl9)

Or, you're already tripping.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (zMT95)

46 Ok. Not bad. Semi old fashioned with Buffalo Trace, Grand Gala, orange bitters & simple syrup.

Need to look up the actual recipe.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (S838b)

47 I'd thought I'd treat myself for a month or so and I bought a box of ten Hostess Cup cakes. That was a mistake. Lasted for four days.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (52qkP)

48 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

49 Congrats to the Big Dummy

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

50 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (+9wcF)

51 Shot glass sizes vary, but the typical one is 1.5 ounces. So the drink up top has a little over 3 shots of vodka. Still, more than enough to constitute a therapeutic dose.

Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (C30Iv)

52 Amazing the difference between liquor stores.
One had no Buffalo Trace and another had dozens of bottles.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (S838b)

53 I'd thought I'd treat myself for a month or so and I bought a box of ten Hostess Cup cakes. That was a mistake. Lasted for four days.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (52qkP)

The mini fried apple pies are worse.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)

54 As a shitty guitar player, I've always said if I could play like anyone, it would be Carlos Santana. His tone is amazing. Second would be Joe Bonamassa in today's era.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 09, 2026 10:21 PM (QaH55)

55 Rum on the other hand

Try some Diplomatico from Venezuela (get over it). Both the light and dark versions are outstanding!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

56 13 5 shots of vodka? In a 12 Oz glass? Fuck.

Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Sorry. Should be 6?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:21 PM (A5RD0)

57 Amazing the difference between liquor stores.
One had no Buffalo Trace and another had dozens of bottles.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:20 PM (S838b)

Kentucky is good for one thing: the liquor stores never run out of bourbon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

58 Coincidence...I'm having one of those lemonades right now!
Hi you Ds!
Can we expect many more hijinks?

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 10:22 PM (uTEOj)

59 5 shots of vodka? In a 12 Oz glass? Fuck.

Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Sorry. Should be 6?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Always go even numbers. 6, 8, 10, etc.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (S838b)

60 51 Shot glass sizes vary, but the typical one is 1.5 ounces. So the drink up top has a little over 3 shots of vodka. Still, more than enough to constitute a therapeutic dose.
Posted by: PabloD
---

Nurse!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (3UR/I)

61 Congratulations to Her Majesty and The Big Dummy!!!

Well done!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)

62 "Sometimes the words and letters in my prayer book move around...."

Yeah, if that happened I'd assume I was having an eye problem. If it wasn't something like that, I might burn the book. Does it spell out anything like a Ouija Board?

Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (C30Iv)

63 A good vodka really is different. Blue Ice is a potato vodka, made in Idaho (natch). Keep it in the freezer. Smooth as silk.
And not hella expensive. Recommend.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, he said, snootily at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)

64 The hallucination video is cool. Sometimes the words and letters in my prayerbook move around, especially Psalms.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

You need to see an opthamologist or maybe an exorcist.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (ZVgZ4)

65 Try some Diplomatico from Venezuela (get over it). Both the light and dark versions are outstanding!
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

Ill try that. I first got hooked with El Dorado 15. Ray Zacappa was ok, but not great. Kraken was disgusting. Bumbu- I'll just eat a candy bar. Plantation was meh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)

66 53 I'd thought I'd treat myself for a month or so and I bought a box of ten Hostess Cup cakes. That was a mistake. Lasted for four days.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:19 PM (52qkP)erase.

I thought the box was the recommended serving size. I must commend you forbshowing such restraint.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (lbImv)

67 Abracadabra

Literally one of the worst songs ever recorded.

"I want to reach out and GRAB YA!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (RIvkX)

68 If the Tea Lady goes tits up the their will be no reason to go their any longer.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)

Well, that depends. Is she nice looking? Could mean more business for her....

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (zMT95)

69 Black Magic Woman Smackdown

Larissa Liveir
Epiphone Les Paul
https://youtu.be/4FOj7DbJ66g

Ayla Tesler-Mabe
Gibson ES-390
https://youtu.be/6yJNijVVgYA

Like Democrat: vote early and often! May the better~~cleavage~~ guitar skills win!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (glnUu)

70 Ron Zacappa?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)

71
The captive mascot, Swirly, is being tortured via a steady spate of swirlies. What goes around comes around, as it were.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (xG4kz)

72 Rum on the other hand

Try some Diplomatico from Venezuela (get over it). Both the light and dark versions are outstanding!
Posted by: LRob in OK

Have a bottle of Brugal 1888 & Ron Zapata.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (S838b)

73 Don, I'll take 7.5 for $500.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (3UR/I)

74 26 This will be my first Mom's Day after my Mom passed last fall. But I'm gonna spoil the hell out of the mother of my sons tomorrow.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

You’re a good one, pug.

My ex never acknowledged my bearing and raising our boys. I asked him one year and he said “you’re not my mother.”

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (A5RD0)

75 Shot glass sizes vary, but the typical one is 1.5 ounces. So the drink up top has a little over 3 shots of vodka. Still, more than enough to constitute a therapeutic dose.
Posted by: PabloD

Is counting "glugs" the same?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (2WIwB)

76 Abracadabra

Literally one of the worst songs ever recorded.

"I want to reach out and GRAB YA!"

And yet still better than "Hey There Delilah" by the Plain White T's.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (+9wcF)

77 I'm trying to understand this evening's music theme. Is this right?

https://youtu.be/2jKgQfohoG8

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:26 PM (lbImv)

78 Have a bottle of Brugal 1888 & Ron Zapata.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (S838b)

Try El Dorado 15. The bottles can vary a bit, but it is still delicious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

79 You need to see an opthamologist or maybe an exorcist.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2026 10:23 PM (ZVgZ4)
====

There's a fortune teller around the corner...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:26 PM (RIvkX)

80
I was going to say the Avs have been scary good too, but Minnesota is kicking their asses right now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:26 PM (HdYcL)

81 he said “you’re not my mother

nurse, is an ass-kickin in order here? Can be arranged.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:27 PM (Jr+re)

82 Try El Dorado 15. The bottles can vary a bit, but it is still delicious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I will look for it.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:27 PM (S838b)

83 Avs are down 3-0 in the 2nd

Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2026 10:28 PM (ZxPkt)

84 Hiya, Nurse!

Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2026 10:28 PM (C30Iv)

85 Shot glass sizes vary, but the typical one is 1.5 ounces. So the drink up top has a little over 3 shots of vodka. Still, more than enough to constitute a therapeutic dose.
Posted by: PabloD

Is counting "glugs" the same?
Posted by: Diogenes

Except at my Elk's Lodge. They pour shots out of dry sponge.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 10:28 PM (glnUu)

86 I talk like I am a rum doctor, but tonight it was a Pinot Grigio for entertainment.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:28 PM (Jr+re)

87 My ex never acknowledged my bearing and raising our boys. I asked him one year and he said “you’re not my mother.”
Posted by: nurse ratched

Wow. Regular *prince charming* he was...
/

Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2026 10:28 PM (rdVOm)

88 @68

>> Well, that depends. Is she nice looking? Could mean more business for her....

She’s a nice proper young lady.

I could spend a couple of hours in there wafting tea from the tins.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 10:29 PM (XV/Pl)

89 The jokes were great. Thanks for the ONT.

Nothing for me for acid video either. I'm near-sighted in one eye and far-sighted in the other so stuff like that doesn't usually work.

I just watched '3 from Hell'. That and "The Devil's Rejects" were great movies. Bloody and violent but not that scary. But great.
I've been enjoying 'Hellraiser' movies too. Fantastic effects, not really scary bit still very enjoyable.

Congratulations Hadrian!

One more movie tonight. Good night all.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 10:29 PM (Sco7b)

90 Hello friends!

Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2026 10:29 PM (Dd38x)

91 I ran across the oddest story on twitter.

Nick Fuentes, yes that guy, is claiming Dan Blitzerian had planned to assassinate Ben Shapiro.

Now Blitzerian is crazy and Fuentes is a lying grifter.

So true or fale?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)

92 Ya know, let me tell you about acid trips from my youth.
That simply simple thing up top....
Like a virgin...can't possibly compare🥸!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 10:30 PM (uTEOj)

93 I didn't see any numbers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2026 10:30 PM (Cqx++)

94 My ex never acknowledged my bearing and raising our boys. I asked him one year and he said “you’re not my mother.”

You're not my mother, either. But based on that story alone if I had your address I'd at least send you a card. (Please note, that is not a request.) It's one fricken' day to acknowledge the importance of the women in your life for their amazing capacity to carry, deliver, and nurture a live human being. To refuse to do so for the mother of your children is just being a shit person.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 09, 2026 10:30 PM (+9wcF)

95 I watched a few seconds of the psychedelic video and started to feel nauseated

I got enough problems already

Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)

96 That guy that jumped the fence in Denver at the airport and was sucked into the engine of the plane?

The plane almost mist him.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:31 PM (S838b)

97 Posted by: LRob in OK

You’re a gem, thank you for the offer.
I didn’t really appreciate the effort, sacrifice, happiness and GIFT of motherhood until I was a mom. By then, my mom had been dead for several years. I never got to intentionally thank her.

Call your moms. Tell her thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (A5RD0)

98 That guy that jumped the fence in Denver at the airport and was sucked into the engine of the plane?

The plane almost mist him.
Posted by: rickb223

Instant comment winner of the week.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (glnUu)

99 Abracadabra

Literally one of the worst songs ever recorded.

"I want to reach out and GRAB YA!"
***

Imagine has entered the chat.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

100 69 Black Magic Woman Smackdown

Larissa Liveir
Epiphone Les Paul
https://youtu.be/4FOj7DbJ66g

Ayla Tesler-Mabe
Gibson ES-390
https://youtu.be/6yJNijVVgYA
...
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram -
---

Larissa Liveir, much better sound and style.
Vibrato should be used sparingly if at all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (3UR/I)

101 Bit into a piece of banana nut bread earlier this evening and cracked a crown. Since when are there fucking nuts in bananas.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (Edy1T)

102
My ex never acknowledged my bearing and raising our boys. I asked him one year and he said “you’re not my mother.”
Posted by: nurse ratched

I would view that as being an ungracious indictment of him, and her, as his raiser.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 09, 2026 10:34 PM (xG4kz)

103 Missing my Mom right now. But she's with Dad now, and my sister.

I wanna go to Heaven, just not right now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 09, 2026 10:34 PM (0aYVJ)

104
HM is out of town so I did Mother's Day last Sunday. She took the box of See's chocolates I gave along with her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:35 PM (HdYcL)

105 Bit into a piece of banana nut bread earlier this evening and cracked a crown. Since when are there fucking nuts in bananas.
Posted by: Easy the Elder

Ouch, sympathies, but, it's kinda in the recipes. Just sue your relatives. I'm sure it'll be ok.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2026 10:35 PM (diia5)

106 Call your moms. Tell her thank you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (A5RD0)

This is great advice!
I lost my mom when I was a teen.
Still miss her.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB)

107 103 Missing my Mom right now. But she's with Dad now, and my sister.

I wanna go to Heaven, just not right now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at

I miss my mom, too. *big virtual hugs*

Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2026 10:35 PM (Dd38x)

108 @101

>> Since when are there fucking nuts in bananas.

You never hear, I cracked my crown eating carrot cake, is all I’m saying.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 10:36 PM (XV/Pl)

109 Dino, sorry I couldn't make it to Wednesday's ONT this week. I felt especially bad when I found out that VP Vance wanted to hear my excuse. I guess I won't be getting an invitstuon to the Naval Observatory any time soon.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM
***
Could be a mark on your permanent record!
Posted by: TRex - VP adjacent dino at May 09, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
*********
Would that be the AOSHQ permanent record, or THE record at NSA?

Posted by: The Grateful at May 09, 2026 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

110 Did acid about 300 times. I'm totally normal except for sometimes I seen Punkin' Heads comin' at me.

Posted by: Joshua Light Show Fillmore East at May 09, 2026 10:36 PM (oftw2)

111 Hiya Pablo!

Blanco, you have always been a special person to me here. Thank you. And peace be with you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:36 PM (A5RD0)

112 lderly couple in church.

Wife turns to Husband suddenly during the service, leans close to his ear and says "I've just done a silent fart. What should I do?"

Husband says "Put new batteries in your hearing aid!"

====

I am sure they could all feel it through the pews.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

113 Missing my Mom right now. But she's with Dad now, and my sister.

I wanna go to Heaven, just not right now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Mom, dad & wife. I feel your pain.
Tomorrow will be weird.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:37 PM (S838b)

114 I just came back from celebrating mom's birthday in Portland.

She and her yenta friends disapprove of me and my politics.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

115 Bit into a piece of banana nut bread earlier this evening and cracked a crown. Since when are there fucking nuts in bananas.
Posted by: Easy the Elder at May 09, 2026 10:33 PM (Edy1T)

Ummmm...that's not a banana...

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

116 Wife turns to Husband suddenly during the service, leans close to his ear and says "I've just done a silent fart. What should I do?"

Husband says "Put new batteries in your hearing aid!"

====

I am sure they could all feel it through the pews.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Nothing like a wooden seat. Same as grade school with the wooden desk seat and enclosed metal frame.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:38 PM (S838b)

117
Between the missus and me, we are down to one parent still alive, her mother. The family is gathering with her tomorrow.

My own mother passed on two days after Mother's Day in 2022. All four of we kids had gotten up to Michigan to see her at one point or another during her last six weeks before passing.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 09, 2026 10:39 PM (xG4kz)

118 A co-worker got on a rum kick when working in the Caribbean. He recommended Flor De Cana. I liked it fine, but without someone to make the mojitos my interest in rum didn't last long.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2026 10:39 PM (PV+Zw)

119 Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:37 PM (S838b)

Bittersweet. I love that word. Fraught with meaning.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 09, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

120 Huh. I didn't realize that Police video was Throckmorton-approved.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:41 PM (zMT95)

121 🌺💐
{{nurse r}}
I haven't had a mom in over 55 years. I miss her still. God bless you my dear! I bet you are a BEST mom!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 10:42 PM (uTEOj)

122 I have a 90" long pew for one side of my kitchen table. I had pads made for it. Came out of the chapel at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk. I saved it from the dumpster when they got new ones. It's over a hundred years old.

Posted by: Oak Is Good at May 09, 2026 10:42 PM (oftw2)

123 109 Would that be the AOSHQ permanent record, or THE record at NSA?
Posted by: The Grateful at May 09, 2026 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

I convinced the NSA that I don't exist. I'm still working on the IRS.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:42 PM (lbImv)

124 A co-worker got on a rum kick when working in the Caribbean. He recommended Flor De Cana. I liked it fine, but without someone to make the mojitos my interest in rum didn't last long.
Posted by: PaleRider

Best dark rum bar none:
Sebastian's on the Beach. Little Apple Bay, Tortola BVI

Dark rum. Locally made for their restaurant and hotel.

Can drink it straight without any burn.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:43 PM (S838b)

125 I have a 90" long pew for one side of my kitchen table.

But (or butt) how's the vibrato?

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)

126 Nothing like a wooden seat. Same as grade school with the wooden desk seat and enclosed metal frame.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:38 PM (S838b)
====

I have a very clear memory of the 3rd grade the teacher was reading "Sounder" aloud and glancing my buddy leaning over in one of those little wooden seats and it was loud like a gunshot. The whole class busted out laughing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:43 PM (RIvkX)

127 Waiting for Pookette's band trip bus. Probably shouldn't be listening to ZZ Top in the Christian school parking lot, but my windows are up and my brothers raised me wrong. *shrug*

Posted by: pookysgirl's dad was more of an ABBA fan at May 09, 2026 10:44 PM (2IlJ7)

128 But there's just something missing:

A lightbulb dangling at the end of a cord from the ceiling fixture, and the notion that the bulb and pattern are totally freaking HILARIOUS

Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2026 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

lol. yup.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 10:44 PM (snZF9)

129 122 I have a 90" long pew for one side of my kitchen table. I had pads made for it. Came out of the chapel at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk. I saved it from the dumpster when they got new ones. It's over a hundred years old.
Posted by: Oak Is Good
---

Post modernity has no appreciation of wood.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 10:45 PM (3UR/I)

130 COMM!

I was 24 when my mom died. You must have been a child.

Smooches and hugs.

Can we sit at the wobbly
Table and snicker at the boys being dorks?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:45 PM (A5RD0)

131 118 A co-worker got on a rum kick when working in the Caribbean. He recommended Flor De Cana. I liked it fine, but without someone to make the mojitos my interest in rum didn't last long.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2026 10:39 PM (PV+Zw)

My wife makes the best mojitos. Not saying that's why I married her, but it didn't hurt...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 09, 2026 10:46 PM (QaH55)

132 Waiting for Pookette's band trip bus. Probably shouldn't be listening to ZZ Top in the Christian school parking lot, but my windows are up and my brothers raised me wrong. *shrug*
Posted by: pookysgirl's dad was more of an ABBA fan at May 09, 2026 10:44 PM (2IlJ7)
====

Are you smoking a cigarette? That would help with the overall effect.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

133 I convinced the NSA that I don't exist. I'm still working on the IRS.
Posted by: tankdemon
**************
Lucky foy for you the feds don't talk to each other. But you should have convinced the IRS you don't exist....

Posted by: The Grateful at May 09, 2026 10:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

134 Got a close friend south of here who has more money than he can count. I am NOT a fan of tequila (it should be registered as a hallucinogen) but he brings out some expensive stuff that is literally sippable. I could be converted if I could afford it!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:50 PM (Jr+re)

135 Could be a mark on your permanent record!
Posted by: TRex - VP adjacent dino at May 09, 2026
*
I've got a really good eraser.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026

***
Dorothy Parker said that the only useful thing she ever learned in school was that if you spit on a pencil eraser, it will erase ink. Maybe that was true of 1910s and 1920s ink. I've tried it today, and nada.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:50 PM (wzUl9)

136 Hey nurse - thanks for telling your story. I am so sorry, that is so hurtful. My ex treated Mother's Day the same way.

To those who are expressing sympathy, thanks. It is nice to know that there are men who appreciate the women who made them fathers.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2026 10:50 PM (RkOfE)

137 Post modernity has no appreciation of wood.

Posted by: Braenyard

The Dickens you say!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at May 09, 2026 10:51 PM (oftw2)

138 I have a 90" long pew for one side of my kitchen table. I had pads made for it. Came out of the chapel at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk. I saved it from the dumpster when they got new ones. It's over a hundred years old.

Posted by: Oak Is Good at May 09, 2026 10:42 PM (oftw2)

Sweeeet. My brother would hate you. He just built something like that for his dining room. He would kill for an old original.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 10:51 PM (snZF9)

139 Nothing like a wooden seat. Same as grade school with the wooden desk seat and enclosed metal frame.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:38 PM (S838b)

Oak gives you a nice tone, but walnut or mahogany are best for volume and resonance.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)

140 Only at AoS could we have a thread honoring our mothers, intertwined with fart jokes. Oh, and analysis of Santana's guitar playing. All woven together like the threads of some ~~great tapestry~~ bathroom area rug.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 10:51 PM (zMT95)

141 My mother passed at age 70 in Nov. 1986, so it's been almost forty years. My gosh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:53 PM (wzUl9)

142 Can I cross stuff out? I guess not.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:54 PM (Jr+re)

143 Post modernity has no appreciation of wood.

Posted by: Braenyard

Depends on how much you have to pay for it.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at May 09, 2026 10:54 PM (Edy1T)

144 Nurse reminds me of something I heard once: You know you have raised your kids well when they grow up to be people you want to be around.
Well done Lady!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:54 PM (2WIwB)

145 A co-worker got on a rum kick when working in the Caribbean. He recommended Flor De Cana. I liked it fine, but without someone to make the mojitos my interest in rum didn't last long.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2026 10:39 PM (PV+Zw)

Flor de Cana is yummy. Used to buy it a lot, but it has become too expensive, being an import. Lamb's Navy is much cheaper, and works fine for rum and cola.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 10:54 PM (utfVc)

146 Mrs. F. will receive offerings tomorrow. Boy F. will prepare his famous eggplant parmigiana for dinner.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

147 AOP, isn't all rum imported to Canada?

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:55 PM (Jr+re)

148 I have a 90" long pew for one side of my kitchen table. I had pads made for it. Came out of the chapel at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk. I saved it from the dumpster when they got new ones. It's over a hundred years old.
Posted by: Oak Is Good at

Great find! Well done!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2026 10:56 PM (RkOfE)

149 Oak gives you a nice tone, but walnut or mahogany are best for volume and resonance.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)

I love working with mahogany and walnut. Oak is indestructible, but mahogany and walnut have really nice natural colors.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)

150 Waiting for Pookette's band trip bus. Probably shouldn't be listening to ZZ Top in the Christian school parking lot, but my windows are up and my brothers raised me wrong. *shrug*
Posted by: pookysgirl's dad was more of an ABBA fan at May 09, 2026 10:44 PM (2IlJ7)
====

Are you smoking a cigarette? That would help with the overall effect.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

Either that, or a long beard. Feel free to rock to "Jesus Just Left Chicago".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2026 10:57 PM (qx7Zg)

151 My father passed at about the same age, nine years earlier -- and he was just nine years older than Mom. Odd.

If mothers-in-law count -- and they should; some are very nice, I know -- I drove past my second MIL's house this morning. No idea if she still lives there, or is even living, but there was a compact SUV in the driveway, so the house is still occupied by *somebody*.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:58 PM (wzUl9)

152 130 nurse

Snicker? I say laugh out loud😜!
Smooches and love back atcha💕
(And yes. I was a child...never really got over it).

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 10:58 PM (uTEOj)

153 My ex never acknowledged my bearing and raising our boys. I asked him one year and he said “you’re not my mother.”

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 10:25 PM (A5RD0)

He sounds like a real asshole. Tell me you fell to your knees and dick punched him.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 11:00 PM (snZF9)

154 I wanna go to Heaven, just not right now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 09, 2026 10:34 PM (0aYVJ)

---------
A word to the wise:

According to Mormon educational material, you'll need to bring a nice suit and tie.

Nothing is worse than showing up somewhere and realizing you're horribly under-dressed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 11:00 PM (JkO4W)

155 Today Tom Peterson, bass player for Cheap Trick, turns 76. I'm not really familiar with Simple Plan, but by a neat coincidence their lead vocalist and studio bassist Pierre Bouvier also turns 47 today, and they once covered "Surrender" for the movie soundtrack of Fantastic Four (2005). So, here's two versions of the same song, from two birthday bassists!

Cheap Trick - Surrender (Live at Nippon Budokan, 197

https://youtu.be/ZbkypX1OhZ0
Note: Normally you would identify the bass player by looking for the guy holding a four- or five-string guitar, but Peterson is using an unusual 12-string electric bass here, as he did for their third studio album Heaven Tonight (197

that the song is from.

Simple Plan - Surrender (Lyrics)
https://youtu.be/wiBknA75YXM
Note: *NSFW* (uncensored F-bomb)

Posted by: SciVo at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (Sy6m/)

156 A word to the wise:

According to Mormon educational material, you'll need to bring a nice suit and tie.

Nothing is worse than showing up somewhere and realizing you're horribly under-dressed.
Posted by: Cicero

I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (S838b)

157 Can I cross stuff out? I guess not.
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:54 PM (Jr+re)

left-square-bracket, then a 's', then a right-square-bracket. Square brackets are right below the squiggly ones on a regular American keyboard.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (zMT95)

158 AOP, isn't all rum imported to Canada?
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 10:55 PM (Jr+re)

There are a number of boutique distilleries that make rum. I have not tried their stuff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (utfVc)

159 AmericanKestrel,
Well stated. Thank you.

Peace be with you, sweet lady.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 11:03 PM (A5RD0)

160 Rum reminds me of the sickly-sweet medicine I had to take as a kid when I'd have an asthma attack. I can have it in small quantities if it's mixed in with a bunch of other stuff.

Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2026 11:03 PM (C30Iv)

161 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (S838b)

People always look at me weird when I say that. I'm not hanging out with the right people.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:03 PM (zMT95)

162 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.

-------

Let me know how it goes when you show up for your first harp lesson like that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 11:04 PM (JkO4W)

163 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (S838b)

Oh, and I award an extra bathroom token for the first use of "nekkid" tonight.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:04 PM (zMT95)

164 left-square-bracket, then a 's', then a right-square-bracket. Square brackets are right below the squiggly ones on a regular American keyboard.
Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (zMT95)

Oh, and please end it with:
left-square-bracket, then a '/', then a 's', then a right-square-bracket.
Or visit the barrel.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:05 PM (zMT95)

165 Just got in. Did anyone ask how many of us are expected to get our wives a mother's day card? Even though she's not our mother.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

166 Can I strike stuff out? ~~Maybe.~~

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 11:06 PM (Jr+re)

167 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.
Posted by: rickb223

It’s the only honorable way to go.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 11:06 PM (A5RD0)

168 My mother died in 2011 at 74. My father is still alive at 87, so is his sister at 90, and his brother at 92. I see them all every sunday for diner. All sharp as a tack. Dad's family lives forever. Mom's family is completely wiped out. I miss her, but damn if she don't have a knack for letting me know she's still watching.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (snZF9)

169 Oh, and please end it with:
left-square-bracket, then a '/', then a 's', then a right-square-bracket.

Didn't do that? Is CBD lurking tonight?

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (Jr+re)

170 Rum reminds me of the sickly-sweet medicine I had to take as a kid when I'd have an asthma attack. I can have it in small quantities if it's mixed in with a bunch of other stuff.
Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2026

***
Rum reminded me of Coca-Cola (no doubt why it's often mixed with that). It was Jagermeister that reminded me of those cherry-flavored cough and cold medicines my mother often administered (read: forced on me).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (wzUl9)

171 Can I strike stuff out? Maybe.
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 11:06 PM (Jr+re)

What you can't do is simply quote someone else and have the strike stay around. You have to go put the strikeout command back in there.

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (zMT95)

172 Can I strike stuff out? Maybe.
Posted by: LRob in OK

You can Italian it too.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:08 PM (S838b)

173 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.
Posted by: rickb223

That soooo needs to be on a T-shirt. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)

174 That ain’t beer!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I loaded the ONT up on my phone while watching the hockey pucks flying around, and thought it was a joke pic with "afro" heads on the beer.

* focus on the phone instead of the teevee *

Oh, flowers for Mom's Day. That makes more sense.

Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)

175 I think the striking out is waaaay too complicated, so never mind. Thanks for the help!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 11:08 PM (Jr+re)

176 Rum reminded me of Coca-Cola (no doubt why it's often mixed with that).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (wzUl9)

Well, here we go:
https://t.ly/93Ll_

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 11:09 PM (zMT95)

177 Rum reminded me of Coca-Cola (no doubt why it's often mixed with that). It was Jagermeister that reminded me of those cherry-flavored cough and cold medicines my mother often administered (read: forced on me).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (wzUl9)

Jagermeister is nasty. Brake fluid is cheaper, and tastes better.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:10 PM (utfVc)

178 Good night, and may God bless.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 09, 2026 11:11 PM (0aYVJ)

179 I think the striking out is waaaay too complicated, so never mind. Thanks for the help!
Posted by: LRob

Just remember the equivalent [ / letter ]

on the other end. (Without the spaces)

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:11 PM (S838b)

180 Oh, and please end it with:
left-square-bracket, then a '/', then a 's', then a right-square-bracket.

Didn't do that? Is CBD lurking tonight?
Posted by: LRob in OK

It's a more-recent feature of the comment system, to help the Barrel with its diet.

You can "usually" miss one close tag, and not infect the rest of the comment section. Just the rest of your own post.

Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 11:11 PM (VHUov)

181 Jagermeister is nasty. Brake fluid is cheaper, and tastes better.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026

***
Hey, you want nasty? Mercedes' own power steering fluid, at least back in the '90s and '00s. Stuff smelled like stale pretzels dissolved in male cat spray.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 11:12 PM (wzUl9)

182 Boy I wonder what I could do to make "Comment of the Week." I suspect I'd have to make a comment that was significant and interesting.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2026 11:12 PM (CHHv1)

183 Now how in the hell did it do that? I didn't put in the equivalent letter and everything on the close dide was spaced out.

Crap. Auto close tags. That's how.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:13 PM (S838b)

184 182 Boy I wonder what I could do to make "Comment of the Week." I suspect I'd have to make a comment that was significant and interesting.

-------------

Nah. It's all a matter of who you know.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 11:13 PM (6/7Fs)

185 You can "usually" miss one close tag, and not infect the rest of the comment section. Just the rest of your own post.
Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 11:11 PM (VHUov)

Used to be, the cool kidz put close tags in their nics.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:13 PM (utfVc)

186 ~I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.rickb223

So, do you have someone particular in mind? Or just any bloody someone? Will you actually be screaming, or howling with laughter?
My mind wanders🙄 ...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 11:14 PM (uTEOj)

187 Happy Saturday Horde.

Very nice ONT, I am going to make some of those frozen lemonades when I host book night in June. Books are seldom actually discussed, but life stories are told along with food and drink and a certain level of reminiscence. I am one of the elders in the tribe.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 11:14 PM (0nHVk)

188 I think the striking out is waaaay too complicated, so never mind. Thanks for the help!
Posted by: LRob
=====

No, c'mon. It's easy enough. Just omit the spaces here:

[ s ]stroke[ \ s ] and you get:

~~stroke[\s]~~

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 11:15 PM (XeU6L)

189 I wanna go to Heaven, just not right now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

A word to the wise:

According to Mormon educational material, you'll need to bring a nice suit and tie.

Nothing is worse than showing up somewhere and realizing you're horribly under-dressed.
Posted by: Cicero

Should be the other way. God made us in His image. And in the Garden, we were naked, until we got the devil's learnings.

So if we show up in Heaven dressed the way are in our coffins, St Peter and the gang must get a laugh out of all of us.

Posted by: mikeski is naked under his clothes at May 09, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)

190 So, do you have someone particular in mind? Or just any bloody someone? Will you actually be screaming, or howling with laughter?
My mind wanders🙄 ...
Posted by: COMountainMarie

No one in particular. And hopefully not any time soon.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:16 PM (S838b)

191 Ooooops. Nice example, Hammer

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 11:16 PM (XeU6L)

192 > They settled on a 12 cm diameter disc which was precisely enough to fit the longest known recording

Didn't some of Stalin's speeches span multiple analog recordings, including multiple discs of applause (it wasn't healthy to be the first person to stop clapping).

Maybe this was before the Euros decided that communism was groovy again.

(see what I did there?)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2026 11:16 PM (qpyNK)

193 Books are seldom actually discussed, but life stories are told along with food and drink and a certain level of reminiscence. I am one of the elders in the tribe.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 11:14 PM (0nHVk)

---------

*passes talking stick*

Posted by: Iron Eyes Cody at May 09, 2026 11:17 PM (6/7Fs)

194 No, c'mon. It's easy enough. Just omit the spaces here:

[ s ]stroke[ \ s ] and you get:

stroke[\s]
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Forward slash. /

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:17 PM (S838b)

195 That's it, out for the night.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 11:18 PM (XeU6L)

196 No, c'mon. It's easy enough. Just omit the spaces here:

[ s ]stroke[ \ s ] and you get:

stroke[\s]
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Forward slash. /

See! It's just too difficult to do.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 11:18 PM (Jr+re)

197 Forward slash. /
Posted by: rickb223
-----

Yeah, stepped on my weenie.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 11:19 PM (XeU6L)

198 Jack Posobiec
@JackPosobiec
Hi @JohnCornyn! Did you think I would miss you retweeting ‘Republicans Against Trump?’ Why did you do that?
Image: x.com/JackPosobiec/status/2053235707209015789
3:08 PM · May 9, 2026

Cornyn led the charge of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), which ended up becoming the biggest federal gun control law in three decades. Partnering with Democrats Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden (yes, Biden even praised him for it.) Cornyn funneled $750 million into ineffective “crisis intervention” programs. If you translate this from political speak into words, these programs were nothing more than red flag laws on steroids.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 09, 2026 11:19 PM (9aVck)

199 Bed time for yours truly, I suppose. It may rain again tomorrow, but early am, around 5-7, is supposed to have a fairly low chance of the wet stuff.

Good night, all! Be good, and if you can't do that . . . don't get caught!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 11:19 PM (wzUl9)

200 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.

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Let me know how it goes when you show up for your first harp lesson like that.
----
Ha! Reminds me of the Holmes scene where he rode the tube with a bloody harpoon.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2026 11:19 PM (RkOfE)

201 Thanks for the ONT, Ds! The horde, especially the ONT horde, is great. Good night!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 09, 2026 11:19 PM (Jr+re)

202 ~~strike~~test

Posted by: RandomDave at May 09, 2026 11:20 PM (aJQbY)

203 Wow. Buffalo Trace is smooooth.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:20 PM (S838b)

204 No, c'mon. It's easy enough. Just omit the spaces here:

[ s ]stroke[ \ s ] and you get:

~~stroke[\s]~~
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Ooooops. Nice example, Hammer
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Or you were just demonstrating the "one free close tag" by using backslashes. 😄

Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 11:20 PM (VHUov)

205 Thanks, GWB! I didn't know the bbcode version

Posted by: RandomDave at May 09, 2026 11:20 PM (aJQbY)

206 Magic is in the air. And the water. And the dirt....

Howdy.

Yeah, Abracadabra didn't grab me. Quit at about 1 min in. Enjoyed the rest of 'em, though.

I'm afraid maybe I didn't get the first joke. A little more afraid that maybe I did.

😶‍🌫️🫠
Never really had psychedelicatessan visuals. There was one evening that some ground cover plants did seem to be swirling a little bit. That was pleasant.

Despite some interesting experiences, I was never "out there" on the astral plane. My trippy moments were all real:

In college (of course), a bunch of us were crammed into one room, in various states of chemical affect. There was one of those floor-to-ceiling poles with three lights on it that kept flickering. Nobody much cared.

Then I remarked that the flickering was in time with the beat of the music. Folks at first laughed and were, like, sure, man, you're high. Then one by one everyone realized the lights really were flashing to the music. Ooo, trippy, maan!

I traced the lamp cord, which was loosely plugged into an extension cord, draped over a speaker. The thumping bass jiggled the connection. Most amusing. Accidental cheap light show. Cheap thrills.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and then there was that time... at May 09, 2026 11:21 PM (Cl/mc)

207 182 Boy I wonder what I could do to make "Comment of the Week." I suspect I'd have to make a comment that was significant and interesting.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2026 11:12 PM (CHHv1)

Have you tried kissing up to the Club ONT hosts? They're suckers for flattery.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 11:21 PM (lbImv)

208 Used to be, the cool kidz put close tags in their nics.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:13 PM (utfVc)
=====

Putting close tags in a nic are the same people who set their wristwatches 10 minutes ahead.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 11:21 PM (RIvkX)

209 ~~Buffalo Trace~~

Buffalo Trace

Buffalo Trace

Buffalo Trace

Rob, it's easy.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:22 PM (S838b)

210 Anyone ever smell the sperm whale (not to be confused with Lizzo) oil that was used in some automatic transmissions right up until the 1970s?

I don't recall ever smelling it.

I do know that sperm whale oil was the preferred fuel for home lighting, because it smelled better than the alternatives... right up until John D. Rockefeller started cruelly exploiting the populace by selling them dirt-cheap kerosene for heating and lighting. Damn him!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2026 11:22 PM (qpyNK)

211 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:02 PM (S838b)

Hopefully you didn't get ejected when you arrived, and hit the wall head first.

Don Rickles said that was the reason for Phyllis Diller's hairdo.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2026 11:23 PM (qx7Zg)

212 I do know that sperm whale oil was the preferred fuel for home lighting, because it smelled better than the alternatives... right up until John D. Rockefeller started cruelly exploiting the populace by selling them dirt-cheap kerosene for heating and lighting. Damn him!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Either 100% paraffin or olive oil.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:24 PM (S838b)

213 Jagermeister was never intended to be drank in quantity, historically it was served in an almost thimble sized glass, ice cold, as an after-dinner drink to settle the stomach. It’s nice that way, actually.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 11:24 PM (OtFdX)

214 182Boy I wonder what I could do to make "Comment of the Week." I suspect I'd have to make a comment that was significant and interesting.

Seems like you just have to be breathing....ain't no big thing😑...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 11:24 PM (uTEOj)

215 I tried to have a Buffalo Trace last night at lib little sister's house. She had no ice. No ice.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 11:24 PM (RIvkX)

216 And peace be with you.

And also with you, nurse.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 09, 2026 11:25 PM (+9wcF)

217 If you ever tore apart an old differential you smelled it. Nasty.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 11:27 PM (fS43b)

218 Jägermeister (/ˈjeɪɡərmaɪstər/ YAY-gər-my-stər, German: [ˈjɛːɡɐˌmaɪstɐ] stylized as "Jägermeiſter", is a German spiced digestif liqueur. Developed in 1934 by Wilhelm and Curt Mast, it has an alcohol by volume of 35% (61 degrees proof, or US 70 proof). The recipe of 56 herbs and spices has not changed since its creation, and the drink continues to be sold in a green glass bottle.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:28 PM (S838b)

219 Ii think I've found my spirit dinosaur.

It's a Sarcastisaurus.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2026 11:28 PM (qx7Zg)

220 Anyone ever smell the sperm whale (not to be confused with Lizzo) oil that was used in some automatic transmissions right up until the 1970s?

I don't recall ever smelling it.

I do know that sperm whale oil was the preferred fuel for home lighting, because it smelled better than the alternatives... right up until John D. Rockefeller started cruelly exploiting the populace by selling them dirt-cheap kerosene for heating and lighting. Damn him!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2026 11:22 PM (qpyNK)

I must have smelled it, but I don't recall the smell at all. Type A ATF was the original type, and it was made with whale oil. There is no longer an SAE specification for Type A. If you see Type A in a store, it can be almost anything. Modern ATF will work fine in any transmission that was built for Type A.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:29 PM (utfVc)

221 My 45 minute freakout has been resolved -

A bit ago I found the beer fridge in the garage was getting a bit warm inside... The garage itself hit 90 degrees for the first time this season, coils* covered with fuzz and leaves that blew in... pulled the access cover on back. Compressor running and hot.
So, it wasn't able to dumo heat. I cleaned up coils the best I can for now. Will do a thorough job tomorrow. Have to empty the thing out an lay it down to do it.

*coils are under the fridge.
Hard to get to for cleaning. Don't think you can even get fridges with exposed coils on the back any more.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)

222 And that's why people throw up their toenails. They drink it warm.

The company recommends that Jägermeister be kept on ice and served cold, and suggests that it be kept in a freezer at −18 °C (0 °F) or on tap between −15 and −11 °C (5 and 12 °F).[14]

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:30 PM (S838b)

223 I tried to have a Buffalo Trace last night at lib little sister's house. She had no ice. No ice.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Well, they do hate ICE.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2026 11:30 PM (diia5)

224 184 182 Boy I wonder what I could do to make "Comment of the Week." I suspect I'd have to make a comment that was significant and interesting.

Nah. It's all a matter of who you know.

PREZ.Spencer'32 -- Yes, CAN!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PutASmileOnThatFace

Pratt is PRECISELY what is needed to overturn the Status Quo that Serves NONE.

He is the very Model of what is required: Citizenship; it is a status earned. to not just 'make' a difference, but to 'be' the difference -- and what difference he is.

"The difference between a civilian and a citizen? A citizen accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic, of which he is a member, defending it, if need be, with his life. The civilian does not."

Karen Bass(tard, theFIRESTARTER) is neither; the fact that pitchforks and dung flinging ballista's are not surrounding her house for the sheer audacity of lying to people and cheating them out of a future worth having is a telling and sad statement of what the acceptable status quo really is.

LET'S GO BRANDON.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-nowYoureGettingIt
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-SaveDaWorldTakeTheGun

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at May 09, 2026 11:30 PM (SPuD1)

225 Mom's 90. She's not on death's doorstep but she's not doing well. She does know who her kids are and asks about Creamsickle, the big, feral orange and white cat who visits me periodically.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2026 11:31 PM (W5mpo)

226 Bed time for yours truly, I suppose. It may rain again tomorrow, but early am, around 5-7, is supposed to have a fairly low chance of the wet stuff.

Tell it brother! Yesterday I had almost 2ft. snow. Totally melted today. Life in the mountains....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 11:32 PM (uTEOj)

227 The company recommends that Jägermeister be kept on ice and served cold, and suggests that it be kept in a freezer at −18 °C (0 °F) or on tap between −15 and −11 °C (5 and 12 °F).[14]

Got the specs for Dracula Liqueur?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 09, 2026 11:32 PM (+9wcF)

228 Good lord ...

I just realized that my Dad died 50 years ago today.

Mom outlived him by 47.

Too soon for both ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 09, 2026 11:33 PM (3sXRv)

229 My rum rotation now is Doorly's and Hamilton 86.

You would be surprised at how much sugar is added to some of the poplar to brands like Diplomatico and El Dorado.

Posted by: pawn at May 09, 2026 11:34 PM (+rSJz)

230 Finally got Pookette home. She thought she'd lost her sleeping bag, which I had put in a white trash bag with her name on duct on both sides. Turns out she'd forgotten to put it back in the bag, and her friend's father/a teacher found it. That girl would forget her head if it wasn't attached...

Posted by: pookysgirl loves her kids anyway at May 09, 2026 11:34 PM (Wt5PA)

231 Jagermeister tastes (IMO) like Ny-Quil.. probably better for you, since it doesn't contain acetaminophen. I think?

LOL. The kids "do shots" of it. Bleccch. If I *must* drink it, would rather the thimble-sized, ice-cold sip!

Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)

232 BC, you have made many very thoughtful comments, don't sell yourself short.

COMM, so very good to see you.

Happy Mother's Day to my Mom and all Mom's, it is very much on the job training, I apologize to all of my kids for how I might have failed them, I was not a good juggler, but my heart was always in the right place.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 11:36 PM (0nHVk)

233 I gave my mom a solar lamp. It has a tall rectangle shape with cutout designs of flowers and a hummingbird so when lit, it casts beautiful shadows.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2026 11:37 PM (RkOfE)

234 {{{DDS}}}!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 11:37 PM (uTEOj)

235 Abracadabra

Literally one of the worst songs ever recorded.

"I want to reach out and GRAB YA!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (RIvkX)

*Fist bump*

The guy took guitar lessons from Les Paul and T Bone Walker. The sum has never come close to equaling the parts...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2026 11:37 PM (nbLIj)

236 LOL. The kids "do shots" of it. Bleccch. If I *must* drink it, would rather the thimble-sized, ice-cold sip!
Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)

There's a drink called a Jaegerbomb, shot glass of JM sunk into a glass of something else. I have never wanted to try one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:37 PM (utfVc)

237 The guy took guitar lessons from Les Paul and T Bone Walker. The sum has never come close to equaling the parts...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2026 11:37 PM (nbLIj)

Steve MIller had some good tunes. Abracadabra is not one of them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:39 PM (utfVc)

238
Happy Mother's Day to my Mom and all Mom's, it is very much on the job training, I apologize to all of my kids for how I might have failed them, I was not a good juggler, but my heart was always in the right place.
Posted by: Debby

Seconded!

Definitely learn as you go!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2026 11:40 PM (RkOfE)

239 There's a drink called a Jaegerbomb, shot glass of JM sunk into a glass of something else. I have never wanted to try one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Jaegerbomb a Screwdriver.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 11:40 PM (/lPRQ)

240 🎶
Both mother annnd daughter
Working forrr the yankee dollarrr…
😲
Doing some laundry and housekeeping, no doubt.

Posted by: mindful webworker - rum and coCAcola at May 09, 2026 11:40 PM (Cl/mc)

241 Got the specs for Dracula Liqueur?
Posted by: Blanco Basura

It doesn't have a Wiki entry.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:41 PM (S838b)

242 Jagerbomb-- drop shot of JM into RedBull (or similar)

Double YUCK!

But hey... kids, you know? They think they invented the Speed Ball. Heh.

Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2026 11:42 PM (rdVOm)

243 There's a drink called a Jaegerbomb, shot glass of JM sunk into a glass of something else. I have never wanted to try one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

That's like a boilermaker.
Shot glass of Jack dropped in a mug of Budweiser.

Ugh. My grandfather used to drink those.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:43 PM (S838b)

244
Nothing is worse than showing up somewhere and realizing you're horribly under-dressed.
Posted by: Cicero

Your mother wants you to wear clean underwear in case you get hit by a bus.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2026 11:44 PM (Cqx++)

245 @232 thank you. I kind of feel the same way about YouTube. I could get more views if I changed but then I'm entering a room I don't know.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2026 11:45 PM (CHHv1)

246 I came into this world nekkid, screaming & covered in someone else's blood and I have no problem going out that way.
Posted by: rickb223
.......

Murder spree at the nudie beach?

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2026 11:45 PM (oq9dX)

247 Boy I wonder what I could do to make "Comment of the Week." I suspect I'd have to make a comment that was significant and interesting.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2026 11:12 PM (CHHv1)

Seems I did it a good number of times just being my retarded self.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 11:46 PM (snZF9)

248 Irish car bomb, shot of Irish droppped into a Guinness.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 11:46 PM (A5RD0)

249 Your mother wants you to wear clean underwear in case you get hit by a bus.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Does it really matter? I figure after getting hit by a bus, my underwear would *no longer* be clean, no matter the original condition...

Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)

250 Wow. Buffalo Trace is smooooth.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:20 PM (S838b)

This is known.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 11:47 PM (2WIwB)

251 Your mother wants you to wear clean underwear in case you get hit by a bus.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot

If I get hit by a bus, I'm probably gonna shit myself anyway.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:47 PM (S838b)

252 I'm extremely happy that the double Ds are engaging tonight! What banter! What witicisms!
Yeah...just call it in boys...
Or, goodnight...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 09, 2026 11:48 PM (uTEOj)

253 I tried to have a Buffalo Trace last night at lib little sister's house. She had no ice. No ice.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 11:24 PM (RIvkX)

I wouldn't do BT on the rocks. Maybe a water back to cleanse the palate between quaffs. Put the water in the freezer for about 20-30 minutes. It'll be ready for your second round...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2026 11:49 PM (nbLIj)

254 I tried to have a Buffalo Trace last night at lib little sister's house. She had no ice. No ice.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Well, they do hate ICE.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2026 11:30 PM (diia5)

***

I'm thinking there is a good chance this makes the top 10'ish next week.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 11:49 PM (2WIwB)

255

Please clean you plate, dear
The Lord above can see ya
Don't you know people
Are starving in Korea

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2026 11:49 PM (Cqx++)

256 Not really a cocktail guy, but for variety/amusement have started dabbling. Just sat down here with an Old Fashioned (Bibb & Tucker 6-yr bourbon). Not bad. Would have been nice to have the big round ice cube called for, but didn't have the molds for such in the freezer (typically just put bourbon rye or rum over those in warmer weather).

Tried a Manhattan a few nights ago. Was OK, not great, might need a different rye (Elijah Craig), though it's fine for sipping, to me.

Imagine there's a deep rabbit-hole of bourbons and ryes to make one's favorite version of these two classic cocktails. And while I like to have some variety and choice on the shelf, chasing the perfect combo with cocktails might require too much inventory (yeah, doesn't apply to decent booze, but only so much space).

Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2026 11:50 PM (U/Byj)

257 Jägermeister (/ˈjeɪɡərmaɪstər/ YAY-gər-my-stər, German: [ˈjɛːɡɐˌmaɪstɐ] stylized as "Jägermeiſter", is a German spiced digestif liqueur. Developed in 1934 by Wilhelm and Curt Mast, it has an alcohol by volume of 35% (61 degrees proof, or US 70 proof). The recipe of 56 herbs and spices has not changed since its creation, and the drink continues to be sold in a green glass bottle.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:28 PM (S838b)

It originated as a toilet bowl cleaner.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 11:50 PM (snZF9)

258
I wouldn't do BT on the rocks. Maybe a water back to cleanse the palate between quaffs.

I don't have a palate between my quaffs.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2026 11:51 PM (Cqx++)

259 It originated as a toilet bowl cleaner.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 11:50 PM (snZF9)

Well, if you get drunk on it, you can still use it for that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:53 PM (utfVc)

260 Rachel Dolezal has been diagnosed with stage 1 malignant melanoma linked to years of tanning.

As a black woman you'd think she'd have some genetic resistance to melanoma.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 11:53 PM (/lPRQ)

261 Franpsycho - she doesn't have ice in the freezer? Wild.

Still haven't tried Buffalo Trace, will remedy that soon.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2026 11:53 PM (U/Byj)

262 It originated as a toilet bowl cleaner.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 11:50 PM (snZF9)

Well, if you get drunk on it, you can still use it for that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

If you get drunk on it, you are going to need to clean the toilet bowl.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:55 PM (S838b)

263 I was invited to a wedding once by a close co-worker. He said it was totally informal and to wear anything we wanted and show up whenever because it was just going to be a party.

I rolled in with my best friend who also worked at the same place and his girlfriend who was sporting a toy laser pistol dress in our finest Cape Canaveral beachbum beachwear.

I got to the door and Steve, who was getting married was dressed in a suit and tie and said "Were sure glad you are here, we were waiting on you"

Nothing like walking into that room.

Did I mention I was high?

Posted by: pawn at May 09, 2026 11:55 PM (+rSJz)

264 Itinerant, don't know the statistics, but African phenotype still vulnerable to sun damage. Melanoma, not sure. That person is a toxic buffoon but hope her case was caught early.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2026 11:55 PM (U/Byj)

265 Rachel Dolezal has been diagnosed with stage 1 malignant melanoma linked to years of tanning.

As a black woman you'd think she'd have some genetic resistance to melanoma.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 11:53 PM (/lPRQ)

Sucks to be her. But then, it kind of always did.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:55 PM (utfVc)

266 What if I'm going commando?

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2026 11:55 PM (oq9dX)

267 Still haven't tried Buffalo Trace, will remedy that soon.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2026 11:53 PM (U/Byj)

I'm a scotch guy, and Irish guy, but I always keep a bottle of BT handy. It's that good.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2026 11:56 PM (2WIwB)

268 Steve Miller was hands down the worst lyric writer in rock.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 11:57 PM (6/7Fs)

269 Steve MIller had some good tunes. Abracadabra is not one of them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 11:39 PM (utfVc)

Yeah, "good", as in ok. Never great. Never approaching the mastery demonstrated here...

https://youtu.be/NkGf1GHAxhE

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2026 11:58 PM (nbLIj)

270 If you get drunk on it, you are going to need to clean the toilet bowl.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 11:55 PM (S838b)

Well, a bellyfull of Jaeger hurled into the toilet with great force will clean off all the stains, and the enamel glaze as well.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2026 12:00 AM (utfVc)

271
Steve Miller was hands down the worst lyric writer in rock.
Posted by: Cicero

Somebody gimme a cheeseburger!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2026 12:00 AM (Cqx++)

272 My ex never acknowledged my bearing and raising our boys. I asked him one year and he said “you’re not my mother.”
Posted by: nurse ratched
------
My wife has exactly the opposite take.. or the same... hell, you'll know what I mean.
She absolutely refuses to.allow me to buy or get her anything for Mother's Day.
She loves it when the kids, or the grandkids, or the great grandkids get her a card, or present or flowers, whatever, but she tells me, "I'm not your mother".

Posted by: buddhaha at May 10, 2026 12:00 AM (P/zug)

273 Boy I wonder what I could do to make "Comment of the Week." I suspect I'd have to make a comment that was significant and interesting.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Seems I did it a good number of times just being my retarded self.
Posted by: Berserker

That's my secret. I've even gotten double entries a few times, as myself and as a sockpuppet.

My comments are approximately:
1% significant
2% interesting
5% weird music links
88% hilarious
4% hilarious (to other people)

Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 12:00 AM (VHUov)

274 Diogenes the only Scotch I have is from Japan. Well it was distilled in Scotland, but finished and aged at new-ish distillery in the mountains above Kobe. It's decent - which means it's accessible, I guess, as I'm a Scotch rookie.

I really oughta have some Irish around, just for variety. Easy drinking is nice too.

Have a bottle of great very very $$$ Japanese whiskey that I picked up last trip, nice liquor store in a small town had it mispriced *way* below normal price. If I hadn't been on the road I would have bought 4 bottles. Haven't opened it yet.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 10, 2026 12:00 AM (U/Byj)

275 Rachel Dolezal has been diagnosed with stage 1 malignant melanoma linked to years of tanning.

As a black woman you'd think she'd have some genetic resistance to melanoma.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 11:53 PM (/lPRQ)

I always thought of her *as* a stage 1 malignant melanoma.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 12:01 AM (snZF9)

276 Your mother wants you to wear clean underwear in case you get hit by a bus.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
......

She also wanted me to clean my plate before excusing myself, and that did not mean squishing the baked squash under the dining room table like bubble gum.

Posted by: wth at May 10, 2026 12:02 AM (oq9dX)

277 Irish car bomb, shot of Irish droppped into a Guinness.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 11:46 PM (A5RD0)

Ever do a Guinness float? Scoop of vanilla ice cream with a Guinness pour over. It niiice...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2026 12:02 AM (nbLIj)

278 I'm a scotch guy, and Irish guy, but I always keep a bottle of BT handy. It's that good.
Posted by: Diogenes

I am slowly getting back into bourbon. I got drunk when I was 16 on rotgut whiskey. I mean rotgut and drunk.

We were at a party. I was totally sober. I had the chance to drive the chick I had a crush on home, and I got the car stuck in the snow ascwe were trying to leave. She caught a ride with someone else. I went back in and grabbed a bottle an sucked it down. I tasted toenails.

I couldn't even smell bourbon for 50 years without throwing up.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:04 AM (S838b)

279 God is good, God is great
And we thank Him for this plate...

That didn't go down as well as I thought it might with my mom. I never saw her swing but I felt the slap. I tried to reason I was being clever by rhyming but that didn't go over well, either.

Posted by: turambar at May 10, 2026 12:05 AM (Q0yOR)

280 Per Wikipedia -

Corby Distilleries bottles Lamb's in Canada for the North American markets.

So apparently it is an import.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb's

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 10, 2026 12:06 AM (ZVgZ4)

281 Rbomboid,
I had some Suntory once and was impressed but not enough to buy any. Probably because I tend to stick with what I like and I'm a fuddy-duddy that way. Except for cigars...

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 12:07 AM (2WIwB)

282 In 2021, Mom was 101 but in pretty good shape. She was able to get around, with a walker, or for short distances with a cane and a handy elbow. MiladyJo and I were spending weekends with her, when her live-in helper had days off. Nice. Our local contingent also were at her house for birthdays and holidays right through the plandemic, when her other kids and grandkids stayed away. Didn't want to kill gramma. Ironically.

She went out to lunch with daughter, and had a good time. When she got back home, she fell in the bathroom and broke her hip. Taken to the hospital where they did a quick hip replacement. We expected she'd be back on her feet in short order.

Then I got a call from the hospital. My sister, who had control over her legally, said Mom had made her "end of life decision." Instead of getting up, they had her drugged and in at-home hospice. It was all completely beyond my control, short of a severe scene which might have landed me in jail. Last time I saw her alive, my sisters were hovering over her, discussing whether to administer fentanyl!!

She should not have been making that decision right after surgery. Nobody tried to talk her out of it.😡

Miss her every day.💝

Posted by: mindful webworker - legally, morally, spiritually criminal at May 10, 2026 12:07 AM (Cl/mc)

283 Have a bottle of great very very $$$ Japanese whiskey that I picked up last trip, nice liquor store in a small town had it mispriced *way* below normal price. If I hadn't been on the road I would have bought 4 bottles. Haven't opened it yet.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 10, 2026 12:00 AM (U/Byj)

Is it that glow in the dark stuff with the B-29 on the label?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 12:09 AM (snZF9)

284 We were at a party. I was totally sober. I had the chance to drive the chick I had a crush on home, and I got the car stuck in the snow ascwe were trying to leave. She caught a ride with someone else. I went back in and grabbed a bottle an sucked it down. I tasted toenails.

I couldn't even smell bourbon for 50 years without throwing up.
Posted by: rickb223
.......

I love a happy ending.

Posted by: wth at May 10, 2026 12:10 AM (oq9dX)

285
Boy I wonder what I could do to make "Comment of the Week." I suspect I'd have to make a comment that was significant and interesting.

Nah. It's hit or miss, seemingly. Ones of mine that made the cut had me scratching my head. Ones that I really liked never came close.

Dunna worry your wee head about it.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 10, 2026 12:10 AM (xG4kz)

286 I’ve asked several progtards what the difference is between Rachel Dolezal and a tranny.

Both pretending to be something they aren’t.
Both “living their reality”
One is celebrated , one is chastised. Make it make sense.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2026 12:11 AM (A5RD0)

287 Then I got a call from the hospital. My sister, who had control over her legally, said Mom had made her "end of life decision." Instead of getting up, they had her drugged and in at-home hospice. It was all completely beyond my control, short of a severe scene which might have landed me in jail. Last time I saw her alive, my sisters were hovering over her, discussing whether to administer fentanyl!!

She should not have been making that decision right after surgery. Nobody tried to talk her out of it.😡

Miss her every day.💝
Posted by: mindful webworker

I'd fuck up my sister. Sorry. And I'd scare her so bad that the next time she'd be afraid of it ending.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:11 AM (S838b)

288 Have a bottle of great very very $$$ Japanese whiskey that I picked up last trip, nice liquor store in a small town had it mispriced *way* below normal price. If I hadn't been on the road I would have bought 4 bottles. Haven't opened it yet.
Posted by: rhomboid

Is it that glow in the dark stuff with the B-29 on the label?
Posted by: Berserker

That's why it's expensive. The barrels that were too far away don't glow and the barrels that were too close got atomized. Only a few made it to bottling.

Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 12:12 AM (VHUov)

289 'Give Me Something to Believe In' was a sweet song by Steve Miller. Yeah, he wasn't great, but this was a nice little song. Just my goofy opinion...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 10, 2026 12:12 AM (uTEOj)

290 Perhaps that was oversharing. Still stings. Always will.

Guess I'm about to fade.

Posted by: mindful webworker - happy to all mothers at May 10, 2026 12:13 AM (Cl/mc)

291 I couldn't even smell bourbon for 50 years without throwing up.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:04 AM (S838b)

Same for me and rye. Well, no girl either. freshman year at college, and one of the old guys in the frat traded me his pint for my last two beers. I was spewing chunks.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 12:14 AM (2WIwB)

292 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Was dictated while drunk and was written down as heard. It was supposed to be “In the Garden of Eden” but well, drunk. It was still a top 40 hit. It’s not even in English!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 10, 2026 12:15 AM (ZVgZ4)

293 Diogenes Jap whiskey can be very very nice. If you like smooth, often a good choice. Ichiro or Nikka Coffee Grain, like buttah. Unfortunately it got "discovered" about 10 years ago or so, and prices zoomed. Their distinctive twist on aging (some bottlings) is use of mizunara oak instead of the standard, American white oak. Haven't yet tried any of that.

Last trip we spent a few days in a small town (where I found the mispriced booze), and spent part of a day shochu-tasting. Area is known for it. Reminded me of Sonoma in the old days or central coast (parts of it) still today - very informal, usually the owner or cellar master pouring for you.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 10, 2026 12:16 AM (U/Byj)

294 Tried a Manhattan a few nights ago. Was OK, not great, might need a different rye (Elijah Craig), though it's fine for sipping, to me.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 10, 2026

The vermouth is important. Martini and Rossi or Stock are my go tos. The proportion should be 1oz whiskey to 1/2 oz of vermouth. Scale up from there. So called "perfect" manhattans calling for equal parts of each miss the mark.

I won't wade into the bitters debate (Angostura vs Pechauds) I will encourage exploring orange bitters for those who don't think they like manhattans. Orange bitters makes for a very approachable cocktail..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2026 12:16 AM (nbLIj)

295 Rum reminds me of the sickly-sweet medicine I had to take as a kid when I'd have an asthma attack. I can have it in small quantities if it's mixed in with a bunch of other stuff.
Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2026 11:03 PM (C30Iv)

[nods sagaciously]

Coca Cola and lime. It is the way.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 12:16 AM (rbvCR)

296 It’s not even in English!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Several bands sing in constructed languages. Magma, Kalafina, Sigur Ros.....

I'm not sure "drunken stupor" is a language, but there ya go.

Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 12:17 AM (VHUov)

297 My enemy is red wine. Once I barfed that shit up the smell will make me puke.

Posted by: wth at May 10, 2026 12:17 AM (oq9dX)

298 I have to spend tomorrow with my mom at the hospital. Not a great few days. Went in to check her for pneumonia. Now they are checking her heart for the "widow maker". We will find out more tomorrow or Monday and see what, if anything can be done. Due to her age and medical condition, I am not sure they can do anything to be honest. Happy Mother's Day indeed.

Posted by: turambar at May 10, 2026 12:18 AM (Q0yOR)

299 Japanese whiskey is too perfect. Almost clinical.
It doesn’t have any character.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2026 12:18 AM (cnePD)

300 The thing about comments is, you guys and gals are naturally interesting and funny. I'm dull and thick-witted and say funny things when I tragically misunderstand something.

I guess that's a talent but I don't the X-Men will hire me.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 10, 2026 12:18 AM (CHHv1)

301 My enemy is red wine. Once I barfed that shit up the smell will make me puke.
Posted by: wth

Gin. *hurl*

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 12:19 AM (rdVOm)

302 Bers it was on Kyushu, but not down at Nagasaki. Which is a very nice small mellow city I highly recommend visiting BTW. I did get a very nice shochu at the Nagasaki airport (it's off the coast over some mountains from the city). They had sake and shochu tastings at the airport store - nice.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 10, 2026 12:20 AM (U/Byj)

303 Hi, BC!

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 12:20 AM (rdVOm)

304 I won't wade into the bitters debate (Angostura vs Pechauds) I will encourage exploring orange bitters for those who don't think they like manhattans. Orange bitters makes for a very approachable cocktail..
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Shouldn't a Manhattan made with Peychaud's be called something else? Does New Orleans have boroughs?

Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 12:20 AM (VHUov)

305 Happy Saturday Night ONT, Horde.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 10, 2026 12:21 AM (bEI8k)

306 The thing about comments is, you guys and gals are naturally interesting and funny. I'm dull and thick-witted and say funny things when I tragically misunderstand something.

I guess that's a talent but I don't the X-Men will hire me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 10, 2026 12:18 AM (CHHv1)

Hell.
Some teople pink most of us are under the affluence of incohol.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 10, 2026 12:22 AM (2WIwB)

307 I'd fuck up my sister. Sorry. And I'd scare her so bad that the next time she'd be afraid of it ending.
Posted by: rickb223

Liberals (so called) live in a different world.

I have to be content (as much as possible) knowing she will have her reward.

What goes on
https://youtu.be/US82KIWzfkU

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - time rolls on at May 10, 2026 12:22 AM (Cl/mc)

308 My enemy is red wine. Once I barfed that shit up the smell will make me puke.

UB40 hardest hit.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 10, 2026 12:22 AM (+9wcF)

309 My enemy is red wine. Once I barfed that shit up the smell will make me puke.
Posted by: wth

High school. Buddy's house. His mom is out of town. Party. He had some red wine in one of those 80's three foot long stretched neck bottles. One of the girls in our group drank it. It had been sitting warm for years. I've never seen projectile vomiting like that.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:23 AM (S838b)

310 Joe Kidd I have Dolin vermouth, think it's decent. Used Angostura but actually also have orange bitters, will try that next time. The ratio I followed. Might be the rye, which I like straight.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 10, 2026 12:24 AM (U/Byj)

311 I won't wade into the bitters debate (Angostura vs Pechauds) I will encourage exploring orange bitters for those who don't think they like manhattans. Orange bitters makes for a very approachable cocktail..
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Shouldn't a Manhattan made with Peychaud's be called something else? Does New Orleans have boroughs?
Posted by: mikeski

Old fashioned with orange bitters.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:24 AM (S838b)

312 I am so thankful that I came of age in 1980 when the drinking age in Texas was 18. We had some barn burner parties.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:25 AM (S838b)

313 Recipe I've seen for a Sazerac calls for Peychaud bitters (of course), but I might try it with Angostura.

All this cocktail talk has forced me to go make another Old Fashioned. Being literally driven to drink. Shameful.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 10, 2026 12:25 AM (U/Byj)

314 Might share my best alcohol-related b**fing story once I get that drink mixed.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 10, 2026 12:26 AM (U/Byj)

315 309 We got hold of some Miller beer in the pony bottles somehow when I was a kid. Drank them on the baseball field that night. Woke up barfing it up. I then decided to skip beer and go to hard liquor. I think I made the right decision.

Posted by: turambar at May 10, 2026 12:26 AM (Q0yOR)

316 Hubby said his worst puking-sick drunk was on Sloe Gin.. Said it looked like a murder scene when he came-to. LOL

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

317 Peppermint schnapps.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2026 12:29 AM (gVbFl)

318 "I drank too much cheap X, and got violently ill, and now decades later I still can't stand the smell of X."

That's part of your body's normal defense mechanisms. We used to be rather opportunistic eaters in our hunter-gatherer days. So if you ate the funny green mushrooms and got horribly ill, you wouldn't accidentally eat the funny green mushrooms again. One smell or one taste would set off the "eject" mechanism again. Our biology hasn't changed enough to lose that defense.

Happens to babies, too..... if you got really sick as a baby the first time you ate peas or sweet potatoes or whatever, even if it wasn't the food that made you sick, you'll dislike that food for a very long time, if not for your whole life.

Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 12:29 AM (VHUov)

319 I do know that sperm whale oil was the preferred fuel for home lighting, because it smelled better than the alternatives... right up until John D. Rockefeller started cruelly exploiting the populace by selling them dirt-cheap kerosene for heating and lighting. Damn him!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2026 11:22 PM (qpyNK)

Actually there was a period between when whale oil started to get expensive in the early 1800s and when Kerosene came into regular supply that people started using "burning fluid" or "camphene" lamps, both of which where a mixture of alcohol and turpentine (4:1), and in the case of Camphene some camphor was added for the nicer smell.

It gave a decent light, was not too smoky, but unfortunately would build up explosive vapors when burned in a whale oil lamp. Lamps were developed specifically for burning fluid. Kerosene was hailed as less dangerous, when it appeared on the market.

Burning Fluid lamps generally had two wicks on metal necks, and each wick generally had a small cap that would prevent the extinguished wick from evaporating the fluid when it was not burning.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 10, 2026 12:31 AM (rbvCR)

320 The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.” —

Good night my pals❣❣

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 10, 2026 12:32 AM (uTEOj)

321 Peppermint schnapps.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Oh, yuck!

XH & his USN buddies had "jungle juice" parties on weekends during training school days. Everybody brought a bottle and poured it all together with a few gallons of fruit punch. Said "Some asshole put peppermint schnapps in there and it ruined the whole batch! Tasted like mouthwash!"

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

322 Hubby said his worst puking-sick drunk was on Sloe Gin.. Said it looked like a murder scene when he came-to. LOL
Posted by: JQ

Oh geez. A sloe screw up against the wall.

(Sloe gin fizz & a Harvey Wallbanger)

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:34 AM (S838b)

323 My worst worst puking-sick drunk. Tequila. Yea, not all that original. It was a LOT of tequila. It was a literal black out drunk. Thankfully, I'm even a dull black out drunk, so no stories to tell. Woke up in my own bed, still wearing jeans and a t-shirt, which is what I was wearing the day before. Even managed to take my shoes off. I don't remember that. Those who did remember just said I staggered off alone. Almost heroic really!! Spent the day sitting near the garbage can, puking in a bag. The bathroom was too far a stagger. Haven't had tequila since. This was in the early 90s in the UK.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 10, 2026 12:35 AM (NkASH)

324 XH & his USN buddies had "jungle juice" parties on weekends during training school days. Everybody brought a bottle and poured it all together with a few gallons of fruit punch. Said "Some asshole put peppermint schnapps in there and it ruined the whole batch! Tasted like mouthwash!"
Posted by: JQ

Ever made the mistake of finishing breakfast with a big gulp of OJ, then brushing your teeth or using a mouthful of Scope?

Mint and "fruit punch" will never play nicely together.

Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 12:35 AM (VHUov)

325 Peppermint schnapps.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2026 12:29 AM

Possibly in some good hot chocolate.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 10, 2026 12:36 AM (bEI8k)

326 The thing about comments is, you guys and gals are naturally interesting and funny. I'm dull and thick-witted and say funny things when I tragically misunderstand something.

I guess that's a talent but I don't the X-Men will hire me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 10, 2026 12:18 AM (CHHv1)

You know Chas, the epic "braille briefs for blind dates" thread that took over an ONT a while back was inspired by you. IIRC, you were musing (obsessing) over some panty-specific details, and my mind just went to that dark what-if corner where hilarity, on rare occasions, ensues...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2026 12:36 AM (nbLIj)

327 Nobody remembers lamp gas.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 10, 2026 12:36 AM (/lPRQ)

328 https://youtu.be/Ll34HfggyEg

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

329 Peppermint schnapps.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Broken Spoke cowboy bar in Galveston, circa 1982, would let you pick a team on Monday Night Football. You'd get a round colored sticker for your lighter. When your team scored a touchdown (only) you showed your sticker and got a shot of schnapps.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:37 AM (S838b)

330 99 Abracadabra

Literally one of the worst songs ever recorded.

"I want to reach out and GRAB YA!"
***

Not even CLOSE to We Built This City

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 10, 2026 12:38 AM (3/XaG)

331 Spent the day sitting near the garbage can, puking in a bag. The bathroom was too far a stagger. Haven't had tequila since. This was in the early 90s in the UK.
Posted by: Puddleglum

It's funny how we remember the #1 worst drunk.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:39 AM (S838b)

332 Worst case of projectile vomiting I ever saw was the drunk that bet the bar $20 he could empty the pickled egg jar in one go.

People were backing away as he put the jar to his mouth. Sucker almost made it. We let him have the $20 that was thrown together.

Bartender was seriously pissed off, everyone took off and was afraid to come back he was so pissed.

Posted by: pawn at May 10, 2026 12:40 AM (+rSJz)

333 Wow, I fell asleep big time. What did I miss?

Posted by: Bulg at May 10, 2026 12:41 AM (77rzZ)

334 One of the girls in our group drank it. It had been sitting warm for years. I've never seen projectile vomiting like that.
Posted by: rickb223
.......

But did you get lucky?

Posted by: wth at May 10, 2026 12:42 AM (oq9dX)

335 >>>[Cornyn] If you translate this from political speak into words, these programs were nothing more than red flag laws on steroids.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe
--

Translated to common English, grift.
How much did Johnny get?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 12:43 AM (3UR/I)

336 I know that Jefferson Starship gets bagged on, here. But! I always liked "Jane"

https://youtu.be/LJCuB-uhNgM

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)

337 Peppermint schnapps and Creme de Cocao in equal parts. Tastes like chocolate mints.

Posted by: clarence at May 10, 2026 12:45 AM (JKg5d)

338 One of the girls in our group drank it. It had been sitting warm for years. I've never seen projectile vomiting like that.
Posted by: rickb223
.......

But did you get lucky?
Posted by: wth

Not with her no. I had a girlfriend.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:45 AM (S838b)

339 The thing about comments is, you guys and gals are naturally interesting and funny. I'm dull and thick-witted and say funny things when I tragically misunderstand something.

I guess that's a talent but I don't the X-Men will hire me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 10, 2026 12:18 AM (CHHv1)

Cheers for the uninteresting!

Posted by: Nerd Herd at May 10, 2026 12:45 AM (NZPfR)

340 336 Mickey Thomas has some pipes

Posted by: turambar at May 10, 2026 12:46 AM (Q0yOR)

341 I remember seeing those big fancy wine bottles in the grocery store, back in the '70s... Chianti, I think?

Would like to find one now & turn it into a bong. Sure, it's been done... but has anyone seen one *lately*?

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

342 Speaking of guitar players, if you aren't familiar with Mike Dawes, here's a clip - an appreciative nod to Eddie Van Halen, up to and including what he did to his guitar for the song.

Semi-acoustic, pickups on the bridge and across the tone hole, mic inside for percussive effect, mixing and effects box, but still, one guy making amazing music. I consider him the spiritual heir of Michael Hedges.

JUMP https://youtu.be/sKbrycmEGjU?si=7a3fv_3f3HRL6wNs

Posted by: buddhaha at May 10, 2026 12:47 AM (P/zug)

343 Wow, I fell asleep big time. What did I miss?
Posted by: Bulg at May 10, 2026 12:41 AM

Well, Sasquatch and Emmanuel Macron did a karaoke duet of I Feel Pretty, but honestly, Doof does it better.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 10, 2026 12:49 AM (bEI8k)

344 RMBS!

How’s Greece?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2026 12:49 AM (A5RD0)

345 I remember seeing those big fancy wine bottles in the grocery store, back in the '70s... Chianti, I think?

Would like to find one now & turn it into a bong. Sure, it's been done... but has anyone seen one *lately*?
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

Do you mean this?

https://tinyurl.com/tpcxasu8

Posted by: Nerd Herd at May 10, 2026 12:49 AM (NZPfR)

346 I'd fuck up my sister. Sorry. And I'd scare her so bad that the next time she'd be afraid of it ending.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:11 AM (S838b)

No shit. My mother's sister was the last one alive in my mom's family. She was my favorite aunt. She was 90 and was a pistol. Sharp as a tack and fully mobile, and I mean mobile. She would zip down the basement stairs and back up like it was nothing. I would visit her every few weeks since she lived in my home town, which was only 15 miles away, and I was there a lot anyway. During covid she fell and hit her head, not bad, had a small cut, and it was from a screw up in her BP medications. Well, she goes to the hospital and she tests positive for covid. She had no symptoms, none at all. They said oh your oxygen is a little low, we got a nice vent for you. My brother tells her son, our asshole cousin who recently discovered god, NOT to let them put her on a vent. He says if god wants her to have a vent its god's will. He didn't listen, and she was dead in a week. Didn't have to be that happen like that, but this stubborn asshole didn't listen.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 12:49 AM (snZF9)

347
312 I am so thankful that I came of age in 1980 when the drinking age in Texas was 18. We had some barn burner parties.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:25 AM (S838b)

Whenever younger ones ask “why was the drinking age set back to 21?” I reply “because of how we acted when we were 18.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 10, 2026 12:51 AM (25Mwa)

348 I'm a scotch guy, and Irish guy, but I always keep a bottle of BT handy. It's that good.
Posted by: Diogenes

I don't have any bourbon, but I have Greenspot, Balvenie doublewood 12, Redbreast 15, and Aberlour 16. And about 15 cans of Miller Lite.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 10, 2026 12:52 AM (W5mpo)

349 Not even CLOSE to We Built This City
Posted by: Azjaeger

That song should have been declared a public nuisance.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 10, 2026 12:52 AM (W5mpo)

350 Do you mean this?

https://tinyurl.com/tpcxasu8
Posted by: Nerd Herd

No.. these were tall, like maybe 3ft! Green glass, curved/twisted shapes. Local stuff? I dunno. I wasn't "of age" and Mom gave me That Look when she saw me getting interested in them.

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

351 RMBS!

How’s Greece?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2026 12:49 AM

{{{nurse}}}

It's been great so far. Just about to head to the airport for our next island stop. Lots of fun had meeting cousins and seeing the ancestral villages.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 10, 2026 12:53 AM (bEI8k)

352 Whenever younger ones ask “why was the drinking age set back to 21?” I reply “because of how we acted when we were 18.”
Posted by: Tom Servo

It oughta be 39 by now, if that's the rule.

Posted by: mikeski at May 10, 2026 12:54 AM (VHUov)

353 Rockefeller Court Scene 2 minutes 41 seconds

youtube.com/watch?v=DBrz57sNAc4

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 12:54 AM (3UR/I)

354 More and more these days, I feel like the whole world is on fire.
But it’s okay, I got marshmallows.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 10, 2026 12:54 AM (25Mwa)

355 our asshole cousin who recently discovered god, NOT to let them put her on a vent. He says if god wants her to have a vent its god's will. He didn't listen, and she was dead in a week. Didn't have to be that happen like that, but this stubborn asshole didn't listen.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

The things I'd do. Sorry.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:54 AM (S838b)

356 My schnapps story: went to visit my sister in Germany. First morning I woke up to a bunch of laughing from the basement area below my bedroom. My BIL had built a huge still. Apple schnapps. A couple days later the local paper ran a story about a schnapps still blowing up a couple miles away and burning the whole house down.

Posted by: wth at May 10, 2026 12:55 AM (oq9dX)

357 Peppermint schnapps.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Creme de Menthe. An entire 750ml bottle. Straight. After 2 cans of Bud. On the bus back from a high school field trip to the U.N. from NoVa.
My father was mortified when he found out. Not that i was drinking, but what i was drinking.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 10, 2026 12:55 AM (W5mpo)

358 Do you mean this?

https://tinyurl.com/tpcxasu8
Posted by: Nerd Herd

No.. these were tall, like maybe 3ft! Green glass, curved/twisted shapes. Local stuff? I dunno. I wasn't "of age" and Mom gave me That Look when she saw me getting interested in them.
Posted by: JQ

Stretched neck, like they used to do to 7-UP bottles at the state fair midway, only they were full of rotgut red wine.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:56 AM (S838b)

359
Have to pull pee escort duty for my mother. Her legs were swelling up, so we needed to put her on a double dose of furosemide (diuretic) -- 2x per day, and the evening one is getting in now.

She's on O2, and needs escorting to manage the damned O2 tube and canala..... Miley has sprained her foot and ain't too fleet of foot tonight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2026 12:56 AM (w6EFb)

360 Spent the day sitting near the garbage can, puking in a bag. The bathroom was too far a stagger. Haven't had tequila since. This was in the early 90s in the UK.
Posted by: Puddleglum

It's funny how we remember the #1 worst drunk.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:39 AM (S838b)

Blackberry brandy. I was 15 and drank a shitload of it, and some beer. Brutally sick. To this day I can't even smell the stuff. I think that one episode not only cured me of drinking that shit, but killed any cravings for alcohol in the future. To this day I don't ever crave booze. I'll do a shot at night, but when I run out it will take days to get more because I just forget.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 12:57 AM (snZF9)

361 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2026 12:56 AM (w6EFb)

Oh, prayers up for all of you!

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

362 No.. these were tall, like maybe 3ft! Green glass, curved/twisted shapes. Local stuff? I dunno. I wasn't "of age" and Mom gave me That Look when she saw me getting interested in them.
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

If it's any consolation, I think someone beat you to the bong idea:

https://tinyurl.com/4bnt9kxs

Posted by: Nerd Herd at May 10, 2026 12:59 AM (NZPfR)

363 Goodnight Horde. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!

Posted by: turambar at May 10, 2026 01:00 AM (Q0yOR)

364 My worst drunk is known as the Armed Services Day Massacre of 1986. My friend and I were co-bartenders. He was making Tequila Fanny-bangers and I was making 7 Layer Pousse Cafes. I only recall that Chartruese was one of the layers. For the (blessedly) uninitiated, Chartruese is French Jagermeister.

Perfectionist that I am, I had to sample each of the seven layers on their own, so I could gauge the specific gravity in order to do the proper layering.

I actually managed a few good examples, but it was hot, and I had one or several fanny bangers to cool off. I ended up spewing at every corner of our host's yard, my friend following me with a shovel.

Later on, I woke up on a couch, the mere effort of opening my eyes sending my into a fit of dry heaves. My friend later told me that he put a mirror under my nose while I was out to make sure I was still breathing...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2026 01:00 AM (nbLIj)

365 Saw a really pretty girl in a restaurant on Friday. That is, really pretty except for the tats. Why do otherwise lovely young ladies do this to themselves?

Posted by: Bulg at May 10, 2026 01:00 AM (77rzZ)

366 Blackberry brandy. I was 15 and drank a shitload of it, and some beer. Brutally sick. To this day I can't even smell the stuff. I think that one episode not only cured me of drinking that shit, but killed any cravings for alcohol in the future. To this day I don't ever crave booze. I'll do a shot at night, but when I run out it will take days to get more because I just forget.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Yeah. After that rotgut whiskey incident when I was 16, I didn't touch whiskey again until now. I did gin all thru my 20's.

I got on scotch in '88 because my now ex-wife's family were coon asses and they'd drink anything made of alcohol EXCEPT for scotch.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 01:01 AM (S838b)

367 our asshole cousin who recently discovered god, NOT to let them put her on a vent. He says if god wants her to have a vent its god's will. He didn't listen, and she was dead in a week. Didn't have to be that happen like that, but this stubborn asshole didn't listen.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

The things I'd do. Sorry.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 12:54 AM (S838b)

You have no idea. During this I was talking to another cousin on my father's side. He's a cantor, probably more involved with the church than this asshole pope. I told him yeah, he said it's god's will, if god wants her to have a vent so be it. My cantor cousin said, and I quote " fuck god, sometimes you need human intervention, and this has nothing to do with god, its between him and her doctors".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 01:01 AM (snZF9)

368 All this conversation about puking drunks, and no one has mentioned... Southern Comfort???

Very few adults drink the stuff, because it is the bog standard youngsters "too fucking much" introduction to "good tasting" booze.
DAMHIK

Posted by: buddhaha at May 10, 2026 01:02 AM (P/zug)

369 I actually managed a few good examples, but it was hot, and I had one or several fanny bangers to cool off. I ended up spewing at every corner of our host's yard, my friend following me with a shovel.

Later on, I woke up on a couch, the mere effort of opening my eyes sending my into a fit of dry heaves. My friend later told me that he put a mirror under my nose while I was out to make sure I was still breathing...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

😳😳😳🤢

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 01:02 AM (S838b)

370 Santana is overrated like Clapton. Technicians. Just no soul.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 01:04 AM (D1E+2)

371 The worst I've ever felt from recreational consumption wasn't alcohol, acid, mushrooms (or acid and mushrooms), or coke. It was pot. Just pot. I had just begun experimenting with making my own weed oil without any concept of quantity. Oh holy hell. I didn't think it was possible to get that high and I'm sure glad I never found myself back there again. (Though i will say the single, worst effect of any recreational substance is the alcohol spins.)

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 10, 2026 01:04 AM (W5mpo)

372 All this conversation about puking drunks, and no one has mentioned... Southern Comfort???

Very few adults drink the stuff, because it is the bog standard youngsters "too fucking much" introduction to "good tasting" booze.
DAMHIK
Posted by: buddhaha

Yay! Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill & Mad Dog 20/20!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 01:05 AM (S838b)

373 Nurse, if you’re still here, you had a nice post last week extolling the pleasures of November.

I, too, love November.

Posted by: Bulg at May 10, 2026 01:05 AM (77rzZ)

374 After granddad had heart valve replacement surgery, we (mom, aunt, uncle, me) took turns helping him & grandmother (she was still recovering from carpal-tunnel surgery)...

Oxygen bottles in living room-- the center of house-- and granddad had many feet of O2 hose, so he could go anywhere in the house.

Middle of the night, grandmother calls out: "Help! JQ! Granddad can't breathe!" I was upstairs. Bolted up, put one hand on each rail, took the whole flight in one giant bound... ran out to living room & flipped valves, got O2 switched from empty bottle to full one. Whew!!!

So glad when portable O2 generators became available, later.

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

375 The worst I've ever felt from recreational consumption wasn't alcohol, acid, mushrooms (or acid and mushrooms), or coke. It was pot. Just pot. I had just begun experimenting with making my own weed oil without any concept of quantity. Oh holy hell. I didn't think it was possible to get that high and I'm sure glad I never found myself back there again. (Though i will say the single, worst effect of any recreational substance is the alcohol spins.)
Posted by: Dark Litigator

😂😂😂

When you lay flat on the lawn and are worried you might fall off.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 01:06 AM (S838b)

376 Yukon Jack Canadian Whiskey. Never been more shitfaced in my life. Landed me in the drunk tank of Michigan Stadium raving about the paper I had to write on Crime and Punishment.

Posted by: Bulg at May 10, 2026 01:11 AM (77rzZ)

377 When you lay flat on the lawn and are worried you might fall off.
Posted by: rickb223

Worried? There are no atheists in foxholes and the bottom of bottles.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 10, 2026 01:15 AM (W5mpo)

378 If it's any consolation, I think someone beat you to the bong idea:

https://tinyurl.com/4bnt9kxs
Posted by: Nerd Herd

Never suggested that I was first to think of it, LOL!

Yeah... the 70s...

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

379 Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan turned 64 today, and I just wanted to find a video for "But Not Tonight" -- a bonus track off their fifth studio album Black Celebration (1986) -- since it's relatively uplifting. This turned into a task.

Their native UK edition of the CD had an extended remix (which they presumably preferred), but the shorter US version -- the one I'm familiar with -- has a nice-looking music video featuring footage from the film Modern Girls (1986), since it was on the soundtrack. There are multiple versions on YT now, including some with lackluster sound or distorted video, but I finally settled on this one where some nice chap named Steve 86 apparently paired normal video with the audio from the 2007 remaster:

Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight [Album Version] (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/9X5Jsf5jN_I

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 01:17 AM (Sy6m/)

380
We've had a few of those episodes with my mother. She's reached up in her sleep and pulled the canula out of her nose several times.

Also, one of the cats chewed a hole in the 50' tube one time. She was getting some flow, but not full. We've got a concentrator, with bottles when she has to go to appointments and stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2026 01:23 AM (w6EFb)

381 I tried to have a Buffalo Trace last night at lib little sister's house. She had no ice. No ice.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 11:24

What? You said earlier no coffee, now no ice? What the heel is she British?

Wait, even the Brits usually have instant coffee.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 10, 2026 01:25 AM (55Qr6)

382 Finally watching the video of yesterday's Victory Day parade on Red Square. The North Korean unit with their chrome-plated AKs sort of stole the show. Quite a look.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 10, 2026 01:28 AM (U/Byj)

383 I vaguely recall a night in a pub in Scotland. The pub was memorable because the guy who owned it was a Pink Floyd fan. The building was white brick, so he painted the entire album, liner notes included, on the walls of the pub. Anyway, I got hammered in that place, stumbled out of the pub at midnight, stumbled to my B&B on the other side of town (Ayr), let myself in and went to bed. Amazingly, I let myself in to the correct B&B and was reasonably quiet doing so. Didn't wake anybody. The walk is a bit of a haze but I mostly remember it. Uneventful. Didn't puke either.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 10, 2026 01:29 AM (NkASH)

384 383: Pink Floyd-The Wall. Forgot to add which album.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 10, 2026 01:30 AM (NkASH)

385 Later on, I woke up on a couch, the mere effort of opening my eyes sending my into a fit of dry heaves. My friend later told me that he put a mirror under my nose while I was out to make sure I was still breathing...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2026 01:00 AM (nbLIj)

A few of us were at an irish pub one night. I'm not much of a beer drinker because I get full too fast, but I'll drink one here and there. Well for some reason the beer that night went down like water. We were getting pitchers of beer, like a lot, definitely more than 6. I don't know how much I drank, but it might have killed close to 2 by myself. Then, Mrs B spots her cousin, and she comes to the table, and then the shots start coming. I was frigging hammered. We get back to Mrs B's parent's house, because we weren't married at the time, and I collapse on the couch. I said man i feel like I'm going to be sick. Mrs B, my darling wife who you met in texas decides its a good idea to open a bottle of booze and stick it under my nose to make sure i did get sick so I didn't get alcohol poisoning. I spent hours behind her father's garage.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 01:31 AM (snZF9)

386 We've had a few of those episodes with my mother. She's reached up in her sleep and pulled the canula out of her nose several times.

Also, one of the cats chewed a hole in the 50' tube one time. She was getting some flow, but not full. We've got a concentrator, with bottles when she has to go to appointments and stuff.
Posted by: publius

My dad used an aquarium manifold that had one in, four out with on off switches. The oxygen generator was by the stairs. He had a hose hoing upstairs, one into the kitchen, one into the living room and one out to the back porch. He would open a switch depending on where he was going and leave the hoses there. When he got to where he was going, he'd just plug the cannula into the ore-positioned hose.

That way he didn't have to drag a hose around.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 01:31 AM (S838b)

387 I remember the one time I got hammered and should have gotten sick, but I was older and knew the exact moment to stop. My friend had an outdoor party. I went alone, and Mrs B was meeting me there at some point later. It was another one of those times when the beer went down like water. There was a few kegs. I was doing good, but then a few chicks I knew asked if I wanted to do shots. When a chick asks if you're a god you say yes, so I went into the house and sat at the table. I don't remember what it was, but it was purple. I did maybe 8 or 9 shots. I was wrecked. I sat outside in a lawn chair immobile, and Mrs B shows up. She looks at me and says, wtf happened to you, what did you do? I looked at her and blurted out PURRRPLE. She rolled her eyes and wandered off somewhere. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 01:42 AM (snZF9)

388 I looked at her and blurted out PURRRPLE. She rolled her eyes and wandered off somewhere. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

😂😂😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 01:44 AM (S838b)

389 I sincerely hope that hubby's son doesn't shun me for following hubby's wishes at The End... Hubby and I had many deep conversations, when he was first diagnosed with "end stage" disease & before his dementia set in.

Well, he's outlived the original prognosis, but isn't in great shape. When nursing home wants to update his paperwork, I let it remain just the way he wanted it before:

DNR. No feeding tube. No blood products. Comfort care.

It's not what *I* would want for him, but it's *his* decision. I must respect that, like it or not.

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

390 She looks at me and says, wtf happened to you, what did you do? I looked at her and blurted out PURRRPLE. She rolled her eyes and wandered off somewhere. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 01:42 AM (snZF9)

Lemme guess. She got a horse trailer and a sheep dip tank (for the vomit) to get you home without messing up her vehicle.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 10, 2026 01:45 AM (qx7Zg)

391 PURRRPLE

Holy crap, Bers! I'm LMFAO so hard right now!!!!

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

392 mindful webworker - legally, morally, spiritually criminal at May 10, 2026 12:07

So sorry to hear that mindful. We had a somewhat similar situation with my Dad. They really need to back off some of those meds when folks are elderly.

And no, you are not a criminal.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 10, 2026 01:50 AM (55Qr6)

393 Mrs B, my darling wife who you met in texas decides its a good idea to open a bottle of booze and stick it under my nose to make sure i did get sick so I didn't get alcohol poisoning. I spent hours behind her father's garage.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 01:31 AM

You got a keeper there.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 10, 2026 01:52 AM (kzjln)

394 When you lay flat on the lawn and are worried you might fall off.
Posted by: rickb223
.......

The flat earth will tilt.
I still think you should have made out with the chick after she upchucked all the red wine.
A breath mint and you're good to go.

Posted by: wth at May 10, 2026 01:55 AM (oq9dX)

395
Ya'll are cracking me up.

Thanks for the laughs.

Posted by: four seasons at May 10, 2026 01:56 AM (3ek7K)

396 PURRRPLE

Holy crap, Bers! I'm LMFAO so hard right now!!!!

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah that took all the strength I had. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 01:56 AM (snZF9)

397 Great stories tonight

JQ it is right to honor your husband's wishes. An easy to defend position. Prayers that it will be well received and understood by step son.

Good night everyone

Peace

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 10, 2026 01:59 AM (RkOfE)

398 It's not what *I* would want for him, but it's *his* decision. I must respect that, like it or not.
Posted by: JQ
---

Buddy's older brother has fought cancer for over 10-15 years, the final meds he had to take were making him sick and miserable. He talked it over with his wife and his doc. He quit the meds. He's spent the last year feeling better than in years. It's catching up and time is short. But like your husband he's considered the circumstances and considered the inevitable. It's none of the son's business, it's between you and your husband. He's lucky to have you. Tell the kid to fuck off.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 02:00 AM (3UR/I)

399 Bers, your wife is a smart lady! She likely saved your life by making you puke.

But you know that, of course.

*salute!*

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

400 Lemme guess. She got a horse trailer and a sheep dip tank (for the vomit) to get you home without messing up her vehicle.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 10, 2026 01:45 AM (qx7Zg)

No I was good. I didn't get sick. I was a pro by then. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 02:03 AM (snZF9)

401 Tell the kid to fuck off.

Posted by: Braenyard

Oh.. well I sure hope it doesn't go that way! Kid is a bright, sensitive, intelligent lad. Surely I'm conjuring a worst-case scenario that probably won't occur.

But one never knows, right?

I want to believe that stepson knows the score and respects his dad's wishes too. His mom was an RN, and has likely filled him in on all the details which I might've missed in speaking with him.

It's all good. Probably.

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 02:06 AM (rdVOm)

402 Bers, your wife is a smart lady! She likely saved your life by making you puke.

But you know that, of course.

*salute!*

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

I only ever got sick with booze twice in my life, and that was the second and last time I ever got sick with booze.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 02:06 AM (snZF9)

403 Okay, last one. Today, Paul McGuigan turned 55. He was the original bassist of Oasis until he retired in 1999, after leaving and coming back in 1995; he apparently just found it stressful, and once he was a dad he was done for good. In the meantime, they have remastered the old music videos, where he will remain forever young -- now in glorious HD:

Oasis - Champagne Supernova (Official HD Remastered Video)
https://youtu.be/VGfDg7wju6M

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 02:06 AM (Sy6m/)

404 Ok all. Time to turn in. See everyone tomorrow at some point. Y'all take care.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2026 02:09 AM (S838b)

405 'Night, rickb223

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

406 I sincerely hope that hubby's son doesn't shun me for following hubby's wishes at The End... Hubby and I had many deep conversations, when he was first diagnosed with "end stage" disease & before his dementia set in.

Well, he's outlived the original prognosis, but isn't in great shape. When nursing home wants to update his paperwork, I let it remain just the way he wanted it before:

DNR. No feeding tube. No blood products. Comfort care.

It's not what *I* would want for him, but it's *his* decision. I must respect that, like it or not.

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

Its what he wants. I had to make the decision with my mother when she was dying of cancer. Her BP was dropping, she would be dead in 24 hours, and they gave me a choice to let her go, or they would artificially increase her BP with some big ass needle in her leg, and it wouldn't buy much time. I immediately said no, because I knew my mom, no frigging way she would want to live that way, and she would haunt me from the grave. She proved since that time she could do it, so I made the right choice. Its what she wanted.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9)

407 Its what she wanted.
Posted by: Berserker

That. Right there. Is the bottom line.
Bless you for honoring her wishes!

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

408
Now that Artemis prompted me to get spaceflight fever again, I've been keeping up with a lot of latest, and learning about stuff I didn't know existed.

NASA has the Swift Observatory, which is gamma ray burst detector along with some other instruments which launched in late 2024, and is now going on 22 years of operation. It had no thrusters of its on. Recent increased solar activity, puffing up the upper atmosphere, greatly increased drag, and the thing is going to reenter and burn up by the end of the year if something isn't done.

They're going to try to launch another little vehicle to dock/grab it and boost it up to a higher orbit in a few months....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2026 02:16 AM (w6EFb)

409
They're going to launch that booster vehicle with something I didn't know existed, and that's a Grumman rocket plane. This thing uses a carrier aircraft that gets it up to around 40K' and then drops the rocket plane, dubbed Pegasus. The first stage is basically a rocket plane with wings that give it some lift and a tail for steering. That gets it up to about 200K', and then the second stage takes over, and it's a conventional rocket after that.

The payload capacity is just a smidge under 1000 lbs to LEO, but it's cheaper for small loads to low inclination orbits.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2026 02:22 AM (w6EFb)

410 Sounds like we have a non watermelon, non DEI, competitor. A professional in the game. Good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 02:35 AM (3UR/I)

411 Cameco Sees As Many As 20 AP1000 Nuclear Reactors On The Horizon
--
Coming to a neighborhood near you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 02:54 AM (3UR/I)

412 publius,

Pegasus was developed by Orbital Sciences Corp. Northrop Grumman bought the company.

It is launched by an L-1011, one of the few remaining flying.

Pegasus pretty much got priced out of the market (as did everybody else) by SpaceX.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at May 10, 2026 02:55 AM (p2LWr)

413 *looks around at nearly empty Club*

Huh.

*mixes up a pitcher of 6-of-spades lemonade*

Wooh! Needs a dash of grenadine, to cut the sourness... or maybe a dash of Grand Marnier...

Ahhh, that's the ticket!

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)

414 @mariakalantze - May 7
As a Greek woman, I cannot stay silent… I owe this to my Ancestors !

❌️ BOYCOTT Nolan’s "The Odyssey" that has completely altered Homer’s epic ❌

Helen of Troy , the most beautiful woman in the world , was described by Homer with golden blonde hair, dazzling white skin and divine European beauty that launched a thousand ships.

She was a Greek woman, not Sub-Saharan African.

This is not representation. This is erasure of Greek and European history and identity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 02:57 AM (3UR/I)

415 All this cocktail talk has forced me to go make another Old Fashioned. Being literally driven to drink. Shameful.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 10, 2026 12:25 AM (U/Byj)

I miss being literally driven to drink; it only happened a few times, but it was nice, I could get used to it. I normally have to drive myself. (Or walk, or drink at home...)

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 03:02 AM (Sy6m/)

416 Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, 70, likely contracted the Andes strain after visiting a rodent-infested landfill near Ushuaia before boarding the vessel on April 1
---

Take a tour of South America, where do you go?
A land fill.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 03:04 AM (3UR/I)

417 Lemonade sounds delicious but as soon as I finish these shrimp I'm heading for the hills. It's been fun.
'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 10, 2026 03:09 AM (3UR/I)

418 >> Pegasus pretty much got priced out of the market (as did everybody else) by SpaceX.

From what I was reading, in this case, where a low inclination low orbit is the target, there isn't much demand for "ride share", so the Pegasus was the cheapest option.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2026 03:11 AM (w6EFb)

419 'Night, Braenyard!

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 03:13 AM (rdVOm)

420 So close to Pride Month!

https://tinyurl.com/4uu86wsc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 03:17 AM (1x2K9)

421 My cantor cousin said, and I quote " fuck god, sometimes you need human intervention, and this has nothing to do with god, its between him and her doctors".
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 10, 2026 01:01 AM (snZF9

We approve.

Posted by: Deicide at May 10, 2026 03:24 AM (nUR++)

422 I have a very bad feeling about The Odyssey.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 03:25 AM (nUR++)

423 370 Santana is overrated like Clapton. Technicians. Just no soul.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 10, 2026 01:04 AM (D1E+2)

Sacrilege. Carlos Santana has more soul in his little finger than Clapton has in his whole body.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 10, 2026 03:25 AM (DwqWV)

424 So close to Pride Month!

https://tinyurl.com/4uu86wsc
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 03:17 AM

Yeah...that one screams "search warrant for my hard drive."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 10, 2026 03:27 AM (kzjln)

425 https://tinyurl.com/4uu86wsc
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Ugh! I'm no beauty queen, but man... that dude is FUGLY!!!

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 03:35 AM (rdVOm)

426 Good night, horde! Sweet dreams to all of you and may tomorrow bring you happiness.

Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)

427 https://youtu.be/dSQ40d8uoOI

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 10, 2026 03:54 AM (y1wyK)

428 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz0JIT62oxU

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 10, 2026 04:02 AM (jrgJz)

429 MS church was singing "Amazing Grace" as tornado hit and everybody escaped unharmed. From "Christian Post". And no, I cannot explain while some people elsewhere were impacted badly and others were not, and I am sorry for the people that were. I was just impressed by the kindness of neighbors nearby helping out:

https://tinyurl.com/ztyaby6c

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:08 AM (7RYym)

430 But "Got questions" has some thoughts about innocents suffering from one man's Christian perspective, and no, I don't want to argue about it, which is why I'm putting it at the end of an ONT. Again. Suffering can be very hard and I am very sorry for it.

https://tinyurl.com/246d2vf4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2026 04:15 AM (xY6Tn)

431 I didn't get to bed until way late, but I might get up

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 04:17 AM (Ia/+0)

432 Talk at you later, Horde. Airplane mode activated.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 10, 2026 04:18 AM (kzjln)

433 69 Black Magic Woman Smackdown

Larissa Liveir
Epiphone Les Paul
https://youtu.be/4FOj7DbJ66g

Ayla Tesler-Mabe
Gibson ES-390
https://youtu.be/6yJNijVVgYA

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 10:24 PM (glnUu)

I was biased against Ayla, because her kit is considerably more expensive; just guitar-to-guitar, her Gibson ES-390 is probably worth about 5 times as much as Larissa's Epiphone Les Paul Classic in Worn Heritage Cherry Sunburst ($3000 vs. $600). I didn't even recognize the under-shelf interface, but it looked faaaancy.

However, Larissa played less than 1/3 of the song, and didn't even touch her ~~knobs~~ (phrasing!) dials. Ayla made full use of her instrument in a conscious way, using both the volume knob and string muting to fade back into the mix as appropriate, moving fluidly between the lead and rhythm roles in a complex song.

Ayla may have been given more of a head-start in life, but she's diligently making good use of it; and I would say she has a real edge in skill, not just gear.

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 04:47 AM (Sy6m/)

434 Oh, whoops. Pixy's up!

Posted by: SciVo at May 10, 2026 05:21 AM (Sy6m/)

435 ~~slash~~

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2026 03:39 PM (XeU6L)

Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 5/9/2026

Worldbuilding

When an author decides to tell a story in a world not our own, he or she has two main paths to choose from. The first is the path of Tolkien.

Build an intricate mythology, legendarium, and multiple languages to create a backstory for a world (that includes the transformation of the geology from a flat world to a globe), all that spans thousands of years, includes a creation myth, all of which is the author's real passion which he is then able to include in a sequel to a silly children's book he wrote to entertain his children. Heck, Tolkien directly references the central gems of what his son would put together as The Silmarillion, the Silmarils, in The Lord of the Rings.

Or, you can have a central conceit and create a very vague world around it with generic pieces that don't always really come together. This is how Suzanne Collins wrote The Hunger Games. I really don't think the world she created is any good at all. It's outright bad. And yet, I mostly don't think it matters.

Panem

So, I had The Hunger Games on the brain because my wife decided that our eldest son was old enough to watch it. Watched the original four movies over the course of a few days. It's a series I've seen multiple times, it being a standard bit of entertainment in the house since we first dated (seeing the four in theaters together as dates). So, watching them again, my mind drifted to the worldbuilding and how meager it all is.

It's a country set in a dystopian future that's supposedly built from the ashes of America. Collins does not provide real clues beyond generalized geographic descriptions for where any of the twelve districts that make up the majority of the country's area are or where the capitol is other than being in the mountains. This has led fans to come up with maps that all disagree with each other except on some basic points like District 12 being West Virginia or Pennsylvania and the Capitol being in the Colorado Rockies.

There seems to be little thought into why these places exist, especially when you get to the point later in the series when District 12, presumably their only source of coal, a major source of energy, gets bombed to the stone age, and...no one talks about how the Capitol could be facing an energy crisis. Does that mean that District 12's work was...unimportant? It's very possible. We see a major dam in the third film that gets blown up that seems to have more of an effect on energy than destroying all the coal miners in the country. Does this narrative hole matter?

Within the context of the story, which is laser-focused on the main character of Katniss Everdean, I don't think so. The purpose of the original trilogy of books and quadrilogy of movies is the main character's journey. The world is incidental to that, so a certain vagueness about how things worked on a grander political level is understandable. The point isn't the world, the point is Katniss's journey from no-one to symbol of a resistance. It makes sense.

It doesn't sweep away the fact that the world is kind of...generic and doesn't make the most sense. Couldn't Collins have named the districts? Oh well.

Problems Arising

I think this is only noteworthy because the story did continue beyond the original three books and four movies (don't split the final entry into two, Hollywood, Mockingjay Part 1 is boring). Collins, becoming one of the richest fiction authors in the world, has written nothing but Hunger Games prequels since 2013. The first, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, was published in 2020 and the movie version came out in 2023. The second, Sunrise of the Reaping, was published in 2025 and the movie version is coming out this year.

So, she has this generic world she's barely explored and has the opportunity for a guaranteed paycheck to expand it with prequels. What does she do?

She repeats herself...hard.

Our main character in the first prequel is a character from the original books, President Snow (but this time only as a poor student) while the action is only in the Capitol and...District 12, while a girl from District 12 becomes the Victor of the Tenth Annual Hunger Games. No scenes exploring any other district. Just the Capitol, District 12, and the arena for the Hunger Games. What about the second prequel? Well, it's centered around a character from the original books (Haymitch, Katniss' mentor) and how he won the Hunger Games. So...District 12 to Capitol to Hunger Games arena...again.

Is The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes bad for that? Well, I think the book is terrible and the lack of exploration of the rest of the world is part of that. I think the movie version is okay because it deals with some of my other issues around point of view and pacing while providing spectacle that the books couldn't really deliver. But the frustration with the myopic view of the world continues.

Should there be more? Can Collins write stories with the same motifs, settings, and character traits and still create good things? Of course, but I don't see any kind of poetic repetition here, I just see imagination-deficient repetition. I think that has a lot to do with the fact that she obviously doesn't care about the world she built.

World Building or Story or Both?

It's not an either/or proposition. You can have both world building and story, but it's obvious that Collins much prefers her story over her world building (her story is...pretty good overall). And I end up creating a comparison in my head.

Collins is writing for teens. Effectively children. What else is for children? Fables. Fables like Hansel & Gretel. Do we need a deep construction of the particulars of geography and history of the Old Forest in the story? Or can "dark, creepy, ancient forest" be enough for the purposes of the story?

That's the proper way to think of Panem, I think. The equivalent wouldn't be Middle Earth, a fairy setting for adults (as Tolkien put it), but the Old Forest and the witch's hut. It's a generalized setting in which to place an easily digested moral that the younger than adult mind can grasp easily.

So when she decides to try and create something a bit more adult, like the creation of YA Dystopian Hitler in the backstory of President Snow, the lack of worldbuilding ends up working against the sudden move into something requiring more nuance since she wants to create a real journey from sympathetic young man to literal Hitler. We're still in fable territory with the world, and I think it clashes with the attempt at a more serious story (which I don't think she really pulls off because she's not really that great of a writer, but much wealthier and more successful than I ever will be, so what do I know?).

A newer approach that actually expanded the story in serious ways, giving us new looks at new districts we've never seen and introducing more complex politics beyond "crazy powermad person at the top" would have helped, and in order to do that you have to be invested in making the world itself feel real.

Conclusion

It's just a thought brought on by recent viewing. How important is world building? Well, I guess it depends on what kind of story you're telling. Would a geneology of the mayors of District 12 have improved the story itself? No. What about a detailed description of how the economies of each district contributed to the Capitol's GDP? Also, no.

But I do think the lack of anything makes the films and books feel a bit emptier than they are and harder to expand when, ironically, that should make it easier. Collins hadn't written herself into a box. She could expand in a whole host of ways, and yet...she just keeps going back to District 12.

Oh, well. She's making bank doing it.

Movies of Today

Opening in Theaters:

Mortal Kombat II

The Sheep Detectives

Movies I Saw This Fortnight:

The Men of Sherwood Forest (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It's a modest entertainment that understands the assignment and reaches no further beyond that." [Library]

Third Party Risk (or, The Deadly Game) (Rating 2/4) Full Review "It's an unremarkable, thin wrong man adventure that flitters from little sequence to the next, its central star doing what he can to elevate things, and largely disappearing from mind before it's even over." [YouTube]

The Lyons in Paris (Rating 2/4) Full Review "Still, it's really just silly antics with performers doing their utmost to get some laughs. I almost chuckled a few times." [Library]

The Quatermass Xperiment (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "Still, the horror is halfway decent and there's surprising emotionality hidden in the middle there, all while it looks pretty decent and has solid supporting performances." [Prime]

X the Unknown (Rating 2/4) Full Review "It's still largely an kind of dull monster flick with a disappointing monster in the end. But the use of music and the implication of the danger for a good stretch are nice." [Archive.org]

The Curse of Frankenstein (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "And yet, while it plays out, I may not feel much, but I do end up with a modestly good time watching this vibrantly colored take on a well-worn story." [Max]

Quatermass II (Rating 3/4) Full Review "I was fully on board, and it's just a disappointment that it doesn't end at the same level as most of the film operates." [Plex]

The Camp on Blood Island (Rating 3/4) Full Review "A pleasant little surprise, even if it really does only exist because of David Lean's other movie." [YouTube]

Contact

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I've also archived all the old posts here, by request. I'll add new posts a week after they originally post at the HQ.
My next thread will be on 5/30.

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Comments

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1 Movie Sign!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 09, 2026 07:44 PM (l26NL)

2 Wolfus nooded. No one here yet?

Posted by: Nazdar at May 09, 2026 07:44 PM (NcvvS)

3 Bronze

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 09, 2026 07:45 PM (T6aVk)

4 Huh

Posted by: Sharkman at May 09, 2026 07:46 PM (/RHNq)

5 Never have read or seen any of the Hunger Games properties.

Heinlein had a balkanized North America in his Friday from '82, and more generally in its prequel novella, "Gulf." The sections are named, and we know some of the borders, but the story is mostly about Friday the combat courier herself and how she moves -- and stays alive! -- in her technological society. RAH was incapable of writing dull, though, so details of the background beyond a certain point are not absolutely essential to enjoying either story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:47 PM (wzUl9)

6 I have to say I have never done a deep dive into the world Suzanne Collins "built". I have always been less than impressed.

The world building is a critical thing. Fantasy is not my thing, so I have never gotten int LotR, but the world building I will acknowledge is utterly insane and very admirable.

"Dune" is another such example. The world building is top notch, and that is what sucked me in straightaway.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 09, 2026 07:47 PM (T6aVk)

7 I never watched the Hunger Games movies or read the books, partly because I thought the world building was pretty weak.

JK Rowling's Harry Potter series also has very weak worldbuilding, in my opinion, for largely the same reasons.

It's fine to focus on characters, but I do like to have some logical consistency within the world so that it makes a certain amount of sense.

Hunger Games makes no sense whatsoever.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026 07:48 PM (gnNyN)

8 Maybe the Collins universe is the novel/movie version of GURPS?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 09, 2026 07:48 PM (T6aVk)

9 There's not much on TV as far as movies tonight. Movies! has the wonder that is Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor, and Svengoolie is showing 1964's The First Men in the Moon. I outgrew JL about the same time I outgrew the Three Stooges, and while the latter movie is based on an H.G. Wells story with a script by Nigel Kneale, I don't hold out much hope for it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:49 PM (wzUl9)

10 Thx TJM. It's unfortunate that some of Donald Sutherland's last work was in those movies. I realize they weren't aimed at me but I watched them and in comparison to say the Harry Potter movies , which theoretically was young adult ,they weren't good.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 07:50 PM (gu0hJ)

11 >>RAH was incapable of writing dull, though, so details of the background beyond a certain point are not absolutely essential to enjoying either story.

Wolfus, outside of the Future History stuff, Heinlein didn't really do world-building - just enough detail to make the story work.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 09, 2026 07:51 PM (NcvvS)

12 The Absent-Minded Professor > The Nutty Professor

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 09, 2026 07:52 PM (CNl8/)

13 You know who doesn’t need world building? Chuck Norris, that’s who. Texas, Chicago, Vietnam. Doesn’t matter. It’s his world, we’re just in it.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 09, 2026 07:53 PM (u73oe)

14 Holy crap. Ace in the sidebar noted that he posted my comment about Lucas calling Warner and Kaine "cucks" on X. It's been viewed 103k times. Thx Ace

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 07:55 PM (gu0hJ)

15 As far as worldbuilding, in fiction anyway, there are the techniques of Tell the Reader What He Needs to Know (Sometimes Too Much), or Reveal the Elements of the World As We Pursue the Story.

I'm funny; I don't mind being lectured about something if I find it interesting. Michael Crichton lectures us in his fiction, all the way back to Andromeda Strain, but I love it since he does it so well. The history of a *created* world, however, is hard to put across in an entertaining way. The usual technique, if you do it like that, is to include a paragraph or two from an "authority" who has written about the world at the start of each chapter or section, so the reader can gather info as he goes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:55 PM (wzUl9)

16 Aargh - gotta call it a night - my day is almost 17 hours old (don't ask - just, don't). TJM has brought up a very interesting distinction, especially for an illiterate :-) and am looking forward to reading the comments in about 7 hours.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 09, 2026 07:56 PM (NcvvS)

17 Liked the Quatermass movies, especially the first one. Surprised no remake has been done

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 07:57 PM (gu0hJ)

18 RAH was incapable of writing dull, though, so details of the background beyond a certain point are not absolutely essential to enjoying either story.

Wolfus, outside of the Future History stuff, Heinlein didn't really do world-building - just enough detail to make the story work.
Posted by: Nazdar at May 09, 2026

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Friday's balkanized North America is drawn more than just generally, but with never a focus on hard detail that would slow the story down. You're right, Heinlein knew something a lot of authors today need to learn: Just put in enough, not too much.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:57 PM (wzUl9)

19 Liked the Quatermass movies, especially the first one. Surprised no remake has been done
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026

***
Yes; when I see the name "Nigel Kneale" I pay attention, just as I do with William Goldman.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:58 PM (wzUl9)

20 One of the challenges for worldbuilding in movies is that you only have so much time to establish the rules of the world in a single movie.

What helps movies like Hunger Games, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings is that much of the audience is already aware of the details of the world, so minimal detail is needed for the unaware folks.

Sometimes the worldbuilding gets stupid over time, like in the John Wick movies. The first one was great. The sequels became increasingly more over-the-top ridiculous to the point of unbelievability. Like the Fast and Furious movies.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026 08:00 PM (gnNyN)

21 The Hunger Games has a very interesting premise, and an initially promising main character. I lost interest towards the end of the first book when it was clear the author had no interest in making her world *consistent*. Either food is scarce or it isn't. Either technology is limited or it isn't. Worldbuilding can be sketchy and the book works fine! (I am myself guilty of some handwaving at points, especially regarding travel times. They get there, whaddyawannaknow?) BUT. The rules I establish in Chapter 1 remain in effect in Chapter 30, by gum. It's like Collins just threw tropes at the wall ... at different times... and forgot to go back and clean up. Oh well, as others have remarked she's rolling in dough and I'm not

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at May 09, 2026 08:03 PM (Y9Vvl)

22 I would prefer watching the Harry Potter movies to the Hunger Games.

My boys have those books and movies memorized.

But they have an almost reverence for the Lord of the Rings books and movies.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 08:04 PM (A5RD0)

23 You're right, Heinlein knew something a lot of authors today need to learn: Just put in enough, not too much.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:57 PM (wzUl9)

Very well said.

Too much bogs down. (Hear that, Stephen King?) Too little isn't enough to latch on to.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 09, 2026 08:04 PM (T6aVk)

24 What about Narnia?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 08:05 PM (A5RD0)

25 The world building is over the top and contradictory the names are out of roman lore corolianus sejanus et al but the concept is from minoan crete

The premise from battle royale but collins says she was inspired by reality footage and war footage (right)

The map suggests global warming catastrophe like something out of paradise but its not evenly distributed was it economic crisis was it social strife

Why is the capitol in the rockies

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:06 PM (bXbFr)

26 Once upon a time, to introduce the audience to the created world (even if it was similar to ours), the script would introduce an innocent who knows nothing of the situation and has to be shown around. The first episode of Hogan's Heroes did that. U.N.C.L.E. did not, but then its first five or six episodes had a little prologue where Solo, Illya, and Waverly all address the viewer, tell their names, and what they and the organization all do.

Before I got to see the earliest Trek episodes, I imagined they would have had a Federation ambassador or somebody being shown around the ship and told about it ("We have 430 men and women as our crew," etc.). Egad, that would have been slow and horrible.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:07 PM (wzUl9)

27 Eriksonz malazan is a more complete world building so is modesitts recent steam punk trilogy

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:08 PM (bXbFr)

28 Sutherland bring an old time letty son of the founder of the ndp

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:10 PM (bXbFr)

29 Hunger Games . The beginning of Girl Power movies?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:10 PM (52qkP)

30 Herbert did a good job of world building in Dune. A sci-fi series that did a great job of it was Babylon 5.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 08:11 PM (gu0hJ)

31 Right now watching Farscape -Peace Keeper Wars.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:12 PM (52qkP)

32 So he was a villain in that series as well as the outbreak film back when ww reviewed petersen oevre

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:12 PM (bXbFr)

33 Yeah scifi channel really dropped the ball there

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:13 PM (bXbFr)

34
Too much bogs down. (Hear that, Stephen King?) Too little isn't enough to latch on to.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 09, 2026

***
King did very well at that detail thing during his early years. Salem's Lot, The Shining, Dead Zone, Pet Sematary, Firestarter are all excellent. The Stand in its edited form pushed the envelope, but such were his storytelling skills that we didn't mind. Some of his later things I've never gone back to reread (The Regulators, The Tommyknockers, The Dark Half, Gerald's Game) and don't even have a copy of.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:13 PM (wzUl9)

35 Is that on pluto or tubi

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:14 PM (bXbFr)

36 I like worldbuilding but I'm actually partial to just being psradropped into a new world/time and figuring it out from the clues dropped in conversation, with characters making oblique references because everyone understands without elaboration.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 09, 2026 08:15 PM (kpS4V)

37 A couple things to remember:

1) Tolkien a dude.

2) he wrote it almost as a hobby to escape some pretty nasty shit. He had time to elaborate on it, map it out in his mind.

He probably would be considered autistic today (fucking please, overuse) but he had that kind of laser focus you see in real dude enthusiasts. Train guys, plane guys, car guys. Video game guys (especially the one game guys.) Now women 'can' be like this (see Puma, Anna) but it is even less common than among dudes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 08:16 PM (zZu0s)

38 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:13 PM (wzUl9)

Steven King is definitely the author with the most movies made from his books.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:17 PM (52qkP)

39 I really enjoyed The Hunger Games books. For Christmas, I got jr. an audio book - not interested. Back then, we had a 4 hour run back to RI. When we left, I popped the tape in. Within minutes, Mrs. Red and Jr. were listening intently. When we got back to RI, we stayed in the garage listening till the end of the tape.

Posted by: RI Red at May 09, 2026 08:17 PM (jkyX4)

40 I gathered from the stories that there was some sort of major war and even a nuclear exchange, which is why Capital City is in the Rockies.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 09, 2026 08:18 PM (kpS4V)

41 Frascape is a good example on character building rather than world building (although the world building IS good, it is just enough.) Tolkien's characters can be flat, but he makes it up with world building.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 08:18 PM (zZu0s)

42 Steven King is definitely the author with the most movies made from his books.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:17 PM (52qkP)
----

*ahem!*

Posted by: God at May 09, 2026 08:19 PM (kpS4V)

43 He waa also a medieval scholar at university

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:19 PM (bXbFr)

44 Steven King is definitely the author with the most movies made from his books.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026

***
His imagination was definitely a visual one, which translated well to film. He grew up watching horror films, after all, and absorbed that kind of storytelling early on.

I've never seen the (only?) film he directed, Maximum Overdrive, having heard it's horrible. The original short story, "Trucks," is a little masterpiece, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:19 PM (wzUl9)

45 I know people crap on The Postman but I kind of liked it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:20 PM (52qkP)

46 162 Ringing Rocks seem like an excellent way to summon rattlesnakes. Or demons.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2026 07:56 PM (LHPAg)
Willowed from Hobby Thread.

Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2026 08:20 PM (LHPAg)

47 I know people crap on The Postman but I kind of liked it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:20 PM (52qkP)

I liked it a lot better than Dances With Wolves. But it is not near as good as The Patriot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 08:21 PM (zZu0s)

48 Waterworld is right out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 08:21 PM (zZu0s)

49 I know people crap on The Postman but I kind of liked it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026

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I read the novel and it was pretty well done. I suspect the reason people crap on the movie is at least in part because we think poorly of USPS employees as they are today. If it had been called The Courier, I think it might have done better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:21 PM (wzUl9)

50
The Absent-Minded Professor > The Nutty Professor
Posted by: Mark1971

Fred flubbed it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2026 08:24 PM (Cqx++)

51 I gathered from the stories that there was some sort of major war and even a nuclear exchange, which is why Capital City is in the Rockies.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 09, 2026

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Heinlein's Door Into Summer opens with a reference to something called the Six Weeks War -- so in the very first sentence we know we are not in "our" world. He expands on it later, mentioning the U.S. capital in his 1999 is Denver (when he wrote that in the late Fifties, he lived in Colo. Springs!).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:24 PM (wzUl9)

52 If you're in the mood for weird whimsy, "Dust Bunny" is a visually arresting oddity. A little girl is terrorized by an ever more menacing dust bunny growing under her bed and seeks help from a warrior assassin (Mads Mikelson) living down the hallway from her family. She saw him take on a Chinese dragon (actually the gang members hiding underneath) and hires him to be her monster slayer.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 09, 2026 08:25 PM (kpS4V)

53 There was a more recent (195

installment in the Quatermass series: Quartermass and the Pit.
I saw it as a teen and it stayed with me for a long time.
It involved an alien craft found during excavation of The Tube and the awakening of the alien intelligence.
A great combo of Sci-Fi and horror, IMO.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 09, 2026 08:25 PM (MNCvZ)

54 Tolkien's world building is one of the reasons his mythology is so addictive. He puts you in that world so well that you can see it, and hear it, and even smell it.

Posted by: davidt at May 09, 2026 08:25 PM (Q+gd/)

55 And I liked the Book of Eli but the movie's twist was not done realistically as they basically had the protagonist act just like a sighted person but wanted you to believe he was blind all this time.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:26 PM (52qkP)

56 Waterworld was crazy implausible

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:26 PM (bXbFr)

57 There was a more recent (1958 ) installment in the Quatermass series: Quartermass and the Pit.
I saw it as a teen and it stayed with me for a long time.
It involved an alien craft found during excavation of The Tube and the awakening of the alien intelligence.
A great combo of Sci-Fi and horror, IMO.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 09, 2026

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That's the one I remember, and first noted Kneale's name on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:26 PM (wzUl9)

58 The three Mad Max movies with Mel Gibson presented a very dystopian wasteland. It was possible, though Bartertown was a little weird. The subsequent movies added little

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 08:30 PM (gu0hJ)

59 48 Waterworld is right out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 08:21 PM (zZu0s)

Road Warrior With Boats

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 09, 2026 08:30 PM (T6aVk)

60 Waterworld would have been much better if Jean Trippelhorn was naked

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 08:31 PM (gu0hJ)

61 This announcer chick commenting on the hockey game is annoying.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 09, 2026 08:32 PM (nwbXw)

62 King did very well at that detail thing during his early years. Salem's Lot, The Shining, Dead Zone, Pet Sematary, Firestarter are all excellent. The Stand in its edited form pushed the envelope, but such were his storytelling skills that we didn't mind. Some of his later things I've never gone back to reread (The Regulators, The Tommyknockers, The Dark Half, Gerald's Game) and don't even have a copy of.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:13 PM (wzUl9)

The Stand is one of my favorite novels. I enjoyed The Dead Zone and a handful of others. But I must take King’s work in moderation. Great imagination, but he lacks artistic restraint.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 09, 2026 08:33 PM (T6aVk)

63 A Boy and His Dog was weird but fun movie.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:33 PM (52qkP)

64 Yes mad max doesnt make sense and riad warrier doesnt clarify aa australia dabbles with the present reality

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:33 PM (bXbFr)

65 She saw him take on a Chinese dragon (actually the gang members hiding underneath) and hires him to be her monster slayer.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 09, 2026 08:25 PM (kpS4V)

That actually sounds kind of cool. Ill have to try to find it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 08:34 PM (zZu0s)

66 Yes thats a weird one with the telepathic dog

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:34 PM (bXbFr)

67 To me, King can not properly finish a story. The beginning catches your attention, then it fizzles out.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 09, 2026 08:35 PM (nwbXw)

68 The Dead Zone was my favorite of all the King book movies .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:35 PM (52qkP)

69 I prefer Sutter Kane.

Posted by: TJM's phone at May 09, 2026 08:36 PM (tXqCv)

70 Dead Zone series was good, too.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 09, 2026 08:37 PM (nwbXw)

71 Theatrical version of Quatermass & the Pit was released as Five Million Years to Earth, and it is delightful.

IIRC, Nigel Kneale was on board for Halloween III, but didn't care much for the direction the filmmakers wanted to go, so he bailed. No idea how much of the finished flick came from Kneale's work (not a lot, I suspect).

Quite a range of credits in his IMDb listing. And if you've never seen First Men in the Moon, co-written by Kneale from the Wells novel, check it out. It's a lot of fun.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 09, 2026 08:37 PM (q3u5l)

72 Now that I think about it, Stephen King's "worldbuilding" in his early great novels was pretty much "use our world" with one essential supernatural/SF element added. The town of Salem's Lot is based on any number of Maine towns, I expect, and the hotel in The Shining is based on the Stanley in Estes Park. Not until The Talisman did he create an alternate world, and that was in collaboration with Peter Straub.

His vision of the post-superflu world in Colorado and Las Vegas with only about .6% of the world's population still alive was nicely imagined, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:38 PM (wzUl9)

73 I'm about to watch "Varsity Blues". Hope the worldbuilding is good.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 09, 2026 08:38 PM (kpS4V)

74 M-O--O-N spells AoSHQ.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 09, 2026 08:38 PM (nwbXw)

75 To me, King can not properly finish a story. The beginning catches your attention, then it fizzles out.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 09, 2026 08:35 PM (nwbXw)

Agree but he has a few with a proper endings.

The Dead Zone was one.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:38 PM (52qkP)

76 I heard about hunger games. That was that pudgy blue chick from the X-Persons?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 08:39 PM (D1E+2)

77 Quite a range of credits in his IMDb listing. And if you've never seen First Men in the Moon, co-written by Kneale from the Wells novel, check it out. It's a lot of fun.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 09, 2026

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It's on Svengoolie right now! I was afraid it was going to be a humorless thudding tract kind of film, but it seems charming.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:39 PM (wzUl9)

78 Now playing on svengoolie

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:40 PM (bXbFr)

79 Now playing on svengoolie

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:40 PM (bXbFr)

80 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:38 PM (wzUl9)

Running Man

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:40 PM (52qkP)

81
If you're in the mood for weird whimsy, "Dust Bunny" is a visually arresting oddity.

That reminded me of "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork"

www.imdb.com/title/tt0667817

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2026 08:40 PM (Cqx++)

82 Commenter Miklos could explain Hungarian Games to us.

Posted by: davidt at May 09, 2026 08:42 PM (Q+gd/)

83 Running man was kind of a drudge the latesr revamp sort of followed the scheme but made it longer

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:42 PM (bXbFr)

84 Denver isn't terrible as a new capitol, it is more or less central in terms of travel times, since the Rockies and Sierra would be difficult depending on what transport structure is left. Having a single product (I've hear people describe districts by one thing they make) is really dumb, every district would have to produce food for most local uses. Not sure why district areas would remain localized once the destruction was over, you'd think in the midwest they'd spread and farm anywhere they could.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026 08:44 PM (Ai6WH)

85 To me, King can not properly finish a story. The beginning catches your attention, then it fizzles out.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 09, 2026 08:35 PM (nwbXw)

Agree but he has a few with a proper endings.

The Dead Zone was one.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026

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Ian, I'll admit his later work is like that. The ending of Salem's Lot may seem like a fizzle, but it's rather literary -- he was not long out of college at that point and still used literary quotes as epigrams instead of lyrics from songs like "Boogie Fever."

The Shining and The Stand have solid endings, and if you believe as he did that Rolling Stone is the one honest incorruptible magazine in America [muffled snort], then the ending of Firestarter is too. His endings for the four novelettes in Different Seasons are very very good, as is his ending for The Green Mile.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:44 PM (wzUl9)

86 Running man was kind of a drudge the latesr revamp sort of followed the scheme but made it longer
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026

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The original novel is a fast read and lots of fun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:45 PM (wzUl9)

87 But he has long since eschewed an editor

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:46 PM (bXbFr)

88 Maybe i have to pick it up again

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:46 PM (bXbFr)

89 But yes if its supposed to be a fable then little world building is needed

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:49 PM (bXbFr)

90 But certainly by. Mockingjay the innards of panem are made clear

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:49 PM (bXbFr)

91 The Dead Zone was my favorite of all the King book movies .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026

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Greek tragedy.

The TV series that picked up on the adventures of Johnny Smith after awakening with his psi power, played by Anthony Michael Hall, was well done too. Hall had come a long way since his John Hughes movies days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:50 PM (wzUl9)

92 Commentary without comparisons to 60's films, The Most Dangerous Game book about hunting humans, and the Japanese series of Battle Royale is lacking. Also, if you like Battle Royale, you enjoy evil. It is evil filmed.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2026 08:51 PM (diia5)

93 There's a mini-series King did called Storm of the Century with Tim Daly, Colm Feore, and a cast of several that ultimately boils down to a grim variation on The Lottery.

I thought it was nicely done, though nothing to write home about -- until it got to the ending. The last act of it shows what happened to the town and its people after the decision they made on lottery night, and it made the show. YMMV.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 09, 2026 08:53 PM (q3u5l)

94 Maximum Overdrive was the last straw. Never again.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 08:53 PM (D1E+2)

95 Was that a mick farren script he did the best adaptations

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:55 PM (bXbFr)

96 Good evening everyone

My pick of the week movie was a French film,
Le Grand Homme or in English The Good Man from 2014 .
Follows 2 Legionares but isn't a war movie.
Was subtitles which turns off some but it eas a very good movie I thought, for anyone, maybe not kids.

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 08:55 PM (Ia/+0)

97 The world of The Silent Plaet was pretty bizarre.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 08:55 PM (A5RD0)

98 The reinvention of the stand waa unnecessary

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:55 PM (bXbFr)

99 Was that showtime or netflix

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 08:57 PM (bXbFr)

100 97 The world of The Silent Plaet was pretty bizarre.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 08:55 PM (A5RD0)
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Love that movie. So weird.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 09, 2026 08:57 PM (kpS4V)

101 The world of The Silent Plaet was pretty bizarre.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Is this now a dress thread?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2026 08:57 PM (diia5)

102 No, wait, I'm thinking of Fantastic Planet.

Never mind.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 09, 2026 08:58 PM (kpS4V)

103 Maximum Overdrive was the last straw. Never again.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026

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Resulting, no doubt, from trying to turn a short story of less than 5K words into an entire movie. The story would have made a wonderful Twilight Zone or even an Outer Limits had it appeared in 1960 instead of 1970-something.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:59 PM (wzUl9)

104 Forbidden world (the one with leslie nielsen)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 09:00 PM (bXbFr)

105 Forbidden world (the one with leslie nielsen)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 09:00 PM (bXbFr)

Forbidden Planet?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 09:01 PM (zZu0s)

106 The reinvention of the stand waa unnecessary
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026

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If you mean the issue of the "unedited" version? Yes. There were some interesting scenes in there, but King's original editor was wise to cut them out of the 1978 edition.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:02 PM (wzUl9)

107 >> Collins is writing for teens. Effectively children. What else is for children? Fables. Fables like Hansel & Gretel. Do we need a deep construction of the particulars of geography and history of the Old Forest in the story? Or can "dark, creepy, ancient forest" be enough for the purposes of the story?

That's the proper way to think of Panem, I think. The equivalent wouldn't be Middle Earth, a fairy setting for adults (as Tolkien put it), but the Old Forest and the witch's hut. It's a generalized setting in which to place an easily digested moral that the younger than adult mind can grasp easily.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at 07:45 PM

There is that, and also the difference between the Hero's Journey and the Heroine's Journey, where the latter is more.. internal. The external world literally doesn't matter as much in the feminine version, being mainly a backdrop and stage for the FMC's* psychodrama, where the real action happens. Combined with the fable-like nature of stories for youth, it's a one-two punch against world-building.

* Female Main Character

Posted by: SciVo at May 09, 2026 09:02 PM (Sy6m/)

108 Forbidden world (the one with leslie nielsen)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026
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Forbidden Planet?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026

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Forbidden Planet, yes. I'm sure Gene Roddenberry denied it to his dying day, but it was clearly a strong inspiration for the Kirk & Co. saga.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:03 PM (wzUl9)

109 No the cast one (i dont remember the cast)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 09:04 PM (bXbFr)

110 Then again many of these dystopic takes maze tunner divergent are underwritten

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 09:05 PM (bXbFr)

111 I also watched the 3 hours and 15 minutes of Apocalypse Now Redux, no idea why

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 09:05 PM (Ia/+0)

112 Forbidden Planet?

Posted by: Texican ette at May 09, 2026 09:06 PM (SNf74)

113 No the cast one (i dont remember the cast)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026

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There was a well-cast miniseries of The Stand in '94, with Molly Ringwald, Gary Sinise, and Matt Frewer as the definitive Trashcan Man.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:06 PM (wzUl9)

114 There are some interesting elements like the plantation interlude but they dont add much to the film

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 09:08 PM (bXbFr)

115 Never saw a minute of Hunger Games

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 09:08 PM (Ia/+0)

116 Sometimes world building is too much. I know it's blasphemous to say but I felt that way about Tolkien. It got really, really hard to slog through LotR when every time a character appeared he had to tell the entire history of his land from when the first unicellular lifeforms appeared.

I know that the world building was Tolkien's main interest and that's great. Not every story needs to be told.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2026 09:09 PM (CHHv1)

117 Forbidden Planet?
Posted by: Texican ette at May 09, 2026

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There was a tradition at the local Trek/SF conventions, Vul-Cons, they were called. Sunday evening, the last film shown in the movie room was always Forbidden Planet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:11 PM (wzUl9)

118 "Resulting, no doubt, from trying to turn a short story of less than 5K words into an entire movie."

Yep. This probably happens more often than not when somebody tries to make a movie based on a short story. Predestination, from Heinlein's "All You Zombies," suffers from this I think. The Masters of Horror segment "Dance of the Dead" from Richard Matheson's short story of the same name ditto; in DVD extras on that one screenwriter Richard Christian Matheson, RM's son, said the piece suffered from having 30 minutes worth of story but an hour's worth of time to fill. Rod Serling's Twilight Zone adaptation of John Collier's "The Chaser" is a prime example; story proper ends at the halfway mark and the last half of the episode is really filler.

That said, if you're in the mood for an absurd goofy turn-your-brain-off I-can't-believe-they-actually-did-this 90 minutes, it's kinda hard to do better than Maximum Overdrive, which King holds us as his answer when asked why he never directed another movie.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 09, 2026 09:12 PM (q3u5l)

119 Sometimes world building is too much. I know it's blasphemous to say but I felt that way about Tolkien. It got really, really hard to slog through LotR when every time a character appeared he had to tell the entire history of his land from when the first unicellular lifeforms appeared.

I know that the world building was Tolkien's main interest and that's great. Not every story needs to be told.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2026

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That is probably why I have never reread the trilogy. I have a feeling I would be skimming a lot of such passages. The parts I remember best are the big action pieces, the climax at Mount Doom, and the scene with Gandalf riding on Shadowfax the swift horse and carrying one of the hobbits

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:13 PM (wzUl9)

120 JSG, "All You Zombies" is one Heinlein story I have never been able to follow. I have a feeling any movie made from it would confuse my "simple, childlike mind" even further.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:15 PM (wzUl9)

121 This "First Men In The Moon" movie is not quite accurate. For one thing, I don't think that blond is a man.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 09:15 PM (vFG9F)

122 This "First Men In The Moon" movie is not quite accurate. For one thing, I don't think that blond is a man.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026

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No one would ever confuse Martha Hyer in her prime with a male. Even a blind man would whiff her perfume and hear her voice, and know right away.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:17 PM (wzUl9)

123 Oh brother. I can see the string.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 09:17 PM (vFG9F)

124 I didnt remember that matheson story

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 09:17 PM (bXbFr)

125 That just took me right out of it.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 09:18 PM (vFG9F)

126 There was a well-cast miniseries of The Stand in '94, with Molly Ringwald, Gary Sinise, and Matt Frewer as the definitive Trashcan Man.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:06 PM (wzUl9)

The first half is extremely good and creepy. Post apocalypse porn. Then it gets weird, like many Steven King novels.

Its interesting, few her besides perfessor have probably played division 1 & 2, but the first game with the dollar plague was very Standish. The second one went weird with brightly colored environments which did not match the tone of the first game at all. It is a similar transition shock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 09:18 PM (zZu0s)

127 63 A Boy and His Dog was weird but fun movie.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:33 PM (52qkP)

I did not know that anyone else had seen that! (I will awkwardly refrain from saying you have good taste.)

Posted by: SciVo at May 09, 2026 09:20 PM (Sy6m/)

128 Never saw a minute of Hunger Games
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 09:08 PM (Ia/+0)

Me either.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 09:21 PM (zZu0s)

129 Yes i remember that one, with sinise and i forget who plsys flagg jamey sheridan

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 09:21 PM (bXbFr)

130 "All You Zombies" turns me around six different ways too and I'd hate to have to diagram the ins and outs of that story, but it still works for me.

Nice example of a short story successfully adapted to a 2-hour movie? John Huston's film of Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King. Maybe there's something wrong with that movie, but I've never cared to pick at it to find out.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 09, 2026 09:21 PM (q3u5l)

131 The first half [of The Stand) is extremely good and creepy. Post apocalypse porn. Then it gets weird, like many Steven King novels. . . .

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026

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The first half of the miniseries, and the novel, is science fiction. The second half is fantasy -- instead of relying on rationality (saying "That's what gave us the superflu in the first place"), the main characters are asked to rely on faith and what amounts to magic. It is a startling transition, but in the novel anyway, King makes it work. The characters believe it, and we can too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:23 PM (wzUl9)

132 If you want great world building, nothing beats The Bible, or Homer's, The Odyssey, which I fear is going to be a disaster.

I think it will be his first real bomb.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 09:23 PM (XV/Pl)

133 Yes i remember that one, with sinise and i forget who plsys flagg jamey sheridan
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 09:21 PM (bXbFr)

Also Laura San Giacomo.

Also that character actor who was in everything... dammit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 09:24 PM (zZu0s)

134 Zounds that looks like it will stink to high heaven

What was nolan thinking

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 09:24 PM (bXbFr)

135
120 JSG, "All You Zombies" is one Heinlein story I have never been able to follow. I have a feeling any movie made from it would confuse my "simple, childlike mind" even further.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:15 PM (wzUl9)

“All you zombies” and “up by his bootstraps” are two Time Travel stories Heinlein wrote. I enjoyed them both, but I think Heinlein is having quite a bit of fun, and the real point of both stories is to show that if you allow time travel, then you inevitably come face to face with unresolvable paradoxes. (Such as I’m my own grandpa!)

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 09:26 PM (25Mwa)

136 Yes i remember that one, with sinise and i forget who plsys flagg jamey sheridan
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026

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For some reason I always pictured Edward Winter as Flagg. Probably because he played demented spy Col. Flagg on M*A*S*H, and that was on TV when I first read the book.

The miniseries was full of other great casting, like Miguel Ferrer and Adam Storke.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:26 PM (wzUl9)

137 Ray Walston was who I was thinking of.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 09:26 PM (zZu0s)

138 I was always amused that from supposedly enlightened Hollywood one of the districts had two black characters. Their race is never mentioned I don't believe, so what is the point of doing this? Having a so called "black district." Seems racist to me for a film that never mentions race.

I also didn't quite understand why the other districts even went along with it. The central district really never seems that strong. There's a riot when one of the kids in one of the districts dies.

The movie presents itself as Rome at the height of its powers but it's more like 476 AD. Just didn't add up.

I never read the books or watched another in the series, though I did watch that Japanese movie everyone said Hunger Games ripped off.

Posted by: Lex at May 09, 2026 09:27 PM (y4H1r)

139 “All you zombies” and “up by his bootstraps” are two Time Travel stories Heinlein wrote. I enjoyed them both, but I think Heinlein is having quite a bit of fun, and the real point of both stories is to show that if you allow time travel, then you inevitably come face to face with unresolvable paradoxes. (Such as I’m my own grandpa!)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026

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I understood "By His Bootstraps," a much earlier work, but "Zombies" with its time travel and gender switching (I think?) has always defeated me. The kind of SF that, when I ran across it in my pre-Heinlein "Future History" days, always made me go, "Whaaaa?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:28 PM (wzUl9)

140 There was a tradition at the local Trek/SF conventions, Vul-Cons, they were called. Sunday evening, the last film shown in the movie room was always Forbidden Planet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:11 PM (wzUl9)

I always got the feeling that The Black Hole was supposed to be the next Forbidden Planet

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 09:30 PM (rbvCR)

141 Ray Walston was who I was thinking of.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026

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He was cast as the gentleman with the Irish setter dog who was also immune to the superflu. We were told that 99.4% of humans died, that monkeys caught it and died, and apparently most dogs did too, but cats seemed to be immune.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:30 PM (wzUl9)

142 Well he tipped prettu close to our own crazy years

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 09, 2026 09:31 PM (bXbFr)

143 Nice example of a short story successfully adapted to a 2-hour movie? John Huston's film of Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King. Maybe there's something wrong with that movie, but I've never cared to pick at it to find out.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 09, 2026 09:21 PM (q3u5l)

One of my favorites ! Found out recently that for the great fall off the bridge at the end, Connery insisted on doing his own stunt! He landed in a huge pile of foam rubber, but it was still a hundred foot fall.

Star that no one realizes is in that movie - Christopher Plummer plays the reporter, Rudyard Kipling.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 09:31 PM (25Mwa)

144 Nolan is chasing Oscar gold.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 09, 2026 09:32 PM (kpS4V)

145 If you can, watch The Good Man, I think you won't be disappointed.
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 09:33 PM (Ia/+0)

146 I'm firmly in the worldbuilding = important camp.

You don't have to USE all the world building, but you need to know the earth on which your characters stand.

When an author doesn't 'know' their world, I can tell.

Now...writing sub-par books is actually a path to success. See also Stephanie Meyer.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 09, 2026 09:33 PM (xcxpd)

147 Heinlein gave us selected headlines from the Crazy Years, the latter part of the 20th century, in at least the 1958 novel version of Methuselah's Children. I don't know if those items appeared in the original magazine version ca. 1941. If they did, Heinlein was being even more prophetic than usual.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:33 PM (wzUl9)

148 I understood "By His Bootstraps," a much earlier work, but "Zombies" with its time travel and gender switching (I think?) has always defeated me. The kind of SF that, when I ran across it in my pre-Heinlein "Future History" days, always made me go, "Whaaaa?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:28 PM (wzUl9)

The narrative of All You Zombies had to seal itself off in a loop to be consistent to itself, and having one life be both father and mother of the child made the storytelling much simpler.
The problem with "go back in time to change the present" is that if you go back in time to change the present, it destroys the reason to go back in time in the first place and you wind up with two loops for two realities, which shouldn't happen unless you are willing to go into paratime or alternate realities. Having the protagonist be a mobius strip of a character solves that problem.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 09:35 PM (rbvCR)

149 The narrative of All You Zombies had to seal itself off in a loop to be consistent to itself, and having one life be both father and mother of the child made the storytelling much simpler.
The problem with "go back in time to change the present" is that if you go back in time to change the present, it destroys the reason to go back in time in the first place and you wind up with two loops for two realities, which shouldn't happen unless you are willing to go into paratime or alternate realities. Having the protagonist be a mobius strip of a character solves that problem.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026

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You are probably right. (I say this partly because I'm still confused by the story, and it's a simple reply!)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:37 PM (wzUl9)

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Some of the best world building I ever saw was in Minority Report (the futuristic one with Tom Cruise). Unpopulated factories, cars that announce they're re-routing you to the police station, scanners that read your iris print and show you holographic ads (with audio!) based on "your preferences," and penetrative brain study.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2026 09:38 PM (XJ22o)

151 Movie Smackdown: Roger Corman's Attack of the Crab Monsters vs. Ridley Scott's Prometheus. Which is the greater work of cinema art?

The use of authentic sounding statistics get an automatic 10% bonus as do queso stains on your shirt.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 09:40 PM (glnUu)

152 I've watched some TV and movies in which the world was more interesting than the show that was in it. There was a TV show based on some comic: Into The Badlands. About halfway through the series I knew it was going to get cancelled. Too odd for mainstream TV. It was ok, but a bit convoluted. I did love the world created in it. A medevial, gothic dystopia, with some odd futurism mixed in. It was interesting. The red head gal and whoever that blue eyed brunette gal was were nice eye candy.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2026 09:40 PM (NkASH)

153 There was a well-cast miniseries of The Stand in '94, with Molly Ringwald, Gary Sinise, and Matt Frewer as the definitive Trashcan Man.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:06 PM (wzUl9)

ABC had a winning streak of King adaptations for awhile. The Stand among them. May 1994. 32 years ago tonight it was a Monday and they were showing the second installment.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 09, 2026 09:40 PM (T6aVk)

154 148 I understood "By His Bootstraps," a much earlier work, but "Zombies" with its time travel and gender switching (I think?) has always defeated me. The kind of SF that, when I ran across it in my pre-Heinlein "Future History" days, always made me go, "Whaaaa?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:28 PM (wzUl9)

The narrative of All You Zombies had to seal itself off in a loop to be consistent to itself, and having one life be both father and mother of the child made the storytelling much simpler.
The problem with "go back in time to change the present" is that if you go back in time to change the present, it destroys the reason to go back in time in the first place and you wind up with two loops for two realities, which shouldn't happen unless you are willing to go into paratime or alternate realities. Having the protagonist be a mobius strip of a character solves that problem.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 09:35 PM (rbvCR)

Except it doesn't work logically either. You can't be biologically male AND female and be able to father and bear a child. It's dumb and it has a dumb butt.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 09, 2026 09:41 PM (xcxpd)

155 My contribution is about one of the pics: fucking stop with the fucking face diapers! I know, I know; this was a pic from some years ago, but...jeezly crow!!

Immona go watch Rifftrax now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)

156 Some of the best world building I ever saw was in Minority Report (the futuristic one with Tom Cruise). Unpopulated factories, cars that announce they're re-routing you to the police station, scanners that read your iris print and show you holographic ads (with audio!) based on "your preferences," and penetrative brain study.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2026

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I wish I liked Philip K. Dick's written work better. The films that have been "inspired" by his writing, like this one and Blade Runner, have generally been quite good.

There is a 1960s short story by David McDaniel, written and published around the time he was writing the U.N.C.L.E. novels, that pretty much predicted the cell phone as we know it now -- not only its portability, but other features.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:41 PM (wzUl9)

157 The Stand (1994)
Complete Mini Series
https://youtu.be/Gqfp0i--2gU

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 09:42 PM (glnUu)

158 92 Commentary without comparisons to 60's films, The Most Dangerous Game book about hunting humans, and the Japanese series of Battle Royale is lacking. Also, if you like Battle Royale, you enjoy evil. It is evil filmed.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2026 08:51 PM (diia5)

It has Takashi Kitano and is therefore good.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 09, 2026 09:44 PM (xcxpd)

159 Except it doesn't work logically either. You can't be biologically male AND female and be able to father and bear a child. It's dumb and it has a dumb butt.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 09, 2026 09:41 PM (xcxpd)
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Jack L. Chalker has a particularly weird form of this in his time travel novel Downtiming the Night Side.

The main character goes back in time as a male, finds a mate, and they have a child. Later, the same character goes back in time again, and becomes the FEMALE in that pairing, so he essentially has sex with himself to produce a child. Very strange.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026 09:44 PM (gnNyN)

160 Except it doesn't work logically either. You can't be biologically male AND female and be able to father and bear a child. It's dumb and it has a dumb butt.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 09, 2026 09:41 PM (xcxpd)

time travel is also impossible, logically so. So he cuts corners and makes a story that is slightly better than the ones about the magical iron horse devised by the Persian artificer which flies due to a magical pendulum counterweight empowered by a trapped Djinn.
The story has to be internally cohesive in technology and the explanation to not be jarring.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 09:45 PM (rbvCR)

161 Except it doesn't work logically either. You can't be biologically male AND female and be able to father and bear a child. It's dumb and it has a dumb butt.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 09, 2026 09:41 PM (xcxpd)

Heinlein is a bit notorious for displaying some sexual weirdness at times, and it obviously makes an appearance here.

I’m surprised that the pro-trans types didn’t jump to make this when they had the chance; but none of them are very literate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 09:45 PM (25Mwa)

162 All you Zombies was written under the name Anson McDonald because Heinlein had a bigger story in the same edition.
Methusala's children came out the prior three editions and they are not available that I can find. Probably because RAH kept the copyrights.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 09:46 PM (rbvCR)

163 Well, in a moment.

I love world building in fantasy. Robert Silverberg's Majipoor is wonderful. GRR Martin's world was richly made as well, at the cost that it became too big and distracting. Weiss and Hickman with the Dragonlace world was brilliant.

Middle-earth will always be the pinnacle.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 09:46 PM (0aYVJ)

164 26 -- Wolf -- The Star Trek writers' guide specified that writers were not to describe an object; simply show it in action.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at May 09, 2026 09:48 PM (DK5Sh)

165 The Avatar movies do a bang up job at world building. After that they are pretty crappy sci-fi versions of Dances with Wolves which is a pretty crappy version of Richard Harris being suspended by eagle talons embedded in his chest in a Man Called Horse.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 09:48 PM (glnUu)

166 Jack L. Chalker has a particularly weird form of this in his time travel novel Downtiming the Night Side.

The main character goes back in time as a male, finds a mate, and they have a child. Later, the same character goes back in time again, and becomes the FEMALE in that pairing, so he essentially has sex with himself to produce a child. Very strange.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026

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If you presume technology that can *actually* remove and install new working parts on and in a human body, and suppress any bodily reactions without harm, then switching sex would not be impossible. John Varley's Steel Beach and The Golden Globe both, I think, have a male lead character who decides to "go female" for a while, just to experience what a woman does. In the future world, it's an established service and industry. Nobody "believes he was born the wrong sex," it's merely a game, merely temporary, and the hero goes back to male later in the story without difficulty.

In one of my own tales, set in the 29th century, it's a fun tradition to do a GenSwitch -- like a Sweet Sixteen party!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:51 PM (wzUl9)

167 Avatar got its world from a Yes album cover.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 09:52 PM (25Mwa)

168 26 -- Wolf -- The Star Trek writers' guide specified that writers were not to describe an object; simply show it in action.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at May 09, 2026

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Exactly. They bent that rule sometimes, but generally they did not stand around talking about how a phaser worked, any more than Joe Friday talked about how a .38 revolver functioned.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:52 PM (wzUl9)

169 163 Well, in a moment.

I love world building in fantasy. Robert Silverberg's Majipoor is wonderful. GRR Martin's world was richly made as well, at the cost that it became too big and distracting. Weiss and Hickman with the Dragonlace world was brilliant.

Middle-earth will always be the pinnacle.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 09:46 PM (0aYVJ)

Pug be preachin'!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 09, 2026 09:54 PM (xcxpd)

170 time travel is also impossible, logically so. So he cuts corners and makes a story that is slightly better than the ones about the magical iron horse devised by the Persian artificer which flies due to a magical pendulum counterweight empowered by a trapped Djinn.
The story has to be internally cohesive in technology and the explanation to not be jarring.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 09:45 PM (rbvCR)

I think Heinlein was trying to be jarring. I'm still not convinced the story works, logically or emotionally. I mean, why would you RAPE yourself?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 09, 2026 09:56 PM (xcxpd)

171 Weis and Hickman with the Dragonlace world was brilliant.

Middle-earth will always be the pinnacle.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 09:46 PM (0aYVJ)
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Weis and Hickman did a lot of worldbuilding in their various series, much of it far better than Dragonlance.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026 09:56 PM (gnNyN)

172 I think Heinlein was trying to be jarring. I'm still not convinced the story works, logically or emotionally. I mean, why would you RAPE yourself?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo

With lube?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 09:57 PM (glnUu)

173 Jack L. Chalker has a particularly weird form of this in his time travel novel Downtiming the Night Side.

The main character goes back in time as a male, finds a mate, and they have a child. Later, the same character goes back in time again, and becomes the FEMALE in that pairing, so he essentially has sex with himself to produce a child. Very strange.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026 09:44 PM (gnNyN)

Another guy who puts his sex fetishes into his novels...which is too bad because Chalker is a pretty good writer, feishes aside.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 09, 2026 09:57 PM (xcxpd)

174 172 I think Heinlein was trying to be jarring. I'm still not convinced the story works, logically or emotionally. I mean, why would you RAPE yourself?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo

With lube?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 09:57 PM (glnUu)

You know, I don't think that was specified.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 09, 2026 09:59 PM (xcxpd)

175 Another guy who puts his sex fetishes into his novels...which is too bad because Chalker is a pretty good writer, feishes aside.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo

That is what I took away from Ridley Scott's Napoleon movie.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2026 09:59 PM (glnUu)

176 I think RAH published "By His Bootstraps," a 1940s story, as "Anson MacDonald," and "Zombies" in the '50s under his own name. But I'm not sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 09:59 PM (wzUl9)

177 Time for an ONT!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 10:01 PM (wzUl9)

178 Time travel is fraught with problems.

What if Hitler became a Jew hater because so many Jewish soldiers time traveled to kill him in the 1930s?

Of all the sci-fi tools out there, time travel is my least favorite.

Although, the Omega 13 in Galaxy Quest was pretty friggin' awesome.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 10:01 PM (0aYVJ)

179 67 To me, King can not properly finish a story. The beginning catches your attention, then it fizzles out.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 09, 2026 08:35 PM (nwbXw)

I hated the ending of about 90% of Michael Crichton's novels. The Andromeda Strain was particularly egregious (potentially apocalypse level space disease mutated itself into something harmless, making all preceding action pointless.)

Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2026 10:03 PM (lbImv)

180 Weis and Hickman did a lot of worldbuilding in their various series, much of it far better than Dragonlance.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026 09:56 PM (gnNyN)

Agree. I used to have their other series' but they got lost in the shuffle that is life.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 10:03 PM (0aYVJ)

181 Couple of nice PKD adaptations that don't get that much press. Impostor, with Gary Sinise and Vincent D'onofrio, and Screamers, with Peter Weller. They take some liberties with Dick's stories, but on the whole not too shabby.

Thanks for the thread, and have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 09, 2026 10:04 PM (q3u5l)

182
This is how Suzanne Collins wrote The Hunger Games. I really don't think the world she created is any good at all. It's outright bad. And yet, I mostly don't think it matters.

Dull and pointless is my own summary for this dreck. Watched the first three films once and that was more than enough.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 09, 2026 10:06 PM (xG4kz)

183 I have never seen the Hunger Games.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, he said, snootily at May 09, 2026 10:07 PM (0aYVJ)

184 Disco & Dino ONT is up!

Posted by: SciVo at May 09, 2026 10:08 PM (Sy6m/)

185
Ray Walston was who I was thinking of.
Posted by: Aetius451AD /i]

Martian from the South Pacific

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2026 10:08 PM (Cqx++)

186 Forbidden Planet?

Good film, and the 50s scifi aesthetic is great, but it takes a while to not expect Leslie Nielsen to say something ludricrous at any moment

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 09, 2026 11:04 PM (3/XaG)

187 I read Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games before the movie came out. To me it seemed written for a teenager audience and their pre-adult perspective. After all, the original Star Wars movie was pretty much the same perspective.
I found both movies to remind me of my own teenage feelings such that I could relate to the characters and embrace their journeys.
To complain that Hunger Games, and Star Wars to inadequately define a world/galaxy in which to inject the story is "...not what you are looking for.". Nor was it meant to be.
In other words, criticism for not world building is unwarranted. This critique totally misread the author's intent. Teenagers inherently do not have a full understanding of the history of the world in which they live.

Posted by: John at May 09, 2026 11:05 PM (0DsdP)

188 A Boy and His Dog was weird but fun movie.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 08:33 PM (52qkP)
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The film adaptation improved on the original Harlan Ellison story in certain respects but made the inexplicable decision to change the final lines.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 09, 2026 11:07 PM (/j1eF)

189 In other words, criticism for not world building is unwarranted. This critique totally misread the author's intent. Teenagers inherently do not have a full understanding of the history of the world in which they live.
Posted by: John at May 09, 2026 11:05 PM (0DsdP)

Lame.

Basically, the readers are stupid. Especially teenagers. (That’s your argument.)+ I was reading rather heady stuff as a teenager, things that required world building. And you spoke of Star Wars. The world building in it was insane, and pulls in the viewer.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 10, 2026 01:08 AM (nUR++)

190 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

Hobby Thread - May 9, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) decided on a Montana travel theme for this Hobby Thread.

Why Montana? We may never know. The ways of the Wheel are strange and mysterious.

[Top Photo: Cathedral of St. Helena, Helena, Montana]

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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. 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.

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Captain Vasili Borodin had dreams of Montana. "I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a 'recreational vehicle.' And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?"

Are you wise in the ways of Montana?

Have you visited? Do you have favorite spots or scenic drives or seasons?

National parks? Ski slopes? Ghost towns? Mining history? Dinosaurs?

This is a travel themed thread. Let's go to Montana!

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Glacier National Park may be the closest the US has to European Alps. Pictures do not do it justice:

The Going-to-the-Sun Road is not accessible year round. It gets snowy. Very snowy.

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Butte is known for its mining history. They called it "The Richest Hill on Earth." Good overview and good old photos in this documentary.

The Bekeley Pit in Butte is one of the most well known mining sites in Montana. Most of the Youtube videos are heavy with indignant environmental lectures, so learn more by reading this explanation at Pitwatch, the official website set up with information about the pit.

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Remember our beekeeping and honey theme from a few weeks ago?

Montana consistently ranks among the top 5 honey-producing states in the U.S.

Montana typically produces 9-15 million pounds of honey annually from around 100,000-270,000 colonies.

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Has anyone visited the Ringing Rocks?

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Our Lady of the Rockies is built atop the Continental Divide outside Butte

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Beartooth Highway - one of the most scenic drives in the US? Absolutely.

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Yellowstone is large. This overview covers a lot of ground and will give you a good sense of the park. Of course, nothing compares to being on the ground, but a good armchair tour is the next best thing.

This is very nice. No voice over or music - just great scenery and natural sounds.

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I know what you're thinking. "There has to be some interesting ghost towns in Montana that are off the beaten path. Maybe old mining towns?" Yes, yes there is. Allow me to introduce Comet.

Top tip: if you go beyond the town, look for a sign that says "Road not maintained. Proceed at your own risk." When you see the sign, turn around. Trust me.

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While Montana is generally known for "big sky country," it also has a place called "Big Sky" that is a skiing favorite.

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The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman is one of the world's best dinosaur museums. Extraordinary specimens. T-Rex history!! Apparently Wyoming is first on the dino bone discovery list and Montana is second.

Mandatory stop. For obvious reasons.

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I know what you're thinking. "I have an extra $30m in my checking account and I am interested in a 2006+ acre ranch in Montana. I'd really like something that comes with a resident Elk herd. Do you have any options for me?"

Yes.

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Non-Montana content...

Audi honoring its racing history.

This car makes a statement: the Auto Union Lucca is emblematic of the technical innovation of the four rings in the 1930s. Audi Tradition has recreated the spectacular record-breaking car and will unveil it for the first time in early May in - aptly - the Italian city of Lucca. On February 15, 1935, the car set a widely acclaimed flying-start mile record on a straight section of the autostrada near Lucca, achieving a calculated average speed of 320.267 km/h and a measured top speed of 326.975 km/h. The Rennlimousine, a period term meaning "racing sedan," was completed in the spring of 2026 and will join the legendary Silver Arrows in AUDI AG's historic vehicle collection.

Audi had the Auto Union Lucca recreated by Crosthwaite & Gardiner based on historical photos and various other documents from the archives. After spending just over three years on its construction, the British restoration specialists completed the project in early 2026. All components are handcrafted especially for this model; in addition to the technical implementation, the production of the streamlined bodywork - such as the cockpit canopy and the tapered tail - was particularly labor-intensive. The hard work paid off: at the end of April, a drag coefficient of 0.43 was measured for the record-breaking car in the Audi wind tunnel.

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Random hobbying - a NASA Mars Rover replica made from matchsticks:

On display at the San Deigo Air & Space Museum.

Building the Mars rover Perseverance began in April 2020 and used 880,000 matchsticks and 28 gallons of wood glue by the time it was competed in the spring 2021.
The massive matchstick model measures over 10 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 7 feet at its tallest point. In addition to having a remote control video camera mounted atop the mast, the rover can be remotely operated to move forwards and backwards.

More photos here at Matchstick Marvels.

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did an car repair theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

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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 Going to church is a hobby??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 05:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

2 Oh... it's a church in Montana.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 05:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

3 Yes, I've been through Montana a couple of times. Only in the summer though. Nice long open roads.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 05:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 Almost had to drive through in winter, but I was told not to come....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 05:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

5 The closest I've ever been to Montana is playing Far Cry 5.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026 05:37 PM (gnNyN)

6 Actually, if I think about it, I'm really only five blocks from Montana.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 05:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

7 Majestic.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 05:40 PM (z2aPa)

8 Sister moved from White fish to Florence MT recently. First time we visited we drove up Going to the Sun, a mountain goat jumped up on the rock wall, was framed perfectly by the car window and turned it's head to look in the car. I have the picture to prove it.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2026 05:40 PM (SC8Ww)

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Passed through Montana in 2006 taking Lacey to Olympia, WA for the National Specialty (which she won). Traversed the Bitterroots in the late afternoon. Extraordinarily beautiful drive.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 05:41 PM (HdYcL)

10 Do you have any options for me?

Teddy's old place? Guess not, been on the market for two years. Think they'll take like twenty bucks for it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 05:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

11 I love the idea of living in Montana. From my (admittedly limited) research, though, any property I could afford is miles away from major amenities. Perhaps the Californians have already invaded.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 05:43 PM (wzUl9)

12 I took a "tour" of the cathedral by cell phone. They have a most beautiful stained glass window. I'm sure there are others as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:47 PM (PFs9e)

13 11 Perhaps the Californians have already invaded.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 05:43 PM
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Been a few years, but last time we were in Bozeman, they were calling it "Bozangeles."

Posted by: TRex - mountain dino at May 09, 2026 05:48 PM (IQ6Gq)

14 Posted by: TRex - mountain dino at May 09, 2026 05:48 PM (IQ6Gq)

Rex, just sent you an email.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 05:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

15 Since I grew up in MT and am living here again, I will enjoy this thread.

A couple of things you might find interesting. When I was a kid, people gave directions in cain-sees: It's about two and a half cain-sees, as in you drive as far as you cain see...

There's a restaurant in the eastern part of the state with the name the Road Kill Cafe: You Kill 'em, We Grill 'em.

There was mention this week somewhere of Henrietta Rankin, who was the only vote I think? against the declaration of World War II. What wasn't mentioned is that she was also the only vote against World War I. The first woman representative.

And you still let us vote. How brave of you.

Probably the most relevant bit of history today is that the Vigilantes were a real thing in MTA. Controlled a lot of territory for a quite a few years. I don't remember much of my history, but enough to say that I don't think people take the threat of vigilantes as seriously as they ought to.

Posted by: Wenda at May 09, 2026 05:49 PM (kyMpJ)

16 Is the speech by Captain Borodin in the Tom Clancy novel? I'm not sure, since I read it only once and that many years ago. If it is a creation of the screenplay, that is yet another reason why Hunt is one of the rare movies which is better than its source novel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 05:49 PM (wzUl9)

17 Perhaps the Californians have already invaded.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026
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Been a few years, but last time we were in Bozeman, they were calling it "Bozangeles."
Posted by: TRex - mountain dino at May 09, 2026

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* Crosses Montana off retirement bolthole list *

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 05:51 PM (wzUl9)

18 Where's the dental floss ranch?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2026 05:51 PM (Cqx++)

19 After replacing the tie rods on my Kubota tractor I noticed the front axel was jacked. It was causing a noticeable "bump" in the steering when turning left.

Loose bracket and a roached gasket. Bracket fixed. Gasket will have to survive though mowing season. It's a bit more complicated than the steering rack bracket. IOW... there's a lot more shit to take off and then put back on.

Can only imagine the tractor maintenance needed for a place in Montana with acreage.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 05:52 PM (jehhT)

20 I would guess there is more than one " train station " in Montana

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 05:52 PM (z2aPa)

21 Had an Auto Union DKW motorcycle, Earles front end. Great 2 stroke dirt bike.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2026 05:54 PM (Kt19C)

22 Good evening Hobbiests
To raise a crop of dental floss maybe?
A state would love to see but won't get to go

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 05:55 PM (ZvL9a)

23 I've been to Montana many times. Stayed in Sydney and Hardin when I worked at Holly Sugar.

Posted by: Ronster at May 09, 2026 05:56 PM (H2WUE)

24 Does being a Vigilante count as a hobby?

Posted by: RI Red at May 09, 2026 05:56 PM (jkyX4)

25 Wenda - wifey and I are AMTRAKing to WhiteFish in the fall, for a Dude Ranch experience. really looking forward to it. Wifey is a Brit, and has always wanted to see Big Sky. I will ride horsies a little, as its a working cattle ranch. She will sing and cook and drink and dance, and 'nature' and campfire. We're very excited about it.

Posted by: goatexchange at May 09, 2026 05:57 PM (hyS0X)

26 Top tip: if you go beyond the town, look for a sign that says "Road not maintained. Proceed at your own risk." When you see the sign, turn around. Trust me.
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Oh sure, NOW you say turn around. I recall that being voiced before and several times during the first third of that trip (not that the second two thirds was any better). When the passenger has to get out the car every so often to move very large rocks from the "road" and you can't see the bottom of the side drop offs...the fact that we are still married is a major miracle.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 05:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

27 Wenda - wifey and I are AMTRAKing to WhiteFish in the fall, for a Dude Ranch experience. really looking forward to it. Wifey is a Brit, and has always wanted to see Big Sky. I will ride horsies a little, as its a working cattle ranch. She will sing and cook and drink and dance, and 'nature' and campfire. We're very excited about it.
Posted by: goatexchange at May 09, 2026

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Sounds delightful.

I haven't been on a horse in many years, and expect that I would need to learn all over again -- and deal with muscle pains afterward. Yes, the horse is doing the major work, but your legs are working too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 05:59 PM (wzUl9)

28 Lots of small towns that are not too expensive. Several small towns along the Bitterroot are getting $$ but careful looking will still buy something ok. I've been in MT for nearly 50 years and it is getting "found".

Posted by: free tibet at May 09, 2026 05:59 PM (iNp3L)

29 My family took a lot of US driving vacations when we were kids but not as far as Montana. I wish I was old enough to have appreciated that more.

I gave my friends children a HUGE Amazon box that I had. I don't have kids yet but I think until they're ten, I could probably getaway with giving them huge, empty boxes.

The kids made a very nice house out of it. I was impressed.

And I'm on my computer and when I came to the site instead of the usual ads, there actually was a gambling wheel!! I think fate may be telling me to take up online gambling as a hobby!!!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 09, 2026 05:59 PM (Sco7b)

30 Western Montana is quite liberal between Californians moving there and the college cities. Eastern Montana may not be too bad, but it doesn't have all the mountain beauty. Houses in the small towns may not be too expensive but its a long drive to city amenities.

If I ever take the plunge to move I'm thinking Wyoming is the state for me. Or if I bought a small place in Arizona to spend winters in, maybe back to western ND, but I was wimpy for winter as a kid and after decades in Colorado I just don't think I can hack the cold, and eastern Montana would be the same thing.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2026 06:00 PM (PV+Zw)

31 Never been to Montana. In fact, I've never been west of the Mississippi River. But in 1969 I read Travel With Charley by Steinbeck. (Still my favorite Steinbeck book.) I have always remembered this quote: “I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love.” That was followed by “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans”

Fifty-plus years later I still think I would love the place based on nothing more than Steinbeck's brief mentions. If I were to move these days, and I'm not, it would be to someplace with less snow like the Florida panhandle. I can deal with hurricanes and have, but shoveling snow is an increasing challenge.

Posted by: JTB at May 09, 2026 06:00 PM (yTvNw)

32 Montana!

I love Montana. Me and my boys have been all over western MT. Dirt roads are the way to go.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:01 PM (A5RD0)

33 The Grateful, you need to add "good sport" to your nic.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 06:01 PM (z2aPa)

34 Dude! Montana!

Born in Butte, grew up in Billings (and Cody WY, which is a suburb of Billings - jk). Moved back there with my kids after the army, before moving to CO. Son 2 lives in Helena.

I LOVE Montana. I wanted to move back. Wife said no (problematic relatives). We compromised: we live in Idaho.

Going back at the end of May for a family gathering. Can't wait.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 09, 2026 06:01 PM (0aYVJ)

35 Sitting on my patio in Florence MT testing the new fire pit while Mr nec plays with Violet the wonder beagle. Please visit MT, if you want to move here from CA, OR or WA we have bears, stay away.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2026 06:02 PM (8Jfx0)

36 If you go to Helena, take the trolley tour. The driver narrates the history of the city, including a story about a WWII era fighter pilot who flew his rig between the steeples of the cathedral.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 09, 2026 06:03 PM (0aYVJ)

37 Does being a Vigilante count as a hobby?
Posted by: RI Red at May 09, 2026 05:56 PM (jkyX4)

If it dies, Batman probably took it too far.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 06:03 PM (zZu0s)

38 Pale Rider. Enclaves of Western MT are liberal. Missoula and Bozeman. They pollute the area. The Ravalli Valley is very conservative.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2026 06:04 PM (8Jfx0)

39 I actually loved Montana...especially Glacier. I had always insister that Yosemite was the most beautiful park in the country until I visited Glacier. Now Yosemite is a definite #2. But I enjoyed the rest of the state, too. People are great, scenic, affordable - and yes, last time we were there many Californians were moving there. Lady at the gas station was not very happy about that, until I told her most would leave with the third or fourth snowfall! Actually, the weather is the only thing that kept it off our list of potential retirement states.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:06 PM (IQ6Gq)

40 Top tip: if you go beyond the town, look for a sign that says "Road not maintained. Proceed at your own risk." When you see the sign, turn around. Trust me.

Grateful, there is/was a road quite near us that is clearly marked on the maps as going all the way through from the north down to our place. Mrs. Red was recovering from a broken kneecap (snowboarding, which is a hobby, so not OT). She was in her PJs and it was the day before turning in our jeep on a new one, so we decided to go for a Sunday drive, which turned into an exploration.
Halfway down it was clear that it was no longer a road; 3/4 of the way down we were in a stream bed canted at least 30 degrees to the right.
She looked at me and said, “Can you back up?”
Nope.
We broke through finally and still can’t believe we were that dense.
Love my jeeps! Which is also a hobby.

Posted by: RI Red at May 09, 2026 06:06 PM (jkyX4)

41 Apparently 'Montana' is a Hobby. Cool.

We have been 'training' for our Montana sojourn:

- Wifey has bought an entirely new 'western-themed' wardrobe.

- I have started sampling Montana whiskeys and bourbons.

We are ready.

Posted by: goatexchange at May 09, 2026 06:07 PM (hyS0X)

42 And you must stop at Trixie’s Antler Saloon in Ovondo.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:08 PM (A5RD0)

43 Addendum to wife not wanting to move back to MT: gets cold there. Boise has much milder winters.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 09, 2026 06:08 PM (0aYVJ)

44 I would like to live in Montana to raise rabbits, marry a "round American woman," and drive a recreational vehicle....

Posted by: Captain Borodin at May 09, 2026 06:08 PM (jehhT)

45 The Grateful, you need to add "good sport" to your nic.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Oh, I learned. Now he has to submit in advance a list of roads he wants to drive on, so I have time to review them online. And yes, I have veto powers!!!!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

46 Wifey has bought an entirely new 'western-themed' wardrobe.

- I have started sampling Montana whiskeys and bourbons.

We are ready.
Posted by: goatexchange at May 09, 2026

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I'm in the Deep Swamp and now that I've retired, I wear cowboy boots nearly all the time when I go out. They are not that hot (I'm usually not out for that long) and are very comfortable and practical.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 06:10 PM (wzUl9)

47 My younger brother was born in Plentywood, MT.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 09, 2026 06:10 PM (VCgbV)

48 If you like genealogy I stumbled across a website database that identifies soldiers and sailors in the civil war. I typed in my name and a ton of names appeared. But only two from Texas, Henry and William. Henry is my great great grandfather. Says they served in the 17th Texas Regiment. Pretty cool.

https://t.co/9AbZVxCz7R

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 09, 2026 06:11 PM (l26NL)

49 We broke through finally and still can’t believe we were that dense.
Love my jeeps! Which is also a hobby.
Posted by: RI Red
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so what you're telling me is never get into a jeep with you. thank you in advance!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

50 goatexchange, it is not a wise idea to wear new jeans that are snug fitting when riding, especially if you haven't done it in quite some time. The expression, "chaps my ass" comes to mind.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 06:12 PM (z2aPa)

51 The Thompson River Road is amazing.

And Evel Knievel days in Butte. What a hoot!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:12 PM (A5RD0)

52 I live on a high plateau. Mountains in three directions, a valley in the fourth. It's a development, so I have neighbors, but I can't see another house from any of my windows.

I have to warn visitors in the summer not to leave a window open, because the bears will walk in. I used to have an elk herd surround the house in spring and fall, but I guess we're too civilized for them now.

Deer, though. Every place, all the time. Grrr.

Posted by: Wenda at May 09, 2026 06:13 PM (kyMpJ)

53 Only been to Montana a couple of times when I was a kid. I do remember it was a beautiful place. Like to see it again.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2026 06:13 PM (viF8m)

54 If we ever decide to decamp from KY and WV I think we'll relocate to Florida. Gulf coast. Piss away every dime saved on a Gulf front condo.

Probably lose it all in a hurricane a year after closing.

'Tis my luck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 06:14 PM (jehhT)

55 Two quick hits;

Virginia City, gold rush days,
Lewis & Clark Caverns

May be seasonal.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 06:15 PM (D1E+2)

56 Our Lady of the Rockies is lovely. She is all lit up at night. You can see her from downtown Butte.

Flathead Lake is stupid gorgeous.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:15 PM (A5RD0)

57 There is a biography of the first territorial governor of Montana: Immortal Irishman. It's the strange journey of Thomas Meagher. It's a good read, but I think the author downplayed the event of his death on a riverboat on the Missouri. Most likely it was because he got blind drunk and fell overboard. But, that aside, he was a truly unique man.

And, because Irish, his name is pronounced Marr.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 06:16 PM (0aYVJ)

58 >>Deer, though. Every place, all the time. Grrr.

Universal pests. Watching a couple out my window eating their way through the conservation land toward me.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2026 06:17 PM (viF8m)

59 so what you're telling me is never get into a jeep with you. thank you in advance!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

Gonna be tough hiking around the Range!

Posted by: RI Red at May 09, 2026 06:17 PM (jkyX4)

60 One dead in Glacier NP, two injured in Yellowstone NP, just in the last week. Yes, we have grizzly bears in Montana. They are cranky when they wake up. If you decide to visit Montana anyway then bring bear spray(but not on a plane). I prefer the little .454 bass cans.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 09, 2026 06:18 PM (tA1/w)

61 Says they served in the 17th Texas Regiment. Pretty cool.

https://t.co/9AbZVxCz7R
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 09, 2026 06:11 PM (l26NL)

One of my was in the 21st.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 06:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

62 Our Lady of the Rockies is lovely. She is all lit up at night. You can see her from downtown Butte.

Flathead Lake is stupid gorgeous.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:15 PM (A5RD0)

Once drove through during some snow squalls. We could see her clearly, an unearthly bluish glow.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 06:18 PM (0aYVJ)

63 Most of what I've read about Montana has been fly fishing articles. They make it sound like a paradise for trout fishing. And the photos are breathtaking.

The other hobby-related connection is black powder cartridge shooting. Shiloh Sharps rifles are made there, there are a number of BP shooting competitions and gatherings. Also, Matthew Quigley came from Montana before going to Australia.

Posted by: JTB at May 09, 2026 06:18 PM (yTvNw)

64 I jumped out of an airplane in MT. 10,000 feet.

For my 40th birthday. Lost Prairie. I had just gotten divorced and needed to clear my soul.

It was cathartic.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:19 PM (A5RD0)

65 Thanks for the mighty Montana Hobby Thread, T Rex!

We are going to Glacier National Park later this summer. So excited to see it!

We need to check out those dino bones. Amazing collections there. Montana and Wyoming are amazing states in their varied landscapes and geology.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 09, 2026 06:19 PM (vrNzf)

66 My decamp Texas spot would be a small village on the Amalfi coast.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 06:19 PM (z2aPa)

67 Deer, though. Every place, all the time. Grrr.

Universal pests. Watching a couple out my window eating their way through the conservation land toward me.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Agreed. I've been so limited with what I can plant here, and at the end of the season they consider most everything fair game. Only season I'm safe is spring, due to all the daffodils, which they won't touch.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:20 PM (IQ6Gq)

68 Butte was also the location oy the MEPPS station when I enlisted. No matter how hard I try to leave, it keeps drawing me back.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 06:20 PM (0aYVJ)

69 so what you're telling me is never get into a jeep with you. thank you in advance!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

Gonna be tough hiking around the Range!
Posted by: RI Red
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Guess I should amend that to "thanks for the warning"

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

70 You are not at the top of the food chain in MT.

Don’t be stupid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:22 PM (A5RD0)

71 Deer, one man's pest is another's carpaccio.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 06:22 PM (z2aPa)

72 You may or may not know that Evel Knievel and a good friend named Awful Knawful. (That spelling isn't right but I don't know what it was.)

And yes now that I'm not skiing snow isn't as much fun. But believe me, it makes me top of the list for grandchildren visiting come winter!

Posted by: Wenda at May 09, 2026 06:24 PM (kyMpJ)

73 Pug, I love Butte.

Uptown is historic. I love the Finlan Hotel with all the gorgeous copper inlay in the lobby. Stayed there many times. Drank at the Acoma. And at the M&M. The Helsinki Tavern…..

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:24 PM (A5RD0)

74 And yes now that I'm not skiing snow isn't as much fun. But believe me, it makes me top of the list for grandchildren visiting come winter!
Posted by: Wenda at May 09, 2026 06:24 PM (kyMpJ)

Can you still do cross country?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 06:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

75 Wife loves the shows about ghosts and bigfoot and such. The area around Butte, Anaconda, and Virginia City is a goldmine of ghost activity. Funny thing is the old hospital I was born in is apparently haunted. St James moved to a nicer building up the hill.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 06:25 PM (0aYVJ)

76 My decamp Texas spot would be a small village on the Amalfi coast.
Posted by: Ben Had

I think mine would be in the Davis Mountains. Alpine, Marfa or Ft Davis. It'll never happen but it's fun to dream.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 09, 2026 06:26 PM (l26NL)

77 We are going to Glacier National Park later this summer. So excited to see it!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
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You are going to love it. We did one 5mi hike one day and it was sunny and very hot.
Did another 5 miler the next day, and it was snow and ice.
And the rangers do close hiking routes if bears are sighted close by.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

78 >>Deer, one man's pest is another's carpaccio.

Not here. They are protected. And they multiply like rabbits.

Pretty dark in this town at night. Very few streetlights and a lot of conservation land. Gotta keep your head on a swivel driving at night.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2026 06:27 PM (viF8m)

79 And the rangers do close hiking routes if bears are sighted close by.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

Huh? Seems like they'd flee at the sight of a T-Rex.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 06:28 PM (1Ff7Z)

80 Orange Ent, no, I never enjoyed that. I prefer to let the mountain do the work and just slither down. Oh, well.

Posted by: Wenda at May 09, 2026 06:29 PM (kyMpJ)

81 JTB, you should ask garrett about fly fishing in Montana. He used to guide.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)

82 And the rangers do close hiking routes if bears are sighted close by.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

Huh? Seems like they'd flee at the sight of a T-Rex.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Ha! They closed it prior to our TRex's arrival...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

83 79 Huh? Seems like they'd flee at the sight of a T-Rex.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 06:28 PM
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The rangers close the paths to protect the bears from T-Rex, not the other way around.

Posted by: TRex - jingle those keys loud while hiking at May 09, 2026 06:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

84 Two more quick hits;

Giant Springs Natl Park, Great Falls
C.M. Russell museum, Great Falls

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 06:31 PM (D1E+2)

85 JackStraw, that is our feral pig problem here even though it is open season on them.

5 roadkill in the 3 miles from my driveway to the highway.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 06:31 PM (z2aPa)

86 If you are in Southern Montana, go see Yellowstone Park.

If you are in NW Montana, go see Glacier Park.

For either place, go as much as possible off of "peak tourist" as your schedule and weather tolerance allows.

If you just want to chill, grab some friends, some beers, some water and munchies, a large inflatable raft, and just float down the Yellowstone River in the mellow runs after it has left the park.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2026 06:32 PM (HlyYF)

87 Do not mess with bears. There is a difference in temperament between black bears and grizzlies, but, you know, just be vigilant. We once saw a black bear in Glacier that was bigger than many grizzlies I've seen. Yuge. The friggin' tourists were chasing him (a big old boar is my guess). Dummies.

Grizzlies are far more easily aggravated. Two of my friends in Cody came across a grizzly near Pahaska Teepee, while hunting. Bear got one by the arm, while the other emptied his .357 magnum at the bear's skull. Did not kill the bear, but it was hurt enough that it finally let them go.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 06:32 PM (0aYVJ)

88 Ha! They closed it prior to our TRex's arrival...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

The rangers close the paths to protect the bears from T-Rex, not the other way around.
Posted by: TRex - jingle those keys loud while hiking at May 09, 2026 06:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

Bigger teeth, but the claws....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 06:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

89 With all due respect to our TX friends, Montana is BIG. Everything is big, including the sky and the stars!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:33 PM (IQ6Gq)

90 [Top Photo: Cathedral of St. Helena, Helena, Montana]

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What are you hobbying?

I'm hobbying the 'Old World' conspiracy. That cathedral fits right in. And then you add the Capitol Building, being built at the same time. How and by whom? The miners in their spare time? I hope we'll find out someday.

Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2026 06:33 PM (9I5W+)

91 >>5 roadkill in the 3 miles from my driveway to the highway.

Wow. We only get the two legged pigs around here.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2026 06:33 PM (viF8m)

92 Orange Ent, no, I never enjoyed that. I prefer to let the mountain do the work and just slither down. Oh, well.
Posted by: Wenda at May 09, 2026 06:29 PM (kyMpJ)

I did it because it's cheap compared to downhill. I didn't want to hit a tree. Doesn't seem to be as much equipment on the market as there used to be.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 06:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

93 Montana is on our list to visit, both Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks.

No hobbying for me; went through trigger finger release surgery and am impatiently waiting for the incision to heal up. As it's in an awkward place -- right where the Line of Head and Life Lines meet near the edge of the palm -- the scab keeps cracking open. Luckily I have surgical gloves (used for painting) to keep the hand dry and clean while trying to do a little in the kitchen. So maybe in another couple of weeks I'll get to start a new painting.

Posted by: tankascribe at May 09, 2026 06:36 PM (NtoJk)

94 Has anyone seen polynikes around?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:37 PM (A5RD0)

95 93 Montana is on our list to visit, both Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks.

Posted by: tankascribe at May 09, 2026 06:36 PM
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LOTS of potential candidates for painting subjects!

Best wishes for continued healing.

Posted by: TRex - location scout dino at May 09, 2026 06:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

96 My decamp Texas spot would be a small village on the Amalfi coast.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Amalfi, huh? That would be a major change of scenery and weather. Haven't been, but it looks gorgeous. I have a love/hate relationship with Italy. But I do adore No Italy.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:39 PM (IQ6Gq)

97 94 Has anyone seen polynikes around?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:37 PM
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He's good. Just been busy.

Posted by: TRex - herding cats dino at May 09, 2026 06:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

98 the charlie russell museum in great falls is bomb

Posted by: cherries in season at May 09, 2026 06:40 PM (Xvk15)

99 Thanks, Dino.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:42 PM (A5RD0)

100 Since watching sports is a hobby for me, I hope this comment is OK. Back in the day home teams in the NBA and the NFL would wear certain uniforms. They would do this in a way that you could say was, well, uniform.

In the NBA the home team would wear a white jersey with the teams name on front and the visiting team would wear a dark jersey with the city they were from on front.

In the NFL the home team would wear a dark jersey with the teams name and the visitors would wear a white jersey with the city name.

Now this has all been turned upside down and you have to do a double take before you can figure out who the home team is.

Posted by: mrally at May 09, 2026 06:42 PM (z9YXI)

101 Now this has all been turned upside down and you have to do a double take before you can figure out who the home team is.
Posted by: mrally at May 09, 2026 06:42 PM (z9YXI)

Blame the Cowboys. Almost always wore white at home.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 06:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

102 The Grateful, , northern Italy is the family stomping grounds. This is just a pipe dream as I will expire in flatland central Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 06:44 PM (z2aPa)

103 Montana has a high volume of ghost towns from its mining history. Some are more easily accessible than others. Some are being reclaimed by nature and lost. Some history involves impressive engineering. Some involves tragic accidents.

If you're into mining history, worth a look with the benefit of advance prep. Lots of content available on the interwebs and YT.

Posted by: TRex - mine tour dino at May 09, 2026 06:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

104 If you're into mining history, worth a look with the benefit of advance prep. Lots of content available on the interwebs and YT.
Posted by: TRex - mine tour dino at May 09, 2026 06:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

Boom and bust. Nevada has a few mining ghost towns as well.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 06:46 PM (1Ff7Z)

105 99 Thanks, Dino.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:42 PM
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You're welcome! Thanks for stopping by.

Posted by: TRex - big sky dino at May 09, 2026 06:46 PM (IQ6Gq)

106 Kellog Idaho also has some ghost stories. So does Wallace, ID.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:46 PM (A5RD0)

107 Blame the Cowboys. Almost always wore white at home.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2026 06:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

Wearing white at home used to be the norm.

Posted by: mrally at May 09, 2026 06:47 PM (z9YXI)

108 Glacier national park and Yellowstone are beautiful. We hit just the highlights when we visited them and didn't soak everything in. Not Montana but travel related. The Grand canyon also really is impressive. We stayed on the north rim and rode to the bottom when we went.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2026 06:48 PM (PV+Zw)

109 The Bulls in the nineties always wore white at home. It was later when that protocol completely broke down.

Posted by: mrally at May 09, 2026 06:50 PM (z9YXI)

110 106 Kellog Idaho also has some ghost stories. So does Wallace, ID.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 06:46 PM
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Idaho is a hidden gem. We will do a travel theme for Idaho on the Hobby Thread at some point.

Posted by: TRex - lewis and clark guide dino at May 09, 2026 06:51 PM (IQ6Gq)

111 I cruised around Montana for a little bit on a harley. I didn't get to go full explorer mode but damn I was tempted, and I should have. One day I will though.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 06:53 PM (snZF9)

112 The Grand canyon also really is impressive. We stayed on the north rim and rode to the bottom when we went.
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Agreed. And I was blown away by the North Rim, completely different from the South Rim. Equally beautiful, but vastly different

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

113 When you plan a vacation how do you determine how much time it takes to really see an area?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 06:54 PM (z2aPa)

114 When you plan a vacation how do you determine how much time it takes to really see an area?
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That's a really good question. I guess it depends for me on whether it's an initial visit where we're just getting an idea of what is there, or a more focused trip on that specific area.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

115 5 years ago Jesse and I took an epic 2 week road trip, mostly in Montana. I ran a half marathon just outside Glacier and we spent a couple nights in Kalispell and several in East Glacier Village. I hiked a lot in Glacier (not nearly enough) and we kayaked on Flathead Lake. Loved it so much we were planning to go back summer 2023 to celebrate milestone birthdays for each of us, but of course J died in February 2022.

Got to drive Going-to-the Sun Road which had just fully opened the day before - we were there at the end of June.

Saw lots of wildlife including a grizzly (from a safe distance, thank God I didn't meet one on the trail) and a bighorn sheep.

I'm looking at prints of 2 of my photos from that trip, which are hanging on my dining room wall, as I write this. So many great memories of Montana.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 09, 2026 06:58 PM (0SdQT)

116 With all due respect to our TX friends, Montana is BIG. Everything is big, including the sky and the stars!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:33 PM (IQ6Gq)

You are not kidding. I was out in S Dakota for the sturgis rally, and we were staying in Belle Fourche SD, so we weren't that far from Montana. We decided to go there just to get pictures by the Montana sign, but we kept going, and there was absolutely nothing but barren planet. I wanted to keep going. I figured screw it, we'll ride till we find something cool and maybe stay overnight somewhere, but some in the group got a bit scared at the nothingness.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 06:59 PM (snZF9)

117 Hi screaming, good to see you. How is life treating you?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

118 Enjoyed a long weekend in Livingston, visiting a friend from 30 years ago. Stayed at the historic Murray Hotel, which features the Sam Peckinpah suite the tin ceiling of which still shows bullet holes where he'd fired a round or two into it. Pretty town, kinda artsy-fartsy for those who like that sort of thing.

Posted by: Fritz at May 09, 2026 07:00 PM (J7jo9)

119 Agreed. And I was blown away by the North Rim, completely different from the South Rim. Equally beautiful, but vastly different
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 06:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

There really isn't a better choice. I take in all the rims.

Posted by: Don Lemon at May 09, 2026 07:00 PM (z9YXI)

120 This is going to sound really weird and is in no way a complaint because I wouldn't change anything, but I have never in my adult life had a vacation.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 07:02 PM (z2aPa)

121 113 When you plan a vacation how do you determine how much time it takes to really see an area?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 06:54 PM
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Time available usually isn't enough to "really see" an area. We usually think of any first visit as a reconnaissance trip. A few days usually gives us a good sense, but rarely makes us think we've "seen" it. We've gone back to favorites several times and found more and more layers.

Having said that, we're never sure if (or when) we'll be back.
That mindset means we try to see as much of what makes a place special or unique. We go with preparation and plans and give ourselves the latitude to call audibles on the fly.

Everything is a trade off...

Posted by: TRex - travel agent dino at May 09, 2026 07:03 PM (IQ6Gq)

122 When you plan a vacation how do you determine how much time it takes to really see an area?

That's one of the reasons I used to like vacationing by boat. I'd have a vague itinerary but the only definite was when I returned. If I stopped somewhere and liked it I stayed till I felt like moving on. We did the same thing with family camping stuff when I was a kid.

I don't like schedules on vacation.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2026 07:04 PM (viF8m)

123 This is going to sound really weird and is in no way a complaint because I wouldn't change anything, but I have never in my adult life had a vacation.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Wow. Now I have a better appreciation why you so look forward to the TX MoMe

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 07:04 PM (IQ6Gq)

124 I definitely want to do the bear tooth highway. I watched a vid by an adventure motorcycle rider not too long ago. It was unreal, just unreal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 07:04 PM (snZF9)

125 I am surprised that you never mentioned Wyoming other monument, Devil's Tower.

I visited Wyoming a long, long time ago but the tour when I was in my teens. Visited many things but sadly Devil's Tower was not on the list.
I think I might do a road trip after I retire and drive from Yellowstone to Devil's Tower and then onto Mt. Rushmore.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 09, 2026 07:05 PM (nDgTL)

126 124 I definitely want to do the bear tooth highway. I watched a vid by an adventure motorcycle rider not too long ago. It was unreal, just unreal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 07:04 PM
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You'll love it. We learned ages ago that the motorcyclists know all the best scenic drives.

Posted by: TRex - road rash avoidant dino at May 09, 2026 07:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

127 I definitely want to do the bear tooth highway. I watched a vid by an adventure motorcycle rider not too long ago. It was unreal, just unreal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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keep it on your list Bers, you will love it on a bike....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 07:06 PM (IQ6Gq)

128 Damn, I must read the content before commenting. I saw Montana but was think of Wyoming for some reason.

I deserve every bit of laughter directed my way. LOL

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 09, 2026 07:07 PM (nDgTL)

129 Hi screaming, good to see you. How is life treating you?
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Pretty good. I'm now commuting 45 minutes 1-way 3x a week (same job, just cannot work at home every day because the governor says we can't), but my temporary office home is on a beautiful college campus with a lake and a pair of black swans. I run after work each time I'm over there. So that has been good for me. I'm completely obsessed with the swans. They are gorgeous.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 09, 2026 07:08 PM (0SdQT)

130 If your interested in the Lewis and Clark expedition, don't miss the Gates to the Mountains floats on the Missouri River.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 07:08 PM (D1E+2)

131 And Berserker, add Chief Joseph Highway, in northwest WY. Fantastic 45 mile scenic highway....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 07:09 PM (IQ6Gq)

132 The Grateful, still have chores to attend to but the MoMe break is a high point for me

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 07:09 PM (z2aPa)

133 128 Damn, I must read the content before commenting. I saw Montana but was think of Wyoming for some reason.

I deserve every bit of laughter directed my way. LOL

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 09, 2026 07:07 PM
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Need to get your keyboard zeroed Scoob!

Posted by: TRex - Montana travel specialist dino at May 09, 2026 07:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

134 I recently read a wonderful book about Montana. The author grew up ranching in Montana in the 40's-60's. He wrote the book as a tribute to the ranchers of that time, and his father, and to document what that time was like, as he realized the times were changing.
The book Is This House of Sky by Ivan Doig

I highly recommend this book.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 09, 2026 07:14 PM (nz1sK)

135 I am surprised that you never mentioned Wyoming other monument, Devil's Tower.

I visited Wyoming a long, long time ago but the tour when I was in my teens. Visited many things but sadly Devil's Tower was not on the list.
I think I might do a road trip after I retire and drive from Yellowstone to Devil's Tower and then onto Mt. Rushmore.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 09, 2026 07:05 PM (nDgTL)

Devil's tower is great. The very first year I went to sturgis I was looking at the map and realized it was right in the neighborhood. I almost shit, and it was less than 2 hours away, and thats screwing off and stopping to gawk at scenery. I did 10 years in a row. You see this little nub out in the distance and it just gets bigger and bigger. Mrs B took some amazing pictures from the back of the bike as we got closer and closer.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 07:15 PM (snZF9)

136 I highly recommend this book.
Posted by: TecumsehTea
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Thanks for the recommendation, it sounds good.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 07:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

137 I definitely want to do the bear tooth highway. I watched a vid by an adventure motorcycle rider not too long ago. It was unreal, just unreal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 07:04 PM
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You'll love it. We learned ages ago that the motorcyclists know all the best scenic drives.

Posted by: TRex - road rash avoidant dino at May 09, 2026 07:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

Yeah the shit part is the 2000 miles I need to go just to get to it. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 07:18 PM (snZF9)

138 I suspect that we will do a travel theme for Wyoming on the Hobby Thread at some point.

Up to the Wheel of Hobbies(TM).

Posted by: TRex - Wyoming travel planner dino at May 09, 2026 07:18 PM (IQ6Gq)

139 And I was blown away by the North Rim, completely different from the South Rim. Equally beautiful, but vastly different
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026

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On my old (1967) Reader's Digest atlas, there was a tiny town on the Strip, the portion of AZ between the North Rim and the Utah line. It was called Wolf Hole. I don't see it on my 2016 Rand McNally road atlas, though.

Curious I am as to what kind of people would have lived in a town called Wolf Hole.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:20 PM (wzUl9)

140 Yeah the shit part is the 2000 miles I need to go just to get to it. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 07:18 PM
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At the risk of inviting rude comments, isn't there something like the Iron Bottom Club?

Posted by: TRex - long distance dino at May 09, 2026 07:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

141 Black Hills country sux in August. Way too many bikers. like really loud, aggressive locusts. Must avoid.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, pronounced Muh-Hone at May 09, 2026 07:22 PM (0aYVJ)

142 I'd love to do a road trip to see the Black Hills and Mt. Rushmore, and something of Wyoming and Montana. Northern Arizona too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:23 PM (wzUl9)

143 Time to say thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. Thanks for being here. Different theme next week.

You're welcome to hang around for a while in the comments, but don't forget to stop by Club ONT later.

Posted by: TRex - ghost town tour guide dino at May 09, 2026 07:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

144 See the USA in a Chevrolet !

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 07:25 PM (z2aPa)

145 TRex, thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 07:26 PM (z2aPa)

146 I love the West. The furthest east I’ve ever lived was Chicago when I was a baby. Then Dallas, TX.

I was born in Seattle. West of the Rockies is where I belong.

I know Colorado is hated here. But most of the state is sane and beautiful.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 07:26 PM (A5RD0)

147 See the USA in a Chevrolet !
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026

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"Mm-wah!"

Posted by: Dinah Shore, Reunited w/ Burt Reynolds At Last at May 09, 2026 07:27 PM (wzUl9)

148 5 The closest I've ever been to Montana is playing Far Cry 5.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026 05:37 PM (gnNyN)
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Fun game. Sometimes when I want to chill I load it up and just go hunting up in the hills. I can bag 5 buffalo, 5 elk, and countless deer in minutes. So it's just like real hunting, I'm sure!

Posted by: 496 at May 09, 2026 07:30 PM (sOtuf)

149 Colorado is beautiful. Magnificent geography over the entire state. Very happy to have toured it. But far too unpredictable for me weather wise and politically.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 07:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

150 Curious I am as to what kind of people would have lived in a town called Wolf Hole.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

A small ranching and farming community, apparently. Imagine ranching and farming there when the Dust Bowl hit. It was already a dust bowl!

Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2026 07:34 PM (9I5W+)

151 If you live in a place that calls to your soul, politics cannot interfere.

You have to be resilient. Steadfast. True to yourself.

I love where I live.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2026 07:35 PM (A5RD0)

152 Here's one to get your blood pumping if you like kayaking.

Difficulty level: High

https://shorturl.at/vUCDz

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 07:35 PM (D1E+2)

153 Wolfus, there's also the town Two Dot. Spelled as both one word or two.

TRex, thanks for bringing back so many memories.

Posted by: Wenda at May 09, 2026 07:37 PM (kyMpJ)

154 153 TRex, thanks for bringing back so many memories.

Posted by: Wenda at May 09, 2026 07:37 PM
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You're welcome. Thanks for posting!

Posted by: TRex - museum mascot dino at May 09, 2026 07:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

155 >>I love where I live.

That ends the debate. Midwestern guy here, but never, EVER, crap on someone who loves her/his home.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 09, 2026 07:39 PM (NcvvS)

156 My dad used to work for a phosphorous company that had a mine at Silver Bow, MT. Cleanup site nowadays due to neglect AFTER his tenure.

He used to tell us MT was beautiful.

Posted by: Dale at May 09, 2026 07:39 PM (f45WX)

157 That ends the debate. Midwestern guy here, but never, EVER, crap on someone who loves her/his home.
Posted by: Nazdar at May 09, 2026

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Certainly not out loud. There are far too many people here who love Da Swamp despite its pesthole status. I'm outnumbered.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:40 PM (wzUl9)

158 Montana sites:
Little Bighorn (definitely worth it; very cool activities on the anniversary of the battle.)

Three Rivers State Park (Missouri River Headwaters)

A zillion great scenic drives

Yellowstone Hikes in MT:
Fawn Creek
Bacon Rind Creek

Posted by: RS at May 09, 2026 07:41 PM (SuU/K)

159 Noodus moviola

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:41 PM (wzUl9)

160 That ends the debate. Midwestern guy here, but never, EVER, crap on someone who loves her/his home.
Posted by: Nazdar
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I offered no comment on Seattle. Only my experience with Colorado.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 07:43 PM (IQ6Gq)

161 Movie Sign Nood!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 09, 2026 07:45 PM (l26NL)

162 Ringing Rocks seem like an excellent way to summon rattlesnakes. Or demons.

Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2026 07:56 PM (LHPAg)

163 Evening, Hobby Horde! There is a type of lava rock known as phonolite, which typically rings when struck. I suspect what we see there is a lava flow that became chilled, and broke up into boulders while still "flowing". With the crust of each boulder quick-chilled by contact with air (or possibly water) the surface shrank, and compressed the still-plastic lava within, setting up tension that makes them ring. Pretty sure there is also a field of ringing rocks in Pennsylvania, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 09:08 PM (utfVc)

164 Montana's beauty meets and exceeds any thing found in Europe.

Posted by: Jack Jarvis, Esq. at May 09, 2026 10:36 PM (poWsx)

165 Eastern Montana has a lot of wildlife and dinosaur museums.

Posted by: Vince at May 09, 2026 11:48 PM (f8OGb)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, May 9

Courtesy Terry Glenn

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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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Nice rescue story

Courtesy RA Alanko

An Oregon woman lost her beloved cat on a Texas road trip. The online gaming community brought it back

Cherri Merritt thought she would never see her cat Tasha again after the longhair ragdoll mix went missing near Dallas, Texas on a cross-country road trip over seven months ago.
However, Tasha is now back home purring peacefully in Merritt’s lap after a twist of fate and a series of unexpected connections brought the cat back to Eugene.

Great story involving a lot of good people!

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How to Draw a Cat

1. Find a picture of a skull-faced cheerleader waving giant leaves. There's probably lots on the internet.

2. Draw a rope connecting her ankles.

3. Draw a rope connecting her toes by going over her head.

4. Add two triangles at the top, then slightly bigger ones over those, and voila! A cat!

Thank you for the weekend threads!
BeckoningChasm

NOW GET CREATIVE! Thanks, BeckoningChasm!

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Meet The PetMorons

Hi K.T.
This is my pup Whiskey staring at me from around the corner. So sad and forlorn he is. He does this every morning until I finish my first cuppa tea because that's when he gets his breakfast. Twenty minutes can seem like a lifetime to him, I'm sure, yet he perseveres daily nonetheless.
~~IrishEi

Love that photo! Such eyes! Such a face!

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I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had to let my Eskimo dog go over the Rainbow Bridge. Here’s my new pup, Luna, an 8-month old Eskie puppy. She was a stray who ended up in a kill shelter (and God, do I hate that term) but was saved by a foster mom. I drove to Alexandria to get her and now she is in her forever home. I’m a sad, rotten fellow, but having her makes me happy.
MP4

So happy for you and for Luna that you and a foster mom were able to rescue her! Great rescue photo!

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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde

The doves are back. This is hatching #2 for 2026. They are ready to fly the coop. Momma is currently sitting on two more eggs so look for two more hatching in late June. They love this dove box and it has been occupied every year since 2022. The nesting pair arrives in February and they leave in September.
rocdoctom

What a great thing! Those doves look cozy!

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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 2

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.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:31 PM

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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 03:33 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Woof woof

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2026 03:37 PM (Kt19C)

3 I saw that top picture and my 29 y.o. brain started playing "Na na na na na na...BATDOG!"

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at May 09, 2026 03:38 PM (FEVMW)

4 Dinosaur Face Mr Senegal sends greetings.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2026 03:38 PM (Kt19C)

5 Howdy, everybody,

I think you've met Sakurazaka. A year ago, she started showing up in my front yard. It took six months of nightly feedings before she even let me get close enough to touch her. Today, she has hardly left my side.

https://is.gd/sn5ME5

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 09, 2026 03:40 PM (f0sNM)

6 System switching width and height again! Look better now?

Posted by: KT at May 09, 2026 03:41 PM (7vIsy)

7 Hey guys,

Short update on our cat clan

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Those are two very cute pet morons!

Posted by: Joyenz at May 09, 2026 03:41 PM (2F0/Y)

8 Guess those microchips can be a life saver

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 03:41 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Afternoon, pet folken! A drizzly warm day here in Da Swamp, so I'm quite pleased to sit inside. Both furry thugs were sleeping snugly against me when I woke from my nap just now. Dagny, the ittle grey Siberian, is up on the back of the couch, and Stirling is . . .

. . . I don't know. Usually it's the other way around.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 03:41 PM (wzUl9)

10 That is a fantastic picture up top!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2026 03:42 PM (0sNs1)

11 A very nice story about the Ragdoll mix cat being found and returned. Kinda not a good idea to bring your cat along on a cross-country trip, especially involving a trailer, but it appears there are still some good people in Oregon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 03:44 PM (wzUl9)

12 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

In that first picture, I think she's judging you and finding you wanting.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2026 03:45 PM (+NIRm)

13 Okay; the gang's all here. Big black Stirling is up on the couch too, curled next to me on a cushion.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 03:46 PM (wzUl9)

14 MP4, Luna looks as if she is really hoping you and she will be together for her whole life. As I'm sure she will be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 03:47 PM (wzUl9)

15 Sakurazaka is a beauty, VTK. How did you choose that name, and about how old do you think she is?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 03:49 PM (wzUl9)

16 I have a pet story. My stupid dog peed all over a bunch of plants a bunch of times and now I have a dead rosemary, a half-dead rosemary, and two dead oregano plants.

Thanks, Charlie, you piss-crazy bastard.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2026 03:51 PM (BI5O2)

17 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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In that first picture, I think she's judging you and finding you wanting.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2026

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All cats look at their humans, and other humans, like that sometimes. Comes with the Felis catus genetic package.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 03:52 PM (wzUl9)

18 Meow!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at May 09, 2026 03:53 PM (sAmhv)

19 Your American Eskimo has nice eyes, MP4.

My aunt took in a young American Eskimo from a friend of hers who died. You look in those eyes and there is nothing approaching thought there. Two black marbles. He's a good dog, just like a vapid blonde.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 03:54 PM (zZu0s)

20 We had a trucker lose his dog in a nearby town. He was taking a load to OK and had to leave. Someone on the FB lost pets group posted a picture of the dog. One thing led to another and the dog and trucker were reunited.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 09, 2026 04:01 PM (7T8ei)

21 Hello Thread of Furballs! Yay, KT!

Had a nice walk this morning with Daisy the magnificent Malinois. Went down to the fenced-in graveyard area, where she likes to run around free and sniff everything. She's been pretty good lately about not running off to herd the cattle, but we still use the leash on walks. Not needed if we have a ball to throw.

Her training collar quit on us, or I might trust her with just that. Still working on obedience discipline with her.

Wednesday last was four years since little not-quite-one year old Daisy jumped out of the back of the truck of the kids who found her loose on the highway, and rushed over to me like we'd been pals forever. Wonderful moment. Didn't know how much we needed another dog, especially a highly active Malinois pup!!

Posted by: mindful webworker - millions of hearts were lifted at May 09, 2026 04:11 PM (Cl/mc)

22 Arf sez Sandy. MP4; congrats on finding and rescuing Luna. Whiskey's dog stare/scold is great. Thanks for sharing and to you K.T. for the post. Have a peaceful weekend/

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 09, 2026 04:14 PM (QVRW2)

23 Such beautiful dogs.

https://is.gd/sn5ME5
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 09, 2026 03:40 PM (f0sNM)

Beautiful cat. The second picture looks like Snowflake.

I was able to remove Snowflake's last huge clump of matted fur this morning! Yay. There's a very tiny little bit left. The beautification project took weeks.

My friend and I came home from Costco yesterday, he pulled into my driveway, and Snowflake - their cat - was sitting on my window sill.

Ralphy is doing well. He really liked Marrobones I got from Amazon and has really been eating which is a nice change of pace. I get tired of carrying him up and down the stairs when I work on the computer but I'm adjusting.

He is too.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 04:14 PM (Sco7b)

24 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2026 03:54 PM (zZu0s)

Speaking of empty heads, here's an ICYMI of cat-eared comedienne Saaniya Abbas on scientific names for hominids:

🥲 he’s definitely a cutie though #funny #apes
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s3B-E4KQ9w0

Posted by: SciVo at May 09, 2026 04:15 PM (Sy6m/)

25 The vet sez Sakurazaka is four years old. I don't know if she has always been on the streets or if she had people once and was abandoned. But she definitely likes the inside life.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 09, 2026 04:24 PM (f0sNM)

26 You look in those eyes and there is nothing approaching thought there. Two black marbles.

My neighbors dog. The miserable whining barker.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2026 04:29 PM (Kt19C)

27 Nice rescue story — that was nice. Wonder what the cat had been up to all that time. Guess her injuries weren't too bad‽
___

MP4: "I’m a sad, rotten fellow, but having her makes me happy."

What makes sad MP4 happy makes us happy, and that looks like just the kind of pooch that would do the job.
___

🐕
Here's a pic of our Daisy from a couple of days ago, taking a breather after chasing those tennis balls.
https://bit.ly/daisy-05-2006

Posted by: mindful webworker - katz & doggez at May 09, 2026 04:30 PM (Cl/mc)

28 Here's a pic of our Daisy from a couple of days ago, taking a breather after chasing those tennis balls.
https://bit.ly/daisy-05-2006

Posted by: mindful webworker - katz & doggez at May 09, 2026 04:30 PM (Cl/mc)

Awww.so beautiful.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 04:36 PM (Sco7b)

29 Posted by: mindful webworker

Lovely dog. Thx for the photo Looks like she's tired out after a good time of exercise!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 04:47 PM (WFtAr)

30 All cats look at their humans, and other humans, like that sometimes. Comes with the Felis catus genetic package.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 03:52 PM (wzUl9)

Usually though, they find us somewhere between amusing and useful. Try doing something new and find you have all your cats right with you wondering what is up now.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026 04:48 PM (Ai6WH)

31 Usually though, they find us somewhere between amusing and useful. Try doing something new and find you have all your cats right with you wondering what is up now.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026 04:48 PM (Ai6WH)
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Yep. Even something as boring as opening a new box from Amazon attracts an audience...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026 04:50 PM (gnNyN)

32 Horse and puppy take a nap together. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/3rbuex8x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 04:51 PM (WFtAr)

33 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 09, 2026 03:40 PM (f0sNM)

Beautiful photos. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 04:52 PM (WFtAr)

34 Cat wins best name contest. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/yvu5u848

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 04:56 PM (WFtAr)

35 Usually though, they find us somewhere between amusing and useful. Try doing something new and find you have all your cats right with you wondering what is up now.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026
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Yep. Even something as boring as opening a new box from Amazon attracts an audience...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026

***
The moment something new comes into their territory, they are on it. "Is it good to hunt? Can I eat it? Is it good to play with?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 04:57 PM (wzUl9)

36 FenelonSpoke, while you seem to be in the virtual vicinity, I want to thank you for the many links you post. Nice stories and info.

The scriptural ones in the morning, I don't always go to the sites you link to, but I will highlight the book chapter and verse and search BibleGateway. I can pretty much always use a refresher.👼

(It's nice to be able to have a bunch of search engines in the browser, for quick lookups on BibleGateway, IMDb or Wikipedia or DDG images or many others.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - the world at our fingertipis at May 09, 2026 05:00 PM (Cl/mc)

37 Posted by: mindful webworker - the world at our fingertipis at May 09, 2026 05:00 PM (Cl/mc)

Thanks for the kind words . I may be the only person who actually reads the devotionals, 😉but several people have told me they appreciate the Biblical references and that's kind of them.

I like to put some good news about good people as a leavener for the rest of the heavy news here

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:04 PM (lQ+/f)

38 . . . I like to put some good news about good people as a leavener for the rest of the heavy news here
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026

***
And we bless you for that, Fen. There's enough dark/heavy/bad news out there already.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 05:06 PM (wzUl9)

39 Whiskey is a handsome dude.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2026 05:08 PM (viF8m)

40 Just ran across this short of a very well-trained Malinois-looking dog.
youtu.be/bzIivoIrrOc

Our Daisy is… not quite that well trained. She does do that spinning in circles and barking thing

Posted by: mindful webworker - vocabulary includes ball, outside, and walk at May 09, 2026 05:09 PM (Cl/mc)

41 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 05:06 PM (wzUl9

Thanks, God bless you too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:16 PM (ZeH0U)

42 Guess everybody ran off to the Hobby Thread?

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419601

Arf arf.

Posted by: mindful webworker - now about the feral cats at May 09, 2026 05:38 PM (Cl/mc)

43 I have two cats that hunt snakes. I try to rescue them and return them to the hedge.

I had no idea garter snakes got that long!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 05:40 PM (rbvCR)

44 Noodus hobbyana

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 05:42 PM (wzUl9)

45 Such great doggies! I am so jealous. Love those new puppies.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2026 09:29 PM (pvp5h)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, May 9

The pink flower is Bletilla striata, a terrestrial orchid. I planted it years ago and can't remember what the bare root looked like. I've seen it described as a root, pseudobulb or a tuber. Breck's calls it a rhizome. It is pretty dependable and not really fussy,. The plant does spread slowly but a single plant will eventually grow to more.

I love that little flower. The middle looks ruffled. I used to have some, in part shade. The rhizomes sometimes stuck out above ground. They were green.

There is also a white version of the flower.

The blue flower is Sisyrinchium angustifolium, blue eyed grass. and is a native perennial in most of the US. It's actually not a grass, it belongs to the Iris family. I was a little surprised to see it come back; I had just planted this past summer and not only were temps really low this winter it's planted in a corner that sometimes pools water. The clump is doing surprisingly well!

Lirio100

Glad you are having success with this one. Wonder who named it?

Thanks for sending in the great photos!

Last month, we posted some photos of small flowers from Don in Kansas. Today, how about some larger ones? Be sure to click over on the link to see all of them and larger photos.

Other colors, plus the photo gallery and cultural notes, especially if you live anywhere near Kansas or grow any of these plants or penstemons

Rose Don Juan

Rose Darlow's Enigma

Baptista australis

Peony

Penstemon wrightii

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

May is Mango Month

Mahachanok mango is known for its very slender stone, allowing for a substantial amount of edible fruit

pic.twitter.com/rignOBoLpo
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) March 19, 2026

But when's the last time you thought about tamarinds?

Recent study reveals that tamarind may help remove microplastics from body.

Microplastics are now found in blood, lungs, and even the placenta � raising urgent health concerns worldwide.

But a new lab study has given hope: tamarind, a fruit commonly used in South Asian and� pic.twitter.com/A257y5TwLB
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 9, 2026

Planting watermelon this year?

Satisfying fruit cutting 🍉🍈🍍 pic.twitter.com/6IHsKTvywy
— exsasgeneration (@exsasgeneration) May 8, 2026

Design

Interesting

Only in Japanpic.twitter.com/0f3oolJv8o
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 8, 2026

22 Rare Historic American House Styles (And Why We Stopped Building Them)

I am familiar with some of these. How about you?

Gardens of The Horde

Unfortunately, the big news around these parts is our annual flooding. Between intense rain soaking the ground, and my neighbor's pond overflow discharging through my yard (allowed, as my yard has a creek, so it's the natural drainage or somesuch), it's a bit soupy.
I have a couple native plum that have more blooms, and are more fragrant, than I recall from past years, so maybe we'll see some fruit, as they're only a few years old. We have one nice little cherry tree that produced several pounds of cherries last year, and things look good so far.
Finally, I think this is a redbud along my normal walking path. Color is pretty striking.
Intrepid Liaison/Admiral Ackbar

Sorry about the flooding. Thanks for the great photos!

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.

Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, May 2

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.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:26 PM

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1 Foist?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2026 01:29 PM (2Ez/1)

2 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Still haven't planted anything. Barely 60 degrees today.

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 01:30 PM (Ia/+0)

3 No references provided for claim made on xitter: "Recent study reveals that tamarind may help remove microplastics from body."

It thus follows that tamarind also removes spike protein from the body, amirite?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 09, 2026 01:31 PM (IGHgG)

4 This is what we have in our yard now. "Dame's rocket." We didn't plant it . It's "just" a wildflower , but so pretty:

https://tinyurl.com/y6m9ct44

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 01:35 PM (rZCVI)

5 "...tamarind may help remove microplastics from body."

Then again, it may not.
We don't really care. We just want your mouse click.

Posted by: Ad agency at May 09, 2026 01:36 PM (2Ez/1)

6 We have different colors of Rhododendron, sadly they are not as plentiful as years past

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 01:38 PM (Ia/+0)

7 About microplastics...

It is definitely a problem, I don't think that's questioned but in June of this year there was an article published in a journal--Analytical Methods--entitled "Avoiding and reducing microplastics false positives from dry glove contact". It appears the question is not whether themicroplastics problem exists but how much of one.

Posted by: Lirio100 at May 09, 2026 01:49 PM (ky7/T)

8 Garden pr0n!

Loved looking at those houses at the link. Nice to have a name for the different styles.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2026 01:53 PM (w6EFb)

9 We live in an octagon shaped home, built in '1998. slight slope to the roof so it is a railed 5100sqft deck. 12ft patio around 7 sides keeps the sun off the walls.
We like it; but there isn't a 90 degree angle in the entire home.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2026 01:59 PM (SC8Ww)

10 On the gardening front, we made the decision to abandon the big garden this year. The RA has Publius beaten down and he's saving himself for the bushhogging. So no plowing. And my brother now has osteoarthritis in his hands and can't mow around the electric deer fence, it's too much. And I don't tolerate the sun the way I used to.

We'll likely make a few more raised beds, in the fall or next year. This year I'll have 12 feet of okra and another 12 feet of beans.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2026 02:01 PM (w6EFb)

11 9 We live in an octagon shaped home, built in '1998. slight slope to the roof so it is a railed 5100sqft deck. 12ft patio around 7 sides keeps the sun off the walls.
We like it; but there isn't a 90 degree angle in the entire home.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

A home full of non-Euclidean geometry is a perfect place to slumber!

Posted by: Cthulhu, eternally slumbering within R'lyeh at May 09, 2026 02:02 PM (ycI94)

12 I worked food service in college and carved watermelon 'boats' for catered events. the most commented on was A swan.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2026 02:03 PM (SC8Ww)

13
Severe drought here in SW Wyoming.

No gardens allowed. It sucks because this is when people are planting their vegetable gardens. We're rural and we depend on freezing and canning vegetables to get through winter.

Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2026 02:06 PM (3ek7K)

14 13 That's terrible! Publius says a drought year is ahead, here in upstate SC; we're due for one. Until the 3" of rain this past week, we were over 4" down for the year. So it's probably a good year to pass on the big garden.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2026 02:13 PM (w6EFb)

15 When we get rain, it's like .25" and that's if we are lucky. I did plant my 9 fruit trees. I am planting a few things in the beds, but my main focus is on fruit trees and berry bushes. I still need to plant some greens.

I have been buying irises at the HIPS sale, mostly what they call NOIDS (no ID). I have a few in bloom this year and it's such fun.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 09, 2026 02:31 PM (7T8ei)

16 Okay, I just cut the lawn for the SECOND time this year. I'm in Canada, late winter, and I had to wait for the weeds to be sprayed this week.

I really do have a beautiful yard.

My friend helped me put in a small cement pedestal. I'm on a corner lot. A very beautiful, painted cement monkey statue will be going there soon. It is cute - you'll have to see. It's also 175 pounds.

But I think he'll be very popular. He's on the porch now and people love him.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 02:33 PM (Sco7b)

17 Never thought I'd high speed melon processing. Pretty nifty.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 02:34 PM (D1E+2)

18 What makes an orchid "terrestrial"? Are there any "oceanic" ones? I'm very curious.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2026 02:49 PM (CHHv1)

19 18 What makes an orchid "terrestrial"? Are there any "oceanic" ones? I'm very curious.

Terrestrial orchids live on the ground instead of in trees, in cracks filled with moss, etc.

Posted by: KT at May 09, 2026 02:51 PM (7vIsy)

20 That particular orchid is not very big. A good orchid for a child's garden.

Posted by: KT at May 09, 2026 02:52 PM (7vIsy)

21 Well... May 10th is the latest we've ever had a frost here in KC, but the soil temps still ain't nothing to write home about. Average around 70F.
I'm planting tomatoes and peppers tomorrow anywho, cause they ain't liking the porch.
We'll see.

I planted lettuce, spinach and beets last month. Very inconsistent. All need replanting, and if we stay cool, will do well. If not, what's a wee bit of labor?
Bees are very confused. Should be swarming now, and some are, some aren't. I'm not sanguine about growing my hives this year.

Posted by: MkY at May 09, 2026 02:56 PM (q6tQZ)

22 Oh...my serviceberry fruit all froze... 4th year in a row. I'm reduced to picking common ground fruit.
How pathetic!

Posted by: MkY at May 09, 2026 03:00 PM (q6tQZ)

23 @19 THank you! Knowledge is good!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2026 03:02 PM (CHHv1)

24 Since no one else is chiming in, I will again.
It's surprising how many people have the serviceberry planted as an ornamental, and have no idea it's a legitimate fruit tree.
I'll ring the bell, and be picking fruit and have folks be aghast! that I'm eating those!

Ma'am, you mind if I come pick your fruit is not a great line in any case.

Posted by: MkY at May 09, 2026 03:03 PM (q6tQZ)

25 Bletilla doesn't spread very fast either, and the leaves are pleated so look kinda decorative even after the flowers fade. With a small space I appreciate plants that don't spread too fast. I have a clump of Italian arum that has suddenly decided this year to over run the corner it's in.

Posted by: Lirio100 at May 09, 2026 03:09 PM (ky7/T)

26 Ground isn't warming up very fast in esst either

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 03:27 PM (Ia/+0)

27 PET NOOD IS UP

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 03:34 PM (Ia/+0)

28 Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2026 02:01 PM

What kind of beans?

Posted by: KT at May 09, 2026 03:44 PM (7vIsy)

29 four seasons at May 09, 2026 02:06 PM

No gardens allowed? worse than I thought!

Posted by: KT at May 09, 2026 03:52 PM (7vIsy)

30 Serviceberry: There are selected varieties with superior berries for eating.

Posted by: KT at May 09, 2026 04:18 PM (7vIsy)

31 From Boise area: Heat has hit suddenly - fortunately Husband has all irrigation zones working. BUSY week. Blueberry bushes blooming. Various pepper plants out on patio but not in full sun yet. Planted zucchini, cantaloupe, radish, Thai basil, Genovese basil, broccolini, cabbage, spinach, lettuce, more carrot seeds. Planted 4 SunGold cherry tomato starts in cloth pots and turned on drippers. Went out to buy 2 Romas - also grabbed 1 Parks Improved Whopper, 1 Genuwine (something) tomatoes, planted them, put canopies over them to partly shade them for a week. Found out my overwintering parsley just died.

Planted 2 Firecracker Penstemon, 1 Orange Globemallow in newest dry-stacked stone bed. Peony in 1st stone bed is budding. Both bearded and Siberian irises blooming. We planted a 3rd new maple tree. We're working on stripping some dead sod, planting grass seed. Whew.

Posted by: Pat* at May 09, 2026 07:52 PM (L4z5x)

At what point do conspiracy theories go too far?

Is Thomas Sowell right?

Are any of those barbarians involved in conspiracies?

Do you ever think along these lines?

They sure know how to keep a secret, don't they? pic.twitter.com/GRPHqoiNkE
— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) May 8, 2026

It's all connected, right?

Things I have learned: (1.) The shooter is best friends with the Vice President and his wife, and (2.) A Fox News correspondent made sure the K9 officer didn't interfere with the shooter as he removed the gun from his coat - - after guests moved from the red carpet through security to the ballroom.

It all makes sense. If the assassination attempt must be fake.

Here's Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst running over to direct the K9 handler who spoke with the �shooter� at the White House Correspondents� Dinner, just before he ran out of the room his dog hit on twice. https://t.co/iwMctKl4D9 pic.twitter.com/Mk4aOroEkt
— Stew Peters (@realstewpeters) May 2, 2026

(Notes: A woman who looked like the VP's wife was at an event with the shooter in 2017 and Trey Yingst says he was reaching to shake hands with photographers near the red carpet).

* * * * *

All the people who think the assassination attempt was fake also believe that Apollo 11 was fake. Why is that?

This is an interesting video for other people.

Apollo 11 Almost Never Left the Moon

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Think Piece for the Weekend

by Michael Smith, who is also moving!

Enemy Maintenance
Democrats are working overtime to manufacture enemies and keep their armies of straw men alive.

“For me to be right, you must always be wrong no matter what” seems to be the mechanics behind a lot of sociopolitical turmoil these days, and it is often utilized by people who intentionally twist positions, most that their opponents never held, simply are not true, consist of terms that have been redefined to fit, situations that have been recontextualized, or they just never happened so they can be “right.”
It happened to me this week when a person attacked me for things I never said, I never did, I never believed, nor have I ever espoused—and no matter how much direct, objective, and in some cases, publicly known, evidence I presented, he just would not accept any of it. His entire package of grievances was a neatly tied up box of manipulated rhetoric, things taken out of context, false memories and mythmaking that was completely and totally false.

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WEEKEND

The Week in Pictures: More Illegal Aliens - - From Outer Space

People ridiculed President Trump in his first term when he founded the Space Force as a new branch of the military. Well who’s laughing now? True, it might seem that building a wall against alien incursions is impossible, but didn’t Star Trek solve this decades ago with modulated shields? And we’re already long past making analogies between the Administrative State and The Borg. And this, you see, is why I have to re-appear here, because let’s face it, John is just weak (by his own admission) about sci-fi-pop-cul. Meanwhile, the Persian Gulf ceasefire punctuated with “kinetic activity” continues. And oh yeah—Spirit Airlines died. I suspect this is not a coincidence. I’ll bet it was an alien front all along, and Trump’s Space Force is on it!

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Dance

Watch Bob Fosse's snake performance in "The Little Prince" from 1974 and tell me you don't see Michael Jackson's entire dance career born in real time.

Wild to see the source material...pic.twitter.com/CmsAJpiS68
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 8, 2026

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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, May 2, Turning long stories into short stories

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 11:14 AM

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1 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 11:16 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Hi, Skip!

Posted by: KT at May 09, 2026 11:19 AM (7vIsy)

3 Related news:

During the period 2021 to 2025, there were 676 illegally registered voters at a non-existent address, including several who voted illegally in Washington County, Oregon (just west of Portland. Beaverton is the major city in the county).

https://tinyurl.com/mrxrkx93

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at May 09, 2026 11:21 AM (nqLyi)

4 > Is Thomas Sowell right?
Are any of those barbarians involved in conspiracies?
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Yes. All of them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 11:21 AM (jehhT)

5

Gonna read the content, swearsies. But as conspiracy theories go, you guys have got to see this 7 panel comic for checking an ewok's prostate.

https://9gag.com/gag/an7mKjq

NOT safe for work or small animals.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 09, 2026 11:22 AM (QVmho)

6 Thomas Sowell couldn't be more right

And if you think the CIA wasn't right 50s - 2000, what makes you think they cleaned up their act?
Unless you went to their side

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 11:23 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Thx K.T., hope you are well.
Strangely Michael Jackson hung out with little princes also. Hey-o

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 11:23 AM (gu0hJ)

8 7 Thx K.T., hope you are well.
Strangely Michael Jackson hung out with little princes also. Hey-o

Doing okay.

and Heh.

Posted by: KT at May 09, 2026 11:25 AM (7vIsy)

9 I was rather surprised that this university President decried brainwashing on campuses when I read the headline , but I guessed that person might be the President of a Christian school. I was correct
Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/54h8umrz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 11:26 AM (Nx5jP)

10 Guess I'm up too early or have nothing worthwhile to do.

Posted by: Mr. Barky at May 09, 2026 11:26 AM (ItpTM)

11 Sowell is spot on. The intersection between Sowell's comment and the comment about the CIA is pretty evident as well

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 11:27 AM (gu0hJ)

12 Kinda sorta mostly off-topic...

This is hilarious.

In STARZ new series adaptation of the movie/play "Amadeus"-

Mozart is played by an Asian actor.

Who knew Mozart played a killer ~~harpsichord~~ shamisen ?

Apparently, it's loaded up with other ahistorical embellishments.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 11:28 AM (iJfKG)

13 Karens, control freaks, busy bodies. They demand obedience. Despicable creeps.

Posted by: Glenn at May 09, 2026 11:28 AM (UuEvN)

14 Also, someone who looks like a woman who works at the hotel, with a white collar, sticks her head through the door as soon as the shooter rushes out with the rifle.

I think there may be one or two people in witness protection, or at least advised against talking.

Posted by: KT at May 09, 2026 11:28 AM (7vIsy)

15 They say there are no aliens. But those alien spacecraft are real.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 11:30 AM (D1E+2)

16 Yes, Sowell's right. Yes, they are by dint of their government posts and other positions of power and influence they hold. Also they're in law enforcement and Secret Service. Not all of them - many of them are just thugs or blitheringly incompetent - but I have no doubt of their presence.

Posted by: They're inside all the institutions at May 09, 2026 11:30 AM (TbWk/)

17 Damn, Michael Jackson's whole career was bullshit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 11:31 AM (snZF9)

18
Bob Fosse died in 1987, so I suppose it's possible that Michael Jackson or a group affiliated with him hired Bob Fosse to help design some of Michael Jackson's dance routines.

That happens all the time these days.

Why not in the past?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 11:33 AM (iJfKG)

19 It's sort of ironic that Bob Fosse is a huge icon among teh gheyz, although he was reputed to be an absolute poonhound.

Posted by: It's like RRAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNN at May 09, 2026 11:34 AM (TbWk/)

20 17 Damn, Michael Jackson's whole career was bullshit.

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You mean Billie Jean really was his lover?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 11:35 AM (JkO4W)

21 Look at Europe allowing the Trojan Horse get in

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 11:37 AM (Ia/+0)

22 Sowell is 100% correct.
The Soviets were telling us since the 50's that they would bury us, following the Marxist playbook of rotting us from within- destroy the family, faith, and national pride, in order to make the state the Father and Mother, cradle-to-grave.
Look at what Sowell says...
And look at today's democrat party and their Pravda media.
McCarthy was right.

Posted by: UncleJefe at May 09, 2026 11:39 AM (DzC+b)

23 Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 11:28 AM

I absolutely can't stand it when actual historical figures who were white are played by ethnic actors. I get stuck on that instead of the actual story because it's too jarring. I can't imagine anyone except for the people who came up with the concept are not bothered by it. Mozart played by an Asian? Oookay. Why don't .we have J.S Bach played by a black woman?!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 11:39 AM (Nx5jP)

24 Willowed:

"Betty" Broderick never repented. She killed a rat. She dodged the First degree murder rap. But you bet your ass that she planned it.

I don't think she was crazy. Her husband left her for a younger version. His buddy the judge in the divorce proceedings, did him no favor by tying up her share of the multi-million community property.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 09, 2026 11:40 AM (qFwJc)

25
It's sort of ironic that Bob Fosse...was reputed to be an absolute poonhound.

That's more or less the story of his movie "All That Jazz".

In any event, you've got to believe that any normal guy involved in dancing would do very very well with the ladies,

seeing as how he'd not have much competition within that field.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 11:40 AM (iJfKG)

26 The CIA has a role in overthrowing governments. They're pretty good at it. Mostly. The problem is there's a faction in that agency that's hell bent on overthrowing ours.

And it'll be impossible to stop them unless the agency is dismantled from within.

They're wholly self sufficient. The Agency needs no funds as they've got plenty of fronts around the world making more money for them than Congress ever dreamed of allocating.

We bitch about the FBI.... they're low lever street hustlers compared to the thugs running the CIA.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 11:40 AM (jehhT)

27 Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 11:28 AM

I absolutely can't stand it when actual historical figures who were white are played by ethnic actors. I get stuck on that instead of the actual story because it's too jarring. I can't imagine anyone except for the people who came up with the concept are not bothered by it. Mozart played by an Asian? Oookay. Why don't .we have J.S Bach played by a black woman?!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 11:39 AM (Nx5jP)

Yes, that whole suspension of disbelief goes out the window.

Also, it adds a component of racial animosity or conflict, intentional or no, that doesn't belong at all in that story.

It's stupid story making.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 11:43 AM (iJfKG)

28 The lack of evidence for the conspiracy
is proof of just how deep the conspiracy
goes.

No country colonized by Spain
has ever amounted to shit.

My two favorite political maxims, from my Dad.

...and the classic by Earl Butz,
that is unrepeatable.

Posted by: retropox at May 09, 2026 11:47 AM (7rnzP)

29 Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 11:43 AM

Exactly, but you can bet people would be outraged -and rightfully so -if a story about Harriet Tubman had a white woman playing her.

"Amadeus" is an odd enough story, while being very engaging . without messing around with transposing actors who are of a different ethnicity

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 11:48 AM (Yl2Ob)

30 Want evidence of this?

After electing a man who threatened to kill a man and his entire family for daring to disagree with him publicly for District Attorney...

His office filed an appeal with the Virginia Supreme Court that misspelled "Virginia" and "Senator"

https://tinyurl.com/3wrzp7t9

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2026 11:49 AM (uEYKS)

31 Earl Butz. Is he by any chance related to Seymour Butz?

Posted by: Old Blue at May 09, 2026 11:51 AM (8z6SV)

32 TJM brought up a very old war movie thst a Japanese officer wasn't played by a Japanese. That doesn't bother me much as getting a Japanese to play a very bad guy not that many years after the war.
Changing a character for other reasoning is questionable

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 11:51 AM (Ia/+0)

33 TJM brought up a very old war movie thst a Japanese officer wasn't played by a Japanese. That doesn't bother me much as getting a Japanese to play a very bad guy not that many years after the war.

It wasn't so much that as they just didn't have very many Japanese actors, especially at that time, so they used whatever they had around. And, of course, old Hollywood racism against any groups but whites and bigotry against middle America presuming nobody there would tolerate an actual Japanese gentleman

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2026 11:53 AM (uEYKS)

34 Want a conspiracy theory, I've got one for you: isn't it interesting how many conspiracy theories seem to benefit the commies?

Pearl Harbor: intended to cast doubt on whether the US was acting justly by claiming they put their own people in harm's way in order to satisfy their ambitions of Imperial conquest.

JFK: the killer's motive (communism) is almost entirely forgotten and instead the government or Republicans get blamed. In some variations the communist assassin ends up an entirely innocent patsy.

Moon landing: cast doubt on a crown jewel of American achievement. Leaving the Soviets to have the greater accomplishment with the first person in space.

Why it's almost as if commies have been spending the last 70 years manipulating gullible people to tear down our country and prop up communists instead.

Posted by: Sjg at May 09, 2026 11:54 AM (i8HNq)

35 Apparently, it's loaded up with other ahistorical embellishments.

Sad.
Posted by: naturalfake

Just tried to watch the latest Agatha Christie adaptation. I should have just avoided because A ) BBC production B ) directed by the guy who killed Dr Who, Chris Chibnall, aka Chinball.

They race swap a pivotal character, a German inventor who has an advanced steel formula, with a - get this - a guy from Gambia. You might be thinking, " huh?" Right, so, they give him a backstory; he graduated from a German university but then was drafted in WWI to go fight in Africa for Germany. And horror of horrors, he had to kill his fellow tribesmen. Colonolmisms bad, mm'kay.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2026 11:55 AM (diia5)

36 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2026 11:53 AM (uEYKS)

Yes indeed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 11:56 AM (Yl2Ob)

37 Apollo 11 Almost Never Left the Moon

We watched The Martian the other night. One impressive part was the plan to get the man from the surface to the spaceship overhead. Everything about it seemed insane and nearly preposterous. Watching this video on Apollo 11, I just thought, it was just as insane and preposterous. And just like the fiction, the real lunar rendezvous actually worked.

As the Byrds sang, they had God's helping hand.
https://youtu.be/qLLDQhA1Z7c

Posted by: mindful webworker - millions of hearts were lifted at May 09, 2026 11:56 AM (Cl/mc)

38 Why don't .we have J.S Bach played by a black woman?!

A black transgender quadriplegic woman with cerebral palsy.

Posted by: Might as well swing for the fences at May 09, 2026 11:57 AM (TbWk/)

39 "...you guys have got to see this 7 panel comic for checking an ewok's prostate."
Posted by: big
++++

No. No, we don't.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2026 11:59 AM (2Ez/1)

40 The Dems are now playing up Supreme Court packing should they take control of Congress. If the Stupid Party had any smarts, they'd say, "your right, let's not wait" and introduce just such a bill now, and force the Dems to come out against court packing.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 09, 2026 12:00 PM (j7INY)

41

CIA=WEF=HYDRA

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 09, 2026 12:00 PM (IurJ0)

42 TJM brought up a very old war movie thst a Japanese officer wasn't played by a Japanese. That doesn't bother me much as getting a Japanese to play a very bad guy not that many years after the war.
Changing a character for other reasoning is questionable
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 11:51 AM (Ia/+0)

It wasn't so much that as they just didn't have very many Japanese actors, especially at that time, so they used whatever they had around. And, of course, old Hollywood racism against any groups but whites and bigotry against middle America presuming nobody there would tolerate an actual Japanese gentleman
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2026 11:53 AM (uEYKS)

Well, maybe, but I think that's kind of a silly point. When the Japanese or Koreans or Chinese make a cowboy movie (and they have), they use J or K or C actors, of course. It's a movie for their customers.

Or when "Amadeus" played on the stage in Japan, they used Japanese actors...naturally.

In that case, race switching works (for them) and is perfectly understandable. They are trying to entertain, not teach a lesson.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 12:01 PM (iJfKG)

43 Exactly, but you can bet people would be outraged -and rightfully so -if a story about Harriet Tubman had a white woman playing her.

"Amadeus" is an odd enough story, while being very engaging . without messing around with transposing actors who are of a different ethnicity
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 11:48 AM (Yl2Ob)

I, for one, look forward to the Netflix remake of "Downfall" with Denzel Washington playing the lead character.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2026 12:01 PM (YYotJ)

44 @38 I like The Martian and thought Matt Damon and the rest of the cast was good. Good book also.
The launch from Mars was a little off to me . When they took off the nose cone and removed the windows the aerodynamics would have been all screwed up and I doubt the rocket would have flown straight. But it was sci-fi

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 12:02 PM (gu0hJ)

45 Vito Scotti could play any kind of ethnic. He was a Japanese sub sailor on Gilligan's Island, for example.

Posted by: You Steam Glasses! at May 09, 2026 12:02 PM (oftw2)

46 Posted by: Might as well swing for the fences at May 09, 2026 11:57 AM (TbWk/

I think she's busy being a fashion model right now and hasn't yet made the transition to acting on the big screen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 12:02 PM (Nx5jP)

47 Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2026 12:01 PM (YYotJ)

LOL. Hopefully Denzel Washington who seems like a decent, intelligent fellow if offered the part would say, "Heck no!!"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 12:04 PM (Nx5jP)

48 I, for one, look forward to the Netflix remake of "Downfall" with Denzel Washington playing the lead character.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2026 12:01 PM (YYotJ)

King Kong hat nichts sheisse mich!

Posted by: Der Trainingstag at May 09, 2026 12:05 PM (TbWk/)

49 Moon landing: cast doubt on a crown jewel of American achievement. Leaving the Soviets to have the greater accomplishment with the first person in space.

---

The greatest proof that we landed on the moon is that the Soviet Leadership congratulated us on our achievement. They could have cried "fake" back in the late 60s and even if they were lying it would have embarrassed the United States

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 09, 2026 12:05 PM (IurJ0)

50 The Dems are now playing up Supreme Court packing should they take control of Congress. If the Stupid Party had any smarts, they'd say, "your right, let's not wait" and introduce just such a bill now, and force the Dems to come out against court packing.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 09, 2026 12:00 PM (j7INY)

Be careful what you wish for. Perhaps the Dems might agree to giving the GOP six more judges now, just so the Dems can add 15 more when they get the chance.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2026 12:06 PM (YYotJ)

51 Vito Scotti could play any kind of ethnic. He was a Japanese sub sailor on Gilligan's Island, for example.

He was also a Gypsie on The Andy Griffith Show. He had another role on Gilligan's Island as a mad scientist with an outrageous Eastern European accent.

That's versatility!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 12:06 PM (COQGW)

52 Come join us. We meet this Wednesday at 7pm at the Elks Lodge.

Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at May 09, 2026 12:07 PM (2Ez/1)

53
Why don't .we have J.S Bach played by a black woman?!

A black transgender quadriplegic woman with cerebral palsy.

Female Beethoven in space!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2026 12:08 PM (Cqx++)

54 The greatest proof that we landed on the moon is that the Soviet Leadership congratulated us on our achievement.

Sure, but who's to say they weren't in on the plot?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 12:10 PM (COQGW)

55 Rubio has another new job ...

https://tinyurl.com/39dm6fvd

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 09, 2026 12:12 PM (aUMnT)

56 When do conspiracy theories go too far? When one uses the Texas Sharpshooter fallacy to cherry pick evidence while ignoring countervailing evidence.

Basically people should act like an objective scientist and treat their own claims more harshly in regards to evidence supporting their claim than evidence pointing in the opposite direction.

Far too many people though use an advocate (prove me wrong) attorney style presentation where you are the prosecutor. They overlook that in an adversarial system, that the other side always gets defense counsel in criminal cases.

Attorneys are allowed to do a number of logical fallacies in presenting their cases to the court because the other side is there to stomp over them in when their turn comes up before the jury. So the jury picks between two different presentations of the same facts allowed in as evidence.

Outside of formal debates or trials, courtroom adversarial type fact finding has little or nothing to do with trying to establish 'truth'. Even there, civil law systems rely more on written dossier systems than the adversarial oral style preferred in Anglo countries. And they rely on a panel of experienced judges.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)

57 Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 09, 2026 12:12 PM (aUMnT

I have enjoyed those memes. I thought that's this was one of the funniest ones, though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 12:14 PM (2sfNr)

58 The greatest proof that we landed on the moon is that the Soviet Leadership congratulated us on our achievement.

Sure, but who's to say they weren't in on the plot?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 12:10 PM (COQGW)

I take it you didn't grow up during the cold war and the space race era.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 09, 2026 12:14 PM (5xuJ/)

59 Be careful what you wish for. Perhaps the Dems might agree to giving the GOP six more judges now, just so the Dems can add 15 more when they get the chance.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Either way packing the court or ignoring the court, the Dems are not that far away from open warfare because they view themselves as losing access to power and money.

Last time this happened in 1860 election, they seceded and started a civil war.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)

60 Sure, but who's to say they weren't in on the plot?
Posted by: Cicero
========
Lawyers are professional cynics.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv)

61 one of the funniest ones, though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 12:14 PM (2sfNr)

It should be a good test if you have any left-wing friends. If they don't laugh at that one then they are probably beyond help.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 09, 2026 12:16 PM (aUMnT)

62 follow me down the rabbit hole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV2KWNijtyg

Posted by: DaveA at May 09, 2026 12:17 PM (PMJuY)

63 If everybody in Amadeus the play was played by Japanese people while they are doing a run of the show in Japan it makes sense. Japanese actors need work too. It does not make sense to me to have one actor played by a Japanese man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 12:17 PM (2sfNr)

64 I have done some research and I believe that the moon landing was faked and everyone alive then was in on it except myself, a newbie ensign assigned to the bilge tank on a destroyer and the entire woodwind section of a major orchestra

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 09, 2026 12:17 PM (jrgJz)

65 Sowell is 100% correct.
The Soviets were telling us since the 50's that they would bury us, following the Marxist playbook of rotting us from within- destroy the family, faith, and national pride, in order to make the state the Father and Mother, cradle-to-grave.
Look at what Sowell says...
And look at today's democrat party and their Pravda media.
McCarthy was right.
Posted by: UncleJefe at May 09, 2026 11:39 AM (DzC+b)

I should save this for the book thread, but I'm reading The Journal of David Q Little and it feels like it's yesterday's news. It's about the fictitious socialist/communist take over of the US and it doesn't feel fictitious. Why isn't this book required reading in high schools? It's right up there with any Orwell.

Posted by: InZona at May 09, 2026 12:18 PM (XiTQh)

66 I've made the same point as Sean McCarthy there.

The left tells me Nat Sec agencies spent the whole cold war false flagging leftist groups which were in fact completely peaceful.

But then will response to things like the fake Whitmer kidnapping or the Obama staffer led "Unite the Right" rally and argue you'd have to be a conspiracy theorist to not believe them to be true...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:18 PM (sKqQm)

67 55 The greatest proof that we landed on the moon is that the Soviet Leadership congratulated us on our achievement.

Sure, but who's to say they weren't in on the plot?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 12:10 PM (COQGW)

Think about it. It's brilliant.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2026 12:19 PM (bss/y)

68 Either way packing the court or ignoring the court, the Dems are not that far away from open warfare because they view themselves as losing access to power and money.

Last time this happened in 1860 election, they seceded and started a civil war.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)

Maybe this time they can secede and fuck off.

Nah, they need to control. It is never enough.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y)

69 I wouldn't put a ton of credence on Stew Peters.

Yes he was willing to dive right into COVIDmania back in the day but he's like a more coherent less reliable Alex Jones.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm)

70 63 follow me down the rabbit hole

Posted by: DaveA at May 09, 2026 12:17 PM (PMJuY)

1. Lyrics only ?
2. Blue Oyster ?

I thought it was a cult.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 09, 2026 12:20 PM (aUMnT)

71
The greatest proof that we landed on the moon is that the Soviet Leadership congratulated us on our achievement.

Sure, but who's to say they weren't in on the plot?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

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

I wonder when this plot is going to come to fruition. This must be the longest Act Two in the history of conspiracy plots.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2026 12:21 PM (XJ22o)

72 Ryan Long just put up perhaps his best video.

Its a little less directly funny and more straight into why the Karen meme has been so effective...https://tinyurl.com/jtd4d3ej

Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm)

73 I also just came across a song by a jazz singer called the Sports Page. Veronica Swift. It's about how only the sports page reports facts. Everything else is BS.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2FHTui4IN4Y

Posted by: InZona at May 09, 2026 12:22 PM (XiTQh)

74 If everybody in Amadeus the play was played by Japanese people while they are doing a run of the show in Japan it makes sense. Japanese actors need work too. It does not make sense to me to have one actor played by a Japanese man.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 12:17 PM (2sfNr)

On the other hand, take on one role for the studio and people just can't stop talking about it and criticizing it. Like, forever!

-- I. Y. Yunioshi

Posted by: Zombie Mickey Rooney at May 09, 2026 12:25 PM (wVcYX)

75 Its a little less directly funny and more straight into why the Karen meme has been so effective...https://tinyurl.com/jtd4d3ej
Posted by: 18-1

That's fantastic!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2026 12:26 PM (Kyh8Y)

76 Maybe this time they can secede and fuck off.

Nah, they need to control. It is never enough.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Their rotten borough cities are not sustainable is why they don't secede. Without the countryside which might do a West Virginia on them staying in the Union, the coastal strips cannot survive on their own.

Unfortunately, that makes it more likely to resemble the Spanish Civil War than anything else.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

77 Overall conspiracy theory isn't a useful term. The following are all conspiracy theories per the FNM:

There was fraud in the 2020 election
The earth is flat
COVID came from a Chinese lab
The moon landing is faked

And conversely the following are all true

There was fraud/collusion in the 2016 election
Millions of eligible voters are denied the vote
Elon Musk is a NAZI
Donald Trump has dementia

Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)

78 Posted by: InZona at May 09, 2026 12:22 PM (XiTQh)

That was very good.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 09, 2026 12:27 PM (aUMnT)

79 Is something or other a conspiracy? Probably, but it can never be known. Everyone in our institutions are proven liars who cover up the truth when they aren't lying, which they only have to do when a coverup isn't cutting it.

Most of the noninstitutional people who talk about conspiracies are liars of another stripe, or loony cranks. The few who seem credible never have any evidence to back up anything, because of all the lies and coverups.

So, to me, conspiracy theories are the same as the accepted truth - they can be categorically dismissed out of hand just like the bien pensant received wisdom, because we live in an environment where the truth is locked in a Schrodinger's Box at the heart of a hall of funhouse mirrors. It's full epistemic rupture.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2026 12:28 PM (BI5O2)

80 73 Ryan Long just put up perhaps his best video.

Its a little less directly funny and more straight into why the Karen meme has been so effective...https://tinyurl.com/jtd4d3ej
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm)

Not bad. The sound was a bit whacked at first but I managed to keep slapping buttons until it came through.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)

81 78 Overall conspiracy theory isn't a useful term. The following are all conspiracy theories per the FNM:

Posted by: 18-1
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Easier to just go with don't believe anything that the media tells you. Everything that they spout requires corroborating evidence that you can personally witness before one should believe them.

They threw objectivity out the window decades ago.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)

82 Posted by: InZona at May 09, 2026 12:22 PM (XiTQh)

That was very good.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 09, 2026 12:27 PM (aUMnT)

There's a version of her with Emmet Cohen doing that song live which is killer.

Posted by: InZona at May 09, 2026 12:29 PM (XiTQh)

83 Here is why the left will never, ever voluntarily leave...

Back during the Obamacare debate I discussed with a lot of left leaning people and I consistently made the point if they believed there is a "human right" to free healthcare there is nothing stopping them from forming a collective with whatever groups they want.

The answer? BUT THEN YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR MY HEALTHCARE.

And its that way with everything. Socialism doesn't "win" unless they can steal everything from productive members of society first

Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)

84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yojfQ_zzEXw

‘Condoms and drugs’: Greta’s ‘bonking boat’ now the laughingstock of the world

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 09, 2026 12:30 PM (jrgJz)

85 Unfortunately, that makes it more likely to resemble the Spanish Civil War than anything else.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

I would wager that california COULD sustain itself food wise (more than enough.) Two problems:

1) They depend on water from outside the state.

2) They would never allow MORE farming?! When groups spliter they tend to become MORE fervent in their beliefs (especially those relating to the dispute.) They would literally all commit mass suicide. Then we walk in, take the state.

The odd thing is that I think the same thing would happen to our side- but it would have the opposite effect.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)

86 Easier to just go with don't believe anything that the media tells you. Everything that they spout requires corroborating evidence that you can personally witness before one should believe them.

They threw objectivity out the window decades ago.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)

Yep. This is why I'm increasingly ignoring news. The only things I can believe are what I take in with my 5 senses. It's why I hope that everything turns back to local interest only.

Posted by: InZona at May 09, 2026 12:32 PM (XiTQh)

87 And its that way with everything. Socialism doesn't "win" unless they can steal everything from productive members of society first
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)

And it's not a... consequence? Or a means to an end- to them it is an end in of itself. Perhaps more so than anything else. They want to punish. Obama flashed that multiple times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2026 12:33 PM (bss/y)

88 Aerodynamics on a planet without a lot of air is somewhat moot.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2026 12:34 PM (sDWtc)

89 Oh and another thing with the term conspiracy theory.

It is literally a theory that involves a group of people engaged in a conspiracy. Well...that happens all the time and no one pats an eye...a group of punks conspiring to sell drugs, break into houses, or defraud the elderly? Does anyone deny this sort of conspiracy happens?

The real first step in assessing these sort of theories is, "would it make sense for the people in this group that has been identified to secretly engage in some activity based on their own views?"

Leftist conspiracy theories almost always fail here. For example why would Christians want to live like Muslims/The Handmaid's Tale?

Right leaning conspiracy theories run the gamut but are way more likely to actually first meet this qualification.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:35 PM (sKqQm)

90 His entire package of grievances was a neatly tied up box of manipulated rhetoric, things taken out of context, false memories and mythmaking that was completely and totally false.

Didn't this once be known simply as batshit crazy.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 09, 2026 12:35 PM (YJg+k)

91 Back during the Obamacare debate I discussed with a lot of left leaning people and I consistently made the point if they believed there is a "human right" to free healthcare there is nothing stopping them from ...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)

Returning to slavery. If a service must be free and is a human right, then that means you're enabling someone. I mean we all know they want slavery, but they can't come out and say it.

Posted by: InZona at May 09, 2026 12:35 PM (XiTQh)

92 Returning to slavery. If a service must be free and is a human right, then that means you're enabling someone. I mean we all know they want slavery, but they can't come out and say it.

I saw a news story from a blue state where some Karen built a shack on her property for a "refugee" who she had coincidently cooking and cleaning her house. Karen argued Maria *wanted* to help her out in return for the shack...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)

93 On some level you wonder if all the race and gender swapping of historical characters has the sinister globalist purpose of sticking it in the public mind that there really is no such thing as a European or Korean or African or Arab and through all time all the races were everywhere and it was just Evil White People that made history look like white people invented everything. The general public tends to believe what they saw on TV over reality

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 09, 2026 12:45 PM (3/XaG)

94 Sowell is correct. As Mike Benz has documented, the CIA got laid out over the coals in the 70s because, among other things, they were anti-communist, which the Democrats didn't like. Part of their rehabilitation, which Reagan unfortunately signed off on, was making them more communist and setting up their NGO cutout network, including USAID.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2026 12:46 PM (QZThv)

95 66 Sowell is 100% correct.
The Soviets were telling us since the 50's that they would bury us, following the Marxist playbook of rotting us from within- destroy the family, faith, and national pride, in order to make the state the Father and Mother, cradle-to-grave.
Look at what Sowell says...
And look at today's democrat party and their Pravda media.
McCarthy was right.
Posted by: UncleJefe at May 09, 2026 11:39 AM (DzC+b)

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Most of the old soviet leaders are very concerned that they have created a monster in America. American academics are way more into communism than any of the old soviets ever were. They less into the actual communism and more into just killing their enemies, they also like to constantly create new enemies. The leftists hate everything about human existence and one day they might command the worlds most powerful military and nuclear arsenal.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 09, 2026 12:47 PM (IurJ0)

96 I saw a news story from a blue state where some Karen built a shack on her property for a "refugee" who she had coincidently cooking and cleaning her house. Karen argued Maria *wanted* to help her out in return for the shack...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)

Payment in kind is a thing. Free room and board in exchange for light housekeeping duties is not necessarily a bad deal.

Two caveats: "Maria" has a job, so no welfare for her. And,
secondly, Karen has to allow her sufficient time off to hunt for a regular job so that "Maria" can improve her situation.

Oh, third caveat: Maria has to have legal residency. Full stop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 12:47 PM (utfVc)

97 A woman who looked like the VP's wife was at an event with the shooter in 2017

There's a significant leap between there and "the shooter was best friends with the VP and his wife". I assume KT intended some sarcasm there?

Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2026 12:49 PM (QZThv)

98 Back during the Obamacare debate I discussed with a lot of left leaning people and I consistently made the point if they believed there is a "human right" to free healthcare there is nothing stopping them from ...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)

Eva Peron stated regularly "where there is a need there is a right" and that was the basis for the Peronist social welfare system.

Which turned Argentina into a basket case, economically. Another endless economic recession.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 12:52 PM (rbvCR)

99 94 On some level you wonder if all the race and gender swapping of historical characters has the sinister globalist purpose of sticking it in the public mind that there really is no such thing as a European or Korean or African or Arab and through all time all the races were everywhere and it was just Evil White People that made history look like white people invented everything. The general public tends to believe what they saw on TV over reality
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 09, 2026 12:45 PM (3/XaG)

May be something to that. One of the phrases that's been adopted among anti-immigration-enforcement progressive types is "they're all just people" or "they're all human beings," which I believe was inserted by globalists to diminish the idea of nation-states, and of distinctions between cultures, or that cultures can be compared as better or worse than others. A Somali fraudster is a Norwegian businessman is an Eritrean serial rapist. All morally equivalent, no concerns or consideration regarding their country of origin allowed.

Posted by: All of a piece at May 09, 2026 12:53 PM (TbWk/)

100 Get the Apollo 11/Breaker story from Buzz Aldrin himself rather than the AI Slop:

https://youtu.be/NdGVYfJzkhA

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2026 12:55 PM (O7YUW)

101 Thats Marxism theory, everything is free. Of course everything can't be free as sooner no one does anything because its free so why waste my time.

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 12:58 PM (Ia/+0)

102 May be something to that. One of the phrases that's been adopted among anti-immigration-enforcement progressive types is "they're all just people" or "they're all human beings," which I believe was inserted by globalists to diminish the idea of nation-states, and of distinctions between cultures, or that cultures can be compared as better or worse than others.

White people have the world's best win/loss record against tyranny (and especially Communist/socialist tyranny), so they probably want to breed that out of the human race. Hence the ads in Ukraine and Denmark trying to convince people that only mixed race children are human.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2026 12:58 PM (QZThv)

103 Read recently foreigners do think everything here is free, or all but to thosecwho can't affordvit. Housing, food, transportation, phones, schools.

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 01:01 PM (Ia/+0)

104 I am surprised people are seeing the Fosse influence in MJ just now. But it isn’t just MJ, Fosse is an icon, the pioneer of jazz dancing.

Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2026 01:03 PM (hftzA)

105 and jazz hands

Posted by: doug at May 09, 2026 01:07 PM (Hy+R4)

106 Posted by: InZona at May 09, 2026 12:32 PM (XiTQh)

I think your decision makes good sense, as well as being something that would contribute to greater peace of mind for those that chose it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 01:07 PM (2sfNr)

107 Alex Jones seeming less crazy every day.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2026 01:07 PM (abIsI)

108 Virginia Marxists freak over the Va Supreme Court shot down their vote grab.
Minnesota Marxists unanimously vote to keep the dead voting.

Its going to be a rough year until the mid term election

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 01:10 PM (Ia/+0)

109 My great uncle worked for NASA on the Apollo program. After he retired, he got interested in D & D because he saw all of the figures I had hand painted in my youth, and so that became his retirement hobby.

Total dork. It was never a conspiracy to him.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 01:16 PM (D1E+2)

110 Shall I compare thee to a blazing Molotov cocktail?

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Michelle said Barack quoted Saul Alinsky on their first date. That was "the moment she knew" it was love. or something.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 09, 2026 01:18 PM (AZFgu)

111 Its going to be a rough year until the mid term election
Posted by: Skip

Then the the shit REALLY hits the fan.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 09, 2026 01:20 PM (AZFgu)

112 AW especially if they lose, or win and think they have the advantage

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 01:24 PM (Ia/+0)

113 "Most of the old soviet leaders are very concerned that they have created a monster in America."

This is BS.

Link please.

Posted by: pawn at May 09, 2026 01:25 PM (+rSJz)

114 Lawyers are professional cynics.
Posted by: whig

Some of us don't need to be paid.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2026 01:27 PM (W5mpo)

115 "Shall I compare thee to a blazing Molotov cocktail?"

"I was smitten by his quoting of Saul Alinsky "just sounds ludicrous, as if was made up, Yes, I'm sure the multi multi millionaire Michelle Obama was smitten by that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 01:28 PM (rZCVI)

116 The leftists hate everything about human existence and one day they might command the worlds most powerful military and nuclear arsenal.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 09, 2026 12:47 PM (IurJ0)

[reading from the sacred scrolls of the apes] Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.

Posted by: Cornelius at May 09, 2026 01:29 PM (wVcYX)

117 GARDEN THREAD IS BLOOMING NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 01:32 PM (Ia/+0)

118 IIRC one of the moon landings had a device, covered with mirrors, that was setup on the surface. It's purpose was to allow precise measurements of the distance between the Earth and the Moon, using lasers.

So, if that experiment works (or worked) some of the deniers need to explain that one away. Convincingly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 01:32 PM (jehhT)

119 Who actually remembers what their spouse said on the first date unless it was something like "So, you want to go to bed together now?" I remember my husband being kind and funny. I don't remember what he said, but then neither of us were in luv with the writings of communists.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 01:32 PM (rZCVI)

120 @38 I like The Martian and thought Matt Damon and the rest of the cast was good. Good book also.
The launch from Mars was a little off to me . When they took off the nose cone and removed the windows the aerodynamics would have been all screwed up and I doubt the rocket would have flown straight. But it was sci-fi
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 12:02 PM (gu0hJ)

Mars' atmo is so thin that its possible that the nose cap doesn't contribute much relative to a launch from Earth. But I didn't see the movie. If the overall mass is reduced it might be a win overall. I did not see the movie.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026 01:36 PM (Ai6WH)

121 IIRC one of the moon landings had a device, covered with mirrors, that was setup on the surface. It's purpose was to allow precise measurements of the distance between the Earth and the Moon, using lasers.

So, if that experiment works (or worked) some of the deniers need to explain that one away. Convincingly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 01:32 PM (jehhT)

I've seen a demonstration of the device on YT or somewhere. Its set up to reflect a laser back to its source no matter the direction of the incoming laser. You enter the coordinates of the landing site and you see a big return signal. Move it off that site, you get no signal at all.

Also, they have taken hi res photos of lunar landing sites that show the equipment left behind.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026 01:40 PM (Ai6WH)

122 "Most of the old soviet leaders are very concerned that they have created a monster in America."

This is BS.

Link please.
Posted by: pawn at May 09, 2026 01:25 PM (+rSJz)

most of the old Soviet leaders are dead. it was nearly a generation ago.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026 01:42 PM (Ai6WH)

123 My great uncle worked for NASA on the Apollo program. After he retired, he got interested in D & D because he saw all of the figures I had hand painted in my youth, and so that became his retirement hobby.

Total dork. It was never a conspiracy to him.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 01:16 PM (D1E+2)

it would have been almost harder to fake it than do it with that tech. People were watching the liftoff, so they'd have to make a Saturn V and stack and launch it into space. Once you do that, might as well stick three guys into it.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026 01:44 PM (Ai6WH)

124 On some level you wonder if all the race and gender swapping of historical characters has the sinister globalist purpose of sticking it in the public mind that there really is no such thing as a European or Korean or African or Arab and through all time all the races were everywhere and it was just Evil White People that made history look like white people invented everything. The general public tends to believe what they saw on TV over reality
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 09, 2026 12:45 PM (3/XaG)

It is exactly the reverse, because they advertise it as a feature just to rile up there audience. It is a demonstration that they have the power to force a stupid casting decision on the audience that won't accept it. It is racial/cultural division, not a 'we are all alike' move.

It is also financially suicidal, so I don't get too angry at it.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026 01:50 PM (Ai6WH)

125 I have done some research and I believe that the moon landing was faked and everyone alive then was in on it except myself, a newbie ensign assigned to the bilge tank on a destroyer and the entire woodwind section of a major orchestra
Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 09, 2026 12:17 PM (jrgJz)

This is true, as an 8 year old in Ohio I had my full mission brief and planning sessions in hand at the time.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026 01:52 PM (Ai6WH)

126 "Shall I compare thee to a blazing Molotov cocktail?"

"I was smitten by his quoting of Saul Alinsky "just sounds ludicrous, as if was made up, Yes, I'm sure the multi multi millionaire Michelle Obama was smitten by that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 01:28 PM (rZCVI)

No way the Obamas ever used the word 'smitten' seriously in their life.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026 01:53 PM (Ai6WH)

127 TRex on kids nutrition?

https://tinyurl.com/39kkrd2k+

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2026 01:54 PM (qx7Zg)

128 VDH on the Democrat, er, Jacobin Party.

https://tinyurl.com/muxa53r9+

I tend to agree with his take, including about Sen. Fetterman.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2026 01:59 PM (qx7Zg)

129 > No way the Obamas ever used the word 'smitten' seriously in their life.
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I look forward to the day that their whole "marriage" is revealed to be a sham, Big Mike comes out of the closet and the JEF is affirmed teh ghey.

Nobody here will bat an eye.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 02:01 PM (jehhT)

130 Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2026 01:59 PM (qx7Zg)

Very good article by VDH. Thanks for posting it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 02:14 PM (ix8EF)

131 >>>Watch Bob Fosse's snake performance in "The Little Prince" from 1974 and tell me you don't see Michael Jackson's entire dance career born in real time.

WOW!

Posted by: m at May 09, 2026 02:19 PM (RtN13)

132 Tom Sowell, Living National Treasure!

and, note well, he said that 27 years ago!
27 years in which they received little or no pushback ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2026 02:50 PM (VyBeY)

133 DaVinci also didn't come up with the Vitruvian Man. He just re-did a similar drawing done years before by person whose name I can't recall at the moment.

MJ is in good company.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 03:02 PM (52qkP)

134 Mars' atmo is so thin that its possible that the nose cap doesn't contribute much relative to a launch from Earth. But I didn't see the movie. If the overall mass is reduced it might be a win overall. I did not see the movie.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2026 01:36 PM (Ai6WH)

They had a huge windstorm on Mars. I don't think so.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 03:06 PM (52qkP)

135 Exactly, but you can bet people would be outraged -and rightfully so -if a story about Harriet Tubman had a white woman playing her.

"Amadeus" is an odd enough story, while being very engaging . without messing around with transposing actors who are of a different ethnicity
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 11:48 AM (Yl2Ob)

I, for one, look forward to the Netflix remake of "Downfall" with Denzel Washington playing the lead character.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

And everyone else is portrayed by actors of the appropriate ethnicity.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 05:14 PM (/lPRQ)

136 I invent conspiracy theories: Jeffrey Epstein is alive because he never spent a day in jail to begin with. Did you see him perp walk? Did anyone visit him or interview him while in jail. Please dont say Alan Deshowitz is reliable.
I'm also havin trouble believing the woman posing as Ghislane Maxwell isw the actual Ghislane Maxwell. Some AI's are too.

Posted by: steve at May 09, 2026 09:17 PM (QOrsj)

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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:
3/10 – Update on Susan, who we have been praying for as she battles cancer. She is hospitalized again with an infection in her colon that quickly turned bad. The doctor says the signs are sepsis but they are running tests to make sure. The good news is that the pancreatic cancer was and is responding to the chemo and her cancer numbers are going down. God bless and thank you!
4/18 Update – Susan is doing outstanding. Her weight is better than expected. They have increased her dosage for chemo, and her cancer numbers are the lowest they have been since they started keeping track of them. They are so thankful for the mercy they have received. Thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers.
3/14 – Retired Buckeye Cop asks for prayers for Mrs. Cop’s cousin, “A.B”. He has been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. He is a retired police officer who was hit by a car years ago. He attempted to deal with the pain by self-medicating with too much Tylenol, which ended up poisoning his liver. His only alternative is a liver transplant, but he is uncertain if he wants to have surgery.
4/11 Update – A.B. got a second opinion and testing determined his live score was 15. (21+ means transplant time.) That’s bad, but not as critical as initially thought. He went to the Cleveland Clinic for a third opinion, and testing found that his score had dropped to 9 and a liver transplant was not even something to consider. The doctor suspected a reaction to Ozempic and told him to stop taking it for 6 months.
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.
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!
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 – Vmom deport deport deport asked for prayers for Captain Whitebread, who is back in ICU with a leg infection that sounds very serious. She also asked for prayers for her husband’s mental and emotional well-being as he faces transition of a possible forced retirement in 3 months.
4/29 Update Captain Whitebread’s son posted that Captain Whitebread had several more infections and passed away on 4/29.
4/18 – Warai-otoko offered a prayer of thanksgiving that he got a new job that he is really enjoying. Wifey also got an offer for a new job that sounds great, after a decade of putting up with her old job.
4/18 – fd posted that MIL went into the hospital with multiple issues. Then Dad went in. MIL is still there, and Dad is out. Both will be okay – as well as can be expected for 87 and 89 year olds. Also GSD Bruno started chemo for lymphoma and is responding well. Prayers from the Horde have helped.
5/2 Update – MIL and dad are back home. Bruno seems to be doing well. Thank you all, sincerely, for your thoughts and 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.
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.
4/18 – PA Dutchman asked for prayers for his family. His dad passed away on 4/9 after complications from a fall. He was 95 and a veteran of the Korean War, 34th Inf Rgt. Mostly prayers are need for PA Dutchman’s mom, who is absolutely heartbroken.
4/18 – PabloD has been having dizzy spells for the past few weeks. He is seeing a doctor soon, and is requesting prayers that figure it out and that it’s nothing too serious.
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.
4/18 – Doof provided an update on his mother. She is doing better. She moved into her own room in an assisted living facility. It’s walking distance from Doof’s house, which is great. Her mental state has improved dramatically. She can no longer walk but she does stand with some assistance and can transfer between a wheelchair and bed or a lift/recliner chair. This facility is more of a home and less of a hospital, which hopefully will provide a good opportunity for her to enjoy life. He appreciates the Horde’s prayers and asks for prayers that she settles in comfortably and develops new friendships.
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.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 08:08 AM (HdYcL)

2 Morning again, coffee people!

I've had my morning black juice. Time for a shave and shower.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:09 AM (wzUl9)

3 Beautiful pic, Biden's Dog ! I approve!

Posted by: runner at May 09, 2026 08:11 AM (GD0B3)

4 Good morning Horde. Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need. Hope you are feeling better given this rather eventful week.
Thx MisHum, hopefully I will get out of rehab this week. Thx to all for your prayers and well wishes

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 08:11 AM (gu0hJ)

5 called a pour over , very potent ! If you need a pick me up, that would do it.

Posted by: runner at May 09, 2026 08:12 AM (GD0B3)

6 Someone who knew him here will have to submit for Captain Whitebread.

Thank you Mis. Hum. And Annie's Stew.

Separately, I JUST PERFORMED SURGERY ON MY FRIENDS' CAT SNOWFLAKE!

Not surgery, but she DID have a huge matted clump of fur I've been trying to get out slowly for a month. I got rid of the rest. This was the worst but she let me cut it this morning.

BEFORE COFFEE!
Brave , trusting cat.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 08:12 AM (Sco7b)

7 Good morning Mis Hum and horde

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 08:12 AM (Ia/+0)

8 Good morning dear morons and thanks to annie and mh and the horde for praying
{grammie}
Hiya JT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 08:13 AM (2icm1)

9 Mornin' Horde. Coffee's on and prayers ascending...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2026 08:13 AM (nbLIj)

10 Don't be a drip. Come join the coffee thread!

Posted by: Beaner and Cecil at May 09, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)

11 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffiend at May 09, 2026 08:17 AM (oftw2)

12 mornin yall. I'm back at my parents place again, Dad went to the hospital last night. He said he felt terrible starting Thursday. We sat in the emergency room for a couple of hours and then he said he was feeling better and wanted to go home, which we did. We'll see how it goes today.

Bruno and MIL are fine for now. I think they can be removed from the list to make room for those who really need the prayers right now. Thank you everyone.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 08:17 AM (rOw3+)

13 I put ghee in my coffee.
I'm a gheezer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

14 Good morning, MisHum and Horde. Prayers for those who need them, and wet willies and Indian rope burns for those who deserve them.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 09, 2026 08:18 AM (kpS4V)

15 Dang. Sorry everyone.

Vnom had an update. I saw news of his passing last week and expected it near the end.

I'm sorry but I'm glad it's here.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 08:18 AM (Sco7b)

16 In my defense, I just started the coffee....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 08:19 AM (Sco7b)

17 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 09, 2026 08:20 AM (ZOv7s)

18 Yonder Horde

I think I may have a ruptured eardrum. Self inflicted. Had something in there that was itching and went a bit aggressive with a Q-tip. No pain. Just no hearing in that ear.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 08:20 AM (jehhT)

19 I put ghee in my coffee.
I'm a gheezer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)
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I use heavy whipping cream. Whip it good!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:21 AM (ZOv7s)

20 My biggest problem this morning is my parents only have decaf coffee. I may not wake up fully until this afternoon.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 08:21 AM (rOw3+)

21 It just tastes butter.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)

22 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers for all on the list, and the rest of you as well.

Hiya, JT!

Praying that grammie winger is maintaining, and Mr. Jordan61, and all the others with serious illnesses.

And prayers that good gains the upper hand over evil in the world. Lord, help us to put the devil back down in the hole.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2026 08:22 AM (h7ZuX)

23
Stand up for Islam (and get your head lopped off with a sword)!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 09, 2026 08:22 AM (xG4kz)

24 I think I may have a ruptured eardrum. Self inflicted. Had something in there that was itching and went a bit aggressive with a Q-tip. No pain. Just no hearing in that ear.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 08:20 AM (jehhT)
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Try some peroxide and a little warm water to irrigate it.

Then slap hot iron on it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:22 AM (ZOv7s)

25 20 My biggest problem this morning is my parents only have decaf coffee. I may not wake up fully until this afternoon.
Posted by: fd

Oh my, I feel for you. This cannot stand!

Posted by: Would Kill Me, I Reckon at May 09, 2026 08:23 AM (oftw2)

26 My biggest problem this morning is my parents only have decaf coffee. I may not wake up fully until this afternoon.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 08:21 AM (rOw3+)
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Why bother? I'd just as soon drink a Coke.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:24 AM (ZOv7s)

27 BEFORE COFFEE!
Brave , trusting cat.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 08:12 AM (Sco7b)

Good job, Dr. Stateless. I'm sure kitty is glad to have that out of her fur.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2026 08:25 AM (h7ZuX)

28 I am at lib little sis' house drinking powdered dried "espresso"

Pity me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 08:25 AM (2icm1)

29 28 I am at lib little sis' house drinking powdered dried "espresso"

Pity me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

More like Depresso, am I right?

Posted by: Ersatz, Phony, Phraudulent at May 09, 2026 08:27 AM (oftw2)

30
24 I think I may have a ruptured eardrum. Self inflicted. Had something in there that was itching and went a bit aggressive with a Q-tip. No pain. Just no hearing in that ear.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 08:20 AM (jehhT)

I remember a story about the original Richard Burton, the 19th century African explorer. While in the jungle some parasite attached itself and he had to feel the larvae in his inner ear for a year or more before he found a doctor who could rid him of them.

That story always made me want to scream!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 08:27 AM (25Mwa)

31 20 My biggest problem this morning is my parents only have decaf coffee. I may not wake up fully until this afternoon.
Posted by: fd

28 I am at lib little sis' house drinking powdered dried "espresso"
Pity me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 08:25 AM (2icm1)

May the Lord carry both of you through this morning.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2026 08:27 AM (h7ZuX)

32 20 My biggest problem this morning is my parents only have decaf coffee. I may not wake up fully until this afternoon.
Posted by: fd
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BOOKMAN: You got any coffee?
JERRY: Coffee?
BOOKMAN: Yeah. Coffee.
JERRY: No, I don't drink coffee.
BOOKMAN: Yeah, you don't drink coffee? How about instant coffee?
JERRY: No, I don't have--
BOOKMAN: You don't have any instant coffee?
JERRY: Well, I don't normally--
BOOKMAN: Who doesn't have instant coffee?
JERRY: I don't.
BOOKMAN: You buy a jar of Folger's Crystals, you put it in the cupboard, you
forget about it. Then later on when you need it, it's there. It lasts
forever. It's freeze-dried. Freeze-dried Crystals.
JERRY: Really? I'll have to remember that.

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at May 09, 2026 08:27 AM (2Ez/1)

33 I was given some hot brown water that smells vaguely like coffee. It teases me.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 08:28 AM (rOw3+)

34 I think I may have a ruptured eardrum. Self inflicted. Had something in there that was itching and went a bit aggressive with a Q-tip. No pain. Just no hearing in that ear.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

Ughh. Have you done the worst thing you could ever do and see what the internet says about this. Temporary, etc? Tips?

I say searching online is the worst thing ever because everything seems to lead to a terminal diagnosis and you have only hours to live....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 08:28 AM (Sco7b)

35 I am at lib little sis' house drinking powdered dried "espresso"

Pity me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 08:25 AM (2icm1)
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That right there is some quality penance.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:28 AM (ZOv7s)

36 I though this was such a nice story about a retired
man who had volunteered at a NICU and hugged and talked to the infants:

https://tinyurl.com/22wekk8w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 08:29 AM (6UQAR)

37
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 09, 2026 08:29 AM (8iYDv)

38 I'm quite content sitting here with my coffee, watching RAV and commenting on this smart military blog. Pretty sure I'm having a better time than Spambergler and Louise Lucas this AM.

Posted by: Observer of the Passing Scene at May 09, 2026 08:30 AM (oftw2)

39 Had a two-hour phone call recently with my friend Bill, who lost his girlfriend last year and is taking care of his 91 year old mom. He took early retirement to accommodate his caretaking role and is accepting this new life with grace. The one comfort he has is the cat that he and his girlfriend took in a couple of years ago. Prayers for continued strength for him and all caregivers..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2026 08:30 AM (nbLIj)

40 Have you tried Wilkins' Instant Coffee?

Posted by: Armed Kermit at May 09, 2026 08:31 AM (sDWtc)

41 Wonders what RAV stands for...

Posted by: But doesn't really care at May 09, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

42 The UFO files release has proved conclusively that UFOs exist.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 08:31 AM (rOw3+)

43 Toldya.

Posted by: Fox Mulder at May 09, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

44 Good morning, MisHum and Horde. Prayers for those who need them, and wet willies and Indian rope burns for those who deserve them.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 09, 2026 08:18 AM (kpS4V)

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Of course, it's the one week where MisHum didn't post any rules...... I'm doomed!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2026 08:32 AM (kOluj)

45 Mornin’, All. Happy Saturday.

Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2026 08:33 AM (77rzZ)

46 For my sins, I had to go and do the plate transfer in person at the local Secretary of State office. Our corrupt SoS clearly focuses more on rigging elections than customer service because the model she uses is that you have to go online to get an appointment - you can't just come in and get in line, which has been an option for all of eternity.

Basically, yet another example of how White Dem Women hate poor people.

Anyhow, I did have an appointment, and as I watched the idle state employees chat among themselves rather than help anyone, I spotted a very ugly woman, and felt bad for her, and then realized it was a dude with breast implants and a chest tattoo. OF COURSE that was the one I had to go to. He was reasonably efficient, and when I found (to no great surprise) that the online instructions were flawed, he said I could just come back after retrieving necessary documents. (cont)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:33 AM (ZOv7s)

47 (cont) My house is quite close, only a few minutes away, and I tore into piles of useless paper where the proof of insurance should have been but wasn't. I went online and printed off new copies.

Driving back and filled with wrath, I calmed myself by saying a decade of Hail Marys and the prayers given above. By the time I reached the office I had come to realize that the mutilated creature before me was an object of pity, not contempt, and that if anyone deserved to go to hell, it was the people who did that to him.

Matters were satisfactorily concluded, and upon returning home, I fulfilled the sidequest of going through all the papers that had piled up over a couple of years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:36 AM (ZOv7s)

48 I spotted a very ugly woman, and felt bad for her, and then realized it was a dude with breast implants and a chest tattoo.

====

🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at May 09, 2026 08:37 AM (GD0B3)

49 The UFO files release has proved conclusively that UFOs exist.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 08:31 AM (rOw3+)
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I have zero interest in the topic, but I do think it interesting that spiritual beings of light have been recorded in every culture since records began, they are in the Bible, there are confirmed apparitions seen by thousands, but that's impossible.

No, it has to be alien life that somehow got here in defiance of all of our known laws of physics because SCIENCE!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:41 AM (ZOv7s)

50 Also: The Soviets used UFOs to convince Americans to spy on their government and publish the results. This is known.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:42 AM (ZOv7s)

51 A statement from Frontier Airlines last night:

'As flight 4345 was departing this evening from Denver International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, the aircraft reportedly struck a pedestrian on the runway during takeoff.'

According to reports, the person struck was at least partially ingested into one of the engines which, in turn, caused a fire leading to smoke inside the aircraft.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 08:43 AM (J4Dwc)

52 As plans are now, going out with my sister tonight, then tomorrow she is bringing supper to my parents.
Rain this evening is worse part

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 08:44 AM (Ia/+0)

53 Mornin' Horde. Won't go into my situation. Perhaps I'm going through extended penance for the sins of my foolish youth; I don't know.

Just wish it would end, one way or another.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 09, 2026 08:45 AM (FIwBs)

54 51 Wow, that’s awful.

Stay off of runways, people!

Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ)

55 the mutilated creature before me was an object of pity, not contempt, and that if anyone deserved to go to hell, it was the people who did that to him.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:36 AM (ZOv7s)

This is so true.

I have compassion for the trannies, which is not the same as acceptance and celebration.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2026 08:46 AM (h7ZuX)

56 Who walks around on runways while planes are taking off or landing?

Posted by: dantesed at May 09, 2026 08:47 AM (Oy/m2)

57 The UFO files release has proved conclusively that UFOs exist.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 08:31 AM (rOw3+)

===
If there weren't UFOs they wouldn't have files on them.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 08:47 AM (2icm1)

58 May the peace of THE LORD be with you all

Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 08:47 AM (z2aPa)

59 Good Morning

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 09, 2026 08:48 AM (QovLg)

60 58 May the peace of THE LORD be with you all
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 08:47 AM (z2aPa)

And with you!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2026 08:48 AM (h7ZuX)

61 May the peace of THE LORD be with you all
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 08:47 AM (z2aPa)
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And with your spirit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:49 AM (ZOv7s)

62 * I spotted a very ugly woman, and felt bad for her, and then realized it was a dude with breast implants and a chest tattoo.*

"I had come to realize that the mutilated creature before me was an object of pity, not contempt..."
+++
Had a similar experience recently when I looked into getting something custom framed at a frame shop inside the big arts and crafts store which shall remain nameless.

I had to force myself to get over the initial wave of revulsion and focus on the subject at hand. And to be fair, the person, who is a he, despite whatever delusions are at play, was extremely professional and very creative regarding choice of frames and mats and the like. The final version he came up with was impressive.
I just had to set aside my bias and desire to go to another store.
Pity, not contempt.
By the way, I didn't get the framing done. Much too expensive for my budget.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

63 No pain. Just no hearing in that ear.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 08:20 AM (jehhT)

Hot iron!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2026 08:50 AM (iERP6)

64 >>Stay off of runways, people!

At the very least, only walk on active runways during daylight hours so pilots can see and avoid you.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 08:51 AM (J4Dwc)

65 "Who walks around on runways while planes are taking off or landing?
Posted by: dantesed"

What a dummy. You are supposed to run on the runway.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 08:52 AM (rOw3+)

66 Who walks around on runways while planes are taking off or landing?
Posted by: dantesed at May 09, 2026 08:47 AM (Oy/m2)
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Major flight line violation there. One of the rites of passage in Air Force public affairs is the first time you are thrown to the tarmac at gunpoint by the SPs because you violated flight line rules.

There are some variations. My major at the 127th got an M-60s trained on her in Kosovo. In my case, I was in a parking lot adjacent to the runway (so on the correct side of the line) taking photos of a memorial flight from the top of an ammo cart, but they rolled up on me and held me at gunpoint just the same. Naturally when they called Wing HQ they said they didn't know who I was and I should be detained.

The unit called back before I got cuffed. Oh how everyone (but me) laughed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)

67 65 "Who walks around on runways while planes are taking off or landing?
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Ahem.

Posted by: Every US Navy aircraft carrier ever at May 09, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)

68 The UFO files release has proved conclusively that UFOs exist.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 08:31 AM (rOw3+)

I'm pretty certain the 1958 documentary Plan 9 had all the necessary proof of actual flying saucers. See here:
https://youtu.be/3Xh0ecjxu_E

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 09, 2026 08:54 AM (wVcYX)

69 The UFO files release has proved conclusively that UFOs exist.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 08:31 AM (rOw3+)

Of course they exist. The question is: Where are they from?

Another civilization, or some source on earth?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2026 08:54 AM (iERP6)

70 Good job, Dr. Stateless. I'm sure kitty is glad to have that out of her fur.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2026 08:25 AM (h7ZuX)

Thank you. Her and the dog are sleeping upstairs now. I have very long grass to cut but I don't want to wake them yet. Ralphy has just risen!

I hope all of you are managing with sub-par coffee.

AH - what a story. Gratefully I'm not to the point where I'm wondering if 'she's' single.

Joe Kidd - bless your friend, his Mother, the cat and all caregivers here past and present.

Yardwork awakes.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 08:56 AM (Sco7b)

71 Ahem.
Posted by: Every US Navy aircraft carrier ever at May 09, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)
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Right, but that's a restricted area. There are things called flight line badges, and one has to be trained and checked out, and if you look at the runways and aprons, those strange marks tell you where you can and can't go.

I actually did the online certification for runway driving and kept it current for much of my career, even though it rarely mattered. At one point I was going to retrain into airfield ops, but it requires full color vision and I'm partially colorblind (I'm one of those guys who mixes up black and dark blue).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 08:57 AM (ZOv7s)

72 Actually I'm awaiting. I never sleep.

Posted by: Yardwork at May 09, 2026 08:58 AM (2Ez/1)

73
1 1
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Congratulation on being eleventh!

Posted by: Congress Critter Ilhan Omar at May 09, 2026 08:58 AM (QVmho)

74 Gotta love British humor! In desperate attempt to cling to power, Keir Starmer brings in a fresh new face to no 10 - Gordon Brown! 🤣🤣🤣

The response is priceless , "Labour MPs and ministers blasted the appointments as 'pure gimmick' and 'nonsense' that suggests Sir Keir doesn't 'grasp the scale of the challenge'.

One senior backbencher said: 'It’s nuts. But more importantly, it’s ineffectual.'

A cabinet minister joked to the Mail: 'I'm waiting for the ghost of Barbara Castle (1910-2002) to appear on the steps of No.10.'

A second scathingly reacted: 'It doesn't exactly scream THE FUTURE does it?' "

🤡🤡🤡

Posted by: runner at May 09, 2026 08:58 AM (GD0B3)

75 Morning, Horde...how goes it?

Windows has decided that my desktop wallpaper today shall be a moose.

I get the feeling he wants to tell me something...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026 08:58 AM (gnNyN)

76 58 May the peace of THE LORD be with you all
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2026 08:47 AM (z2aPa)

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and also with you! *tips cap*

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2026 08:58 AM (kOluj)

77 If our government published something, I just proceed from the assumption that it's bullshit. UFOs or anything else.

Only because it always turns out to be bullshit, though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2026 08:59 AM (BI5O2)

78 If you need a real pick-me-up, a mug full of Turkish coffee will take care of that, and you will have a mouthful of fine ground coffee grounds to chew on afterwards.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 09, 2026 08:59 AM (0U5gm)

79 Actually I'm awaiting. I never sleep.

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I fell that way in the height summer, but in spring and fall, I love it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2026 09:00 AM (BI5O2)

80 Another civilization, or some source on earth?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2026 08:54 AM (iERP6)

'Ancient Aliens' had an episode.

How about time travellers? Given interstellar distances, I kind of liked that theory.

And how bad is your day going if you manage to travel insane number of light years, overcoming issues with gravity, inertia, radiation and so many other things only to crash in NEW MEXICO?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 09:00 AM (Sco7b)

81 I begged her to at least pick up some Folger's Crystals, but no.

Also she won't buy paper towels or tissues. The answer to the next question ks "yes"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 09:00 AM (2icm1)

82 The park is closed today.

Posted by: Your Windows Moose desktop wallpaper at May 09, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)

83 spiritual beings of light have been recorded in every culture since records began, they are in the Bible, there are confirmed apparitions seen by thousands, but that's impossible.
No, it has to be alien life that somehow got here in defiance of all of our known laws of physics because SCIENCE!

Yes, in fact, if demons exist and can be identified, catalogued, and studied, they should be. And we would be better able to confront and/or to oppose them. They would indeed be classed as aliens (if they exist).
Our science would thereby expand.
Imagine if we were still treating infection as beyond science.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2026 09:01 AM (sDWtc)

84 Time travel is impossible !

Posted by: runner at May 09, 2026 09:01 AM (GD0B3)

85
Off Learing Center Fraudster soc

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2026 09:02 AM (QVmho)

86 I begged her to at least pick up some Folger's Crystals, but no.

Also she won't buy paper towels or tissues. The answer to the next question ks "yes

==

When you leave take something from her place - for making you , the guest , suffer!

Posted by: runner at May 09, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)

87 Mornin' Horde. Won't go into my situation. Perhaps I'm going through extended penance for the sins of my foolish youth; I don't know.

Just wish it would end, one way or another.

Posted by: Brother Tim

Sounds familiar.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 09, 2026 09:02 AM (0U5gm)

88 The 8 point star UFO is freaking me out

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 09, 2026 09:03 AM (/+uur)

89 And how bad is your day going if you manage to travel insane number of light years, overcoming issues with gravity, inertia, radiation and so many other things only to crash in NEW MEXICO?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 09:00 AM (Sco7b)
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This proves that the aliens are all women. They can cover absurdly long distances, operate technology beyond our understanding, but still can't park worth a damn.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:03 AM (ZOv7s)

90 Stay off of runways, people!

At the very least, only walk on active runways during daylight hours so pilots can see and avoid you.
Posted by: one hour sober

At least the ones not drunk.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 09, 2026 09:04 AM (QovLg)

91 How is it that they know how to design an interstellar space craft, and they know how to build an interstellar space craft, and they know how to fly an interstellar space craft, but they don't know how to LAND an interstellar space craft?

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 09, 2026 09:05 AM (2Ez/1)

92 Yes, in fact, if demons exist and can be identified, catalogued, and studied, they should be. And we would be better able to confront and/or to oppose them. They would indeed be classed as aliens (if they exist).
Our science would thereby expand.
Imagine if we were still treating infection as beyond science.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2026 09:01 AM (sDWtc)
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This has been done. Angels (and therefore fallen angels as well) have a variety of shapes that are not at all human. They look...well...alien.

The Holy Angels by Mother Alexandra is a good place to start for those who are interested.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:05 AM (ZOv7s)

93 The UFO files release has proved conclusively that UFOs exist.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 08:31 AM (rOw3+)

Of course they exist. The question is: Where are they from?

Another civilization, or some source on earth?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2026 08:54 AM (iERP6)
======================
Another interplanetary civilization? Einstein called and wants to know details on how this whole travel through the folds of time thing works.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2026 09:06 AM (YdWlB)

94 Maybe there are no aliens. Maybe they're among us and running everything. Whatever the truth is, you won't be getting it from the US federal government. Just bullshit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2026 09:06 AM (BI5O2)

95 I think many of the videos purporting to show UFO's are actually drones.

Drones, as we know them today, are pretty sophisticated and ubiquitous. In the 50's and 60's not so much. But I'm pretty sure they existed. And the image tech at the time wasn't great. So... how to explain what was captured on film? Especially if (at the time) the drone technology was top secret.

And why are so few videos and photos in color?

Still, I'd like to believe...

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 09:06 AM (jehhT)

96 Nice pic up top. Very calming

Posted by: 496 at May 09, 2026 09:07 AM (MxCkF)

97 Yes, in fact, if demons exist and can be identified, catalogued, and studied, they should be. And we would be better able to confront and/or to oppose them. They would indeed be classed as aliens (if they exist).
Our science would thereby expand.
Imagine if we were still treating infection as beyond science.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2026 09:01 AM (sDWtc)
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The problem you face is some portion of the population will want to protect the demons as endangered, and others will celebrate them even unto voting them into office or worshiping them. That'll get in the way of objective science.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2026 09:08 AM (zyFko)

98 https://www.war.gov/UFO/ftag/MSF0951a18/

master site of UFO files

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 09, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

99 *Einstein called and wants to know details on how this whole travel through the folds of time thing works.*
+++++++

Did he happen to mention where he was calling from?

Posted by: Just curious at May 09, 2026 09:09 AM (2Ez/1)

100 I also think the missile bounce video is freaky.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 09, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)

101 When you leave take something from her place - for making you , the guest , suffer!
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)
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Nah next time I'll remember to pack some kleenex

She is such a hippie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 09:11 AM (2icm1)

102 How is it that they know how to design an interstellar space craft, and they know how to build an interstellar space craft, and they know how to fly an interstellar space craft, but they don't know how to LAND an interstellar space craft?
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 09, 2026 09:05 AM (2Ez/1)

Islam.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2026 09:11 AM (g8Ew8)

103 Maybe there are no aliens. Maybe they're among us and running everything.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2026 09:06 AM (BI5O2)
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Maybe there are no aliens, maybe there are. It matters not, because if there are other civilizations they exist so greatly far away no one will ever meet them and they will not meet us. For all intents and purposes, in this case, the two ideas (that alien civilizations exist and that they do not exist) are exactly the same. Equal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2026 09:12 AM (zyFko)

104
I think many of the videos purporting to show UFO's are actually drones.

Drones, as we know them today, are pretty sophisticated and ubiquitous. In the 50's and 60's not so much. But I'm pretty sure they existed. And the image tech at the time wasn't great. So... how to explain what was captured on film? Especially if (at the time) the drone technology was top secret.
And why are so few videos and photos in color?
Still, I'd like to believe...
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer

We had VERY good drone and remote control technology in the 50s. The B-29 Superfortress was used as a target for Nike Hercules missile systems during training exercises, allowing missile crews to practice tracking and intercepting high-altitude bombers. The Nike Hercules was designed to engage such aircraft, demonstrating its capabilities in air defense scenarios.

Looking for a video of one to link.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2026 09:13 AM (QVmho)

105 Models walk on runways and catwalks all the time and mostly don't get sucked into jet engines.

Posted by: Strike a Pose! at May 09, 2026 09:13 AM (oftw2)

106 Colorado gray wolf reintroduction update:

CPW Annual Report
https://is.gd/34oG7H

Lots of euphemistic language, but a useful report. Things of note:

- US Fish & Wildlife put the kibosh on CPW plans to import 10-15 additional wolves this past winter, which coupled with substantial mortality among the existing packs puts the sustainability of the project in danger.

-There were 10 known wolf deaths during the 12 month period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 with an interesting mix of causes as follows:

-2 shot & killed legally after crossing into Wyoming
-1 euthanized after bing caught in a legal coyote trap
-1 killed by a mountain lion
-1 killed by an automobile strike
-1 killed by CPW after attacking livestock
-1 died during capture by CPW for tracking collar maintenance
-3 cases still under investigation.

10 deaths in a year out of a population estimated at ~30, without new importation? Seems unlikely they will reach a self-sustaining population any time soon.

Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2026 09:14 AM (I0N4X)

107 10 deaths in a year out of a population estimated at ~30, without new importation? Seems unlikely they will reach a self-sustaining population any time soon.
Posted by: muldoon

There's a reason they were extirpated. My Pop claims the last grey wolf in Missouri was killed in Cass County after a successful drive.

Posted by: MkY at May 09, 2026 09:15 AM (q6tQZ)

108 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

May God shower His mercy and grace on all of His children this day.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 09, 2026 09:16 AM (vrNzf)

109 Seems appropriate for this thread to point out that whenever an angel appears in a biblical account the first thing communicated is "Chill. Don't be scared."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)

110 Speaking of alien civilizations, Trump trying to make a deal with the crazy mullahcracy in Iran reminds me of the old show 'Battlestar Gallactica", where the humans try to make peace with the Cylons right up until the massive nuclear attack on the home worlds happens.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2026 09:17 AM (zyFko)

111 10 deaths in a year out of a population estimated at ~30, without new importation? Seems unlikely they will reach a self-sustaining population any time soon.
Posted by: muldoon

Ain't that good news?

Posted by: Sam Cooke at May 09, 2026 09:17 AM (oftw2)

112 ...should've said my Pop "claimed". Been dead 17 years now.

Posted by: MkY at May 09, 2026 09:18 AM (q6tQZ)

113
Here's the B-29 as a target for Nike Hercules video. When I watched it the first time, it was still classified.

Damn, I'm old.

https://youtu.be/D_tSIlMdZok

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2026 09:19 AM (QVmho)

114 Seems appropriate for this thread to point out that whenever an angel appears in a biblical account the first thing communicated is "Chill. Don't be scared."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)
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Yeah, they aren't adorable chubby little children with cute wings.

Some of them are wheels of fire. Note that one of the visions of Frodo is that instead of a ring, he has a wheel of fire at his breast. Since the One Ring is infused with most of Sauron's power, that it what it would look like to other spirits. So much going on in that book.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:20 AM (ZOv7s)

115 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. Gregory of Nazianzen, Confessor and Doctor of the Church, 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 09, 2026 09:20 AM (ksbjf)

116 Ahhhhh.

[enjoys first cup of the day]

For some it is just a hot beverage, for me, it is life-support.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 09:21 AM (XeU6L)

117 Good morning, friends. Prayers have been said for all.

Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2026 09:21 AM (tHSRx)

118 Speaking of alien civilizations, Trump trying to make a deal with the crazy mullahcracy in Iran reminds me of the old show 'Battlestar Gallactica", where the humans try to make peace with the Cylons right up until the massive nuclear attack on the home worlds happens.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2026 09:17 AM (zyFko)
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Trump knows what he is doing. He's stringing things out, weakening the mullahs. Everyone who wants to see things wrapped up in a neat 48-hour package are either delusional or dishonest.

He managed to completely nullify the War Powers Act *and* flip Just War Theory so that now Iran is the aggressor and the US is responding in self defense. Absolutely amazing to behold.

And let's raise one for the Navy, who are getting to use torpedoes and deck guns for the first time in forever!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)

119
I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
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I'm running rather heavy on the sins of omission.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 09:23 AM (XeU6L)

120 AOC says American Rev was against the Billionaire of that time.
Does not realize it was against People just like her that want to control the lives of others thousand of miles away.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 09, 2026 09:23 AM (/+uur)

121 "83 spiritual beings of light have been recorded in every culture since records began, they are in the Bible, there are confirmed apparitions seen by thousands, but that's impossible.
No, it has to be alien life that somehow got here in defiance of all of our known laws of physics because SCIENCE!"

First, human beings are luminescent spiritual beings. We give off a beautiful infrared glow. We just can't see our own luminescence.

Second, the whole demon/alien thing may just be different vocabularies for the same phenomena. Is Leprosy caused by demons or aliens? If we didn't have the lenses to see the wee beasties, we'd still be debating. We'll likely need some tech advance to assimilate those beings into our understanding, assuming they truly exist as we think they do, conscious and acting upon our world with intent.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 09, 2026 09:24 AM (w/O5Q)

122 To me the fatal flaw in the gray wolf reintroduction plan is the fact that between the 1940's when wolves were eradicated in Colorado and now there has been an explosive increase in human presence into the mountains. Dozens of ski resorts. Expanded outdoor recreation opportunities (hiking, hunting, mountain biking, etc.). Mountain population growth both in towns and in off-grid individual homes. Expansion of ranching. Intrusion of high volume, high speed interstate and other highways and the accompanying increase in traffic volume.

This ain't your grandfather's wolf habitat anymore. Reintroduction is a fever dream of fuzzy-thinking fantasists, playing at being God.

Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2026 09:25 AM (I0N4X)

123 And let's raise one for the Navy, who are getting to use torpedoes and deck guns for the first time in forever!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)

I tried to get a Navy contract to build remotes for target practice.
Now the Navy get to practice with other peoples boats.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 09, 2026 09:25 AM (/+uur)

124 This ain't your grandfather's wolf habitat anymore. Reintroduction is a fever dream of fuzzy-thinking fantasists, playing at being God.
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2026 09:25 AM (I0N4X)

Now do Jurassic Park

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 09, 2026 09:25 AM (/+uur)

125 Separately, I JUST PERFORMED SURGERY ON MY FRIENDS' CAT SNOWFLAKE!

Not surgery, but she DID have a huge matted clump of fur I've been trying to get out slowly for a month. ...
Brave , trusting cat.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 08:12 AM (Sco7b)

Snowflake might not be your cat, but you're definitely her hooman.

I am of the opinion that God provided us the gift of pets so that we might experience - to some degree - unconditional love. Dogs and cats all have their distinct personalities: they give us unconditional love to the extent that their non-rational nature allows. We love them in return, and grieve their deaths.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 09:26 AM (ksbjf)

126
And that was a Nike Ajax, not a Nike Hercules. There's another one of a B-17 as a target with Nike Hercules.

We got to see some really cool videos in training back in the day.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2026 09:26 AM (QVmho)

127 Marxism doesn't teach history

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 09:26 AM (Ia/+0)

128 65 "Who walks around on runways while planes are taking off or landing

I believe Hillary.

But she was heroically dodging a hail of bullets at the time, running back and forth carrying men twice her weight to safety while returning fire taking out 7 enemies.

Her secret missions were probably even more impressive.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 09:27 AM (Sco7b)

129 I am of the opinion that God provided us the gift of pets so that we might experience - to some degree - unconditional love. Dogs and cats all have their distinct personalities: they give us unconditional love to the extent that their non-rational nature allows. We love them in return, and grieve their deaths.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 09:26 AM (ksbjf)
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Amen!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2026 09:27 AM (gnNyN)

130 10 deaths in a year out of a population estimated at ~30, without new importation? Seems unlikely they will reach a self-sustaining population any time soon.
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2026 09:14 AM (I0N4X)

Wait. Hold up. Are you suggesting that the experty experts are . . . wrong?

*Muttley snicker*

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 09, 2026 09:27 AM (wVcYX)

131 “…. my parents only have decaf coffee”

Nice! Coffee that doesn’t do what Coffee does. LOL.

I’m not a Coffee snob, I’m really not. I’ll drink the good stuff, Sumatran Jamaican Kona Cannabis blend, blessed by Tibetan monks and expressed thrice through Java Monkees. Type II c-rat. Coffee, that’s OK too. I’ll drink anything.

But I need my brain to boot-up in the morning efficiently. I need to become ambulatory and able to take sustenance. I picked up some various Coffees yesterday. Some better, some worse, and some Emergency Strategic Reserve.

Folger’s “House Blend”, seems to be a cut above their “Classic”, which I would rate as “barely” drinkable. Stale Burlap, with a Hint of Mold predominates. House blend is not objectionable.

When you take a sip of Coffee, it should meet certain minimum performance standards. “Hmm. I want another sip!” Not “What the Fuck is that??” Picky, I know.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 09:28 AM (YD9e9)

132 Mornin' Horde. Won't go into my situation. Perhaps I'm going through extended penance for the sins of my foolish youth; I don't know.

Just wish it would end, one way or another.

Posted by: Brother Tim

Prayers said to help you find peace.

Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2026 09:28 AM (tHSRx)

133 I think the lesson here is to always look both ways before crossing a runway.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 09:28 AM (J4Dwc)

134 “We are in the depths of hell” Abby Philip has an EPIC meltdown on CNN NewsNight in the wake of the Virginia Supreme Court ruling that the Democrats’ gerrymandering was unconstitutional.

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Fair and balanced.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 09, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7)

135
Plodding slowly through Dutch's show career, trying to piece it all together.

Dutch finished his championship late in 2010 and was shown as a special between 2011 and early 2015, when it became clear that he was ill. It turned out to be Cushing's Disease, and he died in September, 2015. One day before the 2013 Westminster KC show, he bloated and torsioned and thus was out of competition until late 2013.

I thought I had a complete record of the shows he competed in, but found out to my horror that half the records for 2014, a year where he was #1 Borzoi in Breed rankings, was missing, as were his 2015 shows.

From the AKC records, it should be possible to reconstruct those shows where he received a ribbon. From those same records, I can do a reasonable job of determining which shows he didn't appear in. But for shows I don't have where he walked and I can't account for his being absent, I'm SOL.

It won't make a difference in determining his lifetime points in Breed, All-Breed and Grand Champion, but it's still irksome.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 09:29 AM (HdYcL)

136 infodog.com

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 09:31 AM (J4Dwc)

137 We'll see how this goes:

"Critically Endangered Red Wolves Set for New Life in NC Mountains"

https://shorturl.at/N7H94

Exerpt:
"Red Wolves, once nearly extinct in the wild, may soon roam the mountains of North Carolina again as federal efforts to restore the critically endangered species ramp up."

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

138 Thanks to all for prayers on behalf of Mrs. E. She has more infusions on 8th and 15th, then first assessment on 22nd this month.

Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2026 09:31 AM (LHPAg)

139 Last evening I decided to take a quick walk around the block and on my way back, my path converged with a couple walking two large dogs. The dogs got excited, of course, but they held them back, but one couldn't bear it and I let it sniff me and it was jumping up and down like crazy. Very playful.

I said in a loud voice: "Why yes, I just had a cat sleeping on my lap, how can you tell?" and they laughed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)

140 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 50 chilly, rainy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor.

Edited five chapters of my novel yesterday. Hoping for another five today, which will bring me pretty close to the end. So far, the story seems tight, without much fat, but my big problem is that, for a mystery set in Hollywood, there's not much actual movie-making going on. A lot of talk, but no visuals, which is what my two or three fans have told me they like.

And the book is short, coming in at barely 53K words. Anyway, we will see what happens as we go along.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 09, 2026 09:32 AM (qRla/)

141 From long time reader and commenter, Bidens Dog. The power of coffee!!!!

Hilarious, yet somewhat disturbing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2026 09:33 AM (bEI8k)

142 137 Didn’t they determine that red wolves are just wolf-coyote hybrids, or something like that?

Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

143 Fair and balanced.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 09, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7)
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The Dems suffer from what I call "last turn syndrome." They come up with a plan that they think will be totally devastating, put it into effect, and then Trump makes a countermove that utterly confounds them.

"NO! We won! The game is over and we won!"

It's really weird.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

144 When you take a sip of Coffee, it should meet certain minimum performance standards. “Hmm. I want another sip!” Not “What the Fuck is that??”

I've had dates like that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 09, 2026 09:34 AM (qRla/)

145 The UFO files release has proved conclusively that UFOs exist.
Posted by: fd

Which is to say… they're still unidentified, right? Right.

Good morning. Managed to get up in time to enjoy this thread "live." With coffee. Progression of gal getting the best coffee ever escalated perfectly.

Posted by: mindful webworker - black and hot - the coffee, I mean at May 09, 2026 09:34 AM (Cl/mc)

146 Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 09:26 AM (ksbjf)

Thank you. She is such a great cat and you are right about animals. Ralphy's older right now and I'm really taking care of him, which is fine.

The yard is being prepped. I also just want to inform the Horde that I will be digging out a small near dead plant. In it's place will be a 70 pound painted concrete pedestal. And later, cemented to that will be a small, painted 170 pound concrete monkey.

Apparently the morning rant had some sort of influence on me...

It's really cute. I'm on a corner lot. He'll be facing the street. I expect him to be popular.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 09:34 AM (Sco7b)

147 I can’t remember in my History who said it, but upon ordering some at a restaurant:

“If this be Coffee, bring me Tea. If this be Tea, bring me Coffee”.

The history of Coffee is interesting with a long and controversial, complicated history. The Arab world discovered it, but Moslems were divided on whether it was OK, or not.

The Italians brought it to Europe, and Coffee houses started popping up everywhere. The Pope at the time decided to try some, he thought it smelled good. Then he tried some, and everything was copacetic in Christendom, but it was a close run thing.

Both Tobacco and Coffee have been Capital offenses at various times in various places. Our betters know Best, don’t ya know.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 09:35 AM (YD9e9)

148 Crossed the runway at Bentwaters twice, both in very heavy fog. Sure no A-10s that didn't have radar were not going anywhere but what if some other emergency happened?
Crew chief thought couldn't happen

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 09:35 AM (Ia/+0)

149 144 LOL, MP4.

Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

150
'Exerpt'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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See? This is what happens when you haven't had your first cup of coffee.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 09:37 AM (XeU6L)

151 Yes, in fact, if demons exist and can be identified, catalogued, and studied, they should be. And we would be better able to confront and/or to oppose them. They would indeed be classed as aliens (if they exist).
Our science would thereby expand.
Imagine if we were still treating infection as beyond science.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2026 09:01 AM (sDWtc)
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This has been done. Angels (and therefore fallen angels as well) have a variety of shapes that are not at all human. They look...well...alien.

The Holy Angels by Mother Alexandra is a good place to start for those who are interested.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:05 AM (ZOv7s)

A.H.L., you had mentioned that book over a year ago. Based on your recommendation, I read it and found it informative. The book is a pretty quick, short read.

gKWVE, you're comment seems to suggest that you are subscribing to the fallacious school-of-thought that science (reason) and religion are in conflict. I'm a mechanical engineer, but also a devout Catholic. I see no conflict: science answers questions concerning the material world, but cannot answer the big question -- WHY?

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 09:37 AM (ksbjf)

152 And the book is short, coming in at barely 53K words. Anyway, we will see what happens as we go along.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 09, 2026 09:32 AM (qRla/)
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I think that's a good length for a novel. They've really gotten bloated over the years. I think one reason I prefer older books is that they get to the point.

Last night I crossed the 10,000 word line, and the rhythm of fiction writing is returning to me. I'm getting back into the mode of taking a break to do some character/plot development, working it through, and only then pushing things forward. Last week's pause was very helpful in that respect.

I'm also taking "thinking breaks" while I write, going on a brief walk to clear my head and get the blood pumping.

New characters are emerging as well, which is nice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)

153 But, other than that . . .

Virginia Democrats' appeal of state Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering misspells the words "Virginia" and "Senator"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 09, 2026 09:38 AM (ndZc7)

154
infodog.com
Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 09:31 AM (J4Dwc)

I couldn't have put together Lacey's record without Infodog. But they only have catalogs for MB-F shows, and Dutch mostly appeared in shows where Onofrio was the superintendent. And Onofrio is hopeless.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 09:38 AM (HdYcL)

155 The best part of waking up is Folger's in your cup.

It's Mountain Grown.

Posted by: Mrs. Olson, Virginia Christine at May 09, 2026 09:39 AM (oftw2)

156 Morning all. I’ve now moved to Florida and started my new job. It’s all so far so good…. Had a lovely jog along the beach. When I say lovely I mean “so humid I thought I was swimming and was going to die”

Florida humidity is serious. But a beautiful ocean view and a bit of a breeze even

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2026 09:39 AM (Jehr5)

157 The Dems suffer from what I call "last turn syndrome." They come up with a plan that they think will be totally devastating, put it into effect, and then Trump makes a countermove that utterly confounds them.

"NO! We won! The game is over and we won!"

It's really weird.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Democrats, probably due to DEI rot and what passes for Higher Education these days, have become Baldrick. Always with a cunning plan that ends up blowing up in their face. Or to use another metaphor, Trump is Roadrunner and Democrats are Wile E. Coyote--Super Genius.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 09:40 AM (E4rtv)

158 “If this be Coffee, bring me Tea. If this be Tea, bring me Coffee”.

Sounds like something Dr Johnson would say.

It reminds me of an old Punch cartoon where a fellow is staying at an Irish inn and asks for some Scotch whisky. The waiter tells him, "There's no call for it, sir. And the only ones who want it use it to water down our own."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 09, 2026 09:40 AM (qRla/)

159 It's really cute. I'm on a corner lot. He'll be facing the street. I expect him to be popular.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 09:34 AM (Sco7b)
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General Urdo I hope.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 09:40 AM (2icm1)

160 ...federal efforts to restore the critically endangered species ramp up."
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

*********

Oh, great!

Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2026 09:40 AM (I0N4X)

161 >>And Onofrio is hopeless.

I remember my wife saying that when she was trying to research something there about one our dogs.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 09:41 AM (J4Dwc)

162 Lord hear our prayers.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * squirrel panel discussion moderator at May 09, 2026 09:41 AM (oos3F)

163 Didn’t they determine that red wolves are just wolf-coyote hybrids, or something like that?
Posted by: Bulg
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Seems to be indeterminate. They are sometimes referred to as 'Coywolves'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 09:41 AM (XeU6L)

164 FWIW, back when I was in AF Civil Engineering, we had to go out and sweep the runways with trucks and occassionally fix runway surface issues.

You damn sure don't go wandering around on the runways without tower clearance that shuts down that runway.

My guess is either a substance abusing trespasser or some Third World git hired as baggage handler or some other quasi flightline job that decided to do walkabout.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 09:42 AM (E4rtv)

165 UFOs as in little green men are a bullshit and a distraction, boob bait for the bubbas.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 09:42 AM (XV/Pl)

166 The Dems suffer from what I call "last turn syndrome." They come up with a plan that they think will be totally devastating, put it into effect, and then Trump makes a countermove that utterly confounds them.

"NO! We won! The game is over and we won!"

It's really weird.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

If you have eyes to see, it is so very obvious that they have given themselves over to the evil spirits. They reject rationality, and yet have these Utopian dreams -- that can only come about if they kill enough people.

My response to "I'm spiritual but not religious" (which always implies anti-Christianity) it that demons are spiritual beings, too. The answer is Jesus Christ.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 09:43 AM (ksbjf)

167 I'm a mechanical engineer, but also a devout Catholic. I see no conflict: science answers questions concerning the material world, but cannot answer the big question -- WHY?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 09:37 AM (ksbjf)
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My path to the Church was paved by reason. A spiritual understanding came much latter. I was raised to despise organized religion, but I was a military history addict from the moment I could read. In high school I discovered you could read the ancient sources directly, and so I began buying Tacitus, Livy, Arrian, etc.

In college I added history as a major, and dug even deeper. I learned how tenuous our links are in terms of written material, where huge assumptions are based on a single copy of a text. I also learn that we cross-check fragments and then look at archeology in order to determine what happened.

And then the big discovery: if you do that to the Gospels, you get an account more reliable than any other. All the """bible scholars""" who pick at minor flaws would fail utterly in the realm of military history. (They also use a grotesquely biased approach regarding Islam.)

So yes, reason can lead one to God.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

168 Folger’s was distinctive, it had a readily identifiable flavor. Make a strong pot, and you were gonna start Zingin’. Great for pulling all nighters. This was when they didn’t have 45 different “Signature” blends. They had Folger’s and …. Well, they had “Drip Grind” too, I guess.

Core competencies people. Stick to the basics, before trying to get Fancy.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 09:43 AM (YD9e9)

169 >>I’ve now moved to Florida

Welcome. Just in time for hurricane season.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 09:43 AM (J4Dwc)

170 I see no conflict: science answers questions concerning the material world, but cannot answer the big question -- WHY?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 09:37 AM (ksbjf)

Well said. When I attended his church I often heard John MacArthur say that creation is not a scientific topic. Because there were no witnesses (except God himself) and it’s not repeatable. If you can’t repeat or observe something by definition it’s outside the realm of science. BTW… that would apply to spiritual creatures like angels although they can and do take a physical form

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2026 09:44 AM (YXvTV)

171 I doubt any other civilization could find us in our little outside string of stars in the Universe

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 09:44 AM (Ia/+0)

172 156 Morning all. I’ve now moved to Florida and started my new job. It’s all so far so good…. Had a lovely jog along the beach. When I say lovely I mean “so humid I thought I was swimming and was going to die”

Florida humidity is serious. But a beautiful ocean view and a bit of a breeze even
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Could be worse, inland South you still get the humidity but don't have the ocean breezes. Just sticky nasty humidity. Hope you enjoy Florida--you pay for the excellent later fall, spring, and winters with summers and hurricane evacuations.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 09:45 AM (E4rtv)

173 Martini Farmer, go to critical care.

FWIW, pierced ear drums are painful, bleed and are really noticeable.

You MIGHT have just pushed a was of earwax down the ear canal. That is an easy fix.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 09:45 AM (rbvCR)

174 It’s raining again. And dreary. I guess this is the perfect day to get all the laundry finished, but my dog is very sad we can’t go on an adventure.

Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2026 09:46 AM (IUV3m)

175
Lacey's show career.

https://soyaraborzoi.com/LaceyCareer.htm

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 09:46 AM (HdYcL)

176
Oh, great!
Posted by: muldoon
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Heh. And, this is just an aside re funding:

"For decades, conservationists have pushed for changes to U.S. 64, a busy two-lane highway to the popular Outer Banks that runs straight through the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge – one of just two places in the world where red wolves run free.

They may finally be getting their wish.

In late December, the Federal Highway Administration awarded the first grants under a new $125 million Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program. Unless the grants are somehow undone by President Donald Trump, part of the money will help state agencies and nonprofit groups rebuild a 2.5-mile section of the highway with fencing and a series of culverts, or small underpasses, to allow red wolves – as well as black bears, white-tailed deer and other animals – to pass safely underneath traffic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 09:46 AM (XeU6L)

177 Good morning fellow travelers
Not much going on here. Weather has been schizophrenic, hot one day and cold the next.
I have become cautiously optimistic that maybe we have turned a corner politically. It will truly be a miracle if the Pratt campaign in LA starts a movement that finally defeats the commie takeover of the Democrat party.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 09, 2026 09:47 AM (kJmSS)

178 Folger’s was distinctive, it had a readily identifiable flavor. Make a strong pot, and you were gonna start Zingin’. [ . . .]
Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 09:43 AM (YD9e9)

I started drinking coffee with Nescafe and boiled milk. Add in a couple spoons of sugar and I was ready to go zooming everywhere.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 09:47 AM (rbvCR)

179 … decided to do walkabout.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 09:42 AM (E4rtv)

Didn’t turn out as well as Crocodile Dundee’s walkabout….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2026 09:48 AM (YXvTV)

180 We are in the depths of hell” Abby Philip has an EPIC meltdown on CNN NewsNight in the wake of the Virginia Supreme Court ruling that the Democrats’ gerrymandering was unconstitutional.

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Fair and balanced.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 09, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7)

The Left didn't care when the CA SC overturned the voters regard to gay marriage.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 09:48 AM (52qkP)

181 I hit a coyote on a landing once. Took him out with the left main landing gear. Poor little guy.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 09:48 AM (J4Dwc)

182 Only in the framework of an orderly world governed by physical laws do miracles make sense. If everything is random, if stuff just happens, that's not proof of divine beings, it's proof of chaos. It's interesting to see that belief systems based on the notion of fickle, irrational gods always end up with human sacrifice. It's demons demanding worship and degrading God's creation.

But if there are provable, consistent laws and then a miracle happens, that's God saying "LOOK! LOOK RIGHT HERE! DO YOU GET IT?"

There are a lot of people who do make the mistake of concluding that faith is irrational and if they feel good, then they are on the right path. Certainly faith should bring you comfort, but good feelings can also cause you to castrate children and murder unborn babies. They are poor moral guideposts.

The people who corrupted that tranny no doubt felt very good about themselves, and how they were doing such wonderful work, and the people who opposed them must be hateful and bitter, because feelings never care about results. That's where irrational faith leads.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

183 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 09, 2026 09:47 AM (kJmSS)

No one is more surprised than me that Pratt has got his shit together. He impressed a lot of doubters in that debate.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 09:50 AM (52qkP)

184 Didn’t turn out as well as Crocodile Dundee’s walkabout….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Being around jet engines or even prop engines on the flightline gave me the heebie jeebies.

That, and the bored, trigger happy SP's. (Security Police).

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 09:50 AM (E4rtv)

185 OK, time to write. Talk to you all later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 09, 2026 09:51 AM (qRla/)

186 I have become cautiously optimistic that maybe we have turned a corner politically. It will truly be a miracle if the Pratt campaign in LA starts a movement that finally defeats the commie takeover of the Democrat party.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 09, 2026 09:47 AM (kJmSS)

I hope Pratt wins. He’d probably win a fair election. But CA and LA politburos won’t allow it… mail in ballot cheating as much as it takes to get Bass another term as mayor and…. Maybe Steyer as guv. Hope I’m wrong!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2026 09:52 AM (Jehr5)

187 I’ve been told by Navy guys that the most dangerous place on earth is the deck of an aircraft carrier.

Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

188 I started drinking coffee with Nescafe and boiled milk. Add in a couple spoons of sugar and I was ready to go zooming everywhere.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 09:47 AM

Greeks use that to make frappe. Have one of those and you can practically thread the needle on a sewing machine while it's running.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2026 09:53 AM (bEI8k)

189
The other annoying thing about pursuing this history is seeing who our guys lost to and screaming through the computer screen at the judge (who may very well be dead by now), "What the hell were you thinking of??"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 09:54 AM (HdYcL)

190 No one is more surprised than me that Pratt has got his shit together. He impressed a lot of doubters in that debate.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 09:50 AM (52qkP)
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California's elections are crooked and have been that way for a long time. Trump's EO requiring federal ballot tracking and SCOTUS ruling that ballots must be counted on Election DAY will make the cheat much, much more difficult.

That's why the left is in a panic about both of them. The USPS one is the big tell. Why would anyone object to ensuring mail gets where it needs to be in a timely manner? Is Soros going to create new protest group, Moms For Late And Lost Mail?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)

191 Trump knows what he is doing. He's stringing things out, weakening the mullahs. Everyone who wants to see things wrapped up in a neat 48-hour package are either delusional or dishonest.

He managed to completely nullify the War Powers Act *and* flip Just War Theory so that now Iran is the aggressor and the US is responding in self defense. Absolutely amazing to behold.

And let's raise one for the Navy, who are getting to use torpedoes and deck guns for the first time in forever!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)

We had the Just War discussion a few weeks ago. The critics of the punitive expedition (it's not really a war) ignore the fact that the Iranian regime has been committing acts-of-war against the U.S. since 1979. Seizure of the embassy, and imprisonment of the the diplomatic staff should have been dealt with -- but Carter was a moralizing, inept coward.

On top of that, the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, supplying and funding the Iraqi guerrillas fighting U.S. and allied forces, funding terrorism around the world ... the list goes on. The Iranian regime was not minding its own business.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 09:55 AM (ksbjf)

192 fd, maybe you already answered this, because I just got here, but how many treatments does Bruno get?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 09, 2026 09:56 AM (nz1sK)

193 177 Good morning fellow travelers
Not much going on here. Weather has been schizophrenic, hot one day and cold the next.
I have become cautiously optimistic that maybe we have turned a corner politically. It will truly be a miracle if the Pratt campaign in LA starts a movement that finally defeats the commie takeover of the Democrat party.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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FWIW, Rick Caruso, running against Bass in 2022, got about 43 percent of the vote as a Republican which means he probably won given cheat by mail states, you have to give a 10 percent margin of fraud at the very least.

I wonder if the cheat machines are beginning to get a bit worried as vote fraud is beginning to be seriously investigated and the low level types are now getting charged.

But the higher up Democrats are getting desperate to forestall the deportation and removal of their pet illegals and the grift that comes along with it.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 09:56 AM (E4rtv)

194 That, and the bored, trigger happy SP's. (Security Police).
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 09:50 AM (E4rtv)
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Hey there. See my remarks above on SPs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:56 AM (ZOv7s)

195 Being around jet engines or even prop engines on the flightline gave me the heebie jeebies.

That, and the bored, trigger happy SP's. (Security Police).
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 09:50 AM (E4rtv)

Years ago during my time in the army I spent 6 months at Fort Lewis. C-17s would land and takeoff. It was seriously impressive to watch… from outside the airport perimeter

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2026 09:56 AM (Jehr5)

196 "What the hell were you thinking of??"

Ever notice that more than a few female professional handlers wear revealing, low-cut tops when showing to a male judge?

Posted by: Observations of a former bucket bitch at May 09, 2026 09:58 AM (J4Dwc)

197 So yes, reason can lead one to God.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

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Thanks for that context. While my journey has been similar (and likely more recent), my understanding of chemistry and biology rather than history is what mostly convinced me of God's hand in creating our world. Considering the chemical complexity of things which happen thousands of times in an hour within our bodies and in nature (muscle contraction, photosynthesis, oxygen transport, cell replication, etc. etc.) and the larger interaction/homeostasis between plants, animals, and microbes, it is inconceivable that these could result from evolution. I don't recall the original source or exact phrasing, but this statement largely describes my path to belief in God: "To look at all the wonders of nature and ascribe them to random evolution is to look at Mount Rushmore and conclude it is the result of erosion."

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2026 09:58 AM (kOluj)

198 "fd, maybe you already answered this, because I just got here, but how many treatments does Bruno get?
Posted by: TecumsehTea"

The vet had initially said 7 treatments but now says we may be able to stop at 5. He has responded that well. So far there seem to be no ill effects, nausea, etc.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2026 09:59 AM (rOw3+)

199 New one on me.

A Frontier Airlines flight struck and killed a person while taking off Friday night, sparking a partial engine fire and forcing the plane to stay grounded.

Pilots aboard Frontier Flight 4345, which was bound for Los Angeles International Airport, reported striking a “pedestrian” while taking off from the runway at Denver International Airport at 11:19 p.m, according to airport officials.

The unidentified person was at least partially sucked into one of the engines of the Airbus A321neo, which ignited the brief engine fire, ABC News reported, citing sources.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 09, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

200 hanks for that context. While my journey has been similar (and likely more recent), my understanding of chemistry and biology rather than history is what mostly convinced me of God's hand in creating our world.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2026 09:58 AM (kOluj)
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There are many pathways to God. There is an emotional one, which my wife followed, and that was based on the resonance of traditional family and healthy relationships. One can compare the emotional contentment of a happily married couple, surrounded with children and grandchildren and compare this to childless crones bragging about their abortions and conclude that the former is preferable to the latter.

God is literally for everyone. It's right there in bold print.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)

201 Years ago during my time in the army I spent 6 months at Fort Lewis. C-17s would land and takeoff. It was seriously impressive to watch… from outside the airport perimeter
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

One airbase had B-52's when I was working near the runway. Those are truly monstrous and noisy beasts belching exhaust and making the ground shake. And yes, I had my hearing protection on as a good little airman should.

But as a kid, I can remember Saturn rocket first stages being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center. Truly awesome. Father was an ordnance officer and we were at Redstone Arsenal at the time.

If in Huntsville, AL vicinity, highly recommend the Space Museum there.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 10:02 AM (E4rtv)

202 Hey there. See my remarks above on SPs.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Saw it.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 10:07 AM (E4rtv)

203 federal efforts to restore the critically endangered species

Efforts to clone saber-tooth tigers and return them to North American habitat continue. Re-introducing velociraptors on a wide scale is in the works. Meanwhile, nature enthusiasts have high praise for the rapid increase in grizzly bear populations near urban areas in the western United States. The reduction of homo sapiens as a consequence is ongoing as intended.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's Science! at May 09, 2026 10:07 AM (Cl/mc)

204 So yes, reason can lead one to God.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

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Thanks for that context. While my journey has been similar (and likely more recent), my understanding of chemistry and biology rather than history is what mostly convinced me of God's hand in creating our world. Considering the chemical complexity of things which happen thousands of times in an hour within our bodies and in nature (muscle contraction, photosynthesis, oxygen transport, cell replication, etc. etc.) and the larger interaction/homeostasis between plants, animals, and microbes, it is inconceivable that these could result from evolution. ... "To look at all the wonders of nature and ascribe them to random evolution is to look at Mount Rushmore and conclude it is the result of erosion."
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2026 09:58 AM (kOluj)

For me as an engineer, it's the Laws of Thermodynamics: since entropy in systems increase (i.e., disorder increases) and exergy decreases (i.e., the useful thermal energy drops-off), absent an external actor, the Universe should be a cold, dark cloud of dispersed atoms.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)

205 Birds in a jet engine are very bad, a human even worse

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 10:07 AM (Ia/+0)

206 Years ago during my time in the army I spent 6 months at Fort Lewis. C-17s would land and takeoff. It was seriously impressive to watch… from outside the airport perimeter
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2026 09:56 AM (Jehr5)
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I was at Ramstein AB for about six weeks in July-August 2009. I stayed in an off-base hotel at the end of the runway. There was no A/C so I slept with the window open and every day at 0600, a C-17 took off, flying right overhead. What a wakeup.

By the time I rotated home, I was sleeping through it. On the first night back at home, I woke up at 6, wondering where the plane had gone. Took about a week to adjust.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)

207 Frontpage Mag- St Pauls Illegal Mayor vows to fight ICE
Guess so, they might be coming after Her

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 10:09 AM (Ia/+0)

208
Ever notice that more than a few female professional handlers wear revealing, low-cut tops when showing to a male judge?

Posted by: Observations of a former bucket bitch at May 09, 2026 09:58 AM (J4Dwc)

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Known as "Breast of Breed" competition.

At one show, Her Majesty showed Possum to a judge known to like the ladies. Possum was Best of Breed. The same judge was doing the Hound Group. I said to HM, "I like our chances. You have a good dog and big tits." Possum got a Group 2.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:09 AM (HdYcL)

209 Antifa Activist Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk Murder Arrested in New York on Child Sex Crime Charges

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See also . . .

Watch: Kathy Griffin Attacks Erika Kirk, Trashes Charlie Kirk as “Straight-Up Nazi”

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Did he have a tattoo and everything?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 09, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

210 Still trying to find a job. Got lots of good people praying for me. I'm just so sick of the process. Got a couple good-fits that responded this week, _hopefully_ interviews early next week. And _hopefully_ those interviews will result in an offer before the end of the month?

Posted by: RandomDave at May 09, 2026 10:10 AM (aJQbY)

211 Read other day that the Mammoth reproduction from extinction is getting close.

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 10:11 AM (Ia/+0)

212 > A Frontier Airlines flight struck and killed a person while taking off Friday night, sparking a partial engine fire and forcing the plane to stay grounded.
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A significant security breach too. Authorities were purportedly looking at some fencing that might have been breached and nobody noticed.

When Trump arrives on AF1 in Florida, it was noted that there was a clear view of the deplaning area from a location where a "tree stand" was located. No one came forward as the "owner."

The deplaning area was moved as a result. But, still, poor security.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 10:12 AM (jehhT)

213 Birds in a jet engine are very bad, a human even worse
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 10:07 AM (Ia/+0)
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Engines vary greatly. I recall chatting with a mechanic when i was with the 127th and he said the F-16s (which the flew at the time) were really sensitive. They had noise and other ways to scare off the geese, but from time to time they would get permits and cull the flocks.

He'd worked on the F-4, and said they were much more forgiving.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)

214 @208

At the Bullmastiff National Specialty held in Atlanta years ago, a female professional handler was observed coming out of a male judge's hotel room in the wee hours of the morning. She showed to that judge later that day. Oooo, boy, that caused some fireworks.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 10:13 AM (J4Dwc)

215
I also once asked HM, "Do you ladies ever talk among yourselves about gay judges putting up gay handlers?" She gave me a look that could topple a skyscraper and nodded slowly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:13 AM (HdYcL)

216 205 Birds in a jet engine are very bad, a human even worse
Posted by: Skip
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Anything going into a jet engine can be bad news. Reason for FOD walks on the runway. (Foreign Object Debris).

Much better to be in a sweeper truck.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 10:13 AM (E4rtv)

217 There are many pathways to God. There is an emotional one, which my wife followed, and that was based on the resonance of traditional family and healthy relationships. One can compare the emotional contentment of a happily married couple, surrounded with children and grandchildren and compare this to childless crones bragging about their abortions and conclude that the former is preferable to the latter.

God is literally for everyone. It's right there in bold print.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)

Yes, this. My wife is the "feeler" and matriarch. She's active in our parish's Women's Prayer Group, and does things for the grands and great-grands in our family.

I'm the "thinker" and a lay brother in the Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic (which used to be called the Third Order in the Order of Preachers -- the Dominicans). My 16 year-old grandson knows that he can ask me theological questions, and get an informed answer.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 10:15 AM (ksbjf)

218 The “Just War” philosophy has s archaic and dangerous.

Even before the very first atomic bomb was even tested, before they were even 100 per cent certain that it would actually work, the military and political leaders knew that atomic bombs changed everything.

You simply cannot wait around to get attacked first, and then respond, and build up your defenses again, and reboot your armaments industry, start selling Victory bonds.

It’s a Catch 22 for sure. But the Pope knows or ought to have known this. It is not incumbent upon individuals nor nations to be Victims.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 10:15 AM (QVTZe)

219 actor, the Universe should be a cold, dark cloud of dispersed atoms.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)

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Exactly. It's similar reasoning that led me to reject the whole BS climate scam. If carbon dioxide is a "greenhouse gas", why has the concentration in ambient air remained at 0.3% for the past 30 years (industrial gas analyzers/ chromaographs are used somewhat regularly in my line of work). The answer is that plants absorb it, and higher concentrations result in more rapid diffusion across membranes. We may be generating more CO2 as a species, but the plants & trees just take it in more rapidly as a result. It's a rather incredible design.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2026 10:15 AM (kOluj)

220 Maybe there are no aliens. Maybe they're among us and running everything.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2026 09:06 AM (BI5O2)
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Maybe there are no aliens, maybe there are. It matters not, because if there are other civilizations they exist so greatly far away no one will ever meet them and they will not meet us. For all intents and purposes, in this case, the two ideas (that alien civilizations exist and that they do not exist) are exactly the same. Equal.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2026 09:12 AM (zyFko)

Yeah, that's exactly right, assuming we don't meet the Grese People of Crisconia on Titan, it ain't happening.

To travel those kinds of distances would require some serious "space-folding" or "worm holing" to happen, which is probably forever beyond us.

I mean, aliens are fun to think about, write and read about.

But, actually meet?

I'm not sure I'd like to have a civilization that aggressive and that far advanced technologically cosying up to Earth.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 10:16 AM (iJfKG)

221 (Making it harder: Because I'm "on Leave Without Pay" status, instead of outright fired... FedGov says I should be eligible for unemployment from StateGov, StateGov says "you're not fired, you're not eligible".)

Posted by: RandomDave at May 09, 2026 10:16 AM (aJQbY)

222 Much better to be in a sweeper truck.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 10:13 AM (E4rtv)
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Reminds me of the videos that came out in the early aughts mocking Air Force recruiting commercials. Visuals of soaring jets and then it cuts to a urinal with an enlisted man proudly holding up his urine sample.

There was another one showing an Airman watching aircraft flying over head with nice music, and then the camera pans back and he's got a push broom and is using it to clear a runway after a dust storm.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:16 AM (ZOv7s)

223 Missus Muldoon was listening to audio clip of the pilot and the Tower (linked on Citizen's Free Press.

Sounds like the crew aborted takeoff, reported "231 souls on board" and a full load of fuel, smoke in the cabin so they did an emergency evacuation right there in the middle oof the runway.. Hopefully no further casualties.

Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2026 10:16 AM (I0N4X)

224 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at May 09, 2026 10:16 AM (RWdGz)

225 A big name in aerospace passed away a few days ago. Deny's Overholser.

Nobody will probably recognize the name. He was a EE which is way out of my humble structural wheelhouse. He's the one who broke the code to effective stealth technology using the work of a Soviet physicist. F-117 was a direct result and really all future works were derivative of his but involved computing more complex surface integrals to get the same diffraction effect that his facets did.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 09, 2026 10:18 AM (3uBP9)

226 *sigh*

grese = grease

Thx AC!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 10:19 AM (iJfKG)

227 I always wanted to be on the bird strike team. Just ridding the flight line of birds with a 12 ga. in the morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 09, 2026 10:19 AM (QovLg)

228 Speaking of pathways to God, it looks like a lovely morning out there, so I think I'll let Daisy the magnificent Malinois take me out for a stroll. Later, gaiters.

Posted by: mindful webworker - after a while, crocophile at May 09, 2026 10:19 AM (Cl/mc)

229 I’ve been told by Navy guys that the most dangerous place on earth is the deck of an aircraft carrier.
Posted by: Bulg
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For them who haven't seen it, 'Video shows U.S. Navy crewman getting sucked into A-6 air intake.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF55oyAJDBk

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 10:22 AM (XeU6L)

230 Reminds me of the videos that came out in the early aughts mocking Air Force recruiting commercials. Visuals of soaring jets and then it cuts to a urinal with an enlisted man proudly holding up his urine sample.

There was another one showing an Airman watching aircraft flying over head with nice music, and then the camera pans back and he's got a push broom and is using it to clear a runway after a dust storm.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Heh. Aim High but stay low.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 10:23 AM (E4rtv)

231 The “Just War” philosophy has s archaic and dangerous.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 10:15 AM (QVTZe)
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It emerged in response to the challenge of Christian pacifism.

As I noted a couple of weeks ago, there has been a very elaborate info op designed to make us think that Pope Leo has repeatedly and directed attacked Trump, which he has not. Nor has the Vatican made a formal determination.

Much of Pope Leo's remarks that were couched as "responses to Trump" were taken out of context and referring to disputes within the African nations he was visiting at the time. There is a recording of him saying exactly this, that his remarks were written weeks ago and were about Africa.

To be sure, there are corrupt senior clergy who hate Trump and have attacked him. Blaise Cardinal Cupich is one of them. But the only party Leo has directly criticized are the mullahs, who Leo singled out as murdering their own people and condemned them.

But that doesn't hurt Trump, so it's not reported.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

232 Ain't no aliens unless they're angels.

So the photos released showing unexplained objects or light around the moon were taken from where? Again we probably have over a thousand high powered telescopes pointed towards the moon at any point in time. Surely they would have captured clear photos of any flying objects and not kept them 'secret'.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:23 AM (52qkP)

233
I wanted to have a couple of Masses said. The parish's envelopes for that purpose said that the usual stipend was $10, payable to the pastor.

I wrote to one of the curates with two questions. I was tickled to read somewhere that the Mass stipend should be such that the priest could enjoy a good meal, and $10 won't get you far. But I understood in some dioceses anything over a certain figure goes to the diocese. Father said that wasn't the case.

Also, does the priest saying the Mass get the stipend? He replied that I could if I wanted send the requests and stipends to him and he'd say the Masses for me. So it all worked out well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:24 AM (HdYcL)

234 Prayers for all the Hordes needs.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2026 10:26 AM (SC8Ww)

235 187 I’ve been told by Navy guys that the most dangerous place on earth is the deck of an aircraft carrier.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

Moving really heavy objects is always dangerous. Yeeting them off the deck of a ship and then catching them boomerang style is bonkers. It's like building the pyramids Globetrotter style, except the planes weigh five times as much as the blocks and the ground is moving. Oh, yeah, each of the blocks contains thousands of pounds of explosives, thousands of pounds of jet fuel, and engines that create mini tornados. Now, instead of stacking those heavy objects neatly, juggle them like circus act. Every day a carrier operates is more impressive to me than the Pyramids.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 09, 2026 10:27 AM (w/O5Q)

236 Heh. Spoof Navy ad by SNL

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

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 10:27 AM (XeU6L)

237 The “Just War” philosophy has s archaic and dangerous.

Even before the very first atomic bomb was even tested, before they were even 100 per cent certain that it would actually work, the military and political leaders knew that atomic bombs changed everything.

You simply cannot wait around to get attacked first, and then respond, and build up your defenses again, and reboot your armaments industry, start selling Victory bonds.

It’s a Catch 22 for sure. But the Pope knows or ought to have known this. It is not incumbent upon individuals nor nations to be Victims.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 10:15 AM (QVTZe)

St. Thomas Aquinas's discussion of Just War in the Summa Theologica in II-II, Q. 40, art. 1 requires a "just cause" for some wrong committed. It doesn't necessarily entail waiting to be invaded, etc.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2026 10:28 AM (ksbjf)

238 Hadrian, how’s the Big Dummy these days?

Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

239 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

We don't need moral Relativism where the US and Iraq are put on the same level. And the statements coming out of the Vatican sound like that to me. That said I understand and agree that there has been no direct attack on Trump by the Pope.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:28 AM (52qkP)

240 I've been wondering lately if cert authorities for polar operation require testing leading edges and cockpit transparencies by blasting them with pinguins. They test airplanes with birds of a certain mass and velocity. Well they have pinguins at some of the poles and they look pretty penetrative. Get them frozen enough and who knows what they might do.

I realize that one, admittedly trivial issue with my idea of testing airplanes for pinguin battle damage is that pinguins don't fly. Sure, but could they be thrown high into the air by a malicious polar bear? Of course. Does it matter that they all live on opposite poles? Maybe not.

Laying out the safety matrix I would assign pinguin battle damage as a slightly improbable risk but a catastrophic hazard so we have to plan for it.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 09, 2026 10:29 AM (3uBP9)

241 227 I always wanted to be on the bird strike team. Just ridding the flight line of birds with a 12 ga. in the morning.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Go to Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana and get a goose hunting license. Basically no limit on snow geese. Don't have to be around a runway.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 10:29 AM (E4rtv)

242 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:24 AM (HdYcL)
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Speaking of Mass, I started receiving the Host while kneeling a couple of weeks ago. The first time I did it, the extraordinary minister (who was used to seeing me) raised an eyebrow. It does feel more respectful and appropriate.

It's also catching on. There are four kneelers that were once neglected but now see heavy use. I wonder if our new pastor will take the plunge and put in an altar rail. My old parish did that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:30 AM (ZOv7s)

243
I’ve been told by Navy guys that the most dangerous place on earth is the deck of an aircraft carrier.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

___________

We need more women in flight deck roles.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:30 AM (HdYcL)

244 Hadrian, how’s the Big Dummy these days?
Posted by: Bulg

I'm fine. Thank you for asking.

Prayers to all of the Horde that needs them.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:31 AM (S838b)

245 Go to Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana and get a goose hunting license. Basically no limit on snow geese. Don't have to be around a runway.
Posted by: whig

Finding or making time is the problem. It would be a blast.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 09, 2026 10:31 AM (QovLg)

246 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF55oyAJDBk

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 10:22 AM (XeU6L)

The T-2 Buckeye crash shown in that video was a student pilot based out of Meridian, MS on his carrier qualification hop.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 10:32 AM (J4Dwc)

247 Betty Broderick the poster child for crazy women died in prison recently at the age of 78.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:33 AM (52qkP)

248 I've been wondering lately if cert authorities for polar operation require testing leading edges and cockpit transparencies by blasting them with pinguins. They test airplanes with birds of a certain mass and velocity. Well they have pinguins at some of the poles and they look pretty penetrative. Get them frozen enough and who knows what they might do.

I realize that one, admittedly trivial issue with my idea of testing airplanes for pinguin battle damage is that pinguins don't fly. Sure, but could they be thrown high into the air by a malicious polar bear? Of course. Does it matter that they all live on opposite poles? Maybe not.

Laying out the safety matrix I would assign pinguin battle damage as a slightly improbable risk but a catastrophic hazard so we have to plan for it.
Posted by: banana Dream

The squirrel panel has requested you as a guest speaker .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * squirrel panel discussion moderator at May 09, 2026 10:33 AM (oos3F)

249 We don't need moral Relativism where the US and Iraq are put on the same level. And the statements coming out of the Vatican sound like that to me. That said I understand and agree that there has been no direct attack on Trump by the Pope.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:28 AM (52qkP)
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Just as we rightly never take legacy media reports about Trump as being anything other than propaganda, so should we look at reporting on the Vatican with the greatest of suspicion.

Several "Catholic Journalists" have been caught spreading outright fabrications over the last few weeks, and isn't it funny how abortion-loving, tranny-promoting Dems suddenly find the pope to be a source of moral leadership?

If you see Christopher Hale in a byline or article, it's false. He makes up sources, but is supposedly Catholic, and he's found a new, big, gullible audience.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)

250
Hadrian, how’s the Big Dummy these days?

Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

__________

Right now, he's in Lawrence, KS and next week in Nebraska for the National Specialty. Then off to Kalamazoo for the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty, then back down to Oklahoma City for a week. I won't see him until June 1st.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:34 AM (HdYcL)

251 Go to Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana and get a goose hunting license. Basically no limit on snow geese. Don't have to be around a runway.
Posted by: whig

You have no idea how so few people know that. Show a picture of 150 shot geese and the Facebook Game Wardens pop out of the woodwork claiming poaching.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2026 10:34 AM (S838b)

252 When is AI going to handle carrier landings?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:34 AM (52qkP)

253 We need more women in flight deck roles.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:30 AM (HdYcL)
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Hegseth's directive that all career fields have a single fitness standard may well result in women being effectively banned from warships.

Which is a great thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:35 AM (ZOv7s)

254 >>They test airplanes with birds of a certain mass and velocity.

During testing of the P-3, Lockheed fired frozen chickens out of a cannon at the windscreens.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 10:36 AM (J4Dwc)

255
The “Just War” philosophy has s archaic and dangerous.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 10:15 AM (QVTZe)

I'm not sure that the theory of a "Just War' holds any weight any longer except as a nag.

What's replaced it, though, is the theory of a "Fair War" ie. we have to give our opponent a "fair" chance of killing us.

You can see this most clearly with the suicidal ROEs of the Obama and Biden administrations.

And even )ct & and the aftermath, gives us a great example.

The palis attacked the Israelis in a barbaric and animalistic attack of rape, murder, and brutalization aimed at civilians.
Why?
Because the poor little dears couldn't fight the massively armed Israelis any other way. And it was totally unfair for the Israeli to counter-attack in such an efficient manner giving the palis no chance of fighting back!!!!1111!!! *takes to fainting couch*

Anyway, "Fair War" is a more effective way of destroying the West as it paints any defense or conflict as the bully west beating up on poor little 3rd world victims for their innocent shenanigans.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 10:36 AM (iJfKG)

256
It does feel more respectful and appropriate.

___________

It is, and practically speaking it puts your tongue at a better level to receive. My balance is bad enough that kneeling without a support would be hazardous. So, no Communion at Novus Ordo Masses.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:37 AM (HdYcL)

257 Prayers for all Hordian intentions. Those requested and those known but to God.

Prayers of thanksgiving are offered as I did some work while up on the roof yesterday in preparation for a Starlink installation and I DIDN'T FALL AND KILL MYSLEF!!!

My balance is clearly degrading due to my advanced age of 29. The worst part of it was having three of my neighbors ride over on their riding lawn mowers and kibbitz and criticize the entire time.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2026 10:37 AM (Kyh8Y)

258 The T-2 Buckeye crash shown in that video was a student pilot based out of Meridian, MS on his carrier qualification hop.
Posted by: one hour sober
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Mixed some F-14 jocks down at Meridian. Going out drinking with those guys was always an adventure.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 10:37 AM (XeU6L)

259 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)

Can you point me to any statements from the Vatican that differentiates between the two belligerents?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:37 AM (52qkP)

260 It is, and practically speaking it puts your tongue at a better level to receive. My balance is bad enough that kneeling without a support would be hazardous. So, no Communion at Novus Ordo Masses.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:37 AM (HdYcL)
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Maybe have a friend stand next to you for balance?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:38 AM (ZOv7s)

261 >>Then off to Kalamazoo for the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty

My last remaining show dog will be in Kalamazoo that weekend. Used to be a five-day show. Not sure if it still is.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 10:38 AM (J4Dwc)

262
Huh.

)ct & = Oct 7

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 10:39 AM (iJfKG)

263 Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2026 10:37 AM (Kyh8Y)

Sounds like that was insurance commercial about young homeowners becoming their parents.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:39 AM (52qkP)

264
Maybe have a friend stand next to you for balance?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:38 AM (ZOv7s)

__________

Unfortunately I have no meatspace friends. I might try a cane.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:39 AM (HdYcL)

265 Mixed some F-14 jocks down at Meridian.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Mixed with....

Need more coffee....

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 10:40 AM (XeU6L)

266 You have no idea how so few people know that. Show a picture of 150 shot geese and the Facebook Game Wardens pop out of the woodwork claiming poaching.
Posted by: rickb223
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Farmers in the flyways view geese as nuisances. They make their money from duck hunters and geese compete with ducks for the same resources.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 10:42 AM (E4rtv)

267
Unfortunately I have no meatspace friends. I might try a cane.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:39 AM (HdYcL)

Canes don't make very good friends.

They're real sticklers.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 10:42 AM (iJfKG)

268 Oh! And more prayers for Deacon Dan, to be ordained as a Priest in June. We found out yesterday he is permanently assigned to our parish and will be our Associate Pastor. Hell of a guy - raised Jewish, worked at JPMC as a trader, left there and became a Baptist minister, and now this.

He's experienced quite a life so far.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2026 10:42 AM (Kyh8Y)

269 Release the Haitians on the geese.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:43 AM (52qkP)

270 Can you point me to any statements from the Vatican that differentiates between the two belligerents?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:37 AM (52qkP)
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Not immediately. There was a good summary article, but I read a lot of Catholic media and would have to remember who ran it before I could search the archives.

I will say this, though. Pope Leo is NOT Pope Francis. Pope Francis loved to spout off about everything, stir the pot and "make a mess." That was his thing.

Pope Leo has made a deliberate choice to not do that, and when he does say things, he does not name names. He does not call people out. So if you see him supposedly calling someone out, that's your clue it is a lie.

When he criticized Iran, he did so by saying "nations which use violence against peaceful protestors are to be condemned" or something to that effect. He does not want to do "hot takes." He has directly said that he is not a politician and doesn't talk like one.

He also has his hands full with rebel bishops and Germany once again flirting with heresy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:43 AM (ZOv7s)

271 Well, that was a pleasant stroll. Walked down to the graveyard, where I took time to chat with Our Father and my ancestors, a few words of praise, thanks, and prayers, in reverse order. Little yellow butterflies flitted around the tiny yellow and purple flowers in the lawn. The honeysuckle is bursting out all over, smells so sweet. Alas, the poison ivy, oak, and sumac seem to be thriving as well. And as a reward, the coffee is still hot.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nice days are much appreciated at May 09, 2026 10:43 AM (Cl/mc)

272 AOC demonstrates her plug ignorance by saying the American Revolution was a working man's revolution. Morris and Hancock were two of the wealthiest men in the colonies. Washington was the richest president up to Trump . Franklin, Jefferson and Madison had a lot money and/or land. Dickinson was also rich. It was a revolution of Upperclass merchants

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 10:43 AM (gu0hJ)

273 >>Mixed some F-14 jocks down at Meridian. Going out drinking with those guys was always an adventure.

I was an IP with VT-2 at Whiting Field in Milton, FL at the time of that Buckeye crash. The student who crashed went through primary training in VT-2 before moving on to Meridian.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 10:44 AM (J4Dwc)

274 My last remaining show dog will be in Kalamazoo that weekend. Used to be a five-day show. Not sure if it still is.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 10:38 AM (J4Dwc)
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I've got a gal in Kalamazoo-zoo-zoo

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:44 AM (ZOv7s)

275
My last remaining show dog will be in Kalamazoo that weekend. Used to be a five-day show. Not sure if it still is.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 10:38 AM (J4Dwc)

___________

Battle Creek KC, Thursday
Holland MI KC, Friday
Grand Rapids KC, Saturday
Kalamazoo KC, Sunday

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:44 AM (HdYcL)

276 Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 10:43 AM (gu0hJ)

As Musk quipped ' she's not very bright is she?'

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:44 AM (52qkP)

277 I hit a coyote on a landing once. Took him out with the left main landing gear. Poor little guy.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 09:48 AM (J4Dwc)

He was thisclose to finally getting the roadrunner...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2026 10:45 AM (nbLIj)

278 It is, and practically speaking it puts your tongue at a better level to receive. My balance is bad enough that kneeling without a support would be hazardous. So, no Communion at Novus Ordo Masses.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:37 AM (HdYcL)

Due to your condition, could the priest come to your pew and give you communion?
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Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 09, 2026 10:46 AM (QovLg)

279
AOC demonstrates her plug ignorance by saying the American Revolution was a working man's revolution. Morris and Hancock were two of the wealthiest men in the colonies. Washington was the richest president up to Trump . Franklin, Jefferson and Madison had a lot money and/or land. Dickinson was also rich. It was a revolution of Upperclass merchants
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 10:43 AM (gu0hJ)

That's funny.

The big criticism of the American Revolution in the 60s and 70s was that it was a rich man's revolution for rich men.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 10:46 AM (iJfKG)

280 Trespasser, not airline worker. From X just now.
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Secretary Sean Duffy

@SecDuffy
·
1h
Late last night, a trespasser breached airport security at Denver Int’l Airport, deliberately scaled a perimeter fence, and ran out onto a runway.

The trespasser on the runway was then struck by Frontier Airlines Flight 4345 during takeoff at high speed. The pilot stopped takeoff procedures immediately.

The Frontier plane was then quickly evacuated while law enforcement and firefighters responded.

Preliminary reports are 12 people were hurt, with 5 taken to the hospital.

Local law enforcement handles airport security and is investigating with support from the
@FAANews
and TSA.

No one should EVER trespass on an airport.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 10:48 AM (E4rtv)

281 A recent report by medical advocacy group Do No Harm revealed that Texas Tech University’s internal medicine residency program is staffed almost entirely by residents who attended medical school outside the U.S., raising concerns about discrimination.

The group’s findings show that 95 percent of Texas Tech’s residents are from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Syria, among other countries.

And I thot Tech was unwoke!

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 09, 2026 10:48 AM (/+uur)

282 One final note: the Vatican never had a visit to the US on its schedule. The Pope's brother confirmed this. Pope Francis never visited Argentina.

Pope Leo is no longer an American. He is the head of state of the Holy See, and American politics are not his concern. He checked out on the political world when he became a monk, and has spent most of his adult life in Peru. He knows the politics of Peru, but is woefully out of data on what is happening here. He was the Superior General of his order and a bishop, both demanding jobs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:48 AM (ZOv7s)

283 @257 - Tonypete

https://tinyurl.com/2eb2m2ju

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2026 10:48 AM (kOluj)

284 The trespasser on the runway was then struck by Frontier Airlines Flight 4345 during takeoff at high speed.

Posted by: whig

So you're saying he caught the flight?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2026 10:49 AM (Kyh8Y)

285 Due to your condition, could the priest come to your pew and give you communion?
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Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 09, 2026 10:46 AM (QovLg)
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That is another good idea. We have pews up front for people with limited mobility, and they are served first.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:50 AM (ZOv7s)

286 Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

HA!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2026 10:50 AM (Kyh8Y)

287 Battle Creek KC, Thursday
Holland MI KC, Friday
Grand Rapids KC, Saturday
Kalamazoo KC, Sunday
**************

Only four-day show now. Huh. Used to be Thursday - Memorial Day. I'll save one day of handler fees.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 10:50 AM (J4Dwc)

288 Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 10:46 AM (iJfK

The Left's arguments are fluid and can be changed to fit their current need.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:52 AM (52qkP)

289
Due to your condition, could the priest come to your pew and give you communion?
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Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 09, 2026 10:46 AM (QovLg)

___________

While it's always good to receive frequently, Catholics are only obliged to receive Communion once a year in the Easter season. If the parish has no provision for an altar rail or kneeler to receive, I'd just as soon forego it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:52 AM (HdYcL)

290 AOC demonstrates her plug ignorance by saying the American Revolution was a working man's revolution.

Oddly enough, America's Dumbest Bartender actually is obliquely nodding at a truth expressed by a number of Revolutionary vets after the ratification of the Constitution - that the wealthy VA and NY elite who were profiteers were cementing centralized power over the men who had actually fought the war. Shays' Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion were outgrowths of that impression.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 09, 2026 10:53 AM (qRla/)

291 As always, I pray for an end to the fraud -- not only for justice, but to remove the temptation of free money just for lying on a form. Mercy for the guilty is cruelty for the innocent, and they are picking all of our pockets through deficit-driven inflation; but more than that, our gov't should not be tempting people into sin. Right now, it is practically designed to tempt those struggling to get by with the appearance of safe and easy theft.

It is frankly easier to stay on the straight and narrow when the consequences for straying are clear and sure. Just as we pray for God to not lead us into temptation, I beg Him to sharpen the investigators' minds and harden the prosecutors' hearts, so that each and every single one of the fraudsters will see a long stretch of hard time in Federal prison. Amen.

Posted by: SciVo at May 09, 2026 10:53 AM (Sy6m/)

292
Only four-day show now. Huh. Used to be Thursday - Memorial Day. I'll save one day of handler fees.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 10:50 AM (J4Dwc)

_________

Sorry, Muskegon KC is the Monday show.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 10:53 AM (HdYcL)

293 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 09, 2026 10:53 AM (qRla/)

I think that is evidence opposite of what AOC is saying.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 09, 2026 10:54 AM (52qkP)

294 @290 true. AOC probably thinks she served Whiskey Rebellion while bartending

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 10:54 AM (gu0hJ)

295 Time to get moving. God be with you all!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2026 10:56 AM (ZOv7s)

296 Good morning Horde, prayers ascending for you and all of your loved ones.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 10:56 AM (0nHVk)

297 >>Sorry, Muskegon KC is the Monday show.

Welp, what's another $120?

Although I'm splitting the entry and handling fees with her breeder/co-owner.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 10:57 AM (J4Dwc)

298 294 @290 true. AOC probably thinks she served Whiskey Rebellion while bartending
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2026 10:54 AM (gu0hJ)

The Whiskey Rebellion Cocktail is a delightful mix of tequila, gin, and Dr Pepper...you because it's...

...uh...cocktail rebelling...against whiskey...

...yeah.

Oh, look there's my bus.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2026 10:57 AM (iJfKG)

299 What I learned this week from the left.

Mass having a 9-0 map is democracy in action.

TN having a 9-0 map is fascism and racism.

Posted by: Heroq at May 09, 2026 10:59 AM (DWpP+)

300 Lol...I was on Instagram while waiting for grass to dry.

An ad for Ivey Business school pops up.

"85% of Ivey Msc in Management grads receive at least one job offer within 6 months after graduation."

So many follow-up questions....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 09, 2026 11:00 AM (Sco7b)

301 Thanks to all for prayers on behalf of Mrs. E. She has more infusions on 8th and 15th, then first assessment on 22nd this month.
Posted by: Eromero
************
Thanks for the update. Prayers continue. We'll leave the hugs to you until October!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at May 09, 2026 11:00 AM (IQ6Gq)

302 It was a revolution of Upperclass merchants

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People compare the American Revolution to the French Revolution but America didn't have a revolution at all. It had a war of independence, led by the local elite class against a foreign master.

Both the French and the Russian revolutions were the upending of society with the old regime being replaced by provocateurs from the middle educated class, backed by the working class and the enlisted military. After the inevitable bloody factional fight among the victorious revolutionaries, the old regimes in France and Russia were completely replaced by new tyrants.

None of that happened in America.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2026 11:01 AM (6/7Fs)

303 That's funny.

The big criticism of the American Revolution in the 60s and 70s was that it was a rich man's revolution for rich men.

Posted by: naturalfake
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That crap started with Charles Beard claiming that the Founders did it for the bond money. "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States" published in 1913. That claim lived on while Beard cancelled himself by opposing WWII.

And Beard's 'research' was picked apart by new historian scholars around the 1950's.

From wiki,
"Beginning at around 1950, historians argued that the Progressive interpretation was factually incorrect; they were led by Charles A. Barker, Philip Crowl, Richard P. McCormick, William Pool, Robert Thomas, John Munroe, Robert E. Brown and B. Kathryn Brown, and especially Forrest McDonald. McDonald in We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution (195

argued that Beard had misinterpreted the economic interests involved in writing the Constitution. Instead of two interests—landed and mercantile—which conflicted, McDonald asserted that there were three dozen identifiable interests that forced the delegates to bargain."

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 11:04 AM (E4rtv)

304 People compare the American Revolution to the French Revolution but America didn't have a revolution at all. It had a war of independence, led by the local elite class against a foreign master.

Both the French and the Russian revolutions were the upending of society with the old regime being replaced by provocateurs from the middle educated class, backed by the working class and the enlisted military. After the inevitable bloody factional fight among the victorious revolutionaries, the old regimes in France and Russia were completely replaced by new tyrants.

None of that happened in America.
Posted by: Cicero
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I think that is an overstatement. Basically there was a whole group of American Royalists centered around getting benefits from the Royal governors. And for the most part, they were expelled from the US and their lands, wealth, etc. were forfeited.

So in a sense, the Brits had created a whole set of Americans dependent on the crown for favors and jobs. They were expelled or exiled themselves when the Brits left.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 11:09 AM (E4rtv)

305 One of the places I worked at was next to a golf course. Geese were a problem, but this being California, no guns allowed. So they had a trainer with a dog who'd show up every couple months and chase them away.

That would last about a day. Maybe two. Then the geese would be back.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 11:12 AM (jehhT)

306 Shays' Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion were outgrowths of that impression.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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Shay's Rebellion was primarily due to economic desperation and WAS centered around veterans. Whiskey Rebellion, not so much as over the mountains types were NOT that involved in the Revolution as a rule.

Basically, it was an economic issue, not so much a veteran issue in the Whiskey rebellion. It was cheap to ship whiskey from distillation which brought a good profit margin to Philadelphia, not so much to send grain over the mountain.

Those over the Appalachians were an unruly bunch that got used to anarchy on the frontiers and resented government reinstating order and taxes.

Posted by: whig at May 09, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)

307 KT HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 11:16 AM (Ia/+0)

308 Many airports and military airbases use air cannons to scare off nesting birds. The one here at nearby NAS Pensacola uses one every so often.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2026 11:16 AM (J4Dwc)

309 The group’s findings show that 95 percent of Texas Tech’s residents are from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Syria, among other countries.

*********

This is true.
A few years ago a friend of mine, a Pediatric Intensive Care specialist, moved to west Texas and was on the faculty at Tech. I went online and looked through their Our Doctors page and can confirm that easily 9 out of 10 on the entire faculty were originaally from outside the U.S.

Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2026 11:16 AM (I0N4X)

310 At what point do conspiracy theories go too far?
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419656

Like Skip said, NOOD KT

Posted by: mindful webworker - how nood is KT? at May 09, 2026 11:17 AM (Cl/mc)

311 Ata small private airport outside oof Fairbanks they pay men with slingshots to shoot pebbles ar the seabirds along the runway. They have found through the years, after several incidents that it is important to leave no tern un-stoned.

Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2026 11:21 AM (I0N4X)

312 "Betty" Broderick never repented. She killed a rat. She dodged the First degree murder rap. But you bet your ass that she planned it.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 09, 2026 11:21 AM (qFwJc)

313 There's a whisky rebellion in my trousers and it's searching for a big juicy booty.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 11:24 AM (D1E+2)

314 I don't think she was crazy. Her husband left her for a younger version. His buddy the judge in the divorce proceedings, did him no favor by tying up her share of the multi-million community property.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 09, 2026 11:25 AM (qFwJc)

315 " It is, and practically speaking it puts your tongue at a better level to receive."
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The Paolo, he...oh, never mind.

Posted by: The Paolo at May 09, 2026 11:32 AM (2Ez/1)

Daily Tech News 9 May 2026

Tech News

Maybe we should just not install software for a bit. (Xe Iaso)

There's another new - or newish - Linux privilege escalation bug. It's literally called Copy Fail 2: Electric Boogaloo.

But under the hood it's abusing the same module as yesterday's Dirty Frag, so if you already applied the mitigation for that, you're protected from CF2EB.
Also, my recommendation is don't install Ubuntu 26.04 just yet. Unlike 24.04 which worked smoothly from release day, Ubuntu 26.04 still has some odd quirks. Particularly if you want to use it under WSL and integrate with JetBrains IDEs (CLion in this case, but they'll all be the same here) where it just doesn't work.

I went back to 24.04 and had no more issues.

Tech News

Thousands of vibe-coded apps expose personal and corporate data to everyone on the internet. (Wired) (archive site)

AI coding tools are like hiring an autistic teenager to program for you. Great if your requirements are clearly defined and you check their work carefully.

But if you just blindly deploy whatever they produce, that's on you.
AI slop is killing online communities. (rmoff)

It's not that AI is intrinsically bad, anymore than email is bad.

It's just that it makes being annoying far too easy:
Material created with the assistance of AI is not bad in itself. It's the purpose to which it's put.
A good use of AI is when it enables people to do something they couldn't do before, to contribute to a community when they couldn't before. Done with the care and good intent of a human behind it, this is a nett positive.
Bad AI slop, on the other hand, is monkeys throwing crap over the fence for a purpose other than furthering the community. This includes spam, engagement farming, and simply thoughtless noise in a space which is not for that purpose.
We need more spam filters.
Mojo has gone beta. (Mojolang)

Mojo is a Python-like language (more so than, for example, Nim) that compiles directly to binary and has similar safety features to Rust. It's designed to work with Python in both directions: Importing Mojo modules into Python code, and importing Python code into Mojo programs, though apparently the latter is more robust than the former.

Not sure how well it works otherwise; the first release some years ago actually had a waiting list. At least now you can just click a link and download it. Well, you can't, but apparently you can install it with uv or pixi.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Begin at the beginning, and proceed to the end, and then stop.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Morgen.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 09, 2026 04:30 AM (/HDaX)

2 I have a tech ( phone) Is there a reason I am getting no sound when I try to listen to links from places such as Tik Tok and X and no, I don't have any accounts there.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 04:34 AM (ix8EF)

3 As far as AI- what is "engagement noise"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 04:36 AM (ix8EF)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2026 04:42 AM (gcUgZ)

5 Every night and every morn
Some to misery are born.
Every morn and every night
Some are born to sweet delight.

Some are born to sweet delight
Some are born to endless night.

Posted by: Wm Blake at May 09, 2026 04:52 AM (hyQrc)

6 I found this article about not comparing yourself to others. I sent it to my son Perhaps others might find it helpful. It is from a Christian viewpoint:

https://tinyurl.com/p4fbttxj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 04:56 AM (8Xy/A)

7 That be the non-white Michael Jackson right there.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 09, 2026 04:58 AM (ynpvh)

8 3 As far as AI- what is "engagement noise"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 04:36 AM (ix8EF)

Engagement farming is posting frequently, expending the least effort necessary to elicit the maximum response possible from others. The purpose behind it is to please the platform's Almighty Algorithm, and get boosted higher in more users' suggested content list, e.g. in YouTube the seemingly random videos on the right.

Our own TJM has mentioned that doing even just two videos a week is a large investment of his time, but makes a big difference to The Algorithm. Naturally, many succumb to the temptation to use AI slop to throw more content out and harvest more engagement (views, likes, comments, etc.) with less effort. This can result in higher levels of monetization, which is to say that they get paid for making our lives a bit grimmer -- our experiences more artificed, and our time more wasted.

An even more degenerate form is found when highly gregarious people with very low socio-emotional intelligence just throw meaningless noise into the wind. They may feel the satisfaction of connection, but it's fake; they're hiding signal and degrading the user experience.

Posted by: SciVo at May 09, 2026 05:01 AM (Sy6m/)

9 8 3 As far as AI- what is "engagement noise"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 04:36 AM (ix8EF)

And here I thought that was the noise your fiance made when you got down on your knees and showed her the ring...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 09, 2026 05:02 AM (ynpvh)

10 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 09, 2026 05:02 AM (ynpvh)

Thanks. I laughed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:04 AM (Nx5jP)

11 Posted by: SciVo at May 09, 2026 05:01 AM (Sy6m/

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:06 AM (Nx5jP)

12 Delivery driver rescues calf stuck in gate:

https://tinyurl.com/ebu6cxvr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:07 AM (Nx5jP)

13 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 05:09 AM (Ia/+0)

14 w00t

Posted by: m at May 09, 2026 05:09 AM (RtN13)

15 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2026 05:10 AM (V0/Sp)

16
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 09, 2026 05:12 AM (8iYDv)

17 Hi Fen

Sometimes you simply have to engage the sound within the video display. Generally found at lower left.

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2026 05:12 AM (V0/Sp)

18 This is the bird I saw in a tree near my house yesterday- a house finch. So pretty:

https://tinyurl.com/zsnw6szf

We also had a small field of buttercups. I am grateful to God I can see these things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:13 AM (Nx5jP)

19 18 This is the bird I saw in a tree near my house yesterday- a house finch. So pretty:

https://tinyurl.com/zsnw6szf

We also had a small field of buttercups. I am grateful to God I can see these things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:13 AM (Nx5jP)

I have one of those that's a regular to my back yard.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 09, 2026 05:14 AM (ynpvh)

20 Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2026 05:12 AM (V0/Sp

I appreciate the answer. I was trying to do that. I couldn't seem to find the correct button. That's how non technical I am. Ha.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:14 AM (Nx5jP)

21 >>>Musical Interllude
Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough

Musical Center of the World!

Thanks for this, Pixy!

Posted by: m at May 09, 2026 05:15 AM (RtN13)

22 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 09, 2026 05:14 AM (ynpvh)

I enjoyed the conversations here we had one day when people were talking about birds they had seen. I don't have a bird feeder , but during the snows I put out bird seed and husband hung a corn cob with seeds off a tree and we saw a lot. So nice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:17 AM (Nx5jP)

23 22 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 09, 2026 05:14 AM (ynpvh)

I enjoyed the conversations here we had one day when people were talking about birds they had seen. I don't have a bird feeder , but during the snows I put out bird seed and husband hung a corn cob with seeds off a tree and we saw a lot. So nice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:17 AM (Nx5jP)

I grew up in the desert...on a few occasions over the 20 or so years I lived there, we had a woodpecker working one of our trees...he must've been so lost. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 09, 2026 05:18 AM (ynpvh)

24 BBC

The AI chatbot users falling into delusional spirals

https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct8m8p

27 minutes

Posted by: m at May 09, 2026 05:19 AM (RtN13)

25 Have a good day, everyone. I am going to make coffee for FenSpouse and me. Problem with waking on a. schedule during the week is that we can't seem to turn it off on the weekends

So I hope you have a blessed day . Remember, you are a blessing to others
,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:20 AM (Nx5jP)

26 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 09, 2026 05:25 AM (vBlQn)

27 FenelonSpoke

You two lovebirds have a great day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2026 05:26 AM (u82oZ)

28 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2026 05:27 AM (u82oZ)

29 Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2026 05:26 AM

Thanks, dear Salty.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 05:31 AM (uA11f)

30 >>> I couldn't seem to find the correct button.

It looks like a speaker with sound waves coming out, with a slash through it when sound is off.

On an avian note, we get house finches at our feeders. In past years they have even set up a nest in a hanging plant on our porch. They are aptly named house finches.

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2026 05:32 AM (V0/Sp)

31 Interllude --> Interlude

!

Posted by: m at May 09, 2026 05:40 AM (RtN13)

32 Well, I read the article about AI slop. I resent it sooooooo much.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 09, 2026 05:42 AM (FMtrg)

33 G'mornin' everyone!

interesting news there, Pixy ... I installed 24.04 for someone the other day, already had the .iso on a thumb drive, easy-peasy.
Just as well that I didn't take the extra time to get 26.04 !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2026 05:42 AM (VyBeY)

34 We have a feeding station for birds right by the patio. A sandpile with a couple of black walnut trees. Black sunflower seeds scattered on the sand and, during the winter, suet spread on the tree trunks for the sapsuckers. Cardinals, blue jays, and mourning doves (with assorted little brown jobs) year-round; others in season; currently, that's red-winged blackbirds, grackles, grosbeaks, goldfinches, & house finches.

Posted by: Sleazebag Freedom Flotilla activist at May 09, 2026 05:42 AM (NcvvS)

35 34 We have a feeding station for birds right by the patio. A sandpile with a couple of black walnut trees. Black sunflower seeds scattered on the sand and, during the winter, suet spread on the tree trunks for the sapsuckers. Cardinals, blue jays, and mourning doves (with assorted little brown jobs) year-round; others in season; currently, that's red-winged blackbirds, grackles, grosbeaks, goldfinches, & house finches.

Posted by: Sleazebag Freedom Flotilla activist at May 09, 2026 05:42 AM (NcvvS)

My pecan tree is over 30ft tall, so get quite a few birds...mourning doves, mockingbirds, grackles, crows (so many damned crows when the pecans are not quite ready to pick...damn bastard crows!).
Had someone in the general neighborhood have an osprey land on his roof with a large fish in tow...that must've been quite the sight...happened near a middle school when the kids were getting out, so lots of kids were gawking at it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 09, 2026 05:45 AM (ynpvh)

36 Also get some finches (little tiny guys and also the sparrow sized) in the guava trees...they, along with regular sparrows and even some hummingbirds...have had a few nest in the blackberry brambles...talk about a home with defensive spikes all about.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 09, 2026 05:46 AM (ynpvh)

37 Our finches are fearless little bastards. I swear if my dog stood outside too still for too long, a finch would come by and start making a nest under his ear.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2026 05:53 AM (Ot/FD)

38 >>My pecan tree is over 30ft tall, so get quite a few birds...mourning doves, mockingbirds, grackles, crows (so many damned crows when the pecans are not quite ready to pick...damn bastard crows!).

The walnuts are the only trees really close, but there's a lot of shrubs & trees within a hundred yards. Birds use those as staging areas to access the food. We also have hawks and an eagle pair not far away. They don't look at the food we put out; they look at what eats that food.

Posted by: Sleazebag Freedom Flotilla activist at May 09, 2026 05:59 AM (NcvvS)

39 /Off, old sock!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 09, 2026 05:59 AM (NcvvS)

40 >>Our finches are fearless little bastards.

Yeah, they're the only ones that aren't shy around the jays.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 09, 2026 06:00 AM (NcvvS)

41 Whoops, things to do. BBL.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 09, 2026 06:02 AM (NcvvS)

42 Tea. Earl Grey Hot.

Rejoinder: Call me Ishmael.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2026 06:07 AM (xvhJH)

43 Here in central Oklahoma most of the birds that visit my feeder are pretty dull, brown or gray. If not for the cardinals and occasional woodpecker there'd be no color at all.

And then one day, BOOM. Got a visit from two Baltimore orioles. That was nice.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 09, 2026 06:09 AM (l26NL)

44 Just wanted to mention this free app you can put on your phone . It's called " Merlin Bird ID " from the Cornell Ornithology Lab. It can identify birds in a photo or through sounds. FenSpouse has been enjoying using it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 06:10 AM (IeCgc)

45 Came back from a hike with a widow to see three large turkey vultures on my roof.

On our hike we saw indigo buntings, cardinals, goldfinches, and house finches.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2026 06:14 AM (u82oZ)

46 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 09, 2026 06:18 AM (2Ez/1)

47 Evening and morning, Saturday toilers and early weekend risers! It's not raining here, yet. I need to check the local radar. Whassup?

Pixy: Are recent versions of Linux Mint affected by this bug? If so, should I download an earlier version (when I'm ready to tackle the project of trying out Linux)?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 06:21 AM (wzUl9)

48 Didn't Bad AI open for Rage Against the Machine?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 09, 2026 06:25 AM (2GVsD)

49 Miss Linda was sick with a migraine all day yesterday -- she refuses to see a doctor or do anything for it except take ibuprofen -- so I was tending to her off and on. I used to get nauseating sinus headaches as a boy and young man, and believe you me, if there had been some way to get out from under them, I'd have grabbed it with both hands. (I did take Seldane for a while before it got removed from the market, and it worked, but made me wired from all the caffeine. Maybe if I'd just taken No-Doz . . .?)

The headaches stopped unaccountably when I was about forty-three. So I spent about thirty years dealing with them, and have been free of them for almost as long.

Are there homeopathic remedies one can take for migraines? Magnesium supplements?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

50 We get some house finches at the bird feeder in the summer -haven’seen them back yet. This last week there’s been a pair of thrushes chasing the cat around a lot; I can only wonder what he did to earn their enmity. (Thrush = mockingbird sized, brown back, white breast with very noticeable dark spots on it)

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 06:27 AM (25Mwa)

51 Pixy: Are recent versions of Linux Mint affected by this bug? If so, should I download an earlier version (when I'm ready to tackle the project of trying out Linux)?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 06:21 AM (wzUl9)

These are all local privilege escalation bugs, to my kniwledge, which require an untrusted user with local access to the system running the malicious scripts to achieve root access illicit.

It's something I will patch once available. But I am not fretting systems in my household with only trusted users.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 09, 2026 06:28 AM (dK+Kv)

52 We get some house finches at the bird feeder in the summer -haven’seen them back yet. This last week there’s been a pair of thrushes chasing the cat around a lot; I can only wonder what he did to earn their enmity. (Thrush = mockingbird sized, brown back, white breast with very noticeable dark spots on it)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026

***
The thrush is a noble bird and unfairly maligned.

Posted by: Thrush Supreme Council at May 09, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)

53 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Good morning, Ishmael.

I feel a song coming on. Don't run away ...

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2026 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

54 Thrush Supreme Council

I thought Control ended your organization.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2026 06:30 AM (u82oZ)

55 Motivation to work out, where are you?

* Whistles; tries the "calling a cat" sound *

Darnit, it's hiding again.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)

56 Are there homeopathic remedies one can take for migraines? Magnesium supplements?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

My wife has had them, very difficult to deal with. Best prescription drug is sumatriptan (generic name) which is Not a painkiller, but which stops what appears to be an electrical storm going on in the brain.

Magnesium is recommended as a preventative, but doesn’t do much once one has started. Migraines are still not well understood, and very difficult to treat.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 06:33 AM (25Mwa)

57 Thrush Supreme Council
*
I thought Control ended your organization.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2026

***
That was KAOS. Pure amateurs.

Posted by: Thrush Supreme Council at May 09, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)

58 In the Mideast, the IRGC and Hezbollah have chosen their own destruction to being out of power, and will not work for prosperity.

Let's make their choice a fatal one. Think they will turn? No way. Exterminate, not negotiate.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2026 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

59 Thrush Supreme Council

So go long in uni-colour jumpsuits with lots of brown dye.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2026 06:35 AM (u82oZ)

60 My wife has had [migraines], very difficult to deal with. Best prescription drug is sumatriptan (generic name) which is Not a painkiller, but which stops what appears to be an electrical storm going on in the brain.

Magnesium is recommended as a preventative, but doesn’t do much once one has started. Migraines are still not well understood, and very difficult to treat.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026

***
If I could just get her to take that every day! Or to go to a doctor (though I have no idea what kind of medical coverage she has) for an Rx such as you mention.

Posted by: Thrush Supreme Council at May 09, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

61 Come cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2026 06:36 AM (xvhJH)

62 Oops.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 06:37 AM (wzUl9)

63 three large turkey vultures on my roof.

This time last year I was ferrying wife to a series of 'pain clinic' appointments. Building was a handsome metal-roofed new thing plopped down in what had been rich fields and scrub woods. They inherited a spot in the daily route of a committee of vultures. They'd line up shoulder to shoulder along the ridge of that expensive bronze roof, dozens of them, looking like the worst death cartoon ever. "Just looking."

People who worked there had not really gotten used to it yet. Everybody could tell this was not good for business.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 09, 2026 06:39 AM (zdLoL)

64 Yesterday would have been a good day to go out to breakfast: My favorite diner opens for that meal at 8 am on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and is much less crowded on Friday. Now, here I am thinking of going today. Well, if I get there right before 8, there'll be no trouble getting a table.

It's gotten to be less interesting to go out to eat by myself, though. In the Denver days I loved it. Not so much any more. Partly it's the prices now, but partly because there's nothing new about it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)

65 Vultures on the roof of a medical building, there is a Far Side cartoon right there.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 09, 2026 06:42 AM (2GVsD)

66 . . . This time last year I was ferrying wife to a series of 'pain clinic' appointments. Building was a handsome metal-roofed new thing plopped down in what had been rich fields and scrub woods. They inherited a spot in the daily route of a committee of vultures. They'd line up shoulder to shoulder along the ridge of that expensive bronze roof, dozens of them, looking like the worst death cartoon ever. "Just looking." . . .

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 09, 2026

***
Miss Linda would love that. There's hardly an animal out there that she doesn't like in some fashion.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)

67 I was looking at the UFO pics released by the Guv, and I wanted to hold my arms out in front of me, wiggle my fingers, and say “oooh! Booogity booooo!”

Yeah there are weird things out there. What are they? Nobody knows.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 06:49 AM (25Mwa)

68 “ The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

John 1:14

Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2026 06:50 AM (MIRqM)

69 Can't say much news out there is interesting for me

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 06:51 AM (Ia/+0)

70
69 Can't say much news out there is interesting for me
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 06:51 AM (Ia/+0)

The UK election returns are very amusing, which these days is even better than interesting. But ya takes your entertainment where ya can find it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 06:53 AM (25Mwa)

71 That was KAOS. Pure amateurs.
Posted by: Thrush Supreme Council at May 09, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)

Be sure to attend out next meeting!

Posted by: Your Local HOA at May 09, 2026 06:54 AM (2X2jr)

72 "People who worked there had not really gotten used to it yet. Everybody could tell this was not good for business.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 09, 2026 06:39 AM (zdLoL) "

LOL, no, not a good look at all!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2026 06:54 AM (VyBeY)

73 Respecting Miss Linda's viewpoint, vultures are very efficient fliers. In the peak of their season when they're patrolling at altitude over fields looking for, well, you know, their flight is as majestic as an eagle's or any hawk. It's very beautiful until you see their hairdo, or get to watch them at work on the ground. That can be a little off-putting.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 09, 2026 06:58 AM (zdLoL)

74
Vultures on the roof of a medical building, there is a Far Side cartoon right there.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 09, 2026 06:42 AM (2GVsD)

Ehhhh, I like vultures. Poor, ugly bastards perform a valuable service and get nothing but contempt for it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 06:58 AM (HdYcL)

75 That was KAOS. Pure amateurs.
Posted by: Thrush Supreme Council at May 09, 2026
*
Be sure to attend out next meeting!
Posted by: Your Local HOA at May 09, 2026

***
You parvenus modeled your techniques after ours!

"Good homeowners or bad homeowners, if you are not a member of the HOA, you are marked to be ruled or destroyed."

Posted by: Thrush Supreme Council at May 09, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9)

76 Respecting Miss Linda's viewpoint, vultures are very efficient fliers. In the peak of their season when they're patrolling at altitude over fields looking for, well, you know, their flight is as majestic as an eagle's or any hawk. It's very beautiful until you see their hairdo, or get to watch them at work on the ground. That can be a little off-putting.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 09, 2026

***
If it were not for those ugly naked heads (necessary, I know, for their daily work), yes, people would like them more.

It has always amused me that people rave about "the California condor" -- a name that sounds noble and elegant -- and yet they are members of the vulture club.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9)

77 Good morning everyone. Hope you have a relaxing weekend.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 09, 2026 07:03 AM (EFz10)

78 Just had a nice experience at the local convenience store There was a young pleasant guy at the cash register who is black, who told me about the importance of being positive. I told him that he looked liked to dance because he was moving back and forth swaying. He said , "Well, I play drums in my church band and I try to use the talents which God gave me." He told me the name of his church- because I asked him -and I will remember his name because it is also the name of my brother-in-law. If I take the time I can have such nice interactions with folks . Sometimes I'm too sleepy or in a rush and too introverted to do this.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 07:03 AM (nui3h)

79 I've decided, happily I think, against working out today. Having a pipe for a few minutes; I need to feed the cats; and then I can decide if I want to eat breakfast here or wait nearly two hours to go out.

I think that last sentence kind of decided for me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)

80 Not saying thete isn't good news, actually lots of that. But even that news from England to my cynical thinking is too little too late.

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 07:04 AM (Ia/+0)

81 Some are born to sweet delight
Some are born to endless night.
Posted by: Wm Blake at May 09, 2026 04:52 AM (hyQrc)

Well, Mr. Blake, you’re just a bundle of joy, aren’t ya?

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 07:05 AM (25Mwa)

82 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9

I feed some stray, fixed cats behind someone's house twice a week. There were two vultures which came by to scavenge food. Now I only see one which makes me suspect that he or she lost their mate to a death.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 07:06 AM (nui3h)

83 This guy-who had a kind of amusing name for his blog, "Weird Catholic" reflects on the nature of apocalypses and deals with this whole UFO thing and his faith:

https://tinyurl.com/4dk7chfd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 07:09 AM (nui3h)

84 Maybe we should just not install software for a bit. (Xe Iaso)

Ya fuckin think. When will it become law to note AI on your slop so everyone knows you're shit

Posted by: sidney at May 09, 2026 07:11 AM (rzwGB)

85 Morning peeps.

In tech news, Intel must have had some time on their hands. A slew of Intel software drivers have been updated and Windows would really like me to apply them.

Been queued up for weeks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2026 07:13 AM (jehhT)

86 https://tinyurl.com/mrxabey4
Powerline week in pictures

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 07:17 AM (Ia/+0)

87 eh, eagles are just vultures with a big-bucks makeover; around here, their diet is pretty much the same: roadkill.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2026 07:17 AM (VyBeY)

88 Oh, yes, I told my husband to vote in the Democrat primary because he is registered Democrat but hasn't voted for any of them since I haven't , because one Democrat running is a Muslim with terrorist connections. He needs to vote against him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 07:17 AM (IeCgc)

89 I'm happy to report that my neighbors who have torn apart our HOA with their senseless demands and have told mr nec and I if we put one foot on their property they will call the police, have put their house on the market. Hooray! Please, please, please let it sell soon.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2026 07:19 AM (2NHgQ)

90 We need more spam filters.

Hey, I've got an idea! Let's use AI for that!

Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2026 07:21 AM (P35BA)

91
An HOA, like Congress, is an excellent idea that, unfortunately, attracts all the wrong people to it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2026 07:21 AM (HdYcL)

92 I'm happy to report that my neighbors who have torn apart our HOA with their senseless demands and have told mr nec and I if we put one foot on their property they will call the police, have put their house on the market. Hooray! Please, please, please let it sell soon.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2026

***
One of my requirements for a house is NO HOAs! I'll be a great neighbor. I'm not going to put old washing machines on my porch, or have broken-down cars on the lawn. But I don't want some officious nosey-parkers telling me I can't fly an American flag or paint my porch white because it violates their rules.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)

93 Some pretty good ones in WiP

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 07:25 AM (Ia/+0)

94 - Skip

On the good news front, I guess, at least for some Canadians, I've seen a couple reports that Alberta has secured enough signatures to have a vote on leaving Canada. AOP would likely know more.

On the bad news front for Canada, I've posted this a couple times the last couple of days, ignored of course.

https://tinyurl.com/57cndsat

Posted by: TeeJ at May 09, 2026 07:25 AM (PpROq)

95 @56/Tom Servo: "My wife has had them, {migraines} very difficult to deal with. Best prescription drug is sumatriptan (generic name) which is Not a painkiller, but which stops what appears to be an electrical storm going on in the brain."

Imitrex. I know that one all too well.

Actual migraines tend to be one-sided (taking place in only one-half of the brain) and they're not so much a storm as a slowing down of the electrical activity like that half of the brain is going to sleep, or more disturbing: dying.

A patient hooked to an EEG at my neurologist's office experienced a migraine and he said the needles graphing the brain activity via sensors all over her head were moving as expected (a fair amount of activity), then a migraine started and the needles hooked to the sensors on the migraine side all started moving in a very slow sinusoidal motion. Those for the other side started getting more active (maybe to compensate?).

So you've got one side yelling at the offline side, "Are you there? HELLO?!" Could be the electrical storm you're referring to. His theory was that this might be the actual cause of the pain, the split brain one side active, one barely.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2026 07:26 AM (O7YUW)

96 Also, I dubbed Imitrex "The chemical tactical nuke". If I took it, I HAD to sleep for a minimum of two hours. If anyone woke me during it, the migraine was muted, but I had zero inhibitions. This was ... not good. No impulse or emotional control whatsoever.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2026 07:27 AM (O7YUW)

97 carny of Canada thinks that the US will stop being a world power and they and others will take over? It's to laugh.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2026 07:28 AM (2NHgQ)

98 Skip- I liked Marco Rubio's new job as being the kid from ET.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 07:28 AM (lQ+/f)

99 Mark Carney is delusional.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2026 07:30 AM (O7YUW)

100 Also 100

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2026 07:30 AM (O7YUW)

101 Very wise choice, Wolfus!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2026 07:31 AM (VyBeY)

102 Usually enjoy the Powerline week in pictures, that said, why are they still flogging the epstein crap. Do they seriously think that PDT is hiding something epstein related? Yep, the dems are going to tie him to that dead shitweasel and prove that he's a pedophile. Unbelievable.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2026 07:31 AM (2NHgQ)

103 Also, I dubbed Imitrex "The chemical tactical nuke". If I took it, I HAD to sleep for a minimum of two hours. If anyone woke me during it, the migraine was muted, but I had zero inhibitions. This was ... not good. No impulse or emotional control whatsoever.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2026

***
Any decent brand of Scotch'll do *that*!

Posted by: Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott, Star Fleet at May 09, 2026 07:35 AM (wzUl9)

104 102, yeah, what the bleep, anyway? they were kind of underwhelming today all around ...

SAD!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2026 07:36 AM (VyBeY)

105 IIRC, powerline is ran by a bunch of neverTrump rinos.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 09, 2026 07:37 AM (zBgIx)

106 I like guy holds up 2 fingers and says give me 5 beers

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 07:37 AM (Ia/+0)

107 So you've got one side yelling at the offline side, "Are you there? HELLO?!" Could be the electrical storm you're referring to. His theory was that this might be the actual cause of the pain, the split brain one side active, one barely.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2026 07:26 AM (O7YUW)

That’s a very good hypothesis, since one of the great mysteries of migraines is the actual source of the intense pain (since the brain contains no pain sensors)

I had something occur this week, researched it and it’s called a “vertigo attack”. I woke up feeling fine, then suddenly I felt dizzy and the room started to spin. Raced home while I still could, broke out into a full body sweat and then vomited intensely for 2 hours. That finally stopped, and after 2 or 3 hours laying down, everything was fine again (but the day was wrecked)

Best guess from my online search for a diagnosis is a temporary disturbance of the inner ear, set off by anything from electrolytes to bad blood sugar to something more serious. Sources agree on the symptoms, but there’s a million possible causes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 07:40 AM (25Mwa)

108 A Bremer pot pie sprinkled with sharp cheddar cheese, and wheat toast with peanut butter and honey, plus coffee and a pipe: a great start to the day.

Shave and shower is next. Maybe around nine I'll drive out to the suburbs, have a coffee at a small local chain shop (they only have about two locations in town I know of), and stop at the cigar/pipe shop for some supplies. If it's raining, so much the better. Except for snow, there is not much better than to sit snugly in a coffee shop or a tobacconist, enjoying whatever, while the rain slashes down outside.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

109 - neverenoughcaffeine

Basically, yep. Their post WWII, globalist system without the US doing all it's heavy lifting. Militarily and economically.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 09, 2026 07:41 AM (PpROq)

110 There's no way Canada could ever become a superpower. Even after all this time, it still has inter-provincial trade barriers to protect markets in one province from products and services in equal markets in other provinces. Yeah, seriously. That alone makes us "not a serious country".

We hamstring and bring down innovators with an absolutely crushing amount of government regulation and delays. Energy companies don't want to try to build infrastructure here. There are other markets in the world that welcome their expertise and which they can make more money, more easily.

This article notes that government job growth is triple that of the private sector:
https://tinyurl.com/5fb2rnk7

A government job's wages are paid using the government's budget, ie, tax revenue on the private sector plus deficit spending (borrowing and thus devaluing the money.) You want less of that and more private sector jobs to keep your economy healthy. Not Canada though, it's going full boar into public sector jobs, where the pay and the benefits is now far better than private sector ones (on average.)

That's. Just. Insane.

Also: That which can not go on, will not go on.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2026 07:42 AM (O7YUW)

111 Best guess from my online search for a diagnosis is a temporary disturbance of the inner ear, set off by anything from electrolytes to bad blood sugar to something more serious. Sources agree on the symptoms, but there’s a million possible causes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026

***
I had something like that in late 2018 and on into early 2019. Had to go to physical therapy for it, but it hasn't recurred.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:43 AM (wzUl9)

112 You know the biggest road block to becoming a Super- Power?
Giving billions away to people in grift and theftand not buying what makes a Super-Power

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 07:46 AM (Ia/+0)

113 Is this about me?

Posted by: Brazil - wannabe Super-Power at May 09, 2026 07:49 AM (2Ez/1)

114 Deserts are weird, kinda. When it does rain, the dry lakes become lakes again, and the sky filled with Seagulls, attracted by brine Shrimp that hatch.

We tend to think of deserts as empty, and devoid of plant and animal life, but that’s not really true at all. The desert Southwest is a lot more interesting to me than the northern Alpine region.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 07:49 AM (sDaxV)

115 I've had a feeder out since I moved here. It always attracts a ton of birds, but they'd of course fly away when I sat on the patio nearby.

No more! At some point over the last year, word seeped through the bird community: "YD and his dog are harmless. He's the one stocking the feeder. And yes, he does eat eggs every day... but those aren't *our* eggs."

So now when I sit out there for my breakfast there's dozens of birds just flying back and forth in my garden. It's freaking awesome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2026 07:49 AM (BI5O2)

116 Thousands of vibe-coded apps expose personal and corporate data to everyone on the internet.

Wired cares because two of those apps were anti-Trump and anti-ICE apps vibe coded by the former “Anonymous” who kicked off one of Trump’s impeachments. And the thousands of deranged lefties they doxxed are now on FBI watch lists.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2026 07:49 AM (QZThv)

117 I used to be a Super-Power.
Now I'm a gas station.

Posted by: Russia at May 09, 2026 07:50 AM (2Ez/1)

118 @107/Tom Servo { on the vertigo attack }: "Best guess from my online search for a diagnosis is a temporary disturbance of the inner ear, set off by anything from electrolytes to bad blood sugar to something more serious. Sources agree on the symptoms, but there’s a million possible causes."

At least it corrected itself in a couple of hours. Going through that sounds absolutely horrid (and scary.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2026 07:51 AM (O7YUW)

119 Canada allowing the first nations veto power is insane as well. Am I misreading this? They brought suit against Alberta trying to secede. Is that correct?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2026 07:52 AM (2NHgQ)

120 IIRC, powerline is ran by a bunch of neverTrump rinos.
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 09, 2026 07:37 AM (zBgIx)
-------------------
They got rid of the anti-Trump guy a decade or so ago. Of the two original bloggers remaining, one is very pro-Trump and the other is pro-Trump with a few reservations. They've since added an additional blogger, also very pro Trump.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2026 07:52 AM (hVFNR)

121 Looks like my small local chain, CC's Coffee House, has four locations here. The one in the 'burbs near the tobacconist is not on their website, though (?). There's one in an older part of the western suburbs, but my only problem with that one is that a train goes by and blocks the main road nearly every Saturday around 10 am.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:53 AM (wzUl9)

122 - Well, after all

The desert is an ocean with its life underground
And the perfect disguise above

I'd better get before people start throwing things

Posted by: TeeJ at May 09, 2026 07:54 AM (PpROq)

123 Best guess from my online search for a diagnosis is a temporary disturbance of the inner ear, set off by anything from electrolytes to bad blood sugar to something more serious. Sources agree on the symptoms, but there’s a million possible causes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026

***
I love the desert. But you have to be tough to live there. Tucson, AZ, for instance, is probably lovely in January and February. But I visited there in Jnne, and it hit 106 F. every day. That's halfway to boiling!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:55 AM (wzUl9)

124 Losing excess fat, if one is perhaps inclined towards overweight or obesity can result in marked improvement of vertigo. Some years ago I was at one of those spectacular fenced overlooks in one of our Very Large Square States and I had a lot of problems with it. As a practical matter tending towards slim and trim makes for far better mobility and sure footing.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 07:55 AM (sDaxV)

125 I been to the desert without a horse with no name

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 07:57 AM (Ia/+0)

126 @112/Skip: "You know the biggest road block to becoming a Super- Power?
Giving billions away to people in grift and theftand not buying what makes a Super-Power"

You're not wrong, Skip. The Laurentien elite in Canada love to reward their friends with grift money, taken from the people working in the private sector in multiple ways.

The so-called elite don't seem to care that if you kill the goose laying the golden eggs, you don't get anymore golden eggs. They think the goose can never actually be killed.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2026 08:01 AM (O7YUW)

127 I been to the desert without a horse with no name
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026

***
I'd have named him Trigger or Champion. Or Tornado, if he was black.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:01 AM (wzUl9)

128 I love the desert. But you have to be tough to live there. Tucson, AZ, for instance, is probably lovely in January and February. But I visited there in Jnne, and it hit 106 F. every day. That's halfway to boiling!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 07:55 AM (wzUl9)

I love it as well, grew up in Phoenix, still have family there. But Phoenix is even hotter than Tucson, and one thing I remember from those hottest days in summer is there are days where the light is just too intense. By 2 or 3, everything looks whited out, like an overexposed photo, and you just want to stay indoors in a cool dark room. It feels like the bright side of the planet Mercury.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 08:04 AM (25Mwa)

129 Tom Servo, I suffered from vertigo attacks some years ago after the birth of my third child. I figured out that for me, the trigger was too many days in a row with not enough sleep. Once I figured that out and jealously guarded my sleep, they stopped.

Except last summer i experienced a minor one, no idea why. I rummaged in my medicine cabinet and found my prescription anti-vert that expired 13 years ago. I figured it couldn't hurt so I took one, went to sleep, and woke up a couple hours later feeling fine.

Ask your doc for a prescription next time you go. It's very inexpensive, and lasts a long time! Before I got that, when I had a vertigo attack it would last for at least 24 hours.

Posted by: bluebell at May 09, 2026 08:05 AM (afFes)

130 @119/neverenoughcaffeine: "Canada allowing the first nations veto power is insane as well. Am I misreading this? They brought suit against Alberta trying to secede. Is that correct?"

It's a very complicated and messy corner that we've painted ourselves into, and continue to do so. We keep handing over political power to the 50-ish different tribes, and they keep using it to beat us over the head and demand more concessions.

It's madness and it needs to stop, but it won't, and it's yet another on a long list of reasons why we (Canada) aren't a serious nation and I doubt we ever will be again.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2026 08:07 AM (O7YUW)

131 I love it as well, grew up in Phoenix, still have family there. But Phoenix is even hotter than Tucson, and one thing I remember from those hottest days in summer is there are days where the light is just too intense. By 2 or 3, everything looks whited out, like an overexposed photo, and you just want to stay indoors in a cool dark room. It feels like the bright side of the planet Mercury.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026

***
That was my reaction too. And, except for the short visit to southern AZ in June, I've never been to the desert in the truly hot months. Northern New Mexico was hot enough in the daytime -- though amazingly dry to me -- in late May.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:07 AM (wzUl9)

132 Ask your doc for a prescription next time you go. It's very inexpensive, and lasts a long time! Before I got that, when I had a vertigo attack it would last for at least 24 hours.
Posted by: bluebell at May 09, 2026 08:05 AM (afFes)

Thanks Bluebell, I did not know there was such a medicine, sound very helpful.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2026 08:08 AM (25Mwa)

133 Noodus caffeine

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2026 08:08 AM (wzUl9)

134 "Vulture" has such negative connotations. I prefer the word "Condor."

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 09, 2026 08:10 AM (qFwJc)

135 thanks grumpy

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2026 08:13 AM (2NHgQ)

136 Vertigo--look up the Epley maneuver on YouTube. Several specialists are on there showing how to do it. It stops the spinning right away.

I did that a couple times with instant relief. I was having vertigo last year, even fell in the middle of the night from it. (I was trying Benadryl for allergies, and when I quit that the attacks stopped altogether.)

Posted by: skywch at May 09, 2026 08:17 AM (uqhmb)

137 "Wired cares because two of those apps were anti-Trump and anti-ICE apps vibe coded by the former “Anonymous” who kicked off one of Trump’s impeachments. And the thousands of deranged lefties they doxxed are now on FBI watch lists.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2026 07:49 AM (QZThv) "

well, theoretically ... maybe ... I think it's almost as likely that they are on a preferred list for grant money from some agency DOGE never got to ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2026 08:25 AM (VyBeY)

138 This is the bird I saw in a tree near my house yesterday- a house finch.

Thank god it wasn't a vampire finch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP7OLY3_UNA

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 09, 2026 09:19 AM (Pcod2)

139 I'm happy to report that my neighbors who have torn apart our HOA with their senseless demands [...]

Dunno about you, but my current HOA rules were written by the same assholes similar to the corporate weasels in both incarnations of "The Running Man" movies.

When I lived in a less "upscale" neighborhood, our HOA was focused on the maintenance of a shared pond; the rules around that were less, shall we say, draconian that my current HOA.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 09, 2026 09:37 AM (Pcod2)

140 Sales of PC motherboards are expected to fall 25%+ YoY in 2026, as PC users delay their upgrades amid AI-driven price surges for memory, storage, and processors

Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2026 09:57 AM (O7XEN)

141 65 Vultures on the roof of a medical building, there is a Far Side cartoon right there.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 09, 2026 06:42 AM (2GVsD)

I picture a middle-aged couple in a car, waiting to make a sinister (left) turn across traffic. Past a Dead End sign, the short side road terminates in a medical building with a line of vultures on the roof. "Fred and Edna had sudden misgivings about his 'routine outpatient procedure'."

Posted by: SciVo at May 09, 2026 10:40 AM (Sy6m/)

Into The Valley Of The Shadow Of ONT Rode The 400

Hello everyone! Welcome to the weekend! Y'all have company tonight, or are you going it alone?

Fido Friday: Judged

Dog of judgement pic.twitter.com/CmDe59eNUT
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 8, 2026

Pun

We used to be a proper country

This would ruin your day

pic.twitter.com/wKRetDfbCk
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 8, 2026

Dems have found their candidate for '28

Someone is chopping onions in here

From the mouths of babes

pic.twitter.com/Zfi8KNB7PO
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 8, 2026

When heroes fall (Also, seems to be from the Netflix adaptation)

This is one method of selling insurance I haven't tried

When you get sick in Venice

Venetian ambulance pic.twitter.com/iADSYCWlDK
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 8, 2026

Spicy grade

It's what's for dinner

Raising kids right

pic.twitter.com/cEOBsXoQCu
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 8, 2026

Some people ain't right

Lightly used

Signs, signs, every where there's signs

pic.twitter.com/zR9U6DXivi
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 8, 2026

Great White North

Therapy, in a nutshell

Gay!

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— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 9, 2026

The heat is on

Something is very wrong with Canada

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Vikings:

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Everyone go out there and party like it's Lindisfarne, 793.

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

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1 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth…"

Posted by: mindful webworker - but it does move! at May 08, 2026 09:59 PM (xLZFw)

2 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2026 09:59 PM (Kyh8Y)

3 Thank You Weird dave

Happy Friday Horde

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 08, 2026 10:00 PM (QGaXH)

4 4,5,6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:00 PM (0ogfQ)

5 Hungry?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:01 PM (0ogfQ)

6 NOODled the cafe

Posted by: mindful webworker - egg noodled at May 08, 2026 10:02 PM (xLZFw)

7 Engineer who got rid of bench seats was a faggot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:02 PM (0ogfQ)

8 Yup. WD memeos.
This is my lurking night....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 08, 2026 10:02 PM (uTEOj)

9 Top 10?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 08, 2026 10:03 PM (XHO5P)

10 "Someone is chopping onions in here"

I'm not crying! your face is crying!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 08, 2026 10:05 PM (0aYVJ)

11 Having another JWB and deciding if I’m going to print Hades or Aristotle next.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2026 10:05 PM (XV/Pl)

12
That put upon dog would rip out Yoko's throat

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 10:07 PM (xG4kz)

13 Good evening Horde. Thanks WD!

The signs were very funny.

Posted by: TRex - viking dino at May 08, 2026 10:08 PM (IQ6Gq)

14 There's an odd trick that will give me an erection at any age? I'll wait 4 seconds.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 10:09 PM (JkO4W)

15 The one where the girl polishes the cabinets for $50 and then gets a lesson in politics. You know...I mean, you ABSOLUTELY KNOW that some liberal clown will watch that video, ignore the entire message and then say....

"LOOK LOOK...the mom gave her $20 at the end to buy her vote!!!!"

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 10:10 PM (dIske)

16 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 08, 2026 10:10 PM (+9wcF)

17 When #4 son visited with his family a few weeks ago he asked me to tell him all about his mom. What was she like, how did she die, was she lots of fun, things like that.

Honestly, I lied my ass off. Some family secrets should remain so. I did tell him though she loved him very much - that was no tall tale.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2026 10:10 PM (Kyh8Y)

18 What is the Rooftop Korean doing today ?

https://youtu.be/0A3ctsmC31M

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)

19 Looks like Canada is going to ruled by Sikhs.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2026 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)

20 If yore going to kill yourself in Canada, is it even worth going to confession first?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 10:11 PM (JkO4W)

21
12 y/o grandson's mother died giving birth to him.

He does want to know about her. She was a wonderful person.

Lots of conversations trying to reassure him that he was not the cause of her death.

Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2026 10:15 PM (3ek7K)

22 I was Sudeep in Saskatchewan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 10:15 PM (JkO4W)

23 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2026 10:17 PM (gcUgZ)

24 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 10:17 PM (zZu0s)

25 Looks like Canada is going to ruled by Sikhs.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

That will probably be an improvement.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2026 10:17 PM (Kyh8Y)

26 I always thought Canada was mostly Caucasian

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 10:18 PM (ZxPkt)

27 That teachers penmanship is shit. It does look like salsa.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)

28 Engineer who got rid of bench seats was a faggot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:02 PM (0ogfQ)

My 69 roadrunner has a bench seat, but it also has a 4 speed, so any chick sitting next to me is getting elbowed in a vag. That car probably should have had bucket seats. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 10:18 PM (snZF9)

29 26 I always thought Canada was mostly Caucasian
Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 10:18 PM (ZxPkt)

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You didn't know, but Inuit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 10:18 PM (JkO4W)

30 Thanks for the ONT, WD. I remember Lindisfarne, they had a great folk-rock song, "The Fog on the Tyne."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 08, 2026 10:19 PM (CHHv1)

31 Lots of conversations trying to reassure him that he was not the cause of her death.

Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2026 10:15 PM (3ek7K)

Which is probably why everyone told her in the story above that no one knew what happened.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)

32 What is the Rooftop Korean doing today ?

https://youtu.be/0A3ctsmC31M

Apologies.

He was in in the video for about ten seconds.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 10:20 PM (/lPRQ)

33 How many people will have searched @Dana Donnelly before the night is through? The thumbnail is an invitation...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 08, 2026 10:20 PM (QaH55)

34 In fairness, that does look a lot like "salsa."

Posted by: Dr. T at May 08, 2026 10:20 PM (lHPJf)

35 He was in in the video for about ten seconds.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 10:20 PM (/lPRQ)

He did the unsubscribe podcast.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

36
It was an embolism that killed her.

Something that is rare.

Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2026 10:21 PM (3ek7K)

37 It was an embolism that killed her.

Something that is rare.

Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2026 10:21 PM (3ek7K)

I am very sorry.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

38 Anybody else having a problem with the website blanking out and having to be refreshed. Seems odd. Maybe it's just me.

Posted by: Indiana Lurker at May 08, 2026 10:23 PM (3ZVqj)

39 "Rats! Foiled again!" Strong Insurance Agency salesman.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 10:23 PM (2GVsD)

40 I got a desk calculator when I got hired and got my desk. It said CA 12 L05 on the back, written in Sharpie, and I spent a lot of time figuring out what that meant.

Eventually I figured out the previous owner was named CARLOS and Carlos had sloppy handwriting.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2026 10:23 PM (rbvCR)

41 When your own dog is telling you to chill it's time to put down the mic.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

42 More and more I'm thinking one should be native born and at least 3 generations deep to serve in our government

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 10:23 PM (ZxPkt)

43 @34

>> In fairness, that does look a lot like "salsa."

It’s also an arbitrary number of questions.

Why not 43 or 61?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2026 10:23 PM (XV/Pl)

44 I talked to my bride about Mother's Day. She is on a very strict diet right now, so I can't make her crepes or anything like that. But I will make a grilled chicken, grape, cranberry walnut, apple salad to die for.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 08, 2026 10:24 PM (0aYVJ)

45 The Canadian national government needs to be signed up for MAID.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 10:24 PM (2GVsD)

46 GFY

Posted by: CA12LO5 at May 08, 2026 10:24 PM (JkO4W)

47
Pretty dark tonight, Dave.

Now i gotta go out and drink myself happy again.

Posted by: Auspex at May 08, 2026 10:25 PM (Y8DZL)

48 When you get sick in Venice

"This is a no-wake zone, you maniac!!"

"Yes, I am trying to prevent one!"

Posted by: mikeski, reposting from the cafe at May 08, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

49
That indeed was the word "salsa".

Pity the teacher could not own up to having terrible handwriting.

And besides, who sets "59" as the top score for a school assignment?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 10:26 PM (xG4kz)

50 Evening, Weird Dave, and ONT Horde! Hung a grease job on the convertible, and serviced the brakes. Front brakes nearly new; just needed adjustment. Rear brakes were worn out down to the rivets, but had not fucked the drums. Good news: I had new shoes on the shelf. Bad news: one leading shoe had the hole for the self-adjust bellcrank in the wrong place. Stupid news: I had two sets of new shoes; could have swapped out the bad one instead of drilling a new hole.

But the brakes are working, with a nice high firm pedal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 10:26 PM (utfVc)

51 That salsa is from NEW YORK CITY?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 10:27 PM (Cqx++)

52 Why did only 400 ride?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 10:28 PM (2GVsD)

53 45 The Canadian national government needs to be signed up for MAID.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 10:24 PM (2GVsD)

The people will rise up, led by a humble man from Alberta, driving a Suburban, loaded down with Studebaker parts......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 08, 2026 10:28 PM (QGaXH)

54
Does anyone know where salsa originated?

Is it an American creation?

Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2026 10:29 PM (3ek7K)

55 Do they recruit Venetian ambulance drivers from open wheel racing circuits! Seems like some of the skills might transfer,

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2026 10:30 PM (qx7Zg)

56 So, Canada Sikhs to enjoy?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 10:30 PM (2GVsD)

57 Best thing that's happened to Canada is the Indians taking over. That will stop the Chinese in their tracks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:31 PM (0ogfQ)

58 If yore going to kill yourself in Canada, is it even worth going to confession first?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 10:11 PM (JkO4W)

FWIW, the United Church in Canada is woker than shit. Not really Christian at all; they just wear it as a skin suit. Best description: "the NDP at prayer".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 10:31 PM (utfVc)

59 52 Why did only 400 ride?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 10:28 PM (2GVsD)

It was a light brigade.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 08, 2026 10:31 PM (QaH55)

60 55 Do they recruit Venetian ambulance drivers from open wheel racing circuits! Seems like some of the skills might transfer,
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Nice boat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:32 PM (0ogfQ)

61 54
Does anyone know where salsa originated?

Is it an American creation?

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The Somalis brought it as one of their many gifts of gratitude to their new western homeland.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 10:32 PM (JkO4W)

62 Does anyone know where salsa originated?

Is it an American creation?

Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2026 10:29 PM (3ek7K)

Good question, but from cultural documents, it's not New York City.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 08, 2026 10:32 PM (0aYVJ)

63 Best thing that's happened to Canada is the Indians taking over. That will stop the Chinese in their tracks.

So it was a Sikh and destroy mission?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 08, 2026 10:33 PM (+9wcF)

64 >>But the brakes are working, with a nice high firm pedal.

You'd be a very handy guy to have along on a cruise.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 10:34 PM (viF8m)

65 Engineer who got rid of bench seats was a faggot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:02 PM (0ogfQ)
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No, he was raising the standard. Adapt and ovecome!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 10:34 PM (ZOv7s)

66 I discovered salsa on scrambled eggs and hash browns when stationed at Fort Sam Houston for AIT.

Wonderful.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 08, 2026 10:34 PM (0aYVJ)

67 I can’t decide who’s worse - the mind that thought of that master bater Tow Mater, or the one who saw it and said “ooh I must buy that, it’s what I’ve always dreamed of!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 10:35 PM (25Mwa)

68 The Virginia Supreme Court voted 4-3 against the gerrymander. Again, 4-3. Even though there were clear, objective violations of law, three Supreme Court Justices approved it. America existing on a razor's edge.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2026 10:36 PM (g6bbw)

69 Gay!

Most of the answers were "He looks gay ..... because of how he's standing."

So if you don't want people to think you're gay, sit your ass down.

Posted by: but don't sit like Gavin Newsom at May 08, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

70 Best thing that's happened to Canada is the Indians taking over. That will stop the Chinese in their tracks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:31 PM (0ogfQ)
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If Canuckistan had picked one specific group, it might have worked, but they're importing mutually hostile groups who will turn it into an African-style hellhole.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 10:36 PM (ZOv7s)

71 Dems have found their candidate for '28

You know, there is a very small window of difference between Nguema and the modern day democrat. That Hasan Piker guy and this dude would be lovers.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2026 10:36 PM (gcUgZ)

72 Sorry I'm late, I locked my keys in the car. My wife was worried she would never be able to get out of it.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 08, 2026 10:37 PM (lbImv)

73 The Virginia Supreme Court voted 4-3 against the gerrymander. Again, 4-3. Even though there were clear, objective violations of law, three Supreme Court Justices approved it. America existing on a razor's edge.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2026 10:36 PM (g6bbw)
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Counterpoint: It was so egregious that even with seven liberal judges, four had to call bullshit on it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 10:38 PM (ZOv7s)

74 Some people ain't right

Dear Penthouse,
I never thought I'd meet someone with the same dreams as me.

Posted by: B. Obama at May 08, 2026 10:38 PM (Riz8t)

75
My 69 roadrunner has a bench seat, but it also has a 4 speed, so any chick sitting next to me is getting elbowed in a vag. That car probably should have had bucket seats. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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She's not sitting close enough to you. Put your arm around her and shift from that position. When you hit 4th gear you are headed for a home run.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:38 PM (0ogfQ)

76
You know, there is a very small window of difference between Nguema and the modern day democrat. That Hasan Piker guy and this dude would be lovers.

Nguma probably doesn't swing that way.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 10:39 PM (Cqx++)

77 She's not sitting close enough to you. Put your arm around her and shift from that position. When you hit 4th gear you are headed for a home run.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:38 PM (0ogfQ)
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Yeah, this is why Gen X is elite. Bucket seats and automatic transmissions and we still managed to score. Boomers raised the degree of difficulty, but we prevailed.

Well, some of us. The losers became gay.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 10:40 PM (ZOv7s)

78

Bottom of the eighth, Cubs,7 to 1.

Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2026 10:41 PM (3ek7K)

79 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:02 PM (0ogfQ)
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No, he was raising the standard. Adapt and ovecome!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Chick taught me new things about the back seat of a Volkswagen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:42 PM (0ogfQ)

80 Found a site that says salsa (the food, not the music) was a standard meso-American dish (Maya, Aztec) that the Spanish adopted as they moved in and took over. Believable, it’s just made by mashing up fresh vegetables including chile peppers.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 10:42 PM (25Mwa)

81 Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Vikings

As a non-Norwegian Minnesotan: this is accurate.

Posted by: mikeski at May 08, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)

82 There were a number of British Folk/rock bands around 1970. Lindisfarne, Renaissance, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, and others. The Grateful Dead met Pentangle in England on tour, and Jerry and Pigpen were most impressed. Jerry learned some acoustic guitar from them and incorporated that into his playing. Pentangle opened for the Dead on Tour in USA a few times.

Posted by: Don't Forget Donovan at May 08, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2)

83 Chick taught me new things about the back seat of a Volkswagen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:42 PM (0ogfQ)
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Nature always finds a way!

Posted by: Dr. Ian Malcolm at May 08, 2026 10:44 PM (ZOv7s)

84 Sorry I'm late, I locked my keys in the car. My wife was worried she would never be able to get out of it.
Posted by: tankdemon

That excuse would hit totally differently coming from TRex.

Posted by: mikeski at May 08, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)

85 On my music cue: Stand Alone. Iced Earth. Alive in Athens.

Fuck. Jon Schaffer got dicked hard for the mortal sin of being in Washington that day. Wrecked his career. Fuck the left.

Seriously. I fucking hate the double standard. Jon is good people.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 08, 2026 10:46 PM (0aYVJ)

86 How many people will have searched @Dana Donnelly before the night is through? The thumbnail is an invitation...
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

Picture: Behold my cleavage!

Post: "when i was in college i had a therapist....."

Posted by: RULE NUMBER ONE at May 08, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)

87 If Canuckistan had picked one specific group, it might have worked, but they're importing mutually hostile groups who will turn it into an African-style hellhole.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.....

Posted by: mikeski at May 08, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)

88 72 Sorry I'm late, I locked my keys in the car. My wife was worried she would never be able to get out of it.
Posted by: tankdemon
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Your wife? Wait, wut?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:49 PM (0ogfQ)

89 Chick taught me new things about the back seat of a Volkswagen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:42 PM (0ogfQ)

Was sheer panic a factor? Because, when I was a 9 year old kid I once had to ride in the back of a VW. Claustrophobia is a buzz -kill.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 08, 2026 10:50 PM (0aYVJ)

90 I remember Steel Eye Span, they were fun to listen to.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 10:52 PM (25Mwa)

91 You'd be a very handy guy to have along on a cruise.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 10:34 PM (viF8m)

Heh. One time our group chartered an relatively new motor yacht, bare boat, for a weekend cruise in Georgia Strait. Boat was built in Taiwan. Had a few glitches, but nothing serious. On the return leg, the guy on the helm steered hard aport, so we could see some sea lions. And the rudder stuck there. The wheel spun uselessly. We motored in tight circles, slowly drifting towards rocks with the tide. Me and another guy got rear deck hatch open, and crawled down into the transom area. Found a bunch of clothesline and plastic pulleys lying in the bilges. Brand new yacht, 1980-something, and it had cable steering? Pulley block in the port corner had pulled out of the wood. It had been hung on a big screw eye. I jammed the screw eye back in the hole, and cranked it as far as it could go, levering on the eye with some improvised prybar. Got the cable restrung, and we could steer again. Sheesh.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 10:53 PM (utfVc)

92 Was sheer panic a factor? Because, when I was a 9 year old kid I once had to ride in the back of a VW. Claustrophobia is a buzz -kill.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 08, 2026 10:50 PM (0aYVJ)
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Imma gonna suggest that being trapped in a tight place with a hot chick is exciting in a different way than you experienced, especially if she had an unusual degree of flexibility.

Like a gymnast. IYKYK

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 10:55 PM (ZOv7s)

93 Update on my job.
I work for a struggling automotive company you may or may not have heard of.
Well we recently got word that it had been discovered that parts from a particular supplier were discovered not to be within specifications.
The problem is, they are a structural component and their failure could endanger the safety of our customers.
You see, no one had been checking whether these parts were made correctly for TWO years.

Unsurprisingly, the parts failed a test recently conducted.
We left work that day thinking the company was as good as dead.
The fallout would have been a nightmare.

Days later we hear that allegedly the first test didn't count for some reason or another.
However, a second test was done and the part passed.
They declared it good.
So back to work almost as usual.
They are trying to tighten up their QC.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 10:55 PM (u1zoq)

94
IF you are elevated to a government position in this country and you feel compelled to state that your chief task is to assist citizens of the Outside World shithole from which your ancestors came, that ought to be prima facie evidence of treason on your part with getting striped of your post and sent back to said Outside World shithole with no right of return as a consequence.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 10:55 PM (xG4kz)

95 Did You Know?

Walter Duranty, columnist for the New York Times (Stalin’s favorite!) took drugs with, shared a mistress, and get this - was butt buddy with Aleister Crowley, infamous Briitish satanist. “Ritual sodomy” is how it was described anyhow. I don’t know what that is particularly, but I’m cool with that.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 08, 2026 10:56 PM (dDLWu)

96 Days later we hear that allegedly the first test didn't count for some reason or another.

However, a second test was done and the part passed.

They are trying to tighten up their QC.
Posted by: Erebus

The QC needs some QC.

Or CQC.

Posted by: mikeski at May 08, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

97 “Ritual sodomy” is how it was described anyhow. I don’t know what that is particularly, but I’m cool with that.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 08, 2026 10:56 PM (dDLWu)
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I saw Ritual Sodomy open for the Butthole Surfers at Pine Knob in 96. Great show, but my ass hurt for weeks afterwards.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 10:58 PM (ZOv7s)

98 IF you are elevated to a government position in this country and you feel compelled to state that your chief task is to assist citizens of the Outside World shithole from which your ancestors came, that ought to be prima facie evidence of treason on your part with getting striped of your post and sent back to said Outside World shithole with no right of return as a consequence.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot

Second!

Posted by: mikeski at May 08, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

99 Days later we hear that allegedly the first test didn't count for some reason or another.
However, a second test was done and the part passed.
They declared it good.
So back to work almost as usual.
They are trying to tighten up their QC.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 10:55 PM (u1zoq)

Or maybe they found a testing company that was a little more flexible? First thing they should have done was order another test.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 10:59 PM (utfVc)

100 I pulled the bagger off the riding mower and attacked the knee high weeds that covered the back half-acre, here at Villa Gorilla.

An hour and a half later, I was victorious. Despite my hat, coveralls, and N95 dust mask, I was still quite filthy and congested.

A shower, a decongestant pill, and lots of bourbon and Coke Zero later, I think I will survive.

Now to find a suitable Friday night movie. See you later.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2026 11:00 PM (mPEzV)

101 >>Found a bunch of clothesline and plastic pulleys lying in the bilges. Brand new yacht, 1980-something, and it had cable steering? Pulley block in the port corner had pulled out of the wood. It had been hung on a big screw eye. I jammed the screw eye back in the hole, and cranked it as far as it could go, levering on the eye with some improvised prybar. Got the cable restrung, and we could steer again. Sheesh.

Cable steering is not uncommon on boats. Had some exciting moments I wasn't looking to have.

Having someone who can MacGyver the situation when it goes pear shaped is a lot less common.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 11:00 PM (viF8m)

102 You can tell it's Ritual Sodomy by the all the candles.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 11:00 PM (JkO4W)

103 I’m reflecting on how many supposedly on our side thought Trump was reckless when he started the Redistricting Wars by convincing Abbot to do it in Texas.

Well the Dems went crazy to try to counter it, inspiring all the Red states to go even harder, with an assist from SCOTUS. Amazing how things work out!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 11:01 PM (25Mwa)

104 Cable steering is not uncommon on boats. Had some exciting moments I wasn't looking to have.

Having someone who can MacGyver the situation when it goes pear shaped is a lot less common.

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This must be what those emergency tiller thingies are for.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 11:01 PM (JkO4W)

105 The gay identification vid was hilarious. It summed up straight guys.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 08, 2026 11:02 PM (52qkP)

106 >>This must be what those emergency tiller thingies are for.

Good lord willing, you are as close right now to using as you ever will be.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 11:03 PM (viF8m)

107 You've done it again, Weird Dave. Outstanding ONT! Some make me LOL, others bring a tear to the eye.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2026 11:04 PM (yxcOn)

108
How many people will have searched @Dana Donnelly before the night is through? The thumbnail is an invitation...

She's on many of the popular social media platforms.

Speaking for myself, she got tiresome really quickly. "Influencer", you know.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 11:05 PM (xG4kz)

109 Or maybe they found a testing company that was a little more flexible? First thing they should have done was order another test.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I wasn't given all the information, but the reason for disqualifying the first sounded flimsy.

As fir the parts, they ranged from a little under to a lot under spec.

Say the part needed to be 5mm thick to maintain integrity, what were were getting was anywhere from 4.2- 2.3 mm.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 11:05 PM (u1zoq)

110 99 Days later we hear that allegedly the first test didn't count for some reason or another.
However, a second test was done and the part passed.
They declared it good.
So back to work almost as usual.
They are trying to tighten up their QC.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 10:55 PM (u1zoq)

Or maybe they found a testing company that was a little more flexible? First thing they should have done was order another test.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 10:59 PM (utfVc)

One part? Have they never heard of sampling plans? Confidence levels? Mil-Std-105 ? (superseded I know but can't remember the ISO number of the new document....)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 08, 2026 11:07 PM (QGaXH)

111 ANSI/ASQ Z1.4

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 08, 2026 11:08 PM (QGaXH)

112
Days later we hear that allegedly the first test didn't count for some reason or another.
However, a second test was done and the part passed.
They declared it good.
So back to work almost as usual.

'Round some parts, that would be termed "flinching" (even though, technically, that's not at all what flinching is).

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 11:09 PM (xG4kz)

113 I’m reflecting on how many supposedly on our side thought Trump was reckless when he started the Redistricting Wars by convincing Abbot to do it in Texas.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 11:01 PM (25Mwa)
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Trump is just impulsive and stupid. All the smart people say so. he just flails and lurches, and there's never any plan.

But...

He keeps winning. Maybe, just maybe, part of his plan is making it look like he flails and lurches.

Nahhh!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 11:09 PM (ZOv7s)

114 IF you are elevated to a government position in this country and you feel compelled to state that your chief task is to assist citizens of the Outside World shithole from which your ancestors came, that ought to be prima facie evidence of treason on your part with getting striped of your post and sent back to said Outside World shithole with no right of return as a consequence.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot

Second!
Posted by: mikeski at May 08, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

All in favor, say Aye.

(190 dB) Aye!

Nays

(Crickets)

The Ayes have it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2026 11:11 PM (qx7Zg)

115 No, penmanship and punctuation have meaning and consequences. The credit should have been legible as an actual test result. Make yourself clear. Enunciate and project. SALSA. Please.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 08, 2026 11:12 PM (ttrFs)

116 Today I was marveling at the miraculous variety of food and products as I walked down the aisles at Walmart. It really could have been any store..We have so much available to us, thanks to freedom and a capitalist society

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2026 11:12 PM (etDlM)

117
Your wife? Wait, wut?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 10:49 PM (0ogfQ)

Denizens of the underworld aren't allowed to get married?

Posted by: tankdemon at May 08, 2026 11:12 PM (lbImv)

118
I just noticed that I wrote "striped" when I ought to have written "stripped".

Which is not to say that I'd object to flogging getting tossed into the punishment mix.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 11:13 PM (xG4kz)

119
Ass Ship fantasist is probably running for office in a Blue city somewhere..

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2026 11:13 PM (HdYcL)

120 Ass Ship fantasist is probably running for office in a Blue city somewhere..
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2026 11:13 PM (HdYcL)
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I think Mayor Pete is sitting out this cycle.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 11:15 PM (ZOv7s)

121 I wasn't given all the information, but the reason for disqualifying the first sounded flimsy.

As fir the parts, they ranged from a little under to a lot under spec.

Say the part needed to be 5mm thick to maintain integrity, what were were getting was anywhere from 4.2- 2.3 mm.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 11:05 PM (u1zoq)

Well, I think you ought to be updating your resume. And maybe talk to a lawyer. You signed an NDA, right? But what does the law say if you are party to information about a potentially deadly flaw in a safety-related part, and sit on that, rather than be a whistle-blower?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 11:16 PM (utfVc)

122 116 Today I was marveling at the miraculous variety of food and products as I walked down the aisles at Walmart. It really could have been any store..We have so much available to us, thanks to freedom and a capitalist society

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Pfft. Just wait until you see the bounty of the Manhattan Ministry of Popular Foodstuffs Distribution Center #1, citizen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 11:16 PM (JkO4W)

123 Pfft. Just wait until you see the bounty of the Manhattan Ministry of Popular Foodstuffs Distribution Center #1, citizen.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 11:16 PM (JkO4W)

The Venezuelan Beaver Cheese is to die for!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 11:19 PM (utfVc)

124
Say the part needed to be 5mm thick to maintain integrity, what were were getting was anywhere from 4.2- 2.3 mm.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 11:05 PM (u1zoq)

____________

"We're saving more money on material costs than the insurance payouts would be." - the MBAs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2026 11:19 PM (HdYcL)

125 Well, I think you ought to be updating your resume. And maybe talk to a lawyer. You signed an NDA, right? But what does the law say if you are party to information about a potentially deadly flaw in a safety-related part, and sit on that, rather than be a whistle-blower?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I only learned it because some people in the know talked.
Just a line worker who isn't supposed to have such knowledge.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 11:19 PM (u1zoq)

126
Pfft. Just wait until you see the bounty of the Manhattan Ministry of Popular Foodstuffs Distribution Center #1, citizen.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

The day when his face meets the fist for which it is so clearly and earnestly begging will be a day of great rejoicing by me.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 11:19 PM (xG4kz)

127
Did not Benny Goodman and his band have a song, "Singh, Singh, Singh" for which they received some renown?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 11:21 PM (xG4kz)

128 Bad news: one leading shoe had the hole for the self-adjust bellcrank in the wrong place. Stupid news: I had two sets of new shoes; could have swapped out the bad one instead of drilling a new hole.

But the brakes are working, with a nice high firm pedal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 10:26 PM (utfVc)

Why the hell do they do that? It was my biggest piss off every time I had to do drum brakes with holes either in the wrong spot, or not there at all.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)

129 Publius mentioned the Dept of War website has the UFO classified photos released today. There is one photo from Apollo 17 astronauts on the moon of a triangle light formation.

I wonder what they saw?

Posted by: Joemarine at May 08, 2026 11:23 PM (y171U)

130
We may have a whole pot full of sociopolitical problems in the US, but I think I prefer them to a government that pushes people to off themselves.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2026 11:24 PM (HdYcL)

131 121 I wasn't given all the information, but the reason for disqualifying the first sounded flimsy.

As fir the parts, they ranged from a little under to a lot under spec.

Say the part needed to be 5mm thick to maintain integrity, what were were getting was anywhere from 4.2- 2.3 mm.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 11:05 PM (u1zoq)

Well, I think you ought to be updating your resume. And maybe talk to a lawyer. You signed an NDA, right? But what does the law say if you are party to information about a potentially deadly flaw in a safety-related part, and sit on that, rather than be a whistle-blower?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 11:16 PM (utfVc)

In all my time in manufacturing as an engineer, meaning in a position categorized as 'hired to invent', I only knew one person who got into any trouble and he was a senior exec in a small fastener house - say 'VP of Quality' and was complicit in falsifying aerospace fastener test results. Owner of the company went to jail as I recall, my friend plea bargained in return for testimony. Still ruined his career. Went into Real Estate. Probably made a bundle and retired at 50....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 08, 2026 11:24 PM (QGaXH)

132
My 69 roadrunner has a bench seat, but it also has a 4 speed, so any chick sitting next to me is getting elbowed in a vag. That car probably should have had bucket seats. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 10:18 PM

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Had a '65 mustang, with bucket seats seats. Sold it, got a sixty six chevy impala with bench seats. But the d*** car had a manual shifter on the column. No arm around the lady.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2026 11:24 PM (1A8DP)

133 I wonder what they saw?

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Equilateral or isoceles?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 11:25 PM (JkO4W)

134 Say the part needed to be 5mm thick to maintain integrity, what were were getting was anywhere from 4.2- 2.3 mm.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 11:05 PM (u1zoq)

Sounds like they went to the Yang Poon school of manufacturing consistency.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 11:28 PM (snZF9)

135 121 Well, I think you ought to be updating your resume. And maybe talk to a lawyer. You signed an NDA, right? But what does the law say if you are party to information about a potentially deadly flaw in a safety-related part, and sit on that, rather than be a whistle-blower?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 11:16 PM (utfVc)

Plus any company of any size has all sorts of internal anonymous ethics hotlines and pretty stiff penalties for any managers who engage in retaliation for people voicing ethics concerns.

I would say handle it internally first. Go to the ethics folks first. Give the company the chance to do the right thing. Especially if you can do it anonymously.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 08, 2026 11:28 PM (QGaXH)

136 I wonder what they saw?
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Equilateral or isoceles?
Posted by: Cicero

4-dimensional!

Posted by: mikeski folds space-time, wads up fitted sheets at May 08, 2026 11:28 PM (VHUov)

137 Why the hell do they do that? It was my biggest piss off every time I had to do drum brakes with holes either in the wrong spot, or not there at all.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)

It's a number 176 brake shoe. Was pretty common back in the day. Not all the users used the same linkage-style self-adjuster that Studebaker did. I kept wondering why the linkage rod to the adjuster pawl had no tension on it. Finally twigged onto what was wrong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 11:28 PM (utfVc)

138 Signs were funny!😆

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 08, 2026 11:29 PM (VCgbV)

139 Plus any company of any size has all sorts of internal anonymous ethics hotlines and pretty stiff penalties for any managers who engage in retaliation for people voicing ethics concerns.

I would say handle it internally first. Go to the ethics folks first. Give the company the chance to do the right thing. Especially if you can do it anonymously.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Upper management knows.
They were the ones who scheduled the testing.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 11:30 PM (u1zoq)

140 Walter Duranty of the new york times praised the Soviet System and the Potempkin Villages, that falsely showed prosperous living when millions were dying in the famine of 1932-33. One of the original propagandists for the left

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2026 11:31 PM (VVQO9)

141 >>I wonder what they saw?

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 11:31 PM (viF8m)

142 133 I wonder what they saw?

Equilateral or isoceles?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 11:25 PM (JkO4W)

Equilateral

Posted by: Joemarine at May 08, 2026 11:32 PM (y171U)

143 134 Say the part needed to be 5mm thick to maintain integrity, what were were getting was anywhere from 4.2- 2.3 mm.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 11:05 PM (u1zoq)

Sounds like they went to the Yang Poon school of manufacturing consistency.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 11:28 PM (snZF9)

Obviously they never heard of Deming and Statistical Process Control.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 08, 2026 11:33 PM (QGaXH)

144 142 133 I wonder what they saw?

Equilateral or isoceles?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 11:25 PM (JkO4W)

Equilateral
Posted by: Joemarine at May 08, 2026 11:32 PM (y171U)

It's freaky actually. Thing shouldn't be there.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 08, 2026 11:35 PM (y171U)

145 116 Today I was marveling at the miraculous variety of food and products as I walked down the aisles at Walmart. It really could have been any store..We have so much available to us, thanks to freedom and a capitalist society

It wasn't uncommon back in the 60's and70's for defectors from communist countries to break down when they first entered a grocery store. They were certain it was fake.
So much food, so many varieties.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 08, 2026 11:36 PM (2WIwB)

146 1 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth…"
Posted by: mindful webworker - but it does move! at May 08, 2026 09:59 PM (xLZFw)

And then all hell broke loose.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2026 11:36 PM (DwqWV)

147 Q: What do you call a man with one leg at the Dollar General?
A: a pirate.

Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 11:36 PM (oq9dX)

148 If there's steel wool, I can't see any good reason why there isn't steel tweed, other than a tragic lack of imagination and moxie.

Posted by: gp at May 08, 2026 11:37 PM (N8ZBc)

149 147 Q: What do you call a man with one leg at the Dollar General?
A: a pirate.
Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 11:36 PM (oq9dX)

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Kids say the darndest things

Posted by: Art Linkletter at May 08, 2026 11:39 PM (bJSkr)

150 My 69 roadrunner has a bench seat, but it also has a 4 speed, so any chick sitting next to me is getting elbowed in a vag. That car probably should have had bucket seats. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 10:18 PM (snZF9)

My 61 Ford Falcon has bench seats you could make babies in. Love 'em.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2026 11:39 PM (DwqWV)

151 "Learn About Medical Assistance In Dying" - Gilmore Park United Church
- - - - - - - - - -
Morbo: "There were no survivors!"

Posted by: Another Anon at May 08, 2026 11:40 PM (4h45B)

152 "Learn About Medical Assistance In Dying" - Gilmore Park United Church

See our special on funerals!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 08, 2026 11:42 PM (2WIwB)

153 @93 - good luck, the best of luck to you.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 08, 2026 11:42 PM (CHHv1)

154 I bet that apple butter is goooood.

Posted by: GWB at May 08, 2026 11:43 PM (P35BA)

155 It's a number 176 brake shoe. Was pretty common back in the day. Not all the users used the same linkage-style self-adjuster that Studebaker did. I kept wondering why the linkage rod to the adjuster pawl had no tension on it. Finally twigged onto what was wrong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 11:28 PM (utfVc)

After getting burned a few times with yang poon brake shoes on the ancient harleys with drum brakes I made a few punches on the lathe to stake/peen the brake lining rivets. I started getting just the linings and rivets and started relining the original harley metal on the more important restorations. Usually the aftermarket shoes are pretty good, but every once in a while you get the asshoe.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 11:44 PM (snZF9)

156 Drum brakes actually worked well - with the possible exception of brake fade, and they require a close and proper initial setup clearance in order for the “self-adjusters” to self adjust. The star adjusters would get corroded and lockup in the Salt States. The backing plate pads would get gouged with long use and hork operation. Welding is often suggested to build them back up, but I found JB-Weld did a good job.

I had 4 wheel drums all the way around on my old Ford and could get them to lock up in the extreme. You don’t want brakes to lock up, but they have to be capable of it.

Brake shoe linings need to be fitted to the arc of the drum surface for maximum surface contact, and as the drums wore oversize linings could be fitted for this reason. They had brake shoe arc grinders, probably not a great idea when asbestos was part of the program (and everyone in the shop smoked, natch)

Posted by: Common Tater at May 08, 2026 11:44 PM (ACATy)

157 "Learn About Medical Assistance In Dying" - Gilmore Park United Church

See our special on funerals!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 08, 2026 11:42 PM (2WIwB)

Learn about our quick and easy combined MAID and disposal method - a wood chipper. We'll demonstrate it ourselves, so you can see how quick it is.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2026 11:45 PM (qx7Zg)

158 I need an electric winch that won't overtax my 16,5HP Craftsman lawn tractor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 11:45 PM (0ogfQ)

159
Is the Canadian assisted suicide program directed exclusively at the legacy population of European background?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 08, 2026 11:45 PM (t1fZA)

160 Say the part needed to be 5mm thick to maintain integrity, what were were getting was anywhere from 4.2- 2.3 mm.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale

Had a project that had some blast protection requirements. Highly empirical design requirements... because they worked in actual blast testing and it is what the contract required.

This one component was required to be 1/2" to 1" thick.
The Contractor consistently delivered less than 1/2". He was Getty pissy about not getting paid for out of spec componants... pissing and moaning elevated things upward a couple echelons...

Boss-bosses get briefed on problem,
"This one component is required to be 1/2" to 1" thick.
The Contractor consistently delivered less than 1/2"."

First words out of Boss-Boss mouth,
"A half inch? Is there some tolerance on that?"

Contractor won. He knew if he elevated the problem enough he would get some Ivy League Retard in Charge that KNEW he was IN CHARGE to SOLVE PROBLEMS.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 11:46 PM (/lPRQ)

161 As I cannot find a specific definition for Yang Poon, based on context I am concluding it refers to low-quality Chinese manufacture. Is this roughly correct or nah?

Posted by: Always expanding the vocabulary at May 08, 2026 11:47 PM (TbWk/)

162 Insane RATS!!

lololol

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 11:48 PM (GD0B3)

163 Well, I think you ought to be updating your resume. And maybe talk to a lawyer. You signed an NDA, right? But what does the law say if you are party to information about a potentially deadly flaw in a safety-related part, and sit on that, rather than be a whistle-blower?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Do NDAs require one to become an accessory in fraud?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 11:49 PM (/lPRQ)

164 Brake shoes (and brake pad disc) need to be burned in, too. Gotta get ‘em hot, to burn off all the resins and binders. Not too hot, but smoking hot. Otherwise they just glaze the drum or rotor disc.

In euro land they use soft steel rotors and metallic pads. Noisy, and very dirty, lots of brake dust on wheels. But the brakes! Stop on a pfennig. Amazing. Anything else I’ve ever driven, the brakes are mush.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 08, 2026 11:49 PM (ACATy)

165 Is the Canadian assisted suicide program directed exclusively at the legacy population of European background?
——-

Just die quietly. Don’t ask so many questions, M’kay?

Posted by: Common Tater at May 08, 2026 11:51 PM (ACATy)

166 Contractor won. He knew if he elevated the problem enough he would get some Ivy League Retard in Charge that KNEW he was IN CHARGE to SOLVE PROBLEMS.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 11:46 PM (/lPRQ)

I hate this type of management. Fuck getting the job done correctly, it's ass-covering time! And if things go to shit it's the proverbial lead-pipe cinch the guy down the line who identified the problem in the first place gets thrown under the bus.

Posted by: Which is basically corporate SOP at May 08, 2026 11:52 PM (TbWk/)

167
129 Publius mentioned the Dept of War website has the UFO classified photos released today. There is one photo from Apollo 17 astronauts on the moon of a triangle light formation.

I wonder what they saw?
Posted by: Joemarine at May 08, 2026 11:23 PM (y171U)

Caption to the photo: “Dammit, the humans are already here! I told you to hurry!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 11:53 PM (25Mwa)

168 Signs were funny!😆
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
......

I think they were Somalian.

Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 11:55 PM (oq9dX)

169 163 Well, I think you ought to be updating your resume. And maybe talk to a lawyer. You signed an NDA, right? But what does the law say if you are party to information about a potentially deadly flaw in a safety-related part, and sit on that, rather than be a whistle-blower?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Do NDAs require one to become an accessory in fraud?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 11:49 PM (/lPRQ)

It is my understanding that provisions of an NDA that would violate a criminal statute or curb whistleblower protection would be invalid, but you better be lawyered up and ready to get litigated to death.

Posted by: Process is punishment in civil court roo at May 08, 2026 11:55 PM (TbWk/)

170 Goodnight good folks. Sure wish there was a cure for alcoholism but then if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 08, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)

171 The backing plate pads would get gouged with long use and hork operation. Welding is often suggested to build them back up, but I found JB-Weld did a good job.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 08, 2026 11:44 PM (ACATy)

Yeah, the backing plate "tables" were grooved, so I built them up with weld, and ground it smooth. To be expected with a 60 year old car, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 11:57 PM (utfVc)

172 I need an electric winch that won't overtax my 16,5HP Craftsman lawn tractor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
.......

and I need a tanned brunette on my patio lawn chair.

Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 11:58 PM (oq9dX)

173 161 As I cannot find a specific definition for Yang Poon, based on context I am concluding it refers to low-quality Chinese manufacture. Is this roughly correct or nah?
Posted by: Always expanding the vocabulary at May 08, 2026 11:47 PM (TbWk/)

I believe Yang Poon is a AoS Hq exclusive.

You are essentially correct. See also Chinesium

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 08, 2026 11:59 PM (QGaXH)

174 Drum brakes actually worked well - with the possible exception of brake fade, and they require a close and proper initial setup clearance in order for the “self-adjusters” to self adjust.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 08, 2026 11:44 PM (ACATy)

My roadrunner has 3" wide brake shoes and 11" drums. They basically put police brakes on those cars. Even with those the fade was serious in that car. It would stop great...once. I was coming over a big ass bridge one day and traffic started backing up on the other side as I was heading downhill doing about 70 mph. I hit the brakes, no problem. I hit them again, yeah a wee bit difference. I hit them again and yeah they were definitely going to shit, and that was with fairly new brakes and drums. I did a disk brake conversion on it when I rebuilt the entire front suspension and steering and ended the bullshit. Even with manual disks it stops great.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 12:00 AM (snZF9)

175 Sure wish there was a cure for alcoholism
.......

try heroin

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2026 12:02 AM (oq9dX)

176 I believe Yang Poon is a AoS Hq exclusive.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

IIRC, it was a Berserker's Shop Exclusive, but he brought it here and generously shared it with us.

Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 12:04 AM (VHUov)

177 166 Contractor won. He knew if he elevated the problem enough he would get some Ivy League Retard in Charge that KNEW he was IN CHARGE to SOLVE PROBLEMS.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 11:46 PM (/lPRQ)

I hate this type of management. Fuck getting the job done correctly, it's ass-covering time! And if things go to shit it's the proverbial lead-pipe cinch the guy down the line who identified the problem in the first place gets thrown under the bus.
Posted by: Which is basically corporate SOP at May 08, 2026 11:52 PM (TbWk/)

This is one thing I'll say for being an engineer in an aerospace company. We were essentially gods. Like doctors in a hospital. In all my 45 plus years I never saw an upper-management MBA type successfully overrule (or loosen) a drawing requirement. If engineering said it, that ended the discussion.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 09, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)

178 As I cannot find a specific definition for Yang Poon, based on context I am concluding it refers to low-quality Chinese manufacture. Is this roughly correct or nah?
Posted by: Always expanding the vocabulary at May 08, 2026 11:47 PM (TbWk/)

Its become a term used in a few harley shops I work out of. If you're working and you hear someone yell FUCKING YANG POON prepare to duck, because a high velocity piece of Taiwan/chinese shit is going to be sailing across the shop.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 12:04 AM (snZF9)

179 Inspiration for a Weasel-San video?

https://youtube.com/shorts/pGhyXW29sK4

(Probably not suitable for work)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2026 12:05 AM (qx7Zg)

180 And if things go to shit it's the proverbial lead-pipe cinch the guy down the line who identified the problem in the first place gets thrown under the bus.
Posted by: Which is basically corporate SOP

What took you so long to say anything about this?
Why am I just hearing about his now?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 12:05 AM (/lPRQ)

181 172 I need an electric winch that won't overtax my 16,5HP Craftsman lawn tractor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
.......

and I need a tanned brunette on my patio lawn chair.
Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 11:58 PM (oq9dX)

Elon's working on an electric wench.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 09, 2026 12:05 AM (QGaXH)

182 because they worked in actual blast testing and it is what the contract required.

This one component was required to be 1/2" to 1" thick.

First words out of Boss-Boss mouth,
"A half inch? Is there some tolerance on that?"

Contractor won. He knew if he elevated the problem enough he would get some Ivy League Retard in Charge that KNEW he was IN CHARGE to SOLVE PROBLEMS.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

In a fair and just world, Boss-Boss would be the crash test dummy for future blast tests.

Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 12:05 AM (VHUov)

183 I need an electric winch that won't overtax my 16,5HP Craftsman lawn tractor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 11:45 PM (0ogfQ)

Well, if anything gets overtaxed, it will be the lawn tractor's battery. I expect you will only need a one thousand pound winch. Unless you tie the tractor off to a tree or something, you cannot pull much more than the tractor's own weight. One of those little winches from Harbor Freight should do the trick. Pro tip: spool off the wire cable, and throw it away, and load the winch with some of that synthetic fiber winch lines that is now on the market, Spools much more neatly, and isn't murder on your hands.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 12:06 AM (utfVc)

184 I believe Yang Poon is a AoS Hq exclusive.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

IIRC, it was a Berserker's Shop Exclusive, but he brought it here and generously shared it with us.

Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 12:04 AM (VHUov)

Yup, now it resides here. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 12:06 AM (snZF9)

185 176 I believe Yang Poon is a AoS Hq exclusive.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

IIRC, it was a Berserker's Shop Exclusive, but he brought it here and generously shared it with us.
Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 12:04 AM (VHUov)

That is correct. I should have credited Berserker.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 09, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaXH)

186 L.S.D. research in the 1950s showed a pretty good track record for treating hardcore Alcoholics, and curing homosexuality. Bill Wilson, the founder of AA was treated with it.

I’m reading some spook books about the OSS, and it sounds like acid was used for mind bending even prior to the CIA glory years in the 1950s, “Wild Bill” Donovan was aware of it. The Nazis used Mescaline; “we haff vays of making you tokk!!” but it may be they scored some from the Swiss, who invented it.

Rudolf Hess, the #2 Nazi, famously flew a Messerchmitt 110 to England as part of a “peace” deal. While incarcerated, he made a complaint to the Red Cross that the British were poisoning his food. He was hallucinating, and claimed they were dosing his food with “Mexican brain poison” (mescaline) or maybe acid.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 12:09 AM (ACATy)

187 If China came to market with a crappy knockoff off America's favorite space beverage, would it be "Yang Poon Tang"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 12:10 AM (utfVc)

188 Walter Duranty of the new york times praised the Soviet System and the Potempkin Villages, that falsely showed prosperous living when millions were dying in the famine of 1932-33. One of the original propagandists for the left
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Walter Duranty, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times....

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2026 12:11 AM (XeU6L)

189 If China came to market with a crappy knockoff off America's favorite space beverage, would it be "Yang Poon Tang"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 12:10 AM (utfVc)

More like No Poon Tang. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 09, 2026 12:12 AM (snZF9)

190 170 I'm not advocating mixing pills with booze but I find it works for me. Your mileage may vary, of course.

Posted by: turambar at May 09, 2026 12:12 AM (Q0yOR)

191 Well, the sun has gone down in this California town so I'm in for the evening.

Good Night Everyone!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 09, 2026 12:12 AM (QGaXH)

192 In a fair and just world, Boss-Boss would be the crash test dummy for future blast tests.
——-

In the Roman days, the architect or designer of a bridge say, he had to stand under it while they installed the Keystone. Keeps a feller on his toes, allow for plenty of safety margin.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 12:12 AM (ACATy)

193 Partly cloudy and sorta gray in Omsk, where the Victory Day parade is under way (3 hours ahead of Moscow). In the past some of these smaller regional parades have had good numbers of cool WWII vehicles, including American.

Teh Donald worked out a 3-day ceasefire between Ukes and russkis, which includes a 1K POW swap.

Presumably this ceasefire will be a bit quieter than the one in Lebanon, which ranks among my all-time favorites - barely a few hours stoppage in the festivities (though Beirut was off-limits, until a few days ago for a hit to good to pass up).

Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2026 12:13 AM (U/Byj)

194 Glad I took LSD in my teens. Otherwise I might never have had grandkids.

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2026 12:15 AM (oq9dX)

195 It's freaky actually. Thing shouldn't be there.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 08, 2026 11:35 PM (y171U)

Marsh gas. Dry cleaners' bags. Nothing to see here. Please look at the light.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2026 12:16 AM (rbvCR)

196
125

I only learned it because some people in the know talked. Just a line worker who isn't supposed to have such knowledge.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 11:19 PM

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You're not supposed to know. It's hearsay, maybe true, maybe not. I'd suggest saying nothing. if there is an actual situation, you can't fix it anyway.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 09, 2026 12:17 AM (biznJ)

197 In a fair and just world, Boss-Boss would be the crash test dummy for future blast tests.
——-

In the Roman days, the architect or designer of a bridge say, he had to stand under it while they installed the Keystone. Keeps a feller on his toes, allow for plenty of safety margin.
Posted by: Common Tater

===

To be fair, the odds of some terrorist popping off a bomb 'right here' are not high. Same can be said for actual battlefield fortifications, "There will never be a war."

But the keystone will see its intended use.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2026 12:22 AM (/lPRQ)

198 L.S.D. research in the 1950s showed a pretty good track record for treating hardcore Alcoholics, and curing homosexuality
.......

nobody wants to stick their dick in a cartoon butt. Laugh at it, yes. But have sex with it?

Posted by: wth at May 09, 2026 12:22 AM (oq9dX)

199 I only learned it because some people in the know talked.
Just a line worker who isn't supposed to have such knowledge.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2026 11:19 PM (u1zoq)

so this is based on hearsay ? you never saw actual testing, or results of testing ?

Posted by: runner at May 09, 2026 12:26 AM (GD0B3)

200 Never had a drum or rotor ground.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 12:39 AM (0ogfQ)

201 Dog of judgement should have ripped out her throat. Just what we need; another Yoko.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 12:41 AM (D1E+2)

202 @158

>>I need an electric winch that won't overtax my 16,5HP Craftsman lawn tractor.

It's one of the great things about having a Jeep, winch's are essentially drop in and help with all of your winching needs.

I also have a front loading tractor and backhoe, that helps too.

I used to only have a Lawn Tractor that I added a johnny bucket and an electric three point hitch.

Stressd that sucker till I thought it would break.

Never did.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2026 12:45 AM (XV/Pl)

203 I liked the 59/59 salsa joke and the orange mater/batter thing is actually cute. It looks like a kid's toy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 12:45 AM (PFs9e)

204 I also wanted to say that the field of bluebells in the previous thread is lovely. I just don't want to post it on there because I don't know how long the warning about not posting on old threads lasts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 12:50 AM (PFs9e)

205 It's an adult's toy.

Posted by: Weirddave at May 09, 2026 12:50 AM (Ix4oo)

206 205 Of course it is. LOL

Posted by: turambar at May 09, 2026 12:52 AM (Q0yOR)

207 osted by: Weirddave at May 09, 2026 12:50 AM (Ix4oo)

Yes, I got that from the name . It didn't look like that to me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 12:54 AM (PFs9e)

208 Say the part needed to be 5mm thick to maintain integrity, what were were getting was anywhere from 4.2- 2.3 mm.

Posted by: Erebus-
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Tell me it was a Chinese subcontractor without telling me it was a Chinese subcontractor.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 09, 2026 12:59 AM (P/zug)

209 One thing about the old drum brakes. If a slave cylinder needs repair do them all. Discovered that on the way home. If I had to really stop stop I killed the motor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2026 12:59 AM (0ogfQ)

210 204 I also wanted to say that the field of bluebells in the previous thread is lovely. I just don't want to post it on there because I don't know how long the warning about not posting on old threads lasts.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2026 12:50 AM (PFs9e)

I'm pretty sure comments are 'live' for 24 hours. I just realized that I don't actually know, I've just kind of inferred.

Posted by: SciVo at May 09, 2026 01:08 AM (Sy6m/)

211 Striped of your post? Like punishments in Singapore?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2026 01:13 AM (ZVgZ4)

212 Happy Friday Horde, seems kind of quiet in here, good time to offer to buy a round.

I took myself out to dinner at a local pub, nice people and good food, what are the odds that you start conversing with an older gent and turns out to have a an uncle buried at the same cemetery in Holland where my uncle is buried?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 01:16 AM (0nHVk)

213 Wow, my proofreading is nonexistent.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 01:18 AM (0nHVk)

214 My favorite bench seat was the back.seat of a 48 Plymouth sedan. Mouse fur upholstery so no complaints about "that's rough". Enough leg room for serious gymnastics. Fond memories of a misspent youth.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 09, 2026 01:20 AM (P/zug)

215 what are the odds that you start conversing with an older gent and turns out to have a an uncle buried at the same cemetery in Holland where my uncle is buried?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Did you find out you were long-lost cousins? Those are longer odds.

Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 01:21 AM (VHUov)

216 HEY WEIRD DAVE, another great Friday ONT. Thanks!

Been away since comment #6. Had some very important things to do, especially watching the Marx Bros' first film, The Cocoanuts. Then read up on the Marx Bros entry in Wikipedia, much of which I knew, but much I didn't. What an amazing family. Unmatched. Harpo on the Harp was always amazing; Chico was one of my inspirations/idols/heroes at the piano.
https://w.wiki/3qug

One evening in 1909, a performance at the Opera House in Nacogdoches, Texas was interrupted by shouts from outside about a runaway mule. The audience hurried out to see what was happening. Groucho was angered by the interruption and, when the audience returned, he made snide comments at their expense, including "Nacogdoches is full of roaches" and "the jackass is the flower of Tex-ass". Instead of becoming angry, the audience laughed. The family then realized that it had potential as a comic troupe.

And now it's too late to continue. Catch y'all on the coffee and prayer thread. Or at least the pet garden thread.

https://youtu.be/Zz1xUbJprCw

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - vhy a duct? at May 09, 2026 01:23 AM (xLZFw)

217 >>>Wow, my proofreading is nonexistent.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

>It's some kind of AI shit. It fucks with everything. I type, nothing happens. Backspace doesn't respond. Weird. Spacebar acts up. Omits words. Brand new system.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 09, 2026 01:25 AM (D1E+2)

218 194 Glad I took LSD in my teens. Otherwise I might never have had grandkids.
Posted by: wth

This is how you get 'Firestarter".

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2026 01:27 AM (gcUgZ)

219 so this is based on hearsay ? you never saw actual testing, or results of testing ?
Posted by: runner

It came from some people who were involved and/or being informed of what was going on.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 09, 2026 01:38 AM (u1zoq)

220 My favorite bench seat was the back.seat of a 48 Plymouth sedan. Mouse fur upholstery so no complaints about "that's rough". Enough leg room for serious gymnastics. Fond memories of a misspent youth.

If I was so inclined, I could have a threesome in the backseat of my 49 Olds Rocket 88, and no one would get so much as a cramp. I've owned sofas less roomy and comfortable.

Posted by: Weirddave at May 09, 2026 01:39 AM (tiABh)

221 Tell me it was a Chinese subcontractor without telling me it was a Chinese subcontractor.
Posted by: buddhaha

They are on the North American continent.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 09, 2026 01:39 AM (u1zoq)

222 No mikeski, we are not related going way, way back, he is married though to a very nice lady, he said. We just had a nice conversation about WWELEVEN and how America has decayed as a country, we both think that God himself gave us DJT as an opportunity to reverse course. He told me that he was going to buy a lottery ticket on the way home because I was a statistical aberration in this state.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 01:43 AM (0nHVk)

223 Good evening morons e grazie wd

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2026 01:46 AM (2icm1)

224 Well, time for me to call it a night. Later, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2026 01:52 AM (utfVc)

225 San Fransycho, my youngest is travelling to your neck of the woods this weekend. He is mulling over a fantastic job opportunity, he told me last night, I withheld all of my bile about California in general and wished him well. I am not happy about it, mostly because I will miss him like crazy, but I understand it and the primary job of any mom is to see her kids grow and be happy, I really hope that this makes him happy.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 01:55 AM (0nHVk)

226 222 WWELEVEN
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 01:43 AM (0nHVk)

heh

Posted by: m at May 09, 2026 01:55 AM (RtN13)

227 Good night AOP.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 01:55 AM (0nHVk)

228 No mikeski, we are not related going way, way back,
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

I wasn't thinking "way back." I was just joking along the lines of:

"My uncle is buried in whatever city in Holland." "Mine is too!" ...and it turns out it's the same guy.

That could happen to my Dad. Both of his parents are from really big families, 10+. Not sure he ever met all of his cousins, and there's no way he would remember them all as adults if he met them 40+ years later.

Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2026 02:00 AM (VHUov)

229 Franpsycho, were you in the USSR for Victory Day? Something I've long wanted to do. Obviously a bit complicated for a while now. Perhaps some day.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2026 02:10 AM (U/Byj)

230 Yes, brakes are (well … should) always worked on in axle pairs. Want everything on the same sheet of music. Cost is a factor. The customer is always “just do whatever is broke, and nothing more”.

Good workmanship and practices doesn’t work that way. It can go too far the other way.

I watched guys want to use synthetic brake fluid in ancient brake systems. There isn’t really any advantage. It’s expensive, a royal bitch to bleed. The usual complaint when finally accomplished, is mushy brakes. DOT 3 is excellent.

“But conventional brake fluid absorbs water!”

Yeah. It’s supposed to absorb water. In the old school systems the master cylinder was vented to the open air. If brake fluid didn’t absorb moisture or condensation, it would potentially boil in the summer - Guess what? That means no brakes whatsoever. And in the winter - potentially freeze, meaning … no brakes whatsoever.

It isn’t like the engineers fucked up when they decided on brake fluid.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2026 02:13 AM (s3dxE)

231 Sweet dreams Horde, I am needing to sleep.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2026 02:23 AM (0nHVk)

232 Oh man...that dude doing the Jungle Gym with his kids was having the best day of his life.

I hope he knows that.

Posted by: eleven at May 09, 2026 02:23 AM (aTgV0)

233 Looks lik rd Canada is gettingvthe Camp of the Saints as well, but they are taking over the Government administration

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2026 02:55 AM (Ia/+0)

234 Pixy's up!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 09, 2026 04:34 AM (/HDaX)

235 nood

Posted by: heywood the third at May 09, 2026 06:09 AM (8iYDv)

Barrel of Monkeys Cafe

a photograph to illustrate depth of field (literally),
by Garrick/@8ntmuch

Bad Boys, watcha gonna do?

So... I twigged that was AI because the guy has no reaction to any of this, and this kind of AI video always features giggling and this kind of fractured speech. But I thought it was cute, so I posted it so you'd enjoy it.

Hey, sometimes you still enjoy things that are Faked.

I hate AI slop (when it's dishonestly presented as real) but the torrent of slop is overwhelming my defenses.

Ears for music.

Human jungle gym.

Aqua miming, the art of the future.

Insepurrable.

Stray dog decides to adopt a family.

Senior pittie languished in a shelter for 600 days until a woman took a chance on him.

Oh no: Blind dog was stuck in a shelter for six years and just spun around in her cage to get exercise. But then a man adopted her.

I'd like to teach my crow to sing with me like this.

FAQ: If I tickle a rat, will it giggle ultrasonically?

Stray mama dog brings her dying -- almost no heartbeat at all -- puppy to the vet.

Raising a runt-of-the-litter tiger kitten.

Deaf gentle giant dog acts as a nanny to puppies to give the beleaguered beagle mom some time alone.

What if Lord of the Rings but orcs nice?

Stray cat adopts a woman and her dog.

Fingals cave, Isle of Staffa, Scotland pic.twitter.com/vBPUXh1Xbk
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 5, 2026

This is what an ambulance looks like in Venice

[📹 Valerick001] pic.twitter.com/JB80DHhoWm
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 8, 2026

The weirdest vehicles you'll see today

[📹 cortez1hernan]pic.twitter.com/cKkAQ7rlFh
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 8, 2026

No matter the species, kids will be kids..🐒😅 pic.twitter.com/Yrtiwa8YWf
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) May 8, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 07:30 PM (w6EFb)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Nyah!

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:31 PM (2GVsD)

4 Maybe Al Gore should run for the Presidency.

His slogan? "Elect me or the world will freeze!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:32 PM (2GVsD)

5 Fingal's cave reminds me of Moria

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Top photo is beautiful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:33 PM (zZu0s)

7 True, if anyone knows more about how to keep the planet from freezing its Al Gore

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

8 Purple mountain majesty

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD)

9 I'd like to teach my human to buy fresher meat.

Posted by: The Crow at May 08, 2026 07:35 PM (uXjP8)

10 Top pic looks to be somewhere along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2026 07:35 PM (gcUgZ)

11 Fingal's cave would be a great entrance to a dungeon in a D&D one shot.

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 07:35 PM (Q0yOR)

12 Ooooh! Almost furst … !

Posted by: Dr_No at May 08, 2026 07:35 PM (ayRl+)

13 I had hoped the Fingal's Cave clip would include a Mendelssohn soundtrack, but it's fine as is.

Posted by: mrp at May 08, 2026 07:35 PM (rj6Yv)

14 >>The Morgpie shit is kind of hilarious.

That chick looks like a tranny.
Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:32 PM (9y9ek)

Same with Amouranth for me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:35 PM (zZu0s)

15 I could use a ladder like that when cleaning the gutters.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 08, 2026 07:36 PM (uXjP8)

16 Willowed:
I first read this as "marijuana sauce"
Posted by: Buncha damn potheads

Me too!
Gotta be careful with marijuana sauce. Too much Devil's basil and things get real spicy.

Posted by: Dark L at May 08, 2026 07:36 PM (W5mpo)

17 Fingal's cave would be a great entrance to a dungeon in a D&D one shot.

Spend a week timing the tide. And if you have ticked off the DM; then as the party enters the cave, they roll a 'random' event - tsunami.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:37 PM (2GVsD)

18 From last thread:
>> Hasan Piker is a pimple on the ass of Uranus.

See if you can spot him:

https://is.gd/tWXmj1

(That image is from JWST in near infrared, displayed with false color)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 07:37 PM (w6EFb)

19 Morgpie and her Gimp, wonder if that Gimp is Clancy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:38 PM (2GVsD)

20 The bar ditches are filled with bluebonnet, gilardia, and something I can't remember the name of right now.
Wildflowers are the only thing grasshoppers won't eat.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 07:38 PM (z2aPa)

21 17 Exactly! "Suddenly the water starts to rise at an alarming rate". LOL

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 07:39 PM (Q0yOR)

22 Morgpie and her Gimp, wonder if that Gimp is Clancy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:38 PM (2GVsD)

I saw that was the new 'meta'. Wtf. The thing is they've all done such retarded shit that this is not even that bad, but it also seems worse.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

23 I've found my calling. Ambulance driver in Venice.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 07:41 PM (viF8m)

24 How late am I?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 07:41 PM (ZVgZ4)

25 I hate AI slop (when it's dishonestly presented as real) but the torrent of slop is overwhelming my defenses.

So do I. It seems to be exponentially pervasive. Just try the YouTube shorts sometime. I would hazard a guess that over 50% of those are now AI garbage.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2026 07:41 PM (ceJ0R)

26 So do I. It seems to be exponentially pervasive. Just try the YouTube shorts sometime. I would hazard a guess that over 50% of those are now AI garbage.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2026 07:41 PM (ceJ0R)

Right now you can still mostly tell the difference. There is a sheen to the skin that is not right. But they are getting better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:42 PM (zZu0s)

27 Anna Puma, did you see the video that Wesley posted just for you last night?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 08, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)

28 That two-wheeler ladder looks like a complete deathtrap and a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:43 PM (6ydKt)

29 That cave on the Isle of Staffa looks like it came straight out of Skyrim.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 07:44 PM (gnNyN)

30 >>Same with Amouranth for me.

Amouranth I might be convinced.

But, even seeing Morpie's Vag, I am pressing 'X' to doubt.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:44 PM (9y9ek)

31 What did Chrissie Mayr do?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 07:44 PM (HG5Au)

32 Fingals cave, Isle of Staffa, Scotland

That looks so cool.

Is this close to the place from the cover of Houses of the Holy?

The rock columns look similar.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:44 PM (6ydKt)

33 32 Yeah good call! The cavern looks so strange and alien. Cool place.

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 07:46 PM (Q0yOR)

34 Fingals Cave. That's gotta be Basalt.
There is a wall of that stuff on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Goes all the way down to the Colorado River. Amazing to see those 90 degree angles in a large Basalt formation.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:46 PM (9y9ek)

35
Yep, this AI slop is getting out of hand. Clickbait farms use it to generate clicks. Facebook is one of the worst about this, I noticed the other day. They all profit from this, which is why it's taking off.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 07:46 PM (w6EFb)

36 But, even seeing Morpie's Vag, I am pressing 'X' to doubt.
Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:44 PM (9y9ek)

Its so performative it's not even sexy. Which, considering it's onlyfans, is a very tall bar.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:46 PM (zZu0s)

37 Barrel of Monkeys Cafe

Comic: a group of monkeys sitting on the rim of a barrel. All are heads-down, staring at cell phones.

One looks up and says "we used to be more fun."

Posted by: mikeski at May 08, 2026 07:47 PM (VHUov)

38 How late am I?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 07:41 PM

Permanent Record entry late.

Pro Tip: Start your comment with a statement about how it took more time than usual to work your way through the incredible cornucopia of content.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 08, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

39 Love that top picture. I hope it's not AI.

Have you named your crow yet, Ace?

Posted by: bluebell at May 08, 2026 07:48 PM (afFes)

40 The rock columns are used in a ton of movies and games. Its like basalt somethingorother. I cannot remember the term.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:48 PM (zZu0s)

41 This is what an ambulance looks like in Venice

"This is a no-wake zone, you maniac!!"

"Yes, I am trying to prevent one!"

Posted by: mikeski at May 08, 2026 07:49 PM (VHUov)

42 Basalt Rock Company in Napa California. When from a rock quarry to ship building.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 07:49 PM (z2aPa)

43 Wacky Races

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 07:50 PM (Cqx++)

44 BraveAI:

The album cover, designed by Hipgnosis (specifically Aubrey Powell and Storm Thorgerson), features a collage of naked children climbing the basalt columns of Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. The image was inspired by the ending of Arthur C. Clarke’s novel Childhood's End, which depicts children gathering before ascending to another plane of existence.

Nope, not the same place.
AI has some uses*.

*if it didn't just hallucinate that answer.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:50 PM (6ydKt)

45 From a post over at CTH (with an accompanying funny meme image of Marco Rubio's latest new job -- https://is.gd/r5cdZO ):

... next month a Hollywood production by Stephen Spielberg is being released.

The Spielberg movie is called “Disclosure Day,” and the plot of the movie is the U.S. government informing the American people that alternative life systems, essentially alien entities, exist in our universe.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 07:51 PM (lR5Ug)

46 I hope someone has a website with all those Marco Rubio memes on it. Those would make a great coffee table book for his kids.

Posted by: bluebell at May 08, 2026 07:54 PM (afFes)

47 >>Have you named your crow yet, Ace?

no but I was thinking of possibilities

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:55 PM (1wjle)

48 Old Crow.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 07:56 PM (HG5Au)

49 46 I hope someone has a website with all those Marco Rubio memes on it. Those would make a great coffee table book for his kids.

Posted by: bluebell at May 08, 2026 07:54 PM (afFes)

That meme must be well into the hundreds of variations by now.

Marco probably gets an email every day with a new meme to laugh at.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:56 PM (6ydKt)

50 I sure had some crow.

Posted by: Abigail Spanburger at May 08, 2026 07:56 PM (rowa3)

51 no but I was thinking of possibilities
Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:55 PM (1wjle)
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You could name it after the old crow that shows up at the end of The Hobbit.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 07:57 PM (gnNyN)

52 Too bad AI doesn't work.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 07:58 PM (HG5Au)

53 I hope its a quite weekend

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 07:58 PM (Ia/+0)

54 Read Childhood's End in 6th grade. One of my all-time favorites.

Posted by: Dark L at May 08, 2026 07:59 PM (W5mpo)

55 Ace, here are some tips for choosing your crow's perfect name:

Match Personality: Choose a name that reflects your crow's behavior.

Consider Color: Names like Shadow or Jet highlight their black feathers.

Keep It Simple: Short names are easier for crows to recognize.

Selecting a name that resonates with your crow's character can strengthen your bond and make the experience more enjoyable.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 08, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

56 ace, there is always Russell

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 08:00 PM (z2aPa)

57 True, if anyone knows more about how to keep the planet from freezing its Al Gore
Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

Al Gore, at one time, looked like he could eat a nuclear explosion. Between him and Michael Moore, we'd have a strong nuclear defense - if they can move around fast enough.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2026 08:01 PM (qx7Zg)

58 The Venice ambulance looks like it possibly created its own business. Lot of near misses.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 08, 2026 08:02 PM (52qkP)

59 Crow names:

Pecktacular

Crowzila

Feather Locklear

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 08:03 PM (6ydKt)

60 May 8, 1977. Barton Hall

https://tinyurl.com/4j4ktaus

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 08:04 PM (viF8m)

61 You need to watch the Rick and Morty episode on the Crows.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 08, 2026 08:04 PM (52qkP)

62 Sicilian Ambulance is what a rickshaw?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:04 PM (HG5Au)

63 Crow names:

Pecktacular

Crowzila

Feather Locklear

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 08:03 PM (6ydKt)
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Terry Pratchett's Discworld series has a raven named Quoth.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 08:04 PM (gnNyN)

64 Russel is the only name for a Crow.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 08:05 PM (9y9ek)

65 Just name him Brandon or Lee.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 08, 2026 08:05 PM (52qkP)

66 I want a collection of 15 minutes of fame people
Cindy Sheehan
George Galloway
the list is endless

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 08:05 PM (z2aPa)

67 Joe Medicine Crow

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 08:06 PM (Cqx++)

68 64 Russel is the only name for a Crow.
Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 08:05 PM (9y9ek)

Or Larry

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 08, 2026 08:06 PM (52qkP)

69 >> May 8, 1977. Barton Hall

I like the Buffalo show the most.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 08:06 PM (9y9ek)

70 54 Read Childhood's End in 6th grade. One of my all-time favorites.

Posted by: Dark L at May 08, 2026 07:59 PM (W5mpo)

I haven't read the novel but I did enjoy the mini-series that was on SyFy back in 2015.

Charles Dance, from early seasons of Game of Thrones as Tywin Lanister, was especially good as the lead alien that looked exactly like Satan.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 08:07 PM (6ydKt)

71 want a collection of 15 minutes of fame people
Cindy Sheehan
George Galloway
the list is endless
Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 08:05 PM (z2aPa)

Hogg went 10 minutes over his allotted time.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 08, 2026 08:08 PM (52qkP)

72 One third of working age men are not working or looking for work.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:08 PM (HG5Au)

73 How late am I?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 07:41 PM

Permanent Record entry late.

Pro Tip: Start your comment with a statement about how it took more time than usual to work your way through the incredible cornucopia of content.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 08, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

I did read all the content. I thought that was understood. When I got to the comments there were two. It was an experiment, so to speak.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 08:09 PM (ZVgZ4)

74 This is sick. I am seeing ace with a crow on his head like Johhny Depp in " The Lone Ranger"

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 08:09 PM (z2aPa)

75 Odin.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 08:10 PM (pZEOD)

76 72 One third of working age men are not working or looking for work.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:08 PM (HG5Au)

Shame that so many businesses are looking for welders and truck drivers.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 08, 2026 08:10 PM (52qkP)

77 In the future, everyone will have their fifteen minutes of fame.

- Ascribed to Warhol

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 08:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

78
Speaking of "Disclosure", there were some pastors, particularly one Evangelical pastor named Perry Stone, who claimed the Trump admin intel officials had summoned them to some "secret meeting" to warn them to prepare their flocks for the forthcoming disclosure of alien life.

Turns out this was more a "friend" told him stuff.

But then, another pastor claimed some Congressman from Missouri said something "disturbing" I'd call it, and then he was forced to apologize when Rep. Eric Burlison called him out and said he said no such thing as he was quoted.

But in the process, he apparently did admit that he spoke to some group of pastors in a meeting about this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 08:11 PM (w6EFb)

79 >>I like the Buffalo show the most.

The whole week was just fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m)

80 >>The whole week was just fun.

Yes. Peak late 70s Dead. No doubt.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 08:13 PM (9y9ek)

81 Odin.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 08:10 PM (pZEOD)

Memory or Sorrow

Or

Huginn and Muninn

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

82 So, is Ace into selling adverbs now? He was very Lolly Lolly Lolly earlier today.

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 08:14 PM (77rzZ)

83 Crow T. Robot

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 08:17 PM (77rzZ)

84 Allie the Calico kitty cat is passed out on my desk right in front of my keyboard.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 08:18 PM (gnNyN)

85 I want a collection of 15 minutes of fame people
Cindy Sheehan
George Galloway
the list is endless
Posted by: Ben Had

Christine Blasey Ford

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 08:18 PM (l26NL)

86 Cape Coral, Florida has more miles of canals than Venice, #1 in the world.

Posted by: In The Dock at May 08, 2026 08:18 PM (oftw2)

87 California Politicians would try to pave Venice.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:19 PM (HG5Au)

88 Diaval, Maleificent's crow.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 08:20 PM (z2aPa)

89 The canals are mapped on Vennice diagrams.

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 08:22 PM (77rzZ)

90 The New Dial for Men products don't put the word men on the label.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:22 PM (HG5Au)

91
Another Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Emporia KC show. Nothing in the Group, unfortunately.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2026 08:22 PM (HdYcL)

92 One third of working age men are not working or looking for work.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:08 PM (HG5Au)
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That's because they own Learing Centers or clinics in California.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)

93 Do they auction off the learing centers?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:24 PM (HG5Au)

94 Cindy Sheehan
George Galloway
the list is endless
Posted by: Ben Had

Christine Blasey Ford
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 08:18 PM (l26NL)
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This is a rookie list.
Where's Clara Peller?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)

95 them monkeys been dunkin' theyselves!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2026 08:25 PM (rbvCR)

96 Never threaten a Greek.

https://tinyurl.com/y395ntpy

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 08:26 PM (l26NL)

97 Cindy Sheehan
George Galloway
the list is endless
Posted by: Ben Had

Christine Blasey Ford
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 08:18 PM (l26NL)
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This is a rookie list.
Where's Clara Peller?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s

Valerie Plame

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 08:26 PM (zZu0s)

98 Smoke em if you gottem.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:27 PM (HG5Au)

99 Boss Moss, I do and I am

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 08:28 PM (z2aPa)

100 87 California Politicians would try to pave Venice.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:19 PM (HG5Au)

High Speed Ecogondolas. At 6 Billlion Euros per. Just sell off some of that problematic dead white guy art. It'll just get trashed soon anyway. Now, about my ten percent...

Posted by: Bilwis- If Everybody's doing it, that's a lot of people doing it. at May 08, 2026 08:28 PM (w/O5Q)

101 Valerie Plame
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 08:26 PM (zZu0s)
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In retrospect, that was the test run for Russiagate, a way to see if a Republican president would be as ruthless as a Clinton or just fold like a pussy.

Which Dubya did.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 08:29 PM (ZOv7s)

102 This is a rookie list.
Where's Clara Peller?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s

Valerie Plame
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

I don't even know his name but the guy who murdered the Minnesota Dem for voting against $$$ for illegals. Actually I'm not sure he got even 5 minutes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 08:29 PM (l26NL)

103 Me too!
Gotta be careful with marijuana sauce. Too much Devil's basil and things get real spicy.
Posted by: Dark L at May 08, 2026 07:36 PM (W5mpo)

Yep, you expect to get all Genovese and, POM! you get pestoed.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2026 08:29 PM (rbvCR)

104 Hello halloo howdydoo and good evening, gang.

Had a relatively mild thunderstorm here in NE Land of the Red Man this afternoon, but with just a light sprinkling of rain. Now the evening sun is shining brightly on the land and buildings, contrasting sharply with the dark clouds retreating to the east.☀️

Rain was great for the garden. Maybe not quite so great for Daisy the Okie Malinois who wants to run around and chase a soggy dirty tennis ball. She doesn't mind, but she'll need to be toweled off thoroughly afterward. Can't be helped.🐕

Here's a pic MiladyJo took - doesn't quite do justice to the spectacular evening light.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Spring is springing at May 08, 2026 08:29 PM (xLZFw)

105 Is thete a good value pepperoni out there?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:31 PM (HG5Au)

106
Okay, they've just released some of the UFO files. One thing that caught my eye, is they confirmed that Apollo 17 saw a triangle light formation over the Moon that seemed to be observing them on the Moon. And they released the images. The crew took photos.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 08:31 PM (w6EFb)

107 I don't even know his name but the guy who murdered the Minnesota Dem for voting against $$$ for illegals. Actually I'm not sure he got even 5 minutes.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 08:29 PM (l26NL)

Damn, I had forgotten about that guy. He disappeared quick all of a sudden.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 08:31 PM (zZu0s)

108 Brown Eyed Women

https://tinyurl.com/3wjsphxs

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 08:32 PM (viF8m)

109 A somewhat two dimensional example of fifteen minutes of fame:

Rachel Corrie

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 08:32 PM (ZVgZ4)

110
And they released the transcript of Cernan and Schmitt, on the surface, describing what they saw.

All that has been classified until now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 08:33 PM (w6EFb)

111 Genovese, yeah, that be me.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 08:33 PM (z2aPa)

112 Seven and a half.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:34 PM (HG5Au)

113 I don't even know his name but the guy who murdered the Minnesota Dem for voting against $$$ for illegals. Actually I'm not sure he got even 5 minutes.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 08:29 PM (l26NL)
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That's because it was a leftist. Leftists who kill other leftists are memory-holed. That's the rule.

That makes it easier to blame it on "right wingers" later on, because there is so little media coverage.

Do try to keep up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 08:34 PM (ZOv7s)

114 15 minutes:
Fanne Fox
Fawn Hall

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2026 08:34 PM (mPEzV)

115 no but I was thinking of possibilities
Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:55 PM (1wjle)

Possibilities is not a bad name for a crow. It is distinctive and sounds important. A crow could feel important being referred to by a five-syllable name.

One day I will go back to discussing crows, and how they are the opposite of a trigger for me, they are a "glimmer" which is those moments that indicate good things and good feelings are there and probably will show up soon if they aren't already there.

Like triggers, the more you look for a glimmer, the more likely you are to discover them as they flit past.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)

116 Do they teach learing at learing centers? Do we want more learing? Do we need lessons?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 08:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

117 15 minutes:
Fanne Fox
Fawn Hall
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2026 08:34 PM (mPEzV)
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I was about to suggest Fawn Hall, but that brings of Ollie North, who stuck around. Admiral Poindexter is part of that crew.

Ah for the days of scandals past. Gary Hart and Donna Rice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 08:38 PM (ZOv7s)

118 109. Incorrect. Rachel Corrie lives eternally on this blog.

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 08:38 PM (77rzZ)

119 Did no one yet suggest for Ace

Crowy McCrowyface?

Posted by: mindful webworker - master of the blindingly obvious at May 08, 2026 08:39 PM (xLZFw)

120 One third of working age men are not working or looking for work.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:08 PM (HG5Au)

when: There is no role for you, there is no advancement for you, there is no essential need for you, there is no adventure for you, and there is a certain dead end for you because you are a male and thus automatically guilty of male supremacy and white privilege; Then: then living on handouts, benefits and even living on the street like a feral dog is not much more shameful.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2026 08:39 PM (rbvCR)

121 Fawn Liebowitz will never be forgotten.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)

122 I wouldn’t give up my eye for learing. I think it would be twice as hard to lear with just one eye.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 08:40 PM (ZVgZ4)

123 Incorrect. Rachel Corrie lives eternally on this blog.
Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 08:38 PM (77rzZ)
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What about Amanda Marcotte? Been a minute, hasn't it?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)

124 105 Is thete a good value pepperoni out there?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:31 PM (HG5Au)

Not sure about comparative value, but Margherita pepperoni is what I drive down to Texas for my Sister, including a case of it two years ago.

Posted by: Bilwis- If Everybody's doing it, that's a lot of people doing it. at May 08, 2026 08:41 PM (w/O5Q)

125 Do they teach learing at learing centers? Do we want more learing? Do we need lessons?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 08:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

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I believe they teach leching and leeching ... but mostly leeching.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 08:41 PM (lR5Ug)

126 109. Incorrect. Rachel Corrie lives eternally on this blog.
Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 08:38 PM (77rzZ)

If you call that living: jumps out window…

Just the punchline…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 08:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

127
And classified photos from Apollo 12 are in there too...

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

128 I believe they teach leching and leeching ... but mostly leeching.
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 08:41 PM (lR5Ug)
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Heh, I was good at both!

Posted by: Billy Jeff Clinton at May 08, 2026 08:44 PM (ZOv7s)

129 >Rachel Corrie lives eternally on this blog.

As does Michelle Fields.

Posted by: davidt at May 08, 2026 08:44 PM (Q+gd/)

130 Amanda Marcotte: I had to look her up. Is she still doing anything? Beyond breathing, eating, sleeping, etc.?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 08:45 PM (ZVgZ4)

131 129 As does Michelle Fields.

Ya gotta hand it to her..:

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 08:46 PM (77rzZ)

132 There has to be jobs out there

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 08:46 PM (Ia/+0)

133 Ah for the days of scandals past. Gary Hart and Donna Rice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 08:38 PM (ZOv7s)

------------

The GloboHomo Deep State, MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia, and Dixie Mafia (BIRM Thrice) really put a lid on the affair between Hillary and Arkancided Vince Foster.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 08:46 PM (lR5Ug)

134 Tonight's bust, Machiavelli printed at full size.

Tonight's drink, JWB, chased with sour patch gummies.

Gotta take advantage of Carnivore cheat days.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2026 08:47 PM (XV/Pl)

135 I need a drink.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:48 PM (HG5Au)

136 And they released the transcript of Cernan and Schmitt, on the surface, describing what they saw.

All that has been classified until now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 08:33 PM (w6EFb)

I was reading the Arnold 1947 cluster in Idaho, the ones that flew like a V of geese, and the SHAEF reports on Foo Fighters
There is a lot more information there than what was generally bruited about when I was a kid.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2026 08:49 PM (rbvCR)

137 There has to be jobs out there

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 08:46 PM (Ia/+0)

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Per Mike Rowe, there are 7.6 million skilled trade blue collar jobs unfilled in the USA.

Per Bureau of Labor Statistics data from mid-2025, which reported approximately 7.4 million total such job openings.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 08:51 PM (lR5Ug)

138 And they released the transcript of Cernan and Schmitt, on the surface, describing what they saw.

All that has been classified until now.
-
I think there was a version of that story floating around for a while, though.

Posted by: Methos at May 08, 2026 08:53 PM (vSvIl)

139 I've had the kind of lilting riff from Jack Straw running through my head ever since someone mentioned him this morning. I'm afraid to go listen to it.

Posted by: Easily Led at May 08, 2026 08:53 PM (oftw2)

140 135 Cheers, Boss Moss.

*clinks glass*

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 08:53 PM (77rzZ)

141 Jack and Coke Zero.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:54 PM (HG5Au)

142 JackStraw’s music links have sent me down many a rabbit hole.

Thank you, Jack

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2026 08:58 PM (XgKq6)

143 109 A somewhat two dimensional example of fifteen minutes of fame:

Rachel Corrie
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 08:32 PM (ZVgZ4)

And busting out in 3 dimensions - Trigleypuff!!

I wonder if she ever embraced that name, I think she did considering the alternative is 'You disgusting piece of crap.'

I'm back from the putside with my friend. Wewent to a place called Princess Auto, Home Depot and Costco. Two hot dogs and sushi. So I'm good.

He pulled into my driveway and their cat Snowflake was outside sitting on my windowsill beautifully. I could not have posed her any better. It was a good day.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 08:58 PM (Sco7b)

144 Cab Franc Friday

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 08:59 PM (z2aPa)

145 Jack and Coke Zero.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 08:54 PM (HG5Au)
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I used to go big into rum and Caffeine-free Diet Coke.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 09:00 PM (ZOv7s)

146 Per Mike Rowe, there are 7.6 million skilled trade blue collar jobs unfilled in the USA.

Per Bureau of Labor Statistics data from mid-2025, which reported approximately 7.4 million total such job openings.
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 08:51 PM (lR5Ug)

Now draw a Venn diagram of blue collar jobs versus jobs that pay good wages.

"We can't find anybody that wants to work!" tends to mean "We can find anybody that wants to work for what we want to pay them!"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2026 09:02 PM (mPEzV)

147 All that has been classified until now.
-
I think there was a version of that story floating around for a while, though.
Posted by: Methos at May 08, 2026 08:53 PM (vSvIl)
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Is the Big Reveal going to be we just routinely overclassified stuff?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 09:03 PM (ZOv7s)

148 Happy Mother's Day nurse and all the 'Ettes.

I know your children and family are blessed.

Everyone have a great night.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 09:03 PM (Sco7b)

149 >>Thank you, Jack

My pleasure.

Hard to believe it's been 49 years today.

https://tinyurl.com/2rbt74a6

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 09:03 PM (viF8m)

150 Well, they trimmed off one leg of the stool.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 09:03 PM (HG5Au)

151 The Kroger looked panicked over how much of the mother's day merch they still had.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 09:05 PM (HG5Au)

152 148 Happy Mother's Day nurse and all the 'Ettes.

I know your children and family are blessed.

Everyone have a great night.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08

Thank you, Stateless!

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 09:05 PM (pZEOD)

153 Now draw a Venn diagram of blue collar jobs versus jobs that pay good wages.

"We can't find anybody that wants to work!" tends to mean "We can find anybody that wants to work for what we want to pay them!"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2026 09:02 PM (mPEzV)
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Now add in journalism and diversity studies graduates, and factor in their student loan debt.

Parents have brainwashed to think that blue collar jobs are socially demeaning. They'd rather that their kids take on 300k of debt for a meaningless doctorate than make 60k a year as an electrician.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 09:06 PM (ZOv7s)

154 🛸I was raised with the scriptures but not Fundamentalist like many of our neighbors. As a child of the space age, it seemed to me most reasonable that the galaxies must be teeming with God's children. Growing older did not dissuade me from the notion of a populous universe. I had many deep theological questions, like about the one and only Son incarnating on our little dustball of all places, but I was always glad he did.

Do I extrapolate too generously from Isaiah
Who created the heavens,
Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it,
Who has established it,
Who did not create it in vain,
Who formed it to be inhabited
that this applies to all worlds which can support life, and beings who can know and love the Creator?

I like the joke about the alien and the earthling, talking about Jesus. The alien says Jesus comes to visit them all the time. The earthling, puzzled, says we're still waiting for his second coming. The alien is surprised. He says, when Jesus comes to us, we celebrate with feasting and joy. Why, how did you treat him when he came to you?
😶👽✝️

Posted by: mindful webworker - Not here to argue. Jus' sayin'. at May 08, 2026 09:06 PM (xLZFw)

155 Holy carp. Seattle media is promoting Other’s Day. For people who aren’t mothers and feel excluded from Mother’s Day.

Killmenow.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2026 09:07 PM (A5RD0)

156 Before I leave...

CBC triple murder by knife.
CNN - Hantavirus will kill us all
Hannity - UFO files
MS Now - conservatives worried there isn't enough money for Trump's ballroom.

Of course, right after soccer and curling, that's like the biggest topic around here.

Good night all.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 09:08 PM (Sco7b)

157 Thank you, Stateless.

You’re a peach of a man who took care of his mom. Thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2026 09:09 PM (A5RD0)

158 The Silence of Others.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 09:09 PM (HG5Au)

159 We return to the Lower 48 wiser. . . and jaded.

Save our sea scallops from the hand-holding sea otter menace!

Posted by: 2009Refugee - End the Sea Otter Menace! at May 08, 2026 09:09 PM (Oi/57)

160 Hantavirus shot first.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 09:09 PM (HG5Au)

161 Thank you, Stateless!

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 09:05 PM (pZEOD

Thank you. All of you.

Oh, and my friends dropped off homemade German cake!
A good day indeed.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 09:09 PM (Sco7b)

162 The Silence of Others.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 09:09 PM (HG5Au)

The Silence of the Otters. The unfinished Hannibal Lector sequel.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2026 09:12 PM (mPEzV)

163 157 Thank you, Stateless.

You’re a peach of a man who took care of his mom. Thank you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2026 09:09 PM (A5RD0

Thank you too.

Now on to the horrible brutality of horror movies. The scariest thing about the first Hellraiser was a nice guy ended up with a cheating witch of a wife.

Still a very good movie....

Now good night.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 09:12 PM (Sco7b)

164 Is your German cake made from East or West Germans?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2026 09:13 PM (ZVgZ4)

165 Skilled trades require training. Most trades also require some intelligence. Problem is getting smart people to start at a lower wage and train/work their way up.
Everyone thinks they're worth more than they actually are. I read an article about how people thought that their starting salaries out of college would be about $20k+ more than actual starting salaries. The same holds true for trades on a slightly smaller scale. They also thought they would advance to higher salaries at a faster rate than was realistic.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 08, 2026 09:13 PM (VCgbV)

166 Sea otters deserve the scallops more than we do.

We hunted them to near extinction. Skinned them alive. Didn’t even bother eating them. Just took their skins.

Millions and millions of them slaughtered.

They can have the scallops.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2026 09:13 PM (A5RD0)

167 No pecans in Germany. No coconuts.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 09:15 PM (HG5Au)

168 I'm waiting for the chocolate cake I made for dinner to cool so I can frost it...
Well, I didn't cook so I'm calling it dinner. Hubby requested it.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 08, 2026 09:18 PM (VCgbV)

169 Plus, scallops don’t hold hands.

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)

170 >> I think there was a version of that story floating around for a while, though.

There've been rumors and claimed leaks about this with the Apollo missions for a long time. There's one about Apollo 11, Aldrin and Armstrong seeing things, but nothing about that was released in this batch.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 09:18 PM (w6EFb)

171 Holy carp. Seattle media is promoting Other’s Day. For people who aren’t mothers and feel excluded from Mother’s Day.

Killmenow.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2026 09:07 PM (A5RD0)
---
The final form of evil is nihilism, a desire to end everything, to destroy the world. This is why they are so obsessed with pushing "assisted suicide" and killing babies. The void in their souls consumes them, so they seek to consume others.

Motherhood is the antithesis of this, the creation of life. it is a selfless, loving act. Women give of themselves, suffer the pain of childbirth to bring forth new life. This is abhorrent to them. Mothers must therefore be vilified, and no honor can be given to them.

The first rule of leftism is that the sacred must always be defiled.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2026 09:19 PM (ZOv7s)

172 I better get to bed, no reason to be up early but probably will
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 09:19 PM (Ia/+0)

173 Sleep well Skip.

Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2026 09:20 PM (3ek7K)

174 My father drove his boat like a Venice ambulance, which I thought was fun. A Chris Craft with 2 motors and went very fast. My mother did not approve and while he loved her he didn't care once he got that baby in the water.

Loved the baby tiger with a binkie video!

Have a great weekend,Ace!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 09:20 PM (WONhk)

175 Those weirdest vehicles have nothing on some of the shit you'll see cruising down the Sturgis strip. I thought I saw it all until a dude went cruising by sitting at a motorized picnic table.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 09:25 PM (snZF9)

176 148 Happy Mother's Day nurse and all the 'Ettes.

I know your children and family are blessed.

Everyone have a great night.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 09:03 PM (Sco7b)
************************

Thank you, sweet man.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 09:25 PM (WONhk)

177 47 >>Have you named your crow yet, Ace?

no but I was thinking of possibilities

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:55 PM (1wjle)

Has anyone suggested Crowley McCrowface yet?

Posted by: a.moron at May 08, 2026 09:26 PM (X5Jzz)

178
The Spielberg movie is called “Disclosure Day,” and the plot of the movie is the U.S. government informing the American people that alternative life systems, essentially alien entities, exist in our universe.

You sure about that?

You sure about that?

When they spring the "SURPRISE! IT'S ABOUT TRANNIES!" reveal, what will be your reaction?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:27 PM (xG4kz)

179
My Dad's Father had two driving speeds with his boat (according to my Dad): full throttle and stop.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:29 PM (xG4kz)

180 Nurse, I saw a post of yours the other day that I completely agreed with,

You were singing the praises of November. I love November, too, as it was the month in which I was born.

*cheets*

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 09:29 PM (77rzZ)

181 Our new mattress with adjustable bases were delivered today... sort of. We ordered a split king. They delivered the two bases and two mattresses. They removed the old mattress and box springs and put them in the driveway then dirty truck. They set the bases up ok. The mattress's come in giant compressed tubes. Hubby said they looked big. I said they must be compressed length wise. Welp, I was wrong. They brought 2 California king sized mattresses as we found out after opening one up. I sent the other back along with my old mattress. We also found out they brought the wrong type of mattress. So we will use it until they bring out the replacements in a week or two...

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 08, 2026 09:30 PM (VCgbV)

182 174 Hi, ChristyBlinky.

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 09:31 PM (77rzZ)

183
"Ahhhhh ahh I put my career on the line for Louise Lucas and Jay Jones thinking they'd vault me into presidential contention and we ended up costing Democrats 20 House seats and unleashing a Reverse Dobbs ahhhhh ahhh"

'S okay, Ab-Bee-Gayle. The mother ship will come soon to take you back to your home planet of space ghouls.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:32 PM (xG4kz)

184 "My father drove his boat like a Venice ambulance, which I thought was fun. A Chris Craft with 2 motors and went very fast. My mother did not approve and while he loved her he didn't care once he got that baby in the water."

There are certain acts which, when performed, immediately subtract 20 points from your IQ. They include:
a. Wearing bib overalls downtown.
b. Operating a chainsaw.
c. Donning rollerblades.
d. Buying a boat.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2026 09:32 PM (mPEzV)

185
Corvus McCrowface has a better ring to it, IMHO

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:33 PM (xG4kz)

186

Forget about
The brotherly and other-ly love

Motherly love
Is just the thing for you
You know your Mothers' gonna love ya
Till ya don't know what to do

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 09:35 PM (Cqx++)

187
There are certain acts which, when performed, immediately subtract 20 points from your IQ. They include:
a. Wearing bib overalls downtown.
b. Operating a chainsaw.
c. Donning rollerblades.
d. Buying a boat.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Hey! I scored three out of four! I've never worn bib overalls downtown -- at least as an adult. I cannot vouch for what humiliations my parents may have subjected me to in the ages between birth and five years old.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:36 PM (xG4kz)

188 175 Those weirdest vehicles have nothing on some of the shit you'll see cruising down the Sturgis strip. I thought I saw it all until a dude went cruising by sitting at a motorized picnic table.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 09:25 PM (snZF9)

I assume he trailered it, rather than riding it all the way there from home.

Posted by: a.moron at May 08, 2026 09:37 PM (X5Jzz)

189 I clicked on the 80s mystery click, saw it was Kiss, and stopped before it started.
I liked Kiss. then I turned 14. Their first live album was pretty good. Destroyer was a well-produced album with a handful of decent songs. Then they went full-on suckitude.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 08, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ)

190 Seattle media is promoting Other’s Day. For people who aren’t mothers and feel excluded from Mother’s Day.

Gay Pride month isn't enough? These cocksmokers will never be sated.

Posted by: Have a mug of GetTheFuckOverYourselves at May 08, 2026 09:37 PM (TbWk/)

191 Has anyone suggested Crowley McCrowface yet?
Posted by: a.moron

Of course. Sorta.

119 Did no one yet suggest for Ace
Crowy McCrowyface?
Posted by: mindful webworker

Posted by: mindful webworker - Beaky Blackbird? at May 08, 2026 09:41 PM (xLZFw)

192 I wish I had gotten a pic: But, years ago, I saw a VW bug fully decked out as Gene Simmons. Hair, makeup, tongue, the whole magila.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 08, 2026 09:43 PM (0aYVJ)

193
Holy carp. Seattle media is promoting Other’s Day. For people who aren’t mothers and feel excluded from Mother’s Day.

Killmenow.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Oh, Gawd -- my DiL was full blown into that prior to her having conceived and now raising two grandchildren.

Her behavior was not unlike the Mooslims at that school in Alberta who had the school's cafeteria closed during Ramadan because "Not faaaaiiiiiirrrrrr! And too triggering for us poor Mooslims who have to fast during that time!"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:44 PM (xG4kz)

194 Those weirdest vehicles have nothing on some of the shit you'll see cruising down the Sturgis strip. I thought I saw it all until a dude went cruising by sitting at a motorized picnic table.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 09:25 PM (snZF9)

I assume he trailered it, rather than riding it all the way there from home.

Posted by: a.moron at May 08, 2026 09:37 PM (X5Jzz)

Probably. I never figured out if some of them were locals though. I'm thinking who would go through the trouble of trailering an oddity from god knows where to a motorcycle event. Still, you never know. One dude came cruising down in a easy chair with an umbrella. Another had a car size star trek TOS enterprise, and that was frigging cool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 09:45 PM (snZF9)

195 106 Okay, they've just released some of the UFO files. One thing that caught my eye, is they confirmed that Apollo 17 saw a triangle light formation over the Moon that seemed to be observing them on the Moon. And they released the images. The crew took photos.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 08:31 PM (w6EFb)

Linky??

Posted by: Joemarine at May 08, 2026 09:46 PM (y171U)

196
How about a

"I Fell for the Bullshit About the Wonders of the Transpersyns' Lifestyle and Now I'm Not Only More Depressed and Suicidal Than I Had Been, But I'm Sterile for Life, Too!" Day

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:47 PM (xG4kz)

197
Howz about Fuck Off Day you perverts.

Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2026 09:48 PM (3ek7K)

198
The crew took photos.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

And left only footprints!

Leave No Trace approved!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:49 PM (xG4kz)

199 Holy carp. Seattle media is promoting Other’s Day. For people who aren’t mothers and feel excluded from Mother’s Day.

Killmenow.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Its mother's day, its for mothers, the ones who went through all the crap of being pregnant, and labor, and changing frigging diapers. Leftists suck, they just fucking suck.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 08, 2026 09:49 PM (snZF9)

200
Fuck Off, You Perverts Day

fixed!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:50 PM (xG4kz)

201 >>d. Buying a boat.

Did I keep losing 20 points for every boat?

I must have been wicked smart.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 09:50 PM (viF8m)

202 How about a

"I Fell for the Bullshit About the Wonders of the Transpersyns' Lifestyle and Now I'm Not Only More Depressed and Suicidal Than I Had Been, But I'm Sterile for Life, Too!" Day
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:47 PM (xG4kz)

Hard to fit that on a coffee mug, T-shirt or keychain. Come back with something more easily transferable to merch. That's where the money is.

Posted by: Gotta think sales and marketing at May 08, 2026 09:50 PM (TbWk/)

203 🛸Speaking of extraterrestrial secrets

The Soviet Probe That Photographed Something Moving On Venus (16:34)
https://youtu.be/IyXSX6gTmh0

Posted by: mindful webworker - but it does move! at May 08, 2026 09:51 PM (xLZFw)

204
"I Fell for the Bullshit About the Wonders of the Transpersyns' Lifestyle and Now I'm Not Only More Depressed and Suicidal Than I Had Been, But I'm Sterile for Life, Too!" Day

Cousin It Day

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:51 PM (xG4kz)

205 Did I keep losing 20 points for every boat?

I must have been wicked smart.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 09:50 PM (viF8m)

Nah, that's just a delusion of your pot-addled mind.

Posted by: Have you ever thought about like, water? at May 08, 2026 09:52 PM (TbWk/)

206 This will be my first Mother's Day since my Mom passed.

Immona do something nice for the mother of my sons.

Shit. I gotta come up with a plan. *papers and pencils flying*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 08, 2026 09:53 PM (0aYVJ)

207 Man, my IQ must be down like 80 points. I must have been a damn genius when I started!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2026 09:55 PM (JkO4W)

208 Okay, they've just released some of the UFO files. One thing that caught my eye, is they confirmed that Apollo 17 saw a triangle light formation over the Moon that seemed to be observing them on the Moon. And they released the images. The crew took photos.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 08:31 PM (w6EFb)

Linky??
Posted by: Joemarine at May 08, 2026 09:46 PM (y171U)

war.gov/UFO/

scroll down to a list of download links for the documents

Posted by: Methos at May 08, 2026 09:57 PM (vSvIl)

209
This will be my first Mother's Day since my Mom passed.

Immona do something nice for the mother of my sons.

Shit. I gotta come up with a plan. *papers and pencils flying*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian

No matter what you choose to create and present to her, be sure to include some "free range" glitter in the package. Mothers just love opening packages or envelopes containing free range glitter!

Our daughter's orthodontist's office sent us a congratulatory card when we had made the last payment on her plan. They thoughtfully included free range glitter in the envelope.

Amused and pleased, I was not.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 09:59 PM (xG4kz)

210 So, apparently, there's a new ONT
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419651

Posted by: mindful webworker - weirdness awaits at May 08, 2026 10:00 PM (xLZFw)

211 I bought the rollerblades, but I never put them on. I tend to fall down when I attach wheels to my feets.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 10:01 PM (HG5Au)

212
Ah for the days of scandals past. Gary Hart and Donna Rice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Wilbur Mills and Fanne Fox

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 10:05 PM (xG4kz)

213 I don't know where the crazy cycle town is but I want to live there.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 10:09 PM (4NO2D)

214 bump

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 10:33 PM (4NO2D)

215 Test

Posted by: Tester at May 08, 2026 10:38 PM (RG1+r)

Democrats Melt Down Over Virginia Supreme Court Ruling, with Socialist Democrat Influencer Hasan Piker Demanding Violent Revolution and the "Smart" Commentators of the Left Unable to Read a Simple Court Decision

The left is spamming out wholly ignorant objections to the ruling.

A major one is: But other states passed new maps! Why can't Virginia pass a new map?!?!

Headquarters
@HQNewsNow
Republicans: Pass new maps in Tennessee, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas ALL without a vote -- upheld
Democrats: Pass new maps in Virginia with a vote from the will of the people -- overturned
Make it make sense.

By the way: When they say "Without a vote," they mean without a public vote on a referendum.

Do you know why there was no public vote on a referendum in those states?

That's right, because those other states didn't require a constitutional change to pass the new map, so there was no referendum.

Charles C. W. Cooke
@charlescwcooke
Okay. I'll "make it make sense." Virginia has a constitution that applies in Virginia but not in those other states, and the government of Virginia did not follow that constitution, which is illegal.

To be more specific: States like Virginia wanted to Virtue Signal that they were anti-gerrymandering (which they're not, they just wanted to lock in the current gerrymander they approved of) so they passed a constitutional amendment limiting gerrymandering.

Then, just to show the left believes in nothing they claim to believe, they attempted to undo that amendment through a rushed and unconstitutional process.

The other states always left this power in the hands of the legislature, so the legislature is able to change the maps with a vote.

It's not so hard to understand is it? Aren't you the guys always claiming that you're the Smartest Kids in the Class (TM)? Are you entirely incapable of reading anything but BlueSky for your "research"?

Another stupid objection they keep on making: If this process was deficient from the very beginning -- which the Court ruled it was -- why didn't the Court make this ruling earlier?

This is a hilarious one. The Virginia Supreme Court was going to rule on whether this process was adequate or defective -- but the Democrats pushing the new map insisted that it was illegal for the Court to rule on the referendum before the referendum had been voted on and was entirely concluded.

The Democrats themselves insisted that the Court had no power to rule on this except after the referendum was voted on and was in the process of being implemented.

The Court read the Democrats' arguments and... agreed.

Here's another Smartest Kid in the Class (TM) Sam Stein babbling that this wasn't "handled" correctly. What he means is, if this was f***ed up, why didn't you stop us earlier?

Another one: The very, very smart (just ask him!) Dweeb Goblin Will Saletan:

Will Saletan
@saletan
Can someone explain why--if this was the court's basis for nullifying the redistricting measure--the court didn't rule this way when the challenge arose before the referendum?
It looks like the court waited to see which side would win, and then intervened.

With an ugly mug like that, you'd think he would know how to read.

There's a very easy way to find the answer to that question: RTFO. Read the fucking opinion, Retard Who Is a Genius.

By the way, do you want to know why the Democrats argued the Virginia Supreme Court should not rule on the process until later? For the same reason all litigants make such arguments: Because they knew the Court would probably find the process was defective.

What they were hoping was: If the process went forward, it would create its own political momentum, and then the Supreme Court would be too afraid to rule when the referendum has passed and would allow the defective process to stand.

But they weren't (thankfully!).

This is a stupid argument anyway -- whether the process was ruled unconstitutional six months ago or now, it doesn't matter. It would have been ruled unconstitutional then, or now. There was nothing the Democrats could do, because what they were trying to do was forbidden -- the Virginia Constitution demands a schedule for amendments that requires time for cooler heads to prevail, and the Democrats were trying to rush this process and ignore the built-in scheduling requirements.

So whether the Court ruled earlier or later -- the Democrats just were not permitted to rush the amendment.

And speaking of that rushed effort: the timing requirements were that a referendum be passed in one legislative period, and then an intervening general election be held, and then the vote be held after that general election. This is to make sure the public has the chance to vote out the rascals if they don't like the amendment they're trying to force through.

But the Democrats passed the referendum while voting was taking place for the next general election. In other words, there was no intervening election between the passing of the referendum in the assembly and the vote by the people, because the election was already happening when the assembly passed it.

And voting was already happening because Democrats created a clownlishly long campaign season instead of an election day.

Greg Price
@greg_price11
In the end, Virginia's ridiculously long early voting period is what sunk the Virginia referendum.
Amending the VA Constitution requires two votes in the General Assembly with an intervening election in between.
The first vote in the redistricting referendum was 40 days into early voting in 2025, when over 1.3M people had voted.
Hilariously, the key argument made by the lawyers in favor of the referendum was that only Election Day counts as the election.

The Smartest Kids in the Class (TM) -- just ask them, they'll tell you they're the Smartest Kids in the Class (TM) -- keep asking the same questions and people keep posting the same link to the same publicly-published court opinion.

And the Smartest Kids in the Class (TM) continue refusing to read a fairly straightforward opinion, not super-cluttered with legalese.

They don't read, because the Smartest Kids in the Class (TM) are above reading. They just know through Diverse Lived Experiences.

They're treating this opinion like it's The Hound of the Baskervilles or something. I mean, come on. It's not that hard.

Meanwhile, the violent communist and terrorist cheerleader that the Democrats all insist is a moderate mainstream voice calls for violence.

AGAIN.

hasanabi
@hasanthehun
the va supreme court denied the results of the redistricting referendum. scotus gutted the voting rights act and tennessee carved up the last dem district destroying black voter power in the state.
those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable

Overturn this decision? It�s a ruling from the state Supreme Court on a state constitutional matter, who are you going to appeal it to? God? https://t.co/689ZnCRyvO
— Matthew Klein (@MattKleinOnline) May 8, 2026

I am not joking when I say VA Supreme Court justices should get stepped up security from the Commonwealth. https://t.co/pzRhEcmomd
— Benjamin Domenech (@bdomenech) May 8, 2026

Related: You know Steve Cohen, the very African American Congressman from Tennessee's 9th District who shows you he's African American by eating KFC in Congress?

And yes this is real:

Well, the Republican who will probably replace him is... get this... a black woman.

And the left insists: It's racist anyway, I don't care if a black candidate replaces the white one.

Lydia Moynihan: It's a little ironic that the woman now who is likely going to win the 9th Congressional District in Tennessee is a black Republican instead of a white Democrat male. But that's racist?

Tezlyn Figaro: It actually is

It's now RACIST to elect a black Republican pic.twitter.com/2gEVkz870K
— Brianna Lyman (@briannalyman2) May 8, 2026

From runner:

Caroline Wren
@CarolineWren
MAXIMUM REDISTRICTING WARFARE UPDATE
DONE:
🔵 CA +5
🔵 UT +1
🔵 VA +0
🔴 TX +5
🔴 FL +4
🔴 OH +2
🔴 NC +1
🔴 MO +1
🔴 TN +1
Total: 🔵+6 / 🔴+14 = net 🔴 gain +8
PENDING:
🔴 LA +1 or +2
🔴 AL +1 or +2
🔴 SC +0 or +1
🔴 MS +0 or +1
Remaining 🔴 Available Pickups: +2-6

🚨 HOLY CRAP. CNN was just forced to report that Republicans are on the verge of a DOUBLE-DIGIT GAIN in US House seats from redistricting alone

It pains them to say it 🤣🔥

"Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina may soon pass their own last-minute maps. So here's where that� pic.twitter.com/nQLgRl4iLl
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 8, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:20 PM

Comments

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1 Psst. Inciting violence is a crime. When are they going to arrest this sh*tweasel for incitement?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 06:22 PM (2icm1)

2 Only Jan 6 grannies go to jail for "inciting" violence.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 06:24 PM (Cqx++)

3 This is a good opportunity for me to reach across the isle.

Posted by: John McCain at May 08, 2026 06:24 PM (AOCh7)

4

A man can become a woman.

Make it make sense.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 06:25 PM (Cqx++)

5 Saw the briefer version of this earlier on X. Well done flambeing Saletan. Never could stand that prick's writing at Salon.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:28 PM (E4rtv)

6 3 This is a good opportunity for me to reach across the isle.
Posted by: John McCain at May 08, 2026 06:24 PM (AOCh7)

----

That fucker, dead as he is, is trying to do it.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 08, 2026 06:28 PM (aZm/F)

7 Democrats are angry children.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2026 06:28 PM (YwEeS)

8 The tears... They are delicious....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2026 06:29 PM (Gdq1t)

9 Heh. Fried chicken. I thought he was doing a Trump TACO lane gay meme and really he was just doing a racist lame gay meme.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:29 PM (zZu0s)

10 Yes, Virginia, There Is a Constitution.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 06:30 PM (ndZc7)

11 Abigail is really not making any friends for herself.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 06:30 PM (9y9ek)

12 Do what Republicans do and ignore the ruling. What are they gonna do to enforce it?! Other red states have done exactly the same thing.

If the president gets to disobey the law and impose illegal laws, the rule of law doesn’t exist. It means the country’s broken af, but that’s the game now.

Appeal to the Supreme Court and let them show how strictly partisan they are. Hypocrisy goes hand in hand with Republican and Christian values in my personal experience

Democrats must stop playing by the rules. Because the Republicans aren’t. They turned it into a street fight, so the Democrats need to stop caring about the rules and follow the Republicans’ example.

We’re at a breaking point with blatant partisan courts. Virginia residents VOTED FOR THIS. Ignore the court order and go full steam ahead.

People have no faith in their president or Congress. Now they have no faith in the court system. Once they have no faith in the voting process, the system falls apart.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 08, 2026 06:30 PM (ycI94)

13 Boy good thing they didn't just spam Virginians with a million ads from Obama telling them it was righteous to gerrymander. Because that would make criticism of red state gerrymandering look hypocritical.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at May 08, 2026 06:30 PM (NlEaG)

14 TL;DR:

Political discourse with the Left is just them pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 08, 2026 06:31 PM (uXjP8)

15 In other news, Utah trial court ruled cameras allowed in the courtroom for Fag Furry Lover who murdered Charlie Kirk.

Candace hardest hit. The refutation of the bullshit she has been peddling will leave her with bots and Muzzies abroad as her audience.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:31 PM (E4rtv)

16 The Dems in Virginia knew that they were not following the rules. They claimed that But Trump made it okay.

The Supreme Court which is not right wing at all said you probably should have at least paid lip service to the law.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at May 08, 2026 06:32 PM (NlEaG)

17 Gotta' be honest. I just like it when they cry. Modern Liberals. Old Boomers. Whatever. I just like watching them see their preconceived notions go up in smoke like a Cheech and Chong movie.

So all the Federal Workers living in NoVa have the sads because they couldn't run the State HOA ? That makes me glad. Piss off. End of story.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 06:32 PM (cbDdE)

18 Getting rid of Clyburn would be a sweet gain. Especially since getting rid of Lindsey is gonna be tough.

We're working on it.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 08, 2026 06:32 PM (w6EFb)

19 Appeal to the Supreme Court and let them show how strictly partisan they are.

----
SCOTUS will decline to hear the case, like they did when the PA Supreme court redrew that state's election map, because it's a state issue.

Posted by: Josephistan at May 08, 2026 06:33 PM (FLx59)

20 That Cohen guy is seriously one of the ugliest people I've ever seen. County fair freak show ugly. Was he in an industrial accident?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 06:33 PM (l26NL)

21 >> Democrats must stop playing by the rules. Because the Republicans aren’t.

I have to laugh out loud at that. It's always been our side that tries to play nice. "Oh we can't do that, it would violate the norms" and crap like that. It's all part of how things always tend to ratchet to the left.

Our side is finally playing the hardball the left has always played.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 08, 2026 06:33 PM (w6EFb)

22 And in other news, UK turnout for local elections went from 28 percent in 2023 to 46+ percent in 2026. Reform and perhaps the Greens/Muzzies brought in new voters than the old stale Tory-Labour uniparty.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:34 PM (E4rtv)

23
“People have no faith in their president or Congress. Now they have no faith in the court system. Once they have no faith in the voting process, the system falls apart.”

You don’t say….

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 06:35 PM (hftzA)

24 Our side is finally playing the hardball the left has always played.

Well that's not statesmanlike at all ... Mike Pence

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 06:35 PM (cbDdE)

25 Democrat Effort To Retake Congress Once Again Thwarted By Existence Of Laws

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 06:35 PM (ndZc7)

26 Comey trial is set for July 15th in North Carolina.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:35 PM (E4rtv)

27 I sent the following email to the governor of Virginia earlier today.

HA ha ha ha ha ha ha!

LOSER!!

Posted by: Weasel at May 08, 2026 06:36 PM (PVV5z)

28 We see laws as the rulebook - the boundaries on what we can do.

The Left only see it as an obstacle to be trampled on. Sometimes a tool to use against opposition.

We are not the same. We are the "high trust" in what remains of our high trust society. They are the decadence, dissipation, and entropy that leads us all to hell.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 08, 2026 06:36 PM (uXjP8)

29 >>10 Yes, Virginia, There Is a Constitution.

This is Threadwinner Material, right here.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 06:36 PM (9y9ek)

30 Comey trial is set for July 15th in North Carolina.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:35 PM (E4rtv)

Never happen, but it would be cool to see him sitting in a cage in the courtroom.

And Fauci.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:36 PM (zZu0s)

31
16 The Dems in Virginia knew that they were not following the rules. They claimed that But Trump made it okay.

The Supreme Court which is not right wing at all said you probably should have at least paid lip service to the law.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at May 08

They hung their hat on pretending it was “temporary”. They hung their other hat on courts usually not wanting to overturn the will of voters.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 06:38 PM (hftzA)

32 hasanabi

Your terms are accepted. Gird your loins, and buy no green bananas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 06:38 PM (u82oZ)

33 >>They're treating this opinion like it's The Hound of the Baskervilles or something.

That, right there, is some funny insider baseball.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 06:39 PM (9y9ek)

34 What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2026 06:39 PM (UlRld)

35 We are not the same. We are the "high trust" in what remains of our high trust society. They are the decadence, dissipation, and entropy that leads us all to hell.

Correct and well said. Now here's what you won't like to hear.

When its a fight to the death in the gutter ? "We have rules" isn't helpful.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 06:39 PM (cbDdE)

36 Keep watching the skies!

https://tinyurl.com/4u2t6zcm

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 06:40 PM (l26NL)

37 And this,

"War Correspondent
@warDaniel47
·
13h
🚨 NEW: The Democrat attempt to BLOCK President Trump from a military operation in Cuba has been SMACKED DOWN by the US Senate, 51-47"

Democrats have once again been reminded the Commander-in-Chief is Donald J. Trump.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:40 PM (E4rtv)

38 For God's sake, Ace, just buy the Cliffs Notes for Hound of the Baskervilles.

We aren't going to give you a pop quiz here or anything.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)

39 "They don't read, because the Smartest Kids in the Class (TM) are above reading. They just know through Diverse Lived Experiences."

They try to be obtuse and ignorant so as making an argument with them is impossible.

"I don't understand you, therefore I don't have to reply or agree."

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 08, 2026 06:41 PM (b8J4P)

40 My prediction is if they don't win a majority in the mid terms their violence will get ratcheted up

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)

41 Anybody with the handle @hasanthehun is automatically a douche, no matter how much money he has to spend on Cartier and Gucci.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)

42 Nothing better happen in Memphis, CNN used the word "targeted"!

Posted by: Sarah Palin at May 08, 2026 06:42 PM (n5tGW)

43 Some Commissar Judge will stop President Trump in Cuba

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)

44 "Violate their due process rights" says Hakeem? Really?

Because the whole point of the decision is that the Virginia state government violated the rights of Virginia citizens.

I'm beginning to think we need a Million MAGA March on the Mall (a la the Bonus Army) to put a little fear into our congresscritters about adhering to their oath to the Constitution.

Posted by: GWB at May 08, 2026 06:44 PM (P35BA)

45 I love the sound of Democrats melting down in the morning.

Posted by: Col Kilgore at May 08, 2026 06:44 PM (Q+gd/)

46 People have no faith in their president or Congress. Now they have no faith in the court system. Once they have no faith in the voting process, the system falls apart.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

You dont say

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 08, 2026 06:45 PM (b8J4P)

47 I keep going back to a simple point... one that everyone seems to be ignoring.

The US Constitution guarantees a REPUBLICAN form of State Governments... ie... one where they have a Constitution that is their highest State Law.

Can you VOTE to ignore your own Constitution, as both VA and CALIF did? and still be a Republic?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2026 06:45 PM (mP0Kj)

48
There's A far-right but not a far-left. Why is that, mommy?

Also the Mother's Day card section had 4 rows of LGBQT+ cards when I was shopping today. Where do babies come from again?

Posted by: Auspex at May 08, 2026 06:46 PM (Y8DZL)

49 I'm beginning to think we need a Million MAGA March on the Mall (a la the Bonus Army) to put a little fear into our congresscritters about adhering to their oath to the Constitution.
Posted by: GWB at May 08, 2026 06:44 PM (P35BA)

After J6 a lot would see it as an op and set up. Which was the entire reason they did it. Smash opposition and make them the villains. Turn it into the worst front to democracy ever. Then create a truth commission. Ruin the lives of every one you can find (who were nkt your plants) and justvsit back.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:46 PM (zZu0s)

50 Piker.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 06:47 PM (HG5Au)

51 lso the Mother's Day card section had 4 rows of LGBQT+ cards when I was shopping today. Where do babies come from again?

Stumps. Buzzards shit on stumps. We grow out of the bacteria. I was informed of this, repeatedly, as a child.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 06:47 PM (cbDdE)

52 Should be illegal, from Alpha News:
------------------------------

Data from the Minnesota secretary of state shows that 18,898 people used “vouching” to either update their voter registration, or become registered to vote, in Minnesota in 2024. That information was obtained by America First Legal in a data request.

Under Minnesota state law, an individual seeking to become registered to vote on Election Day can confirm their residency simply by having a registered voter “vouch” for them. In short, the registered voter signs an oath confirming the unregistered person’s address.

State law allows a registered voter to “vouch” for up to eight people. However, staff at residential facilities are not bound by the eight-person vouching limit. The state’s voter vouching system was recently criticized by congressional Republicans.

Posted by: beckster at May 08, 2026 06:47 PM (kX27y)

53 I am not tired of winning yet

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 06:47 PM (Ia/+0)

54 What cosys $80 Million and doesn't do $#!t?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 06:48 PM (HG5Au)

55 GWB

Not another March on Washington.

I was part of the crowd in September 2009. One of a million. Did nothing.

Protest personally in their district is the move now. Pick the biggest asshat and make it personal. Rinse repeat.

Lining up and being ready on the firing line would be ... justice.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 06:48 PM (u82oZ)

56 I am ready to accept nominations for sighs to hold to counter protest No Kings.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 06:49 PM (u82oZ)

57 This should once again expose to you what the game is, to corrupt the courts. It’s why Democrats have installed true believers who largely know nothing about the law as their jurists. It’s why they are talking about packing SCOTUS. Without honest courts, everything is possible.

There is no way the Virginia court could have ruled in favor of Democrats and kept legitimacy. This wasn’t about one constitutional issue, there were several that created layers of issues.

There will be a time, place and court where they don’t care. This wasn’t it. Let’s see how long before that happens.

Corrupt courts and election fraud are our biggest enemies. And yet, Thune and frauds like Murkowski won’t pass the SAVE Act.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 08, 2026 06:49 PM (AydIQ)

58 All Party's that aren't Republican are Unconstitutional.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 06:49 PM (HG5Au)

59 It is important to always remember, and maybe even to note, that Hasan Piker's Grandparents were 1st Cousins.

He is the product of Inbreeding and should be rewarded with the attribution of 'Inbred'.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 06:49 PM (9y9ek)

60 Keep watching the skies!

https://tinyurl.com/4u2t6zcm
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

Ha!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 06:49 PM (ndZc7)

61 Violate their due process rights" says Hakeem? Really?

Posted by: GWB at May 08, 2026 06

Hakeem’s porch light ain’t exactly guiding ships to shore, bless his bones. You can tell Nancy is directing less and less.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 06:49 PM (hftzA)

62 Ignore the court order and go full steam ahead.

That's funny right there. These people understand nothing.

Posted by: Sarah Palin at May 08, 2026 06:50 PM (n5tGW)

63 He is the product of Inbreeding and should be rewarded with the attribution of 'Inbred'.
Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 06:49 PM (9y9ek)

And he tortures his dog.

And he is still less popular than the Roach King.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:51 PM (zZu0s)

64 Laws? How do they work?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 06:51 PM (HG5Au)

65 >>> 20 That Cohen guy is seriously one of the ugliest people I've ever seen. County fair freak show ugly. Was he in an industrial accident?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 06:33 PM (l26NL)

He looks like someone whose crawl space needs to be checked by the cops.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 08, 2026 06:52 PM (WMyc4)

66 7 Democrats are angry children.
Don't forget violent, deranged, stupid, ignorant, indolent, and prone to criminality. And usually ugly.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 08, 2026 06:53 PM (XMwZJ)

67 Funniest thing I've read about the Virginia mess. Back when they were hustling the referendum through the assembly both Senators, Warner and Kaine, advised them to go slow and play by the rules. Louise Lucas said she respected them but didn't need advice from the "cuck chair" in the corner. The gerrymandering was overturned and Louise is heading for the big house. Edward G. Robinson voice "where's your cuck now?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 06:53 PM (gu0hJ)

68 It's racist to elect a republican, any republican, is their theory.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 06:54 PM (n5tGW)

69 Corrupt courts and election fraud are our biggest enemies. And yet, Thune and frauds like Murkowski won’t pass the SAVE Act.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 08, 2026 06:49 PM (AydIQ)

And they are idiots for it.
If there was ever a time to, at least, pass a national ID requirement to vote it's right now, this year.

Scrap the rest of the SAVE Act, fine.
But if they were to pass an ID requirement, alone, it would destroy the Dems rigging in every blue state major city, and perhaps give the GOP a chance in some states while exposing the Dems for the cheats they are by opposing it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:54 PM (6ydKt)

70 I am sure that the conserving conservatives at the Bulwark will soon be spitting out rubbish about how the decision to follow a state constitution is not really conservative.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 08, 2026 06:55 PM (cI94r)

71 Corrupt courts and election fraud are our biggest enemies. And yet, Thune and frauds like Murkowski won’t pass the SAVE Act.
Posted by: Vengeance

Because they point to rulings like this and say a is well. Until it's too late

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 08, 2026 06:55 PM (b8J4P)

72 racist to elect a republican, any republican, is their theory.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 06:54 PM (n5tGW)

No....it is racist for Republicans to run for office. That is how you know they are racist.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 08, 2026 06:56 PM (cI94r)

73 I don't know how Cohen didn't get the racist label for the KFC-eating act that day.

The man represents Memphis and thought it'd be a hoot to eat a bucket of fried chicken to own Trump and the GOP.

I guess he got by without blowback because he's a Democrat, Jewish and didn't break out the watermelon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:56 PM (6ydKt)

74 It's like Democrats completely forgot the 2020 election court fights. Or they are lying. I'm going with lying.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 06:57 PM (viF8m)

75 55 GWB

Not another March on Washington.

I was part of the crowd in September 2009. One of a million. Did nothing.

Protest personally in their district is the move now. Pick the biggest asshat and make it personal. Rinse repeat.

Lining up and being ready on the firing line would be ... justice.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 06:48 PM (u82oZ)
This.

Posted by: Eromero at May 08, 2026 06:57 PM (LHPAg)

76 "Will Saletan
@saletan

Can someone explain why--if this was the court's basis for nullifying the redistricting measure--the court didn't rule this way when the challenge arose before the referendum?

It looks like the court waited to see which side would win, and then intervened."

Pro tip, the courts can't rule on something that hasn't happened yet.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2026 06:58 PM (0N4FZ)

77 Speaking of the beautiful and charming Louise Lucas, didja see her license plate?

https://tinyurl.com/4u7cavnd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 06:58 PM (ndZc7)

78 Gavin Newsome has a lot to answer for. He did this. He forced the dems to redistrict. Now you can take a bite of the shit sandwich Gavey.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2026 06:59 PM (IifOV)

79 These people are Dunning-Krueger incarnate.

Posted by: They're smaht and they want respect! at May 08, 2026 06:59 PM (TbWk/)

80 Also the Mother's Day card section had 4 rows of LGBQT+ cards when I was shopping today. Where do babies come from again?
Posted by: Auspex

Well, when a mommy and a mommy love each other very much and have access to a sperm bank...

Or when a daddy and a daddy love each other very much and have access to a) a woman who is willing to rent out her womb or b) a state adoption agency...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 08, 2026 07:00 PM (vJrRc)

81 78 Gavin Newsome has a lot to answer for. He did this. He forced the dems to redistrict. Now you can take a bite of the shit sandwich Gavey.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2026 06:59 PM (IifOV)

He wanted to get some attention for his presidential campaign and was going to show Texas that two can play that game.

How the tables have turned now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:01 PM (6ydKt)

82 78 Gavin Newsome has a lot to answer for. He did this. He forced the dems to redistrict. Now you can take a bite of the shit sandwich Gavey.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2026 06:59 PM (IifOV

It would be great if Pratt could win Mayor of LA... I imagine he would be a whole lot more cooperative with ICE... Heads would explode

Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2026 07:01 PM (Gdq1t)

83 cong cohen in 2012 also wrote on twitter that "r[ussia ] is not our foe!"

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 07:01 PM (CWTWj)

84 Prediction: if the Republicans hold the House and the Senate, you are going to see an explosion of urban guerrilla warfare in this country.

Think Baader–Meinhof Gang or the Red Brigades, but with much more popular support than those organizations had.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 08, 2026 07:01 PM (aD4fx)

85 re: hounds…

i remember when we had a book club here

i pulled a george costanza and watched it instead

i couldn’t get through the beatnik book either

Posted by: cherries in season at May 08, 2026 07:02 PM (Xvk15)

86 You know Steve Cohen, the very African American Congressman from Tennessee's 9th District who shows you he's African American by eating KFC in Congress?

So a balding Jewish guy with faggot glasses pandering harder than Epstein's dick at a daycare is the standard-bearer for the wholly-black-owned hereditary district.

Posted by: Probably keeps Tabasco in his purse at May 08, 2026 07:02 PM (TbWk/)

87 Buck Sexton has a great interview (with Ann Coulter) about his new book "Manufacturing Delusion: How the Left Uses Brainwashing, Indoctrination, and Propaganda Against You".

https://tinyurl.com/yc467swy

Posted by: illiniwek at May 08, 2026 07:02 PM (vbXSk)

88 So, we're going to get yet another Summer of Love just in time for the July festivities. Yay. These fuckwits clamoring for blood have no idea what they are asking for. The anger just isn't on the left side of the spectrum.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2026 07:03 PM (gcUgZ)

89 On the bright side, I wasn't expecting the SCVA to rule this way. I expected nothing, so this is nice.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2026 07:04 PM (gcUgZ)

90 It would be great if Pratt could win Mayor of LA... I imagine he would be a whole lot more cooperative with ICE... Heads would explode

Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2026 07:01 PM (Gdq1t)

Even better if Steve Hilton wins the governership, too.

The Dems would have a nervous breakdown followed by rioting and macro-looting for the cause.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:04 PM (6ydKt)

91 Sounds like the chief Democrat complaint is that they were permitted to get their hopes up.

Posted by: David at May 08, 2026 07:04 PM (+hFhi)

92 Think Baader–Meinhof Gang or the Red Brigades, but with much more popular support than those organizations had.

Kenneth Griffin alluded to this when Mandami painted a large target on his back by filming in front of Griffin's place in New York - Griffin noted that there had already been one political assassination of a prominent businessman near his place.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 08, 2026 07:04 PM (aD4fx)

93 Honestly shocked the VA Supreme Court had the courage to strike this thing down. I can think of so many times the courts found a way to just wave their hand and say "will of the people" and do whatever Democrats wanted.

Posted by: Leupold at May 08, 2026 07:05 PM (hyjIQ)

94 And in breaking news, Virginia Democrats will now appeal the state Supreme Court decision (interpreting the state constitution) to the U S. Supreme Court. Which means we will once again be subject to another insane dissent from Justice Jackson.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 08, 2026 07:05 PM (cI94r)

95 89 On the bright side, I wasn't expecting the SCVA to rule this way. I expected nothing, so this is nice.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2026 07:04 PM (gcUgZ)

Me either... I thought they would drag it out till it was too late because of the vote... Which of course it already was....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2026 07:05 PM (Gdq1t)

96 Cartel Judge Bonerburger is back--this time siding with the child grooming and sterilization cartel.

Trannies over public safety.

'Cause Trump is a meanie who said mean things about trannies--and that's all the proof he needed to make sure more kids are mutilated and sterilized on the alter of Progressivism.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 07:05 PM (MtSIY)

97 Think Baader–Meinhof Gang or the Red Brigades, but with much more popular support than those organizations had.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 08, 2026 07:01 PM (aD4fx)

I agree.
It's going to be like the 1970s all over again if the Dems can't get some traction back by the end of the year.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:06 PM (6ydKt)

98 The Dems would have a nervous breakdown followed by rioting and macro-looting for the cause.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:04 PM (6ydKt)

They had a two month voting season after election day just to try to manufacture a symbolic popular vote win.

These guys will not win.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:06 PM (zZu0s)

99 So a balding Jewish guy with faggot glasses pandering harder than Epstein's dick at a daycare is the standard-bearer for the wholly-black-owned hereditary district.
Posted by: Probably keeps Tabasco in his purse

I saw earlier some black local politician ranted that Memphis should secede from Tenn. Can't imagine either Arkansas or Mississippi want anything to do with them. A new City State?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 07:06 PM (l26NL)

100 84 Prediction: if the Republicans hold the House and the Senate, you are going to see an explosion of urban guerrilla warfare in this country.

Think Baader–Meinhof Gang or the Red Brigades, but with much more popular support than those organizations had.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 08, 2026 07:01 PM (aD4fx)
Yep, and they have the complete media to support them.

Posted by: Eromero at May 08, 2026 07:06 PM (LHPAg)

101 The ARC of History!

Clear your local area in local elections. Use networks of like-minded people, not party organizations. School boards are only one front.
City and County supervisors need strong conservatives. The T.E.A. party was a power of good, until infiltrated.

We had success in a liberal college town for years. The counterattack by the Left lasted two cycles, failing in the last election cycle.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:07 PM (u82oZ)

102 And in breaking news, Virginia Democrats will now appeal the state Supreme Court decision (interpreting the state constitution) to the U S. Supreme Court. Which means we will once again be subject to another insane dissent from Justice Jackson.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life

==

They won't grant cert to review it is my prediction.

It's basically a slam dunk case that it violated state laws in VA.

Posted by: Leupold at May 08, 2026 07:07 PM (hyjIQ)

103 Ace, I am a little disappointed in your response to Saletan on X. And I think Victor Davis Hanson would be too.

Are you getting polite and measured in your old age, now that you are 29?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 07:08 PM (iERP6)

104 >>>I was part of the crowd in September 2009. One of a million.
~~~~~

Me too. Looked all over but couldn't find you.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 08, 2026 07:08 PM (3ImbR)

105 Supreme Court has been thete and done that, can't imagine they will touch it.

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 07:08 PM (Ia/+0)

106 It's a tax.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 07:09 PM (HG5Au)

107 Which means we will once again be subject to another insane dissent from Justice Jackson.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 08, 2026 07:05 PM (cI94r)

I don't see how the SCOTUS has any jurisdiction.
It's a state constitutional matter decided by the state supreme court.

I suppose they could review it, but I don't see how the VA Supremes have done anything wrong by ruling based on the law in their own constitution.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:09 PM (6ydKt)

108 I saw some write up here that the redistricting wars netted Republicans seats overall, which is a good thing.

But I do have reservations about gerrymandering, I just dont think its healthy to have these crazy maps where it's maybe 53% "blue" and yet not one Republican can win office.

I have no solution, but wish it could truly be a more independent process. But "independent" means Dems get to pick map, everytime.

Posted by: Leupold at May 08, 2026 07:10 PM (hyjIQ)

109 >> On the bright side, I wasn't expecting the SCVA to rule this way. I expected nothing, so this is nice.

It was pretty unambiguous. Democrats ignored black letter law.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 07:10 PM (viF8m)

110 I linked this this morning but I think it’s hilarious so I'm linking again. Fake Jake Tapper has uncovered another Marco Rubio scandal. (It's a bad rap. Literally.)

https://tinyurl.com/39ffj7tx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 07:10 PM (ndZc7)

111 Think Baader–Meinhof Gang or the Red Brigades, but with much more popular support than those organizations had.

Actually, a closer analogy would be the late 19th Century, where you had a massive wave of assassinations, with the support of much of the intellectual and upper classes of Russia.

This culminated in assassinating the Czar in 1881.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 08, 2026 07:11 PM (aD4fx)

112 IrishEi ?!

I know. What a day! Turns out the Flint Hills T.E.A. Party was there in force. I did not meet them until I moved to Kansas 1.5 years later.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:11 PM (u82oZ)

113 Well, they're already playing by the gerrymandering rules.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 07:11 PM (HG5Au)

114 You know I'm down for the shtruggle, bubbeleh! Let me get a bissel of hot sauce on this fleyshikh tsitsik. See, I might as well be a schwartze!

Posted by: Steve Cohen, panderclown at May 08, 2026 07:11 PM (TbWk/)

115 Pro tip, the courts can't rule on something that hasn't happened yet.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Sure they can. It's called prior restraint and happens when there's a threatened action that can't easily be undone or compensated for.

Posted by: Dark L at May 08, 2026 07:11 PM (W5mpo)

116 Million MAGA March on the Mall? Uh, no. The only thing I would attend is a riot and terrorizing of the left. If I'm risking going to jail which is exactly what would happen if MAGA marched in DC and gotta travel that f'ing far I'm getting my moneys worth and doing something that would warrant jail time not f'ing "parading".

Could you imagine how embarrassing? "Hey what did you go to jail for?"

"Parading".(facepalm)

Posted by: JROD at May 08, 2026 07:12 PM (IlL6s)

117 MS NOW was all upset about the death of democracy today. The weeping. The gnashing of teeth. The rending of garments. It was great.

Hey. I left the house again today with my friend. In line at Home Depot now. Costco soon. $1.50 hot dogs. Canadian dollars

It has been a good day. He's done. Later

Posted by: Stateless at May 08, 2026 07:12 PM (HJlPl)

118 Revolution is a mindfuck of 20 years of people thinking the world works like a game. All hat no cattle isn't just some useless concept.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 07:12 PM (z2aPa)

119 >>>103 Ace, I am a little disappointed in your response to Saletan on X. And I think Victor Davis Hanson would be too.

He's such a worm. He has nothing going for him except his false believe that he's some kind of intellectual, so I think my insult was sufficiently hurtful.

I guess I could have said that he sucks dick by the eight-pack like they're hot dogs but I don't want to taint hot dogs.

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:13 PM (1wjle)

120 78 Gavin Newsome has a lot to answer for. He did this. He forced the dems to redistrict. Now you can take a bite of the shit sandwich Gavey.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2026 06:59 PM (IifOV)

He wanted to get some attention for his presidential campaign and was going to show Texas that two can play that game.

How the tables have turned now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:01 PM (6ydKt)

What a strategist he is.

It would be funny if the new map he has flips a bunch of the reps over because of his own and the Dems unpopularity.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:13 PM (8avO+)

121 I don't thing scotus would take it but I had the funny thought that they did and if somehow VA won, Alito could slow walk the decision until December.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 07:13 PM (n5tGW)

122 Imagine how screwed we would be if the Democrats weren't incompetent.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 08, 2026 07:13 PM (wGerL)

123 I do enjoy Chez Costco myself

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:14 PM (1wjle)

124 Which means we will once again be subject to another insane dissent from Justice Jackson.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life

Justice Mr. T would be better than Justice Jackson. "Listen, fool . . ."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 07:14 PM (ndZc7)

125 altho I always wanted that chicken calzone type thing to be better than it actually is

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:14 PM (1wjle)

126 Revolution is a mindfuck of 20 years of people thinking the world works like a game. All hat no cattle isn't just some useless concept.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 07:12 PM (z2aPa)

Can't stand idiots hoping for Revolution. The one consolation about all of them is their type gets put up against the wall before they are done, win or lose.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:14 PM (8avO+)

127 I really try never to put on a Marxist Propaganda channel but wonder often if tears are falling

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

128 any chance Utah will rehear the redistricting case given that the deciding vote was fucked into obedience by counsel for the Democrats?

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:15 PM (1wjle)

129 The Dems would have a nervous breakdown followed by rioting and macro-looting for the cause.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:04 PM (6ydKt)

They had a two month voting season after election day just to try to manufacture a symbolic popular vote win.

These guys will not win.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:06 PM

I do not want that to happen. Everyday you would pick up the newspaper and there would have been another bombing someplace in the country the night before. The body count wasn't high but if you lived in a big city you were fair game. Oh and the race riots on hot summer nights were a peach as well.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2026 07:15 PM (0N4FZ)

130 Why would anyone choose a Chicken Calzone in the one region of the country where you can get a Chicken Parm Wedge?

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:15 PM (9y9ek)

131 Hasan Piker is touted in the Leftist eco chambers of 'thot' leaders as the wave of the future.

I think his wave has petered out.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:15 PM (2GVsD)

132 I have no solution, but wish it could truly be a more independent process. But "independent" means Dems get to pick map, everytime.

Posted by: Leupold at May 08, 2026 07:10 PM (hyjIQ)

Either way, it was the right thing to do.
Several states, mine included, were being unconstituionally forced to carve out districts so that one minority group would have a majority and who, incidentally of course, always voted in a Democrat.

It was an illegal move by the DOJ that lased for three or four decades and it should've been abandoned years ago.

So this is not really gerrymandering for these specific states, but realignment to a lawful, fair, constitutional reality.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:15 PM (6ydKt)

133 >>Prediction: if the Republicans hold the House and the Senate, you are going to see an explosion of urban guerrilla warfare in this country.

Prediction based on experience: a lot of people will talk violence expecting someone else to do it. Where reasonable arguments end, the quest for progressive violence begins.

You will get a few lone wolf attacks. They will be dealt with harshly. You may even get riots in blue cities. Nobody will care. If they try to take violence into red states, they will find very quickly it is a dead end.

BTW a lot of the violence angle is being seeded and pushed by foreign actors including Russia and China. It has been part of their strategy for a long time. That why a lot of the threat actors will be standing with their dicks in their hand, alone right before they’re DRT.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2026 07:16 PM (04KGT)

134 The smarter Dem politicians understand precisely what is going on. They're just trying to get their smooth-brains spun-up to start an assassination campaign.

It will be interesting to watch them $s!t all over the 250th anniversary of the Independence Day. "We hate you, vote for us," is a bold strategy, but unlikely to sway the mushy middle.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 08, 2026 07:16 PM (ksbjf)

135 I guess I could have said that he sucks dick by the eight-pack like they're hot dogs but I don't want to taint hot dogs.
Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:13 PM (1wjle)

How about 'You suck dick as hard as Obama after watching Brokeback Mountain'?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:16 PM (zZu0s)

136 I really try never to put on a Marxist Propaganda channel but wonder often if tears are falling
Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

There are several channels watching Piker daily and giving excerpts for entertainment...not even counting Asmongold.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:16 PM (8avO+)

137 Yep, Obama's skinny little homo fingers are all over this attempt by VA dems. Recall this was his/her MO throughout his/her tenure - ignore constitutionality and ram it thru with a majority. It'll be years before it gets up to final review if opponents even have the funds and strength to last that far. Then, it's simply too late - either as ace says it's too politically toxic to reverse or the damage has been done so reversal is a dead letter.

Posted by: Poison Pencil at May 08, 2026 07:17 PM (hyQrc)

138 I was trying to think of a movie loved by 'the gays' and realized the only one I could think of was Wizard of Oz. That doesn't seem like a dick sucking kind of movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:17 PM (zZu0s)

139 The Cultural Marxists Seminaries have tried to rile the young generation but somehow the radicals are still very minority

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 07:17 PM (Ia/+0)

140 I know. What a day! Turns out the Flint Hills T.E.A. Party was there in force. I did not meet them until I moved to Kansas 1.5 years later.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:11 PM (u82oZ)
~~~~~

It really was a great day, and I met so many terrific people from all over the country.

Got a chance to chew out Jon Karl when I noticed he had picked on the only idiot who had a somewhat racist sign to interview. I called him out and went back and forth with him for a couple of minutes. Was shocked to find out that he actually aired a little bit of that.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 08, 2026 07:17 PM (3ImbR)

141 oh the chicken calzone thing is called a "chicken bake"

google AI:

The Costco Chicken Bake is a popular $3.99 food court item ($3.99 - $4.99, depending on location) consisting of pizza dough filled with marinated chicken breast, smoky bacon, mozzarella, provolone, parmesan cheese, and creamy Caesar dressing. They are baked until golden and known for being a very cheesy, high-calorie meal (~770–800 calories)

with those ingredients you'd think it would be aces but it's just kinda there

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:18 PM (1wjle)

142 trying to get their smooth-brains spun-up to start an assassination campaign.

Trump, three times. Kirk once.

I think the campaign has started already. Welcome to the party pal.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)

143 I wonder how many of these legal experts recall Referendum 187 in California back in 1994. It was overturned by the Courts after a 59% to 41% referendum win.

It restricted undocumented immigrants from the state’s public services, including access to public education and healthcare. In addition, the proposition directed teachers and healthcare professionals to report any individuals suspected of being undocumented to the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) or the California Attorney General.

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 07:18 PM (dIske)

144 Prediction based on experience: a lot of people will talk violence expecting someone else to do it. Where reasonable arguments end, the quest for progressive violence begins.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2026 07:16 PM (04KGT)

This generation of leftists don't do crap unless tax money pays them for it. Remember Gaza? Leftists don't.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:18 PM (8avO+)

145 131 Hasan Piker is touted in the Leftist eco chambers of 'thot' leaders as the wave of the future.

.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:15 PM (2GVsD)

Only if they don't get sued into obscurity by Ethan Kline.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:19 PM (zZu0s)

146 Calzones are supposed to have about 3 cuts of pork.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 07:19 PM (HG5Au)

147 Memphis should secede from Tenn. Can't imagine either Arkansas or Mississippi want anything to do with them.

-
The problem terrorists have.

https://tinyurl.com/37p8sh9s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 07:19 PM (ndZc7)

148 Dear God. Who are you people.

Right now I am making a marinara sauce with some very nice organic Italian tomatoes. The macaroni is straight from Italy. Side of seeded Italian bread. Italian Chianti.

Simple. Even easier than ordering food and it’s good for you.

Stop eating crap.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2026 07:19 PM (04KGT)

149 131 Hasan Piker is touted in the Leftist eco chambers of 'thot' leaders as the wave of the future.

I think his wave has petered out.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:15 PM (2GVsD)

His weird crashout(s) regarding Pragmata and shoe on head's comments on his Pragmata crashout should have, in any sane world, cost him the last of his audience. Shit, him shocking his dog for wandering out of frame should've gotten him #canceled. But sadly there are vicious, cruel and stupid people who will always flock to someone equally as vicious, cruel and stupid.

Posted by: But this is not a sane world at May 08, 2026 07:19 PM (TbWk/)

150 I was trying to think of a movie loved by 'the gays' and realized the only one I could think of was Wizard of Oz. That doesn't seem like a dick sucking kind of movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:17 PM (zZu0s)

Well traditionally it was all Judy Garland movies, and to a lesser extent showtunes movies.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:19 PM (8avO+)

151 We will always have Paris,
they will always have Rent

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:20 PM (2GVsD)

152 What if we had a letter writing campaign to require
two classes in public schools?

1) Why Communism Fails Every Time Attempted, with Vast Loss of Life.

2) Keys to American Exceptionalism, with Lessons for Prosperity for All.

Robert A Heinlein fans vet the teachers, or do it themselves.

Counter attacks can be maneuver warfare, not frontal assaults.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:20 PM (u82oZ)

153 with those ingredients you'd think it would be aces but it's just kinda there
Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:18 PM (1wjle)

The caesar dressing would kill it for me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:20 PM (zZu0s)

154 You know...I have never met a calzone that didn't make me wish that I had just stuck with the Pizza.

Made thousands of them over the years. But, it's got nothing on a good pizza or the aforementioned Chicken Parm Wedge.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:21 PM (9y9ek)

155 Prediction based on experience: a lot of people will talk violence expecting someone else to do it.

-
Maybe a big bull dyke stampede.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 07:21 PM (ndZc7)

156 His weird crashout(s) regarding Pragmata and shoe on head's comments on his Pragmata crashout should have, in any sane world, cost him the last of his audience. Shit, him shocking his dog for wandering out of frame should've gotten him #canceled. But sadly there are vicious, cruel and stupid people who will always flock to someone equally as vicious, cruel and stupid.
Posted by: But this is not a sane world at May 08, 2026 07:19 PM (TbWk/)

What is amusing is that his audience has started taunting him, even people claiming to have been paying him for many years. And it isn't playful ribbing and it flips him out on the regular.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:21 PM (8avO+)

157 >>The caesar dressing would kill it for me.

Ditto

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:21 PM (9y9ek)

158 OOOOOOOOKlahoma!!!

Trump visits the reflecting pool he cleaned up.

https://tinyurl.com/39wkhy8j

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 07:21 PM (l26NL)

159 Hasan Piker is a pimple on the ass of Uranus.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 07:21 PM (z2aPa)

160 All tomatoes are organic. How would you remove all the Carbon?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 07:21 PM (HG5Au)

161 >>> How the tables have turned now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:01 PM (6ydKt)

=====

I think you meant to say "How the turntables."

Posted by: Michael Scott at May 08, 2026 07:22 PM (CyFyf)

162 His weird crashout(s) regarding Pragmata and shoe on head's comments on his Pragmata crashout should have, in any sane world, cost him the last of his audience. Shit, him shocking his dog for wandering out of frame should've gotten him #canceled

Well, the guy who runs Twitch is apparently Dog-shocker's fan, so...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 08, 2026 07:22 PM (vJrRc)

163 >>>You know...I have never met a calzone that didn't make me wish that I had just stuck with the Pizza.

Try meatball and mushroom. (With ricotta and mozz, obvs.)

It's the only calzone I will deign to eat.

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:22 PM (1wjle)

164 Right now I am making a marinara sauce with some very nice organic Italian tomatoes. The macaroni is straight from Italy. Side of seeded Italian bread. Italian Chianti.

I first read this as "marijuana sauce" and thought "oh Jesus I'm turning into JackStraw"

Posted by: Buncha damn potheads at May 08, 2026 07:22 PM (TbWk/)

165 Twitch's Clancy also seems to love E-girls longest time.

Of course scum will like other scum.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:23 PM (2GVsD)

166 It's a great day when Dims melt down...which is often, but we honor each freak out with laughter.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 07:23 PM (WONhk)

167 >>>I first read this as "marijuana sauce" and thought "oh Jesus I'm turning into JackStraw"

JackStraw does so much hop he often turns into other people like it's fucking Altered States

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:23 PM (1wjle)

168 >>Try meatball and mushroom. (With ricotta and mozz, obvs.)

Have had it. And I prefer it with some spinach, too. Meatballs are the best Calzone component, imo.

Still. Give me a Slice of Sicilian and I am happier.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:24 PM (9y9ek)

169 Organically grown, smartass. No pesticides or crap.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2026 07:24 PM (04KGT)

170 Hakeem’s porch light ain’t exactly guiding ships to shore, bless his bones. ...
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 06:49 PM (hftzA)

That's a "Southern-ism" I've never heard before. LOL.

Imma definitely gonna steal it!

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 08, 2026 07:24 PM (ksbjf)

171 What if we had a letter writing campaign to require
two classes in public schools?

1) Why Communism Fails Every Time Attempted, with Vast Loss of Life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:20 PM (u82oZ)

I think you mistake the audience if you think that the vast loss of life is a bug and not a feature. I used to discuss with leftists and you could get them talking about deathcamps in a matter of minutes, even without making them angry.

Their foolishness is thinking they will be the ones holding the guns and not the ones facing the gunfire.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:24 PM (8avO+)

172 Right now I am making a marinara sauce with some very nice organic Italian tomatoes. The macaroni is straight from Italy. Side of seeded Italian bread. Italian Chianti.
Simple. Even easier than ordering food and it’s good for you.

-
My daughter mentioned to me that she has never learned to cook but would like to so I ordered her a Deplorable Cookbook. Should be here tomorrow.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 07:24 PM (ndZc7)

173 Dems are right, based on the precedent of...um...Hur-De-Durrrrr...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 08, 2026 07:24 PM (ynpvh)

174 Hakeem’s porch light ain’t exactly guiding ships to shore, bless his bones. ...
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 06:49 PM (hftzA)

That's a "Southern-ism" I've never heard before. LOL.

Imma definitely gonna steal it!
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 08, 2026 07:24 PM (ksbjf)

I don't think anyone's porch light does that...it would certainly be a problem with ships aground and sunk in your front yard.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:25 PM (8avO+)

175 26 Comey trial is set for July 15th in North Carolina.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:35 PM (E4rtv)

That is shockingly quick.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at May 08, 2026 07:25 PM (P+ul4)

176 All tomatoes are organic. How would you remove all the Carbon?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 07:21 PM (HG5Au)
~~~~~

Polyetheramine?

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 08, 2026 07:25 PM (3ImbR)

177 Economics would be a good tequired course.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (HG5Au)

178 You know...I have never met a calzone that didn't make me wish that I had just stuck with the Pizza.

Made thousands of them over the years. But, it's got nothing on a good pizza or the aforementioned Chicken Parm Wedge.
Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:21 PM (9y9ek)

This. Somehow... the enclosed nature of the sandwich does not allow the ingredients to breathe. It messes up the flavor and texture profile.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (zZu0s)

179 Hakeem Jeffries, every time he opens his pie-hole proves why people call him the Temu Obama.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (2GVsD)

180
The long march through the institutions is over, the institutions are collapsing under the weight of revolutionary stupidity.

Be hopeful. The war is going better than I dreamed two years ago.

Posted by: Auspex at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (Y8DZL)

181 I think a repost of Diablo girl is warranted.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (n5tGW)

182 Organically grown, smartass. No pesticides or crap.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2026 07:24 PM (04KGT)
---
Isn't crap an organic fertilizer?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (gnNyN)

183 Didn't California do the same thing with gay marriage? I don't t remember the Right saying why didn't the court stop the vote if they were going to overrule it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (52qkP)

184 >>> Well traditionally it was all Judy Garland movies, and to a lesser extent showtunes movies.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:19 PM (8avO+)

=====

Well, if the movie "Clueless" has taught me it's Spartacus.

Posted by: Turn 2 at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (CyFyf)

185 >>My daughter mentioned to me that she has never learned to cook but would like to so I ordered her a Deplorable Cookbook. Should be here tomorrow.

Perfect Pies - Michele Stuart

Good book for the young/aspiring chef.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (9y9ek)

186 [Just belatedly saw this from the prior thread:]

ShainS, strong calves are a direct benefit from riding horses.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 06:14 PM (z2aPa)

Getting up and down and maintaining balance in the saddle? Makes sense.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:16 PM (zZu0s)

-----------

Damn, makes perfect sense and never thought about that -- very cool!

I've only been on a horse maybe three times in my life for relatively short struts. We have a neighbor who rides nearly every day (always see her coming and going -- with two horses -- out to nearby trails.

She had a jackass ("Frank") for a couple of years but got rid of him; we used to get the biggest kick out of hearing him "hee-haw" in the mornings and evenings around feeding time.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 07:27 PM (lR5Ug)

187 Piper is riffing off 'being a beacon to the world'

Hakeem is such a dim glow, his front yard is in pitch blackness.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:27 PM (2GVsD)

188 >>It messes up the flavor and texture profile.

Ratio is all wrong, indeed.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:27 PM (9y9ek)

189 #Justice4Kaya

Posted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2026 07:27 PM (rowa3)

190 Oldcat

That is one point to pound in on.

ISTR Pol Pot killed 75% of the revolutionary supporters.

Likewise Russia and China killed supporters in the second revolution, the who runs the revolution survivor game.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:28 PM (u82oZ)

191 Be hopeful. The war is going better than I dreamed two years ago.
Posted by: Auspex

I begin to see the hand of God at work (starting with a failed assassination).

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 07:29 PM (l26NL)

192 ShainS, one of my customer's husband's told her she could break coconuts with her thighs after having ridden for a couple of years.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 07:29 PM (z2aPa)

193 Always purge/kill the ones who made the revolution because they could do it to you.

And Castro gave Che a plane ticket to Ecuador.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)

194 Economics would be a good tequired course.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (HG5Au)

My Econ 101 in college taught me that inflation and unemployment were opposites, and you couldn't have both at once....in the Carter years, when both were at record highs. I learned that Econ was crap.

In later life I did read some real Econ books from sensible people on my own.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:29 PM (8avO+)

195 My daughter mentioned to me that she has never learned to cook but would like to so I ordered her a Deplorable Cookbook. Should be here tomorrow.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 07:24 PM (ndZc7)

_____________________

I fell down the rabbit hole yesterday reading the reviews of that book by the usual suspects here. They're hilarious.

link: https://tinyurl.com/24zakcw6

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 07:29 PM (dIske)

196 Guy Mohawk

Is Diablo girl divorced and available?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:30 PM (u82oZ)

197 149

His weird crashout(s) regarding Pragmata and shoe on head's comments on his Pragmata crashout should have, in any sane world, cost him the last of his audience. Shit, him shocking his dog for wandering out of frame should've gotten him #canceled. But sadly there are vicious, cruel and stupid people who will always flock to someone equally as vicious, cruel and stupid.

Posted by: But this is not a sane world at May 08, 2026 07:19 PM (TbWk/)

Piker insulted half his audience over Pragmata.
Saying incel gamers shouldn't bother thinking about having children because they'll never get a woman, was.... a little short-sighted on his part.

Unless his audience is exclusively LGTBQ+, single female incels, and angry AWFLS, I don't see how he didn't turn off most of the left-wing young men who listen to him with that rant.

ShoeOnHead masterfully gelded him.
She didn't even really have to make an arguement.
She just made a "Can you believe this shit?" face while he gave himself away as a hypocritical, selfish, nihilist, millionaire who hates the world because he couldn't understand why a young man would want to be a father.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:30 PM (6ydKt)

198 Nevertheless
CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

199 That is one point to pound in on.

ISTR Pol Pot killed 75% of the revolutionary supporters.

Likewise Russia and China killed supporters in the second revolution, the who runs the revolution survivor game.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:28 PM (u82oZ)

Ditto for France, several times until old Nappy took over.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:31 PM (8avO+)

200 Twitch's Clancy also seems to love E-girls longest time.

Of course scum will like other scum.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 07:23 PM (2GVsD)

The Morgpie shit is kind of hilarious. I won't say she's the biggest hoe on twitch that is stiff (heh) competition, but i will say this:

Her porn is horrible.

*mic drop*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 07:31 PM (zZu0s)

201 >>ShoeOnHead masterfully gelded him.
She didn't even really have to make an arguement.

She just needed to hold up the clock, like in the Meme.

It was artful.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:31 PM (9y9ek)

202 Economics would be a good required course.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (HG5Au)

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Indeed. Macro, then Micro, then Personal/Family Finances as a start.

And F*ck Keynesian Kommie Economics -- it's the Austrian School or bust ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 07:31 PM (lR5Ug)

203 Make D.C. Square Again!

It isn't even necessary, because there are still two or three more fatal flaws with the redistricting, and IANAL but it looks like courts stop at the first good reason to say 'No'. They don't do a deep dive and explain all of the other reasons too, so if Virginia only 'cures' the first one by trying again after the next election, then they will find out what the second fatal flaw is. And then if they cure that one, then they will find out the third.

But as an operational principle, ramping the pressure up when they're already nonplussed and disorganized is a good way to keep them from regrouping and coming back stronger. So, go for de-retrocession of Alexandria County! Make all those Treacherous Bureaucrats, who imagine themselves to be our masters, live in the city they work in. They *deserve* it.

Posted by: SciVo at May 08, 2026 07:31 PM (Sy6m/)

204 >>The Morgpie shit is kind of hilarious.

That chick looks like a tranny.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:32 PM (9y9ek)

205 Unless his audience is exclusively LGTBQ+, single female incels, and angry AWFLS, I don't see how he didn't turn off most of the left-wing young men who listen to him with that rant.

ShoeOnHead masterfully gelded him.
She didn't even really have to make an arguement.
She just made a "Can you believe this shit?" face while he gave himself away as a hypocritical, selfish, nihilist, millionaire who hates the world because he couldn't understand why a young man would want to be a father.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:30 PM (6ydKt)

I doubt he has 23 women watching him on the regular. He's boilerplate commie, part time terrorist supporter for whichever terrorist is trendy, wearing designer clothes that look like crap most of the time. His supporters are all politically dudes.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:33 PM (8avO+)

206 - it's the Austrian School or bust ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 07:31 PM (lR5Ug)

start with Bastiat.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:34 PM (8avO+)

207 Likewise Russia and China killed supporters in the second revolution, the who runs the revolution survivor game.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:28 PM (u82oZ)

Ditto for France, several times until old Nappy took over.
Posted by: Oldcat---

So, is it a bad idea or not?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 07:34 PM (0ogfQ)

208 En fuego!

Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" at May 08, 2026 07:34 PM (0sNs1)

209 What if we had a letter writing campaign to require
two classes in public schools?

1) Why Communism Fails Every Time Attempted, with Vast Loss of Life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:20 PM (u82oZ)

I think you mistake the audience if you think that the vast loss of life is a bug and not a feature. I used to discuss with leftists and you could get them talking about deathcamps in a matter of minutes, even without making them angry.

Their foolishness is thinking they will be the ones holding the guns and not the ones facing the gunfire.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:24 PM (8avO+)

Communism can best be thought of as an inversion of Christianity: it purports to have Utopian ideals, but requires the commissions of the Sins of Pride, Wrath, Envy and Theft. Since Communists emphasize only the material, they view people as things, and deny their personhood. Thus, the mass slaughter is a feature, not a bug.

Ironically, for a bunch of atheists, they have a spiritual attachment to their ideology. It certainly makes Satan amused.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 08, 2026 07:34 PM (ksbjf)

210 >> His supporters are all politically dudes.

Gay dudes.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:35 PM (9y9ek)

211 I don't belive it's morally wrong to kill communists. It's just bad manners if they aren't doing anything, but not wrong.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 08, 2026 07:35 PM (P4bJX)

212 So, is it a bad idea or not?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 07:34 PM (0ogfQ)

Bad for the idealist revolutionary, or for the world?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 07:36 PM (8avO+)

213 ShainS, one of my customer's husband's told her she could break coconuts with her thighs after having ridden for a couple of years.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 07:29 PM (z2aPa)

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Before I met the wifey (goodness, maybe three decades ago now), she used the old "Thigh Master" (she was into mountain biking); remember those commercials?

Her boyfriend at the time often jokingly referred to her as having "The Thighs of Doom." lol

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 07:37 PM (lR5Ug)

214 Is Diablo girl divorced and available?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:30 PM

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: The four women chasing NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

215 Calzones vary from pizza place to pizza place.
I've had good and bad.
But I like them as much, or more than pizza.
Strombolis aren't bad either.

Only really bad calzone I've had were store-bought in a plastic container from Food Lion. The cheese in it was iffy as they had so much preservatives in it that it was like eating string cheese. Took forever in the oven to properly melt, like double the time on the directions.

I bought two or three of them with different ingredients to see if they were better and finally gave up.

TL;Dr: Only get freshly made calzones from a pizza joint.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:37 PM (6ydKt)

216
A wonderful day.

Bills paid, saw a massive Chihuly glass exhibit, bought the garden annuals, wife happy for the moment, national news favorable and am ready to watch the sun go down over the valley while experimenting with a Rittenhouse Rye based Manhattan.

All that and Weird Dave coming up overnight.

Posted by: Auspex at May 08, 2026 07:39 PM (Y8DZL)

217 She just needed to hold up the clock, like in the Meme.

It was artful.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:31 PM (9y9ek)

Haha.
I forgot about the clock.

I was looking at her grinning and lost my train of thought, probable.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 07:41 PM (6ydKt)

218 >>saw a massive Chihuly glass exhibit

Cool. My ex-GF used to work at his studio in Tucson.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 07:41 PM (9y9ek)

219 We had success in a liberal college town for years. The counterattack by the Left lasted two cycles, failing in the last election cycle.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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I would love to have the opportunity to talk to you about this experience. I have no desire to be pulled into politics but circumstances may determine that I should get involved in my liberal college town. It is encouraging to read that you had success!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 08, 2026 07:41 PM (RkOfE)

220
67 Funniest thing I've read about the Virginia mess. Back when they were hustling the referendum through the assembly both Senators, Warner and Kaine, advised them to go slow and play by the rules. Louise Lucas said she respected them but didn't need advice from the "cuck chair" in the corner. The gerrymandering was overturned and Louise is heading for the big house. Edward G. Robinson voice "where's your cuck now?"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 06:53 PM

-------

Sure sounds like she didn't respect them.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 08, 2026 07:44 PM (dtlw7)

221 84 Prediction: if the Republicans hold the House and the Senate, you are going to see an explosion of urban guerrilla warfare in this country.

Think Baader–Meinhof Gang or the Red Brigades, but with much more popular support than those organizations had.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 08, 2026 07:01 PM (aD4fx)

I don't think so. A lot of their funding has been cut, and whenever they go beyond generically urging other people to violence and threaten it themselves, they get arrested. So they just pine for someone else, with a job and money for a gun and maybe even a girlfriend, will risk it all so they don't have to.

They have the psychopaths who are fully capable of random ultraviolence, but if they were as organized as all that then they could be successful in business instead. This is not a country lacking in opportunities, where capable men have no other recourse or path to success but revolution.

Posted by: SciVo at May 08, 2026 07:50 PM (Sy6m/)

222 "Make it make sense"

About 400AD, after the Romans left Great Britain the Angles, Saxons and the Jutes migrated into the southeastern and middle pareas of the island, bringing their Germanic language with them. The Anglo Saxon language was profoundly shape by the French dialect of the Normans in 1066 AD after William the Conquerer, who had a claim to the crown, invaded and...

...so the words found in decision, written in Modern English, follow that language's vocabulary, grammar and syntax to express the logic and reason found in the underlying law, has a regular and distinct meaning understood by those who are conversant in that language.

Hope this helps.

Posted by: Eric Swallwell at May 08, 2026 07:52 PM (47/pr)

223 The dmorcrats are revolting.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 08, 2026 07:53 PM (P4bJX)

224 OFF YOU STINKY CHINA LOVIN' SOCK!

Posted by: Minuteman at May 08, 2026 07:54 PM (47/pr)

225 "those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable"

STFU and light the fuse, boy.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at May 08, 2026 07:55 PM (pE12i)

226 Not sure that the Democrat gerrymander in Utah will work, actually. They rammed through a "Democrat seat" where it was +28 or so for Kamala. But the Utah Democrat party is running 1) a dicsiple of Nancy Pelosi who proved when he was in Congress he just did what she told him to do. He's the "moderate." 2) A frat bro type who claims that the LDS church is a front for drug cartels and he boasts about going around and literally pooping in church parking lots. Plus he's all about anti-Jews. 3) a Somali Muslim, who actually won the Demorat party convention to be the nominee, and this guy is a clone to the left of Mandami. He's got mandami's policies and Omar's somali roots. That's the candidates Democrats are offering Utah in their new district. The Republicans are offering a sane person. I doubt the Republican will win, but there's a lot of disgust at the Democrats who swore up and down that Utah as a one party Republican state was bad... and now we see what they have to offer. There's a reason Democrats don't win state elections here!

Posted by: SimoHayha at May 08, 2026 07:57 PM (/ZkOF)

227 >>...so the words found in decision, written in Modern English, follow that language's vocabulary, grammar and syntax to express the logic and reason found in the underlying law, has a regular and distinct meaning understood by those who are conversant in that language.

lol

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 07:57 PM (1wjle)

228 "That Cohen guy is seriously one of the ugliest people I've ever seen."

Hey now!!!

Posted by: Patty Murray at May 08, 2026 07:58 PM (pE12i)

229 Crow name suggestions:

'Crowbar'

'Crowzila'

'Crow-magnon'

'Pecktacular'

'Poe Crow'

'Sir-Pecks-Alot'

'Feather Locklear'

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 08:01 PM (6ydKt)

230 SpeakingOf

Bravo!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2026 08:20 PM (u82oZ)

231 182 Organically grown, smartass. No pesticides or crap.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2026 07:24 PM (04KGT)
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Isn't crap an organic fertilizer?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 07:26 PM (gnNyN)

They use "special" pesticides. I know someone who has an orange grove that he grows "organic" to increase profit...he can still use pesticides and fertilizers, but only certain ones.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 08, 2026 09:10 PM (ynpvh)

232 Poor Steve Cohen. First he lost his Jersey Mike's gig to Eli Manning, and now he's gonna lose his congressional seat.

Posted by: tintex at May 08, 2026 09:21 PM (sBl13)

233 I'm glad the decision went the way it did, but not reported in this story is the fact that it was on a 4-3 vote. We got lucky this time, but SCOTCV justices are appointed by the legislature, and given the radical Dems control thereof, expect next appointments to be far left. And the fact remains that, legality notwithstanding, the people of Virginia approved this obscenity as they elected an AG who openly contemplated killing his opponents and their children.

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable." Hasan, you may be right about that, but you've got the sides reversed.

Posted by: Flakey Foont at May 08, 2026 09:37 PM (kvDvI)

234 I must confess that watching Democrats consistently stepping on rakes in the age of Trump 2.0 is like Christmas every week!

Posted by: Tracy at May 08, 2026 11:05 PM (T5UBx)

235 Yes, Virginia, there Is a Gerrymander Clause.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 09, 2026 05:58 PM (FpP3s)

Quick Hits/The Week In Woke Combo Thread

Let us all take a moment to honor the true heroes that built America: Somali who got here in 199fucking9.

#Cult.

The Spencer Pratt ads -- both his own and the ones created by supporters -- are outstanding and true political entertainment.

Spencer Pratt's calm, cool, and well-prepared debate performance is making leftwing shit-blogs like Axios worry about the many-decades bill of Democrat governing incompetence finally coming due.

The two most consequential races in California have devolved into twin spectacles, with years of visible dysfunction hollowing out Democrats' case for competent leadership.
Why it matters: California is the ultimate paradox of Democratic rule. A state of immense wealth, innovation and cultural power is increasingly unable to deliver the basics of housing, public safety and disaster response.
The big picture: Those failures have been building for years.
But COVID and last year's catastrophic fires have transformed long-simmering frustration with California governance into a visceral public indictment of the people running the state -- one now playing out in the races for governor and Los Angeles mayor.

Psst: It's not a "paradox" that socialism turns rich orderly societies into poor chaotic ones. It's happened every single time.

Yes, you will need a photo ID to enter Barack Obama's ugly Soviet Konstuktivist library of lies.

It remains, of course, racist and unconstitutional to require an ID at someplace less grand and important, like a polling station.

I wonder why?

The Washington Post modeled the effects of a law requiring voters to show ID at polling places. Guess what it found?

By the way, you can buy ugly tchotchkies to show your support to the Obama Temple of Ego.

He also wants to sell you communist organizer Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, and black supremacist antisemite Ta-Nehesi Coates' racial provocations.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
6m
BREAKING UPDATE: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen has RESIGNED amid an investigation for having an alleged romantic relationship with the lawyer who argued the Democrats' Utah redistricting case, which she ruled in FAVOR of.

🚨 JUST NOW: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen RESIGNS � the same justice who helped give Democrats +1 Congressional seats out of Utah for the midterms

She's embroiled in a scandal of reportedly having an AFFAIR with an attorney involved in that redistricting case

GOOD� pic.twitter.com/qGmRsnblEJ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 8, 2026

Me-Again is spiraling due to her crash in viewership. She's angry that people are noticing her sudden 180 flip on Islam. She used to say "Islam is not consistent with the western values" and urged Muslims to remain in Muslim countries.

And she used to say: "It's your duty as a Christian to stand and fight it [Islamism].

But then again, this is the same sixth runner-up beauty queen who gushed over little children mutilating themselves with "transgender" surgery only to re-invent herself, Madonna-like, as a firebrand anti-trans crusader.

So of course now she says that anyone who opposes Islam are "Israel Firsters" flooding her with a "torrent of demands" that she "hate Muslims."

Megyn Kelly had Tucker Carlson on her show today to talk about his Muslim viewers and defense of Islam.

Megyn said that yesterday she �received a torrent of demands� from the Israel First people and some conservatives �to hate Muslims�

Tucker says Islam is like Christianity� pic.twitter.com/d15aw1HB7K
— Ally (@AllyJKiss) May 7, 2026

Me-Again and her Cuck Producer Steve Krakauer have a very left-wing response to critics: doxxing threats and doxxing attempts.

Me-Again's soft-focus filter is out-of-control and is now infecting her brain.

Oh, honey. No. https://t.co/pqlRP1rXfq pic.twitter.com/A9uaCkvMc4
— 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠 (@CasuallyGreg) May 7, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

Comments

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1 That's a whole lot of charts and graphs.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2026 05:22 PM (0N4FZ)

2 I LOVE AND ADORE OBAMA'S LIBRARY OF DOOM!

I want it named a Wonder of the World!
Best thing ever!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 05:23 PM (Sco7b)

3 I am enough.

Posted by: fd's Cereal Box Affirmations at May 08, 2026 05:25 PM (vFG9F)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 08, 2026 05:25 PM (LdBR/)

5 I saw the Obama library has a basketball court right in the middle of the mess. Of course it does.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 05:26 PM (abIsI)

6 Vaseline futures are up due to Me-Again.

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 08, 2026 05:26 PM (f1kZG)

7 Strong work this week, Ace.

Why don't you go ahead and finish out the afternoon and then take the rest of the week off.

Posted by: muldoon at May 08, 2026 05:27 PM (I0N4X)

8 The neighbors of the Obama library are mad that he condemned a large park to build that monstrosity. I wonder what they used the park for?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 05:28 PM (abIsI)

9 And remember, when you visit, comment loudly on how the museum cost almost a billion dollars and how the board of directors are rolling in cash.

It'll make the unpaid volunteers feel amazing.

And bring up Obama's sex fantasies with men. Just for laughs. Open some sardines, leave them somewhere in a corner and call it a day.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 05:29 PM (Sco7b)

10 Wait just a second, Muldoon. The work is not done until the paperwork is done.

Posted by: fd - I Am Enough at May 08, 2026 05:29 PM (vFG9F)

11
Say, say, 2000-thousand-thousand, Somali Filth
Oops, out of time
So tonight we're gonna party like it's 19fucking99

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 05:29 PM (lR5Ug)

12 That's a whole lot of charts and graphs.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2026 05:22 PM (0N4FZ)

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It's no ZeroHedge Chart- and Doom-Pr0n ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 05:30 PM (lR5Ug)

13 Does Obama’s tomb feature Obama wearing his bike helmet backwards?

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 08, 2026 05:31 PM (1D2Ie)

14 >>1 That's a whole lot of charts and graphs.

you gotta admit that's better than fucking words to read.

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 05:31 PM (1wjle)

15 I think I should add Spencer Pratt to my prayer list He's a very articulate man with really great presentations on social media, and I am concerned for his safety and that of his family from crazy Dems and their supporters.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 05:31 PM (Yl2Ob)

16 >>>Why don't you go ahead and finish out the afternoon and then take the rest of the week off.

thanks, man!

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 05:32 PM (1wjle)

17 >>>15 I think I should add Spencer Pratt to my prayer list He's a very articulate man with really great presentations on social media, and I am concerned for his safety and that of his family from crazy Dems and their supporters.

did everyone see the "Booga-booga" thing he did? The communist carpetbagger and pro-crime lunatic Nithya Raman was accusing him of being "just a MAGA republican" and the camera panned over to Pratt and he did this quick "I'm a scary booga-booga Ghost Man!" dance in mockery.

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 05:33 PM (1wjle)

18 Oh, honey. No. https://t.co/pqlRP1rXfq pic.twitter.com/A9uaCkvMc4

— 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠 (@CasuallyGreg) May 7, 2026
=====================
KABOOM!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 08, 2026 05:33 PM (WAZlG)

19 no sound, but Nithya Raman the carpetbagging communst just accused him of being a MAGA boogeyman:

https://x.com/AlecLace/status/2052443355678712240

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 05:34 PM (1wjle)

20 Obama’s hideous library looks like a DEI Transformer that turns into a stubby penis

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 08, 2026 05:34 PM (vgiOO)

21 John Candy-esque. House of 3D.

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 05:34 PM (1wjle)

22
Over at Insty, another antifatard is found to be a pedo.

Is antifa solely comprised of trannies and pedophile creeps?

I believe so.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2026 05:34 PM (iJfKG)

23 13 Does Obama’s tomb feature Obama wearing his bike helmet backwards?

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 08, 2026 05:31 PM (1D2Ie)

In the gift shop, next to his weight-lifting videos, the umbrellas, iPods with his speeches and the books telling you how to marry a trophy wife.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 05:34 PM (Sco7b)

24 Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 05:33 PM (1wjle)

I did see the facial expressions. Not sure what it related to but yes, you could tell he was unimpressed by her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 05:34 PM (Yl2Ob)

25 >>>Obama’s hideous library looks like a DEI Transformer that turns into a stubby penis

It doesn't look like the stubby penis *I* know.

Posted by: George Conway the Super-Cuck at May 08, 2026 05:35 PM (1wjle)

26 >>>Is antifa solely comprised of trannies and pedophile creeps?

99%

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 05:35 PM (1wjle)

27 >>did everyone see the "Booga-booga" thing he did? The communist carpetbagger and pro-crime lunatic Nithya Raman was accusing him of being "just a MAGA republican" and the camera panned over to Pratt and he did this quick "I'm a scary booga-booga Ghost Man!" dance in mockery.

That move made him a star. A whole lot of people are tired of being called a Nazi and a racist, even in LA.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 05:36 PM (viF8m)

28 I would totally buy that "courage" dish and serve grits.

Posted by: muldoon at May 08, 2026 05:36 PM (I0N4X)

29 >>you gotta admit that's better than fucking words to read.

In our defense...it is a LOT easier to skip past words than Big Bold Charts and Graphs.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 05:36 PM (9y9ek)

30 I sure hope they put those fake foam columns somewhere in the tomb as well as the the classic President Elect seal. Awesome.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 05:37 PM (abIsI)

31
Islam is pretty much like Christianity if-

Christians worshipped a demonic death god and followed the Seven Deadly Sins instead of the Ten Commandments.

In that case...twinsies!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2026 05:38 PM (iJfKG)

32 You can leave the table when I can see the clown's face on your plate.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 08, 2026 05:38 PM (NYInA)

33 Just got back from my first 50mi ride of the season.

Good ride. Good day...if a bit sunburned for the ordeal.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 05:38 PM (9y9ek)

34 Bonkie Wizz

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)

35 So many more attractive Presidential libraries of Presidents I actually admire I could go visit - such as that of "Silent" Cal Coolidge.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 05:39 PM (Yl2Ob)

36 Obama’s hideous library looks like a DEI Transformer that turns into a stubby penis
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Excuse me,
It is a girthy butt-plug.

Hrumph...

Posted by: Barrack Obama at May 08, 2026 05:40 PM (/lPRQ)

37 Hey, wait just a damn minute here. Every Friday, regardless of my mood, I always see a sudden jump in my blood pressure thanks mostly to the masochistic "Week in Woke" thread.

Every damn week, Ace likes to season my good mood with infuriating Leftist nonsense, and start my weekend off poorly.

Today...I don't feel so bad. The four fingers of Jura Single Malt might be skewing the results. But, what gives. I don't feel like being mean to anyone.

Jeeeesh.

Posted by: A dejected goat at May 08, 2026 05:40 PM (dIske)

38 does the obama place sell 24 hour votive candles with a picture of obama? i used to see ones with fauci in the dollar stores

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 05:41 PM (CWTWj)

39 Obama almost was able to throw a baseball to home plate. He’s a stud.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 08, 2026 05:41 PM (1D2Ie)

40 Spencer Pratt's calm, cool, and well-prepared debate performance is making leftwing shit-blogs like Axios
==

hahahahah!!!

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 05:41 PM (GD0B3)

41 I am surprised Obama did not have a portrait of himself painted on the facade.

Posted by: Ray Stevens at May 08, 2026 05:42 PM (zZu0s)

42 My understanding is that the "study" of New Mexico was done by a leftist group working on the presumption that legit voters would be disenfranchised by ID document requirements and all the other bullshit they say about voter ID. That is how they get that result. So I don't give it any credibility.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 08, 2026 05:42 PM (CNl8/)

43 Islam is as much like Christianity as punching yourself in the nuts with a ball gag, and then chopping your dick off, is like real sex with a hot lady

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 08, 2026 05:42 PM (vgiOO)

44 hese motivational trinket dishes ($20) Designed by a "diverse-owned and woman-owned local business" in Chicago, these delicate porcelain creations are more than just a conversation starter. They are a "token of the strength needed for every step of the journey" on the road to progress.

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Were these by chance made from the remaining bones and canine teeth of Filleted Fidos?

/I saw the Filleted Fidos open for the Stray Cats at The Sanctuary in '82.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 05:42 PM (lR5Ug)

45 39 Obama almost was able to throw a baseball to home plate. He’s a stud.
Posted by: Pudinhead a

He even made my pitch look good.

Posted by: Dr. Fauci at May 08, 2026 05:42 PM (abIsI)

46 The Wizard of Oz gave the cowardly lion a courage dish.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 05:43 PM (Cqx++)

47 30 I sure hope they put those fake foam columns somewhere in the tomb as well as the the classic President Elect seal. Awesome.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 05:37 PM (abIsI)

And oil paintings. Trashy ones. 'Sanford and Son' like quality.

Halo Obama paintings and scratching his nose with the middle finger Obama.

Damn, I am in a good mood tonight. Maybe poutine and horror movies. What the hell...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 05:43 PM (Sco7b)

48 Spencer Pratt seems like a natural at politics, but he really does his homework. I'd bet not 10% of LA voters were aware the Karen Bass(ura) was an actual commie terrorist. That's because Pratt is preaching it. Same with the Indian commie.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 05:43 PM (l26NL)

49 BREAKING UPDATE: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen has RESIGNED amid an investigation for having an alleged romantic relationship with the lawyer who argued the Democrats' Utah redistricting case, which she ruled in FAVOR of.

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Future Georgia Supreme Court Justice Fat Fanni Willis hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 05:44 PM (lR5Ug)

50 You have a bunch demonstrating against voter ID. You roll up with a bullhorn and announce free 40 ouncers, please present ID. Guess what the results are.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 08, 2026 05:45 PM (gm9Sb)

51 Nuxanor does a good job mocking Tucker and his goofy-ass laugh for affect.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 05:45 PM (MtSIY)

52 Me-Again is spiraling due to her crash in viewership. She's angry that people are noticing her sudden 180 flip on Islam.

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Podcastistan will save her!

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 05:46 PM (lR5Ug)

53
A whole lot of people are tired of being called a Nazi and a racist, even in LA.

It's about time GOPe stopped hiding under the bed whenever they are called names.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 05:46 PM (Cqx++)

54 I don’t get the rando isolated references to ‘courage’ and ‘empathy.’ They mean nothing isolation and can be detrimental in certain situations. Empathy for an illegal that raped your daughter? Courage to see the tranny thing all the way through and lop off your junk?

Obama is a gay pussy homosexual retard gimpy simp.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 08, 2026 05:46 PM (vgiOO)

55 Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen has RESIGNED amid an investigation for having an alleged romantic relationship with the lawyer who argued the Democrats' Utah redistricting case, which she ruled in FAVOR of.

Not all whores sell themselves for cash.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2026 05:47 PM (0Htd1)

56 BREAKING UPDATE: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen has RESIGNED amid an investigation for having an alleged romantic relationship with the lawyer who argued the Democrats' Utah redistricting case, which she ruled in FAVOR of.

I've seen photos of her. That lawyer needs glasses.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 05:47 PM (abIsI)

57 First President to attract a fly while on Tee Vee.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 08, 2026 05:47 PM (1D2Ie)

58 Obama's horrid "library" is a base of operations.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2026 05:47 PM (jehhT)

59 33 Just got back from my first 50mi ride of the season.
Good ride. Good day...if a bit sunburned for the ordeal.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 05:38 PM

Great for you.

I used to run a lot. 2 or 3 hours at a time a few times a week but against traffic out to nearby villages and back.

How do you bike with traffic? That would creep the hell out of me. Or are there 50 mile trails?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 05:47 PM (Sco7b)

60 $40 for Rules for Radicals is so on-brand for Obama.

I'm left wondering how long it will be before this place goes bankrupt and has to be bailed out by Chicago, Illinois and the Feds.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)

61 So with her resigning because she clearly should not have been a judge in that case, does that mean the redistricting case gets to be redone?

Posted by: Leupold at May 08, 2026 05:48 PM (eIzlH)

62 BREAKING UPDATE: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen has RESIGNED amid an investigation for having an alleged romantic relationship with the lawyer who argued the Democrats' Utah redistricting case, which she ruled in FAVOR of.

In a sane world that decision would be immediately nullified by the court and everything would be ordered to be restarted. But.......

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2026 05:48 PM (0N4FZ)

63 Obama is a gay pussy homosexual retard gimpy simp.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Well, of course, in my household we consider this the moderate position.

Posted by: Yorkshireman at May 08, 2026 05:48 PM (l26NL)

64 Watch me get the whole thing in my mouth.

Posted by: Camela at May 08, 2026 05:48 PM (vFG9F)

65 52 Me-Again is spiraling due to her crash in viewership. She's angry that people are noticing her sudden 180 flip on Islam.

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~~Podcastistan~~ OF will save her!
Posted by: ShainS

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 05:48 PM (abIsI)

66 Hey, those motivational trinket dishes only work if you cover up the COU with a dollop of mashed potatoes so that RAGE is the only thing visible.

Does he have a dish that spells out NIGGARDLY ?

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 05:49 PM (dIske)

67 I'll say it again I really want the Obama Center to collapse in a heap of rubble at the opening ceremony. See Obama crying and watch Michelle look at him like you little bitch

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 05:49 PM (gu0hJ)

68 James Howard Kunstler’s “Eyesore of the Month” is the proposed “Arc de Trump” before Arlington Cemetery.

I love Trump, but, sometimes, the guy just doesn’t know when to stop.

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 05:50 PM (77rzZ)

69 I don't know what I would put in the "Empathy" dish. Maybe something with a sugar coating.

Or potato peelings.

♫
Woah, woah, woah peelings.

Posted by: muldoon at May 08, 2026 05:50 PM (I0N4X)

70 The decision was unanimous so her vote wouldn't have made a difference.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 08, 2026 05:50 PM (CNl8/)

71
Obama is a gay pussy homosexual retard gimpy simp.
Posted by: Elric the Bladep/i]

He too was an historic FIRST!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 05:50 PM (Cqx++)

72 And trading a political favor for sex is also pretty cheap. The cheap bastard didn't have a twenty dollar bill on him.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2026 05:50 PM (0Htd1)

73 Megyn said that yesterday she “received a torrent of demands” from the Israel First people and some conservatives “to hate Muslims”

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America-First + Pro-Israel + Anti-Islamism =/= Israel First

Straw-Anti-Semite-Man ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 05:50 PM (lR5Ug)

74 >>It's about time GOPe stopped hiding under the bed whenever they are called names.

You'd think more of them would look at Trump and what he's accomplished as the tip of the "Fuck you, next question" movement and learned something.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 05:50 PM (viF8m)

75 BREAKING UPDATE: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen has RESIGNED amid an investigation for having an alleged romantic relationship with the lawyer who argued the Democrats' Utah redistricting case, which she ruled in FAVOR of.

In a sane world that decision would be immediately nullified by the court and everything would be ordered to be restarted. But.......
Posted by: Mister Scott
===

You'd think a rational court would recall the decision and rethink it.

But,
Settled law and judges never makes 'mistakes'.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 05:50 PM (/lPRQ)

76 hussein's center is on ...Stony Island Avenue...

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 05:50 PM (GD0B3)

77 Any Utah people think the new district could go Republican or is it baked in Dem?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 05:51 PM (gu0hJ)

78 I've always thought that monstrosity resembled that big rock all the muslims march around in Mecca. It tracks with the Dogeater.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 05:51 PM (l26NL)

79 >>How do you bike with traffic? That would creep the hell out of me. Or are there 50 mile trails?

...with the knowledge that the one that gets you, you won't hear.

Rural Highways out here can be a bit sketchy, but there are smaller roads that circumnavigate the county that allow me to limit my exposure to 60+ MPH traffic to 2-3 mi max.

I also ride a lot of Gravel and Forest Service Roads mixed in there.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 05:52 PM (9y9ek)

80 It's almost like Tucker, Megyn, and Candace along with Alex Jones and others, have combined forces with their own little podcast network and all they do is cover for each other to keep the cash rolling in.

I don't know all the particulars on this new group but they do all seem to be circling the wagons together.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 05:52 PM (6ydKt)

81 Hey, those motivational trinket dishes only work if you cover up the COU with a dollop of mashed potatoes so that RAGE is the only thing visible.

Does he have a dish that spells out NIGGARDLY ?
Posted by: Orson

A portrait of his adopted ten year old son Trayvon ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 05:53 PM (/lPRQ)

82 I want a motivational dish that reads "obstreperousness"...

Posted by: muldoon at May 08, 2026 05:53 PM (I0N4X)

83 I think it astounds all of us to find how corrupt and clickbait oriented many “right wing influencers” have turned out to be. Obviously they never believed in anything other than getting attention.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 05:53 PM (25Mwa)

84 ...or "sesquipedalianistic"

Posted by: muldoon at May 08, 2026 05:54 PM (I0N4X)

85 I could serve spaghetti noodles.

Posted by: muldoon at May 08, 2026 05:54 PM (I0N4X)

86 I also ride a lot of Gravel and Forest Service Roads mixed in there.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 05:52 PM

You know that's where cocaine bear and his friends hang out right? Just sayin......

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2026 05:54 PM (0N4FZ)

87 Brandon Gill is a FYNQ guy.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 05:55 PM (z2aPa)

88 Because she's young and hot? Has this woman looked in a mirror or checked a calendar? In the immortal words of Lt Uhura to Sulu, "Sorry, neither!"

Posted by: GWB at May 08, 2026 05:56 PM (P35BA)

89 I think it astounds all of us to find how corrupt and clickbait oriented many “right wing influencers” have turned out to be. Obviously they never believed in anything other than getting attention.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 05:53 PM (

Watch the hoe_math video update on Sarah Stock. It pretty much fits how I feel about virtually all of the influencers.

But not ace- he'd never say he's waiting for gay marriage and then cheat.

Posted by: Ray Stevens at May 08, 2026 05:56 PM (zZu0s)

90 I had to show an ID today to pick up a prescription. I had to show an ID to check in at the Dr's office. So the demonrats are telling us that the illegal brown people and the blacks never go to the Dr. Or the pharmacy? They are so stupid it hurts.

Posted by: Megthered at May 08, 2026 05:56 PM (eLisJ)

91 I also ride a lot of Gravel and Forest Service Roads mixed in there.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 05:52 PM (9y9ek)

Great for you. That would creep the hell out of me. I was always against traffic. And 50 miles is very impressive.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 05:56 PM (Sco7b)

92 Well that could be a blow to Candace's grift. The judge in the trial of Kirk's assassin just ruled that cameras will be allowed during the trial.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 05:56 PM (viF8m)

93 I'll say it again I really want the Obama Center to collapse in a heap of rubble at the opening ceremony.

------------

Trump, Hegseth, and RFK, Jr. could justify said destruction as a major necessary step in halting the likely subsequent Chitcago-based pandemic outbreak of MonkeyPox.

/"Nip it in the bud!" -- Barney Fife

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 05:57 PM (lR5Ug)

94 The Tucker and Me-Again content has gone 180degs off the rail.

I feel like I need to take off my shoes because I stepped in dog shit.

They both have such big brains.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 08, 2026 05:57 PM (D1E+2)

95 I said the other day that the Trump Presidential Resort and Casino is going to be built on time and under budget and will be ten times more glorious than Obama's eyesore.

It will also pay for itself ten times over.

There's no way Obama's Presidential Center will ever pay for itself if that's what they're selling in the gift shop.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 05:57 PM (gnNyN)

96 unable to deliver the basics of housing

Ummm, the state doesn't deliver "the basics of" housing. It shouldn't, and in the places where it has tried, it has failed. The market provides housing.

Posted by: GWB at May 08, 2026 05:58 PM (P35BA)

97 Obama is a gay pussy homosexual retard gimpy simp.
Posted by: Elric the Bladep/i]

He too was an historic FIRST!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 05:50 PM (Cqx++)
——

[golf clap]

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 08, 2026 05:58 PM (vgiOO)

98 The Hermitage is on my list of stuff to visit soon. I bet it's cool AF unlike that mincing queen's Sodomobelisk.

Posted by: Simple Jackerie at May 08, 2026 05:59 PM (BI5O2)

99 So that attorney must if spent a lot of time in the judge's briefs

Posted by: Diogenes at May 08, 2026 05:59 PM (2WIwB)

100 The last three decades ... back to the 90s ... has been about loudly declaring that everything we know about groups isn't true.

And that's not my original thought. I copied it from here. But its true.

Stereotypes exist for a reason. Because groups act collectively. Always have. Always will.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 05:59 PM (cbDdE)

101 Want some proof that Nick Fuentes is an Op? Today, the NY Times has a big feature entitled " Can They Build 'America First' without Nick Fuentes."

The NY Times is the preferred dumping ground for the NSA and the State Department.

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 05:59 PM (dIske)

102 Garret just likes to wear spandex shorts and meet other bikers.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 08, 2026 05:59 PM (1D2Ie)

103 just saw this, from fox news:

Michigan's attorney general, a Democrat, announced 16 felony charges against major Democratic donor Fay Beydoun on Wednesday, alleging that she used a $20 million state grant to enrich herself.

State records cited by investigators said Beydoun's company received an initial $10 million deposit on April 1, 2023, from a $20 million state grant intended to attract more business activity to Michigan. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel alleges Beydoun instead used grant funds for personal enrichment, including maintaining a $550,000 annual salary.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 05:59 PM (CWTWj)

104 re 101: i saw that fuentes came out as a democrat, his big issue being hostility to israel

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 06:01 PM (CWTWj)

105 I read it turned into this monstrosity because Obama started redrawing the architect’s work and this was the result.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 06:01 PM (hftzA)

106 I mean Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, of course. Not that tumbledown tarpaper shack in the Land of the Bearfuckers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2026 06:01 PM (BI5O2)

107 I also ride a lot of Gravel and Forest Service Roads mixed in there.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 05:52 PM (9y9ek)

I had no idea Vespa made a long-travel shock and off-road tire kit.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 06:01 PM (cbDdE)

108 I seem to recall there are also massive issues with stability due to shitty concrete.

Posted by: Ray Stevens at May 08, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)

109 90 I had to show an ID today to pick up a prescription. I had to show an ID to check in at the Dr's office. So the demonrats are telling us that the illegal brown people and the blacks never go to the Dr. Or the pharmacy? They are so stupid it hurts.

Posted by: Megthered at May 08, 2026 05:56 PM (eLisJ)

Imagine being a black democrat.
Not only is your preferred party saying you're too stupid to get an ID, but also, if you're not actually stupid, you realize they're only lying about you being stupid so they can allow illegal aliens to vote.

That's like double-betrayal and it's worked to prevent national Voter ID for like three decades.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:02 PM (6ydKt)

110 and again re 101: "yes we can" (tip of the hat to that guy with that really hideous library)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 06:02 PM (CWTWj)

111 Amazon sells Rules for Radicals (paperback) for $9.91.

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2026 06:03 PM (5rh/l)

112 I read it turned into this monstrosity because Obama started redrawing the architect’s work and this was the result.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 06:01 PM (hftzA)
——

So Obama turned the building into a stubby penis? Very on brand, I must say.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 08, 2026 06:03 PM (vgiOO)

113 Make sure the new TPS reports are in before you leave.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 06:03 PM (n5tGW)

114 All of us who were litigators at Jones Day in the early oughts knew Megyn's reputation for fucking partners to advance her career. Not all of us saw her tits (but some did).

Posted by: Benedick at May 08, 2026 06:04 PM (0hiXS)

115 “received a torrent of demands” from the Israel First people and some conservatives “to hate Muslims”

Tee-hee, you're not rid of us yet!

Posted by: SPLC at May 08, 2026 06:04 PM (DsA2n)

116 Karen Bass is one of those ridiculously unqualified for any job besides check-out lady at the national grocery store.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 08, 2026 06:04 PM (aZm/F)

117 There's no way Obama's Presidential Center will ever pay for itself if that's what they're selling in the gift shop.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 05:57 PM (gnNyN)

I'm thinking it will get decent attendance for several years, and at that point everybody who wanted to see it will have seen it.

Then it will only be good for Chicago schoolchildren on field trips and renting it out for events.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:05 PM (6ydKt)

118 108 I seem to recall there are also massive issues with stability due to shitty concrete.
Posted by: Ray Stevens at May 08, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s

Please let that be true!

I hope it eventually leans right.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 06:05 PM (Sco7b)

119 I also ride a lot of Gravel and Forest Service Roads mixed in there.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 05:52 PM (9y9ek)

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I recently learned this (can't believe I'd never read or heard before) after meeting a neighbor on a nearby hiking trail (we're both ex-Marathon runners): your calves are like a second heart; and similarly to the way your heart is the pump for your circulatory vascular system, your calves are a critical extrinsic pump for your circulatory lymphatic system -- AKA the venous muscle pump.

Your lymphatic system relies on skeletal muscle contractions to propel lymph fluid against gravity and hydrostatic pressure, particularly from the lower extremities back toward the heart.

[I'm sure Dr. Muldoon and maybe even garrett can confirm and/or expound ...]

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 06:07 PM (lR5Ug)

120 104 nice to see a fag who cares about more than buggery

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 08, 2026 06:08 PM (wBaIH)

121 "a token of the strength needed for every step of the journey on the road to progress"

-

That says literally nothing. Why is the left so full of frothy statements that have no meaning whatsoever?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 08, 2026 06:09 PM (0U5gm)

122 I remember those halcyon days of yore, when I would get this kind of attention from Mr. O'Spades.

Posted by: James "Jim" Acosta at May 08, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1)

123 101 Want some proof that Nick Fuentes is an Op? Today, the NY Times has a big feature entitled " Can They Build 'America First' without Nick Fuentes."

The NY Times is the preferred dumping ground for the NSA and the State Department.

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 05:59 PM (dIske)

I saw a clip from him the other day declaring he'll vote Democrat again, hopes they win Congress and all of Trump's "corruption" is exposed.

The only people who seem to think Fuentes is "America First" are himself, the NY Times, and the tens of thousands of young men he attracts who blame the joos and women for everything wrong with their lives.

The NYT is just stirring shit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:09 PM (6ydKt)

124 I also ride a lot of Gravel

Is that what they're calling it now?

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at May 08, 2026 06:10 PM (abIsI)

125 I seem to recall there are also massive issues with stability due to shitty concrete.

Posted by: Ray Stevens at May 08, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)

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Please tell me that the ChiComms recently paid their monthly "Obama Tribute" in cement instead of gold ... lie to me if you must.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 06:10 PM (lR5Ug)

126 Amazon sells Rules for Radicals (paperback) for $9.91.

You should just be able to go to B&N and steal a copy, right? That would be totally on-brand.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 08, 2026 06:10 PM (a/CMI)

127 AI ad for Spencer Pratt, must see !!

https://tinyurl.com/5eku8eth

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 06:10 PM (GD0B3)

128
So the demonrats are telling us that the illegal brown people and the blacks never go to the Dr. Or the pharmacy?

That's why we need single-payer with no ID required.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 06:11 PM (Cqx++)

129 I remember those halcyon days of yore, when I would get this kind of attention from Mr. O'Spades.
Posted by: James "Jim" Acosta at May 08, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1)

There have been a few. Jonah. Oh... what's his name at HotAir.

All bete noires who burned brightly, but eventually guttered out.

Posted by: Ray Stevens at May 08, 2026 06:11 PM (zZu0s)

130 I'm thinking it will get decent attendance for several years, and at that point everybody who wanted to see it will have seen it.

Then it will only be good for Chicago schoolchildren on field trips and renting it out for events.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:05 PM (6ydKt)
----
It'll collapse under its own shoddy construction by then...Hopefully before it takes out a busload of schoolchildren.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 06:11 PM (gnNyN)

131 116 Karen Bass is one of those ridiculously unqualified for any job besides check-out lady at the national grocery store.
___

Pratt has a 5 min video detailing Karen's commie background. He calls her by her real name Karen Basura and really gives it the latino accent treatment - Bass-ooo-rr(trill)-a

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2026 06:11 PM (Dv3i1)

132 /off comedy song stylist sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:12 PM (zZu0s)

133 Allah pundit.

I am trying to remember more. There have been a few over the years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:12 PM (zZu0s)

134 I also ride a lot of Gravel and Forest Service Roads mixed in there.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 05:52 PM (9y9ek)

RAGBRAI, the annual bike ride across Iowa, goes on a lot of blacktops. The route varies every year, but the organizers try not to clog up highways too much.

Posted by: pookysgirl has lived in a "host town" at least four times at May 08, 2026 06:12 PM (Wt5PA)

135 That says literally nothing. Why is the left so full of frothy statements that have no meaning whatsoever?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 08, 2026 06:09 PM (0U5gm)

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Meaningless Lives --> Meaningless Slogans

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 06:13 PM (lR5Ug)

136 126 Amazon sells Rules for Radicals (paperback) for $9.91.

You should just be able to go to B&N and steal a copy, right? That would be totally on-brand.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 08, 2026 06:10 PM (a/CMI)

You can get a PDF copy for free on the internet every day of the week.

I can't imagine paying $40 for that book.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:13 PM (6ydKt)

137 127 AI ad for Spencer Pratt, must see !!

https://tinyurl.com/5eku8eth
Posted by: runner

I leared that the DSA is for Democrat Socialists of America. I did not know that.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2026 06:14 PM (Dv3i1)

138 Is it true hard-core bikers shave their legs to avoid infection or was my buddy in college just gay? (As I told him at the time.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:14 PM (zZu0s)

139 ShainS, strong calves are a direct benefit from riding horses.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 06:14 PM (z2aPa)

140 Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 06:10 PM

Yes, that’s a very good ad. I suppose this will be the advent of AI political ads.

,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 06:14 PM (8Xy/A)

141 104 re 101: i saw that fuentes came out as a democrat, his big issue being hostility to israel
Posted by: gnats local 678
======
He revealed himself to be a Democrat. That is what he always was--gay hispanic male that hated Jews. He started with that shit before 2018 btw.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:14 PM (E4rtv)

142 U.S. Completes Transfer of Venezuela’s Enriched Uranium to South Carolina.

Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2026 06:14 PM (Z1jPf)

143 I can't imagine paying $40 for that book.

Ranks right up there with Sun Tzu. Here - let me make a short book full of obvious crap. The masses will love it.

I should write Clue Bats Rules for Investors. Buy Low. Sell High. The End.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 06:15 PM (cbDdE)

144 Spencer Pratt is still running third behind two lunatics who would change nothing.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2026 06:15 PM (YwEeS)

145 Rules for Radicals can be boiled down to "be a scumbag with no morals or ethics and do everything you can to seize and maintain power"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 06:15 PM (gu0hJ)

146
I saw the Obama library has a basketball court right in the middle of the mess. Of course it does.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 05:26 PM (abIsI)

Also known by the construction crew as "The Brick Factory".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 08, 2026 06:15 PM (y9nCu)

147 ShainS, strong calves are a direct benefit from riding horses.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 06:14 PM (z2aPa)

Getting up and down and maintaining balance in the saddle? Makes sense.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:16 PM (zZu0s)

148 Pratt has a 5 min video detailing Karen's commie background. He calls her by her real name Karen Basura

For real? I can see why she'd change it.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 08, 2026 06:16 PM (a/CMI)

149
Obama is a gay pussy homosexual retard gimpy simp.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 08, 2026 05:46 PM (vgiOO)

You lie! He is NOT a retard!

Posted by: The Donks at May 08, 2026 06:16 PM (y9nCu)

150 Garrett dirt roaded by Miss Lindsey

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 08, 2026 06:16 PM (wBaIH)

151 Busies is the Spanish word for “garbage” but yes. I does spell out her decades of work with Castro and communism.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 06:17 PM (8Xy/A)

152 It'll collapse under its own shoddy construction by then...Hopefully before it takes out a busload of schoolchildren.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 06:11 PM (gnNyN)

Initially budgeted: $300 million.
Final projected cost: $850 million.

That's what unions, minority contractors and minority suppliers gets you in Chicago.

I'll never see it in person for sure, unless the Dems turn it into a prison one day and send me there for subversive action against the revolution.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:17 PM (6ydKt)

153 Garrett dirt roaded by Miss Lindsey
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 08, 2026 06:16 PM (wBaIH)

Our gay jokes are getting obvious guys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:17 PM (zZu0s)

154 That says literally nothing. Why is the left so full of frothy statements that have no meaning whatsoever?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 08, 2026 06:09 PM (0U5gm)

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Meaningless Lives --> Meaningless Slogans
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 06:13 PM (lR5Ug)
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It's all part of their magical thinking. They literally believe that if you just mouth the right incantations, say the right words in the right way, you can change the world to your desired outcome.

It's why they are always so keen on "messaging." The policy can NEVER be wrong, so they have to keep changing their "message" until their incantation yields the correct result.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 06:17 PM (gnNyN)

155 Virginia

https://tinyurl.com/bbmxn2pe

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 06:18 PM (l26NL)

156 Spelling error-“Basura”

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 06:18 PM (8Xy/A)

157 Somalians been pilfering since they got here

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 06:18 PM (Ia/+0)

158 Aetius, maintaining body control of the horse. Right turn , left leg pressure and so on.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 06:18 PM (z2aPa)

159 The only people who seem to think Fuentes is "America First" are himself, the NY Times, and the tens of thousands of young men he attracts who blame the joos and women for everything wrong with their lives.

The NYT is just stirring shit.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

When your pal is Sneako, the future terror bomber Islamist, that tells you he was never on the level anyway. My guess, is like Qatarlson and now Me-Again, he was bought by Muzzies and Deep Staters years ago.

And his other buddy was the wretched pos Milo who snuck him into the Trump White House in exile at Mar a Lago causing some negative press hits. Milo gravitated to MTG as her social media director and now being cut loose, took up with Candace Owens and co. Probably to pay for his drug use. These creeps were never on our side in the first place---good riddance to both of them.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:18 PM (E4rtv)

160
Pratt has a 5 min video detailing Karen's commie background. He calls her by her real name Karen Basura

Karen Trash?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 06:19 PM (Cqx++)

161 22
Over at Insty, another antifatard is found to be a pedo.

Is antifa solely comprised of trannies and pedophile creeps?

I believe so.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2026 05:34 PM (iJfKG)

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YES,

here is why... when you get busted for diddling little boys and girls, you have to register annually as a sex offender unless you change addresses, then you have to register again within 15 days. This makes you an outcast as well as unemployable. To counter this, the freaks create their own groups and businesses that are comprised almost entirely of freaks and weirdos. They all meld into a very similar kind of gross.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 08, 2026 06:19 PM (IurJ0)

162 Wonder if the dead can go to the Obama prison, tjey can vote so why not?

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 06:20 PM (Ia/+0)

163 "WaPo did a study projecting the impact of a "proof of citizenship" mandate for national elections. Trump would've won New Mexico!"

The 2nd Congressional race in 2020 was won by a Republican 53.7% to 46.3%. Can't have that in a Communist blue state can we.

The 2022 race was won by a Democrat 50.3% to 49.6% (or exactly 350 votes for those keeping score) that included a stunning come from behind win that included taking a few key precincts days after election day, something like 85% to 15% if I recall correctly and I mostly do.

Those precincts were all located in a part of Las Cruces where the cops spend a disproportionate amount of time hauling people off to jail for offensives that include drugs, domestic violence, felons in possession of firearms, failure to appear, theft, robbery, etc. Remarkably, these "voters", in between committing civic mayhem, were able to find the time to make sure a Democrat won that election.

Some people still call that a stolen election. I call it an example of an exuberant electorate doing election stuff.

To make sure that the Democrats wouldn't have to deal with that again they promptly redistricted the Republican part of existence.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at May 08, 2026 06:20 PM (glnUu)

164 It's why they are always so keen on "messaging." The policy can NEVER be wrong, so they have to keep changing their "message" until their incantation yields the correct result.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Yep. Results don't matter to them, same as other true Commies, what matters is thinking and signalling correctly to the other peeps in the cause aka woke. Also results in eternal activism as they gravitate to whatever controversies exist in society simply to feel some meaning in their pointless lives. Substitute for religion.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:20 PM (E4rtv)

165 Say what you will about the limeys, this guy knows his Macbeth.

https://tinyurl.com/53rv2vc3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 06:21 PM (ndZc7)

166 So what's the bathhouse at the 0bama Library going to be like.

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: logprof at May 08, 2026 06:21 PM (jo6FO)

167 The only people who seem to think Fuentes is "America First" are himself, the NY Times, and the tens of thousands of young men he attracts who blame the joos and women for everything wrong with their lives.

You still have Texans who think Dan Crenshaw is severely conservative.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 06:22 PM (cbDdE)

168 I seeem to recall there are also massive issues with stability due to shitty concrete.
Posted by: Ray Stevens

The Chicago way

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 08, 2026 06:23 PM (b8J4P)

169 I am enough.
Posted by: fd's Cereal Box Affirmations

Wouldn't that mean you should skip the cereal today, tubby?

Posted by: mikeski's Cereal Box Replies at May 08, 2026 06:23 PM (VHUov)

170 I've seen photos of her. That lawyer needs glasses.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Zealous representation of your client is not pretty.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 06:24 PM (ndZc7)

171 The Chicago way
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 08, 2026 06:23 PM (b8J4P)

Odds on dead bodies?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s)

172 Never, ever, ever underestimate the degree of mental illness the lefties have.

And when you're talking antifa or trans rights dipshits the mental illness definitely leans pedo.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 08, 2026 06:24 PM (aZm/F)

173 >>RAGBRAI, the annual bike ride across Iowa, goes on a lot of blacktops. The route varies every year, but the organizers try not to clog up highways too much.

I rode that in 92, I think. Might have been 93. Fun ride. So many riders, though.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 06:24 PM (9y9ek)

174 Nood. Virginia reaction stream.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s)

175
Obama's library looks like a Nazi anti-aircraft bunker in Berlin.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 08, 2026 06:24 PM (P4bJX)

176 YES,

here is why... when you get busted for diddling little boys and girls, you have to register annually as a sex offender unless you change addresses, then you have to register again within 15 days. This makes you an outcast as well as unemployable. To counter this, the freaks create their own groups and businesses that are comprised almost entirely of freaks and weirdos. They all meld into a very similar kind of gross.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
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And is why the death penalty or life in prison without parole is the way to 'fix' pedophiles and rapists. They don't want to be 'fixed' is why.

Society needs to do that not only to punish them for the present crime but to prevent future victims which is something that the commies are actually incapable of understanding--it is never root causes, 'oppression', or whatever their current claim du jour is.

The root cause is that the pervert rapists do it because they enjoy it, it gives them kicks to do it, and they will continue to do it unless put in prison for life (perhaps not then), or put to death.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:25 PM (E4rtv)

177 I used to run a lot. 2 or 3 hours at a time a few times a week but against traffic out to nearby villages and back.

How do you bike with traffic? That would creep the hell out of me. Or are there 50 mile trails?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 05:47 PM (Sco7b)

There are some fire trails in the hills in CA that go on for miles you can bike on or hike. In the Midwest you were almost always on a road.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 06:27 PM (8avO+)

178 Moar Spencer!

https://tinyurl.com/37wens89

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 06:27 PM (l26NL)

179 >>I recently learned this (can't believe I'd never read or heard before) after meeting a neighbor on a nearby hiking trail (we're both ex-Marathon runners): your calves are like a second heart; and similarly to the way your heart is the pump for your circulatory vascular system, your calves are a critical extrinsic pump for your circulatory lymphatic system -- AKA the venous muscle pump.

I did not know this...but it makes sense that other major muscle groups aid in circulatory efficiency.

I will say that the Horse Riding Ladies on the local trail are not at all shy about their affinity for a well turned calf on a man. I get a lot of compliments from them.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2026 06:27 PM (9y9ek)

180 That whole "Learing" center thing's not a typo.

https://tinyurl.com/yvat2umf

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 08, 2026 06:28 PM (3ImbR)

181 obama's ugly tower is a symbol of his towering narcissism. He is forcing you to notice it, and thus him. If it were a one or two story building, you could drive past without even looking at it. But that's not good enough for the jug-eared fuckstick. YOU WILL BE MADE TO LOOK AT IT.

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 06:29 PM (ZxPkt)

182 These creeps were never on our side in the first place---good riddance to both of them.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 06:18 PM (E4rtv)

You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:31 PM (6ydKt)

183 Obama Tower is Soviet architecture

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 06:32 PM (Ia/+0)

184 I'm thinking it will get decent attendance for several years, and at that point everybody who wanted to see it will have seen it.

Then it will only be good for Chicago schoolchildren on field trips and renting it out for events.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 06:05 PM (6ydKt)

Nobody in Chicago who doesn't live there will go there. I used to live on the South Side and had to bike down that way to rent a car when I needed one in grad school.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 06:32 PM (8avO+)

185 Keep in mind that Tucker, Megan, and Fuentes are an op by the GOPe as much as anything.

They are a failsafe to dispirit conservatives; divide and depress.

They were so confident that it is working that they believed there "reasonable" Republican would win in IN.

Should have taken the deal, Thune--Cornyn for the SAVE Act.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 06:35 PM (MtSIY)

186 It's his monument, to himself.

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 06:37 PM (ZxPkt)

187 'Ubama Liberry'
-Chcago's Orthanc

Posted by: Eromero at May 08, 2026 06:38 PM (LHPAg)

188 Don Black that is best explanation possible

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 06:40 PM (Ia/+0)

189
9 And remember, when you visit, comment loudly on how the museum cost almost a billion dollars and how the board of directors are rolling in cash.

It'll make the unpaid volunteers feel amazing.

And bring up Obama's sex fantasies with men. Just for laughs. Open some sardines, leave them somewhere in a corner and call it a day.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 05:29 PM

------

Not so fast. Oysters work better than sardines.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 08, 2026 06:43 PM (azNOR)

190 Thanks
have a nice day

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 06:46 PM (ZxPkt)

191 Does Taqiyya Tucker only have one shirt?

I wish these podcasters would sit in little rooms for echo chambers with an audience of one: themselves.

I never liked TuckCuck but did like Megyn in the distant past of when I watched TV news in 2012.

Will she flip again is the only question I have left for her.

It must be awful to be them plus Popeye Candace.
*Looney Tune Music plays*

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 07:16 PM (WONhk)

192
How do you bike with traffic? That would creep the hell out of me. Or are there 50 mile trails?

There are many more trails open for bikes now than there were fifty years ago. The bikes for those, of course, are trail bikes. Were I still riding, I would do trail riding around here.

Here in Delaware, nearly all roads that are not designated highways have almost no shoulder and locations where you can pull over when motor vehicular traffic becomes too intense.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 07:32 PM (xG4kz)

193 Does Obama's monument have a bathhouse in it?

Posted by: Biergood at May 08, 2026 07:48 PM (PwgSL)

194 Test post

Posted by: Wifey of ShainS at May 08, 2026 07:51 PM (KR4PD)

195 Test 3

Posted by: Wifey of ShainS at May 08, 2026 07:53 PM (5GWDq)

196 The Obama Library will include a kiosk where you can print your own birth certificate.

Posted by: Do at May 08, 2026 08:57 PM (UW/Lk)

DOJ Will Denaturalize 12 Cultural Enrichment Officers Who Lied About Their War Crimes and Support for Terrorism

But what about looting and pillaging?

DOJ Moves To Denaturalize Alleged Terrorists And War Criminals

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is moving to denaturalize 12 individuals for offenses and allegations including providing material support to terrorism, war crimes and sexual abuse of a minor, the Daily Caller has learned.
The DOJ is expected to announce on Friday that it is filing denaturalizing actions against 12 individuals, originally from Iraq, Colombia, Morocco, Somalia, Gambia, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Kenya, India, China and Nigeria.

The Cultural Enrichment Officers are all from a diverse array of races which makes this very, very racist.

Ali Yousif Ahmed, a native of Iraq, is one of the individuals the DOJ says they are taking action against. Ahmed came to the U.S. in 2009, claiming his family was attacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists in Iraq. Ten years later, Iraq asked the U.S. to extradite Ahmed to Iraq, claiming he was facing criminal charges for the premeditated murder of two Iraqi police officers in 2006.
"Upon further investigation, United States learned that, in 2015, Ahmed illegally procured his naturalization, which warrants his denaturalization, because he lied under oath about his criminal and family history when he sought admission to the United States and naturalized as a U.S. citizen," a document on the denaturalization process and shared with the Caller read.

Khalid Ouazzani, a native of Morocco, applied for U.S. citizenship in 2005 and then again a year later, according to the DOJ. Ouazzani was allegedly "planning--with two men later convicted of trying to bomb the New York Stock exchange--ways to support AlQaida" in 2003. Then after being naturalized, Ouazzani pleaded guilty to sending al-Qaida tens of thousands of dollars with money he had fraudulently obtained Ouazzani also took a pledge of pledge of allegiance in 2008 to al-Qaida.
The DOJ is also looking to strip Baboucarr Mboob, a native of Gambia, of his naturalization, claiming he was involved in war crimes, the Caller learned. Mboob was a military police officer in the Gambian army and participated in the execution of six officers following the orders from his commanding officer who believed were victims in plotting a counter-coup against then President Yahya Jammeh, according to the DOJ.
Mboob concealed his involvement in the war crimes during the naturalization process, but later admitted to executing his fellow officers, the DOJ told the Caller.

Say, Ilhan "Omar's" father is a war criminal and genocidal warlord, isn't he?

Meanwhile, a Cultural Enrichment Officer who thinks you're a racist and are not accepting enough of her and her culture organized a "Muslims Only" day at a waterpark.

Hmm, does that mean we can arrange a No-Muslims Day?

No, right?

Oh did I mention the waterpark in question is taxpayer funded?

A "Muslim only" event at a taxpayer-funded Texas water park has been canceled following criticism and threats by Gov. Greg Abbott to pull public safety grants.
A local Islamic group had rented out the Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark in Grand Prairie for its annual Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) "Epic Eid" celebration on June 1.
Representatives for both the water park and the city of Grand Prairie sent the following statement to Fox News Digital on Wednesday evening confirming the event is canceled:
"After further review and in the best interest of the City of Grand Prairie, the June 1 EID event at Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark has been canceled."

And did I forget to mention that this Economic Powerhouse Who Built Our Country happens to own her very own "learing center"?

And yes, she spelled it that way.

And while this isn't being reported -- I'm 100% certain that the Excellence Early Learing Center is paid for by government funds.

The head of a Texas Islamic group that rented out a taxpayer-funded waterpark for an event that was advertised as "Muslim only" runs a childhood education center with the exact same unfortunate 'Learing Center' typo first seen at an infamous daycare in Minneapolis.

The "Excellence Early Learing Center," as its misspelled website header reads -- located in the Fort Worth suburb of Hurst -- offers a variety of programs for youngsters from infants to pre-K, and promises to provide children with "the loving, personal care that they need to thrive and feel confident."
The center boasts "multiculturalism, small classroom sizes, healthy eating and a warm, loving environment that feels like home" and staff with degrees in "education, accounting, biology, pharmacology, science, nursing and mathematics from their home countries."
Its owner, head operator and curriculum designer is Aminah Knight, who boasts a master's degree fro the University of Southern California and a doctorate from Vanderbilt University.
Earlier this week, Knight and her DFW Epic Eid organization drew massive criticism for a flyer advertising an event at Epic Waters in Grand Prairie billed as "Muslim only" and requiring modest swimsuits for all attendees.
Epic Waters, a sprawling, 80,000-square-feet indoor waterpark opened in 2017 at a cost of $88 million -- funded by a 0.25% sales tax hike residents approved at the ballot box in 2014.
The FAQ for the third-annual event, which was being held to celebrate the Muslim holiday Eid, initially proclaimed "the entire waterpark has been exclusively reserved for Muslims."

Make sure you�re sitting down for this�

The organizer of the �Muslims only� waterpark event in Texas�

Also runs a LEARING CENTER

You literally cannot make this stuff up pic.twitter.com/64bbU7FqYo
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 8, 2026

I asked the Muslim-only waterpark event organizer about her Learing Center.

She wasn�t happy. 🤷🏻‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/nY7Qq758Im
— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) May 8, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:15 PM

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1 1st

Posted by: GF at May 08, 2026 04:17 PM (iVUs+)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:18 PM (Zz0t1)

3 Make sure you�re sitting down for this�

The organizer of the �Muslims only� waterpark event in Texas�

Also runs a LEARING CENTER

==

whoa! what a coincidence! does he drive a Bentley by chance??

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 04:18 PM (GD0B3)

4 But diversity is our strength!

Posted by: ACLU at May 08, 2026 04:18 PM (KtOUo)

5 I asked the Muslim-only waterpark event organizer about her Learing Center.

She wasn�t happy. 🤷🏻‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/nY7Qq758Im

— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) May 8, 2026

==

the vid should come with a fkng WARNING! geez, there only so much fugly my eyes can manage in 24 hours!

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (GD0B3)

6 Ilhan Noor should be a slam dunk but no one has the balls.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (4NO2D)

7 Poop in the pool day?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (g6DiO)

8 [Reprising my comment from the prior thread:]

Fuck Denaturalization. I want Blood and Executions ... but mostly Executions.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:20 PM (lR5Ug)

9 Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom did his best to insult several Southern states in a social media post Thursday.

“Confederate states are rushing through rigged maps to erase Black districts off the map,” Newsom wrote above a map demonstrating the possible effects of redistricting in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2026 04:20 PM (RHGPo)

10 Blut und Boden.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 04:20 PM (g6DiO)

11 An we send her back as well?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 04:20 PM (Yl2Ob)

12 Lum has been NOOD'ed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (Zz0t1)

13 Have you ever seen a size Mboob?

Posted by: Chainsaw at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (p7g/X)

14 6 Ilhan Noor should be a slam dunk but no one has the balls.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (4NO2D)

=======

I do believe there has been word of DOJ investigations into her involvement with the Feeding Friends fraud.

Combine that with the 12 denaturalizations above.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (c3FgC)

15 F*cking muslhams steal enough damn money from us, they should be able to pay for their own damn waterpark day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (Zz0t1)

16 "Say, Ilhan "Omar's" father is a war criminal and genocidal warlord, isn't he?"

Her Father-in-Law, too!

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (w/O5Q)

17 maybe they're just leaning and leaning

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (CWTWj)

18 9 Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom did his best to insult several Southern states in a social media post Thursday.

“Confederate states are rushing through rigged maps to erase Black districts off the map,” Newsom wrote above a map demonstrating the possible effects of redistricting in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2026 04:20 PM (RHGPo)

======

Why didn't he include Virginia?

The new VA map (now struck) diluted black districts in favor of AWFL districts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:22 PM (c3FgC)

19 Muslims as much as I read are out to rob and scam non Muslims according to their Koran

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)

20 So, is "Learing Center" not just a misspelling, but also some Muzloid thing we don't know about?

Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 04:22 PM (iXqHn)

21 The "Excellence Early Learing Center"

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"WE NAMED IT AFTER A CONFEDERATE GENERAL WAR HERO NAMED JUBAL, H8RS!"

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:22 PM (lR5Ug)

22 "Say, Ilhan "Omar's" father is a war criminal and genocidal warlord, isn't he?"

Her Father-in-Law, too!
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM

ISWYDT

and I snorted out loud

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:22 PM (4NO2D)

23 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (Zz0t1)

LOL. Good point though!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 04:22 PM (Yl2Ob)

24 Have you ever seen a size Mboob?
Posted by: Chainsaw

I'm right here, you know.
-- Nancy Pelosi

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

25 Jewball Early?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 04:23 PM (g6DiO)

26 I think it was Sweden that recently banned the use of "Islamaphobia" as it's just a Muslim Brotherhood term they insisted on to prevent any and all criticism of islam.

See, you're "islamaphobic" because you think 40 year old men ought not rape 9 year old girls.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 04:24 PM (MtSIY)

27 Iraq, Colombia, Morocco, Somalia, Gambia, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Kenya, India, China and Nigeria.

I've been everywhere, man.
I've been everywhere.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 08, 2026 04:24 PM (wVcYX)

28 Yeah it's definitely a great idea that we've been importing actual retards into this country for decades and allowing them to form enclaves in which they can continue to inbreed and also rip the actual productive citizens of this once-great nation off for billions of dollars.

Well done, uniparty. You've really knocked it out of the park. This will surely not end in kinetic conflict one of these days.

Posted by: ballistic at May 08, 2026 04:24 PM (oqH4h)

29 Let those who have never been pointed at, and laughed at, for a typo in a post type the first Oxford comma.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 08, 2026 04:24 PM (0sNs1)

30 Feeding Friends fraud

A Fraudacious Feeding Friendzy?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 08, 2026 04:24 PM (DgMqy)

31 Muslim-only waterpark event organizer
......

No burkha, no sandals, no service.
No swimming lessons available.
Please do not pee in the pool.

Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 04:24 PM (UjdFS)

32 Iraq, Colombia, Morocco, Somalia, Gambia, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Kenya, India, China and Nigeria
.......

Shit Holes'R'Us

Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 04:25 PM (UjdFS)

33 Import the 3rd world, become the 3rd world.

Not hard to understand.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 04:25 PM (viF8m)

34 Big fat stupid nothingburger. The pool was rented for the event -- you can do that for almost any pool. Commonly done for birthdays, but there are churches here that rent the local outdoor pool for baptisms.

Of all the problems these weirdos are causing, renting the local pool isn't.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 08, 2026 04:25 PM (JcF+m)

35 This a clear violation of your rights as a consumer. It's an infringement on your constitutional rights. It's outrageous, egregious, preposterous.

Posted by: Jackie Chiles at May 08, 2026 04:26 PM (4NO2D)

36 Is learing like close to a somali word for sucker?

Like 'Ilhan OMAR leared her brother. Repeatedly. By choice.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s)

37 "Say, Ilhan "Omar's" father is a war criminal and genocidal warlord, isn't he?"

Her Father-in-Law, too!

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (w/O5Q)

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If she married her father and father-in-law too, would that be a Somalian Throuple?

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:26 PM (lR5Ug)

38 Newsom needs to worry about his own state and it's many, many, many problems. Of course those problems are his own fault.

Posted by: Case at May 08, 2026 04:26 PM (9lqZe)

39 DOCTOR Knight.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at May 08, 2026 04:26 PM (bNf8H)

40 But diversity is our strength!

Posted by: ACLU at May 08, 2026 04:18 PM (KtOUo)

------------

"Inbreeding Is Our Strength!"

-- The British Royals and Somalians

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:27 PM (lR5Ug)

41 Election denier Stacey Abrams calls Republican-led states “authoritarian”:

“There are no longer blue states and red states. There are authoritarian states and democracy states.”

-
Cry harder, bitch.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 04:27 PM (ndZc7)

42 If she married her father and father-in-law too, would that be a Somalian Throuple?
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:26 PM (lR5Ug)

She's her own grandpa.

Posted by: Ray Stevens at May 08, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)

43 Now do 55+ housing developments.

Posted by: Age discrimination at May 08, 2026 04:27 PM (2Ez/1)

44 34 Big fat stupid nothingburger. The pool was rented for the event -- you can do that for almost any pool. Commonly done for birthdays, but there are churches here that rent the local outdoor pool for baptisms.

Of all the problems these weirdos are causing, renting the local pool isn't.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 08, 2026 04:25 PM (JcF+m)

======

I support any tool against my enemies because that's how they approach conflict with me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:27 PM (c3FgC)

45 Late to the last thread so...

Africa retard rapist is too stupid for Africa, but not Australia. That's a heck of a slogan for Australian tourism. G'day.

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 08, 2026 04:28 PM (Uz36l)

46 9 Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom did his best to insult several Southern states in a social media post Thursday.

“Confederate states are rushing through rigged maps to erase Black districts off the map,” Newsom wrote above a map demonstrating the possible effects of redistricting in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
Posted by: SMOD

I am offended, he forgot Alabama.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 08, 2026 04:28 PM (Q/FnY)

47 So, is "Learing Center" not just a misspelling, but also some Muzloid thing we don't know about?
Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 04:22 PM (iXqHn)

Somebody really needs to open a strip joint called "Quality Leering Center".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 04:28 PM (utfVc)

48 Poop in the pool day?
Posted by: Boss Moss
.......

No pooping in the laundry pool.

Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 04:28 PM (UjdFS)

49 Like Stacy Abrams moving towards a Golden Corral buffet.

Posted by: AoS Classic at May 08, 2026 04:29 PM (2Ez/1)

50 16 "Say, Ilhan "Omar's" father is a war criminal and genocidal warlord, isn't he?"

Her Father-in-Law, too!
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (w/O5Q)

HAHAHAHAHA
Ace-worthy.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:29 PM (RtN13)

51 Paging Dr. Fine. Paging Dr. Howard. Paging Dr. Fine.

A Doctor is a doctor, right?

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 08, 2026 04:30 PM (QaH55)

52 Willowed:
VA GOP has been dysfunctional for a long time like some other places like GA GOP or even Indiana.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 01:20 PM (E4rtv)
==
Your Indiana analysis is incorrect. The Senate and I believe also the House have Republican supermajorities. The House is more MAGA, the Senate was already beginning to move in that direction, but with staggered elections in the Senate, it takes longer. Derry (who is in an auto recount) and one other loser made some pretty silly comments which was dumb by them. But over the next few elections the old guard will be gone. Indiana gutted the authority of public health officials after covid. Have struck hard against DEI programs in state Universities, and has state dollars fully following the child in k-12 - including to private (including religious) schools. The redistricting fiasco was caused by some tone deaf Trump comments. Virginia's game put those who disagreed in Indiana in the direct line of fire.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 08, 2026 04:30 PM (GZYu7)

53 I've been everywhere, man.
I've been everywhere.
Posted by: Count de Monet

But have you ever been to Me?

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 04:30 PM (77rzZ)

54 "A Doctor is a doctor, right?"

Damn straight.

Posted by: Old Lady Jill at May 08, 2026 04:31 PM (2Ez/1)

55
DOJ Moves To Denaturalize Alleged Terrorists And War Criminals

Why can't we denature them instead? That is to say, subject them to heat or other transformative processes that cause their constituent proteins to become nonfunctional.

You know, like frying an egg.

(Frying is good ... just saying)

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 04:31 PM (xG4kz)

56 But have you ever been to Me?

Lawd, please... no... NO... NOOOOOOOOO!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 08, 2026 04:31 PM (DgMqy)

57 It used to be domestic criminals who ran scams and stole our money. You know, Vinnie, and Sean. I for one, resent greatly the fact that this stolen money is going to Africa. It should stay here and be spent on sports cars, and tacky clothes and hookers. Instead of being sent overseas and spent on sports cars, tacky clothes and hookers.

Posted by: Organized Crime what happened to you??? at May 08, 2026 04:31 PM (anL5R)

58 Is it possible they are spelling learning wrong on purpose in a sad attempt to evade online searches for them? So they can be found only by the groups they want to find them?

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:32 PM (hftzA)

59 Jewball Early?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 04:23 PM (g6DiO)

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That could be the subject of a Cucker Qatarlson and Cavernous Orifices Podcastistan.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:32 PM (lR5Ug)

60 Cinci Deporto, MFers

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 04:32 PM (ZxPkt)

61 Why didn't he include Virginia?

The new VA map (now struck) diluted black districts in favor of AWFL districts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:22 PM (c3FgC)
==
Did California's redistricting (which SCOTUS upheld) include reference to racial component? With the Louisiana ruling does that now put the California redistricting back in the courts?

Posted by: Black JEM at May 08, 2026 04:33 PM (GZYu7)

62 If I hear one more liberal say that these foreign parasites are "just as American as you or me" I'm going to snatch the life out of someone. The fuck they are; I was born here and served my country for 28 years. They came here about 34 weeks ago and immediately found ways to game our stupid system. They are not as American as I am.

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 08, 2026 04:33 PM (4MsaP)

63 16 "Say, Ilhan "Omar's" father is a war criminal and genocidal warlord, isn't he?"

Her Father-in-Law, too!

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (w/O5Q
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Nicely done!

Posted by: 496 at May 08, 2026 04:33 PM (wxncR)

64 They are just robbing or asses blind aren't they. I'm such a chump.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 08, 2026 04:33 PM (Vh9CX)

65 34 "Big fat stupid nothingburger. The pool was rented for the event -- you can do that for almost any pool. Commonly done for birthdays, but there are churches here that rent the local outdoor pool for baptisms."

Was it the pool or the entire waterpar, because a waterpark usually consists of more than one pool, and I doubt the Muslims were having baptisms.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 04:33 PM (Yl2Ob)

66 Also, its embarrassing to be ripped off by such obviously stupid people. Not that the eye ties or the potato mashers were real men of genius, but sheesh. It least they got their signs right.

Posted by: Organized Crime what happened to you??? at May 08, 2026 04:33 PM (anL5R)

67 LA is a washed out hag with Ozempic Face. Dallas seems to aspire to be like LA.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 08, 2026 04:34 PM (wBaIH)

68 The Bulwark on Graham Platner.

The Bulwark
@BulwarkOnline
"Voters want candidates who are authentically themselves—warts and all. In fact, a candidate’s vices have started to become markers of authenticity." Democratic voters.

-
His authenticity is the problem.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 04:34 PM (ndZc7)

69 Also, its embarrassing to be ripped off by such obviously stupid people. Not that the eye ties or the potato mashers were real men of genius, but sheesh. It least they got their signs right.
Posted by: Organized Crime what happened to you??? at May 08, 2026 04:33 PM

Way too many vowels with that crowd.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:34 PM (4NO2D)

70 Somebody really needs to open a strip joint called "Quality Leering Center".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

If you're into hajib-covered exotic dancers who only put things on.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 08, 2026 04:35 PM (DsA2n)

71 Let those who have never been pointed at, and laughed at, for a typo in a post type the first Oxford comma.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 08, 2026 04:24 PM (0sNs1)

Ahem.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:35 PM (iERP6)

72 Cinco

fail

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 04:35 PM (ZxPkt)

73 Could I rent that waterpark for a "Whites Only" Day?

Everyone who enters will be required to wear a white swimsuit.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2026 04:36 PM (80m++)

74 Remember how a few years ago the Olympic committee were all cooing and proud that they'd approved some full-body muslim swimwear for the women?

It's so f'ing exhausting how relentless they are in forcing us to accommodate retarded, illiterate, useless, sub-human scum, merely because they bow down to a rock and shake their ass at the sky 5 times a day for some goofy shit called a religion.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 04:36 PM (MtSIY)

75 Mooselimps are too big in the can.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 04:36 PM (g6DiO)

76 More on diaper gate, aka money laundering......

Brittany Hughes
@RealBrittHughes
·
3h
This sounds cool. But wait.

400 diapers will last a family with a newborn approximately five weeks.

The program will cost the state approx. $12.4 million this year alone.

That money will be funneled through a company called Baby2Baby, which will then provide their branded diapers to 400 participating in hospitals (California has over 500 hospitals in total.)

Meaning that instead of lowering taxes and letting families keep their own money to buy essentials like diapers, California takes their money, pumps it through a “nonprofit” that has overhead and whose CEO made $240,000 in 2024, to provide a “free” service available only in certain locations, and that you could have bought yourself for much cheaper.

Posted by: beckster at May 08, 2026 04:36 PM (kX27y)

77 Jewball Early?
Posted by: Boss Moss

And his Union opponent at Monocacy, Lew Wallace, wrote Ben Hur, a novel about a Jew.

Coincidence? I think not...

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 04:36 PM (77rzZ)

78 12. Twelve. One dozen. We are so fucked.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 08, 2026 04:37 PM (V0zOj)

79 After further review and in the best interest of the City of Grand Prairie, the June 1 EID event at Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark has been canceled."

During pride month?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 08, 2026 04:37 PM (Kt19C)

80
Looks like the Somali with the mail-order education grad degrees has corrected the website typo... well, one of them.

Her bio page has this sentence, a direct copypasta.

"Excellence Early Leaning Center is committed to providing exceptional care to all children."

Also, the home page flat out admits that it started out as an in-home daycare. And a GoogleMaps streetview look at the current location show that it's a dump.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 08, 2026 04:37 PM (y9nCu)

81 400 diapers will last a family with a newborn approximately five weeks.

--------------

Actually, only one week if they wear them on their heads.

/I denounce myself ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:38 PM (lR5Ug)

82 Poll on today's Howie Carr Show

Have Aliens visited the Earth?

Yes - 43 percent

No - 41 percent

These aren't Aliens but Time Travelers from Man's future - 6 percent

Ace is a Wanker who wears his mother's panties - 10 percent

Posted by: Mister Ghost at May 08, 2026 04:38 PM (Feqvg)

83 One of the "first gay dads" in Britain was just charged with rape, sex trafficking, sexual assault, and exploitation

-
NTTAWWT

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 04:38 PM (ndZc7)

84 The Bulwark
@BulwarkOnline
Also Voters want pundits who are authentically themselves—warts and all. In fact, a pundit’s vices have started to become markers of authenticity." That's why we here at the Bulwark are declaring May 8, CUCK DAY! Where we celebrate our shame, or lack there of, and post videos and photos of our particular perversions!

Posted by: Also the Bulwark at May 08, 2026 04:39 PM (anL5R)

85 @BulwarkOnline
"Voters want candidates who are authentically themselves—warts and all."

The Bulwark is full of genital warts. Mostly in the mouth.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2026 04:39 PM (IifOV)

86 It should be The DOJ will Denaturalize and Neuter 12 terrorists....

Posted by: Case at May 08, 2026 04:39 PM (9lqZe)

87 Wonder what would happdn if all these tax money faucets to Somalia got shut off

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 04:40 PM (Ia/+0)

88 you must see this immediately

trust me

https://x.com/BuzzPatterson/status/
2052843892874285364

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 04:40 PM (ZxPkt)

89 @76: I remember during covid Newsome purchased $1billion in face masks. I'm sure THAT was all on the up-and-up though

Posted by: 496 at May 08, 2026 04:40 PM (wxncR)

90 Read in X that they initially claimed it was a misunderstanding and non-muslims were welcomed but must dress appropriately. i.e women must wear "burkini's".

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 08, 2026 04:41 PM (vBlQn)

91 Which guy out there hasn't slipped on a pair of his mom's panties at least once?

Posted by: Oh, come now at May 08, 2026 04:41 PM (2Ez/1)

92 I have to wonder why naturalized, alleged terrorists and war criminals are here to begin with.

Democrats, yes. But... who else facilitated this?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2026 04:41 PM (jehhT)

93 One of the "first gay dads" in Britain was just charged with rape, sex trafficking, sexual assault, and exploitation
==
As if there were no gay dads in Britain previously. Basically its as if San Francisco were an Island. They are both foggy and faggy.

Posted by: Its a far cop at May 08, 2026 04:41 PM (anL5R)

94 82 is Howie Carr still on air? Bless him.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 08, 2026 04:41 PM (wBaIH)

95 Fuck Denaturalization. I want Blood and Executions ... but mostly Executions.
Posted by: ShainS

Now, now, baby steps. Have to learn to walk, before we can run.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 08, 2026 04:42 PM (vJrRc)

96 Election denier Stacey Abrams calls Republican-led states “authoritarian”:

“There are no longer blue states and red states. There are authoritarian states and democracy states.”

-
Cry harder, bitch.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 04:27 PM (ndZc7)

More projection...from someone who cheated in an election.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:42 PM (8avO+)

97 I am confused about the water park thing, even if it is partially tax payer funded. Does the water park rent out its facilities for private events? The article says reserved the park - did they pay for the park for the day? Or just say we want to use the park for the day at the exclusion of others but not pay a fee for this? It seems like we are missing part of the story here.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:43 PM (hftzA)

98 I remember during covid Newsome purchased $1billion in face masks. I'm sure THAT was all on the up-and-up though
==
Biden's brother found himself on the board of a company that made personal protective equipt. Coincidence, surely.

Posted by: Set up at May 08, 2026 04:43 PM (anL5R)

99 i.e women must wear "burkini's".
Posted by: olddog in mo

Something something extra expense for being a woman something pink tax something

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 08, 2026 04:43 PM (vJrRc)

100 Hmm, does that mean we can arrange a No-Muslims Day?
______________________________

You need to specify what that means. A better way to put it is that you voluntarily use yourself as BAIT. If you do a "no-Muslims" event anywhere, to them it is an invitation to enact terrorism.

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 04:43 PM (dIske)

101 The best way to deal with the Somalis is to get them fighting each other. In Minnesota there has been fights between the Darmood clan and the Hawiya clan. Tell one of them that the other stole their fraudulent money or ratted them out. Watch the turn Minneapolis into Mogadishu

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 04:44 PM (gu0hJ)

102 88 you must see this immediately

trust me

https://x.com/BuzzPatterson/status/
2052843892874285364
Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 04:40 PM

LOL!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 08, 2026 04:44 PM (2Ez/1)

103 Aminah Knight has a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt.

Can’t spell ‘Learning’ but has a doctorate.

We are cooked.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 04:44 PM (6ydKt)

104 Did California's redistricting (which SCOTUS upheld) include reference to racial component? With the Louisiana ruling does that now put the California redistricting back in the courts?
Posted by: Black JEM at May 08, 2026 04:33 PM (GZYu7)

if "Hispanic" counts as a race, yes it did.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:44 PM (8avO+)

105 "Watch the turn Minneapolis into Mogadishu"
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When? I'm in.

Posted by: 496 at May 08, 2026 04:44 PM (wxncR)

106 "Say, Ilhan "Omar's" father is a war criminal and genocidal warlord, isn't he?"

Her Father-in-Law, too!
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here

Somewhere I read she's been married three times. I didn't know she had three brothers.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 08, 2026 04:44 PM (l26NL)

107
89 @76: I remember during covid Newsome purchased $1billion in face masks. I'm sure THAT was all on the up-and-up though
Posted by: 496 at May 08, 2026 04:40 PM (wxncR)
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Nothing's on the up and up with him:

Yes, California Governor Gavin Newsom authorized a massive, almost $1 billion, no-bid contract in April 2020 to purchase hundreds of millions of masks from Chinese automaker BYD. This move was intended to secure personal protective equipment (PPE) during shortages, though it faced scrutiny due to its high cost and lack of transparency.

Posted by: beckster at May 08, 2026 04:45 PM (kX27y)

108 On of these days I should sign up to X

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)

109 96 Election denier Stacey Abrams calls Republican-led states “authoritarian”:

“There are no longer blue states and red states. There are authoritarian states and democracy states.”
———-

I am here to confirm this as absolutely true and anyone who thinks in the same vein as Ms. Abrams should take note of this if they are at all considering Alabama as a destination. They should avoid it at all costs.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:45 PM (hftzA)

110 Aminah Knight has a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt.

Can’t spell ‘Learning’ but has a doctorate.

We are cooked.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 04:44 PM (6ydKt)

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DEI College Admissions and #FakeDegrees > DEI Hires

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:45 PM (lR5Ug)

111 Somewhere I read she's been married three times. I didn't know she had three brothers.
Posted by: Blutarski,

And here I thought they only allowed men to have harems.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 08, 2026 04:45 PM (vJrRc)

112 The Bulwark is full of genital warts. Mostly in the mouth.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2026 04:39 PM (IifOV)

Well...actually...

Posted by: Power-Bottom Sullivan at May 08, 2026 04:46 PM (iERP6)

113 I think we should denaturalize them with a Jules Verne-style cannon.

Let them colonize the Moon.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 04:46 PM (MtSIY)

114
Election denier Stacey Abrams calls Republican-led states “authoritarian”:

“There are no longer blue states and red states. There are authoritarian states and democracy states.”

Spoken by a prime example of one who possesses a mentally deficient state.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 04:47 PM (xG4kz)

115 The illegal Muslim men definitely don't need a Leering Center.

Posted by: logprof at May 08, 2026 04:47 PM (jo6FO)

116 @103 Aminah Knight has a PhD in Aminah Knight stuff

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 04:47 PM (gu0hJ)

117 Yes, California Governor Gavin Newsom authorized a massive, almost $1 billion, no-bid contract in April 2020 to purchase hundreds of millions of masks from Chinese automaker BYD. This move was intended to secure personal protective equipment (PPE) during shortages, though it faced scrutiny due to its high cost and lack of transparency.
Posted by: beckster at May 08, 2026 04:45 PM (kX27y)

never saw a sign of them in the field.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:48 PM (8avO+)

118 Pakleds conquer the Federation.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 04:48 PM (Cqx++)

119 105 "Watch the turn Minneapolis into Mogadishu"
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When? I'm in.
Posted by: 496 at May 08, 2026 04:44 PM (wxncR)
_________________________

I think the total opposite will happen. Somalis are tribal. Sooner or later (likely sooner), the hierarchy is going to pick-up and move onto more fraud-fertile and less intrusive grounds. I'm betting on San Diego (which already has a significant Somali population). I think Minneapolis is going to lose a good portion of their population in the near future,...almost overnight.

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 04:49 PM (dIske)

120 I saw some leftist say that Spaniards aren’t Hispanic because they’re too white.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 04:50 PM (25Mwa)

121 never saw a sign of them in the field.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:48 PM (8avO+)
-----------
Neither did I in my area of CA, I believe the state got a partial refund:

Defective Stockpile: Early in the pandemic, the state relied on a stockpile of several million, mostly expired masks.

Posted by: beckster at May 08, 2026 04:50 PM (kX27y)

122 82 Poll on today's Howie Carr Show

Have Aliens visited the Earth?

Yes - 43 percent

No - 41 percent

These aren't Aliens but Time Travelers from Man's future - 6 percent

Ace is a Wanker who wears his mother's panties - 10 percent
Posted by: Mister Ghost at May 08, 2026 04:38 PM (Feqvg)

Why do we look elsewhere when we have a planet with complex life right under our feet? It's an Earth originated advanced undersea intelligence. Animal life in the water had a loooong head start on terrestrial life. Why not a more advanced species under the oceans?

Posted by: Bilwis-It's definitely not our Government at May 08, 2026 04:51 PM (w/O5Q)

123 LOL, Common Dreams headline:
"Terrifying Moment in Our Democracy. Virginia Supreme Court Rejects Voter-Approved Redistricting."

LOL, cry moor bitches.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 04:51 PM (MtSIY)

124 Give them a parting gift of rice and bananas with a couple of domesticated animals for desert. It's a long flight.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 04:51 PM (abIsI)

125 >>I saw some leftist say that Spaniards aren’t Hispanic because they’re too white.

It's Xpanic.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 04:51 PM (viF8m)

126 Somewhere I read she's been married three times. I didn't know she had three brothers.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

Yes, she married her first husband, the father of her child, and divorced him to marry her brother, but continued to live with the first husband, I thought she remarried him after she divorced her brother, then cheated on him with her current spouse (who also was cheating on his wife), and now they are married.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:52 PM (hftzA)

127 So, is "Learing Center" not just a misspelling, but also some Muzloid thing we don't know about?

Learing is like bananas and rice.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 08, 2026 04:52 PM (2ocoG)

128 you must see this immediately

trust me

https://x.com/BuzzPatterson/status/
2052843892874285364
Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 04:40 PM

LOL!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 08, 2026 04:44 PM (2Ez/1)

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Dude failed to do his preflight weight and balance check.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:52 PM (lR5Ug)

129 Why do we look elsewhere when we have a planet with complex life right under our feet? It's an Earth originated advanced undersea intelligence. Animal life in the water had a loooong head start on terrestrial life. Why not a more advanced species under the oceans?
Posted by: Bilwis-It's definitely not our Government at May 08, 2026 04:51 PM (w/O5Q)

never saw the documentary "The Little Mermaid"?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:52 PM (8avO+)

130 Aminah Knight Rider

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2026 04:53 PM (Cqx++)

131 - Per Real America's Voice vid on utube posted 5 hours ago

Alberta has gotten the necessary number of votes to have a vote on leaving Canada. His guest on this vid is Susan Kokinda.
The lady from Promethean Action that was presenting in the vid I linked in this morning's MR comments. Here that one is again.

https://tinyurl.com/57cndsat

Back out

Posted by: TeeJ at May 08, 2026 04:53 PM (PpROq)

132 Leaning Central

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 04:53 PM (GD0B3)

133 NBC News (12 day ago) DOJ aims to strip citizenship from hundreds of foreign-born Americans, sources say. Federal prosecutors in field offices across the country are working on the effort, a Justice Department official told NBC News.

GOP: “We also want to take away the citizenship of anyone whose skin color we dislike. We just won’t say that part out loud.”

There’s a DHSgovX post on dec 31st showing a beautiful beach with the statement “America after 100 million deported”
So they already said it out loud. https://tinyurl.com/7jraay87

"It’s not clear why the Justice Department has singled out the roughly 300 foreign-born Americans. The New York Times first reported the tally." seems pretty clear this is only just beginning and they're still just testing the waters, where they started slower but are now ramping up to less egregious cases

The phrase "naturalized citizen" is starting to feel a lot more like "citizen on a leash." If the government can just hit CTRL+Z on your status decades later, are you ever actually a peer to someone born here? This is going to create a permanent second class of Americans.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 08, 2026 04:53 PM (ycI94)

134 125 >>I saw some leftist say that Spaniards aren’t Hispanic because they’re too white.

It's Xpanic.
Posted by: JackStraw at May

Wait until they learn about some Mexicans and the Argentinians, not to mention some from Columbia.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:53 PM (hftzA)

135 Spanish have light and dark skin color even in Spain to my observations

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 04:54 PM (Ia/+0)

136 You can't have looting and pillaging without plunder.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 08, 2026 04:54 PM (D1E+2)

137 A busy news day! And today's job numbers were ... UNEXPECTEDLY good!

Posted by: mrp at May 08, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)

138 "A Doctor is a doctor, right?"

Damn straight.
Posted by: Old Lady Jill at May 08, 2026 04:31 PM (2Ez/1)

+1

Posted by: Dr. Vinny Boombatz at May 08, 2026 04:55 PM (wVcYX)

139 you must see this immediately

trust me

https://x.com/BuzzPatterson/status/
2052843892874285364
Posted by: Don Black

Should have used premium gas.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 04:55 PM (abIsI)

140 "It’s not clear why the Justice Department has singled out the roughly 300 foreign-born Americans. The New York Times first reported the tally." seems pretty clear this is only just beginning and they're still just testing the waters, where they started slower but are now ramping up to less egregious cases

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 08, 2026 04:53 PM (ycI94)

Actually they made it pretty clear - advocacy of terrorists and actual criminals.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:55 PM (8avO+)

141 I saw some leftist say that Spaniards aren’t Hispanic because they’re too white.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 04:50 PM (25Mwa)

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White Hispanics == Oppressors.
Black Hispanics == Oppressed.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:55 PM (lR5Ug)

142 Yes, she married her first husband, the father of her child, and divorced him to marry her brother, but continued to live with the first husband, I thought she remarried him after she divorced her brother, then cheated on him with her current spouse (who also was cheating on his wife), and now they are married.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:52 PM

THE ARISTOCRATS!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:55 PM (4NO2D)

143 It's nice to see some of that Learing Center money staying in the US for water park activities. In Minnesota they send it all back to Somalia.

Posted by: Dave at May 08, 2026 04:57 PM (sbsMc)

144 Keep your eyes open for this entity popping up in the fraud investigations of Minnesota, Ohio, Maine etc.

Dahabshiil Money Transfer

Word is that the DOJ is looking at them really closely because they are a Somali based company whose owner is the wealthies man in Somalia. They have branches right next to every sizeable Somali immigrant settlement in the US. It's thought they are the primary entity assisting in moving fraud proceeds out of the US. I hadn't seen an investigation into them before now, but the DOJ is moving on Portland, ME issue with Dahabshiil.

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 04:57 PM (dIske)

145 Somalia announces a lunar space program after curing cancer and ridding the world of sand in belly button lint. Vanderbilt trained Somali scientists at the forefront.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 08, 2026 04:57 PM (gm9Sb)

146 So, what's with all these "learing" centers?

Is the letter N not halal or something?

Posted by: PJ at May 08, 2026 04:57 PM (+jscL)

147 Real America Voice is the Democratic Underground of the right.

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 04:58 PM (GD0B3)

148 >>Wait until they learn about some Mexicans and the Argentinians, not to mention some from Columbia.

We're up against some very stupid people. It's their super power.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 04:58 PM (viF8m)

149 DEI College Admissions and #FakeDegrees > DEI Hires
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:45 PM (lR5Ug)

It proves to me that some idiots don’t even notice “Learing” with a red squiggly line or dots under it doesn’t even phase them.

Every word processor or web design/publishing software has spellcheck in them and the intellectually challenged don’t even notice because they don’t care.

I’m 100% that Dr. Aminah Knight got her degree by cheating her Muslim ass off combined with DEI as you state.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 04:58 PM (6ydKt)

150 Everyone who enters will be required to wear a white swimsuit.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08

Oh please no, not white swimsuits.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:58 PM (hftzA)

151 I saw some leftist say that Spaniards aren’t Hispanic because they’re too white.

"Hispanic" is fake and gay as a racial category. Spaniards from Spain aren't Hispanic, but Spaniards in the Americas are. Ditto Portugal vs. Brazil. All the southern Europeans are about equally dark, but none of them are non-white. But move here and it's magic.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 08, 2026 04:58 PM (2ocoG)

152 Real America Voice is the Democratic Underground of the right.
Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 04:58 PM (GD0B3)

is it?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:58 PM (8avO+)

153 Not so fast.

Posted by: Judge Michael C. Fucktard at May 08, 2026 04:58 PM (Dq3NN)

154 Oh my God, what an opportunity missed to rub all the water slides down with bacon fat!

Happy Eid indeed!

Posted by: The_Hoser at May 08, 2026 04:59 PM (H4qGm)

155 Keep your eyes open for this entity popping up in the fraud investigations of Minnesota, Ohio, Maine etc.

Dahabshiil Money Transfer

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I imagine the Biden Crime Family and Big Guy are getting more than a 10% cut from this grift.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:59 PM (lR5Ug)

156 147 Real America Voice is the Democratic Underground of the right.
Posted by: runner

Really? I've never seen (or heard of) it before. I view FoxNews as the mirror version- very old establishment types that mindlessly support their team over the other.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 08, 2026 05:00 PM (ycI94)

157 > you must see this immediately

trust me
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Despite the, uh, lack of performance, it IS a proof of concept. I'd wager in a year this will be perfected for the 3rd turders who haven't access to legit technology.

Mad Max indeed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

158 Learning Centers are just another Leftist opening scams

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 05:01 PM (Ia/+0)

159 Everyone who enters will be required to wear a white swimsuit.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08

Oh please no, not white swimsuits.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:58 PM (hftzA)

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Especially Before Labor Day? REALLY???

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 05:02 PM (lR5Ug)

160 Especially Before Labor Day? REALLY???
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 05:02 PM (lR5Ug

Have you seen people in white swimsuits step out of the water? 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 05:03 PM (hftzA)

161 Department of War released files today on UFOs, per President Trump’s order:

https://www.war.gov/UFO/

I haven’t gone through it at all.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 05:05 PM (6ydKt)

162 I imagine the Biden Crime Family and Big Guy are getting more than a 10% cut from this grift.
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:59 PM (lR5Ug)

_________________________

I think the list of benefactors is long and distinguished. About 6 months ago Sweden cracked down on a Somali run school in Gothenburg, Sweden. It's a rural area...but low and behold, there is a Dahabshiil Money Transfer branch right there in town. Million were stolen and tracked back to Somalia. You can bet where ever Somali immigrants reside, a Dahabshiil Money Transfer is right in the area for quick egress of ill gotten gains. I think certain criminal enterprises worldwide are dining on this process.

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 05:05 PM (dIske)

163 Have you seen people in white swimsuits step out of the water? 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 05:03 PM (hftzA)

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lol

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe ... like genitals in rain."

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 05:06 PM (lR5Ug)

164 Fun fact. Minarets represent the biggest dick Mohammed ever sucked. I may be in trouble visiting Dearborn.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 08, 2026 05:06 PM (gm9Sb)

165 Wow, that was a great nap.

MS Now....another great blow to democracy. Democracy's refractory perios is being severely strained.

CNN - plague death ship. It's the weekend but hold off on bestiality with rats.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 05:06 PM (Sco7b)

166 Would a Muslims Only Rocket Repatriation Sled be:

1 Necessary
II Racist
c Hilarious if you greased the rails with bacon.
4 Unfair to the dogs trying to catch the rocket.

Posted by: DaveA at May 08, 2026 05:07 PM (FhXTo)

167 Gov. Ron DeSantis just signed a law that CRACKS DOWN on firms who exploit birthright citizenship from countries like China

Good, we need MORE of this!

"This legislation prohibits pre-planned adoption agreements and surrogacy contracts involving citizens or residents of foreign countries of concern."

"China ships people here for birth!"

"I know we're hoping that the Supreme Court is going to interpret the 14th Amendment so that we can put a stop to some of the people that are coming here for a month having birth and then going back to China. That's part of an operation."

"Why would we let that happen in grant citizenship under those circumstances?"

https://tinyurl.com/34seu6db

Posted by: redridinghood at May 08, 2026 05:07 PM (NpAcC)

168 Why do we look elsewhere when we have a planet with complex life right under our feet? It's an Earth originated advanced undersea intelligence. Animal life in the water had a loooong head start on terrestrial life. Why not a more advanced species under the oceans?
Posted by: Bilwis-It's definitely not our Government at May 08, 2026 04:51 PM (w/O5Q)

never saw the documentary "The Little Mermaid"?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:52 PM (8avO+)
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Or read the documentary journal "The Call of Cthulhu."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2026 05:07 PM (gnNyN)

169 Oh please no, not white swimsuits.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:58 PM (hftzA)

Got milk?

Posted by: Yasmine Bleeth at May 08, 2026 05:07 PM (wBRco)

170 Democrasy r uss

Posted by: RUN DNC at May 08, 2026 05:08 PM (nvKZ7)

171 164 Fun fact. Minarets represent the biggest dick Mohammed ever sucked. I may be in trouble visiting Dearborn.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 08, 2026 05:06 PM (gm9Sb)
__________________

That's hurtful.

Posted by: A dejected goat at May 08, 2026 05:08 PM (dIske)

172 Besides cuts to politicians, its just the end of the Republic by looting the treasury. Steal everything you can before the Revolution

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 05:08 PM (Ia/+0)

173 > Department of War released files today on UFOs, per President Trump’s order:

https://www.war.gov/UFO/

I haven’t gone through it at all.
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Don't waste your time. Nothing burger. The photography is horrible. The video is worse. The legit interesting stuff is still "classified.""

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2026 05:09 PM (jehhT)

174 Really? I've never seen (or heard of) it before. I view FoxNews as the mirror version- very old establishment types that mindlessly support their team over the other.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 08, 2026 05:00 PM (ycI94)

MTG's future husband was part of that den of fools. Epstein's buddy Bannon is there. They run the Charlie Kirk Show I gather, but.. the rest of those ? What the heck are they promoting ? Anti - Trump bs ?

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 05:10 PM (GD0B3)

175 A minor setback to our agenda in Merry Olde England today, eh chaps?

Posted by: Big Penguin at May 08, 2026 05:11 PM (0sNs1)

176 YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2026 05:09 PM (jehhT)

From the little bit of perusal I did, it doesn’t look impressive so far.

There are supposed to be future releases from not only DoW but other agencies as well.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

177 Any place Bannon is, one might want to leave.

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 05:12 PM (GD0B3)

178 Sargon of Akkad reports that the handful of candidates Rupert Lowes' Restore Party ran in the UK council elections absolutely smashed their Reform Party opponents.

Smashed.

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2nrjjeyx

Posted by: mrp at May 08, 2026 05:12 PM (rj6Yv)

179 Meanwhile in Yarmouth.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 05:12 PM (g6DiO)

180 138 "A Doctor is a doctor, right?"

Damn straight.
Posted by: Old Lady Jill at May 08, 2026 04:31 PM (2Ez/1)

+1
Posted by: Dr. Vinny Boombatz at May 08, 2026 04:55 PM (wVcYX)

At least YouTube is good for watching old Dangerfield clips. RIP.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 08, 2026 05:12 PM (qivay)

181 Oh please no, not white swimsuits.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:58 PM

With some coloured vertical stripes, they can be quite slimming.

Posted by: AoSHQ Fashion Consultants at May 08, 2026 05:13 PM (0sNs1)

182 You never see fat zebras.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 05:14 PM (g6DiO)

183 It seems like we are missing part of the story here.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:43 PM (hftzA)

You are asking excellent questions, Piper.

Posted by: Emmie at May 08, 2026 05:15 PM (FMtrg)

184 You never see fat zebras.
Posted by: Boss Moss

In Africa we only eat slow food, not fast food.

Posted by: Lion at May 08, 2026 05:15 PM (TezPK)

185
Election denier Stacey Abrams calls Republican-led states “authoritarian”:

“There are no longer blue states and red states. There are authoritarian states and democracy states.”
———-
I am here to confirm this as absolutely true and anyone who thinks in the same vein as Ms. Abrams should take note of this if they are at all considering Alabama as a destination. They should avoid it at all costs.
Posted by: Piper

^^^^This^^^^

Alabama is terrible, every single square inch. It sucks here, don't harm your family by bringing them here. The schools are awfull, crime is rampant. Stay away, save yourself. Trust Piper.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 08, 2026 05:15 PM (QVmho)

186 Yes, she married her first husband, the father of her child, and divorced him to marry her brother, but continued to live with the first husband, I thought she remarried him after she divorced her brother, then cheated on him with her current spouse (who also was cheating on his wife), and now they are married.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 04:52 PM
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What the.....

Posted by: WisRich at May 08, 2026 05:16 PM (G0vdT)

187 Why would anybody bow down on a fucking rug to a deity? It's madness. Some cultures are just insane.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 08, 2026 05:17 PM (D1E+2)

188
Learing Center?

I'm surprised they didn't steal the N from Center and have the Learning Ceter.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2026 05:17 PM (IifOV)

189 Wait. Black Baptists can't go? They should protest.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2026 05:20 PM (0Htd1)

190 Fking Marxists lie with the ease you breath

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 05:21 PM (Ia/+0)

191 Is Baboucarr Mboob a character from the new Star Wars flop?

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at May 08, 2026 05:21 PM (Cjger)

192 A water park day could include some of those protestant baptisms where they shove their whole body under.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2026 05:21 PM (0Htd1)

193 Why would anybody bow down on a fucking rug to a deity? It's madness. Some cultures are just insane.

Why do some tell the story of sacrificing your kid to the voice in your head tell it like a virtue ? Why do some eat fish on Friday ? I could go on and on and on.

Its faith. I'm not a fan.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 05:21 PM (cbDdE)

194 The rug is not really the most important thing, but a clean rug and bowing to the ground is sign of humility and respect to God. I suppose it's like the Muslim equivalent to kneeling when in church in prayer for Christians. And no, I have major problems with Islam and the Koran. I'm just giving a rationale for the action of prayer in this way.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 05:21 PM (Yl2Ob)

195 Mboob is a male? That would be a good name for one of those he/she's that liberals are so fond of.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2026 05:23 PM (0Htd1)

196 Why do some eat fish on Friday ?

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 05:21 PM (cbDdE)

Meat is a luxury. Fish is not. You are giving up luxuries for the season.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 05:24 PM (8avO+)

197 The rug is not really the most important thing, but a clean rug and bowing to the ground is sign of humility and respect to God.

Bullshit. Its an excuse for some to scold others they are doing it wrong.

If the rug was that important ? It wouldn't be Man doing the enforcing of the rules.

Muslims are a lot like old Quakers a lot like Evangelicals. They use Religion as a cudgel. Pure and simple.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 05:25 PM (cbDdE)

198 Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 05:21 PM

It's ok ehhh "Clue Bat" . Some of who are Christians and Jews make up for your lack of being a fan.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 05:25 PM (Yl2Ob)

199 New handle "Clue Bat" LOL Byeeeeee.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 05:26 PM (Yl2Ob)

200 Meat is a luxury. Fish is not. You are giving up luxuries for the season.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 05:24 PM (8avO+)

Flag on the play. Improper use of pronouns as well as basic words.

"Giving Up" implies a choice. "Luxuries" implies we all value things the same.

Your sentences remind me of Covid. And we're going back to that, if I track this Henta crap correctly. "We're just asking people ..."

Nobody asked a damn thing.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 05:28 PM (cbDdE)

201 I was raised catholic and was an alter boy. I don't do that kneeling, standing and sitting shit anymore. That's why I stopped going, but never gave up the faith.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 08, 2026 05:28 PM (D1E+2)

202 I would not be surprised if there was a program created by the "resettlement" agencies to get the "refugees" into the US and start them grafting away on federal benefits. The "learing" center typo could be part of the packet handed out in examples of names for the "business"

No doubt for a cut of the action.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2026 05:28 PM (rbvCR)

203 Muslims are a lot like old Quakers a lot like Evangelicals. They use Religion as a cudgel. Pure and simple.
Posted by: Clue Bat at

Sir, tread carefully. I promise I will not cudgel you with my religion. I also promise you I am nothing like the Muslims.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 05:28 PM (pZEOD)

204 the vid should come with a fkng WARNING! geez, there only so much fugly my eyes can manage in 24 hours!
Posted by: runner

I hate nose jewelry. It just makes you think they have snot hanging there.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2026 05:29 PM (0Htd1)

205 It's ok ehhh "Clue Bat" . Some of who are Christians and Jews make up for your lack of being a fan.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 05:25 PM (Yl2Ob)

Today he is teaching us what it is to be a proper Christian.
I wonder what he will be teaching us tomorrow?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2026 05:30 PM (rbvCR)

206 Well, I needed a good scolding today. Good thing Clue Bat was here to oblige and inform me that I am "doing it wrong." Unfortunately, his/her aim is poor.

Posted by: Emmie at May 08, 2026 05:30 PM (FMtrg)

207 Judge allows cameras in the courtroom during the entire trial of the Charlie Kirk murder.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 08, 2026 05:30 PM (NpAcC)

208 Sir, tread carefully. I promise I will not cudgel you with my religion. I also promise you I am nothing like the Muslims.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 05:28 PM (pZEOD)

Tread careful right back. I'm nothing like a typical White Knight.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 05:31 PM (cbDdE)

209 Today he is teaching us what it is to be a proper Christian.
I wonder what he will be teaching us tomorrow?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2026 05:30 PM (rbvCR)

Literally, and in this case absolutely literally and not in the Millennial bullshit term ... but literally.

Quite the opposite. I don't care how you "Christian". I am telling you - as C.S. Lewis told you ...

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.

That's Muslims. Also Evangelicals of all stripes.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 05:34 PM (cbDdE)

210 Hey DOJ. Keep your hands off Mboob!

Posted by: Mohammed......whatever at May 08, 2026 05:34 PM (9FDFt)

211 Somebody is indeed paying attention. The eid event went off as Muslim only a year earlier totally unnoticed.
Two interesting things in that clip
Knight claims not knowing where the money for the event was going
That her certification to run the center had been revoked.

Sarah Gonzales might be worth watching.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 05:35 PM (z2aPa)

212 The "don't eat meat on Friday" thing was an effort by the Pope at the time to boost the Italian fishing industry. Fun fact.

Posted by: Pedant at May 08, 2026 05:36 PM (Cjger)

213 Ding Bat said what?

Posted by: Glenn at May 08, 2026 05:38 PM (nvKZ7)

214 Sarah Gonzales might be worth watching.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 05:35 PM (z2aPa)

It has not passed my notice that most of the strongest players in the political arena are women. Why ? Is it because they've never been punched ? Or they look around and understand that nobody around them will throw one ?

Because that's not how it works on the job-site. And I've long noticed that men who aspire to be managers also conveniently forget that org charts and job titles don't create a force field. Sometimes, you have to remind them.

I seriously wonder, sometimes, if this Third Wave of Feminism is nothing more than young women that have never faced personal danger.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 05:40 PM (cbDdE)

215 >>>The "don't eat meat on Friday" thing was an effort by the Pope at the time to boost the Italian fishing industry. Fun fact.

Posted by: Pedant

>I love fish, you catch it, let's have a fish fry!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 08, 2026 05:40 PM (D1E+2)

216 Sarah Gonzales might be worth watching.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2026 05:35 PM (z2aPa)

I saw a clip where this guest asked if SG spoke to all her guests this way and she said “yes, I do.”

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 05:41 PM (p4NUW)

217 >Why would anybody bow down on a fucking rug to a deity? It's madness. Some cultures are just insane.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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and 5 times a day too
how needy is allah

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 05:42 PM (ZxPkt)

218 Department of War released files today on UFOs, per President Trump’s order:

https://www.war.gov/UFO/

I haven’t gone through it at all.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 08, 2026 05:05 PM (6ydKt)

Browsing so far, apparently in a correspondence file on inquiries and tips about UFOs, all I can say is MIGAWD BUREAUCRATESE FOR BUSINESS LETTERS MAKES MY BRAIN MELT AND IT ALWAYS HAS

Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2026 05:43 PM (rbvCR)

219 and 5 times a day too
how needy is allah

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 05:42 PM (ZxPkt)

I've worked in a few of these places. Here's a hint. Jesus gave everybody a day off. Before Jesus ... you just got up and worked every day.

Allah gave them five breaks during their shift. Including time to clean up, take off their shoes, then put everything back on before going back to mark time until the next break.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 05:44 PM (cbDdE)

220 The Devil can quote scripture, Coo Patch. He cannot live it, nor can you.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2026 05:45 PM (rbvCR)

221 Hey y’all, I will be right back.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 05:47 PM (p4NUW)

222 I always enjoy ... over there for some version of enjoy ... the little sticker that shows "This Way to Mecca" on the hotel ceiling.

They even have them in the Jewish Hotels. That's a clue.

Also, going through the Shanghai airport ? A Muslim Prayer room. Saw it myself. That told me something. Those Chinese ain't nearly as scary as you think. They bow to the same stupid pressures.

Posted by: Clue Bat at May 08, 2026 05:49 PM (cbDdE)

223 I love coming late to a thread and everyone has named the asshoe.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 06:20 PM (2icm1)

224 @201 I was raised catholic and was an alter boy.

Jesus Fucking Christ Almighty.
ALTAR, you freak. ALTAR.
I'll bet you're an "altered boy."
Is there no bottom to this barrel?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 08, 2026 06:32 PM (zdLoL)

225 Jesus gave everybody a day off. Before Jesus ... you just got up and worked every day.

You're right. There was no Sabbath until Jesus came along.

Imbecile.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 08, 2026 06:38 PM (7qznS)

226 A ‘water park’...Are they going to remove their burqas and hijabs and actually use the water park? Muslim swim suits? Or just the boys and men get to enjoy? Just a thought

Posted by: Deborah Hamilton at May 08, 2026 10:06 PM (QrgRG)

Reform Gains Over 1,300 Seats as Labour Loses Nearly 1,200

And there's still damage to come -- just 117 of the 136 councils have reported so far.

These are council (local) elections, not the general elections for Parliament (the national legislature), which do not have to be scheduled before 2029.

But council members do have power locally -- and these elections are a mighty harbinger of what will come.

The Greens gained 296 seats so far, almost all at Labour's expense.

(Numbers updated at 2:53 pm.)

Labour had controlled Wales for 27 years. Not only did they lose control -- Plaid Cymru won 42 seats, with Reform stomping in for 39 in second -- but even the Labour First Minister for Wales lost her seat in the vote.

Politics UK
@PolitlcsUK
2h
🚨 BREAKING: Welsh Labour First Minister Eluned Morgan has lost her seat in the Senedd
It's the first time in British history that a sitting head of Government has lost re-election to the house they led

The SNP kept control in Scotland, with Reform gaining zero seats, because Scotland is a mess and not worth thinking about. Their Muslim First Minister Hamzi Yusef hates the actual Scottish people and gives fiery speeches denouncing the Scots.

Keir Starmer, noted for his outreach to gay Ukrainian male model prostitutes -- just offering them a bad for the night, that kind of charity -- says that he's not stepping aside... sort of. What he actually said was that he would not walk away and "leave the party in disorder," which means, I'm pretty sure, that as soon as the party agrees on a successor, he will step down. He just doesn't want a big fight for control.

Astute post from Maxi@AllForProgress on X. Applies to the US too.
"There are the usual notes on procedure. People like my parents, Britain's ultimate swing voter category, were buried with doorknockers, and their earnest heartfelt pleas, in the final few weeks of campaigning. An avalanche of appeals after five years of having not a single party representative knocking on their doors, inquiring after them, or following up on their concerns.
There is still no party on the slate that understands that such elections as these are won between campaigns, through diligent attention to voters and relentless follow-up, not with three weeks to go. This, to my mind, is the single greatest predictor of governmental success, and it's a test that none of the current bottle are passing.
Whatever; the cumulative picture is the one we've watched forming for some time. Britain is shopping, rotating through every available political product, trying them on for size, and finding them generally wanting.
The political market is wide open. The next general election will reward whoever spends the intervening period building something vast, intense, and serious. . ."
Posted by: whig

While the cowardly chattering classes acknowledge the catastrophe, they refuse to address the reasons for it. They resort to gauzy evasions like "The public just wanted a change."

A change from what, exactly?

Or "the public has lost faith in the traditional major parties."

But why has the public lost faith, exactly?

Or they'll claim that Keir Starmer just isn't charismatic. Yes, correct, he's a gray dullard who looks like he'd lose a naked wrestling match to Anderson Cooper*, but... couldn't there be other, more tangible reasons the public has made the longtime former Two Major Establishment Parties of the UK minor parties?

What reasons might explain that, do you think?

Say -- what was Reform's One Single Endlessly Repeated Campaign Promise, anyway? Maybe that could provide a clue to this Mystery.

Even as the establishment faces a reckoning a long time coming, they still pretend away the reason for that reckoning.

That moment was a genuine turning point for me.

When ordinary British citizens were immediately framed as �far right� in the aftermath of the 3 young girls from Southport being murdered, I realised something had gone badly wrong in this country.

It was the moment I started� https://t.co/DuWPMwYtN5 pic.twitter.com/ttTqBXH0ky
— Ben Graham (@BenGrahamUK) May 8, 2026

A 14yr old invader has avoided jail after being convicted of raping a schoolgirl just three months after arriving in Britain on a small boat.

The teenager, who arrived as an unaccompanied minor last June and was placed in foster care, was found guilty in January of rape and two� pic.twitter.com/caa3efdHIA
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) April 25, 2026

Australia: We can't deport this rapist because he's "too mentally retarded" to deport and he would lose access to Australian welfare services and he needs those!

Australian authorities were totally fine with opening the borders to "refugees" like this. But now, after he commits horrific crimes, he is too retarded to be deported. pic.twitter.com/44SvLyGY2j
— Tim Murdock (@eurorabbit) May 5, 2026

An African refugee who sexually abused his niece, 9, has been allowed to stay in Australia after a tribunal found he would lose access to disability support if deported.

He has been on the NDIS since 2020 as his IQ is in the lowest percentile.https://t.co/X8wu8BQ3os
— The Noticer (@NoticerNews) May 4, 2026

* On second thought, does anyone really lose a naked wrestling match? It's all in the journey, isn't it?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:53 PM

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1 1st

Posted by: GF at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (iVUs+)

2 DOES THE BLADE SNAG ANOTHER FIRST?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

3 st

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (dK+Kv)

4 I sure hope the West is waking up.

I remember when I thought the West was waking up with Brexit in 2016.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:54 PM (c3FgC)

5 >>>️Unarmed Iranian civilians being gunned down with IRGC direct fire in the streets.

Passed time to airdrop crates of AKs and ammo.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 08, 2026 02:54 PM (dK+Kv)

6 no one hardest his, except the guy who looks like olbermann

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 02:54 PM (CWTWj)

7 Plaid Cymru won 42 seats

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If I remember correctly, this is a Welsh independence party.

So that they can split off and fuck goats without London looking down on them, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:55 PM (c3FgC)

8 DOES THE BLADE SNAG ANOTHER FIRST?
>>>>>Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

No, and the blade is getting fucking irritating with this shit.

Posted by: Same Old at May 08, 2026 02:56 PM (lTr5A)

9 But why has the public lost faith, exactly?

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Bad messaging.

And misinformation.

The only solution is to arrest more pensioners for bad thoughts on Facebook.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:56 PM (c3FgC)

10 Now well over 1300 seat gain for REF, LAB down almost 1200, CON down close to 500. Greens only pick up 285 so far with just nineteen councils left, they will underperform due to a bad vote distribution despite being second in the overall national vote haul.

REF wins have tracked with the Brexit 2016 vote, hence their massive swings and hauls in the Old Labour hinterlands up north while doing so-so down south outside of decimating the Tories in their rural strongholds. LAB is done up north, and Andy Burnham had better find a safe seat in London to run in if he wants to be PM for a while, because running in any seat from Liverpool over to Manchester, Birmingham, and all the way over to the erstwhile Labour stronghold of Sunderland is a dicey proposition at best.

Posted by: GF at May 08, 2026 02:56 PM (iVUs+)

11 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)

12 I have lum'd NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)

13 12th!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 02:57 PM (WONhk)

14 I didn't know that the UK had to have elections anytime soon. Was Labor cocky or worried about future events to have the elections now? Or was I wrong about them hitting the limit of having to have elections.

In some ways these systems where election season isn't a year long affair seem tempting; but overall I think I like knowing when the next chance to boot out a traitor will be.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2026 02:58 PM (PV+Zw)

15 This is actually even more interesting and infuriating:

The Noticer
@NoticerNews
The tribunal restored his visa under immigration minister Tony Burke's Direction 110, which this year alone has been used to prevent the deportations of a a Chinese wife-killer, an Ethiopian rapist, an obese homosexual Indian paedophile, an Iranian drug smuggler, a killer Sri Lankan driver, and a Sudanese refugee who was jailed over the fatal stabbing of an Australian teenager.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

16 What was Reforms endlessly repeated campaign promise? I hadn't been following. I know a little more about the "Restore " party than about "Reform". Although I know Rupert Lowe pulled out of the Reform Party.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 02:58 PM (Yl2Ob)

17 Lots of talk of the death of a 2 party system or the death of the center left coalition. Labor and conservatives combined still have more seats than reform.

A bit premature to be making these pronouncements.

Posted by: Heroq at May 08, 2026 02:58 PM (JRUvI)

18 14 I didn't know that the UK had to have elections anytime soon. Was Labor cocky or worried about future events to have the elections now? Or was I wrong about them hitting the limit of having to have elections.

In some ways these systems where election season isn't a year long affair seem tempting; but overall I think I like knowing when the next chance to boot out a traitor will be.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2026 02:58 PM (PV+Zw)

=====

These are regularly scheduled local (council) elections.

This does not affect the makeup of Parliament, but it does show the relative strength of the different parties.

Council elections tend to have predictive power because England has relatively few elections and turnout for Council elections are on par with turnout for general elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:59 PM (c3FgC)

19 Ha ha

Posted by: Lord Nelson at May 08, 2026 02:59 PM (udZ7r)

20 "Australian authorities were totally fine with opening the borders to "refugees" like this. But now, after he commits horrific crimes, he is too retarded to be deported."

WHY did you let a retarded rapist IN? No one forced you to take this guy.

Can't deport him? Fine. Hang him. One or the other. It's what we used to do to such people.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 08, 2026 02:59 PM (954tc)

21 >>16 What was Reforms endlessly repeated campaign promise? I hadn't been following. I know a little more about the "Restore " party than about "Reform". Although I know Rupert Lowe pulled out of the Reform Party.

yes, Restore seems stronger on the issue, but Reform said again and again they would stop the boats and stop out of control immigration.

But they have backed away from promising mass deportations, which is what Restore wants. Reform look like RINOs next to Restore.

The establishment won't even admit the promise that gave Reform the win.

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:00 PM (1wjle)

22 Wales! Buy a damn vowel.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:00 PM (g6DiO)

23 I didn't know that the UK had to have elections anytime soon.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2026 02:58 PM (PV+Zw)

These are different elections than the ones coming up in August 2029.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 03:01 PM (iERP6)

24 Ha ha

Posted by: Admiral Nelson at May 08, 2026 03:01 PM (udZ7r)

25 >>.18 14 I didn't know that the UK had to have elections anytime soon. Was Labor cocky or worried about future events to have the elections now? Or was I wrong about them hitting the limit of having to have elections.

these are council (local) elections, not the general elections for Parliament, which do not have to be scheduled before 2029.

I will add that in the post.

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:01 PM (1wjle)

26 21 yes, Restore seems stronger on the issue, but Reform said again and again they would stop the boats and stop out of control immigration.

But they have backed away from promising mass deportations, which is what Restore wants. Reform look like RINOs next to Restore.

The establishment won't even admit the promise that gave Reform the win.

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:00 PM (1wjle)

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Restore's purpose is to pull Reform to the right on immigration, it seems.

Still a long way until the general (minus a real Labour revolt against Starmer instead of the pussy, feminine backbiting without doing anything that's been going on for 2 years), and I don't think Restore put up much of a slate for the council elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:01 PM (c3FgC)

27 I hope the Reform Party does a better job of keeping its promises than the fucking GOP, or else Britain really is lost.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 08, 2026 03:01 PM (wtvvX)

28 Thanks TJM.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2026 03:01 PM (PV+Zw)

29 Ha ha

Posted by: Viscount Nelson at May 08, 2026 03:02 PM (udZ7r)

30 Stamer is feckless and stupid. But at least he is a moralizing nutcase. Sure, he's uninspiring, but at least he's a poor judge of character and is a complete idiot on important issues. And sure, some might say he's completely fucked up everything he touches, but at least he hasn't touched everything...yet.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 08, 2026 03:02 PM (954tc)

31 "Raped by Retards" wasn't a very good song when it came out in 1987.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 03:02 PM (MtSIY)

32 Can't deport him? Fine. Hang him. One or the other. It's what we used to do to such people.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 08, 2026 02:59 PM (954tc)

60 generations of idiots is enough!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 03:02 PM (iERP6)

33 yes, Restore seems stronger on the issue, but Reform said again and again they would stop the boats and stop out of control immigration.

But they have backed away from promising mass deportations, which is what Restore wants. Reform look like RINOs next to Restore.

The establishment won't even admit the promise that gave Reform the win.

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:00 PM (1wjle)

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Restore's purpose is to pull Reform to the right on immigration, it seems.

Still a long way until the general (minus a real Labour revolt against Starmer instead of the pussy, feminine backbiting without doing anything that's been going on for 2 years), and I don't think Restore put up much of a slate for the council elections.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:01 PM (c3FgC)
_________

Reform
Restore
Refuck

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

34 Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:00 PM (1wjle)

Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2026 03:02 PM (Yl2Ob)

35 "Jose Ignacio Bonilla Garcia, 32, a Honduran national, was indicted for Rape in the First Degree and Assault"

He was beating men unconscious and dragging them behind a dumpster so he could rape them in the ass. Doubtless a job most Americans wouldn't do.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (L08sN)

36 33 Reform
Restore
Refuck

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

=======

"It could work..."
-Brazzers

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (c3FgC)

37 "Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

The "blade" needs to quit consuming his own propaganda.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (zBgIx)

38 >>>31 "Raped by Retards" wasn't a very good song when it came out in 1987.

That was The Fixx, wasn't it?

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (1wjle)

39 Restore will cure the mummy rot.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (g6DiO)

40 maybe...

someday...

raped... by... retards...

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (1wjle)

41 I give you-
The Gerrymander Stomp Song

https://tinyurl.com/47tp6k4n

Posted by: redridinghood at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (NpAcC)

42 37 "Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

The "blade" needs to quit consuming his own propaganda.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (zBgIx)

======

The Blade has a shtick. It's a stupid shtick, but it harms no one.

I have my own stupid shticks, and I bemoan no one their own stupid shticks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (c3FgC)

43 After Greta's flotilla cleans up the oil in Persia, she should protect the UK from the small boat invaders. I read she had a boyfriend so there's sex involved now, which is about as hideous to think about as Ace's nekkid wrestling of Starmer and Anderson Cooper.

I have found it hard to believe, for over a decade, why the Brit men, on their own, don't pretend to be fishermen and shoot darts into the rafts and let the vermin drown. You know they can't swim as I see them with their life vests.

If they float then run over them with your speed boat.

This shows how heartless I am towards the invasion that has screwed up any future travel plans I had to the UK or Europe. It's all about me and my needs.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 03:04 PM (WONhk)

44 Australia is a lost cause, even more so than Europe. I think they eunuched all of their men during covid. Mick Dundee has a sad.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 03:04 PM (abIsI)

45 "Australian authorities were totally fine with opening the borders to "refugees" like this. But now, after he commits horrific crimes, he is too retarded to be deported."

Aborting babies tested to be retarded: A-F*CKING OK

Deporting horrific criminals murdering and raping: TOO RETARDED TO REMOVE

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:04 PM (Zz0t1)

46 Asked from ignorance:

1. Given the parliamentary system, is Reform likely to be in the saddle based on this showing?

2. Is Reform more likely to live up to its word than the Tories (who certainly did not)?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2026 03:04 PM (oIVsY)

47 DOES THE BLADE SNAG ANOTHER FIRST?
>>>>>Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

No, and the blade is getting fucking irritating with this shit.
Posted by: Same Old at May 08, 2026 02:56 PM (lTr5A)

Only 50 more "Firsts!" and the Internet will send him a "1 Million Firsts!" plaque to hang on the wall of his mom's basement.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2026 03:04 PM (80m++)

48

They went to Plaid!

Posted by: Dark Helmet at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (Cqx++)

49 46 Asked from ignorance:

1. Given the parliamentary system, is Reform likely to be in the saddle based on this showing?

2. Is Reform more likely to live up to its word than the Tories (who certainly did not)?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2026 03:04 PM (oIVsY)

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This has nothing to do but predictive power for the next Parliamentary elections.

It just hits home to Labour that they'd better not call a snap election or they will lose all their power in Parliament.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (c3FgC)

50 2 No and your schtick, such as it is, is tiring.

Also, LOLGF UK. You let them in and now reap the whirlwind. The people really ought to be burning down the country over this crap.

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (Q0yOR)

51 Not familiar with how UK politics works, but a new swing of 2500 seats is armageddon type numbers.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (IifOV)

52 44 Australia is a lost cause, even more so than Europe. I think they eunuched all of their men during covid. Mick Dundee has a sad.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 03:04 PM (abIsI)

The gutless wonders do surprise me in Aussie land.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (WONhk)

53 Regarding the African 'tard rapist. Let the family deal with it. Surely they have a knife or two.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (utfVc)

54 The Blade has a shtick. It's a stupid shtick, but it harms no one.

I have my own stupid shticks, and I bemoan no one their own stupid shticks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (c3FgC)

Besides... It's fun to tease him when he misses first...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (Gdq1t)

55 Raped by Retards
-------

But isn't this really the origin story of the Royal Family

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (udZ7r)

56 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (c3FgC)

Obviously, you just don't get it!!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (zBgIx)

57 In other interesting news. So many people have wondered why Utah of all places is getting a Democrat seat this fall from their current 4-0 Republican majority. The answer is the judges. The utah legislature has been kicking and screaming trying to prevent this, but the courts literally redistricted Utah using a map drawn up by a Democrat NGO out of Virginia. I'm not aware of any other state in the union that has had their maps drawn up, literally, by a NGO from a totally different state. Even the Voters Rights act had DC government agencies....

In any event, it was upheld by the Utah Supreme Court. Now the judge who wrote the decision is resigning, effective immediately. Why? To "spend time with her family" after the state started investigating her affair with the Democrat lead attorney in the redistricting case. I wish I was making this up. I'm not sorry to see her go; I argued multiple times in front of her and was never all that impressed, though she isn't an idiot like Jackson Brown.

So yes, Utah has a gerrymandered to the hilt Democrat seat, courtesy 100% of lawfare from Democrats. That won't last. I'm not sure Democrats will even win the election this fall.

Posted by: SimoHayha at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (Ta9Ae)

58 56 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (c3FgC)

Obviously, you just don't get it!!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (zBgIx)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (c3FgC)

59 The problem (for Labour) is, no one looks like a ready-made successor to Starmer.

The potential replacements, like Rayner and Burnham, have major problems of their own, and the party is hemorraging support to Reform on the one side and the Greens (and Muslim independents) on the other.

Starmer may continue as PM for a while, not just because of his own addiction to power (though that is a major factor) but because the party has no obvious alternative.

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of Commies.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 08, 2026 03:06 PM (NxtrT)

60
That was The Fixx, wasn't it?
Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (1wjle)

Heh. The rejected title for the album later known as "Reach the Beach."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)

61 Plaid Cymru won 42 seats
======
If I remember correctly, this is a Welsh independence party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
___________

Their party names rock.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 08, 2026 03:06 PM (XvL8K)

62 If you are too low IQ for deportation, fire up the suicide pods from Canada! It could be a good export for them to Australia.

But, no, we must be humane for rapists that are dumb mutants. Let's give them 3 hots and a cot for decades. SPIT

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 03:07 PM (WONhk)

63 Wow. The sad grumpy trolls really get hot and bothered over the "first" gimmick. I never seen some of these names before. Weak.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

64 Wow, they won't even show a picture of the niece rapist.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 03:07 PM (n5tGW)

65 Only 50 more "Firsts!" and the Internet will send him a "1 Million Firsts!" plaque to hang on the wall of his mom's basement.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2026 03:04 PM (80m++)

It is an honor only bestowed upon the few, the proud, of which he's not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:07 PM (Zz0t1)

66 Plaid Cymru won 42 seats
======
If I remember correctly, this is a Welsh independence party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
___________

Their party names rock.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 08, 2026 03:06 PM (XvL8K)
_______

Wait -- we like "Star Wars names" now?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

67 I. AM so behind for the day, got to go read what happened

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (Ia/+0)

68 >>>Or they'll claim that Keir Starmer just isn't charismatic. Yes, correct, he's a gray dullard who looks like he'd lose a naked wrestling match to Anderson Cooper, but...

>A tag team would be tremendous; Toss in Jake Tapper and some baby oil and let the tears flow.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (D1E+2)

69 You failed the IQ test. Congratulations you are Canadian now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (g6DiO)

70 This has nothing to do but predictive power for the next Parliamentary elections.

It just hits home to Labour that they'd better not call a snap election or they will lose all their power in Parliament.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (c3FgC)

So is this the equivalent of state/local elections here?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (oIVsY)

71 No, and the blade is getting fucking irritating with this shit.

Posted by: Same Old at May 08, 2026 02:56 PM (lTr5A)

Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (dK+Kv)

72 During my recent deep dive into the pRon world, for science mind you, I have noticed Australia has an inordinate number of lesbian videos produced.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (abIsI)

73 The Blade has a shtick. It's a stupid shtick, but it harms no one.

I have my own stupid shticks, and I bemoan no one their own stupid shticks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:03 PM (c3FgC)

Too bad it wasn't an original schtick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)

74 70
So is this the equivalent of state/local elections here?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (oIVsY)

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It's probably the closest analogue we have, yeah.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (c3FgC)

75 I didn't know that the UK had to have elections anytime soon. Was Labor cocky or worried about future events to have the elections now? Or was I wrong about them hitting the limit of having to have elections.

In some ways these systems where election season isn't a year long affair seem tempting; but overall I think I like knowing when the next chance to boot out a traitor will be.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2026 02:58 PM (PV+Zw)

These are local council elections, not the one for Parliament.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (utfVc)

76 is the parliamentary system f***ed up or what

they have a PM whom everybody agrees is terrible, yet they can't get rid of him in the short run

a real King would be able to fire this asshole

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (ZxPkt)

77 reform now up 1,350, labour down over 1,200

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:09 PM (1wjle)

78 73 Too bad it wasn't an original schtick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)

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Yes, that's too bad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:09 PM (c3FgC)

79 Nigel needs to go.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 03:09 PM (4NO2D)

80 Without deportation reform will also fail. Britain has had enough. 100% fed up.

Deport each and every refuge...now. Don't care about the cost, don't care about the humanity, deport today, deport tomorrow, deport for the forceable future. All of them. Every last one that isn't a native-born citizen.

Look, 20 years ago there could be some reasonable accommodations. Exceptions. But they abused every exception, ignored every chance at compromise.

Stop the boats? Easy - pick them up, drive them to fucking Heathrow airport, and stick them on the next plane to wherever they came from. If they burn their documents, stick them in detention until they tell you where they are from. The boats will stop tomorrow - you just changed the risk/reward.

Overall, just stop fucking about.

Look at Trump - he's deported 500,000, and another 2.5 million left voluntarily. Britian could send a couple hundred thousand home, and a couple of million would just leave on their own.

And look, who should you send home? Easy - start with every single immigrant on any sort of public assistance.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 08, 2026 03:09 PM (954tc)

81 1. Given the parliamentary system, is Reform likely to be in the saddle based on this showing?

2. Is Reform more likely to live up to its word than the Tories (who certainly did not)?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2026 03:04 PM (oIVsY)

If the polls are right (I said *if*, TJM), Reform would have a plurality but not a majority in Parliament if the election occurred today, making a coalition with the Tories necessary.

As for the second part, my answer would be yes; but that's such a low bar to clear it doesn't mean much in reality.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 08, 2026 03:09 PM (NxtrT)

82 Or they'll claim that Keir Starmer just isn't charismatic. Yes, correct, he's a gray dullard who looks like he'd lose a naked wrestling match to Anderson Cooper, but..
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Uncharismatic and a fop. Very cruel.

Posted by: Hasan the Piker at May 08, 2026 03:09 PM (2icm1)

83 Say -- what was Reform's One Single Endlessly Repeated Campaign Promise, anyway?

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Stop Murdering and Raping Whitey?

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:09 PM (lR5Ug)

84 78 73 Too bad it wasn't an original schtick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)

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Yes, that's too bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:09 PM (c3FgC)

I never got the "first" thing...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2026 03:10 PM (Gdq1t)

85 Some of Labour went to Green.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:10 PM (g6DiO)

86 76 is the parliamentary system f***ed up or what

they have a PM whom everybody agrees is terrible, yet they can't get rid of him in the short run

a real King would be able to fire this asshole

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (ZxPkt)

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Labour has a super majority after winning roughly 33% of the vote.

For democracy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:10 PM (c3FgC)

87
Threat or Menace

Shit or Garbage

Shtick or Gimmick

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 03:10 PM (udZ7r)

88 We need new tropes.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 03:10 PM (4NO2D)

89 85 Some of Labour went to Green.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:10 PM (g6DiO)

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Green is like Labour but more in love with Muslims.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:10 PM (c3FgC)

90 What you need is a sorting hat, where the hat would shout out the name of the refuge you are sending home.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 08, 2026 03:11 PM (954tc)

91 /hasan knows cruelty I only wish I did

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 03:11 PM (2icm1)

92 Australia needs to import more retards. To get their average IQ Down Under.

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 08, 2026 03:11 PM (TezPK)

93 Too bad it wasn't an original schtick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)

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Yes, that's too bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:09 PM (c3FgC)
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The Blade did add the rock lyrics gimmick to the existing gimmick, so there's that ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

94 >>>>90 What you need is a sorting hat, where the hat would shout out the name of the refuge you are sending home.

This, exactly

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:11 PM (1wjle)

95 and so it begins

Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at May 08, 2026 03:11 PM (RMawP)

96 "Too bad it wasn't an original schtick."

Slapweasel sold him the rights to that schtick! Or so the rumors go.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (zBgIx)

97
I never got the "first" thing...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2026 03:10 PM (Gdq1t)

I do it as a holdover jab at the old LGF days.........He of post without a seat fame HATED it so much, he programmed his blog to automatically ban anyone that attempted to post "first" in the first several posts.

It's become my 'thing' and everyone knows it.

I was even requested to yell it at the first TxMoMe I attended.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (Zz0t1)

98 93
The Blade did add the rock lyrics gimmick to the existing gimmick, so there's that ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

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The Blade is the Vanilla Ice of Sponges.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (c3FgC)

99 Meet the new trope

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (udZ7r)

100 TOO RETARDED TO REMOVE
Posted by: Sponge

I'll take "why did Joe Biden remain in office" for 500, Alex

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (Vxu1m)

101
The Blade did add the rock lyrics gimmick to the existing gimmick, so there's that ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

I've always said, if you're gonna remake a song, make it your own.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (Zz0t1)

102 The Conservative Party (anyone remember them?) got their asses kicked. Bad.
They're Britain's Republican Party. They don't do what they say they're gonna do, don't do what their voters want.
The Republican party here should take heed.

Posted by: Evil Incarnate at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (fPL4c)

103 It's actually been a pretty nice day.

Good news stories....well not apocalyptic news stories, my friends just delivered homemade German cake - Hans German Cake - not Mohammad German Cake.

I may go grab some fast food for a change and watch 'Hellraiser' movies the rest of the night and work on my stuff tomorrow.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (Sco7b)

104 It's because of their poofty predilection for Marmite, don'cha know?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 08, 2026 03:13 PM (0sNs1)

105 We need a real Conservative Party.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:13 PM (g6DiO)

106 Cake Girl > Hans German Cake

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:14 PM (Zz0t1)

107 tarmer may continue as PM for a while, not just because of his own addiction to power (though that is a major factor) but because the party has no obvious alternative.

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of Commies.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 08, 2026 03:06 PM (NxtrT)

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Joe Biden in 2022 at May 08, 2026 03:14 PM (80m++)

108 African refugee who sexually abused niece, 9, spared deportation due to low IQ

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Somalis throughout the land breath a sign of relief and celebrate!

Sisters, Nieces, and Cousins For All ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:14 PM (lR5Ug)

109 Brits have been voting for "end immigration" for a while and haven't gotten it.

Of course the same is true here too

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm)

110
The Blade is the Vanilla Ice of Sponges.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (c3FgC)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:14 PM (Zz0t1)

111 8 No, and the blade is getting fucking irritating with this shit.
Posted by: Same Old at May 08, 2026 02:56 PM (lTr5A)

Shots Fired!

Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 03:14 PM (iXqHn)

112 It's best to know why you're doing something. Like, really why. Not why you think you're doing it but why you're actually doing it.

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 03:14 PM (udZ7r)

113
Why is being deported an alternative to serving a felony sentence? Commit rape or murder, and just get kicked out?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 08, 2026 03:14 PM (VWtfl)

114 From Brendan O'Neill in Spike. Sounds much like how Trump got elected:
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We are living through a fake revolt and a real revolt. The fake one is the rallying of student towns, leafy suburbs and digital radicals around the Green Party. Some of these Zack Polanski enthusiasts might have multi-coloured hair and pose for selfies at Marx’s grave in Highgate, but don’t be fooled: they are lining up behind the entirely reactionary cause of identity politics, no more growth, dicks in women’s bathrooms and Islamist grievance. The true revolt is coming from the working classes, who want Britain’s borders repaired, our history respected and democracy to have meaning.

Pick your side: the matcha Marxism of a keffyeh-smothered activist class that doesn’t know what a woman is, or the patient but unflinching plea for a restoration of normalcy being made by the men and women of the Red Wall.

Posted by: beckster at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (kX27y)

115 Retardation shouldn't be a license to kill.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (g6DiO)

116 Gee, its almost as if the "elite" of certain countries want the middle class to revolt against them burn it all down.

Posted by: beware the smol at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (anL5R)

117 Restore is new so that would take a long time. But I understand they won 10 out of 10 seats.

Problem I see is that Reform won't.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (n5tGW)

118 So yes, Utah has a gerrymandered to the hilt Democrat seat, courtesy 100% of lawfare from Democrats. That won't last. I'm not sure Democrats will even win the election this fall.
Posted by: SimoHayha at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (Ta9Ae)

The Utah thing was truly sickening. Absolutely no reason for the judge to step in, zero cause. Then they specifical created a district that a democrat might win.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (954tc)

119 Farange is a "my turn" type of pol. Not one single change will happen under his "leadership" If that ever happens.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (zBgIx)

120 I never got the "first" thing...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2026 03:10 PM (Gdq1t)

You're in good company.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (utfVc)

121 109 Brits have been voting for "end immigration" for a while and haven't gotten it.

Of course the same is true here too

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm)

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We're getting it now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (c3FgC)

122 American Thinker article today theorized England will be Muslim dominant by 2060

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (Ia/+0)

123 The Blade is the Vanilla Ice of Sponges.

Who is the Milli Vanilli of Ace and Garrett then?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:16 PM (sKqQm)

124 * On second thought, does anyone really lose a naked wrestling match? It's all in the journey, isn't it?

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"We refer to it in the bathhouses mostly as leap-frogging."

/Barry Soetoro

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:16 PM (lR5Ug)

125 I'm no troll but thanks. Also, it's been a great news week so far. It's Friday so that should be good for a news dump later on from the left to try and "expose" more lies about Trump or "the right wing" per usual.

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:16 PM (Q0yOR)

126 American Thinker article today theorized England will be Muslim dominant by 2060
Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (Ia/+0)

There's no way it takes that long.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:16 PM (Zz0t1)

127 American Thinker article today theorized England will be Muslim dominant by 2060

Native Brits aren't having kids and they haven't generally voted as a non-Muslim block so....

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)

128 German chocolate cake was invented in Texas.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 08, 2026 03:17 PM (XvL8K)

129 It turns out voters don't really like "fundamental transformations".

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 08, 2026 03:17 PM (cS1cw)

130 93
The Blade did add the rock lyrics gimmick to the existing gimmick, so there's that ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

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The Blade is the Vanilla Ice of Sponges.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (c3FgC)
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Rolling in my 5.0,
With my rag-top down so my hair can blow.
The girlies on standby, waving just to say "Hi."
"Did you stop?" No, I just drove by.

Girls were hot, wearing less than bikinis.
Rockman lovers driving Lamborghinis.
Jealous, 'cause I'm out getting mine.
Shay with a gauge, and The Blade with a nine!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

131 I'd say I'm shocked by the arrogant non caring for their own citizens by the Brits, Aussies etc, but it's only a matter of degree from the Dems here not caring about illegals killing Americans. In fact it's the same

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 03:17 PM (gu0hJ)

132 Reform
Restore
Refuck
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

Reforge.
That's my angle. Take it to red hot and pound it into something else.

Posted by: Reforger at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (ZFqKB)

133 131 I'd say I'm shocked by the arrogant non caring for their own citizens by the Brits, Aussies etc, but it's only a matter of degree from the Dems here not caring about illegals killing Americans. In fact it's the same

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 03:17 PM (gu0hJ)

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The elite of England hate the normal people of England because the elite of England from 100 years ago did colonization.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (c3FgC)

134 Maybe the Muslims and Indians, who I read a week ago are showing up in England 1/2 million a year

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (Ia/+0)

135 Brits have been voting for "end immigration" for a while and haven't gotten it.

Of course the same is true here too
Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm)

The British government in particular has for a long time been devoted to not doing what the voters want.

Watch "Yes, Minister" if you get a chance. It's all about bureaucrats in Westminster doing their best to ignore and sabotage the elected officials they supposedly work for, since, after all, they know best.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (NxtrT)

136 German Chocolate Cake contains coconut and pecans.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (g6DiO)

137 >>On second thought, does anyone really lose a naked wrestling match? It's all in the journey, isn't it?

All depends on whom one is rastling.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (viF8m)

138 On second thought, does anyone really lose a naked wrestling match? It's all in the journey, isn't it?

I'm reminded of that girl's wrestling match that hit the news a month or so ago where a tranny participate grabbed his actual female opponent by the p*ssy .

Would have been way worst if it was Greek style wrestling...

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

139 126 No way it's going to be 2060. No way at all. Hell, France is almost taken over. Germany is rotten. England and the rest of the UK have been invaded. It's a nightmare. No way I'd go over to visit Europe now. Maybe Poland. They seem sane still.

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (Q0yOR)

140 I just don't see the wisdom of the parliamentary system

it's fair to say it has failed the UK
they pretty much suck as a country now

unless I'm wrong

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (ZxPkt)

141 I'd say I'm shocked by the arrogant non caring for their own citizens by the Brits, Aussies etc, but it's only a matter of degree from the Dems here not caring about illegals killing Americans. In fact it's the same
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 03:17 PM (gu0hJ)

They think they'll be able to control the muslham horde of thieves and murders. They think they'll have a seat at the table when they take over every seat in every government entity.

They won't. They're just too stupid to see it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:19 PM (Zz0t1)

142 Side note. Didn’t the muslim invader party also gain 277 seats?

This is just theater for the managed decline.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 08, 2026 03:19 PM (i14TE)

143 Retardation shouldn't be a license to kill.
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Not according to Slingblade.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 03:19 PM (MtSIY)

144 135
The British government in particular has for a long time been devoted to not doing what the voters want.

Watch "Yes, Minister" if you get a chance. It's all about bureaucrats in Westminster doing their best to ignore and sabotage the elected officials they supposedly work for, since, after all, they know best.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (NxtrT)

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One of Labour's long-running critiques of the Conservative Party was that the CP was too open borders.

Cornyn is a national socialist and thought that the CP was a big business party importing an underclass to work for cheap instead of prioritizing welfare for the native born Briton.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:19 PM (c3FgC)

145 Is this something will happen or Nothing Will Happen?

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is moving to denaturalize 12 individuals for offenses and allegations including providing material support to terrorism, war crimes and sexual abuse of a minor, the Daily Caller has learned.

The DOJ is expected to announce on Friday that it is filing denaturalizing actions against 12 individuals, originally from Iraq, Colombia, Morocco, Somalia, Gambia, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Kenya, India, China and Nigeria.

https://tinyurl.com/455x8vzh

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

146 122 American Thinker article today theorized England will be Muslim dominant by 2060

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (Ia/+0)

Nah. Europe's got a lot of killing left in her.

They're not quite collectively at the 'Fuck it all!' stage, but I believe they'll get there.

See, wow. I AM in a good mood today.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 03:20 PM (Sco7b)

147 Mississippi has a higher per capita GDP than UK.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:20 PM (g6DiO)

148 Pick your side: the matcha Marxism of a keffyeh-smothered activist class that doesn’t know what a woman is, or the patient but unflinching plea for a restoration of normalcy being made by the men and women of the Red Wall.

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But enough about the SCOTUS.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:20 PM (lR5Ug)

149 >>>Side note. Didn’t the muslim invader party also gain 277 seats?

I don't know, I keep looking for that and I don't see it. Maybe that's just part of the Green Party? (Which has embraced Islamism.)

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:20 PM (1wjle)

150 On second thought, does anyone really lose a naked wrestling match? It's all in the journey, isn't it?

This sort of thing has gotten little analysis until recently.

The whole idea of representative government is elected officials are supposed to be afraid of being voted out if they don't do what the voters want and yet throughout the western world at a certain point pols just completely stopped caring about it.

For example, after the '94 midterms Clinton and the dems spent a lot of time talking about how they were going to change what they were doing because the voters had spoken...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:20 PM (sKqQm)

151 American Thinker article today theorized England will be Muslim dominant by 2060
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They're off by about 40 years.

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 03:20 PM (udZ7r)

152 145 The Department of Justice (DOJ) is moving to denaturalize 12 individuals for offenses and allegations including providing material support to terrorism, war crimes and sexual abuse of a minor, the Daily Caller has learned.

The DOJ is expected to announce on Friday that it is filing denaturalizing actions against 12 individuals, originally from Iraq, Colombia, Morocco, Somalia, Gambia, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Kenya, India, China and Nigeria.

https://tinyurl.com/455x8vzh

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

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I really hope it becomes a common thing.

What needs to happen to take it to another level is state/local integration with the feds when green card holders commit state/local crimes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:20 PM (c3FgC)

153 Reform
Restore
Refuck
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

Reforge.
That's my angle. Take it to red hot and pound it into something else.
Posted by: Reforger at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (ZFqKB)
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"Meh."

-- Returner

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

154 "African refugee who sexually abused niece, 9, spared deportation due to low IQ."

That's not a low IQ. This is a low IQ.

Posted by: Aussie Voter at May 08, 2026 03:21 PM (yFLFB)

155 like maybe the Muslim Independent Party didn't have actual positions on the ballot so the Green party let them use their ballot lines?

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:21 PM (1wjle)

156 >On second thought, does anyone really lose a naked wrestling match? It's all in the journey, isn't it?
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I always thought the baby oil wrestling match would just end up with oil in your eyes and mouth.

IDK, but I also never get invited to Diddy Parties.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 03:21 PM (MtSIY)

157 So yes, Utah has a gerrymandered to the hilt Democrat seat, courtesy 100% of lawfare from Democrats. That won't last. I'm not sure Democrats will even win the election this fall.
Posted by: SimoHayha at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (Ta9Ae)

The Utah thing was truly sickening. Absolutely no reason for the judge to step in, zero cause. Then they specifical created a district that a democrat might win.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (954tc)

Given that bitch judge Hagen resigned over a dalliance with the lawyer for the Donk side of the case, shouldn't the court revisit the decision, or be sued to force that?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:21 PM (utfVc)

158 Can't they just jail him forever?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:22 PM (g6DiO)

159 Every naturalized US citizen convicted of a felony should be denaturalized and deported.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 08, 2026 03:22 PM (rJ48h)

160 16 What was Reforms endlessly repeated campaign promise? I hadn't been following. I know a little more about the "Restore " party than about "Reform". Although I know Rupert Lowe pulled out of the Reform Party.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Reform aimed at maximizing votes by wanting less taxes, end of Net Zero stupidity, less spending, less immigration.

Restore came about because Farange tried to put Lowe in the frame for criminal charges and expelled Lowe from the party for being anti immigrant. Lowe ended up keeping his seat in Parliament and founded Restore around his MP constituency in Greater Yarmouth. Now, Restore focused all its efforts on that council and came out gangbusters winning all the challenged seats by whopping big majorities.

Lowe figured developing a new party without carefully screening the candidates and moving slowly to actually achieving something was better than running as the alternative to the big parties. Reform is a coalitional party with a lot of upsides and downsides and now has to show it can govern the local councils that it took over. So we shall see. What is clear is that the Tories and Labour have seen their best days in the past.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

161 The DOJ is expected to announce on Friday that it is filing denaturalizing actions against 12 individuals, originally from Iraq, Colombia, Morocco, Somalia, Gambia, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Kenya, India, China and Nigeria.

https://tinyurl.com/455x8vzh
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Any Congresscritters in that lineup?

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 08, 2026 03:22 PM (TezPK)

162 Is this something will happen or Nothing Will Happen?

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is moving to denaturalize 12 individuals for offenses and allegations including providing material support to terrorism, war crimes and sexual abuse of a minor, the Daily Caller has learned.

The DOJ is expected to announce on Friday that it is filing denaturalizing actions against 12 individuals, originally from Iraq, Colombia, Morocco, Somalia, Gambia, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Kenya, India, China and Nigeria.

https://tinyurl.com/455x8vzh

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

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Fuck Denaturalization. I want Blood and Executions ... but mostly Executions.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:22 PM (lR5Ug)

163 Ok, upheaval in Limey politics.
So, what?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 08, 2026 03:22 PM (2Ez/1)

164 African refugee who sexually abused niece, 9, spared deportation due to low IQ."

Stop and think about that for a minute.

This isn't some guy not following environment laws or even just crapping on the street.

Even the worst of Somali retards know you aren't supposed to molest kids, well, in the US or Europe.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

165 American Thinker article today theorized England will be Muslim dominant by 2060
Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 03:15 PM (Ia/+0)

There's no way it takes that long.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Yep. 2040 or sooner. It is already run by muzzies. If current invasion numbers keep to trend I put it at 2035.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 08, 2026 03:22 PM (xvV+O)

166 98 The Blade is the Vanilla Ice of Sponges.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (c3FgC)

Yeah, but Sponge's schtick is more claiming First when he's like 116th.

Which is what makes it humorous.

Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 03:23 PM (FpHTM)

167 Hey Ace. Can you add Moron Captain Whitebread to the Absent Friends? He passed 4/29.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 03:23 PM (4NO2D)

168 The Department of Justice (DOJ) is moving to denaturalize 12 individuals for offenses and allegations including providing material support to terrorism, war crimes and sexual abuse of a minor, the Daily Caller has learned.
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Also moving to denaturalize a former ambassador for being a spy for Cuba.

Deport, deport, deport!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 03:23 PM (MtSIY)

169 157 Given that bitch judge Hagen resigned over a dalliance with the lawyer for the Donk side of the case, shouldn't the court revisit the decision, or be sued to force that?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:21 PM (utfVc)

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Utah GOP state legislators already went ahead and court-packed, adding two new justices.

There was never anything to do with 2026 to fix it, the calendars not allowing it, but it'll be back for 2028.

The Democrat that wins the seat will have a grand 2 years in Congress, not even long enough to get a pension. Have fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:23 PM (c3FgC)

170 158 That means supporting him in jail forever. No thanks. Fire up Sparky, build a gallows or just put them against the wall. Done and done.

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:23 PM (Q0yOR)

171 >>>ey Ace. Can you add Moron Captain Whitebread to the Absent Friends? He passed 4/29.

oh no! I liked Whitebread.

I'll add it.

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:23 PM (1wjle)

172 If the African 9 year old is low IQ take him up to the Northern Territories and teach him to swim amongst the mangroves

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 03:23 PM (gu0hJ)

173 167 Yeah, please? He was a good guy. Loved his comments.

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (Q0yOR)

174 >>Keir Starmer ... he's a gray dullard who looks like he'd lose a naked wrestling match to Anderson Cooper*

ewww

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (RtN13)

175 171 >>>ey Ace. Can you add Moron Captain Whitebread to the Absent Friends? He passed 4/29.

oh no! I liked Whitebread.

I'll add it.

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:23 PM (1wjle)

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When I go, you'll have to add a "Thank God, he's gone," entry to the sidebar.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (c3FgC)

176 Everyone needs to heed Ace's command about not dying.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (4NO2D)

177 171 Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (Q0yOR)

178 Mississippi has a higher per capita GDP than UK.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:20 PM (g6DiO)
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Yes. The poorest state in the USA is wealthier than the UK. I think that once you're outside London and maybe a few other cities, the rest of the UK is Thunderdome. I keep hearing stats about Scotland and it's overwhelming welfare and low worker productivity that I can hardly believe them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

179 176 Everyone needs to heed Ace's command about not dying.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (4NO2D)

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Some people have problems with authority.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (c3FgC)

180 149 >>>Side note. Didn’t the muslim invader party also gain 277 seats?

I don't know, I keep looking for that and I don't see it. Maybe that's just part of the Green Party? (Which has embraced Islamism.)
Posted by: ace
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Some are running under the Green Party, others as independents depending on which council election that you examine. Birmingham, I think Muslims ran as independents for example, Manchester as green. Reporting is a bit muddled right now so I am in the dark as well.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (E4rtv)

181 >>>Who is the Milli Vanilli of Ace and Garrett then?

Posted by: 18-1

>Garrett got four flaming skulls and a pudding cup. You decide.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (D1E+2)

182 African refugee who sexually abused niece, 9, spared deportation due to low IQ."

He's just molesting the girls Americans won't. Really it is an act of love

Posted by: Jeb Bush at May 08, 2026 03:25 PM (sKqQm)

183 Doesn't England have a quarantined small pox island?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:25 PM (g6DiO)

184 183 Doesn't England have a quarantined small pox island?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:25 PM (g6DiO)

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Britain?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:25 PM (c3FgC)

185 Nobody here thinks that the black robed tyrants will let any denaturalizations actually happen?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 08, 2026 03:25 PM (xvV+O)

186 🚨 NEW: Politics UK has predicted the local election result for all council wards

➡️ RFM: 1,580 (+1,580)
🟠 LDM: 950 (+286)
🔴 LAB: 941 (-1,597)
🔵 CON: 572 (-631)
🟢 GRN: 503 (+344)
⚪️ INDP: 213 (-102)
⚪️ MUSLIM INDP: 208 (+177)

Our interactive map 👇 https://politicsuk.com/news/2026-local-elections-prediction

Posted by: Vengeance at May 08, 2026 03:25 PM (i14TE)

187 185 Nobody here thinks that the black robed tyrants will let any denaturalizations actually happen?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 08, 2026 03:25 PM (xvV+O)

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Not every district court judge comes from Massachusetts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:26 PM (c3FgC)

188 183 Isle of Wight? It's right there in the name. What they become once dead, err, undead.

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:26 PM (Q0yOR)

189 You know nothing says, "Enviro nut, gay, effeminate Green party members" quite like a Jihadi with a ZZ Top beard, 4 wives, and a relative in the oil industry back home

Posted by: Jeb Bush at May 08, 2026 03:26 PM (sKqQm)

190 179 176 Everyone needs to heed Ace's command about not dying.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (4NO2D)

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Some people have problems with authority.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:24 PM (c3FgC)

heh

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 03:26 PM (RtN13)

191 England now has been largely run by foreigners

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 03:26 PM (Ia/+0)

192 182 He's just molesting the girls Americans won't. Really it is an act of love
Posted by: Jeb Bush at May 08, 2026 03:25 PM (sKqQm)

Well, why import Americans to Australia just to be Rape Apes?

Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 03:26 PM (FpHTM)

193 During the war England was working the kinks out of small pox bombs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 03:26 PM (g6DiO)

194 Cornyn is a national socialist and thought that the CP was a big business party importing an underclass to work for cheap instead of prioritizing welfare for the native born Briton.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Did you mean Corbyn? I knew Cornyn was bad for Texas but not that bad.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)

195 177 add for the muzzies. So far. That’s dated.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 08, 2026 03:26 PM (i14TE)

196 That means supporting him in jail forever. No thanks. Fire up Sparky, build a gallows or just put them against the wall. Done and done.
Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:23 PM (Q0yOR)

Since he abused a family member, let the family kill him or castrate him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:27 PM (utfVc)

197 like maybe the Muslim Independent Party didn't have actual positions on the ballot so the Green party let them use their ballot lines?
Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:21 PM (1wjle)

Ace, I don't know how the Greens see them, but many of those independents have specifically disassociated themselves from the party, saying that the Greens (like Labour) are degenerates because of their pro-LGBT policies.

Quelle surprise.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 08, 2026 03:27 PM (NxtrT)

198 "Keir Starmer just isn't charismatic. Yes, correct, he's a gray dullard who looks like he'd lose a naked wrestling match to Anderson Cooper*"
In other words, they both "win".
The only losers would be those who actually caught a glimpse of said "wrestling match"...

Posted by: UncleJefe at May 08, 2026 03:27 PM (gAuAm)

199 So confused with Brit politics...always.

Similar to algebra in 9th grade I can't be bothered to try to think about it. Altho I did have to take it again in college and still don't care where x is. I don't understand why I had to take it at all or zoology. A mystery.

I use my high IQ for important things like Blake Lively gossip. Or whose facial moles I want to currently remove.

Where is the Rupert guy in Brit politics? And why can't I make him PM? (Other than the obvious that I don't live in the UK or have any power).

Tousi, my current boyfriend, said that illegal nasty migrant barbarians vote once they have "papers." Not legal citizens but allowed to vote. Which makes Brit politics extra retarded. This is a Dim dream that won't happen here (well, it has, but people are aware now).

I'm off to be productive and hope Ace and all have a grand Friday. May the crows be with you all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 03:27 PM (WONhk)

200 194 Cornyn is a national socialist and thought that the CP was a big business party importing an underclass to work for cheap instead of prioritizing welfare for the native born Briton.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Did you mean Corbyn? I knew Cornyn was bad for Texas but not that bad.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)

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In my head movies, I saw Corbyn, but my fingers went rogue.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:27 PM (c3FgC)

201 American Thinker article today theorized England will be Muslim dominant by 2060
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They're off by about 40 years.

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 03:20 PM (udZ7r)

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Next you'll be telling me that Muhammed (and its variants) is the most popular baby name in Britain over the past two or three decades.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:27 PM (lR5Ug)

202
IDK, but I also never get invited to Diddy Parties.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 03:21 PM (MtSIY)

Too bad. Cuz dey ain't no party like a Diddy party, know wut I'm sayin?

Posted by: LeBitch James at May 08, 2026 03:27 PM (Zz0t1)

203 When I go, you'll have to add a "Thank God, he's gone," entry to the sidebar.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

With a [Huzzah!] flourish?

JK

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 08, 2026 03:27 PM (TezPK)

204 166 98 The Blade is the Vanilla Ice of Sponges.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:12 PM (c3FgC)

Yeah, but Sponge's schtick is more claiming First when he's like 116th.

Which is what makes it humorous.
Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 03:23 PM (FpHTM)

IT'S NOT FUNNY BECAUSE THAT'S MY SCHTICK.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at May 08, 2026 03:27 PM (lesDH)

205 Ace is right though that the people voting Reform are hoping to stop the muzzie invasion. I don't know if Reform is up for that though, but they should get a f'ing clue.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 03:27 PM (n5tGW)

206 >>>
➡️ RFM: 1,580 (+1,580)
🟠 LDM: 950 (+286)
🔴 LAB: 941 (-1,597)
🔵 CON: 572 (-631)
🟢 GRN: 503 (+344)
⚪️ INDP: 213 (-102)
⚪️ MUSLIM INDP: 208 (+177)

thanks, Vengeance. They're not listed on the BBC's tally, which is the one I've been checking (only because they update before anyone else).

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (1wjle)

207 Interesting that the Muzzies haven't coalesced under their usual (ironic) name of like "Party of Justice and Peace" yet.

Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (FpHTM)

208 I have a question: where did Joe Mannix go? Or am I just not seeing him around

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (Q0yOR)

209 England now has been largely run by foreigners

Yep.

Britain in 2026 is like India in the late 1700s. Whether or not some local Maharaja nominally holds power it is for the benefit of the colonizers...

Posted by: Jeb Bush at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (sKqQm)

210 See? You have to die to find out if ace likes you. This is why I try to tell people now and again what I think of them. Not because anyone is wondering as such, but because I feel like there's something kind of terrible about a world where we have to keep it to ourselves until we are mourning. You know, stiff upper lip and all that.

Yes it's gay, but think of it this way - it's also homosexual.

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (udZ7r)

211 Listened to that guy Polanski who leads the Greens. Gay Jewish guy who hates Israel and can't form a coherent idea. Good Lord England is screwed .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (gu0hJ)

212 208 I have a question: where did Joe Mannix go? Or am I just not seeing him around

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (Q0yOR)

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He has a real job that occupies him during the day. He still does his weekly rant on Wednesdays regularly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:29 PM (c3FgC)

213 185 Nobody here thinks that the black robed tyrants will let any denaturalizations actually happen?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
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Problem is that the law is agin them and Trump has three years to cram a lot of appellate decisions down the throats of the lawfare district court judges.

That is the problem for the Dems in putting DEI district court judges in place, they base their decisions on politics favorable to Dems but not on the law. Same with their fewer appellate court judges like Justice Action Jackson.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

214 213 Problem is that the law is agin them and Trump has three years to cram a lot of appellate decisions down the throats of the lawfare district court judges.

That is the problem for the Dems in putting DEI district court judges in place, they base their decisions on politics favorable to Dems but not on the law. Same with their fewer appellate court judges like Justice Action Jackson.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

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"We'll make a million more Justice Jacksons!"
-99% of law schools

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:29 PM (c3FgC)

215
On second thought, does anyone really lose a naked wrestling match? It's all in the journey, isn't it?

Isn't that a question for garrett?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 08, 2026 03:30 PM (MnTZ8)

216 Listened to that guy Polanski who leads the Greens. Gay Jewish guy who hates Israel and can't form a coherent idea. Good Lord England is screwed .

Like Barky I suspect the real appeal is fresh Jihadi sausage...

Posted by: Jeb Bush at May 08, 2026 03:30 PM (sKqQm)

217 Final Jeopardy

A: On second thought, does anyone really lose a naked wrestling match? It's all in the journey, isn't it?

Q: What is something I have never even contemplated before?

Posted by: No Name Today at May 08, 2026 03:30 PM (8mulE)

218 Sure it's already been mentioned, but ace I wouldn't really now anything about naked wrestling contests. Not implying anything, just clarifying.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 08, 2026 03:30 PM (U/Byj)

219 >Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 03:27 PM
Re: British politics.

And they all have offbeat names like Nigel, Ian, and Alistair.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM (2Ez/1)

220 212 It's good to be unemployed and come in from time to time during the day. Of course, this week has been hell with family medical stuff. Prayers, please. No word on my mom yet. She's in hospital waiting to do tests. Uncle is in hospital. Bro in law losing his sight. I'm trying to find a job, etc. etc. etc.

Great times.

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM (Q0yOR)

221 Listened to that guy Polanski who leads the Greens. Gay Jewish guy who hates Israel and can't form a coherent idea. Good Lord England is screwed .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (gu0hJ)

Does he have Roman hands, too?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM (utfVc)

222 What matters is accomplishment. Look at Canada - an extremely moderate left wing government is doing very well without running to the progressive wing. It's not working for Labor because Starmer isn't just moderate, he's useless.

It isn't just Labour. The Tories are also taking a hit. The Little Englanders' unhappiness with Brexit is that they don't think that they have had enough Brexit. Hence the shift from the Tories to Reform.

UK is less cynical than America. There is a want for a hopeful future in the UK. Labour haven't presented a vision for it. They are running around chasing votes with no higher plan. People are voting Green and Reform because they have strong visions of future Britain. Both parties know exactly what they want.

The lesson that Progressives and Leftists keep trying to convince Moderate and Conservative Democrats who want to run to the Center-Right to appeal to "non-Trump" Republicans. They'll either hesitantly still vote Far-Right or just sit out.

The lesson should be "Don't import millions of Muslim immigrants when you don't have enough housing for them".

But Labour won't understand what they did wrong.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM (ycI94)

223
thanks, Vengeance. They're not listed on the BBC's tally, which is the one I've been checking (only because they update before anyone else).

Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (1wjle)

Because, after all, that's how it SHOULD be.

Posted by: Fox News at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM (Zz0t1)

224 205 Ace is right though that the people voting Reform are hoping to stop the muzzie invasion. I don't know if Reform is up for that though, but they should get a f'ing clue.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Farange aimed for power first with Reform rather than ideological consistency with his candidates. My guess is that he did it to take over the Conservative party in a forced merger.

Lowe is the real reformer here and is trying to organically create an ideologically sound party from the ground up and Farange expelled Lowe from the Reform party because Lowe demanded an end to immigration in the UK.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM (E4rtv)

225 The point at which you stop protecting the citizens, or they at least truly believe you won’t, is the point at which you get vigilantes and mobs.

This is a society whose soccer hooligans burn shit down and pound on people over a match. I can’t I
Gone this goes on unanswered for very long.

Manchester United!!

Posted by: Vengeance at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM (i14TE)

226 He's just molesting the girls Americans won't. Really it is an act of love

Posted by: Jeb Bush at May 08, 2026 03:25 PM (sKqQm)

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"You never know when you'll encounter that next Spark of Divinity."

/obligatory Nanzi

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM (lR5Ug)

227 222 The lesson should be "Don't import millions of Muslim immigrants when you don't have enough housing for them".

But Labour won't understand what they did wrong.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM (ycI94)

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Yes, the problem is lack of housing. Sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:32 PM (c3FgC)

228 Great times.
Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM

Prayers for you and yours, oh Master of Doom.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 03:32 PM (4NO2D)

229 Starmer is a whiter Obama

Just a lot dumber

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 08, 2026 03:32 PM (61TgR)

230 >> thanks, Vengeance. They're not listed on the BBC's tally, which is the one I've been checking (only because they update before anyone else).
Posted by: ace at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (1wjle)

I’m honored to contribute. I really mean that.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 08, 2026 03:33 PM (i14TE)

231 208 where did Joe Mannix go? Or am I just not seeing him around

Posted by: turambar
++++

Let's be honest.
We miss the boobettes.

Posted by: Morons everywhere at May 08, 2026 03:33 PM (2Ez/1)

232 231
Let's be honest.
We miss the boobettes.

Posted by: Morons everywhere at May 08, 2026 03:33 PM (2Ez/1)

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Not a bangable one, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:33 PM (c3FgC)

233 The lesson should be "Don't import millions of Muslim immigrants when you don't have enough housing for them".

I saw one Euro-nik arguing that Europe has plenty of housing - they can put the mussie immigrants in all those old palaces they have.

IN the same thread some other guy argued he lives in a shitty apartment, why can't he get to live in a palace too?

The answer? He was racist of course.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)

234 The lesson IRT is "don't import millions of Muslims. Period"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 03:34 PM (gu0hJ)

235 #147 Mississippi has a higher per capital GDP than the UK.

Mississippi can kick the UK's ass.

Posted by: Case at May 08, 2026 03:34 PM (9lqZe)

236 >
The lesson should be "Don't import millions of Muslim immigrants when you don't have enough housing for them".

Getting dangerously close to the truth.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 08, 2026 03:34 PM (rJ48h)

237 231 I didn't want to just come out and say it....

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:34 PM (Q0yOR)

238 Manchester United!!

Posted by: Vengeance at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM (i14TE)

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"You're Celtic, United, but baby I've decided
You're the best team I've ever seen"

* I've heard that, in concert, Rod Stewart kicks soccer balls off the stage into the audience -- but I would never be caught dead at one of his concerts ... preserving, for now, my AoSHQ Man Card *

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:35 PM (lR5Ug)

239 "We'll make a million more Justice Jacksons!"
-99% of law schools
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Which is ultimately why all accrediting agencies are going to have to be killed off. The law schools moved left in part due to DEI, in part, due to universities serving as a giant sorting hat kicking the right to the curb.

So less qualified applicants from the Right and even those are selected more for being a survivor of culture wars at uni than ideological warriors.

So the left has come to dominate law schools ideologically as well. The old time liberals gave way to the leftists that are at heart Gramcians.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:35 PM (E4rtv)

240 Here is an offer - how about we offer anyone that wants to re-migrate that we will pay to build a house for them back home.

It would be way, way cheaper then letting them sit here on welfare.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)

241 I want Blood and Executions ... but mostly Executions.
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:22 PM

Why not both?

Posted by: Firing Squads and Guillotines at May 08, 2026 03:35 PM (0sNs1)

242 #147 Mississippi has a higher per capital GDP than the UK.

Mississippi can kick the UK's ass.
Posted by: Case at May 08, 2026 03:34 PM

Mississippi State can kick UK's ass.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 03:35 PM (4NO2D)

243 228 Thank you!

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:35 PM (Q0yOR)

244 Let's be honest.
We miss the boobettes.
Posted by: Morons everywhere at May 08, 2026 03:33 PM (2Ez/1)

Fine..........

https://is.gd/sylRFl

And somehow, that is accredited to ace.mu.nu.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

245 17 Lots of talk of the death of a 2 party system or the death of the center left coalition. Labor and conservatives combined still have more seats than reform.

A bit premature to be making these pronouncements.
Posted by: Heroq at May 08, 2026 02:58 PM (JRUvI)

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Not necessarily. The council elections are all the English public has to weigh in on between a Parliamentary GE, so it's a useful barometer of where the public is at. About 25% of the country's population votes in a given year, otherwise, REF could easily be winning 5000 local seats instead of just 1300+ (probably closer to 1400-1500 when the last returns come in, fourteen councils to go). The extrapolated national vote from the Beeb is 26% REF, 18% GRN, 17% each for LAB and CON, and the LDs at 16%. If that happened at the next GE (a lot will change before then, but run with it), REF will be pushing up against a majority of its own:

National Prediction: Reform short 3 of majority

CON 50
GRN 87
LAB 37
LIB 81
Plaid 6
SNP 45
OTH 6
N.Ire. 18
Reform 323

Posted by: GF at May 08, 2026 03:35 PM (iVUs+)

246 But whig many (most?) of the horrendously pernicious "rulings" in US history came not from the the DEI freaks, idiots, and foreigners now on the bench, but from conventional mainstream freaks and idiots (when it comes to their actual duties).

Don't know the state of play on denaturalizations, so can't say, but my impression (ready to be corrected) is that lower courts continue to ignore not just the law (including laws excluding them from jurisdiction - which has to be a new low in judicial lawlessness) but in many cases their superiors in the judiciary.

It's systemic rot, it's not new, it's just even more pernicious than ever due to an executive actually fulfilling their duties and enforcing laws. At least so it seems.

Results are all that matter, I'm not terribly confident the results will be anywhere close to what they should be or won't be erased in a nano-second by the next racist-totalitarian administration, but will gladly take whatever squeaks through for now.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (U/Byj)

247 >>Starmer is a whiter Obama

>>Just a lot dumber

It's amusing lately watching Barry lecture anyone who will listen how dangerous it is to have a president turn his DOJ against his political opponents.

He knows what's coming.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (viF8m)

248 208 where did Joe Mannix go? Or am I just not seeing him around

Posted by: turambar
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Let's be honest.
We miss the boobettes.
Posted by: Morons everywhere at May 08, 2026 03:33 PM (2Ez/1)
_________________

https://tinyurl.com/y6r3bwev

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (iFTx/)

249 Speaking of Boobettes, the most normally dressed women I saw at the Met Gala were wearing see through dresses.

Most of them went full on Hunger Games style.

I guess they are still mad Trump got rid of Biden/Snow...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)

250 Don’t that jackass who used to post here say he went to Celine Dion and Rod Stewarts concerts- or did I dream that. Fag.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (i14TE)

251 Prayers up turambar.

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (udZ7r)

252 Starmer has always reminded me of Monty Pythons gumbies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (gu0hJ)

253 Herr OberstSturmFuhrer Starmer should be thankful the voters have not gone full Romanian. Yet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (V/n1E)

254 Here is an offer - how about we offer anyone that wants to re-migrate that we will pay to build a house for them back home.

It would be way, way cheaper then letting them sit here on welfare.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)

Just give each one a seacan and a cordless Sawzall.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (utfVc)

255 I have a question: where did Joe Mannix go? Or am I just not seeing him around

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (Q0yOR)

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I wonder if he now works for a company that blocks access to The HQ?

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (lR5Ug)

256 249 Most of them went full on Hunger Games style.

I guess they are still mad Trump got rid of Biden/Snow...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)

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Speaking of Hunger Games...

Watch my new video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m14HZsHjxnQ

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:37 PM (c3FgC)

257 255 I have a question: where did Joe Mannix go? Or am I just not seeing him around

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:28 PM (Q0yOR)

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I wonder if he now works for a company that blocks access to The HQ?

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (lR5Ug)

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People can always ask YD.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:37 PM (c3FgC)

258 Keir Starmer is Vlad Lenin, upper class twit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 03:37 PM (V/n1E)

259 Off topic, but I looked this up for last thread so I'll post it.

California has a lot of natural oil seeps, that is oil into the ocean. They estimate it accounts for ~120,000 barrels a day, or 5,000,000 gallons per day.

There is one site that seeps ~ 150 BLD, and has been active for 500,000 years. My boss at one time tried to get it under control. He is a brilliant engineer but he failed just like everyone else.

Just a bit of info for reference.

https://tinyurl.com/mr45jtxt

Posted by: javems at May 08, 2026 03:38 PM (zFsEm)

260 227 222 The lesson should be "Don't import millions of Muslim immigrants when you don't have enough housing for them".

But Labour won't understand what they did wrong.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Many of those 'immigrants' came during the Tory years lest we forget. This is the uniparty in the West--immigrants for cheap labor, bolstering the wealthy via consumption and impoverishing the middle class of existing citizens.

Brad Little (GOP governor and alleged conservative) was caught in Idaho at a private meeting with Big Ag mouthing the same shit--citizens don't want to work, they demand too much, and we should keep and protect the masses of illegal farmworkers so that the big farmers and big Ag can make more bucks.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:38 PM (E4rtv)

261 When I read that Sarah Ferguson of the Toe Sucking fetish was apparently with Diddy it made me extra queasy this morning. Disgusting bint. I think they abused their daughters as well at some point.

Something I did not need as I have dealt with various harfing family members since Tuesday pm til 5am today. Son is home now and I am free from advice! I did not mind as this is love.

Not the love is love rainbow gay kind, either. My grands who take up a huge part of my heart needed me as well as DIL. I am a pretty dang great MIL compared to the snarky one I had, patting my own back.

I guess GAINZZ in not eating much! A new diet plan!

When sons and husband got sick this is how I dealt with it: the blahs. Like Seinfeld I can count on one hand the harfings of life. Three viruses, and two from drinking too much in college. I may be a lot of things, but not a harfer or a mean MIL.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 03:38 PM (WONhk)

262 Herr OberstSturmFuhrer Starmer should be thankful the voters have not gone full Romanian. Yet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (V/n1E)

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Make Red-Hot Pokers Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:38 PM (lR5Ug)

263 Greens (Watermelons) are picking up Labor seats

Can I be the And So It Goes guy?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 08, 2026 03:38 PM (wBaIH)

264
Speaking of Hunger Games...

Watch my new video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m14HZsHjxnQ

I haven't seen this one yet but I will - how is the youtube thing going overall?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)

265
258 Keir Starmer is Vlad Lenin, upper class twit.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 03:37 PM (V/n1E)

Vlad the Enabler.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 03:39 PM (25Mwa)

266 Speaking of Boobettes, the most normally dressed women I saw at the Met Gala were wearing see through dresses.

Most of them went full on Hunger Games style.

I guess they are still mad Trump got rid of Biden/Snow...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)
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See-through dresses over bare skin are literally the New Thing. They're practically doing the Emperor's New Clothes meme, and they don't even realize it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

267 264 I haven't seen this one yet but I will - how is the youtube thing going overall?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)

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Regular growth.

I hate the app's commenting system.

Still not monetized, but SOOON...ish.

Can't get AdSense to work.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:39 PM (c3FgC)

268 I have a question: where did Joe Mannix go? Or am I just not seeing him around

Posted by: turambar
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CBS cancelled his show in 1975.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:40 PM (E4rtv)

269 You know the ages reported by the illegal immigrants aren't reliable; that rapist could be up to, say, 24.

Posted by: PG at May 08, 2026 03:40 PM (o9jVi)

270 Ain't no party like a Diddy party!

Posted by: sarah ferguson at May 08, 2026 03:41 PM (rJ48h)

271 UK cousin tells me that the numbers in council elections don’t matter as much as where they are. He thinks labor has lost Wales and the Mid-lands. That’s roughly equivalent to democrats losing New York and California.

By party rules, local councils decide who stands for parliament.

A lot of labor stalwarts are royally pissed about what Stamer did to Angela Raynor.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 08, 2026 03:41 PM (6JmZL)

272 The best possible scenario that isn't improbable is that the Labour Party forces Starmer out.

That would be a delicious fight! Although I am not sure which Labour maniac would win that tussle.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 03:41 PM (iERP6)

273 "24 or 42," Mohammed Dirka Dicker.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 03:41 PM (V/n1E)

274 Regular growth.

I hate the app's commenting system.

Still not monetized, but SOOON...ish.

Can't get AdSense to work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Might want to consider using X as a feeder to your YT videos. You can embed parts of the videos with short comments on X to drive folks to your substack/youtube main base.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:41 PM (E4rtv)

275 I don't think for a second the answer with all the muzzies is that it was merely cheap labor.

These traitors got in bed with the leaders and other assorted ne'erdowells of these countries and sold their own countries and countrymen out.

Many of the illegals that have been let in are the dregs of their respective societies, as Mexico will attest. They don't *work*. So it's not labor. And it's definitely not compassion.

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 03:42 PM (udZ7r)

276 272 The best possible scenario that isn't improbable is that the Labour Party forces Starmer out.

That would be a delicious fight! Although I am not sure which Labour maniac would win that tussle.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 03:41 PM (iERP6)

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I just hope Starmer starts going after his rivals. Like...sending police after them because they said something that made someone uncomfortable.

It would entertain me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:42 PM (c3FgC)

277 It's good to be unemployed and come in from time to time during the day. Of course, this week has been hell with family medical stuff. Prayers, please. No word on my mom yet. She's in hospital waiting to do tests. Uncle is in hospital. Bro in law losing his sight. I'm trying to find a job, etc. etc. etc.

Great times.
Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:31 PM (Q0yOR)

Prayers. This has been much of my life over the past few years as well, so I feel for ya.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

278 I didn't know that the UK had to have elections anytime soon. Was Labor cocky or worried about future events to have the elections now? Or was I wrong about them hitting the limit of having to have elections.

In some ways these systems where election season isn't a year long affair seem tempting; but overall I think I like knowing when the next chance to boot out a traitor will be.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2026 02:58 PM (PV+Zw)

These are local elections in the "states" of the UK, like an election in KY or MD. Parliament does not have to have an election legally until 2029.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 03:42 PM (8avO+)

279 248 That will keep us busy

Posted by: turambar at May 08, 2026 03:42 PM (Q0yOR)

280 274 Might want to consider using X as a feeder to your YT videos. You can embed parts of the videos with short comments on X to drive folks to your substack/youtube main base.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:41 PM (E4rtv)

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Thanks, MOM!

Yeah, I need to actually get something with social to work. Probably Instagram.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:42 PM (c3FgC)

281 The really surprising thing about Australia not deporting the incestuous child abuser is that he is from Sierra Leone and not Somalia.

Who knew that there were Somalians living in Sierra Leone?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 08, 2026 03:43 PM (rz7ie)

282 More grifting by Gavin:

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
1h
🚨 JUST IN: California Gov. Gavin Newsom conveniently announces $20 MILLION in taxpayer dollars will flow to an organization connected to his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom

"Free diapers" will be handed out to newborns through the group Baby2Baby — a co-CEO of which is Norah Weinstein, who sits on Siebel Newsom's Board at her group "California Partners Project," per
@TheKevinDalton

IMAGINE THAT!

This is NOT the first time Gavin's wife is connected to massive taxpayer projects.

Posted by: beckster at May 08, 2026 03:43 PM (kX27y)

283 That would be a delicious fight! Although I am not sure which Labour maniac would win that tussle.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 03:41 PM (iERP6)

Given that each and every one is an asshole, does it matter?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:43 PM (utfVc)

284 TJM

Mackerel slap fights in the well?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 03:43 PM (V/n1E)

285 284 TJM

Mackerel slap fights in the well?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 03:43 PM (V/n1E)

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I really should have filmed something today...but Second Junior's broken wrist really threw off my schedule. I was editing today's video most of the day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:44 PM (c3FgC)

286 @272 if Starmer is forced out Labour could end up with Miliband who responsible for England 's green energy idiot policy. He's smarter than Starmer

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 03:44 PM (gu0hJ)

287 He thinks labor has lost Wales and the Mid-lands. That’s roughly equivalent to democrats losing New York and California.

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Question is who they lost it to, if it's the Greens...then it's like AOC and that Somalian gaining.

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 03:44 PM (GD0B3)

288 his IQ is in the lowest percentile.

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Could a similar argument allow Extreme Hakeem to remain House Minority Leader?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 03:45 PM (ndZc7)

289 Might want to consider using X as a feeder to your YT videos. You can embed parts of the videos with short comments on X to drive folks to your substack/youtube main base.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:41 PM (E4rtv)

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Thanks, MOM!

Yeah, I need to actually get something with social to work. Probably Instagram.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:42 PM (c3FgC)
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Myspace, bro. Myspace. And Xanga.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

290 CBS cancelled his show in 1975.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:40 PM (E4rtv)

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* snort *

My poor single mother had a crush on Mike Connors.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:45 PM (lR5Ug)

291 I'm not sure who would want to follow Starmer down that shawshank sewer hole either, but you get a nice house and a driver for a couple of years.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 03:45 PM (n5tGW)

292 286 @272 if Starmer is forced out Labour could end up with Miliband who responsible for England 's green energy idiot policy. He's smarter than Starmer

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 03:44 PM (gu0hJ)

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Depends on the force type.

Backroom agreement to get him to step aside? Some Labour douche who will just keep doing all the things.

Vote of no confidence because Starmer just won't leave, backbenchers hate him, and the CP decides to do it just to fuck with Labour? Well, that's a whole 'nother ball game.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:46 PM (c3FgC)

293 The argument the GOPe/Dems make is that we need illegals to clean our toilets and pick our crops

But...almost all that work is still done by Americans.

The illegals are mostly on welfare - again why has Trump deported 2M+ illegals and we have haven't lost a million jobs from the economy?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:46 PM (sKqQm)

294 289 Myspace, bro. Myspace. And Xanga.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

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You're not in my top ten anymore!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:46 PM (c3FgC)

295 "Free diapers" will be handed out to newborns

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A shitty deal.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 03:46 PM (ndZc7)

296 The Dems are led by NYers Schumer, Jefferies, AOC and NY born Bernie. Any surprise how screwed up they are?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 03:46 PM (gu0hJ)

297 And Larry the cat, chief mouser of the UK.

Prime Minister Larry?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 03:46 PM (V/n1E)

298 The comments under Stormer's flower picture show the true mood of Brits. Or should I say, the mood of true Brits.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2026 03:46 PM (njd+I)

299 JUST IN: California Gov. Gavin Newsom conveniently announces $20 MILLION in taxpayer dollars will flow to an organization connected to his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom

"Free diapers" will be handed out to newborns through the group Baby2Baby — a co-CEO of which is Norah Weinstein, who sits on Siebel Newsom's Board at her group "California Partners Project," per
@TheKevinDalton

$82,000 will go to diapers.

The rest will be overhead, and by overhead, I mean straight into Sibel's bank account.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:47 PM (Zz0t1)

300 his IQ is in the lowest percentile.

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Could a similar argument allow Extreme Hakeem to remain House Minority Leader?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 03:45 PM (ndZc7)

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Funny.

Isn't it time to expand the IQ spectrum to negative numbers so as not to exclude oppressed minorities like Hakeem Da Dream?

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:47 PM (lR5Ug)

301 Huh. Utah Supreme justice resigned after theyvwere going to check out her ties with someone who was against redistricting...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 03:47 PM (zZu0s)

302 293 The argument the GOPe/Dems make is that we need illegals to clean our toilets and pick our crops

But...almost all that work is still done by Americans.

The illegals are mostly on welfare - again why has Trump deported 2M+ illegals and we have haven't lost a million jobs from the economy?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:46 PM (sKqQm)

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Germany argued that they needed to import half of Syria to work in factories to prevent them from having to cut pensions of German born retirees.

Well, they imported half of Syria and they just announced in the last week that...they are cutting pensions of German born retirees.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:47 PM (c3FgC)

303 Yeah, I need to actually get something with social to work. Probably Instagram.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:42 PM (c3FgC)

Make those teaser ads for your video.

"The top 6 things wrong with The Hunger Games...number 5 will shock you!"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)

304 I need one of those hand out some diapers to the poor and take a million dollar salary jobs.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 03:47 PM (n5tGW)

305 Thanks, MOM!

Yeah, I need to actually get something with social to work. Probably Instagram.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:42 PM (c3FgC)
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Myspace, bro. Myspace. And Xanga.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:45PM

Two words: Shorts

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 03:48 PM (4NO2D)

306 303
Make those teaser ads for your video.

"The top 6 things wrong with The Hunger Games...number 5 will shock you!"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)

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I'd rather fart around here, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:48 PM (c3FgC)

307 289 Myspace, bro. Myspace. And Xanga.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

Livejournal.

Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 03:48 PM (iXqHn)

308 Trump isn't doing anything about immigration because of Minnesota, example 562:

@washingtonpost
Immigrants are giving up their claims for humanitarian protection and opting to depart the U.S. in exponentially higher numbers under the Trump administration, according to court data obtained by the Vera Institute of Justice and shared with The Post.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:49 PM (c3FgC)

309 Germany has imported Italians and Turks before.

But the Syrians? Aleppo too far.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2026 03:49 PM (V/n1E)

310
I'd rather fart around here, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:48 PM (c3FgC)

That's hot.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at May 08, 2026 03:49 PM (Zz0t1)

311 Vote of no confidence because Starmer just won't leave, backbenchers hate him, and the CP decides to do it just to fuck with Labour? Well, that's a whole 'nother ball game.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:46 PM (c3FgC)

A vote of non-confidence is what brings down a minority government, usually on a money bill. Labour has a huge majority. If Starmer is to be forced out, it must be from a ground swell within the ranks of Labour, forcing a leadership review within the party. If he is replaced as party leader, the his replacement becomes PM, and Labour continues to own the Government.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:50 PM (utfVc)

312 I'd rather fart around here, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:48 PM (c3FgC)

I cannot imagine you will be able to show enough cleavage for Instagram to work.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 03:50 PM (zZu0s)

313 Two words: Shorts

NO SHORTS...for men.

Posted by: Ann Althouse at May 08, 2026 03:50 PM (sKqQm)

314 Thanks, MOM!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That is the problem with gender fluidity, it gets everywhere making a mess of things.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 03:50 PM (E4rtv)

315 Germany argued that they needed to import half of Syria to work in factories to prevent them from having to cut pensions of German born retirees.

Well, they imported half of Syria and they just announced in the last week that...they are cutting pensions of German born retirees.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:47 PM (c3FgC)

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Bait and Ditch.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:50 PM (lR5Ug)

316 Myspace, bro. Myspace. And Xanga.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

Livejournal.
Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 03:48 PM (iXqHn)
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I believe Livejournal still exists ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:50 PM (iFTx/)

317 Well, they imported half of Syria and they just announced in the last week that...they are cutting pensions of German born retirees.

Gee, who would have thought that the Syrians would just go on welfare and not work? Lots of people, of course, just not ones in govt.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 03:51 PM (n5tGW)

318 Really fucked that one up. The total is per year, not per day.

I'll retire now.

Posted by: javems at May 08, 2026 03:51 PM (zFsEm)

319 Lot's of rational thinking going on here, leading to speculation of the future. However, remember the calling sign of the Left:

"You're wrong. We're right. You must be punished for your insolence."

_________________________

What this means is that they will double down on their foibles. They will blame those opposed to them. AND, they will punish those who oppose their position(s). Political office holders are one thing. Ingrained and deep-seated bureacrats, Judges, and ministry office holders will release the hounds. It's worse in the UK than in the US...and it is atrocious here.

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 03:51 PM (dIske)

320 Unfortunately, some politicians' daughters or wives or nieces need to get to immigrant "treatment". Then maybe they will understand

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2026 03:51 PM (njd+I)

321 When the mayor of your nation's capitol is muzz, your country is muzz

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 03:51 PM (ZxPkt)

322 83 Say -- what was Reform's One Single Endlessly Repeated Campaign Promise, anyway?

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Stop Murdering and Raping Whitey?
Posted by: ShainS

I think that was Restore's campaign promise. Reform's was reduce the murdering and raping of whitey to more tolerable levels.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2026 03:51 PM (Dv3i1)

323 311 A vote of non-confidence is what brings down a minority government, usually on a money bill. Labour has a huge majority. If Starmer is to be forced out, it must be from a ground swell within the ranks of Labour, forcing a leadership review within the party. If he is replaced as party leader, the his replacement becomes PM, and Labour continues to own the Government.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:50 PM (utfVc)

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Yes, backroom deals to get rid of him. But if he doesn't want to be got rid of, he stays.

Labour has been in a soft rebellion against him for 2 years. He's had ministers resign trying to set it off.

Only way to get rid of Starmer is vote of no confidence. And since the majority is so big, Labour would have to be part of it.

Thank you for rephrasing what I already said.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:53 PM (c3FgC)

324 Speaking of immigration one story type I am seeing the FNM run with is:

American woman is stuck with screaming kid because her illegal baby daddy got deported

You'll note the reverse: American guy stuck with screaming kids because illegals baby momma got deported just isn't happening...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

325
Market's been popping nicely today

Not sure why but maybe everyone's realized all the Dim Iran doomcasting is just that

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2026 03:53 PM (iJfKG)

326 I keel you, mate

Posted by: Manchester Man at May 08, 2026 03:53 PM (7qznS)

327 Breaking news
Imported Muslims from their shit hole countries turn UK into unlivable shit hole

Its not hard media

You know this is why

You fuckers have worn out your welcome

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 08, 2026 03:54 PM (61TgR)

328 325
Market's been popping nicely today

Not sure why but maybe everyone's realized all the Dim Iran doomcasting is just that

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2026 03:53 PM (iJfKG)

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And hot damn, US oil is trading below $80.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:54 PM (c3FgC)

329 306 I'd rather fart around here, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:48 PM (c3FgC)

Oh, so that's what that smell is.

Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 03:54 PM (iXqHn)

330 Make those teaser ads for your video.

"The top 6 things wrong with The Hunger Games...number 5 will shock you!"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)

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TJM could also add a Joe Bob Briggs-like category count of:

. Breasts;
. Aardvarking;
. Decapitations;
. Blood Splatter;
. Shots Fired;
. Body Count; and
. "Fu"

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:54 PM (lR5Ug)

331
And hot damn, US oil is trading below $80.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:54 PM (c3FgC)

A price we'll notice at the pump by December.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

332 What kind of world is it when naked treason doesn't get you audience share?

Megyn Kelly’s producer is just as baffled as Kelly as to why people are turning on her, believing the only possible explanation must be some kind of botted conspiracy.
Rather than an organic response to her abandoning her principles in a transparent attempt to farm engagement from an anti-Western audience.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 03:55 PM (ndZc7)

333 305 Thanks, MOM!

Yeah, I need to actually get something with social to work. Probably Instagram.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:42 PM (c3FgC)
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Myspace, bro. Myspace. And Xanga.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 03:45PM

Two words: Shorts
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 03:48 PM (4NO2D)

"Who wears short shorts?"

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 03:55 PM (RtN13)

334 331
And hot damn, US oil is trading below $80.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:54 PM (c3FgC)

A price we'll notice at the pump by December.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

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Mid-summer, my dude.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:55 PM (c3FgC)

335 Only way to get rid of Starmer is vote of no confidence. And since the majority is so big, Labour would have to be part of it.

Thank you for rephrasing what I already said.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:53 PM (c3FgC)

That's not how the Westminster system works. I have lived my entire life under it. You are conflating "non-confidence" with "internal Party leadership review".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:56 PM (utfVc)

336 Imported Muslims from their shit hole countries turn UK into unlivable shit hole

It is comical how the magic dirt theory always fails and yet...they always try it.

Note you can get value out of immigration - if you take people from a similar culture, deny them welfare, and have an economy already at 100% employment (eg America 200 years ago)

Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2026 03:57 PM (sKqQm)

337 335 That's not how the Westminster system works. I have lived my entire life under it. You are conflating "non-confidence" with "internal Party leadership review".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 03:56 PM (utfVc)

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That requires Starmer agreeing to leave. They've been trying to get him to agree to leave since the riots 2 years ago.

Which I'm saying he won't. So, if the party really wants to get rid of him, they have to go no-confidence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:57 PM (c3FgC)

338 I'll bet ace is cookin' up a doozy.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 03:58 PM (RtN13)

339 I'll bet ace is cookin' up a doozy.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 03:58 PM (RtN13)

What goes in must come out sometime........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)

340 It isn't just Labour. The Tories are also taking a hit.

The Tories are to Labour, what Sears Roebuck is to Napster

Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2026 03:59 PM (RHGPo)

341 When the mayor of your nation's capitol is muzz, your country is muzz

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 03:51 PM (ZxPkt)

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BREAKING: U.S. Democrat-Communist CongressCritters Promise to Make Muslim Commie Mayor Mandomi's New Zimbabwe City the Nation's Capitol Once They Next Sieze and Pounce on Power.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 03:59 PM (lR5Ug)

342 https://is.gd/YFJ8QH

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:59 PM (Zz0t1)

343 Question is who they lost it to, if it's the Greens...then it's like AOC and that Somalian gaining.
Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 03:44 PM (GD0B3)

*******************************************

The midlands and north are being taken by Reform. Greens are chewing up Labour around the south and in particuarly in London, but have only won control of four councils (LAB has lost 32 and held 27, REF and the LibDems have split the overall control gains).

Posted by: GF at May 08, 2026 03:59 PM (iVUs+)

344 Megyn Kelly’s producer is just as baffled as Kelly as to why people are turning on her, believing the only possible explanation must be some kind of botted conspiracy.
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Misogyny. Or the Jews. Or Jewish Misogyny.

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (udZ7r)

345 Which I'm saying he won't. So, if the party really wants to get rid of him, they have to go no-confidence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:57 PM (c3FgC)

The only way that could possibly happen is if a large number of Labours MP's cross the floor, reducing Labour to a minority, and then the Leader of the Opposition rises on a motion of non-confidence.

Pigs will fly before that happens.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (utfVc)

346 If they come to Starmer with a list of people that will vote no confidence he will resign. I'd call it 50/50 now because that means someone else would have to step up for an almost sure defeat in the general election.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (n5tGW)

347
The Tories are to Labour, what Sears Roebuck is to Napster
Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2026 03:59 PM (RHGPo)

Bankrupt and no longer existing?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (Zz0t1)

348 https://is.gd/YFJ8QH
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:59 PM

You are one of the few where I will click on a naked link, so to speak, and be rewarded.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (4NO2D)

349
Off topic, but I looked this up for last thread so I'll post it.

California has a lot of natural oil seeps, that is oil into the ocean. They estimate it accounts for ~120,000 barrels a day, or 5,000,000 gallons per day.

There is one site that seeps ~ 150 BLD, and has been active for 500,000 years. My boss at one time tried to get it under control. He is a brilliant engineer but he failed just like everyone else.

Just a bit of info for reference.

https://tinyurl.com/mr45jtxt
Posted by: javems at May 08, 2026 03:38 PM (zFsEm)

Doesn't help that about every two years the local TV news on the Central CA coast would start caterwauling about tar balls on the beaches, screaming that the Evil Oil Companies were dumping oil in the ocean. Apparently, to be dicks.

Then a few weeks later they'd issue a quiet correction at the end of the 11:00pm evening news "Oh, those tar balls have always been there. They're natural, and the Chumash tribes would use the tar to waterproof their canoes. Our bad."

I remember at least three cycles if not more of this bullshit from the 20 years I lived there.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (y9nCu)

350 Meanwhile back at the ranch ...

Minnesota Democrats Unanimously Vote To Protect Rep. Ilhan Omar... And Dead Voters

Today's Democrats, such as Tim Walz and many others might accurately be called "fraudfathers"

Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (RHGPo)

351 342 https://is.gd/YFJ8QH
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:59 PM (Zz0t1)

AI

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (RtN13)

352 UK politics is as weird as their teeth.

Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)

353 "Who wears short shorts?"

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 03:55 PM (RtN13)

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The 70's commercials that turned me into an ass and legs man.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:01 PM (lR5Ug)

354 It just hits home to Labour that they'd better not call a snap election or they will lose all their power in Parliament.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (c3FgC)

They knew that already, which is why they tried to cancel most of these local elections illegally.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:01 PM (8avO+)

355 348 https://is.gd/YFJ8QH
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:59 PM

You are one of the few where I will click on a naked link, so to speak, and be rewarded.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (4NO2D)

first one's free

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:01 PM (RtN13)

356 345 The only way that could possibly happen is if a large number of Labours MP's cross the floor, reducing Labour to a minority, and then the Leader of the Opposition rises on a motion of non-confidence.

Pigs will fly before that happens.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (utfVc)

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Exactly, which is why it's mostly likely not going to happen, which I say often.

But that does not reduce my desire to see it.

For the lulz.

Starmer will just go, "Fuck you," to everyone in the party because he knows that any force to get rid of him leads to snap elections which wipes out Labour. He has no incentive to agree to leave. He waits out the bad news cycle and is still king of patronage and policy.

Which he's been doing for 2 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (c3FgC)

357 Megyn Kelly’s producer is just as baffled as Kelly as to why people are turning on her, believing the only possible explanation must be some kind of botted conspiracy.
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Misogyny. Or the Jews. Or Jewish Misogyny.
Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (udZ7r)

Meshugany

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (GD0B3)

358 WATCH: @LydiaMoynihan stuns the table by informing them that a black Republican woman (Charlotte Bergmann) will likely be elected in TN-9 as a result of the redraw, replacing longtime incumbent and regional embarrassment Steve Cohen

And now CNN has the sadz.

https://tinyurl.com/jva7s6k

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I must take exception with that "regional embarrassment" language, though. He's a national embarrassment.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (ndZc7)

359 342 https://is.gd/YFJ8QH
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

'Murica!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (Dv3i1)

360 You are one of the few where I will click on a naked link, so to speak, and be rewarded.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (4NO2D)

I help where I can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (Zz0t1)

361 346 If they come to Starmer with a list of people that will vote no confidence he will resign. I'd call it 50/50 now because that means someone else would have to step up for an almost sure defeat in the general election.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (n5tGW)

======

"Fucking do it."
-Starmer

"Well, shit..."
-bluffers

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (c3FgC)

362 https://is.gd/YFJ8QH
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 03:59 PM

You are one of the few where I will click on a naked link, so to speak, and be rewarded.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (4NO2D)

Just, if you go full naked make sure to say something so I can drop off work wifi.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (zZu0s)

363 Aksk JJ...

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (GD0B3)

364 Reform Gains Over 1,300 Seats as Labour Loses Nearly 1,200
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This bears a strong resemblance to math.

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (udZ7r)

365 In any event, it was upheld by the Utah Supreme Court. Now the judge who wrote the decision is resigning, effective immediately. Why? To "spend time with her family" after the state started investigating her affair with the Democrat lead attorney in the redistricting case. I wish I was making this up. I'm not sorry to see her go; I argued multiple times in front of her and was never all that impressed, though she isn't an idiot like Jackson Brown.

So yes, Utah has a gerrymandered to the hilt Democrat seat, courtesy 100% of lawfare from Democrats. That won't last. I'm not sure Democrats will even win the election this fall.
Posted by: SimoHayha at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (Ta9Ae)

If that seat was based on race, the Supremes will force it to be redrawn soon if not now.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:03 PM (8avO+)

366
AI

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (RtN13)

But I specifically told the search engine to hide any AI photos.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:03 PM (Zz0t1)

367 Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (GD0B3)

LOL I walked into that one

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 04:03 PM (udZ7r)

368 Starmer will just go, "Fuck you," to everyone in the party because he knows that any force to get rid of him leads to snap elections which wipes out Labour. He has no incentive to agree to leave. He waits out the bad news cycle and is still king of patronage and policy.

Which he's been doing for 2 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (c3FgC)

Well, it depends upon who is pulling his strings, doesn't it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 04:03 PM (utfVc)

369 I have been Ackbarred too many times.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:03 PM (4NO2D)

370 352 UK politics is as weird as their teeth.

Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)

======

Well, it's what happens when the chief executive never uses his power and everything goes to the legislature.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:03 PM (c3FgC)

371 I must take exception with that "regional embarrassment" language, though. He's a national embarrassment.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (ndZc7)

He's a Juden Ratte, and I hope he dies of something painful and protracted.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:03 PM (iERP6)

372 TJM - How is your son doing?

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

373 Megyn Kelly’s producer is just as baffled as Kelly as to why people are turning on her, believing the only possible explanation must be some kind of botted conspiracy.
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Misogyny. Or the Jews. Or Jewish Misogyny.

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (udZ7r)

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Is there nothing that Bibi and The Mossad can't do?

I'd tell you who I saw them open for, but then they'd have to kill me ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:04 PM (lR5Ug)

374 Is there nothing that Bibi and The Mossad can't do?

Pay retail.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:05 PM (4NO2D)

375 Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a 73-year-old Republican who has been in office for three decades and is presently running for re-election, revealed in an interview this week with News Center Maine that she suffers from a nervous system disorder.

Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2026 04:05 PM (RHGPo)

376 Is there nothing that Bibi and The Mossad can't do?

Pay retail.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:05 PM (4NO2D)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:05 PM (Zz0t1)

377 372 TJM - How is your son doing?

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

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Went to school today. Said he got to play in the STEM box instead of playing with the other kids at recess. His arm hurt a little bit through the day, but he never cried.

He's drawing his mother a mother's day card right now.

Thanks for asking!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:05 PM (c3FgC)

378 He's drawing his mother a mother's day card right now.

Thanks for asking!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026

I missed something.

How'd he break his arm?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:06 PM (Zz0t1)

379 I just hope Starmer starts going after his rivals. Like...sending police after them because they said something that made someone uncomfortable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 03:42 PM (c3FgC)

That's exactly the stuff I want. But my real hope is that they do it behind closed doors so he looks like even more of a cocks*cking worm.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:06 PM (iERP6)

380 I'm having a keto-friendly crustless sausage quiche for lunch that my wife made.

Good, but I really miss the crust.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM (4NO2D)

381 >>>What goes in must come out sometime........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

>15 scrambled eggs and gray, smelly ground beef will get you moving pretty quickly.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM (D1E+2)

382 Watching Billy Wilder rankings

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM (Ia/+0)

383 I missed something.

How'd he break his arm?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:06 PM (Zz0t1)

Made fun of his dad's ewetub career.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM (zZu0s)

384 378 I missed something.

How'd he break his arm?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:06 PM (Zz0t1)

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Was swinging from a tree branch during recess a couple of days ago. Slipped, fell, braced his fall with his hands. The impact created a buckle fracture in his right wrist.

He's in a cast (green like the Hulk!) for the next 4 weeks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM (c3FgC)

385 Oil speculating can be choppy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM (g6DiO)

386 Pay retail.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:05 PM (4NO2D)

Thank God for Goyim!

Although...I have met Christians who are cheaper than I am, so maybe...WASPs!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:08 PM (iERP6)

387 382 Watching Billy Wilder rankings

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM (Ia/+0)

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Who ranks movies?

Movies aren't a competition!

Stupid asshole doing those rankings, if you ask me. Destroys the film of art by doing it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:08 PM (c3FgC)

388 I just don't see the wisdom of the parliamentary system

it's fair to say it has failed the UK
they pretty much suck as a country now

unless I'm wrong
Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (ZxPkt)

The idea behind it is that it can react quickly to events because a loss of a vote can force a quick election. But if there are more than 2 parties allowed, the fact of no majority makes awful coalition governments the rule once unipartyism takes hold of all parties.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:08 PM (8avO+)

389 That's exactly the stuff I want. But my real hope is that they do it behind closed doors so he looks like even more of a cocks*cking worm.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:06 PM (iERP6)

Ill disagree that i do not need to see those hacked iPhone photos.

*retch*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 04:08 PM (zZu0s)

390 Oil speculating can be choppy.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM

Lots of slippery characters in that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:08 PM (4NO2D)

391 375. She suffers from a nervous system disorder.

Don't we all? Cut down on the coffee.

Posted by: Case at May 08, 2026 04:09 PM (9lqZe)

392 Drew Carey is African??

Posted by: fd at May 08, 2026 04:09 PM (wl95D)

393 Was swinging from a tree branch during recess a couple of days ago. Slipped, fell, braced his fall with his hands. The impact created a buckle fracture in his right wrist.

He's in a cast (green like the Hulk!) for the next 4 weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM (c3FgC)

I can relate. Did that to both arms, on two separate occasions.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 04:09 PM (utfVc)

394 384 Was swinging from a tree branch during recess a couple of days ago. Slipped, fell, braced his fall with his hands. The impact created a buckle fracture in his right wrist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM (c3FgC)

ouch ouch ouch ouch

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:09 PM (RtN13)

395 Megyn Kelly’s producer is just as baffled as Kelly as to why people are turning on her, believing the only possible explanation must be some kind of botted conspiracy.
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Misogyny. Or the Jews. Or Jewish Misogyny.

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (udZ7r)

her problem is she's not as spectacularly insane as Tucker or Candace, and just comes across as bitchy. Never go bitchy as a podcaster.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:10 PM (8avO+)

396 Never try to save yourself with your arms in a fall.

Become the ball.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:10 PM (4NO2D)

397 Was swinging from a tree branch during recess a couple of days ago. Slipped, fell, braced his fall with his hands. The impact created a buckle fracture in his right wrist.

that was MY wrist fracture! fun fun fun lol.

he'll heal a zillion times quicker than I did tho!

glad to hear he's doing well!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at May 08, 2026 04:10 PM (j+aD2)

398 Lots of slippery characters in that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:08 PM (4NO2D)

All of that cash lubricates the economy.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:10 PM (iERP6)

399 I bet your little fish head Asian wife doesn't have cannons like these *Hoists Boobs*
==
Supposedly the firm offered a million dollar settlement to the guy on what they call in public a frivolous claim.

Posted by: Its not like am an expert or anything at May 08, 2026 04:10 PM (anL5R)

400 3 to 4 weeks.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 04:11 PM (g6DiO)

401 It's been a Schadenfreudilisious day.

https://tinyurl.com/3z5ph8xk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 04:11 PM (ndZc7)

402 396 Never try to save yourself with your arms in a fall.

Become the ball.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:10 PM (4NO2D)

Explain?

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:11 PM (RtN13)

403 Found out on my tv that looked up The Camp on Blood Island and it gives me where it might be found. Will have to see how it works another time.
It was on YouTube

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 04:12 PM (Ia/+0)

404 The midlands and north are being taken by Reform.
Posted by: GF at May 08, 2026 03:59 PM (iVUs+)
______________________

You'll laugh at my reasoning for why this is happening. Puppies...doggos.

Muslims were complaining that they didn't feel safe visiting or living in northern UK because many of the current residents have dogs that don't require a leash. They're pets and farm dogs.

So, the local municipalities started trying to push restrictions on pet ownership and leash laws on personal property. Don't mess with a Brits dog. Additionally, they held events to entice Muslims into that area, and they left the area covered in trash and filth. That resonated with the generational occupants.

Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2026 04:12 PM (dIske)

405 15 This is actually even more interesting and infuriating:

The Noticer
@NoticerNews
The tribunal restored his visa under immigration minister Tony Burke's Direction 110, which this year alone has been used to prevent the deportations of a a Chinese wife-killer, an Ethiopian rapist, an obese homosexual Indian paedophile, an Iranian drug smuggler, a killer Sri Lankan driver, and a Sudanese refugee who was jailed over the fatal stabbing of an Australian teenager.

Remake of the Poseiden Adventure, only land based?

Posted by: Mr. Barky at May 08, 2026 04:12 PM (f/a5g)

406
Was swinging from a tree branch during recess a couple of days ago. Slipped, fell, braced his fall with his hands. The impact created a buckle fracture in his right wrist.

He's in a cast (green like the Hulk!) for the next 4 weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM (c3FgC)

Ah. Young boy being a young boy. I had a buckle fracture in my left wrist after flipping backwards on my three wheeler once.

Hope he carries a Sharpie to have all his friends sign the cast.

If that's even still a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:12 PM (Zz0t1)

407 Megyn Kelly’s producer is just as baffled as Kelly as to why people are turning on her, believing the only possible explanation must be some kind of botted conspiracy.
==
Skinny blonde lawyerette turns out to be a singularity of narcissistic self regard. What a surprise!

Posted by: Its not like am an expert or anything at May 08, 2026 04:13 PM (anL5R)

408 Was swinging from a tree branch during recess a couple of days ago. Slipped, fell, braced his fall with his hands. The impact created a buckle fracture in his right wrist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
.......

I was lucky when I fell out of a tree I landed on my head.

Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 04:13 PM (UjdFS)

409 Made fun of his dad's ewetub career.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 04:07 PM (zZu0s)

---------------

"This is gonna hurt me more than it hurts you."

-- Mom, whipping my ass (and my defensive arms) with a Hot Wheels track -- and those things left marks!

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:13 PM (lR5Ug)

410 The organizer of the “Muslims only” waterpark event in Texas…

Also runs a LEARING CENTER

https://tinyurl.com/3947vt66

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2026 04:13 PM (0ogfQ)

411 406 Ah. Young boy being a young boy. I had a buckle fracture in my left wrist after flipping backwards on my three wheeler once.

Hope he carries a Sharpie to have all his friends sign the cast.

If that's even still a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:12 PM (Zz0t1)

=====

His cast remains unsigned today, but that may be because his teacher wasn't there. He had a substitute, who might not have been as comfortable with the unusual action as his regular teacher would have been.

We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:13 PM (c3FgC)

412 388 The idea behind it is that it can react quickly to events because a loss of a vote can force a quick election. But if there are more than 2 parties allowed, the fact of no majority makes awful coalition governments the rule once unipartyism takes hold of all parties.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:08 PM (8avO+)

Why can't the leader of the ruling party just say "Nope, no elections, I rule as PM until Death"?

Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 04:13 PM (iXqHn)

413 VA is going to cheat in the midterms more than Lance Armstrong, Rosie Ruiz and 1919 Chicago White Sox combined.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 08, 2026 04:13 PM (52qkP)

414 Is Australia now too inbred and retarded to govern themselves?

Too bad, what was once a far flung continent of rednecks with cool accents has melted into a gray, dull blob of faggoty leftist politics and nanny-statism.

Posted by: ballistic at May 08, 2026 04:14 PM (oqH4h)

415 If that's even still a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:12 PM (Zz0t1)

It's exclusionary and sexist. So the entire class has to be able to sign.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:14 PM (iERP6)

416
-- Mom, whipping my ass (and my defensive arms) with a Hot Wheels track -- and those things left marks!
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:13 PM (lR5Ug)

My mom used a well broke in leather belt.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:14 PM (Zz0t1)

417 Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a 73-year-old Republican who has been in office for three decades and is presently running for re-election, revealed in an interview this week with News Center Maine that she suffers from a nervous system disorder.
Posted by: SMOD

Brain blockage?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 04:14 PM (ndZc7)

418 Become the ball.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:10 PM (4NO2D)

Explain?
Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:11 PM

You put your hands out and you will break your arms, wrists, or fingers.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:15 PM (4NO2D)

419
It's exclusionary and sexist. So the entire class has to be able to sign.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:14 PM (iERP6)

I wish you were joking.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:15 PM (Zz0t1)

420 Starmer will just go, "Fuck you," to everyone in the party because he knows that any force to get rid of him leads to snap elections which wipes out Labour. He has no incentive to agree to leave. He waits out the bad news cycle and is still king of patronage and policy.

Which he's been doing for 2 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (c3FgC)

The Tories went through 2 or three PMs before they got thrashed when they were collapsing. No reason Labor couldn't do the same for Starmer and replace him with some other Laborite. It won't help, but Trump might not be raining the Trump curse on someone else so hard.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:15 PM (8avO+)

421 Hope he carries a Sharpie to have all his friends sign the cast.

-----------

My ex broke her leg skiing in Lake Tahoe.

On the back of her cast above the knee, I drew a Califzuela license plate with a holder that read "I BREAK FOR CROSSED TIPS."

She was not amused ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:15 PM (lR5Ug)

422 But they have backed away from promising mass deportations, which is what Restore wants. Reform look like RINOs next to Restore.

My guess is that Restore’s outsize media coverage compared to their actual size has also made it more reasonable to vote for Reform.

Despite all the Left’s efforts, you can only really have one Hitler. That’s kind of the point.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 08, 2026 04:16 PM (EXyHK)

423 Is Australia now too inbred and retarded to govern themselves?

Too bad, what was once a far flung continent of rednecks with cool accents has melted into a gray, dull blob of faggoty leftist politics and nanny-statism.

Posted by: ballistic
......

The Abbos are still cool.

Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 04:16 PM (UjdFS)

424 Why can't the leader of the ruling party just say "Nope, no elections, I rule as PM until Death"?

Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 04:13 PM (iXqHn)

Parliament terms last five years at most. By law.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:16 PM (iERP6)

425 418 Become the ball.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:10 PM (4NO2D)

Explain?
Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:11 PM

You put your hands out and you will break your arms, wrists, or fingers.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:15 PM (4NO2D)

Thanks. I get that; I don't get "Become the ball."

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:16 PM (RtN13)

426 You can't measure non Sahara African IQ. And if they can speak more than one language they are not low IQ.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 08, 2026 04:17 PM (52qkP)

427 Old and busted: Land Down Under

New and cool: Land of Blunder

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 04:17 PM (ndZc7)

428 Old and busted: Land Down Under

New and cool: Land of Blunder
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 04:17 PM (ndZc7)

Where women blow and men blunder.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:17 PM (Zz0t1)

429 Thanks. I get that; I don't get "Become the ball."
Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:16 PM

You want to bounce not stick.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:17 PM (4NO2D)

430 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 04:18 PM (Zz0t1)

431 What is it with politicians who just don't go away and enjoy their last years instead of torturing us forever?

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 04:18 PM (Ia/+0)

432 429 Thanks. I get that; I don't get "Become the ball."
Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:16 PM

You want to bounce not stick.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 04:17 PM (4NO2D)

Ah. Thanks again.
I have nightmares about breaking a wrist. Never broken anything.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (RtN13)

433 VA is going to cheat in the midterms more than Lance Armstrong, Rosie Ruiz and 1919 Chicago White Sox combined.
==
But not as much as the Houston Astros...

Posted by: Bitter Baseball at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (anL5R)

434 388 The idea behind it is that it can react quickly to events because a loss of a vote can force a quick election. But if there are more than 2 parties allowed, the fact of no majority makes awful coalition governments the rule once unipartyism takes hold of all parties.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:08 PM (8avO+)

Why can't the leader of the ruling party just say "Nope, no elections, I rule as PM until Death"?
Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 04:13 PM (iXqHn)

You kinda used to, but these days there is a 5 year term where an election must be held before. You can call it early if you think you can do better now rather than at the end of term and the clock resets.

PM can be voted out of power internally by his own party. Or forced to resign first, which is how Churchill got in over Chamberlain in WWII.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (8avO+)

435 420 The Tories went through 2 or three PMs before they got thrashed when they were collapsing. No reason Labor couldn't do the same for Starmer and replace him with some other Laborite. It won't help, but Trump might not be raining the Trump curse on someone else so hard.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:15 PM (8avO+)

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All those PMs (there were 5) were willing to resign.

The last two years have shown Starmer won't resign for anything from the riots 2 years ago to the accusations of the Ukraine rent boys to the aid/Epstein thing to this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (c3FgC)

436 Thanks. I get that; I don't get "Become the ball."
Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:16 PM (RtN13)

Curl up. Don't stick a limb out in an effort to break your fall.

OTOH, maybe a broken arm is less of hassle than having you face a smashed up because you fell into broken glass or something.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (utfVc)

437 - Mom, whipping my ass (and my defensive arms) with a Hot Wheels track -- and those things left marks!
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 04:13 PM (lR5Ug)

My mom used a well broke in leather belt.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

My dad was a barber and used a razor strop.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 08, 2026 04:20 PM (ndZc7)

438 436 Thanks. I get that; I don't get "Become the ball."
Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:16 PM (RtN13)

Curl up. Don't stick a limb out in an effort to break your fall.

OTOH, maybe a broken arm is less of hassle than having you face a smashed up because you fell into broken glass or something.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (utfVc)

Thanks. I'll ponder.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:20 PM (RtN13)

439 Starmer will just go, "Fuck you," to everyone in the party because he knows that any force to get rid of him leads to snap elections which wipes out Labour.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:02 PM (c3FgC)

He can be forced out without a general election. Labor has a majority in the House of Commons, so they can call a Labour leadership vote independent of a general election.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:20 PM (iERP6)

440 Ah. Thanks again.
I have nightmares about breaking a wrist. Never broken anything.
Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (RtN13)

I broke 2 bones near the wrist but none were wrist bones some years ago. A bathroom flood at base of stairs slip on tile, stuck one hand down to catch myself.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (8avO+)

441 440 Ah. Thanks again.
I have nightmares about breaking a wrist. Never broken anything.
Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:19 PM (RtN13)

I broke 2 bones near the wrist but none were wrist bones some years ago. A bathroom flood at base of stairs slip on tile, stuck one hand down to catch myself.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (8avO+)

Ouch!

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:22 PM (RtN13)

442 I broke 2 bones near the wrist but none were wrist bones some years ago. A bathroom flood at base of stairs slip on tile, stuck one hand down to catch myself.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (8avO+)

Ouch!
Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:22 PM (RtN13)

Oddly it didn't hurt at all, then. After the repair surgery, that was bad when the meds faded and before the pills started working.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:25 PM (8avO+)

443
Megyn Kelly’s producer is just as baffled as Kelly as to why people are turning on her, believing the only possible explanation must be some kind of botted conspiracy.

Lemme guess. She's become a gutter-mouthed apologist for what clearly are fringe voters cosplaying on the Right?

When folks can quite readily find that you had held positions scarcely six months ago (not "beliefs", mind you) in direct opposition to what you are now voicing, they are well served to consider you as not having a firm portfolio of core values.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 04:25 PM (xG4kz)

444 439 He can be forced out without a general election. Labor has a majority in the House of Commons, so they can call a Labour leadership vote independent of a general election.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:20 PM (iERP6)

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Can only happen before the party session, once a year.

Last one was Sept-Oct of last year. No leadership vote at all, even though Starmer was deeply unpopular and beset by controversy then.

Call me when there are actual moves against Starmer instead of the feminine backbiting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:26 PM (c3FgC)

445 Lemme guess. She's become a gutter-mouthed apologist for what clearly are fringe voters cosplaying on the Right?

When folks can quite readily find that you had held positions scarcely six months ago (not "beliefs", mind you) in direct opposition to what you are now voicing, they are well served to consider you as not having a firm portfolio of core values.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 04:25 PM (xG4kz)

She left Fox, went MSNBC or whoever, got betrayed and fired...core values aren't a strong suit.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:27 PM (8avO+)

446 Can only happen before the party session, once a year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:26 PM (c3FgC)

Dude...this is incorrect.

If Labour want Starmer gone, then they can replace him. You are conflating their internal politics with the rules of the Party and of Parliament.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:29 PM (iERP6)

447 My guess is that Restore’s outsize media coverage compared to their actual size has also made it more reasonable to vote for Reform.

Despite all the Left’s efforts, you can only really have one Hitler. That’s kind of the point.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 08, 2026 04:16 PM (EXyHK)

Also just time and organization. It takes a while to find the hundreds to thousands of people to run a nationwide party and convince people to vote for it. That's why both the commie left and MAGA right found it simpler to take over one of the uniparty parties here.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:31 PM (8avO+)

448 446
Dude...this is incorrect.

If Labour want Starmer gone, then they can replace him. You are conflating their internal politics with the rules of the Party and of Parliament.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2026 04:29 PM (iERP6)

=====

https://is.gd/V7b7i7

I misread these rules.

Still...Starmer's been beset by controversy for literally 2 years and there's been no move on it.

Probably because there's no way to whip the Labour party around a single candidate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:32 PM (c3FgC)

449 Still...Starmer's been beset by controversy for literally 2 years and there's been no move on it.

Probably because there's no way to whip the Labour party around a single candidate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 04:32 PM (c3FgC)

They don't seem to have much of a 'bench', I agree. But their polls and this disaster may change the calculus for them, they can't keep riding with Starmer.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:35 PM (8avO+)

450 I'm convinced Me-Again Kelly is just a deep-state AI sexbot that should be growling like a bearcat in the throws of passion, instead of spewing her conspiracy nonsense. Yeah, baby! Come get some!

Ozempic.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 08, 2026 04:46 PM (D1E+2)

451 I will tell you "what about looting and pillaging", Trump should grant us "letters of marque" authorizing american vitizrns the right to loot and pillage anywhere that has scam centers looting and pillaging us........or even just general piracy on yhr high seas

Alestorm supports this as well

Write to your senator now

Posted by: Save the Wails at May 08, 2026 04:57 PM (jrgJz)

452 Mesh bag, weights, ocean. No.muss,no fuss,and crabs do the clean up.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 08, 2026 05:22 PM (P/zug)

453 Meanwhile I live in australia, and I might lose my visa because Australian immigration didn't do their fucking job for 4 years because of covid and clear my permanent residency, but the important thing isn't my visa. don't give a fuck about living in AU, though it's nice, I'm American, give take, but Australia is where my wife lives, we are seperated, Australia is where my son, he's my foster son lives, but I might lose my visa and have to move to the States, and only be allowed to visit the child that I have raised for the last 6 years twice a year, at great expense.

OH! But don't worry Australia, you are getting rid of that Icky US Marine engineer guy who works all the time, and loves his australian family and replacing it with 3000 hamas supporters, 6 ISIS "brides" and their children, and I think one grandchild, as well as 35000 fast track permanent residents into your country, while at the same time still having a CURRENT, no immigration included, 100 THOUSAND deficit in requisite housing.

Yeah, GOOD ON YOU LITTLE GIRL!

Posted by: wickedpinto at May 08, 2026 05:52 PM (dJrj2)

454 442 I broke 2 bones near the wrist but none were wrist bones some years ago. A bathroom flood at base of stairs slip on tile, stuck one hand down to catch myself.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:21 PM (8avO+)

Ouch!
Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 04:22 PM (RtN13)

Oddly it didn't hurt at all, then. After the repair surgery, that was bad when the meds faded and before the pills started working.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 04:25 PM (8avO+)

Huh!

Posted by: m at May 08, 2026 11:32 PM (RtN13)

US Launches Airstrikes Against Iranian Targets, Stops 70+ Iranian Oil Tankers from Evading the Blockade

Getting a little spicy again:

🚨 BREAKING: The United States launched additional airstrikes against Iranian targets this morning.

CENTCOM reports 70+ oil tankers are now prevented from exiting the Strait of Hormuz.

The squeeze on Iran�s oil economy is getting tighter by the hour. No escape. pic.twitter.com/edP1dz9SIq
— The Patriot Oasis� (@ThePatriotOasis) May 8, 2026

🚨 JUST NOW: US CENTCOM releases bad*ss footage of the military STRIKING Iran-flagged tankers trying to evade President Trump's blockade

They didn't stand a chance 🔥

"Our forces disabling 2 Iranian-flagged tankers."

"It's crushing them."

Iran can't do ANY BUSINESS, losing� pic.twitter.com/75381cre2k
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 8, 2026

Iran has run out of oil storage capacity and instead of shutting down their wells -- which could cause long-term damage -- they're now deliberately causing an environmental catastrophe by flooding the ocean with oil.

BREAKING: Islamic Terrorist Regime IS DUMPING OIL INTO THE SEA! 🚨

As we warned: the regime has run out of storage capacity.

For days now, they�ve been faking tanker transfers while pouring massive amounts of extracted oil straight into the ocean.
Deliberate. Criminal.� pic.twitter.com/DryBpziffO
— Martin (@Martin_Sedi) May 8, 2026

If they just wanted to release oil, they could just dig pits and dump in in there.

But they're terrorists, so they're going to terrorize.

Graphic content warning:

⚠️Unarmed Iranian civilians being gunned down with IRGC direct fire in the streets.

This isn't a government dealing with protests; it is a terrorist occupation massacring its hostages.

How many more videos of street executions does the world need to see? pic.twitter.com/h1qb8MqRpU
— Apranik 🇮🇷🇮🇱 (@patriot_apranik) May 8, 2026

Exit Question: Why are the Jews tricking Iran into murdering its citizens? And also, are the Jews faking traffic numbers to make it appear as if Me-Again Kelly and Taqiyya Qarlson are losing audience?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:55 PM

Comments

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1 But the Iranians are the most peaceful, trustworthy people ever!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 01:56 PM (Sco7b)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 08, 2026 01:56 PM (LdBR/)

3 ho la

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 01:56 PM (CWTWj)

4 Let's give Iran some nukes.

NOT DEVELOP.
GIVE.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 01:56 PM (Sco7b)

5 laho

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 08, 2026 01:57 PM (cZMme)

6 I hope we've used the "pause" wisely to re-arm and re-deploy.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at May 08, 2026 01:58 PM (bNf8H)

7 john kerry hardest hit, what with all the effort he put into getting a bad deal that was the best we could get

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 01:58 PM (CWTWj)

8 If they're dumping oil, blast the shit out of them.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 01:58 PM (Sco7b)

9 Que the left supporting this!

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 01:59 PM (Dd38x)

10 I was reliably informed that Trump is actually giving Iran everything that they want and Iran is stronger than ever and Trump is desperate for a deal and will give them anything and that the deal he's going to strike with them makes the Obama pallets of cash look like couch change.

So, obviously these strikes and Iran dumping oil in the Persian Gulf didn't happen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 01:59 PM (c3FgC)

11 Hoola!

Posted by: Wham-O at May 08, 2026 01:59 PM (SAKKj)

12 Hopefully those fucking "fast" boats will be the first to taste the depleted uranium this time around.

Posted by: Defenestratus at May 08, 2026 02:00 PM (WYStd)

13 Hoola!
Posted by: Wham-O at May 08, 2026 01:59 PM (SAKKj)
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You know...for kids!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 08, 2026 02:00 PM (xvhJH)

14 Operation Meat Slicer

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:01 PM (abIsI)

15 BREAKING: Islamic Terrorist Regime IS DUMPING OIL INTO THE SEA!

I predicted this.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:01 PM (4NO2D)

16 Exit Question: Why are the Jews tricking Iran into murdering its citizens? And also, are the Jews faking traffic numbers to make it appear as if Me-Again Kelly and Taqiyya Qarlson are losing audience?

===

Wizardry.

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:02 PM (GD0B3)

17 15 BREAKING: Islamic Terrorist Regime IS DUMPING OIL INTO THE SEA!

I predicted this.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:01 PM (4NO2D)

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Did you predict Greta Thunberg not giving a shit because she can't blame Jews?

Because I predict that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:02 PM (c3FgC)

18 How dare you!

Posted by: Greta on a Shelf at May 08, 2026 02:03 PM (4NO2D)

19 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:03 PM (Zz0t1)

20 7 john kerry hardest hit, what with all the effort he put into getting a bad deal that was the best we could get

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 01:58 PM (CWTWj)

But the great RESET with Hillary and Russia is still going strong.

Remember, they had a big, red button.

I'll check 2pm 'news.'

CBC - 3 people murdered. Ban knives.
CNN - Epstein and aliens. Separate stories...
FoxNews - Iran - shots exchanged
MS Now - Iran. US aura of dominance diminished. It is from The New York Times.....that bastion of truth.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 02:03 PM (Sco7b)

21 BREAKING: Islamic Terrorist Regime IS DUMPING OIL INTO THE SEA!

I predicted this.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:01 PM (4NO2D)

=====

Did you predict Greta Thunberg not giving a shit because she can't blame Jews?

Because I predict that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:02 PM (c3FgC)

I predict that between now and 12AM 5/9 someone on this blog will say: "Nothing will happen".

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:03 PM (GD0B3)

22 “Operation Meat Slicer”

John Wayne Bobbitt hardest hit.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at May 08, 2026 02:03 PM (XxHEN)

23 Today is VE Day !

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (GD0B3)

24 21 I predict that between now and 12AM 5/9 someone on this blog will say: "Nothing will happen".

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:03 PM (GD0B3)

========

Yeah, but what are you predictions that I'll mention Prometheus?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (c3FgC)

25 Let's give Iran some nukes.

NOT DEVELOP.
GIVE.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 01:56 PM (Sco7b)

One of my favorite terms for nukes is "canned sunshine."

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (Wt5PA)

26 people like greta will believe almost anything that fits their world view and isn't too totally insane.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (CWTWj)

27 Yeah, but what are you predictions that I'll mention Prometheus?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (c3FgC)

the odds are spectacular !

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (GD0B3)

28 10 I was reliably informed that Trump is actually giving Iran everything that they want and Iran is stronger than ever and Trump is desperate for a deal and will give them anything and that the deal he's going to strike with them makes the Obama pallets of cash look like couch change.

So, obviously these strikes and Iran dumping oil in the Persian Gulf didn't happen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 01:59 PM (c3FgC)

There is an element of our commentariat here that dances around on the edges of your sarcasm, TJM. Either nothing would ever be sufficient for them, or they just in their core despise Trump.

Posted by: tubal at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (Gqar8)

29 Truth Social:

I am pleased to announce that there will be a THREE DAY CEASEFIRE (May 9th, 10th, and 11th) in the War between Russia and Ukraine. The Celebration in Russia is for Victory Day but, likewise, in Ukraine, because they were also a big part and factor of World War II. This Ceasefire will include a suspension of all kinetic activity, and also a prison swap of 1,000 prisoners from each Country. This request was made directly by me, and I very much appreciate its agreement by President Vladimir Putin and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Hopefully, it is the beginning of the end of a very long, deadly, and hard fought War. Talks are continuing on ending this Major Conflict, the biggest since World War II, and we are getting closer and closer every day. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: rickb223 at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (S838b)

30 They're doing it wrong. Let them leave the Gulf and then steal them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:05 PM (g6DiO)

31 Crafty, sneaky Joos!

I have to agree, we need to drop weapons. We had them right there in afghanistan... oh.

Hell, half of the equipment we left could have done a lot of good here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 02:05 PM (zZu0s)

32 > Exit Question: Why are the Jews tricking Iran into murdering its citizens?

Because Donald Trump put a spell on them.

*maniacal laughter*

Posted by: Tucker Shenis Carlson at May 08, 2026 02:05 PM (mkw2N)

33 28 There is an element of our commentariat here that dances around on the edges of your sarcasm, TJM. Either nothing would ever be sufficient for them, or they just in their core despise Trump.

Posted by: tubal at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (Gqar

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I despise Trump.

Because I am a misanthrope and despise everyone.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:05 PM (c3FgC)

34 Trump is forcing Iran to poison the sea. He's an environmental terrorist! Impeach and extradite him to the ICC!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2026 02:06 PM (Dv3i1)

35 Today is VE Day !

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (GD0B3)

But the Russians have their little parade on May 9th. I guess they are a little slow.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 08, 2026 02:06 PM (CNl8/)

36 The US, if it chooses to, could stop the dumping of oil into the gulf easily. Disable the pipelines leading to Kharg; there aren’t that many, and the pump stations are above ground (as is much of the pipeline). The argument against is that it destroys valuable infrastructure; but since Iran is using that infrastructure to commit ecoterrorism, it is now a valid military target.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 02:07 PM (b/YqA)

37 top 40 comment

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 08, 2026 02:07 PM (2xza5)

38 Again, let me urge he DoW to drop a couple on the Chinese embassy just for old time's sake.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 08, 2026 02:07 PM (uXjP8)

39 I don't see where Europe has any option but to embargo US petroleum products from entering the EU.

It's the only moral thing to do.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:07 PM (4NO2D)

40 Innocent marine life must be sacrificed in order to keep an oppressed people under the thumb of a totalitarian islhamic regime. Trump must be taught a lesson at any cost.

Posted by: Democrats at May 08, 2026 02:08 PM (Zz0t1)

41 There has been too much violence, too much pain. None here are without sin, but I have an honorable compromise. Just walk away. Leave the pump, the oil, the gasoline, and the whole compound, and I spare your lives. Just walk away. I will give you safe passage in the wasteland. Just walk away and there will be an end to the horror. I await your answer. You have one full day to decide.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 02:08 PM (viF8m)

42 It's a Jew Lie. The Fourth a Jew Lie.

Posted by: Tucker at May 08, 2026 02:08 PM (udZ7r)

43 the sup ct ruling in virginia might lead the iranian leadership not to wait for trump to be impeached again

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 02:08 PM (CWTWj)

44
Yeah, but what are you predictions that I'll mention Prometheus?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (c3FgC)

And me saying that 'Prometheus' was actually not that bad.

Oh, and Canada is running commercials for some Tom Green series. 'Freddy Got Fingered' was still a 6 out of 10 compared to today's stuff.

Sadly, the thought of Iran dumping oil did cross my mind. Saddam lit the wells. Par for the Islamic course....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 02:08 PM (Sco7b)

45 If they're dumping oil, blast the shit out of them.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 01:58 PM (Sco7b)

Set the dumped oil on fire. Oil floating on the sea surface will burn, if not spread out too thin.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 02:08 PM (utfVc)

46 23 Today is VE Day !
Posted by: runner

👍 Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (NFX2v)

47 Enviro leftists are livid that Iran is doing this,

J/K they give no fucks.

Posted by: Heroq at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (JRUvI)

48 BREAKING: Islamic Terrorist Regime IS DUMPING OIL INTO THE SEA!

If only that shit was flammable.

Posted by: Sardnonicus at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (EYcQy)

49 , likewise, in Ukraine, because they were also a big part and factor of World War II
_____

Pretty sure the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, aka Galicia Division, was Ukrainian.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (Dv3i1)

50 Seems like an oil slick in the Hormuz strait would be more detrimental to the 'swarms of Iranian fast attack boats' than to the big ass oil tankers and U.S. navy ships? I'm a land lubber, so I don't know, it just seems likely. Of course we know the mad mullahs are insane, and they will cut off their nose to spite their face.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (PV+Zw)

51 > Did you predict Greta Thunberg not giving a shit because she can't blame Jews?

Did you see the NYTimes report about the "Freedom Flotilla" organizer who was bedding anything that moved during the voyage? What are the odds Greta was one of them?

Posted by: bonhomme at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (mkw2N)

52
But the Russians have their little parade on May 9th. I guess they are a little slow.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 08, 2026 02:06 PM (CNl8/)

You know why right? The time difference. When the surrender agreement was signed is was already next day in Moscow.

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (GD0B3)

53 Today is VE Day !
Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:04 PM (GD0B3)

Tough day for Fascists.

Posted by: Rex B at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (SAKKj)

54 36 The US, if it chooses to, could stop the dumping of oil into the gulf easily. Disable the pipelines leading to Kharg; there aren’t that many, and the pump stations are above ground (as is much of the pipeline). The argument against is that it destroys valuable infrastructure; but since Iran is using that infrastructure to commit ecoterrorism, it is now a valid military target.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 02:07 PM (b/YqA)

This is going to turn into a worldwide ecological disaster...if we don't want the entire Middle East to turn into a warzone, we need to stop it. Valuable infrastructure now be damned...I know Trump doesn't want to harm Iranian civilians and their future, but now there's no choice - it's let Iran ship the oil or stop the oil entirely...binary with only black and white...and really, with a binary choice, there's only one choice.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (tOcjL)

55 Hey John Kerry ,why the long face?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (gu0hJ)

56 White Phosphorous will clean it up.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:10 PM (g6DiO)

57 It's a Jew Lie. The Fourth a Jew Lie.
Posted by: Tucker at May 08, 2026 02:08 PM (udZ7r)

So does that mean only the fourth Jewish lie? Like ever?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 02:10 PM (zZu0s)

58 What are the odds Greta was one of them?
Posted by: bonhomme at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM

Has she reached puberty?

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:10 PM (4NO2D)

59 This isn't a government dealing with protests; it is a terrorist occupation massacring its hostages.

How many more videos of street executions does the world need to see?
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It depends. How many more ya got?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 02:10 PM (2icm1)

60 Did you see the NYTimes report about the "Freedom Flotilla" organizer who was bedding anything that moved during the voyage? What are the odds Greta was one of them?
Posted by: bonhomme at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (mkw2N)

I'm betting she already has 3 STD's.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:10 PM (Zz0t1)

61 Set the dumped oil on fire. Oil floating on the sea surface will burn, if not spread out too thin.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Call me if you need any advice.

Posted by: Cuyahoga River at May 08, 2026 02:10 PM (Dv3i1)

62 The Iranian people will settle scores later.

Posted by: Eromero at May 08, 2026 02:11 PM (8IK+k)

63 What are the odds Greta was one of them?

Posted by: bonhomme at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (mkw2N)

Listen some of us have to eat lunch in June

Posted by: ... at May 08, 2026 02:11 PM (udZ7r)

64 > Has she reached puberty?

Do cabbage patch people have puberty?

Posted by: bonhomme at May 08, 2026 02:11 PM (mkw2N)

65 likewise, in Ukraine, because they were also a big part and factor of World War II
_____

Pretty sure the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, aka Galicia Division, was Ukrainian.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (Dv3i1)

THEY PLAYED A ROLE!
-all the Ukraine fanbois

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2026 02:11 PM (zZu0s)

66 16 Exit Question: Why are the Jews tricking Iran into murdering its citizens? And also, are the Jews faking traffic numbers to make it appear as if Me-Again Kelly and Taqiyya Qarlson are losing audience?

===

Wizardry.
Posted by: runner
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Space lasers. Turns out Real Genius movie was a documentary. Israelis are vaporizing Qatarlson's and Me Again's viewers from space.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 02:11 PM (E4rtv)

67 Is Iran's endgame waiting for the midterms??

How do THEY think this is going to play out? Serious question.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 08, 2026 02:11 PM (aZm/F)

68 Good thing we’ve never defeated Djibouti in a war.

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 02:11 PM (77rzZ)

69 LOL, some white frumpy Karen stomping up and down the street outside the VA supreme court yelling "shame!"

I still can't wrap my mind around how they think that yell is effective.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (MtSIY)

70 And it's likely not the 'own' they think it is.

Remember the BP oil 'spill' and nature already had a solution for that problem that was 'discovered?'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)

71 This is going to turn into a worldwide ecological disaster...if we don't want the entire Middle East to turn into a warzone, we need to stop it. Valuable infrastructure now be damned...I know Trump doesn't want to harm Iranian civilians and their future, but now there's no choice - it's let Iran ship the oil or stop the oil entirely...binary with only black and white...and really, with a binary choice, there's only one choice.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (tOcjL)

Like in 1991?

Oh wait…

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (4EnF8)

72 Set the dumped oil on fire. Oil floating on the sea surface will burn, if not spread out too thin.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 02:08 PM (utfVc)

I like that idea. I love that idea...

Make it so.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (Sco7b)

73 Airdrop firearms/ammo into Tehran.

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (TezPK)

74 The 9th District will now potentially see Rep. Steve Cohen, a white Democrat, likely replaced by Charlotte Bergmann, a black female Republican.

The schadenfreude, it overwhelms.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (abIsI)

75 Is Iran's endgame waiting for the midterms??

===

yeah, jihadi monkeys think they are very clever...

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (GD0B3)

76 Quick , someone send a shit ton of Dawn Dish washing Liquid to the Persian Gulf

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (gu0hJ)

77 i jerk off to videos of tucker

Posted by: South and Proud!! at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (uslPW)

78 The courts giveth the courts taketh away.

A panel of “judges” says 10% Trump Tarriffs are illegal.

Posted by: Heroq at May 08, 2026 02:13 PM (JRUvI)

79 By the way, in additional lols, my daughter just read Hakeem Jeffries statement on VA. She came in here and said the Dems are stupid. She followed this up with if a person has purple hair and a tacky living room, you can bet they are Dems.

I cannot with this child.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 02:13 PM (Dd38x)

80 67 Is Iran's endgame waiting for the midterms??

How do THEY think this is going to play out? Serious question.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 08, 2026 02:11 PM (aZm/F)

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Expecting a small Democrat majority in the House to pass a budget that ends the military or specifically denies Trump the ability to wage a conflict with Iran or some bullshit about the War Powers Act that has to...pass the Senate and get Trump's signature is silly.

But these are inbred freaks, so who knows.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:13 PM (c3FgC)

81 So how much "natural beauty" and endangered sea turtles are there in the Gulf?
Does anyone care about the oil?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 08, 2026 02:14 PM (uXjP8)

82 The Seinfield meme linked at insty, lol

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 02:14 PM (MtSIY)

83 maybe deloitte can get the fire started

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 02:14 PM (CWTWj)

84 No problem, water fowl can soak up the spill.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:14 PM (abIsI)

85 7 john kerry hardest hit, what with all the effort he put into getting a bad deal that was the best we could get
Posted by: gnats

At least all this gives Lurch and his Iranian son-in-law something to bond over.

Posted by: Auspex at May 08, 2026 02:14 PM (Y8DZL)

86 A definite flop as a porn feature : Greta does Gaza

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 02:15 PM (gu0hJ)

87 Exit Question: Why are the Jews tricking Iran into murdering its citizens?

Because Donald Trump put a spell on them.

*maniacal laughter*
Posted by: Tucker Shenis Carlson at May 08, 2026 02:05 PM (mkw2N)

Carson is such a serious Christian but thinks the heretical thought that magic is a real thing.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:15 PM (8avO+)

88 Enviro leftists are livid that Iran is doing this,

J/K they give no fucks.
Posted by: Heroq at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (JRUvI)
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They care about the environment so long as it advances global leftism. If not, then not.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 02:15 PM (2icm1)

89 Stupid person (me) asking a stupid question: can oil that has been dumped into waters be recovered and used, or is it considered non-useable?

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 08, 2026 02:15 PM (cZMme)

90 It's a Jew Lie. The Fourth a Jew Lie.
Posted by: Tucker at May 08, 2026 02:08 PM (udZ7r)

So does that mean only the fourth Jewish lie? Like ever?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

It's a coded message. The 4th of Joo Lie.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 08, 2026 02:15 PM (S838b)

91 Remember the BP oil 'spill' and nature already had a solution for that problem that was 'discovered?'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (Zz0t1

"Daddy, did you stop the oil spill yet?"

Man, the coffee has kicked in. Sorry. And I also really want this Iran crap over for many reasons. Mainly because

Hey, there's a squirrel!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 02:15 PM (Sco7b)

92 So how much "natural beauty" and endangered sea turtles are there in the Gulf?
Does anyone care about the oil?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 08, 2026 02:14 PM (uXjP

You will hear nothing from the enviro lobby on this.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:15 PM (8avO+)

93 What long term damage would shutting down the wells cause, other than economic?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 08, 2026 02:16 PM (cWLG3)

94 Incendiary bomb for Kharg Island.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:16 PM (g6DiO)

95 re 74: can we mention fried chicken?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 02:16 PM (CWTWj)

96 Stupid person (me) asking a stupid question: can oil that has been dumped into waters be recovered and used, or is it considered non-useable?
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 08, 2026 02:15 PM (cZMme)

anything is possible. is it practical, probably not.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:17 PM (8avO+)

97 re 92: "You will hear nothing from the enviro lobby on this."

sure you will, they'll demand that we give in

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2026 02:17 PM (CWTWj)

98 89 Stupid person (me) asking a stupid question: can oil that has been dumped into waters be recovered and used, or is it considered non-useable?
Posted by: Cray Cray

I remember a few years ago a consortium of Hollywood douchebags funded the creation of some boats that would suck the oil from the surface and store it.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:17 PM (abIsI)

99 >>Did you see the NYTimes report about the "Freedom Flotilla" organizer who was bedding anything that moved during the voyage? What are the odds Greta was one of them?

Hey, even sleazebag activists have some standards!

Posted by: Sleazebag Freedom Flotilla activist at May 08, 2026 02:17 PM (NcvvS)

100 74 The 9th District will now potentially see Rep. Steve Cohen, a white Democrat, likely replaced by Charlotte Bergmann, a black female Republican.

The schadenfreude, it overwhelms.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026

CNN already declared this racist. Because reasons.

Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2026 02:17 PM (hftzA)

101 LOL, some white frumpy Karen stomping up and down the street outside the VA supreme court yelling "shame!"

I still can't wrap my mind around how they think that yell is effective.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (MtSIY)

The same applies to any "street protest" in Iran. Standing around yelling only makes you a target. I'm hoping the US has been clandestinely dropping small arms and ammo all over the country, so the anti-regime people can actually do something useful.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2026 02:17 PM (80m++)

102 Waterfowl are indeed a great oil spill sponge mechanism - I just thought of a Great use for Canada Geese.

Posted by: tubal at May 08, 2026 02:18 PM (Gqar8)

103 If they just wanted to release oil, they could just dig pits and dump in in there.

But they're terrorists, so they're going to terrorize.
=
I guess I'm unclear as to how dumping oil in the waters they presumably fish is terrorizes me?

Posted by: Methos at May 08, 2026 02:18 PM (vSvIl)

104 >>> Stops 70+ Iranian Oil Tankers from Evading the Blockade

Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

No?

Taco
TACO
TACO !!!

Terrorists Always Chicken Out

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 02:19 PM (/lPRQ)

105 Called it two weeks ago. Dickbags are dumping their oil in the sea.

Totally predictable.

They totally nuke everything the first chance they get.

They want the world to end.

Posted by: Enemies of the human race at May 08, 2026 02:19 PM (anL5R)

106 Yeah deepwater horizon leak was going to kill the gulf of mexico for decades too. I am now skeptical of how big the environmental disaster from oil spills actually is.

BTW I couldn't remember that it was the BP deepwater horizion platform that that that disaster, in looking up gulf of mexico oil leaks I find that PEMEX just had a huge leak from their pipeline this spring. I can't say the FNM are ignoring the story since I ignore the FNM these days.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2026 02:19 PM (PV+Zw)

107 There is an element of our commentariat here that dances around on the edges of your sarcasm, TJM. Either nothing would ever be sufficient for them, or they just in their core despise Trump.
Posted by: tubal
====
Some are like the character (Col. Nicholson) played by Alec Guiness in Bridge over the River Kwai, some are just being contrary in order to get attention. And some are just trolls.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)

108 AI: Related to oil spill recovery boats (which we do now have)...

"Oil spill recovery boats and mechanical skimming systems typically recover only a small fraction of large offshore spills, often less than 10-15%. While 10–30% is a traditional "rule of thumb" estimate, studies suggest real-world, large-scale mechanical recovery is often only 2–6%.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 08, 2026 02:20 PM (tOcjL)

109 102 Waterfowl are indeed a great oil spill sponge mechanism - I just thought of a Great use for Canada Geese.
Posted by: tubal

This person gets it. Also include pigeons and crows.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:20 PM (abIsI)

110 Expecting a small Democrat majority in the House to pass a budget that ends the military or specifically denies Trump the ability to wage a conflict with Iran or some bullshit about the War Powers Act that has to...pass the Senate and get Trump's signature is silly.

But these are inbred freaks, so who knows.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:13 PM (c3FgC)

to be fair to their reasoning powers, the IGRC knows that after a surrender their place in the halls of power is gone. Whatever is set up will have them at best kicked out with a parting gift. Giving up, they lose. Holding on, the bombs might miss them.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:20 PM (8avO+)

111 >>>"Daddy, did you stop the oil spill yet?"

It was actually "Did you Plug The Hole Yet, Daddy?" I remember it because it sounded so creepy.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 08, 2026 02:20 PM (CNl8/)

112 can oil that has been dumped into waters be recovered and used, or is it considered non-useable?
Posted by: Cray Cray

Depends on how many ducklings you suck up with the oil.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 08, 2026 02:20 PM (vJrRc)

113 They should torpedo them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:20 PM (g6DiO)

114 Has Ace given us the daily update on his crow status yet?

Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 02:21 PM (77rzZ)

115 88 Enviro leftists are livid that Iran is doing this,

J/K they give no fucks.
Posted by: Heroq at May 08, 2026 02:09 PM (JRUvI)
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They care about the environment so long as it advances global leftism. If not, then not.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
======
Watermelon politics-green on the outside, red on the inside.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 02:21 PM (E4rtv)

116 I am now skeptical of how big the environmental disaster from oil spills actually is.

What I hear is that the chemical countermeasures they deploy to disperse the oil have worse effects on people than the oil does.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 08, 2026 02:21 PM (vJrRc)

117 Exit Question: Why are the Jews tricking Iran into murdering its citizens? And also, are the Jews faking traffic numbers to make it appear as if Me-Again Kelly and Taqiyya Qarlson are losing audience?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:55 PM

------------

When did the Jooos first implant Mossad Lizard People inside the bodies of Donald Trump and the rest of his Cabinet and Administration?

/Join us tomorrow for the next shape-shifting episode of Cucker Qatarlson and Cavernous Orifices: Live From Doha MoFu's.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 02:21 PM (lR5Ug)

118 >>> Iran has run out of oil storage capacity and instead of shutting down their wells -- flooding the ocean with oil.

Easy... Just pop their pipelines way way inland. they can berm up around the break and throw down some Clean Seep to soak up the oil.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 02:22 PM (/lPRQ)

119 Who cares about the Persian Gulf environment? I never go there.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:22 PM (g6DiO)

120 Gotta wonder who the terrorists running Iran think they still have on their side after a stunt like this. They are rapidly running out of potential safe havens.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

121 89 Stupid person (me) asking a stupid question: can oil that has been dumped into waters be recovered and used, or is it considered non-useable?
Posted by: Cray Cray

essentially, useless. volatiles evaporate and the stuff on the surface gets with the water as an emulsion. Some heavy stuff even sinks.

It can be scooped out, centrifuged (I think that is what they do) to separate. and used as,... I don't know what. No one would want it.

But in M. E. where oil spurts out of the ground, any recovery would cost 100x the value of the oil. and even then at best you have bunker fuel or asphalt. What goes into the sea, stays in the sea.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 08, 2026 02:23 PM (uXjP8)

122 89 Stupid person (me) asking a stupid question: can oil that has been dumped into waters be recovered and used, or is it considered non-useable?

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 08, 2026 02:15 PM (cZMme)

Oil and water can be easily separated. Recovering is the problem.

Posted by: javems at May 08, 2026 02:23 PM (zFsEm)

123 If they just wanted to release oil, they could just dig pits and dump in in there.

But they're terrorists, so they're going to terrorize.
=
I guess I'm unclear as to how dumping oil in the waters they presumably fish is terrorizes me?
Posted by: Methos at May 08, 2026 02:18 PM (vSvIl)

Just looked up the fishing industry there: Saw an article saying they were going to export more fish in 2026. Oops.

That said not sure if shallow hot waters of the gulf are great for fishing in the first place.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:23 PM (8avO+)

124 Earlier I send a mocking and taunting email to our governor pointing out she's a LOSER.

Posted by: Weasel at May 08, 2026 02:23 PM (PVV5z)

125 105 Called it two weeks ago. Dickbags are dumping their oil in the sea.

Totally predictable.

They totally nuke everything the first chance they get.

They want the world to end.
Posted by: Enemies of the human race
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If killing people is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

Posted by: IRGC at May 08, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)

126 why don't we hit the transformers that power their oil pumps ?

Posted by: torabora at May 08, 2026 02:23 PM (KtOUo)

127 Easy... Just pop their pipelines way way inland. they can berm up around the break and throw down some Clean Seep to soak up the oil.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

By berm up, you mean MOAB craters?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:23 PM (abIsI)

128 Some idiot on X was claiming that Iran was going to keep Hormuz closed for decades.

Oh?

And exactly how are they going to fund that?

All of this Bs from the usual losers about how Iran is winning intentionally dances past that the Iranian government is getting zero revenue right now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 02:23 PM (MtSIY)

129 Has Ace given us the daily update on his crow status yet?
Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2026 02:21 PM

He will soon be posting as Son of Heckle.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:24 PM (4NO2D)

130 Yay, we're on the verge of victory.

Again.

They're dancing in the streets and welcoming us as liberators.

Again.

The people will rise up and effect regime change.

Again.

Shrub redux.

Posted by: Delurker at May 08, 2026 02:24 PM (gtcuf)

131
QUACK
(go long on Dawn dish soap)

Posted by: Iranian Ducks for Trump at May 08, 2026 02:24 PM (UjdFS)

132 Death Cults gonna Death Cult. Yeah they’d nuke their own country if they thought their Death Cult was gonna fail.

Posted by: tubal at May 08, 2026 02:24 PM (Gqar8)

133 Stack up on Dawn Dishwashing Soap stock. It gets grease out of the way.

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 08, 2026 02:24 PM (cS1cw)

134 It was actually "Did you Plug The Hole Yet, Daddy?" I remember it because it sounded so creepy.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 08, 2026 02:20 PM (CNl8/)

Sweet. That's even better. Thank you.

Please let that clip play non-stop in the library of doom.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 02:25 PM (Sco7b)

135 21 ......I predict that between now and 12AM 5/9 someone on this blog will say: "Nothing will happen".

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:03 PM (GD0B3)

Please allow me to be among the first to say 'Nothing will happen.....'

Happy Friday Everyone!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 08, 2026 02:25 PM (QGaXH)

136 I have no idea why trolls are pushing this narrative of "Daily Wire" going down etc.

Are Ben Shapiro and co. that important? Guess so.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 02:25 PM (2icm1)

137
Why is Trump MAKING the Iranians dump oil into the ocean!

Posted by: Greta Thunberg at May 08, 2026 02:25 PM (IifOV)

138 Where is Greta Thundermug's flotilla when you need her eco protesting? This is actual eco terrorism, Greta, you weirdo!

I am positive her mighty boats of nitwits could evade the IRGC fast boats.

She needs to go there stat!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 02:25 PM (WONhk)

139 I am now skeptical of how big the environmental disaster from oil spills actually is.

What I hear is that the chemical countermeasures they deploy to disperse the oil have worse effects on people than the oil does.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 08, 2026 02:21 PM (vJrRc)

in the Exxon Valdez accident the areas that were NOT cleaned up recovered better than those that did.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:26 PM (8avO+)

140 Californians would be livid if someone spilled 5 quarts of oil on the beach. But let Iran dump 100,000 barrels of oil in the ocean, and who cares? Because Trump!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 02:26 PM (b/YqA)

141 Watermelon politics-green on the outside, red on the inside.

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 02:21 PM (E4rtv)

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The Red-Green (Commie-Islamie) Alliance eventually eats itself.

OUT: Ouroboros.
IN: Europorous.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 02:26 PM (lR5Ug)

142 Green communist eco-c*nts are going to make hay off this like Iran isn't even involved.

Just like they bitch and moan about human trafficking and slavery while wearing Nike sneakers and Abercrombie.

Posted by: sifty boones at May 08, 2026 02:26 PM (lOXlK)

143 Graphic content warning:
[CENSORED]

Maybe just direct link to cancel ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 02:26 PM (/lPRQ)

144 Yeah deepwater horizon leak was going to kill the gulf of mexico for decades too. I am now skeptical of how big the environmental disaster from oil spills actually is.

BTW I couldn't remember that it was the BP deepwater horizion platform that that that disaster, in looking up gulf of mexico oil leaks I find that PEMEX just had a huge leak from their pipeline this spring. I can't say the FNM are ignoring the story since I ignore the FNM these days.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2026 02:19 PM (PV+Zw)
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Oil spills aren't great for the water, and they do temporarily kill a lot of fish and wildlife. But the oil itself is eventually broken down and consumed by bacteria. If this didn't happen, the world's oceans would be covered in oil from billions of years of volcanic and oil eruptions.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

145
This is a bad day for democrats. Virginia, and then this.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2026 02:26 PM (IifOV)

146 >>> Just walk away and there will be an end to the horror. I await your answer. You have one full day to decide.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 02:08 PM (viF8m)

I got that reference!

Posted by: Max Power at May 08, 2026 02:26 PM (q177U)

147 136 I have no idea why trolls are pushing this narrative of "Daily Wire" going down etc.

Are Ben Shapiro and co. that important? Guess so.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 02:25 PM (2icm1)

On the Shit Rating Daily Wire is less Shit than Daily Caller. I don’t bother with either.

Posted by: tubal at May 08, 2026 02:26 PM (Gqar8)

148 140 Californians would be livid if someone spilled 5 quarts of oil on the beach. But let Iran dump 100,000 barrels of oil in the ocean, and who cares? Because Trump!
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 02:26 PM (b/YqA)
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Isn't there always washed up oil on the beaches at Santa Barbara?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 08, 2026 02:27 PM (cWLG3)

149 The Daily Caller is a script delivery vehicle rather than a website.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:27 PM (4NO2D)

150 The footage up top of that dude getting smoked in Tehran is from January.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2026 02:27 PM (BI5O2)

151 I have no idea why trolls are pushing this narrative of "Daily Wire" going down etc.

Are Ben Shapiro and co. that important? Guess so.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 02:25 PM (2icm1)

They seemed on the back foot a while back when they dumped Candace and split with that ex-kid actor they touted for a while.

But Candace going batshit crazy has helped them, and Ben is out doing more himself which I think helps them.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:28 PM (8avO+)

152 I don't read the perfidious sites.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:28 PM (g6DiO)

153 133 Stack up on Dawn Dishwashing Soap stock. It gets grease out of the way.
Posted by: connected and litigious [/i[

Healey wife bought a bottle of Dawn Platinum I think or some such, the goo comes out of the bottle smoking and smells like rancid ass. Smells like it'll remove a few layers of skin while using.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:28 PM (abIsI)

154 Mr. LOL, this ones for you.

https://tinyurl.com/2827cbzf

Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 02:28 PM (viF8m)

155 Where is Greta Thundermug's flotilla when you need her eco protesting? This is actual eco terrorism, Greta, you weirdo!

I am positive her mighty boats of nitwits could evade the IRGC fast boats.

She needs to go there stat!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 02:25 PM (WONhk)

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Why haven't they thrown her into a volcano yet as a virgin sacrifice to the Angry Climate Gods?

/Trick Question: The Volcano would spit her out.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 02:28 PM (lR5Ug)

156 Are there even ducks in the Persian Gulf?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 08, 2026 02:28 PM (cWLG3)

157 I can fix the lady screaming outside the Virginia SC. Candlelight dinner, soft music, a roofie, then a lobotomy. Easy peezy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2026 02:28 PM (gu0hJ)

158
147 136 I have no idea why trolls are pushing this narrative of "Daily Wire" going down etc.”

I don’t even think it’s “trolls” anymore. I think whoever is running Candace and Tucker controls a huge number of bot accounts and they’re programmed to endlessly repeat whatever the desired narrative is that day.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 02:29 PM (b/YqA)

159 Healey wife bought a bottle of Dawn Platinum I think or some such, the goo comes out of the bottle smoking and smells like rancid ass. Smells like it'll remove a few layers of skin while using.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:28 PM

She may have purchased Dawn Polonium by mistake.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:29 PM (4NO2D)

160 Again.

The people will rise up and effect regime change.

Again.

Shrub redux.
Posted by: Delurker at May 08, 2026 02:24 PM (gtcuf)

plunk!

Johnny One-note chimes in again

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 02:29 PM (utfVc)

161 Californians would be livid if someone spilled 5 quarts of oil on the beach. But let Iran dump 100,000 barrels of oil in the ocean, and who cares? Because Trump!
Posted by: Tom Servo
.......

I dump mine down the gopher holes.

Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 02:29 PM (UjdFS)

162 Yeah its is inescapable fact that Iran is being held hostage by homicidal maniacs. They use the country's resources and infrastructure to try and build nukes so they can destroy the world. But, hey live and let live
NOT
. . I mean I don't want to be the world's policemen, but these aholes are a problem and needed dealing with.
I'd like to figure out a way to take them out without invading. Or having someone else invade.

Posted by: Enemies of the human race at May 08, 2026 02:30 PM (anL5R)

163 What's the odds that chris Murphy is having back channel convos with the irgc telling them to do whatever it takes to hang on till November while making gas prices as high as possible?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 08, 2026 02:30 PM (y6ruu)

164 You wanted the Iranian people to liquidate the IRGC
You got kinetic combat from the US and Israel
You'll settle for jack sh*t from the Gulf states and KSA

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 02:31 PM (2icm1)

165 Isn't there always washed up oil on the beaches at Santa Barbara?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 08, 2026 02:27 PM (cWLG3)

Yes, and it comes out of the seafloor naturally. The uncomfortable truth is that drilling helps alleviate it, rather than causing it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2026 02:31 PM (b/YqA)

166 I don’t even think it’s “trolls” anymore. I think whoever is running Candace and Tucker controls a huge number of bot accounts and they’re programmed to endlessly repeat whatever the desired narrative is that day.
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Gee its almost as if Candace and Tucker are supported by some State actor. I wonder who that could be . . .

Posted by: Enemies of the human race at May 08, 2026 02:31 PM (anL5R)

167 Pipelines must need pumping stations or some such. Hit those.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:31 PM (g6DiO)

168 How absorbent is the average Somalian or Haitian?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:31 PM (abIsI)

169 Are there even ducks in the Persian Gulf?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 08, 2026 02:28 PM (cWLG3)

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I believe Carney shipped over a few million Canadian Geese to "fertilize" the Trump International Golf Club -- and its members -- in Dubai.

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 02:31 PM (lR5Ug)

170 I dump mine down the gopher holes.
Posted by: wth at May 08, 2026 02:29 PM (UjdFS)

Great, now the gophers are millionaires and will move to Beverly Hills.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:31 PM (8avO+)

171 Mr. LOL, this ones for you.

https://tinyurl.com/2827cbzf
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2026 02:28 PM (viF8m)

She any good at giving hummers? Because her actually admitting that she drives the completely fuel inefficient beast in the global warmening party seems......bad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:31 PM (Zz0t1)

172 LOL, some white frumpy Karen stomping up and down the street outside the VA supreme court yelling "shame!"

I still can't wrap my mind around how they think that yell is effective.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

It worked on Game of Thrones.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 08, 2026 02:33 PM (S838b)

173 What's the odds that chris Murphy is having back channel convos with the irgc telling them to do whatever it takes to hang on till November while making gas prices as high as possible?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 08, 2026 02:30 PM (y6ruu)

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Polymarket has it at even odds that Chris Murphy is the latest Cardboard Cutout Supreme and IRGC Leader.

/

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 02:33 PM (lR5Ug)

174 Get a 420 for your Hummer.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:34 PM (g6DiO)

175 I boycott P&G as much as I can. So I normally buy the store brand blue dish soap instead of Dawn. If P&G died and the various companies they've acquired were no longer P&G I'd buy some of the stuff, its often pricey but works. But pissed off redheads hold grudges for a long time, if we were a large part of the population Target and P&G would probably be dead companies by now.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2026 02:34 PM (PV+Zw)

176 67 Is Iran's endgame waiting for the midterms??

How do THEY think this is going to play out? Serious question.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 08, 2026 02:11 PM (aZm/F)

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Hoping that fuel and related costs will keep rising, and not only does Trump lose the House he'll also lose the Senate and then be removed from office?

Posted by: Josephistan at May 08, 2026 02:34 PM (FLx59)

177 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
TGIF
Missed the Flaming Skull thread

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 02:34 PM (Ia/+0)

178 House Dems on their chances to win the House, now that SCOVA has struck down Virginia's map - and I'm quoting here.

"Democrats now have to pitch a perfect game."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 08, 2026 02:34 PM (iNUL3)

179
Yeah, Greenpeace will find a way to blame the oil spill on Trump, just like he's responsible for the billions of pounds of toxic shit the Chinese are flushing down the Yangtze into the South China Sea every year.

Posted by: Auspex at May 08, 2026 02:34 PM (Y8DZL)

180 Has Ace given us the daily update on his crow status yet?
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Today I will have his eyes. Today. I will perch here, where he can not see me. When he comes simpering out to place the tribute, I will sweep down upon him and harvest his juices!

Posted by: The Crow, or maybe Garrett at May 08, 2026 02:35 PM (anL5R)

181
I still can't wrap my mind around how they think that yell is effective.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

It's the rhyming that really seals the deal. Who can resist a good rhyme?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)

182 How absorbent is the average Somalian or Haitian?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:31 PM (abIsI)
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Are you angling for a promotion or something?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 02:36 PM (2icm1)

183 Are there even ducks in the Persian Gulf?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 08, 2026 02:28 PM (cWLG3)

AI sez -

Waterfowl typically migrate to the Persian Gulf during the winter months, taking advantage of the region's milder climate and rich food resources. This migration is crucial for their survival, as it allows them to escape harsher conditions in their breeding grounds.

Understanding the waterfowl species and their habitats in the Persian Gulf is vital for conservation efforts and maintaining biodiversity in the region.

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so it sounds like they may be moving out of the region about now and miss the pollution.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:36 PM (8avO+)

184 Californians would be livid if someone spilled 5 quarts of oil on the beach. But let Iran dump 100,000 barrels of oil in the ocean, and who cares? Because Trump!
Posted by: Tom Servo

Millions of barrels. Millions!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 02:36 PM (/lPRQ)

185 Yeah, Greenpeace will find a way to blame the oil spill on Trump, just like he's responsible for the billions of pounds of toxic shit the Chinese are flushing down the Yangtze into the South China Sea every year.
Posted by: Auspex at May 08, 2026 02:34 PM

And yet we're the ones who can't use straws or trash bags anymore

Posted by: Josephistan at May 08, 2026 02:36 PM (FLx59)

186 Yeah, Greenpeace will find a way to blame the oil spill on Trump, just like he's responsible for the billions of pounds of toxic shit the Chinese are flushing down the Yangtze into the South China Sea every year.
Posted by: Auspex at May 08, 2026 02:34 PM (Y8DZL)

Are they still in existence anymore?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:36 PM (8avO+)

187 128 Some idiot on X was claiming that Iran was going to keep Hormuz closed for decades.

Oh?

And exactly how are they going to fund that?

All of this Bs from the usual losers about how Iran is winning intentionally dances past that the Iranian government is getting zero revenue right now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 02:23 PM (MtSIY)

========

It's impossible to build pipelines to bypass the strait.

Impossible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:36 PM (c3FgC)

188 We've got millions of Somalians we don't need.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (g6DiO)

189 24 - Is this a new version of the "The Game" meme from last decade? The only to win The Game is to never think bout/mention The Game. Once you think about/mention The Game you lose.

Posted by: Croaker at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (b3InZ)

190 I just found Greta Thunberg's Instagram page with only 16.7 million followers.

gretathunberg
Greta Thunberg
1,213 posts
16.7M followers
1,312 following
Autistic & bipolar climate justice activist

Comments seem disabled.

How will she ever read my eco-erotica and our adventures together? Well, this is disheartening.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (Sco7b)

191 Glyphosate is making Americans sick. The people that are the poorest are consuming the highest amounts. It is poison. Literally. The farm bill must be stopped until provisions protecting glyphosate are removed - Anna Paulina Luna

Keep your hands off my RoundUp and vegetation killer b*itch.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (abIsI)

192 LOL, some white frumpy Karen stomping up and down the street outside the VA supreme court yelling "shame!"
==
Being a Karen means, never having any shame yourself, while screaming it at others.

Also, it means being woefully ineffective at life, the universe and everything.

Posted by: The Crow, or maybe Garrett at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (anL5R)

193 so it sounds like they may be moving out of the region about now and miss the pollution.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:36 PM (8avO+)

Good planning on their part, as the waters are becoming foul.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (utfVc)

194 178 House Dems on their chances to win the House, now that SCOVA has struck down Virginia's map - and I'm quoting here.

"Democrats now have to pitch a perfect game."
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 08, 2026 02:34 PM (iNUL3)

Look I have a plan......

Posted by: Kamalawannadingdong at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (y6ruu)

195

The Iranian people rising is not a matter of concern for us, or at least it shouldn't be.

1.) It seems highly unlikely to happen, without direct involvement on the ground by us.

2.) If it does, it's highly likely the Islamists among *them* would prevail, not the pro-Western Persian populace of the large cities.

3.) Even if, against the odds, our friendlies did pull out a win, they would immediately and permanently be at war with the Islamists, until they got toppled.

I sincerely hope we can wash our hands of Iran before getting caught in that shitstorm.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (BI5O2)

196 I still can't wrap my mind around how they think that yell is effective.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

It's the rhyming that really seals the deal. Who can resist a good rhyme?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:35 PM

Especially in a call-answer format.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (4NO2D)

197 Maybe just direct link to cancel ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Xcancel.

Thanks fvcking spell-check correct.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2026 02:38 PM (/lPRQ)

198
It's impossible to build pipelines to bypass the strait.

Impossible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:36 PM (c3FgC)

Build a canal. Bypass the Strait. F*ck Iran straight up the ass.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

199 160 Posted by: Delurker at May 08, 2026 02:24 PM (gtcuf)

plunk!

Johnny One-note chimes in again

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 02:29 PM (utfVc)

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Careful.

You might be one of those commenters that Delurker ignores and doesn't want talking to him.

He might give you a stern talking to.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:38 PM (c3FgC)

200 The Jennifer Griffin clip reminded me that Janine Turner actually looked great with short hair.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 08, 2026 02:38 PM (2ap+5)

201 Iranian oil isn't mine. If they dump it into the Gulf it still isn't mine.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:38 PM (g6DiO)

202 Satellite image of the Persian Gulf reveals that it truly is the rectum of the world.

If you’ve never been there, praise God every day. If you have been there, thank God you’re not there anymore. If you’re there now: Psalm 91 is your go to.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at May 08, 2026 02:39 PM (zqeQL)

203 164 You wanted the Iranian people to liquidate the IRGC
You got kinetic combat from the US and Israel
You'll settle for jack sh*t from the Gulf states and KSA

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 02:31 PM (2icm1)

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I'll settle with the third-assistant Janitor of the shitters outside of Tehran taking control and promising to end all international fuckery in exchange for not dying.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:39 PM (c3FgC)

204 Did the U.S. do airstrikes in Richmond, Virginia, too?

No, wait, my mistake. That was just the sound of Spanführer in her bunker, giving rockets to her generals for screwing up Operation Gerrymander.

Posted by: Paco at May 08, 2026 02:39 PM (2L+MU)

205 LOL, some white frumpy Karen stomping up and down the street outside the VA supreme court yelling "shame!"

I still can't wrap my mind around how they think that yell is effective.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2026 02:12 PM (MtSIY)
_____

It's not intended to be effective. It's intended to soothe big butthurt at losing the redistricting and virtue-signal to similar fellow traveller retards.

I think we underestimate how badly this SC decision fucked these losers in the ass. They were crowing about the new 10-1 map for months, rubbing it in our faces.

They thought they had this in the bag. Nah. They blew their loads in the sheets before the girl even made it out of the bathroom.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

206 Build a canal. Bypass the Strait. F*ck Iran straight up the ass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Nukes: the great excavators.

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 08, 2026 02:39 PM (TezPK)

207 1,312 following
Autistic & bipolar climate justice activist

Comments seem disabled.

How will she ever read my eco-erotica and our adventures together? Well, this is disheartening.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (Sco7b)

Autistic and bipolar. She needs to come out as trans for the full trifecta of liberal disorders.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:39 PM (Zz0t1)

208 178 House Dems on their chances to win the House, now that SCOVA has struck down Virginia's map - and I'm quoting here.

"Democrats now have to pitch a perfect game."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 08, 2026 02:34 PM (iNUL3)

=======

And their pitcher is Simple Jack after 3 years of anti-Semetism training.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:40 PM (c3FgC)

209 Nobody predicted this would happen. It was just an organic situation.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 08, 2026 02:40 PM (D1E+2)

210 3.) Even if, against the odds, our friendlies did pull out a win, they would immediately and permanently be at war with the Islamists, until they got toppled.

I sincerely hope we can wash our hands of Iran before getting caught in that shitstorm.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (BI5O2)

The true Persians need to rise up and genocide the islamists. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 02:41 PM (utfVc)

211 The Jennifer Griffin clip reminded me that Janine Turner actually looked great with short hair.
Posted by: Oglebay at May 08, 2026 02:38 PM (2ap+5)

First off, you must have a face that doesn't turn off even the horniest of the males of a species.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:41 PM (Zz0t1)

212 Nobody predicted this would happen. It was just an organic situation.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 08, 2026 02:40 PM

It's a slippery slope.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:41 PM (4NO2D)

213 Organic situations contain Carbon.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:41 PM (g6DiO)

214 Isn't there always washed up oil on the beaches at Santa Barbara?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Turds and toilet paper in the surf at Imperial Beach for the win!

Posted by: Auspex at May 08, 2026 02:41 PM (Y8DZL)

215 Build a canal. Bypass the Strait. F*ck Iran straight up the ass.
Posted by: Sponge
____________

It's been studied and the estimated cost is 80 billion, which is probably less than the total for all Somali fraud in the last ten years.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 08, 2026 02:42 PM (XvL8K)

216 Turds and toilet paper in the surf at Imperial Beach for the win!
Posted by: Auspex at May 08, 2026 02:41 PM

Mexican turds.

Extra spicy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:42 PM (4NO2D)

217 Coal and oil contain Carbon and are therefore Organic.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:42 PM (g6DiO)

218 198 Build a canal. Bypass the Strait. F*ck Iran straight up the ass.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

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10.5 million of the daily 20 million that went through the strait is already going through pipelines.

UAE started work on another 4 weeks ago.

They do need to get to ships eventually to get to places like China and Australia and Europe, but porting at Oman in the Oman Gulf or Egypt in the Mediterranean is preferable to being anywhere near some goatfucking IRGC "commandos".

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:42 PM (c3FgC)

219
It's been studied and the estimated cost is 80 billion, which is probably less than the total for all Somali fraud in the last ten years.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 08, 2026 02:42 PM (XvL8K)

Shit. With all the fraud we've been experiencing over the years, I'm sure we could've paid for it once a quarter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)

220 Even if, against the odds, our friendlies did pull out a win, they would immediately and permanently be at war with the Islamists, until they got toppled.

I sincerely hope we can wash our hands of Iran before getting caught in that shitstorm.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2026 02:37 PM (BI5O2)

The true Persians need to rise up and genocide the islamists. Fuck 'em.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2026 02:41 PM (utfVc)

Iranians were doing pretty well in Iran before Carter helped the Coup happen in 1979.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:43 PM (8avO+)

221 Nukes: the great excavators.
Posted by: Joe Mama

Second look at Project Plowshare?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 08, 2026 02:43 PM (vJrRc)

222 I saw Tijuana Turds open for 2Live Crew.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:43 PM (4NO2D)

223 and you thought today couldn't get newsier

Utah News Dispatch: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen announces her resignation from the court.

Hagen faced allegations she had a relationship with an attorney involved in a case about redistricting, which led to Utah getting a new congressional map.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 08, 2026 02:43 PM (CNl8/)

224 172 LOL, some white frumpy Karen stomping up and down the street outside the VA supreme court yelling "shame!"

I still can't wrap my mind around how they think that yell is effective.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

It worked on Game of Thrones.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 08, 2026 02:33 PM (S838b)

But Cersei was naked.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 08, 2026 02:43 PM (7v6oI)

225 And their pitcher is Simple Jack after 3 years of anti-Semetism training.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:40 PM (c3FgC)

I'll see Jews again tonight when I go to bed, in my head movies. Those head movies make my eyes rain!

Posted by: Simple Jackerie at May 08, 2026 02:43 PM (BI5O2)

226
It's been studied and the estimated cost is 80 billion, which is probably less than the total for all Somali fraud in the last ten years.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 08, 2026 02:42 PM (XvL8K)

And I'm sure the UAE flushes that much down the toilet every month.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)

227 205
I think we underestimate how badly this SC decision fucked these losers in the ass. They were crowing about the new 10-1 map for months, rubbing it in our faces.

They thought they had this in the bag. Nah. They blew their loads in the sheets before the girl even made it out of the bathroom.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

=======

I think that in a world where the SCOVA held the map to be find AND Gingles wasn't gutted, the new maps would have been in violation of Gingles.

They diluted a majority minority district to make it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:44 PM (c3FgC)

228 They do need to get to ships eventually to get to places like China and Australia and Europe, but porting at Oman in the Oman Gulf or Egypt in the Mediterranean is preferable to being anywhere near some goatfucking IRGC "commandos".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:42 PM (c3FgC)

I saw something that California imports oil from the Gulf.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:44 PM (8avO+)

229 I still can't wrap my mind around how they think that yell is effective.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Needs more uluating...

MS Now "Republicans stick with Trump, despite private reservations."
FoxNews - Ufo files
CBC - Iran - no mention of oil dumping

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 02:44 PM (Sco7b)

230 Nobody predicted this would happen. It was just an organic situation.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

*nods seriously* Entirely carbon-based.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 08, 2026 02:44 PM (vJrRc)

231 This is a terrible story out of Tremonton, UT. It's a small town in northern UT with a population of around 13,000. Last September, the 11 year old hanged himself. The town came together to help them out. They painted their house, did yard work, brought over meals, raised money, etc.

These past few months the police have been investigating the parents due to many inconsistencies in their story and the fact that several neighbors have reported the family for neglect and abuse. The police just arrested the father on suspicion of murdering the 11 year old boy, Moroni.

I have family there. This is the same town where a man killed two police officers last August. Even small town Utah is no refuge from the world.

http://tiny.cc/6g33101

Posted by: bonhomme at May 08, 2026 02:44 PM (mkw2N)

232 223 and you thought today couldn't get newsier

Utah News Dispatch: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen announces her resignation from the court.

Hagen faced allegations she had a relationship with an attorney involved in a case about redistricting, which led to Utah getting a new congressional map.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 08, 2026 02:43 PM (CNl8/)

=======

She's gonna get paid by some DNC aligned law firm in Utah.

Top .1% of the state, bitches!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:45 PM (c3FgC)

233 Coal and oil contain Carbon and are therefore Organic.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:42 PM (g6DiO)

Probably Gluten free and Vegan.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:45 PM (8avO+)

234 225 And their pitcher is Simple Jack after 3 years of anti-Semetism training.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:40 PM (c3FgC)

I'll see Jews again tonight when I go to bed, in my head movies. Those head movies make my eyes rain!

Posted by: Simple Jackerie at May 08, 2026 02:43 PM (BI5O2)

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Love it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:45 PM (c3FgC)

235 Build a canal. Bypass the Strait. F*ck Iran straight up the ass.
Posted by: Sponge
____________

It's been studied and the estimated cost is 80 billion, which is probably less than the total for all Somali fraud in the last ten years.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 08, 2026 02:42 PM (XvL8K)
_____

They have built pipelines. I think Iran's threat to the Strait is largely symbolic. Not much oil was ever stopped by their stupid tantrums. But the perception -- amplified by a conspiratorial media -- was that Iran had some special control over the Strait. That was enough to spook skittish markets.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

236 Those Billion Dollar Skyscrapers. The waste is hauled away by sewer trucks.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:46 PM (g6DiO)

237 228 They do need to get to ships eventually to get to places like China and Australia and Europe, but porting at Oman in the Oman Gulf or Egypt in the Mediterranean is preferable to being anywhere near some goatfucking IRGC "commandos".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:42 PM (c3FgC)

I saw something that California imports oil from the Gulf.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:44 PM (8avO+)

======

It does!

Because it can't refine any itself.

Because of bad luck.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 08, 2026 02:46 PM (c3FgC)

238 If it's Friday, it must be war
ceasefire tomorrow
Sunday- war

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 02:46 PM (ZxPkt)

239 O/T
Saw a clip of Startled Starmer saying he won't resign because that would "plunge the country into chaos." Right. They would rejoice. I am not sure how he figures this but also can't figure him out at all except he's gay and has hemorrhoids.

The Green Party elected a fat moose limb somewhere who does not speak English. Obviously one of those no go area voting blocks. It's all good!

I am happy to see some progress there and pray for the UK and Europe to rise up. Sure over a bloody decade late, but a start.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 02:46 PM (WONhk)

240 I still can't wrap my mind around how they think that yell is effective.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Needs more uluating...

MS Now "Republicans stick with Trump, despite private reservations."
FoxNews - Ufo files
CBC - Iran - no mention of oil dumping
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 08, 2026 02:44 PM (Sco7b)

Its the same chant since the 60s. Even classic rock stations have better turnover.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 02:46 PM (8avO+)

241
They have built pipelines. I think Iran's threat to the Strait is largely symbolic. Not much oil was ever stopped by their stupid tantrums. But the perception -- amplified by a conspiratorial media -- was that Iran had some special control over the Strait. That was enough to spook skittish markets.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 08, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

More than just oil goes through there. Bypass it.

Starve the beast. The islhamic regime dies, I guarantee you they will come back bigger and better and become a viable, beautiful country like it once was.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)

242 FWIW,

"GB Politics
@GBPolitcs
🚨NEW: State of the Parties at 7PM

Seats declared: 3,895 (78%)

➡️ REF: 1,220 (+1,21

🌹 LAB: 750 (-1,05

🔸 LDM: 726 (+84)
🌳 CON: 651 (-473)
🌍 GRN: 378 (+265)
⚪️ OTH: 170 (-30)"

Posted by: whig at May 08, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)

243 I have no idea why trolls are pushing this narrative of "Daily Wire" going down etc.

Are Ben Shapiro and co. that important? Guess so.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2026 02:25 PM (2icm1)

let me try to explain,

"Cucker and Me-again are Islamo-nazi simps .."

"Oh YEAH...But BEN SHAPIRO!!"

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:47 PM (GD0B3)

244
It's been a few years, but I remember warning signs and debris
in the water all the way up to Coronado and seeing surfers in the water 'cause the waves were bitchin', dude!

Bet the BUDS training is fun this spring.

Posted by: Auspex at May 08, 2026 02:48 PM (Y8DZL)

245
"Oh YEAH...But BEN SHAPIRO!!"

Posted by: runner at May 08, 2026 02:47 PM (GD0B3)

I mean, his sister has huge cannons.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:48 PM (Zz0t1)

246 IRGC : Intentionally Dump Oil into the sea.

The Hague : Crickets

Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 02:50 PM (iXqHn)

247 Pentagon Releases First Batch Of UFO Files, Includes Videos Of UAPs And UFOs

What next, Bigfoot videos?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:51 PM (abIsI)

248
Tell the IRGC members to lay down their arms and walk away from its sinking ship. "You will pay a price should you continue in your criminal acts."

Then ship a new pager to each member.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 02:51 PM (xG4kz)

249 If they dump enough oil in the ocean, maybe they can light it, and the 12th Imam will arise from the well? Poor man's nuke.

Not sure floating oil would burn though ... seems like it should, but I can't recall that happening in other oil spills.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 08, 2026 02:51 PM (vbXSk)

250 So now I haz lolboner and warboner.

Posted by: It's a double boneriffic day! at May 08, 2026 02:51 PM (TbWk/)

251 what if we broke the war down into 12 hour shifts, and we fought 7 on, 7 off

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 02:51 PM (ZxPkt)

252 >Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen announces her resignation from the court.

Reminder that Hagen is her married name..Tobin Hagen separated and divorced her cheating ass.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2026 02:51 PM (L08sN)

253 what if we broke the war down into 12 hour shifts, and we fought 7 on, 7 off

Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2026 02:51 PM (ZxPkt)

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THIS is why there should be no math.

;-)

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 02:52 PM (lR5Ug)

254 Not sure floating oil would burn though ... seems like it should, but I can't recall that happening in other oil spills.
Posted by: illiniwek

Pearl Harbor. December 7th, 1941

Posted by: rickb223 at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (S838b)

255
MS Now "Republicans stick with Trump, despite private reservations."

You mean, like "whites only" beach clubs, Sheldon?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (xG4kz)

256

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (4NO2D)

257 Pentagon Releases First Batch Of UFO Files, Includes Videos Of UAPs And UFOs

What next, Bigfoot videos?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 08, 2026 02:51 PM (abIsI)

--------------

Hillary's Email Server?

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 02:54 PM (lR5Ug)

258 I've been saying for 30 years.

Make. Them. Drink. It. The oil I mean. I don't want a single drop of middle east oil to ever be sold in the U.S.

Whatever we have to fucking do to make the middle east irrelevant to our lives is a double plus bonus.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 08, 2026 02:54 PM (954tc)

259
Hey-oh!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 02:54 PM (xG4kz)

260 255
MS Now "Republicans stick with Trump, despite private reservations."

You mean, like "whites only" beach clubs, Sheldon?
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (xG4kz)

MS Now

Name changed.

Still the same ole' shit it was prior.

As my dad used to say, "smooth move, Ex-lax."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:54 PM (Zz0t1)

261 Hillary's Email Server?
Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 02:54 PM (lR5Ug)

The Lightbringer's college transcripts.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper LOL at May 08, 2026 02:55 PM (Svk38)

262 256

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 08, 2026 02:53 PM (4NO2D)

You don't say.

Missed opportunity for a Mitch McConnell sock?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)

263 What say you Obama??

You stupid asshole

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 08, 2026 02:55 PM (61TgR)

264 IRGC : Intentionally Dump Oil into the sea.

The Hague : Crickets

Posted by: XTC at May 08, 2026 02:50 PM (iXqHn)

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BREAKING: Trump Indicted Again as War Criminal By The International Criminal Court (ICC) For Forcing Iranian Victims To Create Environmental Disaster. Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2026 02:56 PM (lR5Ug)

265 what if we broke the war down into 12 hour shifts, and we fought 7 on, 7 off
Posted by: Don Black
__________

'morning Sam.

'morning Ralph.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 08, 2026 02:56 PM (XvL8K)

266 What say you Obama??

You stupid asshole
Posted by: melodicmetal at May 08, 2026 02:55 PM (61TgR)

He still thinks he's the face of the party with all the power.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)

267 In spite of the victories in Virginia and elsewhere, I just read a naysayer saying we will still lose the mid-terms in the blog I read once a week.

Why I check there to see if there are normal people returning I don't know. I need to stop as it makes me want to argue and yell and stab and not good for an optimist.

I honestly don't understand doom people. It's like they hedge their bets on depression. I guess so they can say, "I told you so!" Not a great way to live.

I accidently called my neurotic SIL yesterday, which was pretty funny as I was trying to call my husband (who was downstairs but I didn't feel like finding him or yelling...this house is soundproof anyway). Apparently I did was not careful in the selection of numbers. I was super nice to her, which surprised even me. She's a gloom and doom caster as well. I did good this week with her and juggling puking grands and DIL up the mountain in the middle of the night.

Also am organizing by ordering organizers from Amazon for one closet I hate.

This concludes my productivity for the week. I will garden today and someday love the dahlias and whatever comes up.

This has been an odd week but a great Friday so far!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2026 02:57 PM (WONhk)

268 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)

269 She could make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2026 02:57 PM (g6DiO)

270 International Law is for white people, silly.

Posted by: Sudan at May 08, 2026 02:58 PM (L08sN)

271 He still thinks he's the face of the party with all the power.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 08, 2026 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)
=====

*activates dog shock collar*

Oh, yeah?

Posted by: Hasan the Piker at May 08, 2026 03:05 PM (2icm1)

272 Had to get my hair cut, was starting to look like Dr Brown

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2026 03:06 PM (Ia/+0)

273 That's what I don't get, just start dumping the oil in pits or on the ground in Iran, it's not like they have environmental laws or anything and what ever can be scooped up later will still be useable. I suspect we should be triggering any dumping in the ocean to start it aflame (I assume it will burn but maybe not). It does partially evaporate but also just congeals into tar eventually I think.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 08, 2026 03:18 PM (AdHga)

274 And I remember Saddam setting all those oil wells in Kuwait on fire when he was losing/leaving. Seems like old times again.

Posted by: geoffb at May 08, 2026 03:22 PM (OtD+j)

275 And I remember Saddam setting all those oil wells in Kuwait on fire when he was losing/leaving. Seems like old times again.
Posted by: geoffb at May 08, 2026 03:22 PM (OtD+j)

That also was going to spoil things forever, until it did not.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2026 03:38 PM (8avO+)

276 Just as I've been yelling for past month....

Trump revives idea of driectly arming Iranians

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

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at May 08, 2026 04:00 PM (2Nfh9)

277 I was told that Iran was completely crushed. All targets were eliminated and the only leadership that remained was Literally Cardboard.

All that remained was the unconditional surrender.

What happened?

Posted by: Kitty litter box at May 08, 2026 04:52 PM (nUedY)

278 That's what I don't get, just start dumping the oil in pits or on the ground in Iran, it's not like they have environmental laws or anything and what ever can be scooped up later will still be useable. I suspect we should be triggering any dumping in the ocean to start it aflame (I assume it will burn but maybe not). It does partially evaporate but also just congeals into tar eventually I think.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway
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No, it won't burn on its own. There are ways, involving creating a big wick, but making sure the wicking material floats, doesn't absorb water, only oil, and getting it hot enough.in the first place make it extremely unlikely that it could be burned.
Probably a large amount is going to.polute their own beaches.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 08, 2026 05:15 PM (P/zug)

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