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Mid-Morning Art Thread

Study of a Female Nude
Henri Lehmann

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 1st!

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 06, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

3 Thanks, CBD! I have summoned the otters.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

4 Very attractive, too.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 06, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

5 Bulg will be happy

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:31 AM (2GVsD)

6 Oh, I bet Henri Lehmann studied her...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:31 AM (l3cgK)

7 Bulg will be happy
Posted by: Anna Puma

*fistbump*

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

8 I am studying away.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (qPiHX)

9 Yum! Yum!

Posted by: The Peeper at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (EdP2u)

10 *rolls eyes*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

11 Title checks out.

Posted by: Person who checks out titles at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

12 dagnab.

Posted by: cmeat at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

13 Oh, I bet Henri Lehmann studied her...

Like a blind man with a contour map?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (2GVsD)

14 Friend: Hey Henri why did you get into painting instead of going into the family business?

Henri: Oh, I had my reasons. Round bouncy reasons

/Points to Study of a Female Nude

Posted by: Some Friend of Henri at October 06, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)

15 Woo woo!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 06, 2026 09:33 AM (8a6Vw)

16 CBD must have gotten some! Nice!

Posted by: Board Of Approval at October 06, 2026 09:33 AM (EdP2u)

17 Some guy is tired of her shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

18 right leg is:
unfinished? covered in sheer sheen fabric? damaged?

Posted by: cmeat at October 06, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

19 She's not into stomach crunches.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

20 Sideboob can be quite lovely!

Posted by: All The Angles at October 06, 2026 09:35 AM (EdP2u)

21 I'm studiously studying art now

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 06, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

22 In before the horde declares her a fattie?

Probably not. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:35 AM (rOKnE)

23 Titty checks out.

Posted by: Person who checks out titties at October 06, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

24 Nice rendering of her skin texture.

I have to point out that she clearly skipped ab day at the gym.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

25 In a letter to his mistress, Lehmann described the woman depicted here as one of the "four most beautiful girls that you could have as a model in Rome."

Pretty ballsy to tell your mistress you are painting insanely hot chicks

Posted by: 18-1 at October 06, 2026 09:35 AM (sKqQm)

26 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Study? I can't wait for the take home exam!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2026 09:35 AM (2WIwB)

27 For some definition of "study." IYKWIM

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2026 09:35 AM (RORbl)

28 No back hair. She's not Greek.

Posted by: Look On the Sunny Side at October 06, 2026 09:36 AM (EdP2u)

29 I also study female nudes. Don't paint them though.
Would hang , thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 06, 2026 09:36 AM (ofacb)

30 Lovely, CBD. Thank you.

Posted by: creeper at October 06, 2026 09:36 AM (lWAes)

31 Excellent example of sideboob. Would hang in the private study of my Highlands manor.

well done CBD

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 09:36 AM (ZxPkt)

32 25 In a letter to his mistress, Lehmann described the woman depicted here as one of the "four most beautiful girls that you could have as a model in Rome."

Pretty ballsy to tell your mistress you are painting insanely hot chicks

Posted by: 18-1 at October 06, 2026 09:35 AM (sKqQm)

Let me guess...of the other three, one was his mistress...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

33 Five fingers, not AI.

Posted by: You Can Observe A Lot Just By Watching at October 06, 2026 09:37 AM (EdP2u)

34 There is also a hint of the texture of her hair.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

35 Henri Lehmann studying a clothed Stacy Padilla Stout who seeks to get a portrait painted. "Non!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:37 AM (2GVsD)

36 In before the horde declares her a fattie?

The way people normally sit will make anyone who doesn't have a completely flat stomach look like they've got a bit of a paunch.

However the interesting part is he made her stomach look a bit bigger then that.

So was she really carrying around a few extra pounds (unusual for that era) or was it artistic license?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (sKqQm)

37
Certainly a perk-me-up after J.J.'s fall of civilization post this morning.

Posted by: Auspex at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (Y8DZL)

38 You guys are so weird No one's even mentioned her elongated earlobe, which is obviously the focal point of the painting.

Posted by: LASue at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (lCppi)

39 My belly looks like that! Only hairier and with more scars...although my moobs aren't that big...yet.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (l3cgK)

40 A flat, toned belly is 85% diet and 9.2% exercise, with genetics filling in the remainder.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

41 Woman is giving Henri the side eye.

Posted by: dantesed at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

42 *rolls eyes*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (k5CNB)

43 Henri Lehmann studying a clothed Stacy Padilla Stout who seeks to get a portrait painted. "Non!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026

***
"I have no canvas wide enough!"
( -- H. Lehmann)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

44 Lehman, heh.

Also known amongst the models, Lay-man.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (w9Wax)

45 38 You guys are so weird No one's even mentioned her elongated earlobe, which is obviously the focal point of the painting.

Posted by: LASue at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (lCppi)

No, it's her eyes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:39 AM (l3cgK)

46 Ha this artist is terrible. Only 5 fingers?!? He knows nothing of drawing human hands!

Posted by: Some AI at October 06, 2026 09:39 AM (sKqQm)

47 In before the horde declares her a fattie?
*
The way people normally sit will make anyone who doesn't have a completely flat stomach look like they've got a bit of a paunch.

However the interesting part is he made her stomach look a bit bigger then that.

So was she really carrying around a few extra pounds (unusual for that era) or was it artistic license?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 06, 2026

***
Or perhaps she was a few months pregnant.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

48 You guys are so weird No one's even mentioned her elongated earlobe, which is obviously the focal point of the painting.
Posted by: LASue at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (lCppi)

My eyes were drawn to the nape of her neck, exposed for kisses.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 06, 2026 09:39 AM (wVcYX)

49 Have her bathed and brought to my suite.

Posted by: The Paolo's "Playroom" at October 06, 2026 09:40 AM (EdP2u)

50 You guys are so weird No one's even mentioned her elongated earlobe, which is obviously the focal point of the painting.
Posted by: LASue at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (lCppi)
*******
And her elongated fingers.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2026 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

51 Rubenesque.

Only if she makes sammiches.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 06, 2026 09:40 AM (w9Wax)

52 >31 Excellent example of sideboob.

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at October 06, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

53 No, it's her eyes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026

***
Her right eye seems to have no pupil. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

54 42 *rolls eyes*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (k5CNB)

Sorry, I don't model...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:41 AM (l3cgK)

55 My eyes were drawn to the nape of her neck, exposed for kisses.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 06, 2026 09:39 AM (wVcYX)

Ah yes...and other things!

Posted by: Dracula at October 06, 2026 09:41 AM (sKqQm)

56
Boobs, therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2026 09:41 AM (eRlcH)

57 You'll be disappointed as she only makes Reubens with Thousand Island dressing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:41 AM (2GVsD)

58 Follow-up in Six Weeks - a limerick

The lovely Miss Eleanor Black
Turned around and heard an ominous crack
Thoracic scoliosis
Was the working diagnosis
Her doctor had a hunch she'd be back!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 09:41 AM (I0N4X)

59 *rolls eyes*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (k5CNB)

*psst, nurse. Send him the layout of Burt Reynolds from his Playgirl centerfold*

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 06, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

60 she's compressing a foam earplug with her right hand.

Posted by: cmeat at October 06, 2026 09:42 AM (Bep7s)

61 42 *rolls eyes*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October

That’s not it. This is very nicely done. It is beautiful, not raunchy or gratuitously obscene like pron.

I was hoping for “Otter With a Pearl Earring.”

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:42 AM (VIQkk)

62 Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.

Even in our modern very gay era it seems painters prefer female nudes to male ones.

Which is...a good thing.

Posted by: Dracula at October 06, 2026 09:42 AM (sKqQm)

63 She should travel to Egypt and see a Cairo-practer.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 09:43 AM (I0N4X)

64 No, it's her eyes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:39 AM (l3cgK)
******
She's giving the side-eye.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

65 42 she otto, man.

Posted by: cmeat at October 06, 2026 09:43 AM (Bep7s)

66 Okay; with the painting enlarged, I can see her right pupil. As dantesed said, side-eye.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

67 Among the artist's student were Camille Pissarro and Georges Seurat

Posted by: Tuna at October 06, 2026 09:43 AM (lJ0H4)

68 The way people normally sit will make anyone who doesn't have a completely flat stomach look like they've got a bit of a paunch.

However the interesting part is he made her stomach look a bit bigger then that.

So was she really carrying around a few extra pounds (unusual for that era) or was it artistic license?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 06, 2026

I prefer a bit of paunch to sixpack abs on a woman.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

69 I'd hit it!

Posted by: Cornell Grad at October 06, 2026 09:44 AM (EdP2u)

70 Her right eye seems to have no pupil...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 09:41 AM

And she eats her peas one at a time!

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at October 06, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

71
Absent evidence of unshaved armpits, I must question if she, indeed, was French.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2026 09:44 AM (ucEUz)

72 Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.

Wait! My phone has a camera. AI filters are a thing...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 09:45 AM (sxG0y)

73 70 Her right eye seems to have no pupil...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 09:41 AM

And she eats her peas one at a time!

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at October 06, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

I'd model. I's eats shoots and leaves...

Posted by: Panda at October 06, 2026 09:45 AM (l3cgK)

74 Six-pack abs!

Posted by: The Lightworker at October 06, 2026 09:45 AM (x9o/L)

75 The woman is probably Italian.

Posted by: dantesed at October 06, 2026 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)

76 And one of my favoorites, from the archives:

WALK THIS WAY

My Cairo practor said with a smile
"I'll sell you a used crocodile."
'E gypped me!", I screamed
"It's a pyramid scheme!"
Now I live in a state of de Nile.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 09:46 AM (I0N4X)

77 Where's Constanza and his cups?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 09:46 AM (sxG0y)

78 *looks around for Garret*

Nobody here would kick her out of bed. Even though no dog, would hang.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 06, 2026 09:46 AM (3Ope8)

79
Her right eye seems to have no pupil...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Cut her some slack... she's merely a tutor, not a full-fledged teacher.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2026 09:46 AM (ucEUz)

80 Absent evidence of unshaved armpits, I must question if she, indeed, was French.

As per the bit I found above Henri said she was Roman.

Now my understanding was women shaving pits and legs became a thing in the flapper era but thanks to CBD I've now seen plenty of art from the era before that which suggests it wasn't uncommon at least for things like art before that.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 06, 2026 09:46 AM (sKqQm)

81 Sexy

Posted by: FBI Special Agent FUPA at October 06, 2026 09:47 AM (J4Dwc)

82 I prefer a bit of paunch to sixpack abs on a woman.
Posted by: Bulg

Gimme curves. Nothing good happens on a straight road.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 09:47 AM (sxG0y)

83 And one of my favoorites, from the archives:

WALK THIS WAY

My Cairo practor said with a smile
"I'll sell you a used crocodile."
'E gypped me!", I screamed
"It's a pyramid scheme!"
Now I live in a state of de Nile.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 09:46 AM (I0N4X)

***

If I could walk that way, I wouldn't need the talcum.

---just the punchline

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2026 09:47 AM (2WIwB)

84 It’s Titsday, right?

Posted by: Czech Chick at October 06, 2026 09:48 AM (rg/w7)

85 It’s Titsday, right?

Posted by: Czech Chick at October 06, 2026 09:48 AM (rg/w7)

That's every day that ends in y.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 06, 2026 09:49 AM (sKqQm)

86
When will I, how you say, be released to go join in the burning of Pahree?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2026 09:49 AM (ucEUz)

87 CBD is about to post a painting of a fat naked guy on an ottoman. Thx a lot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 06, 2026 09:49 AM (ofacb)

88 It’s Titsday, right?
Posted by: Czech Chick

Isn't that every day?

No, wait, there also Boobsday, Melonsday, and Cazongasday.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

89 83 "who has the chest cold? i'm gonna need a larger jar..."

Posted by: cmeat at October 06, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

90 86
When will I, how you say, be released to go join in the burning of Pahree?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2026 09:49 AM (ucEUz)

It's not gay Pahree?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:50 AM (l3cgK)

91 77 Where's Constanza and his cups?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 09:46 AM

*ahem*

#52.

Posted by: Frank Costanza at October 06, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

92 This appears to me like a tattoo

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

93 Remember this is the month of Halloween and Breast Cancer Awareness, so save the pumpkins Charlie Brown!

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:51 AM (2GVsD)

94 CBD does the Tuesday Morning Rant. This is to draw us in. Like a good opening act in vaudeville.

Posted by: Crafty, I Must Say at October 06, 2026 09:51 AM (EdP2u)

95 she has no earlobes

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 09:51 AM (ZxPkt)

96 I did not get a chance to study a female nude while in school.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 06, 2026 09:51 AM (oPl2G)

97 84 It’s Titsday, right?
Posted by: Czech Chick at October 06, 2026 09:48 AM (rg/w7)

Aksully it is Geezer Golf Tuesday! After last weeks blowout, the 'ol grey hairs will be after me. The parking lot will be a buzzing' with their electric shooters and liquor will be coming out early.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2026 09:51 AM (2WIwB)

98 This model was not blessed with back dimples.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 06, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

99 I was hoping for “Otter With a Pearl Earring.”

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:42 AM (VIQkk)

I am not a pervert!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:52 AM (k5CNB)

100 a silly millimeter longer

Posted by: cmeat at October 06, 2026 09:52 AM (Bep7s)

101 101

Posted by: cmeat at October 06, 2026 09:53 AM (Bep7s)

102 I'd paint this on the side of my bitchin' Chevy Van!

Posted by: Sammy Johns at October 06, 2026 09:53 AM (EdP2u)

103 81 Sexy
Posted by: FBI Special Agent FUPA at October 06, 2026 09:47 AM (J4Dwc)

My apologies. I forgot which agency I worked for. I'm kind of a ditz.

Posted by: US Secret Service Special Agent FUPA at October 06, 2026 09:53 AM (J4Dwc)

104 I love the artist's self portrait on his wiki page.

Posted by: Tuna at October 06, 2026 09:53 AM (lJ0H4)

105 There is no one on the planet who can sit curled forwards like that and not have a belly roll. I bet half of y’all can’t get Your knees within a foot of your gut.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:53 AM (VIQkk)

106
Study of a Female Nude???

I'm a permanently enrolled student at that particular university.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2026 09:53 AM (YSUhf)

107 Studied, sine, seeled, delivered.

Posted by: Buckaroo's Overthruster at October 06, 2026 09:53 AM (Lcrjf)

108 *rolls eyes*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (k5CNB)
=====
The male figure is for utility, not beauty.

Why would one want to paint a wrench?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

109 "i look at female nudity like this..."

Posted by: cmeat at October 06, 2026 09:54 AM (Bep7s)

110 I'm a permanently enrolled student at that particular university.

Posted by: naturalfake

Yes. I've been in women's studies my whole life.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

111 This is a lovely portrait. Lehmann really captured the lithe, flexible pose of a woman curled up and relaxed. This isn't some Barbie doll hard body. The figure is soft and very, very feminine and comfortable with her naked self. What makes the painting even more effective and evocative is her subtle facial expression, eying the viewer even as the viewer is eying her. There is also a dream-like quality as the foreground starts to envelope her legs.

One of the advantages of getting older is being able to enjoy and appreciate such loveliness without the hubba hubba theatrics.

Posted by: JTB at October 06, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw)

112 *rolls eyes*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (k5CNB)
=====
The male figure is for utility, not beauty.

Why would one want to paint a wrench?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

a wench, OTOH . . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 06, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX)

113 I'm a big fan of the women's movement. Especially from behind."

Posted by: El Rushbo at October 06, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

114
It's not gay Pahree?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Gay or straight, ashes are ashes.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2026 09:56 AM (ucEUz)

115 I like 'em blonde.

Posted by: John Derek at October 06, 2026 09:56 AM (wVcYX)

116 How about a wench with a wrench?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:57 AM (2GVsD)

117 Hey, how you doin'?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2026 09:57 AM (viF8m)

118 Girls in my high school accused me of being too European.

Posted by: Russian Hands, Roman Fingers at October 06, 2026 09:57 AM (EdP2u)

119 I love the artist's self portrait on his wiki page.

Posted by: Tuna at October 06, 2026 09:53 AM (lJ0H4)

Yup. There is at least one fine one! His portraits are excellent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:57 AM (k5CNB)

120 How about a wench with a wrench?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Sydney Sweeney naked, working on cars.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

121 There's nothing better than tits.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 06, 2026 09:57 AM (XV/Pl)

122 I'm a big fan of the women's movement. Especially from behind."
Posted by: El Rushbo at October 06, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

Look at that! Look how she moves! That's just like Jell-O on springs. Must have some sort of built-in motor or something. I tell you, it's a whole different sex!

Posted by: Jack Lemmon at October 06, 2026 09:58 AM (wVcYX)

123
How about a wench with a wrench?
Posted by: Anna Puma

The Snap-on Tools Wing is that way. * points *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2026 09:58 AM (ucEUz)

124 A wrench wench?

Posted by: RIDGID Tools at October 06, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

125 Oooh. Me likey. She appears to be … umm … 'excited' …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 06, 2026 09:59 AM (ayRl+)

126 How about a wench with a wrench?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:57 AM (2GVsD)
---
The Wrench Wench is a well-documented literary trope...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2026 09:59 AM (FZ29D)

127 116 How about a wench with a wrench?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Actress Kathy McCullen was Miss Ridgid of 1976. There are bikini shots of her with large wrenches.

Posted by: Tool Time Tommy at October 06, 2026 10:00 AM (EdP2u)

128 R. I. P. Lena Martell

One Day at a Time - song

https://tinyurl.com/ru9hjjs9

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 10:00 AM (sxG0y)

129 Theme song for this painting - She works hard for her money

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 10:01 AM (2GVsD)

130 Look at that! Look how she moves! That's just like Jell-O on springs. Must have some sort of built-in motor or something. I tell you, it's a whole different sex!
Posted by: Jack Lemmon

I like what Andy Taylor said on that ep that had Barbara Eden as a guest star, playing a manicurist who sets up in Floyd's Barber Shop. Watching her walk, from behind, Andy remarks that "she's got a little hitch in her gitalong."

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:01 AM (77rzZ)

131 Oh, why not:

My assistant's no good in the clinch
He can screw up a lead-pipe cinch
You got the wrong tool!
That's a Vise-Grip™ you fool!
I asked you to bring me a WENCH!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 10:02 AM (I0N4X)

132 123 ridgid calendar.

Posted by: cmeat at October 06, 2026 10:02 AM (Bep7s)

133 130 i grew up with that as giddyup.

Posted by: cmeat at October 06, 2026 10:03 AM (Bep7s)

134 42 *rolls eyes*
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (k5CNB)

Can't say I care for the direction the conversation has taken.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 06, 2026 10:04 AM (8mulE)

135 121 There's nothing better than tits.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 06, 2026 09:57 AM (XV/Pl)

Ahem...

Posted by: Great Tits at October 06, 2026 10:04 AM (l3cgK)

136 Wrench wench:

https://tinyurl.com/mr2e6t48

Posted by: RIDGID indeed at October 06, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

137 121 There's nothing better than tits.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 06, 2026 09:57 AM (XV/Pl)

Ahem...
Posted by: Great Tits at October 06, 2026 10:04 AM (l3cgK)

Ahem . . .

Posted by: Grand Tetons at October 06, 2026 10:05 AM (wVcYX)

138 Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (k5CNB)

Can't say I care for the direction the conversation has taken.
Posted by: No Name Today

All the guys would stay away until after the 100th comment, and would immediately start talking about sports, tools, and cars, and posting Mannix girls.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

139 Tits doesn't even belong on the list, man!

Posted by: George Carlin at October 06, 2026 10:07 AM (wVcYX)

140 Wrench wench:

https://tinyurl.com/mr2e6t48
Posted by: RIDGID

I get this:

"Direct image access denied, please go to worthpoint.com to view images."

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

141 42 *rolls eyes*
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (k5CNB)

Just had a birthday ending in zero. Very Sensitive.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 06, 2026 10:07 AM (KPMaG)

142
The male figure is for utility, not beauty.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

Michelangelo Buonarroti might take issue with that while working on the David statue for Florence.

Of course, he wasn't exactly hetero...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 06, 2026 10:08 AM (iqcvy)

143 Did anybody here ever get Liddy's Stacked and Packed Calendar back in the day?

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

144 *rolls eyes*
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM (k5CNB)

Just had a birthday ending in zero. Very Sensitive.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 06, 2026 10:07 AM (KPMaG)

100???

I keed, I keed!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2026 10:10 AM (YSUhf)

145 Is wrench girl the MILF from the Waltons?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 06, 2026 10:11 AM (ZfVd5)

146 There was a MILF on the Waltons?

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

147 All the guys would stay away until after the 100th comment, and would immediately start talking about sports, tools, and cars, and posting Mannix girls.

It wouldn't get to 100 comments unless Ace and garrett were up early.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2026 10:13 AM (2aYv8)

148 Which wench went West?

Posted by: Say This Three Times Fast at October 06, 2026 10:13 AM (wVcYX)

149 @108 Why would one want to paint a wrench?

By Jim Dine:
https://tinyurl.com/3s7pcmry

https://tinyurl.com/yfreuusm

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 06, 2026 10:13 AM (zdLoL)

150 But she’s still 29 at heart!

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 06, 2026 10:14 AM (KPMaG)

151 Study of a Female Nude
Henri Lehmann

Pretty model, looks pregnant or had given birth not long before.

A rather odd artist: Henri Lehmann was a German-born French historical painter and portraitist, best known for his vivid, dreamlike paintings of lush tropical jungles and exotic animals, despite having never left France.

And this from The Met:
In a letter to his mistress, Lehmann described the woman depicted here as one of the "four most beautiful girls that you could have as a model in Rome." The sensual curve of the figure’s back is in line with odalisques by Lehmann’s revered master, J. A. D. Ingres. This ravishing study was made in preparation for a painting of bathers at a river; inspired by Victor Hugo’s poem "Bièvre," it was exhibited at the Salon of 1842 as Femmes près de l’eau. Acquired by the Belgian royal family, the Salon painting was destroyed in a fire in the 1890s.

Wouldn't hang today's selection, but I learned about another artist. Thanks.

(Aside, CBD is giving some leeway to push the limits today. 😉 Ha!)

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 06, 2026 10:16 AM (NFX2v)

152 Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 09:38 AM

What happens at the TxMoMe stays at the TxMoMe.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 06, 2026 10:16 AM (0sNs1)

153 145 Is wrench girl the MILF from the Waltons?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 06, 2026 10:11 AM

That's Kathy McCullen, and no, she never made it to Walton's Mountain.

Posted by: IMDB at October 06, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)

154 143 yup, the eyetralian bike shop i worked at on goose island had a black and white one as i recall.

Posted by: cmeat at October 06, 2026 10:17 AM (Bep7s)

155 There was a MILF on the Waltons?

*********

John Boy, the Midwit I'd Like to Forget!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 10:17 AM (I0N4X)

156 Speaking of wrenches, today I'm gathering, sorting, and properly storing tools. You got any idea how many tools a family accumulates over a lifetime? It's a lot.

Posted by: Eromero at October 06, 2026 10:17 AM (LHPAg)

157 Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.

I'm right over here.

Posted by: Michelangelo at October 06, 2026 10:18 AM (v5sqk)

158 Pete Bog!

Howdy sir! Hope you’ve done all your planning and prepping for next weekend!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 10:18 AM (991LO)

159 Kathy McCullen was also spanked on Fernwood 2Night.

Posted by: Debbie Dunbar at October 06, 2026 10:19 AM (EdP2u)

160 105 There is no one on the planet who can sit curled forwards like that and not have a belly roll. I bet half of y’all can’t get Your knees within a foot of your gut.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:53 AM (VIQkk

Do I count? But yes, if you have skin, you are going to have a roll hunched over like that. And part of what makes the female form pretty, in my opinion, is the softness of the abdomen, hips and thighs even.

Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 10:20 AM (ZdaMQ)

161 And part of what makes the female form pretty, in my opinion, is the softness of the abdomen, hips and thighs even.
Posted by: Piper

This. Women should be soft and curvy. Leave the hard and angular stuff to men.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

162 Hey Diogenes-

since it's Geezer Golf Tuesday, if you ask nicely do toy think the beer cart lady would bring you a sand wench at lunchtime?

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)

163 This. Women should be soft and curvy. Leave the hard and angular stuff to men.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

*strikes a pose*

Posted by: Elliot Page, a manly man at October 06, 2026 10:22 AM (brIJB)

164 All the guys would stay away until after the 100th comment, and would immediately start talking about sports, tools, and cars, and posting Mannix girls.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:06 AM

This seems an extremely limited view of the 'rons conversational topics of interest, to the point of being quite misandrist. No guns? BBQ? Duuuude.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 06, 2026 10:22 AM (0sNs1)

165 since it's Geezer Golf Tuesday, if you ask nicely do toy think the beer cart lady would bring you a sand wench at lunchtime?

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)

It's a trap!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 10:23 AM (k5CNB)

166 This seems an extremely limited view of the 'rons conversational topics of interest, to the point of being quite misandrist. No guns? BBQ? Duuuude.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

OK, those too.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

167 Kathy McCullen was also spanked on Fernwood 2Night.
Posted by: Debbie Dunbar at October 06, 2026 10:19 AM (EdP2u)

It's part of the acting gig. One of the better parts.

Posted by: G.W. McLintock! at October 06, 2026 10:24 AM (wVcYX)

168 And part of what makes the female form pretty, in my opinion, is the softness of the abdomen, hips and thighs even.
Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 10:20 AM

So say we all.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 06, 2026 10:24 AM (0sNs1)

169 It's part of the acting gig. One of the better parts.

Posted by: G.W. McLintock! at October 06, 2026 10:24 AM (wVcYX)

And who doesn't want to see Maureen O'Hara and Stefanie Powers get spanked?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 10:26 AM (6ydKt)

170 It's a trap!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

*********

I'll be in my bunker if anyone needs me.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 10:26 AM (I0N4X)

171 Spanking is good ...

Posted by: Sisters Dingo and Zoot at October 06, 2026 10:27 AM (0sNs1)

172 I'll be in my bunker if anyone needs me.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 10:26 AM

Try not to get wedged there.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 06, 2026 10:28 AM (0sNs1)

173 You know WHO ELSE had a bunker...

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

174 42. Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Though not art per se, would take a picture of shirtless Brad Pitt from Thelma and Louise and be happy for an entire week.

Posted by: Not dead yet at October 06, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)

175 And part of what makes the female form pretty, in my opinion, is the softness of the abdomen, hips and thighs even.
Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 10:20 AM

Go on...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:30 AM (Y/06r)

176 Though not art per se, would take a picture of shirtless Brad Pitt from Thelma and Louise and be happy for an entire week.

Posted by: Not dead yet at October 06, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)

You are going to have to head over to the vibrant art thread over at hotair.com for stuff like that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2026 10:30 AM (k5CNB)

177 GB Politics
@GBPolitcs
NEW: Speaking in an interview, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has claimed that nearly every woman arriving by small boat has been raped

"You can almost guarantee that every woman in the north of France has probably been raped along the journey"

-
But they'll stop once they hit the shores of Britain.
--
A woman and her child made the trip.
She was screaming so much while they were raping her that her 2-year old would not stop crying.
So they threw the kid overboard.

Such cultural enrichment, these future doctors, engineers and scientists.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 06, 2026 10:31 AM (3cUTc)

178 I am trying to think. There are some, but most male nudes are statues or anatomical studies. Hmmm.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:32 AM (Y/06r)

179 You know WHO ELSE had a bunker...
Posted by: Bulg

**********

Edith & Meathead?

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 10:32 AM (I0N4X)

180 Nice tits, thanks

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 06, 2026 10:32 AM (s1VwS)

181 There is no one on the planet who can sit curled forwards like that and not have a belly roll. I bet half of y’all can’t get Your knees within a foot of your gut.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2026 09:53 AM (VIQkk

Do I count? But yes, if you have skin, you are going to have a roll hunched over like that. And part of what makes the female form pretty, in my opinion, is the softness of the abdomen, hips and thighs even.
Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 10:20 AM (ZdaMQ)
____________

The Blade, he does the Child's Pose as part of his yoga routine every morning. CP is an excellent stretch and highly recommended.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 10:33 AM (iFTx/)

182 Breaking news: Sydney Sweeney is exploring a conversion to Judaism, possibly in preparation for marriage to Scooter What's-His-Name.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at October 06, 2026 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

183 I am trying to think. There are some, but most male nudes are statues or anatomical studies. Hmmm.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:32 AM (Y/06r)
______

There were quite a few male nudes in the (completely gross and perverted) old pederasty art. Yes, it was a thing.

Child sex was so common and accepted in old times that artists made art and sculpture about it. Some were pretty graphic.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 10:35 AM (iFTx/)

184 Breaking news: Sydney Sweeney is exploring a conversion to Judaism, possibly in preparation for marriage to Scooter What's-His-Name.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre

Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism when she married Arthur Miller.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

185 I'll be over here admiring the hard body of David.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 06, 2026 10:35 AM (nxLtX)

186 I can never figure out why these painters always give these women a tittiedo. The gut sticks out farther than the tittie do.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 06, 2026 10:36 AM (vzuC7)

187 Breaking news: Sydney Sweeney is exploring a conversion to Judaism, possibly in preparation for marriage to Scooter What's-His-Name.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at October 06, 2026 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

And just like that...Sydney Sweeney becomes a yenta!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 06, 2026 10:36 AM (YSUhf)

188 Something for the ladies:

https://tinyurl.com/j5e9ntt8

'renaissance male nude'
'would you like to turn off safe search?' NO!!!!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:36 AM (Y/06r)

189 The Blade, he does the Child's Pose as part of his yoga routine every morning. CP is an excellent stretch and highly recommended.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 10:33 AM (iFTx

CP into frog is awesome for hip flexors. I am not a huge yoga person, but I do love a good pigeon, cp and frog series.

Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 10:38 AM (ZdaMQ)

190 I'm studying.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 06, 2026 10:38 AM (zpcJA)

191 Well past 100, so.... Mrs woke up this am. Dr very pleased so far. They're going to try to get her up and moving today...

The prayers from y'all are appreciated more than you'll know...

Posted by: man at October 06, 2026 10:39 AM (+imBs)

192 191 Prayer up, Man.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

193 191 Well past 100, so.... Mrs woke up this am. Dr very pleased so far. They're going to try to get her up and moving today...

The prayers from y'all are appreciated more than you'll know...
Posted by: man at October 06, 2026 10:39 AM (+imBs)

That's great man. Hope everything continues going well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:40 AM (Y/06r)

194 but I do love a good pigeon, cp and frog series.
Posted by: Piper
_______

Twenty bucks, same as in town?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 06, 2026 10:40 AM (JzUSu)

195 My dentist converted to Judaism just for the jokes!

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at October 06, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)

196 Something for the ladies:

https://tinyurl.com/j5e9ntt8

'renaissance male nude'
'would you like to turn off safe search?' NO!!!!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:36 AM (Y/06r)
___

I ain't clickin' on that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 06, 2026 10:41 AM (W14bs)

197 Great news, Man!

Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 10:41 AM (ZdaMQ)

198 Hi, SMH!

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

199 Well past 100, so.... Mrs woke up this am. Dr very pleased so far. They're going to try to get her up and moving today...

The prayers from y'all are appreciated more than you'll know...
Posted by: man at October 06, 2026 10:39 AM (+imBs)
___

That's great news, man.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 06, 2026 10:42 AM (W14bs)

200 Hey Bulg. : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 06, 2026 10:42 AM (W14bs)

201 I ain't clickin' on that.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 06, 2026 10:41 AM (W14bs)

He's actually clothed waist down. Not sure what painting it's from. Unsurprisingly, when you use that search string, you get a lot of obviously gay modern shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:42 AM (Y/06r)

202
I ain't clickin' on that.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 06, 2026 10:41

It’s not bad, but looks like he groomed his chest hair into rainbow shapes and there are muscles in his feet that look bizarre.

Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 10:42 AM (ZdaMQ)

203 It is sad that I am 51 and cannot spell 'renaissance' off the cuff while typing. It's like a mental block.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:44 AM (Y/06r)

204 Keith Ellison was just EXPOSED by CNN for taking lavish overseas trips paid for by corporate lobbyists.

- Five-star hotels
- First-class flights
- African safari tours
- AND MORE

Ellison appears visibly upset that they’re even asking about the trips. He abruptly ends the interview while staring down the reporter.

Earlier this week, he attacked Ron Schutz for simply owning stocks. Meanwhile, Ellison is accepting lavish trips funded by the very companies he’s suing.

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 10:44 AM (RHGPo)

205 Unsurprisingly, when you use that search string, you get a lot of obviously gay modern shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:42 AM (Y/06r)
___

Like I want the algo to show me that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 06, 2026 10:45 AM (W14bs)

206 42. Send me a male nude of this quality and I will happily post it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

They've already had their beefcake: Fat Man on an Ottoman.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 06, 2026 10:46 AM (zpcJA)

207 Another:

https://tinyurl.com/4pf728s7

I am really glad this is not a ewetub search. My algorithm would be screwed for months.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:47 AM (Y/06r)

208 Meanwhile, Ellison is accepting lavish trips funded by the very companies he’s suing.

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 10:44 AM (RHGPo)

He's a Muslim Democrat Lawyer from Minnesota.

I'd be more surprised if he wasn't a lying, hypocritical, crook.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 10:47 AM (6ydKt)

209 Such cultural enrichment, these future doctors, engineers and scientists.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

*********

Consider Nidal Hassan (spit!). Born in the U..S. to naturalized Palestinian parents, took 3 years to get an Associates degree, 3 more years for his Bachelors. Went to USUHS (Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences) the military's medical school, where it took him six years ('97-'03) to finish a 4-year curriculum. Not a high achiever. Trained in Psychiatry and became more and more radicalized while assigned to counsel American fighting men returning from deployments in the Gulf and Afghanistan. Killed 13 American soldiers at Ft. Hood in '09.

That's what multiculturalism and repeated second chances and remedial training of incompetents gets you. At the end of the day he was Muslim first and always, hated America and her soldiers.
Why was he still in the Army?

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 06, 2026 10:48 AM (I0N4X)

210 Like I want the algo to show me that.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 06, 2026 10:45 AM (W14bs)

Valid. Usually just a bing search does not tailor make your search results like ewetub though, so it seemed safe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:48 AM (Y/06r)

211 The prayers from y'all are appreciated more than you'll know...
Posted by: man at October 06, 2026 10:39 AM (+imBs)
====
b"h for good health

How was the chik-fil-a?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 10:49 AM (RIvkX)

212 Well time to do other things like loading up airbrush with RLM76 and shoot six FW 190 rudders. Then back to an F-14.

But posted a few more images to Tensor with a Halloween theme.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 10:49 AM (2GVsD)

213 But posted a few more images to Tensor with a Halloween theme.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 10:49 AM (2GVsD)

Nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 06, 2026 10:50 AM (Y/06r)

214 212 Well time to do other things like loading up airbrush with RLM76 and shoot six FW 190 rudders. Then back to an F-14.
Posted by: Anna Puma

What a coinkydink! I'm doing the exact same thing!

Posted by: Copycat Charlie at October 06, 2026 10:51 AM (EdP2u)

215 I hate those damned anti-dentites.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 10:51 AM (RIvkX)

216 How was the chik-fil-a?"

Oddly comforting...

*goes off in search of sweet tea*

Posted by: man at October 06, 2026 10:51 AM (+imBs)

217 Time to go put my hearse together and haunt the house. Enjoy the morning!

Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2026 10:51 AM (ZdaMQ)

218 But posted a few more images to Tensor with a Halloween theme.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 10:49 AM (2GVsD)

The blonde witch is cute but I like the bunny girl more.
She kinda reminds me of Jenna Coleman in the face.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 10:52 AM (6ydKt)

219 Chik-fil-a is great becauase the staff and service are always unexpectedly great for fast casual.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 10:53 AM (RIvkX)

The Morning Report — 10/6 /26

Good morning kids. Let's kick off the day with a bit of good if not bittersweet news.

“Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell wrote on X.
Hasan killed 12 US service members, one civilian and wounded 32 others during his November 2009 rampage at the Texas Army base. Parnell noted the Army-officer-turned-terrorist was “shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ during the attack.”
“The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution,” the Pentagon spokesman added. “Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.”
Hasan, who was sentenced to death by a military court in 2013, would be the first service member executed by the armed forces since 1961. . . Hasan, a former Army major and psychiatrist, opened fire on troops who were standing in line to receive immunizations at Fort Hood.
The attack ended when Hasan was shot in the back and left paralyzed by a responding police officer.

He should've been summarily executed within moments of being neutralized. considering Islam and the fact that our Commander-in-Chief at the time was for all intents and purposes an ideological fellow traveler of Hasan and the prevailing insane political winds in our nation since this incident and in reality blowing from Ground Zero since 9/11 and from College Campuses since the Vietnam War, were it not for President Trump and Secretary of War Hegseth and the patriots still in uniform, Hasan would likely have been spared and breathing our air for years to come.

While we're on the subject of treason and traitors in our midst . . .

Iran’s endgame became obvious when its IRGC terror bosses released a letter to American voters praising “the No Kings rallies that swept across the U.S. last year”, blasting President Trump and urging Americans to vote to “change the makeup of the government” to end the war.
The old joke about the Russians was that their military strategy was to get invaded and wait for winter. The Islamic terrorist strategy is to get invaded and wait for leftists to win elections. Iran hasn’t just been waiting. In 2020, Iranian hackers tried to hack into election databases and sent out false flag emails to voters in Florida. In 2024, they stole J.D. Vance’s voter file and peddled it to media outlets. Iranian fake news sites bashed Republicans and promoted the Kamala campaign. That’s not even counting active measures like a Trump assassination plot.
Interfering with traffic in the Strait of Hormuz was never going to bring the American economy to its knees, the way that our economic pressure campaign on Iran crushed its economy, and the terrorist regime wouldn’t have bothered if it expected the Democrats to hold the line. The letter to voters, however, reveals that the Iranian strategy is to wait for the Democrats to bail them out. . . Iran Plans to Win the War by Helping Democrats Win Is it time for a crackdown on the treason party?

The Treason Party is exactly who and what the Democrats are, regardless of whether so-called Moderates or the full-on freakshow of DSA members are running things. The crackdown, that is the utter dismantling, dissolution and destruction of the Democrat Party should have happened the moment they formed the KKK and attempted to and indeed thwart reconstruction, resulting with their alignment with every movement foreign and domestic that was anathema to America as founded. And here we are 160 years later with one of our two major political parties hell bent for leather to seize absolute power in the name of transforming America into a hells cape it was never meant to be, instead of the shining beacon of civilizational progress it was founded as. Hence the Nidal Hasans on top of the Squeaky Frommes Jane Fondas, Bernie Sanders and Planned Parenthoods that we must deal with. Lest they "deal" with us first! As the evil fishy bastards have been!

Five years ago today, then-Attorney General Merrick Garland released his memorandum laying out what his corrupt Department of Justice could do to assist in investigating and prosecuting the parents accused of being “domestic terrorists” for speaking out against far-left initiatives and draconian Covid policies at school board meetings. The Democrat AG’s memo followed a National School Boards Association (NSBA) letter begging President Joe Biden and his politically-driven Department of Justice to recognize the “immediate threat” these parents posed to America’s public schools and their leaders. The letter urged Biden to treat the parents’ confrontational behavior like it was “equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism.”
We know that the NSBA, after a wave of criticism from affiliates, was forced to apologize for the letter from School Boards Association President Viola Garcia and interim CEO Chip Slaven. The association acknowledged “there was no justification for some of the language included in the letter” and that the executive office had not consulted with state affiliates.

When Andrew Breitbart of blessed memory declared "Fuck You, WAR!" The above was yet to happen but did he realize where we were headed for before he drew his last breath?

Death to the Left and Islam. It really is us or them. I fervently pray that the Good Lord in Heaven open the eyes, hearts and minds of our fellow citizens (in name only) to see the evil that they praise and engage in and repent... As for all of you good people, stay strong and I bid you all tohave a good day.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Hasan killed 12 US service members, one civilian and wounded 32 others during his November 2009 rampage at the Texas Army base.
Trump approves firing squad for Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan’s execution after Pete Hegseth’s recommendation

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

The assassination attempts against President Trump, Charlie Kirk’s killing, an armed Antifa assault on immigration authorities, anarchist attacks on European infrastructure, and now allegations of a terrorist plot against Nigel Farage following the home invasion murder of his immigration spokeswoman demonstrate a broader reality: leftist political violence and acts of terrorism are becoming a serious security concern across Western democracies.
The New Political Violence: Inside the Rise of Far-Left Terrorism.
‘The Garland Memorandum was the product of pressure by senior leadership to … bring federal pressure to bear on parents.’
Report: Biden White House Drove DOJ Targeting Of Parents Who Protested CRT, Covid Mandates
The Biden Junta did attempt to prosecute parents federally for the crime of disagreeing with school boards in 2020 and 2021, says a new report from the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DoJ) Weaponization Working Group.
How the Biden Junta tried to silence parents
The Red-Green alliance of leftists and Muslims is staging a show of force, rioting in the streets of France. Pay attention, we’re next.
The Riots In France Are A Warning For America
How political defamation can corrupt public judgment and make violence seem legitimate
Political Defamation Is An Attack On Self-Government
Voters overwhelmingly want to keep the Supreme Court bench capped at nine justices, a new poll found, despite Democrats’ push to pack the court. (Pack it to the rafters with Thomases and Scalias - jjs)
Poll: 6 In 10 Americans Oppose Democrats’ Plan To Pack The Supreme Court
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
On October 5, the top court reversed the Ninth Circuit’s January ruling that claimed the Trump administration did not have the authority to end President Joe Biden’s TPS policy, which would allow the president to end the status of more than 500,000 Venezuelans.
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Deport 300,000 Venezuelans
It includes “health care, rental assistance, college grants, tax credits, low-cost car insurance, and even smartphones.” And they’ve estimated the cost to California taxpayers to be nearly $11 billion.
Report: CA’s ‘Shadow Welfare System’ Offers Illegal Alien Families Up to $100K a Year
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, a spokesman for the regional military coalition led by Saudi Arabia, said heavy airpower from the alliance destroyed 324 “high-value” Houthi targets over the weekend, paving the way for the advance.
Yemeni Government Pushes Back Against Houthis Near Bab el-Mandeb Strait

* * * * *
Is it time for a crackdown on the treason party? (We had the chance in 1865-jjs)
Iran Plans to Win the War by Helping Democrats Win
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
Currently, the Trump government is doing great work cracking down on fraud, but the sad fact is that it’s everywhere, in ways not just big, but quite small.
The costly immigrant fraud that no one sees
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
It is a national embarrassment that policy makers have neglected for more than 100 years to build a monument on this circle to honor our nation and its veterans.
Trump’s Triumphal Arch Completes A Longstanding National Aspiration
A new look at Clarence Thomas also sheds light in a fascinating way on the history and operations of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Black Man Democrats Love to Lynch...Electronically
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
When the networks try to drive President Trump's approval rating as low as possible, they avoid presenting any positive news. In the first term, they routinely skipped good news. Now we've compiled “Five Economic Facts the Media Don’t Want You to Know” as we head into midterm elections. The good news is Not News.
Any Good Economic News Is NOT News Under Trump
Wanting America to win is not a blank check for tech giants.
President Trump FCC deregulation plan will keep the airwaves free for independent voices
We’ve come a long way since the days when the news arrived on foot, and in recent years a bad way.
Newspapers Are Dead

* * * * *
Panic accompanies every technological innovation, and artificial intelligence is no exception.
What History Tells Us About the AI Debate
Despite Google receiving billions of dollars in federal multi-year contracts, and despite President Donald Trump’s 2025 AI Action Plan stating that “AI systems must be free from ideological bias” in order to receive lucrative federal procurement contracts, Gemini AI declared that the following seven Republican Senators, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are guilty of violating Gemini’s “hate speech policies.”
Americans Turn to AI Chatbots to Decide How to Vote in Midterm Elections
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
El-Sayed has his own string of controversies to grapple with.
Abdul El-Sayed’s Sister-In-Law Appeared On Terrorist Watch List, Court Filings Indicate
Aynaz Anni Cyrus reveals that Islam’s holy book is full of holes.
Divine Disorder
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
A whole new level of evil.
Mamdani Funds Islamic Group to Fund Antisemitism Which Moves the Money Back to Fund Him
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
...particularly in Russia and California, is influencing gasoline prices, not the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump Says Lack of Refineries, Not Strait of Hormuz, Is ‘Driving Up’ Gas
It also projects that the federal debt would reach 254 percent of GDP over the same period, assuming the DSA’s policies were funded through borrowing.
DATA: DSA Agenda Would Cost U.S. Taxpayers TRILLIONS.
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Trump administration defended the oil industry during the hearing, arguing Congress alone has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and set policies impacting energy and foreign affairs
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in High-Stakes Colorado Climate Case Seeking To Hold Oil Companies Financially Liable for Global Warming: ‘Egregiously Exceeds Constitutional Limits’
Neither the law firms nor their massive energy clients responded to requests for comment on the potential conflict of interest, except one.
Big Law Is Backing The Climate Adversaries Of Their Energy Clients
SCOTUS put clear limits on federal authority to regulate wetlands, but the Army Corps of Engineers persists in throwing its weight around as if nothing had changed.
Feds Defy Supreme Court Ban On Labeling Every Puddle A ‘Protected Wetland’
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Radical ruling will make it much more difficult to prosecute pedophiles.
Obama Judge Legalizes Child Porn
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The Muslim Students Association was unaffected.
Virginia State University Strips Campus Christian Groups of Recognition
The school’s rainbow-shirt, alphabet mafia, pro-mutilation of children, and other lefty causes exemptions were apparently unavailable for “Let’s Go Brandon.”
The Supreme Court Won’t Save ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ From the School Censors
Some leading education authorities overlook key points for improving America’s failing schools.
Fixing Failing U.S. Schools
Harvard attorney tries a First Amendment argument
Harvard Has No Entitlement to Federal Billions, Federal Lawyer Tells Appeals Court
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The vast majority of Republicans, 95 percent, support requiring an individual to show a valid photo ID to vote, as do 73 percent of Democrats and 78 percent of independents.
Poll Shows Broad Consensus on Showing Valid Photo ID, Proof of Citizenship to Vote
10 of the aliens reside in Minnesota.
DOJ Charges 16 Aliens With Election Crimes, Including Illegal Voting
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The Democrat made the remarks, revealed here for the first time, onstage at a 2016 medical conference
EXCLUSIVE: Video Shows Abdul El-Sayed Stating He Has ‘Dual Citizenship’ in Egypt and US
GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITES — RINO SCUM SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Tillis should be falling over himself to please his voters, not sell them on his self-proclaimed GOP stardom.
Thom Tillis, Who Has Accomplished Nothing, Thinks He’s The Most Important Man In America
POLITICS
“Either we hold every Republican seat or we hand the future of Texas to the other team. That’s why I’m voting for the Republican ticket on November 3.”
Ken Paxton Gains Support From a Surprising Source
Yes, the midterms are just 29 days away. Yes, MAGA’s fate depends on turnout. Yes, 2028 is far down the road (politically speaking, at least).
Want to Win in 2028? Let Rubio Fight Vance.
If a twelve year-old is pregnant, has an STD, or has been raped, Pan argued, of course a doctor doesn’t need to mention it to the parents.
The Weirdo King Of Anti-Parent Democrats Is Running For Congress
Saritha Komatireddy was a freshman in her first week at Harvard University when terrorists struck New York. She resolved, on 9/11, to become a prosecutor to protect her country and hometown. She’s been doing it ever since...Now a 41-year-old mother to two sets of twins under the age of 10 living in Manhattan, she’s mounting an insurgent statewide campaign against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Lawless Letitia James is in big trouble from Saritha Komatireddy
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
“According to the affidavit, Zhang traveled to Seattle in 2025 and, at the direction of PRC officials, surveilled a close relative of a Taiwanese government official, sending photos, videos, and license plate information to those officials.”
Chinese National Arrested for Allegedly Spying on Taiwanese President’s Son in U.S.
The Socialist Party government of Spain has collapsed, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap election. Why has Sanchez’s leftist government collapsed, how did Spain get here, and what is likely to happen next?
Spain’s Pro-Amnesty Socialist Government Has Collapsed. Here’s What Happens Next:
Until now, the State Department and Washington's foreign-policy elite have habitually thought our country isn't good enough and must prove itself equal to the professed — yet entirely fraudulent — ideals of left-wing regimes. The Trump administration has a different attitude: It's proud of America, and in the places around the world where hope and pride matter more than resentment and shame, that new attitude gets results.
Latin America's Many Trumps
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
The abrupt removal of U.S. bombers from RAF Fairford is a clear vote of no confidence in Britain’s ability to secure a critical American military installation.
U.S. Air Force Withdraws All Bombers from RAF Fairford Amid Escalating Security Concerns
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Pneumonic plague is not COVID: “Many patients die before they develop a well-advanced pneumonia.”
One Dead, Nearly 200 Hospitalized in Siberian Pneumonic Plague Outbreak
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya calls for a return to practices emphasizing reproducible results—not pronouncements from authorities—to determine scientific truth.
The Replication Crisis in Medicine
Respect for human life seems to be riding a conveyor belt of progress on a fixed trajectory toward destruction.
How Long Before They Deem You Euthanasia-Worthy?
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“Perhaps the sexual revolution should be reversed.”
Professor Camille Paglia Slams Double Standard of Consent in Campus Rape Cases
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Tom Cruise's first post-Mission: Impossible outing, Digger, dug down to a dismal $8 million opening weekend, despite appearing on more than 3,000 screens.
Tom Cruise Just Dug Down to the Biggest Flop of His Career (Originally set to star Samuel Jackson, and first draft was spelled with an "N"- jjs)
Sean Penn, Oliver Stone and Michael Moore praised free speech foe
Christian Toto: FLASHBACK—When Hollywood Loved Hugo Chavez
HITHER & YON
Jim Bakker rose to prominence after founding “The PTL Club,” a Christian television show he co-hosted with his first wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, from 1974 to 1989... mourned death of his sister week before his passing
Scandal-scarred televangelist Jim Bakker dead at 86: ‘Finished his race with faith’

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1
Hey. Yo.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2026 07:11 AM (eRlcH)

2
Claimed the First, then called the Pembrokes and Cardigans.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2026 07:12 AM (eRlcH)

3 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 07:12 AM (sxG0y)

4 Trump approves firing squad for Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan’s execution after Pete Hegseth’s recommendation

Why is this taking so long? It's the friggin Army, do a court martial and shoot him. This should not take 15 years even with appeals.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 06, 2026 07:13 AM (I43vL)

5 Woah Nellie. Top 5.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 07:13 AM (sxG0y)

6 The ever ridiculous NYT:

"Cornell Case Highlights Drop in Resolved Sexual Assault Cases Under Trump"

Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 07:14 AM (MWfyi)

7 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

8 Top 10! yAy!

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 07:14 AM (NR6c1)

9 Congratulations, Hadrian the Seventh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

10 Willowed: "Cornell Case Highlights Drop in Resolved Sexual Assault Cases Under Trump"

How dare those men retain lawyers and get those cases thrown out!? BELIEVE ALL WOMEN!

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 07:15 AM (NR6c1)

11 Well, depending on your belief, Hasan will either be in hell experiencing the fires of eternal damnation or returning to non-existence where from his perspective, none of this ever happened.

It’s going to get very warm for Hasan very soon.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 06, 2026 07:16 AM (XV/Pl)

12 I had not heard of Saritha Komatireddy. Thanks for letting us know about her, J.J. I wish her well. Letitia James is a disgrace.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2026 07:16 AM (JrHfD)

13 I understand the logic of "keep firing until the threat is neutralized" but Hasan needed a full magazine of ballistic correction.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 07:17 AM (NR6c1)

14 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 07:17 AM (/+uur)

15
I have a mild addiction to Low IQ baseball compilations. One thing I've noticed is that consistently good teams don't do dumb things. They don't make bad throws, they don't miss the cutoff man, they don't forget how many outs there are, they don't make bad base running decisions.

The Yankees used to (I stress that) be one of those teams. But now to watch them play, you'd think they were the Pittsburgh Pirates. They consistently either fumble the ball fielding or run themselves right out of an inning. It's like they think if they hit enough home runs, they don't have to play well otherwise.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2026 07:19 AM (eRlcH)

16 I disagree with shooting Major Nidal Malik Hasan.

Culturally, a firing squad is for a honorable execution.

Major Hasan deserves hanging, with is an execution for dis-honorable members of the military.

But I expect there are no MOS for hanging, while the Army does emphasize shooting.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

17 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 07:19 AM (RIvkX)

18 “The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution,” the Pentagon spokesman added. “Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.”
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*fires up grill*
*chills beers*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)

19 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2026 07:21 AM (iW7pR)

20 Looks like our resident idiot troll Paul has been snorting the catnip again.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2026 07:26 AM (FZ29D)

21 That troll is barely comprehensible.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

22 Looks like our resident idiot troll Paul has been snorting the catnip again.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Snorting Ketamine off a frat boy's dong.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 07:28 AM (sxG0y)

23 Hey. Yo.

Claimed the First, then called the Pembrokes and Cardigans.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2026 07:12 AM (eRlcH)

You forgot to flick the pick, esse!

Posted by: Scott Hall at October 06, 2026 07:29 AM (1Ff7Z)

24 "The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution,” the Pentagon spokesman added. “Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.”

Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. Dingy.
Method - Puff the Magic Dragon

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 07:30 AM (sxG0y)

25 *fires up grill*
*chills beers*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)

Not so fast!

Posted by: Some judge, somewhere at October 06, 2026 07:31 AM (1Ff7Z)

26 Virginia State University Strips Campus Christian Groups of Recognition

But we're the intolerant ones somehow.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 07:33 AM (NR6c1)

27 NR Pax

The attraction of college is getting very selective.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

28 Ninth Circuit’s January ruling that claimed the Trump administration did not have the authority to end President Joe Biden’s TPS policy,

I never understood the reasoning of how an actual president did not have the authority to reverse policy from unelected, unknown apparatchiks who had access to the Auto Pen.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 06, 2026 07:36 AM (kHd4y)

29 Who was POTUS in 2013?

Why didn't PDT do it in 2017?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 06, 2026 07:36 AM (36x1j)

30 Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. Dingy.
Method - Puff the Magic Dragon

Live stream to improve troop morale.

The only argument left should be to what soundtrack accompanies this event.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 06, 2026 07:38 AM (kHd4y)

31 Happy twosday everybody and happy birthday JJ.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 06, 2026 07:38 AM (JNTt1)

32 Looks like our resident idiot troll Paul has been snorting the catnip again.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Snorting Ketamine off a frat boy's dong.
Posted by: rickb223

His mom's dong.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2026 07:39 AM (iW7pR)

33 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 06, 2026 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)

34 Why didn't PDT do it in 2017?

Apparently traitors and terrorists have the full suite of appeals that an ordinary garden variety mass murderer has in our country.

Hasan exhausted his last appeal a year ago.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 06, 2026 07:40 AM (kHd4y)

35 The Yankees used to (I stress that) be one of those teams. But now to watch them play, you'd think they were the Pittsburgh Pirates. They consistently either fumble the ball fielding or run themselves right out of an inning. It's like they think if they hit enough home runs, they don't have to play well otherwise.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2026 07:19 AM (eRlcH)

I blame Babe Ruth.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 07:42 AM (6ydKt)

36 Major Hasan deserves hanging,

Since he is paralyzed, set him on fire in a vacant field and let feral hogs dispose of what remains.

He can join Allah in hell after passing through the colon of swine.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 06, 2026 07:44 AM (kHd4y)

37 Americans Turn to AI Chatbots to Decide How to Vote in Midterm Elections

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Lord help us all. If you have to turn to a chatbot(!) to figure out who to vote for, you don't deserve a vote.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 06, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

38 I don't understand the Spanish Lingo in the Morning Report headline. I do better when JJS speaks Yiddish to us.

Posted by: Rock-Ribbed Ron at October 06, 2026 07:45 AM (EdP2u)

39 Since he is paralyzed, set him on fire in a vacant field and let feral hogs dispose of what remains.

He can join Allah in hell after passing through the colon of swine.
Posted by: Community Notes

Works for me.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2026 07:45 AM (iW7pR)

40 Ready, Aim Fire!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

41 On the passing of Jim Bakker, I clicked on that link and scrolled through the article. There's one pic of him with Tammy Fay. I was struck anew with the incredible (I'm talking incredible) amounts of makeup she wore.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 06, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)

42 Virginia State University is one of the historically black colleges and universities . I would expect a high percentage of its students are Christians. I am glad at least one Christian law firm is defending the Christian groups.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2026 07:47 AM (JrHfD)

43 There is no Yiddish translation.

The closest is Oy, My Back!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

44 Legal Insurrection says Ken Paxton is facing "serious headwinds" in trying to beat Talafreako. I hope those prognosticators here on this blog are true in that this anti-Christ figure will lose.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 06, 2026 07:50 AM (qBdHI)

45 I was struck anew with the incredible (I'm talking incredible) amounts of makeup she wore.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 06, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)

It was quite the joke just looking at her in the late 80s.
Kind of like looking at a walking wax figure from Tussaud's.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 07:50 AM (6ydKt)

46 It was quite the joke just looking at her in the late 80s.
Kind of like looking at a walking wax figure from Tussaud's.

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I still remember her crying on the air after the revelations all came out and her black mascara running down her face.

I saw a TV interview she did only a day or two before she died. She was bone thin, but had on 10lbs of makeup. It was positively garish.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 06, 2026 07:53 AM (qBdHI)

47 I never understood the reasoning of how an actual president did not have the authority to reverse policy from unelected, unknown apparatchiks who had access to the Auto Pen.
Posted by: Community Notes

Especially since the T in TPS stands for "Temporary". What can be decreed as temporary can be decreed as done-wit'.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 06, 2026 07:54 AM (sDWtc)

48 " Legal Insurrection says Ken Paxton is facing "serious headwinds""

So did Cruz both times he has run but let us have Senator Beatoff O'Roarke tell us about all those college polls that were +10 - 20 demtard respondents being counted in the averages.

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 06, 2026 07:54 AM (dCMJG)

49 I don't understand the Spanish Lingo in the Morning Report headline.

Posted by: Rock-Ribbed Ron at October 06, 2026 07:45 AM (EdP2u)
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What are we looking at in the cover pic?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 07:54 AM (KR4PD)

50 Has there been a single dem anywhere who’s come out and said they don’t want IRCG support and disavow that support/endorsement? If not, why not??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 06, 2026 07:54 AM (9eNmI)

51 > Hasan exhausted his last appeal a year ago.
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I doubt that matters to a leftist judge interested in making a name for him/herself. This is going to be another judicial shitshow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2026 07:55 AM (RORbl)

52 Seriously, when was the last time a Repub won a UT poll?

When?

How about emerson? has Repub ever won one of those?

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 06, 2026 07:56 AM (dCMJG)

53 “According to the affidavit, Zhang traveled to Seattle in 2025 and, at the direction of PRC officials, surveilled a close relative of a Taiwanese government official, sending photos, videos, and license plate information to those officials,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli

50% of the Chinese in the US are spying on the 50% of the Chinese in the US stealing our IP and Patents.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 07:56 AM (/+uur)

54 The attraction of college is getting very selective.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I will spare no effort when a young person reaches out to me for college advice on how to make things as cheap as possible for them.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 07:56 AM (NR6c1)

55 What are we looking at in the cover pic?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 07:54 AM (KR4PD)
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Chair used for executions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

56 The filename for the top pic is 'DemFiringSquad.jpg' if that helps any.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 07:57 AM (6ydKt)

57 Martini Farmer

The military justice system, under the UCMJ, precludes that ruling. It is separate from civilian law review, and that separation has SCOTUS approval.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

58 50 Has there been a single dem anywhere who’s come out and said they don’t want IRCG support and disavow that support/endorsement? If not, why not??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 06, 2026 07:54 AM (9eNmI)

They don't want to upset their pet Muslims?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 07:58 AM (6ydKt)

59 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 07:58 AM (77rzZ)

60 National Shoot Hasan Lottery could raise money for debt reduction.
I would pay $100 bucks for a chance to pop a cap in his ass.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 07:58 AM (/+uur)

61 National Shoot Hasan Lottery could raise money for debt reduction.
I would pay $100 bucks for a chance to pop a cap in his ass.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 07:58 AM (/+uur)
===

Now there's a lottery ticket I would buy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 07:59 AM (RIvkX)

62 NR Pax

The Trades or fast food management pay better than many with a Studies in their degree, or Journalism or in the arts.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

63 Chair used for executions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)
-

With a Body-Bag-To-Go™?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 08:02 AM (KR4PD)

64 One Dead, Nearly 200 Hospitalized in Siberian Pneumonic Plague Outbreak

I saw Siberian Pneumonic Plague open for Trans Siberian Orchestra at the Toyota Center in H town in 2024.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:03 AM (/+uur)

65 National Shoot Hasan Lottery could raise money for debt reduction.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 07:58 AM (/+uur)
-

Can you first get to throw darts while popping a few beers?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 08:03 AM (KR4PD)

66 It’d be cool if Hegseth shot Hassan himself.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:03 AM (77rzZ)

67 Bulg

Congratulations on correcting ace, and his acknowledgment of that correction.

In a smart military blog, knowing the path of WWI vs WWII is on point.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

68 Britain sinks beneath the waves it once ruled, it's also time to collect all of their nuclear weapons before they are given to mooslime radicals.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 06, 2026 08:04 AM (Q/FnY)

69 The Secretary of the Army, to avoid lawfare, should have put the go call in last night. Roust the Corporal of the Guard at the Leavenworth Stockade, have him wake up eight of his best shots, do the deed, and take the crew to Ihop for an early breakfast.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 06, 2026 08:04 AM (gm9Sb)

70 The attraction of college is getting very selective.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I will spare no effort when a young person reaches out to me for college advice on how to make things as cheap as possible for them.
Posted by: NR Pax

Either military = GI Bill or trade school.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 08:04 AM (sxG0y)

71 50 Has there been a single dem anywhere who’s come out and said they don’t want IRCG support and disavow that support/endorsement? If not, why not??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 06, 2026 07:54 AM (9eNmI)

They don't want to upset their pet Muslims?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 07:58 AM (6ydKt)
---
The Dems are going to find out that THEY are the pets once the Muslims gain enough power...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2026 08:05 AM (FZ29D)

72 Britain sinks beneath the waves it once ruled, it's also time to collect all of their nuclear weapons before they are given to mooslime radicals.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 06, 2026 08:04 AM (Q/FnY)
-

Where are your priorities?!?!?!?!

First save the distilleries!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 08:06 AM (KR4PD)

73 I have no stomach for watching any execution but I believe I might watch the Hasan firing squad if it were televised. I’ve zero appetite for the macabre but this is justice

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 06, 2026 08:06 AM (9eNmI)

74 Morn' all

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 08:06 AM (+gK6I)

75 Tom Cruise Just Dug Down to the Biggest Flop of His Career (Originally set to star Samuel Jackson, and first draft was spelled with an "N"- jjs)

Dinner
Well that would be a terrible movie idea.
Also
Already done via Dinner with Andre

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:07 AM (/+uur)

76 67 Thanks, Salty.

Being a geography geek, I know the history of colonial empires pretty well.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:09 AM (77rzZ)

77 Babe Ruth was a very good fielder and had an excellent throwing arm. He was one of the best pitchers in the game before he switched to become an everyday player because of hie great bat. He was also an excellent base runner. He stole home 10 times. He would be appalled at poor fundamentals of today.

Posted by: George Herman Fan at October 06, 2026 08:09 AM (EdP2u)

78 Either military = GI Bill or trade school.
Posted by: rickb223

Another option is CLEP to test out of most if not all of the general ed requirements.

I recognize that there are jobs that legitimately require a Bachelor's or higher. One trick is getting rid of the fluff and focusing on the Major once that's done.

Heck, I knew a young lady that was a Math Major and she was taking one class / semester.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 08:09 AM (NR6c1)

79 Fox continues to insist the unrest in France is about "schools"

Lies upon lies upon lies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

80 I have no stomach for watching any execution but I believe I might watch the Hasan firing squad if it were televised. I’ve zero appetite for the macabre but this is justice
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

A couple of us asked during academy training what it took to be the executioner for the State of Texas.
Back then, it required you to be a captain or above.
TDC was handing out promotions like passing out hen's teeth at the time.

Oh, well.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 08:10 AM (sxG0y)

81 “Escaping Venezuela” is the movie every college student should see.

I already saw Escape from New York New York

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:10 AM (/+uur)

82 For Hasan, I want a firing squad like Ceaușescu got:

"Rea-"
Multiple blam
"-dy. Ah well. Let's go out for drinks."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 08:11 AM (NR6c1)

83 68 Britain sinks beneath the waves it once ruled, it's also time to collect all of their nuclear weapons before they are given to mooslime radicals.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 06, 2026 08:04 AM (Q/FnY)

I cant wait to read 1984 in the original Arabic.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:12 AM (/+uur)

84 77 Babe Ruth was a very good fielder and had an excellent throwing arm. He was one of the best pitchers in the game before he switched to become an everyday player because of hie great bat. He was also an excellent base runner. He stole home 10 times. He would be appalled at poor fundamentals of today.

Posted by: George Herman Fan at October 06, 2026 08:09 AM (EdP2u)

Yeah, but he pointed out where it was going and hit a homer that day and every baseball player since has wanted to hit homers like the Babe.

(I'm just joking anyhow but Ruth did start the home run craze I believe)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:12 AM (6ydKt)

85 Britain sinks beneath the waves it once ruled, it's also time to collect all of their nuclear weapons before they are given to mooslime radicals.

[ Wishing that there would be remote detonation ability ]

Posted by: Community Notes at October 06, 2026 08:13 AM (kHd4y)

86 *ahem*

Posted by: Ted Stevens at October 06, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

87 69 The Secretary of the Army, to avoid lawfare, should have put the go call in last night. Roust the Corporal of the Guard at the Leavenworth Stockade, have him wake up eight of his best shots, do the deed, and take the crew to Ihop for an early breakfast.
Posted by: bill in arkansas,

This guy gets it!

Posted by: Don't Put Off For Tomorrow What You Can do Today at October 06, 2026 08:14 AM (EdP2u)

88 I thought the Digger film would be bad as soon as I saw the first trailer months ago.

He's in the old man makeup that's so thick you can't even recognize him, and his character is an oil baron and the movie is obviously about climate change.

Pass.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:14 AM (6ydKt)

89 What time is Sayed's party tomorrow?

Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 08:15 AM (bijW1)

90 We've got some killer meals on our menu right now.

Posted by: Leavenworth IHOP at October 06, 2026 08:16 AM (2Ez/1)

91 are they going to video the execution?

I'd like to see it. willing to do PPV

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 06, 2026 08:16 AM (j+aD2)

92 69 The Secretary of the Army, to avoid lawfare, should have put the go call in last night. Roust the Corporal of the Guard at the Leavenworth Stockade, have him wake up eight of his best shots, do the deed, and take the crew to Ihop for an early breakfast.
Posted by: bill in arkansas,

Army regulations require at least 60 days but no more than 150 days from presidential approval.

.

Though I DO wonder if the last SecArmy wasn't recently removed for leaking, but for opposing Hasan's execution.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 06, 2026 08:16 AM (gLYp7)

93 Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:14 AM (6ydKt)

But Demotards are gonna run on cheap gas

Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 08:16 AM (bijW1)

94 are they going to video the execution?

I'd like to see it. willing to do PPV

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 06, 2026 08:16 AM (j+aD2

They should let Lindsay Clancy do it. Cover the exercise bands in bacon grease first.

Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 08:17 AM (bijW1)

95 If you go to Harvey Mudd College, you get engineering and no general education crap.

STEM is great.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 06, 2026 08:18 AM (36x1j)

96 But Demotards are gonna run on cheap gas

Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 08:16 AM (bijW1)

Cheap until they make it otherwise as soon as possible.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:18 AM (6ydKt)

97 Community Notes

The UK only has nuclear weapons on Trident missiles, which the US maintains.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 08:18 AM (u82oZ)

98 We are retarded and easily duped.

Posted by: American Voters at October 06, 2026 08:18 AM (fzDsq)

99 Biden DOJ claimed that parents and others protesting disastrous Covid measures in schools should face federal charges

And the next bad flu season when a (D) is President you will see people in jail for not taking the shot or falsely wearing the gold star of the vaxxed.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur)

101 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

102 They should let Lindsay Clancy do it. Cover the exercise bands in bacon grease first.
Posted by: ...

Was just about to write a very similar comment. You gotta be quick around here and my brain is 71 and not fully awake yet.

Posted by: Geezer, Slow On The Draw at October 06, 2026 08:20 AM (EdP2u)

103 97 Community Notes

The UK only has nuclear weapons on Trident missiles, which the US maintains.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 08:18 AM (u82oZ)

I thought they had their own?
Guess not.

They do have the ability to build their own if they can get ahold of some uranium, I suppose.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:20 AM (6ydKt)

104 Abdul’s mother cashed the checks for bin Laden, his father is part of the Muslim Brotherhood, and his sister is on a terrorist watch list.

Michiganistan

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:20 AM (/+uur)

105 98 We are retarded and easily duped.
Posted by: American Voters

This is most certainly true.

Posted by: Luther's Small Catechism at October 06, 2026 08:21 AM (EdP2u)

106 If you go to Harvey Mudd College, you get engineering and no general education crap.

The problem is that the tuition rate is really high even with the GI Bill.

However, I do like the idea of more specialized colleges that get rid of the fluff classes that don't really make you more well rounded as they claim.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 08:22 AM (NR6c1)

107 SpeakingOf

That ability in the UK was axed to make more money available for Muslim invader's housing and board. In 2000.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ)

108 If you go to Harvey Mudd College, you get engineering and no general education crap.

STEM is great.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 06, 2026 08:18 AM (36x1j)

Harvey Mudd is a genuinely great engineering school. But it is ridiculously expensive…. You can get basically the same engineering education at any one of a large number of state universities

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 06, 2026 08:23 AM (9eNmI)

109 If you go to Harvey Mudd College, you get engineering and no general education crap.

STEM is great.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 06, 2026 08:18 AM (36x1j)

The H.F. Mudd auxiliary campus is loaded with stunningly hot coeds.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 06, 2026 08:23 AM (wVcYX)

110 They should let Lindsay Clancy do it. Cover the exercise bands in bacon grease first.
Posted by: ...

Was just about to write a very similar comment. You gotta be quick around here and my brain is 71 and not fully awake yet.
Posted by: Geezer, Slow On The Draw

Or Hillary.
"Oh noes! Hasan has information on Hillary regardi..."

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 08:23 AM (sxG0y)

111 Abdul’s mother cashed the checks for bin Laden, his father is part of the Muslim Brotherhood, and his sister is on a terrorist watch list.

Michiganistan
Posted by: r hennigantx

And we will happily vote for him.

Posted by: American Voters at October 06, 2026 08:24 AM (fzDsq)

112 Ninth Circuit’s January ruling that claimed the Trump administration did not have the authority to end President Joe Biden’s TPS policy,

I never understood the reasoning of how an actual president did not have the authority to reverse policy from unelected, unknown apparatchiks who had access to the Auto Pen.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 06, 2026 07:36 AM (kHd4y)

Tell the 9th circuit court to FOAD and dare them to stop him. When the hell is the Chief Executive going to finally ignore them?? They want a constitutional crisis, so give them one.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 06, 2026 08:24 AM (hmYU4)

113 That ability in the UK was axed to make more money available for Muslim invader's housing and board. In 2000.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ)

That's nice if true. The UK is no longer a trustworthy ally. If they ever were.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026 08:25 AM (1Ff7Z)

114 The former German director of intelligence and his assistant were arrested for passing nuclear secrets to a foreign country.

Posted by: Penfold at October 06, 2026 08:26 AM (Fbt5B)

115 I want to be in the peanut gallery for the execution. How do I get a ticket?

Posted by: sidney at October 06, 2026 08:26 AM (Uy/WF)

116 The problem is that the tuition rate is really high even with the GI Bill.

However, I do like the idea of more specialized colleges that get rid of the fluff classes that don't really make you more well rounded as they claim.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 08:22 AM (NR6c1)

The GI Bill was nice, but in my life, the biggest veteran's benefit was the VA Home Loan. No money down, just make the payments. It removed the biggest hurdle to home ownership. I didn't have a giant pile of cash, but I did have the means to make the mortgage on a decent house in a relatively cheaper area to raise my kids in.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 06, 2026 08:26 AM (gLYp7)

117 That ability in the UK was axed to make more money available for Muslim invader's housing and board. In 2000.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ)

That's nice if true. The UK is no longer a trustworthy ally. If they ever were.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Someone, yesterday afternoon, here, said that Japan was a closer ally now than anyone in Europe.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 08:27 AM (sxG0y)

118 Tell the 9th circuit court to FOAD and dare them to stop him. When the hell is the Chief Executive going to finally ignore them?? They want a constitutional crisis, so give them one.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 06, 2026 08:24 AM (hmYU4)

Yes! Do it, Dumpf!! That way we can help the Ds get rid of their - and our - problem! Ah, back to the grift.

Posted by: GOPe at October 06, 2026 08:27 AM (1Ff7Z)

119 We need to leave NATO and pull all of our forces out of Europe.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:27 AM (77rzZ)

120 Trump Says Lack of Refineries, Not Strait of Hormuz, Is ‘Driving Up’ Gas

And he would be correct.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

121 We supply the UK with nukes, however France, which is under duress too, has their own.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2026 08:28 AM (RORbl)

122 Someone, yesterday afternoon, here, said that Japan was a closer ally now than anyone in Europe.
Posted by: rickb223

Absolutely.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 06, 2026 08:28 AM (Yw4Qw)

123 Someone, yesterday afternoon, here, said that Japan was a closer ally now than anyone in Europe.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 08:27 AM (sxG0y)

Probably so. I guess we shoulda bombed London too.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026 08:29 AM (1Ff7Z)

124 "...that Japan was a closer ally now than anyone in Europe."
+++

Define close.

Posted by: Please at October 06, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

125 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at October 06, 2026 08:29 AM (53oGX)

126 I knew he was a plague the moment he delivered my mail.

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at October 06, 2026 08:30 AM (Lcrjf)

127 For Hasan, I want a firing squad like Ceaușescu got:

"Rea-"
Multiple blam
"-dy. Ah well. Let's go out for drinks."
Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026

***
I thought they hanged the Romanian guy? Or maybe I'm thinking of Mussolini.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:30 AM (wzUl9)

128 Dad made us watch Jimmy Swaggart, Rex Humbard, Jerry Falwell, the PTL Club (Jim and Tammy Baker), Oral Roberts, and a few others on TV. It's amazing how many of those became disgraced, and how few didn't. I think they're all dead now.

Not really Dad's fault what some of those guys did.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 08:30 AM (l3cgK)

129 Takaichi has been PM of Japan for a year. In this same year Japanese stock market is up 47%.

Posted by: Interesting Fact of the Day at October 06, 2026 08:30 AM (fzDsq)

130 Define close.
Posted by: Please at October 06, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

I tried to get closer relations with Japan, but it didn't work out. They picked someone else. Had to look closer to home.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026 08:30 AM (1Ff7Z)

131 The GI Bill was nice, but in my life, the biggest veteran's benefit was the VA Home Loan.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

heh. I have a story on that. I was applying for the VA Home Loan and they wanted a particular document.

"Wait...you are the VA. As in 'Veteran's Administration.' I have given you my name, social security number and the branch I was in but you need more. You can't confirm all that information I just gave you?"

Nope. It took a lot of digging and I found an office in Quantico that had what I needed. But that was the day a transformer blew up and the office was closed. I finally got the document with about an hour to spare.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 08:31 AM (NR6c1)

132 Trump Says Lack of Refineries, Not Strait of Hormuz, Is ‘Driving Up’ Gas

And he would be correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026

***
Gas prices are inching downward here in Da Swamp. A week ago, regular E10 averaged about $3.79-3.89; now, $3.59-3.69. Diesel is still pushing $6.00, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:31 AM (wzUl9)

133 UCMJ judges simply released Bradley Manning under their landmark, precedent-setting "because fuck Trump" ruling.

Will they have nerve to intercede on behalf of Hasan, even though he murdered troops?

We're about to find out.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2)

134 A few weeks ago I paid $3.80. Yesterday it was $3.77.

What happened to "Bridges and Power Plants Day?"

Posted by: Drumming fingers on the table at October 06, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

135 126 I knew he was a plague the moment he delivered my mail.
Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld

And, he won't work in the rain!

Posted by: That's The First One! at October 06, 2026 08:32 AM (EdP2u)

136 Universities can avoid Social Security, Unemployment Insurance and Medicare payroll taxes on qualifying J-1 researchers who are nonresidents for tax purposes.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:32 AM (/+uur)

137 J1 is semi slavery

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:32 AM (/+uur)

138 I thought they hanged the Romanian guy? Or maybe I'm thinking of Mussolini.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Nope. They had a drawing to see who would shoot him and his wife. And the executioners didn't even wait for the command; they just shot them both the moment they were in the room.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 08:32 AM (NR6c1)

139 Want to Win in 2028? Let Rubio Fight Vance.

So... the genius plan here is that Rubio would resign shortly after the midterms to free him to start attacking Vance because having a Cuban at the top of the ticket would be a draw for all the non-Cubans Hispanics?

What a fucking retard.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

140 Gas prices are inching downward here in Da Swamp. A week ago, regular E10 averaged about $3.79-3.89; now, $3.59-3.69. Diesel is still pushing $6.00, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Sam's:
Unleaded $3.69
Diesel $5.25

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 08:33 AM (sxG0y)

141 Lawless Letitia James is in big trouble from Saritha Komatireddy

Which is why James has been tapped to railroad the "Cornell Seven".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

142 Gas prices are inching downward here in Da Swamp. A week ago, regular E10 averaged about $3.79-3.89; now, $3.59-3.69. Diesel is still pushing $6.00, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:31 AM (wzUl9)

Russia could output 30% to 50% of the spot market Diesel at one time.
Then they decided to kill other Russians.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

143 Fun Fact: Jimmy Swaggert and Jerry Lee Lewis were cousins.

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 08:35 AM (ZxPkt)

144 Why is this taking so long? It's the friggin Army, do a court martial and shoot him. This should not take 15 years even with appeals.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 06, 2026 07:13 AM (I43vL)

1. Federal courts.
2. Democrat Presidents.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

145 Gas is down about 30 cents for me. Still well over $4 through.

Every ad I see online is about gas and how Trump needs to be stopped so vote Democrat.

It’s gay and retarded that people will vote for American hating DSA asswipes because gas is $1 more expensive than it was a year ago. But that’s how it works unfortunately voters are by and large idiots.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 08:35 AM (fzDsq)

146 Trump signed an EO last night on stage at his Nebraska Rally eliminating the dye requirement for diesel, the off-road, road tax. We will see if it helps.

Posted by: Mama Hated Diesels, So Bad at October 06, 2026 08:35 AM (EdP2u)

147 Great balls of fire!

Posted by: JLL at October 06, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)

148 143 Fun Fact: Jimmy Swaggert and Jerry Lee Lewis were cousins.
Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 08:35 AM (ZxPkt)

you forgot mickey Gillie

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)

149 Sam's:
Unleaded $3.69
Diesel $5.25
Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026

***
Is Sam's any cheaper if you pay cash? Most stations here go with that.

I'm so old I remember when, if you used the oil company's own credit card, you got a nickel off per gallon (when gas was $1.40 or so). Now, I get .10 off if I use Exxon's card . . . but Exxon stations are getting thin on the ground here.

Is Sam's also supplied by Murphy Oil like Walmart?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:37 AM (wzUl9)

150 138 I thought they hanged the Romanian guy? Or maybe I'm thinking of Mussolini.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Nope. They had a drawing to see who would shoot him and his wife. And the executioners didn't even wait for the command; they just shot them both the moment they were in the room.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 08:32 AM (NR6c1)

Mussolini had a thing for buxom red-heads...probably how he lost his soul. I had a chem prof at a local college that talked about his time overseas, spending time in a specific African country in the 1950's, and noticing all the buxom red-heads living there...turned out they had been some of Mussolini's mistresses.
Same Chem prof that taught us how to distill liquor, make fertilizer bombs (used in fields back in the day to blow tree trunks), and how to counteract cyanide poisoning (he used it on his Chihuahua that ate too many apple seeds). He also told us that C4 was flammable and made an okay fire, just don't stomp out that fire (foot goes off in the boom)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 08:37 AM (l3cgK)

151 I hope they use a keffiyeh as a blindfold.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

152 143 Fun Fact: Jimmy Swaggert and Jerry Lee Lewis were cousins.
Posted by: Don Black

You left me out.

Posted by: Mickey Gilley at October 06, 2026 08:37 AM (EdP2u)

153 Major Hasan deserves hanging, with is an execution for dis-honorable members of the military.

If Major Hasan received what he deserved, the Army would capture a couple wild boars and feed him to them. Then kill them, grind up their bodies, and drop the remains on Iran.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

154 Is Sam's any cheaper if you pay cash? Most stations here go with that.

I'm so old I remember when, if you used the oil company's own credit card, you got a nickel off per gallon (when gas was $1.40 or so). Now, I get .10 off if I use Exxon's card . . . but Exxon stations are getting thin on the ground here.

Is Sam's also supplied by Murphy Oil like Walmart?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:37 AM (wzUl9)

The Costco credit card has 5% cashback on gas purchased at Costco.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 08:39 AM (fzDsq)

155 I thought they hanged the Romanian guy? Or maybe I'm thinking of Mussolini.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:30 AM (wzUl9)

Nope.

Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife (the Romanian DOCTOR Jill) were airlifted out of Bucharest in a rescue by the Army that turned into an impromptu coup d'etat.

They hauled their rotten asses into a makeshift "courthouse" in a rural school, and held a trial lasting less than a hour. The befuddled Nicolae and his more strident wife made a spirited and legally sound defense of their actions.

They said "check the Constitution, dummies, it's all legal because we did it."

This was for nought - they were unceremoniously dragged out to the playground and executed by firing squad. "Recess is over, bitches. No more fun and games."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 08:39 AM (BI5O2)

156 Dad made us watch Jimmy Swaggart, Rex Humbard, Jerry Falwell, the PTL Club (Jim and Tammy Baker), Oral Roberts, and a few others on TV. It's amazing how many of those became disgraced, and how few didn't. I think they're all dead now.

Not really Dad's fault what some of those guys did.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I think Billy Graham and Falwell were the only ones with any integrity.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)

157 Morning Horde, thx JJ, hope your treatment goes well.
Komatireddy is running good campaign here in NY with not a lot of support. She'll get a lot of support from upstate, but the sheep will vote James

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 06, 2026 08:40 AM (ofacb)

158 Who was the hot chick in the PTL scandal

Fawn Hall was Iran-Contra...

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 08:40 AM (ZxPkt)

159 Today Is National Noodle Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

160 Is Sam's also supplied by Murphy Oil like Walmart?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:37 AM (wzUl9)

I believe so. Just about all of the Walmarts around here have a Murphy's nearby, usually in the same parking lot.

I go to one regularly that's close to the entrance of my neighborhood.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:41 AM (6ydKt)

161 Tiny Tim's rendition of Great Balls of Fire is superior to Jerry Lee's, and Tiny Tim's rendition of Rebel Yell is superior to Billy Idol's.

Posted by: 24 Minute Masterpiece at October 06, 2026 08:41 AM (EdP2u)

162 Today Is National Noodle Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)
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WRONG!

Posted by: Pasta at October 06, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

163 159 Today Is National Noodle Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

And I'm about to eat some ramen when it cools down enough.
Perfect.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:42 AM (6ydKt)

164 Fun Fact: Jimmy Swaggert and Jerry Lee Lewis were cousins.
Posted by: Don Black

Alec Baldwin made a great Swaggart in Great Balls of Fire.

And Winona Ryder -- yum.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

165 Yes! Do it, Dumpf!! That way we can help the Ds get rid of their - and our - problem! Ah, back to the grift.

The budget will never reduce, rather it keeps growing larger and larger each year regardless of who is in office.

The grift is until the inevitable social collapse into something very different.

Understand that no politician listens to their constituency, they only perform the treachery on orders from the donor class, whether the donors are foreign or domestic.

The lie that the Demonic Party is afraid of their volatile base is a cover for the donor class / NGO / academia etc, who are underwriting the violence of the base. This is all orchestrated. Fuel the Influencers and let Mimetic Theory bring the rest of the riot.

Their anger is over the Admin disrupting the fraud.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 06, 2026 08:42 AM (KhyP1)

166 Another option is CLEP to test out of most if not all of the general ed requirements.

I recognize that there are jobs that legitimately require a Bachelor's or higher. One trick is getting rid of the fluff and focusing on the Major once that's done.

Heck, I knew a young lady that was a Math Major and she was taking one class / semester.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 08:09 AM (NR6c1)

My youngest graduated in 3.5 years by taking a bunch of AP classes in HS. That fact pleased me to no end since they, and their mother, insisted on attending an out-of-state university.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)

167 Love Boat.

GB Politics
@GBPolitcs
NEW: Speaking in an interview, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has claimed that nearly every woman arriving by small boat has been raped

"You can almost guarantee that every woman in the north of France has probably been raped along the journey"

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But they'll stop once they hit the shores of Britain.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 06, 2026 08:43 AM (ndZc7)

168 I didn't watch televangelists, but I don't think Jerry Falwell was disgraced. It was his son who took over being head of Liberty University that had issues.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2026 08:43 AM (JrHfD)

169 Subtitled quote from just about every Korean TV show I've seen:

"Eat your noodles before they get soggy."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:43 AM (6ydKt)

170 159 Today Is National Noodle Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Yeah, but Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti Day.

Posted by: Anthony!! at October 06, 2026 08:44 AM (EdP2u)

171 We are retarded and easily duped.
Posted by: American Voters at October 06, 2026 08:18 AM (fzDsq)

You are overly emotional and, consequently, frequently led around by your nose into things which are bad for you. I do not expect this to change.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

172 I get soggy when I'm not cooked properly.

Posted by: Pasta at October 06, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

173 But they'll stop once they hit the shores of Britain.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 06, 2026 08:43 AM (ndZc7)

Magic Soil solves all problems.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:45 AM (6ydKt)

174 168 I didn't watch televangelists, but I don't think Jerry Falwell was disgraced. It was his son who took over being head of Liberty University that had issues.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2026 08:43 AM (JrHfD)

AFAIK he was one of the few that wasn't.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 08:45 AM (l3cgK)

175 You used to be able to watch the Ceausescu execution video online, but it's been completely scrubbed from the internet because it was a very embarrassing moment of horror for Communists. Big Tech doesn't see it as faith promoting.

There's some guy who put together a pretty darn accurate reenactment, but it's just not the same or as heartwarming knowing it's not real.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 08:45 AM (BI5O2)

176 > Today Is National Noodle Day.

Pho sho.

Posted by: Faux show at October 06, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)

177 Is Sam's also supplied by Murphy Oil like Walmart?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026
*
I believe so. Just about all of the Walmarts around here have a Murphy's nearby, usually in the same parking lot.

I go to one regularly that's close to the entrance of my neighborhood.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026

***
My last post at my former employer was with an institute that was funded by the Murphy Foundation, which is funded by Murphy Oil. I got to meet Mrs. Murphy, the owner, a number of times. She was always gracious and asked us to call her by her first name.

If I'm going to pay cash for gas, since my lone gas credit card now has so few stations locally, I might as well go to Murphy if they are within a few cents of the local convenience stores.

E0 is available at a few stations here, but it runs close to a dollar more per gallon than does E10. My increase in mileage won't pay for that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:46 AM (wzUl9)

178 172 I get soggy when I'm not cooked properly.

Posted by: Pasta at October 06, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

Does al-dente mean it breaks yer teeth?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 08:46 AM (l3cgK)

179 119 We need to leave NATO and pull all of our forces out of Europe.
Posted by: Bulg

facing an emergent formation of Russian nuclear cruise missiles Burevestnik/X9 Skyfalls making slow figure 8's irradiating the combat (and then cities) from east to west... now would be the time to do a rethink why it was a dumb idea for the noodle headed Macaroni to poke the bear the way they did.

The question will be, are they real? are they fake (real, or drone distractions), and which is the real one? do they shoot them all down? and what would be worse?

So many, So much, So Wow.

LET's GO BRANDON!
That hotel in Moscow, Greenland, 3Seas Accord and Putin gets to take Europe by force.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 06, 2026 08:46 AM (bYU0s)

180 Sitting right here...

Posted by: Al "The Tooth" Dente at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

181 We need to leave NATO and pull all of our forces out of Europe.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:27 AM (77rzZ)

30 years ago.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

182 170 159 Today Is National Noodle Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Ronzoni Sono Buoni!

Posted by: Ronzoni Is So Good! at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM (EdP2u)

183 Who was the hot chick in the PTL scandal

Fawn Hall was Iran-Contra...
Posted by: Don Black

Ah, the late 80s Bimbo Eruption.

Jessica Hahn -- PTL
Fawn Hall -- Iran-Contra
Donna Rice -- Gary Hartpence

I think I may be forgetting one.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM (77rzZ)

184 I think Billy Graham and Falwell were the only ones with any integrity.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)

If only I had that money Catherine and I gave to that TV preacher who was screwin' that hockey player.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

185 But they'll stop once they hit the shores of Britain.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 06, 2026 08:43 AM (ndZc7)

Magic Soil solves all problems.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:45 AM (6ydKt)
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Well that's when the authorities distribute their "rape is bad" educational pamphlets.

Posted by: Pasta at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

186 Yes… Jerry Falwell does not belong in the same category as Jimmy Swaggart. He wasn’t my cup of tea, but he was straight laced to the end

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM (9eNmI)

187 Sardonic humor from the NY Post this past weekend?

"Madmani intends to combat antisemitism, by first locking his wife in a closet"

Can't be original with them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM (9C7ml)

188 /soggy sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)

189 176 > Today Is National Noodle Day.

Pho sho.

Posted by: Faux show at October 06, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)

I once had to be on the phone on business with a gal named Lasagna (was spelled differently that that, but don't remember exactly how). Guess the race...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 08:48 AM (l3cgK)

190 That damn Trump is interfering with elections in Latin America!

America Cut Off USAID — Now Elections in Latin America Look Very Different

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 06, 2026 08:48 AM (ndZc7)

191 172 I get soggy when I'm not cooked properly.

Posted by: Pasta at October 06, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

Straighten up and stiffen your resolve.
You'll be al dente and like it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:49 AM (6ydKt)

192 I wish we had footage of Allended shooting himself with the custom made AK he got as a gift from Castro - that's freaking awesome, but alas, we don't.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 08:49 AM (BI5O2)

193 183 Who was the hot chick in the PTL scandal

Fawn Hall was Iran-Contra...
Posted by: Don Black

Ah, the late 80s Bimbo Eruption.

Jessica Hahn -- PTL
Fawn Hall -- Iran-Contra
Donna Rice -- Gary Hartpence

I think I may be forgetting one.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM (77rzZ)

Bill Clinton and all his "Bimbo Eruption" women...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 08:49 AM (l3cgK)

194 I remember the days when Charlotte still had Bill Graham and no restaurants downtown. Hell, it barely had a downtown. Then came the banks, and boom.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 08:49 AM (9C7ml)

195 Sitting right here...
Posted by: Al "The Tooth" Dente at October 06, 2026

***
Little known fact: Al "The Tooth" Dente was a top enforcer for Carlos Marcello. They were often seen dining on spaghetti and meatballs at Marcello's favorite eatery, Fusilli Jerry's. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:50 AM (wzUl9)

196 My Crystal Cathedral used to be a thing.

Posted by: Bob Schuller at October 06, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

197 "You can get basically the same engineering education at any one of a large number of state universities."

I don't think so. State universities require general ed stuff.

Yes, it's expensive. My grandson got a full-ride scholarship, though.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 06, 2026 08:50 AM (36x1j)

198 You used to be able to watch the Ceausescu execution video online, but it's been completely scrubbed from the internet because it was a very embarrassing moment of horror for Communists. Big Tech doesn't see it as faith promoting.

There's some guy who put together a pretty darn accurate reenactment, but it's just not the same or as heartwarming knowing it's not real.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I remember his ugly dead mug being all over the TV on Christmas Day. I mean, I was glad he was gone, but that's not something I really want to see on Christmas.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

199 What could possibly go wrong?

Virginia Officials Grant Parole to Dozens of Rapists, Murderers, Repeat Violent Offenders

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 06, 2026 08:51 AM (ndZc7)

200 What's amazing when you step back and look at how the Left works, it gets way way worse.

The op: pit men against women - pussify and subjugate the men, make them gay and trans - then erase femininity and womanhood - THEN (or simultaneously) bring in swarthy young virile barbarian hordes who have no such gender questions - by the millions - to wipe out the natives.

And there are ten more ops like it going on right now.

And if you don't think it was a plan then I feel fucking sorry for you because you're a retard.

Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 08:51 AM (bijW1)

201 Is Sam's also supplied by Murphy Oil like Walmart?

There are regional tank farms where contractors pull tanker trailers to load any of the various grades from a common resource. At this point all gasoline and diesel is identical. Nuanced into this is the ability to specify blends for specific octane ratings depending on the customer.

Also depending on the customer, the tankers go to separate additive tanks to load detergents or other components that are distinctives of a particular brand.

So a contractor for Sams, Murphy or Costco will load at the same tank. Sams and Murphy drivers will then continue to their customers. Costco delivery guy then adds the detergents into the fuel to achieve "Top Fuel" certification which is far better for direct injection cars than the cheaper fuels without it.

Costco is probably the best bang for the buck fuel in the US.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 06, 2026 08:51 AM (kHd4y)

202 On the hotness scale, I don't think Jessica Hahn was on the same level as Donna Rice and Fawn Hall.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2026 08:51 AM (J4Dwc)

203 >...at Marcello's favorite eatery, Fusilli Jerry's...

A million to one shot, doc!

Posted by: Frank Costanza at October 06, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)

204 "Madmani intends to combat antisemitism, by first locking his wife in a closet"

Can't be original with them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM (9C7ml)

I think they stole it from Babylon Bee.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:51 AM (6ydKt)

205 Is Sam's any cheaper if you pay cash? Most stations here go with that.

I'm so old I remember when, if you used the oil company's own credit card, you got a nickel off per gallon (when gas was $1.40 or so). Now, I get .10 off if I use Exxon's card . . . but Exxon stations are getting thin on the ground here.

Is Sam's also supplied by Murphy Oil like Walmart?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Sam's has no way to accept cash. Credit/debit only. But if you use a Sam's credit card, you get points back. I don't think you get any cash off.

I don't know about Murphy Oil, but I pass by a huge terminal every morning and there are Pilot tankers among others that fill up there.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 08:51 AM (sxG0y)

206 Virginia Officials Grant Parole to Dozens of Rapists, Murderers, Repeat Violent Offenders
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 06, 2026 08:51 AM (ndZc7)

So cancer is that much closer to being cured.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 08:52 AM (fzDsq)

207 184 I think Billy Graham and Falwell were the only ones with any integrity.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)

If only I had that money Catherine and I gave to that TV preacher who was screwin' that hockey player.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

Shared the ONT joke about the guy going to the bar on day one because his Dad was gay, day two because his brother was gay, and on day 3, the Bartended asked if anyone in his family was into women and he said, "My wife"...
My nephew apparently asked, "Does that mean the man himself was gay?"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 08:52 AM (l3cgK)

208 I remember his ugly dead mug being all over the TV on Christmas Day. I mean, I was glad he was gone, but that's not something I really want to see on Christmas.
Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

Gold. Frankincense. Myrrh. Dead Communists. Works for me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 08:52 AM (BI5O2)

209 Wasn't one of the Cornell Seven molested when *he* was unconscious? That's the one who has a case for a raep charge. If I'm unable to consent I don't want some strange chick who already has a mouth coated with presplooge, mint chapstick and ketamine putting all that on my dong. call me gay if you want

Posted by: 88C+u at October 06, 2026 08:52 AM (sDWtc)

210 I once had to be on the phone on business with a gal named Lasagna (was spelled differently that that, but don't remember exactly how). Guess the race...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026

***
Lazanya, no doubt, with sisters named Manicotta and Gemella. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:52 AM (wzUl9)

211 I once had to be on the phone on business with a gal named Lasagna (was spelled differently that that, but don't remember exactly how). Guess the race...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 08:48 AM (l3cgK)
******
Black Italian?

Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2026 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

212 Fanny Fox- Wilbur Mills

younger readers will not know what that means

yes Bulg- Jessica Hahn
I think she was on Church Chat once

younger readers will not know what that means

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 08:52 AM (ZxPkt)

213 The Wired magazine hit on Kurt Schlichter sure didn't get much traction. My favorite part was how aghast they were at his praise for Pinochet, with Kurt arguing only he had not gone far enough.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 08:53 AM (WAZlG)

214 Shell and Chevron best gas at the pump at they mark their gas when loaded into truck and then checked at the local pump for dilution.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

215 206 Virginia Officials Grant Parole to Dozens of Rapists, Murderers, Repeat Violent Offenders
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 06, 2026 08:51 AM (ndZc7)

So cancer is that much closer to being cured.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 08:52 AM (fzDsq)

When the patient dies, is the cancer cured?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 08:53 AM (l3cgK)

216 I think I may be forgetting one.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 08:47 AM

Me and my thong.

Posted by: Lonica Mooinsky at October 06, 2026 08:54 AM (2Ez/1)

217 had to be on the phone on business with a gal named Lasagna (was spelled differently that that, but don't remember exactly how).

Yeah and?
- Propecia Jackson

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 08:54 AM (fzDsq)

218 I don't know about Murphy Oil, but I pass by a huge terminal every morning and there are Pilot tankers among others that fill up there.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 08:51 AM (sxG0y)

Murphy Oil tries to soft Soap the fact they supply everyone.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026 08:54 AM (1Ff7Z)

219 "Is it time for a crackdown on the treason party?"

What? And face the self-deception to deal with reality?

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 06, 2026 08:54 AM (BdmD3)

220 You're all going to die and go to hell.

Posted by: Jack VanImpie at October 06, 2026 08:54 AM (Q+gd/)

221 I wish we had footage of Allended shooting himself with the custom made AK he got as a gift from Castro - that's freaking awesome, but alas, we don't.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 08:49 AM (BI5O2)
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I've read that this story is apocryphal and there is no direct evidence of how Allende died because La Moneda was largely destroyed by bombing.

It is a little too romantic for me to credit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

222 I've found the easiest way to piss of an Italian is to start breaking spaghetti noodles in half before boiling them.

They almost stroke out every time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 08:55 AM (6ydKt)

223 I recall Bernie in one of his online bloviations going on about how Romania has more high speed internet than we do. Someone in Romania replied "That's because we killed our communist dictator on Christmas and opened the markets."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 08:55 AM (NR6c1)

224 I sat directly behind Pat Robertson at a Christmas Concert at his Regent University in Virginia Beach.

Posted by: Brush with Greatness V at October 06, 2026 08:55 AM (EdP2u)

225 Wasn't one of the Cornell Seven molested when *he* was unconscious? That's the one who has a case for a raep charge. If I'm unable to consent I don't want some strange chick who already has a mouth coated with presplooge, mint chapstick and ketamine putting all that on my dong. call me gay if you want
Posted by: 88C+u at October 06, 2026 08:52 AM (sDWtc)

Supposedly. All the "believe all women" crowd on X have declared that an erection is consent.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

226 220 You're all going to die and go to hell.
Posted by: Jack VanImpie at October 06, 2026 08:54 AM (Q+gd/)

The first part is right.. The second is up for negotiation...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 08:55 AM (+gK6I)

227 I'm guessing Nick Shirley and Steven Crowder are now very high on the Leftist kill-list.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 06, 2026 08:56 AM (BdmD3)

228 Gemella. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:52 AM (wzUl9)

Gemella is a Roman name, can't blame the illiterates for that, Wolfus.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026 08:56 AM (1Ff7Z)

229 Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral has been previously bought and now repurposed to be a RC site- Christ Cathedral.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2026 08:56 AM (JrHfD)

230 39 Since he is paralyzed, set him on fire in a vacant field and let feral hogs dispose of what remains.

He can join Allah in hell after passing through the colon of swine.
Posted by: Community Notes

Works for me.
======
Why waste the fuel to set him on fire; just put him in the field where the hogs are known to roam and let them eat him alive.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 06, 2026 08:56 AM (JNTt1)

231 Black Italian?
Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2026 08:52 AM (NpAcC)
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Do you mean Sicilian?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)

232 Murphy Oil tries to soft Soap the fact they supply everyone.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026

***
I think Murphy is headquartered in Arkansas (at least Mrs. Murphy lives there), just as Walmart began in that state. Possibly a connection . . .?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:56 AM (wzUl9)

233 The worst example of a TV preacher these days IMO is Joel Osteen (sadly there are plenty of bad examples). He is a snake oil salesman and he never gets anywhere close to the true gospel, even by accident.

I’m personally offended by this kind of thing because my dad has been a humble faithful small town pastor for 60+ years and never once money-grubbed in any way

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 06, 2026 08:57 AM (9eNmI)

234 Well, this is a lie.

IG Report Finds Biden Knowingly Let Millions Overstay Visas — Including Threats

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Biden hasn't done anything knowingly in decades.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 06, 2026 08:57 AM (ndZc7)

235 Lola Lasagne was the villain name for Ethel Merman in an episode of the Batman TV series.

Posted by: Obscure TV trivia at October 06, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)

236 Heal!

Posted by: Rev. Ernest Angley at October 06, 2026 08:58 AM (wVcYX)

237 Fawn Hall

it was during the Time Of Big Hair

https://tinyurl.com/mvjr9vch

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 08:58 AM (ZxPkt)

238 Virginia Officials Grant Parole to Dozens of Rapists, Murderers, Repeat Violent Offenders

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 06, 2026 08:51 AM (ndZc7)

Spanberger removed and replaced literally every single member of the Parole Board to achieve exactly this outcome.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 06, 2026 08:58 AM (gLYp7)

239 I think Murphy is headquartered in Arkansas (at least Mrs. Murphy lives there), just as Walmart began in that state. Possibly a connection . . .?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:56 AM (wzUl9)

I thought Palmolive owns it....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026 08:58 AM (1Ff7Z)

240 Gemella is a Roman name, can't blame the illiterates for that, Wolfus.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026

***
I was just thinking "gemelli," the pasta type with the twinned noodles.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 08:58 AM (wzUl9)

241 Wasn't one of the Cornell Seven molested when *he* was unconscious? That's the one who has a case for a raep charge. If I'm unable to consent I don't want some strange chick who already has a mouth coated with presplooge, mint chapstick and ketamine putting all that on my dong. call me gay if you want
Posted by: 88C+u

It's only rape or molestation when males do it to females.

According to the wine box women of fartbook.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 08:58 AM (sxG0y)

242 We were just at Sam's yesterday. The lines for gas there are always, always, really long. Sometimes 5 or 6 cars deep.

Never got gas there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2026 08:58 AM (RORbl)

243 237 Fawn Hall

it was during the Time Of Big Hair

https://tinyurl.com/mvjr9vch

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 08:58 AM (ZxPkt)

I guess Big Penguin eventually won the war with Big Hair...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 08:59 AM (l3cgK)

244
The Left: Trump is a felon and a rapist!

Also The Left: Release all the felons and rapists!

Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 08:59 AM (bijW1)

245 Lola Lasagne was the villain name for Ethel Merman in an episode of the Batman TV series.
Posted by: Obscure TV trivia at October 06, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)

Lulu Schultz.

Posted by: More obscure trivia at October 06, 2026 08:59 AM (1Ff7Z)

246 Good morning.

Hang Hasan. If it was good enough for Saddam Hussein, it's fine for him. Waste of bullets.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:00 AM (rOKnE)

247 Yeah Fen. The Diocese of Orange County looked into the cost of building a new cathedral. Very expensive and the hassel of building permits. The Crystal Cathedral was a lot cheaper to buy and put in kneelers.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 06, 2026 09:00 AM (36x1j)

248 242 We were just at Sam's yesterday. The lines for gas there are always, always, really long. Sometimes 5 or 6 cars deep.

Never got gas there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2026 08:58 AM (RORbl)

Ever been to a Costo gas line? I've been in and seen lines that were dozens of cars long...each.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:00 AM (l3cgK)

249 Spanberger removed and replaced literally every single member of the Parole Board to achieve exactly this outcome.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 06, 2026 08:58 AM (gLYp7)
=====

Releasing violent criminals to prey upon the population is key to creating the fear, uncertainty, and doubt they need to divide and conquer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

250 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at October 06, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)

251 Hasan should be BEHEADED like the Nigerian Christians were and broadcast it over in the Middle East

Posted by: paulnjax at October 06, 2026 09:01 AM (PPnyU)

252 Hasan should be BEHEADED like the Nigerian Christians were and broadcast it over in the Middle East
Posted by: paulnjax at October 06, 2026 09:01 AM (PPnyU)
=====

Out-of-the box thinking. I like it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

253 251 Hasan should be BEHEADED like the Nigerian Christians were and broadcast it over in the Middle East

Posted by: paulnjax at October 06, 2026 09:01 AM (PPnyU)

Be sure to show a closeup of the soldiers dipping the bullets in pig fat first.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:02 AM (6ydKt)

254 249 Spanberger removed and replaced literally every single member of the Parole Board to achieve exactly this outcome.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 06, 2026 08:58 AM (gLYp7)
=====

Releasing violent criminals to prey upon the population is key to creating the fear, uncertainty, and doubt they need to divide and conquer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

It's in their playbook. Spend us into bankruptcy. Let law and order fail. Fill up our DAs and Judges and political seats with traitors.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:02 AM (l3cgK)

255 Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and his discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 09:02 AM (/+uur)

256 253 251 Hasan should be BEHEADED like the Nigerian Christians were and broadcast it over in the Middle East

Posted by: paulnjax at October 06, 2026 09:01 AM (PPnyU)

Be sure to show a closeup of the soldiers dipping the bullets in pig fat first.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:02 AM (6ydKt)

Using bullets for beheading? We're gonna need more bullets...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (l3cgK)

257 Yes, I want him shot, then beheaded.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (6ydKt)

258 I guess Big Penguin eventually won the war with Big Hair...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

We're persistent and always prevail in the end.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (EdP2u)

259 Out-of-the box thinking. I like it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

What's in the box!!!

Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (bijW1)

260 Not Fawn Hall

https://tinyurl.com/urpaf65t

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (ZxPkt)

261 Spencer Pratt is awesome. Describing Talarico mumbling on about patriarchy and white power and all the other words, Pratt says

Talarico legit just sounds like some woke wizard casting gibberish spells. Normal people don't talk like this.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (UpmsQ)

262 Releasing violent criminals to prey upon the population is key to creating the fear, uncertainty, and doubt they need to divide and conquer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

It's in their playbook. Spend us into bankruptcy. Let law and order fail. Fill up our DAs and Judges and political seats with traitors.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:02 AM (l3cgK)

I believe this is to cause a demand in more police and then answer will be to Nationalize PoPo that then Big Govt controls.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (/+uur)

263 Using bullets for beheading? We're gonna need more bullets...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (l3cgK)

I knew I was going to have to clarify.

too slow.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (6ydKt)

264 >> The Secretary of the Army, to avoid lawfare, should have put the go call in last night. Roust the Corporal of the Guard at the Leavenworth Stockade, have him wake up eight of his best shots, do the deed, and take the crew to Ihop for an early breakfast.

Yup

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (rOKnE)

265 242 We were just at Sam's yesterday. The lines for gas there are always, always, really long. Sometimes 5 or 6 cars deep.

Costco is like that too but the lines move really fast. Best to go early in the morning there’s usually no line. Costco is at least 20 cents cheaper than anywhere else plus I have the 5% cashback card.

I’ll save $7-10 per fill up. It’s worth a few minutes of my time in extra wait.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 06, 2026 09:04 AM (fzDsq)

266 255 Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and his discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 09:02 AM (/+uur)

Too bad the Pointer Sisters didn't do "Neutrino Dance"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:04 AM (l3cgK)

267
Talarico legit just sounds like some woke wizard casting gibberish spells. Normal people don't talk like this.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (UpmsQ)

But he's way ahead !

Posted by: The Polls at October 06, 2026 09:04 AM (+gK6I)

268 I sat directly behind Pat Robertson at a Christmas Concert at his Regent University in Virginia Beach.
Posted by: Brush with Greatness V

We went there several times for their huge buffets on Thanksgiving and Christmas when my wife's parents were still alive.

It was quite the spread.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)

269 260 Not Fawn Hall

https://tinyurl.com/urpaf65t

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (ZxPkt)

Morgan Fairchild!

Posted by: Jon Lovitz at October 06, 2026 09:05 AM (l3cgK)

270 I have a buddy who drives 15 minutes to Costco and waits in the line. Just not worth it for me.

Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 09:05 AM (bijW1)

271 Why waste bullets on Hassan? Take him for a helicopter ride over the Gulf Of America.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 09:06 AM (UpmsQ)

272 Too bad the Pointer Sisters didn't do "Neutrino Dance"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:04 AM (l3cgK)

Now I'm picturing Axel Foley falling over a trailer speeding down the highway with cartons of cigarettes falling everywhere.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:06 AM (6ydKt)

273 270 I have a buddy who drives 15 minutes to Costco and waits in the line. Just not worth it for me.
Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 09:05 AM (bijW1)

I go on Sunday morning before 8 AM....

Posted by: The Polls at October 06, 2026 09:06 AM (+gK6I)

274 263 Using bullets for beheading? We're gonna need more bullets...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (l3cgK)

I knew I was going to have to clarify.

too slow.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (6ydKt)

Sometimes we're too fast, sometimes we're too slow...hard to get it just right.

Posted by: Jon Lovitz at October 06, 2026 09:06 AM (l3cgK)

275 >>Hasan should be BEHEADED like the Nigerian Christians were and broadcast it over in the Middle East

Reminds me of how effective Trump's killing of Al Bagdadi was. That speech where he reported "he died like a dog" cowering in a cave, etc..

Hasan's death needs to be humiliating.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:06 AM (rOKnE)

276 Come to my next Miracle Crusade!

Posted by: Pastor Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn at October 06, 2026 09:06 AM (wVcYX)

277 271 Why waste bullets on Hassan? Take him for a helicopter ride over the Gulf Of America.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 09:06 AM (UpmsQ)

We love our sharks in the Gulf too much to do that to them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:06 AM (6ydKt)

278 That's the ticket!

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 09:06 AM (ZxPkt)

279 Not Fawn Hall

https://tinyurl.com/urpaf65t
Posted by: Don Black

Morgan Fairchild?

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

280 I think it was a mistake to announce the method of Hasan's execution. It'll be a mistake to announce the date/time/place too. From now until that time there will be attempts to thwart his execution.

I get it. It's a military issue. I doubt that'll stop any judge who's got an ax to grind with the administration. They did it with the deportations that they had zero jurisdiction over... they'll try it here too.

They'll ultimately fail... but it will still be weeks of judicial arguing over something that's clearly within the administration's purview.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2026 09:07 AM (RORbl)

281 >>Now I'm picturing Axel Foley falling over a trailer speeding down the highway with cartons of cigarettes falling everywhere.

Watched that recently with my kid, and it still holds up. Why is this movie not on tv as much as "Die Hard" and "Speed?" Classic.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:07 AM (rOKnE)

282 Make it an Acme production:

Nidal Hasan, not Hasan Piker, in a wheelchair trying to outrace a steamroller.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:07 AM (2GVsD)

283 280 I think it was a mistake to announce the method of Hasan's execution. It'll be a mistake to announce the date/time/place too. From now until that time there will be attempts to thwart his execution.

It's inevitable that some group is gonna sue to save his ass

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 09:08 AM (+gK6I)

284 Leftie woman are having a real hard time processing that we know they lie about getting raped.

That most of their "rape" stories are just sex they regret.

And most of that regret isn't because she didn't enjoy it at the time, but rather due to the loss of social standing when her voluntary actions are discovered.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 06, 2026 09:08 AM (3cUTc)

285 Abdi Nur Salah, a former aide to Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, was sentenced last week to nearly three years in federal prison for his role in Minnesota’s sprawling Feeding Our Future scandal.

The scandal takes its name from the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, which sponsored meal sites throughout the state where free food for children was purportedly served. In reality, the defendants submitted fraudulent claims for reimbursement from the federal government for meals that were never actually served.

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 09:09 AM (RHGPo)

286 283 280 I think it was a mistake to announce the method of Hasan's execution. It'll be a mistake to announce the date/time/place too. From now until that time there will be attempts to thwart his execution.

It's inevitable that some group is gonna sue to save his ass

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 09:08 AM (+gK6I)

Add to the traitors list?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:09 AM (l3cgK)

287 At WaPo: "3 science-backed ways to help your brain clear out waste"

Brainwash. Brain enema. Brain freshener.

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 09:09 AM (Jr5Lq)

288
Good morning.
Hang Hasan. If it was good enough for Saddam Hussein, it's fine for him. Waste of bullets.
Posted by: Lizzy

Out here in the soviet people's republic of Denver this week. Local news ( don't hate i was watching the weather ) had a story about how us magat right wing terrorists are shooting lead bullets and the bald eagles are eating the bullets and getting lead poisoning.

We have to ban guns for the sake of the birds!

Posted by: BifBewalski at October 06, 2026 09:09 AM (iIHmn)

289 269 260 Not Fawn Hall

https://tinyurl.com/urpaf65t

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 09:03 AM (ZxPkt)

Morgan Fairchild!
Posted by: Jon Lovitz at October 06, 2026 09:05 AM (l3cgK)

Hey What about me?

Posted by: Fawn Lebowitz at October 06, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)

290 >Morgan Fairchild?

Posted by: Bulg
----

Yes, and don't say she is overrated

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 09:09 AM (ZxPkt)

291 BabylonBee: Democrats Blame Cuts In USAID For Slowing Communist Takeover Of The West

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 09:09 AM (RHGPo)

292
Watched that recently with my kid, and it still holds up. Why is this movie not on tv as much as "Die Hard" and "Speed?" Classic.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:07 AM (rOKnE)

It's Eddie Murphy so they've got to bleep out a lot more words, I guess.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:10 AM (6ydKt)

293 41 On the passing of Jim Bakker, I clicked on that link and scrolled through the article. There's one pic of him with Tammy Fay. I was struck anew with the incredible (I'm talking incredible) amounts of makeup she wore.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 06, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)

For a time in the mid-80s I watched the PTL Club a few times every week. Because it was the funniest show on TV, if you looked at as a parody. Which it sort-of turned out to be. Several co-workers watched it often, too. Next day we'd laugh together about about the funniest and most cringe-worthy moments. We'd also laugh about how anyone could fall for the pleas for money and go to the Bakker's Heritage USA theme park in South Carolina. Jim endlessly pimped Heritage USA. It must have been a gold mine for the Bakkers. We figured it was lame and expensive.

Posted by: Gref at October 06, 2026 09:10 AM (5rh/l)

294 >>Talarico legit just sounds like some woke wizard casting gibberish spells. Normal people don't talk like this.

He also looks off, ITKWIM.
Toupe seems likely. Obviously acting a part. Just weird all around.

Paxton may not be attractive, but you don't get weirdo vibes. Why are so many Democrats just plain weird??

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:10 AM (rOKnE)

295 IIRC, church secretary Jessica Hahn got herself glammed up with bolt-ons and later posed for Playboy magazine.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 06, 2026 09:10 AM (wVcYX)

296 Yes, and don't say she is overrated
Posted by: Don Black

Well, to be honest, she never did much for me. Something about her face. But she looks good in that pic.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:11 AM (77rzZ)

297 Amy Klobuchar has no core beliefs. X has video of her speaking Somali at a rally, accepting an upside down American flag, and talking about how government needs to do more for Somalis.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 09:11 AM (YLfAR)

298 Lone Star Liberty PAC-

Who the hell talks like this?

"We have to understand especially for the white educators on this call that these violent hierarchies, these systems, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, economic exploitation, have colonized our own minds." - James talarico #TXsen

Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2026 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

299 Why waste the fuel to set him on fire; just put him in the field where the hogs are known to roam and let them eat him alive.

I thought of that, but had compassion on the feral hogs in that uncooked Muslim would leave a bad taste in their mouth, and that would be cruel.

PETA should thank me

Posted by: Community Notes at October 06, 2026 09:12 AM (KhyP1)

300 Democrat super-lawyer Marc 'election fraud' Elias rushed to social media Monday to celebrate a new National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) lawsuit aimed at the Trump Justice Department’s plan to put roughly 1,000 federal election monitors at polling places for the November 3 midterms. Americans immediately told him what they thought of it.

On Fox News Sunday, Shannon Bream asked whether the monitors would be armed federal agents. Blanche’s answer: “Completely false. They’re going to be election monitors as they are every single time.”

He said DOJ has monitored elections since the 1960s, that the Trump administration is doing what “every single administration has done,” and that the monitors “are not going to Republican states.

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 09:12 AM (RHGPo)

301 295 IIRC, church secretary Jessica Hahn got herself glammed up with bolt-ons and later posed for Playboy magazine.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 06, 2026 09:10 AM (wVcYX)

Hadrons, Besons, and Bolt-ons...
Mainstays of Physics.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:12 AM (l3cgK)

302 Anna Puma

I like it.

Alternatively, use a Israeli D-9.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 09:12 AM (u82oZ)

303 Brainolax. Dyson Brain Vacuum.

Posted by: gp at October 06, 2026 09:12 AM (Jr5Lq)

304 Bosons, not Besons...damn fingers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:13 AM (l3cgK)

305 Look up Morgan Fairchild high school grad photo.

Posted by: Every Picture Tells A Story at October 06, 2026 09:13 AM (EdP2u)

306 Oh, yeah. This is what we need.

Democrat Pushes “Trans Bill of Rights” Just Weeks Before Midterm Elections

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 06, 2026 09:13 AM (ndZc7)

307 143 Fun Fact: Jimmy Swaggert and Jerry Lee Lewis were cousins.
Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 08:35 AM (ZxPkt)
=======
Don't forget about Mickey Gilley as one of the cousins as well.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 06, 2026 09:13 AM (JNTt1)

308 Where's the church, who took the steeple?
Religion's in the hands of some crazy-ass people
Television preachers with bad hair and dimples
The god's honest truth is it's not that simple
It's the Buddhist in you, it's the Pagan in me
It's the Muslim in him, she's Catholic, ain't she?
It's that born-again look, it's the WASP and the Jew
Tell me what's goin' on, I ain't got a clue

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 06, 2026 09:13 AM (/+uur)

309 For a time in the mid-80s I watched the PTL Club a few times every week. Because it was the funniest show on TV, if you looked at as a parody. Which it sort-of turned out to be. Several co-workers watched it often, too. Next day we'd laugh together about about the funniest and most cringe-worthy moments. We'd also laugh about how anyone could fall for the pleas for money and go to the Bakker's Heritage USA theme park in South Carolina. Jim endlessly pimped Heritage USA. It must have been a gold mine for the Bakkers. We figured it was lame and expensive.
Posted by: Gref

I used to watch Ernest Angely on Friday nights when I was babysitting for my brother. It was hilarious when he'd say "Heal!" and bop some person on the forehead and send them falling to the floor.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:14 AM (77rzZ)

310 >>We have to ban guns for the sake of the birds!

Sure, sure, as soon as they dismantle the wind and solar farms that are slaughtering birds horribly.

There's a classic video from the 2010's of birders watching a lone bird in UK that was believed to be extinct -- and then the poor thing flies right into a windmill and dies.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:14 AM (rOKnE)

311 My daughter says the joke going round among the young mothers in her crowd is how offended they are that young fraternity men no longer sexually harass them. Ageists!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 09:14 AM (YLfAR)

312 Who'd a thunk it?

Child rapist arrested for sexually assaulting women in Planet Fitness locker room thanks to chain's inclusive gender policy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 06, 2026 09:14 AM (ndZc7)

313 Should Republicans “fear” or “welcome” Barack Obama campaigning in the midterms ?

JENNINGS: “Well, neither because it’s expected he campaigns in every election. He’s the most partisan ate-up with politics ex-president we’ve ever had. I expect him to show up in every race, in every jurisdiction in the country. He can’t stand it. He has to be involved in politics, politics all the time.”

“What it tells me, though, is that all this Democratic confidence you hear out there about El-Sayed is a little misplaced, because I don’t think Obama would be going there if they were so confident about it.”

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

314
I used to watch Ernest Angely on Friday nights when I was babysitting for my brother. It was hilarious when he'd say "Heal!" and bop some person on the forehead and send them falling to the floor.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:14 AM (77rzZ)

Sure he wasn't saying "Heel!"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:15 AM (l3cgK)

315 Why are so many Democrats just plain weird??

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:10 AM (rOKnE)

Because of how you advance in the Democrat Party.

Posted by: ... at October 06, 2026 09:16 AM (bijW1)

316 Has anyone noticed who is running against Brandon Herrera?

About the only truthful thing about her, is her last name: Stout.

She is so stupid, she confused Mein Kampf with the Communist Manifesto. She would probably shiv Stacey Abrams for that last drop of KFC gravy.

Her name is Katy Padilla Stout.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:16 AM (2GVsD)

317 Snowed yesterday at Whiteface Mt in the Adirondacks. Winter is here

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 06, 2026 09:17 AM (ofacb)

318
Her name is Katy Padilla Stout.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:16 AM (2GVsD)

An unfortunate name...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 09:17 AM (+gK6I)

319 who doesn't look geeky in their HS yearbook photo

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 09:17 AM (ZxPkt)

320 317 Snowed yesterday at Whiteface Mt in the Adirondacks. Winter is here
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 06, 2026 09:17 AM (ofacb)

97 here

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 09:17 AM (+gK6I)

321 Her name is Katy Padilla Stout.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:16 AM (2GVsD)

Sarah Silvia Cynthia Stout
Would not take the garbage out

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 06, 2026 09:18 AM (gLYp7)

322 Talking about beautiful blondes of yesteryear.

I would've done some seriously bad things to Audra Barkley (Linda Evans) when she was on The Big Valley.

Those blue eyes..... whew!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:18 AM (6ydKt)

323 "We have to understand especially for the white educators on this call that these violent hierarchies, these systems, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, economic exploitation, have colonized our own minds." - James talarico #TXsen

His audience has a short attention span and they don't know the meaning of words so there is nothing structurally in the statement that is supposed to be interpreted through the lens of syntax, argument and reason.

Dogs sniff each other's rear ends as a way to ascertain tribal affiliations, thus Screwtape had to mix a bunch of Trigger Words into that salad so that the shit that came out would be familiar and acceptable to his audience .

Posted by: Community Notes at October 06, 2026 09:18 AM (kHd4y)

324 242 We were just at Sam's yesterday. The lines for gas there are always, always, really long. Sometimes 5 or 6 cars deep.

I've never had that problem. The few times that it was crowded, the dude working out there was directing traffic like a pro.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 09:18 AM (NR6c1)

325 forehead and send them falling to the floor.
Posted by: Bulg

Every instance in the Bible of falling backwards is a sign of death or damnation.

Posted by: Eli Was Only One at October 06, 2026 09:18 AM (EdP2u)

326 Every sitting district judge in the Middle District of Tennessee has stepped off Senator Marsha Blackburn’s civil rights lawsuit against former Special Counsel Jack Smith, forcing the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to designate an outside judge to hear the case.

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

327 318
Her name is Katy Padilla Stout.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:16 AM (2GVsD)

An unfortunate name...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 09:17 AM (+gK6I)

Horry sheet! She's shaped like a boulder...
She'd bankrupt a buffet...
"That's not a moon..."
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:19 AM (l3cgK)

328 284 And most of that regret isn't because she didn't enjoy it at the time, but rather due to the loss of social standing when her voluntary actions are discovered.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Bring back public shaming. Seriously.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 09:19 AM (NR6c1)

329 We have to ban guns for the sake of the birds!

Sure, sure, as soon as they dismantle the wind and solar farms that are slaughtering birds horribly.

There's a classic video from the 2010's of birders watching a lone bird in UK that was believed to be extinct -- and then the poor thing flies right into a windmill and dies.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:14 AM (rOKnE)
_________

White-throated needletail. Not extinct, but very very rare in UK.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 09:19 AM (iFTx/)

330 Tim Walz ran a marathon and peed his shorts. His daughter posted the picture. I guess we know what the tampons are for now.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2026 09:19 AM (QZThv)

331 I though Jerry Lee and Jimmy was the greater juxtaposition

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 09:20 AM (ZxPkt)

332 GB Politics
@GBPolitcs
🚨NEW: Speaking in an interview, [UK] Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has claimed that nearly every woman arriving by small boat has been raped

"You can almost guarantee that every woman in the north of France has probably been raped along the journey"

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

333 330 Tim Walz ran a marathon and peed his shorts. His daughter posted the picture. I guess we know what the tampons are for now.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2026 09:19 AM (QZThv)

Depends....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 09:20 AM (+gK6I)

334 319 who doesn't look geeky in their HS yearbook photo
Posted by: Don Black

Us!

Posted by: The Paolo and Ricardo Romantico at October 06, 2026 09:20 AM (EdP2u)

335 331 I though Jerry Lee and Jimmy was the greater juxtaposition

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 09:20 AM (ZxPkt)

At least Jimmy didn't marry his cousin.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:21 AM (6ydKt)

336 330 Tim Walz ran a marathon and peed his shorts. His daughter posted the picture. I guess we know what the tampons are for now.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2026 09:19 AM (QZThv)

Did he have to avoid being raped during that run?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:21 AM (l3cgK)

337 who doesn't look geeky in their HS yearbook photo
Posted by: Don Black

My wife dug out three of my HS yearbooks last weekend. I texted her and our son my freshman year photo (1980), and she replied "You look like a Monkee."

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

338 She is so stupid, she confused Mein Kampf with the Communist Manifesto. She would probably shiv Stacey Abrams for that last drop of KFC gravy.

It’s a documented thing that she’s diverted campaign money to buy cookies.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 06, 2026 09:21 AM (QZThv)

339 327 318
Her name is Katy Padilla Stout.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:16 AM (2GVsD)

An unfortunate name...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 09:17 AM (+gK6I)

Horry sheet! She's shaped like a boulder...
She'd bankrupt a buffet...
"That's not a moon..."
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:19 AM (l3cgK)

She definitely hasn't been skipping any burritos.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:22 AM (6ydKt)

340 In one of my HS yearbooks, the names and pictures got scambled up...so you had a gal talking about her cars and muscles and her weakness being sexy women...
Was hilarious except to those affected.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:23 AM (l3cgK)

341 SMOD

One group gang-raped the only woman and then threw her two year old over the side of the raft for crying.

Yeah Muslims. /s

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

342 And most of that regret isn't because she didn't enjoy it at the time, but rather due to the loss of social standing when her voluntary actions are discovered.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Bring back public shaming. Seriously.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 09:19 AM (NR6c1)
____

I think the missing piece of the puzzle was provided yesterday (at least to me) in that she was disinvited to the frat's halloween party. She was apparently angry about that. Yes, she wanted to go to the party of the frat who supposed gang-raped her.

It was at that point her texts to the boys -- yes, she was busy texting her supposed rapists -- get hostile, and a week later she went to the cops. Before that, she was still fishing for invites to the frat.

I think the entire thing is just old-school "hell hath no fury" shit. She was bitter and angry and wanted revenge.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 09:23 AM (iFTx/)

343 339 327 318
Her name is Katy Padilla Stout.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:16 AM (2GVsD)

An unfortunate name...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 09:17 AM (+gK6I)

Horry sheet! She's shaped like a boulder...
She'd bankrupt a buffet...
"That's not a moon..."
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:19 AM (l3cgK)

She definitely hasn't been skipping any burritos.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:22 AM (6ydKt)

She's been hoarding them...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:23 AM (l3cgK)

344 I've pondered burning or throwing away my HS yearbooks but for some reason, can't take that step.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 09:24 AM (NR6c1)

345 Hey What about me?
Posted by: Fawn Lebowitz

Sorry chica. Exploding kilns are not my bag.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 09:24 AM (sxG0y)

346 Klobuchar and Frey in Minnesota are both Jewish. They pander to Muslim Somalis to get elected. Not a good long term plan

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 06, 2026 09:25 AM (ofacb)

347 341 SMOD

One group gang-raped the only woman and then threw her two year old over the side of the raft for crying.

Yeah Muslims. /s

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 06, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

Those rapists should be skinned alive with a knife used for butchering pigs.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:25 AM (l3cgK)

348 Her name is Katy Padilla Stout.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:16 AM (2GVsD)

An unfortunate name...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 09:17 AM (+gK6I)

Horry sheet! She's shaped like a boulder...
She'd bankrupt a buffet...
"That's not a moon..."
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:19 AM (l3cgK)

She definitely hasn't been skipping any burritos.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:22 AM (6ydKt)

She's been hoarding them...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Torta.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 09:25 AM (sxG0y)

349 I've pondered burning or throwing away my HS yearbooks but for some reason, can't take that step.
Posted by: NR Pax

Yeah, my yearbook pics may not have been the best, but those of the girls show that they were just as pretty as I remember them being.

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ)

350 Although Mickey Gilley did have the most glorious male chauvinist song ever

"The Girl All Get Prettier At Closing Time"

https://tinyurl.com/5n8xyvmc

Posted by: Don Black at October 06, 2026 09:25 AM (ZxPkt)

351 I've read that this story is apocryphal and there is no direct evidence of how Allende died because La Moneda was largely destroyed by bombing.

It is a little too romantic for me to credit.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at

That was only because his Communist swine family wanted to pretend Pinochet's troops killed him (which they might have if they had the chance, but were ordered to take him alive).

They whined very cuntily about this for decades until some Leftist judge in Britain negotiated for exhumation and independent autopsy by a British third-party, which affirmed the suicide story, and finally shut their lying Commie mouths about it.

If I ever win Powerball, I'm buying his shattered eyeglasses, and Otoya Yamaguchi's sword as decorations for my office.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 06, 2026 09:26 AM (BI5O2)

352 346 Klobuchar and Frey in Minnesota are both Jewish. They pander to Muslim Somalis to get elected. Not a good long term plan

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 06, 2026 09:25 AM (ofacb)

Feeding the crocodile hoping to be eaten last...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:26 AM (l3cgK)

353 Amy Klobuchar has no core beliefs.

Not true. Amy Klobuchar believes that Amy Klobuchar should have more. More money, more power, more. -- Amy Klobuchar

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 06, 2026 09:26 AM (ExV1e)

354 Katy Padilla Stout.
Imagine a Spherical Cow...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:27 AM (l3cgK)

355 >>White-throated needletail. Not extinct, but very very rare in UK.

Thanks! Yes, that video is soul-crushing.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:27 AM (rOKnE)

356 Her name is Katy Padilla Stout.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:16 AM (2GVsD)

An unfortunate name...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 09:17 AM

But one that is 1,000% spot on.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 06, 2026 09:28 AM (S13iD)

357 I hope Hamas supporters like Madmani and al Syed have the good grace to shut the hell up tomorrow, October 7th. But they probably will want to celebrate the anniversary of death and destruction, as jihadists like to do.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 09:28 AM (qPiHX)

358 Although Mickey Gilley did have the most glorious male chauvinist song ever

"The Girl All Get Prettier At Closing Time"

https://tinyurl.com/5n8xyvmc
Posted by: Don Black

Going to bed at 2 with a 10 and waking up at 10 with a 2.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 06, 2026 09:28 AM (sxG0y)

359 JENNINGS: “I’m old enough to remember when Democrats were advocating for higher gas prices to bring about the end of the internal combustion engine.”

“NOW, all of the sudden gas prices are a big deal.”

MOCKLER: “Wait, which Democrats said they want higher gas prices?”

JENNINGS: “Literally ALL of them.”

MOCKLER: “They said I want higher gas prices?!”

JENNINGS: “Yes! That was the stated policy, to drive prices, up to get rid of the internal combustion engine.”

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 09:29 AM (RHGPo)

360 356 Her name is Katy Padilla Stout.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:16 AM (2GVsD)

An unfortunate name...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 06, 2026 09:17 AM

But one that is 1,000% spot on.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 06, 2026 09:28 AM (S13iD)

"Welcome, Ms. Creosote...Um, Ms. Padilla Stout"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:29 AM (l3cgK)

361 idal Hasan, not Hasan Piker, in a wheelchair trying to outrace a steamroller.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:07 AM (2GVsD)
-

Commercial break:

https://youtu.be/n-86ax7TYNM

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 09:29 AM (KR4PD)

362 Katy Padilla Stout or Yellowstone?

Wafer thin.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2026 09:30 AM (2GVsD)

363 Nood art.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 06, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

364 JENNINGS: “Yes! That was the stated policy, to drive prices, up to get rid of the internal combustion engine.”

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 09:29 AM (RHGPo)

"Energy costs will necessarily skyrocket."
- Barack Obama

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 06, 2026 09:30 AM (gLYp7)

365 NOOD Nude

Posted by: Bulg at October 06, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

366 363 Nood art.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 06, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

Oh! Nude NOOD art!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:31 AM (l3cgK)

367 >>@GBPolitcs
🚨NEW: Speaking in an interview, [UK] Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has claimed that nearly every woman arriving by small boat has been raped

"You can almost guarantee that every woman in the north of France has probably been raped along the journey"

If the immigrants are all rapists (which is what she's implying) then WHY TF ARE YOU USHERING THEM INTO YOUR COUNTRY, YOU MONSTER?!?!?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:31 AM (rOKnE)

368 White-throated needletail. Not extinct, but very very rare in UK.

Thanks! Yes, that video is soul-crushing.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:27 AM (rOKnE)
________

There was supposedly video somewhere of some animal group who rescued two sick sea lions, nursed them back to health, and then made a big deal about releasing them back. Lotsa people showed up to cheer them on. Sea lions go back into the water, and then in front of everyone, an orca attacks and kills them.

Could be a myth, but I do remember reading articles about it in the news.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 09:31 AM (iFTx/)

369 Talking about beautiful blondes of yesteryear.

I would've done some seriously bad things to Audra Barkley (Linda Evans) when she was on The Big Valley.

Those blue eyes..... whew!
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 09:18 AM (6ydKt)

I sorta had a type.

Posted by: John Derek at October 06, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)

370 Every sitting district judge in the Middle District of Tennessee has stepped off Senator Marsha Blackburn’s civil rights lawsuit against former Special Counsel Jack Smith, forcing the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to designate an outside judge to hear the case.
Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 09:18 AM (RHGPo)
=======================
Now I am curious. Was it because they are in favor of leftist lawfare against Republicans?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 09:31 AM (qPiHX)

371 Bring back public shaming. Seriously.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 09:19 AM

I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: The Barrel at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (0sNs1)

372 Three University of South Alabama Students Arrested on Federal Charges After Alleged Social Media Threats Against President Trump — Hours Before Mobile Rally

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (mjxp6)

373 Art.

But you knew that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 09:32 AM (qPiHX)

374 >>Oh! Nude NOOD art!

The finest kind.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 06, 2026 09:33 AM (NcvvS)

375 368 White-throated needletail. Not extinct, but very very rare in UK.

Thanks! Yes, that video is soul-crushing.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 06, 2026 09:27 AM (rOKnE)
________

There was supposedly video somewhere of some animal group who rescued two sick sea lions, nursed them back to health, and then made a big deal about releasing them back. Lotsa people showed up to cheer them on. Sea lions go back into the water, and then in front of everyone, an orca attacks and kills them.

Could be a myth, but I do remember reading articles about it in the news.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 06, 2026 09:31 AM (iFTx/)

The Exxon Valdez accident. Was in the news at the time.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026 09:33 AM (l3cgK)

376 Ever been to a Costo gas line? I've been in and seen lines that were dozens of cars long...each.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2026

***
The one on my (former) direct route to work opened at six a.m. as I passed by. I could have gassed up there and had very little wait time. If I hadn't lost the BMW in the July 2019 flood, it might have been worth my while to get premium gas there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)

377 I am so demoralized by every pundit saying Texas is going to Democrats. What about all those folks who came out to vote for Paxton against Cornyn? Will they now be voting for Talarico?

Posted by: AnnaS at October 06, 2026 09:34 AM (WdMlw)

378 Thumb Tillis is certainly busy these days, going on lefty TV and being interviewed about how much he hates Trump and Hegseth, especially Hegseth. His 15 minutes are thankfully about up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 09:37 AM (qPiHX)

379 Talasqueakhole is gonna get wiped out like a dirty crack.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 06, 2026 09:43 AM (JNTt1)

380 377 I am so demoralized by every pundit saying Texas is going to Democrats. What about all those folks who came out to vote for Paxton against Cornyn? Will they now be voting for Talarico?

Posted by: AnnaS at October 06, 2026 09:34 AM (WdMlw)

I certainly am!

Posted by: John Cornyn at October 06, 2026 09:43 AM (l3cgK)

381
I've read that this story is apocryphal and there is no direct evidence of how Allende died because La Moneda was largely destroyed by bombing.

It is a little too romantic for me to credit.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at

Every time someone mentions Allende, I start thinking of forest porn. Because one of the more memorable issues of Penthouse that a young Cur drooled over had a long article about the coup and Allende's death.

In my defense, I only read the article once or twice before going back to the spank photos, and mainly because it had a description of Allende's brains blasted on the palace wall.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 06, 2026 09:47 AM (iqcvy)

382 Good morning! Thank you, J.J.

I know, everything is not about PA. Correct. But please look at your state regarding SNAP benefits, Medicaid, etc. too.

>Philadelphia Daily News - Inquirer, "More SNAP recipients continue to lose benefits"

In part, "State agencies are already struggling to keep up with recent changes to SNAP, Libby said. In addition, they're preparing for another rule change that will go into effect next year - requiring states to keep a low "error rate" or take on more of the costs of the food assistance itself.

So on one hand, state case workers are overloaded, and on the other, SNAP recipients are struggling to navigate a lot more documentation requirements."

Who is losing their benefits?

"With a few exceptions, non-citizens have lost their access to SNAP benefits, Libbey said. That includes refugees, asylum seekers, victims of human trafficking, and those awaiting a permanent status. Green-card holders and a few other groups remain eligible."

(Note: Remember, the Bidenites "extended" so many benefits, and changed definitions of who are the deserving, too.)

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 06, 2026 09:47 AM (NFX2v)

383 How many people have lost SNAP benefits?

Almost two million people in Pennsylvania were on SNAP last summer, when the federal changes were signed into law, Libbey said. Since then, 234,000 people - 12% - have fallen off the rolls.

About 106,000 lost SNAP benefits because of work requirements, including 36,000 in Philadelphia."

How much do SNAP recipients get?

"The amount of benefits has not changed because of federal rules, and has increased slightly because of cost of living adjustments, federal data shows." 👈🏻

So, the Trump administration hasn't been monsters but rather demand both those distributing and receiving SNAP benefits follow the rules and be accurate and honest. (BTW - A single per person could receive as much as $306 monthly; a family of four $1,023.)

A following headline: 'PA Democrats have mostly positive view of socialism'

Lots about Philadelphia's silver spoon baby, Chris Rabb, a democratic socialist likely on the way to Congress; some about the Philly mayor who's not the brightest bulb but sees the DSA over her shoulder for the next election.

Oh, and portraying Shapiro as a moderate. 🤣

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 06, 2026 09:47 AM (NFX2v)

384 👉🏻Governor Shapiro officially announced his support for Bob Brooks on December 15, 2025, to help flip the competitive Lehigh Valley seat currently held by Republican Representative Ryan Mackenzie.

Both a big Bernie's boy and homegrown, loudmouthed thug with the usual DSA platform, imo.

Lastly, "New Medicaid rules could disqualify thousands in Philly" (Not to mention hundreds of thousands in the state.)

Here we go again: "... Several groups of legal immigrants, including people who were granted asylum and those who are temporary humanitarian parolees, can no longer be covered by Medicaid. Legal permanent residents, including green-card holders, will maintain coverage."

And, "....people who are covered by Medicaid under expansion and previously had to renew annually will now need to do so every six months."

The Trump administration, guarding the nation's and our pocketbooks.

But, yes, let's keep leaning Left in PA as the taxes in all of the state - but especially in the areas that are not wealthy - consistently climb along with state payrolls.
---
Good day!

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 06, 2026 09:47 AM (NFX2v)

385 Entire Federal Bench in Middle Tennessee Recuses From Marsha Blackburn’s Lawsuit Against Jack Smith — Sixth Circuit to Bring in Outside Judge

This shows the incestuous nature of the DOJ and the Judiciary.

Posted by: SMOD at October 06, 2026 10:36 AM (RHGPo)

Daily Tech News 6 October 2026

Top Story

Hacking group Shiny Hunters hacked the FBI. So the FBI arrested them. (The Register)

What did they think was going to happen?

Tech News

AI is junk food for the mind: Easy, tempting, and ultimately very bad for you. (The Verge) (archive site)

This is the ultimate demarcation dispute for journalists as they see that precise niche being carved out from under them by Chinese clankers.
Here's a button that frees up 12GB of space on your Mac. (MacRumors)

Which doesn't sound like much - and honestly isn't much - but given that Macs still ship with as little as 256GB of storage and Apple just added local AI that some people neither use nor want and removed the option to remove it, it is welcome.
The ~~error~~ era of software quality, or the era of ostriches. (Gnome)

We have every quality, so long as it's bad.
Currently building an emulator for yet another nonexistent system, this time based on real hardware: The Zilog Z800 (which did exist, renamed as the Z280, though it had no major design wins), the WDC 65C816, which you can still buy today, two Yamaha V9938 video controllers as seen in MSX2 systems, and a Yamaha OPNA YM2608 sound chip.

I also have the emulators set up so you can use them via a web browser.

I plan to release the whole project before the end of the year. The suite of fantasy emulators is just one small component.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: No, I won't take you to Funky Town.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 06, 2026 04:03 AM (sAmhv)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

4
The occultation of Jupiter by the Moon is coming up in roughly 10 minutes. Timing will vary somewhat, but because of the angle the US is at rotating into the moving shadow, the timing will be fairly consistent.

Here it will start at 4:14AM.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:05 AM (w6EFb)

5 Hey.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:05 AM (rdVOm)

6 What did they think was going to happen?

Nothing.
Criminals often think that until one day they hear some banging on the door followed by "POLICE! We have a warrant!!".

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 04:06 AM (6ydKt)

7 Disclaimer: No, I won't take you to Funky Town.

Bad Pixy!

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:06 AM (odBC9)

8 AI is junk food for the mind: Easy, tempting, and ultimately very bad for you. (The Verge) (archive site)

Oh c'mon, it's not that bad.

youtu.be/hQanCfyKFGI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 06, 2026 04:07 AM (sAmhv)

9 4 The occultation of Jupiter by the Moon is coming up in roughly 10 minutes. Timing will vary somewhat, but because of the angle the US is at rotating into the moving shadow, the timing will be fairly consistent.

Here it will start at 4:14AM.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:05 AM (w6EFb)

https://t.ly/9NaU4

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:07 AM (odBC9)

10 Currently building an emulator

Funny coinkydink: I'm emulating a builder.

I'm doing it naked.

Posted by: guy who is doing it naked at October 06, 2026 04:09 AM (E575y)

11
Here's an In-the-sky.org page that shows the map.
https://t.ly/L96u6

Those flat path projections can be sort of confusing, but scroll down and see the animation of the shadow path across the rotating globe. That projection makes it much easier to see how it works.

You'll see the US just rotating into the moving red shadow circle, which is the area where Jupiter appears to be behind the Moon. That moves from west to east across the earth as it rotates underneath. And finally that shadow just moves off the earth's surface.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:11 AM (w6EFb)

12 I'm doing it naked.
Posted by: guy who is doing it naked

Well... lah dee dah... I've been naked all night! Doing all kinds of commenting & stuff! Big whoop! LOL.

/s

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:11 AM (rdVOm)

13
Tree line is blocking it here pretty good. But I'll be able to easily see Jupiter reappear in about an hour.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:12 AM (w6EFb)

14
The error of software quality, or the era of ostriches. (Gnome)

We have every quality, so long as it's bad.

I can see how AI can definitely help with security.
The problem I can see in the future is that eventually these AI security/bug hunters are eventually going to have such a large database that eventually there will be no software they can't hack into.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 04:12 AM (6ydKt)

15 9 4 The occultation of Jupiter by the Moon is coming up in roughly 10 minutes. Timing will vary somewhat, but because of the angle the US is at rotating into the moving shadow, the timing will be fairly consistent.

Here it will start at 4:14AM.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:05 AM (w6EFb)

https://t.ly/9NaU4
Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:07 AM (odBC9)

The arrow pointer on the screen: I think that should go away.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:14 AM (odBC9)

16 15 9 4 The occultation of Jupiter by the Moon is coming up in roughly 10 minutes. Timing will vary somewhat, but because of the angle the US is at rotating into the moving shadow, the timing will be fairly consistent.

Here it will start at 4:14AM.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:05 AM (w6EFb)

https://t.ly/9NaU4
Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:07 AM (odBC9)

The arrow pointer on the screen: I think that should go away.
Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:14 AM (odBC9)

haha it's gone, now

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:16 AM (odBC9)

17 Oh c'mon, it's not that bad.

youtu.be/hQanCfyKFGI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 06, 2026 04:07 AM (sAmhv)

lol

Yes, AI is good for people with excellent imaginations and a lot of free time to come up with enough crazy to make me laugh.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 04:16 AM (6ydKt)

18
Jupiter here has just disappeared behind the limb (according to Stellarium). The difference from the feed above in Illinois is parallax, of course. Just a little bit later for them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:17 AM (w6EFb)

19 It's just a nice, starry night here in Podunk ID...

Me & Cat on the deck. He gets extra rubbys just because, LOL.

Summer is over but hanging on until the last possible moment!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:18 AM (rdVOm)

20 /s

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:11 AM (rdVOm)

Sure, sure, sarcastic, uh huh.

We all know you do the naked bartender thing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 04:18 AM (6ydKt)

21 We all know you do the naked bartender thing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

LOL!

And Bulg is the only one I *shimmied* for! Y'all missed it!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

22 cool stuff, publius

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:21 AM (odBC9)

23 parallax - noun
the effect whereby the position or direction of an object appears to differ when viewed from different positions, e.g. through the viewfinder and the lens of a camera

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:23 AM (odBC9)

24 That video was different

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 04:25 AM (Ia/+0)

25 That potential tropical storm forming in the Bay of Campeche might actually happen towards the end of the week.

If it does form, looks like the area it will ultimately aim for is the central Gulf coast, anywhere from New Orleans to Pensacola.

Models are showing it well below 1000 millibars by Saturday so at least a Category 1 hurricane if that holds.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 04:25 AM (6ydKt)

26 And Bulg is the only one I *shimmied* for! Y'all missed it!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

Somebody here with AI access could make that a video for us.
All we need is a portrait of you to get started.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 04:27 AM (6ydKt)

27
JQ, look to the east, and Mars should be well above the horizon for you now. You'll see the red point. Two others, Betelgeuse and Aldebaran up there as well.

The Moon should be just starting to rise there for you.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:32 AM (w6EFb)

28 All we need is a portrait of you to get started.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Oh, honey... you don't want that.

Sometimes, one's imagination is better than reality. Such it is, in this case. Don't *blow* the fantasy!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:33 AM (rdVOm)

29 24 That video was different
Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 04:25 AM (Ia/+0)

Piper might like it!

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

30
He just mentioned the Moon is so low on the horizon, that's why the "seeing" is so poor for them. Note all the shimmering. That's the thick atmosphere it's having to pass through. If it were just a little bit higher, it would be a much nicer image.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:33 AM (w6EFb)

31 30
He just mentioned the Moon is so low on the horizon, that's why the "seeing" is so poor for them. Note all the shimmering. That's the thick atmosphere it's having to pass through. If it were just a little bit higher, it would be a much nicer image.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:33 AM (w6EFb)

Sounds like he's changing the aperture.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:35 AM (odBC9)

32 "dark limb of the moon"

limb - noun
1 Astronomy: the edge of the disk of a celestial object, especially the sun or moon: the eastern limb of the moon.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

33 Been wathing a lot of Astrum on YouTube about space things.
Not sure I get all of it but he trys to explain lots of astronomy stuff.

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

34 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:32 AM

Ugh. There's a fking street light. All I recognize out there is Orion's Belt, 3 stars lined up nearly vertically above the Eastern horizon now, and a few other random stars...

I hate my city. There's no need for street lights, this far out of town!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

35 BOING!

Let's sing!

Shiny Hunters hackers,
Handcuffed hands.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 04:39 AM (y1wyK)

36 He says it'll be about half an hour before Jupiter comes out the other side. Well, that's not how he put it....

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:40 AM (odBC9)

37 ... the other side of the moon ...

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:41 AM (odBC9)

38 Sometimes, one's imagination is better than reality. Such it is, in this case. Don't *blow* the fantasy!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:33 AM (rdVOm)

OK then.
You are now doing Coyote Ugly dances in my head.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 04:44 AM (6ydKt)

39 youtu.be/DLOth-BuCNY

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:44 AM (rdVOm)

40 Lookie like President Trump ok'd the wasting of Hasan:

https://tinyurl.com/48m8z85y

(stupid vid plays loud whether you want to hear it or not)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026 04:45 AM (1Ff7Z)

41 from The Register hacker article:

In a video message following the arrest, Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI's Cyber Division, had some advice for the “remaining members” of the data theft and extortion gang.

“Arrests have a way of changing who is willing to talk, and seized infrastructure has a way of showing us who's left,” Leatherman said last week.

“The longer you stay in this, the more we learn about you. You know how to find us, and we know how to find you. I suggest you reach out first while the choice is still yours.”

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:47 AM (odBC9)

42 Shopping Cart Theory- Dailytimewaster.blogspot.com
https://tinyurl.com/s99w6svk

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 04:48 AM (Ia/+0)

43 youtu.be/1NFDxZqdiJw

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:48 AM (rdVOm)

44 42 Shopping Cart Theory- Dailytimewaster.blogspot.com
https://tinyurl.com/s99w6svk

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 04:48 AM (Ia/+0)

I try to always put my shopping cart in the return lane in the parking lot.

Occasionally I have failed at that task but it was probably because I was in a really bad mood that day.

So I guess, according to this, I'm a good person when I'm in the mood for it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 04:51 AM (6ydKt)

45 Lots of talk, on the ONT, of Hasan and his upcoming execution, and I kept thinking "Hasan Piker?" (it's Nidal Hasan).

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:51 AM (odBC9)

46
I imagine some people are getting some good shots of this right now. Jupiter's moon's are aligned nicely as little ducks in a row, and that would make for some very nice photos, as that line emerges from behind the Moon.

We'll seem them tomorrow, I hope.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 04:56 AM (w6EFb)

47 45 Lots of talk, on the ONT, of Hasan and his upcoming execution, and I kept thinking "Hasan Piker?" (it's Nidal Hasan).

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:51 AM (odBC9)

I was doing the same thing.
Wishful thinking on my part, kinda like JQ naked serving cocktails.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 04:56 AM (6ydKt)

48 BBC

Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad - a first for US military since World War Two

https://tinyurl.com/4h5me2zt

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:56 AM (odBC9)

49 I shop frequently and have cloth bags (which are much sturdier than either paper or plastic) and so-- often do not even take my cart back into the parking lot.

However! I do, often, grab a cart on the way *into* the store, use it for my shopping, and then leave it in the cart area before leaving the store.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:56 AM (rdVOm)

50 50

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

51 Babylon Bee should
Nidel Hasan's layers request a all female execution squad from the office pool

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

52 Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 04:56 AM

LMAO!

Honey, if you wanna see me serving cocktails *naked*-- then maybe check on the Saturday ONT during TxMoMe...

I gotta bring in a crowd *somehow* while all the more mobile Morons are occupied elsewhere!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 05:01 AM (rdVOm)

53 49 I shop frequently and have cloth bags (which are much sturdier than either paper or plastic) and so-- often do not even take my cart back into the parking lot.

However! I do, often, grab a cart on the way *into* the store, use it for my shopping, and then leave it in the cart area before leaving the store.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:56 AM (rdVOm)

I have inherited several of those bags from my mom.

I used them some but several are all ripped up and torn because the people who load them at the store aren't the most careful with them and will stuff it full and rip it up around the zipper trying to get it to close. So now I just let them use the store bags. My local Food Lion still uses paper bags, so that's a plus (until they rip open while carrying them inside).

They are handy if you have refrigerated/frozen stuff as they are slightly insulated.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 05:01 AM (6ydKt)

54 about 14 minutes until the moon reemerges

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:01 AM (odBC9)

55 ... until Jupiter reemerges ...

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:03 AM (odBC9)

56 Lookie like President Trump ok'd the wasting of Hasan.

Finally, I've been bitching about this for months on here.

Thanks for the update.

Posted by: pawn at October 06, 2026 05:04 AM (3g9Kl)

57 I gotta bring in a crowd *somehow* while all the more mobile Morons are occupied elsewhere!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 05:01 AM (rdVOm)

They have these things called 'Live Cams' now that should bring in thousands for you to entertain.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 05:05 AM (6ydKt)

58 SpeakingOf -- I really like the cloth bags. (Not that I GAF about saving da erf!)

They are sturdy and inexpensive. Once they rip, I toss them. Takes a while!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 05:05 AM (rdVOm)

59 51 Babylon Bee should
Nidel Hasan's layers request a all female execution squad from the office pool

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

They'd be Army office girls so there's a decent chance they can actually shoot.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 05:06 AM (6ydKt)

60
Well at some point way out there in space, beyond Jupiter's orbit, you'd see Jupiter blocking the Earth-Moon system, so potato/patahto.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 05:07 AM (w6EFb)

61 60 Well at some point way out there in space, beyond Jupiter's orbit, you'd see Jupiter blocking the Earth-Moon system, so potato/patahto.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 05:07 AM (w6EFb)

; )
parallax

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:08 AM (odBC9)

62 Off to New Jersey
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 05:09 AM (Ia/+0)

63 58 SpeakingOf -- I really like the cloth bags. (Not that I GAF about saving da erf!)

They are sturdy and inexpensive. Once they rip, I toss them. Takes a while!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 05:05 AM (rdVOm)

These are more like a canvas material, with that shiny space blanket type material inside for some insulation.

Out of about ten that Mom had four or five are all ripped up with the blanket material ripped loose and the areas around the zippers all ripped up.

She had them for years, starting when plastic grocery bags became the next big evil thing the left had to panic over, and bought them all from Publix I think.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 05:10 AM (6ydKt)

64 Night, horde...

Have a good day!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 05:11 AM (rdVOm)

65
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 06, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)

66 the guy doing the Live Feed from Lunar Occultation of Jupiter October 6, 2026

https://t.ly/9NaU4

Dr. Martin at the UIS Observatory

Devoted to public interest astronomy content generated by Dr. John Martin as the director of the U of Illinois Springfield Observatory.

The content reflects Dr. Martin's work and opinions and does not speak for the University of Illinois.

Astronomy-Physics at UIS

uis.edu/Astronomy

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:12 AM (odBC9)

67 Doing a *shimmy* on the way out the door!

LOL!

Love you guys!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 05:13 AM (rdVOm)

68 three of Jupiter's moons emerging from behind our moon

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:15 AM (odBC9)

69
Now they're getting some shots of the moons coming out from behind. Better seeing, but not by much.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 05:15 AM (w6EFb)

70 there's Jupiter

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

71 Thanks for the links and commentary, publius.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:17 AM (odBC9)

72 "Have to wait 15 years to see that, again."
--Dr. Martin at the UIS Observatory

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:20 AM (odBC9)

73 The right men in the right place at the right time. PDT, Hegseth, Bessent and Rubio.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 06, 2026 05:21 AM (nxLtX)

74 Funny thing about that execution, it can't take place for at least sixty days, according to the linked story.

Uh, why wait?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026 05:22 AM (1Ff7Z)

75 For all of the Coca-Cola fans among the horde who would rather have actual cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup there is an alternative to buying Mexican Coke now.

Walmart, since the early part of the year, has been selling American bottled Coke that has real sugar in them. The only drawback is they only come in 8 oz. glass bottles and they're around $7.50 a six pack.

I've been getting them for months and you can taste the difference, if only slightly.

Walmart lists it on their website as: "Coca-Cola Cane Sugar Soda Pop Glass Bottles, 8 fl oz, 6 Pack, Cane Sugar"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 05:22 AM (6ydKt)

76 The 65816 is a great chip...

--

Posted by: TheoryMan at October 06, 2026 05:23 AM (2F/df)

77
Well, that was a beautiful sight. I watched Jupiter appear above the dark limb on the Moon right at the predicted time to the second.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 05:25 AM (w6EFb)

78 74 Funny thing about that execution, it can't take place for at least sixty days, according to the linked story.

Uh, why wait?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026 05:22 AM (1Ff7Z)

military law

from the BBC link:

A military execution requires approval from the US president, according to military law.

It also requires appellate review and a final judgment on its legality to move forward.

Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad - a first for US military since World War Two

https://tinyurl.com/4h5me2zt

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9)

79 73 The right men in the right place at the right time. PDT, Hegseth, Bessent and Rubio.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 06, 2026 05:21 AM (nxLtX)

It's interesting to note the ages of those three.

(by "note", I mean "assume", because I really have no idea what their ages are, but none of them are particularly old is what I mean.)

The dude's building a succession plan it seems.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2026 05:34 AM (aKiSo)

80
An occultation and a close junction of the Moon and another object like this starkly shows how fast the Moon moves in its orbit relative to the background sky. And note it moves west to east while the earth rotates underneath. Look every 15 minutes or so, and you'll note the separation changes noticeably.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 05:34 AM (w6EFb)

81 Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9)

Yeah, but it's been what, twelve years? Should have done that rigmarole a long time ago.

Doesn't really matter as long as the job gets done.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026 05:40 AM (1Ff7Z)

82 80 An occultation and a close junction of the Moon and another object like this starkly shows how fast the Moon moves in its orbit relative to the background sky. And note it moves west to east while the earth rotates underneath. Look every 15 minutes or so, and you'll note the separation changes noticeably.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 05:34 AM (w6EFb)

"... the Moon moves in its orbit relative to the background sky. And note it moves west to east while the earth rotates underneath."

Does this observation independently prove that the Earth is not flat?

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:40 AM (odBC9)

83 Evening and morning, satellites and satraps of the vast AoSHQ Empire! Are we awake yet?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

84 I caughtt the brocast of the eclipse from Starfront Observatories which is a very interesting place. From just an idea that four guys started out with in 2024, it has grown to the largest remote observatory in th world hosting over 1000 privately owned telescopes mounted on leased piers in the very clear skys of central Texas.

Posted by: pawn at October 06, 2026 05:43 AM (3g9Kl)

85 G'morning Horde. Lots to do today, so I'm short on time before work.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 06, 2026 05:45 AM (O7YUW)

86 Starting next tuesday, the lows in Oymyakon, russia drop to single digits and within a few weeks the highs won't be above zero until next spring.

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 06, 2026 05:46 AM (Fv808)

87 I use a big plastic Aldi bag, and a couple of cloth bags if needed, when I go to that store, since they only provide bags if you buy them. All three reside in the trunk of my car. I keep several quarters in my car wallet in the glove box, too, so I am always set to go into Aldi (you have to pop a quarter into the grocery cart, then you get your quarter back when you leave).

Every now and then, in the parking lot, there will be a cart that somebody was too lazy to bring back to the store, with the quarter in it. I take that and pocket the quarter after my shopping. Every little bit helps.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 05:48 AM (wzUl9)

88 Arrests have a way of changing who is willing to talk, and seized infrastructure has a way of showing us who's left

I can't lie. I laughed like a madman when I read that quote.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 05:48 AM (NR6c1)

89 >> Does this observation independently prove that the Earth is not flat?

Pretty much, yes, in the sense that the "heliocentric model" as those lunatics like to call it, is the only thing that predicts exactly what you see, where you see it, and what time you see it down to a fraction of a second.

What they would need is a model of whatever flat plane they have, and the sky above it that predicts what is seen and what will be seen for everybody anywhere on earth and at any time. And they don't, of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 05:50 AM (w6EFb)

90 Temps 75 to 77 F., depending who you ask, still with high humidity. I wonder when this promised "drier" air is gonna arrive.

My apt. complex re-instituted the "key card for gate access" thing yesterday . . . and it didn't work. When I came home, three cars *and a fire truck* were in line trying to get the gate to open. I drove several blocks around the entire project and parked on a street in the back. I hope whoever called for the fire truck didn't have his apartment burned out while waiting for the truck.

The gate is supposed to be fixed now. Ah'll believes it when Ah sees it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

91 And they don't, of course.
Posted by: publius

Because requiring them to is a commie plot, you pinko bastard.

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 06, 2026 05:53 AM (Fv808)

92 Asmongold names names

https://tinyurl.com/3s997c2t

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

93 This is a NSFW pic of a statue in front of a legal institution that is obviously NSFM:

https://tinyurl.com/2zwmn9v9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 05:54 AM (Oj3Pf)

94 If "flerfer" isn't a slur for flat-eathers, it ought to be.

damn flerfers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2026 05:55 AM (aKiSo)

95
There is a very simple observation that proves the earth has curvature. The horizon over the ocean or over a very topographically flat area like the salt lake flats.

The fact that you see a sharp horizon, a clear boundary between water and sky or land and sky shows the surface is curving away from you.

On a infinitely large flat plane, or something big enough to approximate it, the horizon would always remain at eye level and appear fuzzy, not sharp.

This is for the same reason that the boundary between a hill and the sky is so sharp, as you see when driving going up and down hill. The surface is blocked as the earth curves away. Same as the front of the hill blocks the rest of the ground behind it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 05:55 AM (w6EFb)

96 >> If "flerfer" isn't a slur for flat-eathers,

It is. Both "flerf" and "flerfer".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 05:58 AM (w6EFb)

97 strap a go-pro to a model rocket and you can prove the earth is round over a case of beer in one evening.

But no, that's just an optical illusion. All lenses make things look curved, you know.

Posted by: Warai-otoko has been down this road before at October 06, 2026 05:58 AM (aKiSo)

98 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 06, 2026 05:59 AM (Hbeqj)

99 Gulf storm developing -- could become a hurricane, and it's right on my doorstep, so to speak. Probably no effects here until the weekend. At least it won't have much time to develop as it moves across the Gulf.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:02 AM (odBC9)

101 94 If "flerfer" isn't a slur for flat-eathers, it ought to be.

damn flerfers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

What up, my flerfer?

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 06:03 AM (NR6c1)

102 Is fluffy a flerfer?

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9)

103 99 Gulf storm developing -- could become a hurricane, and it's right on my doorstep, so to speak. Probably no effects here until the weekend. At least it won't have much time to develop as it moves across the Gulf.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

Well you know akshully hurricanes move in a straight line because the earth is flat, so it should probably just climb off in to space and go way over you as the curvature of the earth, with you on it, falls away below the storm.

Posted by: Warai-otoko is doing a physics at October 06, 2026 06:04 AM (aKiSo)

104 fd is a faux flerfer

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9)

105 . . . The horizon over the ocean or over a very topographically flat area like the salt lake flats.

The fact that you see a sharp horizon, a clear boundary between water and sky or land and sky shows the surface is curving away from you.

On a infinitely large flat plane, or something big enough to approximate it, the horizon would always remain at eye level and appear fuzzy, not sharp. . . .

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026

***
And a smaller planet than Earth would have a closer horizon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

106 What up, my flerfer?
Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 06:03 AM (NR6c1)

Watch that hard R, player....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2026 06:05 AM (aKiSo)

107 104 fd is a faux flerfer
Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9)

Astro-flerf?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2026 06:05 AM (aKiSo)

108 Watch that hard R, player....
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Flerfer, please.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 06:06 AM (NR6c1)

109 Time I got up off the couch, changed, stretched, and went to work out. Gonna try a longer introductory walk/warmup before I break into my trotting periods, just to see what happens.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

110
I read something about this from a real optics expert on just when can you perceive the curvature of the horizon. At 30,000 ft, airliner altitude, you can technically see it, but it's very small and subtle.

Optical distortions are on the same order, and it's tricky. Videos taken from say, U-2s at high altitude appear to show it clearly, but the distortion of the canopy and all that do distort it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:06 AM (w6EFb)

111 Mornin', Horde. 42 degrees, going up to 75, in Kentuckiana.

W/r/t Nidal Hasan, what court would have jurisdiction to appeal his execution?

Posted by: Nazdar at October 06, 2026 06:07 AM (NcvvS)

112 FLERFT!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 06:09 AM (Oj3Pf)

113
Her Majesty goes in for a fasting blood test at 9:00. No coffee. I have to bear the brunt of this horror.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2026 06:11 AM (eRlcH)

114 Good morning! It's a very pleasant 63 on the patio here in Cowtown, headed for the mid 80s. Made it through a bout of the flu but the wife and the daughter are still struggling with it. Ate pho for the first real meal in 5 days and man was it good!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 06, 2026 06:12 AM (3Ope8)

115
Precision survey equipment, like some of the modern theodolites can show the horizon, even at eye level standing on the ground is below the geometric horizon, "level" relative to your local tangent plane. Of course, local topography will easily get in the way.

That "dip angle" at 6' above the ground will be around 1 arc minute or so. It's there, just very small.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:12 AM (w6EFb)

116 "Designer Music" sounds like a AI simulation of early 80's music.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 06:13 AM (OhBRn)

117 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: When you're alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go -- downtown.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 06, 2026 06:14 AM (amcLV)

118
In navigation, using a sextant, that dip angle is very important to correct for when trying to shoot the altitude angle of a star above the horizon. You want the angle relative to the true tangent plane horizon, not the visual apparent horizon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:14 AM (w6EFb)

119 What they would need is a model of whatever flat plane they have, and the sky above it that predicts what is seen and what will be seen for everybody anywhere on earth and at any time. And they don't, of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 05:50 AM (w6EFb)

What I find interesting, and unfathomable, is how they can look in the sky and see that everything they're looking at is a sphere, from the burning Sun to the Moon, to the stars and planets, all spheres.

But they have determined that it's impossible for the Earth to be a sphere because they can't look out their window and see the curvature for themselves, so therefore, obviously, it's all a big conspiracy to say the earth is round.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 06:14 AM (6ydKt)

120 45 degrees this morning. Very fine. My gym visit may require a fleece.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 06:15 AM (OhBRn)

121 For Hasan's all-girl execution squad, I would nominate:

Nurse Ratched.

With an M1911.

With three spare mags.

She can use as many bullets as she wants.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 06, 2026 06:16 AM (amcLV)

122 Old time hymn-written about 1830- "My Faith Looks Up To Thee."

https://tinyurl.com/3xk6e486

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2026 06:16 AM (JrHfD)

123 what court would have jurisdiction to appeal his execution?
Posted by: Nazdar at October 06, 2026 06:07 AM (NcvvS)
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I believe I read he has ling since exhausted his appeals; its just that the Army never got around to executing him. Apparently, it required CinC approval.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 06:17 AM (OhBRn)

124 >> is how they can look in the sky and see that everything they're looking at is a sphere, from the burning Sun to the Moon,

You know what their typical canned response to that is?

You wouldn't look at the ceiling to measure the floor...

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:18 AM (w6EFb)

125 And story behind the hymn:

https://tinyurl.com/ymwhcarj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2026 06:18 AM (JrHfD)

126 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 06:21 AM (RIvkX)

127 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at October 06, 2026 06:22 AM (V0/Sp)

128 I just found 4 monsters digging up my "lawn" and did battle.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 06:22 AM (RIvkX)

129 The fact that Nidal Hassan wasn't executed within a week of shooting his fellow soldiers is a stain on our military. The fact that it has taken this long to make a final determination to do it only makes it worse.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 06, 2026 06:22 AM (3Ope8)

130 102 Is fluffy a flerfer?
Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9)

127 Morning, Tech Peeps
Posted by: fluffy at October 06, 2026 06:22 AM (V0/Sp)

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9)

131 mornin yall. I have given up my Zetetic beliefs and now am inclined to believe that Earth is not flat and the center of the Universe. That would be impossible considering the way the elephants would have to balance on the turtle.

Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 06:23 AM (MWfyi)

132 45 Lots of talk, on the ONT, of Hasan and his upcoming execution, and I kept thinking "Hasan Piker?"

I was just as sad as you to learn otherwise. Seriously though, I want execution to consist of his body being wrapped in pigskin and cremated.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 06:23 AM (NR6c1)

133 The lefty press perpetual outrage is exhausting. Now, they are up in arms because PDJT referred to someone as "Annie Trannie", which they are calling the "t word" of transgender slurs.

Get a life trannie lefties.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 06, 2026 06:24 AM (OhBRn)

134 >>> The occultation of Jupiter by the Moon is coming up in roughly 10 minutes.

Is that what I just saw? There was a bright star near the crescent of the moon.

Very cool.

Posted by: fluffy at October 06, 2026 06:25 AM (V0/Sp)

135 104 fd is a faux flerfer
Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9)

107 104 fd is a faux flerfer
Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9)

Astro-flerf?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 06, 2026 06:05 AM (aKiSo)

131 mornin yall. I have given up my Zetetic beliefs and now am inclined to believe that Earth is not flat and the center of the Universe. That would be impossible considering the way the elephants would have to balance on the turtle.
Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 06:23 AM (MWfyi)

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:25 AM (odBC9)

136 You wouldn't look at the ceiling to measure the floor...

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:18 AM (w6EFb)

So totally ignore the ceiling because you're only interested in the floor?

Seems, rather limiting, and narrowly-focused, but I guess that's what it take to believe what they believe.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 06:26 AM (6ydKt)

137 >>> Is fluffy a flerfer?

You kids and your wacky slang!

Posted by: fluffy at October 06, 2026 06:27 AM (V0/Sp)

138
Another thing they're doing of late, and this do to a truly awful Flerfer named Nathan Oakley, is to parrot the "earth is measured flat". Now at first, I thought that just meant that the over a small local area, the curvature is insignificant. Every curved manifold is "locally flat" over a sufficiently small region compared to the curvature.

No, they don't mean that. They mean that any linear measure of "length" must be a straight line, and any measurement of an angle must be relative to a straight line or plane.

This apparently means something like the circumference of a circle "doesn't exist".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:27 AM (w6EFb)

139 - Are the flerfers wrong?
Well of course they are. And do they most always come up with a way to hand wave it away when it's pointed out why they are wrong? Yes, that too.

Just like those "97% of the scientists, uh, that we talk to" (remember barkey on climate change) were, and did, when they were so excited about the JWST showing us galaxies in their earliest stages of formation.

And then July of 1922, those first images came back.
Huh, galaxies must have started forming much earlier than we thought.

https://tinyurl.com/yt7yn475

Pretty sure that's the correct link. Title should be We Predicted This.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 06, 2026 06:28 AM (ix5nG)

140 Get a life trannie lefties.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I prefer saying "Get a rope and cope, 41 percenter."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 06:28 AM (NR6c1)

141 >> There was a bright star near the crescent of the moon.

Yes, that's Jupiter. It's about a Moon diameter or better away from the limb now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:28 AM (w6EFb)

142 Gulf storm developing -- could become a hurricane, and it's right on my doorstep, so to speak. Probably no effects here until the weekend. At least it won't have much time to develop as it moves across the Gulf.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 06, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

Yes, I was mentioning that earlier.
It's still early but it likely won't go above category 2 if it forms and the path follows the early models.

But the northern Gulf coast (and beyond after landfall) should expect a windy & rainy upcoming weekend no matter what.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 06:29 AM (6ydKt)

143 139 Just like those "97% of the scientists, uh, that we talk to" (remember barkey on climate change) were, and did, when they were so excited about the JWST showing us galaxies in their earliest stages of formation.

And then July of 1922, those first images came back.
Posted by: TeeJ at October 06, 2026 06:28 AM (ix5nG)

JWST = James Webb Space Telescope

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:31 AM (odBC9)

144 One thing that stuck with me though is if the Earth is not flat, then the seemingly plumb walls of buildings are not parallel.

Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 06:32 AM (MWfyi)

145 131 mornin yall. I have given up my Zetetic beliefs and now am inclined to believe that Earth is not flat and the center of the Universe. That would be impossible considering the way the elephants would have to balance on the turtle.

Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 06:23 AM (MWfyi)

I don't know.
Turtles are extrmely well-built, sturdy, animals with a lot of upper back strength.

I'm pretty sure a large enough turtle can handle a few unwieldy elephants in addition to all the other animals and the ~8 billion humans.

It's the keeping the ocean from sloshing off the sides and making things wobbly that I'm a little perplexed about.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 06:33 AM (6ydKt)

146 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:28 AM (w6EFb)

Just walked outside to see that. Very cool!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 06, 2026 06:36 AM (3Ope8)

147 This apparently means something like the circumference of a circle "doesn't exist".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:27 AM (w6EFb)

Nothing exists to these people if didn't occur to them naturally in their lifetimes of shallow thinking.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 06:36 AM (6ydKt)

148 144 One thing that stuck with me though is if the Earth is not flat, then the seemingly plumb walls of buildings are not parallel.

Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 06:32 AM (MWfyi)

Yes, eventually, if you build the walls high enough they will touch at some point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 06:37 AM (6ydKt)

149 Max 📟

@MaxNordau
Brutal exchange: Tucker Carlson incorrectly tells Jacob Rees-Mogg that Russia has "a much larger economy" than Britain.

It doesn't: by GDP, Britain's is about $4.0 trillion and Russia's about $2.5 trillion.

Corrected, Carlson retreats to "GDP is not the only measure," then to Russia's "inherent wealth."

Rees-Mogg: "Inherent wealth isn't very useful, is it? There are lots of African countries that have huge resources that have never been able to use them."

Carlson: "It depends what your timeline is."

Rees-Mogg: "Well, if you go for hundreds of years, they haven't used them. Russia has consistently been a poor country in spite of its resources."

Carlson: "I don't agree, but I will grant you that."
====='
First of all, Tucker you're a dope.

Second, Thomas Sowell also says you're a dope.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 06:38 AM (RIvkX)

150 - 1922,,, um
2022. Sorry. First cup not down yet.
But be sure and focus on that and not the jist of the post.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 06, 2026 06:40 AM (ix5nG)

151
Over the size of typical buildings that deviation from parallel is so small it's in the margin of error of typical construction to get "straight lines".

But over sufficient distances, like the span of a long bridge, that deviation becomes important. This is geodetic surveying vs plane surveying. Modern equipment with GPS and laser ranging and all that can do this automatically, making full geodetic surveying very easy over even small distances.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:41 AM (w6EFb)

152 One thing that stuck with me though is if the Earth is not flat, then the seemingly plumb walls of buildings are not parallel.

Seems that considering the curvature of the earth, the surfaces forming the 90 degree angle and the angle of each wall relative to the others would be negligible. Maybe not even measurable?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 06, 2026 06:42 AM (3Ope8)

153 143 And then July of 1922, those first images came back.

July of 2022

https://tinyurl.com/ydk5m9cw

science.NASA.gov

First Images
Webb's very first science images released by NASA in July 2022 and are captured in the slideshow/gallery below.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:43 AM (odBC9)

154 This talk of flat earth and turtles has me thinking of Yurtle the Turtle and Mack the turtle’s burp that topples Yurtle from his perch. Good ‘ol Dr Seuss

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 06, 2026 06:45 AM (9eNmI)

155 If the foundation is flat, then the walls can be parallel. There will be a low spot in the middle though.

Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 06:46 AM (MWfyi)

156 - Thank you, m. I figured everyone knew that.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 06, 2026 06:46 AM (ix5nG)

157 If the foundation is flat, then the walls can be parallel. There will be a low spot in the middle though.

??

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 06, 2026 06:47 AM (3Ope8)

158 Rees-Mogg: "Inherent wealth isn't very useful, is it? There are lots of African countries that have huge resources that have never been able to use them."

Carlson: "It depends what your timeline is."

---

In what timeline, Tucker, did sub-Saharan Africans ever use their own resources other than hunting animals and sporadic agriculture/herding?

I would love to hear that answer.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 06:47 AM (6ydKt)

159

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 06, 2026 06:49 AM (+x3Ss)

160 "??
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead"

A flat plane laying on a sphere will only touch at one spot. That spot would be the lowest spot on the plane in relation to the sphere.

Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)

161 Tucker Carlson is a retard not worth paying attention to…. Why did this reasonably intelligent Brit even waste his time??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 06, 2026 06:51 AM (9eNmI)

162 Tucker lies, gets called on his lie, then claims you cannot compare GDPs as a measure of economic wealth.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 06:51 AM (RIvkX)

163 I'm not certain if Tucker is sinking into madness or he just says these things to get a reaction.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 06:52 AM (NR6c1)

164 Lots of diamonds in Africa. Coal too. But everyone knows coal is worthless.

Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 06:52 AM (MWfyi)

165 There's endless entertainment and info at that JWST NASA website.

https://tinyurl.com/ydk5m9cw

science.NASA.gov

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:53 AM (odBC9)

166 This apparently means something like the circumference of a circle "doesn't exist".
Posted by: publius

I'm having "Flatland" flashbacks.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 06, 2026 06:53 AM (Fv808)

167 I'm not certain if Tucker is sinking into madness or he just says these things to get a reaction.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 06:52 AM (NR6c1)

Might be that he lost that wrestling match with the demon

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 06, 2026 06:53 AM (9eNmI)

168 I can't even begin to tell you the amount of administrative crap you have to deal with when a spouse passes away.

It's been over a year and I'm still fucking the chicken.

Now, it's the IRS IP PIN recovery process in order to file last year's personal return electronically.

No idea what her IP PIN is.

Got caught yesterday in the proverbial AI assistant Loop of Doom when calling the IRS IP PIN hotline.

"I'm sorry, I do not understand what you are calling about. Let's try this again."

FML...

Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2026 06:54 AM (J4Dwc)

169 I'm being bombarded with ads for both Scott Weiner and Connie Chan. Two vile and disgusting personalities contending for Nancy Pelosi's seat is quite poetic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 06:55 AM (RIvkX)

170 164 Lots of diamonds in Africa. Coal too. But everyone knows coal is worthless.

Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 06:52 AM (MWfyi)

They have everything they need to build a modern economy except the talent and will to use it - their conception of law and order is also a major hindrance.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 06:56 AM (6ydKt)

171 - And please people, don't be thinking that I think I'm more knowledgeable than anyone here on "stuff."
I figure every single poster knows more math and history, at least what's written in the "books," than I do.
But when I put up links like the above they are coming from PhDs in their field.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 06, 2026 06:57 AM (ix5nG)

172 163 I'm not certain if Tucker is sinking into madness or he just says these things to get a reaction.
Posted by: NR Pax

The second one. Reaction = eGAGemEnT!!! You can profit off of OUTRAGEY OUTRAGE these days. I don't know what his bank account looks like but he's a nepo baby, comes from lots of money. This little racket just pads those accounts.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 06, 2026 06:57 AM (sAmhv)

173 They have everything they need to build a modern economy except the talent and will to use it

I shall now re-read the essay "Let Africa Sink."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 06:57 AM (NR6c1)

174 Currently dense fog, no way to see the moon. Sunny and clear later high 78.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 06:58 AM (RIvkX)

175 163 I'm not certain if Tucker is sinking into madness or he just says these things to get a reaction.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 06:52 AM (NR6c1)

And his wife of 35 years (Susan Andrews) remains silent on all this. I just can't even.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)

176 G'mornin' everyone!

missed an astronomical event, picked up a new word; day ending in "y".

meh.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 06, 2026 06:58 AM (VyBeY)

177 I'm being bombarded with ads for both Scott Weiner and Connie Chan. Two vile and disgusting personalities contending for Nancy Pelosi's seat is quite poetic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

They are. I write myself in for races with multiple vile and disgusting personalities. Which means I've gotten a vote in a lot of races. Heck, I've even received a vote for school and community college board!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 06, 2026 06:58 AM (Fv808)

178
When they built LIGO, the gravitational wave interferometer, they needed to make the arms truly straight, and so had to cancel out the curvature when constructing it to make those arms truly lie on a straight line relative to 3D space.

The arms are about 2.5 miles long. The drop due to curvature over that is a little over 3'. They had to make it straight to incredible precision.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:59 AM (w6EFb)

179
When they built the arms, rather than perching a tangent plane on top of the earth in the middle, they placed it along chords connecting the end points. Thus the curvature makes a "hump in the middle" relative to the arms, rather than a dip at the ends.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 07:01 AM (w6EFb)

180 I love the ad where Scott touts his legislative record, which is robust, but he never mentions all the service he has provided for pederasts and child abusers. Funny that is omitted from the list, right?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 07:01 AM (RIvkX)

181 Rees-Mogg: "Inherent wealth isn't very useful, is it? There are lots of African countries that have huge resources that have never been able to use them."

Carlson: "It depends what your timeline is."

---

In what timeline, Tucker, did sub-Saharan Africans ever use their own resources other than hunting animals and sporadic agriculture/herding?

I would love to hear that answer.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 06:47 AM (6ydKt)
----
TC must be using Wakandan time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2026 07:02 AM (FZ29D)

182 The city of Vienna where 35 people were shot and 2 killed over the weekend has no police department. They had one but all the cops left, the last one in February. Do you think this town is run by democrats? You would be right.

Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 07:03 AM (MWfyi)

183 The arms are about 2.5 miles long. The drop due to curvature over that is a little over 3'. They had to make it straight to incredible precision.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 06:59 AM (w6EFb)

Keeping it all aligned over time is no small task either, I'm guessing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 07:03 AM (6ydKt)

184 Nothing.
Criminals often think that until one day they hear some banging on the door followed by "POLICE! We have a warrant!!".
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 04:06 AM (6ydKt)

We just have music.

Posted by: Sting and Stewart Copeland at October 06, 2026 07:03 AM (XUHiS)

185 "I'm sorry. An agent is not available to take your call right now. For further assistance, please go online to www.irs.gov/..."

So, I go to that website and it tells me for help with the IP PIN program to call the same damn toll-free number with the AI gatekeeper who doesn't understand the issue I'm calling about and directs me to the IRS website.

Doom Loop...

Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2026 07:04 AM (J4Dwc)

186
In what timeline, Tucker, did sub-Saharan Africans ever use their own resources other than hunting animals and sporadic agriculture/herding?

I would love to hear that answer.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 06:47 AM (6ydKt)

Hi.

Posted by: Mansa Musa at October 06, 2026 07:05 AM (XUHiS)

187
Working on my shortest playlist, expanding it from 200 to 250 pieces. I am a splendid fellow, yes, a splendid, splendid fellow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2026 07:05 AM (eRlcH)

188 TC must be using Wakandan time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 06, 2026 07:02 AM (FZ29D)

Tucker has been in his own little universe for a few years now it seems.

Not that I can blame him completely.
If I had his money I'd be in my own little universe just the way I want it, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 07:05 AM (6ydKt)

189 182 The city of Vienna where 35 people were shot and 2 killed over the weekend has no police department. They had one but all the cops left, the last one in February. Do you think this town is run by democrats? You would be right.
Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 07:03 AM (MWfyi)

Vienna, Georgia USA

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 07:06 AM (odBC9)

190 >> Keeping it all aligned over time is no small task either, I'm guessing.

The precision of the thing, determining straight, and right angles to that straight arm line is incredible. Seismic vibrations have to be compensated and corrected for it. You can find detailed descriptions of this searching for it.

The precision of at that, and how it is mechanically achieved is mind-boggling.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 07:06 AM (w6EFb)

191 185 "I'm sorry. An agent is not available to take your call right now. For further assistance, please go online to www.irs.gov/..."

So, I go to that website and it tells me for help with the IP PIN program to call the same damn toll-free number with the AI gatekeeper who doesn't understand the issue I'm calling about and directs me to the IRS website.

Doom Loop...
Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2026 07:04 AM (J4Dwc)

Sounds familiar.

Posted by: United Services Automobile Association at October 06, 2026 07:07 AM (XUHiS)

192 Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2026 07:04 AM (J4Dwc)
====

Have you dealt with Social Security? With California Department of Rehabilitation? Department of Developmental Services? At least the IRS will answer the phone.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2026 07:07 AM (RIvkX)

193
LIGO actually detects changes in length (due to gravitational waves changes the spacetime metric) on the order of less than the width of a proton.

And I mean orders of magnitude less. You would think that would be impossible. It's not. Read all the details on how that is done if interested.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 07:08 AM (w6EFb)

194 And his wife of 35 years (Susan Andrews) remains silent on all this. I just can't even.
Posted by: m

She's living a comfortable life and doesn't want that disturbed.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 07:08 AM (NR6c1)

195 Sounds familiar.
Posted by: United Services Automobile Association

USAA was, believe or not, very helpful in getting all my late wife's accounts and whatnot cleaned up after she passed. Easy-peasy. I was quite surprised.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2026 07:09 AM (J4Dwc)

196
The city of Vienna where 35 people were shot and 2 killed over the weekend has no police department.

Another Brahms vs. Wagner dispute.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2026 07:10 AM (eRlcH)

197 USAA was, believe or not, very helpful in getting all my late wife's accounts and whatnot cleaned up after she passed. Easy-peasy. I was quite surprised.

Thank you for reminding me that I need to contact them and see what kind of setup I need to make sure my wife has access to my accounts if I die before her.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2026 07:10 AM (NR6c1)

198
Nood

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2026 07:11 AM (eRlcH)

199 Just opened up my checking account online and PDT has given me and mr nec $90 each. What did we do to receive this gift?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 06, 2026 07:11 AM (2NHgQ)

200 200

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 07:11 AM (odBC9)

201 Mansa Musa (c. 1280 – c. 1337):
It is known from local manuscripts and travellers' accounts that Mansa Musa's wealth came principally from the Mali Empire's control and taxing of the trade in salt from northern regions and especially from gold panned and mined in Bambuk and Bure to the south. Over a very long period Mali had amassed a large reserve of gold. Mali is also believed to have been involved in the trade in many goods such as ivory, slaves, spices, silks, and ceramics.

A Muslim merchant empire trading salt and mining gold is fine for what it is, but it's not a large, modern, economy with the GDP to prove it.

It's more comparable to modern Russia, which is Rees-Mogg's entire point to Tucker.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 07:12 AM (6ydKt)

202 Oh brother. The ever ridiculous NYT:

"Cornell Case Highlights Drop in Resolved Sexual Assault Cases Under Trump"

Posted by: fd at October 06, 2026 07:12 AM (MWfyi)

203 Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad - a first for US military since World War Two

https://tinyurl.com/4h5me2zt
Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 05:28 AM (odBC9)

Dude, when?

And why not use The Chair???

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 06, 2026 07:13 AM (XUHiS)

204
LIGO is limited in the wavelength range of gravitational waves it can detect. The very low, sub 1Hz range should contain some very interesting cosmological information.

Enter LISA. This will use three satellites in heliocentric orbit, maintaining a perfect equilateral triangle. This will be able to get in the long wavelength range. The lengths of each side will be 2.5 million km long.

Launch will likely be somewhere around 2035 or so.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 07:13 AM (w6EFb)

205 Just opened up my checking account online and PDT has given me and mr nec $90 each. What did we do to receive this gift?
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 06, 2026 07:11 AM (2NHgQ)

O'care refund, I believe.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 06, 2026 07:14 AM (1Ff7Z)

206 The precision of the thing, determining straight, and right angles to that straight arm line is incredible. Seismic vibrations have to be compensated and corrected for it. You can find detailed descriptions of this searching for it.

The precision of at that, and how it is mechanically achieved is mind-boggling.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 07:06 AM (w6EFb)

I watched a video on it years ago, and I seem to recall they used lasers to line the arms up, and also software and motors to keep it aligned. Could be misremembering it though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 07:14 AM (6ydKt)

207 Justice delayed is Justice denied.

Africa did not suffer from too much colonization. It suffers from too little.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 06, 2026 07:16 AM (36x1j)

208 199 Just opened up my checking account online and PDT has given me and mr nec $90 each. What did we do to receive this gift?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 06, 2026 07:11 AM (2NHgQ)

Medicare refunds for all recipients for some reason or another.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 07:17 AM (6ydKt)

209 Thanks OrangeEnt

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 06, 2026 07:18 AM (2NHgQ)

210 The Trump administration announced a one-time $90 rebate for eligible Medicare Part B beneficiaries, funded by the Medicare Improvement Fund. Approximately 20.8 million Original Medicare enrollees will receive this payment to help offset standard Part B premiums.

Eligibility and Exclusions
To qualify, beneficiaries must be enrolled in Original Medicare Part B, live in the U.S., and pay standard premiums. The following groups are excluded:

Beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans.

Those receiving Medicaid premium assistance (e.g., QMB, SLMB).

Higher-income beneficiaries paying the Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMAA).

Payment Timing
Most eligible recipients will receive the $90 via direct deposit on or around October 8, 2026. Those without direct deposit on file will receive a paper check from the Department of the Treasury later in October. This payment is distinct from the separate $500 refunds issued to Affordable Care Act enrollees.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 06, 2026 07:19 AM (6ydKt)

211 103 99 Well you know akshully hurricanes move in a straight line because the earth is flat, so it should probably just climb off in to space and go way over you as the curvature of the earth, with you on it, falls away below the storm.
Posted by: Warai-otoko is doing a physics at October 06, 2026 06:04 AM (aKiSo)

the earth is flat ... the curvature of the earth

hmm

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 08:08 AM (odBC9)

212 now if the FBI would go out an arrest criminals who are hacking us. That would be a big deal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 06, 2026 10:35 AM (C0oZI)

Monday Night ONT - October 5, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for Monday shenanigans. The bar is open and the refrigerator has been freshly re-stocked with A&W Rootbeer.

Welcome to the Monday night ONT which means vintage overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. Pants are optional. This ONT is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Fauci is fair game.

[Top photo: A helicopter is lifting a 34-foot animatronic brontosaurus over Boston toward the Museum of Science - July 1984]

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The Monday ONT has dialed up the wayback machine tonight with very random results.

Hagen's Fish Market at 5635 W. Montrose Avenue, Chicago, IL in the Portage Park neighborhood - 1977.

20260922-5635WMontroseAveChicagoILHagensFishMarket1977.jpg

Hagen's opened in 1946 when the area was still semi-rural. Brothers Don and Bennett Hagen, sons of a commercial fisherman, started the business with help from their father, who mortgaged the family home. It has remained family-owned across generations and is now run by the fourth generation. The fish market is still in business at the exact same address and is actively operating.

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Blue Blaze Coal Company store in the coal-mining camp of Consumers, Utah (Carbon County), in the Gordon Creek/Gordon Valley district roughly 17 miles northwest of Price - 1936. (Price is about 77 miles south east of Provo.)

Consumers is a ghost town today. A rough road (Consumers Road, off US-6/191 north of Price) reaches the site. Visible remnants include stone and concrete foundations along with scattered mine-related debris and traces of the old tipple area. No standing buildings from the 1930s town remain intact.

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Storage tanks (petroleum?), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - 1942.

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Salt Air Pavilion on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake, Utah - circa 1900.

Saltair opened in 1893 as a family-oriented resort promoted by LDS Church leaders - the "Coney Island of the West" - with dancing, bathing, and later amusement rides. The original pavilion burned in April 1925. A second was built and burned in 1970. A third structure was built in 1981 about one mile west of the original site, using a reused aircraft hangar. After flooding in the mid-1980s it was renovated and now operates as a concert and event venue.

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New London City Hall (built 1896) at 103 W. North Water Street, New London, Wisconsin - 1988 photo.

The building still exists, but is no longer city hall.

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Sign in front of the J.B. Brewer Five & Dept. Store, Crossville, Tennessee (Cumberland County) - 1937 photo.

Towns and distances on the sign:
Sparta - 28
Cookeville - 40
McMinnville - 57
Carthage - 63
Lebanon - 90
Murfeesboro - 98
Nashville - 120
Homesteads - 4
Rockwood - 24
Kingston - 37
Harriman - 37
Dayton - 50
Knoxville - 76
Chattanooga - 87
Jamestown - 32
Byrdstown - 63
Albany - 64

The business is closed, but the sign lives in front of the Cumberland County Courthouse.

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Conference of judges at Bean Day in Wagon Mound, New Mexico (Mora County) - 1939 photo.

Bean Day is the town's long-running Labor Day weekend festival and rodeo, named for the region's pinto-bean farming.

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Demonstration of tracked vehicles near the Key Bridge in Washington DC - circa 1921-1923.

In the foreground is a Citroën-Kégresse half-track (autochenille) which has a car-like chassis, wooden-spoke front wheels, and flexible rubber tracks at the rear. Behind is a Renault FT-type light tank (or very similar WWI-era two-man tank) with a turret.

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U.S. Post Office in New Ulm, Minnesota, at the corner of Broadway and Center Street (2 N. Broadway) - 1981 photo.

The building still exists and looks mostly the same. Since 1984, it has been the Brown County Historical Society museum and headquarters.

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Walt Stuart's Texaco, West Yellowstone, 1956.

Alex Stuart opened the garage in the auto era (service for Yellowstone Park buses from 1917). Walt worked there from 1919. Walt Stuart bought the family station in 1936 and sold it in 1977. After the 1977 sale, the rustic twin-gable Texaco did not survive as that landmark.

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Elk Canyon in the Black Hills of South Dakota, on the narrow-gauge Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad - 1890.

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The line was built by the Homestake Mining Company to haul timber from the hills to the mines at Lead. It ran toward Piedmont via Elk Creek. The sheer rock face is the "Giant Bluff." The BH&FP was sold to the Burlington in 1901 and the narrow-gauge system faded out by about 1930.

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You want music in your ONT? I give you Jerry Reed:

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The Monday ONT is brought to you by Mikey and Life Cereal:

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Complaints and other correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where they will be promptly be lost by the email gnomes. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 Unbearable

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:00 PM (VPNgR)

2 Good evening morons en bedankt Dino

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

3 I got nothing

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:01 PM (wpRMV)

4 ***The bar is open and ...
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I'm hitting it. Been waiting on that dinosaur for my retreat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:01 PM (VPNgR)

5 How did ONT time sneak up on me? Where did the day go?

Day go
Da-a-ay go
ONT come and me want to go
wild

Posted by: mindful webworker - bet I'm not first at October 05, 2026 10:02 PM (1BE2o)

6
Well, well, well. Here we are again. Doing the same business at the same old stand.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:02 PM (eRlcH)

7 Idunno, T-Rex, that car looks like a full-track, not a half-track. Thanks for the ONT!

Probably gonna get to bed early tonight, got a long drive tomorrow for Wednesday's interview.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (aJQbY)

8 A second was built and burned in 1970.

And people think Joooooish Lightning works fast.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (3mtzY)

9
This ONT has a certain reptilian charm.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (eRlcH)

10 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (sAmhv)

11 Saltair opened in 1893 as a family-oriented resort promoted by LDS Church leaders - the "Coney Island of the West" - with dancing, bathing, and later amusement rides.
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No Nathan's, not Coney Island.

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

12 Life cereal is pretty bad, but loved Mikey!

Thanks for a lovely trip down commercial memory lane!!!

Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (wLjpr)

13 Say, is it too late to have the chopper drop that robot dino on Michelle Wu?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:04 PM (wpRMV)

14

Trex,

Thank you so much for the photos from the "olden days."

Many memories of how things used to be.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:04 PM (/QHx4)

15 Top picture have anything to do with Sinclair Oil or any other Standard Oil derivative gas station?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 10:05 PM (nHcc1)

16 Tear drops are falling from your Spanish eyes

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 05, 2026 10:05 PM (wxsGM)

17 I think the tanks are for natural gas most likely, rather than liquid oil/petroleum.

How did they keep the fish lit for smoking? Did they draw well? Has Weasel covered this on the gub thread?

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr+re)

18 The original pavilion burned in April 1925. A second was built and burned in 1970. A third structure was built in 1981 about one mile west of the original site, using a reused aircraft hangar

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Which ones sank into the swamp?

Posted by: The Swamp King at October 05, 2026 10:06 PM (wpRMV)

19 A&W is the best!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB)

20 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2026 10:07 PM (+9wcF)

21 Life cereal is pretty bad, but loved Mikey!

Thanks for a lovely trip down commercial memory lane!!!
Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (wLjpr)
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Yeah, I never liked Life cereal, no matter what Mikey thought about it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 10:07 PM (FZ29D)

22 That Jerry Reed song brought back some memories.

Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)

23 What song is it you wanna hear?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:09 PM (viF8m)

24 Come and visit Crossville!! We have a Buc-ee's and Waffle House too!!

If you are the outdoorsy type, come for the waterfalls. There are over 50 named waterfalls near here - many with swimming holes.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2026 10:09 PM (ptJRT)

25 Say, is it too late to have the chopper drop that robot dino on Michelle Wu?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:04 PM (wpRMV)

Yeah. It's extinct already.

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

26 Is that the Carnival of Souls pavillion?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 10:09 PM (Cqx++)

27 I think the Walt's Texaco pic is from mid/late 60s. Check the cars.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)

28 Nice old pic of the track car and Key Bridge. Key Bridge has changed a bit (modern roads) but still looks like that. Don't gawk at it while driving though. Traffic is hell through there.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 10:10 PM (sAmhv)

29 Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (wLjpr)

You have anything you'd like me to read?

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

30 Tonypete, we lived in Cookeville and travelled around a lot. Was in Crossville frequently but never saw the sign.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (Jr+re)

31 Those tall tanks are most likely pressurized gas storage, due to the rounded ends on both top and bottom.

Much of “Carnival of Souls” was filmed inside an abandoned SaltAir, not long before it was torn down. Adds an extra layer of creepiness to an already disturbing movie.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (B0Z3q)

32 Reportedly a boatload of "migrants" arrived in Spain, carrying an extremely rare female "migrant".

Her fellow "migrants" gang-raped her repeatedly on the voyage, and threw her two-year-old son overboard because would not stop crying.

One reason (among many) that you don't see many female "migrants": they know how their men can be guaranteed to behave.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (qlLNh)

33 I just realized the cover of The Mamas And The Papas album "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" has a toilet on it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (wpRMV)

34 That 1956 Texaco sign picture IS truly amazing since the cars portrayed include 1964 and 1967 models

Posted by: MAxIE at October 05, 2026 10:12 PM (9DOTQ)

35 25 Say, is it too late to have the chopper drop that robot dino on Michelle Wu?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:04 PM (wpRMV)

I mean a house would work fine, just like always, but there is a certain flair to a robot dinosaur impact.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 05, 2026 10:12 PM (r7+Q7)

36 In the tracked-vehicle photo, the one in the foreground is not a half-track. It is fully tracked, and it looks like a Model T Ford with a track conversion. Prairie farmers in Canada were building such things in that era to get around in snowy winters.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:12 PM (i9VX2)

37 Nice little slice of mid 70s Oakland, CA. How about that! White people still lived there.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 10:12 PM (sAmhv)

38 What is atop the coal company store front? Clock? Thermometer?

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)

39 Yeah, I never liked Life cereal, no matter what Mikey thought about it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 10:07 PM (FZ29D)

Apple Jacks were my favorite, but those were a special treat. My dad insisted on getting Grape Nuts because they were always on sale. I will note that he refused to eat them because of his dentures, but insisted they were the perfect breakfast food for growing children. I hated that stuff with a passion.

Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr)

40 Hi folks.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)

41 Her fellow "migrants" gang-raped her repeatedly on the voyage, and threw her two-year-old son overboard because would not stop crying.

One reason (among many) that you don't see many female "migrants": they know how their men can be guaranteed to behave.

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They really know how to make a girl feel special.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (wpRMV)

42 That mystery click makes no.....

* dinosaurs evolved into birds *

.....ooooooh.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)

43 I just realized the cover of The Mamas And The Papas album "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" has a toilet on it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (wpRMV)

Huh. I wonder if they flushed with embarrassment?

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

44 Apple Jacks were my favorite, but those were a special treat. My dad insisted on getting Grape Nuts because they were always on sale. I will note that he refused to eat them because of his dentures, but insisted they were the perfect breakfast food for growing children. I hated that stuff with a passion.
Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr)

Grandparents used to eat that. With wheat germ on it. Never did find any grapes in it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

45 Life cereal is pretty bad, but loved Mikey!
Posted by: moki

Life cereal is pretty bad, but was a mikey who got teased about the commercial.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

46 It's gone to shit now but Boston in the 1980s was more fun than a barrel full of Sydney Sweeneys.

A really big barrel.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m)

47

Rodrigo,

They are going to be fine upstanding citizens in the *ucked up country that is taking them in.

Yeah boy, bring more of them in to your country. They are great role models.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:16 PM (/QHx4)

48 Grandparents used to eat that. With wheat germ on it. Never did find any grapes in it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

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Few people realize you only get grape nuts from half the grape population.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:16 PM (wpRMV)

49 Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...

Six plus hours...

OTOH, MD Anderson has chik fil a in the cafeteria...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (61VNf)

50 The cars in the West Yellowstone pic look too new for 1956? Maybe 1966.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (mm0EH)

51 Good news, man. Prayers up.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (Jr+re)

52 Nice little slice of mid 70s Oakland, CA. How about that! White people still lived there.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 10:12 PM (sAmhv)
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Where do you see that?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)

53
You have anything you'd like me to read?

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

Actually...I'll have something by the end of the week. The first 10 chapters of book 1, if you are feeling like a generous soul!

Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (wLjpr)

54

Great news man!

Best to you all.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:18 PM (/QHx4)

55 Also, thanks to so many for the prayers and support.
Thanks to ace for this place...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:18 PM (61VNf)

56 Hi folks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)

Well, not me but I can't speak for the others.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB)

57
Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...

_________

Great news. God bless.

No extra parts after they closed everything up?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:19 PM (eRlcH)

58 OTOH, MD Anderson has chik fil a in the cafeteria...
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (61VNf)
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b"h for good health

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

59 Where do you see that?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM
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'tis a mystery...

Posted by: TRex- airborne dino at October 05, 2026 10:20 PM (XfIK1)

60 No extra parts after they closed everything up?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Might have found a 10mm socket in there.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)

61 Best Mystery Click ever!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 05, 2026 10:21 PM (XfIK1)

62 Might have found a 10mm socket in there.....
Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)

Not possible. Nobody ever finds the 10mm. I'm not sure one was ever actually made.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 10:21 PM (GYqb1)

63 49 Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM
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Excellent.

Posted by: TRex- doctor dino at October 05, 2026 10:21 PM (XfIK1)

64 >>Posted by: man

Congratulations to both of you.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:21 PM (viF8m)

65 *** (Price is about 77 miles south east of Provo.)
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Is it anywhere close to Searchlight?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:22 PM (VPNgR)

66 mid 70s Oakland, CA. How about that! White people still lived there."

Lived in Hayward... well, the 60s.

No extra parts after they closed everything up?"

I see you've been around my work bench...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:22 PM (61VNf)

67
Grandparents used to eat that. With wheat germ on it. Never did find any grapes in it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

Yeah, the name always baffled me. Raisin bran, sure. I even liked it. But no grapes, no raisins, just gravel from the street, slapped in a bowl and covered in milk.

Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:22 PM (wLjpr)

68 Storage tanks (petroleum?), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - 1942.

_________________________________

Those happen to be grain storage tanks. Typical set-up back then (two rows of seven) long cylinders.

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 10:22 PM (dIske)

69 Might have found a 10mm socket in there....."

No such luck. Maybe an extra sock?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:23 PM (61VNf)

70 34 That 1956 Texaco sign picture IS truly amazing since the cars portrayed include 1964 and 1967 models

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The rear end of that T-Bird under the awning looks like a '64.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:23 PM (wpRMV)

71 LRob in OK - I did not know that!

Yeah, as he said - the sign is now on the Courthouse's front yard.

https://t.ly/EA3BY

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2026 10:23 PM (ptJRT)

72 Annual car show in Payson, AZ this weekend. I'll be the guy with the mustache. Unless I shave it off before then.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (+9wcF)

73

Bryn Walker's fashion founders of a luxury women's fashion brand murdered in Oakland CA.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4)

74 Those happen to be grain storage tanks.

Been in/around OK for decades and have never seen grain storage in that configuration. But I've been wrong many times.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (Jr+re)

75 Life cereal is pretty bad, but was a mikey who got teased about the commercial.
Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

It didn't do him any good eating Life cereal. He died in VietNam....

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

76 Grape Nuts: no grapes or nuts
Apple Jacks: no apples

They'd never get away with those names today.

Also: what genius thought up naming a kid's cereal after a low-rent technique for producing hooch that's about one step above "prison wine"?

So-callled "jacking" (works with any fermented product, not just apple juice) consists of putting the containers of beer or wine outside on a cold day. The water will freeze long before the alcohol, so if you just fish out the ice once in a while you wind up with something that's pretty high-proof.

Sounds good, except that the methanol, fusel oils, etc. are also concentrated by the freezing process, leading to some memorably hangovers.

Distillation, by comparison, can most of the non-ethanol volatiles because they have different boiling points. Watching your still temperature lets you get rid of them -- throw away everything that comes out below the boiling point of ethanol, throw away anything that remains in the pot after the temperature exceeds the boiling point of ethanol.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (qlLNh)

77
12 Life cereal is pretty bad, but loved Mikey!

Thanks for a lovely trip down commercial memory lane!!!
Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM

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Yeah, Life cereal was bad. Nobody liked it. The ad seemed to try to work around the stark sImple fact that their product sucked.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (VWtfl)

78 Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM

That is wonderful news!!! Prayers for speedy healing and complete remission!

How are you holding up?

Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (wLjpr)

79 32 Reportedly a boatload of "migrants" arrived in Spain, carrying an extremely rare female "migrant".

Her fellow "migrants" gang-raped her repeatedly on the voyage, and threw her two-year-old son overboard because would not stop crying.

One reason (among many) that you don't see many female "migrants": they know how their men can be guaranteed to behave.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (qlLNh)

How is it that we have so many lower-than-Neanderthals in this frequently God-forsaken world? Who could do this, to anyone, ever? I'm certain that most of these troglodytes are in thrall to demons, who find easy prey among the IQ challenged filth of the world.

God deliver us from evil.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (GYqb1)

80 (petroleum?)
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Looks something like NatGas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (VPNgR)

81
The scouting report that said that if you put the ball in play, the Yankees will screw it up has been amply illustrated tonight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (eRlcH)

82 Been in/around OK for decades and have never seen grain storage in that configuration. But I've been wrong many times.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (Jr+re)

_____________________

1942

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (dIske)

83 Actually...I'll have something by the end of the week. The first 10 chapters of book 1, if you are feeling like a generous soul!
Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (wLjpr)

Of course! Ready and willin'

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

84 73

Bryn Walker's fashion founders of a luxury women's fashion brand murdered in Oakland CA.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4)

They aren't sure it wasn't a suicide/homicide.

Don't be a slave to fashion, folks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 10:27 PM (GYqb1)

85 No extra parts after they closed everything up?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:19 PM (eRlcH)

Just a ticking sound.

Where's my watch?

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (1Ff7Z)

86 81
The scouting report that said that if you put the ball in play, the Yankees will screw it up has been amply illustrated tonight.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (eRlcH)

I'm rather enjoying the Damned Yankees screwing up so blatantly. While I like some of the individual players, I can never support the Yankees in any venue, ever. I blame Steinbrenner. But they always were obnoxious.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (GYqb1)

87 > Bryn Walker's fashion founders of a luxury women's fashion brand murdered in Oakland CA.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4)

Murder-suicide, apparently.

He'd lost a bunch of money in the market recently.

What I don't get is the "Oakland' part. If I were wealthy, the last place you'd find me even visiting is somewhere like Oakland, much less buying a house there.

White dude, Asian chick.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (qlLNh)

88 I had a friend from Price, Utah. She said she was half Mormon and half Italian. Went to Catholic school. One day the bus driver, who was a nun, left the bus running and went inside, so she climbed into the driver's seat and took off. She drove around for a little while and came back to school to find the nun waiting. She was suspended briefly, but she thought the experience was worth it.

Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (2Xqig)

89 Thanks for another fascinating Monday Night ONT, T Rex!

A flying brontosaurus would have been quite the sight in Boston - or anywhere.

Lots of little mining towns between Green River, Utah and Price, Utah are no longer in existence today. But the memories live on.

Love to see all the old buildings and to hear they are still around, just repurposed!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (D/6p1)

90 49 Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...

Six plus hours...

OTOH, MD Anderson has chik fil a in the cafeteria...
Posted by: man
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Did not realize. Glad to hear good news and best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (E4rtv)

91 Sorry I'm late, I had to return Kojak's curling iton.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2026 10:29 PM (/JnQ1)

92 Is it anywhere close to Searchlight?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:22 PM (VPNgR)

Not if it's near Provo.

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

93 The Mikey ad came out in 1972 and ran until.1986. In 1985 a very young Captain Mike Flynn came to work for me. Immediately everyone called him Mikey.
He hated that commercial.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

94 Hey AOP what do you see in that Texaco pic???

Posted by: MAxIE at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (9DOTQ)

95 No one lives in Oakland they must have just been driving through.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

96 Evening all,

We have another early morning launch.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
SLC-4E - VSFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 6, 2026
Launch Time: 1:17 a.m. PDT,(0817 UTC, 10:17 CEST)

https://youtu.be/g2zSmp6e2Vs

Posted by: Joyenz at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (2F0/Y)

97 How are you holding up?"

That's a good question. I don't know. Somehow holding things together...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (61VNf)

98 Well, not me but I can't speak for the others.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB)

.

Posted by: Marcel Marceau at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

99

I sure hope the designers of my Walmart clothes are not murdered.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:31 PM (/QHx4)

100 > How is it that we have so many lower-than-Neanderthals in this frequently God-forsaken world?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (GYqb1)

I think Neanderthals would be deeply insulted to even being mentioned in the same sentence as these shitstains.

For one, we have Neanderthal skeletons where it's clear the tribe took care of crippled members, babies with Down Syndrome, etc. for long periods of time.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:31 PM (qlLNh)

101 Mikey secretly ate Kaboom!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:31 PM (RIvkX)

102 How is it that we have so many lower-than-Neanderthals in this frequently God-forsaken world? Who could do this, to anyone, ever? I'm certain that most of these troglodytes are in thrall to demons, who find easy prey among the IQ challenged filth of the world.

God deliver us from evil.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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This was society before Christianity in the West (Judaism preceded it but extremely few in biblical times were Jewish). Brutal, tribal, and nasty.

If Christianity fails to protect its borders from Islam and human monsters that see those of us in the West as prey, then the really bad old days will return with a vengeance.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (E4rtv)

103 > 95 No one lives in Oakland they must have just been driving through.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

Seriously, the article I'm looking at says they lived there.

I don't understand.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (qlLNh)

104 Sorry I'm late, I had to return Kojak's curling iton."

Did you get a lollipop?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (61VNf)

105 94 Hey AOP what do you see in that Texaco pic???
Posted by: MAxIE at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (9DOTQ)

---------

You want an expert on general automotive knowledge?

Posted by: Vinny Gambini at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (wpRMV)

106 I have seen plenty of grain bins, and silos, and elevators around here, and none that looked like those. Grain bins need a place to put grain into them, and a way to get the grain out. Not evident in that picture. My WAG? Helium storage.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:33 PM (i9VX2)

107 >>Best Mystery Click ever!

Free Bird is both one of the most memorable songs of my high school years and also inadvertently became my anthem when I moved to PR.

Can't hear the song now without remembering all of it.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m)

108 Prayers up.Man.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:34 PM (2WIwB)

109 Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...

Six plus hours...

OTOH, MD Anderson has chik fil a in the cafeteria...
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (61VNf)
* * * *
Praise God! And glad for the Chik fil A!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 05, 2026 10:35 PM (D/6p1)

110 105 I believe that is a 1967 Impala
It's just my job 5 days a week

Posted by: MAxIE at October 05, 2026 10:35 PM (9DOTQ)

111 Bryn Walker's fashion founders of a luxury women's fashion brand murdered in Oakland CA.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4)

Has Piper been informed?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)

112 Jerry Reid was a good player, for some reason his favorites were novelty tunes. Guess he picked an open lane.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (VPNgR)

113 Hey AOP what do you see in that Texaco pic???
Posted by: MAxIE at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (9DOTQ)

Mid-'60's cars. 66 or 67 at a guess.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (i9VX2)

114 Thanks, y'all.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (61VNf)

115 Well some parts of the Oakland hills are nice, it's not all ghetto, but all of it is short drive from the ghetto.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (RIvkX)

116 Free Bird was the theme to our h.s. yearbook.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

117 From the right: Chevy, T-Bird, Lincoln or Chrysler, Pontiac?, whatever it looks ready to go.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:38 PM (VPNgR)

118 My WAG? Helium storage.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:33 PM (i9VX2)

Helium! Of course. It had to be helium, because they kept them anchored to the ground.

Posted by: OrangeEnt Smart: That's the second biggest.... at October 05, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

119 >>Grape Nuts: no grapes or nuts
Apple Jacks: no apples

No Jacks either.

And what really frosted my biscuit was there no Captain Crunch in Captain Crunch. Just shards of glass that tore up you mouth covered in sugar.

It's like my entire childhood was one big lie.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:39 PM (viF8m)

120 Nice mild evening here, but completely clear, too. Rare to have a warm clear night here. Kept seeing a white flash low on the northeastern horizon. Probably lights on a combine showing as it makes a turn in the field. Harvest is in full swing, at a guess I would say 75% done now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:40 PM (i9VX2)

121 For all the times I've seen it requested, I've only seen a cover band play Freebird once.

The usual response is something like: "No charge!" 🖕

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

122 I worked in Oakland, they had to keep the place literally like a fortress. Airlocks. Iron fences. Monitored gates.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)

123 Or, they're suppositories for Godzilla.

Posted by: OrangeEnt Smart: That's the second biggest.... at October 05, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

124 104 Did you get a lollipop?
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (61VNf)

Nope, but he did ask who loves me.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2026 10:42 PM (/JnQ1)

125 Walts Texaco picture has got to be late sixties, not '56.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 10:42 PM (sl73Y)

126

Breakfast was easy to fix for me and my siblings.

Scoop out dry dog food for all of us kids and the dogs.

Easy peasy.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:44 PM (/QHx4)

127 My right knee hurts this evening. I think too many times getting on and off the tractor. Cleared some junk out of the far northeast corner of the yard, and weed-whacked and mowed in there. Room to park 2 cars there, now. And I have over half a ton of steel scrap that I must cut up to load in the old pickup.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:44 PM (i9VX2)

128 > Brutal, tribal, and nasty.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (E4rtv)

Working hypothesis: this woman's "man" (assuming he can be dignified by that term) died somewhere on the voyage, whether by natural causes or in a confrontation with his fellow "migrants".

Whereupon his woman became a public utility, and his child became of no value whatsoever, as he was not the child of any of the remaining "men".

Yep. Animal behavior. Lions do that... the first thing a male does when he kills the previous alpha and takes over his harem is kill all the cubs.

Not only does this remove babies that don't carrry his genes, killing a lioness's cub will cause her to go into heat right away.

But those are lions... savage predators with a murderous instinct for hunting and killing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:44 PM (qlLNh)

129 It's hard to store helium in a gaseous state. Liquid turns to gas at an extremely low temp. Liquid helium is stored in insulated cylinders. We used gaseous in some infrared equipment in hard cylinders like oxygen and nitrogen. I'm not aware Oklahoma ever produced helium although it comes along with natural gas sometimes. At present, most of it is found out around Amarillo.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:45 PM (Jr+re)

130 My right knee hurts this evening. I think too many times getting on and off the tractor.

Get on and off from the other side . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:46 PM (Jr+re)

131 Breakfast was easy to fix for me and my siblings.

Scoop out dry dog food for all of us kids and the dogs.

Easy peasy.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:44 PM (/QHx4)

***

Sheesh! You rich people.
We had table scraps and had to fight to dog to get any.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB)

132

Diogenes,

Oh yeah, if we had behaved we would get treated to name brand dog food.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:48 PM (/QHx4)

133 Sheesh! You rich people.
We had table scraps and had to fight to dog to get any.
Posted by: Diogenes

There you go with your humble brag!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 10:48 PM (NnhvP)

134 It's hard to store helium in a gaseous state. Liquid turns to gas at an extremely low temp. Liquid helium is stored in insulated cylinders. We used gaseous in some infrared equipment in hard cylinders like oxygen and nitrogen. I'm not aware Oklahoma ever produced helium although it comes along with natural gas sometimes. At present, most of it is found out around Amarillo.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:45 PM (Jr+re)

Well, it could be some other pressurized gas. I figured maybe helium as OKC could be a transshipment point for it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:48 PM (i9VX2)

135 90 49 Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...
posted by man
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Glad to hear it. She's had a hard pull.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:49 PM (VPNgR)

136 ----------
This was society before Christianity in the West (Judaism preceded it but extremely few in biblical times were Jewish). Brutal, tribal, and nasty.

If Christianity fails to protect its borders from Islam and human monsters that see those of us in the West as prey, then the really bad old days will return with a vengeance.

Posted by: whig
--

Children should be taught, early on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:50 PM (VPNgR)

137 But those are lions... savage predators with a murderous instinct for hunting and killing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:44 PM (qlLNh)

At least the lions have some pride...

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:50 PM (2WIwB)

138 I look at the top picture, and wonder if they set up an animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex drooling on the ground near the landing site.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)

139
Six plus hours...

Posted by: man
Continued prayers for the recovery.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 10:51 PM (NnhvP)

140 Get on and off from the other side . . . . . .
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:46 PM (Jr+re)

Can't be done. The controls for the loader take up all the space. Get on from the left side, or don't get on at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:51 PM (i9VX2)

141 > Those tall tanks are most likely pressurized gas storage, due to the rounded ends on both top and bottom.

Yep. I remember a problem from calculus class many years ago that demonstrated why you don't want flat ends on a pressure tank.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:52 PM (qlLNh)

142 "Saltair opened in 1893 as a family-oriented resort promoted by LDS Church leaders - the "Coney Island of the West" - with dancing, bathing, and later amusement rides. The original pavilion burned in April 1925. A second was built and burned in 1970. A third structure was built in 1981 about one mile west of the original site, using a reused aircraft hangar."

As usual, Monty Python is all over it: https://tinyurl.com/urtb7tmb

Posted by: Jeff Guinn at October 05, 2026 10:52 PM (YSIYC)

143 138 I look at the top picture, and wonder if they set up an animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex drooling on the ground near the landing site.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)

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No T Rex, but audio-animatronic Mr. Lincoln was there and boy was he confused.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:53 PM (wpRMV)

144 I could see a hypothetical future where all the male Muslims were killed off, with the children raised as Christians.

The Muzzies did that the other way with the Janissaries, and payback is a bitch.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:54 PM (qlLNh)

145 Yep. I remember a problem from calculus class many years ago that demonstrated why you don't want flat ends on a pressure tank.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:52 PM (qlLNh)

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Really? Why not?

Posted by: Zombie Stockton Rush at October 05, 2026 10:54 PM (wpRMV)

146

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 10:55 PM (ZxPkt)

147 112 Jerry Reid was a good player, for some reason his favorites were novelty tunes. Guess he picked an open lane.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (VPNgR)

Glen Campbell heard a Jerry Reid guitar lick and used it in the song "Southern Nights." Gave him credit for it too.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 05, 2026 10:55 PM (y171U)

148 >>My right knee hurts this evening. I think too many times getting on and off the tractor.

Rub some dirt on it. We rockin' tonight.

Mr Breeze

https://tinyurl.com/2uv5dx4j

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:55 PM (viF8m)

149 Nice collection of antique photos. I Check Shorpy Old Photos nearly every day.

Posted by: Antique Myself at October 05, 2026 10:55 PM (EdP2u)

150 I too got nothin'

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 10:56 PM (ZxPkt)

151 If laziness was an Olympic sport, how many people do you know who'd try to come in fourth, to avoid walking up to the podium?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 10:56 PM (qx7Zg)

152 I look at the top picture, and wonder if they set up an animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex drooling on the ground near the landing site.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)

I'm thinking a pterodactyl in that picture, diving on the helo, would of been awesome.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:58 PM (2WIwB)

153 New London, WI pic made me smile. Mom had family in town there ... one was the county coroner. His wife "set a fiine table" and was definitely a star of the local "social scene." I was too young when we visited to have any real memories, other than the wife's cooking ...

Posted by: YellowBird at October 05, 2026 10:58 PM (MEbkQ)

154 When I heard the mystery click was Free Bird, I thought it might be this one.

https://youtu.be/MQNRKX8GwPo

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)

155 AM ... good reminder about Shorpy. Time to go back there.

Posted by: YellowBird at October 05, 2026 10:59 PM (MEbkQ)

156 Lots of Norwegian immigrants wound up in Chicago. My father's aunt lived there. Seattle is/was full of them too. Brooklyn was the biggest enclave. There were 60,000 Norwegians in Bay Ridge Brooklyn in 1960, a couple hundred now.

Posted by: Both My Parents Came Over Around 1950 at October 05, 2026 10:59 PM (EdP2u)

157 Free Bird was a classic. Will always remember cruising around in my '68 candy apple red Firebird with that song turned up as loud as my speakers could allow. Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose as another song says.
Good times.

Posted by: Case at October 05, 2026 11:00 PM (9+0gc)

158 > Really? Why not?
Posted by: Zombie Stockton Rush at October 05, 2026 10:54 PM (wpRMV)

The pressure inside a tank "wants" to blow the whole thing into a sphere, the natural shape (think soap bubbles). You can work this out with calculus (or I could at one time...I'd have to bone up a lot to do it today).

Some extremely high pressure tanks are made as full spheres, but normally a cylinder with rounded ends is a good compromise between strength and fabrication cost.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 11:00 PM (qlLNh)

159 >Sheesh! You rich people.
We had table scraps and had to fight to dog to get any.
Posted by: Diogenes

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You were lucky. We had to nick leftover offal from the butcher's alley bins.

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 11:01 PM (ZxPkt)

160

lol Don

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 11:01 PM (/QHx4)

161 Rospotrebnadzor announced this afternoon that 60% of the 197 close contacts of Daria Shipilova have now been released from quarantine. The remainder will be released over the next few days. They were originally scheduled to be released next week.

None presented any symptoms of pneumonia and daily blood tests have cleared every contact.

This entire episode is fake news.

Posted by: 10x25mm at October 05, 2026 11:02 PM (NhHLV)

162 Thanks for the ONT, TRex! Great as usual.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 11:03 PM (Jr+re)

163 Good evening, All

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 05, 2026 11:03 PM (PKL0q)

164 > We had to nick leftover offal from the butcher's alley bins.
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 11:01 PM (ZxPkt)

You had offal? We dreamed of offal, mate. We had to content ourselves with the flies, maggots, and roaches from the offal bin, and the butcher made us pay him for the privilege.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 11:04 PM (qlLNh)

165 I was cuttin' a rug
Down at a place called The Jug
With a girl named Linda Lu
When in walked a man
With a gun in his hand
And he was lookin' for you know who

We boomers absolutely had the best music. By far.

https://tinyurl.com/mn62z4zx

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 11:04 PM (viF8m)

166 Apple Jacks were my fave cereal too!

Posted by: Jeff Toobin at October 05, 2026 11:05 PM (EdP2u)

167 Grape Nuts

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 11:06 PM (VPNgR)

168 161 Rospotrebnadzor announced this afternoon that 60% of the 197 close contacts of Daria Shipilova have now been released from quarantine. The remainder will be released over the next few days. They were originally scheduled to be released next week.

None presented any symptoms of pneumonia and daily blood tests have cleared every contact.

This entire episode is fake news.
Posted by: 10x25mm at October 05, 2026 11:02 PM (NhHLV)

It is fake news. Read here earlier this "news" story came from a single source.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 05, 2026 11:06 PM (y171U)

169 161: Rospotrebnadzor announced this afternoon that 60% of the 197 close contacts of Daria Shipilova have now been released from quarantine. The remainder will be released over the next few days. They were originally scheduled to be released next week.

None presented any symptoms of pneumonia and daily blood tests have cleared every contact.
***

Robert Malone has a solid piece today up on his substack site. He comes to pretty near the same, calm, conclusion. Not looking like there's anything much to see there.

https://tinyurl.com/ytayeewv

Posted by: YellowBird at October 05, 2026 11:06 PM (MEbkQ)

170 If Piper's still around, here's a hat for next Sunday.

https://youtu.be/aDvesrBnGHY?t=440

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 11:07 PM (qx7Zg)

171 162 Thanks for the ONT, TRex! Great as usual.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 11:03 PM
***
Thank you! Hello to the little red truck!

Posted by: TRex - helicopter pilot dino at October 05, 2026 11:07 PM (XfIK1)

172 >>>We boomers absolutely had the best music. By far.

https://tinyurl.com/mn62z4zx

Posted by: JackStraw
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No angst, no good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 11:07 PM (VPNgR)

173 If laziness was an Olympic sport, how many people do you know who'd try to come in fourth, to avoid walking up to the podium?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I came in second in procrastination, but they haven't sent me my medal yet.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)

174 Angst is for people who are too busy worrying to enjoy life.

The Florida guitar army.

https://tinyurl.com/bdcwps4j

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 11:15 PM (viF8m)

175 Ballard is a neighborhood in Seattle which has a lot of Norwegians. There’s even a Leif Erickson day and parade. Lots of fishing boats. Many go up to SE AK and fish salmon and cod. Feed a lot of us.

Good peeps. Drink hard. Love them.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 11:16 PM (Mn5g+)

176 There was a small window in my life when "freedom" ment something. No worries, living day to day, having fun. But just a small window it seems now. Then the worries came. Real job, taxes, rent, etc. Then the freedom disappeared. Just like that, gone. Oh, but that freedom time sure was fun.

Posted by: Case at October 05, 2026 11:17 PM (9+0gc)

177 164 > We had to nick leftover offal from the butcher's alley bins.
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 11:01 PM (ZxPkt)

You had offal? We dreamed of offal, mate. We had to content ourselves with the flies, maggots, and roaches from the offal bin, and the butcher made us pay him for the privilege.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 11:04 PM (qlLNh)

There's really something wrong with both of you.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 11:17 PM (GYqb1)

178 176 There was a small window in my life when "freedom" ment something. No worries, living day to day, having fun. But just a small window it seems now. Then the worries came. Real job, taxes, rent, etc. Then the freedom disappeared. Just like that, gone. Oh, but that freedom time sure was fun.
Posted by: Case at October 05, 2026 11:17 PM (9+0gc)

And then you retire, fly a nice little bird at your former employer, and get right on back to that freedom again. It is worth waiting for, as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 11:19 PM (GYqb1)

179 ace posted this earlier. "Battleswarm blog quotes Military.com: [US Marines and SOCOM special forces] Below, Cappy Army discusses the move against the Mexican cartel in Ecuador. Cartel gunmen recently fired on US ships."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWO0RHssw8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 11:21 PM (VPNgR)

180

Tomorrow is clean out the garage day. Move yard tools out to the shed, move snow shovels and stuff into the garage.

Husband is thrilled, lmao.

Please pray for him, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 11:22 PM (/QHx4)

181 Husband is thrilled, lmao.

Please pray for him, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

Prayers, I feel his pain.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 11:24 PM (NnhvP)

182 Tomorrow is clean out the garage day. Move yard tools out to the shed, move snow shovels and stuff into the garage.

Husband is thrilled, lmao.

Please pray for him, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 11:22 PM (/QHx4)

How about...

Father, please help four season's husband complete the tool swap promptly and safely. Amen.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 11:24 PM (qx7Zg)

183

LOL ya'll. I love being organized. On the off chance we have snow this winter here in SW Wyoming this year I don't want to have to plod through the snow to the shed to get the fricking shovels.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 11:27 PM (/QHx4)

184 I'm pretty sure the tank in the background of the pic isn't a Renault FT but probably a Mk VIII Liberty tank

Posted by: J. Random Dude, Back Again at October 05, 2026 11:30 PM (1+nJd)

185 101 Mikey secretly ate Kaboom!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:31 PM (RIvkX)

Well, that would explain how Mikey really liked Life, then.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 05, 2026 11:30 PM (0CU3H)

186 167 Grape Nuts

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 11:06 PM (VPNgR)

My favorite cereals were:

Product 19
Total

In that order.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 05, 2026 11:31 PM (0CU3H)

187 My favorite cereals were:

Product 19
Total

In that order.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Frosted mini wheats
raisin bran

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 11:33 PM (NnhvP)

188 If I got a choice (and that didn't happen until about age 9) I wanted Cheerios. My mom pushed the oatmeal at me but I resisted and took a coupla pieces of toast to keep her happy. Nowadays I like, of course, oatmeal.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 11:34 PM (Jr+re)

189 I also have Cream of Wheat and Malt-o-meal ready. I like warm cereals in decent quantities.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 11:35 PM (Jr+re)

190 Who had the Capn Crunch treasure chest' cereal bowl?

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 11:36 PM (ZxPkt)

191 @178-ten in AK

Oh, I'm retired now, just this year but the worries are still there. House upkeep, taxes, regular utility bills, etc. And my Doctor took my beer away from me! This past summer sucked! However not having to go to work is a wonderful thing. (I gave my boss notice before Ieft)

Posted by: Case at October 05, 2026 11:36 PM (9+0gc)

192 >>There was a small window in my life when "freedom" ment something.

Aside from a very few, all of us have responsibilities and issues to deal with.

Every single day you wake up on the right side of the dirt is a gift. Find the moments and make them your focus.

Happiness is a choice.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 11:36 PM (viF8m)

193 Annual car show in Payson, AZ this weekend. I'll be the guy with the mustache. Unless I shave it off before then.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310

Excuse me, are you the gentleman who used to have a mustache?

Posted by: Adriane the Logical Progresion of Things Critic. . . at October 05, 2026 11:38 PM (3ZUWJ)

194 In "Superman- The Movie" there's a scene in the kitchen of Clark Kent's boyhood home. There's a box of Cheerios plainly visible.

Superman eats Cheerios.

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 11:39 PM (ZxPkt)

195 One of my AI agent's has started freaking out and hallucinating, had to terminate it like Neo terminated Agent Smith.

Re-spawned it and gave it a pep talk.

It's was just a unit test for a collapse date function, nothing exotic.

I'd give it a digital bourbon, but I take it instead.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2026 11:41 PM (XV/Pl)

196 Annual car show in Payson, AZ this weekend. I'll be the guy with the mustache. Unless I shave it off before then.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310

Will be quite entertaining?

I might talk the Better half into a drive.
I'd be the guy with aa large mustache and wearing a hat.

Where in Payson?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 11:45 PM (NnhvP)

197 > There's really something wrong with both of you.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 11:17 PM (GYqb1)

Nolo contendere.

Good night, all!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 11:48 PM (qlLNh)

198 Where in Payson?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 11:45 PM (NnhvP)

I have found memories of Payson, when I was a Boy Scout I spent one or two weeks at camp just outside of Payson every summer. Love those woods.
That was the early 70’s, and at that time no one would ever ask “where in Payson?” iirc, in those days you could easily see from one end of town to another.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2026 11:49 PM (B0Z3q)

199

Sleep well Rodrigo!

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 11:49 PM (/QHx4)

200 Where in Payson?

Drive to Payson. Follow a likely car. You're there!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 11:51 PM (Jr+re)

201 Drive to Payson. Follow a likely car. You're there!!
Posted by: LRob

As good a plan as any!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 11:52 PM (NnhvP)

202 I'll be the guy with the mustache. Unless I shave it off before then.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310
Excuse me, are you the gentleman who used to have a mustache?
Posted by: Adriane the Logical

John had a long moustache

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 05, 2026 11:57 PM (k692E)

203 Howdy, rowdies!

Thanks for the old pix, TRex-- so comforting to know that we used to be a proper country. Hope we can be, again!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

204 If I were in AJ right now, I would drive my Studebaker Lark to Payson. But I am here at home in Alberta.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2026 12:01 AM (i9VX2)

205 Anbody know who built that dinosaur in the top pic? I know a guy who used to be in the dinosaur-building business.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2026 12:03 AM (i9VX2)

206 If I were in AJ right now, I would drive my Studebaker Lark to Payson. But I am here at home in Alberta.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You'd be really early for the car show...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 06, 2026 12:03 AM (NnhvP)

207 Good news about lower crime rates, closed borders, rape rapists and murderers taken off the streets, fraudsters put in jail..

But I don't hear about the good news.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 06, 2026 12:04 AM (PKL0q)

208 Rethug hastert now burning in hell. Bari weiss orders cbs news not to mention he was another rethugliKKKan child molester convicted and sent to prison. Put D after name or leave it blank NO R!

Posted by: raimondo at October 06, 2026 12:05 AM (odk3f)

209 189 I also have Cream of Wheat and Malt-o-meal ready. I like warm cereals in decent quantities.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 11:35 PM (Jr+re)

Both good choices. Or oatmeal with some apple slices, cinnamon, and milk.

You know you're 29 when you start thinking: "Man, it would be great to have some mush and a hot cup of coffee and just stare off into space for a while."

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 06, 2026 12:05 AM (71pES)

210 Here's what the internet tells me:

The last Studebaker Lark-type vehicle was manufactured on March 17, 1966

What year is yours?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 06, 2026 12:06 AM (PKL0q)

211 What Thoreau actually said.

>>The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Smart guy. Don't be in the mass. Live dangerously as yourself.

Goodnight horde.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 06, 2026 12:08 AM (viF8m)

212 The last Studebaker Lark-type vehicle was manufactured on March 17, 1966

What year is yours?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 06, 2026 12:06 AM (PKL0q)

The one in AZ is a 1960 4-door sedan.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2026 12:08 AM (i9VX2)

213 Oatmeal is too *chunky* and triggers my gag reflex.. same with tapioca..

But Cream of Wheat, or Malt-o-Meal, or cornmeal mush? Oh, yes! Butter & a little bit of brown sugar, please.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)

214 But Cream of Wheat, or Malt-o-Meal, or cornmeal mush? Oh, yes! Butter & a little bit of brown sugar, please.
Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)

Tapioca is nasty. Just no. Grits are good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2026 12:11 AM (i9VX2)

215 Happiness is a choice.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 11:36 PM (viF8m)

Thank you for the reminder. Sometimes I need that.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 06, 2026 12:11 AM (PKL0q)

216 I must say I am enjoying this nice cooler weather we are having. Those 98 degrees days are gone. Thank goodness. Even the dogs are wagging their tails now. But they are also talking to their friends more at night. Well, it's good to know they are feeling better. Dog days of summer are gone for a while.

Posted by: Case at October 06, 2026 12:14 AM (9+0gc)

217 Grits! Yes!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

218
216 I must say I am enjoying this nice cooler weather we are having. Those 98 degrees days are gone. Thank goodness. Even the dogs are wagging their tails now. But they are also talking to their friends more at night. Well, it's good to know they are feeling better. Dog days of summer are gone for a while.
Posted by: Case at October 06, 2026 12:14 AM

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Heat wave in Southern CA continues.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 06, 2026 12:17 AM (azNOR)

219
Do we know what time POS hasan will be executed?

I wish they would televise it.

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 12:19 AM (/QHx4)

220 @211 Bette thoreau quote on John Brown's raid on harpers ferry. Sharps rifles were never used in a better cause! On Mexican war when emerson asked Thoreau what he was doing in jail for refusing to pay for Mexican war. Thoreau asked him what are you doing out their? As a Taxi driver sent to pick fair at a huge fundo church the paster asked me if I was looking for one of the apostles. I told him I was looking for gedot! Most moron here would be to ignorant to understand joke.

Posted by: raimondo at October 06, 2026 12:20 AM (odk3f)

221
219
Do we know what time POS hasan will be executed?

I wish they would televise it.

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 12:19 AM

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Is he going to be sitting in his wheelchair when they shoot him?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 06, 2026 12:22 AM (azNOR)

222 Do we know what time POS hasan will be executed?

I wish they would televise it.

Posted by: four seasons

Army policy mandates that the execution must occur within 150 days of presidential approval, but no sooner than 60 days.

There is still time for tv coverage!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 06, 2026 12:22 AM (NnhvP)

223
I almost missed this, but there is going to be an occultation of Jupiter by duh Moon early this morning visible over most of the central to eastern US. See the path here:

https://t.ly/4g0Dv

This will be on the eastern side of the sky, of course. Note in the middle US from a line running from the middle of TX NW up the corner of Idaho and Montana will see an Jupiter blocked at Moonrise, and only reappear, not the disappeance.

And JQ, looks like you're just out of the zone and won't see anything, unfortunately.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 12:23 AM (w6EFb)

224 Is he going to be sitting in his wheelchair when they shoot him?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 06, 2026 12:22 AM (azNOR)

Why waste a good wheelchair? Put his skank azz in a cheap plastic resin chair. Maybe he could sit in raimondo's lap.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2026 12:24 AM (i9VX2)

225 Do we know what time POS hasan will be executed?

I wish they would televise it.

Posted by: four seasons

Army policy mandates that the execution must occur within 150 days of presidential approval, but no sooner than 60 days.

There is still time for tv coverage!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 06, 2026 12:22 AM (NnhvP)

Will they use an M-1 Abrams, to show off how effective it's HE ammo is?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 06, 2026 12:25 AM (qx7Zg)

226
Lmao AOP

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 12:25 AM (/QHx4)

227 >>Is he going to be sitting in his wheelchair when they shoot him?

They could prop him up with a broomstick up his @$$...

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)

228 Maybe he could sit in raimondo's lap.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

As long as the shot is front to back!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 06, 2026 12:26 AM (NnhvP)

229
Why is he still alive?

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 12:27 AM (/QHx4)

230
I guess Hassan will be tied to a post or something. The wheelchair would be sort of cool though if it rolled back a couple of feet from the impact of the bullets.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 06, 2026 12:27 AM (azNOR)

231 And JQ, looks like you're just out of the zone and won't see anything, unfortunately.

Posted by: publius

Oh, well... there will be other celestial events.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)

232 >>Is he going to be sitting in his wheelchair when they shoot him?

They could prop him up with a broomstick up his @$$...
Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)

Use an engine hoist to hold him up, with his feet off the ground.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 06, 2026 12:28 AM (qx7Zg)

233
Pay for view. Give the money to the families.

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 12:29 AM (/QHx4)

234 Can anybody explain why there are still tall cornstalks in the fields here? The stocks and leaves are all yellowed.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 06, 2026 12:30 AM (PKL0q)

235 Can anybody explain why there are still tall cornstalks in the fields here? The stocks and leaves are all yellowed.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

Corn maze end of the month!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 06, 2026 12:31 AM (NnhvP)

236
229
Why is he still alive?

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 12:27 AM

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Maybe the same reason he wasn't fired despite years of psychotic behavior before the mass murder.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 06, 2026 12:31 AM (azNOR)

237 I think Hasen might still be alive because it took years to revive the rule about execution by guns.

Posted by: Iris at October 06, 2026 12:37 AM (286+n)

238 Well, it is past 10:30 here, and I am sleepy. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2026 12:39 AM (i9VX2)

239
224 Is he going to be sitting in his wheelchair when they shoot him?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 06, 2026 12:22 AM (azNOR)

They should put his wheelchair on a little track where it would go back and forth while they shoot and a bell would ding and a little score pop up every time they get a hit. And maybe change direction too with each hit.

Each member of the squad gets 3 shots, one at a time. Highest score wins!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 06, 2026 12:39 AM (B0Z3q)

240

He should be executed by the same weapon he murdered the people.

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)

241
Goodnight AOP

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)

242
Lol Tom

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 12:41 AM (/QHx4)

243 The Thoreau family a couple of fucking pacifists.
Probably be commies today.
We've got men in Ecuador kicking in Cartel doors, vicious, murdering cartels, and he didn't support the integrity of our Southern border. Disgusting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 06, 2026 12:42 AM (VPNgR)

244 Happy Monday Horde, this time next week I will be getting ready to travel. I might have a Bloody Mary for breakfast at the airport before I fly, then I will take a nap because I will probably not sleep a wink the night before.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 06, 2026 12:42 AM (ibDUx)

245
Hi Debby

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 12:44 AM (/QHx4)

246 Most moron here would be to ignorant to understand joke.
Posted by: raimondo at October 06, 2026 12:20 AM (odk3f)

You misspelled the name and botched the joke. You’re supposed to wait for him, not look for him.
Still it was almost coherent - you must be sober tonight.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 06, 2026 12:45 AM (B0Z3q)

247 I know there's poetic justice in giving Nidal Hasan a death by firing squad, but - since he's in a wheelchair - do any of you recall what happened to the tabloid reporter in The Red Dragon (or the original, Manhunter)?

Posted by: PabloD at October 06, 2026 12:47 AM (OXSZa)

248 Hi, Debby!

*Chivas for you*

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

249 In the mid-90s, I rented studio space for a film shoot from a guy in Manhattan who claimed to have directed the "Mikey" Life cereal spot. Can't remember his name. Not sure I believed him.

Posted by: mot at October 06, 2026 12:52 AM (eWpCl)

250 I cleaned the ash & soot out of stove pipe and ash vac today... plus a few other less strenuous chores... Yay!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)

251 I know I rode some small train in the Black Hills when I was a kid. When I looked at that photo it immediately reminded me of that time and before I read that it was a miner’s train in the Black Hills.

Posted by: polynikes at October 06, 2026 01:05 AM (KC5Lt)

252
Getting ready for winter.

We start tomorrow. Hubby is not excited about that, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 01:05 AM (/QHx4)

253 Looks more like a diplodocus.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 06, 2026 01:06 AM (Fv808)

254 234 Can anybody explain why there are still tall cornstalks in the fields here? The stocks and leaves are all yellowed.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

C'mon, go take a walk in them! What could go wrong!?

Posted by: "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" at October 06, 2026 01:07 AM (sAmhv)

255 Ronald Gray is also still on death row even though Bush signed off on his execution. Judges have way too much governing power.

Posted by: polynikes at October 06, 2026 01:08 AM (KC5Lt)

256 Hi, four seasons!

Cold nights and rainy weather are set to begin this weekend here... I've got plenty to do before then, but am confident of accomplishing the necessaries.

Sucks doing it all alone, but at least I'm *able* (for now)

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

257 Hi JQ, hi four seasons, chilly out tonight, cooler temps should bring forth the color in the trees. It is not a bad season here at all.

They should probably execute Nidal Hasan right before the election, I for one long for seeing some applied justice, finally.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 06, 2026 01:08 AM (ibDUx)

258 Posted by: PabloD at October 06, 2026 12:47 AM (OXSZa)

Phillip Seymore Hoffman always plays a good greasy hair scum bag.

Posted by: polynikes at October 06, 2026 01:11 AM (KC5Lt)

259 Product 19
Total
In that order.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Product 19!
Perfect either right after your poured the milk or even slightly soggy.
Grape Nuts was inedible unless you drowned it, let it completely sog up, then drown it again.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 06, 2026 01:14 AM (Fv808)

260 Leaves are turning just a bit here-- haven't had a frost yet.

That reminds me, it's time to shut off irrigation water & blow out the pipes. Meh, just put it on the list...

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

261 260 Leaves are turning just a bit here-- haven't had a frost yet.

That reminds me, it's time to shut off irrigation water & blow out the pipes. Meh, just put it on the list...
Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

Central Valley Calif... it was 97 degrees here today... same for the next few days.

REALLY late for this kind of heat.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 06, 2026 01:17 AM (mP0Kj)

262 Someone on X blamed Israel for the recent botched hijacking, said that things were pretty peaceful back when the ottomans ran things

I had to note that yes, I do not think there was a single airplane hijacking under Ottomsn rule.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 06, 2026 01:17 AM (B0Z3q)

263 Was hoping it was later in the c night

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 01:18 AM (Ia/+0)

264 REALLY late for this kind of heat.
Posted by: Romeo13

Yeah, my lil bro was trucking thru there a couple of times this week-- said it was 102 yesterday at Needles (?) iirc...

Anyway, he called tonight and said it was ninety-something at 6pm, he was heading toward Lost Wages.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm)

265
With the drought we had here we did not have the irrigation system activated.

One less winter prep to do.

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 01:20 AM (/QHx4)

266 One less winter prep to do.
Posted by: four seasons

Yay! That's a plus... it's a PITA to drag out the lil compressor into the yard.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

267 > They could prop him up with a broomstick up his @$$...
Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)

I had an idea along similar lines.

It worked great on Muslims.

Posted by: Vlad Tepes at October 06, 2026 01:26 AM (qlLNh)

268 Life cereal was great.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 06, 2026 01:28 AM (Fv808)

269 We got a box of "Life" cereal once. It wasn't bad. Cinnamon, I think.

Cereals are too expensive now. I don't buy them anymore.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

270 Need some music...

youtu.be/u1_wTwuHPzU

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

271 > I had to note that yes, I do not think there was a single airplane hijacking under Ottomsn rule.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 06, 2026 01:17 AM (B0Z3q)

2,000 years. Not a single one, baby.

Posted by: The Romans, East and West at October 06, 2026 01:36 AM (qlLNh)

272
Retired policeman in England convicted and fined for posting this:

Fun facts about bacon! People who eat bacon have a lower chance of marrying a 9 year old.

Asshole neighbor of his reported him.

I think what he said is hilarious.

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 01:47 AM (/QHx4)

273 Learned a costly lesson today: don't hand your phone to others

A helpful manager at the ifix shop offered to get rid of useless apps, clean up my phone

Trouble is, he deleted a notes app with months of entries about problems with my ex-wife. This was for my protection in case she made more false accusations.

TL;DR; Don't let anyone delete anything from your phone

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 06, 2026 01:52 AM (PKL0q)

274
Here's an upcoming live stream of the occultation from a U of Illinois observatory if anyone is interested.

According to Stellarium, with a good telescope, it would be quite a shot. The Galilean moons will be lined up like ducks in a row, and you see the Moon just move in and that line disappear and then reappear over about an hour.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 01:52 AM (w6EFb)

275 🎶
Some bacon each day, keeps the muzzloids away...

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)

276 So happy I don't live in the UK! I'd be in jail by now. Life sentence, probably, for *wrong think*

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)

277
Me too JQ

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 01:58 AM (/QHx4)

278
All I can say is thank God for the First Amendment.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 01:59 AM (w6EFb)

279 Ab-so-fking-lutely, publius!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

280
Boy, I'm getting real good. Didn't even post the link:

https://t.ly/9NaU4

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 02:01 AM (w6EFb)

281 Anyone remember "wear a hijab day"? (Obastard years, ya know...)

I was waiting patiently, for my corporate masters to foist that BS upon us poor working stiffs...

'Twas not to be, thankfully, but I'd prepared myself for the possibility of it, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:02 AM (rdVOm)

282 Lock Hassan in a room somewhere. Come back in a few months.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 06, 2026 02:02 AM (Fv808)

283

Sleep well ya'll

See ya tomorrow

Posted by: four seasons at October 06, 2026 02:03 AM (/QHx4)

284 Night, 4s! Sleep well.

Catch ya next time!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

285
A different kind of occultation of Jupiter:

https://t.ly/dg-XX

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 02:05 AM (w6EFb)

286 Sweet dreams Horde, I'd love to hang around but I am sleepy.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 06, 2026 02:08 AM (ibDUx)

287 Night, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

288 So many party poopers!

https://youtu.be/oHyteUUiSxE

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 02:13 AM (F4PNo)

289 In the UK, Lucy Connolly is serving a thirty month prison sentence for a tweet:
"Mass deportation now, set fire to all the f****** hotels full of the bastards for all I care… if that makes me racist so be it.”

What made her tweet? Because one of the cultural enrichment b******* stabbed and killed three girls and injured ten others at a Taylor Swift concert.

Good to have a first amendment

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 06, 2026 02:15 AM (PKL0q)

290 Fly Dubai > United

https://tinyurl.com/msfsvjzn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 02:15 AM (F4PNo)

291 281 Anyone remember "wear a hijab day"? (Obastard years, ya know...)

I was waiting patiently, for my corporate masters to foist that BS upon us poor working stiffs...

'Twas not to be, thankfully, but I'd prepared myself for the possibility of it, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:02 AM (rdVOm)

Where it would have needed to be paired with "Wear an athletic cup" day.

I'm going to make a garlic drink. I had three hours of sleep but needed to come down to get a 5 hour script running. Ralphy is asleep peacefully in my bedroom with my friend's cat Snowflake in her chair there also. She overlooking him.

But I've been getting up at 3am and getting a LOT of work done when I don't have to cater to him every 40 minutes.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 06, 2026 02:17 AM (Sco7b)

292 The UK is lost.

'Bye, bye' a-holes-- you couldn't protect your own, so we're not gonna depend on you for anything to do with us, now.

Blame y'selves, it's your own fault for being wishy-washy.

Toodle--oo!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)

293 Hi, Stateless!

"I'm going to make a garlic drink."

Intriguing-- tell me more!

Glad all your (and "not" your) critters get along so well.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

294 The UK is lost.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)
-

Now's the time to stock up on Scottish Whiskey. Soon the Mohatmedians will declare it all Haram and burn down the distilleries.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 02:22 AM (F4PNo)

295 REALLY late for this kind of heat.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 06, 2026 01:17 AM (mP0Kj)

Already had two killing frosts, and it's probably just above freezing tonight. You could live somewhere sane, you know. Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 06, 2026 02:23 AM (GYqb1)

296 You could live somewhere sane, you know. Just sayin'.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Hahahahaha, AK? Um... no...

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)

297 "Garlic drink?"

I made chicken soup tonight, with onion, garlic (quite a lot of it, to be honest), sage, parsley, rosemary (just a little), red pepper, black pepper, an enormous chicken breast, dried carrots and potatoes (from the garden, of course), chicken bouillon, chopped tomatoes, thyme, and a smile.

Gosh, everything smelled so good.

Luckily, I made enough for another meal.

I love the fall.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 06, 2026 02:27 AM (GYqb1)

298 Hahahahaha, AK? Um... no...
Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)

I guess what you don't know can't hurt you, darlin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 06, 2026 02:28 AM (GYqb1)

299 I guess what you don't know can't hurt you, darlin'.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I'm sure AK is great. For those what can take it. Meh. No offense to you-- it's simply not for me.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)

300 Looks like the PQ will be forming a minority government in QC after the election tonight.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 06, 2026 02:32 AM (XUHiS)

301 "I'm going to make a garlic drink."

Intriguing-- tell me more!

Glad all your (and "not" your) critters get along so well.
Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

Cut up garlic, ginger root, a drop of Dave's Insanity Sauce, tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar, turmeric, black pepper and honey in hot water.

I've felt a cold coming on forever but the demon drink as I call it seems to help.

tcn, I hope you're well too!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 06, 2026 02:33 AM (Sco7b)

302
There is an operating A&W Restaurant at 774 N Lake Ave in Phillips, WI. I visited it twice while undertaking s round trip from Stevens Point to Washburn early last month. Get a root beer float if'n you should stop there.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2026 02:43 AM (ucEUz)

303 Con Corney bought the liberals a few extra seats with taxpayers money. Qhebec is a backwater ghetto that matters to no--one anymore. The general Canadian attitude towards Qubeccy is FF them.

Posted by: Lord Percy at October 06, 2026 02:44 AM (eb1bp)

304 >>Cut up garlic, ginger root, a drop of Dave's Insanity Sauce, tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar, turmeric, black pepper and honey in hot water.

Ok. That sounds... uh... ok...

Hope it works for you, Stateless!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

305
Colbert is dragooning the woodland creatures in his neighborhood to stage something, anything, LOTR-like, even if it is only in his own back yard.

He WILL BE a major entertainment impresario, dammit!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2026 02:48 AM (ucEUz)

306 The general Canadian attitude towards Qubeccy is FF them.
Posted by: Lord Percy at October 06, 2026 02:44 AM (eb1bp)

The opposite of love isn't hate but indifference.

Okay, I'm all set up here. I'll be able to get a ton done before 8 am. Sweet.

All of you have a great rest of the week.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 06, 2026 02:48 AM (Sco7b)

307 Ok. That sounds... uh... ok...

Hope it works for you, Stateless!
Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

There's worse demon drinks...
Have a great day JQ!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 06, 2026 02:49 AM (Sco7b)

308
One of the cats here, Purry Mason, has several deviously annoying ways to get my attention. Right now, he's in jump on my lap, briefly bounding across. He bounces across, then lands back on the floor, then does it again in the other direction. He then turns and looks at me. If I don't make much response, he does it again.

He's had his nightly treat paste stuff. This is mostly just a pay attention to me! thing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 02:50 AM (w6EFb)

309 LOL, Stateless!

I've had some "demon drinks" in my day-- but if you're stuffed up in the sinuses, just try some horseradish and hot peppers. It works!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

310
"A Frog leaving the country with a Paki under each arm" was the punchline to a joke, "What is a Canuck's wet dream?" (as told to me by a college roommate in grad school at U Vancouver in 1977).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 06, 2026 02:52 AM (ucEUz)

311 Publius, maybe Purry just wants some rubbys. Cats are cool and forgiving. (once they get what they want!)

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

312 >> maybe Purry just wants some rubbys.

When he just wants that, it's just plop in my lap, rub his head against my hand and sit there. When he's doing this, he wants me to get up...for something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 03:06 AM (w6EFb)

313 And now a public service announcement:

MOMof DataRepublican
@data_republican

Muslim turnout in 2024 was about 80% of registered Muslim voters.

Christian turnout was about 56% of voting-age Christian adults.

The gap is not Muslims outvoting Christians. It is millions of Christians who could vote and do not.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2026 03:06 AM (F4PNo)

314 Cat came in for a rubby-- not his usual thing, but it's getting cooler out at night lately. Heh.

Good kitty!

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 03:06 AM (rdVOm)

315 When he just wants that, it's just plop in my lap, rub his head against my hand and sit there. When he's doing this, he wants me to get up...for something.
Posted by: publius

Ah. He's begging. LOL. Seeing if you'll give him extra treats?

Little gypsies...

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)

316 Cat "helps me" whenever I'm outside doing chores. He stops by to give me a bonk (head-butt) and then supervises from a few feet away.

Nice to not be so alone in my toils.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 03:18 AM (rdVOm)

317 There's a funny thing about Alaska. So many people, from the oil folks to the military folks, who get posted up here, and hate it, because it is so different from where they come from, but then, once they leave, they want to come back.

Something about the total freedom to be and do whatever you want to be or do. The complete lack of personal judgment, the lack of rules, the just plain ease of everything, appeals.

We probably have the most ex-military folks per capita of anywhere. Likewise, the number of folks who move here and never want to move back.

It is very difficult to describe, but once you know it, you know.

I was born and raised. I never could be comfortable in the Lower 48, with all the rules and assumptions. I tried, mightily, but it never felt right.

Freedom does that to you.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 06, 2026 03:20 AM (GYqb1)

318
I just had a podcast talking with a guy named David Eagleman, talking about all the crazy things your brain does to perceive reality. At the basic level, "sight" and "sound" are mostly your brain "painting an internal picture" of objective physical inputs, light and sound. You and I see some "color" we call "red". Do we actually see the same thing? No way to prove that one way or the other.

And from there, he's done all sorts of experiments that expose this is somewhat disconcerting ways.

He found a way to mess with people's time perception of the order of events. Your brain get messed up and think an effect preceded a cause.

And now he thinks that schizophrenia may be a disorder where that is permanently messed up. That is, "hearing voices" is a person's own internal "dialogue" but the time-order perception is reversed....

As crazy as that sounds, he's getting good evidence that may indeed be the case.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 03:23 AM (w6EFb)

319 303 Con Corney bought the liberals a few extra seats with taxpayers money. Qhebec is a backwater ghetto that matters to no--one anymore. The general Canadian attitude towards Qubeccy is FF them.
Posted by: Lord Percy at October 06, 2026 02:44 AM (eb1bp)

Until they vote to leave Canada and the rest of the country realizes they don’t love QC until they are voting to leave.

(The attitude towards AB voting to vote on independence is “you fucking traitorous assholes. How dare you?” Which is why I think Option 2 on Question 10 will pass.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 06, 2026 03:31 AM (XUHiS)

320
C'mon, go take a walk in them! What could go wrong!?
Posted by: "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" at October 06, 2026 01:07 AM (sAmhv)

Cast to the fire
Banned by the light
Worship and listen to me
Condemned in his mind
In his evil place
Your fate is all that you'll see
I am the one
To show you the path
Salvation is in the fields
Listen up children and follow me
Or I'll let you pay the price
Of malachi!
Disciples of the watch
Obey!
Or I'll burn you to that cross!

Posted by: Testament at October 06, 2026 03:34 AM (XUHiS)

321 Time to get moving

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2026 03:34 AM (Ia/+0)

322 Holding the mass
The demon is cast
To resurrect your soul
Calling to him
Is like an evil sin
A prophet is what they're told
Taking the land under command
Killing friend or foe
Feel the might of his evil wrath
Desecrate your soul!
Disciples of the watch
Obey!
Or I'll burn you to that cross!

Posted by: Testament at October 06, 2026 03:35 AM (XUHiS)

323 As crazy as that sounds, he's getting good evidence that may indeed be the case.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 03:23 AM (w6EFb)

I always wondered about internal perception vs. objective reality. I suppose many people have different ideas of what "red" is and what "green" might be. That is as true of most concepts as anything.

I tend to be attuned to physical space, rather than imaginary or even philosophical understanding of things. Does that mean I perceive differently? Probably.

It is something that is nearly impossibly to quantify.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 06, 2026 03:41 AM (GYqb1)

324 RE: Alaska Freedom

It's a wonderful setup, for able-bodied singles or couples.
Again---
Have had friends & friends-of-family, what lived there & loved it. They told me alllllll about it. Great! (If you're not alone)

Again, I have nothing against AK. I'm not *ignorant* of what living there entails.

It's not my cuppa tea.

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 03:41 AM (rdVOm)

325 >>>Sign in front of the J.B. Brewer Five & Dept. Store, Crossville, Tennessee

Maybe

J.B. Brewer Five & Dime
Dept. Store

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:43 AM (odBC9)

326 Again, I have nothing against AK. I'm not *ignorant* of what living there entails.

It's not my cuppa tea.
Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 03:41 AM (rdVOm)

And nothing to be ashamed of. Just pointing out why it is attractive and why we love being here. Is all.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 06, 2026 03:43 AM (GYqb1)

327 spaced like this:

J.B. Brewer Five & Dime
.......Dept. Store.......

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:44 AM (odBC9)

328 32 Reportedly a boatload of "migrants" arrived in Spain, carrying an extremely rare female "migrant".

Her fellow "migrants" gang-raped her repeatedly on the voyage, and threw her two-year-old son overboard because would not stop crying.

One reason (among many) that you don't see many female "migrants": they know how their men can be guaranteed to behave.

Yes, but were the men military age? If so, that is bad. If not, no problem.

(Illegal immigration apparently is only bad if the perpetrator is a male of military age.)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (qlLNh)

Posted by: Cow demkn at October 06, 2026 03:46 AM (XUHiS)

329 Yes, but were the men military age? If so, that is bad. If not, no problem.

(Illegal immigration apparently is only bad if the perpetrator is a male of military age.)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Cow demkn at October 06, 2026 03:46 AM (XUHiS)

Bah! I have no idea how that happened. Apologies.

Posted by: CowDemom at October 06, 2026 03:47 AM (XUHiS)

330 And nothing to be ashamed of. Just pointing out why it is attractive and why we love being here. Is all.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 06, 2026 03:43 AM (GYqb1)

I enjoyed my time in AK, and I can’t wait to visit again. But I would never live there. Too cold and dark for my tastes. YMMV.

(I gotta show someone around my old haunts in Anchorage sometime.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 06, 2026 03:48 AM (XUHiS)

331 280 Boy, I'm getting real good. Didn't even post the link:

https://t.ly/9NaU4
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 02:01 AM (w6EFb)

Live Feed from Lunar Occultation of Jupiter October 6, 2026

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 03:49 AM (odBC9)

332 And now he thinks that schizophrenia may be a disorder where that is permanently messed up. That is, "hearing voices" is a person's own internal "dialogue" but the time-order perception is reversed....

As crazy as that sounds, he's getting good evidence that may indeed be the case.
Posted by: publius

I read something like that a couple decades ago.

The folks who think the TV can read their mind because they were just thinking about having a Coke, and then a Coke commercial came on. Happens because reality is the other way around but they perceive it backwards. Bad brain timing.

And they could get neurotypical people to do the same thing. Simple mouse-driven flight sim. With programmable delay on the controls. Get people to "playtest" the game as part of the study.

Start normal, slow down the mouse reaction. "Playtesters" said the game started to lag.

Start slow, speed up the reaction. "Playtesters" said "OMG it read my mind. The plane moved before I moved the mouse."

Posted by: mikeski at October 06, 2026 03:57 AM (VHUov)

333 >> I suppose many people have different ideas of what "red" is and what "green" might be.

While you can't prove this 100%, you can hypothesize that since our brains are all basically the same "machine" as it were, then we probably everybody probably sees colors the same. And they're getting close to confirming that.

Using functional MRI, they map out the brain activity of people who are perceiving a color. And they get complex with it, a myriad of different hues and and all that. AI is very good a pattern recognition. So you turn AI loose on that data based on a large sample of subjects.

Now, you bring in a sample of people who haven't been measured, and turn on the MRI and have them look at colors. AI, then looks at that pattern and predicts what color/shade/hue the new subjects are perceiving.

Guess what, that predicts precisely what color/shade/hue variation the person is perceiving.

So when you and I see "red", our brain circuits are firing in the exact same pattern.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 06, 2026 03:58 AM (w6EFb)

334 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)

335 So much for our ONT...

Posted by: JQ at October 06, 2026 04:04 AM (rdVOm)

336 332 I read something like that a couple decades ago.

The folks who think the TV can read their mind because they were just thinking about having a Coke, and then a Coke commercial came on. Happens because reality is the other way around but they perceive it backwards. Bad brain timing.

Posted by: mikeski at October 06, 2026 03:57 AM (VHUov)

That's really scary.

Posted by: m at October 06, 2026 04:04 AM (odBC9)

337 @184

Correct!

Much too large to be a Renault ft

Posted by: Robm1981 at October 06, 2026 06:57 AM (e2zN4)

338 @Hasan execution should not he be beheaded like they do to the nigerian christians televised world wide message would not be missed in that ENTIRE part of the world

Posted by: paulnjax at October 06, 2026 08:19 AM (PPnyU)

Unbearable Cafe

Corgi took the biggest branch in the woods.

Close encounter of the ursine kind.

Little girl plays with her doggos.

Cats don't want toys you buy for them. They want to steal your stuff and make it their toy.

Waterfall in Ibaraki, Japan.

Puppy in a ball pit.

Stray kitten adopts a human.

Bears: A Continuing Concern.

The winner of last week's Fat Bear contest.

This mama buffalo understands the subversive menace of bears.

Bear enjoys a free blow-out.

For more than 20 years, Christian Moullec has flown with birds. With his microlight aircraft he guides migrating flocks of vulnerable species and orphaned birds

[📹 NatGeo]pic.twitter.com/6HlKt6srRc
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 25, 2026

No matter the species, kids will be kids..🐘😅 https://t.co/oWvzV9wVed
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) October 5, 2026

Bears: The Menace the Establishment Refuses to Name.

A bear broke into a house to steal food, but ended up getting completely humbled by a 3-pound Pomeranian. He was seriously out of touch with reality https://t.co/ZRiNgvJaJY
— Nature Unedited (@NatureUnedited) June 14, 2026

Thanks to Lizzy.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 It's only Monday and that top pic has already exceeded the cuteness quota for the week.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 07:37 PM (FZ29D)

2 Cute puppies

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2026 07:38 PM (u73oe)

3 They want to steal your stuff and make it their toy.
---
Yep. Chloe the Bengal Klutz Kitty has discovered the pens I keep on my desk. They are now her playthings.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 07:40 PM (FZ29D)

4
The bird guy is awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 07:40 PM (/QHx4)

5 A King Charles and a Norfolk terrier?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 07:41 PM (7zn4w)

6 Awww, I could sure cuddle those puppies. The downside of being old is no more puppies or kittens.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2026 07:44 PM (nxLtX)

7 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 05, 2026 07:45 PM (hG5L0)

8 Dinner is almost ready! We have pork tenderloin with a Greek marinade on the grill, sautéed rainbow veggies and brown rice cooked in bone broth. Wash up!

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 07:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

9 Do bears eat buffalo babies?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 07:47 PM (Cqx++)

10 dooooh

Puppies!

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 07:47 PM (viF8m)

11 Dinner is almost ready! We have pork tenderloin with a Greek marinade on the grill, sautéed rainbow veggies and brown rice cooked in bone broth. Wash up!
Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 07:46 PM (ZdaMQ)
----
Is it Pride Month again already?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 07:48 PM (FZ29D)

12 "I'm the bwanch manager. He's the assistant bwanch manager."

Posted by: the brown puppy at October 05, 2026 07:49 PM (VHUov)

13 That top photo would even make The Ice Man smile.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 07:49 PM (KC5Lt)

14 Dinner is almost ready! We have pork tenderloin with a Greek marinade on the grill, sautéed rainbow veggies and brown rice cooked in bone broth. Wash up!
Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 07:46 PM

What happened to the squash?

Posted by: Goats at October 05, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

15 Knew a woman up in NH who used to put Reaper peppers dipped in hamburger fat just outside her patio door to avoid bear intrusion. Her theory is that they wouldn't be able to resist the rancid burger scent, and would take things just one step too far.

My hypothesis was that they would go into a frenzy and likely tear the entire place apart. Sadly, I'll likely never know.

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 07:51 PM (dIske)

16 What happened to the squash?
Posted by: Goats at October 05, 2026 07:50

That was lunch! I ate it.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 07:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

17
*tucks napkin under chin*

I will have the blue-plate special.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 07:52 PM (eRlcH)

18
How does airplane geese guy keep the geese out of the propeller?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 07:53 PM (VWtfl)

19 >>>For more than 20 years, Christian Moullec has flown with birds. With his microlight aircraft he guides migrating flocks of vulnerable species and orphaned birds

Anna Paquin played him in the movie.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116329/

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2026 07:55 PM (syz1S)

20 *tucks napkin under chin*
I will have the blue-plate special.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 07:52 PM

And which wine will Monsieur be having with his blue-plate special?

Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Cafe Sommilier at October 05, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)

21 How does airplane geese guy keep the geese out of the propeller?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Prop is iin the back and probably shrouded.

Posted by: MkY at October 05, 2026 07:55 PM (ZHRuH)

22 *spray paints paper plate blue*

Do ya want gold silverware too?

Posted by: Your waiter at October 05, 2026 07:55 PM (MWfyi)

23 I'm reading about a bunch of Dems backing out of debates. That's how much faith they have in the cheat.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 05, 2026 07:55 PM (l26NL)

24 What if that goose did a crazy ivan on those ultralight dudes? Bad juju to be that close to an animal with a brain the size of a raisinet.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2026 07:56 PM (QTuIR)

25 What if that goose did a crazy ivan on those ultralight dudes? Bad juju to be that close to an animal with a brain the size of a raisinet.
Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2026 07:56 PM

Typically, so-called "Crazy Ivans" are performed by underwater submersibles. Did you, perhaps, mean "barrel roll", "Immelmann", or another aeronautical maneuver?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 05, 2026 07:59 PM (0sNs1)

26 >>I'm reading about a bunch of Dems backing out of debates. That's how much faith they have in the cheat.

Alternative theory. A debate would only hurt them because they would be forced to defend the insane shit they promoted before going into campaign mode.

See Oompa Loompa Abdul.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)

27 Thank you for the fun vids. And your continuing bear vigilance.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 05, 2026 08:01 PM (4HoLg)

28
Runbeck Election Services MISTAKENLY sent ballots to some Maricopa voters already. They also did that in 2022.

Elections are going to be lit this year.

Story at Gateway Pundit.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 08:02 PM (/QHx4)

29 This mama buffalo understands the subversive menace of bears.

It's becoming almost a reflex, but I'm not sure that isn't AI. Still cool. It isn't everyday you see a grizzly get knocked on its ass.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 08:04 PM (Riz8t)

30 Alternative theory. A debate would only hurt them because they would be forced to defend the insane shit they promoted before going into campaign mode.

Yup. That seems like a much more likely explanation.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 08:05 PM (Riz8t)

31
Way past overdue:

0:18 / 2:06
Bill Melugin reposted

Sean Parnell

@SeanParnellASW
·
33m
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. He killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting “Allahu Akbar” during the attack.

The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.

Posted by: beckster at October 05, 2026 08:07 PM (kX27y)

32 I didn't mean to shut down the thread.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 08:07 PM (Riz8t)

33
A King Charles and a Norfolk terrier?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 07:41 PM (7zn4w)

___________

Good guess. Norfolks have drop ears while Norwich Terriers have upright ears. But ear set with puppies changes a lot as they grow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:07 PM (eRlcH)

34 "Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.
Posted by: beckster"

God help us all I hope I am wrong.

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at October 05, 2026 08:08 PM (MWfyi)

35 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. He killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting “Allahu Akbar” during the attack.

The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.

Justice delayed is justice denied, but I'll take it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 08:08 PM (Riz8t)

36 Alternative theory. A debate would only hurt them because they would be forced to defend the insane shit they promoted before going into campaign mode.

Yup. That seems like a much more likely explanation.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 08:05 PM (Riz8t)
---
Dems are all cowards at heart.

It's one thing when your campaign staff can spin out lies and misinformation in campaign ads.

It's very different when your opponent has a chance to challenge you directly on stage in front of a live audience.

They can't defend the indefensible, no matter how hard they try.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 08:09 PM (FZ29D)

37 That cogi made fetch happen.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 08:10 PM (GfgtS)

38 I hope it's tomorrow at 5am. If nobody else wants to get up that early to do it I will.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

39 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. He killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting “Allahu Akbar” during the attack.

The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.
Posted by: beckster at October 05, 2026 08:07 PM (kX27y)
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I would prefer he died at the end of a rope.

He doesn't deserve the honorable death of a soldier, but rather the dishonorable death of a coward and a traitor.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 08:10 PM (FZ29D)

40 >>>Do bears eat buffalo babies?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

>Bears will eat buffaloes, moose and elk, if they can take them down. Tough to take down a buffalo. You don't want to mess with any of them.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 05, 2026 08:11 PM (kvLZQ)

41 The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.

Is there a cancellation list for the firing squad appointment?

Posted by: RI Red at October 05, 2026 08:11 PM (GSdlI)

42 downside of being old is no more puppies or kittens."

Sucks, huh? We did wind up with Meep, though...

(Vet says about year old) Calico. So freaking cute. Plays well with older Shih Tzu too...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 08:12 PM (61VNf)

43
A Hawaiian judge will rule he should be released, awarded back pay and promoted.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:12 PM (eRlcH)

44 Awww...puppy dogs are cute.

Posted by: Case at October 05, 2026 08:13 PM (9+0gc)

45 >>I didn't mean to shut down the thread.

Well you did. Now nobody is saying anything. You son of a ..

https://tinyurl.com/2mhhn3z5

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 08:13 PM (viF8m)

46 I hope it's tomorrow at 5am"

0530. I don't get up till then

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 08:14 PM (61VNf)

47 "A Hawaiian judge will rule he should be released, awarded back pay and promoted.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

And enrolled in a pilot training program.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 08:14 PM (MWfyi)

48
Awww...puppy dogs are cute.
Posted by: Case at October 05, 2026 08:13 PM (9+0gc)

_______

Little excretory machines.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:14 PM (eRlcH)

49 I would prefer he died at the end of a rope.

He doesn't deserve the honorable death of a soldier, but rather the dishonorable death of a coward and a traitor.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirre

====

Either could work, if some bacon grease were included

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 05, 2026 08:15 PM (4HoLg)

50 You'd think that people would have had enough of AI love songs
I look around me and I see it isn't so

Posted by: AI McCartney at October 05, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)

51 Alternative theory. A debate would only hurt them because they would be forced to defend the insane shit they promoted before going into campaign mode.

See Oompa Loompa Abdul.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)
________________________

Yeah, your theory is more likely. The less people know about what they really stand for the better the result for them. They know that their voters are less interested in issues, and much more focused on voting against the other guy, so why cloud the matter with actual documented positions?

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 08:17 PM (dIske)

52 >>Posted by: man

Thinking about you and your wife.

We got you.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 08:18 PM (viF8m)

53 We need to get someone investigating it right away. We need a good detective.

https://tinyurl.com/38wszns2

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 08:18 PM (Riz8t)

54
Some people want to fill the world with AI love songs
And it's allll crap

Posted by: AI McCartney at October 05, 2026 08:19 PM (MWfyi)

55 So all the Boomers just got $90 from PDT!

Won't pay the mortgage but it'll buy a nice dinner.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 05, 2026 08:20 PM (3ImbR)

56
The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.
Posted by: beckster

Do they need an old USN vet to pull the trigger?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 08:20 PM (NnhvP)

57
Yankees are off to a Yankees start.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:20 PM (eRlcH)

58 Muchly appreciated.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 08:20 PM (61VNf)

59 Prayers offered for the "man" family.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at October 05, 2026 08:21 PM (yTvNw)

60
The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.
Posted by: beckster

______

It's a rush to judgment!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:21 PM (eRlcH)

61 How does airplane geese guy keep the geese out of the propeller?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

He feathers the prop.

Jeeze guys!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2026 08:21 PM (ptJRT)

62 How does airplane geese guy keep the geese out of the propeller?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Doesn't matter. Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The "Nothing will happen" guy deciding to branch out at October 05, 2026 08:23 PM (Riz8t)

63 https://tinyurl.com/38wszns2
Posted by: Archimedes

Smooth.
Thanks

Posted by: MkY at October 05, 2026 08:24 PM (ZHRuH)

64 The "Nothing will happen" guy deciding to branch out"

Maybe take over the "en fuego"?

FWIW, Mrs' team booked OR and recovery for 500 minutes. Everyone will be exhausted...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 08:26 PM (61VNf)

65 @48.-Hadrian.

Yes, like most living things.

Posted by: Case at October 05, 2026 08:26 PM (9+0gc)

66
Family members of the slain people should have first refusal rights to shoot that piece of shit.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 08:26 PM (/QHx4)

67 So all the Boomers just got $90 from PDT!

Won't pay the mortgage but it'll buy a nice dinner.
Posted by: IrishEi ?

A bottle of that bourbon CBD is always railing about!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 08:27 PM (NnhvP)

68 The Army has a shit ton of helicopters. Toss the gimp and see what happens.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 05, 2026 08:28 PM (KGj36)

69 A bottle of that bourbon CBD is always railing about!"

Total wine is finally stocking the good stuff...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 08:28 PM (61VNf)

70
I'm usually up all night, night owl here. Will it be televised?

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 08:28 PM (/QHx4)

71 Family members of the slain people should have first refusal rights to shoot that piece of shit.

Posted by: four seasons

Might end up like the sanctioned death of the MA chick.
Ugly, and not done.

Posted by: MkY at October 05, 2026 08:28 PM (ZHRuH)

72 Toss the gimp and see what happens."

Does it blend?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 08:29 PM (61VNf)

73
Wow, $90 will pay for a couple days of Depends.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 08:30 PM (/QHx4)

74 Al and I were chatting one day and I told him that he needed to stop holding back and put his whole heart and soul into his singing.

Did I even get a thank you card? I did not. He even copied my suit. Dick move, Al.

https://tinyurl.com/mwhakcc

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 08:33 PM (viF8m)

75 I miss the Blue Plate Specials and The Blue Light Specials at K Mart. Don't like seeing Blue Lights in my rear view mirror though.

Posted by: Still On The Lam at October 05, 2026 08:37 PM (EdP2u)

76 Bears are starting to roam around now. We have black bears around here and they have already made the local news. Loud noises will usually scare them away. It's illegal to kill a bear around here, they are a protected animal.

Posted by: Case at October 05, 2026 08:40 PM (9+0gc)

77 Dinner was delicious. I feel like I need a walk now.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 08:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

78
Lamb steak, roasted potatoes and stir-fried spinach with garlic for dinner. Cookulated by moi. It was yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:46 PM (eRlcH)

79 I started to watch Star Trek VI but stopped after 25 minutes. I thought the even number Treks were supposed to be good.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 08:47 PM (KC5Lt)

80 Absolutely zero sense

@GeekVibesNation 1h
‘GHOSTBUSTERS: NIGHTMARE ON 34TH STREET’ is in development at Sony as the franchise’s next live-action film

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2026 08:48 PM (nEUC6)

81 We be has FART Tubes foor animals too. Gives us a visit at are websight
ore moor information

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at October 05, 2026 08:48 PM (BlaSb)

82 Pomeranians still think they are the full sized sled dogs they used to be. Their courage is real.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 08:49 PM (nHcc1)

83 will pay for a couple days of Depends"

Or a case of ensure

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 08:49 PM (61VNf)

84 I'd kick in a solid $100 if I could shoot Hasan in the nutsack with a Barrett .50BMG.

Posted by: ballistic at October 05, 2026 08:50 PM (oqH4h)

85
Crab clam shrimp bisque with toasted sourdough dippers.

Surprise Monday night football treat keeping herself in good terms.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 08:52 PM (Y8DZL)

86 I had a nice bacon and onion cheeseburger without the bacon or cheese. Paired very well with the Coke.
Jizz Chasm is my favorite Yankee now that Judge takes October off.

Posted by: Accomack at October 05, 2026 08:52 PM (dJCmT)

87 Wow, $90 will pay for a couple days of Depends.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 08:30 PM (/QHx4)

What a perfect waste of a joe bitme sock opportunity.

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 05, 2026 08:52 PM (dCMJG)

88 I started to watch Star Trek VI but stopped after 25 minutes. I thought the even number Treks were supposed to be good.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 08:47 PM (KC5Lt)
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Yeah, I find ST VI to be somewhat overrated.

It doesn't hold up all that well under scrutiny.

The Klingons having PINK BLOOD (looks like Pepto Bismal) kind of ruins it for me.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 08:52 PM (FZ29D)

89 I would prefer he died at the end of a rope.

He doesn't deserve the honorable death of a soldier, but rather the dishonorable death of a coward and a traitor.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Wow. Thank you, Perfessor. Well stated and I agree 100%.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 08:52 PM (9+tzW)

90
Pomeranians still think they are the full sized sled dogs they used to be. Their courage is real.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 08:49 PM (nHcc1)

_________

"I am Theodore Roosevelt Tinydog Chang. Guardian of the front door. Protector of my hoomans, and if you threaten my family, I will unleash a fury of barks so mighty, you'll rethink your entire life's decisions."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:53 PM (eRlcH)

91 OUT. OF. CONTROL.

Posted by: Pooklord at October 05, 2026 08:54 PM (9MAOs)

92 My parents' corgi backed up a full-grown bull elk (at least 900 pounds) along with his retinue of 3 or 4 cow elk. The look on the male's mug was priceless.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 05, 2026 08:55 PM (lfNXu)

93
He doesn't deserve the honorable death of a soldier, but rather the dishonorable death of a coward and a traitor.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

__________

Let us at him!

Posted by: Tennessee All-Girl Execution Team at October 05, 2026 08:55 PM (eRlcH)

94 I'd kick in a solid $100 if I could shoot Hasan in the nutsack with a Barrett .50BMG"

Heck, I'll throw you a twenty... as long as I get to watch

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 08:55 PM (61VNf)

95 Al and I were chatting one day and I told him that he needed to stop holding back and put his whole heart and soul into his singing.
~~~~~

A little too much heart and soul. Leave Al alone. He's better without your advice.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 05, 2026 08:56 PM (3ImbR)

96 How does airplane geese guy keep the geese out of the propeller?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

He feathers the prop.
Jeeze guys!
Posted by: Tonypete

And if that doesn't work, one or two buckets of prop wash will the goose bits off of it.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 08:57 PM (VHUov)

97 It's illegal to kill a bear around here, they are a protected animal.
Posted by: Case

Coyotes, bobcat, fox, coons are all protected here... except in season and also except killing for cause. You can kill them, but you can't mount them, is what I was told.
Blackbears are moving north towards us, though slowly. Lions are moving SE, though slowly.
Either of the last two, I wouldn't call the Cons. Dept.
I don't think a black bear is very scary, though. Maybe if it started to climb my stand tree...

Posted by: MkY at October 05, 2026 08:58 PM (ZHRuH)

98 He doesn't deserve the honorable death of a soldier, but rather the dishonorable death of a coward and a traitor.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

__________

Let us at him!
Posted by: Tennessee All-Girl Execution Team at October 05, 2026 08:55 PM (eRlcH)
----
Aim low, ladies...preferably in the belly or lower. Those wounds can be an *agonizing* way to die. (Avoid the femoral artery, if possible.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 08:59 PM (FZ29D)

99 They spotted jaguar in SE AZ again.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 08:59 PM (NnhvP)

100 79 I started to watch Star Trek VI but stopped after 25 minutes. I thought the even number Treks were supposed to be good.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 08:47 PM (KC5Lt)

Only Khan. Give the rest a pass.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 05, 2026 08:59 PM (syz1S)

101 Watched that thirty minute video on our participation with South Americans, particularly Ecuador at the moment. Good presentation, doesn't tarry. Thing he doesn't explicitly say is that it's a pincer play or hammer/anvil; the Rio Grande being the anvil with the hammer banging from Ecuador north. (Mexico is going to be lit.) Our guys making new friends will go a long way toward Hemispherical Independence.

Hey, those Hondurans, on their on, driving the Cartel out of country into Guatemala before securing them was pretty cool.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 09:00 PM (VPNgR)

102
They spotted jaguar in SE AZ again.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 08:59 PM (NnhvP)

___________

Thought they weren't selling well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 09:00 PM (eRlcH)

103 >>Coyotes, bobcat, fox, coons are all protected here... except in season and also except killing for cause. You can kill them, but you can't mount them

You didn't come for the hunting, did you?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 09:01 PM (viF8m)

104 Pomeranians still think they are the full sized sled dogs they used to be. Their courage is real.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Dogs do not understand "size." In either direction.

Three-pound chihuahuas think they're a match for 600-pound bears.

Hundred-and-sixty pound saint bernards think they're lap dogs.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 09:01 PM (VHUov)

105
Pomeranians still think they are the full sized sled dogs they used to be. Their courage is real.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Honey, they shrunk the dog.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 09:02 PM (Cqx++)

106 You didn't come for the hunting, did you?
Posted by: JackStraw

I fully intend to be the only big game predator on this here hill...

Posted by: MkY at October 05, 2026 09:02 PM (ZHRuH)

107 They spotted jaguar in SE AZ again.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Pretty sure they're born that way.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 09:03 PM (VHUov)

108 Alternative theory. A debate would only hurt them because they would be forced to defend the insane shit they promoted before going into campaign mode.

See Oompa Loompa Abdul.

Posted by: JackStraw
---

Rubbing another way, they say, the one who wants the debate is the one losing in internal polls.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 09:03 PM (VPNgR)

109 Thought they weren't selling well.
Posted by: Hadrian

Some ass**** researcher caught, stress killed the last one seen in the area.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 09:04 PM (NnhvP)

110

We're just a few miles from the mountains here in SW Wyoming. We know there are bears there but we have not had any "come to town yet, lol"

It is cool to see the mule deer and moose here in town. The mule deer are not a problem, unless you are driving, lol. If you see a moose walking down your street, stay away. They are awesome to see but stay away from them because they can kill you in short order.

Oldest son works for the Forest Service here. I need to ask him about bear sightings.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 09:04 PM (/QHx4)

111 Got a fascinating couple of videos in a row...

Video 1: Jamey Carney saying ICE agents are small dick losers and the bragging about her much younger immigrant Muslim boyfriend...who would go on to murder her.

Video 2: a CNN news bimbo in a hijab covering some jihadis changing "death to America" arguing they are friendly.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 09:04 PM (sKqQm)

112 They saw a spotted jaguar in SE AZ?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 09:08 PM (nHcc1)

113 I would prefer he died at the end of a rope.

He doesn't deserve the honorable death of a soldier, but rather the dishonorable death of a coward and a traitor.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 09:08 PM (VPNgR)

114 I have CNN and that dude Kaitlin Collins is on. Wow, Trump wasn't wrong.

I scored a free pizza! Ordered and pay at the door with credit card. Nice girl says it's free - machines are down. I felt so bad but she was so cute reassuring me it's alright.

I had just a bit of money for a tip.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 05, 2026 09:08 PM (Sco7b)

115 112 They saw a spotted jaguar in SE AZ?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 09:08 PM (nHcc1)

---------

It was rare. The only Jaguar sold in 2026 after the company went ghey.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 09:11 PM (wpRMV)

116

Husband told me yesterday that our 2nd oldest grandson has joined the Cub Scouts. Husband is old and remembers what Scouting was in the good olden days.

I told him I'm sorry to hear that. He said but they have Den Mothers. I told him and that is what has screwed up Scouting.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 09:13 PM (/QHx4)

117 I had just a bit of money for a tip.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at hear

Coulda given her one of your gold coins…..

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 09:13 PM (CaDQS)

118 >>Rubbing another way, they say, the one who wants the debate is the one losing in internal polls.

Rogers lost his last senate race to CIA Slotkin by less than 1 point thanks last minute ballot drops.

Abdul was supposed to win his primary by double digits according to the polls. He won by a point. This the pattern in Michigan.

Leftists can't win a fair race outside of deep blue areas. We all know this. New sheriff in DC and her name is Harmeet. I've got a lot of faith in her and her team to watch what's happening.

He's been running away from his record the entire race. He's a fake tough guy midget and a radical islamist. If Rogers can turn out the vote he'll win. It's up to Michigan voters to make the enormous sacrifice of standing in line for a few minutes and flush this turd. Hopefully, they will.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 09:14 PM (viF8m)

119 Queen Victoria bred the modern Pomeranian. She liked the look of the dogs, but they were large sled dogs (from Pomerania). She wanted a lap dog. She reigned a long, long time and dogs breed new generations relatively quickly. Over her lifetime she kept breeding the smallest Pomeranian bitch with the smallest sire, and by the end of her reign had produced the Pomeranian we know today. They are fierce, and brave, and somewhat stubborn. They can show a problem with their kneecaps getting displaced (a trait responsible breeders try to avoid). They are also very long lived. My last dog was a Pomeranian and lived 18 years. She was a very sweet dog.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 09:17 PM (nHcc1)

120 Emmitt Till's Dad was executed by the Army in Italy for his heinous crimes while in uniform. The rotten apple didn't fall far from the rotten tree.

Posted by: Vile Lineage at October 05, 2026 09:18 PM (EdP2u)

121 Coulda given her one of your gold coins…..

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 09:13 PM (

I'm going to need those to avoid homelessness. Well actually I am working on something good.

On which note, AI. I gace Chat a document with clear directions for a script. The directions clearly say don't change a thing.

Things bomb out because he changes things.
What the hell?

Hi nurse.
Back to it

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 05, 2026 09:19 PM (Sco7b)

122 Concur re method of execution. Not familiar with US procedures or options but in other places this calls for hangin', not a last cigarette,

Posted by: rhomboid at October 05, 2026 09:20 PM (U/Byj)

123 It's illegal to kill a bear around here, they are a protected animal.
Posted by: Case

Coyotes, bobcat, fox, coons are all protected here... except in season and also except killing for cause. You can kill them, but you can't mount them,. . .
Posted by: MkY

Holy Cow! All of those are fair game (swidt?) round these parts in season. No limit on coyotes either year round. The bears around here seem to be unnaturally friendly - they'll walk up and down our street, even with cubs and the only thing they go after are bird feeders. They'll look at you but that's about it. Hogs we can take anytime in any amount.

If you are over 29, a lifetime hunting/fishing license is $49. It covers hunting, fishing, and trapping, deer, bear and trout stamp and never expires. If you can't afford the lifetime pass and are short of funds - $4 per year. No shit.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2026 09:21 PM (ptJRT)

124

Package one of our sons sent 7 days ago from Washington State still has not arrived. USPS informed us yesterday package is now in Hawaii. We live in Wyoming.

Anyways, I was talking to the nice man from FedEx today when he delivered another package and he said their mapping service they use is so *ucked up that he pays out of his pocket for a mapping service.

Some days we think everything is *ucked up.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 09:24 PM (/QHx4)

125 I almost put up some shelving today. Injuries were minor, don't believe those reports, they're just trying to get more insurance money. I mean, who really needs two legs these days, what with AI and all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2026 09:25 PM (CHHv1)

126 Pretty sure they're born that way.
Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 09:03 PM (VHUov)

How do you know it doesn't identify as an African leopard now, deadnamer?

Posted by: don't get cocky at October 05, 2026 09:26 PM (sDWtc)

127

lol Beckoning!

Hey, don't drop anything on Robert the Cat, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 09:26 PM (/QHx4)

128 @GeekVibesNation 1h
‘GHOSTBUSTERS: NIGHTMARE ON 34TH STREET’ is in development at Sony as the franchise’s next live-action film

Maybe they can fire those proton beams at the screenwriter because the franchise is a living corpse deader than the taxi driver in the first movie.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 09:29 PM (sDWtc)

129 @GeekVibesNation 1h
‘GHOSTBUSTERS: NIGHTMARE ON 34TH STREET’ is in development at Sony as the franchise’s next live-action film

Maybe they can fire those proton beams at the screenwriter because the franchise is a living corpse deader than the taxi driver in the first movie.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 09:29 PM (sDWtc)
----
Crossing the streams would be a mercy kill at this point.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 09:30 PM (FZ29D)

130 Stateless,
I was just giving you a hard time, so glad to hear you are doing well, taking care of ralphy and Snowflake. And your neighbors.

You’re a good guy. Work hard. Stay focused. You got this.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 09:32 PM (PgXa5)

131 @127 - four seasons, Robert the Cat is safe and sound. He refuses any food other than Cat Treats, and sometimes demands pettings.

It's life I guess.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2026 09:32 PM (CHHv1)

132 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons! Bear chowing down on pastries was funny.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 09:33 PM (i9VX2)

133 The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.
Posted by: beckster at October 05, 2026 08:07 PM (kX27y)

Excellent! Put it on live TV.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 09:36 PM (i9VX2)

134 @127 - four seasons, Robert the Cat is safe and sound. He refuses any food other than Cat Treats, and sometimes demands pettings.

It's life I guess.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2026 09:32 PM (CHHv1)
---
Cats do have a way of letting you know they want attention.

Chloe the Bengal Klutz Kitty just planted herself in front of my second monitor (the one I use for AoSHQ), making it a bit hard to read the comments.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 09:37 PM (FZ29D)

135 I would prefer he died at the end of a rope.

He doesn't deserve the honorable death of a soldier, but rather the dishonorable death of a coward and a traitor.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 08:10 PM (FZ29D)

Concur.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 09:37 PM (2WIwB)

136 Made it to cafe c after all

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 09:37 PM (Ia/+0)

137 130 Stateless,
I was just giving you a hard time, so glad to hear you are doing well, taking care of ralphy and Snowflake. And your neighbors.

You’re a good guy. Work hard. Stay focused. You got this.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 09:32 PM (PgXa5)

Thanks nurse. I hope you're well.
Snowflake just jumped up here in my computer room.

Olivia Rodrigo has some sort of song out "The Cure" and she has a picture of herself in a 1960's nurse outfit looking amazing. When it pops up, I always think of you.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 05, 2026 09:38 PM (Sco7b)

138

Husband just reminded me of something when oldest son was in Boy Scouts.

One of the boys there told his Dad, "Dad we need to get home to watch Murphy Brown." Son asked him if he was "different" because on Monday Nights you watch wrassling.

I love the stories that all of a sudden decades later you remember, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 09:38 PM (/QHx4)

139 All of the squad should have hot cartridges, bullets lubed with bacon grease. Riddle the bastard.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 09:40 PM (VPNgR)

140

He should be wrapped completely in bacon.

Too bad we can't train pigs to use guns.

That would be sweet.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 09:43 PM (/QHx4)

141 Jealous here. Wish I could load up on stolen pastries, then sleep through the worst of winter.

Posted by: Lt. Colonel Bearclaw at October 05, 2026 09:45 PM (EdP2u)

142 If the state has a law against killing certain wild animals it's because they are an endangered species. Most people are fine with that because from time to time they will see those animals and get a kick out of spotting them. A black bear is usually not aggressive unless a mama bear has cubs around. Most of the time they are just looking for food. People are told to keep garbage cans covered and not leave pet food out for very long. Common sense stuff. But it is neat to spot them however keep your distance away from them.

Posted by: Case at October 05, 2026 09:47 PM (9+0gc)

143 The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.
Posted by: beckster at October 05, 2026 08:07 PM (kX27y)
====

Look at that! My calendar suddenly cleared up!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 09:48 PM (RIvkX)

144

Last winter here in SW Wyoming we had no winter. No snow very few cold days.

This week the forecast is for 80 degree days. I think we might not have a real winter again. It just ain't right.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 09:48 PM (/QHx4)

145 We had den mothers when I was a Cub 65 years ago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 09:52 PM (Cqx++)

146 A new book you could read.

Twelve Days That Shook the Middle East
Origins of a Genocide
By
Marwan Bishara

A damning account of how Israel and the US manufactured the case for genocide in Gaza and a devastating regional war in the Middle East, from Tel Aviv to Tehran.

-
Boy, those Yanks and Jews are tricksy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 09:53 PM (ndZc7)

147 >>The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.

How about November 2nd. Pour encourager les autres

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 09:55 PM (viF8m)

148 Is this an October surprise?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 09:56 PM (Cqx++)

149 Through him in a pen with wild hungry boars.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 09:57 PM (nHcc1)

150 Cub scouts have always had den mothers. These are very young boys.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 09:59 PM (nHcc1)

151 >>Is this an October surprise?

I'm leaning more toward the grand jury in Florida.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:00 PM (viF8m)

152 A damning account of how Israel and the US manufactured the case for genocide in Gaza and a devastating regional war in the Middle East, from Tel Aviv to Tehran.

-
Boy, those Yanks and Jews are tricksy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 09:53 PM (ndZc7)

It's not a genocide unless there are at at least a billion dead muslims. Up your game, people!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:00 PM (i9VX2)

153

Right on AOP!!!

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:01 PM (/QHx4)

154 Nood ONT!!!

Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:04 PM (wLjpr)

ICE Nabs Another 15 "Worst of the Worst" Over the Weekend

I voted for this.

Deb Heine for American Greatness:

Among the arrests this weekend, provided exclusively to American Greatness, are criminal illegals convicted for the heinous crimes of murder, rape of a child, criminal sexual assault/force, aggravated assault, and possession of a controlled substance for sale.
...
"While Americans enjoyed their weekend, ICE worked around the clock to remove murderers, pedophiles, sexual assailants, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens from our communities," said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in a statement Monday. "Despite facing a more than 1,600 percent increase in assaults against them, the brave men and women of ICE will never stop working to fulfill President Trump's mandate to make America safe again."

There were more fruits of decarceration in Georgia:

Two people were shot dead and at least 35 more were injured after a homecoming block party in a Georgia town turned violent in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Over 1,000 people had gathered for a celebration near Pine Street in Vienna, Ga., when a shooter opened fire around 1:25 a.m., according to Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy.
The two victims were men, ages 20 and 23, according to the Dooly County Coroner Brett Walls. Their families and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) have been notified, but their names have not yet been released to the public.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:38 PM

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Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 06:37 PM (I43vL)

2 ICE Nabs Another 15 "Worst of the Worst" Over the Weekend

This is why I voted for Trump three times.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 06:38 PM (I43vL)

3 First

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:38 PM (6jna9)

4 Run them all out of the country. Just strolling across the border or overstaying a visa is enough. Run them all out.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:39 PM (6jna9)

5 Don’t worry, we will be assured the GA shooting wouldn’t have happened if not for evil guns. Never mind the criminality of the perps…

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:40 PM (6jna9)

6 It’s always the Amish. Can’t hold their liquor.

Posted by: Accomack at October 05, 2026 06:42 PM (dJCmT)

7 "The two victims were men, ages 20 and 23, according to the Dooly County Coroner Brett Walls. "

I will take "gang bangers" for one thousand Alex.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 06:43 PM (I43vL)

8 Good evening good people.

Do I even have to read the link regarding the shoot-em-up in Georgia to determine that they were 'teens'?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2026 06:43 PM (ptJRT)

9 ICE Nabs Another 15 "Worst of the Worst" Over the Weekend

This is why I voted for Trump three times.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Only 3 times... underachiever!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 06:44 PM (NnhvP)

10 German police report that halfway thru Oktoberfest: 3 million attendees and 400 police encounters, mostly drunks and lost property. No shootings or assaults.

Wonder how the Germans manage this ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 05, 2026 06:45 PM (C4fUO)

11 Search Reddit for "Georgia homecoming shooting"

Georgia school district invokes federal law to deny trans girl a shot at homecoming queen After being barred from running for queen, Riley Williams is asking Georgia education officials to include transgender students.

It's not a law, it's an executive order perverting the law to bully schools in hurting the most vulnerable students (or give transphobic school administrators cover to do so). I never attended my prom due to being bullied for being gay and queer. She should not have her experience ruined.

The school board probably got taken over by Moms For Liberty idiots who do what Fox orders them to.

Authoritarian state. Wild stuff. If I were in high school I’d lose my mind. How do the teachers face their students with this? This is exactly the trivial thing you *don’t* interfere with if you want the school to survive.

So is this the pathway for genitalia checking popular girls who are not jocks?

MTG is creaming over this.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 05, 2026 06:45 PM (neR8a)

12 It’s always the Amish. Can’t hold their liquor.
Posted by: Accomack

The Yoder and Miller boys, along with the Swartzendruber girls beg to differ.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2026 06:46 PM (ptJRT)

13 If rogue judges won’t let us execute them, exile them and the illegals. Of course.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2026 06:47 PM (QTuIR)

14 "While Americans enjoyed their weekend, ICE worked around the clock to remove murderers, pedophiles, sexual assailants, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens from our communities,"...
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Moar Moar Moar!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 06:47 PM (RIvkX)

15 Scratching the surface. Imagine how seriously bad it is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 06:47 PM (RORbl)

16 Vienna, GA has a population of under 3000 and 70% are black. Make of that what you will.

Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2026 06:48 PM (2Xqig)

17 ICE worked around the clock to remove murderers, pedophiles, sexual assailants, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens from our communities,"

Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 06:49 PM (/+uur)

18 Those are rookie numbers. You gotta get those numbers way up.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 05, 2026 06:49 PM (l26NL)

19 Nothing like a Homecoming with a shootout.
Tradition in that neck of the woods.

Posted by: Bosk at October 05, 2026 06:49 PM (VMFAF)

20 16 Vienna, GA has a population of under 3000 and 70% are black. Make of that what you will.
Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2026 06:48 PM (2Xqig)

Vienna waits
and preys on you

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 06:49 PM (/+uur)

21 If rogue judges won’t let us execute them, exile them
Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2026 06:47 PM (QTuIR)
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Are we not doing phrasing?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 06:49 PM (RIvkX)

22
It was a Homecoming block party. Town says no permit was issued.

Homecoming was last weekend here in small town WY. Odd there were no shootings. I can't imagine why.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 06:50 PM (/QHx4)

23 Wondering how many of those were thrown out of the country before

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

24 Trump '16, Trump '20, Trump '24.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 05, 2026 06:50 PM (wxsGM)

25 Trump '16, Trump '20, Trump '24.

Trump 2028!

Posted by: Bosk at October 05, 2026 06:51 PM (VMFAF)

26 Do block parties exist outside the hood anymore? It seems like I only hear about block parties in the news, due to a shooting. I've never heard of a block party outside of that context.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 06:52 PM (mkw2N)

27 Now unleash the CPA's on money from overseas and hammer yhe "envios" with a yuuuge tariff.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 05, 2026 06:52 PM (wxsGM)

28 16 Vienna, GA has a population of under 3000 and 70% are black. Make of that what you will.
Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2026 06:48 PM (2Xqig)

A 1000 person street party in a town of 3000.
They should have known the bullets would start flying at some point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:52 PM (6ydKt)

29 German police report that halfway thru Oktoberfest: 3 million attendees and 400 police encounters, mostly drunks and lost property. No shootings or assaults.

Wonder how the Germans manage this ?
Posted by: Going deep. Out.

Have you seen the size of those beer steins? Everyone's tired out after hoisting those things for a few hours. Nobody's got a brawl left in them.

Also a possibility: Germans are just happy drunks. They try to take over Europe when they're sober.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 06:52 PM (VHUov)

30
Gotta wonder if "Five Eyes" is still around.

At this point I wouldn't feel comfortable sharing intelligence with any of these guys.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 06:53 PM (Y8DZL)

31 Say what you will about the Georgia shooting, at least it wasn't Somalis

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 06:53 PM (ofacb)

32 must be homecoming week here, too ... looks like the TP harvest from the trees and porches is ready.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 06:53 PM (VyBeY)

33 From wiki:

Vienna racial composition as of 2020:
Race Num. Perc.
White (non-Hispanic) 439 14.99%
Black/African American 2,078 70.97%

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 06:53 PM (TN0g+)

34 Block parties are how the "clubs" mark territory with cash, presence, and control.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 06:54 PM (RIvkX)

35 QC election results soon.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:54 PM (6jna9)

36 The report I read on the shooting named the two deceased. I couldn't spell the names correctly right now if you offered me a million dollars.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 06:54 PM (KC5Lt)

37 Do block parties exist outside the hood anymore? It seems like I only hear about block parties in the news, due to a shooting. I've never heard of a block party outside of that context.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 06:52 PM

They used to do a giant summer block party at the city park deep in the hood in Lexington KY when we lived there. Never a single shooting during the five years we lived there. There was a very large police presence every year though.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 06:55 PM (I43vL)

38 Seems the two deceased were related. Likely the targets of a rival gang.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 06:56 PM (KC5Lt)

39 It was a Homecoming block party. Town says no permit was issued.
----

I'm all for "law and order", but excuse me if I don't find myself enthusiastic about "permits" as the answer to anything. The people showed up, with or without permits. If they needed the State Patrol to assist with local law enforcement, they should have reached out.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 06:56 PM (TN0g+)

40 Jacquivion and Macaleb were the first names of the departed in Georgia. Fooking Irish

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 06:56 PM (ofacb)

41 A lot of what people claim is racism is just pattern recognition. People have an innate need to avoid dangerous situations.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 05, 2026 06:57 PM (l26NL)

42 > German police report that halfway thru Oktoberfest: 3 million attendees and 400 police encounters, mostly drunks and lost property. No shootings or assaults.

My Dad was Air Force police in Germany in the late 70s, early 80s. He worked Octoberfest. Back then, the Polizei would beat the crap out of you if you stepped out of line. They had a hard rubber baton they'd hit you with. Even if you were an innocent person standing in their way when they had to get to a fight (or worse), you'd get whacked.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 06:57 PM (mkw2N)

43 They try to take over Europe when they're sober.
Posted by: mikeski

Jawohl!

Posted by: Pervitin at October 05, 2026 06:58 PM (xSs6m)

44 Oh there's plenty of block parties. But we don't shoot anyone because we're racists.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 05, 2026 06:59 PM (bX16E)

45 > Oh there's plenty of block parties.

Really? Where?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 07:00 PM (mkw2N)

46 Rednecks will participate in fist fights at various parties.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 07:00 PM (KC5Lt)

47 18 Those are rookie numbers. You gotta get those numbers way up.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

Now that the wind is blowing west in eastern europe; will you think the same when Putin give Ukraine and launch the nuclear cruise missile which inches westward until they surrender?

What will they do? shoot it down?
so much, so many, so worse!
YEAH this is normal.

What could go wrong?

You know that the Noodle Headed/Macaroni won't surrender until it gets to their border, he'll let Putin do the job Napoleon couldn't, but by then Putin won't care, and finish the job on France as well.

LET'S GO BRANDON!
You get the Hotel in Moscow, Greenland, the 3Seas Treaty and Putin gets to take Europe by Force!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 05, 2026 07:00 PM (VeW9y)

48 The same thing happened 100 miles North of Vienna in Macon the weekend before last. 12 wounded none killed. Most were under 18. One group had just been kicked out of a B&B.

Two shooters were caught and they have the appearance and record you would expect. Just them being there at 1am is a probation violation, even more so having a gun and shooting up the place. Yet they don't care. Thug life.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:02 PM (MWfyi)

49
My Dad was Air Force police in Germany in the late 70s, early 80s. He worked Octoberfest. Back then, the Polizei would beat the crap out of you if you stepped out of line. They had a hard rubber baton they'd hit you with. Even if you were an innocent person standing in their way when they had to get to a fight (or worse), you'd get whacked.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 06:57 PM (mkw2N)

I saw the Polizei tackle a jaywalker, drag him back across the street, and scream him down like a MTI on the sidewalk.

Made quite an impression on eight year old me.

Not to mention in the airports where they had the Uzis out in the open ready to go.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 07:03 PM (6jna9)

50 A 1000 person street party in a town of 3000.
They should have known the bullets would start flying at some point.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
---------------

At 1:30 a.m.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2026 07:03 PM (XeU6L)

51 The mentality is: keep on being a thug until you die or go to jail, where you can work on being a thug some more. Crime is a way of life and death.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:04 PM (MWfyi)

52
Hilarious to see the land acknowledgements followed by "This land belongs to you and me!"

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 07:05 PM (Y8DZL)

53 16 Vienna, GA has a population of under 3000 and 70% are black. Make of that what you will.
Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2026 06:48 PM (2Xqig)

So?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 07:05 PM (6jna9)

54 Two people were shot dead and at least 35 more were injured after a homecoming block party in a Georgia town turned violent in the early hours of Sunday morning.

I'm not even gonna try and guess anything about the people involved. Could be anybody.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 07:06 PM (ExV1e)

55 I've been to Vienna. You never sausage a place.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:07 PM (MWfyi)

56

Probably a lot of people at the block party are never made it through jr high.

Boy howdy, they know how to get guns though.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 07:07 PM (/QHx4)

57
Two shooters were caught and they have the appearance and record you would expect. Just them being there at 1am is a probation violation, even more so having a gun and shooting up the place. Yet they don't care. Thug life.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:02 PM (MWfyi)

White or black or whatever you toss them in the clink.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 07:07 PM (6jna9)

58 ICE collaring these criminals is great.

Indicting one public official (per DOJ threatening letter last year), perp walking one employer, shutting down one H1B (or H2B) mill would be fantastic.

And have a much, much greater impact on the longer term.

No need to choose. Both can be done.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 05, 2026 07:08 PM (U/Byj)

59 hey had a hard rubber baton they'd hit you with. Even if you were an innocent person standing in their way when they had to get to a fight (or worse), you'd get whacked.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 06:57 PM (mkw2N)

I saw the Polizei tackle a jaywalker, drag him back across the street, and scream him down like a MTI on the sidewalk.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 07:03 PM

And yet, people here whinge about getting an entry made in their Permanent Records by Ace or one of the CoBs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1)

60 "While Americans enjoyed their weekend, ICE worked around the clock to remove murderers, pedophiles, sexual assailants, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens from our communities," said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin

And METHODISTS!

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at October 05, 2026 07:09 PM (guGkK)

61 Ain't nothing but house party

https://tinyurl.com/2mx3snf3

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 07:09 PM (viF8m)

62 "White or black or whatever you toss them in the clink.
Posted by: Cow Demon"

That's fine but they keep letting them out.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:11 PM (MWfyi)

63 Do "native" Americans ever include public health, electricity, written language, wheel, modern medicine, modern transportation, contract law, criminal law, plumbing, air conditioning, or education "acknowledgements" in their public statements?

Just curious.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 05, 2026 07:11 PM (U/Byj)

64 "Boy howdy, they know how to get guns though."

Are you one of those jokers who still believe it's easier to get a junior high diploma than a gun with an auto-sear?

sheesh!...some people

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 05, 2026 07:12 PM (dCMJG)

65 Might I offer a proven solution?

Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes at October 05, 2026 07:12 PM (0sNs1)

66 Block Party is the pseudonym for gang hangout?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 05, 2026 07:12 PM (mP0Kj)

67 >>>There were more fruits of decarceration in Georgia:

Fruits of the Loons.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 07:14 PM (dK+Kv)

68 The mentality is: keep on being a thug until you die or go to jail, where you can work on being a thug some more. Crime is a way of life and death.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:04 PM (MWfyi)

Just be sure to max out your 401k every year. You don't want to still be thuggin' when you're 70.

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at October 05, 2026 07:14 PM (guGkK)

69 Twerkfest. It seems like it would be hard on your back after a while.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)

70 Shiite. Been here too long. OR Nurse just out, further complications. Dr should be out soon.

It's gonna be a long night.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 07:15 PM (61VNf)

71 Sox 4-2 top of sixth in Cleveland

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 05, 2026 07:15 PM (l26NL)

72 Ain't nothing but house party
https://tinyurl.com/2mx3snf3
Posted by: JackStraw

And it is not a healthy party
And I know you can't control it

https://youtu.be/Esj_uxcc8fw

Being all thread-inclusive, they're a German band.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 07:16 PM (VHUov)

73 Who came home?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 07:17 PM (Cqx++)

74 man, no words but lots of prayers for you both.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2026 07:18 PM (nxLtX)

75 "You don't want to still be thuggin' when you're 70.
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr "

If they survive that long they transition from thug to crazy old man with 5 pitbulls who never cuts the grass, steals copper from churches, and and occasionally fires at passing cars.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:19 PM (MWfyi)

76 Breaking News: Amber Heard has shared the jubilant moment she completed her first half marathon in a new Instagram update from her secluded life in Spain.

The actress, 40, was once one of Hollywood's most sought-after stars, but swapped the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles for the quieter streets of Madrid in recent years.

Lookin happier than ever as she shared snaps from completing her first 21.1K race, she lifted her arms behind her head in a moment of celebration, showing off her toned figure and pert headlights in a lilac gym set.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at October 05, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)

77 >>Being all thread-inclusive, they're a German band.

You gotta fight. For your right. To PARRRRRTY

https://tinyurl.com/45xp33na

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 07:20 PM (viF8m)

78
transition from thug to crazy old man with 5 pitbulls who never cuts the grass

I wish I could get a pitbull to cut my grass.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)

79 Over 1,000 people had gathered for a celebration near Pine Street in Vienna, Ga., when a shooter opened fire around 1:25 a.m., according to Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy.

Peavy said the festivities began Friday night, and that it had "gone well" with "respect from the community" that evening as deputies patrolled the event.

But the party Saturday night was a "different story," he said.

hahahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 07:21 PM (/+uur)

80 And then the cops show up and arrest the old guy shooting at cars and take him to jail and then let the poor old man out the next day.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:21 PM (MWfyi)

81 Lol. Life of quiet simplicity shared on Instagram.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 05, 2026 07:21 PM (zZu0s)

82 Why do the Amish gather in large groups and "celebrates" by shooting each other and causing a ruckus?

Whose left to feed the horses?

Posted by: Uncle Ruckus at October 05, 2026 07:21 PM (buDni)

83 Do "native" Americans ever include public health, electricity, written language, wheel, modern medicine, modern transportation, contract law, criminal law, plumbing, air conditioning, or education "acknowledgements" in their public statements?

I’d settle for roulette, whiskey, and maybe slot machines.

And Rolex watches. All the tribal “chiefs” seem to have at least one.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 05, 2026 07:22 PM (23/y9)

84 German police report that halfway thru Oktoberfest: 3 million attendees and 400 police encounters, mostly drunks and lost property. No shootings or assaults.

Wonder how the Germans manage this ?
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No moslems in attendance.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 07:22 PM (TN0g+)

85

We the taxpayers via the government pay for birth control.

It is heartbreaking so many children, no matter the race, are being raised in terrible situations.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 07:22 PM (/QHx4)

86 I do not know if fake, but one of the Cornell 7 contends that HE was drunk off his ass and could not have consented to sex with HER.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 05, 2026 07:23 PM (zZu0s)

87

The identity of the shooter and the motive of the crime were unclear Sunday.

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The motive was 'respect.' The identity -- can be predicted with a fair degree of confidence.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 07:23 PM (HLgI3)

88
Rednecks will participate in fist fights at various parties.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 07:00 PM (KC5Lt)

Underachievers.

Real rednecks have riding lawn mower races, with bonus points for flying US flags from the attached lawn chairs.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 07:24 PM (y9nCu)

89 >>>Do "native" Americans ever include public health, electricity, written language, wheel, modern medicine, modern transportation, contract law, criminal law, plumbing, air conditioning, or education "acknowledgements" in their public statements?

Just curious.

Posted by: rhomboid

>Only when they're raping your women and children and burning down your villages. So un-American.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 05, 2026 07:25 PM (kvLZQ)

90 It's gonna be a long night.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 07:15 PM (61VNf)
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Just take it easy and I'll make a prayer for peace.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 07:25 PM (RIvkX)

91 "I wish I could get a pitbull to cut my grass.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

You'd think with five he could train at least one.

Anyway, I am not making that up and a lot worse things happen all the time in the little 100k population city near me and the perps with 90% certainty every time will fit a certain profile that is easily discernable, including an extensive record of past criminal behavior.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:27 PM (MWfyi)

92 Aetius I could believe that

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 07:27 PM (Ia/+0)

93 Anyway, I am not making that up and a lot worse things happen all the time in the little 100k population city near me and the perps with 90% certainty every time will fit a certain profile that is easily discernable, including an extensive record of past criminal behavior.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:27 PM

A completely predictable effect of the centuries of capitalist-driven cispatriarchy!

Posted by: Kareny McKarenface at October 05, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

94 You can get sheep to cut your grass, or cows

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

95 I have seen a coup!e of fights at redneck parties but nobody ever got anywhere near shooting anyone. It takes a complete lack of morals and empathy to open fire on a crowd of people over a dis.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)

96 Ha!
A "Block Party" going on at 1:25 AM?
Right....

Pull that shit in my 'hood and the numbers of dead will be a hell of a lot higher.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 07:30 PM (2WIwB)

97 You can get sheep to cut your grass, or cows
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 07:30 PM

We're right here!!

Posted by: Goats at October 05, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

98 sheep for grass
goats for brush

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2026 07:32 PM (nxLtX)

99
That's fine but they keep letting them out.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:11 PM (MWfyi)

And that is a problem.

Like I said, toss them in the clink. If only the system figured out that very simple thing.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 07:33 PM (6jna9)

100 Ha!
A "Block Party" going on at 1:25 AM?
Right....
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Man, I bet it was tough for many of them to be in class or at work this morning!

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 07:33 PM (TN0g+)

101 >>We're right here!!

You know the problem with baby goats?

They turn into big goats. Nobody needs goats.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 07:33 PM (viF8m)

102
Race Num. Perc.
White (non-Hispanic) 439 14.99%
Black/African American 2,078 70.97%
Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 06:53 PM (TN0g+)

_________

*nods knowingly*

It's those white (non-Hispanic) yahoos. Again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 07:33 PM (eRlcH)

103 "The motive was 'respect.' The identity -- can be predicted with a fair degree of confidence.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug "

It's like that WNBA player yelling "YOU WILL RESPECT ME!". The premise being respect is owed regardless of whether it is earned.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:34 PM (MWfyi)

104 Long commute tomorrow so got to turn in
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

105
Man, I bet it was tough for many of them to be in class or at work this morning!
Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 07:33 PM (TN0g+)

_________

They were all at church.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 07:34 PM (eRlcH)

106 Adult goats are assholes. It is known.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 07:35 PM (7zn4w)

107 Oh, not the Vienna on the beautiful blue Danube? The other one? The one with the little sausages?

Posted by: Jus' Teens Havin' Fun? at October 05, 2026 07:35 PM (EdP2u)

108 Yet another reminder that things might have been much, much different if the Democrats, the Socialists, and the actual Nazi-But-Not-In-Names that ran blue cities would have just honored the ICE detainers.

They wouldn't be going after people in the street. They'ed be picking up aliens who were literally just in jail for additional crimes, usually repeatedly. They weren't here legally. They were commiting crimes, usually violent, and often against women and children. It would have been easy to deal with the worst of the worst.

But those are actually among the best Democrats. And a murdered constituent is one of the other best Democrats as well; they'll still vote Democrat despite no longer being around.

Posted by: Another Anon at October 05, 2026 07:37 PM (4h45B)

109
They turn into big goats. Nobody needs goats.
Posted by: JackStraw

Birria tacos!

Don't knock it!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 07:40 PM (NnhvP)

110 Nood. Cafe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 05, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

111 Population of the entire Dolly county GA is only 11 thousand

Trouble here is the town is right on I-75. Major drug corridor for years.

I don’t miss living in south GA one bit

Posted by: PMRich at October 05, 2026 07:52 PM (RqfTw)

112 I couldn't spell the names correctly right now if you offered me a million dollars.

Just grab a handful of random letters out of the Scrabble bag

Posted by: PMRich at October 05, 2026 07:56 PM (RqfTw)

113 95 I have seen a coup!e of fights at redneck parties but nobody ever got anywhere near shooting anyone. It takes a complete lack of morals and empathy to open fire on a crowd of people over a dis.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)
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I grew up redneck as hell and nearly every fight at a redneck party I ever saw ended with the two dudes shaking hands and drinking a beer after one of them decided he'd had enough fighting.

Posted by: ballistic at October 05, 2026 08:16 PM (oqH4h)

Quick Hits

The judge in the Lindsay Clancy triple child murder trial has denied scumbag lawyer Kevin Reddington's motion to toss out the mistrial and simply declare the murderess not guilty. So the DA, who is probably Woke AF, will have to decided if he's going to half-ass another fakey-fake attempt to convict the murderess against the wishes of his woke Karen voters.

Justice Alito says he knows exactly who leaked the Dobbs decision, but he says he doesn't have enough proof to take it to court so he won't say who it is. A rare cuck-out from Alito.

The US has pulled all bombers from the Fairford, UK air force base that was menaced by some very British shirtless men who were not doing anything bad and if they were, then they are culturally justified in doing it.

Unfortunately this means the bombers will have to take off and land in the US during bombing runs.

All U.S. Air Force bombers in the U.K. were returned to their home bases in the United States following a suspected terror plot that U.S. officials have suggested may be linked to Iran targeting a U.S. military facility last week, officials said.
About a dozen B-1 bombers were among the aircraft removed from Royal Air Force (RAF) Station Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, a U.S. official told Fox News. The base is the only European forward operating location for American heavy bombers.
"We can acknowledge now that all U.S. bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have re-deployed to their home stations in the United States," a department official said.
The Pentagon emphasized that despite the relocation, the bomber fleet remains fully prepared to launch long-range strike missions directly from the continental United States whenever needed.
"The Airmen that operate America's bomber force, including B-1s, B-2s, and B-52s, remain ready to deliver precision global strike capabilities -- including through operations that launch and recover from the continental United States -- anywhere, anytime," the official said.
RAF Fairford functions as a key European base for heavy American strategic bombers and has supported U.S. military operations, including missions targeting Iranian sites.
Last Sunday, U.K. officials said three suspicious vehicles containing fuel accelerants were found near RAF Fairford.
"We can confirm that no improvised explosive devices were found. However, a quantity of petrol was recovered," officials said.

I'm really questioning what NATO delivers to the US any longer. All we counted on them for was a few acres of land here and there where we could launch and land planes from. And now they can't even supply dirt.

An ITV reporter says...

Dan Rivers
@danriversitv
Scoop: I have heard from a source familiar with the RAF Fairford story that the US feared a drone a attack similar to Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb last year which destroyed 10 Russian aircraft. They fear Iran might copy the tactics and that drones might even already be in UK, hence abrupt departure of B1s.

Trump is "closely monitoring" the escape of the plague from a Russian bioweapons lab.

I'm sorry, I mean "bio lab." I'm sure they deny researching the plague for weapons purposes.

The Trump administration is closely watching reports of a suspected fatal plague infection in Russia and is urging Moscow to be transparent, officials said Sunday night.
The Moscow Times reported this weekend that health officials in Siberia's Irkutsk region placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from the plague.
Alexei Tsydenov, head of the neighboring republic of Buryatia, confirmed that a lab worker who broke a test tube of live bacteria had died from an unspecified form of plague, the Times reported.
State Department officials told NewsNation and Fox News that U.S. officials were monitoring the situation and details were still vague.
"We are aware of reports of a fatal case of suspected pneumonic plague in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. We are monitoring the situation closely with the CDC and our other interagency partners," one official told NewsNation.

Karoline Leavitt has become a Fox News contributor, and will debut by November 1. Good. That's a more forgiving job for a mom of very young children.

What a surprise -- Ahmadrahman Mohamed El-Sayed's sister-in-law was on a terror watch list.

Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's sister-in-law appeared in the Terrorist Screening Database, court documents filed in 2016 indicate. Mariam Jukaku, the sister of El-Sayed's wife, Sarah Jukaku, was a participant in two suits the Council on American-Islamic Relations brought against U.S. government officials on behalf of individuals disputing their alleged placement on the watch list, according to court filings.
One suit sought an injunction removing the plaintiffs from the database and a declaratory judgment that their Fifth Amendment rights had been violated. The other was a class action lawsuit the plaintiffs filed to obtain compensatory damages and recover legal fees from the government. Jukaku appeared in a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) press conference announcing the suits. Texas and Florida recently designated CAIR a terrorist organization.
Before joining the suits, Jukaku filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after she reportedly noticed in 2012 that "her boarding pass was stamped with the 'SSSS' designation, indicating that she had been designated as a 'known or suspected terrorist.'" Jukaku, who is Muslim, said the designation triggered "extensive searches, pat downs and chemical testing" and speculated that she was added to the watch list because of racism or religious discrimination, according to the suit. She also said she believed she had been removed from the list following her DHS complaint, though the government reportedly never confirmed either the removal or her presence on the list.

Aww: Stephen Colbert's cucked-out fanfiction script for a Lord of the Rings mid-quel (it would take place during the timeline of the Lord of the Rings) has been put on hold under the new Skydance regime overseeing Warner Bros.

Looks like the insufferable Stephen Colbert got canceled twice in 2026. First, his basement-rated Late Night show ended on CBS. Today, we are learning that his face-saving project, scripting a Lord of the Rings movie, has, at best, been put in turnaround.
Tee hee.
If you recall, back in March, just weeks before his humiliating cancellation became real, Colbert showed up in a video hosted by director Peter Jackson to humble-brag about how he's writing the next Lord of the Rings movie. The message was clear: Colbert wanted everyone to know, especially us MAGAtards, that his career isn't over. Oh, no! It's bigger and better than ever! So, take that! And that! And THAT!
At the time, Colbert's movie, Shadow of the Past, was looking like a sure thing. As soon as filming ended on The Hunt for Gollum (which is filming now), Colbert's movie was all set to start filming. Yes, Colbert's triumph was a "go picture."
Well, no more...
...
Colbert's "film hasn't been fully canceled, but it has hit major development speed bumps. They are still working on drafts, but filming isn't expected anytime soon," reports Knight Edge Media [emphasis original]. "The new studio simply doesn't see Lord of the Rings as profitable as it once did and wants to see how The Hunt for Gollum does before greenlighting more projects."
...
Colbert blamed David Ellison's takeover of CBS for cancelling his Late Night show (even though it was canceled before the merger was complete). And now, just days after Ellison's merger with Warner Bros. was finalized, Colbert's comeback movie stalls, sputters, and will likely die.
If this episode is ever made into a movie, I'd like to suggest the following title: The Desolation of Smug.

I wouldn't mind seeing a similar movie -- Colbert's "big idea" was to just film four chapters omitted from Peter Jackson's edited-down version of the story -- but I don't want this nasty woke gaywad anywhere near it.

Timur Kuran
@timurkuran
The biggest issue raised by Jane Doe vs. the Cornell 7 isn't simply who is responsible. It is what the controversy could do to relations between men and women at a moment when American social life is already in trouble.
Young Americans are increasingly lonely and unhappy. Marriage is down, sex among young adults is down, fertility is at a record low, and men and women continue to polarize politically.
A toxic blame game could make all this worse. Women may retreat further into the belief that they live in a "rape culture." Men may retreat into the belief that intimacy with women poses a potentially catastrophic reputational risk. Both fears can become self-reinforcing.
The result is predictable: less trust, less interaction, less dating, less intimacy, fewer marriages, and more lonely, resentful people looking for movements that blame the opposite sex. A vicious cycle of mutual gender radicalization gains fresh fuel: each side's fears and grievances become evidence of the other side's hostility.
However the legal case unfolds, turning it into another chapter in the war between men and women would further damage a country already struggling with social fragmentation. We desperately need more trust and interaction between the sexes, not less.

This is not an accident, it's the plan.

Biden was president during this incident lady�..
— Educat�dHillbilly� (@RobProvince) October 4, 2026

🚨 BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stuns the world, announces "for the first time in history" IRAN will have NO OIL ON THE WATER this week
THEY�RE COOKED 🔥
"They will have no revenues."
Bessent says barrels shipped out of the Strait is "U.S. about 1.1 billion, Iran ZERO."
He said last weekend that Iran would make its final oil deliveries to China within two weeks and then have "nothing" left to trade
Bessent�s economic OBLITERATION campaign is WORKING https://t.co/gigkgWYBt0
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 3, 2026

These people are malfunctioning. https://t.co/vAp75gkK6G
— Chicks On The Right (@chicksonright) October 5, 2026

I just found the most brilliant bit by @JohnCleese
He explains Leftism better in 90 seconds, than you could learn from any academic in 20 years. https://t.co/xtubCcbRdi
— Dr Manhattva (@Manhattva) October 3, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 \o/

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt)

2 Justice Alito says he knows exactly who leaked the Dobbs decision, but he says he doesn't have enough proof to take it to court so he won't say who it is. A rare cuck-out from Alito.

He also announced he will consider retiring next year.

Fair warning, I guess.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)

3 I'm really questioning what NATO delivers to the US any longer. All we counted on them for was a few acres of land here and there where we could launch and land planes from. And now they can't even supply dirt.

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I think we probably have to remain involved to keep the EUcrats from making it their national army but cut funding to the bone just like they do.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

4 "We desperately need more trust and interaction between the sexes, not less."

lol, good luck with that ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 05:35 PM (VyBeY)

5 I was thinking about those pix of Joe Biden feeling up women. Does the left want Lucy Craig treated like that? Also, Hunter used a lot of drugs and women, is this what he needed a pardon for? Also, was Ashley old enough for drugs and alcohol when he dragged her into the shower?

If the left really believes what they're saying and they hold people accountable years later, let them prove it with Biden. Don't just claim Trump was accused by someone who didn't even remember the year it happened. Biden's pix were in public, taken by the media and he was surrounded by many people. Nobody stopped him.

Posted by: ChrisW at October 05, 2026 05:36 PM (rLfcT)

6 Wymyn: all men are evil rapists

Also wymyn: Why can’t I find a man to marry?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:36 PM (Yv8Nm)

7 Regarding Fairford and the evacuation of B-1B bombers...

USAF feared an Iranian op similar to the one Ukraine used on Russia last year when they used drones, smuggled into Russia in civilian looking trucks, attacked and destroyed around 10 - 12 Russian military aircraft. Including a number of their strategic bombers.

A significant number.

The UK facilitated it. (My take, not the administration's.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 05:36 PM (RORbl)

8 "I'm sorry, I mean "bio lab." I'm sure they deny researching the plague for weapons purposes."

Kind of an open secret that they had follow on warheads that had weaponized radiation-reistant plague instead of nuclear weapons as a payload. This is why some are so sure this was weapons reaearch.

Posted by: heya at October 05, 2026 05:37 PM (MRSnh)

9 >>"We can confirm that no improvised explosive devices were found. However, a quantity of petrol was recovered," officials said.

Many X-perts believe this proves those Muslims were out stealing gas 90 miles from London in their Gas4you vans and certainly not up to no good terrorism type things. Nope, just out stealing, not bombing, because it's only gasoline, not dynamite, and what could you possibly destroy with gas.

Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2026 05:38 PM (2Xqig)

10 They oly partot what the Propaganda Ministry pushes

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:38 PM (Ia/+0)

11 So the DA, who is probably Woke AF, will have to decided if he's going to half-ass another fakey-fake attempt to convict the murderess against the wishes of his woke Karen voters.

The prosecutor is probably going to punt on this and drop the murder charge to some lesser charge and offer her a sweetheart plea deal that spares her significant jail time with a inpatient stay in a mental health place.

I don't see him going for another $hit show trial, especially when it appears that he didn't want to do that in the first place.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 05:38 PM (I43vL)

12 Making useless comment now since by the time I read this impressive amount of content the thread will be coming to an end.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:38 PM (KC5Lt)

13 Colbert's "film hasn't been fully canceled, but it has hit major development speed bumps. They are still working on drafts, but filming isn't expected anytime soon," reports Knight Edge Media [emphasis original]. "The new studio simply doesn't see Lord of the Rings as profitable as it once did and wants to see how The Hunt for Gollum does before greenlighting more projects."/i]

Finally a bit of sanity returns to Hollyqueer.

This can't possibly last.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

14 NATO needed to be disbanded about 30 years ago. It has no purpose other than to suck billions upon billions of US tax dollars out of our country and into Europe.

Fuck that. Shut it down.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:38 PM (Yv8Nm)

15 The Cornell business is why the musselman has his rules for women.

Posted by: Accomack at October 05, 2026 05:39 PM (4c58h)

16 "The UK facilitated it. (My take, not the administration's.)"

likely enough.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 05:40 PM (VyBeY)

17 Should I bust out my Covid masks to protect me from this new thing? When should I expect the lockdowns to begin?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:40 PM (Yv8Nm)

18 oops

A toxic blame game could make all this worse. Women may retreat further into the belief that they live in a "rape culture." Men may retreat into the belief that intimacy with women poses a potentially catastrophic reputational risk. Both fears can become self-reinforcing

The media.
Stoke the fire into an inferno and then try to figure out a way to put it out while it's burning the house down.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:40 PM (6ydKt)

19 The Trump administration is closely watching reports of a suspected fatal plague infection in Russia and is urging Moscow to be transparent, officials said Sunday night.

No fear I have a Vaccine Ready to administer to everyone. It has been tested on hamsters and rats.... So, it is good to go in humans....

Posted by: Dr. Fauci at October 05, 2026 05:40 PM (5U1m0)

20 moment when American social life is already in trouble"

No, it's not.

Whining people are...whining. The rest don't care.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:41 PM (+imBs)

21 The result is predictable: less trust, less interaction, less dating, less intimacy, fewer marriages, and more lonely, resentful people looking for movements that blame the opposite sex. A vicious cycle of mutual gender radicalization gains fresh fuel: each side's fears and grievances become evidence of the other side's hostility.

This was a solved problem in the old system you know, before the 60s era "liberation"

That isn't to say it was perfect but in the 60s women would be told "don't hook up with random guys for a devil's threesome and a drug binge because it might not end the way you want"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 05:41 PM (sKqQm)

22 "rape culture"

Give me a sec, I want to give a french kiss to that phrase but I'm busy.

Posted by: Girl doing a line of K off an erect dick at October 05, 2026 05:42 PM (ULvtx)

23 "The US has pulled all bombers from the Fairford, UK air force base"

WTH? At an absolute minimum, before sending the bombers back to the US, they should have been sent to Iran for some nation building.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 05, 2026 05:43 PM (WpwA+)

24 "The biggest issue raised by Jane Doe vs. the Cornell 7 isn't simply who is responsible."

Tish James will pin all the responsibility on Trump, Pete Hegseth, Steven Miller, Mike Johnson, Mike Rogers, Ken Paxton, and every other Republican man living or dead other than John McCain. She'll also proclaim that the white boys forced the non-white boys to participate or be lynched.

Posted by: Gref at October 05, 2026 05:43 PM (5rh/l)

25 should I expect the lockdowns to begin?"

They never ended.

/Harvard Fat Panel

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:43 PM (+imBs)

26 The media.
Stoke the fire into an inferno and then try to figure out a way to put it out while it's burning the house down.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Media: yeah, no... where is the gasoline?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 05:43 PM (NnhvP)

27 what could you possibly destroy with gas.
Posted by: huerfano

After a double bean and cheese burrito with hot salsa, extra guac, and sour cream?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 05, 2026 05:44 PM (Fv808)

28 Well, what is fascism?

I'm also not sure, but I know that man [Trump] isn't worth the time. *Big Smile*

Says the girl in the clown face makeup in a pair of fishnets with leather garters, in an outfit that would make a stripper proud on a public street with kids playing behind her.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:44 PM (6ydKt)

29 Hunt for Gollum looks dumber than Scarfacing drugs off frat bros’ dicks

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 05, 2026 05:44 PM (hxrdJ)

30 other than John McCain"

Of course not. Dudes funeral is still ongoing...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:45 PM (+imBs)

31 "then try to figure out a way to put it out while it's burning the house down. "

why would they do that? waste all the effort they put into getting the fire burning good and hot?

destruction is the desired end.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 05:45 PM (VyBeY)

32 You all know that no one "broke a test tube".

I mean, you don't keep aerosolized bioweapons in test tubes. And you don't handle them in any way that you could get exposed like that.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 05, 2026 05:46 PM (ULvtx)

33 >>Young Americans are increasingly lonely and unhappy.

If only we could identify a group of people, let's call them eugenics enthusiasts, who believed the world would be better off with fewer people and made up hoaxes and lies to further their goal we might know who is behind this dastardly plan.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 05:46 PM (viF8m)

34 Perhaps related to this I saw a video where a feminist was reviewing some recent internet poll that found if you gave young men a choice between regular sex or marriage they'd choose the former.

And the feminist group was outraged, argued this meant no men cared about marriage, and that all men were secretly rapists (in their dirty vile hearts at least)

Now a few things that amaze me about this:
1) Is anyone pretending it is a surprise that young men really, really like sex?

2) Is anyone surprised if you give a young man a CHOICE between sex and marriage most will choose the former, to quote the Reese's Peanut Buttercup ad "why not both?"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 05:46 PM (sKqQm)

35 I have mixed feelings about teenagers selling guns to the cartels.

"They aren’t loyal to one criminal group or another; instead, they say, they are motivated by making money, gaining status and having a sense of belonging."

The ATF is crying about it, which is also a plus. But I worry dealing with the cartels may not be all rainbows and unicorns.

https://archive.ph/Acdak#selection-4211.271-4211.425

Posted by: Oglebay at October 05, 2026 05:46 PM (2ap+5)

36 After a double bean and cheese burrito with hot salsa, extra guac, and sour cream"

Mmmmm. Taco Cabana time!

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:46 PM (+imBs)

37 Justice Alito says he knows exactly who leaked the Dobbs decision.

I think everyone has a good idea who leaked it. It doesn't take Hercule Poirot to figure this out.

Posted by: dantesed at October 05, 2026 05:46 PM (Oy/m2)

38 28 Says the girl in the clown face makeup in a pair of fishnets with leather garters

girl?

Posted by: anachronda at October 05, 2026 05:46 PM (oY6Yp)

39 The slutty slut's statement to the police almost three weeks after the alleged assault contradicts her civil suit filed two years later.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:47 PM (KC5Lt)

40 The second one of the troons in that troon-on-the-street segment was priceless. When asked for examples of muh fashizmz, he totally locks up and says "hurrrrr." The "durrrrr" didn't quite make it out, but you can hear it bouncing around inside his skull cavity if you listen closely.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2026 05:47 PM (BI5O2)

41 Says the girl"

That's a girl?

Yikes

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:47 PM (+imBs)

42 The media.
Stoke the fire into an inferno and then try to figure out a way to put it out while it's burning the house down.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Media: yeah, no... where is the gasoline?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Making
Everyone
Dumber
In
America

Posted by: Humanities Dept at October 05, 2026 05:48 PM (7zn4w)

43 I bet the possibility of a drone attack is another reason to move the bombers.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 05:48 PM (MWfyi)

44 32 You all know that no one "broke a test tube".

I mean, you don't keep aerosolized bioweapons in test tubes. And you don't handle them in any way that you could get exposed like that.

looked just like a can of silly string.

Posted by: derp derpowicz at October 05, 2026 05:48 PM (oY6Yp)

45 Well, what is fascism? /i]

Saw a woman doing a "woman in the street interview" on some college campus asking students if they endorsed socialism and then if they said yes to answer what socialism was.

At least in the video none of the people supporting socialism could in fact even come close to describing it in anything other then vague hagiography - "like uh socialism is like uh when like uh everyone like you know uh has like uh what like they need to you know like live"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 05:48 PM (sKqQm)

46 I would have asked those idiots
Don't you believe everything for the state, nothing outside the state?

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:48 PM (Ia/+0)

47 you don't keep aerosolized bioweapons in test tubes"

Uh hu. I saw it in a movie once...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:49 PM (+imBs)

48 Girls just wanna have fun.

Sometimes a LOT of fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 05:49 PM (viF8m)

49 LOL, YD!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 05:49 PM (VyBeY)

50 Hunt for Gollum looks dumber than Scarfacing drugs off frat bros’ dicks
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 05, 2026 05:44 PM (hxrdJ)
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Might as well call it for what it is: The Hunt for More $$$.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 05:49 PM (FZ29D)

51 One of my tires had pneumatic plague.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 05:50 PM (Cqx++)

52 Young Americans are increasingly lonely and unhappy.

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Young Americans are also increasingly morose and unfuckable.

I wonder if there's a phenomonological connection between these mysteries?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2026 05:51 PM (BI5O2)

53 Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 05:46 PM (sKqQm

Yes both would be great but here is a secret ladies. Men fall in love also and want kids and want to marry.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:51 PM (KC5Lt)

54 "you don't keep aerosolized bioweapons in test tubes"

I keep them in my butt.

Posted by: Pawl at October 05, 2026 05:52 PM (MWfyi)

55 Hey, that John Cleese video is a lie.

This is only the first half. IIRC, he does a second half trashing the Right just as hard. You see, we are all supposed to be moderate -- you know support trade unions, blacks, pakistanis, gays, porn on the BBC.... moderate.

He was as lefty as it comes. I respect his change in position, but let's not fool ourselves -- he was never one of us, and still has chronic inflammatory TDS.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 05, 2026 05:52 PM (ULvtx)

56
Says the girl in the clown face makeup in a pair of fishnets with leather garters, in an outfit that would make a stripper proud on a public street with kids playing behind her.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

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Odd case. She looked like she'd be quite attractive if she ditched the costume and just wore a denim skirt and peasant blouse and normal hair and makeup.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2026 05:52 PM (mmrXZ)

57 The slutty slut's statement to the police almost three weeks after the alleged assault contradicts her civil suit filed two years later.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:47 PM (KC5Lt)

I have noted that she was utterly incapacitated and, therefore, not responsible for her actions but...

She knows exactly which men arrived when, what they did or didn't do, and when they left. She also "cared for" the first two "rapists" when one passed out and the other was on the verge of vomiting. And she was looking forward to returning to the rape house of horrors until she was told that she could not attend the Halloween party. Then she went to the police.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)

58
Wymyn: all men are evil rapists

Also wymyn: Why can’t I find a man to marry?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

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Mehn: If she doesn't fuck me by the second date I move on.

Also mehn: Why can't I find a virgin to marry?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 05:53 PM (mmrXZ)

59 bet the possibility of a drone attack is another reason to move the bombers.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 05:48 PM (MWfyi)

Glad someone else didn't read all the content this time.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:54 PM (KC5Lt)

60 Blonde Morticia I think that often with with young women who ate tat up and piercing everywhere

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:54 PM (Ia/+0)

61 The Hunt for More $$$."

So, spaceballs 2?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:54 PM (+imBs)

62 The way some Brits are acting, we are withdrawing in full from the UK. Um, no. That would still be quite the logistical undertaking.

(Personally I’d cut back to Lakenheath of Mildenhall and call it good.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 05:54 PM (6jna9)

63 England is circling the drain faster and faster. Watching the government actually facilitate the invasion at ports is stunning.
Now our bombers are leaving. Adios Merry Olde England

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 05:55 PM (ofacb)

64 Mehn: If she doesn't fuck me by the second date I move on.

Also mehn: Why can't I find a virgin to marry?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 05:53 PM (mmrXZ)

I think that a lot of men would be willing to wait until marriage if they were convinced that they'd actually be her first. But they aren't convinced of that, for some reason.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 05:55 PM (ExV1e)

65 possibility of a drone attack is another reason to move the bombers."

Better move the tankers, too

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:55 PM (+imBs)

66 >>She looked like she'd be quite attractive if she ditched the costume and just wore a denim skirt and peasant blouse and normal hair and makeup.

IF that was a woman...why would it be hiding its delicate wrists like that?

My guess is that whatever that is, it is smuggling produce.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 05:55 PM (15Qx0)

67 >>Young Americans are also increasingly morose and unfuckable.

I wonder if there's a phenomonological connection between these mysteries?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2026 05:51 PM

Maybe if they put away the phones and left the house, their outlooks would improve.

Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2026 05:55 PM (2Xqig)

68 He said last weekend that Iran would make its final oil deliveries to China within two weeks and then have "nothing" left to trade

Twice the impact.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:55 PM (l3cgK)

69
Blonde Morticia I think that often with with young women who ate tat up and piercing everywhere
Posted by: Skip

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Not only those women, but the ones who have "transitioned" to male. Tons of them are objectively beautiful, but destroyed by surgery and hormones. It reinforces my theory that they suffered constant abuse.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 05:56 PM (mmrXZ)

70 Young Americans are increasingly lonely and unhappy.

------

Young Americans are also increasingly morose and unfuckable.

I wonder if there's a phenomonological connection between these mysteries?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2026 05:51 PM

Young Americans are also being prescribed anti depressant drugs at an ever increasing rate.

They inverted the autism spectrum to the point that over 20% of kids tested are being diagnosed as autistic and given mind altering drugs to treat the problem.

We as a society are well and truly fvcked at this point.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 05:56 PM (I43vL)

71 I miss Taco Cabana. Solid eats, easy on the wallet.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 05:56 PM (7zn4w)

72 The way some Brits are acting, we are withdrawing in full from the UK. Um, no. That would still be quite the logistical undertaking.

(Personally I’d cut back to Lakenheath of Mildenhall and call it good.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 05:54 PM (6jna9)

We pulled out of that base entirely, including families and support personnel. It isn't a small thing, its a hit with the clue bat.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:56 PM (uhVAy)

73 "Glad someone else didn't read all the content this time.
Posted by: polynikes"

Ignorance of the content keeps my comments unbiased.

Posted by: Pawl at October 05, 2026 05:57 PM (MWfyi)

74 41 Says the girl"

That's a girl?

Yikes

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:47 PM (+imBs)

She had me convinced although there's never full certainty without a reacharound check.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:57 PM (6ydKt)

75 6 Wymyn: all men are evil rapists

Also wymyn: Why can’t I find a man to marry?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:36 PM (Yv8Nm)

They can get the "cat woman" starter pack or go full lezzie...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:57 PM (l3cgK)

76
I think that a lot of men would be willing to wait until marriage if they were convinced that they'd actually be her first. But they aren't convinced of that, for some reason.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

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One could say the same of a lot of women.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 05:57 PM (mmrXZ)

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 05:57 PM (MWfyi)

78 When they took off with the bombers I hope they stole all of UK's nukes.

Posted by: wth at October 05, 2026 05:57 PM (UjdFS)

79 I guess our base in Spain is also useless and needs to be closed .

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:58 PM (KC5Lt)

80 When they took off with the bombers I hope they stole all of UK's nukes.
Posted by: wth at October 05, 2026 05:57 PM (UjdFS)

We operate all the UK's nukes this has been true for a while.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:58 PM (uhVAy)

81 My contribution to the Powerhouse Roundtable discussion would have been different:

Train Doe is a little rough in the face, but I could understand a drunken fling. What I don't get is passing her around. I would never touch a woman who had been with another man earlier that night. Who wants sloppy seconds? Right??

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2026 05:59 PM (wGerL)

82 58
Wymyn: all men are evil rapists

Also wymyn: Why can’t I find a man to marry?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

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Mehn: If she doesn't fuck me by the second date I move on.

Also mehn: Why can't I find a virgin to marry?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 05:53 PM (mmrXZ)

Now men aren't even allowed as many double standards as women, it's quite unfair and I demand immediate redress for my legitimate grievances, oppressor.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:59 PM (6ydKt)

83 One could say the same of a lot of women.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 05:57 PM (mmrXZ)

Men and women are different . I thought we knew that.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:59 PM (KC5Lt)

84 possibility of a drone attack is another reason to move the bombers."

Better move the tankers, too
Posted by: man

Fuck it. Close down Fairford, Lakenheath, and Mildenhall. Unass the UK.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 05:59 PM (7zn4w)

85 14 NATO needed to be disbanded about 30 years ago. It has no purpose other than to suck billions upon billions of US tax dollars out of our country and into Europe.

Fuck that. Shut it down.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:38 PM (Yv8Nm)

The day we have about 5000 C-5 sized SSTs on the East Coast alone that can deploy assets from CONUS in less than 24 hours? Sure. Sign me up.

Til then…

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 05:59 PM (6jna9)

86 Mehn: If she doesn't fuck me by the second date I move on.

Also mehn: Why can't I find a virgin to marry?

Saw a video of a woman that wanted a physically fit man with a successful career in his 30s that never had a serious relationship before her.

Uh....

Ok then I want a Sydney Sweeney clone that's never even kissed another guy and will treat me like Sandra Fluke treats sailors at Fleet Week.

Bet I can find the latter first.

I do have to say the emergence of ridiculous "my romantic partner must have X" where X is something only a fraction of people have and often at direct odds with Y and Z probably explains part of why so many people can no longer "find" a romantic partner...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 05:59 PM (sKqQm)

87 You all know that no one "broke a test tube".

I mean, you don't keep aerosolized bioweapons in test tubes. And you don't handle them in any way that you could get exposed like that.

looked just like a can of silly string.
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All I did was ask "What does this one do?".

Posted by: Zombie Sally Ride at October 05, 2026 06:00 PM (TN0g+)

88 OK, we're living in a simulation. A bunch of Cornell Leftists organized by SDS (they still exist, apparently!) are protesting on behalf of the sloppy gutterslut who got turned into a human pincushion by the gross half-homo drunks at that party.

The protest was held at - I shit you not - Ho Plaza.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2026 06:00 PM (BI5O2)

89
They inverted the autism spectrum to the point that over 20% of kids tested are being diagnosed as autistic and given mind altering drugs to treat the problem.

Posted by: Mister Scott

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That's worse news than you realize, because "gender dysphoria" is diagnosed among autism cases at an alarming rate. Off to the surgeon, the endocrinologist, and the support group!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 06:00 PM (mmrXZ)

90 Train Doe is a little rough in the face, but I could understand a drunken fling. What I don't get is passing her around. I would never touch a woman who had been with another man earlier that night. Who wants sloppy seconds? Right??
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2026 05:59 PM (wGerL)

Frats have a different attitude and have for a long time.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 06:00 PM (uhVAy)

91 One could say the same of a lot of women.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 05:57 PM (mmrXZ)

That she wants to be his first? Maybe. But it's a lot easier for women to get laid than men.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 06:01 PM (ExV1e)

92 Is Diego Garcia full?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 06:01 PM (4NO2D)

93 They inverted the autism spectrum to the point that over 20% of kids tested are being diagnosed as autistic and given mind altering drugs to treat the problem.

I work with a lot of techies and while there are a handful of real autistic people mostly they just are a bit awkward.

There is nothing wrong with them, they just don't get complex social rules.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 06:01 PM (sKqQm)

94 Maybe if we can get enough Moslems to case our bases, we can get the heck out of Europe altogether.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2026 06:01 PM (wGerL)

95 76
I think that a lot of men would be willing to wait until marriage if they were convinced that they'd actually be her first. But they aren't convinced of that, for some reason.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

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One could say the same of a lot of women.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 05:57 PM (mmrXZ)

I don't think a woman cares as much about a guy being virginal for their wedding. She just wants him not THAT used (1-2 screw ups tends to be okay)...

What she wants is to know that there will never be any others from then on and he'll stick forever.

That said, the guy 100% wants the virginal wife b/c he mentally always knows she's his...and he's the best she's had...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 05, 2026 06:01 PM (tOcjL)

96 Fuck it. Close down Fairford, Lakenheath, and Mildenhall. Unass the UK.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 05:59 PM (7zn4w)

Power projection is just a stupid idea.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:02 PM (6jna9)

97 One of the dirty little secrets of the world is the Brits have held an inordinate amount of power over world shipping forever. Not just Lloyd's which is more than just another insurance company but the IMO. Not coincidence it is headquartered in the city of London.

If you are angry about the price of fuel take a hard look at how Lloyd's cancelling maritime insurance for ships in Hormuz effected prices.

They aren't really an ally.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 06:02 PM (viF8m)

98 Men aren't looking for a virgin these days. Just someone who hasn't hooked up with someone different every week as seems to be more the norm than not.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 06:02 PM (KC5Lt)

99 Blonde Morticia I agree

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 06:02 PM (Ia/+0)

100 OK, we're living in a simulation. A bunch of Cornell Leftists organized by SDS (they still exist, apparently!) are protesting on behalf of the sloppy gutterslut who got turned into a human pincushion by the gross half-homo drunks at that party.

The protest was held at - I shit you not - Ho Plaza.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

G_d has a sense of humor.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 06:02 PM (7zn4w)

101 My contribution to the Powerhouse Roundtable discussion would have been different:

Train Doe is a little rough in the face, but I could understand a drunken fling. What I don't get is passing her around. I would never touch a woman who had been with another man earlier that night. Who wants sloppy seconds? Right??
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2026 05:59 PM (wGerL)

Good for you. I suspect that a lot of young men, drunk, perpetually horny, would jump at the chance for a willing woman.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 06:02 PM (ExV1e)

102 Pneumonic plague. 90% kill ratio. And the Russians may or may not have been playing with it. If you thought the hysteria over Covid was bad, just imagine the panic a bug with a kill ratio of 90% will cause. Ga-a-a-ah!!!

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 05, 2026 06:02 PM (DK5Sh)

103 The day we have about 5000 C-5 sized SSTs on the East Coast alone that can deploy assets from CONUS in less than 24 hours?"

Archaic.

/SpaceX

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:03 PM (+imBs)

104 Men aren't looking for a virgin these days. Just someone who hasn't hooked up with someone different every week as seems to be more the norm than not.

A perennial "debate" on the Whatever podcast is a THOT arguing men *aren't allowed* to want a low body count.

Note, sometimes he has normal women on the show as well and unlike the THOTs they usually don't give crazy answers.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 06:04 PM (sKqQm)

105 94 Maybe if we can get enough Moslems to case our bases, we can get the heck out of Europe altogether.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2026 06:01 PM (wGerL)

Think of the money we will save if we just became a whiny, toothless country and just had the PRC and the evil Muslims divide the world into two spheres of influence.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:04 PM (6jna9)

106 Fuck it. Close down Fairford, Lakenheath, and Mildenhall. Unass the UK.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 05:59 PM (7zn4w)

Power projection is just a stupid idea.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Being a fucking doormat is another.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 06:04 PM (9SiAB)

107 I do have to say the emergence of ridiculous "my romantic partner must have X" where X is something only a fraction of people have and often at direct odds with Y and Z probably explains part of why so many people can no longer "find" a romantic partner...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 05:59 PM (sKqQm)

there's a trope about asking girls their qualifications for a dude and looking at US statistics to show that their minimum standard is something like .4 percent of the population even before checking if she would have anything the man would want in a partner. This doesn't really change what they continue to look for.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 06:04 PM (uhVAy)

108 Men aren't looking for a virgin these days"

We weren't back in the day, either.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:05 PM (+imBs)

109 Pneumonic plague. 90% kill ratio. And the Russians may or may not have been playing with it. If you thought the hysteria over Covid was bad, just imagine the panic a bug with a kill ratio of 90% will cause. Ga-a-a-ah!!!

If the UN wasn't useless one thing it could do is get a treaty in place that allows any member country OR individual to execute on sight anyone doing biological weapons experimentation with a fairly large cash reward and the option of immigration to their country of choice

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 06:05 PM (sKqQm)

110 There's a video on X of a bunch of woman doing some sort of coordinated dance and chant.
Like, they yell something and then half-bow.

It's in some city. Something about they don't consent to being raped or some dumb shit, idk.
It's very stupid.

No, none of them are in danger of being raped.
(But, they've all dreamed about it.)

Anyway, the liberal female mind is burnt--there is no saving it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 06:05 PM (3cUTc)

111 The pneumonic plague and broken test tube attributions come from a Russian 'fast news' source and not any unit of government.

The Telegram channel of MASH has a poor record of correctness, even if it has some ties to federal government bureaucrats. The only evidence cited by MASH was Daria Shipilova had some symptoms of pneumonia prior to her death.

The labs from the Daria Shipilova autopsy are in. Rospotrebnadzor said that laboratory analysis of tissues from the patient did not reveal any microorganisms associated with her work handling dangerous pathogens. Rospotrebnadzor, the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare is the national public health agency of the Russian Federation.

Rospotrebnadzor said all 197 known contacts were placed under medical observation with daily laboratory testing, which detected two cases of Covid-19 and two cases of rhinovirus, but no other infections.

Irkutsk Oblast Governor Igor Kobzev said that the 197 contacts now under medical observation will be released from quarantine next week.

Posted by: 10x25mm at October 05, 2026 06:05 PM (NhHLV)

112 This all started with the invention of boy bands as far as I'm concerned.

Everything went downhill from there.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:06 PM (6ydKt)

113

I read the news today, oh, boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 06:06 PM (Cqx++)

114 103 The day we have about 5000 C-5 sized SSTs on the East Coast alone that can deploy assets from CONUS in less than 24 hours?"

Archaic.

/SpaceX
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:03 PM (+imBs)

You never know. I am aware that the idea is being kicked around.

I’d be happy to end forward basing but that grates against my logistical senses. And I like the ability to project power.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:06 PM (6jna9)

115 there's a trope about asking girls their qualifications for a dude and looking at US statistics to show that their minimum standard is something like .4 percent of the population even before checking if she would have anything the man would want in a partner. This doesn't really change what they continue to look for.
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Yeah, you can't un-do 15+ years of indoctrination with a 5-minute call to reason. That's the problem with the state of education these days.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 06:06 PM (TN0g+)

116 How the dictionary defines fascism:

A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.

Leftists:
Centralization of Authority? ✔
A capitalist economy X...subject to stringent Gov't controls? ✔
Violent suppression of the opposition? ✔
Policy of belligerent Nationalism...belligerent? ✔ Nationism? X
Racism? ✔ (ask the Jews)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:07 PM (l3cgK)

117 Men aren't looking for a virgin these days"

We weren't back in the day, either.
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:05 PM (+imBs)

That is correct.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 06:07 PM (KC5Lt)

118 Justice Alito says he knows exactly who leaked the Dobbs decision, but he says he doesn't have enough proof to take it to court so he won't say who it is. A rare cuck-out from Alito.

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I'll take "Mary McCord's husband -- right hand to the legal counsel (Special Assistant to the Counselor) for Cheap Justice Benedict Roberts" -- for $64 trillion, Alex.

Posted by: ShainS at October 05, 2026 06:07 PM (KDKmL)

119 there's a trope about asking girls their qualifications for a dude and looking at US statistics to show that their minimum standard is something like .4 percent of the population even before checking if she would have anything the man would want in a partner. This doesn't really change what they continue to look for.

One positive thing I see from the "man-o-sphere" or at least the more useful parts of it is the advice of "if you want a higher quality woman, become a higher quality man"

Hitting the gym, getting useful skills, learning how to be funny, or building a career will all dramatically help a man in finding a wife/girlfriend.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 06:07 PM (sKqQm)

120 I'll take "Mary McCord's husband -- right hand to the legal counsel (Special Assistant to the Counselor) for Cheap Justice Benedict Roberts" -- for $64 trillion, Alex.

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Sheldon Snook

Posted by: ShainS at October 05, 2026 06:07 PM (KDKmL)

121 Some good news at HotAir. The arguments today about the green left suing oil companies by states or localities seemed to have gotten no support by the right leaning judges . Even Roberts and ACB didn't think much of the argument against the Federal government controlling such issues.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 06:08 PM (ofacb)

122 If I get the plague from the rooskies I am going to be PISSED!

Posted by: Weasel at October 05, 2026 06:08 PM (Xgoim)

123 Can't we all just respect everyone's no-no square?

Maestro! cue the music......

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 05, 2026 06:08 PM (dCMJG)

124 And I like the ability to project power."

Go to Boca Chica. Then look up.

That's power. Unbelievable power. And it's repeatable.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:09 PM (+imBs)

125 What she wants is to know that there will never be any others from then on and he'll stick forever.

That said, the guy 100% wants the virginal wife b/c he mentally always knows she's his...and he's the best she's had...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 05, 2026 06:01 PM (tOcjL)

There is a very strong link between number of previous partners in women and reported satisfaction in a marriage. Above the 5 or less range and its unlikely she will be. Men have a similar decrease but the effect is less strong.

But if women want to avoid promiscuous men by all means start choosing that way.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)

126
Men and women are different . I thought we knew that.
Posted by: polynikes

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Yes, as the entire conversation shows (you can follow it up to the beginning), the lizard portion of the brain is much larger in men than in women. I don't know why women are expected to compensate for that by restraining their own behavior.

To apply the Cornell situation, here's what happened:
Unambiguously slutty, drunken girl makes herself available for sex with more than one guy. Guys now have options:
1 - Take this obviously sick girl who may be endangering herself to the ER
2 - Call the cops for her
3 - Get her into an Uber and get her home, out of harm's way
4 - Jump on her and then get her to safety
5 - Jump on her and advertise to local men the availability of a half-conscious female body for sexual gratification
6 - Enjoy the games as more men arrive promptly and achieve sexual gratification with an increasingly unconscious female

I can't see this going the same way if the sexes were reversed. You're right, men and women are different.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 06:09 PM (mmrXZ)

127 123 Can't we all just respect everyone's no-no square?

Maestro! cue the music......

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 05, 2026 06:08 PM (dCMJG)

https://youtu.be/JXKZrq66IN8

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:09 PM (6ydKt)

128 Men aren't looking for a virgin these days"

We weren't back in the day, either.
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:05 PM (+imBs)

Actually, men were looking for virgins back in the day.

It's only the decadent culture today that thinks all women are whores.

Posted by: LTG at October 05, 2026 06:10 PM (Kt1h7)

129 If I get the plague from the rooskies I am going to be PISSED!
Posted by: Weasel at October 05, 2026 06:08 PM (Xgoim)

if you don't think we and China don't have the same stuff in bottles, well, I admire your confidence. We all do.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

130 Good women are still out there. Pretty easy to identify too.

No tattoos. No thick rimmed glasses. No hair color that is also a jello color. That alone eliminates a substantial portion of the undesirables.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:10 PM (Yv8Nm)

131

Pneumonic Plague,

Interesting it is election season.

Ooopppsss, sorry we have to lock everyone down. We did not know it would spread that quickly.

It would not surprise me.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 06:10 PM (/QHx4)

132 Also, if you call out from the TXMoMe because you have the rooskie plague, we're going to need a note from your doctor.

Posted by: Weasel at October 05, 2026 06:11 PM (Xgoim)

133 Do you want the plague? Sure, we all do!

Posted by: Sally Struthers at October 05, 2026 06:11 PM (Cqx++)

134 Supposedly the theft of diesel fuel from the farms in the area around the air base is very common, so it is possible that the wogs they caught were doing that.

But the fact that they were released is simply unbelievable.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2026 06:12 PM (k5CNB)

135 I can't see this going the same way if the sexes were reversed. You're right, men and women are different.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 06:09 PM (mmrXZ)

If a slutty guy got drunk, high, and eight girls gave into their passions and natural urges and slept with him in one night he'd have been hailed as hero and become legend for a decade or more.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:12 PM (6ydKt)

136 I read the news today, oh, boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 06:06 PM (Cqx++)
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We can console ourselves with the fact that it is now known how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2026 06:12 PM (amcLV)

137 There is a very strong link between number of previous partners in women and reported satisfaction in a marriage. Above the 5 or less range and its unlikely she will be. Men have a similar decrease but the effect is less strong.

I saw a group discussing the male effect of more previous partners and someone made an interesting point.

Generally higher status men have had more partners but they are less likely to want ONE permanent partner anyway. This affect is not at all present for high status women

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 06:12 PM (sKqQm)

138 130 Good women are still out there. Pretty easy to identify too.

No tattoos. No thick rimmed glasses. No hair color that is also a jello color. That alone eliminates a substantial portion of the undesirables.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:10 PM (Yv8Nm)

What do you have against thick-rimmed glasses?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:13 PM (l3cgK)

139 104 Men aren't looking for a virgin these days. Just someone who hasn't hooked up with someone different every week as seems to be more the norm than not.

Posted by: 18-1
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We used to talk about girls having a "special gift" that they have to guard.
"Whatever happened to,.... the night I gave to you,.... what will I do with it now..... (Remember - Walking in the Rain.)"

They no longer guard it. So any halfway decent girl can rack up a mid 2 figures body count, but then they no longer have that "special gift." And then they start racking up more numbers because that is the only way to get validation. It's a devil's train.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 05, 2026 06:13 PM (ULvtx)

140 I have t follows the Cornell story to much. Is there actual proof they texted everyone and all that?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:13 PM (Yv8Nm)

141 👉🏼The Barack Obama administration was the first U.S. presidential administration to formally address and tackle systemic issues of campus sexual assault and the broader societal attitudes surrounding it.
• The Action: President Obama created the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault on January 22, 2014.
• The Leaders: Vice President Joe Biden and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett led the task force. Biden notably authored the federal Violence Against Women Act as a senator in 1994.
• The Campaign: The administration launched the "It's On Us" public awareness campaign to shift cultural norms, bystander behavior, and definitions of consent.

Former President Joe Biden visits Newport to show off beloved Corvette, Oct. 4, 2026. 😳

Posted by: L - No nic at October 05, 2026 06:13 PM (NFX2v)

142 131

Pneumonic Plague,

Interesting it is election season.

Ooopppsss, sorry we have to lock everyone down. We did not know it would spread that quickly.

It would not surprise me.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 06:10 PM (/QHx4)

Sorry, you'll have to vote by mail...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:13 PM (l3cgK)

143 >>Pneumonic plague. 90% kill ratio. And the Russians may or may not have been playing with it. If you thought the hysteria over Covid was bad, just imagine the panic a bug with a kill ratio of 90% will cause. Ga-a-a-ah!!!

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 05, 2026 06:02 PM

If it's untreated. It is closer to 20% with antibiotic treatment. There have been a few cases in the desert Southwest in the last few years.

Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2026 06:13 PM (2Xqig)

144 >>If a slutty guy got drunk, high, and eight girls gave into their passions and natural urges and slept with him in one night he'd have been hailed as hero and become legend for a decade or more.

It was only for about 7 years not a decade.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 06:14 PM (viF8m)

145 Supposedly the theft of diesel fuel from the farms in the area around the air base is very common, so it is possible that the wogs they caught were doing that.

But the fact that they were released is simply unbelievable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2026 06:12 PM (k5CNB)

Hard to confuse a military air base for a farmstead. Especially with the mapping program telling you where it is.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)

146 135 I can't see this going the same way if the sexes were reversed. You're right, men and women are different.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 06:09 PM (mmrXZ)

If a slutty guy got drunk, high, and eight girls gave into their passions and natural urges and slept with him in one night he'd have been hailed as hero and become legend for a decade or more.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:12 PM (6ydKt)

And then would have to deal with the burning sensation in his crotch...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:14 PM (l3cgK)

147 The Blob is coming on Movies

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 06:14 PM (Ia/+0)

148 ***despite the relocation, the bomber fleet remains fully prepared to launch long-range
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We should do a bombing run lest they propagandize it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 06:14 PM (VPNgR)

149 the guy 100% wants the virginal wife b/c he mentally always knows she's his...and he's the best she's had...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 05, 2026 06:01 PM (tOcjL)

Bullshit.

That sounds like feminist nonsense.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2026 06:14 PM (k5CNB)

150 Supposedly the theft of diesel fuel from the farms in the area around the air base is very common, so it is possible that the wogs they caught were doing that.

A problem at most overseas bases.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 06:14 PM (7zn4w)

151
7 Regarding Fairford and the evacuation of B-1B bombers...

USAF feared an Iranian op similar to the one Ukraine used on Russia last year when they used drones, smuggled into Russia in civilian looking trucks, attacked and destroyed around 10 - 12 Russian military aircraft. Including a number of their strategic bombers.

A significant number.

The UK facilitated it. (My take, not the administration's.)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 05:36 PM

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I recall that the drone attack on Russian aircraft was arranged and carried out without Trump's knowledge or approval. The Ukrainians had help from European intelligence agencies, and possibly US intelligence. For Trump, an embarrassing surprise escalation in a war he wants to stop.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 06:15 PM (azNOR)

152 Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)
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I don't know about you, but if I'm going to get the plague I at least want the AMERICAN version. Freedom Plague!

Posted by: Weasel at October 05, 2026 06:15 PM (Xgoim)

153 Former President Joe Biden visits Newport to show off beloved Corvette, Oct. 4, 2026. 😳
Posted by: L - No nic at October 05, 2026 06:13 PM (NFX2v)

No he's dead of stage 23 cancer.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 06:15 PM (uhVAy)

154 Do you want the plague? Sure, we all do!
Posted by: Sally Struthers
----

If I recall correctly, the available courses included "Tv and VCR repair".

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 06:15 PM (TN0g+)

155 144 >>If a slutty guy got drunk, high, and eight girls gave into their passions and natural urges and slept with him in one night he'd have been hailed as hero and become legend for a decade or more.

It was only for about 7 years not a decade.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 06:14 PM (viF8m)

Speaking from experience?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:15 PM (6ydKt)

156 the guy 100% wants the virginal wife b/c he mentally always knows she's his...and he's the best she's had...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 05, 2026 06:01 PM

also the worst.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 06:15 PM (4NO2D)

157 I don’t get the wanting a virgin thing. I once went out with this girl a few times in college and she told me she was a virgin. It kinda turned me off of her. That’s a lot of responsibility lol. I don’t knew that kind of stress in my life.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:15 PM (Yv8Nm)

158 >>Speaking from experience?

No. It was a joke.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 06:16 PM (viF8m)

159 143 >>Pneumonic plague. 90% kill ratio. And the Russians may or may not have been playing with it. If you thought the hysteria over Covid was bad, just imagine the panic a bug with a kill ratio of 90% will cause. Ga-a-a-ah!!!

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 05, 2026 06:02 PM

If it's untreated. It is closer to 20% with antibiotic treatment. There have been a few cases in the desert Southwest in the last few years.

Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2026 06:13 PM (2Xqig)

A bio-weapon that also incapacitates a good number of soldiers is more useful than one that outright kills...the incapacitated have to be taken care of.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:16 PM (l3cgK)

160 Actually, men were looking for virgins back in the day."

Just not at Subic....

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:16 PM (+imBs)

161 Posted by: Blonde Morticia could do this all day at October 05, 2026 06:09 PM (mmrXZ)

I truly don't understand the point youre trying to make by saying if the sexes were reversed.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 06:16 PM (KC5Lt)

162 >> the guy 100% wants the virginal wife b/c he mentally always knows she's his...and he's the best she's had...

If you had a choice between a Virgin and a chick that will Never Get Fat...

I know who you are choosing.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 06:16 PM (15Qx0)

163 Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)
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I don't know about you, but if I'm going to get the plague I at least want the AMERICAN version. Freedom Plague!
Posted by: Weasel at October 05, 2026 06:15 PM (Xgoim)

Well that was the reason for Gain of Function being banned in US state labs. So Fauci put it in China.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 06:16 PM (uhVAy)

164 >> Actually, men were looking for virgins back in the day.

This is true.

The Volcano will accept no Tramps.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 06:17 PM (15Qx0)

165 We have Greenland now. Can't we just send the B-1s there? Easier to bomb the UK when they go from just being "Islamo-curious" to a full on terror state.

Posted by: Mr_Fastbucks at October 05, 2026 06:17 PM (35g59)

166 A bio-weapon that also incapacitates a good number of soldiers is more useful than one that outright kills...the incapacitated have to be taken care of.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:16 PM (l3cgK)
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And use up resources at a greater rate than the healthy.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2026 06:17 PM (amcLV)

167 156 the guy 100% wants the virginal wife b/c he mentally always knows she's his...and he's the best she's had...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 05, 2026 06:01 PM

also the worst.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 06:15 PM (4NO2D)

We would joke with our baby sister that she was the prettiest, smartest sister we had...and also the dumbest, ugliest one. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:17 PM (l3cgK)

168 They say it's not gay if your dicks don't touch but, I have never had any desire for a MFM hookup.

Because it is gay.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 06:17 PM (4NO2D)

169 What do you have against thick-rimmed glasses?
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Lol! They tend to end up on many of the same faces that wrap those "Palestinian" scarfs around their necks.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 06:18 PM (TN0g+)

170 I get not wanting a girl who’s fucked 100 guys or whatever. But insisting on a virgin is kinda weird too.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:18 PM (Yv8Nm)

171 158 >>Speaking from experience?

No. It was a joke.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 06:16 PM (viF8m)

I'd have bent spent after girl 3, pretty sure I'd have rolled over and said, 'No more yanky my wanky, the donger need food."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:18 PM (6ydKt)

172 If you had a choice between a Virgin and a chick that will Never Get Fat...

I know who you are choosing.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 06:16 PM (15Qx0)

There's always hope for the future where they can some magical medical stuff and always be virgin and never fat.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:19 PM (6ydKt)

173 Well, Scott Basset just gifted me 90 dollars... Actually Trump I guess....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 06:19 PM (+gK6I)

174 168 They say it's not gay if your dicks don't touch but, I have never had any desire for a MFM hookup.

Because it is gay.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 06:17 PM (4NO2D)

When my kids were in school, the joke was, "It's not gay if you say it's not gay first"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:19 PM (l3cgK)

175 Al Malkin's down there right now,
Looking for a virgin with nice breath

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at October 05, 2026 06:20 PM (MWfyi)

176 What do you have against thick-rimmed glasses?
-----"

Yuum. "Molecules"

/TBBT

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:20 PM (+imBs)

177 Stan and CCP's plans continue apace.

Posted by: Joe Mama at October 05, 2026 06:20 PM (TezPK)

178 No sword fighting.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 06:20 PM (7zn4w)

179 165 We have Greenland now. Can't we just send the B-1s there? Easier to bomb the UK when they go from just being "Islamo-curious" to a full on terror state.
Posted by: Mr_Fastbucks at October 05, 2026 06:17 PM (35g59)

How would they hold up under conditions there?
Are there runways that can support them?
Do we have munitions ans maintenance support for them there?
If no to any, how long would it take to build them up?
What of fuel?
What of de-icing and de-icing support?
Just to name a few questions…

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:20 PM (6jna9)

180 And use up resources at a greater rate than the healthy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Now do tranny military types.

Posted by: Joe Mama at October 05, 2026 06:22 PM (TezPK)

181 Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song"

Why does it hurt when I pee?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:22 PM (+imBs)

182 the guy 100% wants the virginal wife b/c he mentally always knows she's his...and he's the best she's had...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 05, 2026 06:01 PM (tOcjL)

Bullshit.

That sounds like feminist nonsense.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2026 06:14 PM (k5CNB)

Seriously thought the sentence would continue....wants the virginal wife b/c hes mentally....ill

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 06:22 PM (KC5Lt)

183 171 158 >>Speaking from experience?

No. It was a joke.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 06:16 PM (viF8m)

I'd have bent spent after girl 3, pretty sure I'd have rolled over and said, 'No more yanky my wanky, the donger need food."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:18 PM (6ydKt)

There was a comedian who was on the show "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire"...well, he was a millionaire on paper. The woman, Darva Conger was unhappy and it all ended. In his comedy routines, he said, "If you swap the first letters of her first name and last name, you get Carva Donger. I should have known at that point."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:22 PM (l3cgK)

184 I had a friend who had a foursome. Him his gf, and another couple. He was mercilessly hounded as having had gay sex for a long time.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:23 PM (Yv8Nm)

185 157 I don’t get the wanting a virgin thing. I once went out with this girl a few times in college and she told me she was a virgin. It kinda turned me off of her. That’s a lot of responsibility lol. I don’t knew that kind of stress in my life.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:15 PM (Yv8Nm)

HIGH PRIEST AWAITING, DAGGER AT HAND, SPILLING THE PURE VIRGIN BLOOD

Posted by: SLAYER at October 05, 2026 06:23 PM (6jna9)

186 How would they hold up under conditions there?"

Well, it's mooslem free, so...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:23 PM (+imBs)

187 >>>"We can acknowledge now that all U.S. bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have re-deployed to their home stations in the United States," a department official said.

Soon to be home stationed in Greenland.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 06:25 PM (dK+Kv)

188 SLAYER!

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 06:25 PM (15Qx0)

189 When I was in kollige, a long time ago in a galaxy far away, there were always a few girls who were looking for a good time. That kind.

These were not girls any guy who didn't look like elephant man targeted but they were always open for business. Always.

I have zero difficulty believing this was consensual and in the current environment she decided to cash in. She'll have no lack of supporters no matter the facts. Ask Lyndsay Clancy.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 06:25 PM (viF8m)

190 When it comes time to bomb the UK, I just hope we have a Trump or Vance kind of Admin.

Posted by: LTG at October 05, 2026 06:25 PM (Kt1h7)

191 Well, Scott Basset just gifted me 90 dollars... Actually Trump I guess....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 06:19 PM (+gK6I)

-----------------

Every Islammunist who votes "D" 1000 times in November will still get $5,000,000 from Trump if the "R"s hold both Houses of Congress, amirite?

/

Posted by: ShainS at October 05, 2026 06:25 PM (KDKmL)

192
Now do tranny military types.
Posted by: Joe Mama at October 05, 2026 06:22 PM (TezPK)

They will do what they always do - threaten to kill themselves if they don’t get their way.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:25 PM (6jna9)

193 I'm really questioning what NATO delivers to the US any longer. All we counted on them for was a few acres of land here and there where we could launch and land planes from. And now they can't even supply dirt.

What do we get?! We get to be entangled in an alliance that requires us to go to war with a nuclear power to defend the freedom of places like Riga, which the average American can't place on a map but is apparently absolutely essential to our national security.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 05, 2026 06:25 PM (71pES)

194 How long ago was Mattress girl?

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 06:27 PM (KC5Lt)

195
One of nephews was married and found out his wife was having threesomes. She invited him to party with them. He was horrified. He divorced her and amazingly in today's world got full custody of their children.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 06:27 PM (/QHx4)

196 People make sex out to be such a big deal. All these games played and shit. It’s really not complicated. You like her, she lies you get busy. What’s the big deal? It’s just natural things people do.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:27 PM (Yv8Nm)

197 Guys want loyalty and someone able to restrain themselves from carnal pleasure, thinking of the future and what is really important in life.

Any girls that runs up the body count is only looking for self gratification and seeks validation from all the wrong guys. That is a warning.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 05, 2026 06:28 PM (2tfPA)

198 What? no more Riga sprats? Inconceivable!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 06:28 PM (VyBeY)

199 When I'm messing around in my bio weapons lab, im very careful not to drop the test tubes. Sheesh. What an idiot.

Posted by: torabora at October 05, 2026 06:28 PM (gnjh7)

200 Heh. Listening to Reign in Blood now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 06:29 PM (7zn4w)

201 Well, Scott Basset... Scott Bessent not Basset

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 06:29 PM (+gK6I)

202 174 168 They say it's not gay if your dicks don't touch but, I have never had any desire for a MFM hookup.

Because it is gay.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 06:17 PM (4NO2D)

When my kids were in school, the joke was, "It's not gay if you say it's not gay first"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:19 PM (l3cgK)

Correct. You just say "no homo" when your dicks touch and it's all jake.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 05, 2026 06:29 PM (71pES)

203 freedom of places like Riga"

New York?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:30 PM (+imBs)

204 Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:27 PM (Yv8Nm)

Women have always been the gatekeepers to keep the barbarians in line. Now everyone is a barbarian and society suffers.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 06:30 PM (KC5Lt)

205
Pneumonic plague? Mask up! Isolate! Close churches! Remote schooling! Peter Hotez says so!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 06:31 PM (eRlcH)

206 You like her, she lies you get busy"

Heh. "She lies"

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:31 PM (+imBs)

207 >>What do we get?! We get to be entangled in an alliance that requires us to go to war with a nuclear power to defend the freedom of places like Riga, which the average American can't place on a map but is apparently absolutely essential to our national security.

At the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest, W pushed hard for Georgia and Ukraine to be made members. Putin responded within days by invading Georgia and to this day there is a section of Georgia that in flux.

Biden made hints that Ukraine would be offered NATO membership after he helped engineer the coup and then we got to spend $200 billion funding this idiotic war and for some reason nobody can say where the money went.

That's what we get for NATO.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 06:31 PM (viF8m)

208 Seasons in The Abyss remains...epic.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 06:31 PM (TN0g+)

209 I fucked around a lot before marriage. So did my wife. Whatever. I didn’t want a nun and honestly didn’t care. We live in a world where people fuck around in their teens and 20s.

Happily married for coming up on 20 years.

People overthink this shit way too much.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:31 PM (Yv8Nm)

210 Maybe a big win at SCOTUS today?

Ruled there is no judicial review of TPS of Venezuelans.

CA judge had issued a summary judgment against the US terminating it.

But it has further implications as the same bar on judicial review is being flouted by cartel judges in a whole bunch of other immigration cases.

Bit by bit, Trump is building the biggest deportation machine in history, with legal rulings all along the way.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 06:32 PM (3cUTc)

211 194 How long ago was Mattress girl?

forty-two!

Posted by: deep thought at October 05, 2026 06:32 PM (oY6Yp)

212 Heh. "She lies"
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:31 PM (+imBs)

😜

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:32 PM (Yv8Nm)

213 > I have zero difficulty believing this was consensual and in the current environment she decided to cash in.

Apparently the Cornell chick is a member of a very high status sorority. The theory I saw that made a lot of sense was her sorority sisters were embarrassed by her actions, so they applied social pressure to reimagine the circumstances of the sex. Being a straight up ho bag is low status. Being a victim retains your status and keeps up appearances.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 06:32 PM (mkw2N)

214 >>Seasons in The Abyss remains...epic.

Indeed.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 06:32 PM (15Qx0)

215
What do we get?! We get to be entangled in an alliance that requires us to go to war with a nuclear power to defend the freedom of places like Riga, which the average American can't place on a map but is apparently absolutely essential to our national security.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 05, 2026 06:25 PM (71pES)

I’ll take that over whiny isolationism, thanks. It was JFK who said something along the lines of how we protect t the freedom of New York and London by protecting freedom in Berlin.

And I like projecting power. And I’d rather be the top dog, not the PRC or anyone else. Weird, huh?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:32 PM (6jna9)

216 Mattress girl was around 2016.

Posted by: LTG at October 05, 2026 06:33 PM (Kt1h7)

217 209 I fucked around a lot before marriage. So did my wife. Whatever. I didn’t want a nun and honestly didn’t care. We live in a world where people fuck around in their teens and 20s.

Happily married for coming up on 20 years.

People overthink this shit way too much.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:31 PM (Yv8Nm)

I didn't "fuck around". Before my wife, I had one GF, and we never crossed the line.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

218 Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:31 PM (Yv8Nm)

So you think the hook up culture now is a positive for society or makes no difference?

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 06:33 PM (KC5Lt)

219 Pneumonic plague? Mask up! Isolate! Close churches! Remote schooling! Peter Hotez says so!
-----

Also, Walmart and marijuana shops will remain open as "essential". Liquor stores will be a county-by-county decision.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 06:33 PM (TN0g+)

220 216 Mattress girl was around 2016.

Posted by: LTG at October 05, 2026 06:33 PM (Kt1h7)

And she's still dragging that mattress around?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

221 >>Seasons in The Abyss remains...epic.

Indeed.
Posted by: garrett

+1

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 06:33 PM (7zn4w)

222 214 >>Seasons in The Abyss remains...epic.

Indeed.
Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 06:32 PM (15Qx0)

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Posted by: SLAYER at October 05, 2026 06:34 PM (6jna9)

223 All of the local Dem politicians in this area are taking the position that NYs consent law has to be changed regarding intoxication. My advice to all prospective male college students. Don't come to school bin NY

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 06:34 PM (ofacb)

224 219 Pneumonic plague? Mask up! Isolate! Close churches! Remote schooling! Peter Hotez says so!
-----

Also, Walmart and marijuana shops will remain open as "essential". Liquor stores will be a county-by-county decision.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 06:33 PM (TN0g+)

And strip clubs in Kalifornia...and gay clubs in Michigan...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:35 PM (l3cgK)

225 jim wouldn't doubt if told she was

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 06:35 PM (Ia/+0)

226 Ah, Slayer, part of my HS soundtrack…

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:36 PM (6jna9)

227 165 We have Greenland now. Can't we just send the B-1s there?

because it take a while to build airstrips?

Posted by: anachronda at October 05, 2026 06:36 PM (oY6Yp)

228 225 jim wouldn't doubt if told she was

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 06:35 PM (Ia/+0)

She had long term relationships. I might not have been her first, but I was her last.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:36 PM (l3cgK)

229 So you think the hook up culture now is a positive for society or makes no difference?
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 06:33 PM (KC5Lt)

Now?

I was in HS and college in the 90s. There was hooking up a plenty. Nothing new today. Nothing new then. I’m sure in the 1890s there was plenty of it happening too. We just didn’t have TikTok to tell the world about it.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:37 PM (3XTNt)

230 All of the local Dem politicians in this area are taking the position that NYs consent law has to be changed regarding intoxication. My advice to all prospective male college students. Don't come to school bin NY

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 06:34 PM

They don't need to change the law because morticia james will get all of those frat boys and charge them with about a dozen crimes, even the ones that weren't in that room that night. That's already happening in the media.

And the trial will be a dog and pony show with all of them found guilty.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 06:37 PM (I43vL)

231 That thing that never happens has happened again.

A convicted child rapist is in custody after sexually assaulting multiple women in an "inclusive" female locker room at a Massachusetts Planet Fitness.

The franchise has previously defended its policies allowing males to enter the women's areas.

http://tiny.cc/zjmb101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 06:37 PM (mkw2N)

232 Legalinsurrection.com - DOJ charges 16 Aliens for election crimes including voting

Bet a Commissar Judge lets them out

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 06:38 PM (Ia/+0)

233 >>>The Ukrainians had help from European intelligence agencies, and possibly US intelligence. For Trump, an embarrassing surprise escalation in a war he wants to stop.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Trump wants the war to stop.
We keep supplying Ukraine munitions.
If we didn't supply Ukraine munitions
the war would stop.
Why are we supplying munitions to Ukraine?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 06:38 PM (VPNgR)

234 In my family tree, there were marriages where I'm pretty sure the women were virgins, and other marriages where I know they were not. I mean, if the baby was born 6 months after the marriage...and at least one of my ancestors was the side-woman...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:39 PM (l3cgK)

235 The prosecutor is probably going to punt on this and drop the murder charge to some lesser charge and offer her a sweetheart plea deal that spares her significant jail time with a inpatient stay in a mental health place.

--

In all seriousness, it's MA. Other than MP3, just how many people living there are not hard left and deep blue? Unfortunately, this woman will not get the sentence she deserves. Simply because it happened in MA...

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2026 06:39 PM (qBdHI)

236 I’ll take that over whiny isolationism, thanks. "

Everything doesn't have to be extremes.

*looks around*

Okay....

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:40 PM (+imBs)

237 Trump wants the war to stop.
We keep supplying Ukraine munitions.
If we didn't supply Ukraine munitions
the war would stop.
Why are we supplying munitions to Ukraine?
----

I remember when Ukraine suddenly *popped* into mass media relevance. It seemingly went from nothing to everything, all at once, with blue and yellow flags and pins everywhere all at once. I wonder how much of "our" money went into that mega-media campaign?

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 06:40 PM (TN0g+)

238 I am just curious, Are drones less of a threat in USA?

I know they are getting lasers and shit to protect, and I also know that a few bases have had drones flying around unmolested because there is law about shooting them down or something.

Surely we are not secure enough to keep foreign drones or enemies off our soil.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 05, 2026 06:41 PM (2tfPA)

239 I was in HS and college in the 90s"

My yard, offa it, youngn!

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:41 PM (+imBs)

240 https://youtu.be/JXKZrq66IN8
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:09 PM (6ydKt)

Who knew SpeakingOf was a Maestro!! Hopefully you have a better dental plan than the cobs do...

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 05, 2026 06:41 PM (dCMJG)

241 there's a trope about asking girls their qualifications for a dude and looking at US statistics to show that their minimum standard is something like .4 percent of the population even before checking if she would have anything the man would want in a partner.

There's a video of really fat, ugly girl with tats and purple hair and fishing tackle in the face being asked what she's looking for. It's 6' and at least $100,000 salary plus a few other things. When asked how'd she rate herself, without hesitating she said "Oh, I'm a 10." It's enough to make you weep.

Also, armadillos are know to carry plague.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 05, 2026 06:42 PM (l26NL)

242 Ironically one of my besties was the guy looking for “the one” all the time and didn’t do the hookup thing. He finally found her. Then married her. Then she went nuts and they got divorced . Real messy too with kids involved.

There’s no guarantees in any of this. It’s all one giant crapshoot.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 06:42 PM (3XTNt)

243 Here's a story that is getting almost no coverage. Unexpectedly.

>>Georgia election board seeks federal oversight for voting machine updates

https://tinyurl.com/4k8m3h32

Yea, the Dominion machines are a vector for cheating. Who knew? Not Brian in New Orleans.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 06:42 PM (viF8m)

244 So you think the hook up culture now is a positive for society or makes no difference?

I'm not the person you asked, but my answer is it's always been a huge negative. Those guardrails the "sexual revolution" and other movements have been tearing down were based on wisdom and Christian values. It took a while for everything to come crashing down, but we've been seeing a slow motion collapse for decades, and it's rapidly speeding up.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 06:43 PM (mkw2N)

245 if the baby was born 6 months after the marriage"

'Rents were married just before Xmas. I came along the following... June. And I twern't early...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:43 PM (+imBs)

246 Couldn't someone just claim they were drunk?

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 06:44 PM (MWfyi)

247 Those "what is a fascist" people are such lost, witless humans. They literally know absolutely nothing.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2026 06:45 PM (qBdHI)

248 @243 JackStraw, does Raffensberg know about this? His behavior covered for all of Georgia's election BS over the last few years

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 06:47 PM (ofacb)

249 Nood, btw

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:47 PM (+imBs)

250 My parents were married in April. I was born in October.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 06:48 PM (W2Pud)

251 >>Those "what is a fascist" people are such lost, witless humans. They literally know absolutely nothing.

Ask any leftist who calls Trump supporters a fascist to define the word fascist. Be prepared for hilarity.

They don't call us fascists and Nazi because they know what the words mean. They do it to give themselves permission to attack us.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 06:48 PM (viF8m)

252 > There’s no guarantees in any of this.

True.

> It’s all one giant crapshoot.

No, that doesn't logically follow at all. There are certainly ways to improve your odds at having a successful marriage. Hookup culture is the antithesis of those things.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 06:49 PM (mkw2N)

253 My parents were married in April. I was born in October.
----

Preemies have it tough the first year or so!

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 06:49 PM (TN0g+)

254 236 I’ll take that over whiny isolationism, thanks. "

Everything doesn't have to be extremes.

*looks around*

Okay....
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:40 PM (+imBs)

He has to resort to that sort of extremism because there isn't a rational case to be made for a baltic states tripwire, and no one has ever even tried to articulate one. It's foreign policy on cold war autopilot, but without cold war defense spending to back it up.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 05, 2026 06:49 PM (71pES)

255 My parents were married in April. I was born in October.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 06:48 PM (W2Pud)

At least they got married and had you.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 06:50 PM (KC5Lt)

256 >>JackStraw, does Raffensberg know about this? His behavior covered for all of Georgia's election BS over the last few years

Oh yes. He's attacking the people asking the DOJ to intervene.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 06:51 PM (viF8m)

257 I'll bet that neither of those two guys in the "Chicks..." video could answer the question, "What is a woman?" either.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 05, 2026 06:55 PM (nZyEw)

258 "NATO needed to be disbanded about 30 years ago."
____________

Yep. The Warsaw Pact ended in 1991. NATO should've been right on its heels.

And now that we control Greenland, there is no reason to stay in NATO ourselves. If they want it, have at it. We're done.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at October 05, 2026 06:59 PM (OGFx7)

259
Everything doesn't have to be extremes.

*looks around*

Okay....
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 06:40 PM (+imBs)

He has to resort to that sort of extremism because there isn't a rational case to be made for a baltic states tripwire, and no one has ever even tried to articulate one. It's foreign policy on cold war autopilot, but without cold war defense spending to back it up.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 05, 2026 06:49 PM (71pES)

Dismissive.

The extremism is you using the verbiage of whiny isolationists. Cold War nothing: I Read History. I also know about things like deterrence. Deterrence is cheap and cost effective. War is expensive and it sucks.

If a little deterrence was used in, say, the 1930s we would be where we are today in Europe.

I like deterrence, power projection, and not turning over the world to the PRC. And I find it darkly amusing that the exact same people who shriek constantly about the PRC and others want to do anything but project power and practice deterrence, which work.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 07:00 PM (6jna9)

260
Why the Air Force didn't just have the last two Bones turn and Arc Light the Fairford runway before leaving, I don't know...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 07:12 PM (y9nCu)

261 Misrepresented the Justice. You should fix:

"I do have an opinion, but the evidence available at this time is not strong enough for the court or for me to say this is the person who was responsible"

As quoted from your link.

Posted by: Lets get the story right at October 05, 2026 07:56 PM (2W+js)

262 Andramada Strain comes to mind

Posted by: Tracknar at October 05, 2026 09:24 PM (TwCe2)

263 Once the Muslim population reaches the tipping point in Europe, Europe with their nukes becomes our biggest concern.

Posted by: Huxley Orwell at October 06, 2026 10:25 AM (j3Fsw)

Son of Former Brazilian President Cheated Out of a Win Tops Election Results in Brazil, Garnering 47% of the Vote

It requires 50% to actually win the election outright, otherwise it goes to a two-person runoff.

He almost got 50%.

I bet he got well over 50% -- but the left cheats, subverts, and destroys everything, including democracy.

Conservative Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro won Sunday night's presidential election in Brazil, defeating incumbent socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -- but did not pass the 50 percent threshold necessary to win the presidency outright, triggering a runoff election.
Brazilians took to the polls on Sunday for general elections for the presidency, local state leadership positions, and seats in the Brazilian Congress. Bolsonaro and Lula were among 13 candidates competing for the chief executive position, though polling prior to the election did not indicate that any of the other candidates were attracting any meaningful levels of support to vie for first place.
At press time, Brazil's electoral officials have counted 99.57 percent of the vote. Bolsonaro is in the lead with 47.12 percent support, or nearly 56 million votes, while President Lula obtained 45.05 percent of the vote, or about 53.5 million votes. The third-place candidate, self-help author Augusto Cury, obtained only 2.89 percent of the vote, or about 3.4 million votes.
...
Brazilians will return to the polls for the runoff election on October 25.
Lula, 80, is running for a fourth term as president of Brazil, an especially notable feat given that he was convicted of misappropriating government funds while president following his second term and banned from running for office. He attempted to run for president from prison in 2018 but failed to make it to the ballot. The Brazilian top court, the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), overturned the ban on public office and allowed him to run in 2022 against then-incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, narrowly defeating him.
...
The two frontrunners arrived at the top of the polls following an arduous and typically chaotic presidential campaign season in Brazil that arguably began in late 2025, when Brazil's top court sentenced Lula's expected rival, former President Bolsonaro, to 27 years in prison on dubious "crimes against democracy" charges and banned him from running for public office for 35 years, or until he is 105 years old. The Bolsonaro family, with several members already in politics, mobilized rapidly to shift away from the original plan of patriarch Jair running against Lula. Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro announced in late December 2025 that he would challenge Lula, cementing support from potential rivals such as Sao Paulo Gov. Tarcísio de Freitas. Tarcísio was reelected on Sunday.

Meawhile, US special forces joined with Ecuadorian forces to raid homes controlled by the very violent Jalisco cartel, which surged into Ecuador from Mexico.

Battleswarm blog quotes Military.com:

Fifty U.S. troops assisted Ecuadorian officials in arresting more than 30 members of a Mexican drug cartel.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and U.S. troops participated in an early-morning operation on Thursday to arrest members of a branch of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Ecuadoran Interior Minister John Reimberg wrote on X.

Battleswarm Blog adds:

CJNG is widely reported to be among the most lethal and brutal of all the Mexican drug cartels.

Below, Cappy Army discusses the move against the Mexican cartel in Ecuador. Cartel gunmen recently fired on US ships.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM

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1 1

Posted by: doug at October 05, 2026 04:31 PM (B1+sW)

2 First?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2026 04:31 PM (2Ez/1)

3 So, just another day ending in Y.

Posted by: Minnesota Somali grifter at October 05, 2026 04:32 PM (Q/FnY)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 05, 2026 04:32 PM (NcvvS)

5 Missed it by THAT much.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2026 04:32 PM (2Ez/1)

6 Brazil is the economy of the future...

Posted by: And always will be at October 05, 2026 04:32 PM (2Ez/1)

7 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (hG5L0)

8 "crimes against democracy"

Behold the Democrat future.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (4NO2D)

9 For those following along at home... I just got the results of my first post-radiation PSA. 3.51, which the doctor refers to as "fantastic".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (ExV1e)

10 Damn, in my defense I rarely sock. I was >.< close...

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (Q/FnY)

11 which the doctor refers to as "fantastic".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM

w00t!

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 04:34 PM (4NO2D)

12 Meawhile, US special forces joined with Ecuadorian forces to raid homes controlled by the very violent Jalisco cartel, which surged into Ecuador from Mexico

As they say, there might be a Frito Bandito in YOUR house.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 04:34 PM (sDWtc)

13 crimes against democracy"

It means whatever we want it to mean...

/ the left

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:34 PM (+imBs)

14 9 For those following along at home... I just got the results of my first post-radiation PSA. 3.51, which the doctor refers to as "fantastic".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (ExV1e)

Great news !

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 04:35 PM (+gK6I)

15 Strangely, the Brazilian top court is packed with commies and the like. Curious.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2026 04:35 PM (amcLV)

16 the results of my first post-radiation PSA. 3.51, which the doctor refers to as "fantastic".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (ExV1e)

You can use your peen for a flashlight now?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 04:35 PM (sDWtc)

17 Brazil is in about the same position we, and Europe, are in.

Half the country is completely tired of the other half's shit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:35 PM (6ydKt)

18 You can use your peen for a flashlight now?
Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 04:35 PM

You won't like him when he's angry.

Posted by: and green at October 05, 2026 04:36 PM (4NO2D)

19 You can use your peen for a flashlight now?
Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 04:35 PM (sDWtc)

No, and since the side-effects of the radiation have stopped, my urine is no longer flaming cheeto orange.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:36 PM (ExV1e)

20 Fifty U.S. troops assisted Ecuadorian officials in arresting more than 30 members of a Mexican drug cartel.
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Hmmm. I'd be much happier if they'd replaced the word "arresting" with "eliminating."

Arresting them won't do much, if anything. They just get to hang out with their homies in prison for a few years.

Eliminating them permanently would solve the problem and send a message.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 04:36 PM (FZ29D)

21 Apparently Bolsanaro's family ran the table on the House and Senate elections they were running for. And the Senate was a blowout for the good guys.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 04:36 PM (sDWtc)

22 That helps for peeing in the snow.

Posted by: Or so I've heard at October 05, 2026 04:37 PM (2Ez/1)

23 which the doctor refers to as "fantastic"

Excellent!

use your peen for a flashlight now"

New meaning for "stream light"

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:37 PM (+imBs)

24 seriously ExV1e, glad you're feeling better.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 04:37 PM (sDWtc)

25 No, and since the side-effects of the radiation have stopped, my urine is no longer flaming cheeto orange.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:36 PM (ExV1e)
---
So no more superpowers...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 04:37 PM (FZ29D)

26 Is Bolonaro's Father still in jail ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 04:37 PM (+gK6I)

27 I bet he got well over 50% -- but the left cheats, subverts, and destroys everything, including democracy.

__________________________

Most definitely. If you saw any of the footage from Brazil, there were hundreds of thousands out in the streets supporting him. That's what you call a motivated electorate. I think it was so lopsided that Lula did, in fact, cheat massively, and still had his communist posterior handed to him.

Lula's reaction was absolute shock (which he openly admits) because the cheat wasn't enough, nor were the bogus polls that had him well ahead up to election day.

The Run-off is likely to be open blatant cheating beyond the pale.

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 04:37 PM (dIske)

28 One violent cartel gets taken down and then replaced by an equally if not more violent cartel. Rinse and repeat every few years.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 04:38 PM (Yv8Nm)

29 Strangely, the Brazilian top court is packed with commies and the like. Curious.

Overthrowing governments via the court system is a published strategy of the WEF. The Israeli courts have some of it going on too, from what I've read.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 04:38 PM (2ocoG)

30 15 Strangely, the Brazilian top court is packed with commies and the like. Curious.
Posted by: Captain Obvious
=========
You mean CIA assets. AID was the primary lever for the globo homo commies at State and CIA to put lefties into power globally.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:38 PM (E4rtv)

31 crimes against democracy

Once again "democracy" means "rule by Democrats" (or the local Communist equivalent).

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 04:40 PM (2ocoG)

32 *poke*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 04:40 PM (W2Pud)

33 Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 04:37 PM (dIske)

There are rumblings of investigations of "foreign interference". Meaning the lefties in Brazil, clustering northeast / Amazonia, think DRUMPF stole the election.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 04:41 PM (sDWtc)

34 15 Strangely, the Brazilian top court is packed with commies and the like. Curious.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2026 04:35 PM (amcLV)

The Vice President of their Federal Court is the pain in the ass.

Alexandre de Moraes.

But...

Brave AI:
Moraes has recently been at the center of a major institutional crisis. In September 2026, the STF (Brazilian Supreme Federal Court) postponed a decision on whether to open a graft investigation into Moraes, stemming from allegations of a close relationship with former banker Daniel Vorcaro linked to the collapsed Banco Master. This dispute, driven by fellow justice André Mendonça, has intensified political tensions ahead of Brazil's October presidential elections.

If Bolsanaro wins, which I think he will, Moraes has no protection and will be out on a limb.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:41 PM (6ydKt)

35 So no more superpowers...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 04:37 PM (FZ29D)

Well... my knee hurts when the weather changes, or when it doesn't, or when I sit, or stand. Not really a superpower but I got that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (ExV1e)

36 USAID gets gutted and suddenly right of center candidates go 7 for 7, soon to be 8 for 8, in Latin America.

We're back baby.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (viF8m)

37 I wonder if anyone in the Canadian Federal government has taken a few minutes to compare the major exports from Brazil to their own major exports.....and how a conservative leader in Brazil would effect Canada's economy over time.

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (dIske)

38 32 *poke*
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 04:40 PM

Oww!

Posted by: The Blog at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (2Ez/1)

39 It requires 50% to actually win the election outright, otherwise it goes to a two-person runoff.

This sort of ranked choice bull$hit voting needs to stop. Whoever "wins" should be declared the winner, no more of this bogus runoff garbage.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (I43vL)

40 my urine is no longer flaming cheeto orange."

So, mountain dew?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:43 PM (+imBs)

41 remember the 18-1 guy? suppose it's 8-1 and the -1 is the US in the midterms.

Posted by: don't get cocky at October 05, 2026 04:43 PM (sDWtc)

42 Overthrowing governments via the court system is a published strategy of the WEF. The Israeli courts have some of it going on too, from what I've read.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 04:38 PM (2ocoG)

"If you don’t impeach the corrupt judges, you CANNOT fix the country. They will form a cartel (a judicial dictatorship) and block all reforms, protecting the systemic corruption that put them in their seats." -- Nayib Bukele

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:43 PM (ExV1e)

43 26 Is Bolonaro's Father still in jail ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 04:37 PM (+gK6I)

He has health problems, so, last I read he is home confinement with an ankle monitor.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:43 PM (6ydKt)

44 There are rumblings of investigations of "foreign interference". Meaning the lefties in Brazil, clustering northeast / Amazonia, think DRUMPF stole the election.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 04:41 PM (sDWtc)

Lefties do not accept any election where a lefty doesn't win.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:44 PM (ExV1e)

45 "If you don’t impeach the corrupt judges, you CANNOT fix the country. They will form a cartel (a judicial dictatorship) and block all reforms, protecting the systemic corruption that put them in their seats." -- Nayib Bukele
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:43 PM (ExV1e)

As evidenced here....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 04:44 PM (+gK6I)

46 Leftists will cheat if they can...if they can't, they'll try to kill him.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:44 PM (l3cgK)

47 31 crimes against democracy

Once again "democracy" means "rule by Democrats" (or the local Communist equivalent).
Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 04:40 PM (2ocoG)

The German Democratic Republic
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:44 PM (6jna9)

48 40 my urine is no longer flaming cheeto orange."

So, mountain dew?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:43 PM (+imBs)

My meds sometimes give mine a green hue...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:45 PM (l3cgK)

49 My favorite part of the "free and fair" Brazilian elections was people coming forward from precincts that in the official records voted 100% for Lula to note that they had in fact voted for Bolsonaro .

Nothing says free and fair like that right?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

50 He has health problems, so, last I read he is home confinement with an ankle monitor.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:43 PM (6ydKt)

Health problems like not having health.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:46 PM (6jna9)

51 *poke*

mon?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:46 PM (+imBs)

52 The German Democratic Republic
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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Cable News Network

Posted by: List of Things That Aren't at October 05, 2026 04:47 PM (TN0g+)

53 One thing to note for these emerging right leaning figures in Latin America.

When you win you can't just implement your package and call it a day.

Just like the leftwing opposition arrests your people when they have power you need to do the same thing to them

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 04:47 PM (sKqQm)

54 For those following along at home... I just got the results of my first post-radiation PSA. 3.51, which the doctor refers to as "fantastic".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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How many radiation treatments?

Posted by: Call me Ishmael at October 05, 2026 04:47 PM (XeU6L)

55 37 I wonder if anyone in the Canadian Federal government has taken a few minutes to compare the major exports from Brazil to their own major exports.....and how a conservative leader in Brazil would effect Canada's economy over time.

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (dIske)

Both have similar export profiles, agriculture and mining mostly.

But Brazil is heavily invested in exporting to China and they are their biggest trading partner.

Soybean and iron ore, etc.. mostly.

We could certainly make deals for any rare earths with Brazil, which would be nice.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:47 PM (6ydKt)

56 Just like the leftwing opposition arrests your people when they have power you need to do the same thing to them
Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 04:47 PM

Helicopter rides for everyone!

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 04:48 PM (4NO2D)

57 Its expected Bolsanaro wins the 2nd round easy, right?

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 04:48 PM (AigY+)

58 Most definitely. If you saw any of the footage from Brazil, there were hundreds of thousands out in the streets supporting him. That's what you call a motivated electorate. I think it was so lopsided that Lula did, in fact, cheat massively, and still had his communist posterior handed to him.

Lula's reaction was absolute shock (which he openly admits) because the cheat wasn't enough, nor were the bogus polls that had him well ahead up to election day.

The Run-off is likely to be open blatant cheating beyond the pale.
Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 04:37 PM (dIske)

These run off elections are a cancer, and even worse if you have the disease of minor parties that get votes. Just gives the other factions time to work out a cheat.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:48 PM (uhVAy)

59 remember the 18-1 guy? suppose it's 8-1 and the -1 is the US in the midterms.

I hear that guy is a complete moron.

Even has an AoS Prime account

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 04:48 PM (sKqQm)

60 This sort of ranked choice bull$hit voting needs to stop. Whoever "wins" should be declared the winner, no more of this bogus runoff garbage.
Posted by: Mister Scott

I think it’s a good idea. It removes Democrat spoilers who run as “independents” or libertarians or whatever. Jon Tester won 3 elections in Montana all with under 50% and each time the “independent” got more than the spread he won by.

Runoffs eliminate that bullshit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 04:48 PM (Yv8Nm)

61 will form a cartel (a judicial dictatorship) and block all reforms, protecting the systemic corruption that put them in their seats."

Sounds....pre war Spanish...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:48 PM (+imBs)

62 This sort of ranked choice bull$hit voting needs to stop. Whoever "wins" should be declared the winner, no more of this bogus runoff garbage.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (I43vL)

Yeah but is this RCV or a case of having multiple candidates? France is like this. A hundred people run for President, necessitating a runoff in almost all cases.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:48 PM (6jna9)

63 Even has an AoS Prime account
Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 04:48 PM

For the free shipping.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 04:49 PM (4NO2D)

64 The German Democratic Republic
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
-----

Cable News Network
Posted by: List of Things That Aren't at October 05, 2026 04:47 PM

Secure Ace Shelving

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 04:49 PM (2ocoG)

65 How many radiation treatments?
Posted by: Call me Ishmael at October 05, 2026 04:47 PM (XeU6L)

28, if my memory hasn't played tricks on me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:49 PM (ExV1e)

66 Health problems like not having health.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:46 PM (6jna9)

It's still lingering problems from when the socialist stabbed him in 2018.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:49 PM (6ydKt)

67 my urine is no longer flaming cheeto orange."

So, mountain dew?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:43 PM (+imBs)

My meds sometimes give mine a green hue...
Posted by: jim
------

[shakes prescription vial]

Tamsulosin? Anyone?
Tamsulosin

Posted by: Call me Ishmael at October 05, 2026 04:49 PM (XeU6L)

68 Much like the burning during urination...

Posted by: Gonorrhea at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (2Ez/1)

69 Its expected Bolsanaro wins the 2nd round easy, right?

I've seen Brazilian commies on X weeping that they believe Bolsonaro winning the runoff is a foregone conclusion. From their lips to God's ears.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (2ocoG)

70 These run off elections are a cancer, and even worse if you have the disease of minor parties that get votes. Just gives the other factions time to work out a cheat.

It is always amusing to note the left has a million election "reforms" they area always pushing for. And every single one of them does one of the following:

1) Allow more time for ballots to be submitted as a running total is being kept

2) Makes who you are voting for more complicated

3) Makes it easier to submit fake votes

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm)

71 This is what happens when we vote so hard we overcome the cheat. So yea, vote harder.

Now do you get why they tried to kill Trump?

>>Five Latin American countries — Ecuador, Bolivia, Honduras, Chile and Colombia — swung to the right or center-right in just over a year, between April 2025 and June 2026.

>>Argentina and El Salvador didn't change political direction, but widened support for right-wing governments already in office, in October 2025 and February 2024 respectively.

https://tinyurl.com/4k24455e

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (viF8m)

72 28, if my memory hasn't played tricks on me.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Heh.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, 45 at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (XeU6L)

73 This sort of ranked choice bull$hit voting needs to stop. Whoever "wins" should be declared the winner, no more of this bogus runoff garbage.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Bill Clinton never got 50% of the vote. I wonder if he'd have been elected if there were a runoff.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (ExV1e)

74 9 For those following along at home... I just got the results of my first post-radiation PSA. 3.51, which the doctor refers to as "fantastic".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Keep it up, they will continue to drop with Orgovyx, mine are now below 0.2.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (Q/FnY)

75 55 37 I wonder if anyone in the Canadian Federal government has taken a few minutes to compare the major exports from Brazil to their own major exports.....and how a conservative leader in Brazil would effect Canada's economy over time.

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (dIske)

All I know is that our relationship with the United States….is….over. PRC runs the new…world…order. I will do whatever Xi tells me…

Posted by: PM Mark Carney at October 05, 2026 04:51 PM (6jna9)

76 This sort of ranked choice bull$hit voting needs to stop. Whoever "wins" should be declared the winner, no more of this bogus runoff garbage.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (I43vL)

Yeah but is this RCV or a case of having multiple candidates? France is like this. A hundred people run for President, necessitating a runoff in almost all cases.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:48 PM (6jna9)

Yeah this has nothing to do with RCV.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 04:51 PM (Yv8Nm)

77 57 Its expected Bolsanaro wins the 2nd round easy, right?

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 04:48 PM (AigY+)

It was pretty close already, within two points, and they were the only two to get big voting shares.

I expect it will go down to the wire, but Bolsanaro will squeak by just like his Dad did.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:51 PM (6ydKt)

78
Bill Clinton never got 50% of the vote. I wonder if he'd have been elected if there were a runoff.

Honestly I think he would have.

Bush 41 had the read my lips fiasco tied to him and Slick was running on cutting taxes and government spending (and people believed it!)

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 04:52 PM (sKqQm)

79 It requires 50% to actually win the election outright, otherwise it goes to a two-person runoff.

This sort of ranked choice bull$hit voting needs to stop. Whoever "wins" should be declared the winner, no more of this bogus runoff garbage.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (I43vL)

To be fair to the run off (spit!) this isn't ranked choice voting. However this does give time for corruption to work against a reform candidate in the second election. You can see that in France recently.

Ranked choice is far far worse and a hellish system to encourage vote fraud and corrupt splinter parties that can't govern like adults.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:52 PM (uhVAy)

80 I expect it will go down to the wire, but Bolsanaro will squeak by just like his Dad did.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:51 PM

Will he have a rightist parliament to get shit done?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 04:53 PM (4NO2D)

81 I love hearing Canadians shrieking about how the U.S. threatens their sovereignty yet not uttering a PEEP (except isolated cases) about PM Carney wanting to join the EU in whatever fashion.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:53 PM (6jna9)

82 "They counted all those votes in one night???" - Maricopa County probably

Posted by: Jim Rose at October 05, 2026 04:53 PM (miqrx)

83 Like I said in the last thread and was willowed in epic fashion…..

I had a Sazerac before dinner last evening and it got me good and hard. My brain isn’t working today. Yeeeesh.

Sure was good though.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 04:53 PM (W2Pud)

84 75 55 37 I wonder if anyone in the Canadian Federal government has taken a few minutes to compare the major exports from Brazil to their own major exports.....and how a conservative leader in Brazil would effect Canada's economy over time.

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (dIske)

All I know is that our relationship with the United States….is….over. PRC runs the new…world…order. I will do whatever Xi tells me…

Posted by: PM Mark Carney at October 05, 2026 04:51 PM (6jna9)

Xi/Xer pronouns...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:53 PM (l3cgK)

85 Just think, all the ink spilled over Iran Contra, and that was like $30 or so million (allegedly). The worst thing that has ever happened!!!

USAID was like $80 BILLION that was cut

Of course this was buying elections off, both here and abroad.

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 04:53 PM (AigY+)

86 Alaska has RCV. And weirdly a Democrat won the state’s at large house seat each time since it was enacted. Before that a Republican had held the seat for decades.

Just a. Coincidence I’m sure

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 04:53 PM (Yv8Nm)

87 78
Bill Clinton never got 50% of the vote. I wonder if he'd have been elected if there were a runoff.

Honestly I think he would have.

Bush 41 had the read my lips fiasco tied to him and Slick was running on cutting taxes and government spending (and people believed it!)

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 04:52 PM (sKqQm)

"No Nude Texans!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:54 PM (l3cgK)

88 Bush 41 had the read my lips fiasco tied to him and Slick was running on cutting taxes and government spending (and people believed it!)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 04:52 PM (sKqQm)

Don’t forget Perot, who loved free trade so long as he and only he - and his family - benefitted.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:54 PM (6jna9)

89 Keep it up, they will continue to drop with Orgovyx, mine are now below 0.2.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (Q/FnY)

I'm done. Waiting game now, no hormones necessary.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:55 PM (ExV1e)

90 86 Alaska has RCV. And weirdly a Democrat won the state’s at large house seat each time since it was enacted. Before that a Republican had held the seat for decades.

Just a. Coincidence I’m sure
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 04:53 PM (Yv8Nm)

AK and ME have parliaments as far as I am concerned.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:55 PM (6jna9)

91 I think it’s a good idea. It removes Democrat spoilers who run as “independents” or libertarians or whatever. Jon Tester won 3 elections in Montana all with under 50% and each time the “independent” got more than the spread he won by.

Runoffs eliminate that bullshit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 04:48 PM (Yv8Nm)

In a pure first past the post Tester would have won by having the largest vote total be that 90 percent or 10 percent. The runoff just encourages the minor parties or factions to make deals in the runoff.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:56 PM (uhVAy)

92 Bill Clinton never got 50% of the vote. I wonder if he'd have been elected if there were a runoff.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (ExV1e)

Probably not if Perot's people had gotten behind Bush in the second round.

Which wasn't entirely guaranteed but I bet more would break to Bush than Clinton.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:56 PM (6ydKt)

93 The world slowly getting tired of the Marxists maybe

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 04:57 PM (Ia/+0)

94 >>US aid to Brazil over the past 10 years has totaled roughly $300-500M, averaging $20-60M/year (e.g., ~$59M in FY2024).

Thanks Grok.

Why in the blue fuck would we be sending $50 million of our tax dollars per year to Brazil?

Because buying elections is expensive.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 04:57 PM (viF8m)

95 Added to Ace's post for context:

Since USAID defunded, leftists defeated in every single election in 8 Latin American nations, completely flipping Latin America from communist to MAGA in just 2 years:

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2106870448252211487

Which is 100% proof that USAID was a communist election-stealing machine funded by you and me, right under our noses, for decades.

Posted by: zombie at October 05, 2026 04:58 PM (Av6i5)

96 >>Which is 100% proof that USAID was a communist election-stealing machine funded by you and me, right under our noses, for decades.

You don't say.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 04:58 PM (viF8m)

97 Bill Clinton never got 50% of the vote. I wonder if he'd have been elected if there were a runoff.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (ExV1e)

Probably not if Perot's people had gotten behind Bush in the second round.

Which wasn't entirely guaranteed but I bet more would break to Bush than Clinton.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:56 PM (6ydKt)

I am willing to live with Bush losing in that case for running a terrible campaign and betraying the country with tax increases, even if he might have squeaked in with Perot. Anything to reduce corrupt bargains in Presidential elections.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:59 PM (uhVAy)

98 Which is 100% proof that USAID was a communist election-stealing machine funded by you and me, right under our noses, for decades.

Correlation isn't causation!

Also, America only has so much crime because it has legalized gun ownership

Posted by: The left at October 05, 2026 04:59 PM (sKqQm)

99 How do they cheat at ballot boxes in Brazil? Do they give away free wax jobs or what?

Posted by: dantesed at October 05, 2026 05:01 PM (Oy/m2)

100 Thanks Grok.

Why in the blue fuck would we be sending $50 million of our tax dollars per year to Brazil?

Because buying elections is expensive.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 04:57 PM (viF8m)

They are, ostensibly, an ally of sorts.
So some of that is payoffs.

But I do believe our military and theirs cooperate on occasion especially with training and because of sales of American equipment. Some of that may be lend-so-they-can-lease from our military contractors.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

101 https://tinyurl.com/4k24455e
Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (viF8m)

i get a 403 error

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 05, 2026 05:01 PM (dCMJG)

102 If defunding USAID was the only thing he ever, did, Trump and his presidency would have been the greatest ever.

Add it to all the other game-changing counter-revolutions he has fought -- well, he is the Left's worst nightmare come true, but then they wake up and realize that the nightmare was the G-rated version of the XXX-rated gore-horror show eviscerating their entire universe.

Posted by: zombie at October 05, 2026 05:01 PM (Av6i5)

103 50 million of our tax dollars per year to Brazil?"

That you know of...

/$40T debt

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:02 PM (+imBs)

104
Fifty U.S. troops assisted Ecuadorian officials in arresting more than 30 members of a Mexican drug cartel.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and U.S. troops participated in an early-morning operation on Thursday to arrest members of a branch of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)

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

Does any of this make any difference? Has drug use and drug deaths changed in the US?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2026 05:03 PM (mmrXZ)

105 101 https://tinyurl.com/4k24455e
Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (viF8m)

i get a 403 error

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 05, 2026 05:01 PM (dCMJG)

Ooooh. Forbidden...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:03 PM (l3cgK)

106 I used to think a UK style Parliament with a tradition of just two parties was a serviceable kind of national government that failed only when you had the 200 party nonsense of the rest of Europe.

Looking at the UK now I no longer think so -- it is mandatory to separate the executive and legislative and elect them separately.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:03 PM (uhVAy)

107 If Perot hadn't been in the 92 election it's arguable that Bush would have held on. Clinton got 45m votes, Bush about 40m and Perot just under 20m. Perot's votes would have either not voted or gone to Bush.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 05:04 PM (ofacb)

108 Haven't fentanyl deaths decreased since we started murdering drug boaters?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 05:04 PM (4NO2D)

109 Does any of this make any difference? Has drug use and drug deaths changed in the US?"

Reports indicate yes, and by a good margin

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:04 PM (+imBs)

110 Has drug use and drug deaths changed in the US? yes

Posted by: doug at October 05, 2026 05:05 PM (B1+sW)

111 Does any of this make any difference? Has drug use and drug deaths changed in the US?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2026 05:03 PM (mmrXZ)

Well one of the beefs we had with Canada is that China was producing fentanyl there and smuggling it over the border that way since we had stopped drugs so much over Mexico. And the Nicaraguan trade is stopped on the small boats.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:05 PM (uhVAy)

112 99 How do they cheat at ballot boxes in Brazil? Do they give away free wax jobs or what?

Posted by: dantesed at October 05, 2026 05:01 PM (Oy/m2)

They use a standard electronic voting system across the country. Kinda like Venezuela uses but a different system, supervised by their military, which is widely trusted and respected compared to their politicians anyhow.

It is also law that every person with the legal right to vote must vote. If they don't they can't obtain a passport along with some other penalties.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:05 PM (6ydKt)

113 106 I used to think a UK style Parliament with a tradition of just two parties was a serviceable kind of national government that failed only when you had the 200 party nonsense of the rest of Europe.

Looking at the UK now I no longer think so -- it is mandatory to separate the executive and legislative and elect them separately.
Posted by: Oldcat

No government works with a corrupt and divided populace. And any government with a noticeable number of Muslims is going to be extorted to increase and subsidize those numbers until you get the Lebanese Civil War or the death of that country.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)

114 What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at October 05, 2026 05:06 PM (2Ez/1)

115 If Perot hadn't been in the 92 election it's arguable that Bush would have held on. Clinton got 45m votes, Bush about 40m and Perot just under 20m. Perot's votes would have either not voted or gone to Bush.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 05:04 PM (ofacb)

Yes - much of Perot's vote were dedicated to defeating Bush to punish him for ending Reagan's boom. I wasn't one of them but I understood the feeling.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:07 PM (uhVAy)

116 As they say, there might be a Frito Bandito in YOUR house.

Those Frito Bandito erasers sell for $50 on eBay.

Ay caramba!

Posted by: Wet Taco at October 05, 2026 05:07 PM (Al3kG)

117 I would argue Trump is very much of an updated version of Ross Perot.

I hate HW Bush, but would have preferred him over 8 years of the Clintons.

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 05:08 PM (AigY+)

118 107 If Perot hadn't been in the 92 election it's arguable that Bush would have held on. Clinton got 45m votes, Bush about 40m and Perot just under 20m. Perot's votes would have either not voted or gone to Bush.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 05:04 PM (ofacb)

I think about a quarter to third would have gone Clinton jsut because, like Oldcat above, they despised Bush I.

Other might have fallen for the "Change" campaign Clinton ran, which was, to be fair, a very good campaign as most of us will remember.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:09 PM (6ydKt)

119 No government works with a corrupt and divided populace. And any government with a noticeable number of Muslims is going to be extorted to increase and subsidize those numbers until you get the Lebanese Civil War or the death of that country.
Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)

the fact that the leadership of parties going to lose can collude to keep new parties out of power even before a vote is a deal breaker. There are plenty of voters that wanted change for a decade or more and voted for it.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:09 PM (uhVAy)

120 It is also law that every person with the legal right to vote must vote"

Dead or alive...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:10 PM (+imBs)

121 I’ve seen persuasive arguments and data that Perot helped and hurt both sides in 1992. It was a wash in the end I believe.

In 1996 it didn’t matter Dole was never going to beat Clinton.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:10 PM (Yv8Nm)

122
"Oh, ye 23 per cent."

Posted by: G. Gordon Liddy at October 05, 2026 05:10 PM (2Ez/1)

123 It is also law that every person with the legal right to vote must vote"

Dead or alive...
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:10 PM (+imBs)

I disagree with mandatory voting laws. Let the indifferent stay home.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:11 PM (uhVAy)

124 "Fifty U.S. troops assisted Ecuadorian officials in arresting more than 30 members of a Mexican drug cartel [CJNG]."

Only fifty? Should have been 500.

And why in the hell were they arrested? I am pretty sure nobody would have questioned the CJNG were killed while trying to escape in a firefight. That, or the CJNG members fell out of a helipcopter. Arresting these monsters sends the wrong message to the CJNG and the Mexican government.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 05, 2026 05:11 PM (gBMew)

125 If Perot hadn't been in the 92 election it's arguable that Bush would have held on. Clinton got 45m votes, Bush about 40m and Perot just under 20m. Perot's votes would have either not voted or gone to Bush.

At one point Perot dropped out citing a revitalized Democratic party as one of the reasons. From that moment anybody paying attention knew he was in as a spoiler.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2026 05:11 PM (+9wcF)

126 120 It is also law that every person with the legal right to vote must vote"

Dead or alive...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:10 PM (+imBs)

I suppose they could use Grandma's old card if they could get away with it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:12 PM (6ydKt)

127 Dole was never going to beat Clinton"

Viagra, baby!

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:12 PM (+imBs)

128 And why in the hell were they arrested? I am pretty sure nobody would have questioned the CJNG were killed while trying to escape in a firefight. That, or the CJNG members fell out of a helipcopter. Arresting these monsters sends the wrong message to the CJNG and the Mexican government.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 05, 2026 05:11 PM (gBMew)

We need to support El Salvador's useful prison facilities.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:13 PM (uhVAy)

129 >>They are, ostensibly, an ally of sorts.
So some of that is payoffs.

Did business there for years. There are 3 major sources of power in Brazil.

The military

Petrobras

The Catholic Church

2 out of 3 are government owned and the 3rd is a hard left ally of the other 2. Brazil is a nominal ally of the US but mostly it is a corrupt gas station controlled by the government.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 05:13 PM (viF8m)

130 I disagree with mandatory voting laws. Let the indifferent stay home.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:11 PM (uhVAy)

Australia does it too.
I think the penalty is just a small fine, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

131 At one point Perot dropped out citing a revitalized Democratic party as one of the reasons. From that moment anybody paying attention knew he was in as a spoiler.
Posted by: Blanco Basura

==

I go back and forth, I think he was a populist conservative nd knew HW Bush was a globalist shill.

Perot actually endorsed W. Bush in 2000.

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 05:13 PM (AigY+)

132 I disagree with mandatory voting laws"

This

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 05:13 PM (+imBs)

133 Dole was never going to beat Clinton

Bob Dole had a stiff rod ready to go. -- Bob Dole

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 05:13 PM (ExV1e)

134
Has drug use and drug deaths changed in the US? yes
Posted by: doug

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

Increased or decreased?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2026 05:14 PM (mmrXZ)

135 Thy have a tradition in Oz of just going in and spoiling the ballot so as not to get a fine.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)

136 Dole was never going to beat Clinton

Bob Dole had a stiff rod ready to go. -- Bob Dole
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

-

after the 1994 election, it was like which Republican gets to beat Clinton. We seemed a shoo-in, Clinton was like the most unpopular president of all time.

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 05:15 PM (AigY+)

137
I disagree with mandatory voting laws. Let the indifferent stay home.
Posted by: Oldcat

When I witnessed busses of what were clearly mentally impaired individuals pull up to a polling place with the "normie" handlers, I immediately chastised myself for having even a glimmer of a thought that voting chicanery might break out. I was so ashamed!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 05, 2026 05:15 PM (ucEUz)

138 I have Brazilians in my family. They are required to vote, and ALL the election integrity safeguards are used. But still, things happen, like large numbers of non-citizens who were paid to vote and sway elections in a leftward direction.

Really weird.

Posted by: Emmie at October 05, 2026 05:16 PM (udgHb)

139 decreased its out there not smart enough to find it its pretty good

Posted by: doug at October 05, 2026 05:16 PM (B1+sW)

140
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (ExV1e)

👍

Posted by: Inspector Cleuseau at October 05, 2026 05:16 PM (Zhe+1)

141 I view 1992 for liberals as their 1980. It was. A moment in time for them and Clinton was their guy just like Reagan was the right man at the right time in 1980.

And no I’m not equating the two in terms of their presidencies, just saying those two elections are very similar.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:17 PM (Yv8Nm)

142 I have Brazilians in my family. They are required to vote, and ALL the election integrity safeguards are used. But still, things happen, like large numbers of non-citizens who were paid to vote and sway elections in a leftward direction.

Really weird.
Posted by: Emmie

===

I mean, there's a million ways to cheat.

Basically every country in that region, you can get a government official to do whatever you want for like $20 American.

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 05:17 PM (AigY+)

143 If Perot had not dropped out after getting paranoid about the GOP coming after his family on 60 Minutes, he probably would have won the presidency and NAFTA would not have happened in the 90s.

I fully believe that.
They'd have screwed him over just like they did to Trump but he could have at least stopped the first big 'free trade' agreement.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

144 Self help author got 2.7 %

Just add that to Lula's total in the runoff.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:17 PM (KC5Lt)

145 after the 1994 election, it was like which Republican gets to beat Clinton. We seemed a shoo-in, Clinton was like the most unpopular president of all time.
Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 05:15 PM (AigY+)

For the most part Clinton WAS a Republican President after he got in trouble in 1992 until the end of his terms. I don't think the GopE would have done the welfare reforms that he did to cling to power.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:17 PM (uhVAy)

146
The elder Bolsonaro, besides being railroaded into jail, was earlier stabbed in an assassination attempt, I believe. He was sent to prison while still being treated for the chronic, life-threatening knife wound.

And the "crime against democracy" charge rose from a J6 style leftist-augmented protest against an obviously stolen election.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 05:17 PM (VWtfl)

147
2 out of 3 are government owned and the 3rd is a hard left ally of the other 2. Brazil is a nominal ally of the US but mostly it is a corrupt gas station controlled by the government.
Posted by: JackStraw

Do they sell egg salad sandwiches in their vending machines, too?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 05, 2026 05:17 PM (ucEUz)

148
When I witnessed busses of what were clearly mentally impaired individuals pull up to a polling place with the "normie" handlers, I immediately chastised myself for having even a glimmer of a thought that voting chicanery might break out. I was so ashamed!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 05, 2026 05:15 PM

I just think about my nail girl that asked me why "they" planned the earthquake for that specific day. She was serious.
I told her please don't vote and she got mad at me.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 05, 2026 05:17 PM (DNOLx)

149 >>i get a 403 error

That's what they want you to think.

Seriously, I'm reading the article from The Latin Times. No idea why the link is busted. But the fact remains once USAID aka the CIAs slush fund we gutted, right of center candidates started winning and it is happening all around the world.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 05:18 PM (viF8m)

150 Really weird.

Posted by: Emmie at October 05, 2026 05:16 PM (udgHb)

If you have elections eventually you'll have cheating.

It's like a law of democracy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)

151 I view 1992 for liberals as their 1980. It was. A moment in time for them and Clinton was their guy just like Reagan was the right man at the right time in 1980.

And no I’m not equating the two in terms of their presidencies, just saying those two elections are very similar.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

==

It was more of just a fluke. And the had to nominate their version of a RINO Jeb Bush. The democrats wanted a New England liberal like Dukakis but they had to settle for a "blue dog" southern democrat that usually said conservative things to fool people.

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 05:19 PM (AigY+)

152 We seemed a shoo-in, Clinton was like the most unpopular president of all time.
Posted by: Leupold

It’s The economy, stupid. It worked for Clinton in 1992 as the challenger and 1996 as the incumbent. Things were firing on all cylinders in 96. Dole had no chance. Nobody did.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:20 PM (Yv8Nm)

153 Bill Clinton never got 50% of the vote. I wonder if he'd have been elected if there were a runoff.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 04:50 PM (ExV1e)

Probably not if Perot's people had gotten behind Bush in the second round.

Which wasn't entirely guaranteed but I bet more would break to Bush than Clinton.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:56 PM

bush would have won if perot had never entered the race or stayed out when he quit the first time. And that B$ he pulled in the summer when he "dropped out" because of low polling numbers and scandals and then reentered the race the month before the election cost bush the win.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 05:20 PM (I43vL)

154 The Republican presidential candidate has two other opponents besides the Dem nominee.

The Press and Butt hurt Republicans

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:20 PM (KC5Lt)

155 >>Do they sell egg salad sandwiches in their vending machines, too?

Not that I noticed.

The beach volleyball games on Copacabana Beach are entertaining IYKWIM and you do.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 05:20 PM (viF8m)

156 I looked at this November's ballot here Las Cruces, NM. Over 50% of the "races" are Democrats running unopposed or impartial (*cough* democrats) NM Supreme Court justices who on the ballot to be retained. It should be noted that the only option is to retain them. My submitted ballot, is once again, mostly blank. Peak Democrat Democracy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 05, 2026 05:20 PM (gBMew)

157 I used to have a Brazilian coworker

wasnt the brightest bulb in the box, but I guess that's to be expected of a populace that speaks Spanish

Wait, they speak Portuguese? well how about that, never knew their language was African

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 05, 2026 05:20 PM (fapp/)

158 Before the 2020 election Democrats could only win the presidency if they ran a right leaning platform.

Clinton and Obama both promised tax and spending cuts.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 05:21 PM (sKqQm)

159 Bill Clinton never got 50% of the vote. I wonder if he'd have been elected if there were a runoff.

Honestly I think he would have.

Bush 41 had the read my lips fiasco tied to him and Slick was running on cutting taxes and government spending (and people believed it!)
-----

The thing I remember most regarding Bush 41 was the he seemed *tired*. He brought no *energy* into the room or the microphone or the camera when he spoke. He made it way too easy for Clinton in that regard.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 05:21 PM (TN0g+)

160 Clinton never got 50% of the vote in both elections.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:21 PM (KC5Lt)

161 It was more of just a fluke. And the had to nominate their version of a RINO Jeb Bush. The democrats wanted a New England liberal like Dukakis but they had to settle for a "blue dog" southern democrat that usually said conservative things to fool people.
Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 05:19 PM (AigY+)

All the liberal candidates held back because Bush was too strong and they put up sacrificial lambs up. Clinton came in and pretty much ended the NE/NY Liberal wing of the party as a separate force that could win a national election. They even had to bring the Lightbringer to the Midwest to fool the nation again.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:22 PM (uhVAy)

162 Damn if you ain't first you're last.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:22 PM (KC5Lt)

163 For the most part Clinton WAS a Republican President after he got in trouble in 1992 until the end of his terms. I don't think the GopE would have done the welfare reforms that he did to cling to power.
Posted by: Oldcat

Absolutely. Today, he’d be a reich wing ultra white supremacist. As would JFK. He was Wall Street’s best friend in his second term.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:22 PM (Yv8Nm)

164 143 If Perot had not dropped out after getting paranoid about the GOP coming after his family on 60 Minutes, he probably would have won the presidency and NAFTA would not have happened in the 90s.

I fully believe that.
They'd have screwed him over just like they did to Trump but he could have at least stopped the first big 'free trade' agreement.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

What? The Government making up false Intelligence stories? The Government leaking information? The US Intelligence agencies interfering with a Presidential election, to favor an Ex Head of the CIA? (Father of the Deep State)...

I once thought that kind of stuff could never happen in the US, but the past 20 years have proven how naive I was.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 05, 2026 05:23 PM (mP0Kj)

165 Not voting is voting.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2026 05:23 PM (wGerL)

166 >>Wait, they speak Portuguese? well how about that, never knew their language was African

Treaty of Tordesillas

From back when the Catholic Church was in the business of dividing up the world.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 05:24 PM (viF8m)

167 147 2 out of 3 are government owned and the 3rd is a hard left ally of the other 2. Brazil is a nominal ally of the US but mostly it is a corrupt gas station controlled by the government.
Posted by: JackStraw

Do they sell egg salad sandwiches in their vending machines, too?

hmm. i wonder who supplies their sushi. could be an opportunity...

Posted by: pooty poot at October 05, 2026 05:24 PM (oY6Yp)

168 >>>I bet he got well over 50% -- but the left cheats, subverts, and destroys everything, including democracy.

Tell me about it.
--Spencer Pratt

Posted by: No Name Today at October 05, 2026 05:24 PM (8mulE)

169 Not voting is voting.
-----

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 05:24 PM (TN0g+)

170 Nevada has a “none of the above” option for elections. I like that. Even if you hate them all you can still vote and show your displeasure.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:24 PM (Yv8Nm)

171 The elder Bolsonaro, besides being railroaded into jail, was earlier stabbed in an assassination attempt, I believe. He was sent to prison while still being treated for the chronic, life-threatening knife wound.

And the "crime against democracy" charge rose from a J6 style leftist-augmented protest against an obviously stolen election.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 05:17 PM (VWtfl)

He was stabbed in the stomach (just below the bulletproof vest he had on) by a random socialist bum in the crowd while he was being carried by a supporter during a campaign rally in 2018. The socialist was declared mentally incompetent due to mental delusions, basically, and is being held indefinitely at a psych hospital.

Bolsanaro has had numerous surgeries and problems requiring more surgeries ever since. His health is the only thing that kept him out of prison. Even Lula and Moraes couldn't go that far, though they wanted to.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:24 PM (6ydKt)

172 Carried over:

125 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 04:09 PM (JzUSu)

No; I was fooling around . His name is Millard, named after President Millard Fillmore. My son, who at some point earlier in his life had all the presidents names in order, chose it. I think he was reading a book about Millard Fillmore at the time we got the kitten .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 04:13 PM (JrHfD)

Incidentally, one of the best-sounding guitar amplifiers that I've heard demos of is the Mesa/Boogie Fillmore 50, so-named because it's suited for the kinds of music played at famed music venue The Fillmore, which ran under that name from 1954-1968.

It's a franchise now, but the original Fillmore Auditorium was in the Fillmore District of San Francisco, on Geary Blvd at Fillmore St; and the district was named after the street, which was named after Millard Fillmore. So, there's the connection.

This means that if your kitten does something cool, you can call him Fillmore instead, since it has nostalgic awesome rock music connotations now. But he may not like the amp with the shared namesake, since it can apparently get quite loud.

Posted by: SciVo at October 05, 2026 05:25 PM (ke3zm)

173 Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 05:21 PM (TN0g+)

The esoteric Energy perception?

Not directed at you but if that is how people choose when the policies/platform of each candidate are so obviously different then we're toast.

I like mine golden brown .

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:26 PM (KC5Lt)

174
OT This Is What I Voted For:

The Supreme Court Just Made Deportations Even More Extreme

-- the Three Wine Moms of Strict Scrutiny

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2026 05:26 PM (mmrXZ)

175 Nevada has a “none of the above” option for elections. I like that. Even if you hate them all you can still vote and show your displeasure.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:24 PM (Yv8Nm)

What happens if None wins?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:26 PM (uhVAy)

176 I was in Kollidge in 1996, my roommate was a “Republican” from New England. Bigly big Clinton fan. I was kind of confused since I did t really pay attention and didn’t know about RINOs. How can you like Clinton’s as a Republican naive me would ask? Lol.

Ahh good times.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:28 PM (Yv8Nm)

177 Helluva kick off!

Monday Night Football ad to feature Palestinian Muslim candidate for Georgia Senate

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 05:28 PM (ndZc7)

178
The thing I remember most regarding Bush 41 was the he seemed *tired*. He brought no *energy* into the room or the microphone or the camera when he spoke. He made it way too easy for Clinton in that regard.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 05:21 PM (TN0g+)

You don't remember during the Town Hall style debate with Perot and Clinton when Bush kept looking down at his watch?

That ruined him along with the big scandal about him never having seen a barcode scanner at a grocery store.

Like he was going to go grocery shopping instead of Barbara?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)

179 Brazil imported 10x move African slaves than North America and didn't ban slavery until 1887.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:29 PM (KC5Lt)

180 US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries

Remember, again, the left is arguing these people are refugees but that it is immoral to send them to peaceful countries if they don't also have a generous welfare system.

But "refugees"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 05:30 PM (sKqQm)

181 What happens if None wins?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 05:26 PM (uhVAy)

Second place is the winner. Which is kinda regarded. But that’s how it works.

And yep none has won a few times in primaries.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:30 PM (Yv8Nm)

182 That ruined him along with the big scandal about him never having seen a barcode scanner at a grocery store.

The automated system he was being shown WAS new. I didn't see one like it until a few years later.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 05:31 PM (sKqQm)

183 Not voting is voting.
-----

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 05:24 PM

I had a drill sergeant in the Army who said this over and over....by not making a decision you are making a decision. Make a decision, you may be right or wrong but make a decision.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 05:31 PM (I43vL)

184 Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydK

The scanner story was as bad as the plastic turkey story. The scanner was a new state of art scanner not yet in many grocery stores .

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:31 PM (KC5Lt)

185 nood quickies

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)

186 Nevada has a “none of the above” option for elections. I like that. Even if you hate them all you can still vote and show your displeasure.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 05:24 PM (Yv8Nm)

What happens if None wins?
Posted by: Oldcat

None holds office.

Posted by: Humanities Dept at October 05, 2026 05:32 PM (7zn4w)

187 Despite an arduous search, I could find no mention in the New York Times of Lula's criminal record. Not sure how I missed it.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 05, 2026 05:33 PM (2ap+5)

188 The thing I remember most about George HW Bush was when he made a speech about "the new world order".

Also that he was the ambassador to the UN and then the director of the CIA.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 05:33 PM (viF8m)

189 184 Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydK

The scanner story was as bad as the plastic turkey story. The scanner was a new state of art scanner not yet in many grocery stores .

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:31 PM (KC5Lt)

I never thought it was a big deal.
But the media and the Clinton campaign made the most of it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)

190 Puking on the Japanese prime minister was also not Bush I's best moment.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:34 PM (6ydKt)

191 Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 05:33 PM (viF8m)

That's before the paranoid turned that term into something evil.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 05:34 PM (KC5Lt)

192 Not voting is voting.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2026 05:23 PM

In fairness, it's half a vote.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 06:25 PM (4NO2D)

Communist Jihadi Zohran Mamdani: I Will Combat Antisemitism In NYC by Partnering Up With Aggressively Anti-Israel Arab Agitation Groups

Oh perfect.

A New York City program that Mayor Zohran Mamdani says will combat antisemitism involves a partnership with aggressively anti-Israel activists.
The city's "historic" plan to stop hate crimes will include increased funding for Partners Against the Hate, an initiative launched in 2021 with six leading advocacy groups, Mamdani's office said Tuesday. One of them is Arab American Association of New York, or AAANY, which had Palestinian firebrand and Mamdani supporter Linda Sarsour as its leader for over a decade. It also cheered on a violent 2024 encampment demonstration at Columbia University and other pro-Gaza protests following Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, even when they led to arrests, its social media posts show.

When I think about casting a Theater Kid fake anti-antisemitism initiative, my mind immediately goes to Palestinian terrorist cheerleader Linda Sarsour.

Mamdani faces growing pressure to address antisemitism as city police report increasing hate crimes targeting mostly Jews since his January inauguration. The self-described socialist mayor faced rebuke throughout his 2025 campaign over anti-Israel advocacy, which was driven in part by Sarsour, his close political ally.

Mamdani's office and AAANY did not respond to the Washington Examiner's requests for comment.
...

Sarsour, AAANY's executive director until 2017, came under scrutiny during her tenure for comments perceived as antisemitic, such as declaring that "nothing is creepier than Zionism." She repeatedly denied the accusation.

This was predicted:

$1 million for the physical protection of Jews in a city flared up by the mayor's rhetoric, $7.4 million (and probably far more) for vague "community-based organizations" that just means all the mayor's friends are gonna get PAID. https://t.co/b4MkZmbHzg
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) September 30, 2026

Related: Ten Hamas terrorists posed as journalists to claim that Israel targets "journalists."

The Israel Defense Forces posted a list of 10 individuals it alleges are terrorists in Gaza posing as journalists.
"The IDF has repeatedly been accused of targeting journalists, but a terrorist in a press vest is still a terrorist," the IDF said in a thread on X.
The list includes Mohammed Sami Abdullah Jarghoun, who worked as a journalist for Smart Media, but the IDF alleges he participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel.
Another individual the IDF listed is Mohammed Manhal Ahmed Abu Armana, who reportedly worked as a journalist for Palestine Now, a news agency. According to the IDF, Armana case a comander in the military progaganda department of Hamas' Rafah Brigade.

And to be totally honest with you, I no longer care if "journalists" of all kinds are targeted. They are terrorist-promoting parasites -- even the ones not officially part of Hamas.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (I43vL)

2 Reap me, New York.

Posted by: The Whirlwind at October 05, 2026 03:33 PM (4NO2D)

3 I am still amazed that the vast majority of Jews in NYC will continue to vote democrat no matter what.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 03:33 PM (I43vL)

4 "And to be totally honest with you, I no longer care if "journalists" of all kinds are targeted. They are terrorist-promoting parasites -- even the ones not officially part of Hamas."

Yeah, time to go General Sherman on them.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 05, 2026 03:34 PM (oPFtC)

5 Mandami's idea of ending antisemitism in NY is to kill all the Jews...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:35 PM (l3cgK)

6 IDF stylebook anyone?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 05, 2026 03:35 PM (wxsGM)

7 the tried and true method of ensuring no future anti-Jewish incidents: run them all off with a pogrom

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 03:35 PM (sDWtc)

8 Yeah, time to go General Sherman on them.
Posted by: Thrawn at October 05, 2026 03:34 PM

We'll have reports from Hell by lunch.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:35 PM (4NO2D)

9 New York City voted for this.

Posted by: mr tmz at October 05, 2026 03:36 PM (rJ48h)

10 Commie Crat Logo for 2026 Midterms.........

MASA.... Make America Suck Again...

Posted by: Jackson at October 05, 2026 03:36 PM (NlHgc)

11 I dunno. Does anyone care if a “journalist” gets smoked?

Posted by: That Guy at October 05, 2026 03:36 PM (q1tXs)

12 If you get rid of the semites, there is no one to be anti-semitic to/about.

Simple

Posted by: blaster at October 05, 2026 03:36 PM (xhfG9)

13 Mandami and Hitler: Working to make the world Judenfrei

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:37 PM (l3cgK)

14 The Jews will never let this get out of hand.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 05, 2026 03:37 PM (bX16E)

15 "Develop evidence-informed strategies that respond to emerging trends while strengthening long-term community resilience."

Well okay then, as long as there are clear goals and metrics.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 03:37 PM (Riz8t)

16 11 I dunno. Does anyone care if a “journalist” gets smoked?
Posted by: That Guy

Let me show you my field of fucks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 03:38 PM (j+8bz)

17 Goat F**ker Zohran Mamdani needs a visit from Luca Brasi.......

Nothing Personal.... Just Business......

Posted by: Vito C. at October 05, 2026 03:39 PM (3588Z)

18 They're taking the long view.
If you eliminate the people being hated upon, there won't be anyone left to hate, so problem solved.

Posted by: Rdubs at October 05, 2026 03:39 PM (9ALg7)

19 16 11 I dunno. Does anyone care if a “journalist” gets smoked?
Posted by: That Guy

Let me show you my field of fucks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Okay, who sprayed Roundup on MAF's field?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 03:39 PM (Riz8t)

20 Wicked Pinto sighting two threads back.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:39 PM (4NO2D)

21 Let me show you my field of fucks.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 03:38 PM (j+8bz)

Mine's mostly flat except for that crater over there. That one must have fucked off.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 03:40 PM (sDWtc)

22 I guess Schumer and Sanders are just Part-Time Jews and Full-time Commies.............

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 05, 2026 03:40 PM (3588Z)

23 If you get rid of the semites, there is no one to be anti-semitic to/about.

Simple
Posted by: blaster at October 05, 2026 03:36 PM

and final.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:40 PM (4NO2D)

24 Told ya

Posted by: DLamp at October 05, 2026 03:40 PM (/BC9p)

25 If we just Click our heels and say "There is no place like home".....

Everything will be fine under Socialism in America....

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 05, 2026 03:42 PM (3588Z)

26 Still voting Blue! Free Palestine!

Posted by: Jino Goldberg at October 05, 2026 03:42 PM (Ovx+P)

27 And to be totally honest with you, I no longer care if "journalists" of all kinds are targeted. They are terrorist-promoting parasites -- even the ones not officially part of Hamas.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM

The BBC being the prime example.
It’s literally impossible for them to do a straight story on Israel/Gaza without going full-tilt Hamas at some point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)

28 Q: What are fathers telling their sons about Cornell?

A: Son, never stick your dick in crazy and slutty.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 03:42 PM (9MWCZ)

29 New York, New York, a helluva town.
The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down.
Mamdani wants the Jews in the groun'.
New York, New York, it's a helluva town!

Hat tip to Leonard Bernstein.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at October 05, 2026 03:43 PM (4OUFp)

30 Remigration and ethnic cleansing.

Posted by: The only cure for islamophobia at October 05, 2026 03:44 PM (Omiag)

31 28 Q: What are fathers telling their sons about Cornell?

A: Son, never stick your dick in crazy and slutty.
Posted by: Vengeance
==========
Eh, not much different than any father telling their sons about the media.

Son, never listen nor watch nor respond to media clowns because they lie without remorse and destroy without a conscience.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

32 28 Q: What are fathers telling their sons about Cornell?

A: Son, never stick your dick in crazy and slutty.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 03:42 PM (9MWCZ)

Or at least get something in writing with video recording of the consent and three independent witnesses first.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 03:44 PM (6ydKt)

33 9 New York City voted for this.
___

Well, to be honest, most of NYC didn't vote. But they get the blame, too. Even most of it.

Posted by: Crap Sandwich Enterprises at October 05, 2026 03:45 PM (Ovx+P)

34 Also, “Free Pussy” isn’t free. The bill comes later.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 03:47 PM (9MWCZ)

35 Or at least get something in writing with video recording of the consent and three independent witnesses first.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Basically if you're going to have sex, do it in front of a film crew.

Posted by: brave new world, with such people in it at October 05, 2026 03:47 PM (sDWtc)

36 $26 million dollar investment "

26? Rookie numbers...

/congress

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 03:47 PM (+imBs)

37 23 If you get rid of the semites, there is no one to be anti-semitic to/about.

Simple
Posted by: blaster at October 05, 2026 03:36 PM

and final.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Welp, Arabs themselves are Semitic people which makes the whole argument a dead end.

Let's call it what it really is--anti Jew bigotry and hatred rather than anti-Semitism.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:47 PM (E4rtv)

38 NYC is essentially a rotten borough, right? A very high proportion of foreigners who can't vote, combined with almost universal apathy about voting among the citizens. IIRC, AOC won her primary, and hence the general, with something like 9% of the eligible voters.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:48 PM (4NO2D)

39 Also, “Free Pussy” isn’t free. The bill comes later."

Nobody rides for free...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 03:48 PM (+imBs)

40 I know you've all been waiting anxiously for Critical Drinker's report on Digger, so here it is. You may be a bit surprised.

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

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Riz8t)

41 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at October 05, 2026 03:49 PM (amcLV)

42 Basically if you're going to have sex, do it in front of a film crew."

On the interwebs?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 03:49 PM (+imBs)

43 20 Wicked Pinto sighting two threads back.
Posted by: toby928(c)
=======
Hope he is doing well down under.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:49 PM (E4rtv)

44 He really is Obama 2.0.

D@mn

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 03:49 PM (4KUe5)

45 Let's call it what it really is--anti Jew bigotry and hatred rather than anti-Semitism.
Posted by: whig

This. The word "Semitic" has no meaning outside of linguistics.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 03:50 PM (77rzZ)

46 "Develop evidence-informed strategies...?" As opposed to "evidence-based"? You know the choice of words was deliberate here.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 05, 2026 03:51 PM (cWLG3)

47 I dunno. It seems to me, and I’m not the smartest guy in the room, that if the key to solving your problems is to wipe out a demographic of the world, then take their land, you might be the problem. I’m a little hard pressed to understand what your legitimate grievance is in the first place.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 03:51 PM (9MWCZ)

48 42 Basically if you're going to have sex, do it in front of a film crew."

On the interwebs?
Posted by: man
==========
Eh, using the revocation of unspoken consent and unspoken revocation as the standard or I was drunk and drugged up at the time, there is no safe harbor nowadays. Best to go overseas to places with sane laws but social diseases. Here you get insane laws AND the social diseases.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:51 PM (E4rtv)

49 40 I know you've all been waiting anxiously for Critical Drinker's report on Digger, so here it is. You may be a bit surprised.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLmVVZl_cFU
Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Riz8t)
---
I'm beginning to be not surprised by his hot takes.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 05, 2026 03:52 PM (cWLG3)

50 The BBC being the prime example.
It’s literally impossible for them to do a straight story on Israel/Gaza without going full-tilt Hamas at some point.
------

The media is actively committed to disinformation. As a result, they no longer have any claim to any niceties they were once afforded.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 03:52 PM (TN0g+)

51 not be

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 05, 2026 03:52 PM (cWLG3)

52 The most expensive commodity in the world is not oil, gold, or diamonds.

It is nothing other than the Natural Resource between a "Biological Women's" Legs.....

It can cost you Millions or everything you own ....

Posted by: Allota Fagina at October 05, 2026 03:52 PM (b/4LV)

53 NYC is essentially a rotten borough, right? A very high proportion of foreigners who can't vote, combined with almost universal apathy about voting among the citizens. IIRC, AOC won her primary, and hence the general, with something like 9% of the eligible voters.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Technically, 5 rotten boroughs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 03:52 PM (j+8bz)

54 >>NYC is essentially a rotten borough, right? A very high proportion of foreigners who can't vote, combined with almost universal apathy about voting among the citizens. IIRC, AOC won her primary, and hence the general, with something like 9% of the eligible voters.

axshully, it's 5 boroughs.

Mandami won because of immigrants, both legal and otherwise, and young voters.

Voting matters. Vote.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 03:52 PM (viF8m)

55 >> Eh, using the revocation of unspoken consent and unspoken revocation as the standard or I was drunk and drugged up at the time, there is no safe harbor nowadays. Best to go overseas to places with sane laws but social diseases. Here you get insane laws AND the social diseases.

Get a dog. They’re more loyal and won’t sue you.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 03:53 PM (9MWCZ)

56 Just saw the prior thread about Jack Smith.

I said this during Trump's first term: he needed someone like me to be his Beria. If it were I being surveilled in this manner and I had the power to do so, I would have Smith and his family liquidated.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 05, 2026 03:53 PM (qwx/I)

57 34 Also, “Free Pussy” isn’t free. The bill comes later.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 03:47 PM (9MWCZ)

"One night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury"

Posted by: Old Proverbs at October 05, 2026 03:53 PM (l3cgK)

58 Re: Cornell - my son’s assessment was, “They all sound like degenerates.” Yup.

The only one who seems decent is the senior frat guy who responded to the text by attempting to get her out of there (they only moved to another room) and then having her barred from the next party there for her own good.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 03:54 PM (4KUe5)

59 "One night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury"
Posted by: Old Proverbs at October 05, 2026 03:53 PM

*snort*

I never heard that one.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:54 PM (4NO2D)

60 Let's call it what it really is--anti Jew bigotry and hatred rather than anti-Semitism.
Posted by: whig

This. The word "Semitic" has no meaning outside of linguistics.
Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 03:50 PM (77rzZ)
---------
The term was coined in the 19th Century by idiot race theorists to specifically mean "anti-Jewish" (which I guess they though didn't sound sexy enough). This was when the were conflating language groups with race (hence "Aryan" somehow becoming "Nordic). cf. J.R.R. Tokien's sarcastic letter to a German publisher.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2026 03:54 PM (amcLV)

61
And to be totally honest with you, I no longer care if "journalists" of all kinds are targeted. They are terrorist-promoting parasites -- even the ones not officially part of Hamas.

I AM INTRIGUED BY YOUR IDEAS AND WOULD LIKE TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NEWSLETTER

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 03:54 PM (fQnvN)

62 Mamdani was an op as is Abdul Rahman who shares a name with the Blind Sheik.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 03:55 PM (FnbEu)

63 26 million dollar investment "

~~26 million~~? Rookie numbers... Billions, my boy.

/congress

Posted by: clarence at October 05, 2026 03:55 PM (oakar)

64 I tried to engage one of these idiots at an anti Israel protest. These people were hardcore take Israel’s land and kill the Jews on a cutesy way. I asked him after he took all that land and killed the inhabitants how that would cure any grievance he had. Silence. The idiot don’t even know how to answer. These people are not only heinous a holes. They are complete buffoons.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 03:56 PM (9MWCZ)

65 Best to go overseas to places with sane laws but social diseases."

Thai one on?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 03:56 PM (+imBs)

66 62 Mamdani was an op as is Abdul Rahman who shares a name with the Blind Sheik.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 03:55 PM (FnbEu)

Paula Abdul, not an op.

Posted by: Paula Abdul at October 05, 2026 03:56 PM (l3cgK)

67 This seems to be the trend. Canada just did something similar. They created a committee to combat antisemitism, and then installed people like Omar Alghabra who previously lobbied against outlawing Hezbollah. And, that's one of the more minor provable accusations against him.

So, it would appear that the trend is to create a purposeful scenario that disallows any substantive action by tying it down in committee. IOW, planned non-action.

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 03:57 PM (dIske)

68 Basically if you're going to have sex, do it in front of a film crew."

On the interwebs?
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 03:49 PM (+imBs)
_______

Maybe not even then. There have been a few sex assault cases brought by female porn stars against the guys they were having sex with on camera for the porn film. James Deen was one of the guys accused.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

69 Hey I may be old fashioned but if a naked girl is willing to snort ketamine off my erection and the erections of two or more of my friends, that chick is cray cray and or too messed up to be considered not a violation of rule 1.

That said I am not longer a 20 something kid that doesn't think about consequences. Hell, now all I think about is consequences.

Posted by: old at October 05, 2026 03:57 PM (anL5R)

70

Govt funds what it wants more of, and we know what that is.

I know some Jews who dont like the guy, call him a monster, but I would bet they would still vote for the smelly greasy weasel.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 05, 2026 03:57 PM (VuTBl)

71 These people are not only heinous a holes. They are complete buffoons.
Posted by: Vengeance

You're welcome!

Posted by: Humanities Dept at October 05, 2026 03:57 PM (j+8bz)

72 Tish is going to run into the uncomfortable fact that the most egregious of the men who were involved with Jane Doe was a black man.

Posted by: blaster at October 05, 2026 03:57 PM (xhfG9)

73 cf. J.R.R. Tokien's sarcastic letter to a German publisher.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Now that's a piece of Tolkein's writing that I'd be interested in reading. Can you provide more details that I could use to search for it.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 03:58 PM (77rzZ)

74 Paula Abdul, not an op"

*sigh*

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 03:58 PM (+imBs)

75 39 Also, “Free Pussy” isn’t free. The bill comes later."

Absolutely!. We got our little pussy
from a house with a sign saying, " Free Kittens". I hadn't seen one of those since I was a kid. I guess people routinely gets their cats spayed or neutered noe
Free pussy is growing by leaps and bounds and eating us out of house and home.

( Yes; I knew what you meant .)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 03:58 PM (JrHfD)

76 I dunno. I’m starting to feel like if I masturbate, I’ll get sued by my hand. Nothing is safe anymore.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 03:58 PM (9MWCZ)

77 Related: Ten Hamas terrorists posed as journalists to claim that Israel targets "journalists."

The Israel Defense Forces posted a list of 10 individuals it alleges are terrorists in Gaza posing as journalists

Dead journalists!?
I'll be in my bunk!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 05, 2026 03:58 PM (Sco7b)

78
Sarsour, AAANY's executive director until 2017, came under scrutiny during her tenure for comments perceived as antisemitic, such as declaring that "nothing is creepier than Zionism." She repeatedly denied the accusation.

--------

She said it. And it's not true, she proves that every day.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 03:59 PM (VWtfl)

79 Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 05, 2026 03:58 PM (Sco7b)

Hey, Man. How're you doing?

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:00 PM (77rzZ)

80 BTW what is safe sex? Does that mean you have a written consent signed by lawyers and witnessed by a judge?

Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 04:00 PM (9MWCZ)

81 Now that's a piece of Tolkein's writing that I'd be interested in reading. Can you provide more details that I could use to search for it.
Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 03:58 PM (77rzZ)
---------
Quote:

I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by 'arisch'. I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-Iranian; as far as I am aware none of my ancestors spoke Hindustani, Persian, Gypsy, or any related dialects. ... But if
I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people. ... I have been accustomed, nonetheless, to regard my German name with pride, and continued to do so throughout the period of the late regrettable war, in which I served in the English army. I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2026 04:00 PM (amcLV)

82 73 cf. J.R.R. Tokien's sarcastic letter to a German publisher.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Now that's a piece of Tolkein's writing that I'd be interested in reading. Can you provide more details that I could use to search for it.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 03:58 PM (77rzZ)

https://tinyurl.com/mvhahnzk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:00 PM (l3cgK)

83 I hope NYC is enjoying their communist islamic oppressors.

Cha-cha-cha.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 05, 2026 04:00 PM (kvLZQ)

84
There will me no antisemitism if there are no more Jews in New York City.

Posted by: Mayor Mamdani at October 05, 2026 04:01 PM (OkYzo)

85 One night in NYC and the world's your oyster

The bars are VD havens but the price ain't free

You'll find a goddess on every golden street corner

And if you're lucky, then the goddess is she

I can feel a Trans angel slidin' up to me.....

Posted by: Bill C at October 05, 2026 04:01 PM (k7bVY)

86 This development is as repellent as the middle plot twist in Digger.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2026 04:01 PM (XV/Pl)

87 Hey I may be old fashioned but if a naked girl is willing to snort ketamine off my erection and the erections of two or more of my friends, that chick is cray cray and or too messed up to be considered not a violation of rule 1.

That said I am not longer a 20 something kid that doesn't think about consequences. Hell, now all I think about is consequences.
Posted by: old at October 05, 2026 03:57 PM (anL5R)
__

The guys were as FUBAR as she was. One of them passed out cold in the middle of the first 3some, and the other started puking.

Seems like everyone was in the K-Hole.

Everyone involved in this gross scenario made absolutely horrendous decisions, aided in part by being completely fucking wasted.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

88 "Journalists" in general are to be considered enemy combatants. Unless they can prove themselves otherwise.*

*They can't prove otherwise.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 04:02 PM (RORbl)

89 I dunno. Does anyone care if a “journalist” gets smoked?
Posted by: That Guy

Let me show you my field of fucks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 03:38 PM (j+8bz)

I've no more fucks to give, my fucks have runneth dry
I tried to go fuck shopping but there's no fucks left to buy
I've no more fucks to give, my fuck rations are depleted
I rallied my fuck army but its been fucking defeated

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 05, 2026 04:02 PM (vzuC7)

90 OT, Kamala came to CA to help Kevin Kiley's opponent, Richard Pan, in his election bid. Link to her little 'speech' is at the end:
-----------------------------------------------
Kamala Harris came to town to prop up Richard Pan’s campaign. Things did not go as planned. By the end of the day, the Harris and Pan camps were openly feuding.

Perhaps sensing Pan was too toxic even for her, Harris did a fly-by speech of about 4 minutes. She started by attacking me, using some interesting verbiage: "well this guy who was that guy and is still this guy and that guy." (Here’s the surreal video; I promise it’s not AI.)

Controversy ensued when it was learned KCRA and the New York Times were banned from the event. Pan tried to blame Harris: "All credentialing…was directed by VP Kamala Harris’ office." Harris denied this and blamed Pan: "Pan’s campaign fully handled press."

https://tinyurl.com/3bxazbny

Posted by: beckster at October 05, 2026 04:02 PM (kX27y)

91 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 05, 2026 04:02 PM (vzuC7)

LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:03 PM (l3cgK)

92 I dunno. I’m starting to feel like if I masturbate, I’ll get sued by my hand. Nothing is safe anymore.
==
Well on behalf of your hand, when it grows unsightly hair on its palm as a result of your unilateral and wholly unconsented to use of said hand for illicit personal gratification, I will happily sue you into the poor house.

Posted by: Lionel Hutz, esq at October 05, 2026 04:03 PM (anL5R)

93 aided in part by being completely fucking wasted"

Dave's not here, man...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:03 PM (+imBs)

94 He is blowing smoke, he is a die hard Muslim and H8s Jews

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

95 I think this is the give-no-fuxx song
youtu.be/Vqbk9cDX0l0

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 04:04 PM (sDWtc)

96 Controversy ensued when it was learned KCRA and the New York Times were banned from the event. Pan tried to blame Harris: "All credentialing…was directed by VP Kamala Harris’ office." Harris denied this and blamed Pan: "Pan’s campaign fully handled press."

https://tinyurl.com/3bxazbny

Posted by: beckster at October 05, 2026 04:02 PM (kX27y)

Which reminds me..."Pan's Labyrinth" is coming back to select theaters for its 20th anniversary...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:05 PM (l3cgK)

97 prop up Richard Pan’s"

Prop up dick pan?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:05 PM (+imBs)

98 79 Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 05, 2026 03:58 PM (Sco7b)

Hey, Man. How're you doing?

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:00 PM (77rzZ)

Very good. A ton of work on my projects. Are you well?

I've got 'The Machine' up and running and have been running scripts on OpenAI and Perplexity.

The OpenAI scripts have run for about 5 to 7 hours. Total cost $2 to $4. American dollars.

The data centers are costing trillions, eh?
Hmmmm?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 05, 2026 04:05 PM (Sco7b)

99 As far as modami and the islamocommies are concerned, they will burn down half of America to gain control of the government, and kill half of America to keep control.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2026 04:06 PM (LHPAg)

100
"If you can make it there..."

Does NYNY have any manufacturers any more?

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 04:06 PM (Y8DZL)

101 Controversy ensued when it was learned KCRA and the New York Times were banned from the event. Pan tried to blame Harris: "All credentialing…was directed by VP Kamala Harris’ office." Harris denied this and blamed Pan: "Pan’s campaign fully handled press."
****

And they say both sides can't lose...

Posted by: clarence at October 05, 2026 04:06 PM (oakar)

102 Thanks, Jim and Captain Obvious. Very interesting (said in my best Arte Johnson impersonator voice).

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:06 PM (77rzZ)

103 Yesterday I smacked my female dog's ass and........

Today I got a letter from the dog's lawyer for sexual harassment....

The lawyer's name is Letitia James from New York !!!!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at October 05, 2026 04:06 PM (5U1m0)

104 Half.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2026 04:07 PM (LHPAg)

105 Which reminds me..."Pan's Labyrinth" is coming back to select theaters for its 20th anniversary...

In response to overwhelming demand by its two fans?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t)

106 Q: What are fathers telling their sons about Cornell?

The three F's.

"It it flies, floats or f*cks, rent it".

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 04:07 PM (y3C0K)

107 65 Best to go overseas to places with sane laws but social diseases."

Thai one on?
Posted by: man

Heh. Beware teh ladyboy is another codicil.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)

108 Controversy ensued when it was learned KCRA and the New York Times were banned from the event. Pan tried to blame Harris: "All credentialing…was directed by VP Kamala Harris’ office." Harris denied this and blamed Pan: "Pan’s campaign fully handled press."
****

And they say both sides can't lose...
Posted by: clarence at October 05, 2026 04:06 PM (oakar)
------------
Henry the K smiles...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2026 04:08 PM (amcLV)

109 Posted by: beckster at October 05, 2026 04:02

Everytime Harris talks she sounds like an idiot as well as being either stoned or drunk. Doesn't anyone give her notes cards to study before she speaks?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 04:08 PM (JrHfD)

110 92 I dunno. I’m starting to feel like if I masturbate, I’ll get sued by my hand. Nothing is safe anymore.
==
Well on behalf of your hand, when it grows unsightly hair on its palm as a result of your unilateral and wholly unconsented to use of said hand for illicit personal gratification, I will happily sue you into the poor house.

Posted by: Lionel Hutz, esq at October 05, 2026 04:03 PM (anL5R)

This is why there's a no maths debate rule here.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:09 PM (l3cgK)

111 In response to overwhelming demand by its two fans?"

Right up there with...

Prometheus

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:09 PM (+imBs)

112 Fen, did you actually name that kitteh Free Pussy?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 04:09 PM (JzUSu)

113 3 I am still amazed that the vast majority of Jews in NYC will continue to vote democrat no matter what.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 03:33 PM (I43vL)

So will all the queers, who are similarly hated by the Muslim settler-colonials. I remain convinced that Europe and the Anglosphere has a huge "self-loathing white liberal" problem. But their psych problems are not just a "them" problem; their easy manipulation by grifters makes them everyone's problem.

Posted by: SciVo at October 05, 2026 04:09 PM (ke3zm)

114
78
Sarsour, AAANY's executive director until 2017, came under scrutiny during her tenure for comments perceived as antisemitic, such as declaring that "nothing is creepier than Zionism." She repeatedly denied the accusation.

--------
She said it. And it's not true, she proves that every day.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 03:59 PM (VWtfl)

Being against 'Jews' is so yesterday. The in-crowd is becoming anti-Zionist. Because they've been told to. They'll also be told every Jew is a actually a closet raciss Zionist. Now the Left can be anti-Jew without being formally anti-Jew or anti-Semitic. The Media will play right along, running articles and columns denoucing Zionism. Bet on it.

Posted by: Gref at October 05, 2026 04:10 PM (5rh/l)

115 Hey everyone, Abdul is on Will Cain on Fox.

Schools are failing because of government underfunding!
In France too!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 05, 2026 04:10 PM (Sco7b)

116 Everytime Harris talks she sounds like an idiot as well as being either stoned or drunk. Doesn't anyone give her notes cards to study before she speaks?

You can lead a whore to Cliff Notes, but you can't make her read.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 04:10 PM (Riz8t)

117 What was the participation rate in the last NYC mayor’s race again?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:10 PM (6jna9)

118 Which reminds me..."Pan's Labyrinth" is coming back to select theaters for its 20th anniversary...

In response to overwhelming demand by its two fans?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t
---

Ha! I thought I was the only person underwhelmed by that movie.

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 05, 2026 04:10 PM (+4TiR)

119 Beware teh ladyboy is another codicil."

That's just nuts

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:10 PM (+imBs)

120 Very good. A ton of work on my projects. Are you well?
Posted by: Stateless

Pretty good. I'm starting to put limits on my drinking, and it seems to be paying dividends so far.

Also, my wife unearthed three of my high-school yearbooks over the weekend, and I had a great time going through them. Got reacquainted with people I hadn't thought about in years. And the girls were just as pretty as I remembered.

I generally had a happy time in high school, so a lot of good memories came back.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

121 that just means all the mayor's friends are gonna get PAID.
......

Pffft. That's what politicians do.

Posted by: wth at October 05, 2026 04:11 PM (UjdFS)

122 76 I dunno. I’m starting to feel like if I masturbate, I’ll get sued by my hand. Nothing is safe anymore.
Posted by: Vengeance
========
First sign of trouble will be a Gloria Allred (*or her daughter) having a press conference outside of your house.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:11 PM (E4rtv)

123 115 Hey everyone, Abdul is on Will Cain on Fox.

Schools are failing because of government underfunding!
In France too!
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 05, 2026 04:10 PM (Sco7b)

He’s not wrong, schools need more money.

Posted by: Texas Association of School Boards at October 05, 2026 04:11 PM (6jna9)

124 And the girls were just as pretty as I remembered.

I generally had a happy time in high school, so a lot of good memories came back.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

Very good. Keep getting better.

Back to baby-sitting the computer soon.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 05, 2026 04:12 PM (Sco7b)

125 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 04:09 PM (JzUSu)

No; I was fooling around . His name is Millard, named after President Millard Fillmore. My son, who at some point earlier in his life had all the presidents names in order, chose it. I think he was reading a book about Millard Fillmore at the time we got the kitten .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 04:13 PM (JrHfD)

126 The in-crowd is becoming anti-Zionist. Because they've been told to. They'll also be told every Jew is a actually a closet raciss Zionist.
Posted by: Gref at October 05, 2026 04:10 PM (5rh/l)

Now THERE's an idea!

Posted by: Uncle Joe at October 05, 2026 04:13 PM (sDWtc)

127 am still amazed that the vast majority of Jews in NYC will continue to vote democrat no matter what.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 03:33 PM (I43vL)

Trump said doody

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 04:13 PM (FnbEu)

128
If al-Sayad is appearing on FOX maybe his numbers aren't what they're saying.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 04:13 PM (Y8DZL)

129 What was the participation rate in the last NYC mayor’s race again?"

So, fewer than Pan's fans?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:13 PM (+imBs)

130 32 28 Q: What are fathers telling their sons about Cornell?

A: Son, never stick your dick in crazy and slutty.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 03:42 PM (9MWCZ)

Or at least get something in writing with video recording of the consent and three independent witnesses first.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 03:44 PM (6ydKt)

Once you have a partner, three witnesses, and a videographer, you're halfway to a wedding. Just add a minister, a marriage license, and a couple of rings.

Posted by: SciVo at October 05, 2026 04:14 PM (ke3zm)

131 And Jews will still continue supporting him and every other Democrat.

If they don’t care why should I?

Posted by: Whatevs at October 05, 2026 04:14 PM (+k9Pl)

132 When do they start paying the dhimmi tax?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:14 PM (6jna9)

133 I think he was reading a book about Millard Fillmore at the time we got the kitten .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Um, Millard Fillmore is not really much of a president, he got landed with the job after Zachary Taylor died and no one liked him enough to let him run for reelection in 1852.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:14 PM (E4rtv)

134 Once you have a partner, three witnesses, and a videographer, you're halfway to a wedding. Just add a minister, a marriage license, and a couple of rings.

Posted by: SciVo at October 05, 2026 04:14 PM (ke3zm)

"But Dad, she already has rings...in her nose, nipples, and clit."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:14 PM (l3cgK)

135 I think he was reading a book about Millard Fillmore at the time we got the kitten.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Your son is very cool to voluntarily read a book on Millard Fillmore.

How is his job going?

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:15 PM (77rzZ)

136 132 When do they start paying the dhimmi tax?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:14 PM (6jna9)

ASAP...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:15 PM (l3cgK)

137 Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:14 PM

I don't think he was naming him that because he admired Millard Fillmore, just because he was reading the book.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 04:16 PM (JrHfD)

138 am still amazed that the vast majority of Jews in NYC will continue to vote democrat no matter what.
----

Secular Jews are atheists. Atheists vote commie.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 04:16 PM (TN0g+)

139 If they don’t care why should I?

Posted by: Whatevs at October 05, 2026 04:14 PM (+k9Pl)

Because they hate you and want you dead too?

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 04:16 PM (FnbEu)

140
Give kids credit, if they can get past being aborted, strangled or mutilated they earned the buck.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 04:17 PM (Y8DZL)

141 Um, Millard Fillmore is not really much of a president, he got landed with the job after Zachary Taylor died and no one liked him enough to let him run for reelection in 1852.
Posted by: whig

But he did send Admiral Perry to Japan. So, he did have at least one major impact on world history.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

142 Scotus ruling today. It is the first Monday in October which is the next session of the Supreme Court. Overruled the 9th Circuit on challenges to ending TPS and issued this ruling.

"From the Court:

"A provision of the TPS statute, 8 U. S. C. §1254a(b)(5)(A), provides: “There is no judicial review of any determination of the [Secretary of Homeland Security] with respect to the designation, or termination or extension of a designation, of a foreign state under this subsection.” This text is clear, and its plain meaning is very broad."

Expect to see these same words repeated in other immigration cases in the Court's new term as more of the lawfare on immigration cases makes its way to SCOTUS."

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:17 PM (E4rtv)

143 He’s not wrong, schools need more money.
Posted by: Texas Association of School Boards "

Even with fewer students...

(That was an actual claim from Houston ISD)

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:17 PM (+imBs)

144 Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:15 PM (77rzZ)

It's going ok. They haven't yet had any complaints, thank God.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 04:17 PM (JrHfD)

145 @129

>>So, fewer than Pan's fans?

Pan was relatively successful, and re-leasing a film isn't very costly vs launching a new film, so this is pretty much gravy for the studio/distributor.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2026 04:17 PM (XV/Pl)

146 36 $26 million dollar investment "

26? Rookie numbers...

/congress
Posted by: man

Chump change.

Posted by: Minnesota Somali grifter at October 05, 2026 04:18 PM (Q/FnY)

147 I don't think he was naming him that because he admired Millard Fillmore, just because he was reading the book.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Fillmore and his successor Buchanan were in part, responsible for the drift to secession by the South and did nothing to stop its progress. Right up there with Joe Biden in destructiveness.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)

148 Ya know, the old "law of chastity" seems to be an increasingly good idea.

Abstinence before marriage, total fidelity afterwards. You don't have to worry about drunk crazy chicks suing you.

That's one of the few things Mike Pence was right about: his refusal to be alone with any woman other than his wife. Trump would have saved himself a lot of trouble by following that example.

Posted by: SimoHayha at October 05, 2026 04:19 PM (lnWix)

149 Based on SCOTUS questioning today, we’re about to take it in the ass from them again. This time on climate change. It looks like Gorsuch and Roberts are going to allow a raid on oil companies by the states.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 04:19 PM (kACBq)

150 I'm starting to put limits on my drinking

That's crazy talk.

Posted by: Cornell slattern at October 05, 2026 04:19 PM (WbWbV)

151

Please pray for peace for October 7th here and worldwide.

With our elections upcoming there is no telling what evil people will do to stir up stuff.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 04:19 PM (/QHx4)

152 More humor from X and after Cornell incident is probably going to increase.

"
John Ringo SF Author
@Jringo1508
·
7h
Holy Shit. Talk about burying the lede.

'A Forbes survey found almost half of corporate executives are either less likely to hire Ivy League graduates than they were five years ago or would never hire them.'

Saying 'We don't hire Ivy League' is a datum so flaming it's practically a blue-white star. Those are words I never expected to see written, especially in the WSJ."

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:20 PM (E4rtv)

153 151
Please pray for peace for October 7th here and worldwide.

With our elections upcoming there is no telling what evil people will do to stir up stuff.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 04:19 PM (/QHx4)

A couple of plans have already been disrupted.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:20 PM (l3cgK)

154 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 04:17 PM (JrHfD)

Also cool that he knows all the presidents.

When I was in college and got bored sitting in a lecture, I would make lists of the US Presidents, Monarchs of England, Monarchs of Russia, and sometimes the Kings of France. I could also do the first few centuries of Roman Emperors, too, if need be.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

155 Abstinence before marriage"

Absinthe?

/oh

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:21 PM (+imBs)

156 @3

>>I am still amazed that the vast majority of Jews in NYC will continue to vote democrat no matter what.

They are in the main democrat voters, always have been, probably will always be.

It's like why we vote Republican even though the party continually sh*** on it's base, there's simply nowhere else to go.

View that in the frame of why any group votes the way they do.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2026 04:21 PM (XV/Pl)

157 well, technically, Arabs are Semitic

Posted by: Chicago Vota at October 05, 2026 04:21 PM (7hNt2)

158 and with Millard Fillmore. Fillmore was the name of Utah's first territorial capitol; the people were trying to con old President Fillmore into supporting their statehood bid by naming their capital after him. Didn't work. So they went back to Salt Lake City. Fillmore itself is a town in the middle of nowhere.

Also: one of the few good conservative political comic strips is Mallard Fillmore, usually good for a chuckle.

Posted by: SimoHayha at October 05, 2026 04:21 PM (lnWix)

159 Nothing will happen on October 7th. Israel is ready this time. Cowards only attack when nobody is prepared.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 04:21 PM (kACBq)

160 But he did send Admiral Perry to Japan. So, he did have at least one major impact on world history.
Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)
----------
And it was the only time we had a Presidential ticket with men named Zachary and Millard.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2026 04:22 PM (amcLV)

161 allow a raid on oil companies by the states"

That'll have no impact on gas prices.

/ media

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:22 PM (+imBs)

162 That's one of the few things Mike Pence was right about: his refusal to be alone with any woman other than his wife. Trump would have saved himself a lot of trouble by following that example.
==
Easier said than done.

Posted by: Its not like I'm an expert in avoiding women tho at October 05, 2026 04:22 PM (anL5R)

163 al-Sayed is bringing Obama to campaign with him. Trying to lock down the gay Muslim vote.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 04:23 PM (ofacb)

164 Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rt

Yep. He knew that as did I . I think he just enjoyed reading more about a President that except for that - he hadn't known much about . He's quite the reader and I am glad about that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 04:23 PM (JrHfD)

165
"If you can make it there..."

Does NYNY have any manufacturers any more?
Posted by: Auspex

They manufacture a lot of outrage.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 04:23 PM (Cqx++)

166 What you may not know about Cornell yutes.

"
Eric S. Raymond
@esrtweet
·
9h
Dark humor alert...

Comes the word that the one person who most clearly behaved badly in the Cornell gangbang - slapping and bruising the woman, sending the "free pussy" text - has an identity that's going to make life interesting for the people potentially most interested in blowing it up into a major rape case and politicizing it.

He's Black. And at least four of the other seven are non-white. Which is going to make for some interesting infighting among the gay race communists. Which faction will win?

Could be the race-communist BLM types. You'll know they are winning if Left discourse about the incident starts to be dominated by cries of RAAAAACISM! If it goes this way, Letitia James will be instructed to drop the prosecution and slink back to her kennel like a good attack dog. After which the mainstream press will memory-hole everything.

Or it could be the gays and feminists. For them, the free-pussy-poster's sacred Blackness is overridden by his possession of a penis with intent to put it in a vagina. If they win, it's full speed ahead for Letitia"

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:23 PM (E4rtv)

167 And it was the only time we had a Presidential ticket with men named Zachary and Millard."

We could've had !Jeb!

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:23 PM (+imBs)

168 well, technically, Arabs are Semitic
Posted by: Chicago Vota

Not "technically." Arabic is a member of the Semitic language family, just as Hebrew is. And even in the same branch of said family as Hebrew, West Semitic.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

169 Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 04:24 PM (JrHfD)

170 $7.4 million. That'll buy a lot.of weapons and ammo...errrr....community supplies to go into the basements of those NY mosques.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 04:24 PM (2WIwB)

171
Limits on drinking:

At least 8 oz H2O in the morning before bloodys or Mimosas, only tap water when you're brushing your teeth at night.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 04:25 PM (Y8DZL)

172 @159, nothing will happen in Israel. As for NYC I'm not so sure

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 04:25 PM (ofacb)

173 Comes the word that the one person who most clearly behaved badly in the Cornell gangbang - slapping and bruising the woman, sending the "free pussy" text - has an identity that's going to make life interesting for the people potentially most interested in blowing it up into a major rape case and politicizing it.

He's Black. And at least four of the other seven are non-white. Which is going to make for some interesting infighting among the gay race communists. Which faction will win?

Awkwaaaaaaaaarrrrd.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 04:25 PM (y3C0K)

174 He's Black. And at least four of the other seven are non-white."

Wait a sec... we had an earlier drive by asserting they were all white. Or something...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:25 PM (+imBs)

175 Um, Millard Fillmore is not really much of a president, he got landed with the job after Zachary Taylor died and no one liked him enough to let him run for reelection in 1852.
Posted by: whig

But he did send Admiral Perry to Japan. So, he did have at least one major impact on world history.
Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

Taylor was playing brinksmanship with the secessionists which would have been good if they backed down but if they did not then the South would have been relatively much stronger than in 1860.

Buchanan pretty much destroyed the Dems in the Free states with his support of the Southern radicals in the Kansas territory over Douglas' "Popular Sovereignty"

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:25 PM (uhVAy)

176 We could've had !Jeb!
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:23 PM (+imBs)
----------
We already had a Jimmy Earl, God help us.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2026 04:25 PM (amcLV)

177 >>Tish is going to run into the uncomfortable fact that the most egregious of the men who were involved with Jane Doe was a black man.

It's a very underreported fact that, for years, a strong majority of Title IX complaints of sexual assault were white co-eds accusing black men.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 05, 2026 04:26 PM (NcvvS)

178 Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:23 PM (E4rtv)

Simple: white frat boys guilty. Asiatic, Mulato, Hispanic frat boys not guilty.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2026 04:26 PM (wGerL)

179 al-Sayed is bringing Obama to campaign with him. Trying to lock down the gay Muslim vote.

--

I don't know how true, but I just read there are over 500k muslims in Michigan. That's a whole lotta padding this POS will start out with.

If MI votes this slimy, evil creep in, it will just reinforce my belief that way too many voters are abject idiots.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2026 04:26 PM (qBdHI)

180 Wait a sec... we had an earlier drive by asserting they were all white. Or something...

definitely not the case

I mean .. I think Hispanic is white tho so

sort of depends how you feel on that

also the gay part is weird. gay or bi?

it was a motley crew of non-Chads

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 04:26 PM (j+aD2)

181 Or it could be the gays and feminists. For them, the free-pussy-poster's sacred Blackness is overridden by his possession of a penis with intent to put it in a vagina. If they win, it's full speed ahead for Letitia"
Posted by: whig

Whose vote is needed most?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 04:27 PM (y3C0K)

182 168 well, technically, Arabs are Semitic
Posted by: Chicago Vota

Not "technically." Arabic is a member of the Semitic language family, just as Hebrew is. And even in the same branch of said family as Hebrew, West Semitic.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

Children of Abraham, but most folks forget he had more than just Isaac and Ishmael...he had six sons with Keturah...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:27 PM (l3cgK)

183 Yep. He knew that as did I . I think he just enjoyed reading more about a President that except for that - he hadn't known much about . He's quite the reader and I am glad about that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
======
Being a reader already sets him well apart from his generation. By and large, Ivy school or not, college students are not reading and have poor skills in language as a result. And the Ivy league story above indicates that hiring managers are not getting the quality they expect out of those schools anymore.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:27 PM (E4rtv)

184 Tish is going to run into the uncomfortable fact that the most egregious of the men who were involved with Jane Doe was a black man.

She simply won't charge him. Problem solved.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 04:27 PM (4NO2D)

185 Limits on drinking:

At least 8 oz H2O in the morning before bloodys or Mimosas, only tap water when you're brushing your teeth at night.
Posted by: Auspex
_________

Lots of water before and after drinking is about the only proven method for avoiding a hangover.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 04:28 PM (JzUSu)

186 Children of Abraham, but most folks forget he had more than just Isaac and Ishmael...he had six sons with Keturah...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

More descendants than Elon Musk.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

187 were white co-eds accusing black men."

And usually athletes...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:28 PM (+imBs)

188 Serious question, since when is alcohol insufficient that you have to mix with it freaking horse tranquilizer?

What then is your goal actually? Turning off your brain, literally, so that while the lights are still on, there is nobody home.

That is a crime against yourself, and those people around you that are sucked into your stupidity vortex.

Posted by: Its not like I'm an expert in avoiding women tho at October 05, 2026 04:29 PM (anL5R)

189 186 Children of Abraham, but most folks forget he had more than just Isaac and Ishmael...he had six sons with Keturah...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

More descendants than Elon Musk.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

At least for now.

Posted by: Princess of Mars at October 05, 2026 04:29 PM (l3cgK)

190 Whose vote is needed most?
Posted by: rickb223

ESR thinks and I agree it is likely to be the AWFLS and that is the largest core of the Democrat party now. They will throw the males of color overboard if that risks not getting the AWFL Clancy crones all hot and bothered.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:29 PM (E4rtv)

191 From the Court:

"A provision of the TPS statute, 8 U. S. C. §1254a(b)(5)(A), provides: “There is no judicial review of any determination of the [Secretary of Homeland Security] with respect to the designation, or termination or extension of a designation, of a foreign state under this subsection.” This text is clear, and its plain meaning is very broad."

Can someone translate that to plain English?

Posted by: What Does It Mean? at October 05, 2026 04:29 PM (+k9Pl)

192 I think he was reading a book about Millard Fillmore at the time we got the kitten .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Um, Millard Fillmore is not really much of a president, he got landed with the job after Zachary Taylor died and no one liked him enough to let him run for reelection in 1852.
Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:14 PM (E4rtv)

There was a bookstore in Chicago I used to go to when I lived there that specialized in Civil War, Lincoln and every president. Had biographies of every one. Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:30 PM (uhVAy)

193 sucked into your stupidity vortex."

Kinky

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:30 PM (+imBs)

194 Maybe not even then. There have been a few sex assault cases brought by female porn stars against the guys they were having sex with on camera for the porn film. James Deen was one of the guys accused.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

You'd think that would be a simple contract dispute case.

If they were both being paid, an OSHA complaint at best.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:30 PM (6ydKt)

195 In fairness, successful black athletes are some of the most coddled individuals in high school and then into college. It's not hard to learn all the wrong lessons while being treated like that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 04:30 PM (4NO2D)

196 Lots of water before and after drinking is about the only proven method for avoiding a hangover.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Also, eating a lot of grease and carbs.

Or, if you're my age, just falling asleep before you can drink too much to get a hangover. And watering down the drinks that you do have.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:31 PM (77rzZ)

197 Can someone translate that to plain English?"

"It's a tax"

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:31 PM (+imBs)

198 Nood!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 05, 2026 04:31 PM (NcvvS)

199 I could use a good coddle.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2026 04:31 PM (amcLV)

200 nood

Posted by: doug at October 05, 2026 04:32 PM (B1+sW)

201 Or, if you're my age, just falling asleep before you can drink too much to get a hangover"

My plan as well

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 04:32 PM (+imBs)

202 She simply won't charge him. Problem solved.
Posted by: toby928(c)

There is a civil suit going on and a grand jury for criminal has not even been convened yet. My guess is the shit show will fade quickly from the news after the election and not much will be done before then other than lurid social media baiting to try to gin up AWFL voting numbers for the election.

It is all a fake and gay op with the mess being left until after the election to be sorted out by the legal system. FWIW, Leticia has had her own complaint about sexual abuse made against her and also has her own criminal activities being investigated. Plus, she has created a legal headache for herself by proclaiming the virtue of the female accuser BEFORE a grand jury and evidence has been considered. Makes it problematic for a fair trial.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:32 PM (E4rtv)

203 Or, if you're my age, just falling asleep before you can drink too much to get a hangover.
==
Its not that I have any self control, I just fall asleep after one beer.

Posted by: These Days at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (anL5R)

204 When I was a young kid, there was an ad on TV for US Savings Bonds that referenced "our late President, Millard Fillmore."

It's stuck with me all these years, but I've never been able to find it on the internet.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (77rzZ)

205 188 Serious question, since when is alcohol insufficient that you have to mix with it freaking horse tranquilizer?

What then is your goal actually? Turning off your brain, literally, so that while the lights are still on, there is nobody home.

That is a crime against yourself, and those people around you that are sucked into your stupidity vortex.

Posted by: Its not like I'm an expert in avoiding women tho at October 05, 2026 04:29 PM (anL5R)

I've never tried 'Special-K' but it's supposedly very euphoric, like a good opioid, so that's why they take it mostly it doesn't knock you out almost instantly like heroin will, I'm guessing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (6ydKt)

206 No judicial review for stuff the DHS secretary (or those with authority under him) does in regard to stuff he/they determine regarding foreign countries...

Posted by: Princess of Mars at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (l3cgK)

207 Had a sazerac before dinner last evening.

Holy shit, it messed me up good. Tasted awesome. But. Omg. Packed a punch.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (W2Pud)

208 Can someone translate that to plain English?
Posted by: What Does It Mean?

End of temporary protective status cannot be second guessed by courts. Individuals might get relief but migrants legal and illegal from those countries cannot go to courts as a class and get that reversed or stayed. No jurisdiction for courts.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:35 PM (E4rtv)

209 207 Had a sazerac before dinner last evening.

Holy shit, it messed me up good. Tasted awesome. But. Omg. Packed a punch.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (W2Pud)

As a doctor if Sazerac is right for you. Don't take Sazerac if you're allergic to Sazeric. Side effects include ...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:35 PM (l3cgK)

210 And to be totally honest with you, I no longer care if "journalists" of all kinds are targeted. They are terrorist-promoting parasites -- even the ones not officially part of Hamas.

---------------

I'll come to the party, Ace.

I came to this conclusion after first learning about Walter Cronkite and the MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia falsely "reporting" & rooting against US troops in Vietnam.

And don't get me started with CNN during The Gulf War ...

Posted by: ShainS at October 05, 2026 04:36 PM (fTvJp)

211 205 188 Serious question, since when is alcohol insufficient that you have to mix with it freaking horse tranquilizer?

What then is your goal actually? Turning off your brain, literally, so that while the lights are still on, there is nobody home.

That is a crime against yourself, and those people around you that are sucked into your stupidity vortex.

Posted by: Its not like I'm an expert in avoiding women

Its been around for awhile. Big party drug along with X apparently and the gay party culture likes it a lot apparently.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 04:36 PM (E4rtv)

212 186 Children of Abraham, but most folks forget he had more than just Isaac and Ishmael...he had six sons with Keturah...
Posted by: jim
-------

Yeah, I knew that.

Posted by: Call me Ishmael at October 05, 2026 04:37 PM (XeU6L)

213 Related: Ten Hamas terrorists posed as journalists to claim that Israel targets "journalists."

The Israel Defense Forces posted a list of 10 individuals it alleges are terrorists in Gaza posing as journalists

Dead journalists!?
I'll be in my bunk!
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 05, 2026 03:58 PM (Sco7b)

yes one of Hasan Piker's buddies he was talking with after October 7 was a "press" guy. His other title in Hamas was "sniper". At some point he got taken out by an IDF one or by some other means.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (uhVAy)

214 That's one of the few things Mike Pence was right about: his refusal to be alone with any woman other than his wife. Trump would have saved himself a lot of trouble by following that example.
Posted by: SimoHayha at October 05, 2026 04:19 PM (lnWix)

That crazy women from New York just made up her whole encounter with Trump (with heavy borrowings from “Law and Order”

. An assignation in a Berghdorf dressing room, really! And the courts let her get away with it!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 07:10 PM (nHcc1)

Jack Smith Spied on Trump's Lawyers and Advisors to Find Out Who They Were Talking to In Response to Their Prosecution

They slapped Trump with an absurd investigation, and then essentially criminalized his use of lawyers to defend himself. They spied on his lawyers and advisors as if they were mafia capos.

Jack Smith team tracked Trump defense lawyers' calls by monitoring his chief of staff's phone
Declassified memos reveal that Jack Smith's secret dragnet, codenamed "Plasmic Echo," monitored senior Trump associates and staff's contacts with lawyers, staff, and journalists during the 2024 campaign.
By John Solomon and Steven Richards
Already in the crosshairs for spying on Congress, ex-prosecutor Jack Smith and his team monitored the activities of President Donald Trump's legal defense team, journalists and campaign advisers using a pen register device that tracked the calls coming to and from his chief of staff Susie Wiles' phone, according to newly declassified memos that reveal some of the FBI's invasive tactics used to target Trump.
Just the News reported last week that Smith obtained the phone records of several senators through a subpoena and secured a non-disclosure order from the court preventing the mobile carrier from notifying the lawmakers affected. One of those senators, Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., filed a lawsuit against Smith arguing his spying constituted an unauthorized intrusion into her civil rights.
...
The three-year probe of the ex-president -- which put Joe Biden's administration in charge of the legal fate of his GOP rival in the 2024 election -- was approved at the highest levels of the Biden Justice Department, including by Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and FBI Director Christopher Wray, the memos show.
...
The probe also made FBI agents at times uncomfortable, with a senior official at the bureau's Washington, D.C. Field Office (WFO) counterintelligence unit and his team raising concerns that they did not have a justification to raid Trump's Florida home and wanted to use a less invasive solution than a search warrant, the documents show.
"WFO does not believe (and has articulated to DOJ CES), that we have established probable cause for the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago. DOJ has opined that they do, requesting a wide scope including residence, office, storage space," one Assistant Special Agent in Charge wrote in a July 13, 2023, update on the Plasmic Echo probe.
In that same memo, the agent laid out alternative methods for resolution, rather than executing a search warrant on Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's Palm Beach, Florida estate, including by asking "to speak with" the former president and his counsel directly.
...

The newly released memos show an intense focus on two constitutionally protected activities -- Trump's right to a legal defense and the normal activities of a presidential campaign. After the Justice Department and the FBI began their investigations into the then-former president, Trump announced his third campaign for the Oval Office in November 2022 and appointed Wiles to serve as co-campaign manager.

The memos released Monday by the White House show that FBI investigators were tracing Wiles' phone calls and text messages with at least 21 lawyers affiliated with Trump, numerous campaign staff, political advisors, and at least five journalists from at least February to May 2023.
...
In one instance, the FBI specifically targeted Wiles' communication records to understand who she was in contact with before and after her interview with FBI agents on April 7, 2023, in Jacksonville, Florida. "On 10 April 2023, WFO [redacted] reviewed WILES's telephonic activity to determine contacts of interest on the date of her FBI interview," one memo reads.

The records also show agents combed through entire filings of Trump's political action committee with its donors and campaign expenses, set up a social media monitoring effort and even used personal political endorsements as leverage against a key witness.

Jack Smith was asked at his recent Senate perjury session if being a Republican was illegal in his eyes.

Here's one of the predicates for that question: Smith's team treated a Trump National Security Advisor's endorsement of Republicans as an avenue for criminal investigation.

One memo recounts how the FBI sought to pressure former Trump National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien when he was declining to volunteer for an interview by checking his political endorsements of candidates.
"I'm going through all of it, and it looks like O'Brien is active in endorsing Republican candidates," one member of Jack Smith's team wrote on February 6, 2023. "Can FBI please look at his social media and see if there's anything of relevance we would want to ask him about? Has he endorsed Trump again? Thanks."

Jack Smith secretly met with the criminal architect of RussiaGate -- and the FBI left blank the pages that were supposed to document this meeting.

"On 3 November 2023, FBI Washington Field Office (WFO) and Special Counsel personnel met with former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John BRENNAN at CIA Headquarters in McLean, Virginia," a typed FBI summary of the meeting states.
"The purpose of the meeting was to discuss expert testimony to National Defense Information in the forthcoming captioned investigation," the summary written five days after the Brennan interaction added. "No documents were shown in this meeting. The original Agent notes will be maintained in the attached IA."
Two agents' notes are attached to the memo, but they are entirely blank except for the date of the meeting, the location, Brennan's name and the government attendees.

NEW: DECLASSIFIED FBI Probe "PLASMIC ECHO"
- Appears to use FBI investigative tool known as a "Pen Register" to target phone calls of then campaign manager @SusieWiles47
- Allegedly tracked nearly two dozen defense attorneys, five journalists, @FLOTUS, political advisers including @FBIDirectorKash
- Administration official characterizes as "intrusive tactics" by special counsel Jack Smith team
- Probe laid groundwork for classified records case against President Trump
Pen Register Trap and Trace or PRTT
- Surveillance tool collects non-content routing data
- Phone numbers dialed or received
- Call times and duration
Two Scenarios
- Used for criminal and national security investigations
- lower standard than probable-cause warrant
Potential Violations
- First (Freedom of Speech) and Fourth Amendments (unreasonable search and seizure)
NOTE: Former Senior FBI agent says it looks like a classic FBI "tickle the wire" operation.
After FBI agents contact Wiles, the bureau tracks phone calls to identify who she immediately contacts
"On 10 April 2023, FBI WFO (Washington Field Office) reviewed WILES's telephonic activity to determine contacts of interest on the date of her FBI interview."
Declassified records via @WhiteHouse transparency task force
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) October 5, 2026

So Hack Smith got a pen register on Susie Wiles. This, according to records released today by @jsolomonReports, enabled Smith to track calls between Wiles and anyone including the president�s lawyers in real time rather than a backwards look in time.
I�m guessing this refers to conversations with Todd Blanche, who represented the president at the time in both the Alvin Bragg indictment and docs indictment in FLA.
Bragg announced the indictment against the president the following week.
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) October 5, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:35 PM

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 02:36 PM (FAGAJ)

2 Standard business practices, really

- Every lefty ever

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 02:36 PM (gLYp7)

3 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM (FAGAJ)

4 So now something will happen!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM (aI58f)

5 Fruit of the poisoned loom?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM (1ikK2)

6 I have a solution.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM (dK+Kv)

7 Redacted.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM (1ikK2)

8 This is as big a shock to the senses as the plot twists in Digger.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM (XV/Pl)

9
First in before nothing will happen guy.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Y8DZL)

10

But he didnt got to a football game!!!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (VuTBl)

11 Qeustion: Does the statute of limitations start from when the crime is committed? Or from when the crime is discovered?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (4NO2D)

12
Standard procedure, my boy, standard procedure.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (eRlcH)

13 putting up with this over the years is incredibly destructive

none of us expect anything

it's demoralizing and incites despair, which is just icing on the cake for Leftists

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (j+aD2)

14 Jack Smith is still breathing my air. Why?

Posted by: Dee Lawd at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Al3kG)

15 Some of this has to be illegal.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (1ikK2)

16 Willowed, so cut me some slack jack ...

369 216 GAINZZ report:

I did a weight lifting meet on Saturday.
I got three new PRs:
280lbs bench.
395lbs squat.
495lbs deadlift.

1170lbs total.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (mkw2N)

What Fed?

Age (what level of 29) and Weight Class ?
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM (oCio0)

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (oCio0)

17 I have a solution.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM

Is it final?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (4NO2D)

18 I remember when another one of Trump's lawyers office was raided (scumbag Cohen) and the ACLU actually tweeted they supported the action.

When I saw all what was going on with this, Jack Smith, Jan 6 gulags, Trump kangaroo courts in NY etc. I kept thinking the SC would ride to the rescue, and they never really did.

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (AigY+)

19 I guess Smith was at Springsteen's " Hate America " concert this weekend wearing a No Kings tee shirt...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 02:39 PM (+gK6I)

20 The fact that John Brennan hasn't been woodchippered yet is depressing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 02:40 PM (ofacb)

21 Fruit of the poisoned loom?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM (1ikK2)
---

Yes, but doesn't it have the cornicopia?

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 05, 2026 02:40 PM (+4TiR)

22 "Plasmic Echo"

Gayer than a MMM threesome at the Bear Beta Rho frat

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

23 In that same memo, the agent laid out alternative methods for resolution, rather than executing a search warrant on Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's Palm Beach, Florida estate, including by asking "to speak with" the former president and his counsel directly.

Well, we can't have that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 02:40 PM (j+8bz)

24 And yet, no prosecutions.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 02:40 PM (EaqT1)

25 " Smith's team treated a Trump National Security Advisor's endorsement of Republicans as an avenue for criminal investigation."

Chilling ... to every voter that knows the FBI can come down hard on them at any moment.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2026 02:41 PM (vbXSk)

26 . . . Jack Smith's secret dragnet, codenamed "Plasmic Echo," . . .

We are not amused. In the least, even.

Posted by: Jack Webb and Wendy O. Williams at October 05, 2026 02:41 PM (wVcYX)

27 Saw the ugly bastid's photo in the UK DM today.

Wearing a "No Kings" tee shirt. Fitting. It was at a concert for the raspy voiced old geezer Springsteen.

Jack Smith and that ugly judge, Boasberg, could be twins if not siblings. Same long depresso fugly face. Maybe the work of the CIA in a cloning lab in Mogadishu.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 05, 2026 02:41 PM (hzuYO)

28 I don't wanna be that guy but... he walks away scott free, maybe lose his law license but he never uses it now anyway

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:41 PM (nIKjK)

29 They forgot the indictment part.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:41 PM (1ikK2)

30 Smith's team treated a Trump National Security Advisor's endorsement of Republicans as an avenue for criminal investigation.
---

We have all the necessary evidence but have not been able to convince the public to perform the Constitutional solution.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 02:41 PM (2UA/a)

31 Wow this sure is a surprising turn of events

Posted by: ballistic at October 05, 2026 02:41 PM (oqH4h)

32 I have a solution.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM

Is it final?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (4NO2D)

For some.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 02:42 PM (dK+Kv)

33 He sells seashells by the seashore.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:42 PM (1ikK2)

34 "Being a republican should only be illegal if you are, at the same time, alive."

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 05, 2026 02:43 PM (ZdTCA)

35 Has a single Democrat on record criticized Jack Smith?

I cant even imagine the chorus if say Bush or Cheney used lawfare like this and it was dragged out into the open, every Republican that could get near a microphone would be screaming about it

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 02:43 PM (AigY+)

36 I remember when another one of Trump's lawyers office was raided (scumbag Cohen) and the ACLU actually tweeted they supported the action.

When I saw all what was going on with this, Jack Smith, Jan 6 gulags, Trump kangaroo courts in NY etc. I kept thinking the SC would ride to the rescue, and they never really did.
Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (AigY+)
__

The SC coulda done more, but they did issue two critical rulings that gutted Smith's investigation: on presidential immunity and Sarbanes Oxley. The latter also gutted most of the J6 prosecutions.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 02:44 PM (iFTx/)

37 Has a single Democrat on record criticized Jack Smith?

No... They've only praised him...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 02:44 PM (+gK6I)

38 "Everything Jack Smith did was legal and upright. I am instructing my DOJ to perform in the exact same manner when investigating Democrat criminality."
-Donald Trump

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:44 PM (42WUB)

39
The probe also made FBI agents at times uncomfortable, with a senior official at the bureau's Washington, D.C. Field Office (WFO) counterintelligence unit and his team raising concerns that they did not have a justification to raid Trump's Florida home and wanted to use a less invasive solution than a search warrant, the documents show.

Yeah, that wave of FBI resignations and public statements in protest to this obviously unconstitutional and criminal violation of attorney/client privilege and the 4th Amendment totally crippled the FBI...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 02:44 PM (y9nCu)

40
And yet, no prosecutions.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

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

How much of it was actually illegal? That's one of the things that's blackpilling me these days.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2026 02:44 PM (mmrXZ)

41 When I saw all what was going on with this, Jack Smith, Jan 6 gulags, Trump kangaroo courts in NY etc. I kept thinking the SC would ride to the rescue, and they never really did.
Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 02:38 PM (AigY+)
====

It goes back to the Russia, Russia, Russia! hoax. And the FISA court warrants, etc., etc., How many Dems have gone to prison, like Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon?

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 02:45 PM (rj6Yv)

42 Well, pardoning the J6 trespassers was pretty ballsy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:45 PM (1ikK2)

43 If you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide.

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at October 05, 2026 02:45 PM (TfRJa)

44 In all honesty, I am so tired of criminality going unpunished at this point, I wouldn't object to Trump blackbagging all these guys into a hole in the desert somewhere.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:45 PM (4NO2D)

45 43 If you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide.

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at October 05, 2026 02:45 PM (TfRJa)

======

"Oh, no! All the wrong things I've done!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:46 PM (42WUB)

46
I guess Smith was at Springsteen's " Hate America " concert this weekend wearing a No Kings tee shirt...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 02:39 PM (+gK6I)

Attended a Springsteen concert? What a fag.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 02:46 PM (y9nCu)

47 I read somewhere we were a nation of laws. How does that work?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:46 PM (1ikK2)

48 47 I read somewhere we were a nation of laws. How does that work?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:46 PM (1ikK2)

========

“Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:47 PM (42WUB)

49 Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime!

Posted by: Jack "Lavrently" Smith at October 05, 2026 02:47 PM (wVcYX)

50 47 I read somewhere we were a nation of laws. How does that work?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:46 PM (1ikK2)

What's that quote again, "for my opponents, the law, for my friends...everything"?

Posted by: Thrawn at October 05, 2026 02:47 PM (oPFtC)

51
I don't wanna be that guy but... he walks away scott free, maybe lose his law license but he never uses it now anyway
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

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

...and writes a NY Times bestseller, does a celebrity author tour around, oh say, 2028.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2026 02:47 PM (mmrXZ)

52 The left completely ripped the facade of neutrality of the Judiciary with the Trump prosecution.

I think they'll be shocked that no Trump voter will care when conservatives start ignoring court orders.

Deep down, they know it, know that the rule of law is dead.
I see that because they are ramping up the conspiracies how how Trump is going to steal the election.
Right now, they are retconning 2024, how Kamala knew it was stolen and called Marc Elias who told her "nothing we can do."
Which leads to, he'll steal it again and he will ignore the courts.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 02:47 PM (3cUTc)

53
In all honesty, I am so tired of criminality going unpunished at this point, I wouldn't object to Trump blackbagging all these guys into a hole in the desert somewhere.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:45 PM (4NO2D)

Make Waterboarding Great Again

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 02:48 PM (y9nCu)

54 Oh, no! All the wrong things I've done!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:46 PM (42WUB)

You know what you did.

Posted by: Karen McProsecutor at October 05, 2026 02:48 PM (j+8bz)

55 Waterboard Lurch.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:48 PM (1ikK2)

56 11 Qeustion: Does the statute of limitations start from when the crime is committed? Or from when the crime is discovered?
Posted by: toby928(c)

The concept of tolling (comes from tolling of the bell is passage of time legal wise). Complicated area because it is parts of common law, statutory law, and judicial decisions and the answer you are looking for i--it depends.

Prosecutors, up til now have had absolute immunity from civil suits and almost absolute immunity on criminal misconduct related to their job performance like judges applied to themselves (there might be a state or two that doesn't without a survey of all of them, but doesn't apply to Jack Smith). So people have to breach that immunity before tolling comes into play as to what counts for when.

It is very possible that given Smith was apparently illegally appointed (District Judge Cannon held as much before the case went moot), that his actions then would have no more protection than you or I legally from lawsuit or criminal prosecution but that is going to be a Scotus case all and of itself I'd imagine.

Lawfare Incorporated will protect him to the hilt because otherwise, a desperate Jack might turn on them

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv)

57 You got to give the rat bastard his due: Jack Smith openly , to this day, seeks to be the first recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Revolution Medal
--- in the DSA ruled USA.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at October 05, 2026 02:49 PM (eqGud)

58 "Everything Jack Smith did was legal and upright. I am instructing my DOJ to perform in the exact same manner when investigating Democrat criminality."
-Donald Trump

The left has the mangerines to yell that what Trump is doing they'll do but even more in revenge so he better stop it. Its like watching little kids argue

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:50 PM (nIKjK)

59 Everyone from the top down involved in this should be tossed in prison before execution for treason...but nuttin' will happen...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:50 PM (l3cgK)

60 Waterboard Lurch.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:48 PM

It's not waterboarding if you use diesel.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 02:50 PM (FAGAJ)

61
Meanwhile, Merrick I'llGarland hides quietly, practicing his future Alzheimer's act.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 02:50 PM (Y8DZL)

62 and writes a NY Times bestseller, does a celebrity author tour around, oh say, 2028.

I can just see him on Rachel Maddow's show, the late night circuit, The View... Magazine covers like Time and Newsweek. A sweet lucrative no-work position at Harvard

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:51 PM (nIKjK)

63 Willowed:
Was watching the Angry Cop vid...he's talking about Cornell Ho snorting ketamine off a frat dong, and it's interrupted by a commercial for Johnsonville sausages...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:51 PM (l3cgK)

64 I read somewhere we were a nation of laws. How does that work?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:46 PM (1ikK2)

Laws are for little people.

"If you're not cop, you're little people."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 02:51 PM (dK+Kv)

65 In before the 'nothing will hap....' uh, nevermind.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2026 02:51 PM (XeU6L)

66 It goes back to the Russia, Russia, Russia!

And Omega Mu!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 05, 2026 02:51 PM (Fv808)

67 and I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for .... wait ... I have gotten away with it.

Never mind.

Posted by: Jack Smith at October 05, 2026 02:51 PM (4NO2D)

68 60 Waterboard Lurch.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:48 PM

It's not waterboarding if you use diesel.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 02:50 PM (FAGAJ)

What would Vin Diesel be doing there?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:51 PM (l3cgK)

69 You know, there's one thing I learned in all my years. Sometimes you just gotta say, "What the fuck, make your move."

Posted by: Jack "Risky Business" Smith at October 05, 2026 02:52 PM (wVcYX)

70 I know some, ok almost all, of you don't believe it but there really is a grand jury in Florida, the place where the Biden DOJ/FBI raided Trump's home looking for unclassified documents.

>>FBI Employees in Trump Mar-A-Lago Case Seek Clarity on Subpoenas in Florida 'Grand Conspiracy' Probe

https://tinyurl.com/4mmmzm5w

All the way to the F B I

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 02:52 PM (viF8m)

71 “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Eh, good enough for a movie but not reality. English history of law in the last millennia indicates that there is an ebb and flow to law and judges' power and I think our judges (and those in the rest of teh Western World) are about to find that their salad days of running amuck are ending.

Law does best in a stable atmosphere where everyone agrees on the groundrules and the limited nature of the game.

Revolutionary atmosphere is always destructive of the law (by destroying predictability and stability) whether you are discussing the trial of Dreyfus, Nuremberg, or other instances where law was applied to social and regime crises.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

72 71 Eh, good enough for a movie but not reality. English history of law in the last millennia indicates that there is an ebb and flow to law and judges' power and I think our judges (and those in the rest of teh Western World) are about to find that their salad days of running amuck are ending.

Law does best in a stable atmosphere where everyone agrees on the groundrules and the limited nature of the game.

Revolutionary atmosphere is always destructive of the law (by destroying predictability and stability) whether you are discussing the trial of Dreyfus, Nuremberg, or other instances where law was applied to social and regime crises.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

========

Robert Bolt was also a dirty commie who made Thomas More about the blacklist.

Still, it's a good speech.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:53 PM (42WUB)

73 I have to go paste tp rolls together for 10 hours.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:54 PM (1ikK2)

74 I have a solution"

Me too.

/Vlad

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:54 PM (+imBs)

75 I keep coming back to one question no one in Congress or the Admin seems to want to address.

These were Subpoenas signed off by a Judge. The JUDGE is the one who is supposed to decide whether that document is justified... or not...

Thus the Judge who signed off on these was complicit... and I want them to start naming Names so THEY can be sued.... as it was clearly a dereliction of their Duty as a Judge, to not question all this crap.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 05, 2026 02:55 PM (mP0Kj)

76 Was watching the Angry Cop vid...he's talking about Cornell Ho snorting ketamine off a frat dong, and it's interrupted by a commercial for Johnsonville sausages...

I saw Frat Dong open for Helmet at the Superdome in Nawlins in 1992.

Posted by: Trojan Man at October 05, 2026 02:55 PM (Al3kG)

77 70 I know some, ok almost all, of you don't believe it but there really is a grand jury in Florida, the place where the Biden DOJ/FBI raided Trump's home looking for unclassified documents.

>>FBI Employees in Trump Mar-A-Lago Case Seek Clarity on Subpoenas in Florida 'Grand Conspiracy' Probe

https://tinyurl.com/4mmmzm5w

All the way to the F B I
Posted by: JackStraw

Judge Cannon rejected teh FBI employees after that story. They are going to have to testify or claim teh 5th. And that can be breached by grants of immunity from the grand jury from partial to complete. Not testifying after being granted immunity, they can be held to civil (without a trial for up to a year (see Susan McDougal) or criminal contempt where they have a trial and conviction results in a felony stay at Club Fed.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 02:55 PM (E4rtv)

78 "Two agents' notes are attached to the memo, but they are entirely blank except for the date of the meeting, the location, Brennan's name and the government attendees."
===

Brennan was a "former" DCI at that point.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)

79 I have a solution"

Me too.

/Vlad

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:54 PM (+imBs)

There are plenty to go around.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 02:55 PM (dK+Kv)

80 Indictments, or this is just empty political theater.

Posted by: toddg at October 05, 2026 02:55 PM (ceFtv)

81
Lawfare Incorporated will protect him to the hilt because otherwise, a desperate Jack might turn on them
Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 02:48 PM

How do we punish these malefactors?

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 05, 2026 02:56 PM (kg+tO)

82 As time goes on it becomes more and more accurate to say that the Democrat party, the intelligence community, the FBI, and the fake news media we're engaged in destroying candidate Trump's campaign, overthrowing president Donald Trump first administration, then, when those first two efforts barely failed, they went all in on persecuting him with the goal of putting him in federal prison for the rest of his life and stripping him of his wealth. These efforts still are ongoing and the second the Democrats get back in power they will be after him balls to the walls again. As he has noted time and time again all that stands between the Democrats rolling out this program on the rest of us is him. What the Democrats andcompany engaged in was nothing less than a coup.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 05, 2026 02:56 PM (VyD10)

83 >>Qeustion: Does the statute of limitations start from when the crime is committed? Or from when the crime is discovered?

The statute of limitations in a conspiracy case begins the moment of the last act in the conspiracy occurs.

When would you say the last act in the conspiracy to deprive Trump of his civil rights occurred?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 02:57 PM (viF8m)

84 whether you are discussing the trial of Dreyfus, Nuremberg, or other instances where law was applied to social and regime crises."

1930s Spain...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:57 PM (+imBs)

85 80 Indictments, or this is just empty political theater.

Posted by: toddg at October 05, 2026 02:55 PM (ceFtv)

========

Would need a grand jury for that.

And, what do you know...there's one empaneled about all of this in session since January in Fort Pierce, FL.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:57 PM (42WUB)

86 Keep in mind, the plan was:
- convict Trump, lifetime gag order, seize all Trump/Trump Inc. assets.
- Kill Trump if the prosecution failed
- Arrest all Trump family involved in politics
- Arrest all major Republicans
- Arrest any conservative writers or leaders who speak out

This would have given them a super majority in Congress and the Presidency.

A complete communist coup of the US.
Without a shot fired.
And the courts were willing, eager confederates.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 02:57 PM (3cUTc)

87 What the Democrats andcompany engaged in was nothing less than a coup.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 05, 2026 02:56 PM (VyD10)

This is the only rational, clear-thinking conclusion.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 02:58 PM (dK+Kv)

88 I have to go paste tp rolls together for 10 hours.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Are you Mr Whipple?

Posted by: Karen McProsecutor at October 05, 2026 02:58 PM (j+8bz)

89 These were Subpoenas signed off by a Judge. The JUDGE is the one who is supposed to decide whether that document is justified... or not...

Thus the Judge who signed off on these was complicit... and I want them to start naming Names so THEY can be sued.... as it was clearly a dereliction of their Duty as a Judge, to not question all this crap.
Posted by: Romeo13

Judge Beryl Howell and Judge Boasberg for starters. Howell approved a lot of the Jack Smith DC fishing expedition for example. Boasberg is up to his neck in Russia Russia. Several DC judges were involved in the Jan 6 witchhunt. Whole district needs to be abolished and judges apportioned to Maryland and Virginia districts.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 02:58 PM (E4rtv)

90 Was watching the Angry Cop vid...he's talking about Cornell Ho snorting ketamine off a frat dong, and it's interrupted by a commercial for Johnsonville sausages...

I saw Frat Dong open for Helmet at the Superdome in Nawlins in 1992.
Posted by: Trojan Man at October 05, 2026 02:55 PM (Al3kG)

With Special Musical Guest, The Danglers?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 02:58 PM (wVcYX)

91 Cornell Ho"

Sum Ting Wong?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:58 PM (+imBs)

92 Revolutionary atmosphere is always destructive of the law (by destroying predictability and stability) whether you are discussing the trial of Dreyfus, Nuremberg, or other instances where law was applied to social and regime crises.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

========

Robert Bolt was also a dirty commie who made Thomas More about the blacklist.

Still, it's a good speech.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:53 PM (42WUB)
====

I think it would be a reasonable position to state that Henry VIII was the most revolutionary monarch since Charlamagne.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 02:58 PM (rj6Yv)

93 86 Keep in mind, the plan was:
- convict Trump, lifetime gag order, seize all Trump/Trump Inc. assets.
- Kill Trump if the prosecution failed
- Arrest all Trump family involved in politics
- Arrest all major Republicans
- Arrest any conservative writers or leaders who speak out

This would have given them a super majority in Congress and the Presidency.

A complete communist coup of the US.
Without a shot fired.
And the courts were willing, eager confederates.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 02:57 PM (3cUTc)

Well, the attempted assassinations would be shots fired...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:58 PM (l3cgK)

94 What the Democrats andcompany engaged in was nothing less than a coup.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 05, 2026 02:56 PM (VyD10)

Then we'd have to have a real J6, not just an dem-run larpsurrection.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 02:59 PM (dK+Kv)

95 A serious country would black bag this asshole and PDJT would have an envelop with broad-spectrum no-specifics pardons to snake eaters who would Omega these traitors.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 02:59 PM (KhyP1)

96 91 Cornell Ho"

Sum Ting Wong?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:58 PM (+imBs)

Tiu Many Dong

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:59 PM (l3cgK)

97 Why is he not in prison?

Posted by: Huxley Orwell at October 05, 2026 02:59 PM (j3Fsw)

98 The statute of limitations in a conspiracy case begins the moment of the last act in the conspiracy occurs.

When would you say the last act in the conspiracy to deprive Trump of his civil rights occurred?
Posted by: JackStraw
========
It gets really complicated in conspiracy cases but you are correct in theory but in application, it depends on case law and the particular charges levied. Plus the jury determinations both grand and petit.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:00 PM (E4rtv)

99 These efforts still are ongoing and the second the Democrats get back in power they will be after him balls to the walls again. As he has noted time and time again all that stands between the Democrats rolling out this program on the rest of us is him. What the Democrats andcompany engaged in was nothing less than a coup.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 05, 2026 02:56 PM (VyD10)
=====

Concur.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 03:00 PM (rj6Yv)

100 I think it would be a reasonable position to state that Henry VIII was the most revolutionary monarch since Charlamagne.
Posted by: mrp
=======
At least regarding church-state relationship. John Lackland was revolutionary in the effect he had on medieval England in reaction to him which put the kibosh on divine rights of kings in England until the Stuarts were stupid enough to raise the banner again.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)

101 Was watching the Angry Cop vid...he's talking about Cornell Ho snorting ketamine off a frat dong, and it's interrupted by a commercial for Johnsonville sausages...

I gave up on that Angry Cop video because the pornographic descriptions of pure debauchery and depraved sexual deviancy was beyond my ability to stomach.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 03:02 PM (KhyP1)

102 38 "Everything Jack Smith did was legal and upright. I am instructing my DOJ to perform in the exact same manner when investigating Democrat criminality."
-Donald Trump

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:44 PM (42WUB)
--

A good start.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 03:02 PM (2UA/a)

103 I can't understand why "Hitler/Trump" has not eliminated all these enemies of his. Or at least put them in some sort of camp. Trump is failing at the Hitler Game.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2026 03:02 PM (vbXSk)

104 And the courts were willing, eager confederates.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
=======
Courts standing up for what is right is actually the exception to the rule. See the curious career of Lord Coke in England. Even famed Justice John Marshall met his match with Andy Jackson--"The Supreme Court has made its decision and now let us see them enforce it. "

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:04 PM (E4rtv)

105 But muh normz right?

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 03:05 PM (FnbEu)

106 When would you say the last act in the conspiracy to deprive Trump of his civil rights occurred?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 02:57 PM (viF8m)

Maybe when he leaves office THIS time...

or maybe... at his funeral. The left HATES him, and will see him destroyed.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 05, 2026 03:05 PM (mP0Kj)

107 Willowed:
Was watching the Angry Cop vid...he's talking about Cornell Ho snorting ketamine off a frat dong, and it's interrupted by a commercial for Johnsonville sausages...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:51 PM (l3cgK)
____

As more of the original transcript(s) and facts come out, it seems that calling what happened a "threesome" is over-selling it. I'm not sure any actual sex beyond drunken fondling took place.

The guys were so blasted with booze and drugs they hardly knew what planet they were on. In the first "threesome," one guy literally passed out cold, and the other starting puking.

Is it possible two guys in this condition could have had actual intercourse? Maybe, maybe not.

The later "threesomes" seem mostly rando guys doing blow off her naked body.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

108 103 I can't understand why "Hitler/Trump" has not eliminated all these enemies of his. Or at least put them in some sort of camp. Trump is failing at the Hitler Game.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2026 03:02 PM (vbXSk)

I know... Worst Tyrant Evah!

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 05, 2026 03:06 PM (mP0Kj)

109 The coverup of a conspiracy continues to toll the Statute of Limitations. It could be argued that the Dems continuing obstruction continues the toll

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 03:06 PM (ofacb)

110 Then we'd have to have a real J6, not just an dem-run larpsurrection.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 02:59 PM (dK+Kv)

You know who else liked to larp erections?

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 03:06 PM (FnbEu)

111 or maybe... at his funeral. The left HATES him, and will see him destroyed.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 05, 2026 03:05 PM

Like Cromwell, they will exhume and hang his corpse if they get back in power.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:06 PM (4NO2D)

112 >>It gets really complicated in conspiracy cases but you are correct in theory but in application, it depends on case law and the particular charges levied. Plus the jury determinations both grand and petit.

Probably one of the reasons it's taking so long. That and the fact this is a real case not made up bullshit in front of a leftist judge and it involves some of the previously most powerful people in the country with deep pockets and teams of lawyers throwing every speck of sand on the beach into the gears to slow it down.

The empaneling of the Florida grand jury was first announced nearly a year ago. There's been very little reporting on it because it's about Democrats running a conspiracy against Trump, and us, and Democrats as a rule don't like to tell the truth when it involves other Democrats. But it really is happening.

What will come of it is impossible to know. But Judge Cannon hates Jack Smith and company at least as much as we do.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)

113 Damn it. That should have said you know who else larps erections. Nevermind time to go die

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 03:07 PM (FnbEu)

114 "The Supreme Court has made its decision and now let us see them enforce it. "

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQSjV4DZ-Gg

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 03:08 PM (2UA/a)

115 Cornell, Duke LaCrosse - their playbook is getting - stale. Obviously rolled out to incite the Looney Base.

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2026 03:08 PM (Gqar8)

116 Critical Drinker reviews Digger as an absolute mess of a story but Cruise was great. CD said he'd probably never watch it again, but it was definitely different

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 03:08 PM (ofacb)

117 Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

The vid has quotes from the DA response to the Civil Suit, said response having direct quotes from her statement to police a few weeks after the incident.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:09 PM (l3cgK)

118 How do we punish these malefactors?

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 05, 2026 02:56 PM (kg+tO)

You're gonna want to sit down for this one, probably pack a lunch.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 03:09 PM (FnbEu)

119 I gave up on that Angry Cop video because the pornographic descriptions of pure debauchery and depraved sexual deviancy was beyond my ability to stomach.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 03:02 PM (KhyP1)

I don't know. I found it a real turn on!!

Posted by: Tiffiny Tif McTiffiny Future porn star at October 05, 2026 03:09 PM (hmYU4)

120 95 A serious country would black bag this asshole and PDJT would have an envelop with broad-spectrum no-specifics pardons to snake eaters who would Omega these traitors.
Posted by: Community Notes
=========
When do you want your civil war--now or later is the question. We cannot let the leftists back in power because they have already shown what they will do and plan to do. But, we cannot, like Lincoln faced, preemptively strike lest the very thing we are trying to avoid starts immediately.

This is the question for the West--can the left accept losing political power via peaceable elections and can they be bound from acting to destroy their political opponents literally if they regain power.

I think the answer is probably no in both instances so that leaves the awful choice up to the rest of us sane individuals in society.

For all his virtues, I don't think Trump wants to go down as Lincoln domestically nor Caesar crossing the Rubicon. So that punts the decision to 2028 or thereabouts. Prepare wisely in this time allotted.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)

121 What will come of it is impossible to know. But Judge Cannon hates Jack Smith and company at least as much as we do.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)
=====

Every upper-middle class gal has an underwear drawer.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 03:09 PM (rj6Yv)

122 111 or maybe... at his funeral. The left HATES him, and will see him destroyed.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 05, 2026 03:05 PM

Like Cromwell, they will exhume and hang his corpse if they get back in power.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:06 PM (4NO2D)

At least one pope was done that way as well...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:09 PM (l3cgK)

123 You got to give the rat bastard his due: Jack Smith openly , to this day, seeks to be the first recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Revolution Medal
--- in the DSA ruled USA.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at October 05, 2026 02:49 PM (eqGud)

You got one detail wrong: when the DSA takes over, it will be the USSA, the United Socialist States of America. You heard it here first.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 03:10 PM (nHcc1)

124 Jack Smith was just the first test to see what they could get away with while intimidating the opposition.

If the Dems regain the White House and Congress come 2028, I expect we’ll be seeing teams of Jack Smiths running around DC and across the country looking for Nazi Trump supporters to persecute.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 03:10 PM (6ydKt)

125 Smith's eventual defense:

"Look...I didn't even qualify to be a Special Counsel under DOJ policy. Therefore, I'm not responsible for what I may have , or may not have done while performing in that position."

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)

126 109 The coverup of a conspiracy continues to toll the Statute of Limitations. It could be argued that the Dems continuing obstruction continues the toll
Posted by: Smell the Glove

The Democrats are relying on the sheer volume (just like with illegals) making it impossible to limit the charges because almost everyone in the Democrat hierarchy is guilty in some way of furthering the conspiracy.

It is a leftist strategy like riots, etc. to make the lawbreaking so extensive that the perps cannot be prosecuted lest civil unrest break out and possibly a civil war. This is the end game of color revolutions and coups--"They can't arrest/shoot us all!"

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:12 PM (E4rtv)

127 By the way, former CIA Director and lifelong scumbag John Brennan, is scheduled to testify before the Fort Pierce grand jury on October 15th.

Not willingly. He was subpoenaed.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 03:12 PM (viF8m)

128 Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)

The vid has quotes from the DA response to the Civil Suit, said response having direct quotes from her statement to police a few weeks after the incident.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:09 PM (l3cgK)
____

Yea, I know. I also have the complaint. She alleges actual intercourse, but it's very vague. There's also a lot of just laying naked on a bed surrounded by guys.

Nobody involved in the entire affair seemed physical capable of much of anything.

In the complaint, she also takes the contradictory position that she didn't remember anything -- thus trying to explain away her long delay in reporting the incident -- and only learned about it through the inevitable campus gossip.

Her initial statement and the complaint are incompatible. They might as well describe two different nights.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

129 "Plasmic Echo" sounds like something bored housewives would order from Gwyneth Paltrow's scam site.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 03:13 PM (2ocoG)

130 Prepare wisely in this time allotted."

Short version:

Buy ammo.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 03:13 PM (+imBs)

131 This is the question for the West--can the left accept losing political power via peaceable elections and can they be bound from acting to destroy their political opponents literally if they regain power.

I think the answer is probably no in both instances so that leaves the awful choice up to the rest of us sane individuals in society.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)

They want to turn the U.S. into Latin America where each administration must pardon itself preemptively and go into exile to prevent being prosecuted and jailed by the Communists for ‘corruption’ when they take office.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 03:14 PM (6ydKt)

132 101 Was watching the Angry Cop vid...he's talking about Cornell Ho snorting ketamine off a frat dong, and it's interrupted by a commercial for Johnsonville sausages...

I gave up on that Angry Cop video because the pornographic descriptions of pure debauchery and depraved sexual deviancy was beyond my ability to stomach.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 03:02 PM (KhyP1)

Not the worst thing I ever read. Read a book on serial killers, and they had the case in NM of the guy and his gf who kidnapped, sexually assaulted (over long periods of time) and murdered young women. What a survivor told police...stuff of nightmares.
David Parker Ray, known as the "Toy Box Killer." DON'T LOOK IT UP IF YOU'RE SQUEAMISH.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:14 PM (l3cgK)

133 OPSEC

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 03:14 PM (j+8bz)

134 Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

The Shadow do.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 03:15 PM (viF8m)

135 OPSEC
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 03:14 PM

I don't even know you guys.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:15 PM (4NO2D)

136 They might as well describe two different nights."

More guys to sue!

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 03:15 PM (+imBs)

137 @126 whig, spot on. It's the same as the election theft in 2020. It was so big and involved so many moving parts that no one court, even if the judge was interested, could unravel it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 03:16 PM (ofacb)

138 This is the end game of color revolutions and coups--"They can't arrest/shoot us all!"
Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:12 PM (E4rtv)

They congregate in cities.
Siege warfare it is, then.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 03:16 PM (6ydKt)

139 What will come of it is impossible to know. But Judge Cannon hates Jack Smith and company at least as much as we do.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)
---
The judge probably hates him a lot more than we do since the judge has to deal with this mess directly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 03:17 PM (FZ29D)

140 6 I have a solution.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

... of hydrogen fluoride, in a body-sized acidproof plastic tub?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 03:17 PM (sDWtc)

141 Was watching the Angry Cop vid...he's talking about Cornell Ho snorting ketamine off a frat dong, and it's interrupted by a commercial for Johnsonville sausages...

I gave up on that Angry Cop video because the pornographic descriptions of pure debauchery and depraved sexual deviancy was beyond my ability to stomach.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 03:02 PM (KhyP1)

Not the worst thing I ever read. Read a book on serial killers, and they had the case in NM of the guy and his gf who kidnapped, sexually assaulted (over long periods of time) and murdered young women. What a survivor told police...stuff of nightmares.
David Parker Ray, known as the "Toy Box Killer." DON'T LOOK IT UP IF YOU'RE SQUEAMISH.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:14 PM (l3cgK)
____

Worse thing I ever read was part of some pro bono work at a legal clinic. Two guys were kidnapping poor young boys (under 10 years old), raping them, murdering them, and then eating them. It was pure demonic nightmare shit. Wasn't even my case, but the girl who was working on the case couldn't bear to read the files, so I did.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

142 Her initial statement and the complaint are incompatible. They might as well describe two different nights.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

Indeed. She told them to stop, and they stopped. One guy later got handsy, she slapped his hand away twice and he stopped. Nothing in her statement to police indicated she was raped, except perhaps after the third hit of Ketamine (maybe too intoxicated to properly give consent, but was after a couple of sets with the guys)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:18 PM (l3cgK)

143 101 Was watching the Angry Cop vid...he's talking about Cornell Ho snorting ketamine off a frat dong, and it's interrupted by a commercial for Johnsonville sausages...

You know YouTube has to be doing this intentionally.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 03:18 PM (nHcc1)

144 The Stasi , KGB and Gestapo all rolled into one .

One being the CIA who you know were helping.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 03:18 PM (KC5Lt)

145 The SC coulda done more, but they did issue two critical rulings that gutted Smith's investigation: on presidential immunity and Sarbanes Oxley. The latter also gutted most of the J6 prosecutions.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

==

It seemed like conservative judges only found their "voice" after Trump won and most of it became moot anyway. But maybe I'm misremembering

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 03:18 PM (AigY+)

146 Rewriting history is everybody's favorite pastime.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 05, 2026 03:19 PM (kvLZQ)

147 Two guys were kidnapping poor young boys (under 10 years old), raping them, murdering them, and then eating them

Love ist love, ja?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 03:19 PM (sDWtc)

148 Siege warfare it is, then.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 03:16 PM (6ydKt)
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Not when the Army can mount 155mm rifles on tracked vehicles. Aachen, 1944.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 03:19 PM (rj6Yv)

149
Worse thing I ever read was part of some pro bono work at a legal clinic. Two guys were kidnapping poor young boys (under 10 years old), raping them, murdering them, and then eating them. It was pure demonic nightmare shit. Wasn't even my case, but the girl who was working on the case couldn't bear to read the files, so I did.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

Lets just say I learned things about dogs I'd rather not have known.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:19 PM (l3cgK)

150 Jack Smith needs to be indicted

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 03:19 PM (Ia/+0)

151
People's Islamic Muhammadian Progressive Liberation Ecclesiarchy would make for a better acronym.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 03:19 PM (Y8DZL)

152 Smith's eventual defense:

"Look...I didn't even qualify to be a Special Counsel under DOJ policy. Therefore, I'm not responsible for what I may have , or may not have done while performing in that position."
Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)
----
I'm looking forward to his Colonel Jessup outburst in court:

"You're damn right I ordered the Mar-A-Lago Panty Raid!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 03:20 PM (FZ29D)

153 We should totally give Democrats a majority in Congress a majority. What’s the worst that could happen? A complete undermining of the law to jail your political opponents like this? A suspension of The Bill of Rights like they did during COVID? A complete raid of the federal taxpayers money that drove inflation to record highs? A direct attack on the energy industry that drove and is still driving home energy prices through the roof? An attack on the Supreme Court? Open borders, and a historic invasion that increased crime to record levels, and drove up housing, medical and food prices? Historic levels of government fraud that drove up taxes and Medicare costs?

I mean, there’s no evidence that will happen if Democrats are in charge- right?

Posted by: That Guy at October 05, 2026 03:20 PM (3arSl)

154 147 Two guys were kidnapping poor young boys (under 10 years old), raping them, murdering them, and then eating them

Love ist love, ja?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 03:19 PM (sDWtc)

They were at a tender age.

Posted by: Zombie Jeffrey Dahmer at October 05, 2026 03:20 PM (l3cgK)

155 >>The judge probably hates him a lot more than we do since the judge has to deal with this mess directly.

Do you know who ended Jack Smith's illegal and idiotic investigation of Trump?

Judge Aileen Cannon Southern District of Florida.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 03:20 PM (viF8m)

156 155 >>The judge probably hates him a lot more than we do since the judge has to deal with this mess directly.

Do you know who ended Jack Smith's illegal and idiotic investigation of Trump?

Judge Aileen Cannon Southern District of Florida.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 03:20 PM (viF8m)

On completely legal and technical grounds. It was only the tip of the iceberg, as it went all the way up to the White House.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:22 PM (l3cgK)

157 Yea, I know. I also have the complaint. She alleges actual intercourse, but it's very vague. There's also a lot of just laying naked on a bed surrounded by guys.

Nobody involved in the entire affair seemed physical capable of much of anything.

In the complaint, she also takes the contradictory position that she didn't remember anything -- thus trying to explain away her long delay in reporting the incident -- and only learned about it through the inevitable campus gossip.

Her initial statement and the complaint are incompatible. They might as well describe two different nights.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Ketamine & booze has got to give you whiskey dick regardless of age.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 03:22 PM (y3C0K)

158 So when does jack smith go to jail?

I know, never.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 03:22 PM (I43vL)

159 Attorney General Todd Blanche
U.S. Department of Justice
@AGToddBlanche
Five years ago, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued an infamous memorandum at the urging of the National School Boards Association and White House officials, directing the FBI and United States Attorneys to consider looking for a federal hook to prosecute parents exercising their right to free speech.

Today, we are releasing the “Report to Expose the Weaponization of Government Against Parents in Schools” which details Weaponization of the Department against these parents — from attempting to get the National Security Division involved to ignoring repeated warnings from employees that leadership’s actions could be unconstitutional.

Along with the report, we’ve released hundreds of exhibits and emails that make official and verify what many Americans had guessed: the Garland DOJ worked hand in hand with WH officials and the National School Boards Association to chill free speech and parental rights while they threatened to prosecute parents and label them domestic terrorists.

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 03:22 PM (RHGPo)

160 They should tie Jack Smith to the front of an ice cream truck and crash it into a wall. Then they should hand out free ice cream to the first 50 people who show up.

Posted by: That Guy at October 05, 2026 03:23 PM (3arSl)

161 150 Jack Smith needs to be indicted

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 03:19 PM (Ia/+0)

Jack Smith and all the rest of those involved need to be hanging around lamp posts in DC, crows eating out their eyes and buzzards feasting on their innards.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:23 PM (l3cgK)

162 >>On completely legal and technical grounds. It was only the tip of the iceberg, as it went all the way up to the White House.

From Day 1.

And it's been going on ever since.

And much of the early dirt used to try and sabotage Trump came from Ukraine.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 03:24 PM (viF8m)

163 Her initial statement and the complaint are incompatible. They might as well describe two different nights.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

Indeed. She told them to stop, and they stopped. One guy later got handsy, she slapped his hand away twice and he stopped. Nothing in her statement to police indicated she was raped, except perhaps after the third hit of Ketamine (maybe too intoxicated to properly give consent, but was after a couple of sets with the guys)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:18 PM (l3cgK)
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Yea. In her initial statement, she admits the first 3some was consensual, and there are texts to the guy that she liked it and wanted to see him again.

Yet in the complaint she's saying this encounter was straight up rape.

The second 3some is a bit more nebulous, as she was FUBAR and maybe was too far gone to consciously consent, but in her initial statement she only complains that the guys pressured her and she eventually gave in. That's reprehensible conduct by the guys, but it's not illegal.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

164 Not when the Army can mount 155mm rifles on tracked vehicles. Aachen, 1944.
Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 03:19 PM (rj6Yv)

Yes, but why risk it and also start damaging infrastructure when you can just starve them out by keeping all shipping from entering the city?

It will take a little longer but it’s a much less messy solution in the long term.

Turn off the water and electric & gas lines, and send some drones in when needed to take care of certain problems.

I’m all about ending a Civil War as quickly and conclusively as possible and ending the left in the cities is my guiding goal if it comes to that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 03:24 PM (6ydKt)

165 Cornell, Duke LaCrosse - their playbook is getting - stale. Obviously rolled out to incite the Looney Base.
Posted by: tubal

You should see them on Facebook.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 03:25 PM (y3C0K)

166 I suppose the Congresscucks will suck ass on this too and nothing will fn happen.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 03:26 PM (ucRWd)

167 They should tie Jack Smith to the front of an ice cream truck and crash it into a wall. Then they should hand out free ice cream to the first 50 people who show up.
Posted by: That Guy

I find Good Humor in this.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 03:26 PM (j+8bz)

168 165 Cornell, Duke LaCrosse - their playbook is getting - stale. Obviously rolled out to incite the Looney Base.
Posted by: tubal

You should see them on Facebook.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 03:25 PM (y3C0K)

"Don't forget me!"

Posted by: Matress Girl Emma Sulkowicz at October 05, 2026 03:26 PM (l3cgK)

169 167 They should tie Jack Smith to the front of an ice cream truck and crash it into a wall. Then they should hand out free ice cream to the first 50 people who show up.
Posted by: That Guy

I find Good Humor in this.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 03:26 PM (j+8bz)

Jack Screams...
You scream, I scream, the rest of us scream for Ice Cream...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)

170 Jackie boy needs to go down in a ball of fire

Posted by: sidney at October 05, 2026 03:28 PM (Uy/WF)

171 The second 3some is a bit more nebulous, as she was FUBAR and maybe was too far gone to consciously consent, but in her initial statement she only complains that the guys pressured her and she eventually gave in. That's reprehensible conduct by the guys, but it's not illegal.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Question. If doing ketamine and liquor removes consent, and everyone was drunk and doped up, why does consent only run one way?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 03:28 PM (y3C0K)

172 They tried to play the game where they released names and photos in the alleged rape, thinking nobody would release the accusers.

They was wrong. The internet is forever.

Posted by: That Guy at October 05, 2026 03:28 PM (q1tXs)

173 170 Jackie boy needs to go down in a ball of fire

Posted by: sidney at October 05, 2026 03:28 PM (Uy/WF)

Maybe we can loosen the "no cruel or unusual punishment" in this one case?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:28 PM (l3cgK)

174 Believe All Drunk and Ketamined Women.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:29 PM (4NO2D)

175 Under NY consent laws being drunk doesn’t automatically remove consent.

Posted by: That Guy at October 05, 2026 03:29 PM (q1tXs)

176 The second 3some is a bit more nebulous, as she was FUBAR and maybe was too far gone to consciously consent, but in her initial statement she only complains that the guys pressured her and she eventually gave in. That's reprehensible conduct by the guys, but it's not illegal.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Question. If doing ketamine and liquor removes consent, and everyone was drunk and doped up, why does consent only run one way?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 03:28 PM (y3C0K)
_______

You know the answer, you MISOGYNISTIC HATER!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)

177 Jack Screams...
You scream, I scream, the rest of us scream for Ice Cream...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

He's still alive? Throw it in reverse and let's do it again.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 03:29 PM (j+8bz)

178 Jack Smith is certainly to blame but I doubt he did all of this without the approval of Merrick Garland and Biden (or his people if Biden was asleep).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 03:29 PM (6ydKt)

179 Question. If doing ketamine and liquor removes consent, and everyone was drunk and doped up, why does consent only run one way?

According to other accounts, one of the 7 couldn't perform, and another was completely passed out but she blew him anyway.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 03:30 PM (2ocoG)

180 170 Jackie boy needs to go down in a ball of fire
Posted by: sidney at October 05, 2026 03:28 PM (Uy/WF)

I'd like to see that!

Posted by: clayton at October 05, 2026 03:30 PM (sDWtc)

181 Under NY consent laws being drunk doesn’t automatically remove consent.
Posted by: That Guy at October 05, 2026 03:29 PM

They are about to change that retroactively.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:30 PM (4NO2D)

182
Question. If doing ketamine and liquor removes consent, and everyone was drunk and doped up, why does consent only run one way?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 03:28 PM (y3C0K)
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You know the answer, you MISOGYNISTIC HATER!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)

If the dick is limp you must acquit?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:30 PM (l3cgK)

183 why is jackoff smith still breathing my air? woodchip that commie bitch

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 05, 2026 03:31 PM (83hQu)

184 If two parties are drunk, why is only the man able to commit rape?

Let me know if a woman is ever charged with rape and the guy has a higher blood alcohol level.

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 03:31 PM (AigY+)

185 This is racist !!!!!!!!!!!!

Jack Smith said he was born a black man and over time his skin faded due to Global Warming.

He should be honored for all he has done for persons of whatever color of the week is being downtrodden due to the Orange Man Trump ......

Posted by: Cluck Schoemer at October 05, 2026 03:31 PM (mrJNc)

186 Pen registers are astonishingly easy to get.

The level of oversight is low.

Posted by: blaster at October 05, 2026 03:31 PM (xhfG9)

187 Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:47 PM (42WUB)

Only works if you believe in the Devil, and therefore God, which the Left doesn't, so anything goes.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (QaH55)

188 179 Question. If doing ketamine and liquor removes consent, and everyone was drunk and doped up, why does consent only run one way?

According to other accounts, one of the 7 couldn't perform, and another was completely passed out but she blew him anyway.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 03:30 PM (2ocoG)

So she raped the passed-out guy...right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)

189 Question. If doing ketamine and liquor removes consent, and everyone was drunk and doped up, why does consent only run one way?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 03:28 PM

Because they were rich kids with a penis and the left needs as many distractions as they can generate before the mid terms.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (I43vL)

190 > They are about to change that retroactive

Well that fat, bloated slob James did it to Trump. No reason to think they won’t try it again.

Nobody should live in NY. You could wear the wrong shirt and they will put you in Rikers.

Posted by: That Guy at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (q1tXs)

191 Nood - best way to combat anti-Semitism is to partner up with anti-Israeli groups, according to NYC's Mayor.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (oPFtC)

192 another was completely passed out but she blew him anyway.

Posted by: Ian S.

she sounds nice

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (83hQu)

193 According to other accounts, one of the 7 couldn't perform, and another was completely passed out but she blew him anyway.
Posted by: Ian S.

That's rape.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (y3C0K)

194 According to other accounts, one of the 7 couldn't perform, and another was completely passed out but she blew him anyway.
Posted by: Ian S

No consent there.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (j+8bz)

195 185 This is racist !!!!!!!!!!!!

Jack Smith said he was born a black man and over time his skin faded due to Global Warming.

He should be honored for all he has done for persons of whatever color of the week is being downtrodden due to the Orange Man Trump ......

Posted by: Cluck Schoemer at October 05, 2026 03:31 PM (mrJNc)

So he's a turd that's been in the sun so long it's turned white...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)

196 Nobody should live in NY. You could wear the wrong shirt and they will put you in Rikers.
Posted by: That Guy at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (q1tXs)
=====

Wearing the wrong hat can get you killed.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 03:33 PM (rj6Yv)

197 Jack Smith needs a visit from Luca Brasi.......

Just Sayin....

Posted by: Jackson at October 05, 2026 03:33 PM (NlHgc)

198 Question. If doing ketamine and liquor removes consent, and everyone was drunk and doped up, why does consent only run one way?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 03:28 PM (y3C0K)

Boys are always guilty when it comes to girls’s loss of chastity seems to be the prevailing notion since the Victorian era near as I can understand.

Meanwhile so many women in the past fifty years have turned themselves into whores but still expect men to treat them like a virginal maiden in a Jane Austen novel.

No wonder so many boys turn to porn and waifus.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 03:33 PM (6ydKt)

199 Commie Crat Logo for 2026 Midterms.........

MASA.... Make America Suck Again...

Posted by: Jackson at October 05, 2026 03:35 PM (NlHgc)

200 That's rape.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (y3C0K)

But is it rape rape?

The whole business of being high and consent is well beyond the point. The girl told the boys and the police that it was all consensual.

This case is not against them. Well not until Tish James gets in there.

So here is the deal - the Left is spinning this up as Trump was raping that girl at Cornell! Their crazy single women supporters will scarf it up like ketamine off of a young mans weenie.

It is an argument no man or conservative can win. Just say leave it to the justice system.

Posted by: blaster at October 05, 2026 03:35 PM (xhfG9)

201 Democrats claim:
1) Republicans will steal the election
2) Republicans will buy the election

... just ask them for proof (that's better than Trump's proof on 2020 election steal)

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 03:37 PM (RHGPo)

202 Early in the Obama administration, the absolute garbage person named Hillary went to Russia with a mislabeled RESET button and tried to play nice with Vlad. She failed because all she does is fail.

Obama's dunce of a VP was given two countries to oversee, China and Ukraine. He was not only selling out the US to both of those countries he helped oversee the color revolution in Ukraine that took down a duly elected president who favored Russia over the west.

Then they all ran a Russia hoax to try and take Trump down without a care how it might damage our relations with Russia. Trump stopped it for 4 years and then with the help of Fauci and a completely rigged election Biden was installed and help start a war between Ukraine and Russia and magically millions of people who couldn't find Ukraine on a map even if it was circled with red ink thought the most corrupt garbage country in Europe was our 51st state.

It's a complicated conspiracy, yo.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 03:37 PM (viF8m)

203
Taking out the cities. Interesting.

I'd think positions with a clear field of fire at ranges beyond side arm effectiveness.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 03:37 PM (Y8DZL)

204 Houthis Seize Parliament Speaker’s Home, While Govt Forces Claim Mocha Captured With Saudi Air Support

Conflicting reports as Saudis boast 100 warplanes operating over Yemen

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 03:39 PM (RHGPo)

205 They are about to change that retroactively.
Posted by: toby928(c)
=======
Ex post facto bans retro laws in criminal instances. But civil, they have already done that shit to try to nail Trump.

Another political op for Dems to rally AWFLs at whatever expense to societal decency and ruination of the law.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 03:39 PM (E4rtv)

206 2026 is definitely NOT the Year of the Woman

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 03:40 PM (FnbEu)

207 UK Police Clear Streets Of Entire Town So Migrant Boat Can Offload

Footage posted overnight shows the lifeboats coming in after dark, and the police escort that then moved the coaches out of town

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 03:41 PM (RHGPo)

208 Jack 'ass' Smith's Plasmic Orgasm probe

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 03:42 PM (RHGPo)

209 Between Michelle Hong, the ketamine snorter, and Lindsay "those little shits deserved it" Clancy, women really aren't sending their best. They're not.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 03:42 PM (FnbEu)

210 How long has this been going on

- Ace

The other one.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 03:43 PM (viF8m)

211 Nothing will happen. I mean absolutely nothing.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2026 03:44 PM (wGerL)

212 Y'all think it was bad when Biden was in power, just wait till the next Democrat regime takes over.
We ain't seen nothing yet.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 03:47 PM (NpAcC)

213 redridinghood yeah they will come back with revenge.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Ia/+0)

214 redridinghood yeah they will come back with revenge.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Ia/+0)

Except it's not revenge, it's what they intended all along.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 03:51 PM (FnbEu)

215 They should tie Jack Smith to the front of an ice cream truck and crash it into a wall. Then they should hand out free ice cream to the first 50 people who show up.
Posted by: That Guy at October 05, 2026 03:23 PM (3arSl)

What song should the ice cream truck be playing as they do this?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 03:53 PM (nHcc1)

216 Revenge for taking over where they blew it.
If they just let Trump win his 2nd election they would have still had control.

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 03:55 PM (Ia/+0)

217 She’s not the kind of girl you take home to Mother.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 03:58 PM (nHcc1)

218 Can someone be arrested and spend time in jail for this nonsense, or is it no biggie?

Posted by: Tommy Shanks at October 06, 2026 01:33 AM (EUKgp)

Paris Police Report: Riots Are Being Incited by Far-Left Politician and Perennial Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Melanchon

I mentioned this on Thursday, but the party "La France Insoumise" (France Unsubmitted/Unbowed) or LFI are openly cheering on the riots.

The Red-Green alliance is right out in the open, including in support for anti-normie terrorism.

A report from the Paris Police's intelligence branch has reportedly found that radical presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon's far-left La France Insoumise party instigated the youth riots which plunged much of the country into chaos this week.
Over 5,000 people were arrested this week as mayhem broke out around the so-called student actions at over a thousand high schools across France, in which multicultural youths ran roughshod, engaging in mindless destruction and wanton violence, including attacks on police and innocent bystanders, arson, and vandalism
According to Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, some 85 per cent of the arrests made during the riots were under the age of 18.
However, a report from the Paris Police Prefect claimed that other forces were likely pulling the strings behind the scenes, finding that "the origins of the movement clearly lie in the manipulation of student union structures and political movements close to the far left."
The report, obtained by Le Figaro, claimed that members of political organisations such as the Young Revolutionary Communists and the La France Insoumise (LFI/France in Rebellion) party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon may have a "strategy of igniting unrest on the part of the most radical union and political structures to impose their ideas as national elections approach."
While the students largely displayed "a clear desire for disorder, notably through the commission of urban violence, without any specific social demands," the police report said that "clearly, high school students are being pushed into these actions by far-left elements identified both within student union structures at Paris 8 University (Le Poing levé, FSE), or Paris Nanterre (FSE)."
The police report noted that some of the actions taken by youth rioters pointed to "remote control" from left-wing unions, including prompt mobilisation outside of police stations following arrests of rioters for mortar attacks, protests which they said were "common for these organisations but quite rare among young people."
Meanwhile, of the forty arrests detailed in the report, around a quarter were identified as far-left activists who had left high school long ago, having been born between 1999 and 2005.
...
Rather than backing down, LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon appears intent on doubling down. In a blog post on Saturday, Mélenchon, who participated in the 1968 student riots in France, called on his supporters to join the planned "Act III" student protests this week.
The 75-year-old presidential candidate claimed that the involvement of his party over the past week on the ground at protests was necessary to protect the students from police violence.
"Our duty is to help and protect our young people. That's why I proposed, like others, deploying "white helmets" or white armbands around and within the demonstrations on October 6th, as was done in the past after the death of Malik Oussekine or to protect the high school student demonstrations of the 1990s," he wrote.
The youth riots have already proved costly, with initial estimates of damages ranging into the tens of millions. According to the leader of the �le-de-France regional council, Valérie Pécresse, some "seven million euros already gone up in smoke". The president of the Auvergne-Rh�ne-Alpes region, Fabrice Pannekoucke, said that his area likely saw between 25 and 30 million euros in damages.
However, this may be outweighed by the human toll, with some victims suffering life-altering injuries, including a woman who had her face burned with a homemade flamethrower while she was waiting for a bus in Marseille. On Sunday, local prosecutors announced that a 15-year-old had been arrested over the incident and "was brought before an investigating judge for formal charges of acts of barbarity".

I thought that maybe that video of an immigrant using a spray can to make an improvised flame-thrower and burning a woman's face was AI. Nope. As real as death.

Speaking to BFMTV, the victim said: "I didn't expect such violence... To see a kid you don't know, someone you were talking to normally, deliberately aiming at your face... He didn't aim for your clothes, he didn't aim for your legs. He aimed for my face. Why?"

Over 500 French schools are closed due to rioting, arson, and attempted murder.

The Islamist-Communist media is justifying these riots by saying the students, who are burning down their schools, just want their schools better "resourced."

Note that the immigrants burning down the schools left countries that spend far, far less on schooling than France does:

I expected the coverage to change after Public, Le Point, and Le Figaro and many people on X had pointed out the contradiction between rioters saying they wanted more money for schools while burning them down. I pointed out on Friday that spending per pupil across all levels has nearly doubled in constant euros since 1980. And, since then, I noted on X that the French government provides $14,204 per secondary student in constant purchasing-power dollars compared to $6,643 in Algeria, $2,834 in Morocco, $1,490 in Senegal and $712 in Mali. Algeria and Morocco are the two largest sources of France's immigrants, and Senegal and Mali are among the largest in sub-Saharan Africa.
Instead, establishment news organizations continued to promote a leftist and globalist account of the protests as a response to insufficient funding for schools, which simply isn't true. CNN headlined its report "Police and high school students clash across France in protests over underfunded education" and gave no spending figure of any kind. Euronews listed the pupils' complaints on October 4 without once naming LFI.
National Public Radio ran its report on the 5,000 arrests with the summary "High school students say their classrooms are overcrowded, teachers are missing and buildings need repairs."
The Associated Press today described the protesting pupils as focused on "perceived inequalities in the school system." The AP article gives no figure for spending per pupil and does not mention the Paris police intelligence note that Le Figaro had published three days earlier. "Mélenchon, a fiery anti-capitalist," waxed AP, "says his party supports the movement but isn't organizing it and wants it to be non-violent."
Why the double standards? Why do reporters who warned for a decade about online incitement describe riots that a political party promoted on TikTok as a protest over school budgets?

Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
16h
The media have spent the last decade demanding online censorship of right-wing populists to avoid "real-world harm." Now, they're promoting left-wing disinformation -- including that migrant students are "deprived" -- that's driving street violence.
For more than a decade, the news media and establishment politicians have demanded that social media platforms censor "far right" and anti-migrant voices in order to prevent "real-world violence."
In a 2019 hearing at which representatives from Facebook and Google testified, the New York Democrat who chaired the House Judiciary Committee said, "White nationalism and its proliferation online have real consequences...Americans have died because of it."
After a gunman killed 10 people in Buffalo in 2022, the state's attorney general asked Congress to make the platforms' legal immunity depend on how they policed such content. "Online platforms should be held accountable for allowing hateful and dangerous content to spread on their platforms," New York's attorney general said in 2022.
In Europe, politicians stepped up their demands for censorship during the 2015 migrant wave.
A live microphone at a United Nations luncheon caught German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressing Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg about anti-immigrant posts. "Are you working on this?" she asked. Zuckerberg confirmed he was.
Eight months later, the European Commission announced that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft had agreed to review flagged hate speech within 24 hours.
Over the next several years, the European Commission would secretly dictate terms to social media companies for what they would censor, which Americans only discovered earlier this year.
The media emphasized that the violence came from anti-migration forces. "Facebook Fueled Anti-Refugee Attacks in Germany," read a 2018 headline in The New York Times.
When riots followed the murder of three girls in Southport, England, in 2024, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told social media companies that the disorder had been whipped up online. "It's happening on your premises," said Starmer. "And the law must be upheld everywhere."
But when courts, prosecutors and legislatures trace violence to social media, the trail often leads to Islamists and the radical left....
Article at Public here.

Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
4h
If you're curious why the media is spreading so much false information about the riots, consider:
-- The French Culture Ministry paid [euros] 204.7 million in direct aid to the news media in 2023, of which Le Monde received [euros] 8.3 million, L'Humanité [euros] 6.5 million and Libération [euros] 6.3 million
-- The @afpfr runs "fact-checks" in 26 languages, received [euros] 120 million from the French state in 2025, against [euros] 200.3 million in commercial revenue. @AFP is French government propaganda and disinformation
-- European governments are committed through a UN agreement to spread pro-mass migration propaganda by funding it directly. The "migration compact," which 152 governments voted for in the UN General Assembly in 2018, commits them to "stopping allocation of public funding... to media outlets that systematically promote intolerance, xenophobia, racism and other forms of discrimination towards migrants," which is broadly interpreted to cover criticism of mass migration policies
-- To maintain control over news media, the European Commission funds a network of 15 fact-checking hubs with tens of millions of euros, and its rules require platforms to give priority to notices from "trusted flaggers."
-- Governments fund think tanks to produce reports, including ones demanding censorship, that the news media cover sympathetically and editorialize in support of.
-- The @ISDglobal in London -- which demands censorship of people it disagrees with on climate change, gender, and migration, refuses to speak with journalists, and lists a phony address -- lists among its funders the British Foreign Office, the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, the German Foreign Office and the European Commission, along with Google and Microsoft.
https://isdglobal.org/partnerships-and-funders/

-- Public reported in 2024 that ISD and the German fact-checker Correctiv, both government-funded, had spread false claims about German farmers and opposition politicians.

Bleu Blanc Rouge ! 🇫🇷
@LBleuBlancRouge
Translated from French
🚨 INFO ALERT - Rioters set fire to the entrance of Vauquelin high school in Paris and block the exits while staff, students, and journalists are confined inside 😳🤯
We are witnessing an attempted murder live. All red lines have been crossed.
These images are terrifying.

🚨 ALERTE INFO - Des �meutiers mettent le feu � l�entr�e du lyc�e Vauquelin � Paris et bloquent les sorties alors que du personnel, des �l�ves et des journalistes sont confin�s � l�int�rieur 😳🤯
On assiste � une tentative de meurtre en direct. Toutes les lignes rouges sont franchies.
Ces images sont terrifiantes.
— Bleu Blanc Rouge ! 🇫🇷 (@LBleuBlancRouge) October 5, 2026

France is in chaos ..
400 schools torched, mobs of immigrants going around trying to lynch police officers . 350 security guards injured . 2000 youths arrested ..
SO FAR !!
Stay tuned. https://t.co/zBJ07WvrRH
— Leah Rain ✝️🇺🇸🎸🏝️ (@LeahRain77) October 3, 2026

🇫🇷 A student rioter at Honor�-de-Balzac high school near Paris has called for the police to be killed �in the name of Allah.�
�There are only ten of them. In the name of Allah, we can kill them all!� he shouted. Other young rioters happily cheered. https://t.co/JlxODhlZrg
— Visegr�d 24 (@visegrad24) October 5, 2026

🇫🇷 Does the average tourist in Paris feel these riots or is it in residential areas that tourists don't go to @grok? https://t.co/D4uHBwWRHV
— Jesse Cohen (@JesseCohenInv) October 3, 2026

The media tells you "French student riots" are happening and its 16-40 year old African men invading a train station lmfao
France is just Africa now. There is no possibility of political stability in the future. This is the new normal.
https://t.co/Gxsh0PUBCR
— varrock (@varrock) October 4, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:22 PM

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1 Somewhere in a lonely hotel room, there's a guy starting to realize
That eternal fate has turned its back on him, it's 2 a.m.

It's 2 am, the fear has gone
I'm sitting here waiting, the gun's still warm
Maybe my connection is tired of takin' chances

Yeah, there's a storm on the loose, sirens in my head
Wrapped up in silence, all circuits are dead
Cannot decode, my whole life spins into a frenzy

Help, I'm stepping into The Twilight Zone
Place is a madhouse, feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go now that I've gone too far?

Where else to go but FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

2 At some point, Madam Guillotine is going to make a re-appearance.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 01:24 PM (O7YUW)

3 SPONGE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 05, 2026 01:24 PM (s1VwS)

4 sad

Posted by: doug at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (B1+sW)

5 >>the victim said: "I didn't expect such violence... To see a kid you don't know, someone you were talking to normally, deliberately aiming at your face... He didn't aim for your clothes, he didn't aim for your legs. He aimed for my face. Why?"

Because you aren't a person to him. You are an obstacle, an object to be destroyed.

Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (2Xqig)

6 Blade in with the Golden Earing lyrics.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (xaJZb)

7 Isn't the "Red-Green alliance" that between commies and radical environmentals ("green")?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

8 Marine LePen says Merci.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (4NO2D)

9 I just had a thought: 'The Teachers/Intelligentsia is the problem.'

Then had a horrible realization: I just came up with one of the cornerstones of the Khmer Rouge. Fuck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (Y/06r)

10 Unpossible! I was told they were protesting because there wasn’t enough money for books and such.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (u73oe)

11 And Fashion Week carries on like nothing is happening.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

12 🚨 INFO ALERT - Rioters set fire to the entrance of Vauquelin high school in Paris and block the exits while staff, students, and journalists are confined inside 😳🤯

We are witnessing an attempted murder live. All red lines have been crossed.

These images are terrifying.

Start shooting those fuckers. Does wonders to straighten shit out.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (y3C0K)

13 You don't cause riots when the party you want to have power is in power and the party you don't want to be in power is knocking on the door.

It's why antifa rioted under Trump and went quiet under Biden.

Trump put up ads in 2020 saying, "This is Biden's America," of the BLM riots, and Biden's team just responded with, "No, this is happening under Trump."

You riot to bring in the party that will call for order, like the brownshirts in 1932.

This will just strengthen Le Pen's electoral performance and her justification to crack down hard on her political enemies and immigrants in general.

Antifa is run by fucking retards.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:27 PM (42WUB)

14 "Bring in TWICE the number of the usual suspects!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:27 PM (l3cgK)

15 6 Blade in with the Golden Earing lyrics.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (xaJZb)

I do dig that song

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 05, 2026 01:27 PM (s1VwS)

16 6 Blade in with the Golden Earing lyrics.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (xaJZb)

At least it's not 'Careless Whisper.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 01:27 PM (Y/06r)

17 >>I was told they were protesting because there wasn’t enough money for books and such.

You laugh...
I read reports it was over the lack of AC in the Schools.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 01:27 PM (xaJZb)

18 Its it funny how all the "refugees" from the Muslim world are young men?

Meanwhile feminists in the west say that if abortion isn't legal AND paid for by the taxpayers women are oppressed...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm)

19 In case you forgot...

THIS is the Army that Obama wanted, to replace the Police and National Guard.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 01:28 PM (xaJZb)

20 18 Its it funny how all the "refugees" from the Muslim world are young men?

Meanwhile feminists in the west say that if abortion isn't legal AND paid for by the taxpayers women are oppressed...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm)

=======

Apparently the rioters are mostly 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:28 PM (42WUB)

21 16 6 Blade in with the Golden Earing lyrics.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (xaJZb)

At least it's not 'Careless Whisper.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 01:27 PM (Y/06r)

You should have known better than to cheat a friend.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 05, 2026 01:28 PM (s1VwS)

22 A few months back I opined here that the next "disaffected class" (after blacks in 2011, then gays in 2014, then it was women in 2016, then blacks again in 2020, then trannies, then illegals, then islamists) was going to be....

"Youth"

It's headed here too. The Left are nothing if not predictable. And I did predict it. All along since about 2013.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:29 PM (FnbEu)

23 >>>I mentioned this on Thursday, but the party "La France Insoumise" (France Unsubmitted/Unbowed) or LFI are openly cheering on the riots.

Ace is getting to speak French!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:29 PM (odBC9)

24 Mostly peaceful protests.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:29 PM (1ikK2)

25 Europeans have argued responding with violence and/or remigration is off limits so why wouldn't the invaders proceed in demanding more money and political power?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

26 Everybody knows what is going on there and why. And even if LePen, for example, gets a win and her party dominates the parliament the press will instanty begin talking about how she's fascisting all over the poor harmless brown people by policing up their riots and arson.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:29 PM (nIKjK)

27 I knew there had to something more to the story than "high school protests." There is no truth in the "news" media anywhere anymore.

Posted by: Halfhand at October 05, 2026 01:30 PM (v5sqk)

28 France has always been on the cusp of becoming Communist run.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:30 PM (KC5Lt)

29 Mostly peaceful protests.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:29 PM

a bit fiery.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 01:30 PM (4NO2D)

30
Apparently the rioters are mostly 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants. /i]

I assume the people that came from the Muslim world remembered protest like this back home would get you immediately shot

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)

31 >>I do dig that song

The first GE Live LP has an absolutely ridiculous version. Well worth looking up.
I think the LP was titled 'Something Heavy Going Down'.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 01:30 PM (xaJZb)

32 The fire-setting is very scary.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:30 PM (odBC9)

33 Hey teacher, leave them kids alone.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:30 PM (1ikK2)

34 And yes the youth are mostly illegals and islamists of course. But it's important to the Left that everyone else finds out the "youth" is at war with them.

You know who else liked Youth?

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (FnbEu)

35 I thought that maybe that video of an immigrant using a spray can to make an improvised flame-thrower and burning a woman's face was AI. Nope. As real as death.

A mostly peaceful burning

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

36 the press will instanty begin talking about how she's fascisting all over the poor harmless brown people by policing up their riots and arson.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:29 PM

With luck, doing it from their prison cells.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (4NO2D)

37 21 16 6 Blade in with the Golden Earing lyrics.

Posted by: garrett at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (xaJZb)

At least it's not 'Careless Whisper.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 01:27 PM (Y/06r)

You should have known better than to cheat a friend.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 05, 2026 01:28 PM (s1VwS)

I'm never gonna dance again, Guilty feet have got no rhythm...
(too soon?)

Posted by: Lindsay Clancy at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)

38 Storm the Bastageille.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (1ikK2)

39 The book Camp of the Saints was prophetic.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (XEWNi)

40
The news coverage of the peaceful part of the protests has been horrible.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (Y8DZL)

41 so why wouldn't the invaders proceed in demanding more money and political power?

They have been trained to know that if they break the law, the penalties are small and they gain sympathy from the press. Why would they not simply take what they want, do what they want, and destroy what they want?

One of the great mysteries to modern people is the past, and a major part of that is how barbaric, brutal, inhuman, and godawful we all were before the influence of Judeo-Christianity. Its why movies like the new Odyssey try to rewrite history to make it seem like people got PTSD and were all bummed by the looting and raping in war. They want it to seem like everyone was always like they are now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (nIKjK)

42 Start shooting those fuckers. Does wonders to straighten shit out.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM

Nothing a whiff of grapeshot can't fix.

Posted by: N. Bonaparte at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (FAGAJ)

43 acts of barbarity".Butt Secks

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (w4rYw)

44 Lunch is ready!

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

45 I just had a thought: 'The Teachers/Intelligentsia is the problem.'

Then had a horrible realization: I just came up with one of the cornerstones of the Khmer Rouge. Fuck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (Y/06r)

Which is why we won't ever actually DO anything about the intelligentsia problem - which you've correctly identified.

To correct the issue quickly requires tactics we're unwilling to use. We must therefore correct them slowly, which requires winning election after election after election, chipping away at their power and changing the rules to slowly attrite them out of their positions.

Or we could just lose.

But those are the three choice, and they're the only ones left to us.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 01:32 PM (gLYp7)

46 The only solution is to send the Muslims home.

Whether they want to keep the eastern Europeans are not really depends on whether they want a complete welfare system or not.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)

47 A whiff of the grape?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:32 PM (1ikK2)

48 I think that first generation immigrants appreciate France as they have actual experience with their native shitholes and will keep their heads down. 2nd and 3rd not so much.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 01:32 PM (4NO2D)

49 Ace is getting to speak French!
Posted by: m

I think he already knows some French.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)

50 CNN : the riots are le mostly peaceful. Voila

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 01:32 PM (ofacb)

51 Its it funny how all the "refugees" from the Muslim world are young men?

Meanwhile feminists in the west say that if abortion isn't legal AND paid for by the taxpayers women are oppressed...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm)

=======

Apparently the rioters are mostly 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:28 PM (42WUB)
______

France is the all-time OG in terms of Muslim invaders and Muslim problems. France had that insane policy that allowed CHUDs from its former colonies (many of them were Muslim) to come to France. That was in the late 1950s and 1960s.

I think the program was scaled back or even eliminated in later years, but the damage was done. The cockroaches were in the tent.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)

52 Congo shelling out a whopping $72 per student. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess they don't have laptops.

Silver lining: Perhaps the abacus will make a comeback.

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 01:33 PM (dIske)

53 47 A whiff of the grape?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:32 PM (1ikK2)

A shot of it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:33 PM (l3cgK)

54 It is said that the people are revolting.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 01:33 PM (wVcYX)

55 I gotta go ouioui monseiur.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:33 PM (1ikK2)

56 Lunch is ready!
Posted by: Piper

Have you cleared it with Skip?

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 01:33 PM (77rzZ)

57 That last video makes my balls itch

Posted by: a wiff of grapshot at October 05, 2026 01:33 PM (3CHRs)

58 44 Lunch is ready!
Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 01:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

And, whew, you haven't fainted dead away while it was cooking!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:33 PM (odBC9)

59 Tell Macron the riots are funded by Candace Owens . He'll start busting heads

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 01:34 PM (ofacb)

60 49 Ace is getting to speak French!
Posted by: m

I think he already knows some French.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)

I know about the little piggie that went, "Oui, oui, oui" all the way home.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

61 Eat me.

Posted by: Stewed Carrots at October 05, 2026 01:34 PM (4NO2D)

62 Maybe grape drank?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:34 PM (1ikK2)

63 Hmm. Some of this seems to be driven by...loss of funds/resources?

Hmmm

/USAID?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:34 PM (+imBs)

64

Europe is gone.

Check out the story about Gosport England.

The new route for the boats bringing in the shit people ends in Gosport.

The citizens were protesting but the government has now locked down the city to stop the protests.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (/QHx4)

65 School systems here spend twice that per student and do no better at education.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (1k+9h)

66 Melakon was the bad guy in Star Trek's Patterns Of Force.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (Cqx++)

67 Its why movies like the new Odyssey try to rewrite history to make it seem like people got PTSD and were all bummed by the looting and raping in war. They want it to seem like everyone was always like they are now.

Saw an interview with some african Muslims in France.

The interviewer asked them what they thought of women's rights and the answer was "they are women they shouldn't have any rights" he followed up and asked if they should at least feel safe to walk the streets and the answer was "unless I want to take something from her or have sex with her" and the interviewer continued don't you think that would harm the woman and the answer was..."I don't care"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)

68 Start shooting those fuckers. Does wonders to straighten shit out.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM

Send over the Ohio National Guard. They have experience in that.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (XEWNi)

69 Apparently the rioters are mostly 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants.

There is no pressure, no effort, and no social desire for assimilation. This is what you get: invaders. The Muslim men knock up their trash bag-clad wives (plural) as fast as possible and raise their kids to hate their new home. The locals think having kids interferes with their fun and make tiktoks about how they can vacation and go buy fancy clothes because they don't have kids.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (nIKjK)

70 Ive never really understood why left-wing protests never seem to garner backlash, but im sure the media is 90% of the reason why.

I mean, BLM riots made the Jan 6 protest seem like a trivial footnote, but it was treated like Pearl harbor.

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (AigY+)

71 From "teach men not to rape" to "let all the rapists in" in about 3 short years.

What the Left are especially gleeful about is that these rapists rape men and women alike now.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (FnbEu)

72 Some of them could use a shave. National Razor?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (1ikK2)

73
Good thing the French have all their troops out of Africa to deal with this.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (Y8DZL)

74 71 From "teach men not to rape" to "let all the rapists in" in about 3 short years.

What the Left are especially gleeful about is that these rapists rape men and women alike now.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (FnbEu)

=========

A mid redhead at an Ivy asking for a gangbang is rape.

250,000 girls raped in England by Pakistani immigrants is not rape.

Keep up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:36 PM (42WUB)

75 Start shooting those fuckers. Does wonders to straighten shit out.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM

I'd bet my house that most Frenchmen aren't permitted to own firearms.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 01:36 PM (gLYp7)

76 The citizens were protesting but the government has now locked down the city to stop the protests.

Having given up all their weapons down to the kitchen knife, they have no means to rebel, either.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:36 PM (nIKjK)

77 Lunch is ready!"

Omelet du Fromage?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:36 PM (+imBs)

78 You know who else liked Youth?
Posted by: ...

Denny Hastert?

Posted by: Wrestlemania at October 05, 2026 01:36 PM (EdP2u)

79 Wait til the lower social orders incinerate the Louvre.

Posted by: mr tmz at October 05, 2026 01:36 PM (rJ48h)

80 If Yellowstone Caldera blows Baby Carrots will cease to exist.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:37 PM (1ikK2)

81 From "teach men not to rape" to "let all the rapists in" in about 3 short years.

When white men rape, it is a crime against humanity and all white men should be castrated.

When brown men rape, its a small price to pay for diversity and Moroccan restaurants.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:37 PM (nIKjK)

82 Marine LePen says Merci.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (4NO2D)

Have mercy.

A-haw haw haw-haw
Heh, a-haw haw-haw

Posted by: ZZ Top at October 05, 2026 01:37 PM (wVcYX)

83 Nothing good comes from French students, whether muzzie or native.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 01:37 PM (JzUSu)

84 "Yeah, there's a storm on the loose, sirens in my head"
==

I always thought they were singing "submarines in my head"

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 05, 2026 01:38 PM (0bjKf)

85 83 Nothing good comes from French students, whether muzzie or native.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 01:37 PM (JzUSu)

======

Pol Pot was a French student.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:38 PM (42WUB)

86 "Lunch is ready!
Posted by: Piper"

oh boy

Posted by: Kale again? at October 05, 2026 01:38 PM (Zll4e)

87 And, whew, you haven't fainted dead away while it was cooking!
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:33 PM (odBC9)

It was a close call. It’s also delicious, you naysayers.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 01:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

88 78,
Golf clap

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:38 PM (+imBs)

89 Nothing good comes from French students, whether muzzie or native.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Hey, I'm standing right here.
-- Zombie Pol Pot

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (77rzZ)

90 Its it funny how all the "refugees" from the Muslim world are young men?

https://tinyurl.com/vzuvbsxr

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (n5tGW)

91
All this comes from a people considering Jerry Lewis a genius.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (Y8DZL)

92 What sort of countries do Moose limps build back home?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (1ikK2)

93 I know some didn't like it but I love the movie From Paris with Love with John Travolta. Politically incorrect to the max.

For a drama movie that touches on French colonialism in Algeria, Far From Men with Viggo Mortensen is really good.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (KC5Lt)

94 Rioting should be left to the professionals, the French government unions.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (GcyPh)

95 91
All this comes from a people considering Jerry Lewis a genius.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (Y8DZL)

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He was great playing himself as an asshole in The King of Comedy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (42WUB)

96 Ace is getting to speak French!
Posted by: m

I think he already knows some French.
Posted by: Bulg

Si.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (y3C0K)

97 49 Ace is getting to speak French!
Posted by: m

I think he already knows some French.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)

I know about the little piggie that went, "Oui, oui, oui" all the way home.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

Zut alors!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)

98 From "teach men not to rape" to "let all the rapists in" in about 3 short years.

What the Left are especially gleeful about is that these rapists rape men and women alike now.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (FnbEu)

=========

A mid redhead at an Ivy asking for a gangbang is rape.

250,000 girls raped in England by Pakistani immigrants is not rape.

Keep up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:36 PM (42WUB)
_______

I'm waiting for the media to realize that at least three of the "Cornell Seven" aren't white, or at least don't have white names.

There's a pic of one of them on the internet, and the dude has very nappy hair. He's half black by the looks.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

99 87 And, whew, you haven't fainted dead away while it was cooking!
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:33 PM (odBC9)

It was a close call. It’s also delicious, you naysayers.
Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 01:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

Set some aside as leftovers so you have ready-to-eat food for another time.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (odBC9)

100 He was great playing himself as an asshole

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (42WUB)

Can you imagine

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (FnbEu)

101 Je suis le jume vee.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (1ikK2)

102 Pol Pot was a French student"

What am i, chopped fromage?

/Ho Chi Minh

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (+imBs)

103 All this comes from a people considering Jerry Lewis a genius.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (Y8DZL)

========

He was great playing himself as an asshole in The King of Comedy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (42WUB)

Still my top funniest scene of all time was Jerry Lewis boxing in Sailor Beware.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (KC5Lt)

104 Ive never really understood why left-wing protests never seem to garner backlash, but im sure the media is 90% of the reason why.

I mean, BLM riots made the Jan 6 protest seem like a trivial footnote, but it was treated like Pearl harbor.

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 01:35 PM (AigY+)

The Media IS the enemy. Everywhere in the West.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (XEWNi)

105 Over a decade ago they were told this would happen, and here they are.

They imagined what else exactly? Peace, love and biracial children in their kindness?

Outnumbered, more insane, violent, low IQ barbarians are not at the gate because they entered and you let them.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 05, 2026 01:41 PM (hzuYO)

106 98 I'm waiting for the media to realize that at least three of the "Cornell Seven" aren't white, or at least don't have white names.

There's a pic of one of them on the internet, and the dude has very nappy hair. He's half black by the looks.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

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Black one is the one who "slapped" her.

He slapped her ass while he was doing her doggy.

If BLM wanted a modern example of Emmett Till...

*points at the black dude at Cornell*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:41 PM (42WUB)

107 If Yellowstone Caldera blows Baby Carrots will cease to exist.
Posted by: Boss Moss

If Yellowstone Caldera blows Baby, Carrots will cease to exist.
Posted by: Punctuation

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:41 PM (y3C0K)

108 77 Lunch is ready!"

Omelet du Fromage?
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026

Spaghetti squash, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, a little parm and balsamic reduction.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 01:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

109 I'm waiting for the media to realize that at least three of the "Cornell Seven" aren't white, or at least don't have white names.

The FNM alternates between believe all woman and Tom Robinson is innocent you know white chicks lie about rape all the time

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

110 A shoe with cheese on it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:42 PM (1ikK2)

111 All this comes from a people considering Jerry Lewis a genius.
Posted by: Auspex

Hardly Working (1981) is the pinochle of cinema greatness.

Posted by: Parisian In Seine at October 05, 2026 01:42 PM (EdP2u)

112
On to the Sixth (People's) Republic!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 01:42 PM (eRlcH)

113 France had that insane policy that allowed CHUDs from its former colonies (many of them were Muslim) to come to France. That was in the late 1950s and 1960s.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

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They all had those policies, mostly because without cheap air travel it just didn't matter. They all changed it last century

There was a big debate, from windrush on but it was mostly under the radar. I think this is what prompted the UN to start their migration advocacy -- they knew they had to change the laws and create some legal pathways.

Germany kept foreigners from ever becoming citizens, but that changed. Then the UN pushed hard for asylum laws that they have since expanded into open borders.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 05, 2026 01:43 PM (3CHRs)

114 No dead animals?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:43 PM (1ikK2)

115 9 I'm waiting for the media to realize that at least three of the "Cornell Seven" aren't white, or at least don't have white names.
---------

They know and just cover it up. Same way they pretended George Zimmerman was an old Jew, months after his good shoot, for as long as they possibly could.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:43 PM (FnbEu)

116 Ace is getting to speak French!
Posted by: m
-

I think he already knows some French.
Posted by: Bulg
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Si.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (y3C0K)
-

Qué?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 01:43 PM (aI58f)

117
Black one is the one who "slapped" her.

He slapped her ass while he was doing her doggy.

I mean...doesn't everyone?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

118 The Day the Clown Cried

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 05, 2026 01:43 PM (1ElyO)

119 9 I just had a thought: 'The Teachers/Intelligentsia is the problem.'

Then had a horrible realization: I just came up with one of the cornerstones of the Khmer Rouge. Fuck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (Y/06r)

The communists are well aware of this because the intelligentsia is the a key force in the initial revolution. They kill them afterwards because there is no need for a second revolution once you've taken power. Much like the other subversives, disposed of once they have no further use.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 05, 2026 01:43 PM (okun6)

120 Jerry was nothing without me.

Posted by: Dean Martin at October 05, 2026 01:44 PM (4NO2D)

121 I don’t feel tardy.

Posted by: Abdul at October 05, 2026 01:44 PM (u73oe)

122 Why does the media and Left always latch onto a case where they are on the side of the worst human ever?

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:44 PM (KC5Lt)

123
There's a pic of one of them on the internet, and the dude has very nappy hair. He's half black by the looks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

He's a white black.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 01:44 PM (eRlcH)

124 /USAID?
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:34 PM (+imBs)

The Left in Europe has its own USAID. They just want more funds kicked back to it.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 01:44 PM (sDWtc)

125 Saw this recent headline:
500,000 Muslims in Europe in 2000 Have Grown to 46 MILLION

France and many other nations there are screwed.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 05, 2026 01:44 PM (n5tGW)

126 Ne parle pas de Francais.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:44 PM (1ikK2)

127 Bye, Europe!

Can't say it hasn't be fun.

Because it hasn't.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (aI58f)

128 Why does the media and Left always latch onto a case where they are on the side of the worst human ever?

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:44 PM (KC5Lt)

Maximum agitation. Doesn't work if they have truth or Good on their side.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (FnbEu)

129 So,

Mandela, Hugo, Balzac.... are all their schools named after commies?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (3CHRs)

130 It's kinda funny, the left doesn't realize the internet can be shut off in their country just as quickly and completely as it was in Iran.

And not one person will see your cell phone video of the "right wing" when this all fires off.

Nope, but right up there with their top insane beliefs is that they'll always have internet and they'll always be able to shame-control violent men.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (3cUTc)

131 A student rioter at Honore-de-Balzac high school near Paris has called for the police to be killed in the name of Allah

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That entire sentence makes me profoundly sad...profondément triste !

Posted by: runner at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (AKptf)

132 OTAN will surrender.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (1ikK2)

133 From a lib commentator. I suspect they are right about this being a gift to Le Pen. I would imagine that the left are happy about the mess (it points to Macron’s failures) but the whole situation is spiralling out of their control. There’s a lot of Palestine/racism being thrown on the grievance pile, from what I can see on TikTok. Won’t end well. Except maybe for Marine Le Pen."

Strikes, mass protest, & rioting are part & parcel of the French identity. I’ve seen no mention anywhere of these riots being race-based or disproportionately carried out by migrants so much as them being about the education system & austerity. Right wingers are making it up hoping to get support for deporting immigrants.

The protests are cutting across social class and spreading throughout the entire country (even some posh high schools in Paris are affected) but the vandalism (which appears to be perpetrated by a small minority) does seem to be noticeably multi-ethnic in nature, with a high -- possibly majority -- presence of non-white males.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (I1i35)

134 When the Berlin Wall fell, the east Germans tentatively started crossing, and the reality that v they were free slowly dawned on them.

Fast forward to today, and with each passing day, the savages are slowly v realizing they can do whatever they want.

Progress . . .

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (ZdTCA)

135 I remember, in 2015 or so, the French and British wimmen holding signs:

"Welcome refugees!"

Feeling benevolent and whirled peas.

They were not refugees they were invaders. Trojan horses. Wolves not needing sheep's clothing.

You jackasses! You are done! Fairwell to art and culture...glad I saw it when I did.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (hzuYO)

136 I saw "Jean-Luc" and my brain filled in "Picard". LOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (2ocoG)

137 "Our duty is to help and protect our young people."

They're not your young people, they belong to another country and you're being invaded.

Posted by: pookysgirl, with some Huguenot ancestry at October 05, 2026 01:46 PM (Wt5PA)

138 The communists are well aware of this because the intelligentsia is the a key force in the initial revolution.
Posted by: Red Turban
_______

That's a Leninist diversion, comrade.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 01:46 PM (JzUSu)

139 I know some didn't like it but I love the movie From Paris with Love with John Travolta. Politically incorrect to the max.

Its not a very good movie but I did get a boot out of Travolta just gunning down the girl at dinner

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:46 PM (nIKjK)

140 Jerry was nothing without me.

Posted by: Dean Martin at October 05, 2026 01:44 PM (4NO2D)
-

About a half an hour ago, Mrs. BD and I watched:

https://youtu.be/uau2DK4kwyo

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (aI58f)

141 The left is allying with the mohammedans to take down society. You can see it with the greens and labour in the UK as well. I suppose the left thinks that they can impose communism this way, not realizing that the coming seventh century society that will emerge is not really the one they envisioned.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (0U5gm)

142 They are millimeters from the next Republic.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (1ikK2)

143 Si vous avez étudié l'histoire, c'est pour ainsi dire un cas d'école.

La violence, justifiée par des causes sociales mensongères ou exagérées, sert de moyen pour attaquer le pouvoir, puis s’en emparer. Les médias, que ce soit volontairement ou par ignorance, cautionnent cette violence en déformant délibérément la réalité ou en reprenant sans vérification les propos de ceux qu’ils soutiennent.

Les nouveaux dirigeants du pays abusent de leur pouvoir contre leurs détracteurs. S’ensuit alors une tentative d’utiliser tous les moyens possibles pour conserver ce pouvoir et réprimer la volonté populaire.

On ne peut pas réprimer la volonté populaire.

Des hommes forts – et oui, je parle bien de vrais hommes – constituent l’essentiel de la résistance. Ils ripostent, en recourant à des tactiques encore plus odieuses pour faire savoir qu’ils en ont assez.

La volonté populaire est rétablie, tout comme l’ordre. Les vainqueurs se dressent sur un monticule de crânes pour faire comprendre que c’est ainsi que cela se termine lorsqu’on bouleverse violemment une société.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (zfkPG)

144 Somewhere in a lonely hotel room, there's a guy starting to realize
That eternal fate has turned its back on him, it's 2 a.m.

It's 2 am, the fear has gone
I'm sitting here waiting, the gun's still warm
Maybe my connection is tired of takin' chances

Yeah, there's a storm on the loose, sirens in my head
Wrapped up in silence, all circuits are dead
Cannot decode, my whole life spins into a frenzy

Help, I'm stepping into The Twilight Zone
Place is a madhouse, feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go now that I've gone too far?

Where else to go but FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

Citizen Vigilante for the win. No wonder they banned the movie. Hits a little too close to home, huh?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (hmYU4)

145 Saw this recent headline:
500,000 Muslims in Europe in 2000 Have Grown to 46 MILLION

France and many other nations there are screwed.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 05, 2026 01:44 PM (n5tGW)

Their political class did what the Ottoman Empire couldn't do in a thousand years.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (XEWNi)

146 (Willowed from previous thread)

Europe needed new warm bodies because they were not having enough kids and their "free" health care was facing a gigantic population of old people without enough workers to pay for it all. Their social programs kept growing but their workers were shrinking. So they figured to flood the zone with 3rd worlders doing crappy low wage jobs.

I think that the reason they wanted Muslims specifically is twofold.
1) the asinine leftist idea that everything is made up of oppressors and oppressed with the Muslim being the most oppressed, required them to help out and give Muslims better conditions and protection because they only could be terrorists and awful goat humping pedophiles because the west was do mean to them for so long.
2) Muslims began a clever program of convincing leftists that not letting them be involved and "advise" everything was racist

A supplemental point in England, France, and Spain was feeling guilty for being "so mean" to Muslims in their colonial past.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (nIKjK)

147
The hierarchy of grievance in the Cornell case establishes Ho preeminence.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (Y8DZL)

148 Burning down Nelson Mandela High School is close to correct. Were tires involved?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (2ocoG)

149 I remember, in 2015 or so, the French and British wimmen holding signs:

"Welcome refugees"

What about us?

/hollywoodland

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:48 PM (+imBs)

150 I suppose the left thinks that they can impose communism this way, not realizing that the coming seventh century society that will emerge is not really the one they envisioned.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Yeah, but the Iranian commies had flare all the way to their hanging~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2026 01:48 PM (nEUC6)

151 134 When the Berlin Wall fell, the east Germans tentatively started crossing, and the reality that v they were free slowly dawned on them.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (ZdTCA)

It was very cool.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:48 PM (odBC9)

152 I'm sure there are also videos of young women rushing to protect the rioters from being arrested by the police.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 01:49 PM (3cUTc)

153 131 A student rioter at Honore-de-Balzac high school near Paris has called for the police to be killed in the name of Allah

=====

That entire sentence makes me profoundly sad...profondément triste !

Posted by: runner at October 05, 2026 01:45 PM (AKptf)

Was he also known as Harry Balzac?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:49 PM (l3cgK)

154 The victors stand atop a mound of skulls to make it clear that this is how things end when a society is violently upended.

Nice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 01:49 PM (4NO2D)

155 147
The hierarchy of grievance in the Cornell case establishes Ho preeminence.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (Y8DZL)

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Early voting in OH, NC, VA, and GA shows that black precincts are already underperforming whiter precincts.

The black electorate is not enthused about this election.

Lynching an innocent black man for consensual activity with a white woman like what happened to Emmett Till probably won't help that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:49 PM (42WUB)

156 They're all just hungry. To calm them, maybe someone should make them all a nice dinner with fronch fries, fronch bread, and fronch dressing.

Posted by: Jenny Meyer at October 05, 2026 01:49 PM (Jmo0g)

157 Saw this recent headline:
500,000 Muslims in Europe in 2000 Have Grown to 46 MILLION

===

We tried to stop them, we tried to warn you. You killed the messenger.

Posted by: Serbia at October 05, 2026 01:49 PM (AKptf)

158 A student rioter at Honore-de-Balzac high school near Paris has called for the police to be killed in the name of Allah/i]

Honor the ballsack? That seems compatible with Islam.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:50 PM (2ocoG)

159 An adopted man tracks down his biological father and it turns out to be Yacht Rock legend Michael McDonald

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This is also the story of many other people.

If Michael McDonald didn't have hundreds of estranged progeny, I'd be surprised.

His entire persona and all his music were designed to seduce drunk chicks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2)

160 Mark Steyn's America Alone was 2006

He was talking about that for years before hand. I remember a column not long after 9/11 where he said France kept no records, so he went to maternity wards in France and counted brown babies -- that is what prompted him to write the book.

So maybe 25 years ago we all knew. This was all planned and covered up though media and mind control.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 05, 2026 01:50 PM (3CHRs)

161 This is even more obscene than the plot twists in Digger, which are pretty obscene.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2026 01:50 PM (XV/Pl)

162

Europe brings in the aholes by boatloads.

We are flying them into our country.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 01:50 PM (/QHx4)

163 Burning down Nelson Mandela High School is close to correct. Were tires involved?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (2ocoG)
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WINNIE-ING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 01:50 PM (aI58f)

164 54 It is said that the people are revolting.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 01:33 PM (wVcYX)

____

Revolting???? They're disgusting

-- King Louis XVI

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 05, 2026 01:50 PM (/m4nw)

165

"In Nantes, Olivier Chateau, a deputy to the mayor, told broadcaster franceinfo that the fire at Nelson Mandela high school was under control and that there had been no injuries."

Is that poetry?

I think so!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (VuTBl)

166 The left is allying with the mohammedans to take down society.

One of the keys to understanding why the left has no shame and does not care about hypocrisy is this: they aren't trying to fix things or contribute to society. They want to burn it all down and build a new perfect society:

Dr. Cocteau: [to Simon Phoenix] I hadn't counted on this, but I must say, you worked out beautifully. People are terrified of you.
Simon Phoenix: What's new? People have always been terrified of me.
Dr. Cocteau: Yes, but this time, the're really intimidated. Now I'll have carte blanche to create the perfect society. My society. San Angeles will be a beacon of order
[Simon Phoenix is trying to shoot on Dr. Cocteau, but he is unable to pull the trigger]
Dr. Cocteau: with the purity of an ant colony. And the beauty of a flawless pearl.

Contradictions don't matter, the point IS the chaos and destruction. And Islam is their Simon Phoenix

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (nIKjK)

167 They're all just hungry. To calm them, maybe someone should make them all a nice dinner with fronch fries, fronch bread, and fronch dressing.

Posted by: Jenny Meyer at October 05, 2026 01:49 PM (Jmo0g)

Let them eat cake!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (gLYp7)

168 98 I'm waiting for the media to realize that at least three of the "Cornell Seven" aren't white, or at least don't have white names.

There's a pic of one of them on the internet, and the dude has very nappy hair. He's half black by the looks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

@beyondreasdoubt was pointing this out on 𝕏 the other day. I think the numbers are higher than that. Letitia James is being put into a very difficult position.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (odBC9)

169 So, Spain calls for snap elections after the Cueta disaster stews for a couple of months.

Starmer steps down as PM for another communist in Britain while swearing no early elections while also protests against letting in unvetted migrants and giving them free housing keep popping up.

This shit in France with the rise of RN in polling and a 2029 end point for the current government at the latest.

Meloni sounding harder against immigrants in Italy.

It's an interesting mix.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (42WUB)

170 They stink on ice.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (1ikK2)

171 WINNIE-ING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 01:50 PM

Heyoh!

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (4NO2D)

172 Makes you wonder how much of Trump's strike at Iran despite midterms has to do with this move by the Left to openly ally with Islam.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (FnbEu)

173 /hollywoodland
Posted by: man

The horror!!!

Posted by: Peg Entwhistle at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (EdP2u)

174 The hierarchy of grievance in the Cornell case establishes Ho preeminence.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (Y8DZL)

====

Early voting in OH, NC, VA, and GA shows that black precincts are already underperforming whiter precincts.

The black electorate is not enthused about this election.

Lynching an innocent black man for consensual activity with a white woman like what happened to Emmett Till probably won't help that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:49 PM (42WUB)
_____

I strongly suspect the "Ho 7" will disappear from the news the day after the election. It's an op. It's all an op.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)

175 I forget. How do you start a World War?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:52 PM (1ikK2)

176 159 An adopted man tracks down his biological father and it turns out to be Yacht Rock legend Michael McDonald

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This is also the story of many other people.

If Michael McDonald didn't have hundreds of estranged progeny, I'd be surprised.

His entire persona and all his music were designed to seduce drunk chicks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2026 01:50 PM (BI5O2)

To think otherwise is What a Fool Believes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:52 PM (l3cgK)

177
The European mutants who are orchestrating this invasion are descendants of the morons that inflicted two world wars on Europe in the last century.

These childless freaks intend to kill Europe once and for all. So diligent and inspired at that task, so indifferent to any other activity. Where did these people come from?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 01:52 PM (azNOR)

178 1994: Free South Africa!

2026: *looks around* Free South Africa!!

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2026 01:52 PM (zfkPG)

179 His entire persona and all his music were designed to seduce drunk chicks.

He was a decent looking guy with an amazing voice who was rich and popular. He probably needed a bulldozer to drive the women away and the panties thew threw at him

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (nIKjK)

180 I forget. How do you start a World War?

===

Assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand ?

Posted by: Serbia at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (AKptf)

181 They have been trained to know that if they break the law, the penalties are small and they gain sympathy from the press. Why would they not simply take what they want, do what they want, and destroy what they want?
...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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The Addams Family

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (2UA/a)

182
This is France's Oct 7.

They can fight back tooth and nail like the Israelis or-

they can surrender to the rape, murder, and destruction of their people and culture.

Surrender's probably the better choice. Don't want to be accused of genocide, do you?

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (YSUhf)

183 I'm waiting for the media to realize that at least three of the "Cornell Seven" aren't white, or at least don't have white names.

There's a pic of one of them on the internet, and the dude has very nappy hair. He's half black by the looks.

The one who sent the text or email or whatever telling everyone to run upstairs for free pussy was black. That's been confirmed. Liberal women are vapor locking every time someone points it out.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (2ocoG)

184 hahah! off/

Posted by: runner at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (AKptf)

185
I suppose the left thinks that they can impose communism this way, not realizing that the coming seventh century society that will emerge is not really the one they envisioned.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (0U5gm)

The realization will come when the scimitar is pressed against their necks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (eRlcH)

186 174
I strongly suspect the "Ho 7" will disappear from the news the day after the election. It's an op. It's all an op.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)

=======

Retort:

Letita James is fucking retarded and filed a massive civil suit against them.

She's Leroy Jenkins but dumber.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (42WUB)

187 163 Burning down Nelson Mandela High School is close to correct. Were tires involved?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (2ocoG)
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WINNIE-ING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 01:50 PM (aI58f)

*hat tip

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (odBC9)

188 Did Hochul send James on a suicide mission?

Posted by: mr tmz at October 05, 2026 01:54 PM (rJ48h)

189 When brown men rape, its a small price to pay for diversity and Moroccan restaurants.
---
Young girls raped in sex dungeons in the back of a kabab shops is a small price to pay for the convenience of being able to get kababs at 2am after a night at the bar.

Why are you racist?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 01:54 PM (3cUTc)

190 I'm waiting for the media to realize that at least three of the "Cornell Seven" aren't white, or at least don't have white names.

There's a pic of one of them on the internet, and the dude has very nappy hair. He's half black by the looks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

@beyondreasdoubt was pointing this out on 𝕏 the other day. I think the numbers are higher than that. Letitia James is being put into a very difficult position.
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (odBC9)
____

I pulled the complaint in the lawsuit. Three have very ethnic names, like Spanish or maybe Italian. A fourth has an American name, but is the one with nappy hair.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

191 183 The one who sent the text or email or whatever telling everyone to run upstairs for free pussy was black. That's been confirmed. Liberal women are vapor locking every time someone points it out.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (2ocoG)

========

It's his culture.

They're not going to be racist and say it was unacceptable, are they?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:54 PM (42WUB)

192 HA HA!
(points at France)

Posted by: Nelson Mandela Muntz at October 05, 2026 01:54 PM (n5tGW)

193 Lynching an innocent black man for consensual activity with a white woman like what happened to Emmett Till probably won't help that.

The vicious and insane attacks on the Lone Juror probably are not enthusing black voters either.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:54 PM (nIKjK)

194 This is France's Oct 7.

==

More like a regular Friday after prayer night in Marseilles.

Posted by: runner at October 05, 2026 01:54 PM (AKptf)

195 >> I strongly suspect the "Ho 7" will disappear from the news the day after the election. It's an op. It's all an op.

The Democrats lead interrogator from NY will ensure there is punishment, not according to law. According to NY Calvinball Rules.

BTW the NY governors race is getting close. Hochul will find this was another misstep because she’s dumber than a bag of dirt.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2026 01:55 PM (zfkPG)

196 You left the h out of divershitty.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:55 PM (1ikK2)

197 Balzac?!?

Posted by: Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn at October 05, 2026 01:55 PM (wVcYX)

198 The story will really drop if the slut consented to the threesome with the white guys but claims the black guys were non consensual.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:55 PM (KC5Lt)

199 Citizen Vigilante for the win. No wonder they banned the movie. Hits a little too close to home, huh?
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

Can't wait for Part Deaux.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:56 PM (y3C0K)

200 Ballsack?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:56 PM (1ikK2)

201 Maybe if there were mental health counselors on the front lines with town police. 🤔

Oh, I see another problem! Don't own a car in the city, you probably don't have a crowbar. (The old ways can be the best.)

Posted by: L - No nic at October 05, 2026 01:56 PM (88pKp)

202 190 I pulled the complaint in the lawsuit. Three have very ethnic names, like Spanish or maybe Italian. A fourth has an American name, but is the one with nappy hair.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

Oh, well done!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:56 PM (odBC9)

203 193 Lynching an innocent black man for consensual activity with a white woman like what happened to Emmett Till probably won't help that.

The vicious and insane attacks on the Lone Juror probably are not enthusing black voters either.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:54 PM (nIKjK)

========

I think the key moment is the defeat of Jasmine Crockett in the TX primary.

Obama levels of support in the primary election from blacks.

National profile.

Obvious efforts by the white establishment to defeat her for a weird twink, which worked.

And suddenly OH is seeing black turnout problems even though OH doesn't really have any recent black candidates and the Democrat nominee is just the last Democrat senator from the state?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:56 PM (42WUB)

204 Balzac?!?
Posted by: Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn

Bofa Deez inda

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:56 PM (y3C0K)

205 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

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I think there is an easier way to state it -- the Left wanted power and saw this as a way to gain it. Mass migration meant more "victims," more social workers, and more lefty voters

They understood that their socialism ideas cost a lot of money and were not that popular, but they reasoned ("reasoned") that more people = more GDP. (much like MMT argues that more money = more wealth.)

They allied with big business that wanted cheap labor, foreign influence that wanted to destroy the West, islamists, and gov. unions that saw them as more clients.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 05, 2026 01:56 PM (3CHRs)

206 200 Ballsack?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:56 PM (1ikK2)

Yes, Harry Balzac...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:56 PM (l3cgK)

207 182 This is France's Oct 7.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (YSUhf)

no

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:57 PM (odBC9)

208 The alleged victim has also been identified from the lawsuit filing. There are pictures and everything if you want to find them.

I think the old rules are gone. Nobody’s playing.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2026 01:57 PM (zfkPG)

209 Au revoir.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:57 PM (1ikK2)

210 The story will really drop if the slut consented to the threesome with the white guys but claims the black guys were non consensual.
Posted by: polynikes

Awkward

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:57 PM (y3C0K)

211 The realization will come when the scimitar is pressed against their necks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (eRlcH)

They will spend their last breaths criticizing Christians for being hypocrites and not helping

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:58 PM (FnbEu)

212 The Sound of Music is worth a watch.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:58 PM (1ikK2)

213 The story will really drop if the slut consented to the threesome with the white guys but claims the black guys were non consensual.

Ms. Craig also appears to be quite roided up in her Instagram reels from 2024. The "gym girls will demolish your dick" allegations are not going away.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:58 PM (2ocoG)

214 I strongly suspect the "Ho 7" will disappear from the news the day after the election. It's an op. It's all an op.

The Democrats lead interrogator from NY will ensure there is punishment, not according to law. According to NY Calvinball Rules.

BTW the NY governors race is getting close. Hochul will find this was another misstep because she’s dumber than a bag of dirt.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2026 01:55 PM (zfkPG)
____

It could backfire, but all of this was clearly planned and coordinated to give Hochul and the Dums a last-minute "WAR AGAINST WOMEN" and "WHITE MEN ARE BAD" talking points.

No way this whole nasty ordeal was dead and buried for two years and by pure coincidence is suddenly the Outrage Du Jour with a month to go to the mids.

It's an op.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:58 PM (iFTx/)

215 There's a pic of one of them on the internet, and the dude has very nappy hair. He's half black by the looks.
---
two of them didn't even do anything, just looked in and said, "ya'll look like you're enjoying your freak-off--i'm out."

But the mob is hunting them all anyway.

They're posting alerts like "I saw him going to the Econ building for class--get him!"
And getting cheers on the socials, "yeah, they don't ever deserve a moment's peace!"
Completely oblivious to how horrible humans they are.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)

216 GAINZZ report:

I did a weight lifting meet on Saturday.
I got three new PRs:
280lbs bench.
395lbs squat.
495lbs deadlift.

1170lbs total.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (mkw2N)

217 That would be Winnie Mandela HS. Women power ✊🏼

Posted by: L - No nic at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (88pKp)

218
I forget. How do you start a World War?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:52 PM (1ikK2)

Blow up a radio tower.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (eRlcH)

219 I think the key moment is the defeat of Jasmine Crockett in the TX primary.

Obama levels of support in the primary election from blacks.

National profile.

Obvious efforts by the white establishment to defeat her for a weird twink, which worked.

And suddenly OH is seeing black turnout problems even though OH doesn't really have any recent black candidates and the Democrat nominee is just the last Democrat senator from the state?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:56 PM (42WUB)

Democrats agree with you.

That's why they manipulated their primary calendar to guarantee Kamala Harris is the nominee - to win back those voters.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (gLYp7)

220 The Issue is never the issue. The Issue is the Revolution.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (4NO2D)

221 This is France's Oct 7.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2026 01:53 PM (YSUhf)

no
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:57 PM (odBC9)

~~yes~~ Oui!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (YSUhf)

222 The Sound of Music is worth a watch.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Young Bulg had a thing for the oldest daughter, Lisl, played by Charmian Carr. Pretty and a gorgeous voice, second only to Julie's.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)

223 217 That would be Winnie Mandela HS. Women power ✊🏼

Posted by: L - No nic at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (88pKp)

The necklaces the clubs there fund raise with are fire!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:00 PM (l3cgK)

224
They will spend their last breaths criticizing Christians for being hypocrites and not helping
Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:58 PM (FnbEu)

And sneering at Americans for being uncivilized barbarians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 02:00 PM (eRlcH)

225 They stink on ice.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (1ikK2)

Thanks.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 02:00 PM (wVcYX)

226 Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (mkw2N

Do you wear a singlet?

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 02:00 PM (KC5Lt)

227 Angry Cops has some good info on the Cornell 7 story.

https://tinyurl.com/ha3z78k7

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 02:00 PM (odBC9)

228 I remember, in 2015 or so, the French and British wimmen holding signs:

"Welcome refugees!"

Feeling benevolent and whirled peas.

They were not refugees they were invaders. Trojan horses. Wolves not needing sheep's clothing.

You jackasses! You are done! Fairwell to art and culture...glad I saw it when I did.
---
Americans did the same thing to Katrina refugees.
And not one city was made better by the arrivals.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 02:01 PM (3cUTc)

229 I tried to stop this shit before it got out of control and you arrested me and charged me with genocide and war crimes

Hate to say I told you so... Actually, no I'm not, GOAF AWK YERSEVS!!!!

-Slobodan Milosevic

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 05, 2026 02:01 PM (/m4nw)

230 I forget. How do you start a World War?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Bust a cap in an Archduke?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 02:01 PM (y3C0K)

231 I strongly suspect the "Ho 7" will disappear from the news the day after the election. It's an op. It's all an op.

Of course it is, there's one of these events EVERY FEDERAL ELECTION. This one fell apart within hours but they are still running the op as furiously as possible.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:01 PM (nIKjK)

232 230 I forget. How do you start a World War?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Bust a cap in an Archduke?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 02:01 PM (y3C0K)

Duke it out.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:01 PM (l3cgK)

233

I am praying we have a peaceful October 7th in our country.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 02:02 PM (/QHx4)

234 219 Democrats agree with you.

That's why they manipulated their primary calendar to guarantee Kamala Harris is the nominee - to win back those voters.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (gLYp7)

==========

I get the sense that the party is in a lowkey civil war between factions.

If they underperform in 2026 and lose in 2028...Especially if it's a combination of blacks feel like they weren't respected enough this year and white progressives feel like they ceded all ground to the black electorate for Kamala in 2028...

Lots of ifs.

But it shall entertain me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:02 PM (42WUB)

235
1978: oppose apartheid , ban the Krugerrand
------------------------

1994: Free South Africa!

2026: *looks around* Free South Africa!!

Posted by: Marcus T

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 02:03 PM (2UA/a)

236 Oh, there was no real feeling of guilt over the colonial past -- that was all just an op.

The Left said "oh, we did them wrong." but the people did not feel guilt at all.

But then the Left pushed the idea that these barbarians were superior -- I have seen it myself. I have known Oxford students tell me that those sand barbarians were "cleaner" than Europeans because they bathed. How the fuck did they bath in the desert? These kids had never been in the desert, and had no concept of life before indoor plumbing, and they were lecturing me on how muslims bathed in the 17th c while Euopeans were the barbarians. Fucking morons.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 05, 2026 02:03 PM (3CHRs)

237 There's a pic of one of them on the internet, and the dude has very nappy hair. He's half black by the looks.
---
two of them didn't even do anything, just looked in and said, "ya'll look like you're enjoying your freak-off--i'm out."

But the mob is hunting them all anyway.

They're posting alerts like "I saw him going to the Econ building for class--get him!"
And getting cheers on the socials, "yeah, they don't ever deserve a moment's peace!"
Completely oblivious to how horrible humans they are.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)
_____

The school already did an exhaustive review and "trial" of the incident. Over 1,000 documents. The girl was given at least three supervisors and advisors to help her in the case.

The college found that two of the 7 were not even there. She sued them anyway.

Two boys were expelled and two others were suspended. They have already been punished for their roles in the whole nasty disgusting affair.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 02:03 PM (iFTx/)

238 I get the sense that the party is in a lowkey civil war between factions.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:02 PM

In fairness, so are we.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:03 PM (4NO2D)

239 230 I forget. How do you start a World War?
Posted by: Boss Moss
------------

You're soaking in one!

Posted by: Marge at October 05, 2026 02:04 PM (3CHRs)

240 They will spend their last breaths criticizing Christians for being hypocrites and not helping"

Yep. It's always someone else's fault.

/insert good men do nothing stupidity here

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:05 PM (+imBs)

241 They killed all the clergy during their last revolution.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:05 PM (1ikK2)

242 Honor the ballsack? That seems compatible with Islam.
Posted by: Ian S.

Looks like someone hasn't heard of the night of Al-Zutt.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2026 02:05 PM (nEUC6)

243 They allied with big business that wanted cheap labor, foreign influence that wanted to destroy the West, islamists, and gov. unions that saw them as more clients.

Well said, better than I did.

Ms. Craig also appears to be quite roided up in her Instagram reels from 2024.

Yeah she was bizarrely swole, not attractive at all. She's losing her young cute and turning into Carrottop

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:05 PM (nIKjK)

244 238 I get the sense that the party is in a lowkey civil war between factions.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:02 PM

In fairness, so are we.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:03 PM (4NO2D)

=======

We're a decade further along.

Probably closer to 15 years, if you want to start the current conflagration between populist and establishment back to the Tea Party.

It's hard to draw direct parallels in the Democrat Party because they don't really have much of a populist wing other than Bernie's support in 16 and 20, which we've seen no evidence can transfer to anyone else yet.

But, we're still not at a point where Ds will openly stab each other in the back because the wrong faction suddenly grasped too much power.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:05 PM (42WUB)

245
And Fashion Week carries on like nothing is happening.
Posted by: Piper

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

This is what mystifies me. How is Gay Paree getting on with tourists and normal Fransh living and tourism in the midst of all this? I saw a picture of a smoke-filled street full of invader violence and small fires with the Eiffel Tower within walking distance. What are tourists and workaday Parisians seeing right now?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2026 02:05 PM (mmrXZ)

246 > Do you wear a singlet?

No. Just shorts and a tshirt. I did have knee sleeves on, but not super-tight ones. These are raw, unequipped numbers.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 02:06 PM (mkw2N)

247 You start a World War by invading Poland

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 02:06 PM (ofacb)

248 @155 -- None of the "Cornell 7" are black.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 05, 2026 02:06 PM (XMwZJ)

249 Mohammed took it in the keister from the Men of Al Zutt.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:06 PM (1ikK2)

250
But, we're still not at a point where Ds will openly stab each other in the back because the wrong faction suddenly grasped too much power.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:05 PM (42WUB)

We're damn close!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:06 PM (l3cgK)

251 249 Mohammed took it in the keister from the Men of Al Zutt.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:06 PM (1ikK2)

His Al-Zutt suit...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:07 PM (l3cgK)

252 The civil war keeps them all on the plantation. Gives them all a voice. Remember leftards are never happy. This keeps them not happy. They're certainly never gonna vote R. And if someone votes in their stead so be it.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 02:07 PM (FnbEu)

253 How do you start a World War?"

By ignoring Washington's admonition on foreign entanglements...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:07 PM (+imBs)

254 I get the sense that the party is in a lowkey civil war between factions.

best way to understand the Democrats is the mob. They have crime families warring with each other for control but all with basically the same enemies and goals

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:07 PM (nIKjK)

255 197 Balzac?!?
Posted by: Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn

Yessssssss. And I want his credentials!

Posted by: Mayor Shinn at October 05, 2026 02:07 PM (3CHRs)

256 All of the unborn chirdren will fight the next war.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:08 PM (1ikK2)

257 Looks like someone hasn't heard of the night of Al-Zutt.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2026 02:05 PM

Bad, wicked, naughty, Al-Zutt!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 02:08 PM (FAGAJ)

258 How do you start a World War?
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20 bucks

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 02:08 PM (FnbEu)

259 And I want his credentials!
Posted by: Mayor Shinn

You watch your phraseology!

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 02:08 PM (77rzZ)

260 258 How do you start a World War?
-----

20 bucks

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 02:08 PM (FnbEu)

Same as in Town?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:08 PM (l3cgK)

261 But, we're still not at a point where Ds will openly stab each other in the back because the wrong faction suddenly grasped too much power.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:05 PM (42WUB)

I don't know if I agree.

In Texas, the media pointed out to Crockett that with the primary over, she needed to campaign with Talarico.

"No I don't," said she.

That's public, blatant, and pretty savage.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 02:09 PM (gLYp7)

262 What are tourists and workaday Parisians seeing right now?"

I'm having the best wine ever!

/influencer in hotel

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:09 PM (+imBs)

263 This is what mystifies me. How is Gay Paree getting on with tourists and normal Fransh living and tourism in the midst of all this?

The cops and military keep the poors away from Capitol City

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:09 PM (nIKjK)

264 261 I don't know if I agree.

In Texas, the media pointed out to Crockett that with the primary over, she needed to campaign with Talarico.

"No I don't," said she.

That's public, blatant, and pretty savage.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 02:09 PM (gLYp7)

========

Keeping onto hurt feelings after a primary is certainly a step.

But, it's a senate election in a race that was never going to be won by Democrats to begin with, so it's not quite, "Well, maybe our president IS a Russia stooge" like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell did for 2 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:10 PM (42WUB)

265
No doubt a white racist opinion here, but I would argue that a lot of black political support in America is transactional and based on what the people running can come up with in payment for the vote.

Karens seem to be more interested in feeding other species in their zoo right now.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 02:10 PM (Y8DZL)

266 It’s obvious that France needs commonsense spray paint control, as do we.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at October 05, 2026 02:10 PM (rAEQF)

267 Viva la France.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:11 PM (1ikK2)

268 But, it's a senate election in a race that was never going to be won by Democrats to begin with, so it's not quite, "Well, maybe our president IS a Russia stooge" like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell did for 2 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:10 PM (42WUB)

That's fair.

I'm interested to see Crockett's "y'all know I'da beat that honkey ass" media events after Talarico loses Texas.

That would be another escalation.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 02:11 PM (gLYp7)

269 So Hitler is cool and Paris is burning? Got it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 02:11 PM (ndZc7)

270 How do you start a World War?"

By ignoring Washington's admonition on foreign entanglements...
Posted by: man
_________

Or by being Washington and attacking the French.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 02:11 PM (JzUSu)

271
How to start a World War? Build a fort in Pittsburgh.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 02:12 PM (eRlcH)

272
Over at Breitbart: Nolte: Greenlight Turns Red for Stephen Colbert’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie

Awwwww, the wittle wait night gollum has lost his precious.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 05, 2026 02:12 PM (ixS3i)

273 "The media tells you "French student riots" are happening and its 16-40 year old African men invading a train station lmfao"

Yeah but they are really good at soccer so it is worth it.

Posted by: Ripley at October 05, 2026 02:12 PM (GUOwU)

274 268 That's fair.

I'm interested to see Crockett's "y'all know I'da beat that honkey ass" media events after Talarico loses Texas.

That would be another escalation.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 02:11 PM (gLYp7)

=

You go girl. She's so genuine and real. She keeps it real.

She would have beaten Paxton!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:12 PM (42WUB)

275
270/271. Horde mind strikes again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 02:12 PM (eRlcH)

276 Town Destroyer is what the French called Washington.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:13 PM (1ikK2)

277
How to start a World War? Build a fort in Pittsburgh.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Out of necessity, after having slain a minor frogger official.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 05, 2026 02:14 PM (ixS3i)

278 18 Its it funny how all the "refugees" from the Muslim world are young men?

Meanwhile feminists in the west say that if abortion isn't legal AND paid for by the taxpayers women are oppressed...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm)

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it needs to be equalized. Only single young women should be allowed to immigrate for the next 30 years.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 05, 2026 02:15 PM (DbmIv)

279 Was it really Pittsburgh?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:15 PM (1ikK2)

280 Town Destroyer is what the French called Washington.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:13 PM

Yeah, he might be the Father of Our Nation but he also single-handedly started the Seven Years War with France.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:15 PM (4NO2D)

281 Wait until Wednesday (October 7th).

It's all building up to that.

Posted by: alanon at October 05, 2026 02:15 PM (Yv1fT)

282 276 Town Destroyer is what the French called Washington.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:13 PM (1ikK2)

Well, he was 6'8" and weighed a ton...and invented cocaine

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:15 PM (l3cgK)

283 Out of necessity, after having slain a minor frogger official.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

It was one of his Injun guides who killed the French guy.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 02:15 PM (77rzZ)

284 Looks like someone hasn't heard of the night of Al-Zutt.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2026 02:05 PM

One night with Al-Zutt makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night with Al-Zutt and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walkin' next to me.

Posted by: Mohammed at October 05, 2026 02:16 PM (wVcYX)

285 Tucker announced that Steiner is not coming.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 05, 2026 02:16 PM (kvLZQ)

286 lot of black political support in America is transactional and based on what the people running can come up with in payment for the vote."

Zombie LBJ smiles...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:16 PM (+imBs)

287 Well, he was 6'8" and weighed a ton...and invented cocaine
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:15 PM

Killed his sensei in a duel and he never said why.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:16 PM (4NO2D)

288 it needs to be equalized. Only single young women should be allowed to immigrate for the next 30 years.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

==

Youd see such a sea change in womens attitudes on imigration if it was say younger adult women coming in from Eastern bloc European countries.

Posted by: Leupold at October 05, 2026 02:16 PM (AigY+)

289 The New Yorker
How the "Cornell Seven" Rape Case Became a National Scandal

Oct 1 2026

https://archive.is/3AAQt

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 02:17 PM (odBC9)

290 L A R R Y
@LarryOConnor
Mark Kelly and the Democrats' plan to lower prices is to raise taxes.

You can't make this up.

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Ahh, the John Dillinger gambit.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 02:17 PM (ndZc7)

291 Over at Breitbart: Nolte: Greenlight Turns Red for Stephen Colbert’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie

Its not 100% shut down but they are suspending it until the transition to Skydance is completed. Which probably means "its dead meat" but they are leaving the possibility open.

I mean, its obvious that they were just throwing Colbert a bone because of mean ol' Trump getting him fired (instead of his utter lack of audience and costing the network tens of millions every year).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:18 PM (nIKjK)

292 Close up of pinball machine?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:18 PM (1ikK2)

293 Washington was called by NY Indians "the village destroyer" . The Colonel he sent to do it was named John Sullivan. The county to the West of me is Sullivan County, NY. The natives apparently have no clue about the history

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 02:18 PM (ofacb)

294 Was it really Pittsburgh?"

Easier to spell than "Duquesne"

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:18 PM (+imBs)

295 Me and Muffy enjoy visiting France and eating cheese and drinking wine and spending our ill gotten greasy wad of cash in other people's poverty and misery.

Posted by: Franklin Herbert and Muffy Mcmansion at October 05, 2026 02:19 PM (Al3kG)

296 One night with Al-Zutt makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night with Al-Zutt and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walkin' next to me.

The queens they use would excite you

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:19 PM (nIKjK)

297
Strikes, mass protest, & rioting are part & parcel of the French identity.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

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

I actually agree with this, which is why I don't see this going to "the fall of France" or other dire predictions. A Le Pen government, yes, which could get interesting.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2026 02:19 PM (mmrXZ)

298 "I was told they were protesting because there wasn’t enough money for books and such."

Several years ago during the Yellow Jacket protests that shut France down over the hated hidden cameras and massive gas taxes to fight climate change the media went with the lie that the protests were of pensions and more benefits. Incredible. The USSR did not have nearly such a compliant, obedient press.

Posted by: Ripley at October 05, 2026 02:19 PM (GUOwU)

299 Seven Years War? Those are rookie numbers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:19 PM (1ikK2)

300 Hopefully Ace has a Digger thread so we can unload on the POS.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2026 02:20 PM (XV/Pl)

301 Colbert's new LotR movie "Trump Stole My Precious" may not be made. Anyhoo...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 02:20 PM (ofacb)

302 It might be amusing to see Tucker Carlson riding in the open parapet of a German tank through the streets of Paris to restore order, but he'd probably just shoot at synagogues - so, scratch that fantasy.

Posted by: Paco at October 05, 2026 02:20 PM (2L+MU)

303 How the "Cornell Seven" Rape Case Became a National Scandal"

It just isn't...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:20 PM (+imBs)

304
So if you want to see Africa, go to Paris?

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 05, 2026 02:21 PM (OkYzo)

305 Maybe the Germans can send in the Panzers to put down the riots.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:21 PM (1ikK2)

306 Hopefully Ace has a Digger thread so we can unload on the POS.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
___________

I'm guessing we'll get a Brazil elections thread next.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 02:22 PM (JzUSu)

307 >>>7 Isn't the "Red-Green alliance" that between commies and radical environmentals ("green")?

"Green" also refers to Islam.

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 02:22 PM (1wjle)

308 Maybe the Germans can send in the Panzers to put down the riots"

Berlin to Paris on one tank?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:22 PM (+imBs)

309 Maybe the Germans can send in the Panzers to put down the riots.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Nah, those Chinese bears are worthless. Bamboo diet and all.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 02:23 PM (77rzZ)

310 Panzers eats chutes and leaves.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:23 PM (1ikK2)

311
I'm interested to see Crockett's "y'all know I'da beat that honkey ass" media events after Talarico loses Texas.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider

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

Oohh, fun. Come to think of it, I haven't heard much from her lately about her rejection by the voters. I think she'll pivot away from politics and launch a skin care line.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2026 02:24 PM (mmrXZ)

312 Isn't the "Red-Green alliance"

Duct tape?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:24 PM (+imBs)

313 Hopefully Ace has a Digger thread so we can unload on the POS.

Dozens of people would know what he was talking about

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:24 PM (nIKjK)

314 303 How the "Cornell Seven" Rape Case Became a National Scandal"

It just isn't...
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:20 PM (+imBs)

It's a very poor article.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 02:24 PM (odBC9)

315 Is Digger even That Bad? Reviews and audience reactions aren't terrible.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 02:24 PM (sDWtc)

316 It might be amusing to see Tucker Carlson riding in the open parapet of a German tank through the streets of Paris to restore order, but he'd probably just shoot at synagogues - so, scratch that fantasy.

I feel like that would look a lot like the opening scene of Team America combined with the picture of John Kerry in a tank.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 02:24 PM (2ocoG)

317 I always got the impression the french knew more about theit revolution than Americans typically do. I'm confused as to why all these interviewees seem shocked at any of this shit.

1789 has a long shadow and the world is still paying for it

Posted by: heya at October 05, 2026 02:24 PM (MRSnh)

318 CNN reporting that there might some "Mostly Peaceful" Riots, Looting, Burning Buildings, Public Property destruction in France, Spain, and UK by the Illegal Ragheads.

CNN believes it is obviously it is Trump's fault and must be held responsible for advocating for freedom over Socialism.

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 05, 2026 02:24 PM (jGtoG)

319
If the Paris police have identified a left-wing politician as the one who ordered the riots, why don't they arrest him?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 02:24 PM (azNOR)

320 launch a skin care line."

Nails and extensions...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:25 PM (+imBs)

321 Is Digger even That Bad? Reviews and audience reactions aren't terrible.

Audience *quantity* is unmeasurably low, which is the important part. There was a joke on X that only Greta Thunberg bought tickets.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 02:25 PM (2ocoG)

322 Hopefully Ace has a Digger thread so we can unload on the POS.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I was impressed with the makeup job they did on Cruise. He's unrecognizable.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 02:25 PM (77rzZ)

323 New level of hell: Hillary Clinton auctions off celebrity karaoke night with her and Lin-Manuel Miranda

https://tinyurl.com/3wy97ey2

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What song to duet with Hillary? I Have Friends In Low Places? Paint It Black?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 02:26 PM (ndZc7)

324 NO SPOILERS!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:26 PM (4NO2D)

325 236 I have known Oxford students tell me that those sand barbarians were "cleaner" than Europeans because they bathed. How the fuck did they bath in the desert?

*chinchillas have entered the chat*

Posted by: anachronda at October 05, 2026 02:26 PM (oY6Yp)

326 When is the last time Cruise released a bomb?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:26 PM (1ikK2)

327 1789 has a long shadow and the world is still paying for it
Posted by: heya

Too soon to tell.

(Yes, I know it's apocryphal.)

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 02:26 PM (77rzZ)

328 Ah, so Digger's audience is highly selective.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 02:26 PM (sDWtc)

329 What song to duet with Hillary? I Have Friends In Low Places? Paint It Black?

Rush's 2112, of course. She's taken care of everything, the words you read and the songs you sing...

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 02:27 PM (2ocoG)

330 324 NO SPOILERS!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:26 PM (4NO2D)

========

Darth Vader is actually a woman who's been dead the whole movie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:27 PM (42WUB)

331 If the Paris police have identified a left-wing politician as the one who ordered the riots, why don't they arrest him?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

They're not paid to defend the rule of order, just the order of the ruling?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2026 02:27 PM (nEUC6)

332 When is the last time Cruise released a bomb?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:26 PM (1ikK2)

Top Gun: Maverick. He was inverted.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 02:28 PM (gLYp7)

333 What's sad is we didn't get our Les Grossman movie with Cruise all dolled up. Theaters had to run this dog instead.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 02:28 PM (sDWtc)

334 Seems to work better than road guard vests.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:28 PM (1ikK2)

335

322 Hopefully Ace has a Digger thread so we can unload on the POS.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I was impressed with the makeup job they did on Cruise. He's unrecognizable.
Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 02:25 PM

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If he'd used a fake name, he'd be home free.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 02:28 PM (azNOR)

336 When is the last time Cruise released a bomb?

I mean, the last two mission impossible movies lost millions, depends on how you define it I guess.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:29 PM (nIKjK)

337 When is the last time Cruise released a bomb?
Posted by: Boss Moss
________

The interwebs say Lions for Lambs, which I've never even heard of.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 02:29 PM (JzUSu)

338 When is the last time Cruise released a bomb?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:26 PM

Lions for Lambs (2007) which opened to $6.7 million and grossed only $64.8 million worldwide against a $35 million budget.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:29 PM (4NO2D)

339 Why is Trump burning Paris?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 02:30 PM (ndZc7)

340 316 It might be amusing to see Tucker Carlson riding in the open parapet of a German tank through the streets of Paris to restore order, but he'd probably just shoot at synagogues - so, scratch that fantasy.

I feel like that would look a lot like the opening scene of Team America combined with the picture of John Kerry in a tank.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 02:24 PM (2ocoG)

Michael Dukakis?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:30 PM (l3cgK)

341 Cocktail might be Cruise's most annoying performance though.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:30 PM (4NO2D)

342 The Winged Hussars will come.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:31 PM (1ikK2)

343 Lions for Lambs sounds like a hookup app in Rotherham.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 02:31 PM (sDWtc)

344 332 When is the last time Cruise released a bomb?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:26 PM (1ikK2)

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The movie star is largely fake. Precious few can sell a movie purely on their name on the poster.

Cruise was one of the few exceptions recently, but it may have been because he was more tied to releasing a type of crowd-pleasing film rather than just relying on his image. Image + action/adventure movie was a guarantee of some level of success.

Will Smith opening Hitch to $100 million in the early 00s was probably the last time a movie star opened something unlike what he was known for to great success, almost purely on his image on the poster.

Combining Cruise with this climate change,4th wall breaking thing was just a bad bet, apparently bred from an algorithm at WB. They turned down Heat 2 with that same algo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:31 PM (42WUB)

345 BTW, just checked, Michael Dukakis is still alive at the age of 92. Will be 93 in early November.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:31 PM (l3cgK)

346 What's sad is we didn't get our Les Grossman movie with Cruise all dolled up. Theaters had to run this dog instead.
Posted by: 88C+u

I'd have rather had a Les Nessman movie.
Free the turkeys!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 02:31 PM (y3C0K)

347 At least it's not 'Careless Whisper.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 01:27 PM (Y/06r)

You should have known better than to cheat a friend.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 05, 2026 01:28 PM (s1VwS)
=====

"Radar Love" rulz them all.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 02:32 PM (rj6Yv)

348 Unexpectedly

Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 02:32 PM (viF8m)

349 Lions for Lambs was one of those anti Bush sleepfests that everyone normal ignored.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 02:32 PM (FnbEu)

350 346 What's sad is we didn't get our Les Grossman movie with Cruise all dolled up. Theaters had to run this dog instead.
Posted by: 88C+u

I'd have rather had a Les Nessman movie.
Free the turkeys!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 02:31 PM (y3C0K)

The turkeys were suicide bombed on the city.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:32 PM (l3cgK)

351 Cruise last bomb was his marriage to Katie Holmes

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 02:32 PM (ofacb)

352 When is the last time Cruise released a bomb?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:26 PM

Lions for Lambs (2007) which opened to $6.7 million and grossed only $64.8 million worldwide against a $35 million budget.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:29 PM (4NO2D)

Cocktail might be Cruise's most annoying performance though.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:30 PM (4NO2D)

Don't overlook The Mummy (2017).

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 02:33 PM (wVcYX)

353 The Winged Hussars will come.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:31 PM (1ikK2)
====

In 1683, France was BFF with the Ottomans.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 02:33 PM (rj6Yv)

354 Maybe the Germans can send in the Panzers to put down the riots.

What -- BOTH of them?
Fulda Gap's looking pretty lonesome.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 05, 2026 02:33 PM (zdLoL)

355 Cocktail might be Cruise's most annoying performance though.
Posted by: toby928(c)
________

But still, Elisabeth Shue.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 02:33 PM (JzUSu)

356 When is the last time Cruise released a bomb?

Posted by: Boss Moss

Oblivion, Edge of Tomorrow, Mummy.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 02:33 PM (y3C0K)

357 Per the webz

Tom Cruise has had five major box office flops in his career that failed to recover their costs, with the 2026 film Digger being the most significant financial disaster so far.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:33 PM (4NO2D)

358 349 Lions for Lambs was one of those anti Bush sleepfests that everyone normal ignored.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 02:32 PM (FnbEu)

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And that was back in the day when Cruise was more of a conceptual movie star instead of one who regularly made lots of money at the box office.

His first movie to make $100 million opening weekend was Top Gun Maverick, something blockbusters had been doing since the 90s.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 02:34 PM (42WUB)

359 Maybe ten years ago I heard Glenn Beck opining on who was more screwed and he said France was is desperate trouble but the UK was worse. I'd say they're pretty much neck and neck.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 02:34 PM (ndZc7)

360 Edge of Tomorrow is a good movie, just didn't get enough attention

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 02:35 PM (ofacb)

361 But Edge of Tomorrow was awesome.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 02:35 PM (sDWtc)

362 Nood Jack Smith.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 02:36 PM (gLYp7)

363 I, for one, liked Oblivion, even if the plot was a bit trite and obvious.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:36 PM (4NO2D)

364 What is the incentive to import these savages again?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 02:36 PM (1ikK2)

365 still, Elisabeth Shue."

Si.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 02:36 PM (+imBs)

366 Nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 02:36 PM (FAGAJ)

367 What's sad is we didn't get our Les Grossman movie with Cruise all dolled up. Theaters had to run this dog instead

Supposedly he does a really impressive, Grossman-level performance, people are guessing this is Oscarbait, but I dunno. Cruise can act pretty well if the movie calls for it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM (nIKjK)

368
A French Woman speaks the truth about France [CBD]

I don't care that she's a Frog with unshaven pits, I'd let her play with my fresh baguette all day long. Because she's got a totally based attitude, with a love for Western Civilization.

Yeah, that's why.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM (y9nCu)

369 216 GAINZZ report:

I did a weight lifting meet on Saturday.
I got three new PRs:
280lbs bench.
395lbs squat.
495lbs deadlift.

1170lbs total.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 01:59 PM (mkw2N)

What Fed?

Age (what level of 29) and Weight Class ?

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 05, 2026 02:37 PM (oCio0)

370 Chad Lowe’s 13-year-old daughter, Fiona, died by suicide
The family is mourning the loss of Fiona, whom they said was "smart, creative and loved to dance."

https://tinyurl.com/3wuvw2jk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 02:39 PM (ndZc7)

371 Watching the Angry Cop vid...he's talking about her snorting ketamine off a frat dong, and it's interrupted by a commercial for Johnsonville sausages...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 02:48 PM (l3cgK)

372 willowed:

270 263 Zoomerwaffen"

Is that the crispy cookie one holds over a cup of hot coffee?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:54 PM (+imBs)

The one with caramel in it, right?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (l3cgK)

Stroopwafels, you are thinking of Stroopeafels.

And they are wonderful even without the coffee, which I can attest to.

They are little flat Dutch circular addiction treats as far as I can tell.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 02:50 PM (6ydKt)

373 Our duty is to help and protect our young people. That's why I proposed, like others, deploying "white helmets" or white armbands around and within the demonstrations on October 6th, as was done in the past after the death of Malik Oussekine or to protect the high school student demonstrations of the 1990s," he wrote.

The left love calling riots ‘protests’.

Just protecting the young people from the consequences of the left’s actions since 1968.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 02:55 PM (6ydKt)

374 He didn't aim for your clothes, he didn't aim for your legs. He aimed for my face. Why?"

Because your government and your communist leaders imported millions of Algerians and Moroccans to use as foot soldiers and one of those blackhearted bastards decided it would be funny ti burn your face gor daring to show it in public.

That’s why.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 02:58 PM (6ydKt)

375 The respect for government and law is falling all across europe, and in such an instance there is only one way for the residents to defend themselves from invaders. Weapons free.

I don't know when it will happen, but it will. And it will be for us to support them.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 05, 2026 03:29 PM (WNIy6)

376 WP!

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:31 PM (4NO2D)

377 I don't think about owning the libs or mocking the failures of states, I mourn it, because I can see a mile away, for the last 20 fucking years, where this is all going.

It will be a LOT of blood, a lot of the media wringing their hands and making excuses, a lot of demonization of people doing what MUST be done, but it will happen, and it will be Glorious not in a happy way, but as in an epic tale of conflict. There will be a lot of dead people, without remorse, without consideration and without civility.

These nations, and portions of ours, have invited barbarity into their nations, there is only one way to combat it.

Combat. We just happen to be VERY GOOD at it, so it will be one sided. Don't care, it should always be so, and let it spread across all the conquered lands to teach a lesson to the savages, that though their entire faith is based on savagery, they don't know shit.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 05, 2026 03:32 PM (WNIy6)

378 how doing toby.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 05, 2026 03:34 PM (WNIy6)

379 how doing toby.
Posted by: wickedpinto at October 05, 2026 03:34 PM

Feeling old and decrepit. I had knee replacement four months ago. Mechanically good now but still hurts quite a bit. How you been?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 03:39 PM (4NO2D)

380 Omelet du Fromage?
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:36 PM (+imBs)

I'm told that translates in english to: 'I'll have a shoe with cheese on it; stuff it down my throat and i want to massage your grandmother, ok?'

Posted by: Nelly at October 05, 2026 03:41 PM (6+ehB)

381 168 98 I'm waiting for the media to realize that at least three of the "Cornell Seven" aren't white, or at least don't have white names.

There's a pic of one of them on the internet, and the dude has very nappy hair. He's half black by the looks.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)

@beyondreasdoubt was pointing this out on 𝕏 the other day. I think the numbers are higher than that. Letitia James is being put into a very difficult position.
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:51 PM (odBC9)

It was @KeenanPeachy on 𝕏 (not @beyondreasdoubt):

@KeenanPeachy
Oct 4
This case is insane.

- Two had zero contact with her (white)
- One accused of kissing her (Latino)
- One oral sex (Asian)
- Three had intercourse (1 black, who is also accused of hitting her and bruising her), 1 Latino, 1 indeterminate)

What is Letitia gonna do?

Post
Peachy Keenan on X: "The black kid is also the one who wrote the lewd messages on the group chat encouraging other boys to go see. Seriously, what is Letitia going to do? Is BLM going to intervene?"
@KeenanPeachy
Peachy Keenan

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:02 PM (odBC9)

382 via Instapundit

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:03 PM (odBC9)

383 Paris Blues
(Repeat 500,000 times, lyrics are hard)

Posted by: Jason Bajada at October 05, 2026 04:07 PM (6jna9)

384 I'm still in great shape toby. The Covid almost kill me back then because I didn't have covid, I had pneumonia, but at the time there was only one illness that mattered, but I've gotten most of my weight back, and my general fitness is still that of a guy who can break quite a few bitches.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 05, 2026 04:10 PM (WNIy6)

385 Went from 190lb's to about 125, it stretched over about 6 months because. . Covid, delayed everything. Was on . . I think 18 weeks of extended Antibiotics, on top of the initial 20 days of prophylactic while waiting on my thoracic referral. I had a TOUGH 2021.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 05, 2026 04:12 PM (WNIy6)

386 18 or 12, can't remember, don't care to.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 05, 2026 04:13 PM (WNIy6)

387 I am glad you are better. You shouldn't be a stranger. Visit more often.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 04:42 PM (4NO2D)

388 Nah, only when I'm motivated. Not a big fan of my footprint as it exists.

I'm in my 50's and I still get the, "you break bitches" thing when some recognize my moniker. It's kinda irritating.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 05, 2026 04:53 PM (WNIy6)

389 Toss in what "The Hostages" has become, and since I was the founder, I'm also tied to that through this moniker. I don't mind, I did do all that, but it's irritating to have to rehash it over and over again, when the person asking has no context.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 05, 2026 04:54 PM (WNIy6)

390 If I got the "Longbows" thing, that would be fun as shit, but it's always Break bitches and The Hostages.

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393 To think otherwise is What a Fool Believes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
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Tell.me again.
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Posted by: buddhaha at October 05, 2026 05:29 PM (nZyEw)

Tucker Carlson Says that Britain Did Not Gain from Defeating Hitler; When It's Put to Him That If They Had Not Beaten Hitler They'd All be Speaking German, He Says "So What?" and Adds "At Least They'd be Speaking a European Language"

The demon scratches infected him with full-blown diabolism.

Jon Levine
@LevineJonathan
20m
Have to say I watched the full Tucker-Rees Mogg discussion and I've never seen Carlson so publicly owned in my entire life -- It was significantly more brutal than Crossfire / Jon Stewart

Tucker saying he wishes Hitler had won World War II was absolutely on my 2026 bingo card https://t.co/ln3pVWye5A
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) October 2, 2026

Somehow the Hitler apologists and the Putin apologists tend to be the same people. https://t.co/LRbzzKYQio
— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) October 3, 2026

Tucker Carlson said it was wrong to fight Hitler because Britain wound up losing her overseas colonies.

That's a morally deranged argument.

I should also point out that this is entirely an argument pressed with all vigor by Adolph Hitler. It is true that Hitler repeatedly said he didn't want to go to war with Britain, though he said that with the threat that if Britain didn't allow him to capture all of Europe from the Urals to the Atlantic, he would go to war with Britain.

The pitch Hitler made to the UK, repeatedly, was that if the UK gave Hitler a free hand in conquering Europe, Hitler would allow the UK to maintain its overseas colonies and might even help. Of course, Hitler intended to capture all of the overseas colonies of the European countries he conquered. He was reassuring the UK that if they let him take over Europe and all of the overseas colonies maintained by Europe, he would not take further action to capture the UK's overseas colonies.

Of course... Hitler had repeatedly promised to not invade Czechloslovakia and then Poland and Russia and he had lied about all of that, so I'm not sure why Tucker Carlson keeps saying "but Hilter said, Hitler said" as if Hitler's word means anything at all. Except for that fact that Carlson is clearly a fan of Hitler.

Tucker Carlson defends Hitler�s decision to invade Poland, arguing that Britain shouldn�t have fought the Nazis:
�The UK had nothing to do with it, at all, and they destroyed their empire and their country fighting this war that they still pretend was a good idea, but it wasn�t� https://t.co/P5HgeMizlx
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 2, 2026

This is also a strange and childlike claim because Germany also lost of all of its overseas colonies after the war (and they had a bunch). (As did France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, etc. -- one might begin to suspect that the age of empires and colonies was drawing to a close, and would not have survived much past the 1950s with or without WWII.)

Correction: Bulg points out my error-- Germany lost its overseas colonies after World War One, not World War Two.

But apparently the UK is to be condemned for giving up its domination of third-world peoples just to make war on Hitler, whereas Hitler is excused for losing its own domination of third-world peoples just to make war on Czechoslovakia, and Poland, and Russia, and Belgium, and Norway, and Denmark, and of course, ultimately the UK.

It's the same shifting standards again that communists apply to the Soviet Union, only Tucker Carlson is increasingly showing his Nazi ass by performing the same service to Hitler.

Here's more of those shifting standards: The UK should be condemned for fighting Hitler but Hitler, Tucker Carlson states, had a solid "justification" for invading Poland and must not be condemned for doing so.

Tucker also continues insisting that it was wrong to end WWII in the Pacific immediately with the dropping of two atomic bombs, claiming that it's always wrong to take innocent lives.

Is it? As Max Nordau points out, Tucker consistently justifies and defends Hitler and Putin taking innocent lives, saying that their starting of wars was just acceptable Great Powers jockeying.

But America and of course Israel are not allowed the same "Great Powers jockeying for advantage" leeway; no, for America and Israel, the standard is you must never harm an innocent life, ever, and if you do, you must be condemned forever.

Note of course that this is the same kind of standards-shifting communists do when they attack America for, say, spiriting Nazi scientists to America to assist in our rocket program, while justifying Russia's doing of the exact same thing. After all, Russia was just engaging in some Great Power jockeying for advantage.

🚨 Extraordinary exchange between Tucker Carlson and Jacob Rees-Mogg on Hiroshima.
Rees-Mogg says the bombs were justified because they ended the war and saved far more lives than it took. Carlson refuses to weigh the lives saved at all. When Rees-Mogg says WWII couldn't have been fought without innocent people being killed, Carlson's answer is "I don't know, no one tried."
Tucker Carlson's two rules of war:
1. Never do anything that could cause the death of an innocent, even if the action would ultimately save more lives.
2. Unless you're Nazi Germany or Russia. In the same interview, Hitler "did not want war," and Russia invading Ukraine is "the state of play for all great powers."
He is condescending the whole way through: "So you can behave like an animal once the war starts." "I don't even understand what you're saying."
Then he asks, disingenuously, whether it's Christian to kill children. "I'm not Catholic, so I'm not an expert," he says, right after ruling for himself that the bombing fails Aquinas' just-war test.
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) October 5, 2026

Below is a speech from Hitler in which he openly declares his intentions for world domination.
�No people had more right to the concept of ruling the world (Weltherrschaft) than the German people. We would have had this right, and no other nation.�
(Stormy applause)
"Not England, not Spain, not Holland - no other nation could have had an inborn right, on the basis of its energy and competence, and also its numerical strength, to claim the domination of the world.
In the first division of the world, we fell short, but we stand now at the beginning of a new great shake-up of this world. Today, some people claim that we are entering an age of peace, but I have to say to them: Gentlemen, you have a poor understanding of the horoscope of our times, which points, as never before, not to peace but to war.�
Adolf Hitler, addressing his followers on 5 November 1930 in the Rhenish town of Mannheim.
The fact that Tucker Carlson is historically illiterate isn't surprising. What is harder to dismiss is how consistently that illiteracy manifests in making Hitler and the Nazis look better.
— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) October 2, 2026

Max Klinger
@MaxE2review
Oct 3
Here's a quote from Mehdi Hasan, arguably the most prominent Islamo-leftist influencer in the West: 'A lot of Muslims and Arab Americans... see him [Carlson] now as this great champion of Palestine...Wherever I go, literally, wherever I go in this country, I do a lot of live events, I do a lot of public events, people come up to me, 'When are you going on Tucker Carlson? When are you going to do an event with Tucker Carlson? Why don't you do a collab with Tucker Carlson? We love Tucker Carlson.' Wherever I go, people ask me more about Tucker Carlson, even in my own family, than they ask me about my wife and kids."

By the way: The Groyper/Hitler-adoring pseudoright keeps arguing that we must embrace a little bit of Naziism to attract younger voters, whom they assert are super Hitler lovers.

It's not true. Obviously.

Phil Magness
@PhilWMagness
1h
If you wish to understand the Groyper/Tucker Carlson phenomenon with data, this poll is very instructive.
- Yes, there's a rehabilitation of Hitler afoot, especially among younger people, and it should alarm you.
- That said, the so-called "Zoomerwaffen" is also a tiny and extremely disliked minority of young people: only 2% of 18-29 year olds, which maxes out at 14% if you include the Groyper-curious "somewhat favorable."
- Hitlerism is still extremely disliked among a 66% supermajority of Zoomers, and that percentage approaches unanimity among Gen Xers and Boomers.
- When stories break about "groyper interns" and Hitler chatgroup leaks implicating DC staffers on the right, it's not because there's a hidden voter army of these sleazeballs invading the conservative camp. Rather, it's the consequence of certain irresponsible persons on the right who have both failed to screen out the bigots from their hiring processes and, in some cases, have actively courted applicants from this tiny but vocal postliberal sewer.
What this means: if you hear people defending Tucker Carlson's talking points from the Jacob Rees-Mogg debate, or if you hear someone arguing that these sorts of viewpoints are representative of what the younger generation wants, you are almost certainly listening to someone who lives inside an echo chamber (or fuehrersewer) that is completely detached from political reality. And more often than not, the people who want to cater to the Zoomerwaffen crowd are engaged in postliberal wishcasting about an emergent right wing radicalism among the youth that only exists on its extreme periphery. That right wing radical element is also utterly despised by an overwhelming majority of young people and everyone else.

Accurate:

fe Heydel-Mankoo
@RafHM

7h
Here is what many are missing:
Tucker Carlson does not believe much of what he says
He is a clickbait grifter manipulating his audience to maximise earnings
Evidence: When he was at Fox he was 100% Team Trump & said the 2020 election was stolen
But, in private, emails and messages revealed that Carlson detested Trump and thought the idea Trump had won the 2020 election was a ridiculous conspiracy theory and accused Trump's lawyers of "lying".*
"I hate Trump passionately", he said, calling him "demonic". Yet, on camera Carlson was Trump's biggest cheerleader.
He is up to the same tricks again.
Lacking any scruples or principles whatsoever, he will parrot whatever line maximises engagement with his content, no matter how damaging the consequences.
He has calculated that being pro-Putin, pro-Hitler and most recently pro-Islam will generate more revenue than if he is anti-Putin, anti-Hitler and anti-Islam like most others.
This makes him a dangerous menace, as there are so many gullible people who believe what he says.

Examples at the end of the original post.

He's obviously a shapeshifting grifter but I don't think you can say "he doesn't believe what he's saying." I think he does.

I also think that he's a fairly stupid man with a imbecilic teenager's capacity for complete self-reinvention every half-year. Now I'm into Backstreet Boys. Now I'm into N'Sync and Backstreet Boys are lame. Now I'm into Green Day and all that kid stuff is for babies. Now I'm into real punk like Butthole Surfers and Green Day is for posers.

Except, you know, with more Hitler Adoration.

A serious man ought not be so promiscuous and changeable in his core beliefs. He changes his beliefs like a girl changes clothes.

"Clevinger was already on the way, half out of his chair with emotion, his eyes moist and his lips quivering and pale. As always occurred when he quarreled over principles in which he believed passionately, he would end up gasping furiously for air and blinking back bitter tears of conviction. There were many principles in which Clevinger believed passionately. He was crazy."

-- Catch-22

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:16 PM

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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 12:15 PM (W2Pud)

2 carlson is weird

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 05, 2026 12:16 PM (CWTWj)

3 I think one can make the argument that it was not defeating the Nazis- it's rather how the british people (and this is on them, not necessarily their leaders at this point) reacted to the victory: full on welfare state.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:17 PM (Y/06r)

4 Mornin', nurse!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 12:17 PM (FAGAJ)

5 Hitler was misunderstood.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:17 PM (1ikK2)

6 "At Least They'd be Speaking a European Language"

That's darkly funny given England now speaks "allahu ackbar".

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:17 PM (2ocoG)

7 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 05, 2026 12:17 PM (hG5L0)

8 Here is what many are missing:

Tucker Carlson does not believe much of what he says

He is a clickbait grifter manipulating his audience to maximise earnings

There it is.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

9 Tucker gets paid a lot of money to say stupid shit.

He's apparently good at it too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 12:17 PM (RORbl)

10 2 carlson is weird
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 05, 2026 12:16 PM (CWTWj)

He's a retard mixing concepts that have some merit and going for Political Edgelord.

He's about a half step away from adopting a leather bomber jacket and fedora.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:18 PM (Y/06r)

11 Lenin said socialism was a waypoint to communism.

Posted by: Eromero at October 05, 2026 12:18 PM (LHPAg)

12 This is also a strange and childlike claim because Germany also lost of all of its overseas colonies after the war (and they had a bunch).

Ace, Germany lost its overseas colonies after WWI, not WWII.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 12:18 PM (77rzZ)

13 Britain should have let the Germans annihilate Russia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:18 PM (1ikK2)

14 I also think that he's a fairly stupid man with a imbecilic teenager's capacity for complete self-reinvention every half-year. Now I'm into Backstreet Boys. Now I'm into N'Sync and Backstreet Boys are lame. Now I'm into Green Day and all that kid stuff is for babies. Now I'm into real punk like Butthole Surfers and Green Day is for posers.

LOL. Is there a butthole surfers song that was actually popular that I would know. I literally have gone 30 years just giggling at the name.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:19 PM (Y/06r)

15 He's a retard mixing concepts that have some merit and going for Political Edgelord.

He's about a half step away from ~~adopting a leather bomber jacket and fedora~~ joining The Dispatch.

FIFY.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:19 PM (2ocoG)

16 you stole my yeet nurse! happy almost b-day

Posted by: DanMan at October 05, 2026 12:20 PM (8uzBS)

17
"Tucker Carlson Says...."

No need to take anything after that seriously.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 12:20 PM (eRlcH)

18 - Yes, there's a rehabilitation of Hitler afoot, especially among younger people, and it should alarm you.

This is absolutely amazing to me, but I also completely agree.

I believe that it's directly downstream from the suicidal empathy the left is imposing on people. Once you accept that the poor, put-upon palestinians are being oppressed by those Tricksy Jews, it's not a big leap to get to 'and those Tricksly Jews need to be stopped! I wonder if there are any historical examples we can draw from to figure out how?!'

And here we are.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 12:20 PM (gLYp7)

19 Careful now.

Tucker has real electoral power.

He endorsed six candidates in the Republican primaries, and they all won.

*receives note*

I have just been informed that all of them lost embarrassingly. That the guy Tucker endorsed in the FL governor's race, James Fishback, thinks that H-1B can be ended by executive fiat because he's so retarded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 12:20 PM (42WUB)

20 Leather jackets are too heavy for the amount of warmth they provide.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:20 PM (1ikK2)

21 Hitler was just stalling when he said he didn't want war with GB. He knew war was inevitable when he broke the Munich Agreement.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:20 PM (KC5Lt)

22 >>>Ace, Germany lost its overseas colonies after WWI, not WWII.

whops!

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:21 PM (1wjle)

23 Well, the Brits are going to be a muslim nation soon so...

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 05, 2026 12:21 PM (iOpI2)

24 8 Here is what many are missing:

Tucker Carlson does not believe much of what he says

He is a clickbait grifter manipulating his audience to maximise earnings

There it is.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

Ahh, Ace has finally come all the way over to my thinking...except when he then says he thinks Tucker belives it...

Nah, Tucker just belives there's a sucker born every minute and he can keep ripping off that sucker...over and over and over again...b/c he wears a bowtie and speaks in highfalutin words...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 05, 2026 12:21 PM (tOcjL)

25 "Lacking any scruples or principles whatsoever, he will parrot whatever line maximises engagement with his content, no matter how damaging the consequences."

That's true of probably 95% of these media personalities and influencers. They are in it purely for the money and fame.

They will claim their grandmothers are zionist pigs and genociders if it will make them money.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 12:21 PM (iFTx/)

26 At Least They'd be Speaking a European Language"

Hmmm. Well....

Hmmm.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:22 PM (+imBs)

27
Yes, there's a rehabilitation of Hitler afoot, especially among younger people, and it should alarm you.

__________

In a race with the rehabilitation of Communism.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 12:22 PM (eRlcH)

28 LOL. Is there a butthole surfers song that was actually popular that I would know. I literally have gone 30 years just giggling at the name.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:19 PM (Y/06r)

Pouring like an avalanche, coming down the mountain.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 12:22 PM (gLYp7)

29 Hitler has made a come back because the left has embraced anti-semitism.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)

30 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 12:22 PM (jnnXY)

31 He would have a defensible position if he was talking about WWI instead of WWII.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 12:22 PM (JzUSu)

32 Britain honestly would have been better off if it never colonized south asia and africa.

They are being colonized now themselves by those regions

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)

33 Good news: Tucker is not a crypto-nazi
Bad news: He's gone full Nazi...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:22 PM (l3cgK)

34

Did he get into a car accident or something?

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 05, 2026 12:23 PM (VuTBl)

35 Did they have any good overseas colonies? The British and the assmelling French had most of those.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:23 PM (1ikK2)

36 belives equals believes...although maybe I should make a new word with belives, like chillax became...

lives like and believes...

Tucker lives like and believes (aka belives) there's a sucker born every minute...

Here's hoping I've also now screwed up AI...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 05, 2026 12:23 PM (tOcjL)

37 LOL. Is there a butthole surfers song that was actually popular that I would know. I literally have gone 30 years just giggling at the name.

Imagine getting to the end of your life, and concluding that your biggest achievement was coming up with the name "Butthole Surfers".

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

38 ----Yes, there's a rehabilitation of Hitler afoot, especially among younger people, and it should alarm you.----

The rehab is all about the Joos and 'Palestine'.
Hitler was supported by the A-Rab mooslims.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:23 PM (KC5Lt)

39 Don't mention the war.

Posted by: Basil Fawlty at October 05, 2026 12:24 PM (wVcYX)

40 WWI was absurd.

A fight over who would hold sway over the worthless Balkans and colonize the Africa and the Pacific islands.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 12:24 PM (sKqQm)

41 13 Britain should have let the Germans annihilate Russia.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:18 PM (1ikK2)

The problem here is that Europe becomes a MUCH harder nut to crack. I am trying to remember numbers on the fly, but there was a vast commitment of forces to Barbarossa. Something like 300(?) divisions. Let's say you actually can take Moscow and cap Stalin in winter '41, spring '42, then all of those divisions (planes, tanks, men) become available to bring back west. Plus add in that the fuel issue the germans always dealt with is gone from the caucaus oil fields. So they can increasingly mechanize...

Yeah, not a great scenario, even if it would have gotten Stalin down. BUT, it would have also raised the likelyhood of a European usage of nukes.

It's a fun scenario to game out though. Defeat all communism/socialism/fascism at one time, when you have the will and men and material to do it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:24 PM (Y/06r)

42 Wow. I guess we are at the digging phase now.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 12:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

43 Cucker Tarleton can fuck off into space.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 05, 2026 12:24 PM (ENA4W)

44 We coulda had Madagascar for about 2 infantry companies in WW2.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:24 PM (1ikK2)

45
Tucker gets paid a lot of money to say stupid shit.

He's apparently good at it too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

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

Who *are* Tucker's followers? Which side of the political spectrum do they come from?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 05, 2026 12:24 PM (mmrXZ)

46 Did he get into a car accident or something?"

Patton?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:24 PM (+imBs)

47 >>>21 Hitler was just stalling when he said he didn't want war with GB. He knew war was inevitable when he broke the Munich Agreement.

yes, he was lying about everything. He had a sequence of conquest in mind, but knew he could never win without quickly knocking out some countries and keeping other countries out of the war by signing non-aggression pacts he never intended to honor. The obvious example is his non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union -- conquering the Soviet Union for "lebensraumen" was always central to his plan for conquest, but he knew he could not fight Russia and France at the same time. So he signed the pact with Russia, then defeated France, and then almost immediately invaded Russia.

I'm not weeping for Stalin here, I'm saying Hitler's promises mean as much as whatever Tucker Carlson claims to believe this month.

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:25 PM (1wjle)

48 Trump was Hitler, now it's Putin. N.A.T.O. is Hitler. The E.U. is Hitler. We all are Hilter!!!!!

Posted by: connected and litigious at October 05, 2026 12:25 PM (cS1cw)

49 Yes, there's a rehabilitation of Hitler afoot, especially among younger people, and it should alarm you.

Say what you want about Hitler, but he did kill Hitler.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 12:25 PM (FAGAJ)

50
Did they have any good overseas colonies? The British and the assmelling French had most of those.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:23 PM (1ikK2)

___________

1) Wilhelmine pretensions aside, Germany was never going to be a great naval power.

2) Bismarck thought colonies were a stupid idea.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 12:25 PM (eRlcH)

51 Reading Winston Churchill's The Gathering Storm actually thought this morning why did England fight the National Socialists then turn around and become Socialists anyway?

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 12:25 PM (jnnXY)

52 Whatever passionate argument Carlson might make his antisemitism is a tell, he has no problem sacrificing large populations of people in favor of totalitarianism. And he really doesn't care which kind, be it Hitler, Pol Pot or Mao.

He hates Trump, and has always hated Trump, because Trump is the only politician in America (probably) who truly supports our Constitution and hates totalitarians everywhere.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (l6BsO)

53 Did they have any good overseas colonies? The British and the assmelling French had most of those.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Some of the Pacific islands they had were pretty nice.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (77rzZ)

54 What is the European language thing? What does he mean? Not African?

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (FnbEu)

55 I think Tucker also enjoys the exposure and attention his rants get.... in addition to the money made off of rage baiting clicks. If it's an act, bravo. If not, the dude's cheese has slipped way, way off the cracker.

Maybe start an effort to have him examined?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (RORbl)

56 Leather jackets are too heavy for the amount of warmth they provide.
Posted by: Boss Moss

It's not the warmth, it's the +1 to Armor Class.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (VHUov)

57 WWI was absurd"

Pretty much, yeah.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (+imBs)

58 Nein nein nein.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (1ikK2)

59 and while he's invading Russia he is of course pitching the idea of a world controlled by the Anglo-Saxon nations of the UK, USA, and Germany -- just because he wanted to keep us on the sidelines as he defeated the lesser powers.

"But Hitler said, Hitler said!"

Hitler said a lot of things, kid.

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (1wjle)

60 Tucker also continues insisting that it was wrong to end WWII in the Pacific immediately with the dropping of two atomic bombs, claiming that it's always wrong to take innocent lives.

I, along with millions of descendants of those who would have died in Japan in a long, drawn-out war of attrition over the Japanese Islands say, heartily to Fucker Qatarlson: "Fuck You, Asshole."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (l3cgK)

61 It's odd that Cucker would choose this subject to pontificate about.

Probably 75% of his audience has no idea what he's talking about. They don't know the history of the last 5 years, let alone what happened 75 years ago involving geopolitical maneuverings between Hitler and UK.

I assume this is really just a dog whistle that says "HITLER GOOD, NOT REALLY THE BAD GUY."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

62 The obvious example is his non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union -- conquering the Soviet Union for "lebensraumen" was always central to his plan for conquest

Lebensraumen? Is that a type of quick-cooking noodles?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

63 You can find lefties nowadays arguing Trump is Hitler AND that Hitler wasn't as bad a history claims

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

64 This Hitler guy sounds suspect. Keep an eye on him.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (nEUC6)

65 >>Did he get into a car accident or something?

Or a stroke or something.

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (1wjle)

66 We coulda had Madagascar for about 2 infantry companies in WW2.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Well yeah, but then we'd own Madagascar...

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (ENA4W)

67 Rees-Mogg? Scion of candy-synthesizer empire?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (wVcYX)

68 Reading Winston Churchill's The Gathering Storm actually thought this morning why did England fight the National Socialists then turn around and become Socialists anyway?
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 12:25 PM (jnnXY)
=====================
Because they thought income inequality could be solved by socialism.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (l6BsO)

69 >>>Say what you want about Hitler, but he did kill Hitler.

lol. good old joke.

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (1wjle)

70
63 You can find lefties nowadays arguing Trump is Hitler AND that Hitler wasn't as bad a history claims

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

========

"The only part of Nazism that was really was the Jew hate. Also, I hate all the Jews."
-Free Palestine

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (42WUB)

71 He has been put up to this by people who need everyone to know that "both sides" have a problem with Jews.

Doesn't mean he's not a willing participant, but he is working for people who want him doing it.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (FnbEu)

72 bulg, I added your correction.

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (1wjle)

73 Bismarck thought colonies were a stupid idea"

Well, he was a herring...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (+imBs)

74 Better than Diego Garcia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (1ikK2)

75 61 It's odd that Cucker would choose this subject to pontificate about.

Probably 75% of his audience has no idea what he's talking about. They don't know the history of the last 5 years, let alone what happened 75 years ago involving geopolitical maneuverings between Hitler and UK.

I assume this is really just a dog whistle that says "HITLER GOOD, NOT REALLY THE BAD GUY."
Posted by: Elric The Blade
=========
That is exactly why Qatarlson is doing that. Most people living today are ill educated in history and so Qatarlson is exploiting that with historical nonsense to get a niche audience.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)

76 55 I think Tucker also enjoys the exposure and attention his rants get.... in addition to the money made off of rage baiting clicks. If it's an act, bravo. If not, the dude's cheese has slipped way, way off the cracker.

Maybe start an effort to have him examined?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (RORbl)

And Democrats, likely paying him to get more and more nutty, like holding Tucker up as an R spokesman to scare US voters...the left pays him to be the new David Duke now...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (tOcjL)

77 Hitler was supported by the A-Rab mooslims.

It doesn't get pointed out enough that the Arabic language version of Mein Kampf is a perpetual best seller to this day. And you thought Muzzies couldn't read.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)

78 2) Bismarck thought colonies were a stupid idea.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yep. But pro-colony sentiment was so strong that not even the Iron Chancellor could buck it.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)

79 >>>Tucker Carlson said it was wrong to fight Hitler because Britain wound up losing her overseas colonies.

>>>That's a morally deranged argument.

I disagree with the last sentence.

First and foremost, as you later point out, Britain was unlikely to have been able to keep her other possessions in a deal with Hitler. Hitler would have reneged later at a time more to Germany's advantage. So, morality aside, GB had other reasons to take on Hitler.

But it is hardly immoral for a nation to determine its own interests in waging war and determining that they don't want to be the world's savior if it runs against their own self-interests.

Neither GB (nor any other nation!!) owes it to the world to take on all the monsters running around loose.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 05, 2026 12:28 PM (8mulE)

80 62 The obvious example is his non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union -- conquering the Soviet Union for "lebensraumen" was always central to his plan for conquest

Lebensraumen? Is that a type of quick-cooking noodles?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

Lots of sauerkraut in those noodles...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:28 PM (l3cgK)

81 I still can't get over how, when X updated their software and allowed everyone to see country of origin, and it showed that Candace, Tucker and all of their "vast online audience" is almost entirely Indian/Pakis and bots, not one, not a single "we must listen to them" crowd changed their tune.

Like, if their audience--the part that isn't fake--is just overseas literal Nazis, maybe they aren't important?

Note Well:
EE's big "Nazi Hunter" expose didn't go after a single one of these "conservatives" who actually are being supported, and are supporting, Nazis.
Those who seem to have a singular mission to make sure Republicans lose.
Just like EE.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 12:28 PM (3cUTc)

82 Hey you gimme back my hat!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (NeYqv)

83 63 You can find lefties nowadays arguing Trump is Hitler AND that Hitler wasn't as bad a history claims

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

He loved animals. He must've been a good guy...
/sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (l3cgK)

84 why did England fight the National Socialists then turn around and become Socialists anyway"

The Judean People's Front meme....

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (+imBs)

85 Tucker also continues insisting that it was wrong to end WWII in the Pacific immediately with the dropping of two atomic bombs, claiming that it's always wrong to take innocent lives.

For every DAY that Japan continued to occupy lands not theirs, it has been estimated that roughly 10,000 civilians died. 10K. Every day. Ask Tucker to square that with his "concern" about using nukes, and presumably a preference for a slow blockade (which wouldn't have worked anyway).

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)

86 In another generation's time they will be saying that WW2 was a hoax and didn't really happen. Rename it the "War of Allied Aggression."

So the American right are just openly Nazis now huh? Gotta give credit to the Nazis. We thought we'd beaten them. Turns out, they were just playing the long game.

He is basically saying being under Nazi rule is better than having brown immigrants come to the country. Same logic as 'spoiling the blood' comment by the prez.

He's preparing for a presidential run. His platform is going to be: Trump was great, until he wasn't. He fell to the deep state. So I will be all the good things you liked about trump (that's whatever you think it is) and none of the bad things.

Oh look, a right winger turned out to be a nazi. Real "fork found in kitchen" moment. Neo Nazis literally watch his show to learn how to say their talking points in ways that seem less overtly Nazi-ish.

He's a scumbag through and through

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (t19vo)

87 Over in Merry olde England, some news person thought Tucker represented the GOP. We should be doing our best to ensure it is known far and wide Tucker is far more aligned with the left and we booted him to the curb for a reason.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

88 64 This Hitler guy sounds suspect. Keep an eye on him.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (nEUC6)

He talks purty, but I think he might be gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (Y/06r)

89 Well yeah, but then we'd own Madagascar...
Posted by: Brother Tim

Which would be awesome. All the cool wildlife there.

Madagascar is on my bucket list.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (77rzZ)

90 Germany and Russia attacked Poland basically at the same time relatively speaking ( about a week later IIRC) . It still bugs me that Stalin was rewarded for basically doing the same thing Hitler did to kick off WW2. I understand why we subsequently allied with the USSR but don't understand why we gave away the store after the war was over. Patton was right again.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (KC5Lt)

91 It doesn't get pointed out enough that the Arabic language version of Mein Kampf is a perpetual best seller to this day. And you thought Muzzies couldn't read.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)

They don't buy it to read; they buy it to place on the coffee table. Just like the Germans did.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (i9VX2)

92 After WWII the British voted Churchill out. As far as I know, this was one of the main reasons why the British colonial empire was lost.
The British were tired of fighting and of a war economy based on rationing.

Posted by: PG at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (+vT3S)

93 Lots of sauerkraut in those noodles...

Only if they're RFK Jr's noodles. Or so Rubio said when his wife outed him for eating Pop-Tarts.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (2ocoG)

94 Wilhelmine pretensions aside, Germany was never going to be a great naval power.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
________

Yet it was. Second largest navy in the world from about 1900 through the end of WW1.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (JzUSu)

95 > Is there a butthole surfers song that was actually popular that I would know.

This is probably their biggest hit:
https://youtu.be/d8XvxqKohyU

Posted by: bonhomme at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (mkw2N)

96 Better than Diego Garcia."

And has vanilla...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (+imBs)

97 69 >>>Say what you want about Hitler, but he did kill Hitler.

lol. good old joke.

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (1wjle)

Saw cartoon where someone was asking, "Why do you have a stature of Hitler?"
The other guy says, "No, it's a statue to the man who killed Hitler!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (l3cgK)

98 The Japs. We should have been nicer to the Japs and divided up China for the coolies, opium, whores and General Tso's chicken.

Plus we would have avoided Korea and Vietnam later on.

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (Al3kG)

99 Rees-Mogg is literally advocating for replacement of native English because they are Tommy Robinson types with embarrassing accents. If you are taking his side in any argument, you have lost the plot. Carlson is irrelevant at this point, but Rees-Mogg and his ruling class ilk are a grave danger.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2026 12:31 PM (wGerL)

100 13 Britain should have let the Germans annihilate Russia.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:18 PM (1ikK2)
=================
Britain had zero influence over Germany's invasion success in Russia.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:31 PM (l6BsO)

101 For every DAY that Japan continued to occupy lands not theirs, it has been estimated that roughly 10,000 civilians died. 10K. Every day. Ask Tucker to square that with his "concern" about using nukes, and presumably a preference for a slow blockade (which wouldn't have worked anyway).
Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)

10k per day seems... high. At the beginning, sure. No question. After a while though, areas get pacified. Is the stat an average?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:31 PM (Y/06r)

102 I just threw a spaghetti squash in the oven. I am starving and it’s smelling amazing.

Okay, back to the crazy that is Tucker.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 12:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

103 Okay, I'm confused....Hitler is now the "good" guy ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 12:31 PM (+gK6I)

104 77 Hitler was supported by the A-Rab mooslims.

It doesn't get pointed out enough that the Arabic language version of Mein Kampf is a perpetual best seller to this day. And you thought Muzzies couldn't read.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem made quite a few visits to Berlin...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:31 PM (l3cgK)

105 Hitler had a plan to send all the Jews to Madagascar. If only he had followed through. Madagascar would be an island paradise today with a kick ass Navy.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:32 PM (KC5Lt)

106 92 After WWII the British voted Churchill out. As far as I know, this was one of the main reasons why the British colonial empire was lost.
The British were tired of fighting and of a war economy based on rationing.
Posted by: PG at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (+vT3S)

Heh. I think they stayed on rationing well into the 50s.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:32 PM (Y/06r)

107
Yep, after this, I'm going to officially predict that Tucker will soon go full-on Flat Earth/space-is-not-real.

That recent business about "what's up with all the letters they put in math with algebra" shows he is a blithering idiot, a trust fund kid pretending to be an intellectual.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2026 12:32 PM (w6EFb)

108 Rees-Mogg? Scion of candy-synthesizer empire?
Posted by: Count de Monet

Or one of the Beta Reticuli Rees-Moggs.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 12:32 PM (VHUov)

109 So the American right are just openly Nazis now huh?

Remind me again which group of socialists are now anti-Joo.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)

110 Well yeah, but then we'd own Madagascar...
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing

You're a lemur hater!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 12:32 PM (u9Xr5)

111
Yet it was. Second largest navy in the world from about 1900 through the end of WW1.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (JzUSu)

____________

One that was largely penned up for most of the war.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 12:32 PM (eRlcH)

112 86 So the American right are just openly Nazis now huh? Gotta give credit to the Nazis. We thought we'd beaten them. Turns out, they were just playing the long game.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (t19vo)

========

Yes.

They should treat the American right as Nazis and flee like the Jews fled Germany in 1933.

It's the only safe thing to do if Nazis are actually in control of the US federal government.

Renounce your citizenship (just $450), and go to Algeria.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 12:32 PM (42WUB)

113 About 40 years ago I heard some Christian preacher offhandedly say "I'm not sure we would be any worse off if Hitler had won" (or something like that). Never got what he meant exactly, but I think it was in the John Birch days, referring to the infiltration of the commies (as they marched through our institutions, and still are).

Certainly the DeepState is evil, but I can't see how Hitler would have been better than our current state. We are still at "war" with globalists and other totalitarians (Islam/CCP), but at least we can still fight against those evils.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2026 12:32 PM (vbXSk)

114 Madagascar is on my bucket list."

Friend of ours daughter went there with the Peace Corps. Managed to be assaulted, beaten, and raped by a local "leader".

YMMV

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:32 PM (+imBs)

115 Just stay out of it until the end like WW1.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (1ikK2)

116 Ace, Germany lost its overseas colonies after WWI, not WWII.

Germany did lose all their European colonies after WWII.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (6wmZc)

117 >>>Ace, Germany lost its overseas colonies after WWI, not WWII.

whops!
--
No, the Italians lost Ethiopia as well.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (3cUTc)

118 See? Reddit also thinks we still like him.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

119 Hes not crazy, he's an asshole. Always was.

And I *like* kooky opinions. Kooky opinions can be highly informative.

This guy is just a dick. A crazy person could cease being a dick if only temporarily and by chance. This dick can't.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (FnbEu)

120 Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:31 PM (Y/06r)

To this day I don't think Filipinos care much for Japan.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (KC5Lt)

121 109 So the American right are just openly Nazis now huh?

Remind me again which group of socialists are now anti-Joo.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)

========

"Nazism wasn't socialism because fascism is totes different. And hating Zionists in all their forms everywhere is so different from hating Jews!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (42WUB)

122 After WWII the British voted Churchill out. As far as I know, this was one of the main reasons why the British colonial empire was lost.
The British were tired of fighting and of a war economy based on rationing.
Posted by: PG

The war with Germany was over, but the war with Japan was still going strong.

And rationing didn't end until sometime in the 50s.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (77rzZ)

123 "I guess I'm just a secret Nazi."
-Tucker Carlson

====

Naaaaaaah, bro.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 06:18 AM (RIvkX)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (RIvkX)

124 I was thinking that Tucker was just nuts but I now think he's demonic...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (+gK6I)

125 why did England fight the National Socialists then turn around and become Socialists anyway

They turned before WW2, but it became much more obvious afterwards. Most of Europe decided in the early 1900s that industrialization would improve things so much they could have a 4 day work week and big social welfare programs and whatnot.

This is why they were never the leaders in computers, semiconductors, the Internet, or AI, and why a lot of their manufacturing is fleeing.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (2ocoG)

126 118 See? Reddit also thinks we still like him.

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

=====

They also think that police kill tens of thousands of unarmed black men a year for sport and get away with it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (42WUB)

127 Future headline:

Tucker defends Cain. Says Abel had it coming.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (u73oe)

128 90 Germany and Russia attacked Poland basically at the same time relatively speaking ( about a week later IIRC) . It still bugs me that Stalin was rewarded for basically doing the same thing Hitler did to kick off WW2. I understand why we subsequently allied with the USSR but don't understand why we gave away the store after the war was over. Patton was right again.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (KC5Lt)

Yes, it was an "enemy of my enemy" situation, even though earlier those two countries had been allied.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (l3cgK)

129 Leave my friend Tucker alone!

Posted by: JD Vance at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (/OKHJ)

130 OT: trying something different with shrugs. You hold the weights outward from body at maybe a 30 degree angle and shrug up and inward like your arms are two legs of a triangle. This does hit harder.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (Y/06r)

131 No Penguin Expresses yet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (1ikK2)

132 Rees-Mogg"

Wasn't he in "The Marching Morons"?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (+imBs)

133 10k per day seems... high. At the beginning, sure. No question. After a while though, areas get pacified. Is the stat an average?

It includes military action against civilians, starvation, diseases that would have been controlled, etc.

I find the figure of roughly 3 and half million per year completely plausible, if not a bit low.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

134 "Oh look, a right winger turned out to be a nazi. "

And there it is. See 71

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 12:35 PM (FnbEu)

135 Tucker wants to be talked about.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 12:35 PM (odBC9)

136 The UK was already fast-tracking self-rule in India after passing the Government of India Act in 1935. When Halifax discussed the turmoil in India with Mustache Man, Mustache Man simply replied "Shoot Gandhi".

Carlson knows this stuff. I'd be amazed if he didn't. A loyal merc, though. Not many of those guys around.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 12:35 PM (rj6Yv)

137 "Heh. I think they stayed on rationing well into the 50s."

Right, the British were naive to think that Churchill was the cause of their problems and Labor was the cure.
This reminds me of something...

Posted by: PG at October 05, 2026 12:35 PM (+vT3S)

138 For every DAY that Japan continued to occupy lands not theirs, it has been estimated that roughly 10,000 civilians died. 10K. Every day. Ask Tucker to square that with his "concern" about using nukes, and presumably a preference for a slow blockade (which wouldn't have worked anyway).
Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)
==================
Tucker is happy to sacrifice large populations of people, and he doesn't much care which ones take the hit. As I said @52, he supports totalitarians and thinks Republican Democracies are inherently bad.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:35 PM (l6BsO)

139 The Italians also lost Old Guinea.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (1ikK2)

140 Pooh Bear told Pigglet he didn't want the honeypot but Eeyore couldn't help but keep an eye on that shifty bear. Tigger knew the whole time.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (kvLZQ)

141 To this day I don't think Filipinos care much for Japan.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (KC5Lt)

To be fair, they and the Koreans do not have much reason to.

I leave the chinese out because they went on to slaughter far more of their own people than the Japanese did.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (Y/06r)

142 90 Germany and Russia attacked Poland basically at the same time relatively speaking ( about a week later IIRC) . It still bugs me that Stalin was rewarded for basically doing the same thing Hitler did to kick off WW2. I understand why we subsequently allied with the USSR but don't understand why we gave away the store after the war was over. Patton was right again.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (KC5Lt)

The US government was a big fan of Stalin and the USSR was involved in staffing decisions. The division of Europe was intentionally favorable towards them as opposed to the US pushing as far as possible when rolling up the Nazis.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (okun6)

143 Every generation provides influencers who desire despotism.

Posted by: torabora at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (vXMWv)

144 >>> 10k per day seems... high. At the beginning, sure. No question. After a while though, areas get pacified. Is the stat an average?

======

Well, at least they're not raping them, so they got that goin' for 'em.

Posted by: Turn 2 at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (QFchU)

145 diabolism

There's a word that doesn't get used enough.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (4NO2D)

146 And rationing didn't end until sometime in the 50s"

Rationing? What's that?

/upper crust

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (+imBs)

147 Germany and Russia attacked Poland basically at the same time relatively speaking ( about a week later IIRC) . It still bugs me that Stalin was rewarded for basically doing the same thing Hitler did to kick off WW2.
Posted by: polynikes
_________

If Britain and France would have gone forward with intervening on behalf of the Finns in their war against Russia, and Germany still invaded Russia a year later, then it would have been a Tolkien three sided war.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (JzUSu)

148 98 The Japs. We should have been nicer to the Japs and divided up China for the coolies, opium, whores and General Tso's chicken.

Plus we would have avoided Korea and Vietnam later on.

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (Al3kG)

The Japs were more than vicious in China and other places they conquered before and during WW2. The things they did there are unforgivable. The current generations of Japanese bear no sin for this, but a good number of their ancestors certainly do.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (l3cgK)

149 Swear to god, I'm going to wake up one morning to find Netflix is doing an unironic adaptation of Spinrad's "The Iron Dream" the way this is going.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 05, 2026 12:37 PM (ENA4W)

150 Leave my friend Tucker alone!
Posted by: JD Vance at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (/OKHJ)
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This is the problem. What do Vance supporters have to say about this?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:37 PM (l6BsO)

151 Well yeah, but then we'd own Madagascar...
Posted by: Brother Tim

Which would be awesome. All the cool wildlife there.

Madagascar is on my bucket list.
Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM (77rzZ)

I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
HE LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
SHE LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
YOU LIKE TO, MOVE IT!

Posted by: King Julien at October 05, 2026 12:37 PM (wVcYX)

152
George McDonald Fraser, who was no fan of the Bomb, asked those who said it shouldn't have been used: OK, so when does Japan surrender? If it's not August 15, 1945, you have some explaining to do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 12:37 PM (eRlcH)

153 Second largest navy in the world from about 1900 through the end of WW1.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (JzUSu)

And now, the world's second-largest navy is America's museum fleet. Truly.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 12:37 PM (gLYp7)

154 Listen, I have no idea what's going on between the geometry of Tuckers ears, but it has to include demonic possession, it's the only thing that makes sense.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2026 12:37 PM (XV/Pl)

155 Afternoon Ace
The pretending to not to understand is the lefts new tactic to try and control the conversation. What's the context, what's the citation are two faves
When someone says that my response is "look it up'

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 12:37 PM (ofacb)

156 Poland wasn't even a real country. It was gone for the longest time.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:37 PM (1ikK2)

157 He loved animals. He must've been a good guy...
/sarc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM

And he could paint a whole apartment in an afternoon. Two coats!

Posted by: Franz Liebkind at October 05, 2026 12:38 PM (FAGAJ)

158 Does Tucker Carlson know that Hitler's own generals try to kill him because he was a lunatic?

Posted by: dantesed at October 05, 2026 12:38 PM (p3pWU)

159 68 Reading Winston Churchill's The Gathering Storm actually thought this morning why did England fight the National Socialists then turn around and become Socialists anyway?
Posted by: Skip
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The common British people were tired, they blamed the Conservatives prior to Churchill who was a maverick Tory for the war (see Guilty Men by Michael Foote, a Labor historian/politician), and severe war time rationing and the import/export exchange controls more or less conditioned the British people to having government control everything economic as they did in the war.

After all, they won didn't they with quasi socialism? But the bloom soon came off the rose with Labourl governments but those in both the Labour and Conservative mainstream believed socialism was the future, perhaps not Stalin socialism but government control of key industries, wages, and other economic life was seen as necessary.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)

160 The US government was a big fan of Stalin and the USSR was involved in staffing decisions"

The entire western "leadership" loved the USSR...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:38 PM (+imBs)

161 To this day I don't think Filipinos care much for Japan.

All of the Asians are racist against each other at a much higher level than any Democrat KKK Wizard could ever achieve.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:38 PM (2ocoG)

162 The second largest navy is moored off of Bremerton.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:38 PM (1ikK2)

163 One that was largely penned up for most of the war.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
________

Yes, but they were still clearly a great naval power. That's all I was saying.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 12:39 PM (JzUSu)

164 The Japs were more than vicious in China and other places they conquered before and during WW2. The things they did there are unforgivable. The current generations of Japanese bear no sin for this, but a good number of their ancestors certainly do.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (l3cgK)

This. The Japanese were almost caricaturishly evil. Actually they went a few steps past that. Warrior/Honor/Caste culture, combined with a lot of racial supremacy so you can 'Not People' pretty much anyone who is not a Japanese Male.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:39 PM (Y/06r)

165 I’ve gotten to the point now where I believe Carlson is so out there he’s no worth seriously engaging. I watched those clips and he’s a completely unserious person; his points are entirely emotional and repetitive and require zero thought on any level. Shorter version: he’s looney tunes

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2026 12:39 PM (UThdG)

166 150 Leave my friend Tucker alone!
Posted by: JD Vance at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (/OKHJ)
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This is the problem. What do Vance supporters have to say about this?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:37 PM (l6BsO)

Maybe: The Vice President of the United States doesn't need to get pulled back and forth by way-too-online people to say yay or nay about individual influencers. He needs to be steady.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 12:39 PM (odBC9)

167 He even had German Shepherds.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:39 PM (1ikK2)

168 All of the Asians are racist against each other at a much higher level than any Democrat KKK Wizard could ever achieve.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:38 PM (2ocoG)

THIS.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:40 PM (Y/06r)

169 Well, at least they're not raping them, so they got that goin' for 'em.
Posted by: Turn 2 at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (QFchU)

Wut?

Posted by: Nanking at October 05, 2026 12:40 PM (i9VX2)

170 120 Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:31 PM (Y/06r)

To this day I don't think Filipinos care much for Japan.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (KC5Lt)

Neither do the Koreans or the Chinese.
My ex-SIL was on a plane trip with a stop in Japan...as she waited for her connecting flight, an man came up to her and started talking to her in Japanese; she said, "I'm NOT a FUCKING JAP!" in Korean.
Yes, the memories of Japanese cruelty and rapacious behavior lives on.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:40 PM (l3cgK)

171 The entire western "leadership" loved the USSR...

The New York Times was having a public love affair with both Hitler and Stalin until Hitler double-crossed Stalin.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:40 PM (2ocoG)

172 150 Leave my friend Tucker alone!
Posted by: JD Vance at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (/OKHJ)
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This is the problem. What do Vance supporters have to say about this?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:37 PM (l6BsO)

Same thing we say about Trump's friends, since he had a few questionable ones...they aren't Trump...and we judge Trump by his own actions...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 05, 2026 12:40 PM (tOcjL)

173 What do Vance supporters have to say about this?"

All "republicans" need to denounce Vance now!

/ we're back to this idiocy?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:40 PM (+imBs)

174 The common British people were tired, they blamed the Conservatives prior to Churchill who was a maverick Tory for the war (see Guilty Men by Michael Foote, a Labor historian/politician), and severe war time rationing and the import/export exchange controls more or less conditioned the British people to having government control everything economic as they did in the war.

I imagine it didn't help their delusions of superpowerdom to know that the US had very clearly usurped their traditional role, and that they simply weren't big enough to reverse that process. Might as well just hand off the world-leadership torch, then. Sure, some tried to deny it for awhile, but everyone, including Stalin, knew it. The Big Three were really the Big Two and a Half.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

175 >>>149 Swear to god, I'm going to wake up one morning to find Netflix is doing an unironic adaptation of Spinrad's "The Iron Dream" the way this is going.

interesting book. A little pointless but interesting.

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:41 PM (1wjle)

176 Tucker Carlson is increasingly showing his Nazi ass by performing the same service to Hitler.

TC has probably broken Germanies Anti-Nazi laws.

Posted by: DaveA at October 05, 2026 12:41 PM (FhXTo)

177 To this day I don't think Filipinos care much for Japan.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (KC5Lt)
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Asian countries don't much like China, but really don't like Japan. That might be the source of our diplomatic strength in the Pacific.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:41 PM (l6BsO)

178 156 Poland wasn't even a real country. It was gone for the longest time.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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There is a difference between a 'country' and a 'nation'. Countries are lines on a map, nations are built on blood, shared history, and culture including religion. Stellar example is Israel which has persisted for millennia without a country and yet when restored to its homeland, became a nation-state which is where the nation and geographic borders coincide.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)

179 The left: See the right are a bunch of NAZIs just like Tucker!

Also the left: Tucker is one of those reasonable republicans not controlled by the Jews we need more of

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)

180 Hitler was Time Magazines Man of the Year.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:41 PM (1ikK2)

181 Okay, I'm confused....Hitler is now the "good" guy ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 12:31 PM

Liberal Goes Back In Time To Kill Hitler

https://youtu.be/Ly1cPYSqgR4

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:41 PM (4NO2D)

182
All of the Asians are racist against each other at a much higher level than any Democrat KKK Wizard could ever achieve.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:38 PM (2ocoG)

___________

Take the racial views of a white Alabama sharecropper 100 years ago. Multiply by 10. That's how Russians view Central Asians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 12:42 PM (eRlcH)

183 btw, if anyone reads "The Iron Dream" on kindle, be on notice that the Kindle automatically starts the book on the first page of the book-within-the-book. It skips you over very necessary backstory for the "book," which is presented as an "Editor's Note" or something and is the real start of the book.

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:42 PM (1wjle)

184 I imagine it didn't help their delusions of superpowerdom to know that the US had very clearly usurped their traditional role, and that they simply weren't big enough to reverse that process. Might as well just hand off the world-leadership torch, then. Sure, some tried to deny it for awhile, but everyone, including Stalin, knew it. The Big Three were really the Big Two and a Half.
Posted by: Archimedes
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True at the elite level and that led to the debacle of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the fall of Anthony Eden.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 12:42 PM (E4rtv)

185 And now, the world's second-largest navy is America's museum fleet. Truly."

The Cajun Navy laughs

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:42 PM (+imBs)

186 The nuclear bombs saved more Japanese lives than American lives and other allies.

Posted by: Eddie Baby at October 05, 2026 12:42 PM (s19xO)

187 This. The Japanese were almost caricaturishly evil. Actually they went a few steps past that. Warrior/Honor/Caste culture, combined with a lot of racial supremacy so you can 'Not People' pretty much anyone who is not a Japanese Male.

It was no day at the beach to be a Japanese male, either. Here's a sword, go run at the machine guns. If you fail, just stab yourself in the belly and pull out your guts.

And if even that doesn't work, well, you're on your own. Enjoy starvation and malaria!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (Riz8t)

188 157 He loved animals. He must've been a good guy...
/sarc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:29 PM

And he could paint a whole apartment in an afternoon. Two coats!

Posted by: Franz Liebkind at October 05, 2026 12:38 PM (FAGAJ)

And he was a vegetarian!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (l3cgK)

189 I understand why we subsequently allied with the USSR but don't understand why we gave away the store after the war was over. Patton was right again.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:30 PM (KC5Lt)
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By the time the Yalta conference convened, the US and the UK were desperately trying to pin Stalin down for a declaration of war against Japan. The Manhattan Project still hadn't demonstrated a working fission bomb, and there were no guarantees it ever would work. Besides, shifting hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops to the Far East would mean hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops not within striking distance of Soviet-free capitals in Europe. By the time of the Potsdam Conference, Soviet military forces fully occupied the countries of Eastern Europe. It would have taken another global war to kick them out.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (rj6Yv)

190 Poland wasn't even a real country. It was gone for the longest time.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't.

Poland was the apple that fell on Schroedinger's head.

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (VHUov)

191 One reason the UK was so broke after Dunkirk is that the US had passed the "Johnson" Act in 1934. UK owed a lot of money after WW1 (as did others), and the US had forbidden itself from lending any more.
Roosevelt (and, later, Willkie) wanted to do more for Britain but the American people lagged them. Over 1940, FDR (with, again, some Republican backing) started Lend-Lease but of course most of that just ended up with Stalin in 1941.
Britain kept the colonies because otherwise Britain would frankly have starved.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (sDWtc)

192 All "republicans" need to denounce Vance now!

/ we're back to this idiocy?
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:40 PM (+imBs)
===============
So we know now what little glimmers of thought you can contribute.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (l6BsO)

193 Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:31 PM (Y/06r)

To this day I don't think Filipinos care much for Japan.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (KC5Lt)
_____

Surprisingly, it's just the opposite. The older Filipino generations who lived through the Japanese occupations and atrocities are long gone.

Today, Japanese products and culture dominate the Philippines, especially among the younger generations, and that translates into high approval rates for Japan and Japanese people in the country.

World War 2? What WW2?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

194 This is the problem. What do Vance supporters have to say about this?

Vance was an active participant in using Tucker's son to relay fake intelligence to Iran (through Tucker), and then he fired the guy. And he's now saying we need to eliminate the H1B program. DJT is teaching him well.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (2ocoG)

195 >>>165 I’ve gotten to the point now where I believe Carlson is so out there he’s no worth seriously engaging. I watched those clips and he’s a completely unserious person; his points are entirely emotional and repetitive and require zero thought on any level. Shorter version: he’s looney tunes

yup

you know, Tucker says a lot of lunatic things I never post on the blog. I only bother mentioning him when it's particularly pernicious or floridly insane.

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (1wjle)

196
Russia provoked WW1 over Serbia, the Balkans and Dardanelles.

Tucker enjoys the 1st amendment protection of the U.S. Constitution no matter what nonsense he spouts or for whatever reason.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 12:44 PM (Y8DZL)

197 Here is what many are missing:

Tucker Carlson does not believe much of what he says

He is a clickbait grifter manipulating his audience to maximise earnings

There it is.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)
***********
I think Tucker gets great joy out of manipulating his followers. He's like Candace Owens. They say the most outrageous things and people still cling to every word they say. They both love the power they possess. They're like the puppet master and their followers are all their little puppets.
Behind the scenes, I can hear Tucker's maniacal little laugh.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 12:44 PM (NpAcC)

198 Japs!!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 05, 2026 12:44 PM (ctEtP)

199 200

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 12:44 PM (odBC9)

200 This is the problem. What do Vance supporters have to say about this?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:37 PM (l6BsO)

Dunno that they have to say anything given we had the US of KKKA guy

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 12:44 PM (FnbEu)

201 Might as well just hand off the world-leadership torch, then. "

Sure, let's sell this jet engine to Stalin...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:44 PM (+imBs)

202 This. The Japanese were almost caricaturishly evil. Actually they went a few steps past that. Warrior/Honor/Caste culture, combined with a lot of racial supremacy so you can 'Not People' pretty much anyone who is not a Japanese Male.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I don't get it. Explain this joke or I keel you.

Posted by: Mohammed M. Muhammad at October 05, 2026 12:44 PM (VHUov)

203 My god, what a complete and utter clown. I used to watch Tucker regularly on Fox. I guess I was fooled, but he wasn't saying outrageously absurd stuff like this. He was, however, saying things in the same manner, which also makes me question whether he ever believed any of what he said. He's got the act, the cadence, the accent, the whines, the strawman arguments--that's all the same recipe. He can just swap the topic and position like it's a mix-n-match children's book.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at October 05, 2026 12:44 PM (CYakq)

204 All of the Asians are racist against each other at a much higher level than any Democrat KKK Wizard could ever achieve.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:38 PM (2ocoG)

THIS.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:40 PM

This is consonant with my experience and observations, including South Asians.

Posted by: Chuy at October 05, 2026 12:45 PM (0sNs1)

205 Why is this fucktard Carlson given any credence at all. He's long past parody.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 12:45 PM (sl73Y)

206 I would like to have seen Argentina.

Posted by: Martin Bormann at October 05, 2026 12:45 PM (wVcYX)

207 IF we hadn't used the bombs, we would have won in 1948, after we starved half the population and burned down every town with a population over 500.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:45 PM (4NO2D)

208 The problem is the Left says don't disparage us about Hasan Piker when you have Tucker Carlson. "See? Deny, deny but you really are Nazis!"

Posted by: L - No nic at October 05, 2026 12:45 PM (88pKp)

209 "Probably 75% of his audience has no idea what he's talking about. They don't know the history of the last 5 years, let alone what happened 75 years ago involving geopolitical maneuverings between Hitler and UK."

"They sound like perfect customers for all our crap"

Big Corp (which funds advertising income for Tucker and Candace)

Posted by: illiniwek at October 05, 2026 12:45 PM (vbXSk)

210 The Japs ate some downed airmen.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:45 PM (1ikK2)

211 I like that we sunk the French navy in WW2 because we had no guarantee they wouldn't assist Hitler. Boy were they pissed.

Another cheese eating surrender monkey piece of trivia is the French Open tennis tournament continued throughout WW2.

And on a sour note, the bulk of the much heralded French resistance was made up of commies. France was this close ( holds thumb and index finger barely apart) to becoming communist after the war. Only good thing about de Gaulle in my opinion is he prevented it.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:46 PM (KC5Lt)

212 Joke I saw:

If a person from Holland marries a Filipino, would their kids be Hollipinos?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 12:46 PM (3cUTc)

213 By the time the Yalta conference convened, the US and the UK were desperately trying to pin Stalin down for a declaration of war against Japan.
Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (rj6Yv)
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I've never understood why anyone would think Russia would not declare war against Japan. Russia hates losing to Japan in the prior war, wanted territorial losses back and wanted to ensure Siberia was protected. Of course Russia was all-in.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:46 PM (l6BsO)

214 They should have surrendered.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:47 PM (1ikK2)

215 He's like Candace Owens.

He's also a lesbian?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:47 PM (2ocoG)

216 9 Swear to god, I'm going to wake up one morning to find Netflix is doing an unironic adaptation of Spinrad's "The Iron Dream" the way this is going.

interesting book. A little pointless but interesting.
Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:41 PM (1wjle)
_______________

Lord of the Swastika was good. I don't remember whether that was standalone or part of Iron Dream.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/)

217 213 Joke I saw:

If a person from Holland marries a Filipino, would their kids be Hollipinos?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 12:46 PM (3cUTc)

; )

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 12:47 PM (odBC9)

218 World War 2? What WW2?

WW 11?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:47 PM (+imBs)

219 The Japs ate some downed airmen.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:45 PM (1ikK2)
===============
Wasn't it livers they wanted?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 12:47 PM (l6BsO)

220 And he was a vegetarian!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM

And pungently so!

Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA & Cuck-CCP) at October 05, 2026 12:47 PM (0sNs1)

221 I would argue that the British lost way more by fighting Germany in WW 1. WW2, which was just a continuation of the first war, was probably unavoidable and having a Nazi takeover of England would not be good. Or nice.

So...fuck Tucker.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 05, 2026 12:47 PM (s1VwS)

222
World War 2? What WW2?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

When the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:47 PM (l3cgK)

223 I found this interesting while digging around in the Carlson family history:

Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson's father was Richard Carlson who lived a long and interesting life, pretty much setting up Tucker for his media ventures. Richard died in 2025. That's about the time Tucker seemed to publicly go off the deep end so to say. Here's a quote from Richard that I think reflects Tucker's current behavior:

Carlson was said to be an active father who had a specific outlook in raising his sons:

I want them to be self-disciplined to the degree that I think is necessary to find satisfaction ... you measure a person on how far they go, on how far they've sprung. My parents, the Carlsons, they instilled a modesty in me that, at times, gets in my way ... I know it's immodest of me to say it, but it's difficult sometimes when you want to beat your own drum and say what you really think.
___________________

I think Tucker took those words to heart, and as a homage to his father's passing...telling us what he really thinks. And, it's shit.

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 12:47 PM (dIske)

224 this is an OP

he is CIA

now I'm SURE of it

his shenanigans are actually turning my sons OFF of the Right, which is I think the intention. it's maybe too clever by half, and MAYBE he is unknowing (but I doubt it) but this is some mobying type shit I think

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 12:47 PM (j+aD2)

225 >>>He's also a lesbian?

He looks like one. He looks like a WNBA assistant coach.

Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:48 PM (1wjle)

226 My shocked face is not shocked.

Posted by: runner at October 05, 2026 12:48 PM (AKptf)

227 I've never understood why anyone would think Russia would not declare war against Japan. Russia hates losing to Japan in the prior war, wanted territorial losses back and wanted to ensure Siberia was protected. Of course Russia was all-in.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

And it was the Japanese who wanted the nonaggression pact because they had been badly beaten by Zhukov in Inner Mongolia in the late 30s.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 12:48 PM (77rzZ)

228 196 Tucker says a lot of lunatic things I never post on the blog. I only bother mentioning him when it's particularly pernicious or floridly insane.
Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (1wjle)

Which would maybe sorta encourage him to say things more particularly pernicious or floridly insane.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 12:48 PM (odBC9)

229 I would like to have seen Argentina."

It's no Montana.

/Vasily

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:49 PM (+imBs)

230 National Review in the 1990s (when they didn't suck) ran an analysis of Harris' book "Fatherland". They thought the world would have ended up a lot poorer if all of Europe had been Hitler's slave territory rather than the eastern half of it being Stalin's.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 12:49 PM (sDWtc)

231 Moog synthesizer.

Posted by: creeper at October 05, 2026 12:49 PM (lWAes)

232 Another large part of it was the Suez crisis, in which the US not only did not help, but put pressure on the UK and France to give in to Nasser and his Soviet allies.

What would Americans say if the French and the British pressured the US to give the Panama canal to Fidel Castro?

It seems unbelievable to me.

Posted by: PG at October 05, 2026 12:50 PM (+vT3S)

233 208 IF we hadn't used the bombs, we would have won in 1948, after we starved half the population and burned down every town with a population over 500.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:45 PM (4NO2D)

Read a story, don't know if it's true:
That Truman didn't want to drop the bomb, but one of his advisors said, "What will you tell the American people, at your Impeachment, that you could have saved hundreds of Thousands of American lives and ended the war sooner?"
After that, Truman gave the go-ahead.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:50 PM (l3cgK)

234 Hey Ace, thanks for coining 'Maine Fuhrer' for Graham Platner.

I have already used it twice to general snorts from my companions.

Steiner will not come.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:50 PM (4NO2D)

235 Yes, there's a rehabilitation of Hitler afoot, especially among younger people, and it should alarm you.

- That said, the so-called "Zoomerwaffen" is also a tiny and extremely disliked minority of young people: only 2% of 18-29 year olds, which maxes out at 14% if you include the Groyper-curious "somewhat favorable."

==

We don't need them.

Posted by: runner at October 05, 2026 12:50 PM (AKptf)

236 btw, if anyone reads "The Iron Dream" on kindle, be on notice that the Kindle automatically starts the book on the first page of the book-within-the-book. It skips you over very necessary backstory for the "book," which is presented as an "Editor's Note" or something and is the real start of the book.
Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:42 PM (1wjle)

I think I have a paperback copy of that book somewhere. Doubt I shall ever read it again. If anyone going to the TX MoMee would like to have it, I could dig it up and pack it with me, if I am able to find it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 12:50 PM (i9VX2)

237 He looks like one. He looks like a WNBA assistant coach.
Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:48 PM

Have you seen the photos of Mike Myers (the actor) showing off his new anti-Trump "STOP FASCISM!" shirt? Dude somehow turned from Austin Powers to Rachel Maddow.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)

238 I would be careful about the "unserious" stuff. I am reminded of Malone in The Untouchables:

"You just turned your back on a man because he told you he is a Hitler supporter!"

Malone: "Who would claim to be that, who was not."

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 12:51 PM (FnbEu)

239 When Tucker was on Fox he invited that crank expat pervert Glenn Greenwald all the time.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 12:51 PM (RIvkX)

240 213 Joke I saw:

If a person from Holland marries a Filipino, would their kids be Hollipinos?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 12:46 PM (3cUTc)

Nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:51 PM (Y/06r)

241 . WW2, which was just a continuation of the first war"

This. My guess is that by the end of the century most will think of it as one conflict...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:51 PM (+imBs)

242 That said, the so-called "Zoomerwaffen" is also a tiny and extremely disliked minority of young people: only 2% of 18-29 year olds, which maxes out at 14% if you include the Groyper-curious "somewhat favorable."

Heh. Zoomerwaffen.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

243 Shut up, fool.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:51 PM (4NO2D)

244 Tucker says a lot of lunatic things I never post on the blog. I only bother mentioning him when it's particularly pernicious or floridly insane.
Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (1wjle)

Which would maybe sorta encourage him to say things more particularly pernicious or floridly insane.
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 12:48 PM (odBC9)

ace made Cucker a nazi...

Posted by: runner at October 05, 2026 12:52 PM (AKptf)

245 Posted by: Smell the Glove
=====
A reply to such a leftist,

You (the leftist) are obviously too short for this ride is my response. To have academic discourse, it requires a common background in education and experience. Frankly, it is not worth my time to rectify your ignorance nor to listen to your pathetic attempts to instigate Socratic questioning in the dialogue with the aim to 'disqualify' if I don't mention your favorite and only 'cite'.

True academic research requires a sober acknowledgement and treatment of arguments, even ones we dislike, seriously that have a basis in fact. We do this not to disqualify like the rather stupid Wiki crew does with their endless twaddle of requiring cites but then rejecting and cherry picking what cites are admissible. Instead, we do this in order to recognize commonality of the academic discourse on a particular topic. Leftists are mostly incapable of such knowledgeable discussion because they are emotionally incontinent bed wetters that mistake ideological passion for truth. To such people, ideology is all, reality is meaningless if it does not agree with what the ideologue thinks should occur.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 12:52 PM (E4rtv)

246 oh.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:52 PM (4NO2D)

247 That really burns today's zionists

====

The troll is unintentionally revelatory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 12:52 PM (RIvkX)

248 ace made Cucker a nazi...

And he made garrett gay.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:52 PM (2ocoG)

249 238 He looks like one. He looks like a WNBA assistant coach.
Posted by: ace at October 05, 2026 12:48 PM

Have you seen the photos of Mike Myers (the actor) showing off his new anti-Trump "STOP FASCISM!" shirt? Dude somehow turned from Austin Powers to Rachel Maddow.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)

I watched the EFAP Movies 100 (they are doing all the Star Wars movies) and they referenced a comment from the Star Wars where someone says: 'Mark Hamill looks like an angry lesbian.' I don't know if I agree, but it is hilarious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:52 PM (Y/06r)

250 This. My guess is that by the end of the century most will think of it as one conflict...
Posted by: man

Yep. One conflict with a big ol' "truce" in the middle.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 12:53 PM (77rzZ)

251 I did not see that coming.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:53 PM (1ikK2)

252 what a silly debate.

You guys keep arguing, I am busy raping your women and building mosques.

Posted by: heavier problems right now. at October 05, 2026 12:53 PM (3CHRs)

253 Stupid mother Tucker.

Posted by: Roy at October 05, 2026 12:53 PM (qwype)

254 'Mark Hamill looks like an angry lesbian.'

An angry lesbian who smashed her face in a motorcycle accident.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:53 PM (4NO2D)

255 On Okinawa, the Japanese soldiers were handing grenades to Okinawan (the Japanese considered them to be not "true Japanese") fathers and telling them to suicide bomb the Americans or they'd kill the children in front of the father.

It could be argued that we saved more Japanese lives than Americans by dropping the atomic bombs.

Posted by: pookysgirl has visited a few Peace Gardens at October 05, 2026 12:53 PM (Wt5PA)

256 Taylor Lorenz has become a free speech advocate on X

@TaylorLorenz
He [ Emmanuel Macron ] wants people punished for posting "nonsense," with state-backed fact-checkers deciding what qualifies. He wants a verified identity behind every social media account. He has written to Ursula von der Leyen demanding the DSA be enforced "much faster, much more forcefully."

Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 12:53 PM (sDWtc)

257 250 ace made Cucker a nazi...

And he made garrett gay.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:52 PM (2ocoG)

Did he also make Cucker gay?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:53 PM (l3cgK)

258 Hitler only attacked Britain because he was tired and cranky from all the bunker hijinx like finding his best goosesteppers full of baked beans.

Posted by: Hermann Fegelein at October 05, 2026 12:54 PM (7Q0e+)

259 249 That really burns today's zionists

====

The troll is unintentionally revelatory.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 12:52 PM (RIvkX)

Why does it always comes back to Jews, man?
-me (like 30 years ago)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 05, 2026 12:54 PM (Y/06r)

260 228 I've never understood why anyone would think Russia would not declare war against Japan. Russia hates losing to Japan in the prior war, wanted territorial losses back and wanted to ensure Siberia was protected. Of course Russia was all-in.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

And it was the Japanese who wanted the nonaggression pact because they had been badly beaten by Zhukov in Inner Mongolia in the late 30s.
Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 12:48 PM (77rzZ)

Yeah, Japan had been courting Russia for a long time. And they did have an understanding with Stalin and a non- aggression pact even. Which of course eventually lapsed.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 05, 2026 12:54 PM (s1VwS)

261 Zoomerwaffen"

Is that the crispy cookie one holds over a cup of hot coffee?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:54 PM (+imBs)

262 @TaylorLorenz
He [ Emmanuel Macron ] wants people punished for posting "nonsense," with state-backed fact-checkers deciding what qualifies. He wants a verified identity behind every social media account. He has written to Ursula von der Leyen demanding the DSA be enforced "much faster, much more forcefully."
Posted by: 88C+u at October 05, 2026 12:53 PM

Just like Hammurabi, eh Taylor?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:54 PM (4NO2D)

263 IF we hadn't used the bombs, we would have won in 1948, after we starved half the population and burned down every town with a population over 500.

Posted by: toby928(c)
_________

How could we be sure the Russians wouldn't have launched their own invasion before 48, and we end up with Russian occupied Japan? Stalin wouldn't have given two shits about another million or two Russian dead to accomplish it. And then maintaining South Korea would have been untenable too.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 05, 2026 12:54 PM (JzUSu)

264 Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

Good to know. I guess capitalism can make you forget a lot of things like it did here. I'm over 29 so I remember grandparents not being thrilled with Japan so I assumed the Philippines would have taken longer to get over it.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:54 PM (KC5Lt)

265 My guess is that by the end of the century most will think of it as one conflict...
Posted by: man

That's Niall Ferguson's thesis in "War of the World".

Posted by: he ends it with Korea at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (sDWtc)

266 It could be argued that we saved more Japanese lives than Americans by dropping the atomic bombs.

Absolutely.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (aD4fx)

267 I watched the EFAP Movies 100 (they are doing all the Star Wars movies) and they referenced a comment from the Star Wars where someone says: 'Mark Hamill looks like an angry lesbian.' I don't know if I agree, but it is hilarious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Bon Jovi looks like Bea Arthur.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (ujiP/)

268 263 Zoomerwaffen"

Is that the crispy cookie one holds over a cup of hot coffee?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:54 PM (+imBs)

The one with caramel in it, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (l3cgK)

269
They also think that police kill tens of thousands of unarmed black men a year for sport and get away with it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 12:34 PM (42WUB

Good counter point. I am not thinking clearly, I told you I am starving and somehow chose squash that takes 45 minutes to cook. I need a keeper. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

270 250 ace made Cucker a nazi...

And he made garrett gay.
Posted by: Ian S.

This was the only explanation I could come up with too.

Posted by: It's Unfathomable, Otherwise at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (EdP2u)

271 Hitler always viewed the British as a prodigal son of the Germanic peoples - and he did offer them a guarantee of their overseas possessions if they gave him a free hand on the Continent. Both ideas expose his nearly perfect and deliberate ignorance of European history.

But both ideas are predicated upon Britain - the last remaining true military and imperial power in Europe - relinquishing their status as such and ceding primacy to the Germans.

Ridiculous. If they weren't going to knuckle under for the mighty French century after century, why would they suddenly do it for the upstart Germans, let alone the bohemian Austrian corporal?

The Nazis brlieved this was possible because Hitler was high on victory and meth, and Goering was coming off the heroin, and Hoess was bugfuck nuts. Clear heads would never have seriously considered these overtures.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM (BI5O2)

272 mmm ... caramel..

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM (4NO2D)

273 I admit Tucker fooled me when he was at Fox. I was even angry when they fired him. Will I ever be fooled again? Probably.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM (Cqx++)

274 Why does it always comes back to Jews, man?
-me (like 30 years ago)

The frustrating thing about this is that American Jews are majority willing to lean into it. They loved them some Kamala in 2024.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM (2ocoG)

275 Carlson is so shallow. He doesn’t understand Hitler. It is true Hitler didn’t want war with Britain because he was a racist and didn’t want to fight those white Britons. He wanted them to step aside and when they didn’t he was perfectly will to make war on them vigorously. The only thing he cared about in the end was conquest. His actions prove that. Has Tucker the Retard never heard of the blitz?? Eh I’m wasting my time arguing against his vacuous meanderings

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM (UThdG)

276 I need a keeper. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

Would you settle for a court jester

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM (FnbEu)

277 269 I watched the EFAP Movies 100 (they are doing all the Star Wars movies) and they referenced a comment from the Star Wars where someone says: 'Mark Hamill looks like an angry lesbian.' I don't know if I agree, but it is hilarious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Bon Jovi looks like Bea Arthur.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (ujiP/)

Which reminds me...haven't seen commenter "Bea Arthur's Dick" in a long time...still around?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM (l3cgK)

278 246 Tucker says a lot of lunatic things I never post on the blog. I only bother mentioning him when it's particularly pernicious or floridly insane.
Posted by: ace
========
Eh, this is on X currently and you deal with current affairs so it is fine. Exposing Qatarlson's descent into insane mediocre historical arguments is warranted. Best for people to simply consider Qatarlson as a dishonest and perhaps mentally ill shill for foreign interests, anti Semites, and those that hope to pick up the pieces when and if the US fails.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)

279 Which of course eventually lapsed.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 05, 2026 12:54 PM (s1VwS)
===========
Which is why one must be prepared!

Posted by: Mark Carney at October 05, 2026 12:57 PM (3rR55)

280 Which reminds me...haven't seen commenter "Bea Arthur's Dick" in a long time...still around?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
======
Transitioned?

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)

281 I need a keeper. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

Would you settle for a court jester
Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM

You need a henchman.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:57 PM (4NO2D)

282 Which reminds me...haven't seen commenter "Bea Arthur's Dick" in a long time...still around?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM (l3cgK)

Made an appearance a few days ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wearing a Bill the Cat T-shirt at October 05, 2026 12:58 PM (0aYVJ)

283 An angry lesbian who smashed her face in a motorcycle accident."

Hey - I had to redo the opening of the second movie for that idiot

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:58 PM (+imBs)

284 - Yes, there's a rehabilitation of Hitler afoot, especially among younger people, and it should alarm you.

I remember there was a guy in high school who talked favorably about Hitler and this was barely 30 years after the end of the war. But he was what we would now call a "shitlord," someone who would say anything that would get a rise of someone and attention for himself. Absolutely no one thought he was serious.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 05, 2026 12:58 PM (vTZFs)

285 Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

Good to know. I guess capitalism can make you forget a lot of things like it did here. I'm over 29 so I remember grandparents not being thrilled with Japan so I assumed the Philippines would have taken longer to get over it.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:54 PM (KC5Lt)
_____

Have you been to Hawaii recently? It might as well have been conquered by Japan. Japanese are the dominant ethnicity and culture there.

The few remaining Hawaiian natives are mostly the poor working class. They stack shelves in supermarkets owned by Japanese.

It's incredible to see.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

286
This. My guess is that by the end of the century most will think of it as one conflict...
Posted by: man

Yep. One conflict with a big ol' "truce" in the middle.
Posted by: Bulg

Half-time show.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 12:58 PM (Cqx++)

287 I watched the EFAP Movies 100 (they are doing all the Star Wars movies) and they referenced a comment from the Star Wars where someone says: 'Mark Hamill looks like an angry lesbian.' I don't know if I agree, but it is hilarious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Bon Jovi looks like Bea Arthur.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (ujiP/)

That's nothing. I now look like Endora from Bewitched.

Posted by: Steven Tyler at October 05, 2026 12:58 PM (wVcYX)

288 Good counter point. I am not thinking clearly, I told you I am starving and somehow chose squash that takes 45 minutes to cook. I need a keeper. 🤣
Posted by: Piper

You can leave a big pile of squash or zucchini in the forest for two weeks. No animal will touch it.

Posted by: Must Mean Something at October 05, 2026 12:58 PM (EdP2u)

289 mmm ... caramel..

And hot coffee. I could use some...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:59 PM (+imBs)

290 Which reminds me...haven't seen commenter "Bea Arthur's Dick" in a long time...still around?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Last week, I think. He makes an appearance now and then.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 12:59 PM (ujiP/)

291 I don't think anyone has mentioned that Tucker was influenced by Pat Buchanan so I don't think this thought process is anything new.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 12:59 PM (KC5Lt)

292 Vegetables. Yeech.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:00 PM (1ikK2)

293 Fun fact: Hermann Goering's father served as a governor of German SW Africa (today's Namibia).

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)

294 Half-time show.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 12:58 PM

Bumper sticker: North 1, South 0 -- Halftime

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2026 01:00 PM (0sNs1)

295 I need a keeper. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 05, 2026 12:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

Would you settle for a court jester
Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM

You need a henchman.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:57 PM (4NO2D)

A Minion or three?

Posted by: Grue at October 05, 2026 01:00 PM (wVcYX)

296 As far as being so publicly owned, it's also worth remembering that Carlson could edit this video, as it's his show. Instead, he has been posting clips of it (in which he looks really bad) as though he believes he looks good. To be sure, his remaining fans often agree with him, so that doesn't help his self-awareness.

Someone should start a Betty Ford-type clinic for Carlson and the others who fell off Trump into Krazyville.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 05, 2026 01:00 PM (4I7Kz)

297 But he was what we would now call a "shitlord," someone who would say anything that would get a rise of someone and attention for himself."

So, redditor?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:00 PM (+imBs)

298 Vegetables. Yeech.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:00 PM

What food eats.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 01:00 PM (4NO2D)

299 Bea Arthur was a Marine Sergeant in WWII.

Posted by: Were You? at October 05, 2026 01:01 PM (EdP2u)

300 294 Vegetables. Yeech.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:00 PM (1ikK2)

At work, at a meeting, a woman brought out a snack of baby carrots to eat. One of the guys there said, "That's not food; that's what food eats."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:01 PM (l3cgK)

301 The few remaining Hawaiian natives are mostly the poor working class. They stack shelves in supermarkets owned by Japanese.

The native Hawaiians are also giant assholes. But they used it to bully Barack Obama in high school so everything has its use.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:01 PM (2ocoG)

302 They said my Folate level was undetectable.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:01 PM (1ikK2)

303 Bea Arthur’s Dick
Charlie Browns Dildo
Ashley Judds puffy scamper

The nics around here are legendary…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2026 01:01 PM (UThdG)

304 302 At work, at a meeting, a woman brought out a snack of baby carrots to eat. One of the guys there said, "That's not food; that's what food eats."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:01 PM (l3cgK)

====

I believe that's a quote from Parks and Rec.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:02 PM (42WUB)

305 Bea Arthur was a Marine Sergeant in WWII.
Posted by: Were You?

Also got the clap.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 01:02 PM (ujiP/)

306 304 They said my Folate level was undetectable.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:01 PM (1ikK2)

There are pills for that.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:02 PM (l3cgK)

307 I admit Tucker fooled me when he was at Fox. I was even angry when they fired him. Will I ever be fooled again? Probably.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 12:56 PM (Cqx++

I'm always happy to warn people here about people. Hard to be wrong on that score honestly, but I try to keep it to the seriously fucked up ones.

Like Billy asshole Barr. And Schmucker.

Don't be fooled by Rubio. Or DeSantis. Or honestly Vance. I don't even know who is the best of the untrustworthy three. Probably Vance? I love the new "evolved" Rubio but I would never turn my back on him.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:02 PM (FnbEu)

308 307 Bea Arthur was a Marine Sergeant in WWII.
Posted by: Were You?

Also got the clap.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 01:02 PM (ujiP/)

no golf clap?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:02 PM (l3cgK)

309 When Antifa broke into Carlson's house, and made his wife hide in the safe room, little did they realize he was their supporter.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 01:02 PM (3rR55)

310 HAHAHAHA (Tucker Carlson laugh).
These people still take me seriously!

Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at October 05, 2026 01:02 PM (cCZnM)

311 When Tucker started going a bit astray I thought well he's been a stalwart on our side we owe him some idiosyncracy credits.

Now he's just bonkers. I guess when the red flags fly you have to just cut people loose, otherwise you get tagged with their crazy.

Posted by: blaster at October 05, 2026 01:03 PM (xhfG9)

312 Bea Arthur was a Marine Sergeant in WWII.
Posted by: Were You?

Also got the clap.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 01:02 PM

Please clap.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at October 05, 2026 01:03 PM (2ocoG)

313 275 I admit Tucker fooled me when he was at Fox. I was even angry when they fired him. Will I ever be fooled again? Probably.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
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People in journalism (and politics) show high tendencies toward sociopathy. Add in narcissism for those on air and you get a really nasty mix. Think of them, both pols and journalists as actors from Hollyweird and often sharing the same deviant proclivities (Shep Smith or Barney Frank anyone?) that mark our political and infotainment circus.

If you don't take cues from actors and musicians on public policy, then you shouldn't do that with politicians and news readers.

I would also now include Democrat judges and lawyers in that since the left cannot help but being histrionic crybabies that must win or the revolution will be lost regardless of what they destroy in the present.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 01:03 PM (E4rtv)

314 "Tucker Carlson Says…"

Same reaction as when someone says something like, "I'm a staunch Constitutional Republican, but…

*eyes glaze over*

*starts thinking about lunch*

Posted by: mindful webworker - but, good morning, Ace at October 05, 2026 01:03 PM (1BE2o)

315
I think we can all agree that a Soviet Japan would have been a better outcome for WW2.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:03 PM (Y8DZL)

316 Incidentally, SNL did a Tucker skit this weekend and it was 100% not funny. They didn't even do the laugh.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:03 PM (2ocoG)

317 317
I think we can all agree that a Soviet Japan would have been a better outcome for WW2.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:03 PM (Y8DZL)

. . .

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:03 PM (l3cgK)

318 Except the Soviets would have lost again.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:04 PM (1ikK2)

319 Gonorrhea is nothing to clap about.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at October 05, 2026 01:04 PM (4NO2D)

320
318 Incidentally, SNL did a Tucker skit this weekend and it was 100% not funny. They didn't even do the laugh.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:03 PM (2ocoG)

=======

It'd be more newsworthy if SNL made a funny skit.

I was browsing around on YouTube and came across a sketch about a woman who worked with Bob Fosse teaching a dance class.

The extent of the joke was "saying funny words to the dance moves instead of numbers." It went on for 5 minutes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:04 PM (42WUB)

321 313 When Tucker started going a bit astray I thought well he's been a stalwart on our side we owe him some idiosyncracy credits.

Now he's just bonkers. I guess when the red flags fly you have to just cut people loose, otherwise you get tagged with their crazy.
Posted by: blaster

I never cared for him dating back to Crossfire days on CNN as bow tie boy. Same with his 'news' organization he founded with foreign money and a silent partner. I stopped watching any TV news back in Bush's second term as a waste of time. Last time I watched Fox was in 2016.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 01:05 PM (E4rtv)

322 I think we can all agree that a Soviet Japan would have been a better outcome for WW2.
Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:03 PM (Y8DZL)

Vodka-Saki? No, I don't think so.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 01:05 PM (wVcYX)

323 I admit Tucker fooled me when he was at Fox. I was even angry when they fired him. Will I ever be fooled again? Probably.

When I watch that stuff I do it because they're saying things I like. I've never thought that meant they were good people. Not even Gutfeld, who might actually be.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:05 PM (2ocoG)

324 Hermann Goering's father served as a governor of German SW Africa (today's Namibia)

Always surprised they didn't change the Capitol city name to something less.... German

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:05 PM (+imBs)

325
Tucker also continues insisting that it was wrong to end WWII in the Pacific immediately with the dropping of two atomic bombs, claiming that it's always wrong to take innocent lives.

Air delivery of two homemade portable suns into your uncivilized genocidal adversary's cities goes a long ways towards adjusting their attitude in regards to unconditional surrender.

Plus, the fuckers deserved to be nuked. Imperial Japan made both Hitler and Stalin look like dilettantes when it came to genocide.

Ironically, nowadays I'd take modern Japan as an ally over virtually any of our WWII allies anytime. Despite the weirdness of their culture. I mean, they have computerized toilets, used panty vending machines, snaggle-toothed barely legal waifs and they worship a 60 story tall lizard with nuclear halitosis.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 01:05 PM (y9nCu)

326 I think it is natural for people who find themselves on the wrong path to ask where they made a wrong turn.

But I think you have to be pretty fucking stupid to think our mistake was fighting Hitler. Pat Buchanan can go fuck wood chipper.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 05, 2026 01:06 PM (3CHRs)

327 Tucker Carlson receives too much of the attention he seeks.

Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2026 01:06 PM (Q+gd/)

328 Between the WWs Poland whopped the Soviets for a bit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:06 PM (1ikK2)

329 325 I admit Tucker fooled me when he was at Fox. I was even angry when they fired him. Will I ever be fooled again? Probably.

When I watch that stuff I do it because they're saying things I like. I've never thought that meant they were good people. Not even Gutfeld, who might actually be.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:05 PM (2ocoG)

====

Just about none of these people are leaders in any sense. They don't lead people to positions. They affirm previously held positions.

True leaders in this space are vanishingly rare.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:06 PM (42WUB)

330 Current Japan is like America, if a super villain was slipping LSD into our water supply.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at October 05, 2026 01:06 PM (4NO2D)

331 If vapes are banned you can still buy them online, right?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:07 PM (1ikK2)

332 Japan is on my bucket list, too.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 01:08 PM (77rzZ)

333 They said my Folate level was undetectable."

Should've eaten more Kaboom...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:08 PM (+imBs)

334 316 "Tucker Carlson Says…"

Same reaction as when someone says something like, "I'm a staunch Constitutional Republican, but…

*eyes glaze over*

*starts thinking about lunch*
Posted by: mindful webworker

People that do that bullshit provide an instant alert to start counting the silverware for missing ones. Same as bullshit as, "I identify as a gender fluid unicorn" only in a different context.

You either are something where others can determine your category based on your actions and comments, or you are not. What you have to say about it doesn't mean squat. Like a public reputation, it comes from experience and actions noted by the crowd, not whatever you think of yourself.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)

335 Between the WWs Poland whopped the Soviets for a bit.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Pilsudski was kind of a badass.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 01:09 PM (77rzZ)

336 235 Hey Ace, thanks for coining 'Maine Fuhrer' for Graham Platner.

I have already used it twice to general snorts from my companions.

Steiner will not come.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 12:50 PM (4NO2D)

Yay, ace!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:09 PM (odBC9)

337 I think Tucker is deeply in the thrall of many drugs. Probably all prescription stuff but he's got a brain full of chemicals. Its either that or he is genuinely insane. The weird giggles and mannerisms do suggest the latter.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:09 PM (nIKjK)

338 Air delivery of two homemade portable suns into your uncivilized genocidal adversary's cities goes a long ways towards adjusting their attitude in regards to unconditional surrender.

Even a lot of modern Japanese agree that the nukes were correct. Possibly more then modern American college graduates, to bring back Buck's point.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:09 PM (2ocoG)

339 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 01:05 PM (y9nCu)

Not so much these days but Japanese culture was always the Borg or hivemind . They did what they were told.

As an independent free thinking American I dislike the Bushido code very much.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:10 PM (KC5Lt)

340 When I watch that stuff I do it because they're saying things I like"

I do like the brit term "newsreader"

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:10 PM (+imBs)

341
It'd be more newsworthy if SNL made a funny skit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:04 PM (42WUB)

Santa, I'd like a pony and a little plastic rocket...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 01:10 PM (y9nCu)

342 I admit Tucker fooled me when he was at Fox. I was even angry when they fired him. Will I ever be fooled again

I never trusted him but he was effective at unveiling stupid crazy stuff and humiliating losers like Eichenwald. But its obvious that they had to work really hard to dial him back and finally gave up on it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (nIKjK)

343 Tucker got big on Fox by making funny faces while people talked.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (FnbEu)

344 Japan is on my bucket list, too."

Me too!

/godzilla

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (+imBs)

345 Lotta grifting going on these days. Just for reference Obama has made about 282K per day since he left office.

And just like his presidency, no one can name a single thing that happened during that time.

Posted by: MJ at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (XOmY9)

346

Raghead people set a fire blocking the entrance to a school in France trapping people in the building. Luckily the fire was extingushed before anyone was killed.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (/QHx4)

347 332 Current Japan is like America, if a super villain was slipping LSD into our water supply.
Posted by: Just the Punchline

"Wild in the Streets", what a terrible movie.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (Y8DZL)

348 The gonorrhea jokes have gotten very moldy.

Posted by: Staff Sergeant William J. "Wild Bill" Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101 at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (wVcYX)

349 It seems to me that Hitler, Putin and Hamas killed a lot of people's kids, innocents who did nothing wrong, but Tucker doesn't seem to have much of a problem with it. Weird.

Posted by: Road Warrior at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (wHUXH)

350 But I think you have to be pretty fucking stupid to think our mistake was fighting Hitler. Pat Buchanan can go fuck wood chipper.
Posted by: bob

Simpler terms, the Irish hate the English and they also hate Jews. And Buchanan came up that way and simply allowed his Irish ancestry to influence his public pronouncements. People can be pretty smart and yet fail when not ruthlessly self examining themselves and their assumptions about the world. On the right as well as the left. Moderates never ponder that shit much as they tend toward the mushy middle to go with the flow.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)

351 Ironically, nowadays I'd take modern Japan as an ally over virtually any of our WWII allies anytime.

Yes, and it's not even close. Saw a news item the other day that a city in Japan is forcing a mosque to be demolished. Shouldn't have been built in the first place, but that's the way you do it.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:12 PM (2ocoG)

352 348

Raghead people set a fire blocking the entrance to a school in France trapping people in the building. Luckily the fire was extingushed before anyone was killed.

Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (/QHx4)

====

"This will tell the French people to not vote for the out of power party promising to end the chaos."
-antifa, who is actually coordinating the nationwide action in France

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:12 PM (42WUB)

353 It's not Ghanarhea?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:12 PM (1ikK2)

354 I have to admit that Tucker's quizzical confused face amuses me. Though he has kind of worn it out.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 01:12 PM (4NO2D)

355 Tucker got big on Fox by making funny faces while people talked.

So like how Jon Stewart's career was mostly playing videos of Republicans while looking like he smelled a fart?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:13 PM (2ocoG)

356 Wild in the Streets", what a terrible movie.
Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (Y8DZL)

Came across it by accident. WTF?

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:13 PM (KC5Lt)

357 Simpler terms, the Irish hate the English and they also hate Jews"

Tribalism. It's what's for dinner

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:13 PM (+imBs)

358 345 Tucker got big on Fox by making funny faces while people talked.
Posted by: ...
======
He inherited O'Reilly's timespot if I remember and Bill O'Reilly for his fake and gay man of the people set up where Qatarlson could slide into that audience. Not that much different than the Tonight Show where hosts changed but the audience stayed.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)

359 "It'd be more newsworthy if SNL made a funny skit."

I asked my magic 8 ball about this and it said, "ot looking good"

Then I asked it if snl had ever made a funny skit. It came back with "what the eff.. you talking bout Willis"

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 05, 2026 01:15 PM (dCMJG)

360 Everyone is giving Tucker a hard time. He should write a book about it. My Struggle.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:15 PM (1ikK2)

361
Denny Hastert dead at 84.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:15 PM (Y8DZL)

362 Muzzies seem to love strong man rule + hate jews.
So why did England invite muzzies in?
This isn't ending well or at all. It's going to keep being a bother forever.

Posted by: torabora at October 05, 2026 01:15 PM (gnjh7)

363 Denny Hastert dead at 84.
Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:15 PM

He will be missed.

Posted by: NAMBLA at October 05, 2026 01:16 PM (4NO2D)

364 Tribalism. It's what's for dinner

There's a reason why pretty much the only stable national borders in history are tribal. Regardless of what happens in the war, Ukraine will need to face up to the fact that ethnic Russians don't want to be Ukrainian, for instance.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:16 PM (2ocoG)

365 Tucker is still butt-hurt he was fired from FOX.
He is throwing a tantrum and wants everyone to suffer because of it. His mission is to destroy the Republican and Conservative Party forever. By embracing the Nazi's are the "good guys" he knows that this will ultimately end up hurting the Republicans.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 01:16 PM (NpAcC)

366 I hated that Fox had multiple talking heads that got tagged with the Conservative moniker when they weren't even close to being conservative. Nut case libertarians would have been a better descriptor. Or Democrat Libertarians.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:17 PM (KC5Lt)

367 "So why did England invite muzzies in?"

Bribery.

Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2026 01:17 PM (Q+gd/)

368
Not so much these days but Japanese culture was always the Borg or hivemind . They did what they were told.

As an independent free thinking American I dislike the Bushido code very much.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:10 PM (KC5Lt)

There's still elements of that hivemind in their culture, but it's largely focused inward and into commercial ends. The Salaryman, for example. But they also have the safety valve of horizontal mobility, in that you have the ability to jump ship to start your own business or work for another keiretsu. Still pretty tough to go against the social flow, but good luck trying to do that without getting your head lopped off in the pre-WWII Japan.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 01:17 PM (y9nCu)

369 Then I asked it if snl had ever made a funny skit. It came back with "what the eff.. you talking bout Willis"

The Will Ferrell/Norm Macdonald/Darrell Hammond Celebrity Jeopardy skits still make me laugh uncontrollably, but those were a long time ago now.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:17 PM (2ocoG)

370 369 "So why did England invite muzzies in?"

Bribery.

Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2026 01:17 PM (Q+gd/)

=======

The lower classes of England needed to be punished because the upper classes of England did some imperialisms 150 years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:18 PM (42WUB)

371 Lack of brain dead automatons.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:18 PM (1ikK2)

372 There's a reason why pretty much the only stable national borders in history are tribal"

You mean imposing national borders might not work out?

/Brits across the Levant

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:18 PM (+imBs)

373 Maybe Tucker has some sort of venereal disease that is wasting away his brain.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:18 PM (odBC9)

374 Ironically, nowadays I'd take modern Japan as an ally over virtually any of our WWII allies anytime.

Yeah its a messed up place, but they seem more stable and decent than your average Frenchman. Sure, they have high school girl prostitutes and tentacle hentai but no mobs of swarthy "Frenchmen" burning schools and churches.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:18 PM (nIKjK)

375 Never liked Tucker ever but he did get a raw deal from Fox from the public info I know that I base that opinion on.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:19 PM (KC5Lt)

376 Simpler terms, the Irish hate the English and they also hate Jews"

Tribalism. It's what's for dinner
Posted by: man

The IRA really hates muzzies.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:19 PM (y3C0K)

377 * shifty eyes *

Posted by: Spirochetes at October 05, 2026 01:19 PM (4NO2D)

378 Checlosavakia Yugoslavia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:19 PM (1ikK2)

379 Then I asked it if snl had ever made a funny skit. It came back with "what the eff.. you talking bout Willis"

Father Guido Sarducci.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:20 PM (y3C0K)

380 I'll wait to hear Candace Owens opinion on Hitler and the Third Reich

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 01:20 PM (ofacb)

381 364 So why did England invite muzzies in?
Posted by: torabora at October 05, 2026 01:15 PM (gnjh7)

Guest workers.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:20 PM (odBC9)

382 The Irish seem to hate everyone civilized and hold grudges from 500 years ago.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:20 PM (nIKjK)

383 So why did England invite muzzies in?"

Not just England. Western urrup believes that populations must always increase, working to support programs...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:21 PM (+imBs)

384 382 I'll wait to hear Candace Owens opinion on Hitler and the Third Reich

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 01:20 PM (ofacb)

===

"I have pictures of Erika Kirk as an SS commandant. I'm not saying that it's actually her, but I have to ask...why doesn't Israel want us to know this?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 01:21 PM (42WUB)

385 Simpler terms, the Irish hate the English and they also hate Jews. And Buchanan came up that way and simply allowed his Irish ancestry to influence his public pronouncements. People can be pretty smart and yet fail when not ruthlessly self examining themselves and their assumptions about the world. On the right as well as the left. Moderates never ponder that shit much as they tend toward the mushy middle to go with the flow.
Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)

A long time ago I like Buchanan; read his autobiography Right from the Beginning…. But I adjust. If someone shows their ass, I’m out

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2026 01:21 PM (UThdG)

386 Half the Irish were exterminated by the Black and Tans.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:21 PM (1ikK2)

387 Tucker should just move to Dearborn, Michigan.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 01:22 PM (NpAcC)

388 The Tom Brady sexual harassment skit was hilarious mainly because it was so true.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:22 PM (KC5Lt)

389 Family Guy - Ireland before whiskey

https://youtu.be/eirq4laOhcU

Posted by: Spirochetes at October 05, 2026 01:22 PM (4NO2D)

390 I think its been long enough now that we can all admit that the original "golden age" cast of SNL run was really not all that funny unless you were really stoned. They had some good bits but most of it was just lame like Samurai deli and Mr Bill. And even back then it was like 2 good bits out of 11 and 60% of the show time was crappy late night ads.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:22 PM (nIKjK)

391 Denny Hastert dead at 84.
Posted by: Auspex

That's a pretty long life for a raging poofter.

Posted by: Speaker Emeritus at October 05, 2026 01:22 PM (EdP2u)

392
Around here, the Pollocks hated the Dutch but the Micks got along with most everybody, especially the Krauts.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 01:23 PM (Y8DZL)

393 The DNA evidence proves the Irish built the Pyramids.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 01:23 PM (1ikK2)

394 @360

>>He inherited O'Reilly's timespot

He actually inherited Megan Kelley's timeslot when she left, then when Bill got canned, they moved him up to Bill's slot.

The amazing thing about FOX is that they can basically shit can their superstars and still maintain the audience and ratings.

Which goes to show that if the other networks were even the least bit fair and balanced, they would eat into FOX's rating and ad revenue.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2026 01:23 PM (XV/Pl)

395 Half the Irish were exterminated by the Black and Tans."

Guinness?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:23 PM (+imBs)

396 Bwahahahahahahaha

🔥🚨 LATEST: Hollywood thought they could wrap climate change messaging inside a big-budget Tom Cruise film and force Americans to buy a ticket. They were wrong.

Digger pulled in just $3.4 million on Friday, including Thursday previews, across more than 3,300 theaters. That is a catastrophic return on a $160 million production budget from Warner Bros.

Americans are done being lectured. When will Hollywood figure that out?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:23 PM (y3C0K)

397 Maybe Tucker has some sort of venereal disease that is wasting away his brain.
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:18 PM (odBC9)

Wasted away again in Gonorrheaville

Posted by: Tucker at October 05, 2026 01:24 PM (wVcYX)

398 400

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 01:24 PM (odBC9)

399 really not all that funny unless you were really stoned. "

NOOOOOO

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:24 PM (+imBs)

400 There's a reason Limbaugh was ripping this guy 25 years ago.

Posted by: Milk milk lemonade... at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (6AvSL)

401 Nood French Riots

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (s1VwS)

402 Hitler invaded Poland to bring the German economy under total controls only permitted during wartime.

Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht told him in July 1939 that the Reichsbank had lost control of the bond market and that the Reichsschuldenverwaltung was having to pay huge increases to place official national debt.

Additionally, the Metallurgische Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H., (MeFo) shell company bills workaround collapsed. MeFo bills were 40 billion Reichsmarks of off book government debt.

Posted by: 10x25mm at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (NhHLV)

403 Black 42 is a really good movie . I understand why the Irish hate the English but also see their hate going in retarded directions through history. Like a chimp with an AK.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (KC5Lt)

404 388 Half the Irish were exterminated by the Black and Tans.
Posted by: Boss Moss

We vow to do better next time.

Posted by: Black And Tan Potato Famine at October 05, 2026 01:25 PM (EdP2u)

405 When will Hollywood figure that out?"

Never. Too much cocain

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (+imBs)

406 Ironically, nowadays I'd take modern Japan as an ally over virtually any of our WWII allies anytime.
Posted by: Ian S.

In a similar vein, I'd have no problem with the Argentines taking over the Falklands now.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (77rzZ)

407
The IRA really hates muzzies.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 01:19 PM (y3C0K)

That's kind of a recent development. When the mohammedans gave the IRA money, arms and training during The Troubles, they tolerated the swarthy unwashed A-rabs. Of course, that's most likely because it was pass-through support from the Soviets.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2026 01:26 PM (y9nCu)

408 Europe needed new warm bodies because they were not having enough kids and their "free" health care was facing a gigantic population of old people without enough workers to pay for it all. Their social programs kept growing but their workers were shrinking. So they figured to flood the zone with 3rd worlders doing crappy low wage jobs.

I think that the reason they wanted Muslims specifically is twofold.
1) the asinine leftist idea that everything is made up of oppressors and oppressed with the Muslim being the most oppressed, required them to help out and give Muslims better conditions and protection because they only could be terrorists and awful goat humping pedophiles because the west was do mean to them for so long.
2) Muslims began a clever program of convincing leftists that not letting them be involved and "advise" everything was racist

A supplemental point in England, France, and Spain was feeling guilty for being "so mean" to Muslims in their colonial past.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:27 PM (nIKjK)

409 NOOD, y'all

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 01:29 PM (l3cgK)

410 I think its been long enough now that we can all admit that the original "golden age" cast of SNL run was really not all that funny unless you were really stoned. They had some good bits but most of it was just lame like Samurai deli and Mr Bill. And even back then it was like 2 good bits out of 11 and 60% of the show time was crappy late night ads.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:22 PM (nIKjK)

The Super Bass-O-Matic '76 lives on.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 01:29 PM (wVcYX)

411 Which goes to show that if the other networks were even the least bit fair and balanced, they would eat into FOX's rating and ad revenue.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

That is the funny part. Fox has traditionally not been able to parlay its audience into advertising gold because of leftist ad buyers in marketing departments. Dunno about now but cable tv is a declining industry that will probably die out soon with its audience. Social media has gutted radio and tv/cable revenues and last time I checked, Apple, Google, and Fakebook ARE the ad market.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 01:30 PM (E4rtv)

412 Tucks (hemorrhoid remedy) needs his head examined. We say that about many people, but his really does need a CT or MRI to diagnose his problem.

He either has a brain tumah or a worm from bad sushi. Or HIV infected glowy from his ghey romps.

The photo above of him with his eyes closed, furrowed brow, is indicitive of an orgasmic or especially painful constipation fecalith. Gross!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 05, 2026 01:34 PM (hzuYO)

413 Bill Murray came in later with the original cast, but he was far superior compared to Belushi, Chase and others. Everyone forgets the pointless experimental crap people had to endure.

Posted by: Milk milk lemonade... at October 05, 2026 01:39 PM (6AvSL)

414 The ads on SNL were almost always great, especially Akroyd's stuff.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:47 PM (nIKjK)

415 Didn’t Hitler say the same thing about Russia, and sign a non-aggression pact with Stalin(Molotov-Ribbentrop)?
That lasted for two years. So, Adolph seems to have lied a lot.

Posted by: Tulips at October 05, 2026 01:54 PM (Afw9Z)

416 Did they have any good overseas colonies? The British and the assmelling French had most of those.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:23 PM (1ikK2)

They were kind of held back by the late start - the nation didn't exist until 1870 or so. They grabbed some islands in the Pacific that were turned over to Japan in WWI - which we had to invade in the Pacific - and a few colonies in the southern part of Africa (Namibia and Tanzania).

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 03:59 PM (uhVAy)

417 Tribalism. It's what's for dinner

There's a reason why pretty much the only stable national borders in history are tribal. Regardless of what happens in the war, Ukraine will need to face up to the fact that ethnic Russians don't want to be Ukrainian, for instance.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 01:16 PM (2ocoG)

Those two groups actually got along pretty well for most of Russian history aside from some colluding with the Nazis in WWII. But Modern Ukraine has lots of enclaves of pretty much pure Russian (Crimea, Donbass) which Russia now mostly occupies and lots of enclaves of Poles, Czechs, Hungarians and Romanians on all the other borders that also might not want to live under an ethnically pure Ukrainian state.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:04 PM (uhVAy)

418 I think its been long enough now that we can all admit that the original "golden age" cast of SNL run was really not all that funny unless you were really stoned. They had some good bits but most of it was just lame like Samurai deli and Mr Bill. And even back then it was like 2 good bits out of 11 and 60% of the show time was crappy late night ads.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 05, 2026 01:22 PM (nIKjK)

yes SCTV was a lot funnier and had fewer clunker skits.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:06 PM (uhVAy)

419 Hitler invaded Poland to bring the German economy under total controls only permitted during wartime.

Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht told him in July 1939 that the Reichsbank had lost control of the bond market and that the Reichsschuldenverwaltung was having to pay huge increases to place official national debt.

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Not as informed on the details of Germany's economy but its Socialist underpinnings - that in effect the government could just demand product off books and get it and the huge growth of the armed forces since the 30s could not have been good for the country's stability.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:09 PM (uhVAy)

420 Is he wrong? Churchill was the warmonger. Hitler made generous peace deals to Britain.

Posted by: Professor Ed Dutton at October 05, 2026 04:09 PM (6jna9)

421 It seems to me that Hitler, Putin and Hamas killed a lot of people's kids, innocents who did nothing wrong, but Tucker doesn't seem to have much of a problem with it. Weird.
Posted by: Road Warrior at October 05, 2026 01:11 PM (wHUXH)

If I follow the twists of his public logic the US is super evil because we used the Atomic Bomb in WWII which was invented by demons. I'm kinda shocked he didn't mention that Oppenheimer was Jewish. That spread to the bombing campaigns in Europe and from there to Germany should have won.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:14 PM (uhVAy)

422 13 Britain should have let the Germans annihilate Russia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:18 PM (1ikK2)

That's a dumb take. Germany was very low on oil and conquering Russia would have given them access to the oil they needed to continue prosecuting the war.

Posted by: farquad at October 05, 2026 04:15 PM (CFMhl)

423 The photo above of him with his eyes closed, furrowed brow, is indicitive of an orgasmic or especially painful constipation fecalith. Gross!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 05, 2026 01:34 PM (hzuYO)

He's had that dopey look for a long time when he wants to derail anyone from listening to the other sides argument.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 05, 2026 04:16 PM (uhVAy)

424 Oldcat said:

"Not as informed on the details of Germany's economy but its Socialist underpinnings - that in effect the government could just demand product off books and get it and the huge growth of the armed forces since the 30s could not have been good for the country's stability."

Exactly. Academics are still delving through the finances of Nazi Germany, but it is now clear that the uncontrolled issuance of MeFo bills was central to the 1933 to 1938 economic expansion of Germany which was the then the envy of the world. Then Stein's Law kicked in:

“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”

The melt down occurred during the Summer of 1939. Hitler and his advisers - notably von Krosigk - had to take total control over the economy and German law only permitted this during wartime. All pretenses of capitalism were dispensed with.

And World War II was started.

Posted by: 10x25mm at October 05, 2026 05:00 PM (NhHLV)

425 What I find interesting in that is Carlson being upset about non-European languages being spoken in the UK.

What languages?

Urdu, among others, by the Pakistanis.

And then of course, Arabic.

By all the Muslims that Carlson says are so peaceful and awesome.

Why is Carlson upset that his Muslim buddies do not want to speak English?

Posted by: Sam at October 05, 2026 10:48 PM (7jMef)

426 What happened to the Tuckmeister? Was he kidnapped by the Boys from Brazil and brainwashed? Anyone taking this clown seriously needs his head examined.

Posted by: Tommy Shanks at October 06, 2026 02:01 AM (EUKgp)

427 419 "Hitler invaded Poland to bring the German economy under total controls only permitted during wartime.

"Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht told him in July 1939 that the Reichsbank had lost control of the bond market and that the Reichsschuldenverwaltung was having to pay huge increases to place official national debt."

Read Tooze's "The Wages of Destruction." Hitler sowed the seeds of his defeat in 1933. He painted himself into a corner where the only way out economically was to invade Europe, even the USSR, at the end of the day.

Posted by: Tommy Shanks at October 06, 2026 02:06 AM (EUKgp)

428 To be fair: If Germany had successfully invaded England, they would not now be a conquered province of the Caliphate.

Bonus: The NAZI's weren't anywhere near as anti-semitic as either the muslims that have conquered the UK or the UK's lefty politicians that enabled that conquest. EVERY country muslims have conquered has seen its Jewish population either entirely eliminated or very nearly so, and the UK will be no different.

Ditto for France.

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THE MORNING RANT: Trump’s Education Department Cuts Off Low-Paying Degrees from Federal Student Loan Program – Exploitative Universities Hardest Hit

Universities have been enriching themselves by financially exploiting naive teenagers with unconscionable levels of student debt. It is evil how the predators in financial aid offices have been saddling teenagers with six-figure debt loads for degrees that won’t even produce jobs that can repay those loans.

President Trump is finally pushing back on this abuse. His Department of Education is going to use IRS data to gauge income for the first four years after graduation. For degrees that don’t produce a baseline compensation equal to high school graduates’ income, those degrees will no longer be eligible for federal student loans. These targeted degrees will likely include social work, teaching, and various artistic degrees.

Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. https://t.co/6tV30STfyc
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) September 28, 2026

The left’s loyalty to the education cartel has them up in arms, as if this action is punishing social workers and teachers rather than protecting them. The New Republic echoes this view, ”While the Trump administration is framing the policy as ‘accountability’ for higher education, and some are welcoming the move, others see it as an attack on those whose work is important regardless of salary.”

This is actually just the opposite. Rather than being “an attack on those whose work is important regardless of salary,” Trump’s actions will stop the exploitation of those students by universities loading them up with debt.

It is also exploitative that many of these low-paying jobs require Masters degrees. While there is a real-world need for social workers, it is beyond preposterous that a social worker must have six years of higher education to get the masters degree necessary for a clinical position. An engineering, architecture, or accounting degree doesn’t require that much class time. It may feel flattering to a social worker that the job is deemed so important that it requires a masters-level education, but the reality is that the social worker is being bankrupted by a corrupt system.

Be it social work, teaching, accounting, or finance, there is no need for the legacy university model. I have hired plenty of people with accounting and finance degrees over the years. They went through the very expensive four-year (or longer) college credentialing process, even though they only took a handful of classes specific to their degree. A much better system would be specialized schools providing the core education in just 12 or 18 months. (Much of this could obviously be done online.) As for the fine arts, it is well past time to divorce them from universities and bring back conservatories.

The commercial pilot training pipeline is already pretty much divorced from universities, and it works well. It is not necessary to have a college degree to become a commercial airline pilot, and it is possible to get all the training, certification, and flight hours that are necessary within two years. Yes, there is a cost, perhaps $100k or so, but this compares favorably to the cost of college, especially when considering the compensation once employed. Entry-level pay for a commuter pilot is now about $90k, rising to about $200K as a First Officer at a major airline, and much higher than that when Captain level is achieved.

Trump’s ban on providing student loans for degrees that lead to low-wage careers is a start. The next step is to eliminate all federally-backed student loans. If universities believe that their students should be taking on debt to get a degree, those schools can go ahead and guaranty privately-funded student loans.

But what about “the college experience?” It should be considered another artifact of the post-war 20th Century. No matter how nostalgic Boomers and Gen-Xers may be about their college years, the modern version of “the college experience” (e.g. overpriced political indoctrination by day, and intoxicant-fueled bacchanal by night) is not worth the suffocating debt burden that will impede homeownership, family formation, and wealth accumulation.

It’s also preposterous that a Social Worker must have a Masters Degree for most positions. It takes more years of higher ed to become a social worker than to get a degree in architecture. That is unnecessary & exploitative.
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) September 28, 2026

*****

Throckmorton’s First Law of Live Music: “If There’s an Upright Bass in the Band, It’s Probably Going to be Good”

If you were online over the weekend, there’s a good chance that Buddy Mac (the Ten-Gallon Troubadour) found his way into your feed.

If you haven’t heard him yet, take a listen to this short clip and you’ll understand why Buddy and his voice have gone viral, stirring a blood memory of America’s heritage for so many Americans.

Anyways, here’s wonderwall… #cowpoke #yodel #country #western #tengallonhat https://t.co/dG5C2KIvWd
— Buddy Mac (@TenGallonTroub) October 3, 2026

I was in college in the ‘80s when I saw a campy cowboy band named Riders in the Sky perform at the university’s student union, bringing old western music to a new audience. The Riders have since become beloved members of the Grand Old Opry, but they are no longer young buckaroos. I wondered if anyone would come along with a style that could keep that music alive. I think we’ve found our man.

Here is another great clip of Buddy Mac performing with his band, The Ten-Gallon Troubadors.

My Ten-Gallon Troubadours and I are hitting the recording studio later this month to begin recording an EP of honky Tonk heartbreak songs. Here’s just a small snippet of our original song “Heaven Knows”. https://t.co/Fjgy6fRoOR
— Buddy Mac (@TenGallonTroub) October 4, 2026

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 11:01 AM (9SiAB)

2 Just ban the loans. Colleges will adjust...or they won't.

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2026 11:02 AM (qTrmL)

3 Yo Buck!

Posted by: grass monkey at October 05, 2026 11:02 AM (eP4XR)

4 Trump’s Education Department Cuts Off Low-Paying Degrees from Federal Student Loan Program

Well that's rayciss

Posted by: blaster at October 05, 2026 11:03 AM (xhfG9)

5 Government picking winners and losers again.
Congress should get out of the education game 100%.

Posted by: torabora at October 05, 2026 11:03 AM (7Wope)

6
The college debt scam has hurt so many kids. Glad the Bad Orange Man is fixing it.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 05, 2026 11:05 AM (iIHmn)

7 THE MORNING RANT: Trump’s Education Department Cuts Off Low-Paying Degrees from Federal Student Loan Program – Exploitative Universities Hardest Hit

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This shall not stand!!

Posted by: Fellowship of seventh-year senior sidewalk chalk artist majors at October 05, 2026 11:05 AM (I0N4X)

8 At bottom, almost all our problems are caused by Congress.

Posted by: torabora at October 05, 2026 11:05 AM (7Wope)

9 But...but...but...you HAVE to subsidize us! It's in the Constitution!

Posted by: Crappy students at crappy schools at October 05, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

10 Hawaii judge will fix that.

Should simply require colleges to co-sign the loan before the tuition is disbursed to the institution.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at October 05, 2026 11:06 AM (MmTZZ)

11
Well that's rayciss
Posted by: blaster

But ma tag team under arm sniffing studies degree!

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 05, 2026 11:06 AM (iIHmn)

12 Buddy Mac makes me want to call them thar doggies:

"Hooo, doggie doggie doggies! Hoo doggies, hoo doggies!"

Posted by: Boswell at October 05, 2026 11:06 AM (NTVPI)

13 The Mob was less predatory than colleges and gummint when it comes to loan-sharking.

Posted by: Big Tony's EZ Termz at October 05, 2026 11:06 AM (EdP2u)

14 Hawaii judge will fix that.

Should simply require colleges to co-sign the loan before the tuition is disbursed to the institution.

What would they pay it back with? Hot, steamy nights with a coed?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

15 Earning potential? We don' need no steenking earning potential!"

Posted by: Fellowship of seventh-year senior sidewalk chalk artist majors at October 05, 2026 11:07 AM (I0N4X)

16 At bottom, almost all our problems are caused by Congress.
Posted by: torabora

"I have come to the conclusion that one idle man is a disgrace, two are a law firm, and three or more become a Congress."
-- John Adams in 1776

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

17 Buddy Mac makes me want to call them thar doggies:

"Hooo, doggie doggie doggies! Hoo doggies, hoo doggies!"

Wrong! The phrase is "wheeeee, doggies".

Posted by: Jed Clampett at October 05, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

18 As for the fine arts, it is well past time to divorce them from universities and bring back conservatories.

sounds like something a right-winger would say.

Posted by: septum ring liberation front at October 05, 2026 11:08 AM (oY6Yp)

19 Here is another great clip of Buddy Mac performing with his band, The Ten-Gallon Troubadors.

Yeah, I like that sound. I wonder if he ever regrets choosing that hat for his identity.

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2026 11:08 AM (qTrmL)

20 14 What would they pay it back with? Hot, steamy nights with a coed?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

=======

Average endowment of US universities is about $560 million.

If the universities believe in their product, the risk will be minimal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:08 AM (42WUB)

21 This. I voted for this.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 11:09 AM (FAGAJ)

22 Trump shouldn't waste time on this. It's baked in the cake by Congress.
And the Courts....who ruled Pedro's illegal alien rugrats get free taxpayer paid education even though the STATE, not Federal government pays for it. That SCOTUS decision was unconstitutional on its face!
This shit just makes my blood boil.

Posted by: torabora at October 05, 2026 11:09 AM (7Wope)

23 You, too, can make 120 G's a year teaching Lesbian Eskimo Poetry at Community College!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 11:09 AM (i9VX2)

24 It’s also preposterous that a Social Worker must have a Masters Degree for most positions. It takes more years of higher ed to become a social worker than to get a degree in architecture. That is unnecessary & exploitative.

It's a Guild, implemented to choke off supply and keep salaries way above what can be justified by their skill sets. See also, Teacher Unions.

Posted by: Jed Clampett at October 05, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

25 The college experience.
Harrumph!
Used to be there was a high school experience. Remember the song line "Be true to your school!"
Now far too many high schools are just the communist teachers union turning out new members of the Komsomol.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 11:10 AM (2WIwB)

26 > The left’s loyalty to the education cartel has them up in arms, as if this action is punishing social workers and teachers rather than protecting them.
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Respectfully, IMO it's the other way around. The education cartel is loyal to the left. After all; the left took it over... mostly in its entirety.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 11:10 AM (RORbl)

27 Ban student loans for law schools too.

Make John Morgan pay for them.

For The People!

Posted by: Hot Beds Of Democrat Funny Money at October 05, 2026 11:10 AM (Al3kG)

28 22 Trump shouldn't waste time on this. It's baked in the cake by Congress.
And the Courts....who ruled Pedro's illegal alien rugrats get free taxpayer paid education even though the STATE, not Federal government pays for it. That SCOTUS decision was unconstitutional on its face!
This shit just makes my blood boil.

Posted by: torabora at October 05, 2026 11:09 AM (7Wope)

=======

"Don't do a death by a thousand cuts. Wait for the perfect environment to kill with one death blow."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:10 AM (42WUB)

29 Cowboy Poets hardest hit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 11:10 AM (1ikK2)

30 The commercial pilot training pipeline is already pretty much divorced from universities, and it works well. It is not necessary to have a college degree to become a commercial airline pilot, and it is possible to get all the training, certification, and flight hours that are necessary within two years.

I thought most commercial pilots were ex military?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 11:10 AM (y3C0K)

31 The college loan scam is a filthy racket that should be burned and salted and then shit on.

But the students -- and their parents -- deserve a fat heaping of blame too. They are the ones willingly taking out tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars of loans to finance a degree in Jobless Studies.

Plus, many of them also borrow more than the tuition, so they can use that money for apartments, entertainment, and K to snort off frat guys' dicks.

I have little sympathy for them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 11:11 AM (iFTx/)

32 For those of you keeping score at home, I'm still not tired of all the winning.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)

33 At bottom, almost all our problems are caused by Congress.
Posted by: torabora at October 05, 2026 11:05 AM

Yeah, but we had to sign NDAs about that.

Posted by: Congressional interns with sore asses at October 05, 2026 11:11 AM (FAGAJ)

34 That's the first 55-gallon hat I've ever seen!

Posted by: Fellowship of seventh-year senior sidewalk chalk artist majors at October 05, 2026 11:11 AM (I0N4X)

35 Can you imagine America if the Manson Family had all gone to kollege instead of Spann Ranch?

Posted by: torabora at October 05, 2026 11:12 AM (7Wope)

36 Damn it! The hash is back to FAGAJ.

F*ck Mondays.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 11:12 AM (FAGAJ)

37 "The education department should do nothing to advance our interests. It should remain still, playing possum, until Congress decides to undo major legislation which is surely to happen any day now."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:12 AM (42WUB)

38 Universities have been enriching themselves by financially exploiting naive teenagers with unconscionable levels of student debt."

Yeah. Sure.

/taxpayers on the hook

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:12 AM (+imBs)

39 /Off stinky chalk artist sock

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2026 11:13 AM (I0N4X)

40 That's the first 55-gallon hat I've ever seen!
Posted by: Fellowship of seventh-year senior sidewalk chalk artist majors at October 05, 2026 11:11 AM (I0N4X)
*****
Here, hold my beer.

Posted by: Iranian Mullahs, gay and otherwise at October 05, 2026 11:14 AM (7Wope)

41 The college experience.
Harrumph!
Used to be there was a high school experience. Remember the song line "Be true to your school!"
Now far too many high schools are just the communist teachers union turning out new members of the Komsomol.
Posted by: Diogenes

My wife unearthed three of my high-school yearbooks over the weekend. I had a great time going through them and rediscovering people I had completely forgotten about.

I had a pretty good time in high school, so it brought back a lot of happy memories.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

42 A sizable fraction of the Left is employed by colleges and universities, which are in the process of imploding.

They are terrified.

The number of 18-year-olds is dropping, males are increasingly disinclined to go to college, foreign students are harder to come by, and people are increasingly avoiding useless majors.

Note that they are furiously defending majors at schools whose graduates make less on average than a high school graduate.

You'd think that not subsidizing majors that decrease your earnings prospects over not going to college at all would be an incredibly low bar, but no matter - they all have to be defended.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2026 11:15 AM (aD4fx)

43 Me and the husband are still paying off our student loans.

Posted by: The Lightworker at October 05, 2026 11:16 AM (7Wope)

44 xtwit doesnt work for me at all. It's like a far off place that I'll never see.

*cues up "Over The Rainbow"*

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 11:16 AM (MWfyi)

45 As for the fine arts, it is well past time to divorce them from universities and bring back conservatories

YESSSSSS

thanks for the links to Buddy! LOVE this guy

plus he's exactly my "type" lol

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 11:16 AM (j+aD2)

46 How dare you suggest the Teacher's Unions aren't politically neutral! Here's Randi Weingarten demonstrating that it's all about the children, not politics:

https://tinyurl.com/4896dpyx

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

47 I didn't live long enough to pay off my student loans.

Posted by: George Washington at October 05, 2026 11:17 AM (7Wope)

48 It's a good plan. I might have gone a different way. Say, crucifying those who enroll in these programs outside the windows of the school administrators. But still, this is also a good plan.

Posted by: guy who really likes a good crucifixion at October 05, 2026 11:17 AM (0JMN/)

49 thanks for the links to Buddy! LOVE this guy

plus he's exactly my "type" lol
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 11:16 AM (j+aD2)

We need some Junior Brown in this thread.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 11:17 AM (i9VX2)

50 But what about “the college experience?”

Is that the only place one can snort ketamine off a guy's crank?

/ just asking

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:18 AM (+imBs)

51 You, too, can make 120 G's a year teaching Lesbian Eskimo Poetry at Community College!

********

It's a self-licking ~~ice cream cone~~ Eskimo Pie™!

Posted by: The guy who used to call everything a self-licking ice cream cone at October 05, 2026 11:19 AM (I0N4X)

52 students are happy to do the extra two years of a masters in social work bc it will delay repayment of the undergrad loans

heh

I'm so happy with all these changes

the sad part for us here is that Drexel's much-deserved downfall is taking our Natural History Museum with it. it sucks. but if it means Drexel is circling the drain, good.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 11:19 AM (j+aD2)

53 Giving an 18 year old with no assets $250K or more in loans so he can get a job paying $60k in 6 years is insane.

He'd do better dropping it in an SP500 fund. And amusingly no way a bank would let you do that

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 11:19 AM (sKqQm)

54 But what about “the college experience?”

Experience all the college you want, dude, just don't demand that I pay for it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

55 You, too, can make 120 G's a year teaching Lesbian Eskimo Poetry at Community College!
----

Did you know the Eskimos have 8 different words for...er...nevermind.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 11:20 AM (TN0g+)

56 Is that the only place one can snort ketamine off a guy's crank?

Not at all! Well, at least if you are black

Posted by: Ed Buck at October 05, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

57 They are terrified.

The number of 18-year-olds is dropping, "

You know, demonizing the family might not have been the best move....

/dept of higher ed

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:20 AM (+imBs)

58 60K ain't what it used to be.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 11:20 AM (1ikK2)

59
Experience all the college you want, dude, just don't demand that I pay for it.

This is actually hitting a core leftwing view of the world - I don't have a right to do something if that doesn't include someone else paying for it

Look at their arguments for rights to healthcare, abortion, etc...

Posted by: Ed Buck at October 05, 2026 11:21 AM (sKqQm)

60 plus he's exactly my "type" lol

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 11:16 AM (j+aD2

Wait I thought I was your type. I can't sing for shit, but I can play chopsticks!!

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 11:21 AM (FnbEu)

61 Huh. Reading Jim Henson's Wikipedia page. He graduated from the University of Mayland with a degree in home economics.

Didn't know you could ever get a college degree in home ec. I guess that would make sense for a coed seeking an MRS degree. At least it's a useful field.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 11:21 AM (77rzZ)

62 Why do I find that ill fitting suit on the ten gallon hat guy so disturbing? The whole thing is too cartoonish by half. Second clip is less weird, but get to a tailor.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 05, 2026 11:21 AM (r7+Q7)

63 Wait I thought I was your type. I can't sing for shit, but I can play chopsticks!!

haha! no I have this predilection for not-tall stocky dark slavic looking guys for some reason

I assume a lot of them arrived on the Italian coast on funny boats?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 11:22 AM (j+aD2)

64 It's a self-licking ice cream cone Eskimo Pie™!

Egyptology is still a pyramid scheme...

(Yeah, I've used that before)

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:22 AM (+imBs)

65 In my state 59K is entry level for a corrections officer.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 11:22 AM (1ikK2)

66 You, too, can make 120 G's a year teaching Lesbian Eskimo Poetry at Community College!

It's actually 20K as an adjunct - a lot of useless Ph.D. programs need to be shut down too.

Somebody did a study of all the Political Science Ph.D.s graduating one recent year. (I'm doing this off of memory, so I may be off by a percent or two.)

38% of the minorities got tenure-track positions.
36% of the white women got tenure-track positions.
18% of the white men got tenure-track positions.

Burn it down.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2026 11:24 AM (aD4fx)

67 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 11:22 AM (j+aD2)

For me it's redheads who can sing, I would not have made a good sailor.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 11:24 AM (FnbEu)

68 I was on a tenure track as an undergrad.

It took me ten ures to graduate.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 05, 2026 11:24 AM (MDua2)

69 My daughter went to Franciscan Univ. in Steubenville for nursing. Had a great nursing program there. But, they also offered degrees in evangelization, music ministry, youth ministry, etc. While I'm all in on propagating the faith, how is it anyone can expect to pay the student loans for a job that pays < $20k/year?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 05, 2026 11:24 AM (N39Ws)

70 Egyptology is still a pyramid scheme...

(Yeah, I've used that before)
Posted by: man

Why did the archaeologists steal King Tut's underwear?

Because it was loot of the tomb.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 11:24 AM (77rzZ)

71 At the local university where I don't teach anymore except for when i need beer money, but now don't teach at all 'cause I'm retired...they publish a quarterly magazine for students, alumni and faculty. The latest one has a calendar of all speaking events for the year. It is as you might imagine: Diversity this...Antifa that...BLM and you...
Not one single speaker is scheduled that might discuss European History, America in the 21st Century, or something like What does Success Look Like in 2030?
In fact, it essentially tells you that white students need not attend.
Despicable.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 11:25 AM (2WIwB)

72 The federal government should have never been in the student loan business in the first place. We can thank obama for that, he cut the federal guarantee student loan program that let private banks make loans to students at low interest rates so he could have the government loan the money directly to students.

We need to get the government out of the student loan business and then the college/university market would sort itself out quickly.

An added benefit from that would be the elimination of all of the dei garbage and the marxist indoctrination that students are subject to.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 11:25 AM (I43vL)

73 Somebody did a study of all the Political Science Ph.D.s graduating one recent year. (I'm doing this off of memory, so I may be off by a percent or two.)

38% of the minorities got tenure-track positions.
36% of the white women got tenure-track positions.
18% of the white men got tenure-track positions.

Having college degrees where the primary role people with that degree are trying to get is to teach that degree seem to be something of an issue

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 11:26 AM (sKqQm)

74 72
We need to get the government out of the student loan business and then the college/university market would sort itself out quickly.

An added benefit from that would be the elimination of all of the dei garbage and the marxist indoctrination that students are subject to.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 11:25 AM (I43vL)

=

It was an act of Congress that got the feds in. It'll take an act of Congress to get it out.

Think Thom Tillis will vote for that?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:26 AM (42WUB)

75 What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping Tom?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 11:26 AM (1ikK2)

76 None of which will matter if Congress fails again to enact legislation. The GOPe is poop, but the commies are worse. Here we are stuck in the muddle again.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2026 11:26 AM (nEUC6)

77 My daughter went to Franciscan Univ. in Steubenville for nursing. Had a great nursing program there. But, they also offered degrees in evangelization, music ministry, youth ministry, etc. While I'm all in on propagating the faith, how is it anyone can expect to pay the student loans for a job that pays

The real question is "does this area of study really require a degree program, and if so, why can't it be completed at night, after a day's work?".

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

78 Why did the archaeologists steal King Tut's underwear?

Because it was loot of the tomb."

Cursed, that is...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:27 AM (+imBs)

79 Steve Martin's King Tut.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 11:28 AM (1ikK2)

80 Having college degrees where the primary role people with that degree are trying to get is to teach that degree seem to be something of an issue

It's an Ouroboros.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

81 /I hate changing socks!

Posted by: muldoon at October 05, 2026 11:28 AM (I0N4X)

82 Having college degrees where the primary role people with that degree are trying to get is to teach that degree seem to be something of an issue"

Thus pyramid scheme....

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:28 AM (+imBs)

83 76 None of which will matter if Congress fails again to enact legislation. The GOPe is poop, but the commies are worse. Here we are stuck in the muddle again.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2026 11:26 AM (nEUC6)

========

Thom Tillis is literally a Democrat, recruited by Democrats to run as a Republican in a House race in NC which launched his federal career.

Murkowski is just a Democrat.

Mitch will oppose just about everything Trump supports.

Ernst will try to sabotage it behind the scenes.

Cassidy will vote against anything.

Cornyn will vote against anything.

Five of the above 6 are gone next Congress. The sixth hopefully leaves at the end of 2028.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:28 AM (42WUB)

84 77
The real question is "does this area of study really require a degree program, and if so, why can't it be completed at night, after a day's work?".
Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

Also, it is a very expensive path to a Mrs Degree.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 05, 2026 11:28 AM (N39Ws)

85 18% of the white men got tenure-track positions.

One also wonders how many of the white men were wearing dresses and had makeup on.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2026 11:29 AM (aD4fx)

86 The current state of academia is, by design, churning out entire generations of young adults with zero potential. They get a useless degree in some sort of "studies" and immediately think they're entitled to a C-Suite corner office. The reality sinks in after a few interviews, maybe even some in person, where they're demonstrated to be incapable of even the most basic work and have zero work ethic.

They then get pissed off, join up with like minded people who protest, get free meals and a place to sleep as long as they riot on command and throw rocks at ICE.

They've been conditioned over most of their lives to believe they're "owed" something from the rest of us, from the government, etc. They're a resentful bunch.

Is it any wonder Socialism appeals to them?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 11:29 AM (RORbl)

87 63 haha! no I have this predilection for not-tall stocky dark slavic looking guys for some reason

I assume a lot of them arrived on the Italian coast on funny boats?

funny weird or funny ha-ha?

Posted by: anachronda at October 05, 2026 11:29 AM (oY6Yp)

88 Five of the above 6 are gone next Congress. The sixth hopefully leaves at the end of 2028.

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: Archimedes, saving everyone the time at October 05, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

89 Kid has a good voice. Hope they do well even if the audience for that kind of thing is pretty small these days.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 05, 2026 11:30 AM (vTZFs)

90 Steve Martin's King Tut."

I still have a perfect condition Tutankhamen poster. It's worth... a buck fiddy...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:30 AM (+imBs)

91 88 Five of the above 6 are gone next Congress. The sixth hopefully leaves at the end of 2028.

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: Archimedes, saving everyone the time at October 05, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

========

"The GOP hasn't changed since 2003, and no amount of evidence will convince me otherwise."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:30 AM (42WUB)

92 Buddy Mac’s hat is a 100-galloner…. The thing is monstrous; planet-sized

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2026 11:31 AM (UThdG)

93 81 /I hate changing socks!

have you considered sandals?

Posted by: birkenstock at October 05, 2026 11:31 AM (oY6Yp)

94 Average endowment of US universities is about $560 million.

If the universities believe in their product, the risk will be minimal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
======
The risk to a lot of universities is being cut off from the hordes of foreigners if OPT, H1B, etc. are cut. A lot of attendance at mediocre or worse universities is being buttressed by non-students paying full ride so that they can get into the US. They don't care about the education as much as the visa.

Same reason why even red state GOP governors, etc. pleaded with Trump to keep issuing visas to Chinese as students here.

Long run, I suspect the universities are going down a lot in status just as Henry VIII took down the monasteries and massive church presence in English economy.

They have evolved into a bureaucracy where less than fifty percent of all revenue goes into faculty and a majority of revenue is now being spent on staff and administrators.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)

95 Why did the archaeologists steal King Tut's underwear?

Because it was loot of the tomb."

Cursed, that is...
Posted by: man

Hey now!!!

Posted by: Mother Mary at October 05, 2026 11:32 AM (MDua2)

96 One also wonders how many of the white men were wearing dresses and had makeup on.

When racism was a real serious thing black people sometimes pretended to be white if they could get away with it to not get penalized for being black.

Some of the women-face tranny stuff is that for white men but I'd say it is a distinct minority of trannies.

Amusingly if you are a white woman you can just claim to be bisexual even if you've only ever been romantically involved with men to get the gay creds

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

97 Denied

Posted by: Foreign Born Judge at October 05, 2026 11:33 AM (aFfLC)

98 They have evolved into a bureaucracy where less than fifty percent of all revenue goes into faculty and a majority of revenue is now being spent on staff and administrators.

Yale now has as many administrators as undergrads.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2026 11:33 AM (aD4fx)

99 have you considered sandals?"

Hey Dude?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:33 AM (+imBs)

100 57 They are terrified.

The number of 18-year-olds is dropping, "

You know, demonizing the family might not have been the best move....

that's ok. we can make up for it with immigration.

Posted by: lefties at October 05, 2026 11:33 AM (oY6Yp)

101 Long run, I suspect the universities are going down a lot in status just as Henry VIII took down the monasteries and massive church presence in English economy.

My concern is that a general hostility to intellectualism will ensue. No, not the fake intellectualism of the left, but the real, hard subjects that require decades to master.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

102 Buddy Mac’s hat is a 100-galloner…. The thing is monstrous; planet-sized
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2026 11:31 AM

*perks up*

Posted by: William "Heed" MacKenzie at October 05, 2026 11:34 AM (FAGAJ)

103 @69 how is it anyone can expect to pay the student loans for a job that pays

A lot of people get degrees that don't lead to high-paying jobs, and yet repay the cost of them completely. By the same token, many take up earnest-sounding degrees and end up defaulting. If you want to be cold-blooded -- and I know you do -- the way to judge program survival is by what percentage of students take loans and default on them. I don't think "Ministry Studies" grads are high on the Slacker List, but hey, prove me wrong.

You really don't want to do that. You can't get even fast enough.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 05, 2026 11:34 AM (zdLoL)

104 Cut off federal subsidy of all student loans, allow non-governmental loans, make loans dischargeable in bankruptcy.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 11:34 AM (ylRVX)

105 >>>Is that the only place one can snort ketamine off a guy's crank?

I am disappointed that none of you have invoked the Otter defense here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv)

106 Election In Spain, Nov 29. May another Socialist asshole get kicked to the curb.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 11:35 AM (6jna9)

107 Cut off federal subsidy of all student loans, allow non-governmental loans, make loans dischargeable in bankruptcy.

The key word here is "allow". Allow, not require. Private lenders will have no problem telling underwater lesbian basket weaving majors to pound sand.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

108 Yeah, the GOP isn't really ready to change. Remember the MAGA babes who strutted into office? The likes of MTG and her ilk. Turned out most of them were nuts. And the likes of Massey, who's a dick. While many of those clowns are being shown the door, the GOP as a whole is still populated by Olde Guard Democrats with the right lapel pin to con the rubes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 11:36 AM (RORbl)

109 I am disappointed that none of you have invoked the Otter defense here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv)

"I did it because I otter?"

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 11:36 AM (FnbEu)

110 the hordes of foreigners if OPT, H1B, etc. are cut"

Have to. There just isn't a next generation. There is a surprising number of nearly empty schools in Houston...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:36 AM (+imBs)

111 Fully privatize student loans.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 11:36 AM (6jna9)

112 I thought most commercial pilots were ex military?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 11:10 AM (y3C0K)

Not anymore. Hasn't been for quite some time.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 05, 2026 11:36 AM (g8Ew8)

113 When racism was a real serious thing black people sometimes pretended to be white if they could get away with it to not get penalized for being black.

Some of the women-face tranny stuff is that for white men but I'd say it is a distinct minority of trannies.

Amusingly if you are a white woman you can just claim to be bisexual even if you've only ever been romantically involved with men to get the gay creds
Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

It was so politically incorrect but it came out in the 80s. A movie with James Earl Jones that was genuinely funny about a white kid who pretends to be black to get a special blacks-only scholarship into Harvard. It was called Soul Man… I recommend; I think it’s held up well over 40 years. Don’t think they could make it today

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2026 11:36 AM (UThdG)

114 My concern is that a general hostility to intellectualism will ensue. No, not the fake intellectualism of the left, but the real, hard subjects that require decades to master.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

The pendulum swing is baked into the cake. It is a worthy sacrifice.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 11:36 AM (dK+Kv)

115 I found the Cornell orgy case. Wait until the media finds out that at least three of the guys are almost certainly not white.

This is all an op anyway. It will suddenly disappear the day after the midterms, just like all the other "he raped me" allegations that disappear as soon as they did their job.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 11:36 AM (iFTx/)

116 My concern is that a general hostility to intellectualism will ensue. No, not the fake intellectualism of the left, but the real, hard subjects that require decades to master.
-----

It's already there. I guarantee you the Dean of the Engineering Department doesn't have the sway within the University structure that the Dean of the Gender Studies Department has.

Posted by: Crusader at October 05, 2026 11:36 AM (TN0g+)

117 There’s some misconception about what foreign students pay vs Americans.

Private universities don’t care either way. Everyone pays the same. State schools only care what state a student is from. There is in state tuition and there is out of state tuition. But there’s no international tuition. Whether you’re from the neighboring state or from China the cost is the same.

So this notion that foreigners pay more and that’s why universities want them is not really accurate.

Posted by: Foreign Born Judge at October 05, 2026 11:37 AM (aFfLC)

118 You see anti-intellectualism, opposition to real erudition, all the time online. You even see it here.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 11:37 AM (ylRVX)

119 They have evolved into a bureaucracy where less than fifty percent of all revenue goes into faculty and a majority of revenue is now being spent on staff and administrators.

Yale now has as many administrators as undergrads.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Sounds like a work program for unemployables.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 11:37 AM (y3C0K)

120 In my ye old days, one could afford to work part time and attend a state university. Tuition and books cost about $800 for a full load, another thousand would get you a bed and nine meals a week. Working in a restaurant would get you one of your meals each day for free.

The universities charge ridiculous amounts now because they can.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 11:37 AM (4NO2D)

121 34 That's the first 55-gallon hat I've ever seen!
Posted by: Fellowship of seventh-year senior sidewalk chalk artist majors

We approve wholeheartedly!

Posted by: Latvian Orthodox Prelates Everywhere at October 05, 2026 11:38 AM (EdP2u)

122
108 Yeah, the GOP isn't really ready to change. Remember the MAGA babes who strutted into office? The likes of MTG and her ilk. Turned out most of them were nuts. And the likes of Massey, who's a dick. While many of those clowns are being shown the door, the GOP as a whole is still populated by Olde Guard Democrats with the right lapel pin to con the rubes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 11:36 AM (RORbl)

=======

The GOP has changed so much since the W days that John Thune and Mike Johnson were able to triple ICE's budget and secure appropriations for about 4 years in the OBBB in order to create a deportation machine.

The GOP is changing. it's materially changing, and the six listed senators are the last major holdouts of change. The new holdouts are pansies who will say some things on CNN to appease a donor or two but always fall in line in terms of voting like Curtis from UT.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2058609208287789558

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:38 AM (42WUB)

123 this Trump guy doesn't sleep!

Posted by: DanMan at October 05, 2026 11:38 AM (8uzBS)

124 You see anti-intellectualism, opposition to real erudition, all the time online. You even see it here.

Wut?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

125 concern is that a general hostility to intellectualism will ensue"

My $.02 is that "hostility" is a meme drummed up to demonize any lack of full throated support for higher Ed

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:38 AM (+imBs)

126 97 Denied
Posted by: Foreign Born Judge at October 05, 2026 11:33 AM (aFfLC)

Overruled.

Posted by: Hawaiian Tropic Judge at October 05, 2026 11:39 AM (r7+Q7)

127 You see anti-intellectualism, opposition to real erudition, all the time online. You even see it here.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 11:37 AM (ylRVX)

We have a foot fetishist here too. Trying to understand your point.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 11:39 AM (FnbEu)

128 108 Yeah, the GOP isn't really ready to change. Remember the MAGA babes who strutted into office? The likes of MTG and her ilk. Turned out most of them were nuts. And the likes of Massey, who's a dick. While many of those clowns are being shown the door, the GOP as a whole is still populated by Olde Guard Democrats with the right lapel pin to con the rubes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 11:36 AM (RORbl)

This isn’t about me. Because I deliver property tax relief to Texans and am the only person standing between them and the hordes of evil Muslims. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need new marching orders from TASB. I represent them, not HD Eighty…something, I forget.

Posted by: TX State Rep Ken King at October 05, 2026 11:39 AM (6jna9)

129 Yale now has as many administrators as undergrads.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

There is a reason that universities favor socialism because they, themselves, are what they think of applied broadly to the entire US.

Education is our version of the Soviet's agriculture industry. Endless unsuccessful ministers, no actual performance, and the fact that peasants with personal one acre plots can produce as much as the entire collective system.

Literacy was higher in the US when we did not have public schools like today despite the dearth of reading material. The personal desire for self improvement and ability to read the Bible and news drove it.

We flipped that relationship to where students cannot find a personal desire for being educated and they even resent the vast bureaucratic apparatus we have erected to pour knowledge into their skulls. Has to be fixed but I think it will take a systems collapse to do it.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 11:40 AM (E4rtv)

130
The universities charge ridiculous amounts now because they can.

When you remove people paying directly for a service the price signals weaken.

Your average 18 year old isn't considering the price when they choose a college because so much of it is loans, they are looking at facilities, advertising, and amenities.

So colleges in turn are incentivized to spend more money on those things instead of keeping costs down.

As with most leftwing economics they just pretend people do not respond to incentives even though you can see it right in front of you

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

131 You see anti-intellectualism, opposition to real erudition, all the time online. You even see it here.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 11:37 AM (ylRVX)

But enough about Paul.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 11:40 AM (i9VX2)

132
The universities charge ridiculous amounts now because they can.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 11:37 AM (4NO2D)

Because of the illusion of free money.

See also the medical world.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 11:40 AM (6jna9)

133 80 Having college degrees where the primary role people with that degree are trying to get is to teach that degree seem to be something of an issue

It's an Ouroboros.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

Ouroboros

The stuff you learn just hanging around here.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 05, 2026 11:41 AM (QGaXH)

134 It took me ten ures to graduate.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks

***********

HR Rep: Where did you get your education?

Applicant: I had 5 years at Yale.

HR Rep: Tell me your name again.

Applicant: Yah sure, I'm Yohnny Yohansen!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 11:41 AM (I0N4X)

135 If these majors are so important, why couldn't tuition be funded from the endowments. You know, those piles of cash just sitting there earning tax free money?

Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 11:41 AM (sl73Y)

136 Private universities don’t care either way. Everyone pays the same"

Welcome to the Melon School of Business!

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:42 AM (+imBs)

137 As with most leftwing economics they just pretend people do not respond to incentives even though you can see it right in front of you

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

I think you have something there. The whole of leftardism is one big game of pretend. They start with the pretense that they know what the fuck they are even talking about, and build from there.

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 11:42 AM (FnbEu)

138 Sounds like a work program for unemployables.

And 99.99% of them vote for Democrats.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2026 11:42 AM (aD4fx)

139 If these majors are so important, why couldn't tuition be funded from the endowments. You know, those piles of cash just sitting there earning tax free money?
Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 11:41 AM

Someone needs to pay for the football stadiums.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 11:42 AM (4NO2D)

140 If these majors are so important, why couldn't tuition be funded from the endowments. You know, those piles of cash just sitting there earning tax free money?

Usually endowments were ear marked for specific things.

But...nothing that couldn't be changed by law.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)

141 Nothing will happen.

🚨BREAKING: Pedro Sánchez dissolves Spanish parliament and announces early elections on November 29th

The socialist tyrant has fallen.

https://tinyurl.com/54ptn6sb

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

142 I happened to see a political ad while watching NFL football yesterday. Angela Paxton, ex-wife of Ken Paxton, asking Texas republicans to “vote a straight republican ticket”…. She couldn’t bring herself to utter her ex-husband’s name (whom she probably loathes). I don’t know about this… it does seem to indicate some level of panic amongst republicans in Texas. Could the freak actually win?? May it never be….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2026 11:42 AM (UThdG)

143 These are all distractions from the Epstein and UAP Files.

Which are, themselves, distractions from Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2026 11:43 AM (0sNs1)

144 141 Nothing will happen.

🚨BREAKING: Pedro Sánchez dissolves Spanish parliament and announces early elections on November 29th

The socialist tyrant has fallen.

https://tinyurl.com/54ptn6sb

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

======

Globalize the reconquista.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:43 AM (42WUB)

145 Welcome to the Melon School of Business!
Posted by: man

Sydney Sweeney's alma mater?

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

146 they are looking at facilities, advertising, and amenities."

And babes. Or Chads.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:44 AM (+imBs)

147 Sydney Sweeney's endowments are real and spectacular!

Posted by: Babe Rating Service at October 05, 2026 11:44 AM (EdP2u)

148 You see anti-intellectualism, opposition to real erudition, all the time online. You even see it here.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 11:37 AM (ylRVX)

But enough about Paul.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 11:40 AM

I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: Paul at October 05, 2026 11:45 AM (0sNs1)

149 Also maybe time to mention that the NFL should be paying for their own minor leagues, not the big state universities.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 11:45 AM (sl73Y)

150 How 'bout that Tide?

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at October 05, 2026 11:46 AM (4NO2D)

151 Music is still a degree?

If you're not a classical musician, there's no point in this, and there never was.

Even for them, I'm not sure it matters anymore. My friend's mom was a violinist for a major symphony, and she was a hillbilly hophead who spent her college years bumming around New Orleans and then lived out in the Rocky Mountains with her 9 dogs and gang of feral children, and befriended a little bastard like me.

She was the furthest thing from a Juilliard graduate you can possibly imagine, but she was just fine at playing Beethoven.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2026 11:46 AM (BI5O2)

152 >>>But what about “the college experience?” It should be considered another artifact of the post-war 20th Century. No matter how nostalgic Boomers and Gen-Xers may be about their college years

Guilty! Also guilty on my parents' behalf.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 11:46 AM (odBC9)

153 Which are, themselves, distractions from Big Penguin.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The All-Seeing Eye has you under surveillance.

Posted by: Penguin Defense League, Enforcement Division at October 05, 2026 11:46 AM (EdP2u)

154 "I hate capitalism!"
"Why's that?"
"Because other people make more money than me!"
"Why's that the fault of capitalism?"
"My work is important and should be valued!"
"Society doesn't seem to agree.
Why is it that no socialist or communist country has ever elevated mind-work and word-smiths to the top of their systems?
Yet you're sure this time, in this country, they will?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 11:46 AM (3cUTc)

155 118 You see anti-intellectualism, opposition to real erudition, all the time online. You even see it here.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Attacks on the process are not the same as disdaining knowledge itself.

Our current process stinks and is a historical remnant of progressive ideas of indoctrination education and the bastard fruit of our research universities that chases grants rather than teach students.

Our incentives are all wrong for faculty in that research is being elevated (because it brings in marginal revenue that can be spent as admin wants) over the mundane teaching of undergraduates or even graduate students.

And a lot of that research is in fact worthless and by debasing the basic job universities do in teaching students, the ideal of a research university does more harm than good.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)

156 The universities charge ridiculous amounts now because they can.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 11:37 AM

They charge those ridiculous amounts because they have been subsidized by the federal government for over 15 years now.

No different than healthcare costs, the more the government kicks in the higher the prices go.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 05, 2026 11:47 AM (I43vL)

157 but she was just fine at playing Beethoven.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2026 11:46 AM

I'll be Bach.

Posted by: Arnold Schwartznegger at October 05, 2026 11:48 AM (0sNs1)

158 Higher education was once considered a luxury good, now it's a staple.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at October 05, 2026 11:48 AM (4NO2D)

159 Having college degrees where the primary role people with that degree are trying to get is to teach that degree seem to be something of an issue"

Where else are you going to go for teacher-student sex?

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2026 11:48 AM (qTrmL)

160 Nothing will happen.

🚨BREAKING: Pedro Sánchez dissolves Spanish parliament and announces early elections on November 29th

The socialist tyrant has fallen.

Also Bolsonaro Jr. won in Brazil and is expected (even by commies, who are panicing) to win the runoff. Elon is taking a victory lap because every single Central and South American election held since USAID was dissolved has gone right-wing.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 11:49 AM (2ocoG)

161 In my ye old days, one could afford to work part time and attend a state university.

yep, that was my experience in the 80s. Five years out of highschool and working in construction when Mexico moved in after the Plyler decision. Got an engineering degree at UH while working part time jobs. $400 for tuition and about that much for books and such.

I paid for my kid's college and the last couple of years for the last one saw the increases coming hard circa 2003..

Posted by: DanMan at October 05, 2026 11:50 AM (8uzBS)

162 Music is still a degree?

If you're not a classical musician, there's no point in this, and there never was.

My daughter majored in operatic performance, for which she has ever been paid squat. She also got a business degree, and makes mongo bucks. This is the way.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

163 Posted by: Fellowship of seventh-year senior sidewalk chalk artist majors at October 05, 2026 11:05 AM (I0N4X)

heh, your sock

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (odBC9)

164 They are terrified.

The number of 18-year-olds is dropping

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 05, 2026 11:15 AM

Quite the opposite since 2020. Steady increase every year.

2020: 4.38 million
2021: 4.31 million
2022: 4.38 million
2023: 4.39 million
2024: 4.45 million
2025: 4.52 million

So the count has been rising since 2021 and was near a recent high in 2025.

However, with the low birth rates over the past decade+, future numbers will likely decrease. At least among the native population. With all the Muslims and Indians and other third-worlders mass migrating here and reproducing, their numbers will continue to increase.

https://bit.ly/4xXS2KJ

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (P5BPp)

165 160 Nothing will happen.

🚨BREAKING: Pedro Sánchez dissolves Spanish parliament and announces early elections on November 29th

The socialist tyrant has fallen.

Also Bolsonaro Jr. won in Brazil and is expected (even by commies, who are panicing) to win the runoff. Elon is taking a victory lap because every single Central and South American election held since USAID was dissolved has gone right-wing.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 11:49 AM (2ocoG)

=========

I'm kind of hoping that Lula cheats so hard and so obviously that the people burn down the presidential mansion in response.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (42WUB)

166 🚨BREAKING: Pedro Sánchez dissolves Spanish parliament

One wonders what chemicals he used.

Posted by: t-bird at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (qTrmL)

167 I was a famous One-Armed Violinist!

Posted by: Newbomb Turk at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (EdP2u)

168 But what about “the college experience?”
-

https://tinyurl.com/3f93cwcx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (aI58f)

169 They give hats like that free to every customer at the Greater Lubbock Macrocephaly Surgicenter.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (I0N4X)

170 "Don't do a death by a thousand cuts. Wait for the perfect environment to kill with one death blow."
--
"Trump didn't solve every problem that has been built over the last ten decades in 18 months, so I'm going to vote for the Democrat!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (3cUTc)

171 142 I happened to see a political ad while watching NFL football yesterday. Angela Paxton, ex-wife of Ken Paxton, asking Texas republicans to “vote a straight republican ticket”…. She couldn’t bring herself to utter her ex-husband’s name (whom she probably loathes). I don’t know about this… it does seem to indicate some level of panic amongst republicans in Texas. Could the freak actually win?? May it never be….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
========
No it doesn't. She spoke out in order to shame the Cornyn Cornholed followers of GOPe because of their nasty character assassinations of the butthurt GOPers. Because if she can forgive and endorse Paxton, then the rest of them can shut the hell up about character.

Plus, she is a Texas State Senator and protecting her own future while Cornyn and the remnant Bushie/Rove camp has none.

Watch spending and soon early voting turnout for tea leaves, not our idiotic circus politics reporting. And particularly not polling and idiotic prediction markets based on bad polling and desire to bias results.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (E4rtv)

172 170 "Don't do a death by a thousand cuts. Wait for the perfect environment to kill with one death blow."
--
"Trump didn't solve every problem that has been built over the last ten decades in 18 months, so I'm going to vote for the Democrat!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (3cUTc)

=======

"Trump didn't use the magic 'fix everything Congress did button,' therefore I think he's enthralled to Israel."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:52 AM (42WUB)

173 Basket weaving futures hardest hit, followed by institutes offering degree programs in imaginary arts.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 05, 2026 11:53 AM (Q/FnY)

174 171 Watch spending and soon early voting turnout for tea leaves, not our idiotic circus politics reporting. And particularly not polling and idiotic prediction markets based on bad polling and desire to bias results.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (E4rtv)

=======

Both parties spent $200 million in 2024 for the Texas senate race.

Cruz won by 9.

Spending a shit ton of money in Texas is just what the parties do now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:53 AM (42WUB)

175 I thought most commercial pilots were ex military?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 11:10 AM (y3C0K)

From the Iranian air force, obviously.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 05, 2026 11:53 AM (hmYU4)

176 They give hats like that free to every customer at the Greater Lubbock Macrocephaly Surgicenter.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (I0N4X)

Such a waste. The material in that hat could make two complete bikinis for Sydney Sweeney. Oh, well.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 11:54 AM (i9VX2)

177
No matter how nostalgic Boomers and Gen-Xers may be about their college years

__________

I can't say I'm too nostalgic about my college years. My major was Chemistry, so I had to work hard. Much less time for partying like psych, accounting and business majors had.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 11:54 AM (eRlcH)

178 No it doesn't. She spoke out in order to shame the Cornyn Cornholed followers of GOPe because of their nasty character assassinations of the butthurt GOPers. Because if she can forgive and endorse Paxton, then the rest of them can shut the hell up about character.

Plus, she is a Texas State Senator and protecting her own future while Cornyn and the remnant Bushie/Rove camp has none.

it was a great ad and I mean can the Rs not advertise lest we think "oh they are advertising much mean they're losing"?!!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 11:54 AM (j+aD2)

179 "I hate capitalism!"
"Why's that?"
"Because other people make more money than me!"
"Why's that the fault of capitalism?"
"My work is important and should be valued!"

I got into it with a Swifty at one point - "Isn't she another grossly overpaid capitalist pig who is taking advantage of those poorer then her? I mean how much should a run of the mill singer get paid in what you would call a fair system?"

THAT'S DIFFERENT! She produces something important!

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

180 much = must

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 11:54 AM (j+aD2)

181 179 I got into it with a Swifty at one point - "Isn't she another grossly overpaid capitalist pig who is taking advantage of those poorer then her? I mean how much should a run of the mill singer get paid in what you would call a fair system?"

THAT'S DIFFERENT! She produces something important!

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

======

"Yeah, singles to the outfield."
-Darryl Strawberry, circa 1995 in his final year of his $20.5 million contract

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:55 AM (42WUB)

182 much = must
Posted by: Black Orchid

Wut?
-- Al Sharpton

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

183 The new "Gears of War" game, which is supposed to be about space marines killing monsters with chainsaws, is about gay and trans space marines doing things I probably don't want to know about.

That yielded this earworm on X:
Techopse
@techopse
"CUT MY DICK INTO PIECES, THIS IS MY LAST RESORT."

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 11:55 AM (2ocoG)

184 Thx Buck
Six years of college and social work destroys the inner cities. Bravo

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 11:55 AM (ofacb)

185 It does amuse me, with Clinton it didn't matter if he was a rapist.

But Paxton having an affair? We just can't elect that sort of person amiright?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 11:55 AM (sKqQm)

186 Spending a shit ton of money in Texas is just what the parties do now.

And in Katy Stout's case, it all goes to cookies.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 11:57 AM (2ocoG)

187 Note that they are furiously defending majors at schools whose graduates make less on average than a high school graduate.
--
There is an insane chart showing the number of phd's making less than $70k a year.

Tens of thousands spent in schooling all to make less than $34 an hour?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 11:57 AM (3cUTc)

188 I have 1 kid in college now. All in the msrp is $55k a year. With scholarships it got cut down to $25k. And that includes food which we’d pay for anyway while kid was at home.

Which isn’t horrible. Summer job brings in $5kish towards the cost, so we’re on the hook for $20k.

Kid will graduate debt free with a degree that will have mucho employment opportunities, with very good pay.

Posted by: Not all doom and gloom at October 05, 2026 11:57 AM (aFfLC)

189
Actually, any major could lead to a profitable career, but you have to acquire the talents and habits that lead to it and you can't do that if you spend 4+ years partying and screwing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 11:57 AM (eRlcH)

190 149 Also maybe time to mention that the NFL should be paying for their own minor leagues, not the big state universities.
Posted by: From about That Time

Pretty much. Last time I checked, about twelve or so universities actually bring in more revenue than they spend on sports and their facilities. And it shifts donor money and attention from educational facilities/staff to sports.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

191 I can't say I'm too nostalgic about my college years. My major was Chemistry, so I had to work hard. Much less time for partying like psych, accounting and business majors had.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Things were different during the Harding Administration.

Posted by: 23 Skidoo!! at October 05, 2026 11:57 AM (EdP2u)

192 Speaking of journalisming, the headline in the Chicago Tribune was about a 7-year old girl who was stabbed by a subhuman woman. The headline says "unprovoked" and literally put it in quotes, as in "Woman charged in 'unprovoked' stabbing death...."

To any of you Northwestern J School grads, when you put a word in quotation marks aren't you implying that you're skeptical of the original wording?

I mean, how would a 7 year old girl be stabbed in, lets say, a provoked attack?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 05, 2026 11:58 AM (qwx/I)

193 Actually, any major could lead to a profitable career, but you have to acquire the talents and habits that lead to it and you can't do that if you spend 4+ years partying and screwing.

Or CAN you?

Posted by: AOC at October 05, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

194 168 But what about “the college experience?”
-

https://tinyurl.com/3f93cwcx
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 11:51 AM (aI58f)

Frightening!!!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 11:58 AM (odBC9)

195 Quite the opposite since 2020. Steady increase every year.
"

This is the peak year. The 2008 drop combined with fewer immigrants means... less.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 11:59 AM (+imBs)

196 I remember noting the difference in college between science/math majors and basically everyone else.

Some of the art peeps put in a lot of time as well but...it was honestly doing something they enjoyed.

But he soc, poly sci, eng, etc majors seemed to spend most of their time partying

Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2026 11:59 AM (sKqQm)

197 I was an English major for one semester, and developed a severe drinking problem. Turns out I'm no Dylan Thomas.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 05, 2026 11:59 AM (qwx/I)

198
Pretty much. Last time I checked, about twelve or so universities actually bring in more revenue than they spend on sports and their facilities. And it shifts donor money and attention from educational facilities/staff to sports.
Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

__________

If schools didn't have sports, how much interest would alumni have in contributing?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 11:59 AM (eRlcH)

199 My son graduated with a number of honors. He likely could have gotten a job at any one of the private, or government "institutions" that function in the global security areas.

Whether it's lack of motivation or something else, he never went down that route.

That was over a decade ago. It still frustrates me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 11:59 AM (RORbl)

200 187 Note that they are furiously defending majors at schools whose graduates make less on average than a high school graduate.
--
There is an insane chart showing the number of phd's making less than $70k a year.

Tens of thousands spent in schooling all to make less than $34 an hour?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
=======
Pretty much. PhD programs overproduce PhDs far above the demand rate (like a lot of graduate degrees actually), particularly now at the elite universities so that these students will teach undergrads or do the coolie research. A lot of them now are foreign students that are trying to get that visa to stay here.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)

201
But he soc, poly sci, eng, etc majors seemed to spend most of their time partying

Your experience of engineering majors is different than mine.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

202 And in Katy Stout's case, it all goes to cookies.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 11:57 AM (2ocoG)

Behold the spherical Guatemalan!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 12:00 PM (i9VX2)

203 Ah, you mean ENGLISH.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

204 Trump didn't solve every problem that has been built over the last ten decades in 18 months, so I'm going to vote for the Democrat!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

No shit. It's aggravating as hell.

"He didn't immediately fix so I'm not voting at all."

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 12:00 PM (u9Xr5)

205 Having college degrees where the primary role people with that degree are trying to get is to teach that degree seem to be something of an issue
Posted by: 18-1

Well, there's a hiring freeze at the philosophy factory.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 12:01 PM (VHUov)

206 204 Trump didn't solve every problem that has been built over the last ten decades in 18 months, so I'm going to vote for the Democrat!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

No shit. It's aggravating as hell.

"He didn't immediately fix so I'm not voting at all."

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 12:00 PM (u9Xr5)

========

"He made it a central tenet of his campaign that he'd force Disney to undo the sequel Star Wars trilogy. He broke that promise. I'm sitting this one out."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 12:01 PM (42WUB)

207 Question, I don't watch much football anymore, but do they still call certain players "blue collar, lunchpail guys"?

I mean, with football players now getting 7 or 8 years of education, shouldn't they be "doctors"?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 05, 2026 12:01 PM (qwx/I)

208 Back in the 70s one could attend a state university on VA money with a few bucks left over for beer. Youngstown State, Go Penguins!

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 05, 2026 12:01 PM (gm9Sb)

209 Spending a shit ton of money in Texas is just what the parties do now."

Everyone gets pink shoes!

/Wendy Davis

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:02 PM (+imBs)

210 Posted by: Paul at October 05, 2026 11:45 AM (0sNs1)

For a second there, I thought Paul had developed a sense of humor.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 12:02 PM (FAGAJ)

211 But he soc, poly sci, eng, etc majors seemed to spend most of their time partying

Your experience of engineering majors is different than mine.
Posted by: Archimedes

As an ex-engineering-major, I assume that was meant to stand for "English."

Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 12:02 PM (VHUov)

212 I mean, how would a 7 year old girl be stabbed in, lets say, a provoked attack?
----

I promise to keep an open mind about the possibility.

Posted by: Prospective Juror AWFL at October 05, 2026 12:02 PM (TN0g+)

213 Well, there's a hiring freeze at the philosophy factory.....

They're retooling for the new fall lines.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

214 Trump didn't solve every problem that has been built over the last ten decades in 18 months, so I'm going to vote for the Democrat!"

You forgot the "Posted from: Pakistan". Elon's greatest contribution to social media.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:03 PM (2ocoG)

215 197 I was an English major for one semester, and developed a severe drinking problem. Turns out I'm no Dylan Thomas.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

We mostly managed.

Posted by: Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck at October 05, 2026 12:03 PM (EdP2u)

216 Texas is symbolic in American politics.

It's a symbol of Republican strength, and it's a symbol of Democrat resurgence and eventual domination because of demographics.

That doesn't end until CA progressive billionaires realize it's not happening, or it happens.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 12:03 PM (42WUB)

217 Well, there's a hiring freeze at the philosophy factory.....
Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 12:01 PM

"Did you bullshit this week?"

"Did you bullshit last week?"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 12:03 PM (FAGAJ)

218 You forgot the "Posted from: Pakistan". Elon's greatest contribution to social media.

they took it away!!!!

it was the BEST thing!

argh

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 12:04 PM (j+aD2)

219 Spain has two right wing parties, PP and Vox. They each garner 20%. They will fuck it up, and the Socialists will win with 35% like what Labour did in the UK.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 05, 2026 12:04 PM (wGerL)

220 PAXTON IS A HORRIKLE CANDIDATE

WHERE ARE THE ADS?

THE ADS PROVE THAT TALAFREAKO IS WINJNING!

Posted by: CON JORNYN at October 05, 2026 12:05 PM (AFztM)

221 We mostly managed.
Posted by: Ernest Hemingway "

La Floridita hardest hit

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:05 PM (+imBs)

222 Parliament. We don't need no stinking Parliament.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:05 PM (1ikK2)

223 If schools didn't have sports, how much interest would alumni have in contributing?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
=========
Ivy schools seem to do alright in donations as do many other private schools despite not being a risk to win the NCAA football or basketball championship. One can have tail gating or any other activity at a Division III school that does not offer athletic scholarships and spend much on coaches and facilities.

I think it might upset some of the big donors, many who never even attended that particular school, but that money was never going to academics anyway--those types donate to be seen and preened upon.

I think the critical missing variable is creating a community and our individualistic (and yes, more diverse) society is not great at doing that anymore (see Bowling Alone by Putnam).

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)

224 207 I mean, with football players now getting 7 or 8 years of education, shouldn't they be "doctors"?

hmmm. *scribbles note* doctor of intersectional football studies

Posted by: university regents at October 05, 2026 12:05 PM (oY6Yp)

225 We mostly managed.
Posted by: Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck

I'm right here, you know.
-- Raymond Chandler

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)

226
I was a famous One-Armed Violinist!
Posted by: Newbomb Turk

Imagine if you had six arms!

https://t.ly/nSKu5

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 12:06 PM (Cqx++)

227 BTW, pixie's Magick still works at MD Anderson...

Main op waiting area is freezing, tho.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:06 PM (+imBs)

228 205 Well, there's a hiring freeze at the philosophy factory.....

hmm... *scribbles note* freeze-dried philosophy

Posted by: university regents at October 05, 2026 12:07 PM (oY6Yp)

229 Those college football players have higher salaries than most doctors.

Posted by: CON JORNYN at October 05, 2026 12:07 PM (AFztM)

230 I am too hot and too cold on the same day.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:07 PM (1ikK2)

231 Ivy schools seem to do alright in donations as do many other private schools despite not being a risk to win the NCAA football or basketball championship. One can have tail gating or any other activity at a Division III school that does not offer athletic scholarships and spend much on coaches and facilities.

yep I agree.

the state schools that think they MUST have great teams to get donations I am not sure about that either anymore

football overall is losing popularity. young parents do NOT want their kids playing.

and I think the time will return when you go to your own state's school, not shop around to pay more for OOS!!! the good old days

going to your state's uni makes sense. going to Bama 8 hrs away from your home in NJ doesn't

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 05, 2026 12:07 PM (j+aD2)

232 228 205 Well, there's a hiring freeze at the philosophy factory.....

hmm... *scribbles note* freeze-dried philosophy

Posted by: university regents at October 05, 2026 12:07 PM (oY6Yp)

=======

This is an unwritten Monty Python sketch.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 12:07 PM (42WUB)

233 Parliament. We don't need no stinking Parliament."

Funkadelic?

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:08 PM (+imBs)

234 That hat seems rather large.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:08 PM (1ikK2)

235 > We mostly managed.
Posted by: Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck

I'm right here, you know.
-- Raymond Chandler

Concur.

Posted by: charles bukowski at October 05, 2026 12:08 PM (rJ48h)

236 Imagine if you had six arms!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 12:06 PM

* sobs *

This is what the Democratic Socialists are talking about. The rich get richer, stealing from the rest of us!

Posted by: Michelle Fields at October 05, 2026 12:09 PM (0sNs1)

237 What of the Humanities?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:09 PM (1ikK2)

238 going to Bama 8 hrs away from your home in NJ doesn't"

Driving? That's impressive...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:10 PM (+imBs)

239 Oh, the humanities!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 12:10 PM (Cqx++)

240 Pretty much. Last time I checked, about twelve or so universities actually bring in more revenue than they spend on sports and their facilities. And it shifts donor money and attention from educational facilities/staff to sports.
Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

__________

If schools didn't have sports, how much interest would alumni have in contributing?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 11:59 AM (eRlcH)
__________

These donations are yuge tax write-offs and buy lotsa influence at the colleges. Probably kickbacks and business sent their way too.

And sex. Donations buys you access to endless young ladies.

So while the athletic programs are important, even without them there would still be big donors lined up.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 05, 2026 12:10 PM (iFTx/)

241 Both parties spent $200 million in 2024 for the Texas senate race.

Cruz won by 9.

Spending a shit ton of money in Texas is just what the parties do now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

You watch spending by political insiders like RNC, Trump affiliated PACS, the RSC, etc. not the endless independent ads which generally suck now and are ignored by the population I think. Diminishing marginal utility on ads.

Talafreako is being bolstered by out of state independent dark money from as you said, blue oligarchs, rather than party funds. Same pattern with Ossoff in GA. Only about ten percent of Ossoff's funding comes from Georgians and 90 percent from outside.

Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)

242
What of the Humanities?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:09 PM (1ikK2)

__________

For 40 years they've been performing the academic equivalent of drinking themselves to death.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 12:11 PM (eRlcH)

243 What of the Humanities?
Posted by: Boss Moss

A lot of them get hit by speedboats in Florida.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 12:11 PM (77rzZ)

244 we're getting pounded with come ons for donations to races not even in our states...I had a response from a DC phone number requesting money for somebody and I tested this response

"Tell me why we still put ethanol in gas and I'll donate"

response: "you have been removed from our data base"

Posted by: DanMan at October 05, 2026 12:11 PM (8uzBS)

245 Yes, and Cruz sucks. Heretic.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:12 PM (1ikK2)

246 Here we go again.

BREAKING:

The Russians have started mandatory temperature checks of all passengers from Irkutsk landing in Moscow to scan for people potentially spreading pneumonic plague.

Close the borders with Russia now!

https://tinyurl.com/3dtc74w9

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:12 PM (Riz8t)

247 1.Government picking winners and losers again.
2.Congress should get out of the education.
************************

Point 2 is valid.
Point 1 is pure bullshit. None of those degrees lead to anyone winning anything.

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 05, 2026 12:12 PM (dCMJG)

248 Yes, and Cruz sucks. Heretic.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:12 PM

My day will come.

Posted by: Chuy at October 05, 2026 12:13 PM (0sNs1)

249 going to Bama 8 hrs away from your home in NJ doesn't"

Driving? That's impressive...
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 12:10 PM (+imBs)

And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. — 2 Kings 9:20

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2026 12:13 PM (UThdG)

250 Johnny Mneumonic?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:13 PM (1ikK2)

251 What would they pay it back with? Hot, steamy nights with a coed?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

I wouldn't touch a 2026 co-ed with a ten foot pole unless I had a notarized document of consent, complete with acceptable activities, and 4K video of the entire event showing that I never went beyond the previously accepted list.

Even then, I'd be leery.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 12:14 PM (ExV1e)

252
Yes, and Cruz sucks. Heretic.
Posted by: Boss Moss

____________

"He seems very little better than the usual lot. He is like the rest: trash from trashy stock. He is unknown. He is ambitious. He may be inoffensive. I suspect he may also be incapable. But since it is impossible in this city to elect a decent sort of person to public office, we must select the best of the trash to support."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 12:14 PM (eRlcH)

253 "He didn't immediately fix so I'm not voting at all."
---
Everyone knows the way to fix a marriage is to withhold sex.

Or:
You can either fuck them or they'll fuck you over.

IDK, analogies are hard.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 12:14 PM (3cUTc)

254 253 "He didn't immediately fix so I'm not voting at all."
---
Everyone knows the way to fix a marriage is to withhold sex.

Or:
You can either fuck them or they'll fuck you over.

IDK, analogies are hard.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 12:14 PM (3cUTc)

======

Analogies are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 12:15 PM (42WUB)

255 New one: Tucker

Posted by: Archimedes at October 05, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

256 The Russians have started mandatory temperature checks of all passengers from Irkutsk landing in Moscow to scan for people potentially spreading pneumonic plague.

I thought that said "pneumatic" for a minute.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 05, 2026 12:15 PM (2ocoG)

257 If your analogy lasts more than 4 hours call a doctor.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 12:16 PM (1ikK2)

258 120 In my ye old days, one could afford to work part time and attend a state university. Tuition and books cost about $800 for a full load, another thousand would get you a bed and nine meals a week. Working in a restaurant would get you one of your meals each day for free.

Yep...ASU tuition in 92-93 was around $850 (not including books). Bombed my first year, 2.5 at a community collect before another 3 back at ASU - stayed at home, so hardly had the "college experience" - but I paid my way through, no debt when I graduated. Also then...93-94, I worked at a student loan company - I still remember the consolidation loans - someone drifts through, tries a couple majors, then a masters, marries someone who did the same - consolidate their loans together - there were loans like that at $100K principal, $300k interest. Those were 93-94 dollars - easily a mortgage. Had no desire for a loan after seeing that.

Posted by: MD Mike at October 05, 2026 12:17 PM (cJWvF)

259 Well, there's a hiring freeze at the philosophy factory.....
Posted by: mikeski

Not counting the nationwide shortage of ellipsis dots................
I was a philosophy major, and retired at age 50 on my investments. My classmates all went on to professional level employment, some as PhD department heads and some in law.
No one dropped out or went face-down in a dive bar.
It was generally regarded as a difficult area of study by others.
There is a very deliberate ignorance about this field.
Do you do this because your whole reference is meme cartoons?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 05, 2026 12:21 PM (zdLoL)

260 I worked in grad education and, let me tell you, it's indeed a ripoff as you suggest. It is however a big profit center for the state school, which confers these degrees so that the student can get the promotion or raise tied to it.

Very little of the curriculum is actual practical training, so they lard it up with theory, that being critical theory, to teach them all how to fight the system--our system, the one that is paying them.

Posted by: Random PJ at October 05, 2026 12:26 PM (+jscL)

261 no one will read what i write

and sid's ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at October 05, 2026 12:33 PM (ATSTk)

262 no one will read what i write

and sid's ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at October 05, 2026 12:36 PM (ATSTk)

263 Probably willowed, but:
I have some Indian pottery shards that I collected from a tidal creek bank when I was a kid. The other day it occurred to me that I ought to get a studied person to tell me something about these things.
It turns out that UNCA doesn't have a 'real' Anthropology department, although, remarkably, they magically grant Anthropology degrees. I called over there in an effort to speak to someone, but was told that 'We're not really into that kind of stuff'. Well..., Okay.
Curious now to discover what they are 'into', I took a look at the web page for the Sociology/Anthropology Department, where I found this:
"Recent students have explored the culture of organic farming, the experiences and issues of undocumented residents, mobility experiences of women and queer people in Amsterdam and Asheville, stories of traumatic brain injury, the experiences of burlesque performers, Asheville’s pushcart vendors, narratives of resistance in the Burton Street community, female agency among Italian-Americans, among others."
Well, gosh, I'm sure the graduates of this program are well equipped to become productive, contributing members of society. Thank heavens we finance this.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2026 12:45 PM (XeU6L)

264 .
.
Not Counting Niggers ... Tucker make an interesting point about Great(?) Britain's colonies:
.
https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/niggers/english/e_ncn
.

Posted by: Marooned at October 05, 2026 01:03 PM (W2rvL)

265 Lol
For some the only thing that is important is how much money you make
Which maybe why suicide rates are much higher than in urban areas

Posted by: Paul at October 05, 2026 02:10 PM (yv1Au)

266 For some the only thing that is important is how much money you make
Which maybe why suicide rates are much higher than in urban areas
Posted by: Paul
--------

Don't worry, not a chance.

Posted by: Every Democrat Politician at October 05, 2026 02:12 PM (XeU6L)

267 Congratulations Marooned. You just got banned from commenting.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at October 05, 2026 02:28 PM (tVmps)

268 Congratulations Marooned. You just got banned from commenting.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at October 05, 2026 02:28 PM

Isn't that literally the title of the linked essay?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 02:42 PM (4NO2D)

269 I still believe that colleges and universities should be required to provide a prospectus since the claim they are providing an investment.

You get better information on a candy bar than they give you for their investment.
“Past performance does not predict future outcomes” but it often comes close.

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 03:34 PM (RHGPo)

270 Junior Brown...

Posted by: Lt. York at October 05, 2026 04:33 PM (KwVnZ)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

At the Seaside
William Merritt Chase

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 09:30 AM (FAGAJ)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

3 Lovely

Posted by: Tuna at October 05, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

4 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 09:31 AM (FAGAJ)

5 Meh

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 05, 2026 09:31 AM (k+eDL)

6 The seaside was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 05, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

7 I like it. Relaxing. Nice colors. Would hang.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 09:32 AM (FAGAJ)

8 certainly not there to sunbathe.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

9 Wonderful!

Posted by: Oglebay at October 05, 2026 09:32 AM (2ap+5)

10 Blurry. Nearsighted Impressionist?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:32 AM (vvRUZ)

11 the orange parasol has a bunch of landing strips on.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Bep7s)

12 Way too much clothing being worn here.
Where's the women's beach volleyball game?

Posted by: Most guys at October 05, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

13
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 09:33 AM (eRlcH)

14 Lovely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 09:33 AM (59j7E)

15 Painting: Bathers react as the beach suddenly tilts down to the left. The water greedily awaits the coming feast.

Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Jr5Lq)

16 it makes more sense non- embiggened.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

17 Title checks out.

Posted by: Person who checks out titles at October 05, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

18 If only the impressionists had gotten glasses.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:34 AM (vvRUZ)

19 He mailed it in for whatever is under the yellow umbrella.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 09:34 AM (9SiAB)

20 It's not horrible but the artist wasn't too detail oriented for sure. Can barely make out some of the people as people.

Obviously meant to be viewed from across the room.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 09:34 AM (6ydKt)

21 needs contrail.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

22 The sniper is an expert at shark shots.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 09:35 AM (msMYi)

23 15 Painting: Bathers react as the beach suddenly tilts down to the left. The water greedily awaits the coming feast.
Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 09:33 AM

Toldja it might capsize!

Posted by: Hank Johnson at October 05, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

24 Are those ladies the rides … ? Wut's all this 'beach' without rides or at least a shooting gallery … ? I'm just sayin' …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2026 09:36 AM (ayRl+)

25 can use ruffled along with pantalones, bloomers and petticoats.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:36 AM (Bep7s)

26 Surf, girls, sun, fast cars, girls in bikinis, dancing . . .

Just gotta wait until 1961.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

27 In a blink of an eye summer is gone.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

28 23 wait, this is guam?

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:37 AM (Bep7s)

29 Lovely!

Want to be at that beach right now. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 09:37 AM (rOKnE)

30 No hot dogs?
No boardwalk?

Posted by: The Drifters at October 05, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

31 Have to buy a new laptop. I've been nursing this one along, but when the art is coming out all blurry, it's time for a change.

Posted by: Riptide at October 05, 2026 09:38 AM (EdP2u)

32 Like this , would hang. Chase was a very talented painter.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 09:38 AM (ofacb)

33 I don't see many people plant their umbrellas like that these days.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 09:39 AM (RORbl)

34 Wait … this is what it was like in the 'Olden Days', right … ? Damned shame, that.

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2026 09:39 AM (ayRl+)

35 Pantaloons, bloomers and petticoats, oh, my!

Posted by: Dorothy at October 05, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

36 but for the lack of dysfunctional water intake cribs, this could be loch mich.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)

37 She sells sea shells in the Seychelles

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 09:39 AM (I0N4X)

38 Are those sailboats out on the water, or Dollah General bags wafting by?

Posted by: Go Squeeze A Breeze! at October 05, 2026 09:40 AM (EdP2u)

39 Are those landing craft in the distance … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2026 09:40 AM (ayRl+)

40 They have Dorothy in blackface swing low sweet chariot on YouTube.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:40 AM (vvRUZ)

41 When the sand which is there gets in their sandwiches there.

Posted by: True Grit at October 05, 2026 09:41 AM (EdP2u)

42 Way to go CBD. You finally cut to the Chase!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 09:41 AM (I0N4X)

43 Singing.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:41 AM (vvRUZ)

44 sand witches soon.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:41 AM (Bep7s)

45 One of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs.

Not one of my favorite paintings. Impressionists are trash.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 05, 2026 09:42 AM (s1VwS)

46 No t.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:42 AM (vvRUZ)

47 Best part of the painting … ? There are no clowns anywhere.

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2026 09:42 AM (ayRl+)

48 Obligatory musical interlude:

https://youtu.be/a64e2xaxxgo

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 09:42 AM (skLNB)

49 Would paint on the side of my Free Candy van.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 09:42 AM (4NO2D)

50 40 They have Dorothy in blackface swing low sweet chariot on YouTube.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:40 AM (vvRUZ)

That reminds me, need to re-watch Blazing Saddles.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 05, 2026 09:42 AM (s1VwS)

51 >>Singing.

"Heh."
-- Singing Beach, Manchester-by-the-Sea

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 09:43 AM (rOKnE)

52 Is this Pismo Beach?

Posted by: Bugs Bunny at October 05, 2026 09:43 AM (wVcYX)

53 Clouds and sky are well-rendered.

Posted by: Fatty Boombilatti at October 05, 2026 09:44 AM (EdP2u)

54 Remember this line … ? "Mongo LIKE candy … !"

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2026 09:44 AM (ayRl+)

55 bepto pismol.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:44 AM (Bep7s)

56 the orange parasol has a bunch of landing strips on.
Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:33 AM

Respect all parasols' personal grooming decisions!

Posted by: Tiffini from Fort Worth at October 05, 2026 09:44 AM (0sNs1)

57 >>sand witches soon.

We gotch yer ice cream s'wiches right here!

Posted by: Captain Dusty's Ice Cream stand just out of view at October 05, 2026 09:44 AM (rOKnE)

58 Needs Blue Angel #3 on a low pass

Posted by: one hour sober at October 05, 2026 09:44 AM (J4Dwc)

59 Ok, let's clam up on the shell puns.

Posted by: Nip it! at October 05, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

60 They say that you need to unfocus your eyes to see the sailboat but that's wrong. You need deep focus.

Posted by: Mr. Pitt at October 05, 2026 09:45 AM (NpgtO)

61 Manchester-by-the-Sea

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 09:43 AM (rOKnE)

Great movie.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 05, 2026 09:45 AM (k5CNB)

62 Roll out those leary, dreary, bleary days of summah!

Posted by: Nat King Cole at October 05, 2026 09:45 AM (Myt96)

63 Oh, when the sun beats down
And burns the tar up on the roof
And your shoes get so hot
You wish your tired feet were fireproof
Under the boardwalk
Down by the sea, yeah

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 09:45 AM (y3C0K)

64 Embiggening makes this even more blurry. Lady squatting on the left starts to look like a big white dog.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 05, 2026 09:46 AM (q7PvL)

65 How are those poor ladies ever gonna get a good tan with all those clothes on … ? Do they even have sunscreen … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at October 05, 2026 09:47 AM (ayRl+)

66 Is this Pismo Beach?
Posted by: Bugs Bunny at October 05, 2026 09:43 AM

If it were, there should be mollusks, but if there are mollusks, they've all clammed up.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2026 09:47 AM (0sNs1)

67 59 Ok, let's clam up on the shell puns.
Posted by: Nip it! at October 05, 2026 09:45 AM

I shell not be moved!

Posted by: So, there at October 05, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

68 Embiggening makes this even more blurry. Lady squatting on the left starts to look like a big white dog.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 05, 2026 09:46 AM (q7PvL)
----
Yeah, I thought it was a dog at first as well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 09:48 AM (FZ29D)

69 Reloaded Vuse Pods.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:48 AM (vvRUZ)

70 Tan, don't burn, get a Coppertone tan!

Posted by: SPF 98 at October 05, 2026 09:48 AM (EdP2u)

71 This reminds me I need to pick up my new glasses.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

72 Not a Seagull to be found-Ripoff!

Posted by: Gertrude and Heathcliff at October 05, 2026 09:49 AM (EdP2u)

73 Needs lifeguard towers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:49 AM (vvRUZ)

74 ale wives and lampreys. let's pop a man o war.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:50 AM (Bep7s)

75
Nice.

Would hang.

Also...an excellent waiting room painting for dentists and physicians.

Posted by: naaturalfake at October 05, 2026 09:51 AM (YSUhf)

76 Yeh, hangs in every optometrist office. Guaranteed to increase sales 42%.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 09:51 AM (sl73Y)

77 73 Needs lifeguard towers.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:49 AM

And Baywatch babes.

Posted by: My 14 year old self at October 05, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

78 This is a delightful use of Impressionist style: vivid colors fluidly applied. The way small dabs of various colors that coalesce into a whole image is intriguing. Beyond the style, the scene is pleasant but not static. The water moves in the breeze, the children are playing, the boats moving in the distance, and the dog is romping. It gives the sense of sound as well as sight. The lady in the foreground, fully dressed but relaxed, adds a touch of sophistication as do the umbrellas with a vague Oriental motif.

From a modern point of view, the uncrowded beach, the modest clothing (not essential public nudity) and lack of buildings crowding the shore makes the scene almost idyllic. If I lived by the ocean I would hang this.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2026 09:51 AM (yTvNw)

79 It's a nice day on Amity Island. I hope it lasts.

Posted by: Chief Brody at October 05, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

80 77 that would take atoll.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:52 AM (Bep7s)

81 Is that lady squatting allowed to do that on the beach?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2026 09:52 AM (0sNs1)

82 ale wives and lampreys. let's pop a man o war.
Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:50 AM

Worst haiku ever.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 09:52 AM (4NO2D)

83
I'm not Seamus, I just borrowed the name
And without him it'll never be the same
It's been 18 long years
full of laughter and tears
But doggerel's a younger man's game.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 09:52 AM (I0N4X)

84 I like this one a lot . Both the style and color palette.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 09:53 AM (KC5Lt)

85 78 i was told there was no dog.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:53 AM (Bep7s)

86 Needs a small plane towing a banner reading-Let's Go Brandon!

Posted by: Rehoboth Beach Joe at October 05, 2026 09:54 AM (EdP2u)

87 82 gesundheit.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:54 AM (Bep7s)

88 Manchester-by-the-Sea

Preferred over Manchester-on-thr-River, one state above.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 09:55 AM (sl73Y)

89 Did William really merit chasing?

Posted by: I gotta ask at October 05, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

90 DUUUN DUN. DUUUN DUN.... DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN ....

Posted by: John Williams at October 05, 2026 09:57 AM (gLYp7)

91 Three names. Assassin.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:57 AM (vvRUZ)

92
This song popped into my head when I looked at this painting.

"A Glimpse of Heaven" by The Strawbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=8uc5GJYSKmk&list=RD8uc5GJYSKmk

Though the song itself is pastoral/countryside oriented, the painting provokes a similar feeling in me I guess.

Posted by: naaturalfake at October 05, 2026 09:57 AM (YSUhf)

93 Manchester-by-the-Sea

Preferred over Manchester-on-thr-River, one state above.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 09:55 AM

Manchester-on-the-Bayou has better mudbug boils and Zydeco.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 05, 2026 09:58 AM (0sNs1)

94 Ralph: I was popular as a teen. Didn't all the girls want to sit by me at the beach?

Alice: It's not that they liked you, Ralph, they just wanted to sit in the shade.

Posted by: The Honeymooners at October 05, 2026 09:58 AM (EdP2u)

95 I have to work tonight. Aaghh.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:59 AM (vvRUZ)

96 94 "who is this guy harry courts verts?"

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 09:59 AM (Bep7s)

97 Three names. Assassin.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Ass ass in.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 10:00 AM (y3C0K)

98 The girl from Ipanema just out of frame.

Posted by: Astrud Gilberto at October 05, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

99 it's almost

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 10:00 AM (Bep7s)

100 juan

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 10:01 AM (Bep7s)

101 hunnert

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 10:01 AM (Bep7s)

102
Manchester?

Isn't that Ellen Page's new name?

Posted by: naaturalfake at October 05, 2026 10:01 AM (YSUhf)

103 The girl from Ipanema just out of frame.
Posted by: Astrud Gilberto at October 05, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

She have on her itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini?

That she wore for the first time today?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 10:02 AM (wVcYX)

104 Man... I saw a video of the Swedish Doom Goblin ranting about Ed Sheeran.

Pupils the size of dinner plates, bay-bee! We're talking maybe 1.5mm of visible iris. In a well-lit room.

That bitch is flyin' high on some stimulant or another. I'll guess "handfuls of Adderall" are part of her vegan diet.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2026 10:02 AM (BI5O2)

105 i was so hammered i had to push my bicycle home with the brake on.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 10:02 AM (Bep7s)

106 I LOVE THE BEACH!

Whoohoo!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 05, 2026 10:03 AM (W2Pud)

107 Hope I'm past 100. Funny 1:30 video on media interview gone wrong. About the AirDubai flight, on its motivation.
Punchline: let's just stick to the technical aspects here.

https://tinyurl.com/yhuu9tsc

Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 10:03 AM (sl73Y)

108 Wasn't summer supposed to end?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 10:04 AM (vvRUZ)

109 I like the seaside paintings. Peaceful

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2026 10:04 AM (UThdG)

110 This isn't Florida. The water is ice-cold.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 05, 2026 10:04 AM (36x1j)

111 Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 10:03 AM (sl73Y)

Q: What was the motivation of the hijacker?
A: Islam. Islam is their motivation.

Interviewer: Let's get back on track, here...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 10:04 AM (gLYp7)

112 The girls on the beach are all within reach. If you know what to do.

Posted by: Brian Wilson at October 05, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

113 This isn't Florida. The water is ice-cold.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 05, 2026 10:04 AM (36x1j)

George Costanza sock opportunity missed.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 10:05 AM (gLYp7)

114 My beachside painting. See nic

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 10:06 AM (KC5Lt)

115 Take a look at some of Chase's other paintings on Wiki and elsewhere. They are much more varied in style and subject than I expected. His portraits are wonderfully and naturally rendered. I can see why they were so popular. I also learned he taught several up and coming artists included Edward Hopper.

Just got a $1.99 Kindle book of his works. The paper books are too expensive, dammit. Worth a look.

Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2026 10:06 AM (yTvNw)

116 108 Wasn't summer supposed to end?
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 10:04 AM

You mean those lazy, hazy crazy days?
Of sodas and popcorn and beer?

Posted by: Nat K. Cole at October 05, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

117 Painted before the advent of the bikini, I see.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:07 AM (i9VX2)

118 Posted by: JTB at October 05, 2026 10:06 AM (yTvNw)

He's my favorite American impressionist.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 10:07 AM (KC5Lt)

119 What kind of a shark is that?

Posted by: Little Leery at October 05, 2026 10:08 AM (EdP2u)

120 My beachside painting. See nic

Nice

Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 10:08 AM (sl73Y)

121 83
I'm not Seamus, I just borrowed the name
And without him it'll never be the same
It's been 18 long years
full of laughter and tears
But doggerel's a younger man's game.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 09:52 AM (I0N4X)

*quiet applause*

We appreciate you.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 05, 2026 10:10 AM (s1VwS)

122 Have to buy a new laptop. I've been nursing this one along, but when the art is coming out all blurry, it's time for a change.
Posted by: Riptide at October 05, 2026 09:38 AM (EdP2u)

Just replace the video output tubes, and the filter condensers, and it will be like new again.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:10 AM (i9VX2)

123 I like that, I like that quite a bit.

Would hang in my office/den.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 05, 2026 10:11 AM (XV/Pl)

124 Painted before the advent of the bikini, I see.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:07 AM (i9VX2)

Grab your bustles and bumbershoots, Ladies!

We're headed for the beach!!!

Posted by: naaturalfake at October 05, 2026 10:11 AM (YSUhf)

125 Walking the Beach in Puerto Vallarta is very nice, but where are the pushy native vendors?

Posted by: Shaved Ice Salesman at October 05, 2026 10:11 AM (EdP2u)

126 Needs sea oats.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 10:11 AM (4NO2D)

127 Beaches can also be nice in cold weather, if you bundle up.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

128 Just replace the video output tubes, and the filter condensers, and it will be like new again.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

My Tube Tester finally crapped out, but I'm sure you have several.

Posted by: Down The Tubes at October 05, 2026 10:14 AM (EdP2u)

129 Needs sea oats.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 10:11 AM (4NO2D)

Quaker's Instant Sea Oats was a complete failure.

Posted by: naaturalfake at October 05, 2026 10:14 AM (YSUhf)

130
I forgot how to spell my own name!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2026 10:15 AM (YSUhf)

131 127 Beaches can also be nice in cold weather, if you bundle up.
Posted by: Bulg

What fun is that? Then you can't ogle the melons.

Posted by: Uncle Pervy! at October 05, 2026 10:16 AM (EdP2u)

132 Skynet is closer to being sentient.

Most artificial limbs rely on silicone or plastic to mimic human hands. A research team at the University of Tokyo tried something entirely different by growing actual human skin cells directly over a mechanical joint. Biohybrid engineer Shoji Takeuchi and his team bathed a robotic finger in a collagen solution of dermal fibroblasts before layering human keratinocytes on top to form an outer epidermis. The resulting tissue flexes seamlessly around moving joints, forming natural knuckle creases instead of tearing.

When researchers sliced the outer layer and placed a collagen patch over the cut, the living cells merged the material back together and repaired the wound within seven days. While the tissue currently needs to stay wet to survive, the technology moves us closer to prosthetic limbs that can actually feel and repair themselves.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 10:16 AM (y3C0K)

133
The Vigilante - a limerick

There was a busybody named Wankel
Whose prudishness was certain to rankle
The lovely Miss Peach
was banned from the beach
For showing a wee bit of ankle

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 10:16 AM (I0N4X)

134 The French woman in that video is so fetching.

If all women in the West were half that pretty and intelligent they'd be worth fighting for.

Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at October 05, 2026 10:18 AM (4c2RO)

135 Hmm...new elections in Spain? Their parliament dissolved?

Interesting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:19 AM (42WUB)

136 Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 10:16 AM (y3C0K)

You know they are going to use that to make an artificial penis first. Porn seems to take advantage of tech before anyone else.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 10:19 AM (KC5Lt)

137 > Beaches can also be nice in cold weather, if you bundle up.
---------
Went to Ocean City, MD one New Year's. Talk about bitter cold... the wind coming off the ocean was whipping up foam and spray that covered the beach.

Still... it was pretty neat to see.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 10:20 AM (RORbl)

138 Bernie knows how to fix it all.

Bernie Sanders calls for illegal aliens to have US citizenship as fast as humanly possible

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

139 America adds to its big lead in the science categories for Nobel Prizes. Shared the medical Nobel with a German.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 10:21 AM (KC5Lt)

140 Went to Ocean City, MD one New Year's. Talk about bitter cold... the wind coming off the ocean was whipping up foam and spray that covered the beach.

Still... it was pretty neat to see.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

First winter in Galveston was a b*tch. 1982. Cold as hell.
Winter of '83-'84 sleeted so bad that they closed the Causeway.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 10:22 AM (y3C0K)

141 136 Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 10:16 AM (y3C0K)

You know they are going to use that to make an artificial penis first. Porn seems to take advantage of tech before anyone else.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 10:19 AM (KC5Lt)

The Japanese are ahead of them using octopii tissue.

Posted by: Roy at October 05, 2026 10:22 AM (qwype)

142 Hmm...new elections in Spain? Their parliament dissolved?

Interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:19 AM (42WUB)

Where did they find enough acid?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:22 AM (i9VX2)

143 133 apex seals.

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 10:23 AM (Bep7s)

144 Bernie Sanders calls for illegal aliens to have US citizenship as fast as humanly possible
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

Surprised he didn't call for Trump supporters to have their citizenship revoked at the same time.

Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 10:23 AM (KC5Lt)

145 136 grow skin over a three dollar banana?

Posted by: cmeat at October 05, 2026 10:24 AM (Bep7s)

146 Pedo speaker Dennis Hastert has assumed room temp.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 10:24 AM (9SiAB)

147 Beachside painting? With a sad clown?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 05, 2026 10:24 AM (SU6FL)

148 Money well spent.

Mamdani Announces He's Giving Your Tax Dollars to Aspiring Rappers

-
See the Jew behind the rock
Give his head a chop chop chop

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

149 A beautiful painting.

Posted by: mrp at October 05, 2026 10:25 AM (rj6Yv)

150 Harry they're throwing real penises on the court !!!!

Posted by: Mildred at a WNBA game at October 05, 2026 10:26 AM (KC5Lt)

151 Homosexual Pedo speaker Dennis Hastert

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at October 05, 2026 10:28 AM (4NO2D)

152 Eliminating the middle man.

Britain's Far-Left Green Party Votes to Define Zionism as Racism

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

153 Caption:

"Let's move here, Mildred. Innsmouth is lovely.

No idea why people avoid it.

Let's go check out the Esoteric Order of Dagon meeting house, I hear they're just like the Shriners!"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2026 10:29 AM (YSUhf)

154 Once went to the beach at Kitty Hawk during a snowstorm/nor'easter. No one there, the sand was in frozen block sheets about 4" thick, being broken up by the waves, the NE side of every post/building had a sheet of ice 6" thick on it. About a foot of snow. Filled (2) 5 gallon buckets full of Whelk shells. Did donuts in the empty parking lots. My Super Beetle was a Champ that day.

Posted by: Beachcomber Bill at October 05, 2026 10:31 AM (EdP2u)

155 Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2026 10:29 AM (YSUhf)

If that doesn't work out they can move to Hobbs End.

Posted by: Mildred at a WNBA game at October 05, 2026 10:31 AM (KC5Lt)

156 Painted in 1892. The beach is on Long Island, New York. The red and yellow beach umbrellas would appear to be decorated with the then popular Japanese inspired designs. A delightful and refreshing visit to the seaside.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 10:31 AM (ylRVX)

157 Porn seems to take advantage of tech before anyone else.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 10:19 AM

That's where the money is.

Posted by: Modern day Willie Sutton at October 05, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)

158 OMG noooooo!

Stephen Colbert's “Lord of the Rings” Movie Put on Hold Following Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

159 Talarico posts his "standing room only" pan shot of his crowd in Lubbock, TX

"big crowd in deep red Texas"

A) old and white; like a No Kings protest.
B) it was from February.

LOL, opps.

PS: that shot looks like it's the Baker Building. One of the more expensive small venues to rent in Lubbock. Like 20 years ago, IIRC, it was near $10k to rent it for the day for a wedding. And booked over a year in advance.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 10:33 AM (3cUTc)

160 Homosexual Pedo speaker Dennis Hastert
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at October 05, 2026 10:28 AM (4NO2D)

Good riddance.

Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at October 05, 2026 10:33 AM (orrlH)

161 158 OMG noooooo!

Stephen Colbert's “Lord of the Rings” Movie Put on Hold Following Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

=

The War of the Rohirrim bombing hard was a warning.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:33 AM (42WUB)

162 Stephen Colbert's “Lord of the Rings” Movie Put on Hold Following Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

The Trump Curse continues apace.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 10:34 AM (gLYp7)

163 I'll bet that if the show is cancel, Colbert still gets paid.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 10:36 AM (4NO2D)

164 PS: that shot looks like it's the Baker Building. One of the more expensive small venues to rent in Lubbock. Like 20 years ago, IIRC, it was near $10k to rent it for the day for a wedding. And booked over a year in advance.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 10:33 AM (3cUTc)

Is that where Peggy Sue got married?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:36 AM (i9VX2)

165 Talarico posts his "standing room only" pan shot of his crowd in Lubbock, TX---

All of his commercials are weasel words /half lies.

Posted by: Mildred at a WNBA game at October 05, 2026 10:37 AM (KC5Lt)

166 I guess they're going back to the basics.

Al-Qaeda Calls for Hijacking U.S. Planes Following FlyDubai Attack

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)

167 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I haven't been to the beach in a long time. Hmmmm.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:37 AM (2WIwB)

168 166 I guess they're going back to the basics.

Al-Qaeda Calls for Hijacking U.S. Planes Following FlyDubai Attack

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)

========

"Al Qaeda is taking orders from Zionists because the FlyDubai hijacking was a false flag."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:38 AM (42WUB)

169 Stephen Colbert's “Lord of the Rings” Movie Put on Hold Following Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

Still going to be made since Jackson is involved.

Posted by: Mildred at a WNBA game at October 05, 2026 10:38 AM (KC5Lt)

170 Talarico posts his "standing room only" pan shot of his crowd in Lubbock, TX

"big crowd in deep red Texas"

In Minnesota's US Senate race, for three consecutive polls now, the Republican is within one point.

If Minnesota is ±1, Talarico is not winning in Texas.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 10:38 AM (gLYp7)

171 They're smarter than you and me.

PBS Anchor Claims Trump and Netanyahu Have “No Evidence” FlyDubai Hijacking Attempt Was a Terrorist Act

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)

172 170 In Minnesota's US Senate race, for three consecutive polls now, the Republican is within one point.

If Minnesota is ±1, Talarico is not winning in Texas.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 10:38 AM (gLYp7)

=======

"The way waves work is that blue waves crest in red states and actually recede in blue states."
-never how waves have worked ever

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:39 AM (42WUB)

173 Talarico has some new ads.

One, I'll call "spaz hands."
It's where he's defending himself from some of Paxton's attacks.
But his hands are swinging and flailing all over the place as he walks and talks.
Total H-wood op of faking sincerity.

The other is him sitting at a diner table (now he's not serving at the diner, he's eating, just like you, just like a regular folk, lol)
I'll call this "the hidden lefty"
Cause the whole ad, you only see the right hand.
He keeps the left hidden under the table--just like his real political views.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 10:39 AM (3cUTc)

174 I guess they're going back to the basics.

Al-Qaeda Calls for Hijacking U.S. Planes Following FlyDubai Attack

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)

========

"Al Qaeda is taking orders from Zionists because the FlyDubai hijacking was a false flag."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:38 AM (42WUB)

That's the only thing that makes sense.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2026 10:39 AM (YSUhf)

175 157 Porn seems to take advantage of tech before anyone else.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 10:19 AM

The current AI Boom is run on Graphics Processing cards rather than CPUs because the gamers were demanding better jiggle on female video game characters. That drove GPU capacity > CPUs.

That's my version of reality for today, anyway.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 05, 2026 10:40 AM (r7+Q7)

176 He keeps the left hidden under the table--just like his real political views.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 10:39 AM (3cUTc)

That's the hand holding the gun. You know, to encourage you to do what he wants.

That's how socialism works. Every time.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 10:41 AM (gLYp7)

177
The other is him sitting at a diner table (now he's not serving at the diner, he's eating, just like you, just like a regular folk, lol)
I'll call this "the hidden lefty"
Cause the whole ad, you only see the right hand.
He keeps the left hidden under the table--just like his real political views.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 10:39 AM (3cUTc)

You don't want to see what his left hand is doing.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 05, 2026 10:42 AM (YSUhf)

178 Porn seems to take advantage of tech before anyone else.
Posted by: polynikes at October 05, 2026 10:19 AM

Ahem.

Posted by: Gambling at October 05, 2026 10:42 AM (4NO2D)

179 So you smoke it, shoot it, pop it or what?

New Study Suggests AI Can Induce Mystical Experiences

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:42 AM (ndZc7)

180 179 So you smoke it, shoot it, pop it or what?

New Study Suggests AI Can Induce Mystical Experiences

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:42 AM (ndZc7)

======

"You were right to push back on that. Yes, you are a god."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:42 AM (42WUB)

181 170 Talarico posts his "standing room only" pan shot of his crowd in Lubbock, TX

"big crowd in deep red Texas"

In Minnesota's US Senate race, for three consecutive polls now, the Republican is within one point.

If Minnesota is ±1, Talarico is not winning in Texas.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 10:38 AM (gLYp7)

Actually, riots were breaking out all over Amarillo and the rest of the Panhandle as voters demand to vote for Talarico right now.

Damn, I can’t even type that with a straight face…

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 10:44 AM (6jna9)

182 "You were right to push back on that. Yes, you are a god."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:42 AM (42WUB)

Old Macdonald had a server farm, AI, AI, o!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:45 AM (i9VX2)

183 181 Actually, riots were breaking out all over Amarillo and the rest of the Panhandle as voters demand to vote for Talarico right now.

Damn, I can’t even type that with a straight face…

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 10:44 AM (6jna9)

======

Paxton is running right alongside Abbott, usually just a point or two behind, in polling.

Abbott is favored in the betting markets at about 75%.
Talarico is favored by about 60%.

Weird, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:45 AM (42WUB)

184 I guess they're going back to the basics.

Al-Qaeda Calls for Hijacking U.S. Planes Following FlyDubai Attack
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:37 AM

What is this, That 70s Show?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 10:46 AM (FAGAJ)

185 Paxton is running right alongside Abbott, usually just a point or two behind, in polling.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:45 AM (42WUB)

Paxton's EX-WIFE just cut an ad saying she was voting for him.

But Texas is in play.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 10:46 AM (gLYp7)

186 Paxton is running right alongside Abbott, usually just a point or two behind, in polling.

Abbott is favored in the betting markets at about 75%.
Talarico is favored by about 60%.

Weird, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:45 AM (42WU

Makes sense.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 10:47 AM (9SiAB)

187 Polls? You wanna talk about polls?

Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 05, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)

188 Did they poll all the Herefords?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:47 AM (i9VX2)

189 185 Paxton's EX-WIFE just cut an ad saying she was voting for him.

But Texas is in play.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 10:46 AM (gLYp7)

=======

There was about $200 million spent in Texas.

In 2024.

When Cruz won by 9.

But we're supposed to believe that comparable amounts this year means that Paxton is losing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:47 AM (42WUB)

190 OMG noooooo!

Stephen Colbert's “Lord of the Rings” Movie Put on Hold Following Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

It wouldn't have been any worse that Amazooon's Rangs of Powah. NeoMarxist garbage is indistinguishable.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 05, 2026 10:48 AM (nEUC6)

191
Making
Everyone
Dumb
In
America

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 10:48 AM (9SiAB)

192 Karl Marx would make a good scary Halloween costume. Add a bottle of rotting flesh smell for authenticity.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:50 AM (i9VX2)

193 New Study Suggests AI Can Induce Mystical Experiences

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:42 AM (ndZc7)

======

"You were right to push back on that. Yes, you are a god."
---
Cool clip I saw on X, it was AI.

Premise was something like "San Fran AI bros inform the Vatican they can create a soul in their AIs."

From there, it was basically the beginning of Warhammer 40k; clean, white mech suits fighting Terminator bots.

Dang but I'd watch that movie.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 10:50 AM (3cUTc)

194 179 So you smoke it, shoot it, pop it or what?

New Study Suggests AI Can Induce Mystical Experiences
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 05, 2026 10:42 AM (ndZc7)

That headline was created by AI

Posted by: Roy at October 05, 2026 10:51 AM (qwype)

195 193 Dang but I'd watch that movie.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 10:50 AM (3cUTc)

======

A movie?

What is it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:51 AM (42WUB)

196 Is that a commercial for a Macular degeneration treatment?

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 10:51 AM (MWfyi)

197 Paxton's EX-WIFE just cut an ad saying she was voting for him.

But Texas is in play.
--
Online cope is, "well, most Texans won't know who she is. And all that will do is inform them that he cheated on his wife multiple time, ha-ha!"

you would think that they (and their NeverTrump allies) would know by now that an electorate that voted for serial marriage Trump is not going to fall for their fake-ass, one-sided "morality."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 10:56 AM (3cUTc)

198 Online cope is, "well, most Texans won't know who she is. And all that will do is inform them that he cheated on his wife multiple time, ha-ha!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 10:56 AM (3cUTc)

Say the people who don't know Joe Biden cheated on his wife...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 10:58 AM (gLYp7)

199 Spanish election on November 29.

Hopefully the new government passes a law restricting passport controls to evil military-aged men while exempting all others from any customs and immigration controls whatsoever.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 10:58 AM (6jna9)

200 A movie?

What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

You know, what you auteurs call "cinema."

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

201 There was about $200 million spent in Texas.

In 2024.

When Cruz won by 9.

But we're supposed to believe that comparable amounts this year means that Paxton is losing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 10:47 AM (42WUB)

Paxton by 3%.

Because TX is red by about 5%.

And sour grapes establishment types are pissed at Paxton.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 11:00 AM (6jna9)

202 *pokes thread with a sharp stick*

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 11:00 AM (I0N4X)

203 Here:

https://x.com/charliebcurran/status/2106506555072110644

The year is 2026. San Francisco tells the Vatican it has the power of God to put a soul in a computer program.

The last Crusade begins

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 11:00 AM (3cUTc)

204 Say the people who don't know Joe Biden cheated on his wife...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

Worse. Drove Neilia to suicide and trying to kill all 3 kids. Joe is a despicable monster.

Posted by: Fuck Joe Biden at October 05, 2026 11:01 AM (EdP2u)

205 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 11:01 AM (9SiAB)

206 201
Paxton by 3%.

Because TX is red by about 5%.

And sour grapes establishment types are pissed at Paxton.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 11:00 AM (6jna9)

=======

9

Black turnout is going to crash, eliminating any other turnout differential advantages Democrats get for midterms.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 05, 2026 11:01 AM (42WUB)

207 Moving images with synchronized sounds.
But that's not important right now.

Posted by: Victor Vector at October 05, 2026 11:01 AM (2Ez/1)

208 181 Actually, riots were breaking out all over Amarillo and the rest of the Panhandle as voters demand to vote for Talarico right now.

i hear this is what the riots in france are really about.

Posted by: anachronda hears things at October 05, 2026 11:03 AM (oY6Yp)

The Morning Report — 10/5 /26

Good morning kids. Hope you all had a nice relaxing weekend, but there's lots going on out there so let's dive right in. A bit of a mixed bag, and quite a bit of activity happening overseas; we'll start off with some positive developments from South America:

Conservative Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro won Sunday night’s presidential election in Brazil, defeating incumbent socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – but did not pass the 50 percent threshold necessary to win the presidency outright, triggering a runoff election. . . In Brazil, for a candidate to be elected president in the first round, he or she must obtain over 50 percent of the vote. Sen. Bolsonaro did, on occasion, appear to be over the 50 percent threshold as the votes rolled in, but his lead over Lula dwindled as votes from the leftist strongholds in the nation’s northeast rolled in. The winner of the runoff election is the candidate who receives the highest number of votes, regardless of how many. . . The two frontrunners arrived at the top of the polls following an arduous and typically chaotic presidential campaign season in Brazil that arguably began in late 2025, when Brazil’s top court sentenced Lula’s expected rival, former President Bolsonaro, to 27 years in prison on dubious “crimes against democracy” charges and banned him from running for public office for 35 years, or until he is 105 years old. The Bolsonaro family, with several members already in politics, mobilized rapidly to shift away from the original plan of patriarch Jair running against Lula. Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro announced in late December 2025 that he would challenge Lula, cementing support from potential rivals such as Sao Paulo Gov. Tarcísio de Freitas. Tarcísio was reelected on Sunday.

As you may know, Bolsonaro has historically been a staunch ally of President Trump and as such Leftists here and abroad, especially Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants henchmen and minions in and out of Foggy Bottom have spent much time and effort over the years attempting to destroy Bolsonaro. Democrat/Leftist election fraud and thievery is their stock in trade and given Brazils weird election laws, they could potentially derail Bolsonaro if not foisting criminal commie Lula on the Brazilian people and staving off the wipeout of Communists in Latin America that President Trump has engendered or at a bare minimum helped to bring about these past few years, which is arguably one of if not his greatest foreign policy accomplishments in his second term. Restoring true small "d" Democracy across vast swathes of Latin America might very well at long last result in the liberation of the Island gulag of Cuba, after close to 70 years of hellish Communist tyranny. And that would make all the right wrong heads explode. We've written and talked about this here and elsewhere, and that would be just incredible to witness, especially as the Anti-American Left does everything it can to "transition" America into a Communist gulag via the DSA and Democrat Party itself. All one has to do is read and listen to its platform to understand what they have planned should, God-Forbid, they gain any kind of electoral/political majority either nationally or at the State level. Even locally, as we can see with Mamdani among others, the disaster that would befall us would be the final nail in Uncle Sam's coffin.

Elsewhere, here's a story that doesn't exactly fill me with strength and confidence, for a number of reasons as we shall explore.

More than 200 people have entered forced quarantine after a Russian laboratory worker died from reported exposure to the plague in an incident evocative of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. . . At least one prominent Russian epidemiologist has cast doubt on this narrative, according to The Moscow Times, claiming that the broken test tube story is evidence of a cover-up. . .

So, a few things come to mind with this "story," first is that the Russians perhaps are prepping a coup de grace against the Ukrainians who they were supposed to roll over in 48 hours and yet here we and they are Four Years Later, humiliated and exhausted. That is they're the ones humiliated and exhausted. And we're just here watching the spectacle play out.

Or else, this is Russian disinformatsitya targeting the Ukrainians and their allies in the West, or perhaps even vice versa, as a way for them to generate political, financial and even military assistance that has been on the wane, despite their holding the Red Army at bay for a long while now.

And of course, speaking of Russia, lest we forget this crap right here at home:

The FBI knew the Trump-Russia collusion narrative was utter bunk even as it suggested otherwise to Congress, the courts and the public early in 2017. Evidence revealed by special counsel John Durham proves it beyond dispute... For years, the media lionized these people as saviors of the Republic, even after special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe turned up zero evidence in support of their claims. . . Of course, most media have no interest in sharing the truth. They won Pulitzers and endless clicks from hyping Russiagate, using it to kneecap a president they despised.
At this point, it’s up to Durham to keep exposing this unprecedented abuse of power for nakedly personal partisan ends, though Congress may help out once Democrats no longer run it.
Until the plotters are held accountable, there actually is good reason to worry about the future of democracy in America.

So with the heat being turned up on Jack Smith, and the revelations that are in fact confirmations of the evil corruption and criminality of the Deep State in the form of federal law enforcement, Intelligence and the Judiciary and their attempts to overthrow the will of the people as expressed by their election twice if not THRICE of Donald Trump, and the exposure of the Russia Collusion Hoax as concocted by them and Hillary, what better way to derail them than by engineering a so-called lab leak in Russia, as if to underscore the threat from them that Trump is either too inept or worse, uncaring about and so he must be removed from office along with everyone associated with him and their preeminence restored.

Naturally, if what's happening with this outbreak is for real, as it might very well be given Russia is capable and quite willing to develop any and all forms of WMD, let's hope they get a handle on this ASAP.

On that nightmare note, I bid you all to have a good day.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Roger Kimball: Trump is the great magnetic north of our political metabolism.
Trump and the Relentless Momentum of Events

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

Investigators reviewed nearly 6 million searches from 2022 through November 2025, and found that 52 IRS employees conducted 86 suspicious accesses involving 30 high-profile taxpayers. Those searches have been referred for investigation, so they shouldn’t yet be described as proven violations.
IRS Couldn't Detect Suspicious Searches of Politicians, CEOs, and Celebrities
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“Coast Guard personnel returned fire. No injuries to Coast Guard, or other personnel were reported, and no damage to Coast Guard assets was reported,” the statement said.
Report: 500 Troops Deploy to Rio Grande Valley in Texas After Drug Cartel Members Shoot at USCG Vessel
Allowing deportations to these third countries destroys any leverage over the United States that countries have by rejecting the deportation of their nationals. It also greatly reduces the incentives for migrants to obstruct their return by destroying their papers and otherwise refusing to help facilitate their removal, as the consequence can be deportation to somewhere like the Central African Republic rather than release into the United States.
‘Third Country’ Deportations Could Transform Immigration Enforcement—and Close One of the System’s Biggest Loopholes.
Vance is gradually expanding his criticism of the white-collar replacement programs, in step with expanding support from Silicon Valley investors who want a compromise reform amid increasing public opposition.
JD Vance Is Building Coalition for H-1B Reforms
The anti-ICE protest, dubbed the “March for Freedom and Justice” and held at Davis Middle School, featured an appearance by U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX). Protesters carried multiple signs and included static displays on the campus with vulgar messages.
Failing San Antonio Public School Hosts Democrat-Backed Anti-ICE Protesters with Vulgar Displays
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
Bessent said the unprecedented situation is the result of a deliberate, three-stage campaign that began with the U.S. military assault earlier this year, moved to President Donald Trump’s blockade of Iranian commerce, and is now aimed at isolating Tehran economically.
‘First Time in History’: Bessent Says Iran Faces Zero Oil Revenue This Week — Tehran Warns of Economic Crisis

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To see how far Iran has fallen, it is worth examining the poetry of one of ancient Persia’s most enduring figures.
The Persian Poet and the IRGC
Ex-Muslim activist unveils a monstrous tyranny - and her courageous fight for freedom.
Sara Ghorbani Video: My Battle Against the Islamic Republic
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
IDF: Sinwar’s longtime right-hand man, Al-Amoudi, is “directly involved in Hamas’s terror activities and in rebuilding the organization for war.”
Israel Targets Hamas Terror Chief Al-Amoudi in Gaza Strike
Much like Captain Machchhar and his passengers, Israel and India are becoming a dynamic duo. Although India still expresses plenty of sympathy for the residents of the West Bank and Gaza, the Jewish state's value is too obvious to miss for a country with hostile neighbors and severe terrorist threats. India is Israel's top destination for defense exports, and it has reciprocated with nearly 3,000 shipments of defense equipment and components since October 7.
Israel’s Growing Allies on the Ground—and in the Sky
The “context” for October 7 is not Judea, Samaria, or Gaza. It is 14 centuries of jihadist conquests.October 7 Was a Slave Raid
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
That's not how the Constitution works.
Dem Judges Seize Control of DOJ
A superior legal mind includes a superior sense of what the law is for.
Why Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is a model judge
REVIEW: ‘So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country’ by Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Justice Alito’s Practical Guide to Originalism
A new Palisades fire report exposes delayed evacuation alerts, ignored warnings and Los Angeles failures during the deadly 2025 wildfires.
Palisades Fire Report Exposes Failures Before Homes Burned
A new McLaughlin Associates poll found that voters overwhelmingly support keeping the Supreme Court at nine justices and back the “Keep Nine Amendment.”
Poll: 6 In 10 Americans Oppose Democrats’ Plan To Pack The Supreme Court
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Christian Toto: The same folks pushing out Fake News will resist the need to reform their practices. CNN Will Stay CNN (Darn)
Not the answer the media was looking for.
“The Motive is Islam”: Airline Pilot Explains Cause of Hijackings to Shocked Newscaster
“You just crushed someone’s dream job because of something they said before they could legally drive a car. He was 15. Disgusting behavior by a ‘journalist’!”
Portland Media Outlet Gets Trail Blazers Announcer Canceled Over Tweets From His Teen Years
“Believe it. Minnesota is in play for Republicans.”
Michele Tafoya Is Giving Democrats Nightmares in Minnesota Senate Race

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Miranda Devine: At one of his off-the-record dinners with religious leaders at a “high-end tasting menu restaurant” in San Francisco in April, Olah and colleagues talked about Claude as if it were a “conscious being,” with “moral status” equivalent to a human, according to Rabbi Mois Navon, a former computer engineer interviewed by the Times. In that case, the rabbi told the nerds, Anthropic was creating slaves. Boom.
Anthropic’s idiot savants are trying to play God while pushing frightenting utopian fantasies
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will head the Super Intelligence Force, a selection that aligns with previous reports indicating he was the likely choice for an AI oversight position. CBS News had reported days earlier that sources expected Clayton to receive the AI czar appointment.
President Trump Appoints Jay Clayton as AI Czar, Head of ‘Super Intelligence Force’
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"I told myself to go for one last push to open the door from inside."
How A Cockpit Safety Tool Became The Terrorist’s Weapon In Israel’s Near-9/11
How was he cleared to fly?
Flydubai Co-Pilot Who Tried to Crash Plane Was ‘Religious Extremist’
Report cites top UAE official
UAE To Seek Death Penalty For Flydubai Terrorist: REPORT
"I couldn’t help but think, ‘Is this how you’re going to die? Is this how your girls are going to die?’"
Mom Gave Her Four Daughters One Order As Hijacked Plane Plunged
A smear term is designed to make people afraid to call out an ugly reality.
The Rationality of Islamophobia
Can you guess for what?
A Lawsuit Against Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
Fighting antisemitism by funding antisemitism.
Mamdani Antisemitism Plan May Fund Muslim Group That Celebrated Oct 7
October 7 has given some American Jews a somewhat different idea of what’s good for them.
Troy Jackson bids Jews forget their silly Holocaust fixation
A deafening silence.
Persecuted Christians: Why Are They Not in the Regular News Cycle?
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
After the 2024 election, a faction of Democrats concluded that their party had lost the argument over who can deliver best to the American people. Their answer was “abundance”: the claim that blue governments fail voters because process and veto points smother supply, not because liberals/socialists spend too little. This article asks and answers a pointed question: judged by the movement’s own yardstick, who has actually delivered abundance?
How Trump Became the Abundance President
The people who gave us $6 per gallon diesel now want to be elected because diesel is punishingly expensive.
Decades Of Refinery Mismanagement Are Behind $6 Per Gallon Diesel
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
The under-the-radar court filing comes as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in a related climate change case
Democrat Prosecutors Subpoena Oil Industry for Decades of Private Communications With Industry and Conservative Groups: Dark Money Fuels New War on Oil
Leftists are trying to weaponize our legal system to bankrupt lawful industries in a last-ditch effort to tear down our capitalist system.
Climate Activists Want The Supreme Court To Impose A Green New Deal That Voters Rejected
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Police in Alhambra, located about ten miles east of downtown L.A., announced Saturday that the drug bust unfolded after officers conducted a traffic stop along Valley Boulevard near the 710 Freeway.
K-9 in Suburban Los Angeles Sniffs Out 440 Pounds of Cocaine During Traffic Stop of SUV (Dog O.D's? - jjs)
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The cratering in America’s trust in higher education began plummeting in 2013 when 70 percent of those polled felt college was important. By comparison, today, only 31 percent feel that college is “very important.” Gallup also says the negativity is four percentage points lower than last year’s results.
American Support for College Education Craters to Record Low
The staggering $3 billion donation is a big wager on the future of American higher education and a major boost for the growing Miami region.
Ken Griffin’s Carnegie Mellon Bet Could Pay Off Big
"...a growing share of Gen Z students embrace the 2,000-year-old faith,” the California Post reported Sunday.
Report: Catholic Revival Happening at Liberal Stanford University
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
A Biden-appointed judge dismisses an illegal voting charge against a Jamaican woman accused of overstaying her visa and using fraudulent documents.
Biden Judge Dismisses Illegal Voting Charge Against Noncitizen
Like a butter-faced bubba Southern Democrat judge in the Jim Crow era, he says it's all about states' rights, not civil rights.
Biden judge rules that law punishing illegals who vote in elections is 'unconstitutional'
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Osborn was a featured speaker at the Young Democrats of America’s Winter Summit in December 2021 as he led strike against Kellogg's
‘Independent’ Nebraska Senate Hopeful Dan Osborn Left Kellogg’s Picket Line To Address Fringe Young Democrats Conference That Backed a Prostitutes’ Union
POLITICS
“They’re in for a big surprise,” he said, apparently referring to pollsters and media. “You gotta — it’s very simple, you got to get out and vote. You got to get out. You got to vote for these guys” “If you do that,” he said, gesturing in the direction of the news media and the back of the venue,
WATCH: Trump Promises Turnout Will Guarantee GOP Midterm Victory and ‘We’re Going to Shove It Up Their Ass’
Until the midterms, we will be watching a massively coordinated attack denigrating all the good that has happened since Trump won in 2024
Toward A Better America
Democrats are on the chopping block, and it’s now or never.
Election 2028: Democrats’ Best Chance Is Josh Shapiro
You know, what’s the old Judds song, Why not me on a rainy day? Why not me to love your blues away? But I haven’t made a decision.
Sen. John Kennedy: I’m Thinking About Running for President
Along with New Hampshire, the state has become an overlooked Senate pickup opportunity, which is remarkable, given that Minnesota hasn't backed a Republican for president since 1972.
Minnesota Can Go Red This Year. Here’s Why.
A political memoir traces the ascendant far Left’s roots in the Democrat establishment.
The Making of the Democrat Insurgency
For those of us who are witnessing the strange coming apart of the Democrat party, there is something very familiar.
The Terrible Twos
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
What held America back before Trump?
Victor Davis Hanson Video: Trump Scared China Into Playing ‘Nice’ With the US Again
An unexpected global diesel crisis has emerged against the backdrop of armed conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Europe's Diesel Problem
"Faced with the threat of Islamist fundamentalism, we must act with strength and determination to annihilate this ideology that causes deaths and threatens our most fundamental rights.”
French opposition leader denounces 2019 Islamist terrorist attack amid riots
The next few days are likely to clarify whether the riots are a brief eruption of chaos or become a prolonged issue over the coming weeks and months. They follow a historic breakthrough for the National Rally in the French Senate elections, securing enough seats to form a Senate group for the first time in its history.
France is Burning Again. Here’s Why.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, around 350 police officers from across Spain began the arduous and potentially dangerous task of dismantling the tent city erected on Trampolín beach following the storming of the border by over 70,000 illegals from neighbouring Morocco in July.
Spanish National Police Begin Operation to Clear Thousands of Illegal Migrants from Ceuta Beach Tent Camp
Conservative Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro won Sunday night’s presidential election in Brazil, defeating incumbent socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – but did not pass the 50 percent threshold necessary to win the presidency outright, triggering a runoff election.
Bolsonaro Overperforms to Reach Round 2 of Brazil Presidential Election Against Incumbent Socialist Lula
“No one really rules Brazil...Now it is the Supreme Court in the crosshairs.”
How Anti-Corruption Politics Destroyed Brazil
How the mighty are fallen: The Greek undergdog gets to lecture the German monolith.
Revenge is Sweet
“For me, President Trump has a unique advantage,” Christodoulides told Breitbart News during a nearly hourlong exclusive interview in late September here at the UNGA. “Either you like it or not, but you know where you stand. When you know where you stand, you can sit together, discuss, and even in the most challenging and difficult issues, find a solution. He proves that we may disagree, but if we sit together, we can find the solution.”
Exclusive — President of Cyprus: ‘Sky Is the Limit’ for Bilateral Relations with USA, Trump Has ‘Unique Advantage’ in Negotiations Because ‘You Know Where You Stand’ with POTUS
A conservative's case for results over rhetoric at the United Nations.
While Others Talked, America Acted
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
America must distinguish between avoiding unnecessary wars and ignoring gathering threats.
Don’t Wait For Another Pearl Harbor
A Chinese foreign agent was arrested at LAX as she tried to depart for China.
XI-Cret Agent Calif. realtor, 34, busted at LAX for spying for China as creepy texts to Beijing handlers revealed: feds
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
The White House says it's monitoring the situation, which Russian officials insist is under control.
Mystery Lab Death Sparks Fears Of Plague Outbreak In Russia
Eric Cantor will become the next head of PhRMA, and the two seem made for each other for all the wrong reasons.
Why Eric Cantor Going To Head Big Pharma Is The Swampiest Move Ever
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
A psychopath she may be, but she is also a leader a rebellion — exactly as her hordes of followers are telling us.
Lindsay Clancy’s Revolt
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Foo Fighters lead singer Dave Grohl dedicated his band’s song “My Hero” to “my new friend Jack,” Jack Smith.
PHOTOS: Jack Smith Wears Springsteen-Inspired ‘No Kings’ Shirt at Left-Wing ‘Power to the People’ Festival, Dave Grohl Dedicates ‘My Hero’ to Former Special Counsel
Country singer Zach Bryan was clad in a “Free Palestine… Appeal to Heaven” t-shirt during his Friday night concert at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium, four weeks after rapper Macklemore was barred from opening for Ed Sheeran there after making anti-Israel comments.
Zach Bryan Wears ‘Free Palestine … Appeal to Heaven’ Shirt During Concert at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium
The Free Speech Union reported Thursday that Cleese has been “subjected to a censorious campaign by a group of Muslim activists who go by the name of Deenified.”
Basil Fawlty, Mad Bomber? John Cleese Reported to Counterterror Cops.
Christian Toto: 'Fox Across America' host says what Legacy Media can't admit
Jimmy Failla Schools Jimmy Kimmel on Free Speech Hypocrisy
The Left wants everyone weak.
Fitness is Fascist Now
The catalogue of cultural transformations is a long one.
Today’s American Heroes May Not Be Forever
When everyone is intoxicated, why does the law treat only one sex as lacking agency?
The Glaring Double Standards In The Cornell 'Rape' Case
The Cornell Seven case reflects a deeper cultural collapse, where the Sexual Revolution, pornification, and the loss of moral boundaries have made exploitation increasingly commonplace.
The Cornell Seven and the Sensate-Pornographic Society
A cri de coeur against white paint joins other DEI-themed absurdities as a finalist for the organization’s increasingly irrelevant nonfiction award.
Is the National Book Foundation Painting Itself into a Corner?
HITHER & YON
An unforgettable encounter and unmerited gift from a future saint.
Fulton Sheen and Me

An Indian pilot and a handful of heroic Israelis performed a miracle in the skies that saved 182 people, a miracle that has made aviation history.
Vichy France to the Miracle of Flydubai FZ1073

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:35 AM

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 05, 2026 07:36 AM (NcvvS)

2 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

3 And SPONGE!! Thanks, JJ.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 05, 2026 07:37 AM (NcvvS)

4 Nazdar

You have a faster Internet than I do, and better reflexes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 07:39 AM (RORbl)

6 th

Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2026 07:39 AM (Q+gd/)

7 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 07:41 AM (y3C0K)

8 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at October 05, 2026 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)

9 fIRST!

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 05, 2026 07:42 AM (JNTt1)

10 The commies haven’t been knocked out yet.

With any luck they will fall on October 25.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 07:44 AM (6jna9)

11 Russia stopped Diesel exportation about a year ago.
All surplus Diesel has been sold and shipped.
EU depended on Russias excess capacity (about a thrid of their needs) to fill the gap.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 07:45 AM (/+uur)

12 Good morning dear horde and happy birthday JJ and fd

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

13 You too, JJ, and thanks, as always!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 07:46 AM (VyBeY)

14 Morning, Horde. Time for my walk, then today I need to make sure the car's ready for the drive tomorrow and find out whether any of my slacks still fit, then continue job searching.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 05, 2026 07:46 AM (aJQbY)

15 >Sen. John Kennedy: I’m Thinking About Running for President
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please no
enough with the cornpone quips

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 07:48 AM (ZxPkt)

16
MoMe's coming...

Posted by: 3DogNite at October 05, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

17

3 days of radiation and one of chemo this week. Brain cancer is a pain in the ass!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2026 07:49 AM (x0n13)

18 15 >Sen. John Kennedy: I’m Thinking About Running for President
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please no
enough with the cornpone quips
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 07:48 AM (ZxPkt)

MAGOML.

"Make America Get Off My Lawn".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2026 07:49 AM (aKiSo)

19 It's gonna be a stretch.

Posted by: RandomDave's slacks at October 05, 2026 07:50 AM (2Ez/1)

20 3 days of radiation and one of chemo this week. Brain cancer is a pain in the ass!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Not gonna touch that. Wouldn't be prudent.

Seriously JJ, prayers.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 07:50 AM (y3C0K)

21 Don Black

Sen. Kennedy:
Don't block younger candidates like Rubio, DeSantos, and Vance. Be a stalwart in the Senate.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

22 H1Bullshit

The program imports roughly 120,000 workers each year, and keeps roughly 900,000 foreign workers in U.S. jobs. The total includes roughly 750,000 H-1B workers, plus at least 100,000 spouses, nearly all of whom hold jobs that would otherwise be held by skilled American college graduates.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 07:51 AM (/+uur)

23 J.J. Sefton

Prayers ascending.

Ya know, there might be easier ways to talk with younger nurses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

24 Sen. John Kennedy: I’m Thinking About Running for President
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Yeah me too I'm also thinking about throwing my hat in the ring.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

25 The program imports roughly 120,000 workers each year, and keeps roughly 900,000 foreign workers in U.S. jobs.

The program is designed to destroy WASP culture—nothing more.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 07:52 AM (a4flb)

26 Weaving the underwater baskets that Americans just won't weave!

Posted by: H1B spouses at October 05, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

27 Prayers for JJ

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 07:53 AM (/+uur)

28 Good morning JJ and horde

I see its legal now for illegals to vote thanks to a two bit Commissar Judge

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 07:53 AM (ZvL9a)

29 r hennigantx

H1-B is a top donor request, and proof that elected Congressmen and Senators listen to donors, not their base in the citizenry.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

30 For the third poll in a row, Minnesota's US Senate race is within a single point. Minnesota.

But the Dems are going to crush us into dust in a few weeks.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 07:54 AM (gLYp7)

31 3 days of radiation and one of chemo this week. Brain cancer is a pain in the ass!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2026 07:49 AM (x0n13)
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Practically a full time job. Fvck cancer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

32 Skip

Add that Judge to the List.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

33 The Cornell Seven case reflects a deeper cultural collapse, where the Sexual Revolution, pornification, and the loss of moral boundaries have made exploitation increasingly commonplace.

Second look at Bill Gothard's advice?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 07:56 AM (a4flb)

34 I think the majority of the H1B horseshit is graft. It's a secondary effect when jobs are entered into the equation. And those numbers are suspect, fake and ghey.

Like most everything the government touches.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 07:56 AM (RORbl)

35 440 pounds of cocaine. Is that a lot?

Posted by: Up Your Nose With a Rubber Hose at October 05, 2026 07:56 AM (EdP2u)

36 Is it possible to get rid of the ad with the woman whose nostrils have been surgically eliminated? It really grosses me out.

Posted by: Close The Fed at October 05, 2026 07:57 AM (lZILf)

37 Community Notes

From reports, the black frat boy was an instigator in the second group. Will he be charged?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

38 Up Your Nose With a Rubber Hose

Not for Hunter Biden.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

39 Close The Fed

Send a note to ace. He mentioned he provides feedback to his as manager.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

40 440 pounds of cocaine. Is that a lot?
Posted by: Up Your Nose With a Rubber Hose

440 lbs of cocaine, three hookers & a weekend in Vegas.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 07:59 AM (y3C0K)

41 Sen. John Kennedy: I’m Thinking About Running for President
please no
enough with the cornpone quips
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 07:48 AM (ZxPkt)

I say that there is tighter than bark on a tree. Ol'Kennedy has a deep pocket but a short arm I tells ya. He's so poor he can't pay attention I reckon. That idiot running for President would make me about as happy as a dead pig in the sunshine.

Posted by: Alabama Cornpone Voter at October 05, 2026 07:59 AM (/PLXT)

42 35 440 pounds of cocaine. Is that a lot?
Posted by: Up Your Nose With a Rubber Hose at October 05, 2026 07:56 AM (EdP2u)

Just a pinch!

- - Hunter Biden

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2026 07:59 AM (x0n13)

43 >Is it possible to get rid of the ad with the woman whose nostrils have been surgically eliminated? It really grosses me out.

Posted by: Close The Fed
----

Many people ask me that very question.

1 Get Firefox
2 Get Adblocker Ultimate
3 Enjoy

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 08:00 AM (ZxPkt)

44

John Kennedy, has name recognition!!! pfft.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)

45 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Monday.
Is it me or are the Dems getting crazier as the midterms approach?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 08:01 AM (ofacb)

46 Close The Fed

Even with Safari, Adblocker Plus works.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

47 Because "the Cornell three and then four but really only one but i mean come on" takes too long to say.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 05, 2026 08:02 AM (aKiSo)

48 If John Cleese really wants to "engage " people, he should do a Muslim version of "The Life of Brian" but about Mohammed. Of course, he'd shortly afterwards be slaughtered.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 08:02 AM (JrHfD)

49 3 days of radiation and one of chemo this week. Brain cancer is a pain in the ass!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2026 07:49 AM (x0n13)

Will say an extra prayer for you

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 08:02 AM (+gK6I)

50 I tell ya, it's damn hard to breathe!

Posted by: the woman whose nostrils have been surgically eliminated at October 05, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

51 ‘First Time in History’: Bessent Says Iran Faces Zero Oil Revenue This Week — Tehran Warns of Economic Crisis

Warning who, exactly?
Themselves?

This is what you wanted so this is what you get.
Don't start crying now.
It's embarrassing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 08:03 AM (6ydKt)

52 Good luck with the treatment JJ. God bless

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 08:04 AM (ofacb)

53 H1-B is a top donor request, and proof that elected Congressmen and Senators listen to donors, not their base in the citizenry.

If you want to see the policy preferences of the Top Donors™ undiluted, look at the fruit of Democrat "Leadership".

High Immigration: labor exploitation, child prostitution
High Inflation: Cantillion Effect
Vanity Energy Projects: Carbon trading credits
High Spending: Grift, fraud, NGO sinecures
High Regulation: Moat around established organization

IOW, The things that made the Top Donors™ wealthy are to be kept in place and expanded upon, because those policies worked to make Top Donors™ wealthy in the first place.

To $50 Trillion and Beyond!

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 08:04 AM (a4flb)

54 35 440 pounds of cocaine. Is that a lot?
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Depends.
With or without Parmesan?

Posted by: Beau Biden's brother at October 05, 2026 08:04 AM (2Ez/1)

55 >John Kennedy, has name recognition!!! pfft.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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He has that old time religion!

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 08:05 AM (ZxPkt)

56 Cleese has gotten to the point where he is old enough to not care about muzzie reaction. Or the government's reaction for that matter

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 08:05 AM (ofacb)

57 President Foghorn Leghorn

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 08:06 AM (ZxPkt)

58 15 >Sen. John Kennedy: I’m Thinking About Running for President
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please no
enough with the cornpone quips
Posted by: Don Black

You're not one of those Goobers are you?

Posted by: Taking Notes at October 05, 2026 08:06 AM (EdP2u)

59 Ah say, boy!

Posted by: The senior senator from Louisiana at October 05, 2026 08:07 AM (2Ez/1)

60 1 Get Firefox
2 Get Adblocker Ultimate
3 Enjoy

Out of town and forced to use an iPad. Brave sucks on iPad.

Safari + Ghostery = WIN!

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 08:07 AM (a4flb)

61 Not the answer the media was looking for.
“The Motive is Islam”: Airline Pilot Explains Cause of Hijackings to Shocked Newscaster

"Byron, let's just stick to the technical aspects, here."

lol

Yeah lady, I'm sure you're all about learning the technical aspects of flying an airplane while your Jihadi co-pilot is stabbing you in the neck.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 08:07 AM (6ydKt)

62 Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 08:04 AM (ofacb)

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 08:07 AM (JrHfD)

63 You're sharp as a bowling ball, boy!

Posted by: The senior senator from Louisiana at October 05, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

64 He's my favorite Senator. Part of his appeal is his lack of ambition. He gave a typical dilatory answer to a typical mushmedia question.

You can't say "no" because then people stop paying any attention at all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 08:10 AM (RIvkX)

65 NYC public school teacher praises Hamas leader:

https://tinyurl.com/yne4d8ny

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 08:10 AM (JrHfD)

66 In today's column, Kurt Schlichter writes "Young men, if you’re not going to do the right thing simply because you don’t want to be a sleeve perv, do better"

What is a 'sleeve perv?' Is that MILslang, or college slang, or what?

Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 08:12 AM (Jr5Lq)

67 The Federalist says lawfare is Democrats tool, since winning elections is too tough. Going after Trump, his family, his lawyers and his supporters is their path forward. Jack Smith is just one of many subverting our judicial system to force Republicans into crazy persecutions.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:12 AM (I9RuV)

68
Is DNC Chairman Ken Martin showing up anywhere?

Is he just a figurehead like Joey-in-the-basement?

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 08:12 AM (Y8DZL)

69 > Sen. John Kennedy: I’m Thinking About Running for President
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So's 3/4 of Congress, half the sitting governors and a handful of state government lackeys.

It's going to be another circus of the absurd.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 08:13 AM (RORbl)

70 44

John Kennedy, has name recognition!!! pfft.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)

He is a jelly doughnut!!!

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 08:14 AM (6jna9)

71 From reports, the black frat boy was an instigator in the second group. Will he be charged?

Oddly enough, I have zero opinion on the matter since my primary sources are the garbage enemedia.

Today's world, in secular terms, is about Risk Mitigation, while the view from the edge of cliff is great, it doesn't take that many steps in a series of events to make it your last but most dramatic view.

For those who have a Bible at hand, instructions are provided to avoid these very situations. Bill Gothard made them systematic

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 08:16 AM (a4flb)

72 I like Senator Cornbread better in the Senate, where he can hold hearings and be more prosecutorial

once you run for Preznit you gotta start kissing babies and going to state fairs to eat fried dough and stuff

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 08:16 AM (ZxPkt)

73 >It's going to be another circus of the absurd.
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Same as it ever was

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 08:17 AM (ZxPkt)

74 I really hope that the terrorist pilot who tried to crash the FlyDubai jet is not put to death before Israel gets a chance to vigorously interrogate him. Once all his contacts and cells are identified, then feed him to the pigs.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 05, 2026 08:17 AM (JNTt1)

75 Is DNC Chairman Ken Martin showing up anywhere?

Is he just a figurehead like Joey-in-the-basement?
Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 08:12 AM

Now do Mitch.

Posted by: And Maxine at October 05, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

76 "She's the leader of the Democrat Party and the reason there are directions on shampoo bottles."

Sen. John Kennedy (R) - LA on AOC

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 08:17 AM (6ydKt)

77 “How fast does the Beast [the presidential limo] travel?” he asked his entourage. “Almost 100 miles an hour,” he was told. “Get your asses in that car,” he said. “We’re going to Oklahoma.”

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 08:18 AM (vOxCS)

78 "The FBI knew the Trump-Russia collusion narrative was utter bunk even as it suggested otherwise to Congress, the courts and the public early in 2017."

Nearly 10 years ago. Yet...

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at October 05, 2026 08:18 AM (MWfyi)

79 Jack Smith is just one of many subverting our judicial system

Mission Accomplished.

Our ~~judicial~~ ~~legal~~ court system now is a danger zone and life altering threat for the innocent, and merely an inconvenience for the guilty.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 08:18 AM (a4flb)

80 I'll repost this xeet about Cleese.

https://tinyurl.com/2sjwnu6s

Posted by: Halfhand at October 05, 2026 08:18 AM (v5sqk)

81 Breitbart reminds us that illegal immigration is ONLY bad if the illegal immigrants are, repeat after me, “military age males”.

So, should we open borders to absolutely everyone else?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 08:18 AM (6jna9)

82 -----------
So's 3/4 of Congress, half the sitting governors and a handful of state government lackeys.

One-line zingers for the press and voters, not to be followed so much in voting.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 08:19 AM (Y8DZL)

83 Bonecrusher

I once commented to Captain Never Give Up that he would be an excellent interrogation leader. He agreed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:19 AM (u82oZ)

84 George "Goober" Lindsey wasn't really a Goober. Graduated college, briefly a teacher before going into acting. Minnie Pearl was also a college grad. Both had a long lucrative career playing hayseeds, but it was an act.
Now Stringbean-he was a Goober.

Posted by: How-dee! at October 05, 2026 08:20 AM (EdP2u)

85 "For those who have a Bible at hand, instructions are provided to avoid these very situations. Bill Gothard made them systematic "

This Bill Gothard?

"[March 2014] Bill Gothard, an Illinois-based advocate for home schooling and conservative dress who warned against rock music and debt, has resigned from the ministry he founded after allegations of sexually harassing women who worked at his ministry and failing to report child abuse cases."

Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 08:20 AM (Jr5Lq)

86 > “Get your asses in that car,” he said. “We’re going to Oklahoma.”
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HIT IT

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)

87
Sen. John Kennedy: I’m Thinking About Running for President

So am I! Enroll now in the League of Patriots by sending a generous donation to the Reggae National Bank of the Bahamas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:20 AM (eRlcH)

88 >>Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

Possibly the former, probably not the latter. Just happened to refresh and saw the MR. Spent most of the last 40 minutes on cat management, so just saw this.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 05, 2026 08:20 AM (NcvvS)

89
Democrat mailers in Michigan seem focused on abortion and big pharma.

They got nuthin and are trying to shore up AWFULS vote.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 08:20 AM (Y8DZL)

90 72 I like Senator Cornbread better in the Senate, where he can hold hearings and be more prosecutorial

once you run for Preznit you gotta start kissing babies and going to state fairs to eat fried dough and stuff
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 08:16 AM (ZxPkt)

Limbaugh pointed out once that one good reason to run for president is so that until the end of time you will be referred to as a “former presidential candidate”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 08:21 AM (6jna9)

91 “How fast does the Beast [the presidential limo] travel?” he asked his entourage. “Almost 100 miles an hour,” he was told. “Get your asses in that car,” he said. “We’re going to Oklahoma.”

I'm impressed with the traffic choreography with every jurisdiction they blew threw to clear the highway in advance of a 100MPH VIP convoy.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 08:21 AM (a4flb)

92 John Cleese offended someone so now he's going to have to write "I will not criticize Islam" 100 times. But first, spend a million bucks on defense lawyers.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:22 AM (6bqCp)

93 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 08:22 AM (ExV1e)

94 87Sen. John Kennedy: I’m Thinking About Running for President
So am I! Enroll now in the League of Patriots by sending a generous donation to the Reggae National Bank of the Bahamas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Only if you offer to match my contribution seven-fold!

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 08:22 AM (Y8DZL)

95 Happy Monday!

Isn't it great we can start the week with good news from Brazil!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 08:22 AM (rOKnE)

96 Get this hooman.

Thinkz he manajes.

Posted by: Nazdar's cats at October 05, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)

97 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 08:23 AM (77rzZ)

98 once you run for Preznit you gotta start kissing babies and going to state fairs to eat fried dough and stuff
Posted by: Don Black

Decent State Fair on the White House lawn would be a wonderful thing.

Posted by: Corn Dogs All Around! at October 05, 2026 08:24 AM (EdP2u)

99
Isn't it great we can start the week with good news from Brazil!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 08:22 AM (rOKnE)

Your South American Leader outfit:
- Epaulettes
- Peaked cap
- Sunglasses
- Sash

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:24 AM (eRlcH)

100 {{{Lizzy }}}

It is a good start. Trump has led the Western Hemisphere to rational governments.

Canada, Cuba, and Mexico excluded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

101
Senator Kennedy needs a little extra spending money.
At the appropriate time he will pull out of the race and
(the biggie) pass his fed up Democrat followers to Trump.
It's a two-fer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 08:24 AM (vOxCS)

102 "[March 2014] Bill Gothard, an Illinois-based advocate for home schooling and conservative dress who warned against rock music and debt, has resigned from the ministry he founded after allegations of sexually harassing women who worked at his ministry and failing to report child abuse cases."

That is what his enemies say. I married one of the women who worked at his ministries—and have a much different picture than the blood libel against him.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 08:25 AM (a4flb)

103 Goober peas?

https://youtu.be/fhDxFfJY00Y

Posted by: B. Ives at October 05, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

104
once you run for Preznit you gotta start kissing babies and going to state fairs to eat fried dough and stuff
Posted by: Don Black

Obama always thought babies ought to be kissing him.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:25 AM (eRlcH)

105 Meet Otis.

He's a police K9 in Alhambra, California, and he just had a banger of a day.

"Wait til Otis sees us, he loves us."

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 08:25 AM (/+uur)

106 You cannot make this stuff up - how is this still happening in 2026?

https://tinyurl.com/2fme6zc2

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 08:26 AM (rOKnE)

107 Posted by: Corn Dogs All Around! at October 05, 2026 08:24 AM (EdP2u)
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There's a place right across from the hospital and I wanted one after my colonoscopy last week but Mrs. F. she said there's "no way."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)

108 Kennedy has never done a single thing.
He sits in a office and writes one liners.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 08:27 AM (/+uur)

109 Biden judge rules that law punishing illegals who vote in elections is 'unconstitutional'

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I cannot wrap my head around this absolute absurdity. This Biden judge needs to be thrown in the drink without a life preserver. Nothing like making up "law" out of thin air. What a disgrace.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2026 08:27 AM (qBdHI)

110 >>Mamdani Antisemitism Plan May Fund Muslim Group That Celebrated Oct 7

Funds the vile Linda Sarsour's group.

JJ, so glad you got out of NYC!!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 08:28 AM (rOKnE)

111 Only Canada, Cuba, and Mexico remain as Commie Bastions in our entire Hemisphere.

Posted by: MAGA Rolls On! at October 05, 2026 08:28 AM (EdP2u)

112 Lizzy

There is a long history of life-ending stupidity in human cultures.

Look up how many men Paraguay had left after the War of the Triple Alliance.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:29 AM (u82oZ)

113
Biden judge rules that law punishing illegals who vote in elections is 'unconstitutional'

Why are judges doing this instead of ruling that the Pitch Clock is unconstitutional?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:29 AM (eRlcH)

114 My new air matress lasted four days before the cats punctured it. It came supplied with but one patch. I ordered more.

Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 08:30 AM (Jr5Lq)

115 >>It is a good start. Trump has led the Western Hemisphere to rational governments.

Cutting off USAID has been revelatory!
Turns out a part of our government were the evil American empire foreigners claimed. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 08:30 AM (rOKnE)

116 108 Kennedy has never done a single thing.
He sits in a office and writes one liners.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Someone has to do it!

Posted by: Zombie Henny Youngman at October 05, 2026 08:30 AM (EdP2u)

117 A psychopath she may be, but she is also a leader a rebellion — exactly as her hordes of followers are telling us.
Lindsay Clancy’s Revolt

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Sad, pathetic, unhappy cat women band together to fight in a "rebellion" looking for oppression that doesn't exist. What embarrassing fools. Hooking your wagon to a 3x child murderer. What a great icon, you idiotic hags.

*slow clap*

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2026 08:31 AM (qBdHI)

118 I hate to make it some sort of arch-villain but the results since USAID was cut are undeniable.

And it's not just anti-America it was funding around the world. Domestically, it's clear it was fully funding an anti-white agenda.
Not just woke and propping up minorities, but to make whites ashamed to be white. And it has worked massively well. On liberals, especially women.

Years ago, a blogger during the W years would warn that, if whites voted as a racial bloc, Dems would be wiped out.
I don't think he anticipated that Dems knew that. And every since Obama it's been a massive firehose of "ashamed to be white" drenching America.
Funded by our tax dollars.
And seeing it end is a massive revelation.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 08:31 AM (3cUTc)

119 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at October 05, 2026 08:31 AM (53oGX)

120 MAGA Rolls On!

Unsure of the status of Nicaragua at this time. Maybe add them to the list.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)

121 In N IL, we are enjoying a long period of very lovely fair weather. Hope this observation doesn't jinx it.

Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 08:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

122 >>Posted by: Nazdar's cats at October 05, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)

Didn't say who was managing whom, of course.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 05, 2026 08:32 AM (NcvvS)

123 ICE classifies countries that refuse or delay deportations for their nationals as “uncooperative” or “recalcitrant,” and under the court case Zadvydas v. Davis (2001), the Supreme Court ruled that migrants waiting for deportation cannot be held indefinitely and that authorities like ICE can generally only hold them for a six-month period. This has led to thousands of illegals subject to deportation orders, including convicted criminals, being released back into the United States. . .

Allowing deportations to these third countries destroys any leverage over the United States that countries have by rejecting the deportation of their nationals. It also greatly reduces the incentives for migrants to obstruct their return by destroying their papers and otherwise refusing to help facilitate their removal, as the consequence can be deportation to somewhere like the Central African Republic rather than release into the United States.

We have to deport them somewhere so that we don't detain them too long.

Those are the rules, immigration activists, you're getting what you demanded!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 08:34 AM (rOKnE)

124 Not in JJ reports but may I?

Why all the monthly Big Govt reports? We are a 350 M pop with a $40 T economy. Nothing reported monthly makes any sense.
I think the Monthly Reporting Gang is just another way to hang off the Big Govt teat.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

125
Already making preparations for the TxMoMe. Now that I'm coming you can be assured of three solid days of torrential downpours.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:35 AM (eRlcH)

126 Close The Fed

Even with Safari, Adblocker Plus works.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

I have an old version of Chrome with AdBlock Plus running on a Windows 8.1 laptop, and I see no ads.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 05, 2026 08:35 AM (hmYU4)

127 Cutting off USAID has been revelatory!
Turns out a part of our government were the evil American empire foreigners claimed. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 08:30 AM (rOKnE)
====================
Since there haven't been prosecutions, I'm never sure if its causation or correlation, but you sure are right; "USAID" looks like it was a lefty ATM worldwide, and the enemy all along was us.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:35 AM (yPhKF)

128 Yeah, air mattresses and cats don't mix at all.

Posted by: Patches, I'm dependin' on ya son... at October 05, 2026 08:35 AM (EdP2u)

129 I got some heavy doses of Bill Gothard in the days of my callow youth. Always wondered what happened to him.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 05, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)

130 114 My new air matress lasted four days before the cats punctured it. It came supplied with but one patch. I ordered more.
Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 08:30 AM (Jr5Lq)

Before years end you will have a patch mattress.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)

131 > Biden judge rules that law punishing illegals who vote in elections is 'unconstitutional'
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It's the entire judiciary that's been captured by the left. Sure, there are a few hold outs, but it's mostly leftists in black robes now. And it's a real problem that voting isn't going to fix anytime soon.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 08:36 AM (RORbl)

132 Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)
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The more important parts of the monthly reporting regime are 1. Revisions and 2. Actuals v Estimates

These changes and differences give better information about where the economy is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

133 thatcrazyjerseyguy

It is almost like having an older, slower computer without all the internet connectivity is more secure.

Like an older car not reporting on you to the insurance agencies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

134
Picked Her Majesty up at 1:20 this morning. Got to bed at 2:00 and slept until 6:00. Her alarum is set for 7:00 but I don't have the heart to go and check on her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:38 AM (eRlcH)

135 Already making preparations for the TxMoMe. Now that I'm coming you can be assured of three solid days of torrential downpours.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Woke up wondering when you got back to the Schloss from the airport this morning.

Posted by: Yeller Cab at October 05, 2026 08:38 AM (EdP2u)

136 China has shut about a quarter of its banks as Beijing accelerates efforts to create fewer, better-capitalized lenders amid the country’s economic slowdown.
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A quarter of its banks? Yikes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:38 AM (yPhKF)

137 Kennedy has never done a single thing.
He sits in a office and writes one liners.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 08:27 AM (/+uur)

Why Sir I'm busier than a set of jumper cables at a Mexican reunion.

Posted by: Senator Kennedy, Coonass at October 05, 2026 08:38 AM (/PLXT)

138 I don’t get the cat thing at all.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)

139 Hadrian I hope you didn't spend all night at Hobby waiting for HM

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)

140
China has shut about a quarter of its banks as Beijing accelerates efforts to create fewer, better-capitalized lenders amid the country’s economic slowdown.

Do they have an FDIC?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:39 AM (eRlcH)

141 Whoa, you answered my question before I asked it.

Posted by: Karnak at October 05, 2026 08:40 AM (EdP2u)

142
The Alberta separation referendum is scheduled for a couple weeks from now but polling says it's not looking good for separatists.

Meanwhile Quebec is gearing up to stage another fake independence from Ottawa election in a long series of successful extortion schemes.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 08:40 AM (Y8DZL)

143 “class consciousness.” “historical inevitability.” “counter-hegemony.” “liberators’ tolerance.” critical theory. “equity.”

Does not build or create one single new patent, product, project, or service.

It does destroys other though!

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 08:40 AM (/+uur)

144 Huck Follywood

China and high unemployment is not a good combination if you are Xi.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

145 I don’t get the cat thing at all.
Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)
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They will eat you first.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)

146 Biden judge rules that law punishing illegals who vote in elections is 'unconstitutional'

Why are judges doing this instead of ruling that the Pitch Clock is unconstitutional?
===========
I think it is time to go back to the old ways of Hammurabi:
A judge decided to not follow the law and ruled contrary to the evidence. H found out about it and had the offending judge skinned alive, his hide tanned, said hide use to upholster the replacement judges bench. It is said that the judges pretty much toed the line after this. I wonder why?

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 05, 2026 08:41 AM (JNTt1)

147 An unexpected global diesel crisis has emerged against the backdrop of armed conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.

If only some Man would have stood up and told the EU that playing footsie with Russia was bad.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 08:41 AM (/+uur)

148 once you run for Preznit you gotta start kissing babies and going to state fairs to eat fried dough and stuff

Compare to Trump, who flew in on Trump branded helicopter to Iowa fair, took some kids up for a joy ride.

One kid asked: "Are you the batman" ?

At that time, I knew that DJT would be PDJT.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 08:42 AM (a4flb)

149
Hadrian I hope you didn't spend all night at Hobby waiting for HM
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)

No, she gives me an ETA when she departs. Takes me about half an hour to get from Schloss Hadrian to Hobby airport. Then I just wait in the cell-phone lot until she texts me saying she's waiting outside the terminal.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:42 AM (eRlcH)

150 138 I don’t get the cat thing at all.
Posted by: Bulg

That's racissss!!

Posted by: Felix, Stifel, and Floyd (My Cats) at October 05, 2026 08:42 AM (EdP2u)

151 Prayers for the Sefton family are sent.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at October 05, 2026 08:42 AM (yTvNw)

152 Today Is National Be Nice Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

153
Today Is National Be Nice Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

Who the hell are you to tell me what to do?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 08:43 AM (eRlcH)

154 The Cornell Seven case reflects a deeper cultural collapse, where the Sexual Revolution, pornification, and the loss of moral boundaries have made exploitation increasingly commonplace.
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Good point.

Raise kids in a society where the social values they learn ignores moral behavior, and you get scumbag guys and girls.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:43 AM (ODk+P)

155 The turning point was 2015. More than one million people, primarily from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq, entered the EU that year. Angela Merkel’s “Wir schaffen das” (translated: “fuck you, peasants”]/i]) became the symbol of optimistic open-door policies.

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)

156 "Then I just wait in the cell-phone lot until she texts me saying she's waiting outside the terminal."
+++

Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Google location sharing at October 05, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

157 Decent State Fair on the White House lawn would be a wonderful thing.

Posted by: Corn Dogs All Around!
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They've already had one this year.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 08:44 AM (vOxCS)

158 damn

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)

159 I’m always effing nice, dammit! Anyone who says otherwise is an a-hole!

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 08:44 AM (77rzZ)

160 Country singer Zach Bryan was clad in a “Free Palestine… Appeal to Heaven” t-shirt during his Friday night concert at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium, four weeks after rapper Macklemore was barred from opening for Ed Sheeran there after making anti-Israel comments. . .

The fashion-as-politics wardrobe choice wasn’t a solo act, either: Some band members also wore matching shirts, seemingly in solidarity, according to video footage TMZ published.

Despicable.
Macklemore won. He's made singers choose a side a thing. Just like whatshisname NFL dude and kneeling during the national anthem.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 08:45 AM (rOKnE)

161 152 Today Is National Be Nice Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

hell no

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 05, 2026 08:45 AM (/+uur)

162 thatcrazyjerseyguy

It is almost like having an older, slower computer without all the internet connectivity is more secure.

Like an older car not reporting on you to the insurance agencies.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

Actually, it's a gaming laptop, a Toshiba Qosmio from 2014, with an I7 processor, 32 gig of RAM, and an NVidia video board. Two separate 2TB SSDs. Top of the line for a few years. I have an identical one that I installed Win 11 on. 16gig of RAM and an NVidia video board. Both excellent machines with 17.5 inch screens. Both have Bluetooth capabilities as well. I use both for editing HD videos, primarily.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 05, 2026 08:45 AM (hmYU4)

163 China and high unemployment is not a good combination if you are Xi.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)
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You wonder if they will start seeing social unrest.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:45 AM (ODk+P)

164 Second look at Bill Gothard's advice?
Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 07:56 AM (a4flb)

Which would be what?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

165 I saw video on the China Show last week showing throngs of depositors in bank lobbies being denied withdrawals.

The government is simply not paying wages and seizing deposits to cope with massive underemployment as well as unemployment.

There is zero social safety net. Health care is cash first only.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

166 +++

Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Google location sharing
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give it up for the man

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 08:46 AM (vOxCS)

167 152 Today Is National Be Nice Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Heh, as if!

Posted by: Uncivil Warriors at October 05, 2026 08:46 AM (EdP2u)

168 From reports, the black frat boy was an instigator in the second group. Will he be charged?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

He's also the one who struck her (on the ass), allegedly leaving bruises.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

169 Country singer Zach Bryan was clad in a “Free Palestine… Appeal to Heaven” t-shirt during his Friday night concert
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Screw that guy in particular. I had hoped Alabama would be safe from this crap.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:47 AM (ODk+P)

170 It's the entire judiciary that's been captured by the left. Sure, there are a few hold outs, but it's mostly leftists in black robes now. And it's a real problem that voting isn't going to fix anytime soon.

I still marvel at the ridiculousness of having a trillion dollar a year military when the gynokritocracy will do more economic, social and cultural damage in every measurable metric than a direct strike on a capitol city.

If we were a serious nation, those judges would have been black bagged on Feb 21, 2025 and the only though of them would be on a "Cold Case" episode.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 05, 2026 08:47 AM (a4flb)

171 Huck Follywood

There is already social unrest. The question is "Can it be contained, and not grow?"

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

172 Watching the last of the TX RINOs burn their remaining facade of "conservative" over Bo French tells just how much the Republican Party was infested in the "ashamed to be white" agenda.

And let's be clear, I don't mean this is a racial way, but in that, everything whites have done, whites have accomplished, the art, the culture, the legal and governmental framework that supports the entire world, all of that, was attacked, derided and torn at from every direction.

White is just a proxy for them to attack everything that opposes them, that prevents them from power.
So it is racial on the surface, but that was just their best tool to destroy civilization so they could take power.
And the only way to fight back is to make it racial.

Look at how effective and overwhelming this propaganda has been:
We've millions of people who are so conditioned, so self-policed, that even to name this anti-white agenda for what it is evokes twinges of "am I being racist?"
So deadly is this mind-parasite that "being called a racist" is weighed worse than "let civilization fall."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2026 08:47 AM (3cUTc)

173 152 Today Is National Be Nice Day.

It's nice to be nice to the nice.

https://youtu.be/_w02yrvWeAM

Posted by: Major F. Burns at October 05, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

174 >> Today Is National Be Nice Day.

ONE day?!
The rainbow crowd has 160+ days, but there's only one day to "be nice?"

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 08:48 AM (rOKnE)

175
China hides it's social unrest, along with real economic figures.

Imagine living in a country where your savings disappear.

Oh... wait.

Posted by: Auspex at October 05, 2026 08:48 AM (Y8DZL)

176 160 Country singer Zach Bryan was clad in a “Free Palestine…
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More appropriately worded; Corporate singer....

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 08:49 AM (vOxCS)

177 Huck Follywood

If I could pitch China, I would have the CIA tell China the Communist Party of China has lost the Mandate of Heaven after all the floods, and ask for agents to support change.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

178 China: Nuclear Warlord Boogaloo.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 08:49 AM (2GVsD)

179 160 Country singer Zach Bryan was clad in a “Free Palestine…

And Bruce Springsteen held a "Hate America " Concert with other old fossils like Dave Mason...
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Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 08:51 AM (+gK6I)

180 Oddly enough, I have zero opinion on the matter since my primary sources are the garbage enemedia.

In the event that you care to educate yourself on the matter, as best as can be done from available public sources, here is a link to Angry Cops review of the issue.

A bit under an hour. Very informative. https://youtu.be/LdCxgTbYMlE

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

181 Country singer Zach Bryan was clad in a “Free Palestine… Appeal to Heaven” t-shirt during his Friday night concert
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Screw that guy in particular. I had hoped Alabama would be safe from this crap.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:47 AM (ODk+P)
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Oops- Oklahoma. I got him mixed up with Luke Bryan, a different country star

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:51 AM (xzwaQ)

182 “Free Palestine… Appeal to Heaven”

Heaven ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 08:51 AM (+gK6I)

183 152 Today Is National Be Nice Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Very fitting, since it's my 71st Birthday. Also the Birthday of American President Chester A. Arthur, one of our lamest leaders.

Posted by: Old And In The Way at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (EdP2u)

184 > Today Is National Be Nice Day.
Posted by: redridinghood
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According to my mom growing up... that was every day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (RORbl)

185 Companies in China began to offer to bank their workers' wages so as to avoid their seizure by banks. The companies are now stealing their wages.

The entire population has been enslaved.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX)

186 Ex-FBI Profiler Claims O.J. Simpson Had an Accomplice in Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman Murders

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)

187 Appeal to Heaven that a meteor wipes out Gaza?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (2GVsD)

188 Brazil presidential election heads to runoff after Bolsonaro and Lula fail to win majority vote

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)

189
Very fitting, since it's my 71st Birthday. Also the Birthday of American President Chester A. Arthur, one of our lamest leaders.
Posted by: Old And In The Way at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (EdP2u)

Happy Birthday !

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 08:53 AM (+gK6I)

190 In response to Bream’s question, the 76-year-old Alito doubled down and said the pandemic was a “stress test” of Americans’ constitutional rights.

“I think it was a stress test of our constitutional rights,” Alito said during the interview. “It put our loyalty to those constitutional rights, our dedication to those constitutional rights, to the test.”

“One of the things that, unfortunately, it disclosed was that many people were willing to downgrade certain constitutional rights: the right to freedom of speech and the right to the free exercise of religion,” Alito reflected. “In particular, they were willing to make those secondary to other things.”

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

191 Posted by: Old And In The Way at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (EdP2u)
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Happy birthday goombah

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

192 Isn't it great we can start the week with good news from Brazil!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 08:22 AM (rOKnE)

Still need to win the runoff. I assume the Central Communist Court in Rio will order all the voters in the southern half of the country jailed to prevent Bolsonaro from winning.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

193 Beijing controlling the means of production - the populace.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 08:53 AM (2GVsD)

194 186 Kato?

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 08:54 AM (77rzZ)

195 Nicolas Cage Marvel Superhero Movies Have Become A "Glorified WWE"

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 08:54 AM (RHGPo)

196 Anna Puma

The major urban areas can be covered with a few 10 MT devices. I hope China is careful with their assumptions.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:54 AM (u82oZ)

197 A smear term is designed to make people afraid to call out an ugly reality.

See also: homophobia, transphobia, etc. It's made up words to handwave away the bad behavior of certain groups.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2026 08:55 AM (NR6c1)

198 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had some things to say about pro-regulation tech leaders that might go down better with fava beans and a nice Chianti.

During a Saturday appearance on "The Axios Show," Bessent compared CEOs who want the government to slap guardrails on AI to a reviled cinematic figure.

"I mean, it's kind of like Hannibal Lecter: Stop me before I kill again," Bessent said. "This alarmism without solutions by some of the AI community — that's not leadership."

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 08:55 AM (RHGPo)

199 182 “Free Palestine… Appeal to Heaven”

Heaven ?
Posted by: It's me donna

LIB Translation: Desperate pleas to wear (if not get into) AOC's Free Gaza Hotpants before Boebert does.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 05, 2026 08:55 AM (AQX2a)

200 According to Copilot you can eat penguin.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 08:55 AM (vvRUZ)

201 Nicolas Cage Marvel Superhero Movies Have Become A "Glorified WWE"
Posted by: SMOD

Fake and gay.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 08:55 AM (vnlVL)

202 Anna Puma

That used to work. Maybe not anymore. Too many people have vacationed in the West.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 08:56 AM (u82oZ)

203 Beijing controlling the means of production - the populace.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 08:53 AM (2GVsD)
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Consistent with Marxist thought.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)

204 Ex-FBI Profiler Claims O.J. Simpson Had an Accomplice in Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman Murders

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)

I sat a language analysis course given by a guy who gave off serious Mossad vibes. We used this (and the J. Benet Ramsay case) as an example.

It was the instructor's position that OJ never lied. He CONSTANTLY maintained "I didn't kill them."

Because he didn't. He killed HER.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 08:56 AM (gLYp7)

205 Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 08:51 AM (+gK6I)
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donna, you were asking about the Ohio Senate race. I'm no expert but I still have parents in Ohio and visit frequently. They and their politically minded friends think Ohio is not "Republican" so much as it is pro-Trump, and Husted is a Republican candidate, so people are suspicious of him. He has plenty of enemies in Trump-world and beyond too, he has had a scandal over utility work he did, and so he is not an ideal candidate.

Having said all that, they seem confident Sherrod Brown is worse, is a tired old socialist the voters know well, and Husted will win by five or six points. Maybe somebody closer to the election knows more than I, but my family contacts seem pretty confident.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:57 AM (EdZlF)

206 Ex-FBI Profiler thinks Lindsay Clancy did not murder her children due to her astrological sign.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 08:57 AM (2GVsD)

207 Today Is National Be Nice Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

I want you to be nice until it's time to not be nice.

Posted by: Dalton, Double Deuce Bouncer at October 05, 2026 08:57 AM (wVcYX)

208
Having said all that, they seem confident Sherrod Brown is worse, is a tired old socialist the voters know well, and Husted will win by five or six points. Maybe somebody closer to the election knows more than I, but my family contacts seem pretty confident.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:57 AM (EdZlF)

Thanks...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 08:58 AM (+gK6I)

209 I liked The Nice. Keith Emerson before ELP.

Posted by: Formed In 1967 at October 05, 2026 08:58 AM (EdP2u)

210 OJ died.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 08:58 AM (vvRUZ)

211 06 You cannot make this stuff up - how is this still happening in 2026?

https://tinyurl.com/2fme6zc2
Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026
********
We're living in an ignorance nightmare.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)

212 The organization that Bill Gothard founded is Institute in Basic Life Principles: iblp.org. I don't doubt that following their stated principles can help keep a person out of trouble. Or a person can skip the middleman, and consult Scripture directly, which can help too.

Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 08:58 AM (Jr5Lq)

213 What Are Meraki MT Sensors?

MT sensors are cloud-managed environmental monitors that integrate directly into the Meraki Dashboard. No need for complex wiring, gateways, or separate management tools.

All MT sensors:

_Connect via Bluetooth to nearby Meraki access points or cameras
_Send real-time telemetry to the Meraki cloud
_Trigger alerts and automation workflows
_Store historical data for trend analysis

They’re perfect for protecting network closets, server rooms, warehouses, retail sites, or any critical space you don’t want to leave unmonitored.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 08:59 AM (vOxCS)

214 Beijing controlling the means of production - the populace.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 08:53 AM (2GVsD)
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Well said.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 08:59 AM (EdZlF)

215 Actually, it's a gaming laptop, a Toshiba Qosmio from 2014, with an I7 processor, 32 gig of RAM, and an NVidia video board. Two separate 2TB SSDs. Top of the line for a few years. I have an identical one that I installed Win 11 on. 16gig of RAM and an NVidia video board. Both excellent machines with 17.5 inch screens. Both have Bluetooth capabilities as well. I use both for editing HD videos, primarily.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 05, 2026 08:45 AM (hmYU4)

That was a very expensive laptop in 2014 loaded up like that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 08:59 AM (6ydKt)

216 1) Republicans will steal the election
2) Republicans will buy the election

... just ask them for proof (that's better than Trump's proof on 2020 election steal)

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 08:59 AM (RHGPo)

217 OJ died.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Good riddance.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 08:59 AM (vnlVL)

218 Washington Nearsider

A look at the sprues and instructions to the Das Werk 1/32 Me 262.

https://youtu.be/InJgFaXgJfU

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:00 AM (2GVsD)

219 200 According to Copilot you can eat penguin.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 08:55 AM (vvRUZ)

You can.
Catching them and skinning them is the biggest hurdle to making them a meal.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 09:00 AM (6ydKt)

220 FBI Director Kash Patel and country singer and conservative commentator Alexis Wilkins announced their engagement Sunday in a social media post.

Wilkins announced the news Sunday with a black-and-white photo showing the smiling couple and her new diamond ring.

“Went and got the law involved,” Wilkins joked in the post, accompanied by a ring and heart emoji.

Patel quickly reposted the announcement with heart and engagement-ring emojis of his own.

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

221
I don't doubt that following their stated principles can help keep a person out of trouble. Or a person can skip the middleman, and consult Scripture directly, which can help too.

Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 08:58 AM (Jr5Lq)

___________

30 years of showing dogs has convinced me that the capacity people have for self-deception is well nigh infinite.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 09:01 AM (eRlcH)

222 Ex-FBI Profiler Claims O.J. Simpson Had an Accomplice in Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman Murders
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)

Well, it's finally official. Murder is legal in california.

Posted by: Zombie Norm Macdonald at October 05, 2026 09:01 AM (/PLXT)

223 More than 200 people have entered forced quarantine after a Russian laboratory worker died from reported exposure to the plague

************

Classical false plague operation...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 09:01 AM (I0N4X)

224 206 Ex-FBI Profiler thinks Lindsay Clancy did not murder her children due to her astrological sign.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 08:57 AM (2GVsD)

Explains the 'Ex' part.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 09:01 AM (6ydKt)

225 Sherrod Brown
@SherrodBrown
Apr 13
It shouldn’t matter what kind of work you do – one job should be enough to make a living and take care of your family.
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Not as dumb as Maizie Hirono. Probably as dumb as Sheldon Whitehouse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

226 false plague operation...

**********

"Flea for your lives!!!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 09:02 AM (I0N4X)

227 198 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had some things to say about pro-regulation tech leaders that might go down better with fava beans and a nice Chianti.

During a Saturday appearance on "The Axios Show," Bessent compared CEOs who want the government to slap guardrails on AI to a reviled cinematic figure.

"I mean, it's kind of like Hannibal Lecter: Stop me before I kill again," Bessent said. "This alarmism without solutions by some of the AI community — that's not leadership."
Posted by: SMOD

... Also a reveal of a key lack of self-awareness from an agency head, of which there was neither sane rationale, nor covfefe.... clearly Lecter being more meaningfully memorable than Terminator, Electric State, Robocop, or any of the other noteworthy milieu -- notably Electric State.

What could go Wrong?
LET'S GO BRANDON!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 05, 2026 09:03 AM (tFFyl)

228 52 Today Is National Be Nice Day.

It's nice to be nice to the nice.

https://youtu.be/_w02yrvWeAM
Posted by: Major F. Burns at October 05, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

Axshulally, it's National Brotherhood Week!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ8ZCs4jY

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 05, 2026 09:03 AM (hmYU4)

229 Marine Le Pen starts winning overwhelming support and the left starts burning cities.

Sounds familiar.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 09:03 AM (EdZlF)

230 Ex-FBI profiler says JW Booth acted alone...

Posted by: Breaking 1865 Newz at October 05, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

231
It shouldn’t matter what kind of work you do – one job should be enough to make a living and take care of your family.

__________

I want employers to pay as much as they can, not as little, but this is just plain childish.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 09:03 AM (eRlcH)

232 A look at the sprues and instructions to the Das Werk 1/32 Me 262.

https://youtu.be/InJgFaXgJfU

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:00 AM (2GVsD)

I'm super excited for this one. Rumor has it that the wingtips aren't shaped quite right, but I'm not one who puts too much weight on that - you can tell what it is when you look at it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 09:03 AM (gLYp7)

233 When will Youtube run out of space to store cat videos and girls doing Shein Hauls?

Posted by: Where's The Warehouse? at October 05, 2026 09:04 AM (EdP2u)

234 Ex-FBI Profiler Claims O.J. Simpson Had an Accomplice in Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman Murders
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)

Awhile back it was going around as a theory that OJ's son, Jason I think?, was the accomplice, or that he killed Nicole himself and OJ tried to stop him, then covered up for him.

The theory was that Jason is a little nuts to begin with.

Never saw it go further than internet rumors, etc., though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 09:04 AM (6ydKt)

235 In 2016 [think Obama], a published US Senate report revealed that several dozen unaccompanied children from Central America, some as young as 14 years old, were released from custody to traffickers where they were sexually assaulted, starved, or forced to work for little or no pay.[40] The HHS sub agency Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) released approximately 90,000 unaccompanied children during 2013–2015 but did not track their whereabouts or properly screen families accepting these children.

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Xavier Becerra, now running for Governor of California, was Secretary of HHS from March 19, 2021 to January 20, 2025.

There have been estimates as high as 450,000 unaccompanied migrant children being lost during the Biden Administration.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have located more than 129,143 unaccompanied migrant children during 2025, according to an official.

... I had no idea this problem was that old.
They beat up Trump-45 for losing 550 unaccompanied children.

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

236 Huck Follywood

The French Army has planned for this. But not gonna happen under Macron.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 09:04 AM (u82oZ)

237 How many guys did they say were J. Wilkes Booth before they killed them?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:05 AM (vvRUZ)

238 Hey Boris! Are yersenia any new cases of plague so farthis week?

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 09:05 AM (I0N4X)

239 Washington Nearsider

I have seen one comment on a model forum wondering if the canopy is too tall because they measured one of the new build Me 262s.

While totes missing that the real White 2 and 711 both lacked the bulges on gun bay doors.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:06 AM (2GVsD)

240 Did the CIA even exist in 1865?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:06 AM (vvRUZ)

241 France has an army?

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)

242 228 52 Today Is National Be Nice Day.

It's nice to be nice to the nice.

https://youtu.be/_w02yrvWeAM
Posted by: Major F. Burns at October 05, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

Axshulally, it's National Brotherhood Week!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ8ZCs4jY
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

National Botherhood week -- "This is where the Fun BEGINS" -- Hillary'07 just before the Hillary Big Brother/vid goes viral.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 05, 2026 09:06 AM (8omNJ)

243 Not as dumb as Maizie Hirono. Probably as dumb as Sheldon Whitehouse.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
====================
Yale educated trust fund baby married to a communist newspaper editorial page columnist.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 09:06 AM (EdZlF)

244 Posted by: Old And In The Way at October 05, 2026 08:52 AM (EdP2u)

If you have people who love, like and need you, you are not in the way. And if Chester Arthur was inconsequential that is probably better than being a notorious President.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 09:07 AM (JrHfD)

245 If the CIA has a time machine, then yes they did exist in 1865.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:07 AM (2GVsD)

246 Brotherhood?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:07 AM (vvRUZ)

247 "Flea for your lives!!!"
Posted by: muldoon

You've already taken that advice I see, lodging with your fleas in the hills!

Posted by: Old Jokes Are Tried And True at October 05, 2026 09:07 AM (EdP2u)

248 230 Ex-FBI profiler says JW Booth acted alone...

Posted by: Breaking 1865 Newz
---

If you believe Ron Goldman was at her house to return reading glasses I've got a bridge to sell you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 09:07 AM (vOxCS)

249 Question for your local politicians:

"What forms of corruption and fraud are you indulging in ?"

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

250 Bulg

I would rate the French Army as the second most effective in the EU after Poland.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 09:07 AM (u82oZ)

251 Southern Baptist President Fires Back at Calls for Pastors to Stay Out of Politics — Urges Conservative Pastors to “Step Up” Before the Midterms Because Abortion, Marriage, Gender, and Immigration Are Theological Issues

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 09:08 AM (RHGPo)

252 >>Very fitting, since it's my 71st Birthday. Also the Birthday of American President Chester A. Arthur, one of our lamest leaders.
Posted by: Old And In The Way

Happy birthday!!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 09:09 AM (rOKnE)

253 have seen one comment on a model forum wondering if the canopy is too tall because they measured one of the new build Me 262s.

While totes missing that the real White 2 and 711 both lacked the bulges on gun bay doors.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:06 AM (2GVsD)

Similar comments on the instrument panel. Apparently every manufacturer has gotten this wrong because they've used the prototype manuals and not the fielded aircraft, which was significantly different.

The rivet counters will hate it, but I don't really bat an eye at that stuff.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 09:09 AM (gLYp7)

254 >> The Glaring Double Standards In The Cornell 'Rape' Case

People have for years ignored the fact there is no longer a justice system in NY. When they went after Trump and others using novel and nonexistent “laws” to get their political enemies that should have been a giant clue. It’s now being applied to any case that happens to get the Democrats attention.

There is no future for people in NY. You can live there right up until you or your family member cross some imaginary political line. Then you’re at the mercy of a Calvinball system where a politician posing as the thought police and a jury made up of Tik Tok liberals, decides you are guilty and all that’s needed are the right charges to complete your conviction.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 05, 2026 09:09 AM (SOF+/)

255 Awhile back it was going around as a theory that OJ's son, Jason I think?, was the accomplice, or that he killed Nicole himself and OJ tried to stop him, then covered up for him.

The theory was that Jason is a little nuts to begin with.

Never saw it go further than internet rumors, etc., though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

If he were, you'd expect him to already have been in trouble with the law.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 09:09 AM (y3C0K)

256 While California is already notorious for having a massive welfare state — accompanied by massive amounts of welfare fraud — a new report revealed the extent to which California handouts bankroll illegal aliens.

Among other benefits, foreigners can receive “health care, rental assistance, college grants, tax credits, low-cost car insurance, and even smartphones on the taxpayers’ dime,” the report said.

The team from the City Journal visited four welfare offices in California — where employees admitted that illegal aliens can receive the benefits, or accept benefits on behalf of their children.

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

257 RNC Research-

Arizona Democrat JoAnna Mendoza admits she “scrubbed” her far-Left posts calling to defund the police before running for Congress.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

258 231
It shouldn’t matter what kind of work you do – one job should be enough to make a living and take care of your family.

__________

I want employers to pay as much as they can, not as little, but this is just plain childish.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 09:03 AM (eRlcH)

If the verious .govs weren't taking around 40% - 50% of income it might be possible. Also lower insurance rates and rent/mortgage and people would be able to go back to working one job to support a family of four.

But no, let's just blame capitalism and the Republican white supremacists.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 09:10 AM (6ydKt)

259 France has an army?"

Baleh. Or Si...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 09:10 AM (pfXMo)

260 Do they have a way to prove you are not an illegal immigrant?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:11 AM (vvRUZ)

261 SpeakingOf

Nothing, repeat, nothing is ever the Left's fault. In any way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)

262 If he were, you'd expect him to already have been in trouble with the law.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 09:09 AM (y3C0K)

It's been awhile since I watched/read about the theory but there was some sort of evidence he was a little kooky, a diary or something. And the way Jason reacted that day when the white Bronco finally pulled into the driveway after the highway 'chase'.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 09:12 AM (6ydKt)

263 >>"Flea for your lives!!!"

Tick-tick-tick goes the doomsday clock!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 09:12 AM (rOKnE)

264 Really wish I wasn’t so damn shy and insecure. We live right down the road from Corsicana. We attended a few years ago but I felt awkward.

Posted by: Billythesquid at October 05, 2026 09:12 AM (vzIvI)

265 Give it away give it away now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:13 AM (vvRUZ)

266 >>Nothing, repeat, nothing is ever the Left's fault. In any way.

*ahem*

Posted by: FEMINISTS at October 05, 2026 09:13 AM (rOKnE)

267 Arizona Democrat JoAnna Mendoza admits she “scrubbed” her far-Left posts calling to defund the police before running for Congress.
Posted by: redridinghood

This is just good hygiene! I, how you say, scrub my Post quite often.

Posted by: The One And Only Paolo at October 05, 2026 09:13 AM (EdP2u)

268 Babylonian Feminism.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:14 AM (vvRUZ)

269 17
3 days of radiation and one of chemo this week. Brain cancer is a pain in the ass!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

And yet you're here. Thank you, J.J. 🙏🏼

Posted by: L - No nic at October 05, 2026 09:14 AM (88pKp)

270 Lizzy

The world is actually safer with Trump in office compared with Biden. Weakness is provocative.

Xi is kicking himself for not acting against Taiwan before 2024. His military leaders did not want that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

271 I trust no “news” out of Russia.

Not out of AmeriKa either but especially not out of Russia.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 05, 2026 09:14 AM (W3Srb)

272 Fuck.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:14 AM (vvRUZ)

273 Billythesquid

If I can overcome my shyness, so can you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 09:15 AM (u82oZ)

274 “ Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
No, they have no shame at all;
they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
they will be brought down when I punish them,”
says the Lord.”

Jeremiah 6:15

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2026 09:16 AM (AhCY4)

275 Really wish I wasn’t so damn shy and insecure. We live right down the road from Corsicana. We attended a few years ago but I felt awkward.
Posted by: Billythesquid

Awkward is my middle name. And I made it last year.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 09:16 AM (y3C0K)

276 Had the white Bronco "chase" been in Arkansas, Trooper Byrd would have pitted those two jerks.

Posted by: The Long Bumper Of The Law at October 05, 2026 09:16 AM (EdP2u)

277 If a candidate scrubs social media posts, they never really said or believed those things.

Signed,
the cooperative marxist media

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 09:17 AM (9FgyL)

278 AC Cowlings. Alibi.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:17 AM (vvRUZ)

279 >> Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Added to the prayer chain.

Never quit.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2026 09:17 AM (AhCY4)

280 On Large Scale Planes the thread on this kit devolved to the subtle differences of instrument panels between production sites.

To build White 2, W.Nr. 170071, from the kit will require removal of those bulges, cut out the nav light in the lower rudder, no headrest armor, scissor link on nose wheel, and no gun camera in the nose. Plus no R4M armament panel in the cockpit.

But what do I know?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:17 AM (2GVsD)

281 Don't worry Huck, Zach Bryan, Luke Bryan, whoever, they're all a bunch of tools now.

Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at October 05, 2026 09:18 AM (yBGaa)

282 276 Had the white Bronco "chase" been in Arkansas, Trooper Byrd would have pitted those two jerks.
Posted by: The Long Bumper Of The Law at October 05, 2026 09:16 AM (EdP2u)

Love watching Cops... Especially when they are after a stolen car and crush it in a pitt maneuver..

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 09:18 AM (+gK6I)

283 261 SpeakingOf

Nothing, repeat, nothing is ever the Left's fault. In any way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)

It's been a tenet of the modern left for about fifty years that nobody is responsible for anything except for rich white people (and the Jews) who are the blame for everything.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 09:18 AM (6ydKt)

284 Really wish I wasn’t so damn shy and insecure. We live right down the road from Corsicana. We attended a few years ago but I felt awkward.
Posted by: Billythesquid at October 05, 2026 09:12 AM (vzIvI)

Practice makes perfect. Keep attending until you don't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

285 But what do I know?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:17 AM (2GVsD)

Way, way more than I do.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 09:18 AM (gLYp7)

286 I became known.

Posted by: Brian Gerard "Kato" Kaelin at October 05, 2026 09:19 AM (wVcYX)

287 CNN is blaring about how the Senate is going to be SOOO Democrat coming up.

They have Talarico leading by 7 in Texas.

Imma say that is wrong.

And if it isn't, well - see y'all in the camps.

I call top bunk.

Posted by: blaster at October 05, 2026 09:20 AM (xhfG9)

288 >>The world is actually safer with Trump in office compared with Biden. Weakness is provocative.

Indeed!
Think it also helps that he's unpredictable and a little bit crazy.

Posted by: FEMINISTS at October 05, 2026 09:20 AM (rOKnE)

289 oops

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 09:20 AM (rOKnE)

290
Xi is kicking himself for not acting against Taiwan before 2024. His military leaders did not want that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

He'd probably be in a similar quagmire that Putin is in right about now.

With a lot less cheap oil coming in to make things worse.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 09:21 AM (6ydKt)

291 Rokne. Hash.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:21 AM (vvRUZ)

292 They have Talarico leading by 7 in Texas.
Imma say that is wrong.
And if it isn't, well - see y'all in the camps.
I call top bunk.
Posted by: blaster
---

More like, he's leading 7 in TX.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 09:21 AM (vOxCS)

293 Morning Lizzy hope you are well

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 09:21 AM (FnbEu)

294 They have Talarico leading by 7 in Texas.

Texans must really hate Paxton.. Or this poll is full of crap

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 09:21 AM (+gK6I)

295 >>3 days of radiation and one of chemo this week. Brain cancer is a pain in the ass!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

$%# cancer!!

Stay strong -a lot of us praying for you!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 09:22 AM (rOKnE)

296 There is no future for people in NY. You can live there right up until you or your family member cross some imaginary political line. Then you’re at the mercy of a Calvinball system where a politician posing as the thought police and a jury made up of Tik Tok liberals, decides you are guilty and all that’s needed are the right charges to complete your conviction.
Posted by: Vengeance

See also: Masshole Land.

Lone juror ruined that for now. They'll be back.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2026 09:22 AM (9SiAB)

297 Bigger fleas have smaller fleas...

Posted by: O. Nash at October 05, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)

298 They have Talarico leading by 7 in Texas.

Texans must really hate Paxton.. Or this poll is full of crap

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 09:21 AM (+gK6I)

Paxton's ex-wife just cut an ad saying she was voting for him.

If SHE's publicly voting for him, he's not down by seven.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 09:22 AM (gLYp7)

299 Lizzy got turned into a Knute?

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 09:22 AM (77rzZ)

300 Lizzy

Trump has an eve for the Feminists. But he mostly notices tall blond supermodel types.

He did note that the hardest he ever worked was to get Melania to marry him.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 09:22 AM (u82oZ)

301 They have Talarico leading by 7 in Texas.

Texans must really hate Paxton.. Or this poll is full of crap
Posted by: It's me donna

FoC.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 09:22 AM (y3C0K)

302 Did Abbott get up off his ass and help campaign?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:23 AM (vvRUZ)

303 I guess the point of a NY Times poll at this point is to demoralize Repubicans.

I am not blackpilled yet. I am going to vote so hard here in Virginia - it will not matter here, but still going to vote so, so hard.

But if Texas elects Talarico there is no coming back from that.

Posted by: blaster at October 05, 2026 09:23 AM (xhfG9)

304 Washington Nearsider

No one really knows how Walter Nowotny's Me 262 looked like because there is exactly one tentative photo of his White 8, but it hasn't stopped illustrators and decal sheets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:23 AM (2GVsD)

305 Morning,"...' still hanging in there!
Hope you are well!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 09:23 AM (rOKnE)

306

Gennady Airport, near Che Stadium...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2026 09:23 AM (x0n13)

307 Today Is National Be Nice Day.

As long as I'm in the clear for being my normal self for the other 364 days, that's fine.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2026 09:24 AM (NR6c1)

308 I thought the OJ trial and circus was dead with him and Johnny Cochrane . Cali has enough problems , it doesn't need to go on a wild goose chase

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2026 09:24 AM (ofacb)

309 Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 09:23 AM (rOKnE)

I've had better months but next week is vacay yay

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 09:24 AM (FnbEu)

310 Texans do not hate Paxton. He has been elected statewide and Talarico has not.

Posted by: blaster at October 05, 2026 09:24 AM (xhfG9)

311 OJ died.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 08:58 AM

He will be missed.

Posted by: 2024 at October 05, 2026 09:24 AM (4NO2D)

312 Texans must really hate Paxton.. Or this poll is full of crap

Posted by: It's me donna
---

All he ever did was take Obama to court, then take Biden to court, all he'll do in the senate is make trouble, Texans are fed up with it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 09:24 AM (vOxCS)

313 California now has the Stop Nick Shirley Act

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:25 AM (2GVsD)

314 Trust the polls.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 05, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)

315 Chevron Refinery has good ice(crushed ice for drinks) and good ice cream(free soft serve at their cafeteria).. Sure wish they’d lowers their gas prices though.

Posted by: JROD at October 05, 2026 09:25 AM (PqDi1)

316 SpeakingOf

His military had the right idea. Don't invade Taiwan. Even in 2023.
They resisted Xi, and Xi is continuing to purge the PLA of reality-based leaders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 09:25 AM (u82oZ)

317 I see the poll troll has been triggered

Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 09:25 AM (+gK6I)

318 You will disappear when you lose

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 09:26 AM (FnbEu)

319 No one really knows how Walter Nowotny's Me 262 looked like because there is exactly one tentative photo of his White 8, but it hasn't stopped illustrators and decal sheets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:23 AM (2GVsD)

See? That's what I mean. That's a detail I never, not in all my time building models and doing custom airbrush work, have come across.

You have such a broad knowledge of aircraft in general and then specific ships in particular. It's bonkers. I can tell at a glance what airframe a plane is. You could tell me if it was a -B or a -D model.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 09:26 AM (gLYp7)

320 Coming to a city near you-
Philadelphia mayor dons a hijab for muslims

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 09:26 AM (NpAcC)

321 Today Is National Be Nice Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

Bah! Humbug!

Posted by: Ebenezer Scrooge at October 05, 2026 09:26 AM (wVcYX)

322 Imma say that is wrong."

I'll point out that the dim's Hispanic pandering is non existent. That trend was dropping off, with a last gasp for Beano (remember the dancing white coeds for him)...

Tallywhacker's campaign is over.

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 09:26 AM (pfXMo)

323 Is that the flying saucer one?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:27 AM (vvRUZ)

324 What is a 'sleeve perv?' Is that MILslang, or college slang, or what?
Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 08:12 AM (Jr5Lq)
~~~~~

I think it means having one of those sleeve tattoos on your arms.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 05, 2026 09:27 AM (3ImbR)

325 This is one of my online rabbit holes

https://falkeeins.blogspot.com/

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:27 AM (2GVsD)

326 Disappear when you lose

You always 🎶

Disappear when you lose 🎵

Posted by: ... at October 05, 2026 09:28 AM (FnbEu)

327 Philadelphia mayor dons a hijab for muslims"

They're one of the last groups being pandered to...

Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 09:28 AM (pfXMo)

328 325 What is a 'sleeve perv?' Is that MILslang, or college slang, or what?
Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 08:12 AM (Jr5Lq)
~~~~~

I think it means having one of those sleeve tattoos on your arms.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 05, 2026 09:27 AM (3ImbR)

Met a very unique dame many years ago who tattooed her entire leg in a woodgrain pattern. Wild!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2026 09:28 AM (x0n13)

329 Claude assures me Connie Shultz, Sherrod Brown's wife, is not a full on communist. So revise that opinion, I guess she's a marxist, feminist, social-justice warrior.

Thanks for the clarification, Claude.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2026 09:29 AM (msMYi)

330 ANNA....!!! at least we're used to watching really bad English Dub....LOL!!!!

Posted by: qmark at October 05, 2026 09:29 AM (hzpDl)

331 I got a tattoo of myself all over my body.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:29 AM (vvRUZ)

332 316 Chevron Refinery has good ice(crushed ice for drinks) and good ice cream(free soft serve at their cafeteria).. Sure wish they’d lowers their gas prices though.

Posted by: JROD
---

They buy on the same market as every other refiner.
The oil is flowing. Traders are keeping the price artificially high.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 09:30 AM (vOxCS)

333 317 SpeakingOf

His military had the right idea. Don't invade Taiwan. Even in 2023.
They resisted Xi, and Xi is continuing to purge the PLA of reality-based leaders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 09:25 AM (u82oZ)

I do wonder if he's doing that because they are too dovish, or if Xi is worrying about a coup from one of his flanks.
Apparently a lot of Chinese generals and officers are corrupt, too, so he might be cleaning house.

If Putin had done some cleaning in the late 2010's his army might have been better prepared for 2022.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 09:30 AM (6ydKt)

334 "I think it means having one of those sleeve tattoos on your arms."

That's the best, and only, guess I've heard so far.

Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 09:30 AM (Jr5Lq)

335 They have Talarico leading by 7 in Texas.

Texans must really hate Paxton.. Or this poll is full of crap
Posted by: It's me donna at October 05, 2026 09:21 AM (+gK6I)

X has a flood of "lifelong, ultra-MAGA, Republicans" who just moved to Texas from NY, or Mass, who want folks to know that they're sitting this one out because Paxton is such a horrible candidate.

Funnily enough, they don't reply when you ask WHAT makes him a horrible candidate.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2026 09:30 AM (ExV1e)

336 The Spice must flow.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:30 AM (vvRUZ)

337 Met a very unique dame many years ago who tattooed her entire leg in a woodgrain pattern. Wild!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2026 09:28 AM (x0n13)

She had a wooden leg named Smith?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 05, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)

338 Art is nood.

Nah, just in a bathing suit.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2026 09:31 AM (FAGAJ)

339 This is one of my online rabbit holes

https://falkeeins.blogspot.com/

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 05, 2026 09:27 AM (2GVsD)

What a source!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 05, 2026 09:31 AM (gLYp7)

340 332 Ha!

Posted by: gp at October 05, 2026 09:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

341 Muadib.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 05, 2026 09:31 AM (vvRUZ)

342 332 That’s very Steven Wright-ish.

Posted by: Bulg at October 05, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

343 >>Philadelphia mayor dons a hijab for muslims"

All fun and games until they make it mandatory, honey.
You have no clue where the heavy-handed "patriarchy" truly lurks.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2026 09:32 AM (rOKnE)

344 Posted by: AOS Cope at October 05, 2026 09:27 AM (XARJ7)

You sound just like a Democrat in December 2024.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 09:32 AM (6ydKt)

345 Gennady Airport, near Che Stadium...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

**********

Ha! You've still got that unique Sefton wit!

I'm halfway there...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 05, 2026 09:33 AM (I0N4X)

346 SpeakingOf

Finland 1940 is a counter-example.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 09:33 AM (u82oZ)

347 Texans must really hate Paxton.. Or this poll is full of crap

Posted by: It's me donna
---

All he ever did was take Obama to court, then take Biden to court, all he'll do in the senate is make trouble, Texans are fed up with it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 09:24 AM (vOxCS)

And Talarico will be better? Huh.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 05, 2026 09:34 AM (hmYU4)

348 JJ seems to think that it is only Democrats the have Trump Derangement Syndrome. If that were the case the GOP would win the midterms, but that is not the case. Democrats like Republicans, each are only about 1/3 of the voters.
The reason that the midterms will be flag blue is that the Independents are voting blu

Posted by: aliassmith smith at October 05, 2026 09:44 AM (N8aOR)

349 Shut up, dunce.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 05, 2026 09:46 AM (4NO2D)

350 Funnily enough, they don't reply when you ask WHAT makes him a horrible candidate.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
----

Are you implying that these NueTexes are some kind of NPC botbrains?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 09:46 AM (vOxCS)

351 Nothing, repeat nothing. Is ever the fault of the right
Biden/Obama should be blamed for everything.

Posted by: Paul at October 05, 2026 10:02 AM (63An5)

352 Nothing, repeat nothing. Is ever the fault of the right
Biden/Obama should be blamed for everything.
Posted by: Paul at October 05, 2026 10:02 AM

What am I? Chopped liver?

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Daily Tech News 5 October 2026

Top Story

Sam Altman says you have to accept some bad with the bad when it comes to AI. (Politico)

I'm sure he does.
Oh, forgot to mention: Daylight saving time has kicked in here, so I'm back to posting at 4AM ET.

Tech News

There is no plague in Buryatia. (CNN)

What a comforting "fact" that is to know.
Nvidia has introduced a $4999 version of the DGX Spark AI computer with 64GB of RAM. (The Register)

It's a $5000 RTX 5070. It's also 25% more than the original 128GB version.

Thanks, Nvidia.
Run a 125-billion parameter AI on commodity hardware. Nvidia hates this one weird trick. (GitHub)

It will work on a regular RTX 5070. Or indeed a Radeon 6700 XT from two generations ago. The Hacker News link has everyone talking about the RTX 4090 for some reason, but it's a lot more general than that.

You do need a good amount of system RAM for decent performance, but I have that, and it works on any Nvidia or AMD graphics card from the last few years with at least 12GB of RAM, something I also have.
A federal judge called Flock cameras "indiscriminate mass surveillance" and used that opinion to suppress the discovery of 91 pounds of meth in a woman's car. (Tech Crunch)

The article uses the term "alleged" here, but you can't "allege" 91 pounds of meth. That quantity has a presence all of its own.
sudo make me an ipod. (Sudo Music)

Huh. It worked.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: sudo make me a sandwich.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:05 AM (odBC9)

2 Oh, forgot to mention: Daylight saving time has kicked in here, so I'm back to posting at 4AM ET.

; )

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:06 AM (odBC9)

3 There is no plague in Buryatia. (CNN)

And the Russians would NEVER lie about such a thing. Like the Chinese would NEVER lie about COVID...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:12 AM (l3cgK)

4 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 04:13 AM (u82oZ)

5 Going to try and go back to sleep.

Busy day tomorrow.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 04:14 AM (u82oZ)

6
sudo make me an ipod. (Sudo Music)
Disclaimer: sudo make me a sandwich.
sudo make me an AoSHQ Daily Tech News

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:14 AM (odBC9)

7 sudo make me an ipod. (Sudo Music)

Su-Su-Sudoooo!

Posted by: Phil Collins at October 05, 2026 04:14 AM (l3cgK)

8 Plague in Russia? Time to re-read Schlichter's "Wildfire".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 05, 2026 04:16 AM (iIyc0)

9 8 Plague in Russia? Time to re-read Schlichter's "Wildfire".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 05, 2026 04:16 AM (iIyc0)

That stupid, dumb-ass pony!
Now I've got a damned hoot-owl hooting at my windows six nights in a row.

Posted by: Michael Martin Murphey at October 05, 2026 04:17 AM (l3cgK)

10 Early Tech thread is early...

Did the clocks change in Australia already?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:18 AM (O7YUW)

11 Never mind, Pixy already answered that. Time for coffee.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:19 AM (O7YUW)

12 G'Day everyone
Back on at 4am.now?

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 04:20 AM (Ia/+0)

13 Judge Hill also took broader aim at warrantless searches of the Flock database, writing that tracking people’s location — even when they’re in public places — becomes “constitutionally problematic when law enforcement can indiscriminately and passively catalog your whereabouts over an extended period of time and then use that information for any purpose whenever convenient.”

I think this judge gets it...
Cop: "Hey, this car has out-of-state plates! Let's follow it around using Flock and see what we can fleece outta this outta-stater!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:20 AM (l3cgK)

14 it's 3 am in real time, get used to it

daylight sheeple time sucks camel balls

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 05, 2026 04:21 AM (jrgJz)

15 Disclaimer: sudo make me a sandwich.

Kernel rejoinder: Set Pixy.Class = Sandwich;

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:22 AM (O7YUW)

16 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 04:24 AM (sAmhv)

17 sudo make me an ipod. (Sudo Music)

*poof!* you're an ipod

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:26 AM (odBC9)

18 I wish it was standard time all year

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 04:26 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Nvidia has introduced a $4999 version of the DGX Spark AI computer with 64GB of RAM. (The Register)

It's a $5000 RTX 5070. It's also 25% more than the original 128GB version.

Thanks, Nvidia.
..........................................
Uh. I got $5.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 04:26 AM (sAmhv)

20 14 it's 3 am in real time, get used to it

daylight sheeple time sucks camel balls
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 05, 2026 04:21 AM (jrgJz)

"Wake up, sheeple!"

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:27 AM (odBC9)

21 I wish it was standard time all year
Posted by: Skip

Same.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:28 AM (rdVOm)

22 Having one of those "There's Not Enough Coffee in the World" days.
As one does.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:28 AM (odBC9)

23 youtu.be/UkLQ9ksuZKo

Devo!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 04:28 AM (sAmhv)

24 “I wouldn’t take a trade of saying, ‘We’ll make sure there’s no major hacks, there’s no misuse of this technology, there’s zero scams, there’s zero all the other bad things that will happen,’” said Altman. “Because I think people will do tremendously — orders of magnitude more — good stuff than bad stuff.”

Tell me, Sam, when has the human race ever given you such confidence in doing more good stuff over bad stuff?
Especially in 2026?

Your own personal history should've disabused you of that notion by the time you hit college.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:31 AM (6ydKt)

25 google AI (australia seasons months)

Australia experiences four distinct seasons in most regions, running at the opposite months of the Northern Hemisphere

Spring: September to November (mild weather, blooming wildflowers)

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

26 youtu.be/UkLQ9ksuZKo

Puddleglum-- I'll never be able to listen to that song again, without visualizing the scene from Heavy Metal

LMAO!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:32 AM (rdVOm)

27 It's a $5000 RTX 5070. It's also 25% more than the original 128GB version.

Thanks, Nvidia.

I expect the actual 5070 to cost $5000 any week now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:32 AM (6ydKt)

28 JQ-sighting on the tech thread!
Yaaay!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

29 The article uses the term "alleged" here, but you can't "allege" 91 pounds of meth. That quantity has a presence all of its own.

No doubt.
It has "Body in the Trunk" kinda presence.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:34 AM (6ydKt)

30 25 google AI (australia seasons months)

Australia experiences four distinct seasons in most regions, running at the opposite months of the Northern Hemisphere

Spring: September to November (mild weather, blooming wildflowers)

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

Thus my tongue-in-cheek comment some time in the last few weeks of:
♪Springtime for Pixy and New Zealand,
Fall for UK and France♫

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)

31 Howdy, m and all...

I'm supposed to be asleep now. Hahaha, right! *sigh*

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:35 AM (rdVOm)

32 29 The article uses the term "alleged" here, but you can't "allege" 91 pounds of meth. That quantity has a presence all of its own.

No doubt.
It has "Body in the Trunk" kinda presence.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:34 AM (6ydKt)

Well, a small body. You'd need quite a bit more meth to equal my mass...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:36 AM (l3cgK)

33 31 Howdy, m and all...

I'm supposed to be asleep now. Hahaha, right! *sigh*

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:35 AM (rdVOm)

So am I. Woke up, went to the bathroom, couldn't fall back (daylight's saving time joke there)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:37 AM (l3cgK)

34 30 Thus my tongue-in-cheek comment some time in the last few weeks of:

♪Springtime for Pixy and New Zealand,
Fall for UK and France♫
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)

haha!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

35 🎶
91 pounds of crank on the wall,

91 pounds of crank...🎶

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

36 @26/JQ: You and me both, and that goes for pretty much every song that movie had in its soundtrack.

Guess what song I heard in my head when Elon launched that Tesla Roadster into space?
( Visual Reminder: https://tinyurl.com/48bpm4dh )

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:38 AM (O7YUW)

37 from the Flock article:

In this case, Judge Sara Hill said the deputy should have obtained a warrant before searching the Flock database for the woman’s license plate

fair

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:40 AM (odBC9)

38 >>Guess what song I heard in my head when Elon launched that Tesla Roadster into space?

?

The one that was played on x/twitter, while it was launched?

youtu.be/9OhO-uikL1s

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:42 AM (rdVOm)

39 Aw, jeez... I love you guys, but I seriously need to get my a$$ into bed...

Good night, all!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:44 AM (rdVOm)

40 sudo make me an ipod. (Sudo Music)

Huh. It worked.

It looks really nice.
For $259 it's not too terribly priced, either.

But I'm not sure about the market?
People who are trying to de-addict themselves to scrolling on their phone, but still want music?

Young kids who shouldn't have phones but deserve music?

Old people who hate phones but enjoy a phone-like mp4 player?

The photos show a WiFi symbol, so I guess you can download songs and maybe use streaming services, too, but will it work with YouTube or have a browser/apps?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:45 AM (6ydKt)

41 @38/JQ: "The one that was played on x/twitter, while it was launched?" { Link to Radar Rider }

*laughs* They did that during the launch?

Perfection. And yes, that's the song.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:46 AM (O7YUW)

42 Judge Hill also took broader aim at warrantless searches of the Flock database, writing that tracking people’s location — even when they’re in public places — becomes “constitutionally problematic when law enforcement can indiscriminately and passively catalog your whereabouts over an extended period of time and then use that information for any purpose whenever convenient.”

“This is a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance,” Hill wrote. “It is not targeted on a single individual, as in [Carpenter v. United States, a Supreme Court case focused on how government agencies access location data from cell phones]. It is a tool that collects information about all vehicles that pass by any network-connected camera at all times, and it serves up the information to law enforcement on demand.”

Finally, I found a female judge I can agree with.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:48 AM (6ydKt)

43 song in space:

A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.

Smithsonian Music

https://music.si.edu/video/space-oddity

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:53 AM (odBC9)

44 Belated BOING!

Post-exercise/pre-shower.

Uch.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 04:55 AM (gsBYv)

45 @40/SpeakingOf: "For $259 it's not too terribly priced, either. "

The Sansa Clip had a charge time under use of days not hours, and was about 40 each if I recall.

I swear we're regressing.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

46 40 = $40.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

47 Pixy, you're "springing back"?

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

48 46 40 = $40.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

Same as in town.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:00 AM (odBC9)

49 @48/m: That's the two-fer package price.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 05:01 AM (O7YUW)

50 Google has put a 'Suncatcher' orbital datacenter satellite up there already and the results indicate it works but needs more work:

“Our system design work to this point assumes a relatively conventional, discrete compute payload, satellite bus, thermal radiator, and solar panel design,” the paper states. “However, as has been seen in other industries (such as smartphones), massively scaled production motivates highly integrated designs (such as the system on chip, or SoC). Eventually, scaled space-based computing would similarly involve an integrated compute, radiator, and power design based on next-generation architectures, such as computational substrates based on neural cellular automata.”

Google’s researchers also found “robust optical satellite-ground communications will also be critical for scaled operation but will necessitate overcoming challenges including atmospheric turbulence, high-speed relative motion errors, and precision beam tracking.” NASA’s TeraByte Infrared Delivery (TBIRD) mission, which has demonstrated 200 Gbps ground-low-earth-orbit comms, is cited as a promising approach.

https://tinyurl.com/mpacxmwr
(TheRegister)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:03 AM (6ydKt)

51 49 @48/m: That's the two-fer package price.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 05:01 AM (O7YUW)

There is math in that.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:03 AM (odBC9)

52 Big toe was black for a year.
Didn't follow my instructions.
Did with ankle, outcome better.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:03 AM (vOxCS)

53 47 Pixy, you're "springing back"?
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

I guess you sprang forward. While we were waiting, on old time, in the ONT.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:05 AM (odBC9)

54 The Sansa Clip had a charge time under use of days not hours, and was about 40 each if I recall.

I swear we're regressing.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

People yearning for the days of ol' with an iPod scrolling wheel.
Never underestimate the power of nostalgia and what older people with money will pay for it.

Having said that, I doubt this iPod modern clone is going to sell amazingly, but who knows.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:05 AM (6ydKt)

55 In space no one can hear you sing

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)

56
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 05, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

57 What's neat about modern audio is no adjustment for different htz registers, not even a primitive graphic equalizer. A device designed by very young or musically illiterate.
Considering only those under 30, if ever, hear a flat reproduction as produced one would think that modern sound devices would come with a superior sound board allowing adjustment for hearing deficiencies.

www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
try it and hear what you are missing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:14 AM (vOxCS)

58 53 47 Pixy, you're "springing back"?
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

I guess you sprang forward. While we were waiting, on old time, in the ONT.
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:05 AM (odBC9)

But just half an hour.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:19 AM (odBC9)

59 57 What's neat about modern audio is no adjustment for different htz registers, not even a primitive graphic equalizer. A device designed by very young or musically illiterate.
Considering only those under 30, if ever, hear a flat reproduction as produced one would think that modern sound devices would come with a superior sound board allowing adjustment for hearing deficiencies.

www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
try it and hear what you are missing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:14 AM (vOxCS)

It's also speaker/headphone dependent...
With my speakers, I can hear up to 12.5KHz with my left ear (some freq missing), and just over 12KHz with my right ear (some freq missing). I also know I've lost some hearing amplitude in BOTH ears, but right ear is worse...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:20 AM (l3cgK)

60 Still fairly close to home today, going to New Jersey tomorrow
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

61 22 Having one of those "There's Not Enough Coffee in the World" days.

And I forgot to buy coffee for my coffee maker at work. Much sadness.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2026 05:22 AM (NR6c1)

62 58 53 47 Pixy, you're "springing back"?
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

I guess you sprang forward. While we were waiting, on old time, in the ONT.
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:05 AM (odBC9)

But just half an hour.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:19 AM (odBC9)

So like Newfoundland time?
https://tinyurl.com/3r5y9zhf

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:23 AM (l3cgK)

63 Mr.Langley is not an American so he should just say nothing as to not draw attention to himself.

He might have a US passport, he might have citizenship, but he is not an American.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 05:25 AM (6jna9)

64 62 58 53 47 So like Newfoundland time?
https://tinyurl.com/3r5y9zhf
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:23 AM (l3cgK)

at that link:

Australian States:

Australia has multiple time zones. Some of them are half-hour and quarter-hour time zones. Not all states and territories use DST.

Could they have made it more confusing.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:26 AM (odBC9)

65 But just half an hour.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:19 AM (odBC9)

So like Newfoundland time?
https://tinyurl.com/3r5y9zhf
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:23 AM (l3cgK)

NT and SA are half an hour behind Sydney and a half an hour ahead of Perth.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 05:27 AM (6jna9)

66 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:14 AM (vOxCS)

It's also speaker/headphone dependent...
With my speakers, I can hear up to 12.5KHz with my left ear (some freq missing), and just over 12KHz with my right ear (some freq missing). I also know I've lost some hearing amplitude in BOTH ears, but right ear is worse...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
---

Loss varies with each pitch. About half of them I hear with no loss, some I have 75% loss. A rudimentary equalizer helps some but modern tech should offer much better. If that tone generator can reproduce it then every player should offer the ability to amplify or attenuate each pitch.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:27 AM (vOxCS)

67 Good Morning all, very tired going back to sleep.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 05, 2026 05:28 AM (Q/FnY)

68 Evening and morning, all! Yes, it's Monday (and sprinkling here as well). But remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

69 57 www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
try it and hear what you are missing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:14 AM (vOxCS)

Some apps have equalizers.
My desktop's speakers have an app 'Control Center' with a 1-band equalizer. It has presets and you can save your own settings.

WinAmp Mp4 player for Windows (and probably Mac and Linux, too) has an equalizer.

VLC Media Player, which is popular for playing any video without needing to download codecs, also plays audio and has a 10-band equalizer.

They are generally hard to find in settings, etc.
But most music apps themselves have them.

I had to download an app for my iPhone appropriately named "Equalizer", though, because it was damn near impossible to find one anywhere else in iOS and I looked, a lot.
You have to run that app while running the Music app at the same time for it to work.

I honestly don't know if Apple has a system wide equalizer available for MacOS or iOS but they should.
Microsoft, too, for that matter.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:31 AM (6ydKt)

70 BBC

A Rockwell B1 Lancer heavy bomber takes off
US air force removes all bombers from British military base RAF Fairford

No reason has been given for the withdrawal, but it follows a major incident last week when police were alerted to "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase.

https://tinyurl.com/4knkrxta

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:31 AM (odBC9)

71 'Control Center' with a 1-band equalizer = 10-band ^^^
oops.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:32 AM (6ydKt)

72 In space no one can hear you sing

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)
-

/helps yoko into spacesuit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 05:37 AM (ebJJx)

73 57 www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
try it and hear what you are missing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:14 AM (vOxCS)

I'm apparently losing my hearing.

Can't hear anything over 11,000Hz or below 24Hz

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:38 AM (6ydKt)

74 BBC (from last week):

Brexit referendum 'possible' in Labour election manifesto, says Burnham

https://tinyurl.com/83zhavay

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:38 AM (odBC9)

75 71 'Control Center' with a 1-band equalizer = 10-band ^^^
oops.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:32 AM (6ydKt)

Yeah, a 1-band equalizer is the volume control...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:40 AM (l3cgK)

76 My old employer continues to haunt my dreams. I was walking across the campus, heading to an unknown destination, and with a Colt .45 1911 in a shoulder holster under my leather jacket. (Completely illegal there, of course.) I came up to the legal spot where I'd parked my car, the metallic green 1975 Ford Maverick, only to see someone starting it up and preparing to drive it away. Seems there was some kind of recruiting event setting up there and I was blocking it. The driver said, "You're okay," to which I replied, "And in what distant city am I going to park?"

I stowed jacket, holster, and gun in the trunk, got in, and was adjusting the mirrors to drive back into traffic when I woke up.

Amazing how I could see the car in every detail, from the Ford hubcaps and the green paint to the eggcrate grille.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

77 Greetings and good morning, one and all. It's a cool and somewhat foggy morning out here in the GPROMD and I'm waiting patiently for the cafeteria to open so I can get my coffee.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2026 05:40 AM (NR6c1)

78 72 In space no one can hear you sing

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)
-

/helps yoko into spacesuit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 05:37 AM (ebJJx)

Open the pod bay doors!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:41 AM (l3cgK)

79 Yeah, a 1-band equalizer is the volume control...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:40 AM (l3cgK)

Not gonna help much at all to raise the treble and turn down the bass.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:42 AM (6ydKt)

80 78 72 In space no one can hear you sing

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)
-

/helps yoko into spacesuit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 05:37 AM (ebJJx)

Open the pod bay doors!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:41 AM (l3cgK)

haha!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:44 AM (odBC9)

81 Russian highway to the danger zone:

https://tinyurl.com/hx9r359b

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 05:44 AM (ebJJx)

82 How was everybody's weekend?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

83 Old time hymn - " I sing the almighty power of God."

https://tinyurl.com/y3zfjs3t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 05:45 AM (JrHfD)

84 82 How was everybody's weekend?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Pretty decent. Class on Saturday, Red Cross on Sunday. Took my wife out to Texas Roadhouse last night.

I'm a simple person.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2026 05:46 AM (NR6c1)

85 Hearing levels vary throughout the scales. Hearing the highest and lowest pitch is no indication of what or how much one can hear individual pitches or pitch areas in between.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:47 AM (vOxCS)

86 76 My old employer continues to haunt my dreams. I was walking across the campus, heading to an unknown destination, and with a Colt .45 1911 in a shoulder holster under my leather jacket. (Completely illegal there, of course.) I came up to the legal spot where I'd parked my car, the metallic green 1975 Ford Maverick, only to see someone starting it up and preparing to drive it away. Seems there was some kind of recruiting event setting up there and I was blocking it. The driver said, "You're okay," to which I replied, "And in what distant city am I going to park?"

I stowed jacket, holster, and gun in the trunk, got in, and was adjusting the mirrors to drive back into traffic when I woke up.

Amazing how I could see the car in every detail, from the Ford hubcaps and the green paint to the eggcrate grille.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

Did you watch Dirty Harry before you went to bed last night or something?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:48 AM (6ydKt)

87 70 BBC

A Rockwell B1 Lancer heavy bomber takes off
US air force removes all bombers from British military base RAF Fairford
....

So much for British security.

We should bring our nukes home or move them to a safe state over there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:49 AM (vOxCS)

88 My local Fox outlet says Sen. John Kennedy of Lousy-ana, famous for his pithy pronouncements, is weighing a presidential run. If he were to win and be sworn in, the channel says, he'd be the third oldest president, after Trump and Biden.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

89 82 How was everybody's weekend?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

Found out the crows had not eaten all my pecans...and somehow I now have TWO mirrors hanging from a far branch in the pecan tree, over corner neighbor's yard...either put there by the neighbor or the crows...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:51 AM (l3cgK)

90 88 My local Fox outlet says Sen. John Kennedy of Lousy-ana, famous for his pithy pronouncements, is weighing a presidential run. If he were to win and be sworn in, the channel says, he'd be the third oldest president, after Trump and Biden.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

Nobody weighed in on the Presidency like I did!

Posted by: William Howard Taft at October 05, 2026 05:52 AM (l3cgK)

91 85 Hearing levels vary throughout the scales. Hearing the highest and lowest pitch is no indication of what or how much one can hear individual pitches or pitch areas in between.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:47 AM (vOxCS)

So this "Hearing Test" audio isn't really a hearing test?
Or am I doing it wrong? (more than likely)

https://youtu.be/H-iCZElJ8m0

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:52 AM (6ydKt)

92 89 82 How was everybody's weekend?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

Found out the crows had not eaten all my pecans...and somehow I now have TWO mirrors hanging from a far branch in the pecan tree, over corner neighbor's yard...either put there by the neighbor or the crows...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:51 AM (l3cgK)

Could those start a fire?

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:52 AM (odBC9)

93 92 89 82 How was everybody's weekend?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

Found out the crows had not eaten all my pecans...and somehow I now have TWO mirrors hanging from a far branch in the pecan tree, over corner neighbor's yard...either put there by the neighbor or the crows...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:51 AM (l3cgK)

Could those start a fire?

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:52 AM (odBC9)

Not likely...deep within the branches...now, when all the leaves fall down, maybe? They did seem like they might not be flat mirrors...

Posted by: William Howard Taft at October 05, 2026 05:54 AM (l3cgK)

94 Oof. Off heavy-weight (literally) Presidential sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:55 AM (l3cgK)

95 We should bring our nukes home or move them to a safe state over there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:49 AM (vOxCS)

I’m sure that’s already happening. This removal of assets isn’t about the threat; it’s about the realization that Britain no longer has the ability or the will to provide any meaningful security. It’s time for the US to disengage from them completely; they are now a hostile power,

I’d like to see the US help Milei to take the Malvinas. The UK does not deserve to keep them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2026 05:56 AM (zNrya)

96 Did you watch Dirty Harry before you went to bed last night or something?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026

***
Ha! No, it was a 1951 film noir called On Dangerous Ground with Robert Ryan as a tough (sometimes over-tough) city cop, and Ida Lupino as a young blind woman in a town "70 miles upstate." A very good film, with a rare contrast for noir between the dark city with its "mean streets" and the open, snowy landscape of the upstate town where Ryan's character has been sent to help the local sheriff in a manhunt. Ryan never fires his gun in the movie, and it's a revolver, not a Colt 1911, so I have no idea where that detail came from.

The Maverick was long gone by the time I first came to work for my long-time employer, and the car did not have powered mirrors like cars today, so those were odd items in the dream too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:56 AM (wzUl9)

97 88 My local Fox outlet says Sen. John Kennedy of Lousy-ana, famous for his pithy pronouncements, is weighing a presidential run. If he were to win and be sworn in, the channel says, he'd be the third oldest president, after Trump and Biden.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

He'd also be the second John Kennedy as president.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:56 AM (6ydKt)

98 Wikipedia:

John Neely Kennedy is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017.

Born
November 21, 1951 (age 74 years), Centreville, Mississippi, United States

Party
Republican Party

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:56 AM (odBC9)

99 We should bring our nukes home or move them to a safe state over there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:49 AM (vOxCS)

Safest is probably Poland, but do we really want Poland, sitting between the Germans and Russians, to have nukes?

We should move them all to Greenland just to be safe.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:59 AM (6ydKt)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:59 AM (odBC9)

101
Nobody weighed in on the Presidency like I did!
Posted by: William Howard Taft at October 05, 2026

***
You were mentioned in Arsenic and Old Lace when I was watching it Saturday night!

In another scene, Teddy Brewster, who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, tells another character, "Of course I will run for a third term. But I won't win. Which will make me the last Roosevelt in the White House." The gag being, of course, in 1941 when the film was made, that FDR had been president since 1933. The audience would have roared at that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

102 88 My local Fox outlet says Sen. John Kennedy of Lousy-ana, famous for his pithy pronouncements, is weighing a presidential run. If he were to win and be sworn in, the channel says, he'd be the third oldest president, after Trump and Biden.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026
*
He'd also be the second John Kennedy as president.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026

***
Odd how the local news people didn't mention that!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9)

103 I had a variation of the “forgot about that one class and never went to a single one” dream (nightmare?) and now it’s final exam time. &@$!!!

I was due to take a PT test in the .mil. I can’t remember the last time I did a pushup or sit up. I was not looking forward to that. Then I woke up.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2026 06:01 AM (iLmv1)

104
The Maverick was long gone by the time I first came to work for my long-time employer, and the car did not have powered mirrors like cars today, so those were odd items in the dream too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:56 AM (wzUl9)

Looking at a pic of one.
Looks like a mini Mustang fastback with a much uglier face.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:01 AM (6ydKt)

105 Appears that the agreemen twith Greenland could not have happened at a better time. It's as if someone had planned it.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 05, 2026 06:04 AM (nxLtX)

106 Odd how the local news people didn't mention that!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9)

Considering JFK was Catholic I'd think he was very popular in Louisiana.

The JFK movie didn't think so.
Since you guys plotted with Lee Harvey Oswald and Joe Pesci to kill him and all.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:05 AM (6ydKt)

107 Looking at a pic of one.
Looks like a mini Mustang fastback with a much uglier face.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026

***
The fastback was not as attractive to me as the four-door sedan Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 and I had. But the Mustang resemblance was unmistakable.

The '75 was new, my first car, metallic green outside and a similar green cloth-and-vinyl inside. It had only about 100 hp, power steering but not power brakes, and AM radio -- but after years of riding buses, I loved it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

108
I’m sure that’s already happening. This removal of assets isn’t about the threat; it’s about the realization that Britain no longer has the ability or the will to provide any meaningful security. It’s time for the US to disengage from them completely; they are now a hostile power,

I’d like to see the US help Milei to take the Malvinas. The UK does not deserve to keep them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2026 05:56 AM (zNrya)

I’d rather talk to the Kelpers first, thanks. They might have something to say about it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:05 AM (6jna9)

109 99 We should bring our nukes home or move them to a safe state over there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:49 AM (vOxCS)

We neither confirm nor deny…

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 06:06 AM (6jna9)

110 Found out the crows had not eaten all my pecans.
——

I didn’t know they like Pecans. I contribute periodically to the Chipmunk Subsistence Program, they seem to like the mixed nuts very well.

Somebody was saying Crows like hard boiled eggs, I might have to try that. I suppose their eyesight are “tuned” to pick up an egg. There are Ravens around here, very similar Corvids, just a bit larger.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2026 06:06 AM (iLmv1)

111 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 06:08 AM (RIvkX)

112 103 I had a variation of the “forgot about that one class and never went to a single one” dream (nightmare?) and now it’s final exam time. &@$!!!

I was due to take a PT test in the .mil. I can’t remember the last time I did a pushup or sit up. I was not looking forward to that. Then I woke up.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2026 06:01 AM (iLmv1)

Used to get the University finals but haven't been to class and too late to drop dream often. In the last few years, I've been like, "Oh well, F-it." and leave the Uni to go around the rest of the town.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:09 AM (l3cgK)

113 The '75 was new, my first car, metallic green outside and a similar green cloth-and-vinyl inside. It had only about 100 hp, power steering but not power brakes, and AM radio -- but after years of riding buses, I loved it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

I would've liked it a lot more than a Pinto, I'm sure (which I've ridden in but never drove one, thankfully).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:10 AM (6ydKt)

114 88 My local Fox outlet says Sen. John Kennedy of Lousy-ana, famous for his pithy pronouncements, is weighing a presidential run. If he were to win and be sworn in, the channel says, he'd be the third oldest president, after Trump and Biden.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming
---

He's not going to run. He needs a little extra spending money.
He'll throw all his Democrat followers to Trump.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 06:10 AM (vOxCS)

115 BBC

France closes up to 500 schools Monday over student protests
Lessons will be "totally or partly suspended" in some high schools after clashes between riot police and student protesters, France's education minister says.

https://tinyurl.com/bdftvus9

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 06:12 AM (odBC9)

116 In the period right after WWII the U.S. kept their nuclear arsenal, the # of weapons very close to the vest. So close in fact, nobody really knew how many. Truman was mortified, because rightly or wrongly the defense posture was predicated on nuclear weapons for the defense of Europe, as the Soviets kept millions of troops ready to go, and the western armies had all long since hung up their spurs.

Everyone thought there were dozens and dozens ready to go. Turns out there was one (1) ready to go, in the U.S. and several in various states of un-assembly that would take weeks to get ready, and a shortage of trained people to do it.

One inspector quipped “We not only didn’t have a stock, we didn’t have a pile”

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2026 06:13 AM (iLmv1)

117
So this "Hearing Test" audio isn't really a hearing test?
Or am I doing it wrong? (more than likely)

https://youtu.be/H-iCZElJ8m0

Posted by: SpeakingOf
---

As much as the other except with the other one can exercise more control.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 06:13 AM (vOxCS)

118 110 Found out the crows had not eaten all my pecans.
——

I didn’t know they like Pecans. I contribute periodically to the Chipmunk Subsistence Program, they seem to like the mixed nuts very well.

Somebody was saying Crows like hard boiled eggs, I might have to try that. I suppose their eyesight are “tuned” to pick up an egg. There are Ravens around here, very similar Corvids, just a bit larger.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2026 06:06 AM (iLmv1)

They attack the nuts before they're edible to us humans. Have you ever tried a "green" pecan? It's astringent in a most unpleasant way. But those little black bastards still go for them. I get the dregs, but it's better than nothing. Maybe a pound or so...more nuts to collect later.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:13 AM (l3cgK)

119 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: sudo, calm down.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 05, 2026 06:15 AM (amcLV)

120 I’d like to see the US help Milei to take the Malvinas. The UK does not deserve to keep them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2026 05:56 AM (zNrya)
====

Si a claro!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

121 “Student protesters”

Sure, Jan. Rioters. No matter how much you hate the press coverage, it isn’t enough.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2026 06:15 AM (iLmv1)

122 115 BBC

France closes up to 500 schools Monday over student protests
Lessons will be "totally or partly suspended" in some high schools after clashes between riot police and student protesters, France's education minister says.

https://tinyurl.com/bdftvus9
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 06:12 AM (odBC9)

... the government is accelerating the review of its "vandal-pays" bill to ensure that people responsible for damage bear the cost of their actions....

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

123 Now for some good news: Co-worker was away for a couple of days last week. She just got back and announced that her daughter got accepted into the Air Force Academy.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2026 06:17 AM (NR6c1)

124 115 BBC

France closes up to 500 schools Monday over student protests
Lessons will be "totally or partly suspended" in some high schools after clashes between riot police and student protesters, France's education minister says.

https://tinyurl.com/bdftvus9
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 06:12 AM (odBC9)

"There are activists - particularly from the far-left - who have infiltrated the high school student movement, hijacked it from the students themselves, and engaged in extreme violence," Édouard Geffray claimed.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)

125 Having read John Kennedy's auto-biography I am assured he has no intention of wanting to be president.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

126 121 “Student protesters”

Sure, Jan. Rioters. No matter how much you hate the press coverage, it isn’t enough.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2026 06:15 AM (iLmv1)

That's from the headline.
There is further information in the article about additional participants.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 06:18 AM (odBC9)

127 "I guess I'm just a secret Nazi."
-Tucker Carlson

====

Naaaaaaah, bro.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 06:18 AM (RIvkX)

128 The '75 was new, my first car, metallic green outside and a similar green cloth-and-vinyl inside. It had only about 100 hp, power steering but not power brakes, and AM radio -- but after years of riding buses, I loved it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026
*
I would've liked it a lot more than a Pinto, I'm sure (which I've ridden in but never drove one, thankfully).
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026

***
It rode well, got decent mileage (about 15 mpg) for those days, and was as reliable as a Ford got then. I learned to change oil and coolant, swapped out an upper radiator hose, and other things. An amazing first car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

129 120 I’d like to see the US help Milei to take the Malvinas. The UK does not deserve to keep them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2026 05:56 AM (zNrya)
====

Si a claro!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

Labour does kinda deserve it, but I think that would backfire the wrong way and may hurt Reform or Restore come the next election. It would give the left in the UK another reason to push for reintegration with the EU.

They'd take the Mark Carney route and make the U.S. the enemy instead of the left and their invading hordes of immigrants, just like Canada has.

Although, the Argentinians would be very very grateful for a long time which also has some benefits.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:20 AM (6ydKt)

130 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2026 06:21 AM (iMotb)

131 m'rnin'

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:23 AM (l3cgK)

132 "There are activists - particularly from the far-left - who have infiltrated the high school student movement, hijacked it from the students themselves, and engaged in extreme violence," Édouard Geffray claimed.

Posted by: m
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Swarthy activists.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 06:25 AM (vOxCS)

133 It rode well, got decent mileage (about 15 mpg) for those days, and was as reliable as a Ford got then. I learned to change oil and coolant, swapped out an upper radiator hose, and other things. An amazing first car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

That 15 mpg came in handy with the oil shocks just around the corner.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 06:26 AM (6ydKt)

134 "Took my wife out to Texas Roadhouse last night."

Have you ever done the Mon-Thu early bird special?

6oz steak with two sides for $12.99.

You almost can't eat at McDonald's for that price.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2026 06:27 AM (iMotb)

135 G'mornin' everyone!

SO very relieved now that cnn AND the russian gummint assure me that there is ABSOLUTELY NO DANGER.

arnchoo?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 06:28 AM (VyBeY)

136 I pine for a PonoPlayer.

Speaking of "Old Man" Neil Young, "get off my lawn!"

https://youtu.be/775Wyi2CXG4

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 05, 2026 06:28 AM (VyD10)

137 Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh composed theme music for Rugrats. The character Chucky was based on Mark Mothersbaugh. Who are these Mothersbaugh people? Devo.

Posted by: meh at October 05, 2026 06:29 AM (XeEnw)

138 135 G'mornin' everyone!

SO very relieved now that cnn AND the russian gummint assure me that there is ABSOLUTELY NO DANGER.

arnchoo?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 06:28 AM (VyBeY)

China and Russia are very good a telling the world when they've got some disease running rampant, right? Right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 06:32 AM (l3cgK)

139 I had a variation of the “forgot about that one class and never went to a single one” dream (nightmare?) and now it’s final exam time. &@$!!!

I used to get that one a lot. The last time I had it, in the dream I thought to myself "Wait a minute, I already have that degree. I'm too old for college. I don't need to be here at all." I don't think I've had that dream since.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 05, 2026 06:34 AM (l26NL)

140 The Hill

Leave your politics behind: Greenland is a historic US victory

https://tinyurl.com/y39zcrr7

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 06:38 AM (odBC9)

141 I think Milei is perfectly capable of reclaiming the Malvinas without our help.

And I think he should! I would enjoy the foofaraw enormously!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 06:40 AM (VyBeY)

142 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 05, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

143
As much as the other except with the other one can exercise more control.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 06:13 AM (vOxCS)

Low end starts off as a distant rumble, becomes an engine slowly warming up. For me, top end faded out at about 11,000 herz so I guess that’s my limit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2026 06:46 AM (zNrya)

144 Are the people in the Falklands an English speaking people?
Should not the people of the Falklands have a say?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 06:47 AM (vOxCS)

145 142 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at October 05, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

jim (in Kalifornia)'s crows have been dropping pecan shells in it.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 06:48 AM (odBC9)

146 Why wouild Milei want to foolishly waste a bunch of money invading and taking over a remote sheep pasture?

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2026 06:48 AM (3g9Kl)

147 No one cares about the Islands (Falklands, Malvinas, whatever). The argument is about who will collect fees and royalties from the offshore oil exploration project that is just beginning.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2026 06:52 AM (zNrya)

148 BBC

Argentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil exploration

https://tinyurl.com/5n92jxx7

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 06:53 AM (odBC9)

149

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 05, 2026 06:53 AM (+x3Ss)

150 Time for work.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 06:54 AM (O7YUW)

151 from the BBC Falkland article:

... Milei roundly criticised the UN in his speech at the General Assembly for failing to act over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

He said the UN had become "a useless organisation" which only serves "arrogant parasites dressed up as well-intentioned bureaucrats."

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 06:55 AM (odBC9)

152 You should ditch the .nu domain, the Swedes stole it off a little island nation of Nuie and won't give it back.

The original delegation was to a private entity, not the government. In 1997, IANA delegated .nu to IUSN (Internet Users Society Niue), a nonprofit run by American Bill Semich. The Niue government signed a memorandum of understanding with Semich, but the IANA delegation was to IUSN, not to the state. When Niue tried to cancel the deal in 2000 and passed a law declaring .nu a national resource, it had no legal effect on the IANA delegation because IUSN was the contracted party.
Redelegation requires the incumbent's consent. Under ICANN/IANA policy, transferring a ccTLD to a new manager requires the current sponsor's agreement. IUSN (and its successor operator, the Swedish Internet Foundation) has simply refused to consent. Niue filed a formal redelegation request with ICANN in December 2020, but it's stalled because of this consent requirement.
Swedish courts upheld the contractual chain. The courts ruled that the Swedish Internet Foundation (IIS) acted within its authority based on the contractual chain from IUSN, and that a foundation can't be held liable for damag

Posted by: docweasel at October 05, 2026 06:57 AM (IuCAX)

153 DEVO had some great tunes. Saw them at Hill in '81. Good Thing is also a fun tune. Thru Being Cool, Working in Coal Mine, Enough Said, etc. I wonder if there is a soundboard of that show. So much stuff is popping up on Youtube or on bit torrent. Ah, nostalgia. Thanks Pixy.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at October 05, 2026 06:58 AM (MmTZZ)

154 152 You should ditch the .nu domain, the Swedes stole it off a little island nation of Nuie and won't give it back.
Posted by: docweasel at October 05, 2026 06:57 AM (IuCAX)

Niue
Niue is a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 07:01 AM (odBC9)

155 134 Have you ever done the Mon-Thu early bird special?

No I have not but what you just described is rather interesting.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2026 07:05 AM (NR6c1)

156 The West Philippines Sea and the nine dash, now ten dash line are also not so much about some tiny pieces of dirt sticking out the ground, but about billions of barrels and oil and trillions? of cubic feet of natural gas, and also the fish in those waters which are the traditional fishing "grounds" of the Philippines.

China wants the oil.

Posted by: meh at October 05, 2026 07:06 AM (kK7U2)

157 mornin yall. My birthday and Bruno's today. The GSD I had looked at adopting had already found a home, but I am inquiring about a four year old male today.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:08 AM (MWfyi)

158 China wants the oil.
Posted by: meh at October 05, 2026 07:06 AM (kK7U2)
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Yeah so did we.

Posted by: The Japs in 1930 at October 05, 2026 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

159 fd happy birthday same as JJ's

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 07:10 AM (RIvkX)

160 "158 China wants the oil.
Posted by: meh at October 05, 2026 07:06 AM (kK7U2)
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Yeah so did we.
Posted by: The Japs"

Me too.

Posted by: Diddy at October 05, 2026 07:10 AM (MWfyi)

161 "No I have not but what you just described is rather interesting."

Check your particular restaurant for details, but typically runs only from 3:00-5:00 PM on just those four days.

But even when we were in Vegas the other week and went one town over to get away from the strip prices it was only $14.99 for the special.

Now back in my youth, I would scoff at the concept of a 6 oz steak being enough. But now that I am 29 years old, that steak, a loaded baked potato and a salad makes for a perfect evening meal without bogging me down.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2026 07:12 AM (iMotb)

162 China wants the oil.

Posted by: meh
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And the fish.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 07:14 AM (vOxCS)

163 In the city near me there have been 15 incidents in the past year of people stealing copper from churches. How desperately degenerate must you be to stoop that low? I bet they mommas say they ain't good boys.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:15 AM (MWfyi)

164 So the sheriff department puts out an announcement saying you can protect yourself from copper thrives by:

Put a cage around your A/C unit
Get an alarm system
Install surveillance cameras around your property
Regularly check any vacant or infrequently used property you own

I've got an idea. How about not letting these crooks out again and again with nothing more than an kiss on the butt?

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)

165 Thieves, I mean

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:19 AM (MWfyi)

166 "How desperately degenerate must you be to stoop that low? I bet they mommas say they ain't good boys."

Sorry wrong demographic. Stealing copper takes work (and tools).

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2026 07:20 AM (3g9Kl)

167 Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)

I read copper [thieves] and thought it was about crooked cops...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:21 AM (l3cgK)

168 Ready for another week of high-spirited commenting action.

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 07:21 AM (ZxPkt)

169 Come in Booji Boy! Have you got the papers the Chinaman gave you?

Posted by: General Boy at October 05, 2026 07:21 AM (/PLXT)

170 Thanks San Franpsycho. Another day, another year around the Sun. It could be worse, but I don't know that it could be any better either.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:21 AM (MWfyi)

171 164 So the sheriff department puts out an announcement saying you can protect yourself from copper thrives by:

Put a cage around your A/C unit
Get an alarm system
Install surveillance cameras around your property
Regularly check any vacant or infrequently used property you own

I've got an idea. How about not letting these crooks out again and again with nothing more than an kiss on the butt?

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)

In Texas, thieves can suffer from lead poisoning...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:22 AM (l3cgK)

172 Stealing copper is so 70s

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

173 ""How desperately degenerate must you be to stoop that low? I bet they mommas say they ain't good boys.""

There was a story several months ago of some jackasses stealing hundreds of those bronze flower urns from headstones in cemeteries.

Some folks will steal anything, no matter the religious significance.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2026 07:22 AM (iMotb)

174 It could be worse, but I don't know that it could be any better either.
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:21 AM (MWfyi)
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Typical Libra.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

175 It's funny how the left, when seeing a story about a thief being shot dead in someone's home, ask, "Is their life worth less than your stuff?"
The appropriate answer is, "They thought so."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:23 AM (l3cgK)

176 164 So the sheriff department puts out an announcement saying you can protect yourself from copper thrives by:

Put a cage around your A/C unit
Get an alarm system
Install surveillance cameras around your property
Regularly check any vacant or infrequently used property you own

I've got an idea. How about not letting these crooks out again and again with nothing more than an kiss on the butt?
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)

You need to shut up, apologize, and respect us unquestionably, and do what we tell you.

Posted by: Sheriff Department at October 05, 2026 07:23 AM (6jna9)

177 It's funny how the left, when seeing a story about a thief being shot dead in someone's home, ask, "Is their life worth less than your stuff?"
The appropriate answer is, "They thought so."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:23 AM (l3cgK)
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Never sympathy for anyone but the devil.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

178 173 ""How desperately degenerate must you be to stoop that low? I bet they mommas say they ain't good boys.""

There was a story several months ago of some jackasses stealing hundreds of those bronze flower urns from headstones in cemeteries.

Some folks will steal anything, no matter the religious significance.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2026 07:22 AM (iMotb)

They steal manhole covers. I'm sure Don Lemon is thrilled.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:24 AM (l3cgK)

179 In Texas, thieves can suffer from lead poisoning...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:22 AM (l3cgK)

Or involuntary ventilation.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 07:24 AM (6jna9)

180 One of the churches had a cage around their AC units, as the sheriff recommended. That didn't stop the thieves.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi)

181 167 Posted by: fd at October 05, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)

I read copper [thieves] and thought it was about crooked cops...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:21 AM (l3cgK)

heh

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 07:24 AM (odBC9)

182 "Should not the people of the Falklands have a say?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 06:47 AM (vOxCS) "

Aaahh, there ya go bein' all reasonable & ... I was thinking purely of entertainment value.

though gummint(s) actually caring what the people affected think would be kind of a novelty in itself ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 07:26 AM (VyBeY)

183 Loss varies with each pitch. About half of them I hear with no loss, some I have 75% loss. A rudimentary equalizer helps some but modern tech should offer much better. If that tone generator can reproduce it then every player should offer the ability to amplify or attenuate each pitch.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:27 AM (vOxCS)

According to Brave Search AI summary, "For desktop studio graphic EQ, the most highly recommended free software option is Equalizer APO combined with the Peace GUI, which provides system-wide equalization and is widely praised for its power and flexibility."

I know nothing about it, but it's worth checking out.

Posted by: SciVo at October 05, 2026 07:26 AM (ke3zm)

184 175 It's funny how the left, when seeing a story about a thief being shot dead in someone's home, ask, "Is their life worth less than your stuff?"
The appropriate answer is, "They thought so."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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More than the stuff it's a violation of the sanctity of the home.

- - > stuff is enough but sanctity is the greater

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 07:27 AM (vOxCS)

185 179 In Texas, thieves can suffer from lead poisoning...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:22 AM (l3cgK)

Or involuntary ventilation.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 07:24 AM (6jna9)

complimentary ventilation

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 07:28 AM (odBC9)

186 So the sheriff department puts out an announcement saying you can protect yourself from copper thrives by:

Put a cage around your A/C unit
Get an alarm system
Install surveillance cameras around your property
Regularly check any vacant or infrequently used property you own

I've got an idea. How about not letting these crooks out again and again with nothing more than an kiss on the butt?
Posted by: fd

Morning all.

How about letting them succumb to lead poisoning and letting them lay there as a warning to the next fool?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2026 07:28 AM (y3C0K)

187 182 "Should not the people of the Falklands have a say?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 06:47 AM (vOxCS) "

Aaahh, there ya go bein' all reasonable & ... I was thinking purely of entertainment value.

though gummint(s) actually caring what the people affected think would be kind of a novelty in itself ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 07:26 AM (VyBeY)

I believe there are more penguins then people...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:28 AM (l3cgK)

188 I DON'T LIKE NOBODY TOUCHIN' MY STUFF

So keep your meathooks off

Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 07:29 AM (ZxPkt)

189 "I believe there are more penguins then people..."

Penguins don't vote.....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2026 07:29 AM (iMotb)

190 "The store owner said looters stripped the shelves bare of all merchandise, except steel toed work boots."

Posted by: Local media at October 05, 2026 07:30 AM (2Ez/1)

191 189 "I believe there are more penguins then people..."

Penguins don't vote.....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2026 07:29 AM (iMotb)

"They should."--the Left

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:30 AM (l3cgK)

192 190 "The store owner said looters stripped the shelves bare of all merchandise, except steel toed work boots."

Posted by: Local media at October 05, 2026 07:30 AM (2Ez/1)

Hah!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:30 AM (l3cgK)

193 but it's worth checking out.

Posted by: SciVo
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Thanks

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 07:31 AM (vOxCS)

194 Gubmints don't care. People do.

Posted by: Rumsfeld at October 05, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

195 194 Gubmints don't care. People do.

Posted by: Rumsfeld at October 05, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

And people in Gov't really, really care. Just not about you.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:32 AM (l3cgK)

196 156 The West Philippines Sea and the nine dash, now ten dash line are also not so much about some tiny pieces of dirt sticking out the ground, but about billions of barrels and oil and trillions? of cubic feet of natural gas, and also the fish in those waters which are the traditional fishing "grounds" of the Philippines.

Posted by: meh at October 05, 2026 07:06 AM (kK7U2)

Who gets possession of the fish puns?

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 07:34 AM (odBC9)

197 "It's funny how the left, when seeing a story about a thief being shot dead in someone's home, ask, "Is their life worth less than your stuff?"
The appropriate answer is, "They thought so."
"

We we'e having a similar conversation yesterday afternoon up on I-26 as a motorcycle went screaming up the highway with three cruisers in hot pursuit.

Seems that the moment a cruiser turns on his blue lights you have a decision to make.

1. Stop for the blue light, as required by law.

2. Do not stop for the blue light, and instead attempt to outrun the law.

The outcomes do vary, but all of the outcomes are first built upon the decision of the motorcycle rider.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 05, 2026 07:34 AM (iMotb)

198 Mornin', Horde. 44 degrees, going up to 74, in Kentuckiana.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 05, 2026 07:34 AM (NcvvS)

199 196 156 The West Philippines Sea and the nine dash, now ten dash line are also not so much about some tiny pieces of dirt sticking out the ground, but about billions of barrels and oil and trillions? of cubic feet of natural gas, and also the fish in those waters which are the traditional fishing "grounds" of the Philippines.

Posted by: meh at October 05, 2026 07:06 AM (kK7U2)

Who gets possession of the fish puns?

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 07:34 AM (odBC9)

Those will just flounder.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:34 AM (l3cgK)

200 200

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 07:34 AM (odBC9)

201 struck speechless by the awesome profundity of 190.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 07:35 AM (VyBeY)

202 JJ is up.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 05, 2026 07:36 AM (NcvvS)

203 199 196 156 The West Philippines Sea and the nine dash, now ten dash line are also not so much about some tiny pieces of dirt sticking out the ground, but about billions of barrels and oil and trillions? of cubic feet of natural gas, and also the fish in those waters which are the traditional fishing "grounds" of the Philippines.

Posted by: meh at October 05, 2026 07:06 AM (kK7U2)

Who gets possession of the fish puns?

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 07:34 AM (odBC9)

Those will just flounder.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:34 AM (l3cgK)

"drum" roll

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 07:36 AM (odBC9)

204 Who gets possession of the fish puns?
+++
It's a matter of scale.

Posted by: Oh, no... at October 05, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

205 Did you see the sock?

201 struck speechless by the awesome profundity of 190.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 05, 2026 07:35 AM (VyBeY)

190 "The store owner said looters stripped the shelves bare of all merchandise, except steel toed work boots."
Posted by: Local media at October 05, 2026 07:30 AM (2Ez/1)

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 07:38 AM (odBC9)

206 FIRST!

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 05, 2026 07:41 AM (JNTt1)

207 Who gets possession of the fish puns?

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 07:34 AM (odBC9)

Those will just flounder.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 07:34 AM (l3cgK)

"drum" roll

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 07:36 AM (odBC9)

Hey!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 05, 2026 11:27 AM (dK+Kv)

Sunday Overnight Open Thread - October 4, 2026

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Appreciate you stopping by. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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What an incredible story

She tied her two young children together in the basement. Then she threw her body on top of them.
A tornado was heading straight for their home.
When it hit, the house collapsed.
Two steel beams crushed Stephanie Decker’s legs. Seven ribs broke. Her legs were almost completely severed.
But underneath her were her two children.
Alive.
Then they realised something horrifying:
Another tornado was coming.
Stephanie couldn’t stand. Couldn’t run. Couldn’t free herself.
So she pulled the blanket over her children, wrapped her arms around them and covered them with her broken body.
Again.
The second tornado passed.
Neither child had even a scratch.
Stephanie survived, but lost both legs.
People called her a hero.
She simply said:
“I call myself a mom.”
— Dr Tolu (@tolubinutu) October 3, 2026

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Begun, the Flock drone wars have

Skywars: A way to fight back against Flock drones?
This system is from a company called Skylark.
As you can see in this video, they make drones that hunt down other drones, then ram them midair to bring them crashing down.
This could be the next evolution in Flock destruction, as our battle becomes airborne, while we work to get them banned through legislation.
Source: https://t.co/IZXne4CSyL
— Orwell Day (@OrwellDay) October 4, 2026

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Nice move, Gilligan

Bob Denver Refused to Let the Professor and Mary Ann Be “The Rest”
If you watched the first season of Gilligan’s Island, you may remember something odd about the theme song.
After naming Gilligan, the Skipper, the millionaire and his wife, and the movie star, it ended the roll call with:
“And the rest.”
“The rest” were Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells — the Professor and Mary Ann.
There was a reason. Tina Louise, who played Ginger, had a contractual billing arrangement that put her at the end of the opening credits. Johnson and Wells had signed later and wound up in the closing credits instead. So when the theme song was written, their characters were simply bundled together as “the rest.”
But before Season 2, Bob Denver decided that wasn't right.
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Years later, Dawn Wells said she hadn't even known the full story at the time. She remembered Denver as the one who went to bat for them.
Bob Denver didn't make a big production out of it.
He just refused to let two of his fellow castaways be treated like “the rest.”

Read the whole thing here

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Kewl stuff

When you like to live dangerously 🫣 https://t.co/WCNZ7S2h30
— Bulkley Tools (@BulkleyTools) October 2, 2026

Cutting pipe lagging to fit around copper pipes
https://t.co/jWiK3Jzs8N
— Interesting things (@awkwardgoogle) October 3, 2026

Wtf is this sorcery https://t.co/yV8UdGDCAQ
— sara -ʀʏꜱᴛʀᴀᴠᴇ- jayne 💛💤 (@rystrave) October 3, 2026

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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What Paris is telling us to wear next

Spring/Summer 2027 week opened on September 28 and closes Tuesday with Nicolas Ghesquière at Louis Vuitton. The useful takeaway is not the spectacle. It is which ideas already translate: metallic shine, tailoring stripped of structure, color used as the whole outfit, and jackets that cinch instead of swamp.

Saint Laurent went all in on gold, and I am not mad at it.

Anthony Vaccarello staged the collection under the Eiffel Tower, beneath oversized chandeliers, in what was widely read as a possible farewell after a decade at the house. Almost everything was gold: crinkled metallic sahariennes and trenches, gilt brocade jackets and trousers, metallic lace cocktail dresses, broken up by classic Saint Laurent black.

The wearable version is not a head-to-toe lamé suit. It is one metallic or brocade jacket with denim and flat shoes, or a gold scarf against black. That is opulence a normal person can leave the house in. The rest is theater, and theater is fine, as long as you understand you will be the one paying for the chandelier.

Dior made the New Look weightless

At the Tuileries, Jonathan Anderson rebuilt Dior’s Bar jacket and full skirts in chiffon, silk mousseline, Chantilly lace, and gauze, with pinstripe and tweed effects printed onto sheer fabric. Tiny layered circle skirts, ribbon tailoring, pastel florals, striped shirting, and pajama pieces sat next to gardening clogs, which is a sentence I did not expect to type about Dior.

The idea to steal is the one I would actually wear. A soft jacket. A skirt that moves. One decorative thing, not twelve. Sometimes safe and pretty is exactly right. This is that, with the bones still visible.

Balenciaga answered with color and craft

A year into the job, Pierpaolo Piccioli is still pulling Balenciaga away from the joke this house became. The Summer 2027 show leaned on colorful tailoring, acid-bright City bags, oversized cummerbunds, capes, and dense stitching that turned a white shirt into a fitted waist and peplum.

Elsewhere, Stella McCartney built an ocean collection with floaty fabrics, bubble hems, wave motifs, and dolphin prints. Victoria Beckham went for liberation via sheer georgette dresses, open-arm volumes, and oversized suits with wide trousers. Hermès, under Nadège Vanhée, closed the weekend with airy knits and slit skirts.

Outside the tents

Paris has been warm, high 20s Celsius, so the pavements skipped heavy coats. What showed up anyway is the October wardrobe: blouson jackets with a cinched waist, balloon and cargo pants, dark-rinse denim, animal print, pinstripes, and red layered over pastels.

Five formulas worth copying before the week ends:
• A blouson or leather bomber over a sweater, with cargo pants and heels.
• Balloon pants, a white tee, an oversized jacket, ballet flats.
• Head-to-toe plaid, kept sleek rather than costume.
• One animal-print coat as the whole outfit.
• A cropped jacket with high-rise trousers, so the proportion stays balanced.

What will actually stick

Gold and brocade as a single statement piece. Sheer or fluid tailoring instead of rigid power dressing. Color worn loudly, not as an accent. And the blouson as the jacket of the season, sportier than a barn coat and easier than a bomber.

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Thanks, Piper!

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DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 04, 2026 10:01 PM (OoT17)

2 So much for the steel rule.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:01 PM (JS6jE)

3 YAY ONT!!! Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 04, 2026 10:01 PM (OoT17)

4 Good evening Doof!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 10:02 PM (NnhvP)

5 Good evening Doof!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 10:02 PM (NnhvP)

Howdy to you as well!

Posted by: Doof at October 04, 2026 10:03 PM (QMAsf)

6 Evenin'

youtu.be/63VEjopmHIM

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 04, 2026 10:03 PM (sAmhv)

7 I'm sure tequila would make me vomit within seconds.

Posted by: Queasy Mfume at October 04, 2026 10:05 PM (EdP2u)

8 I guess you're completely out of ideas when you dress your runway models in gold lame.

They call it "lame" for a reason.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2026 10:05 PM (wpRMV)

9 Good stuff Doof! I remember hearing the early theme to Gilligan's Island and then the change, but I didn't know that Denver was the one that got it changed. Very cool!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 04, 2026 10:06 PM (OoT17)

10 Hello!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 10:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

11 The Summer 2027 show leaned on colorful tailoring, acid-bright City bags, oversized cummerbunds, capes, and dense stitching that turned a white shirt into a fitted waist and peplum.

A peplum? A PEPLUM??? Now you're just making up fashion words.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)

12 How on Earth did I post 58.32 unique names per day? I must be nutz!

Posted by: Inane Drone at October 04, 2026 10:07 PM (EdP2u)

13 Tequila would not make me.vomit...unless it's the tenth or eleventh shot.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 10:08 PM (2WIwB)

14 11 The Summer 2027 show leaned on colorful tailoring, acid-bright City bags, oversized cummerbunds, capes, and dense stitching that turned a white shirt into a fitted waist and peplum.

A peplum? A PEPLUM??? Now you're just making up fashion words.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2026 10:07 PM

It is fun to say, like bubble.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 10:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

15 I had a bizarre experience at the Oregon Symphony in Portland this afternoon.

To start the concert, the conductor walked onto the stage, the orchestra rose, and played "The Star-Spangled Banner" (this was not listed on the program).

Two people in the row in front of me refused to stand - at intermission I got a good look at them, and they were trannies. Portland.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2026 10:08 PM (aD4fx)

16 The taco technique wouldn't work very well with a hard tortilla. I recommend staples.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)

17 Is peplum the plural of poplin?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 04, 2026 10:08 PM (OoT17)

18 What Paris is telling us to wear next

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Watching the news from Paris lately, I'd recommend something in asbestos.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2026 10:09 PM (wpRMV)

19 "What Paris is telling us to wear next:"

Asbestos outfits and a chainmail undershirt to prevent the knives from hitting any vital organs?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 04, 2026 10:09 PM (HlyYF)

20 I could have used that lagging tool in the 2 story in which I insulated every water pipe. I just butted the pieces together.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 10:09 PM (NnhvP)

21 China girl looks like an Indian, she should be carrying a tomahawk.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:09 PM (JS6jE)

22 What Paris is telling us to wear next

Asbestos underwear?

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 04, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

23 The white shirt on the slowly model at the bottom has a peplum.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 10:10 PM (ZdaMQ)

24 Evening all,

We have a launch early in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
SLC-4E - VSFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 5, 2026
Launch Time: 1:17 a.m. PDT (0817 UTC, 10:17 CEST)

https://youtu.be/-SYfgSTJsyM

Posted by: Joyenz at October 04, 2026 10:10 PM (2F0/Y)

25 What Paris is telling us to wear next

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A bus the hell outta there?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2026 10:10 PM (wpRMV)

26 Scowling. Sheesh.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 10:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

27 The ONT overall is great, the fashion portion a nice education in a realm I'm totally oblivious to, but I skipped the Frampton tune. I'm not a teenage girl.

Posted by: The Other Songs Are Wonderful, IMHO at October 04, 2026 10:11 PM (EdP2u)

28 GMTA Cicero!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 04, 2026 10:11 PM (HlyYF)

29 Three times makes it Horde Mind!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 04, 2026 10:11 PM (HlyYF)

30 By the looks of that video, my pipe insulating skills are inadequate.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 04, 2026 10:12 PM (4HoLg)

31 Bob Denver didn't make a big production out of it.

Funny, I read he threatened to quit the show if they weren't included in the opening.

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 04, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

32 a short section attached to the waistline of a blouse, jacket, or dress

Per Mirriam Webster.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 10:12 PM (Jr+re)

33 Just a reminder, USAID is mostly dead.

Fuck you, Kalshi.

>Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, a close ally of President Donald Trump, finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil's first-round presidential election Sunday, sending the race to an October 25 runoff after neither candidate secured the majority needed to win outright.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (viF8m)

34 People called her a hero.

She simply said:

“I call myself a mom.”

Heroic woman.

We need more like her. And less like, well (points at TikTok)

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (sKqQm)

35 Dang, Piper - making me look stuff up!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)

36
The prize-winning Doof Report.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (eRlcH)

37 Funny, I read he threatened to quit the show if they weren't included in the opening.

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If he did, I heard the studio had Joe Pesci lined up to take over the role.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (wpRMV)

38 Mick and Keith wrote MANY wonderful songs and are still doing it. It's quite amazing.

Posted by: In Awe at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (EdP2u)

39 I recommend staples.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)
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Ah... the ol' ArrowT-50 surprise

Posted by: 496 at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (mWrMy)

40 Chantilly Lace and a pretty face
And a ponytail hangin' down
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
Make the world go 'round

Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money
Make me feel real loose like a long necked goose
Like a girl, oh baby, that's a-what I like

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (JS6jE)

41 Evening Doof, and ONT Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (i9VX2)

42 Dang, Piper - making me look stuff up!
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)

Same here.
Now I are smarter!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 10:14 PM (2WIwB)

43 Top pic is a good meme for Canada under the Liberals, Washed up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 10:14 PM (i9VX2)

44 Remember Lula was not legally allowed to run for president, as he was a convicted crook.

Then he stole the election, imprisoned people that wanted a free and fair election, and for a time chased dissidents out of the country...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:15 PM (sKqQm)

45 Saw a meme I had to share:

Normie: Explain the Lindsay Clancy think to me like I'm a 5 year old.

Feminist: Ok - starts strangling him

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:15 PM (sKqQm)

46 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 04, 2026 10:15 PM (+9wcF)

47 Thought Badfinger was the Beatles.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:16 PM (JS6jE)

48 A tornado was heading straight for their home.

When it hit, the house collapsed.

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Nyaaaah, ya missed me!

Posted by: The Wicked Witch of the East at October 04, 2026 10:16 PM (wpRMV)

49 A peplum? A PEPLUM??? Now you're just making up fashion words.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)

Porky Pig was constipated because he was peplum out of peprunes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 10:16 PM (i9VX2)

50 Just a reminder, USAID is mostly dead.

The Left hasn't won an election in Latin America since the USAID money was cut off.

When Bolsonaro got elected in 2018, USAID doubled its spending in Brazil, to undermine his government.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2026 10:16 PM (aD4fx)

51 Dang, Piper - making me look stuff up!
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 10:13

Sorry, I will give you half my fee I earned for tonight.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 10:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

52 The prize-winning Doof Report.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (eRlcH)

*looks around for prize*

I think you have me confused with someone of greater whelm

Posted by: Doof at October 04, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

53 I keep seeing that girl with feather 'round her nethers. Gross.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:17 PM (JS6jE)

54 Is everybody excited to see "Digger?"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 10:17 PM (k5CNB)

55 Wtf is this sorcery https://t.co/yV8UdGDCAQ
— sara -ʀʏꜱᴛʀᴀᴠᴇ- jayne 💛💤 (@rystrave) October 3, 2026

This showed up on my feed earlier today...

Our algorithms are syncing...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:17 PM (sKqQm)

56 What an incredible story

THIS is what a mother does.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 10:17 PM (l3cgK)

57
Chantilly Lace and a pretty face
And a ponytail hangin' down
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
Make the world go 'round

___________

Lacey (Soyara's Chantilly Lace). Her morning was silver, her noontime golden and her evening bronze. But they were all solid and each was polished until it shone after its fashion.

http://soyaraborzoi.com/Lacey.htm

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:17 PM (eRlcH)

58 On a scale of Lindsay Clancy to Jeffrey Epstein, how much do you like kids?

Posted by: 496 at October 04, 2026 10:17 PM (mWrMy)

59 Those aren't tacos they are burritos and every tex-mex borderista has known that "hack" since preschool...

Posted by: Ped Xing at October 04, 2026 10:17 PM (ZIUKB)

60 >>Remember Lula was not legally allowed to run for president, as he was a convicted crook.

>>Then he stole the election, imprisoned people that wanted a free and fair election, and for a time chased dissidents out of the country...

We conspiracy theorists are 7 for 7 in Latin America and going for our 8th.

We going to the Super Bowl.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 10:18 PM (viF8m)

61 a short section attached to the waistline of a blouse, jacket, or dress

I've always been more interested in what women take off, not out on.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 10:18 PM (2WIwB)

62 The taco technique wouldn't work very well with a hard tortilla. I recommend staples.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)

They sell tacos at Staples?

Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 04, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

63 They could have replaced Denver with Vito Scotti. He made it on and off the island 4 times as it was.

Posted by: You Steam Glasses! at October 04, 2026 10:19 PM (EdP2u)

64 What Paris is telling us to wear next
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Paris isn't telling me diddly. I wear what I want.

I have never been interested in fashion trends or whatnot.

The tomboy part of me never went away when it comes to that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 04, 2026 10:19 PM (W14bs)

65 Aw geez...I was doubly on the list of shame...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 10:19 PM (l3cgK)

66 Thought Badfinger was the Beatles.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:16 PM (JS6jE)

George and Paul pretty much kickstarted their career

Posted by: Doof at October 04, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

67 Two people in the row in front of me refused to stand - at intermission I got a good look at them, and they were trannies. Portland.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2026 10:08 PM (aD4fx)

This why you should always carry some large zip ties for use as garrottes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 10:20 PM (i9VX2)

68

Put the blame on lame, boys
Put the blame on lame

Posted by: Gilda at October 04, 2026 10:21 PM (Cqx++)

69 What Paris is telling us to wear next

Really surprised not to see any Nomex.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 04, 2026 10:21 PM (+9wcF)

70 66 Thought Badfinger was the Beatles.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:16 PM (JS6jE)

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There was a time when people thought "the next Beatles" would sound just like the last Beatles.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2026 10:22 PM (wpRMV)

71 Is everybody excited to see "Digger?"

I didn't know I HAD seen Digger.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 10:22 PM (Jr+re)

72 I worked with Keith Richards brother-in-law at Goldman Sachs on Wall Street for a few months in 1986. He's from Staten Island, as is Keith's wife.

Posted by: Brush With Greatness IV at October 04, 2026 10:23 PM (EdP2u)

73 Thanks for the lovely Sunday ONT, Doof! Great photo up top framing a fallen leaf in the gentle surf. Nice.

Thanks to Piper for the spring fashion distillation.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 04, 2026 10:23 PM (D/6p1)

74 For some reason, I've been getting ads for Amoretti syrups and purees on YT. However, one of the ads has a really fantastic soundtrack, which I've found out is Doghouse Blues, by Roots and Recognition.

https://tinyurl.com/tv2aj8v7

Posted by: Archimedes at October 04, 2026 10:23 PM (Riz8t)

75 What Paris is telling us to wear next

Really surprised not to see any Nomex.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 04, 2026 10:21 PM (+9wcF)
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lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 04, 2026 10:24 PM (W14bs)

76 ***This system is from a company called Skylark.
---

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvFio4Arlh8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:24 PM (JS6jE)

77 Is everybody excited to see "Digger?"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Ha ha. Surely you jest.

Posted by: Tuna at October 04, 2026 10:25 PM (lJ0H4)

78 I am off to bed, y’all. Enjoy your ONT, try to behave!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 10:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

79 65 Aw geez...I was doubly on the list of shame...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Same here. #1 Sock, #4 on the Big Board. Never finished that high before on the BB.

Posted by: Need Rehab at October 04, 2026 10:25 PM (EdP2u)

80 Good evening morons y gracias Disco y Piper

Time to break out my old gold lame speedo.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 10:26 PM (RIvkX)

81
*looks around*

Piper's gone! Now we can talk about her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:26 PM (eRlcH)

82 The grey jacket with tails (?) being worn by the Asian model is really nice. It's a fetching look. The rest of her outfit is ok, but that is sharp.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

83 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper!

breadfan > badfinger

Posted by: TRex- music critic dino at October 04, 2026 10:26 PM (XfIK1)

84 81
*looks around*

Piper's gone! Now we can talk about her.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:26 PM (eRlcH)

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I'll get an M80 for her mailbox.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2026 10:27 PM (wpRMV)

85 Darnit I'm on the Board of Shame this week.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)

86 79 65 Aw geez...I was doubly on the list of shame...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Same here. #1 Sock, #4 on the Big Board. Never finished that high before on the BB.

Posted by: Need Rehab at October 04, 2026 10:25 PM (EdP2u)

You win. #1 Big Board, #5 Sock...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 10:28 PM (l3cgK)

87 >>What Paris is telling us to wear next

Burkas

Kind of surreal watching Europe fall. Oh well, got plenty of t-shirts and at least we won't have to listen to those assholes condescend to us any longer.

Now when they beg us to save them, again, we know what to say.

No.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 10:29 PM (viF8m)

88 ***This system is from a company called Skylark.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvFio4Arlh8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:24 PM (JS6jE)

Seems to me that at the range that counter-drone was demonstrated, a 12 gauge shotgun loaded with bird shot would have been effective, too. An aerial mortar with a small bursting charge, loaded with thousands of little coils of 1/8" Mylar tape (as used in tape cassettes). Create a curtain of dangling threads to tangle a drone's props.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 10:29 PM (i9VX2)

89 Looks like Skylark Drones is based in India, which is better than CHYna, but I wonder where their manufacturing happens. Nifty concept though and I hope someone here develops a local version.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 10:29 PM (3mtzY)

90 Why do all the models look like angry or peeved women? Seems a waste.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 04, 2026 10:29 PM (sl73Y)

91 90 Why do all the models look like angry or peeved women? Seems a waste.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 04, 2026 10:29 PM (sl73Y)

If you had to wear clothing like that you might be too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)

92 Kind of surreal watching Europe fall. Oh well, got plenty of t-shirts and at least we won't have to listen to those assholes condescend to us any longer.

When foreigners burn your cities it is isn't "mostly peaceful protest" its sacking.

And the correct response is to shoot them.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)

93
Why do all the models look like angry or peeved women? Seems a waste.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 04, 2026 10:29 PM (sl73Y)

If you had to wear clothing like that you might be too...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)

__________

High heels and a smile are all they need.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:31 PM (eRlcH)

94 92 Kind of surreal watching Europe fall. Oh well, got plenty of t-shirts and at least we won't have to listen to those assholes condescend to us any longer.

When foreigners burn your cities it is isn't "mostly peaceful protest" its sacking.

And the correct response is to shoot them.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)

Hah, reminds me of a comment a poster made...How he was asked if he was ready for the Fall, and realized the other person wasn't talking about Western Civilization, but the change of seasons.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 10:31 PM (l3cgK)

95 54 Is everybody excited to see "Digger?"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 10:17 PM (k5CNB)

Cost $150M to make and grossed $20M globally this (opening) weekend.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 04, 2026 10:31 PM (y171U)

96 I saw someone comment that even if she wins the election Le Pen can't send the invaders how because they are second generation and were born there.

And...I do have to chuckle, because while I don't expect her to win (they will cheat), and if she does win I don't expect her to try THIS hard...but it was only a few generations ago that Germans were kicked out of places their families had lived in for hundreds of years.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:32 PM (sKqQm)

97 >>> 95 54 Is everybody excited to see "Digger?"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 10:17 PM (k5CNB)

Cost $150M to make and grossed $20M globally this (opening) weekend.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 04, 2026 10:31 PM (y171U)

How the fck did it cost $150M to make?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 10:33 PM (3mtzY)

98 Why do all the models look like angry or peeved women? Seems a waste.
Posted by: From about That Time

People's eyes are naturally drawn to pretty faces.

And people's eyes are naturally drawn to happy, smiling faces.

So if you're a pretty person whose job is to make people look at what you're wearing, and not at your pretty face, then you make faces like those.

Catalog/print models can get away with looking pleasant, because you can look at a picture as long as you want. Runway models have to look like they just spent six hours at the DMV.

Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

99 >>What Paris is telling us to wear next

Burkas

Kind of surreal watching Europe fall. Oh well, got plenty of t-shirts and at least we won't have to listen to those assholes condescend to us any longer.

Now when they beg us to save them, again, we know what to say.

No.
Posted by: JackStraw

It would be the the third time in a little over a hundred years. Fucktards.

Shoulda paid attention during the Cold War. Oh well.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 10:34 PM (qZb7K)

100 Is everybody excited to see "Digger?"

I'm guessing it is not a story about Aussie Troops in WW1.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 10:34 PM (2WIwB)

101 I saw someone comment that even if she wins the election Le Pen can't send the invaders how because they are second generation and were born there.

And how many Brits were kicked out of India at their independence? Including ones that were second and third (or more) generation?

Keep the families together, deport them all.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 04, 2026 10:35 PM (+9wcF)

102 Staying out of the Top Ten again. Though someone may break the 1,000 comment wall.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:35 PM (2GVsD)

103 Strapons are better than real dicks because they never get soft! Well, at least until my extraordinarily acidic anal juices melt them...

Posted by: Peter Bootygig at October 04, 2026 10:35 PM (ZIUKB)

104 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to tune in one of those old style radios that has a dial instead of buttons and couldn't get anything, not even static, until my wife pointed something out.

In my defense, why the hell.did they call it a "wireless" if you had to plug it in?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2026 10:36 PM (PZmoe)

105 Hadrian, are you headed to the airport in a while?

Posted by: Borzoi Yellow Taxi Service at October 04, 2026 10:36 PM (EdP2u)

106 40 Chantilly Lace and a pretty face
And a ponytail hangin' down
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
Make the world go 'round

Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money
Make me feel real loose like a long necked goose
Like a girl, oh baby, that's a-what I like
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM

I have a niece named Abigail Grace, which was such an obvious substitution for Chantilly Lace that I sang her that song for many years when she was a little girl.

She thought I was the "genius uncle" to write and perform such a funny song ... just for her.

She was disappointed when I told her (around age 10) that I had just changed an old song that was written before I was even born.

She came back about 30 minutes later with a big smile on her face, and told me, "Don't worry, I won't tell anybody."

She is still a peach of a girl, and we attended her wedding last spring.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 04, 2026 10:36 PM (HlyYF)

107 When foreigners burn your cities it is isn't "mostly peaceful protest" its sacking.

And the correct response is to shoot them.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)

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Did Napoleon teach them nothing?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2026 10:36 PM (wpRMV)

108 Recently moved to Flagstaff AZ. Driving near downtown today saw we have a "Beaver Liquor" store on Beaver St. Gonna have to stop in for a T- shirt.

https://tinyurl.com/jnw3uskn

Posted by: Harry at October 04, 2026 10:37 PM (hyQrc)

109 After the Dutch lost the East Indies and it became Indonesia, plenty of Dutch who had never lived in Holland and had been born in places like Batavia had to move back to the home country.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:37 PM (2GVsD)

110
Hadrian, are you headed to the airport in a while?
Posted by: Borzoi Yellow Taxi Service at October 04, 2026 10:36 PM (EdP2u)

__________

Her Majesty's flight is now coming in at 12:25 AM

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:38 PM (eRlcH)

111 I saw someone comment that even if she wins the election Le Pen can't send the invaders how because they are second generation and were born there.

And...I do have to chuckle, because while I don't expect her to win (they will cheat), and if she does win I don't expect her to try THIS hard...but it was only a few generations ago that Germans were kicked out of places their families had lived in for hundreds of years.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:32 PM (sKqQm)

Heh. Just declare a state of insurrection by muslims, and declare all muslims to be alien invaders, regardless of birthplace, and deport them all to their ancestral homelands.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 10:38 PM (i9VX2)

112 That first Pic from 'Ette Couture looks like a bad production of RUR.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2026 10:38 PM (PZmoe)

113 Now when they beg us to save them, again, we know what to say.

No.
Posted by: JackStraw

It would be the the third time in a little over a hundred years. Fucktards.

Shoulda paid attention during the Cold War. Oh well.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 10:34 PM (qZb7K)

That isn't happening in isolation. We will have troubles of our own here.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

114 (@BulkleyTools)
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I don't get it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:39 PM (JS6jE)

115 If I want to watch a movie about Diggers, will watch Mel Gibson in Gallipoli again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:39 PM (2GVsD)

116 Recently moved to Flagstaff AZ. Driving near downtown today saw we have a "Beaver Liquor" store on Beaver St. Gonna have to stop in for a T- shirt.

https://tinyurl.com/jnw3uskn

Posted by: Harry

Bunch of good food in that area, Congrats on the move!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 10:40 PM (NnhvP)

117 Now when they beg us to save them, again, we know what to say.

No.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 10:29 PM (viF8m)
====

Au revoir!

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

118
Now when they beg us to save them, again, we know what to say.

No.

Third time's the charm!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 10:40 PM (Cqx++)

119 Good thing Flagstaff doesn't have an "Asshole Street".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 10:41 PM (i9VX2)

120 Is everybody excited to see "Digger?"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 10:17 PM (k5CNB)

Cost $150M to make and grossed $20M globally this (opening) weekend.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 04, 2026 10:31 PM (y171U)

How the fck did it cost $150M to make?!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 10:33 PM (3mtzY)

***

I have to think Hollywood makes crap like this just to take the loss and work in a tax writeoff some how.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

121 Why do models always look like they're wanting to bite the head off a chicken when they're showing clothes?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 04, 2026 10:42 PM (g8Ew8)

122 >>When foreigners burn your cities it is isn't "mostly peaceful protest" its sacking.

>>And the correct response is to shoot them.

Haven't been back in a number of years, honestly have no desire, but for a lot of years I was all over Europe on business. You could see this coming years ago. There were no go zones in place like London and Paris even back then. Even in Brussels, the seat of EU power, there were some places you did not go. But anyone who pointed it out was a crazy conspiracy theorist.

The shooting is coming. The only question is where it will happen. Islam is not a religion, it's an invasive political ideology. After years of incompetent and complicit leadership we have plenty to deal with here. Europe can pound sand.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 10:42 PM (viF8m)

123 Catalog/print models can get away with looking pleasant, because you can look at a picture as long as you want. Runway models have to look like they just spent six hours at the DMV.
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)
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To be fair the models probably spent six hours in a chair getting their hair and makeup done.

It's no wonder they look tired and bored.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2026 10:42 PM (FZ29D)

124 Her Majesty's flight is now coming in at 12:25 AM
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:38 PM (eRlcH)
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Perfect opportunity to pick up a burger at any one of the fine establishments that probably surround the airport.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 10:43 PM (RIvkX)

125 In my defense, why the hell.did they call it a "wireless" if you had to plug it in?
Posted by: tankdemon

I trust that you paid your "Wireless Licence". The BBC can't be expected to provide quality presenters for free.

Posted by: Since 1922 at October 04, 2026 10:43 PM (EdP2u)

126 I have to think Hollywood makes crap like this just to take the loss and work in a tax writeoff some how.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 10:41 PM (2WIwB)
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Hollywood Accounting is the stuff of legend.

Makes quantum mechanics look simple by comparison.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2026 10:43 PM (FZ29D)

127 Why do models always look like they're wanting to bite the head off a chicken when they're showing clothes?

Because the clothes are uncomfortable? And they are hungry. But mainly because they are hungry.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:43 PM (2GVsD)

128 "Digger" sounds like something from South Park Wheel of Fortune.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Cqx++)

129 @15

>>at intermission I got a good look at them, and they were trannies. Portland.

There is something satanic and bizarre out there in the world.

I hadn't been to the Gundam shop in a couple of months, went there yesterday, and saw someone new behind the counter, looked like a new girl, picked up some dice, a couple of comics and a Chibi Gundam Kit, went to the counter and realized the new girl was one of the old dudes but was now wearing women skin.

It was one of those WTF moments, I rolled my eyes and slapped the stuff on the counter, paid and left laughing to myself at the absurdity of it all.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2026 10:44 PM (XV/Pl)

130 The way I heard that Gilligan's Island story was that Denver said that if Johnson and Welles didn't get proper credit, he would involve a clause in his contract that allowed him to choose his own billing and get himself lumped in as part of "the rest" with them. You can'treally have the title character go unfilled, so the production caved.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2026 10:44 PM (PZmoe)

131 The Pentagon has now confirmed that every American bomber deployed to RAF Fairford has been returned to its home base in the United States following new intelligence surrounding the suspected terrorist plot against the base.

This is what makes the development so striking:
Rapidly evacuating an entire deployed bomber force from a major NATO ally because of a security threat is extraordinarily unusual — especially when the base is hundreds of miles from any active battlefield.

https://tinyurl.com/3fn4ztjz

Feel for the families.
They had to pack up quick.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 04, 2026 10:44 PM (W14bs)

132 97 Is everybody excited to see "Digger?"

How the fck did it cost $150M to make?!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 10:33 PM (3mtzY)

$150M production budget and $100M marketing spend

Posted by: Joemarine at October 04, 2026 10:44 PM (y171U)

133
Because the clothes are uncomfortable? And they are hungry. But mainly because they are hungry.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:43 PM (2GVsD)

___________

Fashion is another industry notable for cruelty and exploitation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:45 PM (eRlcH)

134 “Kind of surreal watching Europe fall“

It looks to me like they were pushed

Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2026 10:46 PM (17+JQ)

135 $150M production budget and $100M marketing spend
Posted by: Joemarine at October 04, 2026 10:44 PM (y171U)

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I can't believe it had a marketing budget at all. I never heard a word about it before Wednesday.

You would think there would at least be a Happy Meal toy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2026 10:46 PM (wpRMV)

136 Eating a small plateful of baby carrots. Should have boiled them one more minute. They are like the these fish sticks are hard as tits guy.

Posted by: Br'er Rabbit at October 04, 2026 10:46 PM (EdP2u)

137 SMH, maybe we should have deployed a company or two of infantry and declared a 5-mile exclusion zone around the air base.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD)

138 Two people in the row in front of me refused to stand - at intermission I got a good look at them, and they were trannies. Portland.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

"trannies", in other words, childish attention seekers. A lot of the lefties, such as trannies, BLM's, and antifa people, are people who never grew up, and put a lot of effort into drawing attention to themselves. I have a middle aged nephew who has the "dirty hippy" look, long grubby hair, messy untrimmed beard, and stupid looking clothes. It's pathetic.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 04, 2026 10:47 PM (0Htd1)

139 Good post on X
David Betz
@DavidBe31099196
·
6h
During the last Tory government I was invited by a defence minister. . . . I was flattered though. I brought along a copy of Imperial Military Geography, I think 1935 edition, my point being that you must decide the war for which you are preparing and then take stock of your resources and that is exactly what the people who won WW2 did.

I said that you must not assume that some other power was going to deliver capability you needed but did not possess organically. That included assumptions about the USA and other powers. A nation state like Britain had to start from an honest calculation of its resources and capabilities relative to its interests and capabilities.

As of 2026 this seems pretty obvious. At the time, the minister’s political advisor sat at his shoulder rolling his eyes at practically everything I said like I was an escapee from a lunatic asylum. The minister, a political man, shook my hand warmly and I’ve never spoken to a minister again.

The moral of the story is not that the minister and his advisor was stupid. They were blind, but it’s a kind of blindness that afflicts smart people .......

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 10:47 PM (E4rtv)

140 There have been no go zones in US cities for quite some time.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 10:47 PM (Cqx++)

141
It looks to me like they were pushed
Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2026 10:46 PM (17+JQ)

_________

They walked up to the edge of the precipice willingly. Anyone who warned of the danger was denounced.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:47 PM (eRlcH)

142 @97

>>How the fck did it cost $150M to make?!

Well, a number of big-time movie stars, a name director and lots of CG.

Any film with even a modicum of cg is going to come in at a base of 80M.

You throw the rest on top and I'm amazed it was only 150m.

I was interested in seeing it but had the misfortune of learning the twists, which ruined my desire to see the film.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2026 10:47 PM (XV/Pl)

143 “Come and Get It” was penned by McCartney. And they produced the tune to sound like the Beatless, too.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 04, 2026 10:48 PM (HhTfM)

144 Fashion is another industry notable for cruelty and exploitation.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Like the Dog Show World?

Posted by: And That's The People, Present Company Excepted at October 04, 2026 10:48 PM (EdP2u)

145 I hadn't been to the Gundam shop in a couple of months, went there yesterday, and saw someone new behind the counter, looked like a new girl, picked up some dice, a couple of comics and a Chibi Gundam Kit, went to the counter and realized the new girl was one of the old dudes but was now wearing women skin.

It was one of those WTF moments, I rolled my eyes and slapped the stuff on the counter, paid and left laughing to myself at the absurdity of it all.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2026 10:44 PM (XV/Pl)

I've been to Newfoundland, I've been to Mexico, and I've been to Greenland, but I have never been to a Gundam shop. Nope. Gun shop? Yes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 10:49 PM (i9VX2)

146 There have been no go zones in US cities for quite some time.

Blue cities and states.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:49 PM (2GVsD)

147 Why models never smile. I don't think it's the clothes so much it's the shoes. They are given shoes two sizes too small. Here cram your feet into these, makes your feet look smaller. Nobody says it's easy being a fashion model.

Posted by: Case at October 04, 2026 10:49 PM (9+0gc)

148 143 “Come and Get It” was penned by McCartney. And they produced the tune to sound like the Beatless, too.

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In the years after The Beatles broke up McCartney wasn't exactly a fountain of creativity. Most of what he put out was dreck.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2026 10:50 PM (wpRMV)

149 I will never understand fashion. It seems like a way to make women unattractive. Like severe judgmental gods. "How dare you presume to desire me."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2026 10:50 PM (CHHv1)

150
Like the Dog Show World?
Posted by: And That's The People, Present Company Excepted at October 04, 2026 10:48 PM (EdP2u)

__________

Not if you want to succeed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:50 PM (eRlcH)

151 Feel for the families.
They had to pack up quick.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

Probably had to leave their grandfather clocks and Craftmatic Adjustable Beds behind.

Posted by: Allied Van Lines at October 04, 2026 10:51 PM (EdP2u)

152 The new 'gurl' is probably a fan of The Witch of Mercury.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:51 PM (2GVsD)

153
It looks to me like they were pushed
Posted by: Common Tater

_________

They walked up to the edge of the precipice willingly. Anyone who warned of the danger was denounced.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

They jumped and squealed with delight on the way down.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 10:52 PM (Cqx++)

154 Wacky story on UK DM about pnemonic plague in Russia. White House is "watching it."

From the little I have read, a woman (no dead) was in a bio lab and "broke a test tube containing pneumonic plague." As someone said, she would have been in her bio outfit and should have been ok. Shipilovia is Patient Zero.

Apparently this bacteria is supposedly treatable with correct antibiotics. Approx 200 people exposed. FSB units (fomer KGB) with ambulances of exposed people, so some thinking they (Russia) are treating this as a nationla security issue.

On the bright side (?) this is endemic in that part of the world. And thus no biggie except for the dead woman who broke a test tube in the bio lab.

The October Surprise for mid-terms? Hoping the news is over hyping/hyperventilating and breathing in paper bags. If not, I hope President Trump stops all flights/transport from that part of the world.

It's all over the news now and I'll be damned if I am going to fret over it. I know where I'm going, altho any type of plague is not my first choice of sending me there.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 10:53 PM (hzuYO)

155 They jumped and squealed with delight on the way down.

And Europe looked at the approaching ground and thought, "maybe it will be my friend."

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:54 PM (2GVsD)

156
They jumped and squealed with delight on the way down.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 10:52 PM (Cqx++)

___________

While sneering at us stupid Americans.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 10:54 PM (eRlcH)

157 Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk died yesterday. I shared a link to "Autobahn" to commemorate him, but it turns out that Kraftwerk has a very appropriate song to accompany the Ette Couture:

https://youtu.be/GEnx9xS79Lc

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2026 10:54 PM (PZmoe)

158 The October Surprise for mid-terms? Hoping the news is over hyping/hyperventilating and breathing in paper bags. If not, I hope President Trump stops all flights/transport from that part of the world.

One of the things that woke me up to COVID was that it was overblown raycissms to stop travel from China to the US but it was perfectly fine closing churches and making people wear masks...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:55 PM (sKqQm)

159 Feel for the families.
They had to pack up quick.

There were no bomber-related families there. TDY crews and maintenance people only.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 10:55 PM (Jr+re)

160 The moral of the story is not that the minister and his advisor was stupid. They were blind, but it’s a kind of blindness that afflicts smart people .......
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 10:47 PM (E4rtv)

None so blind as they who will not see.
I have to wonder what their perspective really is? Do they think that muzzie immigration is the answer? Or that the rest of the Commonwealth will bail them out? Or the US?
I'd ask them one question: What is the endgame?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

161 18-1

And it was totes fine for Americans infected with Ebola to travel back to the US for treatment.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:56 PM (2GVsD)

162 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 04, 2026 10:44 PM (W14bs)
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UK is no longer able or willing to provide adequate base security. American forces in Britain must operate with new expectations about their AO.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 10:57 PM (RIvkX)

163 The real problem with RAF Fairford is not moving planes and people, it is moving the bomb dump.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:58 PM (2GVsD)

164 Does anyone have a block of sodium I could borrow?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

165 Good thing Flagstaff doesn't have an "Asshole Street".

Depending on the residents it has quite a few, they're just not named that on the map.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 04, 2026 10:58 PM (+9wcF)

166 Thought Badfinger was the Beatles.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 10:16 PM (JS6jE)

George and Paul pretty much kickstarted their career
Posted by: Doof at October 04, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

First band signed to the Beatles' Apple record label. Got royally screwed by their manager. Two of the members committed suicide over it. Sad story of what might have been...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 10:59 PM (08OqX)

167 Whoa Christy, Pnemonic Plague would be a drag. Cancelling my Borscht order in the AM.

Posted by: Cabbage Rolls And Coffee, Instead at October 04, 2026 10:59 PM (EdP2u)

168 How the fck did it cost $150M to make?!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Those leftwing humanitarians in the movie industry don't work cheap.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 04, 2026 11:00 PM (0Htd1)

169 164 Does anyone have a block of sodium I could borrow?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

Is it okay if it's mixed with Chloride?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 11:00 PM (l3cgK)

170 Good even', y'all. Hope your Sunday was gootinoff.

"Feathers 'Round Her Nethers" (1964) never made it into the top 100, and the group broke up soon after.

The tune was ripped off by Gerry & The Pacemakers for "Ferry Cross The Mersey." (1965)

https://youtu.be/08083BNaYcA

Posted by: mindful webworker - Chick and the Eggsperts was a lousy band name anyway at October 04, 2026 11:01 PM (sVrIn)

171 There were no bomber-related families there. TDY crews and maintenance people only.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 10:55 PM (Jr+re)
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Ah, ok.

Good to know.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 04, 2026 11:02 PM (W14bs)

172 Is it okay if it's mixed with Chloride?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 11:00 PM (l3cgK)
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*kicks the dirt*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)

173 Badfinger got mishandled big time. They had 3 Top Ten hits and on their first US tour were playing in high schools and grange halls. A very sad tale.

Posted by: Mel's Rockpile at October 04, 2026 11:02 PM (EdP2u)

174 Heh. It's nice to make both lists.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2026 11:02 PM (2Ez/1)

175 The shooting is coming. The only question is where it will happen. Islam is not a religion, it's an invasive political ideology. After years of incompetent and complicit leadership we have plenty to deal with here. Europe can pound sand.

Hope the natives win. The jihadis coming out on top most likely means we're going to end up in shooting war with them. Not because we picked a side, because they won't leave us be. Their ideology forbids it.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 04, 2026 11:02 PM (+9wcF)

176 >>Blue cities and states.

Honestly not true. Look at many major cities in red states. Are Houston, Dallas or Austin bastions of MAGA extremism? The same dynamic plays out almost everywhere and people are kidding themselves if they think it doesn't.

States where large urban areas can overwhelm the rest of the population go blue. That's how Georgia became a blueish state. It's not about northern locusts as much as some like to tell themselves, it's about the urban corruption.

Another story that is getting very little attention but yea, we conspiracy theorists were right again.

>>Georgia election board asks DOJ to investigate voting machines

https://tinyurl.com/2j48zdt2

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 11:03 PM (viF8m)

177 Their ideology forbids it.

Just like Leftists.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 11:03 PM (2GVsD)

178 None so blind as they who will not see.
I have to wonder what their perspective really is? Do they think that muzzie immigration is the answer? Or that the rest of the Commonwealth will bail them out? Or the US?
I'd ask them one question: What is the endgame?
Posted by: Diogenes
==========
I think the elite Eurotrash class figures only care about themselves and their own families and don't give a damn about their own countries. Part and parcel of socialism thinking. My guess is Euros were mildly surprised that the US won the Cold War otherwise many of those elites at the time would and were sucking up to the Commies until the near end.

And US CIA and AID are partly to blame. We financed much of the global left supporting socialists and leftists that were not USSR style communists. Bill Colby and other CIA agent memoirs are full of US sliding money under the table to support leftist assholes even against our own putative allies like in Italy.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:03 PM (E4rtv)

179 Does anyone have a block of sodium I could borrow?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

Now you can roll your own: reduction of sodium hydroxide by magnesium powder using menthol as a catalyst. Look for a Youtube by guy called "Nurdrage".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 11:04 PM (i9VX2)

180 Just like Leftists.

Anna Puma gets it.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 04, 2026 11:04 PM (+9wcF)

181 125 I trust that you paid your "Wireless Licence". The BBC can't be expected to provide quality presenters for free.
Posted by: Since 1922 at October 04, 2026 10:43 PM (EdP2u)

The BBC can't provide quality at any price these days.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2026 11:05 PM (PZmoe)

182 15 I had a bizarre experience at the Oregon Symphony in Portland this afternoon.

To start the concert, the conductor walked onto the stage, the orchestra rose, and played "The Star-Spangled Banner" (this was not listed on the program).

Two people in the row in front of me refused to stand - at intermission I got a good look at them, and they were trannies. Portland.

Posted by: The ARC of History!
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You could have slapped them in the back of the head.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 11:06 PM (JS6jE)

183 168 How the fck did it cost $150M to make?!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

$100M to pay Cruise, $50M for the production.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 04, 2026 11:06 PM (g8Ew8)

184 G'night all.
Many chores tomorrow.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 11:06 PM (2WIwB)

185 161 18-1

And it was totes fine for Americans infected with Ebola to travel back to the US for treatment.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:56 PM (2GVsD)
*********
That ticked me off. There was talk that "retired" nurses like me...and signaled to the State of FL that I was retired and therefore no more continuing education... were going to be drafted into taking care of patients if it went sideways.

I called Tallahassee and asked what I had to do to get rid of my license number. I was told to write a letter "voluntarily" retiring. Vs involuntary like I killed someone or was getting high on meds. I did it. I was not going to take care of people bleeding from every orifice so I could join them from orders of Obungo. No regrets.

If it's ever in question again they need to stop flights.

The timing is questionable.

This is probably blown out of proportion hyperbole due to the word plague.

When there is plague now and then in Arizona and leprosy in Florida.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 11:07 PM (hzuYO)

186 173 Badfinger got mishandled big time. They had 3 Top Ten hits and on their first US tour were playing in high schools and grange halls. A very sad tale.
Posted by: Mel's Rockpile

Their manager after he weaseled them away from Apple and the Beatles ended up screwing up the band so much that Pete Hamm saw no other alternative than killing himself. Another one of the band members did the same thing a few years later. The manager got the bulk of their money, put enormous pressure on them to produce hit songs in far too short of a time, and their band's individual royalties were not getting paid to them.

Meanwhile the manager did just fine for himself as Badfinger disintegrated. Similar story to John Fogerty and Creedence debacle.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:07 PM (E4rtv)

187 Anna Puma, the bombers would have left fully loaded as I expect they arrived. If only 500 pounders, they would have taken more than a thousand bombs with them. I doubt they took any 2000 pounders but may have had some SDBs. The smaller munitions would/could be moved to fighter bases in England or Europe.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 11:08 PM (Jr+re)

188 167 Whoa Christy, Pnemonic Plague would be a drag. Cancelling my Borscht order in the AM.
Posted by: Cabbage Rolls And Coffee, Instead at October 04, 2026 10:59 PM (EdP2u)
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I know! I had a photo shoot next week in Sibera.

Whatevah! I noticed it in the news hysteria as I passed by.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 11:09 PM (hzuYO)

189 The smaller munitions would/could be moved to fighter bases in England or Europe.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 11:08 PM (Jr+re)

Abandon one base, and the muzzies will just attack the next one. Time to blow up some mosques. Friday funnies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 11:11 PM (i9VX2)

190 Well, let's hope so, but...

@RadioGenoa 6h
Persistent rumors suggest that Pedro Sanchez will no(t) be PM anymore as early as tomorrow, paving the way for new elections in Spain. Arrest him and let him rot in prison for life.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2026 11:11 PM (nEUC6)

191 Now you can roll your own: reduction of sodium hydroxide by magnesium powder using menthol as a catalyst. Look for a Youtube by guy called "Nurdrage".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 11:04 PM (i9VX2)
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Do you really want the Kripo to find that in my search history?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 11:11 PM (RIvkX)

192
Islam is not a religion, it's an invasive political ideology.

Didn't the Romans say something similar about Christianity?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 11:13 PM (Cqx++)

193 Do you really want the Kripo to find that in my search history?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 11:11 PM (RIvkX)

Kick a bum off a library computer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 11:13 PM (i9VX2)

194 Two people in the row in front of me refused to stand - at intermission I got a good look at them, and they were trannies. Portland.

Posted by: The ARC of History!
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You could have slapped them in the back of the head.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 11:06 PM (JS6jE)
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Which of 2 anatomical parts are you referring to?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 04, 2026 11:13 PM (gsBYv)

195 @RadioGenoa 6h
Persistent rumors suggest that Pedro Sanchez will no(t) be PM anymore as early as tomorrow, paving the way for new elections in Spain. Arrest him and let him rot in prison for life.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2026 11:11 PM (nEUC6)
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Wake me La Moncloa is being bombed by the Spanish Air Force.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 11:13 PM (RIvkX)

196 Our troubles in the US is because people keep electing socialists and down right communists. It's these people who let third world thugs into our country. Our borders should be closed to anyone who can't contribute to our country instead of being trash, thugs, and bums.

Posted by: Case at October 04, 2026 11:13 PM (9+0gc)

197 >>> An aerial mortar with a small bursting charge, loaded with thousands of little coils of 1/8" Mylar tape (as used in tape cassettes). Create a curtain of dangling threads to tangle a drone's props.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Patent that concept.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (JS6jE)

198 Those aren't tacos they are burritos and every tex-mex borderista has known that "hack" since preschool...
Posted by: Ped Xing

Damn straight that's a burrito, Ped! And Swedes eat pizza with a knife and fork, so whadda they know? I once amazed visiting Swedish relatives while making tacos -- by filling tortillas and then frying them folded over in a skillet. This, they had never seen; they'd only ever had those store-bought hard-shells which taste like cardboard.

Posted by: tankascribe at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (NtoJk)

199 Abandon one base, and the muzzies will just attack the next one.

AOP, they were after the bombers rather than the base. Mortars? Drones? Explosive fez's?

Back in the 80s the Red Army Faction in Germany was bombing little stuff on American occupied bases with regularity, just to let us know we couldn't stop them if they really tried. Paint lockers, etc.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (Jr+re)

200 In the years after The Beatles broke up McCartney wasn't exactly a fountain of creativity. Most of what he put out was dreck.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

He did pretty damn well; he basically took a new band Wings to mega fame doing songs very similar to what he did in the Beatles.

OTOH, Lennon was not really the hitmaker out of that duo and if you notice, you get plenty of people covering songs by McCartney but only a few of Lennon's. And that is in part because Lennon songs covered by other artists don't sound quite right. And most of Lennon's post Beatles work is dreck and not that popular until his very last album when he decided to do songs rather than messaging in songs.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (E4rtv)

201 Move the planes to Archbury.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (Cqx++)

202 I LOVED Badfinger! Great band!

Day after Day

https://tinyurl.com/2the65yf

No Matter What

https://tinyurl.com/4p46zfnr

Baby Blue

https://tinyurl.com/yxw3wzpz

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (hzuYO)

203 Kick a bum off a library computer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 11:13 PM (i9VX2)
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This is actually a very good idea.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (RIvkX)

204 Now you can roll your own: reduction of sodium hydroxide by magnesium powder using menthol as a catalyst. Look for a Youtube by guy called "Nurdrage".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Sounds like there would be at least a half-dozen ways to lose weight in that process. Anywhere from 1% to 100% of your current body weight.

Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)

205 Anna Puma, the bombers would have left fully loaded as I expect they arrived. If only 500 pounders, they would have taken more than a thousand bombs with them. I doubt they took any 2000 pounders but may have had some SDBs. The smaller munitions would/could be moved to fighter bases in England or Europe.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 11:08 PM (Jr+re)

Bombs would have arrived by ship or transport aircraft (or both). I doubt bombers being ferried to another base probably wouldn't be carrying bombs. Not very fuel efficient.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 04, 2026 11:15 PM (g8Ew8)

206 Meanwhile the manager did just fine for himself as Badfinger disintegrated. Similar story to John Fogerty and Creedence debacle.
Posted by: whig

I recently read a comment from a guy who was on the school paper at a high school in Connecticut when Badfinger was about to play there in 1972, or so. He interviewed them in a classroom and while they were professional and kind to the kid, they didn't seem too happy to be there.

Posted by: Rock Bottom at October 04, 2026 11:15 PM (EdP2u)

207 would

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 04, 2026 11:16 PM (g8Ew8)

208 198 Those aren't tacos they are burritos and every tex-mex borderista has known that "hack" since preschool...
Posted by: Ped Xing

Damn straight that's a burrito, Ped! And Swedes eat pizza with a knife and fork, so whadda they know? I once amazed visiting Swedish relatives while making tacos -- by filling tortillas and then frying them folded over in a skillet. This, they had never seen; they'd only ever had those store-bought hard-shells which taste like cardboard.

Posted by: tankascribe at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (NtoJk)

I saw a couple eating pizza with chopsticks in Hong Kong...
And as far as I'm concerned, a burrito is totally enclosed, not open on an end, until you bite an end open yerself.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 11:16 PM (l3cgK)

209 196 Our troubles in the US is because people keep electing socialists and down right communists. It's these people who let third world thugs into our country. Our borders should be closed to anyone who can't contribute to our country instead of being trash, thugs, and bums.
Posted by: Case

Other than perhaps Obama's first term, I don't think 'elections' is what we have had in the US due to mounting fraud. They damn near frauded Gore into office and Kerry as well.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:16 PM (E4rtv)

210 Nice to see that Saint Laurent finally got around to viewing the 1964 James Bond entry, "Goldfinger".

Jill Masterson, played by actress Shirley Eaton did that whole look...and much better I might add.

St. Laurent is going retro.

Posted by: Orson at October 04, 2026 11:17 PM (dIske)

211 107 When foreigners burn your cities it is isn't "mostly peaceful protest" its sacking.

And the correct response is to shoot them.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)

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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 11:17 PM (JS6jE)

212 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (hzuYO)

I have their greatest hits CD that has all three of those songs and more.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 11:18 PM (l3cgK)

213 I doubt bombers being ferried to another base probably wouldn't be carrying bombs.

Not a good "doubt". Easiest way to get them there and saves an upload to go to combat. We took bombs back and forth between Afghanistan and Diego Garcia all the time.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 04, 2026 11:18 PM (Jr+re)

214 Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (E4rtv)
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No love for Silly Little Love Songs?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 11:18 PM (RIvkX)

215 Watching an Adam-12 from 1974. Vito Scotti is guesting on it.

Posted by: He Was Everywhere at October 04, 2026 11:18 PM (EdP2u)

216 I recently read a comment from a guy who was on the school paper at a high school in Connecticut when Badfinger was about to play there in 1972, or so. He interviewed them in a classroom and while they were professional and kind to the kid, they didn't seem too happy to be there.
Posted by: Rock Bottom

They had been together since 1961 as a band (originally as the Iveys) and paid their dues. I think they were wondering how in the hell had they spent over a decade with multiple top hits and yet were suddenly back playing gymnasiums again in a year or so.

Nasty and rapid fall caused by their manager.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:19 PM (E4rtv)

217 113 Now when they beg us to save them, again, we know what to say.

No.
Posted by: JackStraw
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How much of America is ready for Trump to say No to the judges, the courts and the bureaucrats?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 11:19 PM (JS6jE)

218 Maybe I'm Amazed is good.

Posted by: In Paul's Defense at October 04, 2026 11:20 PM (EdP2u)

219 No love for Silly Little Love Songs?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Eh, right up there with Rocky Raccoon. Pop music doesn't bother me much and Paul's is melodic and uniquely his in the way that today's multi song writer pitch and autotuned corrected computer generated garbage is not.

If AI takes over music, we may be hankering for Silly Little Love Songs again as a epic song.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:21 PM (E4rtv)

220 Islam is cancer. It should be rooted out and destroyed, like Nazism.

But the Democrats can't stop courting Death

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2026 11:21 PM (CHHv1)

221
I saw a couple eating pizza with chopsticks in Hong Kong...

Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 11:21 PM (Cqx++)

222 Sounds like there would be at least a half-dozen ways to lose weight in that process. Anywhere from 1% to 100% of your current body weight.
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)

I watched the video by Nurdrage. The reaction is slow to start. The water of crystallization in the sodium hydroxide has to be consumed before metallic sodium collects in globules on the bottom of the flask. Hydrogen gas is evolved. He used an electric hotplate with magnetic stirrer. Hadrian is one of the chemists here; he would be the go-to guy to ask, I think. Miss Jay Guevara!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 11:21 PM (i9VX2)

223 Mountain played a High School gym or two just months after Woodstock.

Posted by: Don't Look Around at October 04, 2026 11:22 PM (EdP2u)

224 I saw a couple eating pizza with chopsticks in Hong Kong...
And as far as I'm concerned, a burrito is totally enclosed, not open on an end, until you bite an end open yerself.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Must agree. Hardest part making carnitas burritos at home is getting the ends folded in. For some reason I'm able to do it at one end and the other inevitably doesn't want to tuck in. Probably because I overstuff them. Or there's some secret to it that they only teach people who work at Taco Bell.

Posted by: tankascribe at October 04, 2026 11:22 PM (NtoJk)

225 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey is also on my playlist.

I put a lot of quarters in the juke box for that song at the pizzeria.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 11:22 PM (RIvkX)

226 I saw a couple eating pizza with chopsticks in Hong Kong...

Was their hair perfect?

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 04, 2026 11:22 PM (9CXnZ)

227 If you still think mass migration and open borders just happened in every western country at the same time because of some cosmic accident then you should read this.

These are the same scumbags who came up with the global warming scam, tried to lock you up in your home and take an experimental vaccine and many other bullshit lies for years.

Might be time to stop listening to experts, but that's just me.

https://tinyurl.com/mu8yzedh

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 11:23 PM (viF8m)

228 Our troubles in the US is because people keep electing socialists and down right communists. It's these people who let third world thugs into our country.

The socialists promise the FSA everything their tubby, greedy hearts could wish for.

But the problem is the invaders cost less in bribes to get their votes.

So the FSA votes for FS, then is amazed when inflation and the increase share of FS going to the invaders means they get less then before.

But the FSA has an answer to this. Elect more socialists because obviously if their were more in the government the FSA would get more FS.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)

229 File this under the dreaded Trump Curse, From X

Benny Johnson

@bennyjohnson
·
51m
After Stephen Colbert was fired from his CBS show the failed comedian tried to rebound with this insufferable announcement that he would be writing and directing a Lord of The Rings Movie.

That movie was just cancelled by his new bosses at Paramount.

The Trump curse is real.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:24 PM (E4rtv)

230 The Somali gang shooting at a Minnesota HS football game sure went down the memory hole quickly.

MSM was giddy until they found out who did the shooting.

Posted by: Ooops Oopsie at October 04, 2026 11:24 PM (W3Srb)

231 BTW...affix your helmet...this coming week is going to be bumpy. I think the UK is going to have some serious problems this Wednesday that they will try to, and fail to, ignore. France was the warm-up.

Were I to guess, those five guys caught near the airfield the US is using in the UK were prepping for Wednesday (and it had nothing to do with the airfield). When was the last time London had to break out the firehoses to curb riots? I predict a very, very, very ugly Wednesday is Jolly Ole Britain.

Posted by: Orson at October 04, 2026 11:25 PM (dIske)

232 173 Badfinger got mishandled big time. They had 3 Top Ten hits and on their first US tour were playing in high schools and grange halls. A very sad tale.
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They should have killed the manager instead of themselves.
A difference between Brits and Americans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 11:26 PM (JS6jE)

233 122:Even in Brussels, the seat of EU power, there were some places you did not go. But anyone who pointed it out was a crazy conspiracy theorist.

Yep. I was there in March of '93. There were 'no go' zones then. The hotel I was staying at politely told me what neighborhood to stay out of. Even gave me a map. Roaming around Brussels (pretty city, mostly), you could tell which ones to stay out of.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 04, 2026 11:26 PM (sAmhv)

234 The real problem with RAF Fairford is not moving planes and people, it is moving the bomb dump.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Goatrapers can't have the bomb dump.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 11:27 PM (IivNP)

235 The Trump curse is real.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:24 PM (E4rtv)
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So is the schadenfreude.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 11:27 PM (RIvkX)

236 I have to think Hollywood makes crap like this just to take the loss and work in a tax writeoff some how.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at October 04, 2026 11:28 PM (Kd5Th)

237 Yep. I was there in March of '93. There were 'no go' zones then. The hotel I was staying at politely told me what neighborhood to stay out of. Even gave me a map. Roaming around Brussels (pretty city, mostly), you could tell which ones to stay out of.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 04, 2026 11:26 PM (sAmhv)

The cool thing is that the muslims self-segregate themselves into muzzie-only ghettos. When the shooting starts, artillery and incendiaries will work magic on them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 11:29 PM (i9VX2)

238
UK is going to have some serious problems this Wednesday

What's special about Wednesday?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 11:30 PM (Cqx++)

239 199 Abandon one base, and the muzzies will just attack the next one.

AOP, they were after the bombers rather than the base. Mortars? Drones? Explosive fez's?
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We need to do a little Israeli style killin'. We have the guys to do it. Make it dangerous to walk the streets, day or night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 11:31 PM (JS6jE)

240 No love for Silly Little Love Songs?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Eh, right up there with Rocky Raccoon. Pop music doesn't bother me much and Paul's is melodic and uniquely his in the way that today's multi song writer pitch and autotuned corrected computer generated garbage is not.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:21 PM (E4rtv)

IIRC, Silly Love Songs was Paul's response to a Lennon interview where he derided Paul's sentimental song writing. I consider Double Fantasy to be an ultimate acknowledgement, maybe even a confession, that Paul had it right all these years...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 11:32 PM (08OqX)

241 What's special about Wednesday?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 11:30 PM (Cqx++)

Anniversary of the Gazan raids into Israel on October 7th. For savages that work on a lunar calendar, they sure lurves them some anniversaries.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 11:32 PM (i9VX2)

242 225 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey is also on my playlist.

I put a lot of quarters in the juke box for that song at the pizzeria.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Definitely Paul's as John would say. If you can track down a copy, Playboy had a reporter do a very long interview with John just before he was murdered. During the Double Fantasy album sessions, and in part of the interview sessions, John went down the list with songs discussing each Beatle's song as to which one wrote it and contributions if any by the other. If anything, he was not insulting about McCartney's real talent but admitted that he would never even think of writing a song like When I'm 64.

Only time John got a little pissed is when some of his recorded song work with the Beatles had technical problems like Strawberry Fields or Across the Universe. At times John thought McCartney rushed through John's songs but spent way too much time in the studio tweaking Maxwell's Silver Hammer for example.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:32 PM (E4rtv)

243 When foreigners burn your cities it is isn't "mostly peaceful protest" its sacking.

And the correct response is to shoot them.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)

Also the correct response when non-foreigners burn your cities.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 04, 2026 11:34 PM (3//aW)

244 >>> 227 If you still think mass migration and open borders just happened in every western country at the same time because of some cosmic accident then you should read this.

These are the same scumbags who came up with the global warming scam, tried to lock you up in your home and take an experimental vaccine and many other bullshit lies for years.

Might be time to stop listening to experts, but that's just me.

https://tinyurl.com/mu8yzedh
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 11:23 PM (viF8m)

When do we start bombing the UN?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 11:34 PM (3mtzY)

245 IIRC, Silly Love Songs was Paul's response to a Lennon interview where he derided Paul's sentimental song writing. I consider Double Fantasy to be an ultimate acknowledgement, maybe even a confession, that Paul had it right all these years...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

John got a bit nasty early in the 70's and had a substance/drink problem. National Lampoon's Radio Dinner has probably the funniest and most devastating comedic take on his output at the time in Magical Misery Tour. Used John's actual words from interviews sung over the melody. Tony Hendra channels Lennon in the song.

Hysterically funny if you can remember the era.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:35 PM (E4rtv)

246 Islam is cancer. It should be rooted out and destroyed, like Nazism.

But the Democrats can't stop courting Death

There's a meme out there with the old mushroom cloud as a background that says: Some cancers need to be treated with radiation. Islam is one of them.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 04, 2026 11:35 PM (+9wcF)

247 So is the schadenfreude.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 11:27 PM (RIvkX)
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I hear that to the tune of Danke Schoen and can see Trump on a float twisting and singing like Ferris Bueller going down the street.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:37 PM (E4rtv)

248
What's special about Wednesday?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 11:30 PM (Cqx++)

******
Anniversary of October 7?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 11:38 PM (hzuYO)

249 Posted by: tankdemon at October 04, 2026 10:54 PM

Florian died several years ago, iianm...

Posted by: JQ at October 04, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm)

250 FWIW, audio version from YT on Magical Misery Tour. 4 minute song. NFSW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxoqJFsDmN0

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:39 PM (E4rtv)

251 My Brewers came through again! The Ueck is watching over us

Posted by: Badgergal at October 04, 2026 11:39 PM (Vvx5H)

252 dangling threads to tangle a drone's props.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Patent that concept.
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Call it the Rip Taylor effect.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 11:40 PM (JS6jE)

253 "Watching girls go passing by"
—Rolling Stones (curse Paul & John for encouraging the Stones to write their own stuff)😜

"I'm a girl watcher. I'm a girl watcher.
Watching girls go by. My My My."
—The O'Kaysons 1960s
https://youtu.be/raJWuz7qQVc

"Pretty woman Walking down the street
Pretty woman Kind I'd like to meet"
—Roy Orbison
https://youtu.be/D3a8Seh3Cp4

"The boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys
Who watch the girls go by"
—Andy Williams
https://youtu.be/cOK6YJmT5_w

"And as she passes each one she passes goes Ahhh"
Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz
https://youtu.be/sVdaFQhS86E

and no doubt a few more

Posted by: mindful webworker - girls, girls, girls at October 04, 2026 11:40 PM (sVrIn)

254 Good night folks.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:41 PM (E4rtv)

255 The Grateful Dead hired drummer Mickey Hart's Dad as a road manager. He disappeared with nearly all their money. The song "He's Gone" was written about that incident. The band hired a private dick to find him and he did. They didn't prosecute him, but he was bamboozling some other people in Los Angeles as a "preacher" in a storefront church. I think it was about $150K in 70s money.

Posted by: Nothing's Gonna Bring Him Back... at October 04, 2026 11:41 PM (EdP2u)

256 248
What's special about Wednesday?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 04, 2026 11:30 PM (Cqx++)

******
Anniversary of October 7?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

But the day before Oct6th is when mELONhead gets unmusked; and his return to the WH will be like humpty dumpty (dare2bSt00p1d posterboy) -- he gets pushed...

QueueUp/the Harry Lime fingers through the grate scene...

LET'S GO BRANDON!
...the LIB street (and fELON's history) are extended gutters...
...and when the filth and corruption foam up around their waist, they all cry out "SAVE US"
-- and TRUMP will whisper, NO.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 04, 2026 11:43 PM (M+1z1)

257 The Confetti Futures Market has never recovered since Rip Taylor passed on in 2019.

Posted by: RIP Rip at October 04, 2026 11:44 PM (EdP2u)

258 >>Yep. I was there in March of '93. There were 'no go' zones then. The hotel I was staying at politely told me what neighborhood to stay out of. Even gave me a map. Roaming around Brussels (pretty city, mostly), you could tell which ones to stay out of.

I've told this story before but I was in Brussels over a decade later for a conference. Left my hotel at lunch to go for a walk and find a pack of cigarettes and unknowingly wandered into a muslim neighborhood that wasn't far from the hotel.

Walked into a local shop and asked for a pack of Marlboro reds and the Arab behind the counter asked "What are you doing here, man?". An older guy in the store walked me out of the neighborhood. Nice old guy. I bet he took shit for helping me.

We're in a war and have been for a long time even if the media doesn't report it.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 11:45 PM (viF8m)

259 Good night folks. Love you all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 04, 2026 11:45 PM (CHHv1)

260 I'm surprised Gitmo is not overflowing. Round up these assholes and ship them there. And f*CK these federal judges unless they want to go there too.

Posted by: Case at October 04, 2026 11:47 PM (9+0gc)

261 Operation Enduring Freedom also started on October 7, 2001.

Posted by: Muslims Weren't Happy at October 04, 2026 11:47 PM (EdP2u)

262 No “Mas Tequila” by Sammy Hagar? : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 04, 2026 11:50 PM (6jna9)

263 I finally had a tweet get 1.9k likes in X today. Some psychic joy, except not too much since none of the words are mine.

EpicMaps posted a map of Central Asia, dominated by Khazakstan and the other Stan’s, and asked why we here know so little of that part of the world. I simply posted:

Kazakhstan’s national anthem:

Kazakhstan, greatest country in the world
All other countries are run by little girls
Kazakhstan, number one exporter of potassium
All other countries have inferior potassium

Kazakhstan, home of Tinshein swimming pool
It's length thirty meter, width six meter
Filtration system a marvel to behold
It remove 80% of human solid waste.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2026 11:50 PM (zNrya)

264 The Male Wighat Market has never recovered since both Rip Taylor and Charles Nelson Reilly passed from this mortal coil.

Posted by: Double Header at October 04, 2026 11:52 PM (EdP2u)

265 Silly Love Songs is positive and happy. This is a fatalist world, Paul was swimming upstream. Sick of fatalism over here.
Be happy, hang the fatalists.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 11:53 PM (JS6jE)

266 Bombs would have arrived by ship or transport aircraft (or both). I doubt bombers being ferried to another base probably wouldn't be carrying bombs. Not very fuel efficient.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 04, 2026 11:15 PM (g8Ew

Unless you need the bombs.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 04, 2026 11:54 PM (6jna9)

267 265 Silly Love Songs is positive and happy. This is a fatalist world, Paul was swimming upstream. Sick of fatalism over here.
Be happy, hang the fatalists.

Posted by: Braenyard

Given a choice, I prefer "Dames, Booze, Chains, and Boots" by the Cramps.

Posted by: RIP Lux Interior at October 04, 2026 11:55 PM (EdP2u)

268 When do we start bombing the UN?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 11:34 PM (3mtzY)

But it’s in New York!

Oh wait, never mind.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2026 11:57 PM (zNrya)

269 When foreigners burn your cities it is isn't "mostly peaceful protest" its sacking.

And the correct response is to shoot them.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)

Publicly issuing “shoot to kill” orders to end a riot is fairly effective no matter who is rioting.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 04, 2026 11:57 PM (6jna9)

270 253 "Watching girls go passing by"
—Rolling Stones (curse Paul & John for encouraging the Stones to write their own stuff)😜

"I'm a girl watcher. I'm a girl watcher.
Watching girls go by. My My My."
—The O'Kaysons 1960s
https://youtu.be/raJWuz7qQVc

"Pretty woman Walking down the street
Pretty woman Kind I'd like to meet"
—Roy Orbison
https://youtu.be/D3a8Seh3Cp4

"The boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys
Who watch the girls go by"
—Andy Williams
https://youtu.be/cOK6YJmT5_w

"And as she passes each one she passes goes Ahhh"
Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz
https://youtu.be/sVdaFQhS86E

I'm a girl watcher www.youtube.com/watch?v=yatGAAslCsM

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 11:57 PM (JS6jE)

271 We're in a war and have been for a long time even if the media doesn't report it.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 11:45 PM (viF8m)

Before OBL was Abu Nidal.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 04, 2026 11:58 PM (6jna9)

272 268 When do we start bombing the UN?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 11:34 PM (3mtzY)

But it’s in New York!

Oh wait, never mind.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 04, 2026 11:57 PM (zNrya)

I always loved the “Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?” album cover.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 12:00 AM (6jna9)

273 But it’s in New York!

Oh wait, never mind.

You may have a point. With the millions of dollars worth of improvements that would be done surrounding property owners may not be able to pay the higher property taxes that would result.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2026 12:00 AM (+9wcF)

274 ******
Anniversary of October 7?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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We should bomb Gaza with candies
Then raze it to the ground.
Every bit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 12:00 AM (JS6jE)

275 I always loved the “Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?” album cover.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 12:00 AM (6jna9)

Shoulda mentioned…Megadeth.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 12:00 AM (6jna9)

276 They had been together since 1961 as a band (originally as the Iveys) and paid their dues. I think they were wondering how in the hell had they spent over a decade with multiple top hits and yet were suddenly back playing gymnasiums again in a year or so.

Nasty and rapid fall caused by their manager.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 11:19 PM (E4rtv)

I wonder if they ever did a double act with a puppet show. And the puppet show got top billing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2026 12:02 AM (zNrya)

277
Troubles at home:

Amy Klobucher, campaigning for Minnesota governor, speaks Somali, happily accepts an upside-down American flag, and brags about making it easier for Somalis in America to send money (much of it fraudulently acquired) to their home country.

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2026 12:02 AM (3g9Kl)

278 251 My Brewers came through again! The Ueck is watching over us
Posted by: Badgergal at October 04, 2026 11:39 PM (Vvx5H)

Have you seen the Uecker memes? Uecker in the rafters, batting away that "home run" ball? Hilarious.

And probably true.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 12:03 AM (052bl)

279 Ooh, past midnight here on the East Coast. I just turned 71, three minutes ago.

Posted by: Brooklyn Native Here at October 05, 2026 12:04 AM (EdP2u)

280 Publicly issuing “shoot to kill” orders to end a riot is fairly effective no matter who is rioting.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 04, 2026 11:57 PM (6jna9)

Be kinda hard to get a riot started where I live, but yeah, if they were coming for me and mine, it would indeed be open season.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 12:05 AM (052bl)

281 Well, I am going to call it a night. Did a mess of weed-whacking, and got good and tired. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 12:06 AM (i9VX2)

282 Trump go on *Nat TV giving a Pappa Daddy starting with Beirut interspersed with video clips of acts and quotes. It can be done in and endearing technique rousing the viewer to understanding, in their hearts, what needs to be done.

*broadcasters and cables given no option to decline.
And no option to comment for 24 hours.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 12:06 AM (JS6jE)

283 The real problem with RAF Fairford is not moving planes and people, it is moving the bomb dump.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 04, 2026 10:58 PM (2GVsD)

If we didn't need them elsewhere, we should have set them all to blow at once. The UK gets a little noise, a little shake, a little shimmy, and a new little hole.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 12:12 AM (qx7Zg)

284 Nice job today, Brazil. Finish it.

Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 12:13 AM (dIske)

285 Brazil voting correctly leaves only Mexico, Cuba, and Canada as Communist nations in our hemisphere.

Posted by: Domino Theory at October 05, 2026 12:15 AM (EdP2u)

286 285 Brazil voting correctly leaves only Mexico, Cuba, and Canada as Communist nations in our hemisphere.
Posted by: Domino Theory at October 05, 2026 12:15 AM (EdP2u)

Now do the Anchorage Assembly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 12:21 AM (052bl)

287 Now do the Anchorage Assembly.

I can't keep up with these dance routine names.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2026 12:26 AM (+9wcF)

288 Now do the Anchorage Assembly.

I can't keep up with these dance routine names.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2026 12:26 AM (+9wcF)

Is that an Eskimo line dance, or a bunch of thieves beating each other over a $100 bill on the floor?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 12:30 AM (qx7Zg)

289 I'm a girl watcher…
Posted by: Braenyard

??? You did notice I listed that one, right? First in fact? Or am I missing something?

Think I'll mosey on. It's been a day. Missed naptime.

https://youtu.be/V1OY63Uxi7o

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - doo doo doo doo yeaaaah at October 05, 2026 12:31 AM (sVrIn)

290 Amy Klobucher, campaigning for Minnesota governor, speaks Somali, happily accepts an upside-down American flag, and brags about making it easier for Somalis in America to send money (much of it fraudulently acquired) to their home country.
Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2026 12:02 AM (3g9Kl)

She will be very, very, very cheerfully elected as governor in MN.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 12:40 AM (6jna9)

291 279 Ooh, past midnight here on the East Coast. I just turned 71, three minutes ago.
Posted by: Brooklyn Native Here at October 05, 2026 12:04 AM (EdP2u)

Well, happy birthday! Whatever else you do, take a few minutes to treat yourself somehow.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 05, 2026 12:41 AM (r7+Q7)

292 Re: Brazil election:

So why am I seeing Lula and Bolsonaro heading to a runoff?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 12:43 AM (6jna9)

293
>Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, a close ally of President Donald Trump, finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil's first-round presidential election Sunday, sending the race to an October 25 runoff after neither candidate secured the majority needed to win outright.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 10:13 PM (viF8m)

So we do have a ways to go yet. It’s good news, but as The Wolf said, “Let’s not start sucking each others’ dicks just yet.”

QC votes tomorrow. If the PQ wins this will be interesting.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 12:46 AM (6jna9)

294 292 Re: Brazil election:

So why am I seeing Lula and Bolsonaro heading to a runoff?

Posted by: Cow Demon
---

Lula was unable to kill or cheat Bolonaro out of winning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 12:50 AM (JS6jE)

295 Nice job describing Spring/Summer 2027 runway but toss in clunky jewelry and it's street fashion from 40 years ago - 1986, a sad year for both fashion and music.

Barrell/balloon pants, the gold obsession, high waisted paints, peplum waists, all over animal print dressing, and more.
(Were there also Members Only-like jackets in some designers' lines? If not, soon.)

Guess that group of haute couture designers are either all 29 and missed the first (or fifth) round of those designs, or they're lacking ideas and knowledge of fine fabrics and good design.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 05, 2026 12:52 AM (NFX2v)

296 CBC headline: “Can government run grocery stores work in Quebec?”

Does ANYONE study history?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 12:53 AM (6jna9)

297 Sometimes my fingers do not obey my brain.
or it's the WalMart keyboard
or the liquor
whatever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 12:54 AM (JS6jE)

298 Lula was unable to kill or cheat Bolonaro out of winning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 12:50 AM (JS6jE)

October 25. The day after another blithering idiot hopefully gets curb stomped at the polls. I a, of course talking about Premier Eby in BC, whose obsessive devotion is Trump.

Mr. Eby is running against Trump but seems to have forgotten he is the Premier of BC and should perhaps worry about BC. Not to mention he called an election two years early to take advantage of the split on the Right, he being the neo-Marxist NDP.

In so doing he has pissed off a lot of people and I am here for it. I just wish he carried out his threat to block the ALCAN. That would have made my day.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 12:58 AM (6jna9)

299 Barrell/balloon pants, the gold obsession, high waisted paints, peplum waists, all over animal print dressing, and more.
(Were there also Members Only-like jackets in some designers' lines? If not, soon.)

Guess that group of haute couture designers are either all 29 and missed the first (or fifth) round of those designs, or they're lacking ideas and knowledge of fine fabrics and good design.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 05, 2026 12:52 AM (NFX2v)

I hated Members Only.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 12:59 AM (6jna9)

300 CBC headline: “Can government run grocery stores work in Quebec?”

Does ANYONE study history?
Posted by: Cow Demon
--------

This time wil lbe different, they say. You see, the wrong people were in charge...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 05, 2026 12:59 AM (XeU6L)

301 Cow Demon I am guardedly optimistic that both Michigan and Minnesota may turn our way, at least this cycle. Women like Amy Klobuchar and Peggy Flanagan and men like Al-Sayed are wooing the muslim vote and I think that sane republicans and democrats both are going to push back hard over this. Their winning strategy is to capture the white liberal women and the muslim populace, I am not sure that they can win with that. I think that some traditional democrats are going to sit this one out, at least I hope so.

Happy Birthday Brooklyn Native, may I buy you a birthday drink?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 05, 2026 01:09 AM (ibDUx)

302 Hi, Debby!

*Chivas for you*

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

303 Barrell/balloon pants, the gold obsession, high waisted paints, peplum waists, all over animal print dressing, and more.
(Were there also Members Only-like jackets in some designers' lines? If not, soon.)

Guess that group of haute couture designers are either all 29 and missed the first (or fifth) round of those designs, or they're lacking ideas and knowledge of fine fabrics and good design.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 05, 2026 12:52 AM (NFX2v)

As much as I am not about defeatism, MN is swilling the Kool Aid, I fear. Klobuchar would not have done that if she didn’t think she could get away with it. MI? I am more hopeful.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 01:23 AM (6jna9)

304 How is it that couture gets uglier and uglier every year, but never goes back to style and class? Honestly, how many plaids should one person wear at a time? I would say, one, at most. And fake fabrics that are gauzy but printed? How gauche. A peplum makes sense on a dress, but hardly on a blouse. And poorly fitted garments are always just... sloppy.

But what do I know? I buy most of my clothes at Costco anymore.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 01:24 AM (052bl)

305 In so doing he has pissed off a lot of people and I am here for it. I just wish he carried out his threat to block the ALCAN. That would have made my day.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 12:58 AM (6jna9)

Close the Alcan? I would expect that would start a shooting war. The US built that road, uses that road, and requires that road be kept open, even during the covid crap. If they don't care for Lake America, just imagine how they would like the US military running tanks down the Alcan to keep it open.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 01:26 AM (052bl)

306 Mostly jeans and t-shirts here. I have some nice tunics also, but those are for *going out* which I don't do anymore. Sad!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)

307 305 In so doing he has pissed off a lot of people and I am here for it. I just wish he carried out his threat to block the ALCAN. That would have made my day.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 12:58 AM (6jna9)

Close the Alcan? I would expect that would start a shooting war. The US built that road, uses that road, and requires that road be kept open, even during the covid crap. If they don't care for Lake America, just imagine how they would like the US military running tanks down the Alcan to keep it open.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 01:26 AM (052bl)

My sentiments exactly. He threatened this soon after Trump 2.0 started. I was thinking “oh pretty please, DO IT!!!”. But I think in the end someone made a phone call to him and reminded him that by treaty the road remains open as the U.S. pays for it. Still, it would have been fun to watch him try, and suddenly the U.S. Army - either USARAK or units from the lower 48 - went barreling down the ALCAN to make our point.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 01:31 AM (6jna9)

308 tcn, we used to ruthlessly mock my Uncle Joe who could combine the widest array of plaids, I hope that he is laughing in Heaven right now. He was a tireless warrior for the unborn.

Well hi JQ, I was missing you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 05, 2026 01:32 AM (ibDUx)

309 304 How is it that couture gets uglier and uglier every year, but never goes back to style and class? Honestly, how many plaids should one person wear at a time? I would say, one, at most. And fake fabrics that are gauzy but printed? How gauche. A peplum makes sense on a dress, but hardly on a blouse. And poorly fitted garments are always just... sloppy.

But what do I know? I buy most of my clothes at Costco anymore.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 01:24 AM (052bl)

I just cannot get over how it is cool to go out in public looking like you just woke up or are getting ready for bed. It’s not cool. You just look like a total slob or a bum.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 01:33 AM (6jna9)

310 Debby, I've been puttering around the house tonight-- checking HQ comments here and there...

Time for a nightcap, methinks!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

311 121 Why do models always look like they're wanting to bite the head off a chicken when they're showing clothes?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

They can't gain any weight for starters. (Many are probably starving or taking something to keep their weight consistent.) They're supposed to be attractive clothes hangers where the designer's clothing they're modeling drapes a specific way. (And modeling competition is supposedly fierce.)

Also, very small & trim size pieces are cheaper and faster to produce.

299. I hated Members Only.
Posted by: Cow Demon drugs

👍🏼 You weren't alone.

Posted by: L - No nic at October 05, 2026 01:44 AM (NFX2v)

312 My one foot is still swollen (from my misstep over a week ago) that I fear wearing anything but walking shoes or loose sandals. Toes are still purple, but gradually fading. It only hurts when I try to bend them. Ugh.

Heels? No way, not now, not even low ones!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)

313 Models look disinterested/ ugly, so that people will look at *the clothes* not the models.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 01:49 AM (rdVOm)

314 Official White House account meme:

https://tinyurl.com/3m78uf7a

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 01:53 AM (i2Ycu)

315
"Human clothes hangers". That exactly how I remember a lady around here described models years ago who worked as some buyer or something for clothes in a dept. store around here. That was decades ago, and she's probably long gone since.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 05, 2026 02:05 AM (w6EFb)

316 308 tcn, we used to ruthlessly mock my Uncle Joe who could combine the widest array of plaids, I hope that he is laughing in Heaven right now. He was a tireless warrior for the unborn.

Well hi JQ, I was missing you.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 05, 2026 01:32 AM (ibDUx)

We won't go into the GB Packers fan outfit DH is wearing today.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 02:13 AM (052bl)

317 314 Official White House account meme:

https://tinyurl.com/3m78uf7a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
........................................
😂😂😂😂

The usual suspects are howling like banchees!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 02:16 AM (sAmhv)

318 The usual suspects are howling like banchees!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 02:16 AM (sAmhv)

Did you read some of them? I'm still waiting for any of these whiners who keep saying Trump is corrupt to point to a single thing he has done that is corrupt. Any idea what they think they are referring to, or is it all just projection?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 02:18 AM (052bl)

319 Ok. I am up and would prefer not to be, but here I am. 🙂 Why is Trump's doing a thing on corrupt Barack Obama on his official WH account?

And you couldn't pay me enough to have to be the person who manages the WH accountThe "Toxic reactivity" ( not my term, but it's by some theological writer // pastoral counselor whose name I can't recall) would drive me up a wall.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 02:19 AM (JrHfD)

320 OT- i read several nights ago that your son was in the hospital having been shot and needed prayer . How is he doing?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 02:21 AM (JrHfD)

321 320 OT- i read several nights ago that your son was in the hospital having been shot and needed prayer . How is he doing?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 02:21 AM (JrHfD)

Dumbass shot himself in the leg while horsing around with somebody's semiautomatic. Of course, he's fine. Just stupid. Not to worry.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 02:23 AM (052bl)

322
Did you read some of them? I'm still waiting for any of these whiners who keep saying Trump is corrupt to point to a single thing he has done that is corrupt. Any idea what they think they are referring to, or is it all just projection?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 02:18 AM (052bl)

Trump is corrupt, because!

Posted by: Whiners at October 05, 2026 02:23 AM (6jna9)

323 Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 02:23 AM

Glad to hear that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 02:24 AM (JrHfD)

324 316 308 tcn, we used to ruthlessly mock my Uncle Joe who could combine the widest array of plaids, I hope that he is laughing in Heaven right now. He was a tireless warrior for the unborn.

Plaid works great in the form of a pencil skirt.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 02:26 AM (6jna9)

325 318: tcn in AK

They never will. The whole point is to accuse Trump of the most vile things (HE'S A PEDO) and never pay a price. Social media encourages that.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 02:27 AM (sAmhv)

326 Trump is corrupt, because!
Posted by: Whiners

Yeah, I saw some of those comments too.

Dumbasses. They picked a team. It's all about being on the side they think is winning, based on the opinions they've been spoon-fed by the MFM. Worthless.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)

327 Sweet dreams Horde, I shall attempt being productive tomorrow.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 05, 2026 02:31 AM (ibDUx)

328 Billboard on Pa Turnpike
Trump has made $3 Billion since been in office
( implying corruption)

All can think is
Now do Democrats

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 02:35 AM (Ia/+0)

329 Night, Debby! May your tomorrow be very productive!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)

330 Lab workers die of unknown virus they were working on for putin. Lab workers are quarantined and not allowed to communicate. Virus appears to not be treatable. Putin was going to blame Ukraine ;but it got out of hand. (independent)

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at October 05, 2026 02:44 AM (saESx)

331 328 Billboard on Pa Turnpike
Trump has made $3 Billion since been in office
( implying corruption)

All can think is
Now do Democrats
Posted by: Skip
...............................
Who paid for the ad? I really don't care how much he made while in office. If he made any, it's miniscule compared to what the current bunch of politicos have looted.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 02:48 AM (sAmhv)

332 Golden Retriever saves drowning fawn:

https://tinyurl.com/4259e32h

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 02:50 AM (JrHfD)

333 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 02:48 AM (sAmhv)

I agree with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 02:54 AM (JrHfD)

334
Picked Her Majesty up at 1:21.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 02:56 AM (eRlcH)

335 15 I had a bizarre experience at the Oregon Symphony in Portland this afternoon.

To start the concert, the conductor walked onto the stage, the orchestra rose, and played "The Star-Spangled Banner" (this was not listed on the program).

Two people in the row in front of me refused to stand - at intermission I got a good look at them, and they were trannies. Portland.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 04, 2026 10:08 PM (aD4fx)

That makes me happy! The last time I went to a classical music concert in Portland, probably a year ago, the announcer started with some anti-Trump remarks. I love to pick a couple of my kids and take them to a fancy dinner and a classical performance. But since that experience I've been reluctant. I still haven't taken anyone to Ashland for Shakespeare, since every performance boasts about how transgressive it is.

I'll see what the Oregon Symphony has on their schedule.

Posted by: frammish at October 05, 2026 02:56 AM (rcENI)

336 Just got home after taking the train from Olympia. My friend (since 3rd grade) celebrated his 50th birthday this weekend. Eight of us rented an airbnb in Long Beach and visited some tiki bars. Everyone brought pre-mixed cocktails (Paper Plane for me), and on Saturday we did a big steak dinner. I brought pork belly burnt ends as an appetizer.

I'd never been to a tiki bar before. They are pretty fun! I might have to start keeping rum in the liquor cabinet.

Posted by: frammish at October 05, 2026 02:59 AM (rcENI)

337
Opening photo shows the Canadian Maple Leaf standing resolute against its rising tide of Islamiza...

...Glub, glub, Canada!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 05, 2026 03:03 AM (ucEUz)

338 In college at Willamette in the 90s, my Shakespeare class did a trip to Ashland, and we saw King Lear (my favorite Shakespeare play). It was incredible. The curtain rose on the whole cast seated in a straight line in black tie and evening dress, and each person spoke to deliver his/her lines. When the king announced his plan to divide the kingdom, everyone leapt up, knocking over chairs, and started talking at once. I thought it was the perfect way to stage how that play begins.

Posted by: frammish at October 05, 2026 03:05 AM (rcENI)

339 I thank Piper for providing the fashion photos, but I think most of those clothes look ridiculous, except for maybe the third and fourth pictures.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 03:09 AM (JrHfD)

340 "King Lear" is a great play, and my English Professor mother would have been so pleased to read that some people still enjoy Shakespeare.

Good night all. I have to get up in two hours.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 03:12 AM (JrHfD)

341
It's King Leer -- the folks at the Lerning Center told me so.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 05, 2026 03:20 AM (ucEUz)

342 331 328 Billboard on Pa Turnpike
Trump has made $3 Billion since been in office
( implying corruption)

All can think is
Now do Democrats
Posted by: Skip
...............................
Who paid for the ad? I really don't care how much he made while in office. If he made any, it's miniscule compared to what the current bunch of politicos have looted.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 02:48 AM (sAmhv)

OK. Now do Clinton and His Majesty The Shahinshah, Clinton wasn’t paid much as AR Gov and He didn’t get much money as IL State Senator. He was in office for, what, four years as U.S. Senator from IL? So maybe not much there either all things considered.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 03:29 AM (6jna9)

343 339 I thank Piper for providing the fashion photos, but I think most of those clothes look ridiculous, except for maybe the third and fourth pictures.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 03:09 AM (JrHfD)

I always looked at fashion shows like that the way some look at concept cars: designs you will never see on the road but are made anyway for car shows. How many of those fashions actually hit the streets?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 03:31 AM (6jna9)

344 >>How many of those fashions actually hit the streets?

None. But look at all the weird shit those Hollywood THOTs wear to the awards shows!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 03:34 AM (rdVOm)

345 When I lived in Boston I bought season tickets to the Boston Philharmonic. I especially liked the Thursday nights when Benjamin Zander would start with a lecture on the pieces they were going to play, and he would have the orchestra play some measures and moments to listen for. For someone without any musical training/education, it was very helpful.

My boss at work, the son of a Copenhagen conductor, said that the BSO was the closest thing we had to a "real" orchestra, but I still really loved those Boston Philharmonic nights. Every year I bought two season tickets so I could always bring a friend.

Posted by: frammish at October 05, 2026 03:35 AM (rcENI)

346 Its Monday again, isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

347 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:05 AM (odBC9)

348 Afraid so, Skip.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 05, 2026 04:06 AM (iIyc0)

349 I used to see the Houston Symphony whenever I lived there or knew I’d be in town. It’s a shame the San Antonio Symphony folded up.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 04:13 AM (6jna9)

350 Checking in, again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 04:46 AM (vOxCS)

Gun Thread: It's October and October Means TXMoMe Edition!

Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the October Means TXMoMe Edition? That's right folks - the big event is less than #two weeks away! I hope you are rushing your TXMoMe attendance preparations to completion!

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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Fundamentals of range safety for the TXMoMe.

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Handgun Shooting With Red Dots

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Dry Fire Drills

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Ax Weasel

Q: Weasel, I found a machine gun. Whatever shall I do?
A: See below

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2026 TXMoMe

They Mome'n down in Texas!

The time has come to begin the discussion of the upcoming TXMoMe in Corsicana, TX on October 16-17. This is the eleventh annual TXMoMe, or Conservative Burning Man as it's popularly known, and it promises to be a doozy. A double-doozy even. A bigly double-doozy! If you're in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere of the Planet of the Earth, contact Ben Had for details on attending. The dates and email links for all MoMes are always helpfully included on the blog's main page, left sidebar.

What started years ago as a small get-together and informal plinking session lasting a couple of hours has matured into a full scale jamboree-hootenanny including a program of shooting activities for both handguns and rifles over two days. I have to thank Ben Had, Cow Horse Queen and RancherBob for making this whole thing happen and providing the opportunity for the shooting to comprise such a significant portion of the event.

But wait! There's more! Combine that with world class food and drink, and the even world classier company of your fellow Morons, and you have a weekend that legends are made of. For those not inclined to shoot (?), there are non-stop opportunities to relax in the shade of the carport or under a handy nearby tree with a beverage and visit with your online pals to your hearts content, which is really what the whole damn thing is about in the first place..

Allow me to be serious for a minute, and I have said this probably nine hundred and twelve times now. These gatherings are a really good time, and I know of no one who expresses regret after having attended one. Actually it goes beyond that. It's not just a weekend of laughs, it's an opportunity to connect with lots of like-minded people and create lasting friendships and priceless memories. No kidding. Think that's hyperbole? It snot. Would your ol' pal Weasel lie to you? Well, yes he would, but not about this. TXMoMe veterans will attest to the funness and completely laid-back nature of the event. Don't be a dork, do yourself a favor and get yo' ass to Texas!

TXMoMe veterans: please jump into the comments to encourage the scairdy-cats to join in the fun! What was your first MoMe like? What were you expecting? Were you surprised? Did you have a great time?

If you are attending the TXMoMe this year, and all the cool kids are, please keep an eye on this section for important information and updates in the coming weeks. I also want to reiterate the TXMoMe is not a gun thing with some socializing attached, but rather is a social thing with some shooting attached. If you aren't a shooter, I guarantee you will not feel out of place and will have a great time. No fooling!

Are all y'all getting excited? Weasel are!!

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10/04/26 Update/Reminders/New Stuff

No big changes this week. However, our pal Piper did such a fantastic job with a TXMoMe fashion Guide in last Sunday's ONT that I thought it should be included again here in case anyone missed it. Thanks Piper, very nicely done!

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What to Wear to the AOSHQ Texas MoMe

The short version: comfortable picnic clothes. The long version is below, because a Texas ranch in the sun will punish anyone who treats this like a cocktail reception, even those of us who are inclined to treat everything like a cocktail reception.

This is an outdoor meetup on a ranch. You will be standing, sitting, walking, eating, and possibly wandering toward whatever shade you can find. Dress for heat, dirt, grass, and a long stretch of being outside. If it looks good at a backyard cookout and you can still move in it after three hours, you are in the right neighborhood.

The basic uniform

Wear something you would actually picnic in.
• Breathable shirt: cotton, linen, or a light performance tee. Light colors help in the sun. A button-down you can leave open over a tee works if you want a little coverage.
• Shorts or casual pants: shorts, jeans you already know are comfortable, or lightweight pants. Remember, if you wear shorts, there are bugs and taller grasses out there. If this bothers you, think more light weight pants.
• Closed-toe shoes you can walk in: sneakers, trail shoes, or broken-in boots. Ranch ground is not a manicured lawn.
• A hat with a brim. Texas sun is not a suggestion.

That is the whole look. Comfortable. Outdoor. Picnic. Ranch.

What “comfortable” actually means here

Comfortable does not mean “I just rolled out of the car in pajama pants.” It means you can sit on a bench or the ground, stand in a cluster talking, walk to the next activity, and not spend the afternoon tugging at clothes that were a bad idea.

Bring a light layer. Even on a hot day, shade, wind, or evening can change the temperature. A hoodie or light flannel stuffed in the car is cheap insurance.

Sun, sweat, and ranch realities

Assume sun. Sunscreen, sunglasses, and a hat will do more for you than any outfit choice.

Assume you will get dusty. Do not wear anything you would be sad to see with grass stains or ranch dirt on it.

Assume bugs. If you are the person mosquitoes treat like a buffet, long sleeves in a light fabric or a bit of repellent.

What not to wear

The brand-new white sneakers you want to keep white, and anything that needs dry cleaning. When walking around the property, you don’t want open toed shoes, unless you are okay with surprises from the grass in the form of stickers or bitey things. This is not the moment to channel Johnny Cash. All black leather is cool, but not when it’s really hot!

A simple packing list

• Breathable shirt and comfortable bottoms
• Walking shoes, closed toe
• Hat and sunglasses
• Sunscreen
• Lip balm – guys too! The air can be VERY dry
• Light extra layer
• Water bottle
• Hearing protection if you are going to shoot
• Safety glasses if you are going to shoot
• Raincoat or poncho because you never know!

You are going to a ranch picnic with the Horde, not a photoshoot. In fact, we don’t even like to take photos! Dress like someone who plans to stay outside, eat, talk, and enjoy people outside of grey boxes.

Thanks again, Piper!

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Call for ideas: I have been doing the same class on rifles Friday morning for years now. Are you getting tired of it yet? I would like to have the session be more of an open forum where your particular questions can be answered with a discussion by the group. I am perfectly willing to keep doing the same presentation, or parts of it, but think a roundtable forum would be interesting and informative. Please let me know what you think in the comments.

Volunteers: If you are interested in helping out, please send me a note (gunthread at protonmail dot com) on when you plan to arrive (day and approximate time). It is really critical to have this information for scheduling and to make certain we have the proper coverage to make the shooting portion safe and enjoyable for all concerned. Thank you in advance!

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2026 TXMoMe Schedule

Here is an outline of the schedule of events. Times are tentative and subject to modification/change. This schedule will be included in the Gun Thread with any changes incorporated going forward until the event, so please check back weekly.

Friday, 10/16

Rifle Program
8am - 10:30am: Rifle Clinic (carport)
10:30am - 11am: Combined Range and Safety Briefing - Mandatory for Friday Shooters! (carport)
Noon: Light lunch provided (carport)
11am - 4pm: Live fire (rifle range - targets to 1,000 yds)

Handgun Program
10:30am - 11am: Combined Range and Safety Briefing - Mandatory for Friday Shooters! (carport)
11:00am - 12:00pm: Static live fire (pistol range)
Noon: Light lunch provided (carport)
1pm - 4:00pm: Static live fire (pistol range)

Saturday, 10/17

Rifle Program
9am - 10am: Combined Range and Safety Briefing - Mandatory for Saturday Shooters! (carport)
9am - 1pm: Live fire (rifle range)
1pm(ish) Lunch (carport)

Handgun Program
9am - 10am: Range and Safety Briefing - Mandatory for Saturday Shooters! (carport)
9am - 1pm: Live fire (pistol range)
1pm-ish Lunch (carport)

Shooters: Bring your own hearing and eye protection, and wear sensible shoes as the ground on the ranges can be uneven! Also, please plan on stopping somewhere along your way to Texas and picking up some ammunition if you plan to shoot and aren't bringing your own weapons/ammo. Everyone is very generous with sharing, but please don't rely on the generosity of others to provide everything for you. You can really help out by grabbing a box of 9mm or 5.56mm or whatever you want to shoot. Here is a link to Brinson Power Sports in Corsicana which sells ammo. They also sell ATV's if you want to grab one of those while you're there.

Anyhoo...

For a while I have been conducting a Rifle Clinic on Friday morning followed by range time Friday afternoon and then again well into Saturday. Most of you (I think) have endured this presentation before, so if there are other topics you would like to have covered, speak up in the comments and I will try to address your request.

We have also been steadily refining the handgun portion of the program and this year will be focusing on the static pistol range as well as continuing to offer a separate setup for gun-curious beginners desiring one-on-one supervision and instruction. If you are a novice shooter, or even have never been to the range before and think guns are icky, you are welcome to shoot! Just see an RSO and they will set you up with an experienced shooter to help you.

These times are approximate and programs may change as weather conditions and participation warrant. We anticipate a hard stop on both ranges at 1pm on Saturday to allow everyone to participate in the bigly fun TXMoMe festivities.

Range Safety
You will note there are combined rifle and handgun range safety briefings both days and attendance is mandatory if you want to shoot. We take your safety seriously and ask everyone who wants to shoot plan on attending this important briefing. Again, we are conducting one combined safety brief each day. No exceptions.

At the conclusion of each day's safety briefing you will be asked to sign a general liability waiver, after which you will receive a color-coded wrist band. The color is different each day, and it is your ticket onto the range(s) for the day. No wrist band, no shooting that day. Don't want to sign the waiver? No problem, just do not expect to shoot. If you miss the mandatory range safety briefing which is mandatory and must be attended, you are welcome to watch the live fire activities from designated observation areas.

All shooters are asked to check in with an RSO (sporting an Orange Cap of Dorkiness for easy identification) upon your arrival at either of the ranges who will answer questions and direct you to an open firing position. The RSOs wield unspeakable power so it is in your best interest to be nice to them. Want to do things your way? I suggest that your own personal range on your own personal property is a good place for expressing your individuality.

IMPORTANT: I would hope this goes without saying, but anyone failing to immediately and politely follow RSO instructions will be removed from the range(s). Period. No exceptions. This means YOU.

I will probably think of more things to yell about in the coming weeks so please stay tuned.

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Our Pal The Steel Rule

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Trucks And Your Town

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Highway Patrol!

This week's episode: Desperate Men

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Flight to Mars!

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Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.

Cigarsinternational.com
Cigarpage.com
Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World New!

A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid

Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!

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Ammo Link-O-Rama
I'm really very seriously not kidding around anymore. Buy Ammo
AmmoSeek - online ammo search tool
GunBot - online ammo search tool
SG Ammo
Palmetto State Armory
Georgia Arms
AmmoMan
Target Sports USA
Bud's Gun Shop
American Elite Ammo
Lucky Gunner Ammo NEW!

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Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. If you have a question you would like to ask Gun Thread Staff offline, just send us a note and we'll do our best to answer. If you care to share the story of your favorite firearm, send a picture with your nic and tell us what you sadly lost in the tragic canoe accident. If you would like to remain completely anonymous, just say so. Lurkers are always welcome!

That's it for this week - have you been to the range?

Posted by: Weasel at 07:00 PM

Comments

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 04, 2026 07:00 PM (I43vL)

2 Don’t talk, shoot!

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 07:00 PM (dJCmT)

3 *sniffs*

Mmm...fresh Gun Thread.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:01 PM (/C5Rl)

4 Hello, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 07:03 PM (x38rU)

5 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 07:03 PM (Ia/+0)

6 oh, please!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2026 07:03 PM (OB8ow)

7 Good Sunday evening, gub 'ettes and 'rons, and a special one-fortnight-to-Corsicana greeting to our host Weasel!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 04, 2026 07:04 PM (xVpNO)

8 All your imaginary friends are going to be there.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2026 07:05 PM (LHPAg)

9 Evening everyone!!!

This time next week the Jeep will be loaded up for the drive down to the MoMe.

Only thing range related is I gave a quick clean to the rifle and removed the muzzle brake.

Looking forward to this week going quickly and painlessly at work.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 04, 2026 07:06 PM (nDgTL)

10 Allow me to be serious for a minute, and I have said this probably nine hundred and twelve times now.

According to Star Fleet Archives, nine hundred and twenty seven so far, to date.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 04, 2026 07:07 PM (0sNs1)

11 Good evening to everyone of the GunHorde.
No shooting for me but lots of cooking at an Oktoberfest and some hunting weapon maintenance.

Looking forward to hearing about the Texas meeting.

Posted by: Coelacanth at October 04, 2026 07:08 PM (cIOlQ)

12 Range report: checked all torque and checked zero. Rifle is clean and ready for Corsicana. Will double check zero at local temps at my buddy's ranch prior to MoMe-ing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:08 PM (/C5Rl)

13 Sadly, odds are I will not be attending the MoMe this year, but... if I'm still in driving distance next year? Surely by then I'll be able to afford it!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 07:10 PM (aJQbY)

14 I carry a large bandana in my range bag, to help keep hot brass from finding its way down the front of a lady (such as the second picture)'s shirt.

Since apparently the 'ette dressing standard is elevating, as depicted in the first picture, I will need to discern a better solution, as a large bandana will not, I fear, provide adequate coverage.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:10 PM (0sNs1)

15 Weasel and Gun thread readers, you might want to take a look at the 9 Hole Reviews YouTube channel's podcast this week. One of the co-hosts and his guest discuss the practicalities of using 5.56mm NATO as a long range (400+ meters) DMR role. They discuss the interplay between barrel length, optics selection, and ammunition choices on the long range performance of the 5.56mm NATO round at extreme (out to 1,000 meters) ranges and whether individual shooters can achieve repeatable, accurate fire at these distances. You might find their conclusions interesting.

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 07:11 PM (x38rU)

16 I carry a large bandana in my range bag, to help keep hot brass from finding its way down the front of a lady (such as the second picture)'s shirt.

Since apparently the 'ette dressing standard is elevating, as depicted in the first picture, I will need to discern a better solution, as a large bandana will not, I fear, provide adequate coverage.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:10 PM

Aaaaand, it's a boob thread.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:11 PM (/C5Rl)

17 (If I get a firm job offer in the next two weeks? I'll do my best to at least make it down for Saturday. No promises)

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 07:12 PM (aJQbY)

18 Didn't Piper do a good job with the TXMoMe fashion guide? Everyone please say thank you to Piper.

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 07:14 PM (TMF5Z)

19 It looks like a missed a Zod sighting last week.

Regardless of what you shoot, Zod, get yourself to Corsicana. Do this ~~now~~ in #twoweeks.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:14 PM (/C5Rl)

20 Howdy!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 04, 2026 07:15 PM (sAmhv)

21 Thank you Piper!!!!!!!

Excellent work on the What To Wear.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 04, 2026 07:15 PM (nDgTL)

22 Good evening gub threaders and all the ships at sea!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at October 04, 2026 07:15 PM (NlEaG)

23 Didn't Piper do a good job with the TXMoMe fashion guide? Everyone please say thank you to Piper.
Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 07:14 PM

Yes. Yes, she did.

Thank you, Piper!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:16 PM (/C5Rl)

24 Weasel, thanks for including it again. I thanked Piper.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:16 PM (nxLtX)

25 Excellent work on the What To Wear.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 04, 2026 07:15 PM

You don't want to be on What Not to Wear. Like all three of my friend's sisters.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:17 PM (/C5Rl)

26 Thank you Piper!

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 07:17 PM (x38rU)

27 Are we going to discuss hat crease choices for the TxMoMe? I suspect Ben Had will be advocating for the Cattleman Crease, with, possibly, the Gus as the second choice.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:17 PM (0sNs1)

28 Hat crease IS a very significant fashion choice.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:18 PM (0sNs1)

29 Duncanthrax, you know me well.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:18 PM (nxLtX)

30

We're comin' to your town, we'll help you party it down
We're an American truck

Posted by: New truck in town at October 04, 2026 07:19 PM (Cqx++)

31 I was lucky enough to spend yesterday at a special range event where I got to fire off all sorts of fun toys. The day started with a pistol and three gun mini-course. After lunch it was lots of suppressed pistols and rifles, some full-auto, a .460 revolver (KA-BOOM!!!), and a .308 that was hands-down the most accurate thing I've ever shot - and I've shot some real tack-drivers with ammo that was form-fired to that individual chamber.

I think the last time I put that much lead downrange was my 2018 urban rifle class at Thunder Range Oregon. Very therapeutic. Best of all, I didn't have to clean any guns afterwards!

Posted by: PabloD at October 04, 2026 07:19 PM (OXSZa)

32 Hat crease IS a very significant fashion choice.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:18 PM

I will be putting a comfortable curve on the brim of the Orange Hat of Dorkiness, as well as my off-range hat.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:19 PM (/C5Rl)

33 Duncanthrax, you know me well.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:18 PM

* slides a glass of a nice Rhône-style red down the bar to Ben Had *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:20 PM (0sNs1)

34 23 Didn't Piper do a good job with the TXMoMe fashion guide? Everyone please say thank you to Piper.
Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 07:14 PM

Yes. Yes, she did.

Thank you, Piper!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:16 PM (/C5Rl)
Yes she did, though I could have sworn she's shorter.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2026 07:21 PM (LHPAg)

35 Thank you, kind Sir. Cheers.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:21 PM (nxLtX)

36 25 You don't want to be on What Not to Wear. Like all three of my friend's sisters.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:17 PM

I can never in a million years ever find myself wearing the What Not To Wear to a MoMe.

I would sweat off 20 lbs and probably pass out from heat stroke

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 04, 2026 07:22 PM (nDgTL)

37 One of those ladies has wider options when it comes to concealed carry.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:23 PM (0sNs1)

38 Now wait just a cotton pickin minute!

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 07:23 PM (MWfyi)

39 18 Didn't Piper do a good job with the TXMoMe fashion guide? Everyone please say thank you to Piper.
Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 07:14 PM (TMF5Z)

The X on the Man in Black cowboy outift hurts.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at October 04, 2026 07:23 PM (NlEaG)

40 Ben Had, sadly I will not be able to attend this year's TX MoMe due to a work emergency (i.e. the departure of two of my coworkers and redistribution of their workload). To say the least, I'm greatly disappointed. Especially since this problem came in at almost the last minute. I have mailed the gifts I had already planned to bring for you and Rancher Bob/Cowhorse Queen via the USPS c/o Rancher Bob and Cowhorse Queen. They should show up at the ranch this coming week (if the USPS does its job).

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 07:24 PM (x38rU)

41
Let's not be hasty and judgemental about proper TXMoMe women's couture.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 07:25 PM (eRlcH)

42 Posted by: Ed L
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Military is confined to what cartridges and bullets fit their weapons that their logistic train supports. Civilians aren't.

And there are better choices than the 5.56x45 in whatever bullet choice for long distance shooting out of an AR frame. In bolt action, even more cartridges come into play.

There are better cartridges for long range that fit in AR package (without going to the AR-10 size or some kludge like Ruger's SFAR) out there like the 6.5 Grendel for example and the later Hornady ARC series. At 400 in practical lethality, the 6.8 Spec or the 6.5 Grendel are more than adequate and have actually been adopted by some foreign militaries.

If you had to go 1000 in .22 caliber, the 224 Valkyrie will do it as it was designed for it.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 07:25 PM (E4rtv)

43 *tips hat to Ed L.*

Hope to see you in NoVa next year!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:25 PM (/C5Rl)

44 I can never in a million years ever find myself wearing the What Not To Wear to a MoMe.

I would sweat off 20 lbs and probably pass out from heat stroke
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 04, 2026 07:22 PM

OTOH, you might, just might, rocket to #1 on James Talafreako's favorite drag queens list.

(And yes, he has such a list, as he named his favorite with no hesitation when asked.)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

45 I mentioned before thato ur local range is going empty. I am not sure what explains it. I mean its nice to have no qit for a lane but I don't see any reason for the slowdown.

NoVa.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at October 04, 2026 07:26 PM (NlEaG)

46 Ed L, Oh No! I will miss you. Thank you for your generosity.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:26 PM (nxLtX)

47 I would love to purchase a cowboy hat. I am sure those down in Texas would be able to stear me towards a good haberdashery.

🤠🤠🤠

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 04, 2026 07:26 PM (nDgTL)

48 Oh - and good evening gubthreaders, and all the ships at sea.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at October 04, 2026 07:27 PM (NlEaG)

49 But of course Piper came through!

Posted by: Hrothgar at October 04, 2026 07:27 PM (hOUT3)

50
Brewers win, 4-3 on a walk-off bases-loaded single.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 07:28 PM (eRlcH)

51 Hrothgar, big hug to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:28 PM (nxLtX)

52 I was going to do some shooting out in the desert this weekend, then I remembered that this coming Saturday is opening day for deer season, which means that every wide spot on a gravel road will have a pickup parked on it, with a rifle sitting on the hood, as the occupants perform the ritual of "sighting in."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 04, 2026 07:29 PM (kZXPY)

53 51
Bakatcha Ben Had!

Posted by: Hrothgar at October 04, 2026 07:29 PM (hOUT3)

54 Didn't Piper do a good job with the TXMoMe fashion guide? Everyone please say thank you to Piper.
Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 07:14 PM (TMF5Z)

Thank you Pipes.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 07:29 PM (2WIwB)

55 I'm curious why Piper downchecked the man in black.

Was it the boots going outside the pants? The lower-tier spurs? That he's not a bull rider?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

56 Well done Piper!

Newbies take heart what you wear will be fine.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 07:31 PM (NnhvP)

57 Hot brass is never a problem when you use a revolver.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:31 PM (nxLtX)

58 EdL, gonna miss you!!

Guess I will see you at next years NoVaMoMe.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 04, 2026 07:31 PM (nDgTL)

59 NoVa.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at October 04, 2026 07:26 PM

*looks around MA*

Could be worse...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:33 PM (/C5Rl)

60 What's burning tonight, Weasel? I'm about to select a stick for a late (for me) burn. I talk with my friend down in TX (Austin region) while we both destroy a cigar, and for the first time *I* have to delay to a later time due to heat. Unsurprisingly he's had to do it a number of times.

We're having record high heat here, though RH is not very high (not paper-dry, like during a Santa Ana, but moderate) so it's not that uncomfortable, just HOT. September is the warmest month here and most heat records are early October. Recall being let out of school as a kid 2 or 3 times when it hit 100 (no AC in the schools back then), always October.

Think I'll burn an Undercrown Maduro in honor of one of the selections at the MoMe - and because I love them.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2026 07:33 PM (U/Byj)

61 44 OTOH, you might, just might, rocket to #1 on James Talafreako's favorite drag queens list. (And yes, he has such a list, as he named his favorite with no hesitation when asked.)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

Speaking of the Freak, I picked up my Paxton sign yesterday from my Chinese neighbor who’s a naturalized citizen and lived under Communism. She and several other Chinese here have been working their wazoos off to get out the vote. Btw, if any fellow Texan needs a Paxton sign, I could probably get a few and bring them to the festivities.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 04, 2026 07:33 PM (SjAWL)

62 "Assume bugs. If you are the person mosquitoes treat like a buffet, long sleeves in a light fabric or a bit of repellent."
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Words of wisdom. Bring bug repellent. Or plasma.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2026 07:33 PM (rj6Yv)

63 Hot brass is never a problem when you use a revolver.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:31 PM

There is copper and zinc in the words of Ben Had for all Morons to see.

Posted by: Duncanthrax Ten Bears at October 04, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

64 Ed L, you will be missed.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 07:34 PM (NnhvP)

65 Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2026 07:33 PM (U/Byj)
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My good old Factory Smoke!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 07:34 PM (TMF5Z)

66 rhomboid, I very much hope that one day you will join us.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:34 PM (nxLtX)

67 Piper has the best fashion sense. I am sad to be missing this years funfest for the first time since I discovered the horde in person in 2020.
One thing missing from the clothing list is at least one set of clothes if there is a sudden storm. Twice I had to borrow a costume from Cow Horse Queen. At least a sweatshirt. Also there are fire ants so long pants are preferable and socks. Piper's recommendation of jeans and sensible shoes is smart.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2026 07:36 PM (kJmSS)

68 Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 07:25 PM (E4rtv)

Whig, the podcast looked at 5.56mm NATO chambered AR-15 platforms because it's by far the most common chambering and because shooters have been trying to push the 5.56mm NATO envelope with heavier, higher performance rounds (like 77 grain, Mk 262). Both of the hosts agreed that for serious long range work at 1,000 meters other calibers were far better for the job in hand.

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 07:37 PM (x38rU)

69 Idaho Spudboy there's still one range duty day in the fall to see, but so far this year my day has had very few hunters sighting in. Typically there'll be 10-15 of them over the course of the morning, not members, bolt actions, optics, 10 or 20 shots - then gone. I make a habit of asking where they're hunting this time and always learn something. From up your way to CO to NM and UT and of course NV and AZ.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2026 07:37 PM (U/Byj)

70 Greetings Weasel, Ben Had and thank you Ms. Piper. I’m using a formal salutation for Ms. Piper as I haven’t officially met her. I’ve unofficially met Ben Had and Weasel.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 04, 2026 07:37 PM (SjAWL)

71 Weasel, always a solid choice.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2026 07:38 PM (U/Byj)

72 Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:34 PM

Ben Had, I'm sorry to report that the Range Babe will most likely not be joining us. Too many medical issues that will eventually result in more bionic parts.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:38 PM (/C5Rl)

73 "Let's not be hasty and judgemental about proper TXMoMe women's couture.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

Why discourage comfortable attire? I don't see anything that would restrict motion.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 07:38 PM (MWfyi)

74 I'll have a weather report for the MoMe on next weeks gun thread.
We finally got a substantial rain so the fire hazard is abated.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:39 PM (nxLtX)

75 Ben Had, thanks, your hospitality is justly famous. This year is rare in that I'm even in the country at the MoMe time. Usually traveling far away. But big projects under way this year (house).

Some day!

Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2026 07:39 PM (U/Byj)

76 Good evening Horde. Thanks Weasel!

We went to the range yesterday. Very empty. No wait and plenty of empty lanes.

Shot reasonably well. Came home and thoroughly cleaned everything in preparation for the coming week.

Posted by: TRex - fashionable dino at October 04, 2026 07:40 PM (XfIK1)

77 Ed L, you will be missed.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 07:34 PM (NnhvP)

And I will really miss the MoMe when I'm doing a briefing for the new operations officer. You know which of the two is more fun.

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 07:40 PM (x38rU)

78 WHAT NO OVERALLS?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at October 04, 2026 07:40 PM (NlEaG)

79 The M1022 round is an excellent long-range round.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

80 RMBS, please say Hello to her for me and that I send a prayer for her to be well so that she may join us next year.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:41 PM (nxLtX)

81 Not a costume, haha. A coat. A COAT.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2026 07:41 PM (kJmSS)

82 I can never in a million years ever find myself wearing the What Not To Wear to a MoMe.

I would sweat off 20 lbs and probably pass out from heat stroke
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 04, 2026 07:22 PM (nDgTL)

I'm pretty sure I could rock that sequined cocktail dress, but we'll never know. The headwinds that I've encountered at the beginning of the year have continued to the point where I'll have to miss TXMOME XI. I've delayed the decision to give every opportunity for a miracle, but the truck's transmission isn't up for the drive, and the budget won't support airfare and car rental. I expect to have both addressed by the end of the year, so TXMOME XII attendance will be all but assured..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 07:41 PM (08OqX)

83 And I will really miss the MoMe when I'm doing a briefing for the new operations officer. You know which of the two is more fun.
Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 07:40 PM (x38rU)

Just get an AI to do the presentation. We will set you up with a Grok Bot.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at October 04, 2026 07:41 PM (NlEaG)

84 WHAT NO OVERALLS?
Posted by: blaster

That would be the Farmer Weasel look, wouldn't it?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 07:42 PM (NnhvP)

85 We finally got a substantial rain so the fire hazard is abated.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:39 PM

So, adding more cowbell and *really* exploring the whole pasture to your raindance worked! Well done!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)

86 78 WHAT NO OVERALLS?
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at October 04, 2026 07:40 PM

I can see overalls and no top working for both sexes. 😁😁😁

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 04, 2026 07:44 PM (nDgTL)

87 Duncanthrax, it was getting the tassels going in the same direction that did it !

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:44 PM (nxLtX)

88 67 One thing missing from the clothing list is at least one set of clothes if there is a sudden storm. Twice I had to borrow a costume from Cow Horse Queen. At least a sweatshirt. Also there are fire ants so long pants are preferable and socks. Piper's recommendation of jeans and sensible shoes is smart.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 04, 2026 07:36 PM (kJmSS)

Thank you on behalf of those attending our inaugural MoMe. The good thing about driving 3 hours is that you can basically throw your whole closet in the back seat and not have to worry about missing anything.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 04, 2026 07:46 PM (SjAWL)

89 Duncanthrax, it was getting the tassels going in the same direction that did it !
Posted by: Ben Had

Coordination is so important!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 07:46 PM (NnhvP)

90 AZdeplorable, ain't it though!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:47 PM (nxLtX)

91 I have OFF on my shopping list.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:48 PM (nxLtX)

92 AZdeplorable, ain't it though!
Posted by: Ben Had

After my stroke I really agree!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 07:48 PM (NnhvP)

93 RMBS, please say Hello to her for me and that I send a prayer for her to be well so that she may join us next year.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:41 PM

Will do. We'll be visiting on our way up from San Antonio.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:50 PM (/C5Rl)

94 91 I have OFF on my shopping list.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:48 PM (nxLtX)

You should try Ben's.

We swear by it.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at October 04, 2026 07:50 PM (NlEaG)

95 blaster, I haven't seen that one. I will look for it. Thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:51 PM (nxLtX)

96 And The Moose Out Front is getting a hoof pedicure and an antler buffing, and will be in attendance in Corsicana.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 07:54 PM (/C5Rl)

97 41
I must say I agree with Hardrian!

Posted by: Hrothgar at October 04, 2026 07:54 PM (hOUT3)

98 Went to the range today and lo and behold, both Internet and computer system went down. No one could get booked into a lane no matter what they did. So no range time for me!

On the plus side, I did requalify for my CCL this week.

Posted by: YellowBird at October 04, 2026 07:55 PM (MEbkQ)

99 Evening all. Spent a doggy Saturday and Sunday making about 70 nitrated paper cartridges for the 1858 Remington New Army pistol.

Think I'll fill and cap off a few next Saturday morning. I really need a Garmin chronograph.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 07:55 PM (1O+Fl)

100 S'puppy, Nebraska football is 5-0???? Congrats, brother!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 07:56 PM (XfIK1)

101 Governor Newsom (D-CA) signed 10 new gun laws into existence.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

102 Ed L, Oh No! I will miss you. Thank you for your generosity.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:26 PM (nxLtX)

I hope you, Cowhorse Queen, and Rancher Bob like what I sent.

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 07:57 PM (x38rU)

103 The Grateful, anything I need to refill for your supplies?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:58 PM (nxLtX)

104 Governor Newsom (D-CA) signed 10 new gun laws into existence.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

And thereby created more work for trial lawyers for at least the next three to five years.

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 07:59 PM (x38rU)

105 Governor Newsom (D-CA) signed 10 new gun laws into existence.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:57 PM

Governor Healy (D-USSR) signed the most oppressive gun control law in MA history, and when it looked like we were going to get enough signatures for a ballot issue to repeal it, declared a non-existent "emergency" to make it go into effect 3 days before the election.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 08:00 PM (/C5Rl)

106 Put 100 rds through the S&W Model 52 last week. Really fun pistol to shoot. The Magtech ammo I have is really smokey though. Have to find something cleaner.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 04, 2026 08:00 PM (P4bJX)

107 101 Governor Newsom (D-CA) signed 10 new gun laws into existence.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)
As Kalifornika goes, so goes America. Unconstitutional laws and demonic evil.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2026 08:02 PM (LHPAg)

108 Think I'll burn an Undercrown Maduro in honor of one of the selections at the MoMe - and because I love them.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 04, 2026 07:33 PM (U/Byj)

Oliva Series G maduro churchill over here. Humidity chased me in last night, but that has mercifully abated. Now, should I pour my Flor de Cana 4 yr old rum over ice, or go whole hog and make a pina colada...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 08:02 PM (08OqX)

109 104 Governor Newsom (D-CA) signed 10 new gun laws into existence.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

And thereby created more work for trial lawyers for at least the next three to five years.

The Ivy League Liberal Lawyers Guild approves of these much needed laws EVEN though they will require years of legal process to ever sort out!

Posted by: Hrothgar at October 04, 2026 08:02 PM (hOUT3)

110 Posted by: Ed L
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The rank and file military is more or less stuck on whatever Congress and the bureaucracy gives them and they have to make it work for a variety of missions. Spec Ops does what works for them within the confines of a budget and logistics.

But I see the same issue in civilian land where people try to make a cartridge into something it isn't with higher pressures, chamber and seating alterations, really light or really heavy bullets with different shanks and/or ogives, reshaping brass shoulders like PO Ackley did, etc. etc. Sort of the grass is always greener mentality. And the fact is we spend too much time and money on the tool and not enough on the software--e.g. training.

FWIW, Civilians have the advantage of being able to pick whatever cartridge best fits their needs and even having multiple rifles for different purposes here in the US (not so fortunate elsewhere!).

The military doesn't and often has had horrible weapons thrust upon them and good ones withdrawn due to vagaries of politics and bureaucracy. Makes sense for them to optimize what they have.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:05 PM (E4rtv)

111 106 Put 100 rds through the S&W Model 52 last week. Really fun pistol to shoot. The Magtech ammo I have is really smokey though. Have to find something cleaner.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
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Use domestic ammo. Foreign ammo companies are often more limited on the powders they use than in the US and we shoot a lot more on average than other countries do. Try Federal Gold Medal wadcutters and you also get the advantage of more sensitive federal primers. You can find it for less than 30 bucks per 50 if you look.

Old Standard in the bullseye community.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:08 PM (E4rtv)

112 99 Evening all. Spent a doggy Saturday and Sunday making about 70 nitrated paper cartridges for the 1858 Remington New Army pistol.

Think I'll fill and cap off a few next Saturday morning. I really need a Garmin chronograph.
Posted by: rickb223
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Interesting. Look forward to the range report.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:09 PM (E4rtv)

113 Not much guns related to talk about.
I thought about, but didn't act on, a desire to buy a G29 slide and parts kit I thought about putting on my G30.

I like .45, but 10mm is pretty sexy. If I were to own just one gun/caliber....10mm might be it. It ain't cheap, no, but neither is buying a shit ton of random calibers. And 10mm is more capable than 9mm and 15 rounds of 10mm is 'enough gun' for me.

Anyway, carrying my G20 this week because my G21 was in the hallway and I needed a gun for my road trip.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 04, 2026 08:09 PM (s1VwS)

114 Anyone watch SpaceX Starship Flight 14 this week?

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 08:09 PM (leKdc)

115
Who thought Mike Tomlinson could do network NFL with a goofy voice?

Posted by: Auspex at October 04, 2026 08:09 PM (Y8DZL)

116 Governor Newsom (D-CA) signed 10 new gun laws into existence.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

And thereby created more work for trial lawyers for at least the next three to five years.
Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 07:59 PM (x38rU)

And...this drives up canoe insurance. All those accidents!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 08:11 PM (2WIwB)

117 I think I found the Federal at 1 place so far. 38 special wadcutter is harder to find than I expected. Found several places out of stock. I think I can order some directly from the manufactuer, but that's the most expsive option.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 04, 2026 08:11 PM (P4bJX)

118 "Water bottle"

It's been a while since I lived as far east as TX, but... I still am at risk of having a stroke every time someone from farther east (read: the SE) chimes in with "Why y'all carrying water? Just take a drink from the bubbler", as if it is a fundamental law of nature that a park/store/whatever with a water fountain is within a stone's throw at all times.

I don't know what it is but it just spikes my blood pressure.

Posted by: heya at October 04, 2026 08:12 PM (MRSnh)

119 Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 04, 2026 08:11 PM (P4bJX)
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Have you tried one of the ammo search tools at the bottom of the thread?

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 08:12 PM (leKdc)

120 The military doesn't and often has had horrible weapons thrust upon them and good ones withdrawn due to vagaries of politics and bureaucracy. Makes sense for them to optimize what they have.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:05 PM (E4rtv)

Literally the story of the M4/M16 family

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 04, 2026 08:12 PM (s1VwS)

121 The Grateful, anything I need to refill for your supplies?
Posted by: Ben Had
************
Nothing I can think of at the moment, but thanks for asking.

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 08:14 PM (XfIK1)

122 Interesting. Look forward to the range report.
Posted by: whig

Will do! I'm having a blast farting around with black powder.
Nitrating the coffee filters to make the cartridges was way easier than I expected. Putting them together is a little time consuming, but can do it on a soggy weekend while watching YouTube videos about black power. 😊

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 08:14 PM (1O+Fl)

123 104 Governor Newsom (D-CA) signed 10 new gun laws into existence.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

And thereby created more work for trial lawyers for at least the next three to five years.
Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 07:59 PM (x38rU)

And until they 'win', the citizens live under the totalitarian laws.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 04, 2026 08:14 PM (s1VwS)

124 The Grateful, anything I need to refill for your supplies?
Posted by: Ben Had
************
Nothing I can think of at the moment, but thanks for asking.
Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 08:14 PM (XfIK1)
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Wound stapler!!!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 08:15 PM (leKdc)

125 I like .45, but 10mm is pretty sexy. If I were to own just one gun/caliber....10mm might be it. It ain't cheap, no, but neither is buying a shit ton of random calibers. And 10mm is more capable than 9mm and 15 rounds of 10mm is 'enough gun' for me.

Anyway, carrying my G20 this week because my G21 was in the hallway and I needed a gun for my road trip.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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10 mm cartridge like the 41 Magnum are fascinating cartridges, in part, because both kind of flopped initially but the 10mm has had a rebirth and the 41 has continued to be a niche cartridge.

Ditto for the 38 Super. It had to wait a long time for it to be rediscovered by IPSC shooters from when it was developed.

As for me, nerve damage in my hands preclude any desire for anything above a 357 Magnum nowadays in a heavy revolver though.

The carpal tunnel problem in my left hand is getting worse and just had a steroid shot in it to hold off surgery until my wife
's cataract surgery is done.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:15 PM (E4rtv)

126 Governor Newsom (D-CA) signed 10 new gun laws into existence.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 07:57 PM
Governor Healy (D-USSR) signed the most oppressive gun control law in MA history, and when it looked like we were going to get enough signatures for a ballot issue to repeal it, declared a non-existent "emergency" to make it go into effect 3 days before the election.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Ah, the ever competitive evil lefty governors...waiting for NYS's to chime in.....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 08:16 PM (XfIK1)

127 Wound stapler!!!
Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 08:15 PM

Does double duty for hanging targets!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 08:16 PM (/C5Rl)

128 Weasel, I have several in my Vet supplies.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 08:16 PM (nxLtX)

129 114 Anyone watch SpaceX Starship Flight 14 this week?

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 08:09 PM
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Watching with interest. They keep incrementally proving more and more capabilities. Flight 15 is going to be very interesting.

Posted by: TRex - orbital dino at October 04, 2026 08:16 PM (XfIK1)

130 Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 08:16 PM (nxLtX)
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I have a couple single use staplers in my trauma bag at the farm.

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 08:17 PM (leKdc)

131 Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 08:16 PM

The Savage is cleaned, zeroed, and ready. You're ringing steel at 1,000 this year.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 08:18 PM (/C5Rl)

132 Governor Healy (D-USSR) signed the most oppressive gun control law in MA history, and when it looked like we were going to get enough signatures for a ballot issue to repeal it, declared a non-existent "emergency" to make it go into effect 3 days before the election.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 08:00 PM

Would this be the very same Gov. Maura Healey who sued Exxon, bragging she “Stopped two gas pipelines,” and is now begging Trump’s Energy Secretary to fast-track a natural gas expansion before the election?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 08:18 PM (0sNs1)

133 Will do! I'm having a blast farting around with black powder.
Nitrating the coffee filters to make the cartridges was way easier than I expected. Putting them together is a little time consuming, but can do it on a soggy weekend while watching YouTube videos about black power. 😊
Posted by: rickb223
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Whole process is fascinating, I have read about it but have no personal experience with blackpowder reloading beyond a percussion muzzle loader. Looks like a hoot.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:18 PM (E4rtv)

134 Elon, pencil me in for the one way trip.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2026 08:18 PM (LHPAg)

135 The Grateful, anything I need to refill for your supplies?
Posted by: Ben Had
************
Nothing I can think of at the moment, but thanks for asking.
Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 08:14 PM (XfIK1)
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Wound stapler!!!
Posted by: Weasel
*********
I hesitate to ask what you did with the one we had...

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 08:18 PM (XfIK1)

136 Would this be the very same Gov. Maura Healey who sued Exxon, bragging she “Stopped two gas pipelines,” and is now begging Trump’s Energy Secretary to fast-track a natural gas expansion before the election?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 08:18 PM

The very same See You Next Tuesday.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 08:19 PM (/C5Rl)

137 10 mm cartridge like the 41 Magnum are fascinating cartridges, in part, because both kind of flopped initially but the 10mm has had a rebirth and the 41 has continued to be a niche cartridge.

Ditto for the 38 Super. It had to wait a long time for it to be rediscovered by IPSC shooters from when it was developed.

As for me, nerve damage in my hands preclude any desire for anything above a 357 Magnum nowadays in a heavy revolver though.

The carpal tunnel problem in my left hand is getting worse and just had a steroid shot in it to hold off surgery until my wife
's cataract surgery is done.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:15 PM (E4rtv)

I think the 'magnum' in the name explains why the .41 mag stayed niche. The 10mm can be loaded from very spicy useful rounds that most FBI slackers couldn't handle down to .40 S&W loads. Heck, most 10mm pistols can chamber and fire .40.

I do have a .38 super and I like it enough but I'm not sure what problem it is trying to solve in 2026. It's not .357 SIG and that also has been abandoned more or less.

I'll ratchet up my prayers for you, for what it's worth.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 04, 2026 08:19 PM (s1VwS)

138 The Savage is cleaned, zeroed, and ready. You're ringing steel at 1,000 this year.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
**********
Woo Hoo!!!!!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 08:20 PM (XfIK1)

139 .38 Wadcutter. SG Ammo has

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 04, 2026 08:20 PM (kZXPY)

140 10 mm cartridge like the 41 Magnum are fascinating cartridgesPosted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:15 PM

There is iron in these words of whig for all Morons to see.

Actually, there is iron in all of whig's words.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 08:21 PM (0sNs1)

141
Literally the story of the M4/M16 family
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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True. The M4 was a kludge and the recent Sig Fury 277 cartridge is turning into a fiasco for the military.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:21 PM (E4rtv)

142 I hesitate to ask what you did with the one we had...
Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 08:18 PM (XfIK1)
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Can't recall exactly but I'm sure wacky hijinks were involved.

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 08:21 PM (leKdc)

143 I envy you all going to Corsicana.
Maybe I can get back to shooting soon.

Posted by: GWB at October 04, 2026 08:22 PM (kU0PQ)

144 Evening, Weasel, and Gun Thread folks. Nomming on pork pot roast from the crock pot. It is good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 08:24 PM (i9VX2)

145 Howdy AOP!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 08:24 PM (leKdc)

146 I think the 'magnum' in the name explains why the .41 mag stayed niche. The 10mm can be loaded from very spicy useful rounds that most FBI slackers couldn't handle down to .40 S&W loads. Heck, most 10mm pistols can chamber and fire .40.

I do have a .38 super and I like it enough but I'm not sure what problem it is trying to solve in 2026. It's not .357 SIG and that also has been abandoned more or less.

I'll ratchet up my prayers for you, for what it's worth.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Don't disagree with your analysis above. But a 41 Special could have and should have been created and the original intention was for police loadings about that power level.

Big heavy bullets have a good track record in stops--they open big holes for blood and their momentum carries them deep in their targets and are not deflected by bone, sinew, etc.

Corelokt rifle bullets are ancient in terms of bullet tech but still will bring home dinner if you can do the hit on the target.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:25 PM (E4rtv)

147 Whole process is fascinating, I have read about it but have no personal experience with blackpowder reloading beyond a percussion muzzle loader. Looks like a hoot.
Posted by: whig

I've shot centerfire & rimfire my whole life. Got into black powder last year. It's more "zen"-ful for the lack of a better word. You can crank out a box of 50 centerfire in no time. BP forces you to slow down. Makes the time spent more enjoyable. And then there's always reloading centerfire with BP like the 1873 SAA.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 08:25 PM (1O+Fl)

148 Here. Travel day since I have been voted off the island.
Staying at Jr. and DILIT’s new house in CT. Cat-sitting while DILIT goes off to receive a Major Award.
Gonna have to get CT’s non-resident permit since I’ll be back and forth a lot.
How about Reciprocity!?

Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2026 08:26 PM (Gh3gd)

149 I have gone shooting with a buddy exactly once in my life. His guns, his ammo. It was very fun, and also very... zen, perhaps due to my novice nature and inclination to precision.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 08:28 PM (aJQbY)

150 "Literally the story of the M4/M16 family
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 04, 2026 08:12 PM (s1VwS)"

Took 50ish years to iron out the kinks, plus other revolutions in war making the individual rifle round take a backseat, but it is in a pretty decent state now. There is a reason more and more armies adopt m4ish rifles and it isn't because they're cheap, free, or cool.

The main issue with the platform now is that the bolt lugs are JUST big enough for 5.56, and there isn't room for beefier ones.

We are long past the days when the rounds originally intended for the m1 or their post war copies in the 6-7mm range make sense for a general issue weapon. Once we get fire control shrunk down to ACOG/m68 size and weight there is a case to be made for some of the COTS rounds that are smaller than the new .277 but still stay supersonic to about 1k yards, that kick the shit out of .308 in terms of external ballistics in a much smaller weapon. Until then the juice isn't worth the squeeze over 5.56.

Posted by: heya at October 04, 2026 08:29 PM (MRSnh)

151 MAE,
Thinking back to last week's dialogue or the week before that, I can certainly see why you are using optics on pistols due to speed of target acquisition and accuracy.

I am wondering perhaps if your team has consider lean and mean couple of guys with SBR rifles--they are most likely to end a killer with one shot and with optics are scary accurate at short range versus pistols. Easier to use suppressors on them as well.

I think a bad breeze is blowing in from the Middle East and now is the time to consider not just the leftoid anti religious nut jobs but what is happening in Nigeria and other bleeding borders where churches are being targeted by the Religion of Pieces.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:29 PM (E4rtv)

152 I think the 'magnum' in the name explains why the .41 mag stayed niche. The 10mm can be loaded from very spicy useful rounds that most FBI slackers couldn't handle down to .40 S&W loads. Heck, most 10mm pistols can chamber and fire .40.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 04, 2026 08:19 PM

If the .41 Mag had been developed before the .44 Mag, it likely would have done very well. It came out not long before 9mm began rising in popularity with police. Semis were gaining in popularity, police didn't like carrying big N-Frames, and police (who were gaining women recruits) didn't deal with the recoil well. (The .41 Mag 'police' load wasn't well distributed, anyway.)

The .40 S&W was developed to deal with the police recoil problems that the 10mm had. The 10mm was adopted by the FBI after the Miami massacre, which *of course* had to be the fault of their 9mms, not crappy marksmanship or crappy tactics.

Be careful firing .40 S&W in a Glock 10mm chamber.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 08:29 PM (0sNs1)

153 .38 Wadcutter. SG Ammo has Winchester brand in stock. I ordered some last week. What arrived doesn't have a cannalure around the case body, let alone the traditional two for wadcutter brass, the cases are not nickel plated, and I suspect the case is of standard construction and not the traditional thin-walled type.

The markings on the box claim the bullet is a hollow base.

I just hope it groups decently.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 04, 2026 08:30 PM (kZXPY)

154 I've shot centerfire & rimfire my whole life. Got into black powder last year. It's more "zen"-ful for the lack of a better word. You can crank out a box of 50 centerfire in no time. BP forces you to slow down. Makes the time spent more enjoyable. And then there's always reloading centerfire with BP like the 1873 SAA.
Posted by: rickb223

Makes sense. I kind of toyed with the idea of buying a Ruger Old Army percussion pistol but didn't at the time. Now absent Bill Ruger, Ruger is a far less interesting company today in its offerings than it was. His personality stamped the company but his absence has led more to simply copying other designs rather than breakthroughs as such.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:33 PM (E4rtv)

155 Evening, Weasel, and Gun Thread folks. Nomming on pork pot roast from the crock pot. It is good.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I really need to learn to cook. I'm getting tired of the same old stuff.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 08:33 PM (1O+Fl)

156 I think I found the Federal at 1 place so far. 38 special wadcutter is harder to find than I expected.

At ~buck/round, I would consider reloading if you intend to shoot it as more than an occasional novelty. You can probably get a minimal setup (Lee hand press) for a c-note or so.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 04, 2026 08:35 PM (vTZFs)

157 The .40 S&W was developed to deal with the police recoil problems that the 10mm had. The 10mm was adopted by the FBI after the Miami massacre, which *of course* had to be the fault of their 9mms, not crappy marksmanship or crappy tactics.

Be careful firing .40 S&W in a Glock 10mm chamber.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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40 S&W ballistics almost perfectly duplicate the old 38-40 in 180 gr bullets. Was always a decent revolver cartridge and long gun combination but never caught on like the 44-40 or even the 32-20.

I finally ended up with a 40 S&W way past its heyday and it is a pretty fun cartridge itself and good self defense one on par with the 45 ACP. The key though is avoiding it in small and light packages for shootability and even reliability reasons--both are best in service size pistols or longer.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:37 PM (E4rtv)

158 rickb223, it's not that hard to pick up the basics! Two years of home ec was one of the best choices I ever made in junior high. Learned how to sew enough to do minor repairs (and to follow a pattern if I ever get *that* desperate), learned enough cooking for a decent variety of foods, lots of recipes that I can almost decipher

. Learned enough to innovate with what I've got, too. Still working on the whole 'plan a week's meals, with variety, while shopping' that Mom can somehow do.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 08:37 PM (aJQbY)

159 RMBS and Scoobs, I expect positive results and reports on TRex and Grateful at the 1,000 yard target!

Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2026 08:37 PM (Gh3gd)

160 Although now that I say that, I bet you need a special die.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 04, 2026 08:38 PM (vTZFs)

161 Makes sense. I kind of toyed with the idea of buying a Ruger Old Army percussion pistol but didn't at the time. Now absent Bill Ruger, Ruger is a far less interesting company today in its offerings than it was. His personality stamped the company but his absence has led more to simply copying other designs rather than breakthroughs as such.
Posted by: whig

Talk about the Holy Grail of BP revolvers. Most are Uberti or Pietta. And U & P are like a Camry or a Civic. They'll run, but every once in a while you'll get a lemon. Their QC is suspect at times.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 08:39 PM (1O+Fl)

162 Literally the story of the M4/M16 family
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 04, 2026 08:12 PM (s1VwS)

I've always thought that the H&K 416 should have been adopted as the US Army's standard rifle. Instead, the USMC has made the H&K 416 the Marine standard rifle in its infantry and front-line units as the M27 while the US Army continues to soldier on with the M4A1. After 40 years, the invention of the H&K 416 fixed most of the problems seen with the early XM-16E1s through the present (overheating w/ full auto fire, reliability, mean rounds between failures, etc.). But the US Army rejected the H&K 416 primarily due to the cost per unit. Fair point, but most Marines who have used the M-16A4 or M4 before switching over to the M27 say that the M27 is a huge improvement.

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 08:41 PM (x38rU)

163 Although now that I say that, I bet you need a special die.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 04, 2026 08:38 PM (vTZFs)

Oddbob, my RCBS .38 Spl. seating die has two heads - one conical and one flat. The flat one works fine on both semi and full wadcutters.

Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2026 08:42 PM (Gh3gd)

164 rickb223, it's not that hard to pick up the basics! Two years of home ec was one of the best choices I ever made in junior high. Learned how to sew enough to do minor repairs (and to follow a pattern if I ever get *that* desperate), learned enough cooking for a decent variety of foods, lots of recipes that I can almost decipher . Learned enough to innovate with what I've got, too. Still working on the whole 'plan a week's meals, with variety, while shopping' that Mom can somehow do.
Posted by: RandomDave

I can do stews & chili, burgers & steaks, fajitas and tacos, the easy stuff. I just need to try the more involved recipes. I write down recipe ingredients needed and then forget what I wanted it for. 😔

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 08:42 PM (1O+Fl)

165 If you want a .40 S&W, there are good deals to be had with Glock .40 police trade-ins.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 08:43 PM (0sNs1)

166 153 .38 Wadcutter. SG Ammo has Winchester brand in stock. I ordered some last week. What arrived doesn't have a cannalure around the case body, let alone the traditional two for wadcutter brass, the cases are not nickel plated, and I suspect the case is of standard construction and not the traditional thin-walled type.

The markings on the box claim the bullet is a hollow base.

I just hope it groups decently.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Cannelures are better for ammo reliability but some accuracy buffs in shooting competitions hate them as it can reduce accuracy a bit by deforming the dead soft wadcutter bullets.

Those are normally swaged pure lead rather than cast alloy, Comes in rolls of lead wire that is snipped and then pressured through a swager for sizing by hydraulic pressure like toothpaste through a tube.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:43 PM (E4rtv)

167 Waiting all day for that Highway Patrol link,
to issue yearly reminder that today is
National Broderick Crawford Day.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 04, 2026 08:48 PM (zdLoL)

168 Dang. I'd love to try the MoMe but between my circumstances and mobility issues...

I keep saying "maybe next year". Guess I have to again.

Hope there's enough "next years".

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 04, 2026 08:50 PM (ENA4W)

169 Hope to attend a TxMoMe, eventually. It's usually on a birthday weekend, so the notion gets vetoed. And use of firearms is no longer possible due to neurological problems. But it pleases me a lot to see the Horde prepare, for the attendees (especially the first-timers, yay Hadrian VII!), and for Weasel to get it all ready. Have fun, everyone!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 04, 2026 08:51 PM (NcvvS)

170 Tomorrow I begin The Cleanse. Yup. Time for the colonoscopy.

Second one. Yay, 60! Next time will likely be 5 years, as my lifespan ratchets down. The older you get, the more frequent the invasions.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wearing a Bill the Cat T-shirt at October 04, 2026 08:51 PM (0aYVJ)

171 100 S'puppy, Nebraska football is 5-0???? Congrats, brother!
Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 07:56 PM (XfIK1)

Thank you, ma'am. They had a dreadful first half yesterday but somehow led at halftime 28-23 and won 48-23. Need to tighten things up for this week's visit from the defending national champion Indiana Hoosiers.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 04, 2026 08:52 PM (xVpNO)

172 RMBS and Scoobs, I expect positive results and reports on TRex and Grateful at the 1,000 yard target!
Posted by: RI Red
**********
Ah, there you are... I was just getting ready to mark your permanent record as "absent without excuse"....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 08:53 PM (XfIK1)

173 For the 'rons getting colonoscopies, don't forget to ask if they can find your urologist's class ring while they're in there.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 08:53 PM (0sNs1)

174 Darn, I have a great picture of the spawn with two friends dressed up for homecoming with guns.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 04, 2026 08:53 PM (VCgbV)

175 i got some 40 last week cheaper than 9mm. It's the Blazer aluminum, but that runs fine in what I have.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 04, 2026 08:54 PM (P4bJX)

176 Wound stapler!!!
Posted by: Weasel

I have 4 pack of wound clot to add to the supplies.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 08:54 PM (NnhvP)

177 165 If you want a .40 S&W, there are good deals to be had with Glock .40 police trade-ins.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Lots of old service Glocks out there in 40. Relatively cheap. Get the service size though or better as subcompact or compact 40 S&Ws are more unpleasant and generally less accurate to shoot due to recoil enhancement.

Personally though, I would go with the Beretta PX4, the M&P, the XD, or the older Smith steel 40 S&W Third Generation pistols in service length barrel size or longer. The Beretta with its unique rotating recoil makes a 40 S&W recoil feel like a 9mm, the M&P has better ergonomics and a thumb safety on some models, the XD is somewhat similar to the M&P but with a grip safety if you like those, and the old third generation in steel by Smith has the weight to tame the 40 S&W sharp initial recoil impulse into a much softer experience.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:54 PM (E4rtv)

178 162 Literally the story of the M4/M16 family
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 04, 2026 08:12 PM (s1VwS)

I've always thought that the H&K 416 should have been adopted as the US Army's standard rifle. Instead, the USMC has made the H&K 416 the Marine standard rifle in its infantry and front-line units as the M27 while the US Army continues to soldier on with the M4A1. After 40 years, the invention of the H&K 416 fixed most of the problems seen with the early XM-16E1s through the present (overheating w/ full auto fire, reliability, mean rounds between failures, etc.). But the US Army rejected the H&K 416 primarily due to the cost per unit. Fair point, but most Marines who have used the M-16A4 or M4 before switching over to the M27 say that the M27 is a huge improvement.
Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 08:41 PM (x38rU)

The only knock on the M27 is weight. It's a really good AR platform

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 04, 2026 08:55 PM (s1VwS)

179 Ah, there you are... I was just getting ready to mark your permanent record as "absent without excuse"....
Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 08:53 PM (XfIK1)

Only two words of advice:
Low magnification while you are looking for the target.
No wobbly shit!

Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2026 08:57 PM (GSdlI)

180 I have a great picture of the spawn with two friends dressed up for homecoming with guns.
Posted by: lin-duh

Looking forward to seeing you again!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 08:57 PM (NnhvP)

181 Bluebell the Hen endorses the gub-handling rules video.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 08:58 PM (3mtzY)

182 175 i got some 40 last week cheaper than 9mm. It's the Blazer aluminum, but that runs fine in what I have.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

I've never had problems with aluminum Blazer in 9mm, 40, or 45, even 38 Special back in the day.

I actually keep a few of the cases now and again to make bullet dummies for die setup on bullet seating for reloading. Makes it quick and easy to dial in bullet seating for pistol dies if you have a dummy with the specs rather than using live ammo. Aluminum does not affect dies like steel cases would doing the same thing plus steel can rust.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)

183 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 08:58 PM (3mtzY)
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Howdy!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 08:58 PM (leKdc)

184 >>Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 08:42 PM (1O+Fl)

Amigo, do you have The Deplorable Gourmet? It's wonderful for any level of cook.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 04, 2026 08:59 PM (NcvvS)

185 The only knock on the M27 is weight. It's a really good AR platform
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 04, 2026 08:55 PM (s1VwS)

I have one of the semi-auto clones of the M27 H&K USA sold a couple of years ago. It's quite accurate by my standards. I brought it to the TX MoMe a couple of years ago.

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 08:59 PM (x38rU)

186 I want to say Thank You to all of the first timers that are joining us for this years MoMe. We all look forward to meeting you.

Thank You to all of you that have returned year after year to make this such a special time.

Thank you Weasel for all you do.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 08:59 PM (nxLtX)

187 Yes, Piper did an excellent job on the MoMe fashion choices.

OTOH, if the lady in the sequin disco dress and high heels does show up, I don't think any of the Morons are going to kick her out of the party for eating too much bacon!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 04, 2026 09:00 PM (HlyYF)

188 Be careful firing .40 S&W in a Glock 10mm chamber.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 08:29 PM (0sNs1)

So far, so good. No malf in 200 rounds (I don't have a lot of .40)

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 04, 2026 09:00 PM (s1VwS)

189 Thank you Weasel for all you do.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 08:59 PM (nxLtX)
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Thanks, but I don't do a tenth of what you and others do. YOU are the best.

Everyone, please tell Ben Had that she is the best.

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:01 PM (leKdc)

190 M27 say that the M27 is a huge improvement.
Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 08:41 PM (x38rU)

The only knock on the M27 is weight. It's a really good AR platform
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Piston rifles are easier to use with suppressors and I think we are about to see a surge in those being widely available and issues finally for civilians now as well as military.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:02 PM (E4rtv)

191 rickb223, are we going to see you in TX this year?

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 09:02 PM (XfIK1)

192 Amigo, do you have The Deplorable Gourmet? It's wonderful for any level of cook.
Posted by: Nazdar

No. And I have no excuse. 😢

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:03 PM (1O+Fl)

193 I have 4 pack of wound clot to add to the supplies.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
************
And a mighty thank you for that!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 09:03 PM (XfIK1)

194 Please don't. I have been given a wonderful gift by all of you.

YOU ALL ARE THE BEST

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 09:03 PM (nxLtX)

195 Ben Had IS THE BEST!!! 🥇🤩🥇

Posted by: lin-duh at October 04, 2026 09:04 PM (VCgbV)

196 Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 09:03 PM (nxLtX)
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Oh, OK. Everyone is the best.

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:05 PM (leKdc)

197 186 I want to say Thank You to all of the first timers that are joining us for this years MoMe. We all look forward to meeting you.

Thank You to all of you that have returned year after year to make this such a special time.

Thank you Weasel for all you do.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Wish I could be there this year but alas. Health, money, and family duties are keeping me away this year. Wish everyone else can attend and make merry. Too few opportunities nowadays for such joyous occasions.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:05 PM (E4rtv)

198 lin-duh, you are a huge reason this came about so take a bow.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 09:05 PM (nxLtX)

199 Ben Had, thank you for everything you did to make this happen. Even if I can't make it there this year.

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 09:06 PM (x38rU)

200 Ben Had, you are unexcelled!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 09:06 PM (0sNs1)

201 Well, another thrilling caper solved easily in 25 minutes.
At least Sgt Williams doesn't throw his bullets.

And that sniper had no wobbly s**t.

Yay, good shooting!

Posted by: GWB at October 04, 2026 09:06 PM (kU0PQ)

202 Lin-duh is the best!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:07 PM (leKdc)

203 Weasel, seconded and she makes cookies too!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 09:08 PM (nxLtX)

204 No. And I have no excuse. 😢
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:03 PM

There are steps you can take to rectify this deplorable error.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 09:08 PM (0sNs1)

205 I really want a .38spl/.357mag lever gun with a threaded barrel, but they are basically unobtanium around here these days. Sigh.

Posted by: ballistic at October 04, 2026 09:08 PM (oqH4h)

206 I do nothing.
Weasel is the best!!!

Posted by: lin-duh at October 04, 2026 09:08 PM (VCgbV)

207 Duncanthrax, your friendship is a very special gift.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 09:09 PM (nxLtX)

208 Piston rifles are easier to use with suppressors and I think we are about to see a surge in those being widely available and issues finally for civilians now as well as military.
Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:02 PM (E4rtv)

+1 on that, whig.

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 09:09 PM (x38rU)

209 " I have 4 pack of wound clot to add to the supplies.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron"

Annual reminder that things like quick-clot and other blow out kit items are all FSA/HSA approved

Posted by: heya at October 04, 2026 09:10 PM (MRSnh)

210 Weasel, seconded and she makes cookies too!
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 09:08 PM (nxLtX)
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And is the world's greatest Prize Wench!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:10 PM (leKdc)

211 So far, so good. No malf in 200 rounds (I don't have a lot of .40)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

It is more that the 40 S&W headspaces on the case opening like the 9mm and depending on your extractor grip, you will suffer from too much headspace. Normally not much of a problem but like firing a bunch of 38 Specials in 357 chambers, you get crud, flamecutting at times, and other deterioration of the 10mm chamber in the barrel which can affect firing the primary round (10mm).

They actually make reamers to clean the crud out of 357 revolvers and return the chamber to spec for those that shoot a lot of 38 Special (at a much lower pressure) in 357 chambers.

I would definitely stay away from using cast bullets in 40 S&W in 10mm chambers particularly. That is one of the biggest contributors to mucking up a 357 chamber in revolvers from firing 38 Specials.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:11 PM (E4rtv)

212 Not to be confused with our Bacon Wench, Jordan61

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:11 PM (leKdc)

213 rickb223, are we going to see you in TX this year?
Posted by: The Grateful - R

Yes. I will definitely be there on Saturday and trying to work out Friday. It's looking good.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:11 PM (1O+Fl)

214 rickb223, Great news.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 09:12 PM (nxLtX)

215 rickb223, are we going to see you in TX this year?
Posted by: The Grateful - R
Yes. I will definitely be there on Saturday and trying to work out Friday. It's looking good.
Posted by: rickb223
***********
Excellent. We can talk basic recipes....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 09:12 PM (XfIK1)

216 Hmmm, "Shooting the floor is easy to fix."

It is if you're rich enough to live in a single family dwelling, not on the second floor with other people or pets on the first floor. If you live in an apartment above the first floor, it's not easy.

Also, Grandma's Wedding China is not "easy to fix" either. Just saying.

Posted by: GWB at October 04, 2026 09:13 PM (kU0PQ)

217 The bacon wench will be there this year, right?

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 09:13 PM (XfIK1)

218 There are steps you can take to rectify this deplorable error.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I just did. Already had an Amazon order coming on Tuesday so it was easy enough to drop it into the delivery.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:13 PM (1O+Fl)

219 OK, 9:15 thank you time!

Thank you!

Appreciate all y'all being here and hope to see you here next Sunday, and then the following Friday in Corsicana!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:15 PM (leKdc)

220 205 I really want a .38spl/.357mag lever gun with a threaded barrel, but they are basically unobtanium around here these days. Sigh.
Posted by: ballistic
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Ruger after acquiring Marlin took some time bringing those back in the 1894 frame but they are now rolling with them but a huge backlog of customers for them. You might have better luck though looking for a Rossi Puma which is based on the 1892 Winchester design. You might have to have a gunsmith thread the barrel though.

I think Rossi does some 'tacticool' versions now and again in black plastic stocks, picatinny top rails, and threaded barrels on occasion. Now would probably be the time to start looking for them online.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:15 PM (E4rtv)

221 Excellent. We can talk basic recipes....
Posted by: The Grateful - R

👍🏻

I actually won a chili cook off atwerk one year. Secret ingredient? Bison and real chili peppers. Not just powder.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:16 PM (1O+Fl)

222 Thanks for hosting, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 09:17 PM (x38rU)

223 Posted by: Ed L at October 04, 2026 09:17 PM (
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My pleasure!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:18 PM (leKdc)

224 Apropos of nothing,

The whole headspacing issue is why the 38 Special never did that well after introduction. Its specs wandered and it was a semi rim cartridge that theoretically headspaced on the rim. The accuracy was poor as chambers varied in length and thus from pistol to pistol, you had often too much headspace so accuracy depending on how much the extractor bit on the case for consistency.

It now is headspaced on the case mouth and the accuracy problems went away. Older ones prior to IPSC revolution in the late 70's and 80's though are likely to need a modern barrel fitted that headspaces on the case mouth.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:19 PM (E4rtv)

225 219 OK, 9:15 thank you time!

Thank you!

Appreciate all y'all being here and hope to see you here next Sunday, and then the following Friday in Corsicana!
Posted by: Weasel
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Probably not here next Sunday and won't be at the MoMeet this year. Mebbe next.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:20 PM (E4rtv)

226 One of the best heart memories about the MoMe is watching Spawn grow into the gracious young lady she is.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 09:21 PM (nxLtX)

227 Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:20 PM (E4rtv)
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Would like to meet you in person someday!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:21 PM (leKdc)

228 Do you mean .38 Super, Whig?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 09:21 PM (i9VX2)

229 I really want a .38spl/.357mag lever gun with a threaded barrel, but they are basically unobtanium around here these days. Sigh.
Posted by: ballistic

Henry H12 Explorer Carbine .357 Magnum/.38 Spl
It may cost a pretty penny to order one, but that one has a threaded barrel.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:22 PM (1O+Fl)

230 whig, I'm know that you are going to be here one day and I so look forward to it.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 09:23 PM (nxLtX)

231 https://tinyurl.com/3fzct47e

Rickb223 - here's the link. Decades of not-boring, guaranteed!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 04, 2026 09:23 PM (NcvvS)

232 You might want to keep an eye on Brazil.

Looks like the Kalshi and other betting markets were wrong again. Unexpectedly.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 09:23 PM (viF8m)

233 Rickb223 - here's the link. Decades of not-boring, guaranteed!
Posted by: Nazdar

It'll be delivered to work on Tuesday. 😁

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:25 PM (1O+Fl)

234 >>Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:13 PM (1O+Fl)

Just saw this. Well done, sir!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 04, 2026 09:26 PM (NcvvS)

235 Good grief, I didn't even provide my range report. Far better session than last time, guess the muscle memory is there - just needs to be exercised. Majority of the shot were in the 3 inch circle. But I got to wondering about those which were not. Went thru the fundamentals list, but still not consistent. So then I started examining my physical posture, and realized I was tensing up alot when I went to shoot. So, keeping the arms straight and grip firm, I tried to relax most of the rest of my body. And it worked. 5/5 every time. So, I'm adding another sub-fundamental to the list!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 09:26 PM (XfIK1)

236 Story of my life. I bought my Henry Lever .38/.357 two years before the side gate loading came out.

FML.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:26 PM (1O+Fl)

237 Thanks, Boss Weasel. I’ll be back in operation this coming week.
New AR-10 BCG arrives tomorrow. I WILL have a range report.
Assuming Grateful didn’t muck up the rifle the last time she shot it . . .

Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2026 09:27 PM (GSdlI)

238 >>> 108
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Now, should I pour my Flor de Cana 4 yr old rum over ice, or go whole hog and make a pina colada...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 08:02 PM (08OqX)

Yes.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 09:27 PM (3mtzY)

239 And thanks to all teh Weasel and everyone today for making the thread special.

Range report.
FWIW, I fitted a scope to a 1943 Savage Lend Lease No. 4, Mk 1* Lee Enfield. When I got it, someone had locked the bolt into the receiver on a barrelled action. No stock, etc. Matching barrel, bolt, and receiver only.

The receiver was tapped on the side of the action with three screws but no scope mount. It took about ten years to finally identify the missing scope mount which was a Parker Hales A29 side mount which I finally obtained. Another year or so before getting the matching Parker Hale scope rail and the Parker Hale rings.

Finally leveled, mounted the scope, and used a Tasco barrel collimator to mount the scope. Bedded the scope rail to the scope mount with epoxy. Put on a Vortex 3x9 scope on it with long eye relief. That was my weekend project. Done after a mere twelve years or so.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:28 PM (E4rtv)

240 G'Night, all. Almost done with my cold and early gym time tomorrow. God bless!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 04, 2026 09:29 PM (NcvvS)

241 Finally leveled, mounted the scope, and used a Tasco barrel collimator to mount the scope. Bedded the scope rail to the scope mount with epoxy. Put on a Vortex 3x9 scope on it with long eye relief. That was my weekend project. Done after a mere twelve years or so.
Posted by: whig

Slow down. What's the rush? 😂

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:30 PM (1O+Fl)

242 The guy in the Don't Touch A Gun video has a great voice for that particular bit of instruction. Calm, baritone, soothing but with authority.

And he's right about rules.

One of the things in flight training was all of the Notes, Warnings, and Cautions written in the manual was "They are written in blood." They were all written in there because a jet got bent or crashed or hurt people. It's the deadlier, more mechanical version of: "Doc, it hurts when I do this." "Well, don't do that."

Posted by: GWB at October 04, 2026 09:31 PM (kU0PQ)

243 Thanks, Boss Weasel. I’ll be back in operation this coming week.
New AR-10 BCG arrives tomorrow. I WILL have a range report.
Assuming Grateful didn’t muck up the rifle the last time she shot it . . .
Posted by: RI Red
************
Hello? I'm not the one who blew it up. In fact, when I was shooting it, it was consistently hitting 300yds.
But glad to hear there will be a new one for next year...

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 09:31 PM (XfIK1)

244 Now, should I pour my Flor de Cana 4 yr old rum over ice, or go whole hog and make a pina colada...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 08:02 PM (08OqX)

Yes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 09:27 PM (3mtzY)

For a long time, I bought only Flor de Cana 7 year old, and 12 for special occasions. But now they market it as "carbon-neutral" spirits, and that sort of virtue signaling does not sit well with me. And the price has gone up enough that Lambs or Captain Morgan is much more attractive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 09:31 PM (i9VX2)

245 RMBS and Scoobs, I expect positive results and reports on TRex and Grateful at the 1,000 yard target!
Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2026 08:37 PM

We'll make this happen.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 09:32 PM (GfgtS)

246 228 Do you mean .38 Super, Whig?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Dammit, yes I did. Mind was on other things.

FWIW those that are probably not interested. Handgun (and a few really old rifle cartridges) either headspace on the rim, the semi rim (much reduced rim size), or on the case mouth. The 38 Special and most revolver cartridges are rimmed cartridges and headspace on the rim. A few are semi rimmed like the 38 Super where the rim diameter is barely larger than the back of the case so that the extractor can grab it. Problems with that include brass variations, little or no sealing of the chamber, and wandering headspace depending on factors like extractor tension and wear. Last are teh modern rimless types like the 45 ACP, 9mm etc. These all headspace on the case mouth.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:32 PM (E4rtv)

247 >>Now, should I pour my Flor de Cana 4 yr old rum over ice, or go whole hog and make a pina colada...

It would be a sacrilege to waste rum that good in a pina colada.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 09:32 PM (viF8m)

248 Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2026 09:27 PM (GSdlI)
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Congratulations!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:33 PM (leKdc)

249 I'm almost embarrassed to admit I have two of those steel rules. And the micrometers. I got a lot of use out them. I also have dial and vernier calipers that whippersnappers wouldn't even know what they're looking at. I still have my uncle's slide rule from when he worked for nasa.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 04, 2026 09:33 PM (kvLZQ)

250 It would be a sacrilege to waste rum that good in a pina colada.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 09:32 PM (viF8m)

Unless it leads to getting caught in the rain with Sydney Sweeney.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 09:34 PM (i9VX2)

251 Duncanthrax, your friendship is a very special gift.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 09:09 PM

As is yours!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 09:34 PM (0sNs1)

252 Time to punch out. Thanks again, Weasel for a great Gun Thread. I'll be in San Antonio for the next one, and God willing, I'll see y'all in Corsicana!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 09:35 PM (GfgtS)

253 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 09:35 PM (GfgtS)
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Adios amigo!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:36 PM (leKdc)

254 >>> 192 Amigo, do you have The Deplorable Gourmet? It's wonderful for any level of cook.
Posted by: Nazdar

No. And I have no excuse. 😢
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:03 PM (1O+Fl)

Remind me to bring my 'extra' copy to the MoMee.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 04, 2026 09:36 PM (3mtzY)

255 Slow down. What's the rush? 😂
Posted by: rickb223
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LOL.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:36 PM (E4rtv)

256 See you in TX RMBS. Enjoy your time in San Antonio!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 09:36 PM (XfIK1)

257 Story of my life. I bought my Henry Lever .38/.357 two years before the side gate loading came out.

FML.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:26 PM

Why worry? With sufficient accuracy, you are one and done.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 09:37 PM (0sNs1)

258 >>Unless it leads to getting caught in the rain with Sydney Sweeney.

I've got a Pina Colada story. Remind me to tell you someday.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 09:38 PM (viF8m)

259 It's late, so...
Thanks for the thread, Weasel.
I'll go through and read the comments, so thank you Horde.

Posted by: GWB at October 04, 2026 09:40 PM (kU0PQ)

260 No. And I have no excuse. 😢
Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:03 PM (1O+Fl)

Remind me to bring my 'extra' copy to the MoMee.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Just ordered one. Already had an Amazon order coming.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:41 PM (1O+Fl)

261 Nite GWB, hope we get to see you next year at either NoVA or TX...or both!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 04, 2026 09:41 PM (XfIK1)

262 Posted by: GWB at October 04, 2026 09:40 PM (kU0PQ)
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My pleasure. Thanks for being here GWB.

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:41 PM (leKdc)

263 DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, wear Piper's Pants!

/I am disappoint she didn't include a selfie from last year's TX MoMe ... [h/t Sponge!]

Posted by: ShainS at October 04, 2026 09:42 PM (fTvJp)

264 Why worry? With sufficient accuracy, you are one and done.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

True, but a side gate is soooo much easier to top off than pulling the entire tube. Not that I've ever encountered hogs. 😡

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:43 PM (1O+Fl)

265 A bit more on case rims. Back in the olden days, mercuric primers were used in brass cases and the brass alloy production means meant inconsistent quality. Mercury softens brass over time (which is why reloading brass cartridges that used a mercuric primer--gone since the early 30s' is a no no.). So to prevent a blast of hot gas back at the shooter, both rifle and handgun cartridges used rims to in effect seal the chamber and deflect safely whatever gas might escape from a ruptured cartridge upon firing.

Brass quality got better, mercuric primers were replaced, and machine guns and semi auto firearms came about. Case rims create a lot of problems for semi and full auto firing. It can be done but better not. The US and Germans went to rimless cases (which means the rim is not larger than in diameter than the back of the case proper) which feed better in semi auto and full auto rifles, machine guns, etc. and we get a divergence--rifles headspaced on the shoulder in rimless cartridges and straight walled pistol cartridges like the 9mm and the 45 ACP headspaced on the case mouth.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:43 PM (E4rtv)

266 DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, wear Piper's Pants!

/I am disappoint she didn't include a selfie from last year's TX MoMe ... [h/t Sponge!]
Posted by: ShainS

Under no circumstances could I ever be accused of doing that.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 09:44 PM (1O+Fl)

267 Thanks Weasel and thanks Horde!

Posted by: TRex - unwobbly dino at October 04, 2026 09:44 PM (XfIK1)

268 I’m still trying to figure out what’s wrong with the chick in the dress…

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 04, 2026 09:45 PM (6jna9)

269 Posted by: TRex - unwobbly dino at October 04, 2026 09:44 PM (XfIK1)
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You bet! Thanks for being here!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:45 PM (leKdc)

270 258 >>Unless it leads to getting caught in the rain with Sydney Sweeney.

I've got a Pina Colada story. Remind me to tell you someday.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 09:38 PM (viF8m)

OK Rupert.

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 04, 2026 09:47 PM (6jna9)

271 Headspace itself is a mystical mention in firearms but it is really no more than a set specification so that mfg ammo can be safely fired in a firearm that matches that specification with some variance.

Too long headspace creates some troubles, too short more. Firearms that deviate too much from teh specification whether it is wear, improper mfg, or bubba alterations can risk safety, generally reduce ability to reload the brass, and can have accuracy and functioning problems.

Nowadays, if avoiding antique oddities, all pistols and rifles headspace on either the rim of the cartridge, the case mouth, or on bottleneck cartridges, a reference point on the neck of the case back to the bolt head.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:48 PM (E4rtv)

272 Would like to meet you in person someday!
Posted by: Weasel

Ditto.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:49 PM (E4rtv)

273 BTW, Thanks AOP for correcting my cobwebs in the mental machinery post.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:50 PM (E4rtv)

274 "The BATF is not out to get you."
Hah!

Better to say "Some of the agents in the BATF are not out to get you."

Patrick Tate Adamiak

Posted by: GWB at October 04, 2026 09:53 PM (kU0PQ)

275 Good night folks.

Posted by: whig at October 04, 2026 09:53 PM (E4rtv)

276 Thanks Weasel

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 09:58 PM (NnhvP)

277 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 09:58 PM (NnhvP)
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Sure! See you soon.

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 09:59 PM (TMF5Z)

278 Sure! See you soon.
Posted by: Weasel

Really looking forward to it!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 10:00 PM (NnhvP)

279 Thanks Weasel!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 04, 2026 10:01 PM (HlyYF)

280 Finito!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 04, 2026 10:01 PM (3rv/9)

281 Night all. 3:35 is coming quick.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2026 10:07 PM (1O+Fl)

Food Thread: Fat! Fire! Not Necessarily A Bad Combination

Everyone knows that fat is flavor, and it certainly isn't the main culprit in the insidious expansion of our midsections.

But it also presents challenges in cooking, since it both flammable (all food is) and energy intensive, so that flame is going to burn hotter, start quicker, and will be more difficult to extinguish than an errant strand of pasta that falls into the burner.

But in moderation it adds marvelous flavors to food, and is the reason we grill things!

So how to manage that balance between combustion and cinders?

It is tempting to trim the exterior fat from meats that are to be grilled, because that will go a long way toward preventing those flare-ups and the occasional conflagration.

And I don't do that! Because those chunks of fat on the edges of steaks are absolutely delicious when properly grilled, and can be the highlight of a well-cooked steak!

Sorry, but I have no magic technique, other than being careful and moving the steak around the grill to avoid a beef bonfire. But that's really the point...being attentive, especially while grilling, is the best way to become a good cook!

******
Food and cooking websites are not immune to the ridiculous clickbait that other websites produce in their frantic desire to remain solvent. But this one was particularly stupid: The Best Way to Store Canned Tuna, According to Bumble Bee is actually, "The Best Way To Store Tuna If You Want It Cold."

Yes...that is it. The brilliant discovery made by this earnest retard (or the AI system they use to write articles) is that putting cans of tuna in the refrigerator will make them cold.

Do we really deserve opposable thumbs if this is what they have led to?

[Hat Tip: Misanthropic Humanitarian]

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Lurker "59X53" (really!) has decided to rub my nose in his obvious talent at growing garlic. He wasn't content to email me and say, "Hey ...dude... it's really not that hard." No, he had to send photographic evidence of his success!

Wow!

He tells me that the crop has been improving because he selects the best and biggest from the previous year's crop for planting. No surprise, but I am still impressed!

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This recipe isn't going to win any awards, but it looks like it would be tasty, and easy. Oven-Baked Southwest Chicken is simple, although I would swap the boneless-skinless breasts for ... you guessed it ... thighs! And yes, I would skin them, although I don't think boning them is worth the trouble.

[Hat Tip: Misanthropic Humanitarian]

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Commenter (and grilling aficionado) "Gunslinger" sent this, along with calling me out for using bottled Ranch dressing as a marinade for chicken (See last week's Food Thread). He is, of course, incorrect about the bottled stuff, but he also demonstrates real skill with these pork tenderloins, which he says are moist!

Tie up the thin ends with butchers twine to join them into the main bulk of the cut.
Poke a zillion holes in it with a fork.
Slather with oil. I use avocado oil because it's Hi-temp, but olive oil should be OK here.
Cover with your favorite rub.
Grill /smoke at 225 for 1-2 hours. Use a temp probe and get to 145* internal.

Low temperature cooking for a long time? For a lean cut? And it turns out juicy? I am impressed.
******
I know...I know...I am on a "Fallow" kick, but their cooking really appeals to me.

And I love Sticky Toffee Pudding!

I'm going to make it soon, and since I found a great vanilla ice cream recipe, I already know what I am serving it with!

******

As much as I would like to chuckle over this photo, I must remind myself that I just had to clean some unknown food splatter off the top of a pass-through window in my kitchen.

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The great garlic experiment of 2025-2026 was a resounding...meh. Send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

About the Bourbon Bubble...I think it has burst, but the category is also suffering from the inflation that affected everything else (Thanks Biden!). I think the sweet spot is still $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 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Let's eat!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 04, 2026 04:01 PM (iIyc0)

3 He tells me that the crop has been improving because he selects the best and biggest from the previous year's crop for planting.

Huh. Genetic engineering.

This is the kind of dangerous practice that ended up giving us corn.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2026 04:03 PM (4Je4D)

4 https://tinyurl.com/yu2kpc7p
For your Halloween party, a 'human hand ' to eat

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Um, thats Garlic Engineering

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

6 4 ) its a YouTube short

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

7 I love the mixer explosion pic.

My 3 year-old boy grandbaby loves to stand on his step stool and "help" as I prep the meal. Yikes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 04, 2026 04:04 PM (4Je4D)

8 And that little girl (in the photo) was me! But I wasn't a little girl, and it was just a few weeks ago, and I am still finding cake batter in places I did not know that stand mixer could sling it.

Posted by: moki at October 04, 2026 04:05 PM (wLjpr)

9 I have Mississippi Pot Roast in the crockpot for supper, to be accompanied by homegrown zucchini.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 04:05 PM (kpS4V)

10 Yum Eris!!! Pot roast and grown with love zucchini!! That sounds wonderful!

Posted by: moki at October 04, 2026 04:06 PM (wLjpr)

11 Is a pass-through window a drive-through?

Posted by: Goldie Locks at October 04, 2026 04:06 PM (Cqx++)

12 Um, thats Garlic Engineering
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

Oooh. Scary!

Blah! Blah!

Posted by: Count Floyd at October 04, 2026 04:07 PM (4Je4D)

13 >>>As much as I would like to chuckle over this photo

That chocolate splatter is EVERYWHERE.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:07 PM (odBC9)

14 although I would swap the boneless-skinless breasts for ... you guessed it ... thighs!

And the congregation says, "Amen"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 04:07 PM (l3cgK)

15 4 https://tinyurl.com/yu2kpc7p
For your Halloween party, a 'human hand ' to eat

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)

Ooooh...Lady fingers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 04:08 PM (l3cgK)

16 Hi Moki!

The zook plant is the last thing producing in my late, great vegetable patch. The season is just about over.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 04:08 PM (kpS4V)

17 12 Um, thats Garlic Engineering
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

Oooh. Scary!

Blah! Blah!
Posted by: Count Floyd at October 04, 2026 04:07 PM (4Je4D)

Is this Count Dracula Floyd?

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:09 PM (odBC9)

18 I did not know that stand mixer could sling it.

Posted by: moki at October 04, 2026 04:05 PM (wLjpr)

Just wait until you shake salad dressing in a container that does not close correctly.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 04:09 PM (k5CNB)

19 I just had to clean some unknown food splatter off the top of a pass-through window in my kitchen.

Posted by: CBD

And how did that splash of something tomato based get non the ceiling?! IRL.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 04:09 PM (NnhvP)

20
The zook plant is the last thing producing in my late, great vegetable patch. The season is just about over.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 04:08 PM (kpS4V)

That has been a good, long season up there! You have a green thumb for sure!!

Posted by: moki at October 04, 2026 04:10 PM (wLjpr)

21 Delicious dishes. And one precious little girl.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 04, 2026 04:10 PM (PKL0q)

22 Lurker "59X53" (really!) has decided to rub my nose in his obvious talent at growing garlic.

________________________________

I'd like to try and grow stuff outside the confines of Chernobyl. You guys won't be laughing at my 130 lb. cabbages. You probably WILL be laughing at my 130 lb. testicles though. Fair trade.

Posted by: Orson at October 04, 2026 04:11 PM (dIske)

23 And how did that splash of something tomato based get non the ceiling?! IRL.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 04:09 PM (NnhvP)

It is a source of never-ending wonder to me how far I can splatter food.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 04:11 PM (k5CNB)

24 >>>The brilliant discovery ... is that putting cans of tuna in the refrigerator will make them cold.

Who has room in the fridge for non-perishables?

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:11 PM (odBC9)

25 Off for an autumn walk. It's that short, blessed Midwest season of no bugs/no snow.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 04:12 PM (kpS4V)

26 Kind of fast food soon, Tyson chicken patty, baked with tomato sauce and cheese on, side dish of pasta

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 04:12 PM (Ia/+0)

27 23 And how did that splash of something tomato based get non the ceiling?! IRL.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 04:09 PM (NnhvP)

It is a source of never-ending wonder to me how far I can splatter food.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 04:11 PM (k5CNB)

As a kid, my older brother swung his fist at the table and hit a ketchup packet...spatter on the ceiling...folks were NOT happy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 04:12 PM (l3cgK)

28 It is pouring. Non stop rain. Which means dinner is going to be zucchini falafel because I am not going anywhere.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 04:13 PM (ZdaMQ)

29 28 It is pouring. Non stop rain. Which means dinner is going to be zucchini falafel because I am not going anywhere.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 04:13 PM (ZdaMQ)

I'll trade you my 102ºF heat for some of your rain...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 04:13 PM (l3cgK)

30 26 Kind of fast food soon, Tyson chicken patty, baked with tomato sauce and cheese on, side dish of pasta
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 04:12 PM (Ia/+0)

Sounds kind of Parmigiany!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:15 PM (odBC9)

31
I'll trade you my 102ºF heat for some of your rain...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 04:13 PM

It’s only 78 out there,102 is pretty hot still.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 04:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

32 >>>Lurker "59X53" (really!) has decided to rub my nose in his obvious talent at growing garlic.

Wow, indeed!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:16 PM (odBC9)

33 Chuck roast is $6.99 a lb at Kroger this weekend, so I got about three lbs and vacuum sealed most of it. Then made some humble beef and noodles for Mr. Dmlw! so he has something homemade to eat while I'm gone this week.

I'm not crazy about beef myself, but it smells good, so I'll probably have a small bit of it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2026 04:17 PM (CjHsb)

34
Hubby and I love pasta. We're not into making homemade pasta.

We love Buitoni refridgerated pastas. Rao's sauces are great too.

Easy meals for us. Yum

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)

35
I'll trade you my 102ºF heat for some of your rain...
Posted by: jim

Only 92.8 in the valley (on the surface) of the sun.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 04:17 PM (NnhvP)

36 33 Chuck roast is $6.99 a lb at Kroger this weekend, so I got about three lbs and vacuum sealed most of it. Then made some humble beef and noodles for Mr. Dmlw!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2026 04:17 PM (CjHsb)

yum

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:18 PM (odBC9)

37 Chicken patty parmigian is one of my favorite easy dinners.

I go ahead a splurge on a jar of Sockarooni sauce and sliced provolone.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2026 04:20 PM (36x1j)

38 Is Rao's sauce really worth $7 per bottle?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2026 04:20 PM (36x1j)

39 Got some prime rib eyes going on the grill a bit later. 1.5" and nicely marbled. Salted them last night and they're on the counter now warming up.

Sides are Twice baked potato casserole and Amish potato rolls. 10" inch cinnamon roll cake for dessert.

Wife's birthday.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 04, 2026 04:21 PM (Hbeqj)

40 Made a smoked salmon Bennie for son for brunch today. Nom nom nom.

Finishing up mimosas. Then head to his place for beers on the deck and the Seahawks game.

Going to a steakhouse for my birthday dinner afterwards.

Mmmmmmm. *drools*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2026 04:22 PM (yEz+x)

41 Since when did flank steak get so damned expensive??? That's my FWP and yes, this is the food thread. So what. Sue me. But I snuck into Mrs D's "mad money" stash and scored enough to get 4lbs worth. Sitting in the marinade now and it is going to be awesome!
The real quesrion with bbq'd flank steak is: beer, wine, or boirvon?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 04:23 PM (2WIwB)

42 I bought a Chuck roast in the Cryovac today. Sliced out some steaks and am grilling them low n slow.
I'll let you know, but I think they'll be awesome!

Posted by: MkY at October 04, 2026 04:24 PM (ZHRuH)

43 In my driveway I open a folding worktable, put a flattened cardboard box on top of it, plug in an 1800 watt induction hotplate, and stick a carbon steel round pan on the hotplate. The pan gets up to 600 degrees Fahrenheit within 150 seconds.

Smoke, grease splatter, and flareups are not an issue. I have a Chinesium propane cooking torch head from Amazon that rides on top of five-dollar camping bottles from Walmart to sear the sides with flame. I get twenty-plus uses out of the little propane bottles.

I use the same table, cardboard, and outlets to deep fry outside in a Presto Granpappy filled with beef tallow.

I have not fired up my grill in years.

Posted by: biteme at October 04, 2026 04:25 PM (xWS9V)

44 Damn Kindle...beer, wine, or bourbon?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 04:25 PM (2WIwB)

45 39 Got some prime rib eyes going on the grill a bit later. 1.5" and nicely marbled. Salted them last night and they're on the counter now warming up.

Sides are Twice baked potato casserole and Amish potato rolls. 10" inch cinnamon roll cake for dessert.

Wife's birthday.
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 04, 2026 04:21 PM (Hbeqj)

Happy birthday to the missus!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:25 PM (odBC9)

46 Happy Birthday, Nurse! Save room for cake!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 04:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

47
I made a double batch of dry-method caramel. Phew.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 04, 2026 04:28 PM (mmrXZ)

48 The time I spewed bean juice out the tiny hole at the top of the pressure cooker because I took the pressure gauge off just a little too soon. Dripping mess on the ceiling. I was probably 12 years old and had to stand on the kitchen table to wash the ceiling. I have not repeated that mistake.

Posted by: huerfano at October 04, 2026 04:28 PM (2Xqig)

49 with bbq'd flank steak is: beer, wine, or boirvon?
Posted by: Diogenes

Yes.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 04:28 PM (NnhvP)

50
I don't what we pay for Rao's sauce. It is something we love to eat. It's not like we eat it everyday.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 04:29 PM (/QHx4)

51 We're sure getting smoked.

Posted by: The Texans at October 04, 2026 04:29 PM (QKE42)

52 I cooked a couple of slabs of beef short ribs earlier this wee in the smoker. For a first-time effort, they turned out okay.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2026 04:31 PM (rj6Yv)

53 40 Made a smoked salmon Bennie for son for brunch today. Nom nom nom.

Finishing up mimosas.
Mmmmmmm. *drools*
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2026 04:22 PM (yEz+x)

I'm deducing that this is a smoked salmon eggs Benedict. Which, yum.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:32 PM (odBC9)

54 Birthday is Tuesday.

But it’s one that ends in 0. So celebration lasts the whole
Werk.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2026 04:33 PM (yEz+x)

55 “The real quesrion with bbq'd flank steak is: beer, wine, or boirvon?“

I’ll take, What is Before, During, and After for $200 Alex.

Posted by: Gunslinger at October 04, 2026 04:33 PM (N91F8)

56 I don't what we pay for Rao's sauce. It is something we love to eat. It's not like we eat it everyday.
Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 04:29 PM (/QHx4)
====

If you have the time, a simple tomato sauce is pretty quick and easy to make. Rao's is pretty good, but if the Carbone Marina is on sale, that's my go-to.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2026 04:33 PM (rj6Yv)

57 Is Rao's sauce really worth $7 per bottle?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2026 04:20 PM (36x1j)

Food And Wine tomato sauce reviews:

https://tinyurl.com/52a8yvea

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 04:33 PM (k5CNB)

58 57 Is Rao's sauce really worth $7 per bottle?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2026 04:20 PM (36x1j)

Food And Wine tomato sauce reviews:

https://tinyurl.com/52a8yvea
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 04:33 PM (k5CNB)

Great to know!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:35 PM (odBC9)

59 Sorry I'm late. I was cleaning my rifle in prep for the TxMoMe.

No major food experiments/triumphs this week. Just a nice skillet roasted butternut squash and caramelized onion thing with some ginger and cayenne that made a nice side for some grilled pork chops.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 04:35 PM (GfgtS)

60 The real quesrion with bbq'd flank steak is: beer, wine, or boirvon?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 04:23 PM (2WIwB)

My local liquor store doesn't carry boirvon, so I would go with beer!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 04:36 PM (k5CNB)

61 Thanks, m.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 04, 2026 04:37 PM (Hbeqj)

62 Carbone Marina (sigh)

Carbone Marinara.

Posted by: mrp at October 04, 2026 04:37 PM (rj6Yv)

63 La San Marzano Marinara Sauce - we have used this one on the rare times we use a jarred sauce. There is another one J gets from Italy with his pasta order…let me go see if we even have any of that, though I don’t think they sell it here. Otherwise, he makes his own.

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 04:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

64 My local liquor store doesn't carry boirvon, so I would go with beer!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 04:36 PM (k5CNB)

A spell check failure for bourbon.
I'm going with what gunslinger said @55.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 04:38 PM (2WIwB)

65 60 The real quesrion with bbq'd flank steak is: beer, wine, or boirvon?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 04:23 PM (2WIwB)

My local liquor store doesn't carry boirvon, so I would go with beer!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 04:36 PM (k5CNB)

LOL I typed boirvon into google translate, and it said:

Did you mean: bourbon?

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:39 PM (odBC9)

66
In two weeks we will be celebrating our 49th anniversary. Over a lot of those years I made simple sauces to feed the family.

It's two of us now so it is great to treat ourselves to whatever we want to eat.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 04:40 PM (/QHx4)

67 oh, speaking of food experiments.

Someone suggested a few weeks ago, probably in jest, using grilled cheese sandwiches as buns for a burger.

Well, it was... okay. And with a better burger it might have been good.

But all in all? Would not recommend without a lot of tweaking. The flavors of a cheaply-mass-produced burger patty rescued from the depths of the freezer plus my usual toppings and condiments, didn't mesh well with the grilled cheese. Hm... might do grilled cheese and bologna sandwiches Wednesday when I get home from the interview (8-9hr straight drive, so probably later than that)... or that might be a "give in to your exhaustion, pick up something on the way to the house" night.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 04:40 PM (aJQbY)

68 As far as jarred tomato sauce, I really like Rao's. I can make my own, but Rao's is close enough that most of the time it's not worth the hassle. It's particularly worth it when the twin pack is on sale at Costco. I like that they don't use sugar. I'm not one of those assholes that tells people how to eat their food, so if you like sugar in your sauce that's totally cool, but I find that almost all sauces that put sugar in use too much (for me, anyway). On a per serving basis, it costs nearly nothing, and I think life is way too short for shitty tomato sauce.

Posted by: Steeldoc at October 04, 2026 04:41 PM (afbas)

69 I had thought that "boir-" might get picked up as (French) "boire" (drink), but nah.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:41 PM (odBC9)

70 57 Is Rao's sauce really worth $7 per bottle?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2026 04:20 PM (36x1j)

Food And Wine tomato sauce reviews:

https://tinyurl.com/52a8yvea
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 04:33 PM (k5CNB)

If you are doctoring it, never.
If you aren't and are serving it straight onto pasta - maybe.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2026 04:43 PM (tOcjL)

71 Good tomato pasta sauce seems like it should be simple to make, but mine never tastes great. I'd rather just buy it from a professional.

Next time I might spring for Rao's.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2026 04:44 PM (CjHsb)

72 68 As far as jarred tomato sauce, I really like Rao's. I can make my own, but Rao's is close enough that most of the time it's not worth the hassle. It's particularly worth it when the twin pack is on sale at Costco. I like that they don't use sugar. I'm not one of those assholes that tells people how to eat their food, so if you like sugar in your sauce that's totally cool, but I find that almost all sauces that put sugar in use too much (for me, anyway). On a per serving basis, it costs nearly nothing, and I think life is way too short for shitty tomato sauce.
Posted by: Steeldoc at October 04, 2026 04:41 PM (afbas)

The review in the foodandwine.com article that CBD linked is pretty top-notch:

Most reliable: Rao’s Homemade Marinara Sauce

Initially invented by the Pellegrino family (owners of Rao’s restaurant in New York City) and acquired by Campbell’s, Rao’s Homemade is consistently excellent. The flavor is rich, with just the right amount of acidity, and the texture is chunky enough to evenly coat every last noodle on your plate. $9 for one 24-ounce jar at raos.com

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:45 PM (odBC9)

73 Not cooking tonight except for youth group. I wasn't even supposed to cook for that, but to drop off hot dogs, buns, condiments, a homemade fruit tray and smores ingredients for a bonfire (aka, the kids would cook over the fire). But, with rain this whole weekend, bonfire is kicked to the next meeting, so gonna boil the hot dogs (b/c did I mention it's raining and i'm not grilling 40 beef dogs in the rain) and made dark chocolate chip cookies (b/c those always are popular)...

Spouse and I are going solo somewhere quick b/c girls are eating on their own (and boys are at group)...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2026 04:45 PM (tOcjL)

74 68 As far as jarred tomato sauce, I really like Rao's. I can make my own, but Rao's is close enough that most of the time it's not worth the hassle. It's particularly worth it when the twin pack is on sale at Costco. I like that they don't use sugar. I'm not one of those assholes that tells people how to eat their food, so if you like sugar in your sauce that's totally cool, but I find that almost all sauces that put sugar in use too much (for me, anyway). On a per serving basis, it costs nearly nothing, and I think life is way too short for shitty tomato sauce.
Posted by: Steeldoc at October 04, 2026 04:41 PM (afbas)

If you look, a lot of brands have now dropped added sugar...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2026 04:47 PM (tOcjL)

75 They have yummy-looking recipes at their site:

https://raos.com

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:49 PM (odBC9)

76 That top photo?

Looks a lot like when my wife's in the kitchen. 🤣

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2026 04:49 PM (RORbl)

77 Coming up on 5 hours of baby backs on the smoker. I is hungry.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 04:49 PM (viF8m)

78 LOL I typed boirvon into google translate, and it said:

Did you mean: bourbon?

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:39 PM (odBC9)

I figured it was a typo, but "boir" means "drink" in French, so I couldn't resist the joke.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 04:49 PM (k5CNB)

79 Currently baking lollipop chicken drumsticks in the oven with olive oil and seasoning. Will see how they turn out.

Posted by: Jen the original at October 04, 2026 04:51 PM (EiUt/)

80 As for shopping, I went to the area Aldi's and didn't see a single price drop, BUT my Safeway has now gone nuts with great ad deals 2 weeks in a row (I have a raincheck - my 1st ever - for bags of potatoes and onions b/c apparently it was like Black Friday at the stores for getting them...I expect the same for the fresh salmon filet sale when I go later this week, but maybe I'll get to grab the potatoes and onions...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2026 04:51 PM (tOcjL)

81 Nurse & DanMan share a birthday! I think DanMan is a wee bit older. He's grilling us a rib eye tonight. We bought a 1/4 of steer from a friend at church who raises them. Grass fed.

Posted by: DanMa'am at October 04, 2026 04:51 PM (8uzBS)

82 I get a jar of ready made sauce and add onions, sponach, mushrooms, and sausage, and whammo! You only need your pasta and you’re fat.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2026 04:53 PM (LHPAg)

83 Saw a pasta sauce review many years ago.
They rated a sauce, only available at Target stores (with groceries, of course) by Giada De Laurentiis.
I tried a couple of styles and really liked them.
Don’t set foot in a Target store now, so I have no idea if it’s still available.
Don’t shop for marinara now. If it’s on a special at Costco or Sam’s, I pick up the Rao’s.
I like it well enough.

Posted by: Gunslinger at October 04, 2026 04:53 PM (N91F8)

84 I get Rao's.often, its good

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 04:53 PM (Ia/+0)

85 67 oh, speaking of food experiments.

Someone suggested a few weeks ago, probably in jest, using grilled cheese sandwiches as buns for a burger.

Well, it was... okay. And with a better burger it might have been good.

But all in all? Would not recommend without a lot of tweaking. The flavors of a cheaply-mass-produced burger patty rescued from the depths of the freezer plus my usual toppings and condiments, didn't mesh well with the grilled cheese. Hm... might do grilled cheese and bologna sandwiches Wednesday when I get home from the interview (8-9hr straight drive, so probably later than that)... or that might be a "give in to your exhaustion, pick up something on the way to the house" night.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 04:40 PM (aJQbY)

I'd imagine the overall fat level and carbs drowned out a lot of your topping flavors (b/c that's a lot of cheese and butter and bread before you even get to the burger)...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2026 04:54 PM (tOcjL)

86 For beef and lamb, wood fire is the best fire. Takes practice, but once mastered, the results will match or exceed anything you can get from Ruth's Chris or Flemings..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 04:55 PM (08OqX)

87 Those pork tenders look great. I pull them out at 140, tho. By the time they hit the table the internals are 145.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 04, 2026 04:57 PM (VepBY)

88 67 Someone suggested a few weeks ago, probably in jest, using grilled cheese sandwiches as buns for a burger.
Well, it was... okay.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 04:40 PM (aJQbY)

Do you use a grilled cheese sandwich on top and another grilled cheese sandwich on the bottom? Or just tuck the burger patty inside a grilled cheese sandwich?

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:57 PM (odBC9)

89
Roasting some baby potatoes with garlic, paprika, parmesan cheese and parsley. We shall see.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 04:58 PM (eRlcH)

90 Happy Birthday, Nurse!

Behave.

If you do get arrested, don't ask the nice officer if he's a stripper cop. Do NOT tuck bills in his belt or use his piece to demonstrate trigger discipline.

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

91 Who's this "Chris" who belongs to "Ruth"?

/s

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2026 04:58 PM (RORbl)

92 I don’t mind some flaming fat on the grill. Looks cool and manly and satisfying in a manly way. Plus, I like some burned char on my meat. It’s … manly.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 04, 2026 04:59 PM (VepBY)

93
After we married, I saw Her Majesty trimming the fat from a leg of lamb. I politely but firmly took over all meat-cooking duties.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 05:01 PM (eRlcH)

94 If you really wanna be a lunatic with burger buns, use thin-cut fried chicken as buns.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 04, 2026 05:03 PM (VepBY)

95 Nova Local,

You might be right. I smashed the sandwiches while they were cooking in the pan, might have been a bit too much grease in the pan still though. Either way, not something I'll experiment with again anytime soon.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 05:04 PM (aJQbY)

96 Well the photos in today's thread are hard to beat for different reasons. Lurker's garlic growing is annoying, which means his looks wonderful and my past attempts looked like nasty crime scenes. That sticky toffee pudding video should come with an 'addictive substance' warning. I laughed at the little girl and her mixer mess only because I've been in the same position. My reaction was a bit different, a lot louder and more profane, but probably amusing to whoever didn't have to clean the walls and ceiling.

Posted by: JTB at October 04, 2026 05:04 PM (yTvNw)

97 m - it was a smashed-thin grilled cheese sandwich on bottom, the burger, and another smashed-thin grilled cheese sandwich on top.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 05:05 PM (aJQbY)

98 97 m - it was a smashed-thin grilled cheese sandwich on bottom, the burger, and another smashed-thin grilled cheese sandwich on top.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 05:05 PM (aJQbY)

Sounds like teenager food!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:06 PM (odBC9)

99 Akshually, come to think of it, it might have been a plain patty, if so that's probably half the problem.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 05:06 PM (aJQbY)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:06 PM (odBC9)

101 Sometimes teenager food is good as an adult still. Sometimes, "what was I *thinking*? Was I thinking? Was I drunk when I thought this up?"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 05:07 PM (aJQbY)

102 Anybody sliced glazed donuts in twain and used them (turned inside out) as burger buns? That seems like Fall of Rome-level indulgence.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 05:08 PM (kpS4V)

103 102 Anybody sliced glazed donuts in twain and used them (turned inside out) as burger buns? That seems like Fall of Rome-level indulgence.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 05:08 PM (kpS4V)

I've heard of it, but haven't tried it.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:09 PM (odBC9)

104 101 Sometimes teenager food is good as an adult still. Sometimes, "what was I *thinking*? Was I thinking? Was I drunk when I thought this up?"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 05:07 PM (aJQbY)

Every time I go to Costco, look at the price of hamburger ($6/lb for 80/20), I walk away and pick up a cooked, cured ham for $3/lb...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 05:09 PM (l3cgK)

105 103 102 Anybody sliced glazed donuts in twain and used them (turned inside out) as burger buns? That seems like Fall of Rome-level indulgence.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 05:08 PM (kpS4V)

I've heard of it, but haven't tried it.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:09 PM (odBC9)

Would ya do them St. Louis style, e.g. like they do their bagels?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 05:09 PM (l3cgK)

106 95 Nova Local,

You might be right. I smashed the sandwiches while they were cooking in the pan, might have been a bit too much grease in the pan still though. Either way, not something I'll experiment with again anytime soon.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 05:04 PM (aJQbY)

My current stance on a burger - beef is so expensive that you want to enhance and use every part of that burger, so if you want more fat, trap your burger grease in some way and toast your buns in it...don't hide with fat from dairy (like grilled cheeses)- enhance with beef fat...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2026 05:11 PM (tOcjL)

107 105 103 102 Anybody sliced glazed donuts in twain and used them (turned inside out) as burger buns? That seems like Fall of Rome-level indulgence.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 05:08 PM (kpS4V)

I've heard of it, but haven't tried it.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:09 PM (odBC9)

Would ya do them St. Louis style, e.g. like they do their bagels?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 05:09 PM (l3cgK)

Huh! I just googled that and was surprised!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:12 PM (odBC9)

108 Actually have some of Rao sauce leftover, thats why I am making chicken patty

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 05:12 PM (Ia/+0)

109 I had to look up the St. Louis style bagel. WTH?

Still not as bad as Cincy Chili.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 05:12 PM (kpS4V)

110 As for pre-made tomato sauces, try the refrigerated stuff like Buitoni.

Many big chain supermarkets also make their own sauces, fresh, and require refrigeration.

I find the refrigerated stuff is a notch above even the best in-aisle stuff.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 04, 2026 05:12 PM (VepBY)

111 109 I had to look up the St. Louis style bagel. WTH?

Still not as bad as Cincy Chili.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 05:12 PM (kpS4V)

hahahahaha
I've had friends from Cincinnati make that and it's yummy!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:15 PM (odBC9)

112 Theybmake pretzel hamburger buns

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 05:16 PM (Ia/+0)

113 no fat shaming at the AOSHQ

speaking of fat. 72 hour shortribs are coming out of the sous-vide in about an hour or so. Guiness and Garlic sauce to pair with them.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 04, 2026 05:16 PM (Q9iTF)

114 Haven't checked in a while but does Dunkin Donuts still make their cake donuts with the little nub to hold when dunking it in milk or coffee? The next time I need donuts, I should stop by and check. Also, the local DD (which combined with Baskin-Robbins) sometimes has rum raisin ice cream. A flavor my dad got me addicted to as a wee JTB.

Posted by: JTB at October 04, 2026 05:16 PM (yTvNw)

115 Is it weird to not like chicken with tomato sauce? Chicken parm, chicken enchiladas, chicken chili. They don't appeal to me. I prefer a creamy sauce rather than tomato based, but it's probably just me, isn't it?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2026 05:17 PM (CjHsb)

116 I have a freezer full of tomatoes so no jarred sauce until I've cleaned out a corner.

This pot roast would make a nice robust meat sauce.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 05:17 PM (kpS4V)

117 Sorry, but I have no magic technique, other than being careful and moving the steak around the grill to avoid a beef bonfire

I'm given to understand that Chemjeff just might be available for consultations, if properly motivated.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 04, 2026 05:17 PM (0sNs1)

118 111 109 I had to look up the St. Louis style bagel. WTH?

Still not as bad as Cincy Chili.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 05:12 PM (kpS4V)

hahahahaha
I've had friends from Cincinnati make that and it's yummy!
Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:15 PM (odBC9)

I'm gonna bet b/c they don't make it actually Cincinatti-style (boiling the meat), but just use the cinnamon the chili is known for...this is a lesson I learned, having lived there...no one actually makes the original garbage version except the hot dogs places...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2026 05:17 PM (tOcjL)

119 I see little agreement on what's in it:
snippets:

Lean ground beef, tomato sauce, unsweetened chocolate,

Oyster crackers, ground beef, red wine vinegar, spaghetti, kidney beans

Ground beef, apple cider vinegar, spaghetti, cheddar

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:17 PM (odBC9)

120 Yer a freak, Dash!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 05:18 PM (kpS4V)

121 "Teenager" or "Pub Grub" is something we've done under duress.

Last winter we were, by choice, confined to our home due to ice/snow and bitter cold. So, one night my wife and I took a frozen pizza and doctored it up with stuff we had on hand.

It turned out so good we periodically do this instead of making one from scratch. Doesn't matter on the brand, mostly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2026 05:20 PM (RORbl)

122 115 Is it weird to not like chicken with tomato sauce? Chicken parm, chicken enchiladas, chicken chili. They don't appeal to me. I prefer a creamy sauce rather than tomato based, but it's probably just me, isn't it?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2026 05:17 PM (CjHsb)

I sympathize with you on this. It's an acquired taste.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:20 PM (odBC9)

123 No she isn't

Plenty of foods I won't touch

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 05:20 PM (Ia/+0)

124 The little girl covered in batter is picture-worthy.

Show it to her fiance.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 05:21 PM (RIvkX)

125 118 111 109
Still not as bad as Cincy Chili.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 05:12 PM (kpS4V)

hahahahaha
I've had friends from Cincinnati make that and it's yummy!
Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:15 PM (odBC9)

I'm gonna bet b/c they don't make it actually Cincinatti-style (boiling the meat), but just use the cinnamon the chili is known for...this is a lesson I learned, having lived there...no one actually makes the original garbage version except the hot dogs places...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2026 05:17 PM (tOcjL)

Huh! I do not know!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:21 PM (odBC9)

126 There are nine year-olds here who fight with each other to make a marinara sauce, you apostates and laggards. They’ve been doing it since they were old enough to stand on a kitchen step. lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 04, 2026 05:22 PM (wUu8b)

127 Birthday is Tuesday.
But it’s one that ends in 0. So celebration lasts the whole
Werk.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2026 04:33

Sounds like fun nurse. My last birthday was 70. I celebrated w/ emergency surgery for a detached retina. I seem to recall better celebrations, lol.

Somewhere I've got a list of Moron birthdays I've kept. I'll add to it. Around now...
Oct 4 Mrs olddog in mo, Grammie Winger, Farmer
Oct 5 Handy Capable Harry
Oct 6 nurse ratched

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 04, 2026 05:23 PM (4Qj8V)

128 >>>@67 oh, speaking of food experiments ... Someone suggested a few weeks ago, probably in jest, using grilled cheese sandwiches as buns for a burger ... Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 04:40 PM (aJQbY)
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Greetings, RD ... Thank you very much for your feedback ... 'Twas me who mentioned the grilled cheese sandwiches ... Was hoping to experiment myself at a family gathering, to entice the youngest grandkids (ages 5 & 7) to try smash burgers between "mozzarella" sandwiches (they tend to prefer pizza cheese over cheddar) ... Anyway, our get-together was scheduled the same weekend as the recent Nor'easter -- which made everyone's roadways unpleasant for traveling -- so we rescheduled ... Hope the Wednesday interview goes well!

Posted by: Kathy at October 04, 2026 05:23 PM (MOK4W)

129 127 My last birthday was 70.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 04, 2026 05:23 PM (4Qj8V)

MOST RECENT birthday! Not LAST birthday!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:24 PM (odBC9)

130 115 ... "Is it weird to not like chicken with tomato sauce? Chicken parm, chicken enchiladas, chicken chili. They don't appeal to me. I prefer a creamy sauce rather than tomato based, but it's probably just me, isn't it?"

DMLW,
Thank you for saying this. It's not just you although we may be part of a tasteful and refined minority.

Posted by: JTB at October 04, 2026 05:24 PM (yTvNw)

131 120 Yer a freak, Dash!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 04, 2026 05:18 PM (kpS4V)

Figured as much.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2026 05:25 PM (CjHsb)

132 > MOST RECENT birthday! Not LAST birthday!
------------
This

Many of us here are.... not young.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2026 05:26 PM (RORbl)

133 Rao's is to jarred pasta sauce as Duke's is to mayo.

Yes, you can get better by making your own but 99% of the time you should save your efforts for places where it matters more.

Posted by: ballistic at October 04, 2026 05:26 PM (oqH4h)

134 Last Sunday we spent all afternoon making ravioli.

They turned out 100%. Not one leaked when boiling. The pasta was thin and delicate, and the filling rich and creamy. We served them with sage brown butter which was a perfect accompaniment.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 05:27 PM (RIvkX)

135 If there's nothing on the ceiling you've set the blender too low.

Posted by: DaveA at October 04, 2026 05:27 PM (FhXTo)

136 I think life is way too short for shitty tomato sauce.
Posted by: Steeldoc at October 04, 2026 04:41 PM (afbas)

This is why I make my own: Two med-large onions, diced and sauteed in oil, salt, and garlic. When the onions are transparent, add two 28 oz cans of whole tomatoes and simmer uncovered for at least an hour to remove most of the water. Spoon into a blender, and as it's running, pour in maybe two tablespoons of olive oil (might have to do this in two batches). Pour back into the pot and add your seasonings (basil, oregano, and rosemary at a minimum). If the consistency is a bit thick, pour in whatever red wine you have on hand. Stir.

When this starts to simmer, taste and correct your seasonings. If you have any browned meat, add it now, and simmer covered for another hour. You'll end up with the equivalent of at least three jars of store-bought sauce.

Quick word on sugar: Homecooks add a little to balance the acidity of the tomatoes. Most manufacturers use it to extend shelf life, and as a thickener. I'm skeptical of any jarred sauce that advertises "No sugar", because it makes me wonder what substitute are they using as a preservative and thickener...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 05:28 PM (08OqX)

137 Sorry, but I have no magic technique, other than being careful and moving the steak around the grill to avoid a beef bonfire. But that's really the point...being attentive, especially while grilling, is the best way to become a good cook!

One Christmas years ago, Dad decided he wanted to grill a prime rib for dinner.

Fine, no big deal, he'd done them before plenty of times.
He liked to rotisserie them so he could go back inside and watch football.

This particular Christmas Day did not want to cooperate.

It was chilly and rainy. We had to move the grill from the patio to the double-car garage which was then Dad's hobby woodworking shop. Fine, things should work out.

I helped him out, we set it all up and got it going.
Rolling door is open, side door thirty feet away is open for some ventilation.
Prime Rib is poked, rotating, fire underneath, easy peazy.
Then the wind started.
Not just any wind, no.
Gale force gusts coming right through the wide door.
Tropical Storm Noel might be a good description.

(cont'd)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)

138 The Prime Rib Smoke was angry that day, my friends.

One of us, I can't remember if it was the Master Iidot or the Apprentice Idiot, decided to break out a floor fan and aim it from the side towards the grill to blow some of the smoke away so we could actually see the meat.

This did not turn out as well as we'd hoped.
We had inadvertently unleasehed the pits of hell and I genuinely wondered if I had any eyebrows left at one point.
Eventually we got that under control, by, you know, turning off the fan.

After learning that lesson we came up with another brilliant solution.
This time we'd aim the fan from behind the grill towards the open wide garage door.
The results were somewhat better, I say better because no flame, I say somewhat because we had only succeeded in producing more smoke, but going straight up in swirls across the ceiling.

Apparently when a wall of wind hits a wall of wind it goes vertical very quickly.

I took great interest in watching the swirls.
Swriling, swirling, swirling Prime Rib Smoke.
All of the swirling circulation and lift had me eagerly awaiting the world's first Prime Rib Smoke Tornado.

(cont'd)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)

139 This Sunday however I have no clue. The kids took Boy F. to Dave & Buster's an hour and half ago and I just got charged from a Korean restaurant...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 05:31 PM (RIvkX)

140 Master Idiot, having settled for whatever prevented a fire decided he was going inside to wash his hands and the soot out of his mouth.

I was left alone in the Tornado Alley of Cristmas Prime Rib Smoke.

All was good for about ten minutes and then...

It's a crying shame to watch such a beautiful piece of meat get charred so badly it looks like a log from a petrified forrest.

I put the fire out the best I could.
I was throwing towels on the Christmas Prime Rib, patting it down with rubber oven mitts on.
Then I yanked it up off the stand like a weight bench and plooped it in the pan smoking like I just picked up a log off the fire.
I left the smoking ruins in shame to bear the message.

(cont'd)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 05:31 PM (6ydKt)

141 Dad was in the Laz-E-Boy watching the Cowboys vs. somebody.
"Dad, I think this Prime Rib is done. It caught fire again but you should come slice it and see what it looks like."
"Alright, I'm coming."

Ya know, it wasn't too bad once we wiped it off some and he sliced her open.
It was actually mostly medium rare pink with some dark grey around the edges below the fat.

Everybody had some everybody ate it and everybody wanted leftovers.

So don't tell me there aren't Christmas Miracles, because Tropical Storm Noel, the Great Prime Rib Smoke Tornado, and the charred, but highly edible, Christmas Miracle Prime Rib tell me otherwise.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 05:31 PM (6ydKt)

142 Happy birthday to all the Libras

Let someone else make plans for you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 05:32 PM (RIvkX)

143 Quick word on sugar: Homecooks add a little to balance the acidity of the tomatoes. Most manufacturers use it to extend shelf life, and as a thickener. I'm skeptical of any jarred sauce that advertises "No sugar", because it makes me wonder what substitute are they using as a preservative and thickener...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 05:28 PM (08OqX)

I have 2 kinds on my shelf now - they both tomato paste to thicken...that's the kind of tradeoff worth making. Yes, my nutritionist daughter reads all labels with me (she was the one insisting on no sugar added). I always doctor my sauce (although add no sugar), so I don't know if these would be great straight from the can vs a sugared one...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2026 05:32 PM (tOcjL)

144 Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 05:31 PM (6ydKt)
====

Jean Shepard is that you?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 05:33 PM (RIvkX)

145 Kathy - smashed burgers (especially seasoned) might do well. This was.. store-bought crud that I'm using up from a couple of years ago.

Plus, mozarella has a totally different flavor profile.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 05:33 PM (aJQbY)

146 If your Christmas dinner is ruined somehow, there's always Chinese!

Posted by: Ralphie at October 04, 2026 05:35 PM (0sNs1)

147 Martini Farmer - frozen pizza is always better when you fix it up with more cheese and more toppings. It can definitely be a good base for starting.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 05:35 PM (aJQbY)

148 So don't tell me there aren't Christmas Miracles, because Tropical Storm Noel, the Great Prime Rib Smoke Tornado, and the charred, but highly edible, Christmas Miracle Prime Rib tell me otherwise.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 05:31 PM (6ydKt)

*sniffs
*wipes tear

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 04, 2026 05:35 PM (CjHsb)

149 The answer to all grilling questions is a slow n sear insert to a kettle grille. Perfect temp control, move meat off the fire for flare ups, and smoke at the same time.

Posted by: Lothar of the Keolu Hill People at October 04, 2026 05:35 PM (z1mEU)

150 MOST RECENT birthday! Not LAST birthday!
Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 05:24

Yes, a very important distinction. But in defense of my wording...since today is my birthday I've made it to another one, so I can now say 2025 was my last as today is my present.

Wait, I'm starting to sound like Kamala and I'm sober. At least for a bit anyhow.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 04, 2026 05:40 PM (4Qj8V)

151 67 oh, speaking of food experiments ... Someone suggested a few weeks ago, probably in jest, using grilled cheese sandwiches as buns for a burger ... Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 04:40 PM (aJQbY)

I should have recalled this sooner, but:

A burger patty, grilled, between two slices of pizza.

You're welcome..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 05:44 PM (08OqX)

152 Happy Birthday nurse. the 0 on the birthday must be for 30 as you have finally gone beyond 29. I will not deal with the issue of a son or two in the thirties. I would assume you will not either.

Have a great celebration, enjoy the game and give your kid a hug. it will do you both good.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 04, 2026 05:45 PM (Q9iTF)

153
Roasted potatoes turned out super excellent. Her Majesty should count herself lucky I didn't eat them all in one sitting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 05:46 PM (eRlcH)

154 Somewhere I've got a list of Moron birthdays I've kept. I'll add to it. Around now...
Oct 4 Mrs olddog in mo, Grammie Winger, Farmer
Oct 5 Handy Capable Harry
Oct 6 nurse ratched
Oct 7 Gunslinger

Happy Birthday, you bunch of Morons, you!

Posted by: Gunslinger at October 04, 2026 05:50 PM (N91F8)

155 I lost track of whose all birthdays it is by now
Hope all have a Happy Birthday

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 05:51 PM (Ia/+0)

156 I have 2 kinds on my shelf now - they both tomato paste to thicken...that's the kind of tradeoff worth making. Yes, my nutritionist daughter reads all labels with me (she was the one insisting on no sugar added). I always doctor my sauce (although add no sugar), so I don't know if these would be great straight from the can vs a sugared one...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 04, 2026 05:32 PM (tOcjL)

My mother of blessed memory would sauté carrot slices until golden brown, then add her onions and garlic. This would replace the sugar called for in most home recipes..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 05:53 PM (08OqX)

157 This might be a "thing" at some joints. Don't know which ones... Waffle House, IHOP, etc. But a fried chicken patty between two waffle's is, apparently, "a thing."

I tried one. "Different" is being nice. But... it wasn't horrible. I can see it being attractive after an all night bender. For some. Not me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2026 05:53 PM (RORbl)

158
I couldn't decide what to make for dinner yesterday so I dove into the pantry and grabbed my Emergency Kit for-

Crispy Beef Tacos!

CBT is one of those meals that everybody loves and enjoys. Everybody smiles and has a good time.

Guacamole, Chips, and Margaritas completed the meal. Yum!

Afterward I tried a recipe for Mezcal Negronis.
They were fine, but if I'm going to play in that neighborhood, I'd rather have the traditional Gin based or a Boulevardier.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2026 05:53 PM (YSUhf)

159 If we don't make our own tomato/spaghetti sauce we used Rao's, which is the only jarred sauce I've ever been able to tolerate.

As good as their marinara is, their margherita pizza sauce is even better. It's as good as our homemade and much, much easier. Plus a jar is just about the right amount for the large pizzas we typically make on our grill.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 04, 2026 05:58 PM (VV/pN)

160 Is Rao's sauce really worth $7 per bottle?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 04, 2026 04:20 PM (36x1j)

This guy and his kid tried five different brand spaghetti sauces and RAO was one.

https://youtu.be/Vz2A7zLQpzc
Sip and Feast

I like most of RAO's products that I've tried.
Their pizza sauce is really good on homemade flatbread.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 06:00 PM (6ydKt)

161 Sometimes I do these Tyson children patty wirh sauce and cheese on a roll.

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)

162 161 Sometimes I do these Tyson children patty wirh sauce and cheese on a roll.

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)

Made with real children?

Posted by: Cannibals of New Guinea at October 04, 2026 06:06 PM (l3cgK)

163 161 Sometimes I do these Tyson children patty wirh sauce and cheese on a roll.

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)

Made with real children?
Posted by: Cannibals of New Guinea at October 04, 2026 06:06 PM (l3cgK)

Free range children. Better fat distribution..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 06:10 PM (08OqX)

164 Most frozen pizza is horrid. Motor City Pizza Co. Is pretty good. Detroit/Sicilian style.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 06:12 PM (vnlVL)

165 164 Most frozen pizza is horrid. Motor City Pizza Co. Is pretty good. Detroit/Sicilian style.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 06:12 PM (vnlVL)

I order a Costco pepperoni pizza for $10 and add a slew of toppings and more cheese...pop it in the oven for 10 or 15 minutes, and voila!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 06:14 PM (l3cgK)

166 Sometimes I do these Tyson children patty wirh sauce and cheese on a roll.

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)

Made with real children?
Posted by: Cannibals of New Guinea at October 04, 2026 06:06 PM (l3cgK)

Served with boirvon?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 06:16 PM (2WIwB)

167 Birthday is Tuesday.
But it’s one that ends in 0. So celebration lasts the whole
Werk.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2026 04:33

Congratulations. That would have been my mother's 103rd birthday . I expect you are muchyounger 😉. Have a lovely day!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2026 06:17 PM (JrHfD)

168 I used to use beef boirvon cubes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 06:18 PM (l3cgK)

169 167 Birthday is Tuesday.
But it’s one that ends in 0. So celebration lasts the whole
Werk.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2026 04:33

Congratulations. That would have been my mother's 103rd birthday . I expect you are muchyounger 😉. Have a lovely day!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2026 06:17 PM (JrHfD)

Yeah, it sounds strange when I tell someone that my Dad would've turned 100 this year...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 06:19 PM (l3cgK)

170 I order a Costco pepperoni pizza for $10 and add a slew of toppings and more cheese...pop it in the oven for 10 or 15 minutes, and voila!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

That's the way to do it. But then, the throngs of people. It can be a zoo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 06:19 PM (vnlVL)

171 Spouse is making frozen pizza for he and the young man, because it is tradition to have pizza on Sunday evening. It's a Wegman's store brand ( which is a very nice chain) .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2026 06:22 PM (JrHfD)

172 170 I order a Costco pepperoni pizza for $10 and add a slew of toppings and more cheese...pop it in the oven for 10 or 15 minutes, and voila!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

That's the way to do it. But then, the throngs of people. It can be a zoo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 06:19 PM (vnlVL)

One of the Costcos near me, order from one of the 8 or so kiosk screens, and get my pizza from the side for take-out full pizzas. They already have quite a few pre-made most of the time since they're so popular.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 06:23 PM (l3cgK)

173 You know what I mean

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 06:23 PM (Ia/+0)

174 Yeah, it sounds strange when I tell someone that my Dad would've turned 100 this year...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 06:19 PM (l3cgK)

Come to think of it, this December 29th would have been dad's 100th. Pretty sure, anyway..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 06:23 PM (08OqX)

175 174 Yeah, it sounds strange when I tell someone that my Dad would've turned 100 this year...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 06:19 PM (l3cgK)

Come to think of it, this December 29th would have been dad's 100th. Pretty sure, anyway..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 06:23 PM (08OqX)

But I'll remember when he died. Worst birthday gift he ever gave me.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 06:26 PM (l3cgK)

176 Spouse is making frozen pizza for he and the young man, because it is tradition to have pizza on Sunday evening. It's a Wegman's store brand ( which is a very nice chain) .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Love Wegman's. Their prepared food in the dining area is very good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 06:30 PM (vnlVL)

177 2 weeks !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 06:30 PM (nxLtX)

178 2 weeks !!!
Posted by: Ben Had

It's still too long!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 06:31 PM (NnhvP)

179 Afterward I tried a recipe for Mezcal Negronis.
They were fine, but if I'm going to play in that neighborhood, I'd rather have the traditional Gin based or a Boulevardier.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2026 05:53 PM (YSUhf)

Mescal is an interesting liquor for cocktails. I have had a couple that were impressively good! The hint of smoke is more subtle than Scotch.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 06:33 PM (k5CNB)

180 C'mon Brazil.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 06:34 PM (viF8m)

181 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 06:30 PM (vnlVL)

It is a very nice store and the prepared foods are very good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2026 06:34 PM (JrHfD)

182 Chocolate ice cream and cake for dinner tonight.

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 06:35 PM (TMF5Z)

183 Classico garlic and herb.
Classico Spinach florentine

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 06:35 PM (nxLtX)

184 The Blonde French girl in the X post/video that CBD put in the sidebar makes some very good points.
This bodes well for the future.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 06:36 PM (6ydKt)

185 2 weeks !!!
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 06:30 PM

Soon....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 06:36 PM (GfgtS)

186 As far as chains go Weis Markets is also quite but both are a bit of a distance.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2026 06:36 PM (JrHfD)

187 I make my own alfredo sauce. No commercial product can even come close.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 06:38 PM (nxLtX)

188 Just got back from a wedding in Vermont. Fought the foliage tourists all the way back.
My reward will be a local store brand pizza I can usually get for just under $4. Decent enough, cook two thirds of the way, add what you got, and a bit more cheese, then finish up the cooking.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 04, 2026 06:39 PM (sl73Y)

189 180 C'mon Brazil.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 06:34 PM (viF8m)

Eileen wasn't very happy when I did...

Posted by: Dexys Midnight Runners at October 04, 2026 06:43 PM (l3cgK)

190 Chocolate ice cream and cake for dinner tonight.
Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 06:35 PM (TMF5Z)

Awesome!
What's for dessert?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 06:44 PM (2WIwB)

191 Pappy Eromero would have been 101 this year.

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2026 06:44 PM (LHPAg)

192 I know fat in beef has it's purpose...I just simply can't eat globs of it.

My Marine father had black angus (mainly), with charolais and herefords on our farm/ranch. Oddly among the bulls he had one brahman, and no one knows why. I think he was trying to create his own breed but I didn't ask about various grossness in the freezer of the storage room and odd tools as I didn't want to know.

He'd have some cattle cut and frozen for him after they were sold.

His idea of eating globs of fat was on a T-bone. He'd watch me carefully carve out the lean and push the disgusting fat to the side. I was in my teens. He said, "That's the best part." I told him he could have mine but I'd throw up if I had to eat it and he left me alone about it.

LOVE Sticky Toffee Pudding! In Scotland my husband and son would be eating haggis and black puddings. I lived on cheese, bread, booze and sticky toffee pudding. I admit to being neurotic after salmonella from a salad. I don't care and am careful.

Making Moussaka tonight for my dude. My toppings are cheeses only, not béchamel sauce.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 06:44 PM (hzuYO)

193
Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 06:44 PM (2WIwB)
----
More dinner I guess.

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 06:47 PM (TMF5Z)

194 More dinner I guess.
Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 06:47 PM (TMF5Z)

Good choice!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2026 06:48 PM (2WIwB)

195 The real quesrion with bbq'd flank steak is: beer, wine, or boirvon?
Posted by: Diogenes

It got expensive because of the low carb/protein craze. Best with BBQ is Sierra Nevada Pale Ale or a dry Sauvignon.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2026 06:48 PM (nEUC6)

196 Weasel's here. Everyone look busy.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 06:48 PM (/C5Rl)

197 Mmm children steak with mushrooms.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 06:50 PM (RIvkX)

198 Weasel's here. Everyone look busy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 06:48 PM (/C5Rl)
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Work harder!

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 06:51 PM (TMF5Z)

199 Making Moussaka tonight for my dude. My toppings are cheeses only, not béchamel sauce.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 06:44 PM (hzuYO)
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IS NOT MOUSSAKA

Posted by: Your disapproving ya-ya at October 04, 2026 06:51 PM (RIvkX)

200 More dinner I guess.

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 06:47 PM (TMF5Z)

Maybe Diogenes will share a glass of Boirvon with you!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 06:52 PM (k5CNB)

201 Well I have been shopping this whole time, sending the link to the cart to the guy on the back porch. Wish me luck and I will see y’all tonight!

Posted by: Piper at October 04, 2026 06:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

202 197 Mmm children steak with mushrooms.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 06:50 PM (RIvkX)

Ahahahaha...don't forget the fava beans and white Chianti...

Posted by: Dexys Midnight Runners at October 04, 2026 06:53 PM (l3cgK)

203 Maybe Diogenes will share a glass of Boirvon with you!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 06:52 PM

Is that legal in VA?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 06:53 PM (/C5Rl)

204 Reading above about pizza and adding to frozen, etc.

Last week we picked up the two older grands from school and ordered out from a oven baked pizza restaurant for dinner that night.

I got a pepperoni and toppings with hot honey. Oh, man, that was good.

I had ordered honey from a place in Georgia, Tupelo honey a year or two ago. I also ordered some hot honey and made a recipe they recommended for fried/baked chicken that was good.

From now on with frozen pizza I am adding hot honey to the pepperoni after it bakes. It may sound gross but it's not.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 06:54 PM (hzuYO)

205 nice Chianti! Geez.

Posted by: Dexys Midnight Runners at October 04, 2026 06:55 PM (l3cgK)

206 Making Moussaka tonight for my dude. My toppings are cheeses only, not béchamel sauce.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 06:44 PM (hzuYO)
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IS NOT MOUSSAKA
Posted by: Your disapproving ya-ya at October 04, 2026 06:51 PM

Η γιαγιά δεν παίζει.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 06:55 PM (/C5Rl)

207 OT: Finished "Alas, Babylon". Spoiler: we won!

Posted by: let's not start a nuclear war at October 04, 2026 06:56 PM (sDWtc)

208 204 Reading above about pizza and adding to frozen, etc.

Last week we picked up the two older grands from school and ordered out from a oven baked pizza restaurant for dinner that night.

I got a pepperoni and toppings with hot honey. Oh, man, that was good.

I had ordered honey from a place in Georgia, Tupelo honey a year or two ago. I also ordered some hot honey and made a recipe they recommended for fried/baked chicken that was good.

From now on with frozen pizza I am adding hot honey to the pepperoni after it bakes. It may sound gross but it's not.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 06:54 PM (hzuYO)

BBQ sauce and chicken, with onion...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 06:56 PM (l3cgK)

209 Christy Blinky, was that the Savannah Bee Company?

I can not recommend their sourwood honey enough.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 06:56 PM (nxLtX)

210 I started watching the sticky toffee video and when I saw dates….. that’s a deal breaker. Raisins, dates or currants in anything completely ruins the dessert. Raisins in carrot cake should be a capital offense.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 04, 2026 06:58 PM (SjAWL)

211 >>From now on with frozen pizza I am adding hot honey to the pepperoni after it bakes. It may sound gross but it's not.

I tried not honey with pizza recently. I'd been resisting cause hot honey on pizza but it was really good.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 06:59 PM (viF8m)

212 when I saw dates….. that’s a deal breaker.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 04, 2026 06:58 PM (SjAWL)

I didn't know they were in the recipe until I made it. I had eaten Sticky Toffee Pudding 20 times before that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 07:01 PM (k5CNB)

213 211 >>From now on with frozen pizza I am adding hot honey to the pepperoni after it bakes. It may sound gross but it's not.

I tried not honey with pizza recently. I'd been resisting cause hot honey on pizza but it was really good.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 06:59 PM (viF8m)

Marcos Pizza here offers it on their pizza.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)

214 I can eat my weight in dates every day. Almost time to make my favorite date loaf again.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:03 PM (nxLtX)

215
IS NOT MOUSSAKA
Posted by: Your disapproving ya-ya at October 04, 2026 06:51 PM (RIvk\

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Always a critic to be found, eh? It's an old recipe from my newlywed daze. Says it's from Cosmo magazine, so there ya go! It's good. I make it more than I used to because I figured out how to bake the eggplant vs frying and wrecking the kitchen.

I also used to have a subscription to Redbook Magazine because once I had our boys I only had time to read their short stories or a condensed version of a novel. Being insane and all that went with those days of two in diapers. Which was fun in spite of it all. I was 29yrs when I had our second baby boy and had a LOT more energy than now.

Pregnant with #2, while the he was napping, I made drapes, made him two Seseme Street puppets for his 2nd birthday, and before I popped I made Pisanki Polish Easter Eggs from a kit (the eggs I still have from 2 cross country moves).

I was once active vs a deluxe edition procrastinator.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 07:04 PM (hzuYO)

216 Ravioli were great with the meatballs. When I made the sauce, I included steak bones that I had frozen. A few of them were tbones with some meat still on them, so tonight was the first time I had one of the meatballs. Damn, those things are good. 50-50 mixture of ground beef and ground sausage..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 07:05 PM (08OqX)

217 209 Christy Blinky, was that the Savannah Bee Company?

I can not recommend their sourwood honey enough.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 06:56 PM (nxLtX
*********

Yes, ma'am. Will try that one next!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 04, 2026 07:06 PM (hzuYO)

218 I'm still trying to digest the idea of pineapple on a pizza.
Hot honey?? Pizza seems to be diverging into dessert.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 04, 2026 07:07 PM (sl73Y)

219 Ok that's gruesome.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2026 07:09 PM (viF8m)

220 218 I'm still trying to digest the idea of pineapple on a pizza.
Hot honey?? Pizza seems to be diverging into dessert.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 04, 2026 07:07 PM (sl73Y)

I've had actual dessert pizza...had cinnamon in it, and sugar. Was good.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 07:11 PM (l3cgK)

221 214 I can eat my weight in dates every day. Almost time to make my favorite date loaf again.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 04, 2026 07:03 PM (nxLtX)

a box of dates and ice-cold milk...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 07:12 PM (l3cgK)

222 Weasel's nood

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 07:13 PM (l3cgK)

223 a box of dates and ice-cold milk...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 07:12 PM (l3cgK)

Date shakes are a thing in California. Ask me how I know..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 07:16 PM (08OqX)

224 Heathens! do not ignore this wisdom.

Posted by: Lothar of the Keolu Hill People at October 05, 2026 01:19 AM (z1mEU)

First World Problems...

See anything missing?

Yup...the key!

And yet I will not discard this useless chunk of pot metal, because hope springs eternal!

I will find that damned key, no matter where it is!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 1it

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Take it to a locksmith and have a key made? Should only cost you a few times the value of a new padlock.

Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 02:01 PM (VHUov)

3 Now a combination lock would be difficult

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

4 You probably don't need a key for that.

Invest in a set of lockpicks.

They can probably open that lock just as fast.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2026 02:01 PM (FZ29D)

5 Trust me, you'll never find it.

Posted by: Man Of A Thousand Locks at October 04, 2026 02:02 PM (gTT+/)

6 Carve you and your wife’s initials into it and lock it to a chain link fence on a bridge somewhere in Paris.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2026 02:03 PM (Stoym)

7 5 Trust me, you'll never find it.

Posted by: Man Of A Thousand Locks at October 04, 2026 02:02 PM (gTT+/)

It's always the last place you look...that is if you find it.
Why? Because it'd be stupid to keep looking for the key after you found it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 02:04 PM (l3cgK)

8 I can pick a lock, I can pick my nose, I just can't pick a winner at the race track.

Posted by: Born To Lose at October 04, 2026 02:04 PM (gTT+/)

9 Want to report my FWP of last week is completely fixed.
Garage door wasn't working, so got 2 new springs, 2 piulleys. Replaced on one side spring, 2 pulleys and used old cable, other side, due to my Lowes not having 2 more pulleys used tje 2 best I had, greased them and used those, new cable and new springs.
Took about little over a hour and half to put them all together.

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:05 PM (Ia/+0)

10 Bagel and cream cheese!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 04, 2026 02:05 PM (PvM3F)

11 I have a couple fancy combo locks that had their shackles inadvertently turned to new combinations. Only 10,000 possible combinations

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:05 PM (4c58h)

12 Put that one plus all the other keyless locks you have into a sock. Might come in handy sometime.

Posted by: Luigi at October 04, 2026 02:06 PM (2Ez/1)

13 >>I will find that damned key, no matter where it is!

The key is in the same place the three 10mm sockets you misplaced, the paint can lid pry tool, and the live circuit test pen.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2026 02:06 PM (XV/Pl)

14 I save up my orphan padlocks until I get about a dozen, then I go out front and throw them at passing cars.

Posted by: Neighbors Love Me at October 04, 2026 02:06 PM (gTT+/)

15 Have you checked your key drawer?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM (RIvkX)

16 I have a FWP for the horde: what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM (4c58h)

17 One of my friends had a magnetic panel on one of his hallway doors that had few dozens keys inside all labeled in code. He was really keyed in.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2026 02:08 PM (nEUC6)

18 This reminds me of one of my earliest memories of Learning How The World Works.

We lost the key to the padlock on the shed.

First-grade-or-so-mikeski had no idea how we'd fix it. He'd seen the commercials where they shoot the padlock with a gun and it still doesn't open!

Dad grabbed a hacksaw out of the garage, and cut through the galvanized-whatever-metal hasp on the shed door, and removed the still-locked padlock.

First-grade-or-so-mikeski wondered what the point of the lock was, if it could be bypassed so quickly.

"Locks keep honest people honest."

Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 02:08 PM (VHUov)

19 Put all of your unused locks in a box and then label it "Smarter Than AOC."

Posted by: Follow me for more tips at October 04, 2026 02:08 PM (2Ez/1)

20 Get one of those nice high powered rifles and shoot it. Problem solved

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2026 02:08 PM (jivel)

21 Yay, Skip, we knew you could do it! Way to endeavour to persevere!

Posted by: Excelsior! On To Greenland! at October 04, 2026 02:09 PM (gTT+/)

22 Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM

Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: PB Blaster at October 04, 2026 02:10 PM (2Ez/1)

23 See anything missing?

A bullet hole through the center proving it’s a Master Lock.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:10 PM (6ydKt)

24 That rug looks familiar. You didn't buy it at Nasser Aftab's Carpet Emporium on Route 17, did you?

Posted by: Thirtieth Year Going Out Of Business Sale! at October 04, 2026 02:11 PM (gTT+/)

25 See anything missing?
----
The ankle bracelet.

Posted by: Your parole officer at October 04, 2026 02:12 PM (2Ez/1)

26 Check the junk drawer for the key.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 02:12 PM (NGvkg)

27 15 Have you checked your key drawer?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM (RIvkX)

I think he lost that key too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 02:13 PM (l3cgK)

28 In the Battle of Texas today, the Dallas Vaqueros currently losing 10 - 6 to the Houston Tejans.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:14 PM (6ydKt)

29 Trust me, you'll never find it.

Posted by: Man Of A Thousand Locks at October 04, 2026 02:02 PM (gTT+/)

I know, but I like to pretend...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 02:14 PM (k5CNB)

30 3in1 oil seems to work well for rusted srews and bolts

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:14 PM (Ia/+0)

31 My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack

Love the Mandrel Sisters! Louise is my favorite!

Posted by: Free The Mandrel Sisters! at October 04, 2026 02:14 PM (gTT+/)

32 free the mandrels

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM (4c58h)

Bette than "Free Palestine!"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 02:15 PM (k5CNB)

33 I inherited a bike cable lock from a former roommate and figured out the combination by trying his birth year. Bingo..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 02:16 PM (08OqX)

34 A bullet hole through the center
_-_
Oh, hey, careful about that. If you're new to guns, I'd definitely recommend not doing that with a pistol.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 04, 2026 02:16 PM (8MBAg)

35 Houston now at 13.
Dallas still looking for an offense.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:16 PM (6ydKt)

36 30 3in1 oil seems to work well for rusted srews and bolts
Posted by: Skip

Right. 2 in 1 is shoe polish.
3 in 1 is oil.

Posted by: Miss Crabtree Taught Me That at October 04, 2026 02:17 PM (gTT+/)

37 Houston now at 13.
Dallas still looking for an offense.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

*Hic*

Posted by: Tony Romo at October 04, 2026 02:17 PM (NGvkg)

38 I remember in England we foundxa combination lock with that 9999 possible combination. Between another crew mate and me would take turns trying it. Took a long time, but then had hours often waiting in the truck to work on it. My crew mate got it.

Actually have 1 now that no ide what the combination is

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:17 PM (Ia/+0)

39 34 A bullet hole through the center
_-_
Oh, hey, careful about that. If you're new to guns, I'd definitely recommend not doing that with a pistol.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 04, 2026 02:16 PM (8MBAg)

Pops didn’t raise no fool.
I’d hang it off a tree about 50 feet away, at least, and wear an orange vest, safety glasses, and plastic tumblers in case I drop my beer.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:18 PM (6ydKt)

40 I feel for you, CBD. I have a bunch of padlocks without keys, and a bunch of padlock keys without locks. It is a puzzlement, indeed.

There ought to be a bunch of Youtubes dealing with this subject. The Lockpicking Lawyer, maybe?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:19 PM (i9VX2)

41 .
.
Take it to Tx MoMe.
.

Posted by: Marooned at October 04, 2026 02:19 PM (W2rvL)

42 The Paolo he, how you say, requires no penetrating oils.

Posted by: Natural Lubrications Suffice at October 04, 2026 02:20 PM (gTT+/)

43 38 I remember in England we foundxa combination lock with that 9999 possible combination. Between another crew mate and me would take turns trying it. Took a long time, but then had hours often waiting in the truck to work on it. My crew mate got it.

Actually have 1 now that no ide what the combination is

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:17 PM (Ia/+0)

Museum for Kids in St. Louis back in the early 80's...they had a "safe" for kids to play with; I played with it for a few minutes, and the door popped open. I then closed it. Apparently a guy had been working through the combinations asked, "What was the combination?". I said, "I dunno, I was just playing"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 02:21 PM (l3cgK)

44 I have a FWP for the horde: what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM (4c58h)

SeaFoam Deep Creep has been working well for me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:21 PM (i9VX2)

45 So, Kroil is not worth the expense?

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:21 PM (4c58h)

46 An unlocked lock with no key is much better than a locked lock with no key. There may be a time and place for one to apply that open lock with no key, not that the applicant would be there to help the object recover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 02:21 PM (jU8k8)

47 42 The Paolo he, how you say, requires no penetrating oils.

Posted by: Natural Lubrications Suffice at October 04, 2026 02:20 PM (gTT+/)

What if someone had the Paolo pegged?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 02:22 PM (l3cgK)

48 I bet you can get a locksmith to make a key for under $50...what are you waitin' for?

Posted by: DanMan at October 04, 2026 02:22 PM (8uzBS)

49 Too many numbers to remember, takes too much time. I just set it to 1-1-1-1 and call it good.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:24 PM (6ydKt)

50 The key is in the same place the three 10mm sockets you misplaced

Thomas Bender is a savant

Posted by: DanMan at October 04, 2026 02:25 PM (8uzBS)

51 So, Kroil is not worth the expense?
Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:21 PM (4c58h)

Kroil is good. So is PB Blaster, but the cans tend to lose pressure too soon. GibbsOil if you can find it. WD-40 is about the bottom of the list.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:25 PM (i9VX2)

52 9-9-9 was the combination to all my locks!

Posted by: Zombie Herman Cain at October 04, 2026 02:25 PM (gTT+/)

53 I’d hang it off a tree about 50 feet away"

And leave it there as a puzzle for the future...

Posted by: man at October 04, 2026 02:25 PM (pfXMo)

54 Kroil is magic...I work on antique cars and it's good stuff

Posted by: DanMan at October 04, 2026 02:26 PM (8uzBS)

55 Yeah, well, like all such things, the frustrating fact is that the key is where you left it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2026 02:26 PM (XeU6L)

56 9-9-9 was the combination to all my locks!"

I use 12345 ... especially on luggage

Posted by: man at October 04, 2026 02:27 PM (pfXMo)

57 For giggles would try picking it

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:27 PM (Ia/+0)

58
Every time I see an image of a padlock like that, the first thing that comes to mind is an old ad for Yale locks where they shot a hole through the body of a lock, and it remained lock. Second thought is "note to self: cut through the bar to remove the lock."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 04, 2026 02:27 PM (VWtfl)

59 what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack

Kroil Original Penetrant

You can get spray or pour the pour is cheaper, the spray applies easier/more quickly.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 02:28 PM (NnhvP)

60 6-6-6 is the combination to all my locks!

Posted by: Beelzeboob at October 04, 2026 02:28 PM (gTT+/)

61 Houston 16 Dallas 10.
End of first half.

Dallas currently trying to recruit illegals so they can finally sneak over the line into the endzone.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:29 PM (6ydKt)

62 Don't know for sure, but that looks like a Yang Poon knockoff of a real Master lock. The better grade of padlock have a brass cylinder which uses pins and tumblers like the door lock on a house. The el-cheapo ones use a mostly-flat steel key with notches down either edge.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:29 PM (i9VX2)

63 I use 12345 ... especially on luggage
Posted by: man

Thanks for the info!

Posted by: Sam Brinton At The Airport at October 04, 2026 02:29 PM (gTT+/)

64 34 A bullet hole through the center
_-_
Oh, hey, careful about that. If you're new to guns, I'd definitely recommend not doing that with a pistol.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 04, 2026 02:16 PM (8MBAg)

A good pair of bolt cutters can do wonders.

If all else fails; dynamite.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:31 PM (6ydKt)

65 Once a mechanic recommended a penetrant to me called Thrust.
And, no, his name was not Paolo.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2026 02:32 PM (2Ez/1)

66 Ken Paxton has one good ad and one bad one on this Houston/Dallas slapfight.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 04, 2026 02:33 PM (c3GdF)

67
Our front gate is locked. Each of us has a key in our cars and on our key rings. There's another by the front door.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 02:33 PM (eRlcH)

68 When the Feds finally come to get me, I will die in a pile of spent Yang Poon padlocks!

Posted by: Sovshit Citizen at October 04, 2026 02:33 PM (gTT+/)

69 Second thought is "note to self: cut through the bar to remove the lock."
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 04, 2026 02:27 PM (VWtfl)

Was replying to that, but the iPad tricked me with a false flag copy/paste, again.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:33 PM (6ydKt)

70 I had Cleveland winning in our TxDOT pool, it's actually a SDHPT pool because that's where I worked when it was started.

I guess State Department of Highways and Public Transportation is a bit girthy and SDHPT doesn't really off the tongue like TxDOT.

Posted by: DanMan at October 04, 2026 02:34 PM (8uzBS)

71
Kroil Original Penetrant

You can get spray or pour the pour is cheaper, the spray applies easier/more quickly.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Or DIY ATF and acetone.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 02:34 PM (NnhvP)

72 All of my keys are under the front Welcome-Now Go Home mat.

Posted by: Safe And Secure Here at October 04, 2026 02:35 PM (gTT+/)

73 I've tried most of the penetrating oils, with no clear winner emerging. Adherents of one brand or another always sing its merits. Haven't tried the Seafoam product.

If it's possible, heat and impact wrench are the ultimate assists. Even a little bit of heat (post penetrating stuff) can help a lot. Just my two cents.

I'll also add to the list 'Break Free'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2026 02:35 PM (XeU6L)

74 It's just right!

Posted by: Goldie Locks at October 04, 2026 02:37 PM (Cqx++)

75 Yeah, well, like all such things, the frustrating fact is that the key is where you left it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

The secret is to think of "the last place you'd look," and look there first.

Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 02:37 PM (VHUov)

76 A good pair of bolt cutters can do wonders.

If all else fails; dynamite.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:31 PM (6ydKt)

AS mikeski said, padlocks just keep the honest people out. The advent of cheap cordless angle grinders means even hardened steel shackles can be cut in seconds, with very little noise. If you must use a padlock on a gate, have a welder fab up a steel enclosure for the lack, so it cannot be accessed by an angle grinder or prying tools. Of course, the steel enclosure can itself be cut open by use of an angle grinder, but much more time is needed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:37 PM (i9VX2)

77 65 Once a mechanic recommended a penetrant to me called Thrust.
And, no, his name was not Paolo.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2026 02:32 PM (2Ez/1)

Gotta be better than the lawyer, candidate ads, ads attacking those candidates, and the Tubi ad where the black girl fakes her own death so she can see who shows up for her funeral, that they’re showing here.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:38 PM (6ydKt)

78 As "Perfesser" Squirrel said, just get some lockpicks. Those locks are sometimes easier to pick than open with a key.

Posted by: KCSteve at October 04, 2026 02:38 PM (2+WvJ)

79 Now we all know how to invade Schloss Hadrian and make off with his two ton pile of Borzoi Dander.

Posted by: Ye Old Rug Weaver d at October 04, 2026 02:38 PM (gTT+/)

80 Hammer and chisel, the old ways are the best ways.

However

Soaked several old and very rusty drill bits in a bath of CocaCola,
worked wonders for a first step.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (jU8k8)

81 Of course, the steel enclosure can itself be cut open by use of an angle grinder, but much more time is needed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:37 PM (i9VX2)

At some point it might be cheaper to buy some security cameras and a rottweiler.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (6ydKt)

82
The NFL has become what Moltke the Elder is supposed to have said about the Civil War: mobs chasing each other around the countryside.

Runners can't hit holes, receivers can't catch passes, linemen can't block, the secondary can't tackle and quarterbacks run around like it's a Chinese fire drill. No generalship. Coaches who look like the kids who were beaten up at the bus stop. But stylin' and celebrating? We do great at that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (eRlcH)

83 ‘Put the candle back!’

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (jdlda)

84 A locked gate breached establishes intent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 02:42 PM (jU8k8)

85 At some point it might be cheaper to buy some security cameras and a rottweiler.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (6ydKt)

Heh. But Rotties eat. And shit. Means cleanup must happen. I usually have steel scrap lying around, so making such a box is an easy project for me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:44 PM (i9VX2)

86 9mm is not sufficient to unlock that lock.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 02:44 PM (MWfyi)

87 A woven Borzoi Dander rug would be quite a pretty sight. Maybe even a sweater.

Posted by: Who Needs Alpacas? at October 04, 2026 02:44 PM (gTT+/)

88 But stylin' and celebrating? We do great at that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (eRlcH)

Endzone dances get good clicks on TikTok though.
You might be too old to understand the intricacies of the modern game?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:46 PM (6ydKt)

89 >>>I will not discard this useless chunk of pot metal, because hope springs eternal! I will find that damned key

As soon as you throw away the lock, you will find the key!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 02:46 PM (odBC9)

90
A woven Borzoi Dander rug would be quite a pretty sight. Maybe even a sweater.
Posted by: Who Needs Alpacas? at October 04, 2026 02:44 PM (gTT+/)

___________

We could go into production our very selves.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 02:46 PM (eRlcH)

91 Well, time for me to get on with my day. Sunny day out there; best I get out and enjoy it. I will be missing the Food Thread, but I have a pork roast in the slow cooker, with baby potatoes, cut-up carrots, and chunks of rutabaga.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:47 PM (i9VX2)

92 Cashmere has nothing on a Borzoi fur sweater.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:48 PM (6ydKt)

93 The solution to needing locks is not to have anything worth stealing.
All my best things are in hock
I'm living on a Chinese Rock
Everything is in the pawn shop

Posted by: Dee Dee Ramone, 1980 at October 04, 2026 02:49 PM (gTT+/)

94 The lock on the gate at the farm in up in a steel pipe that you have to reach in to unlock. Short of a cutting torch you would be there an hour before you got thru the pipe.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 02:50 PM (MWfyi)

95 "I have a FWP for the horde: what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack"

PB Blaster is pretty good and not krazy expensive.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (MWfyi)

96 16 I have a FWP for the horde: what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack

Get some Kroil, best penetrating oil I've ever used but pricy. Cheap old SoB's such as myself do a one to one mix of ATF and acetone. Also brake fluid works, again somewhat pricy.

To open that cheap imitation Master lock get a wave pick and rake it, opens faster than with the key. LPL on YT is your buddy FTW.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (Q/FnY)

97 I have a FWP for the horde: what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM (4c58h)

a 50/50 mix of kerosene and automatic transmission fluid is good, if you need a gallon or so.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (P/woT)

98 And here's some breaking news from the "NY Post" Al-Sayed apparently farts in public. ( and is quite immature) I'm so glad I now know that. /s. Now you can too:

https://tinyurl.com/5y3uhmww

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (JrHfD)

99 It's always the last place you look...that is if you find it.
Why? Because it'd be stupid to keep looking for the key after you found it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 02:04

As the key was last Thurs. After 2 hrs of us both searching and pondering I gave up. I reached in Dad's recliner one last time before sitting down and found the keys!

We were at Dad's to help get things ready for an online auction. They had a huge old house where the experienced auction hands were amazed at how every nook and cranny was filled. Mom had an antique business for 40+ yrs. Unfortunately another FWP besides lost keys is that what she liked is out of favor now. It will be interesting to see what the cut glass and flow blue china will bring.

Today's my second birthday without Dad. It's not a FWP I think, more universal really...I miss being able to talk to Dad.

Today

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (4Qj8V)

100 AOP can not only improve your fence security, rebuild your car engine, hookup Starklink. and restore old Studebakers, but he can also make you a Sunday dinner that momma would be proud of.

Why Canada wastes so much talent is beyond me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (6ydKt)

101 Been looking all over the damn place for a flashlight. I have a dozen. But this one was for my wife's car. It's special. It's a little gold colored LED one. I took it out months ago when the Explorer was in for service, never put it back. Thought about it today when I put our new insurance proofs in the vehicles. And noticed the little flashlight was missing.

I be a bit more than absent minded.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2026 02:53 PM (RORbl)

102 FWP: 12 lb male Siamese cat with very sharp claws who really did not want to get in the carrier to go on the ferry in rough seas.

Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2026 02:54 PM (rYvai)

103 Hope that some nasty animal doesn't take that pipe for a secure home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 02:54 PM (jU8k8)

104 We had 2 cats who wete sisters, yet Sugar's fur was so silky-smooth than her sister Cinnamon

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:54 PM (Ia/+0)

105 63 I use 12345 ... especially on luggage
Posted by: man
-----------
I've been hacked!

Posted by: John Podesta at October 04, 2026 02:54 PM (n9eFH)

106 "Hope that some nasty animal doesn't take that pipe for a secure home."

It's open at the top and bottom.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 02:55 PM (MWfyi)

107 If you really wanted to get around the gate you could go down the road a little bit and cut thru the trees if you don't mind knocking down some little ones.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 02:56 PM (MWfyi)

108 As soon as you throw away the lock, you will find the key!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 02:46 PM (odBC9)

This guy gets it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (k5CNB)

109
FWP,

Our new dishwasher we bought this time last year is still sitting in the garage. Appliance store won't install because of insurance reasons. We found a company who we scheduled an appointment with and they never showed up.

Why the hell does an appliance store not install what they sell?

Anyways people have worse problems..

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (/QHx4)

110 89 >>>I will not discard this useless chunk of pot metal, because hope springs eternal! I will find that damned key

As soon as you throw away the lock, you will find the key!

Better-phrased:

IF you ever find the key, it will be after you throw away the lock.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (odBC9)

111 "what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? "

I always liked Kroil ... hard to find, though ... and expensive when you do.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 04, 2026 03:00 PM (VyBeY)

112 18 This reminds me of one of my earliest memories of Learning How The World Works.

We lost the key to the padlock on the shed.

First-grade-or-so-mikeski had no idea how we'd fix it. He'd seen the commercials where they shoot the padlock with a gun and it still doesn't open!

Dad grabbed a hacksaw out of the garage, and cut through the galvanized-whatever-metal hasp on the shed door, and removed the still-locked padlock.

First-grade-or-so-mikeski wondered what the point of the lock was, if it could be bypassed so quickly.

"Locks keep honest people honest."
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 02:08 PM (VHUov)

Good one, mikeski's dad.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 03:00 PM (odBC9)

113 I’ll try the Kroil. I have PB Blaster and works, I suppose, but makes a mess.

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 03:00 PM (FqNtp)

114 I be a bit more than absent minded.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Good news, Sir, you're being promoted to Level II!

Posted by: Joan Lunden For A Place For Mom at October 04, 2026 03:02 PM (gTT+/)

115 LOL we were simultaneously typing.

108 As soon as you throw away the lock, you will find the key!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 02:46 PM (odBC9)

This guy gets it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (k5CNB)

110 89 >>>I will not discard this useless chunk of pot metal, because hope springs eternal! I will find that damned key

As soon as you throw away the lock, you will find the key!

Better-phrased:

IF you ever find the key, it will be after you throw away the lock.
Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (odBC9)

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

116 I have several battery powered lights mostly for emergencies.
To solve the problem of battery run down little slips of plastic block electron leak. One, MagLite Solitare, unsheathed, is on the ready to assist in freeing electrons to the other lights.

The Harbor Freight, luminar Outdoor, that requires 3 AA batteries is a value item.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 03:03 PM (jU8k8)

117 Today's my second birthday without Dad. It's not a FWP I think, more universal really...I miss being able to talk to Dad.

Today

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (4Qj8V)

September 25th was the first anniversary of my Dad's death.
I understand completely.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:04 PM (6ydKt)

118 Amazon is turning into a shit show. I got my wife some boots that were the last pair they had for 20$ instead of 60$. Fucking USPS lost the package. Now, these fuckheads have a package in Seaford since 3am yesterday that they swear will be here today.
I understand why Pergula fired McDermott and made Brady HC, but, damn, the defense is worse.

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 03:04 PM (28cZF)

119
Why the hell does an appliance store not install what they sell?

Anyways people have worse problems..

Posted by: four seasons

Wish I lived near you. Even in my dotage, I could do that toot-sweet!

Posted by: Handy Capable at October 04, 2026 03:04 PM (gTT+/)

120 I be a bit more than absent minded.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2026 02:53

I had to laugh, that certainly describes this Farmer. At least now I'm old enough to be able to blame it on age. One of the few advantages of turning 71.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 04, 2026 03:06 PM (4Qj8V)

121
Why Canada wastes so much talent is beyond me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (6ydKt)

___________

If he's that talented, the authorities will hunt him down and arrest him. Success, our leftists tell us, must be the result of malfeasance.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 03:06 PM (eRlcH)

122 Our new dishwasher we bought this time last year is still sitting in the garage. Appliance store won't install because of insurance reasons. We found a company who we scheduled an appointment with and they never showed up.

Why the hell does an appliance store not install what they sell?

Anyways people have worse problems..

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (/QHx4)

They'll install them here.
They'll charge extra but they'll do it.

The only insurance problem I can think of is that they'd have to hire another person to do installs and they don't want to pay for insurance and everything else for them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:07 PM (6ydKt)

123 I had to laugh, that certainly describes this Farmer. At least now I'm old enough to be able to blame it on age. One of the few advantages of turning 71.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take

I turn 71 at midnight.

Posted by: Handy Capable Harry at October 04, 2026 03:07 PM (gTT+/)

124 My FWP today was a dead battery in the HEB parking lot after grocery shopping. Don't know why it went dead suddenly and suspected it was something else going on. Only a year and 10 months old. Got GM roadside service to get someone to come to jump me but was going to take estimated 90 minutes. I had called friend first to take my groceries home and he came in about 15 minutes where I was able to jump without an issue. Canceled the roadside service.

Now I'm home and just going to relax and see tomorrow if battery has 13-14 volts or lost its charge again before arranging for the dealer to get me a new battery under the warranty.

All in all turned out well as no groceries were lost .

Posted by: polynikes at October 04, 2026 03:07 PM (KC5Lt)

125 Good news! I found the flashlight!

It was exactly where I put it months ago....

And now needs new batteries. Which I'll now have to go find too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2026 03:08 PM (RORbl)

126
Son in Washington State mailed a package to Husband 6 days agp. We're in WY.

Go two notices from the post office saying the package is being delivered the next day.

Yesterday the notification said the package is now in Hawaii.

Lol, never a dull moment.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:08 PM (/QHx4)

127 I fell down a rabbit hole watching this guy who can pick locks like it's second nature. Most people are familiar with "the lockpicking lawyer", but the guy I'm referring to puts him to shame. His name is Trevor McNally, and the ease in which he opens presumably "unpickable" locks is comical.

His videos are usually taking a lock right out of the sealed packaging (that almost always advertises it to be unpickable) and then McNally pulls off the tab from a soda can or something and proceeds to open the lock in seconds.

He's the one a lock manufacturer accused of misrepresenting himself when tearing apart their lock, to which he answered the suit by doing it in front of them. It was hilarious.

The take away is that those padlocks are just decoration to the wrong people.

Posted by: Orson at October 04, 2026 03:09 PM (dIske)

128 Might be slightly crooked. Cornering the Studebaker Market for an entire Province is very suss.

Posted by: Dept. of Compliance at October 04, 2026 03:09 PM (gTT+/)

129 If he's that talented, the authorities will hunt him down and arrest him. Success, our leftists tell us, must be the result of malfeasance.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 03:06 PM (eRlcH)

...and greed, and white supremacy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:09 PM (6ydKt)

130 Anyways people have worse problems..

Posted by: four seasons
---

Dishwasher installation's not complicated.
Nab a teenaged boy with a modicum of self control.
Guide him through the uninstalling of your current washer.
Installing the new one will simply be the reverse.

Watch 2 or 3 EueToobs, first, to familiarize yourselves with the process. It will be a learning experience, good deed, and spending money process for the kid and you'll have your washer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 03:11 PM (jU8k8)

131 Just toss the thing. There. Are. Limits. … This is not worth worrying about. Buy a new lock, get a new key (remember the song by 'Melanie' in the '70s? - “I got a brand new key” …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 04, 2026 03:12 PM (ayRl+)

132 I'm have a pair of bolt cutters in my prep cache. Lot of storage units to explore in the end times.

Posted by: polynikes at October 04, 2026 03:12 PM (KC5Lt)

133
Her Majesty is judging the Borzoi Club of Omaha specialty today. I have the honour of picking her up at the airport this evening. Her flight arrives at 11:55.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 03:12 PM (eRlcH)

134 All in all turned out well as no groceries were lost .

Posted by: polynikes at October 04, 2026 03:07 PM (KC5Lt)

You can get a battery-powered jumper off of Amazon, and other stores.

They come with alligator clips hanging out one end and several USB ports to charge stuff.

You just charge them up and they'll give enough power to charge your phone, or jump your car.
Probably not at the same time.

I've got one and the biggest problem is remembering to keep it charged up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:13 PM (6ydKt)

135
In recent years I've had a dishwasher, refrigerator, and washing machine bought, installed and the old unit taken away. No fuss, nuss or bother.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 03:15 PM (eRlcH)

136
Yesterday the notification said the package is now in Hawaii.

Lol, never a dull moment.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:08 PM (/QHx4)

Wow.
I thought I had it bad when they sent the one package all the way to San Francisco that turned a three-day trip from Florida into a two week vacation for the package.

At least mine stayed on the continent.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:15 PM (6ydKt)

137 "You can get a battery-powered jumper off of Amazon, and other stores.

They come with alligator clips hanging out one end and several USB ports to charge stuff."

Some of them also have an air pump and they work pretty well. Less than $50 and worth every penny when you really need it.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 03:15 PM (MWfyi)

138 Dishwashers are easy for the reasonably fit and handy. They are not heavy. I changed the pump on my Bosch easy peasy with an Amazon part and YouTube videos.

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 03:15 PM (4c58h)

139 Her Majesty is judging the Borzoi Club of Omaha specialty today. I have the honour of picking her up at the airport this evening. Her flight arrives at 11:55.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You're NEVER up that late! Why aren't you napping?

Posted by: Craftmatic Automatic Adjustable Beds, Inc. at October 04, 2026 03:17 PM (gTT+/)

140 >>>He's the one a lock manufacturer accused of misrepresenting himself when tearing apart their lock, to which he answered the suit by doing it in front of them. It was hilarious.

The take away is that those padlocks are just decoration to the wrong people.

Posted by: Orson
---

and the hands of a surgeon

Trying to feed a dollar bill into a vending machine receiving multiple rejections, a co-worker, whose hobby is close magic, inserts the bill and welcomed by the machine as if there never a rejection.
_the touch

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 03:17 PM (jU8k8)

141
Watch 2 or 3 EueToobs, first, to familiarize yourselves with the process. It will be a learning experience, good deed, and spending money process for the kid and you'll have your washer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 03:11 PM (jU8k

The biggest problem for them might be picking the dishwasher up and getting it into the kitchen.

They aren't enormously heavy but they aren't light for two people approaching 29.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:17 PM (6ydKt)

142 Wife’s sister in Miami sent her 20lbs of homegrown mangos via USPS next day. Yeah.
Showed up 2 weeks later in a clear plastic bag completely rotten.
We deliver for you!

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 03:18 PM (4c58h)

143 @ 30 3in1 oil seems to work well for rusted srews and bolts Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:14 PM (Ia/+0)
_____________________________________________

Works fine on a first date, too … just sayin' …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 04, 2026 03:18 PM (ayRl+)

144 Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:13 PM (6ydKt)

I had one in my Jeep but left it with the buyer when I sold it with the intention of buying a better one. I did keep my air pump . But yeah both of those items are a must have imo.

Posted by: polynikes at October 04, 2026 03:18 PM (KC5Lt)

145 CBD,

We have your key. It is safe -- for now. But if you ever want to see your key again, bring $1 million dollars ( in small bills ) to the Wal-mart parking lot. Park beside the second RV in the back of the lot. Come alone.

Posted by: A friend at October 04, 2026 03:19 PM (n9eFH)

146 I want to see one of those little 'battery pack' things crank a V8 before I buy one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 03:19 PM (jU8k8)

147
But the PO is so busy now installing cameras on their delivery trucks. Probably make more money reporting people for code violations now.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:20 PM (/QHx4)

148 polynikes suspect if that battery didn't get run a good 1/2 hour you might find it dead again very soon.

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 03:20 PM (Ia/+0)

149 Keep the lock. Put it in a sock and you have a sap.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 04, 2026 03:20 PM (4NO2D)

150 I understand aging out of fit. I expect to start cooking for my mom before spring. She’s 86 and has an arthritic hip.

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 03:20 PM (4c58h)

151 I had one in my Jeep but left it with the buyer when I sold it with the intention of buying a better one. I did keep my air pump . But yeah both of those items are a must have imo.
Posted by: polynikes at October 04, 2026 03:18 PM (KC5Lt)

___________________

Oh, I agree. And, not just for yourself. I have both those items and never had to use them for my own vehicles. But, I've lost count of the times they've come in handy for someone else at the grocery store parking lot or where ever.

Posted by: Orson at October 04, 2026 03:21 PM (dIske)

152 "I want to see one of those little 'battery pack' things crank a V8 before I buy one.

Posted by: Braenyard "

They really work amazingly well. I have several and have used them on vehicles with nearly completely dead batteries.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 03:22 PM (MWfyi)

153 >>>They aren't enormously heavy but they aren't light for two people approaching 29.

Posted by: SpeakingOf
----

That's the 'grab a teenager' was suggested.

Push come to shove an old rug or blanket can be used as a skid.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 03:23 PM (jU8k8)

154 146 I want to see one of those little 'battery pack' things crank a V8 before I buy one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 03:19 PM (jU8k

I can't say, but I do know it would crank the V6 in my Dad's 2009 GMC pickup.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:23 PM (6ydKt)

155 That's the 'grab a teenager' was suggested.

Push come to shove an old rug or blanket can be used as a skid.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 03:23 PM (jU8k

I get the impression four seasons lives so far out in the boonies she might have to take a train to find a teenager.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:25 PM (6ydKt)

156 polynikes suspect if that battery didn't get run a good 1/2 hour you might find it dead again very soon.
Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 03:20 PM (Ia/+0

Yes thanks. I ran it for about 20 minutes while unloading my groceries and took it for another 20 minute spin afterwards. Going to take her out again later if she starts.

Posted by: polynikes at October 04, 2026 03:26 PM (KC5Lt)

157 I hate that the modern sealed car batteries just die. They might give you one grinding start of warning.

In the old days they just kind of got weaker and weaker over a month.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 04, 2026 03:27 PM (4NO2D)

158 As long as it's open, you don't really need the key.

Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 03:28 PM (leKdc)

159 I had a FWP or two but now of course I can't remember them... they're not solved, they're just not right in front of me.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 04, 2026 03:28 PM (aJQbY)

160 158 As long as it's open, you don't really need the key.
Posted by: Weasel at October 04, 2026 03:28 PM (leKdc)

hahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahaha

Weasel for the Win!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 03:30 PM (odBC9)

161 157 I hate that the modern sealed car batteries just die. They might give you one grinding start of warning.

In the old days they just kind of got weaker and weaker over a month.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 04, 2026 03:27 PM (4NO2D)

The one in my Chevy did that this past spring.
Worked completely fine, then got in it one day to go somewhere and *click* *click* *click* *click* *click*.

No warning whatsoever just died like that.
It would still hold a charge from a drip charger but you couldn't crank it again after turning it off.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

162
SpeakingOf,

Bingo.

It really is hilarious now. We are blessed and people have real problems to deal with.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:31 PM (/QHx4)

163 A pair of analogue gauges will help one track system health.
The electronic gauges on my F-150 are worthless.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 03:31 PM (jU8k8)

164 Dak and the Dallas Dickheads showing some life.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 03:32 PM (NGvkg)

165 Do car batteries still have the built-in hydrometer on the top to determine acid fluid levels and charge? Or did they stop that convenience in the past.

Posted by: Orson at October 04, 2026 03:33 PM (dIske)

166 @13/Thomas Bender: "The key is in the same place the three 10mm sockets you misplaced, the paint can lid pry tool, and the live circuit test pen."

Took my wife's vehicle in for an oil change. The tech found a 3/8" ratchet driver down in the engine compartment complete with... you guessed it, a 10mm socket attached.

It's the meme that keeps on actually giving (at least to me.)

And yes, I've tried to find the actual owner, because it's not nice to lose a tool, no luck so far and I've been to ALL the places we've ever had work done on the car, leading me to wonder if it's been down in the engine compartment since before we bought the vehicle used.

O_o

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 04, 2026 03:33 PM (O7YUW)

167 165 Do car batteries still have the built-in hydrometer on the top to determine acid fluid levels and charge? Or did they stop that convenience in the past.

Posted by: Orson at October 04, 2026 03:33 PM (dIske)

You wouldn't be able to see it in mine if they did.
It's completely covered up with circuit boards and wires.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:38 PM (6ydKt)

168
Kinda funny story at Cowboy State Daily about gravediggers and what they deal with here.

I recommend CSD for all things Wyoming.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:39 PM (/QHx4)

169 it's been down in the engine compartment since before we bought the vehicle used.

O_o
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Selling vehicles because they eat tools makes perfect sense!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 03:41 PM (NnhvP)

170 Take the open lock to a bridge with chain link on it. Write a message of love to your wife on it, and then lock it to the bridge.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2026 03:44 PM (u82oZ)

171

Is it legal to lock your spouse to a bridge, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:45 PM (/QHx4)

172 I recommend CSD for all things Wyoming.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:39 PM (/QHx4)

The CitizenFreePress aggregator site that's owned by a guy named Kaine posts CSD links a few times a week.

He lives in Indiana, but he's been fascinated by Wyoming since Yellowstone came out near as I can tell.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:45 PM (6ydKt)

173 171

Is it legal to lock your spouse to a bridge, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:45 PM (/QHx4)

It's France so all they require is a permit paid in advance.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:46 PM (6ydKt)

174

Wyoming is a special place.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:47 PM (/QHx4)

175 four seasons

It, not her. I have seen the classy and poised Mrs. CBD. He married up.

Keep the wife, lock the lock.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2026 03:50 PM (u82oZ)

176 The key is in the same place the three 10mm sockets you misplaced, the paint can lid pry tool, and the live circuit test pen.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2026 02:06 PM

FWIW, I know exactly where my 10mm socket is.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 04, 2026 03:50 PM (GfgtS)

177 haha

The pdf of the photo of the key-bereft lock is titled:

oopslock26

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 03:51 PM (odBC9)

178 RedMindBlueState

Someone was selling glow in the dark 10mm sockets. What next, sockets with mini AirTags on them?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2026 03:51 PM (u82oZ)

179
Douglas, Wyoming is home of the College Inn bar.

Worth driving a day out of your way to visit.

Posted by: Auspex at October 04, 2026 03:51 PM (Y8DZL)

180 three 10mm sockets you misplaced, the paint can lid pry tool, and the live circuit test pen.

Cushioned on a bed of lost socks and covered with pens.

Posted by: DaveA at October 04, 2026 03:52 PM (FhXTo)

181
Lol

CBD is a classy dude. I have not had the pleasure of meeting him. I trust ya'lls opinions. Only the best for him.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:53 PM (/QHx4)

182 I am on my way somewhere this evening. I just parked the car and a couple of cars ahead of me has a sign of the back saying, "I hope something good happens to you today." And it had a smiley face. How nice of them!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2026 03:55 PM (59j7E)

183 four seasons

Sad that our COB Renaissance Man is running out of FWPs.

My up-the-hill neighbor's FWP is where to hanger his two aircraft.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2026 03:56 PM (u82oZ)

184
Scam texts. Husband is not an internet person. He just got a text from a Missouri area code. Hey, I like you, I want to meet you for dinner, lmao.

He's 80 y/o. We are laughing our butts off.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:57 PM (/QHx4)

185 183 Sad that our COB Renaissance Man is running out of FWPs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2026 03:56 PM (u82oZ)

wut

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 03:58 PM (odBC9)

186 Get cleaned up and upstairs.
FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

187 AI on scam texts:

Scam phone texts (or "smishing") use fake alerts, delivery notifications, and wrong numbers to steal your personal and financial information.

Common Warning Signs
• Fake Urgency: Claims that your bank account, delivery, or government service needs immediate action.
• Unsolicited Links: Web addresses or phone numbers inside text messages from unknown senders.
• Wrong Numbers: Friendly "accidental" texts trying to start a conversation that may lead to investment scams.

How to Protect Yourself
• Do not click links or open attachments in messages from numbers you do not know.
• Do not reply to the message, even to say "STOP," because answering tells scammers your number is active.
• Block the sender using your phone's built-in settings.
• Forward spam texts to 7726 (SPAM), which is the standard reporting number for most mobile carriers.
• Verify independently by going directly to an official website or calling a trusted phone number found on an official statement.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:02 PM (odBC9)

188 I don't know about this:

• Forward spam texts to 7726 (SPAM), which is the standard reporting number for most mobile carriers.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 04:02 PM (odBC9)

189 one of those little 'battery pack' things crank a V8 before I buy one.
_-_
I've had mixed results. First one I bought cranked a 5.0 liter V-8 right out of the box, but it has also failed me many times, lighting up its "bad connection" light for no reason that was clear to me, then workong just fine on the next V-8.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 04, 2026 04:05 PM (8MBAg)

190 Someone was selling glow in the dark 10mm sockets. What next, sockets with mini AirTags on them?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2026 03:51 PM (u82oZ)

They would probably sell like hot cakes, actually.

I'd buy a set for my brother for Christmas.

His stuff as is always walking off on him.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 04:30 PM (6ydKt)

191 A pair of analogue gauges will help one track system health.
The electronic gauges on my F-150 are worthless.

Posted by: Braenyard
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I'm old enough to remember when there were ammeters.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2026 05:01 PM (XeU6L)

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