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That is a commercial version of a classic French dish called Carottes Râpées. it's as simple as it gets; grated carrots, and some simple dressing.

So what's the problem?

The damned Frogs have special commercial machines that cut the carrots into tiny cylinders, which is the perfect texture for this dish! There are no simple home methods. A box grater works...okay. A food processor works...fast. But the commercial machines cut the carrots exactly as god intended.

Sure, they have home versions of the machines, but they look like Chinese crap.

And don't get me started on the mustard!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Those French!

Going to my mom’s treasured recipe box to see if this exists in there.

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 02:04 PM (pZEOD)

2 Would these French-cut carrots be good in chili?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2025 02:04 PM (exU9W)

3 What ever will you do for chili with sculped carrots?

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 02:06 PM (+qU29)

4
And don't get me started on the mustard!

Would you happen to have any Gay PoopOn?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2025 02:07 PM (63Dwl)

5 I wonder if match stick carrots would work?

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 02:08 PM (pZEOD)

6 Mon dieu!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 02:08 PM (wrRTB)

7 That is a commercial version of a classic French dish called Carottes Râpées.

It's a secret, isn't it.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 24, 2025 02:09 PM (3ImbR)

8
Would these French-cut carrots be good in chili?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2025 02:04 PM (exU9W)

I believe they're de rigueur for French Chili.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 02:09 PM (iJfKG)

9 no pic ?
no recipe ?
:-(

Posted by: cherries in season at August 24, 2025 02:10 PM (u5gMJ)

10 Carottes Râpées? The French have carrot rape machines? That can't be good.

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 02:10 PM (dIske)

11 You people know if CBD is there another year we won't see him all of August because he will be on vacation that month with all the Europeans

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 02:10 PM (+qU29)

12
So, carrots aren't the rapers but the rapees in France...

How does that work?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 02:11 PM (iJfKG)

13 So...it's the carrot or the stick.
I guess French sticks come only in 9mm.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 02:11 PM (2WIwB)

14 When I was living in France, I loved pork rillettes. Have you a good recipe, CBD? I tried it once but it wasn't right.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 24, 2025 02:11 PM (w6EFb)

15 Found my mom’s recipe, she references a moulinex. That must be the machine you speak of CBD. I can translate the recipe through the miracle of modern science, hang on.

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 02:11 PM (pZEOD)

16 Carrot rapes? Don't give the muzzies any ideas

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 02:13 PM (ncxww)

17 An outsider would be perplexed at all of the carrots-in-chili references here.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 24, 2025 02:13 PM (w6EFb)

18
First-World Food Problem Thread. It's a Sunday afternoon mash-up!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 02:14 PM (ptpiO)

19 Wait, I thought this was FWP, not the Food Thread. CBD needs to scold CBD for going off topic too early.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 02:14 PM (Riz8t)

20 Put carrots in a salad not in your chili.

Posted by: Case at August 24, 2025 02:15 PM (iwlvf)

21 Real made-in-France Dijon? Look no further than Amora, available from Amazon.

Posted by: Captain Ned at August 24, 2025 02:15 PM (nADdg)

22 First world food problem - tried Avocado pil vased mayo
So gross

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 02:15 PM (Mgy3C)

23 Costco has apparently stopped carrying Grey Poupon. I am bereft.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 02:16 PM (Riz8t)

24 Well, it might be a form of organic sacrilege. But, it turns out you can buy your carrots chopped that way. Don't throw anything at me. I may be a heathen, but I'm just trying to help.

https://tinyurl.com/3czajahp

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 02:16 PM (dIske)

25 You can ferment your own mustard. Requires no special equipment, takes only a few days, any idiot can do it; as my prowess has proved.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 24, 2025 02:16 PM (wBaIH)

26 Little drones from each end of the court opening bags of little green dildos as they fly over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 02:18 PM (5LCqK)

27 Mentioned this on the tech thread but thought I would try again.
TurboTax for 2025 taxes won't work on Windows 10, which is all we have for an OS. (I'm pissed but their software has always worked for us.) Instead of another desktop, we're looking at a laptop with a 14 inch screen or bigger. I'm looking for one machine that doesn't require a bunch of add ons to function or to assemble various parts to make a system. We don't need a high powered gaming machine. We don't even play solitaire on the computer. It's major uses will be doing the taxes, email, YouTube videos and web searches.

- No Cloud only storage. I want the information on the machine, not in the ether.
- I want a mouse or mouse pad, not a touch screen or touch screen only.
- It would be nice to be able to attach a CD or DVD player.
- Windows 11 and upgradeable to whatever the hell OS comes next.

We're not techies. Basically I just want a machine I can take out of the box, connect to our WiFi, and start using it.

Thanks for any suggestions on brand and model.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 02:20 PM (yTvNw)

28 For 2 people:

3 carrots (about 250 g of grated carrots)

1 pinch of salt

1 pinch of pepper

2 tablespoons of lemon juice

1 teaspoon of mustard

2 tablespoons of olive oil

1/2 teaspoon of honey

2 tablespoons of parsley
Peel the carrots, wash them and grate them. Wash the parsley, dry it and chop it

Put the salt, pepper, add the mustard, lemon juice and honey in a salad bowl. Mix well then pour the olive oil while whisking. Add the grated carrots, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and mix thoroughly to coat everything.

Taste and adjust according to your tastes. I like to add a pinch of Espelette pepper. To be redone often, by varying the herbs or adding a fruit like pear.

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 02:22 PM (pZEOD)

29 Linux Mint here, there is no tax software for it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 02:22 PM (5LCqK)

30
The FWP here seems to be lack of gadgetry to create something as good as the commercially available version. I know I have this problem, but nothing specific springs to mind -- although one thing I'll never be able to achieve is shawarma. What even are those giant meat bombs that they shave off?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 24, 2025 02:23 PM (cPNCv)

31 Also, the above recipe in its original form references a coffee spoon or a soup spoon. I made that teaspoon and tablespoon. Might not be exact.

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 02:23 PM (pZEOD)

32 To be redone often, by varying the herbs or adding a fruit like pear.
Posted by: Piper
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Where's the rest of it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 02:23 PM (5LCqK)

33 Eehhh....quoi de neuf, doc?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 02:24 PM (2WIwB)

34 those baby carrots from the grocery store are totally tubular

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2025 02:24 PM (AOsQT)

35 30
The FWP here seems to be lack of gadgetry to create something as good as the commercially available version. I know I have this problem, but nothing specific springs to mind -- although one thing I'll never be able to achieve is shawarma. What even are those giant meat bombs that they shave off?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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My robot will do the cooking.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 02:25 PM (5LCqK)

36 34 those baby carrots from the grocery store are totally tubular
Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2025 02:24 PM (AOsQT)

Turned on a rudimentary lathe.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 02:26 PM (I0Uo2)

37 Don Black that's what I thought. Been using them instead of large carrots for salad last couple weeks.
But no doubt the French have rules.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 02:26 PM (+qU29)

38 I, too, got the TurboTax-Win 11 notice.

I will happily go to another tax program, dropping Intuit like a hot rock.

But I suspect all the other software will also demand I use Windows 11.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2025 02:27 PM (exU9W)

39
Where's the rest of it?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends

I am not sure I understand your question. That’s it, according to my French mother’s recipe card. I left off the asterisk and the machine she notes to grate the carrots, CBD explained why it wouldn’t matter.

Am I missing something? Maybe? Probably?

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 02:27 PM (pZEOD)

40 But I suspect all the other software will also demand I use Windows 11.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2025 02:27 PM (exU9W)

What did you think we meant by "termination of support"? An end to auto upgrades?

Posted by: Last guy in Microsoft support for win10 at August 24, 2025 02:31 PM (I0Uo2)

41 My pseudo French asks why they are raping carrots.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 24, 2025 02:32 PM (dWdRv)

42 41 My pseudo French asks why they are raping carrots.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 24, 2025 02:32 PM (dWdRv)

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In Soviet Russia, carrots rape YOU

Posted by: Yakov Smirnov at August 24, 2025 02:34 PM (nM3+Q)

43 Well the good news is you can burn down your kitchen in France rather than the one in the U.S.

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 02:35 PM (dmH0a)

44 >>> The damned Frogs have special commercial machines that cut the carrots into tiny cylinders...

Tiny lathes. Same machine that makes 'baby carrots'. They just run it longer. Carrot waste is repurposed as V8 vegitable juice or as a base for their "100% Juice Fruit Juice Blends".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 02:35 PM (/lPRQ)

45 Give the big carrots to a horse.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2025 02:36 PM (LHPAg)

46 First world and France, I don't understand those word together.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 24, 2025 02:36 PM (17s+e)

47 they should call them milled carrots

careful, this could turn into a premature food thread

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2025 02:38 PM (AOsQT)

48
27 Mentioned this on the tech thread but thought I would try again.
TurboTax for 2025 taxes won't work on Windows 10, which is all we have for an OS. (I'm pissed but their software has always worked for us.) Instead of another desktop, we're looking at a laptop with a 14 inch screen or bigger.

. . . .

We're not techies. Basically I just want a machine I can take out of the box, connect to our WiFi, and start using it.

Thanks for any suggestions on brand and model.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 02:20 PM (yTvNw)

Go to newegg.com and search for refurbished laptops. You can filter for models with Windows 11. Currently I see several Dell and Lenovos there under $250.

Another possibility is looking at refurbished laptops at dell.com.

I've bought (and recommended) refurbished PCs from both Dell and New Egg for years, and always been satisfied. You don't get the newest bleeding edge technology, but it doesn't sound like that's what you need.

Posted by: a.moron at August 24, 2025 02:38 PM (Yt3ED)

49 Thinking my 1WP could be a nap

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 02:39 PM (+qU29)

50 This reminds me of a popular potluck recipe from my childhood in Dublin, TX. It combined grated carrots, peanuts, and I think peanut butter and mayo for the dressing. There may have been a couple more ingredients, but I don't recall. It was called Goober Salad or perhaps Goober Slaw. Do we all know that "goober peas" are peanuts or was that just a regional term?

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 24, 2025 02:39 PM (FMtrg)

51 The damned Frogs have special commercial machines that cut the carrots into tiny cylinders, which is the perfect texture for this dish!

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Give credit where credit is due. Countries less advanced in carrot fabrication technology use real baby carrots for their baby carrot offerings.

Those poor carrots never get a chance to reach adulthood.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 02:40 PM (nM3+Q)

52 NHC is tracking a 'disturbance' they have give a 40% chance of going cyclone in the next few days. Projected path is westward south of Hispaniola.

I project in about a week it will develop into a CAT5, veer north, and wipeout Gator GITMO total loss of life.

District Judge ordered Florid to stop construction which was preeping the trailer camp with tie-downs for the hurricane season.

/ I just made 40% of that shit up /

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 02:40 PM (/lPRQ)

53 Kitchen gadgets: I thought I was done with them with our current downsizing, but I saw a video for making shawarma on the grill that had a mini shawarma stackers - enough for a family sized meal- that you have to rotate yourself. It supposedly makes a pretty good approximation of commercial rotisserie chicken/lamb. It's cheap, too. But dang, I don't want another gadget. So, its on the Christmas list, so I have some time to decide if its really necessary.

Posted by: moki at August 24, 2025 02:43 PM (wLjpr)

54 That is a commercial version of a classic French dish called Carottes Râpées. it's as simple as it gets; grated carrots, and some simple dressing.

So what's the problem?

Everyone just HAS to put it in chili!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 02:45 PM (zXOsD)

55 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 02:35 PM (/lPRQ)

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 02:26 PM (I0Uo2)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Guy Fleegman at August 24, 2025 02:48 PM (PiwSw)

56 Do we all know that "goober peas" are peanuts or was that just a regional term?
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump!

AND, a classic song sung by Johnny Cash and also Burl Ives among many others.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 02:50 PM (cYBz/)

57 @56 And a Civil War era ditty.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 24, 2025 02:52 PM (36PRH)

58 Everyone remember Jill Ciminillo?

C'mon! You know her!

The Chicago leftist TDS woman from yesterday with the broken arm after a carjacking.

She changed her X account setting:

https://x.com/jillciminillo/

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 02:54 PM (E+OH8)

59 My FWP - I have hit the wall with my cooking. I've done it for over 50 years now and just am sort of sick of it.

Since it is just the two of us now it's hard to find the motivation to devote the time to it each day. Plus, the lovely Mrs. is allergic to, or overly sensitive to ALL spice - so, it's difficult to make things I enjoy eating.

I'll live through it.

Margaretta time!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 02:54 PM (cYBz/)

60 those baby carrots from the grocery store are totally tubular
Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2025 02:24 PM (AOsQT)

Turned on a rudimentary lathe.
Posted by: Reforger

Those little combine machines to pick them are so cute!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 02:55 PM (cYBz/)

61 >>>The damned Frogs have special commercial machines that cut the carrots into tiny cylinders.
~~~~~

I don't have it anymore, but I believe my old Salad Shooter could grate things into cylinders.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 24, 2025 02:55 PM (3ImbR)

62 The Chicago leftist TDS woman from yesterday with the broken arm after a carjacking.

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I remember her. She treasured that broken arm and still nurses fond memories of her carjacking.

How dare Trump try to take them from her with his *air quotes* law and order.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 02:56 PM (nM3+Q)

63 They rape carrots there, huh? It figures.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 02:58 PM (RIvkX)

64
I'll live through it.

Margaretta time!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 02:54 PM (cYBz/)

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PRO TIP: If Margaretta is your maid, proceed with caution.

Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at August 24, 2025 02:58 PM (nM3+Q)

65 CBD have you had any first world problems with any French people, being savage and deviant themselves?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 03:01 PM (RIvkX)

66 63 They rape carrots there, huh? It figures.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 02:58 PM (RIvkX)

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Only because the muslims take all the nine year-old girls.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 03:01 PM (nM3+Q)

67 AND, a classic song sung by Johnny Cash and also Burl Ives among many others.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 02:50 PM (cYBz/)

57 @56 And a Civil War era ditty.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 24, 2025 02:52 PM (36PRH)

Eatin' goober peas. Now I must look it up.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 24, 2025 03:03 PM (FMtrg)

68 > I remember her. She treasured that broken arm and still nurses fond memories of her carjacking.
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May there be many more... carjackings and broken bones.

I'm a giver.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 03:04 PM (Q4IgG)

69 59 My FWP - I have hit the wall with my cooking. I've done it for over 50 years now and just am sort of sick of it.

Since it is just the two of us now it's hard to find the motivation to devote the time to it each day. Plus, the lovely Mrs. is allergic to, or overly sensitive to ALL spice - so, it's difficult to make things I enjoy eating.

I'll live through it.

Margaretta time!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24

This is hard for sure - maybe one day of meal prep where you do 2 versions of a few simple meals to rotate through? Make and freeze a few different chicken breasts - for you, blackened, bbq, garlic and herb, etc. For her, salt, pepper, lemon juice. For example, Monday will be grilled chicken salad- make a fresh salad, you reheat your blackened chicken breast, she reheats her lemon one. Slice, top, eat. Tuesday can be pasta where you use a spicier sauce with sautéed veggies, and she just gets hers topped with the sautéed veggies and olive oil? Wednesday is bbq chicken, baked sweet potato (where you put cumin and chili powder on yours, she gets salt and pepper on hers), etc?

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 03:05 PM (p4NUW)

70 Dont you have an Grey Poupon?

Posted by: ghbucky at August 24, 2025 03:05 PM (/xDbx)

71 My first world problem is I start physical therapy tomorrow. I hate physical therapy, bad patient.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2025 03:06 PM (viF8m)

72 My FWP/Food Thread post:

I need (want) a new propane grill. My existing one is shot. The grates and the flame shields are rusted out. Burners are fair. I think they all still work.

But it's much larger than I need for just my wife and I.

Besides... I've gravitated to the Traeger smoker. But still need the propane grill from time to time. Especially during the really cold weather.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 03:09 PM (Q4IgG)

73 My first world problem is I wanted to collect natural vitamin D, but my raft shaped pool floaty finally died. I only have ones where I can get color on the front half, but are not conducive to rolling over to even out the color. I am not looking to overly tan, here, and will, of course have the big hat and sunglasses look to keep the sun off my face totally.

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 03:13 PM (p4NUW)

74 My FWP?

I’m seeing a doctor tomorrow to start doing something about my very high blood pressure. I hate taking medication. I don’t trust the medical community. And I’m scared af.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 03:14 PM (mT+6a)

75 Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 02:22 PM

If you like carrots, you might want to try this recipe for miso butter glazed roasted carrots. I've made it a few times, and it's a keeper.

https://tinyurl.com/4tsnxj2f

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 03:14 PM (Wnv9h)

76 Don't cry for me, Grey Poupon.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 03:16 PM (0sNs1)

77 Goober peas:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=Ehpqxcc08jE&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 24, 2025 03:16 PM (FMtrg)

78 CBD ... For the carrots, I'm wondering if a KitchenAid spiralizing attachment (standalone spiralizing gadget) might work ... Of course, the long curly strands would need to be cut into shorter lengths, but the basic shape might be close to what you're hoping to achieve suitable ... Just a suggestion.

Posted by: Kathy at August 24, 2025 03:17 PM (qpw89)

79 I’m seeing a doctor tomorrow to start doing something about my very high blood pressure. I hate taking medication. I don’t trust the medical community. And I’m scared af.

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Just calm down.

Did that help any?

*ducks*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 03:17 PM (nM3+Q)

80 My first world problem is I wanted to collect natural vitamin D, but my raft shaped pool floaty finally died. I only have ones where I can get color on the front half, but are not conducive to rolling over to even out the color.
Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 03:13 PM

Be wary of trying to even it out too much.

Posted by: Josh Brolin at August 24, 2025 03:18 PM (0sNs1)

81 Blow your nose. Dry your eyes. Get back to work.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 24, 2025 03:19 PM (YlWIZ)

82 Any food or beverage item that moves from Europe to the US usually turns into crap. Like when Molson bought Peroni and started adding corn syrup. I mean, WTF. Who would add corn syrup to beer? Only in America.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 03:19 PM (X3N4B)

83 Just calm down.

Did that help any?

*ducks*
Posted by: Cicero

A little. Do you guys all take prescription meds? I’ve done them before. But they were temporary. This will prolly be lifelong. Ugh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 03:20 PM (mT+6a)

84 20 minute nap

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 03:22 PM (+qU29)

85 "Calm down." I'm sure its in the medical codes as a huge buzzkill for beancounters.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 24, 2025 03:23 PM (YlWIZ)

86 A little. Do you guys all take prescription meds? I’ve done them before. But they were temporary. This will prolly be lifelong. Ugh.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 03:20 PM (mT+6a)

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The Lady Cicero has been on BP medicine for years to no discernible ill effect.

I'm like you. I avoid all prescription meds. I'd have to be at death's door to accept a lifelong regime of medication.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 03:24 PM (nM3+Q)

87 I missed the last thread but Winsome Sears is also reasonably attractive and born in Jamaica. If she was a Democrap, she’d be the front runner for their top of their ticket in 2028. She’d have endless glamour covers, glowing editorials, countless glamour shots on magazine covers, etc.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 03:24 PM (zhA6r)

88 Why was the carrot invited to the party?

It was a-ppealing !

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 03:25 PM (Cxw2b)

89 >> Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 03:20 PM (mT+6a)

See what they say and what they prescribe. Do your research. A lot of the BP meds have been around a long time and do the trick. High blood pressure in no joke. But here’s the good part. Try to use them as a crutch to change your lifestyle. Eliminate sodium as much as you can, watch the foods you eat, increase foods that help reduce inflammation. And then get in an exercise routine. Start slow and easy walk (if you don’t already). I know a lot of people who were able to ditch them or greatly reduce the dose after making changes YMMV. Good luck and stop worrying;

- “ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”

Matthew 6:27

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 03:25 PM (X3N4B)

90 Marcus,
You are correct. I have spent the last at least decade, taking care of everyone else. My kids. My patients. My friends. Covid sucked bigly.

Now I need to take care of myself. Cause no one else is going to do it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 03:29 PM (mT+6a)

91 73 My first world problem is I wanted to collect natural vitamin D, but my raft shaped pool floaty finally died. I only have ones where I can get color on the front half, but are not conducive to rolling over to even out the color. I am not looking to overly tan, here, and will, of course have the big hat and sunglasses look to keep the sun off my face totally.

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 03:13 PM (p4NUW)

I would not tolerate that inconvenience for longer than it took Prime to get it here.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 24, 2025 03:29 PM (w6EFb)

92 Moulinex vintage Mouli-Julienne slicer. Sooo much better than a finger shredding box grater. My mom had a metal one for years and years and bought a plastic one in the 80's. Alas I think they no longer sell these new, you have to find one on ebay. But they are a great kitchen gadget.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 24, 2025 03:29 PM (bP/i4)

93 Nurse,
What Marcus said.
Listen to the docs. Do some.research. Ease into an exercise routine. Common sense diet.
Moar shooting.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 03:30 PM (2WIwB)

94 A little. Do you guys all take prescription meds? I’ve done them before. But they were temporary. This will prolly be lifelong. Ugh.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 03:20 PM (mT+6a)

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The Lady Cicero has been on BP medicine for years to no discernible ill effect.

I'm like you. I avoid all prescription meds. I'd have to be at death's door to accept a lifelong regime of medication.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 03:24 PM (nM3+Q)
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The Blade has been on low dose amlodipine for years. Which is odd because I’m not old (Gen X) and in excellent shape. But there is heart disease in my family, so as soon as my BP went a little high and wouldn’t come down, they put me on it. If it wasn’t for my family’s history, I’d have said ‘no way’ — but the risk of heart disease is worse.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 03:31 PM (zhA6r)

95 >>Now I need to take care of myself. Cause no one else is going to do it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 03:29 PM (mT+6a)

Amen. You do that. You’re a good person who has devoted her life to others. Now it’s time to take care of yourself. Find the time. Do it. I know so many people who have been down that road and they are better for it in the end.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 03:32 PM (X3N4B)

96 For those of you on the cusp of 29, he Cambridge Dictionary has added Gen-Z words skibidi, delulu, tradwife, broligarchy, and lewk.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 03:33 PM (0sNs1)

97 And in the interesting news category...

Seems the Pagan Festival, Burning Man, has been issued warnings of Floods...

God sent the Rainbow as part of his promise to not flood us again... and the Pagans and Gays took that symbol and profaned it...

Seems he is not amused... Old Testament... Incoming..

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 24, 2025 03:34 PM (mP0Kj)

98 78 CBD ... For the carrots, I'm wondering if a KitchenAid spiralizing attachment (standalone spiralizing gadget) might work ... Of course, the long curly strands would need to be cut into shorter lengths, but the basic shape might be close to what you're hoping to achieve suitable ... Just a suggestion.
Posted by: Kathy at August 24, 2025 03:17 PM (qpw89)

I'm thinking of one of those old-timey hand cranked apple peelers. Might work...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 24, 2025 03:35 PM (nbLIj)

99 For those of you on the cusp of 29, he Cambridge Dictionary has added Gen-Z words skibidi, delulu, tradwife, broligarchy, and lewk.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 03:33 PM (0sNs1)
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Never heard of any of them. I’m sure they’re all slang. What is Cambridge doing adding slang? Do they have cuntpunt, ass pirate, EABOD, fucknugget, and Cleveland steamer?

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 03:36 PM (zhA6r)

100 97 And in the interesting news category...

Seems the Pagan Festival, Burning Man, has been issued warnings of Floods...

God sent the Rainbow as part of his promise to not flood us again... and the Pagans and Gays took that symbol and profaned it...

Seems he is not amused... Old Testament... Incoming..
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 24, 2025 03:34 PM (mP0Kj)
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It was completely flooded out last year. Like dangerous, near-fatal flooding.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 03:37 PM (zhA6r)

101 nurse I've been on a variety of Rx for htn for 18 months, it took about 9 months to get the right combination and dosage but having stable bp is teh awesome.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 03:38 PM (RIvkX)

102 Hello Horde. My FWP is a broken switch for the self-propelled function on my electric mower. It mows fine. Just requires more muscle. YooToob video from internet rando shows how to take apart the assembly and glue (?!) the broken piece back together. But this sounds like a bad idea for the mechanically challenged (me). I only have a 1/2 acre but it is hilly and rough.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 03:39 PM (7HoOO)

103 Thank you guys for sharing.

I feel like I failed somehow. Oh well. It’s hard having to admit I need medication.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 03:40 PM (mT+6a)

104 And in the interesting news category...

Seems the Pagan Festival, Burning Man, has been issued warnings of Floods...

God sent the Rainbow as part of his promise to not flood us again... and the Pagans and Gays took that symbol and profaned it...

Seems he is not amused... Old Testament... Incoming..
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 24, 2025 03:34 PM (mP0Kj)
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It was completely flooded out last year. Like dangerous, near-fatal flooding.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 03:37 PM (zhA6r)
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It’s not pagan or religious. It’s an elaborate EDM festival fueled by heavy drugs and promiscuity. So … basically like any other EDM festival. LOL.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 03:41 PM (zhA6r)

105 Do you guys all take prescription meds? I’ve done them before. But they were temporary. This will prolly be lifelong. Ugh.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 03:20 PM (mT+6a)

I take low dosages of Atenolol and Losartan for my bp. It's worked for me for years. At my age, and with my family history of hypertension, I am thankful that it's not more than that.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 24, 2025 03:41 PM (0aYVJ)

106 74 My FWP?

I’m seeing a doctor tomorrow to start doing something about my very high blood pressure. I hate taking medication. I don’t trust the medical community. And I’m scared af.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 03:14 PM (mT+6a)

HBP meds are not that bad. With my cancer, HBP came hand in hand, and I've been on the same med at the same level for 5 years now.

Even then, I go to the doc and still put up skyhigh results. I didn't actually start HBP meds til my own taking of my pressure every day indicated it.

Like last week, before I got my current cancer blood results, I had 118/81 at home...and at the office waiting on the results 153/89. We now take pics of the pressure before we go...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2025 03:43 PM (tOcjL)

107 101 nurse I've been on a variety of Rx for htn for 18 months, it took about 9 months to get the right combination and dosage but having stable bp is teh awesome.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 03:38 PM (RIvkX)

Right.. I've been on them for years.... I also take something to slow my heart down as I can go into AFIB... I'm a walking pharmaceutical commercial !

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2025 03:43 PM (VE6XX)

108 Losartan was ineffective for me even after x4 the dose.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 03:44 PM (RIvkX)

109 I take low dosages of Atenolol and Losartan for my bp. It's worked for me for years. At my age, and with my family history of hypertension, I am thankful that it's not more than that.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 24, 2025 03:41 PM (0aYVJ)

Mine is just the losarten.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2025 03:44 PM (tOcjL)

110 I’m seeing a doctor tomorrow to start doing something about my very high blood pressure. I hate taking medication. I don’t trust the medical community. And I’m scared af.

Posted by: nurse ratched

Renal artery ultrasound?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 03:45 PM (Mgy3C)

111 The Blade has been on low dose amlodipine for years. Which is odd because I’m not old (Gen X) and in excellent shape. But there is heart disease in my family, so as soon as my BP went a little high and wouldn’t come down, they put me on it. If it wasn’t for my family’s history, I’d have said ‘no way’ — but the risk of heart disease is worse.
Posted by: Elric
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Same. I'm probably older than you, but solidly in the middle of Gen X and been on 5 mg for about 7 years. I stopped taking it for awhile when I had no time to go to the doc (when I was still schlepping Mom to the doc all the time). When I finally went back, it was alarmingly high. So I might be on it forever. The doc who put me on it gave me the usual advice to help bring it down. But he also said, you might do everything right and still have high BP.

I hope I can avoid diabeetus, but I'm probably doomed by genetics + too many years of overindulging in sweets.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 03:45 PM (7HoOO)

112 108 Losartan was ineffective for me even after x4 the dose.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 03:44 PM (RIvkX)

I think it works best for folks whose pressure is related to swelling and fluid retention...which is my main issue...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2025 03:45 PM (tOcjL)

113 My FWP is I don't like the new chair. I'm going to give it to Goodwill and then search for a new new chair.

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2025 03:46 PM (AOsQT)

114 RMBS:
Many thanks for alerting me of the existence of miso glazed carrots
That sounds wonderful and, weirdly, i have everything I need to make that.
Looking forward to trying it.

Posted by: Appycay at August 24, 2025 03:46 PM (EdYR/)

115 >> I feel like I failed somehow. Oh well. It’s hard having to admit I need medication.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 03:40 PM (mT+6a)

Very common to feel that way. I’m surrounded by a lot of type “a”’s who have been conditioned to believe that any meds, or even asking for help is a failure. So they avoid it like the plague, until they can’t. Don’t think of it as a failure. It’s a tune up. Maintenance. A direction change. In the end it’s a means to get stronger and better. That’s hard to conceptualize when you’re a person devoted to taking care of others. You feel selfish and perhaps even weak because not you need help. But that’s not the case. Remember you can’t help others if you don’t take care of yourself…

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 03:46 PM (X3N4B)

The Modern Plantation Is The Democrat Party

Winsome Earle-Sears is the current Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and is the Republican candidate for Governor in the 2025 election. She is an impressively normal woman, although she is a Marine, so that gets her some extra points! She raised a family, wrote a book, ran for office, served her state honorably, and is in all respects a credit to America.

I disagree with some of her stances, and her support for Donald Trump's third presidential race was tepid at best, although being a politician in a blue state makes that a semi-rational (though undignified) decision.

But in the eyes of the rabid, racist, misogynistic left? She is an uppity n*gger who should get back on the plantation if she knows what's good for her! How dare she be against unlimited abortion! How dare she support the 2nd Amendment! How dare she oppose same-sex marriage! How dare she be against DEI!

And most of all...how dare she be a Republican and support Donald Trump.

For that she is banished to 2nd class citizenship by the blue-haired harpies of the new Democrat party. And because the Democrat party and its attendant political water carriers are rooted in racism and class divisions, they immediately latched onto the least important aspect of Sears...her color. Besides, all those brown and black and yellow and red people are just tools in the never-ending struggle against freedom... they certainly wouldn't want to embrace them as equals!

As proof, I give you the Georgia whale!

So what's the difference? Haven't we been told for generations that the Democrat party was the party of the little man? The disenfranchised? The minorities just trying to claw their way out of the muck created by evil White supremacists?

One would think that Winsome Earle-Sears would be the perfect symbol of American exceptionalism and its unique ability to embrace everyone! She is an immigrant, a veteran, a small-business owner, an author, a successful politician! What an amazing success story! And -- let us be brutally honest -- she isn't an immense fatty who is an obvious grifting crook!

But she is a Republican, and an unrepentant believer in the American dream, which means that she rejects the victim-hood that is part and parcel of the Democrat approach to black America, which is nothing more than chattel. They are tools to be used in the fight against freedom, and Winsome Earle-Sears has rejected that offensive, condescending, racist approach, and instead has chosen a better path.

And for that she must be destroyed!

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM

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1 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 12:00 PM (+qU29)

2 Trannies are a mental illness imo, I can't go play football in the NFL even if I think I am a professional linebacker.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 12:02 PM (+qU29)

3

I wanna sex up yo mouf!

Posted by: Stacey Abramstank at August 24, 2025 12:06 PM (a9s9e)

4 And most of all...how dare she be a Republican and support Donald Trump.

For that she is banished to 2nd class citizenship by the blue-haired harpies of the new Democrat party.

And the white Karens march on.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 12:07 PM (zXOsD)

5 They did a fine job in those Stacey Abrams fashion pictures. Edited out the WIDE LOAD signs.

Posted by: She Big! at August 24, 2025 12:07 PM (G5+As)

6
Haven't we been told for generations that the Democrat party was the party of the little man?

And the big fat black woman.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2025 12:07 PM (63Dwl)

7 Winsome Sears has been trailing significantly. I think it would be hilarious (and poetic) if this racist sign flips the race.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at August 24, 2025 12:08 PM (FEVMW)

8

We can stop blacks from using our water fountains?

Posted by: Barack Ojackoff at August 24, 2025 12:09 PM (a9s9e)

9 It's not the Democrat party anymore except the name

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 12:09 PM (+qU29)

10 I don't necessarily believe that that woman is actually racist with that sign. She just thought she had a clever "gotcha" line. But we're playing by their rules now so she deserves every bit of grief she gets for it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 12:09 PM (hcKoh)

11 9 It's not the Democrat party anymore except the name
Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 12:09 PM (+qU29)

Zell Miller wrote A National Party No More in 2003.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 24, 2025 12:13 PM (PiwSw)

12 I don’t think there’s anything more rage-inducing for a rabid leftist than a black conservative. To this day, the mere mention of Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court will cause rage strokes… As you say, CBD, can’t be off the plantation

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2025 12:13 PM (90wEZ)

13 Honestly, I don't think the Democrats see Winsome as much of a threat, so I think "destroying her" is a bit over the top. It is a bit ironic that her opponent is the whitest of white women, so we'll see if they even bother trying to square that circle. The GOP in Virginia is a bunch of limp dicks, so the Democrats probably figure, why bother?

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 24, 2025 12:14 PM (MZ+PY)

14
billionaires fund radical woke math

https://t.ly/ddBaL

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2025 12:14 PM (63Dwl)

15 I don't necessarily believe that that woman is actually racist with that sign. She just thought she had a clever "gotcha" line. But we're playing by their rules now so she deserves every bit of grief she gets for it.

She's also a Democrat functionary, not just a random granny.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:16 PM (QZThv)

16 I agree with Oddbob, it was a clever gotcha she thought.
But play by her rules she should be tossed out

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 12:16 PM (+qU29)

17

2 + 2 = grade school daisychains...

Posted by: Soros jr. at August 24, 2025 12:17 PM (a9s9e)

18 Dewey Wins!!!

Posted by: qmark at August 24, 2025 12:17 PM (+t9Oi)

19 15 I don't necessarily believe that that woman is actually racist with that sign. She just thought she had a clever "gotcha" line. But we're playing by their rules now so she deserves every bit of grief she gets for it.

She's also a Democrat functionary, not just a random granny.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:16 PM (QZThv)

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Zombie Rosa Parks at August 24, 2025 12:17 PM (PiwSw)

20 Nothing like being greeted by multiple images of that entitled pig.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 12:17 PM (3wi/L)

21 It is a bit ironic that her opponent is the whitest of white women, so we'll see if they even bother trying to square that circle.

The primary beneficiaries of the woke-industrial complex have always been liberal white women, so it's only ironic if you listen to what they say rather than what they do.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:18 PM (QZThv)

22 "I don't necessarily believe that that woman is actually racist with that sign. She just thought she had a clever "gotcha" line."

I think you're 100% right. The left is constantly equating "trans rights" with civil rights, so to them the analogy made perfect sense. Their world view is so warped that they never considered for a minute that there might be a a different--and more likely--interpretation.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at August 24, 2025 12:18 PM (FEVMW)

23 The sooner we oldster start kicking, the sooner America can get back to what it used to be.

Wait a minute. I see an error in my thinking.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 12:18 PM (0eaVi)

24 "I don't necessarily believe that that woman is actually racist with that sign."

You are so very wrong. She's as racist as they come. I know way too many women just like her and they cover for their racism by their blindingly leftist ideology, but deep down they really dislike Blacks and feel threatened by them in just about every way.

"I can't be a racist because I'm a Democrat and we support Black people". (As long as they know their place and it ain't around here).

That pic literally makes me sick.

I'm out.

Posted by: pawn at August 24, 2025 12:19 PM (iR1Qr)

25
When did the Democratic Party turn from prosperity and abundance for everyone to mingy scarcity and nobody can do anything anymore?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 12:19 PM (ptpiO)

26 23
' The sooner we oldster start kicking, the sooner America can get back to what it used to be.'

What is the age range of AWFLs? I want to have something to look forward to.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 12:19 PM (3wi/L)

27 Tribalism. The modern leftists have to keep everyone fighting amongst themselves, lest they start connecting the dots and realizing the true source of the Unpleasantness. Of course Tribalism is the Default in human history, and certainly around the world even today.

That’s what American Exceptionalism is really about. It isn’t that Americans are special or better than everyone else per se. But our form of government as founded truly is.

This is why Biden ( a pasty white racist) would say things like “If you don’t vote for me, you ain’t really black!!”

There are no fundamental individual rights on the Democratic Plantation. You only exist as part of a group. Period. And you better sign on to their delusions, no matter how absurd, or You Are A Bad Person

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 12:20 PM (fqXHl)

28 That sign holder is the epitome of an AWFL Karen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2025 12:20 PM (/L8AI)

29 The old white lady holding the stupid sign… this is an old, old playbook. Just yesterday I went down a YouTube rabbit hole watching several old episodes of Firing Line with William F Buckley.

In one, way back in 1972, some guy who started an activist group for parents of gay children… the guy like a broken record kept saying over and over again that if you discriminate against gays that is equivalent to discriminating against blacks and Jews because gayness is an unalterable fixed part of a person like skin color or ethnicity. That is the playbook: equate your preferred perversion and voila your perversion is elevated to the level of legitimate protections

As an aside: Buckley’s Firing Line was a delight, a gem…. How far we’ve fallen to have that low IQ hack Margaret Hoover hosting Firing Line

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2025 12:21 PM (90wEZ)

30 The left is constantly equating "trans rights" with civil rights, so to them the analogy made perfect sense. Their world view is so warped that they never considered for a minute that there might be a a different--and more likely--interpretation.

By the left's own standards, anyone who was alive pre-1964 is an irredeemable racist, unless they hold a position of authority in the Democrat Party. I'm not making the rules, but I'm damn well gonna apply them equally.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:21 PM (QZThv)

31 The Stacey Abrams Effect?

Isn't that the ability of gravity to bend light?

Posted by: muldoon at August 24, 2025 12:22 PM (/iMjX)

32

I identify as Male AND Hetero. Does that make me 2 Spirit?

Posted by: Pendulating Richard at August 24, 2025 12:23 PM (a9s9e)

33 The Left defends the most aberrant position as normal while screaming that normal things are aberrant.

Every time, every issue.

Posted by: muldoon at August 24, 2025 12:25 PM (/iMjX)

34 Dems never like it when their property gets uppity.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2025 12:25 PM (7xrfc)

35
The back-up beeper activates when Stacy Abrams walks backwards.

Posted by: YIKES! at August 24, 2025 12:25 PM (OgWfa)

36 Stacey Abrams self identifies as a second moon of our planet earth with her own significant gravitational pull impacting tidal patterns all over the earth

Can you imagine the human damage she could inflict if she jumped into a swimming pool. I’m picturing Newman (olly olly oxen free!) wiping out that pool guy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2025 12:26 PM (90wEZ)

37 When did the Democratic Party turn from prosperity and abundance for everyone to mingy scarcity and nobody can do anything anymore?

Because the "post-war consensus" that the entire Western governmental apparatus has grown to be a support system for is that the rise of the middle class starting with the Industrial Revolution has been a complete disaster for the rich and powerful. Tens of millions who don't know their place running around and eating "our" food, taking space at "our" beaches, and voting the wrong way in "our" democracy.

How they plan to "fix" that is pretty obvious given the starting point.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:26 PM (QZThv)

38 Democrats are Perverts Against Goodness And Normalcy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2025 12:27 PM (/L8AI)

39 Abigail Spanberger likes to kill her some babies!

https://tinyurl.com/nsee9hve

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2025 12:28 PM (XQo4F)

40 22 "I don't necessarily believe that that woman is actually racist with that sign. She just thought she had a clever "gotcha" line."

I think you're 100% right. The left is constantly equating "trans rights" with civil rights, so to them the analogy made perfect sense. Their world view is so warped that they never considered for a minute that there might be a a different--and more likely--interpretation.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey
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They are telling you what they are.
They are showing you what they are.
Believe them.
Going easy, giving evil things a pass because, 'it'll work out' or they'll grow out of it' is why we are in the jam we are in today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 12:28 PM (5LCqK)

41 When did the Democratic Party turn from prosperity and abundance for everyone to mingy scarcity and nobody can do anything anymore?
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Roughly? About 1972, the oil shocks, Embargo, and monetary inflation really kicked in about then. It’s been a steady decline, with fits and starts along the way since then. Balance of trade went negative about 1974, wages have been stagnant since then too, something truly horrific.

You see whole neighborhoods of once proud, if not luxurious homes. It’s like a different planet. Dad went to work, mom stayed home with the kids. The schools were pretty good. Somehow (it wasn’t easy, but) a single breadwinner delivering milk say, or working at a factory, could afford a home, a car, and raise a family. That’s all gone. Financialization, interest rate wankery, “welfare” and offshoring of tens of thousands of factories have left the US economy pretty well FUBAR for millions.

We had the flash a long time ago. Now we get the “bang”. That’s how you got Trump. The Republicans have been of no particular usefulness either. Assistant Democrats at best.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 12:28 PM (fqXHl)

42 Dear Democrats,

The Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled that you cant keep blacks from using the water fountains anymore

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 24, 2025 12:29 PM (LAhxf)

43 Old and busted: A chicken in every pot.

New and trendy: A tranny in every potty.

Posted by: muldoon at August 24, 2025 12:30 PM (/iMjX)

44 Abrams is in the struggle to waddle off with her weight in taxpayer cash.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 24, 2025 12:31 PM (MMp6W)

45 No one wants tranny pot pie

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2025 12:32 PM (/L8AI)

46 I've had a black uncle since 1977. He and I talk and have for years. He's one of my dearest friends. We've talked about this over the years because there was always this group of women at parties and such doing what could almost be described as selfies.
"Okay, everybody gather round _____ here, let's take a picture."
____ being a safe, pretty, educated black.
I probably first breached the subject as a 8 or 9 year old and he said. "I don't scare them".

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 12:33 PM (I0Uo2)

47 Ozempic took one look at Stacey Abrams and said, "Oh hell, no!"

Posted by: muldoon at August 24, 2025 12:34 PM (/iMjX)

48 So wait, if men pretending to be women aren't allowed in the women's room its the same as blacks not being allowed to use the same water fountain but only if they are pretend they are white?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

49

Stop making fun of the President of United Earth!

https://t.ly/jJIv1

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2025 12:35 PM (63Dwl)

50 Ozempic took one look at Stacey Abrams and said, "Oh hell, no!"

There's a reason one of the most common side effects of Ozempic is suicidal thoughts.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:35 PM (QZThv)

51 39 Abigail Spanberger likes to kill her some babies!

https://tinyurl.com/nsee9hve
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2025 12:28 PM (XQo4F)

"Health" and "Freedom" have replaced "Choice" as the dominant euphemism.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 24, 2025 12:35 PM (PiwSw)

52 The Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled that you cant keep blacks from using the water fountains anymore
———

The problem is the Democrats want “Colored Only” drinking fountains. Segregated dorms are a thing. Segregated graduations. “Safe Space” areas that exclude Whitey.

They really truly owe Bull Connor and Orval Faubus a huge apology. They fought for segregation and the Democrats re-installed it 50 years later.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 12:36 PM (fqXHl)

53 Trump had some sort of bandage on his hand, and the Woke Left is going nuts speculating that this is a sign of some fatal illness.

Given their political inability to confront Trump, they are increasingly fantasizing that Trump is going to die soon.

An example:

When it happens, you're probably not even going to learn about it directly before you feel it in the air. You'll just hear car horns and cheering in the streets. You'll feel confused, annoyed. You'll check your phone. Huh, 41 new texts.

Their other fantasy is imagining the mass imprisonment of their political opponents when they return to power.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 24, 2025 12:36 PM (xTIDn)

54 Ozempic took one look at Stacey and realized they needed a bigger dose, the size of Lake Mead.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2025 12:37 PM (/L8AI)

55 You see whole neighborhoods of once proud, if not luxurious homes. It’s like a different planet. Dad went to work, mom stayed home with the kids. The schools were pretty good. Somehow (it wasn’t easy, but) a single breadwinner delivering milk say, or working at a factory, could afford a home, a car, and raise a family.
Posted by: Common Tater

TV was three or four free over the air channels, no cable. Telephone was one non movable landline in central location in the home. No $200 mobile phone plans for four phones. No door dash. Eating out was a treat. No $8 coffee type drinks.

People don't realize just how insidious those small charges are and how fast they add up.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 12:38 PM (zXOsD)

56 Abigail Spanberger likes to kill her some babies!

As I mentioned yesterday, a study recently found that having an abortion more than doubles a woman's risk of serious mental illness. I wouldn't be shocked if the DNC at least suspected that and that's the real reason they push it so hard. It's like a magic Karen generator.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:39 PM (QZThv)

57 And for that she must be destroyed!

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM

She's a female Marine.

Good luck with that.

Posted by: pookysgirl, ready to call an ambulance at August 24, 2025 12:39 PM (++8wH)

58 That Whale landed a couple BILLION$ of Biden cash.
Did it get clawed back?

Posted by: torabora at August 24, 2025 12:39 PM (KtOUo)

59 Democrat politicians refuse to acknowledge the rampant crime in Blue urban centers that primarily afflict Blacks.
Democrat politicians stridently support Planned Parenthood, which aborts Black babies at 4X the rate of Whites, and 2X the rate of Hispanics.
It's almost as if the Democrats use Blacks the same way Hamas uses Palestinians.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at August 24, 2025 12:39 PM (MNCvZ)

60 Ozempic took one look at Stacey Abrams and said, "Oh hell, no!"

There's a reason one of the most common side effects of Ozempic is suicidal thoughts.
Posted by: Ian S.

Dear Democrats,

Free Ozempic for all of August, September & October!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 12:40 PM (zXOsD)

61 As I mentioned yesterday, a study recently found that having an abortion more than doubles a woman's risk of serious mental illness. I wouldn't be shocked if the DNC at least suspected that and that's the real reason they push it so hard. It's like a magic Karen generator.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:39 PM (QZThv)

Link:

https://is.gd/P0v0cT

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 24, 2025 12:41 PM (PiwSw)

62 Who bitch dis is?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 24, 2025 12:41 PM (LAhxf)

63 TV was three or four free over the air channels, no cable. Telephone was one non movable landline in central location in the home. No $200 mobile phone plans for four phones. No door dash. Eating out was a treat. No $8 coffee type drinks.

Years ago, the Wall Street Journal wrote about how middle-class expectations had expanded, and noted that the standard 1950s vacation was camping in a state park, not traveling thousands of miles.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 24, 2025 12:41 PM (xTIDn)

64 As I mentioned yesterday, a study recently found that having an abortion more than doubles a woman's risk of serious mental illness. I wouldn't be shocked if the DNC at least suspected that and that's the real reason they push it so hard. It's like a magic Karen generator.
Posted by: Ian S.

No wonder Whoopi Goldberg x8 is nuts.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 12:41 PM (zXOsD)

65 Believe what you want, at its essence this is a battle between good and evil. It’s hard for a lot of people to grasp there are a group of people who hate this country and want to see it collapse. They spend all their time, money and efforts participating in that effort at various levels. There are some who are useful idiots that either knowingly or unknowingly participate in the process. There are others at the top who fund, plan and scheme to divide people in order to foment the process and create conditions for their revolution. This isn’t hyperbole, it’s demonstrable and prior to Trump a great deal of it was being funded by your tax dollars. Make no mistake the Democrat Party is their political division. They try to guide the country towards division through attempting to pass law and maintain policy that helps those who want the downfall of our country. The judiciary is their fifth column and fallback line of last resort- as is any unelected position. It’s all blatantly insidious and when you look at the agenda, inherently evil. This is a war of attrition we need to win at all costs. Never quit. Good always wins in the end. Always.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 12:43 PM (U1kqN)

66 One of the platforms of the Democrat Party seems to be:

Make Insanity Great Again!

Sanity is Overrated!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 24, 2025 12:43 PM (S/Y4j)

67 I wouldn't be shocked if the DNC at least suspected that and that's the real reason they push it so hard.

Mentally ill women are now the key base of the Democratic party.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 24, 2025 12:43 PM (xTIDn)

68 When I first saw that I thought this had to be a meme and that sign can’t be real.

How wrong I was. It’s real and it’s spectacular.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 12:43 PM (wrRTB)

69 Is that a real sign or a meme?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 12:43 PM (Mgy3C)

70 Actually, I don't want to share a water fountain - or anything - with that repulsive AWFL. She is not a fellow countryman of mine. She is the enemy. And she, and her ilk are inside the wire.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2025 12:44 PM (P6w20)

71 Years ago, the Wall Street Journal wrote about how middle-class expectations had expanded, and noted that the standard 1950s vacation was camping in a state park, not traveling thousands of miles.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Mid to late 60's, we went from St. Louis to Branson once a year for a week for vacation. Three or four csmp outs during Boy Scout years. One 2 week BS summer camp. That was it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 12:45 PM (zXOsD)

72 10 I don't necessarily believe that that woman is actually racist with that sign. She just thought she had a clever "gotcha" line. But we're playing by their rules now so she deserves every bit of grief she gets for it.

You are so very wrong. She's as racist as they come. I know way too many women just like her and they cover for their racism by their blindingly leftist ideology, but deep down they really dislike Blacks and feel threatened by them in just about every way.

Both can be correct. She thought she had a gloriously clever sign, and does not think she's a racist, but of course she is. However, she could never admit her real motive to herself.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

73 Is that a real sign or a meme?

It's a real sign being held up by a real member of the Loudoun County Democrat leadership.

Nobody else there found anything wrong with it until it got posted on Twitter and Winsome Sears' campaign picked it up.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:45 PM (QZThv)

74 Mentally ill women are now the key base of the Democratic party.

Stable women who get married and have kids tend to vote Republican.

It is of supreme political interest to the Democratic Party to make sure that women are discouraged from getting married and having kids.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 24, 2025 12:45 PM (xTIDn)

75 People don't realize just how insidious those small charges are and how fast they add up.
——

True, but that’s not to explain or justify why nobody can afford to buy a home or a car or raise a family.

The currency has been shredded, the factories have been offshored, and tens of millions of illegals moved in purposefully to depress wages.

Boomers keep telling young folks they need to “save” and cut out Starbucks. Be careful, they may decide to cut your throat. They have every reason to be outraged.

The Democrats and Republicans spend a lot of time making sure the focus of their ire is directed somewhere else. That’s what all the rhetoric is about. Cost shifting, blame shifting.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 12:46 PM (fqXHl)

76 Years ago, the Wall Street Journal wrote about how middle-class expectations had expanded, and noted that the standard 1950s vacation was camping in a state park, not traveling thousands of miles.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Now, Fani and me do jet off on occasion, but she is quite content when I book me a nice cabin for the long weekend.

Posted by: Nathan Wade on VRBO at August 24, 2025 12:46 PM (G5+As)

77 The left is constantly equating "trans rights" with civil rights, so to them the analogy made perfect sense. Their world view is so warped that they never considered for a minute that there might be a a different--and more likely--interpretation.

Marxism mostly dropped class warfare because tje middle class hasn't bought their religion. So in pre 60s the Marxists thought to go with race warfare. That petered out until Barky brought it all in the open again. But meanwhile LGBQXYZ has become the goal for tje Marxists, drafting kids into Trannies. Have seen claims like 20% of kids have moved into sex change ordination pushed by the Cultural Marxism Seminaries ie public schools

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 12:46 PM (+qU29)

78 The Left by far promote their dumbest partisan minority members. I guess they believe they are the easiest to manipulate.

People here may disagree but I think Obama probably has the lowest IQ of all Presidents . I was certain of that until Biden became president.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 12:46 PM (EYmYM)

79 Trump had some sort of bandage on his hand, and the Woke Left is going nuts speculating that this is a sign of some fatal illness.

Given their political inability to confront Trump, they are increasingly fantasizing that Trump is going to die soon.

And they think a President Vance would be an improvement?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

80 Years ago, the Wall Street Journal wrote about how middle-class expectations had expanded, and noted that the standard 1950s vacation was camping in a state park, not traveling thousands of miles.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 24, 2025 12:41 PM (xTIDn)

the best analysis of inflation on our lives is the "how long do you have to work for a loaf of bread / gallon of gas / a house" and "what jobs disappeared because the cost too much to the employer versus what they brought to the employer" measurements.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025 12:47 PM (rbvCR)

81 Being a Democrat means you never have to grow up.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2025 12:47 PM (/L8AI)

82 I'm trying to figure out the other side of the sign.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 12:47 PM (I0Uo2)

83 She is an impressively normal woman, although she is a Marine, so that gets her some extra points!

So...the book was written in crayon?
*obligatory Marine joke*

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 12:48 PM (2WIwB)

84 And they think a President Vance would be an improvement?

They think Pelosi has a magical plan that would skip Vance in the event the next assassin succeeds.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:48 PM (QZThv)

85 The trans versus race comparison is one the left uses often. It’s a flaccid attempt to normalize trans as a demographic, or human characteristic like race. It’s nothing of the sort and is simply a mental illness.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 12:48 PM (U1kqN)

86 The currency has been shredded, the factories have been offshored, and tens of millions of illegals moved in purposefully to depress wages.

Boomers keep telling young folks they need to “save” and cut out Starbucks. Be careful, they may decide to cut your throat. They have every reason to be outraged.

While those things have an element of truth to them, I know far too many kids who want to live the high life while complaining that they can't save any money. That's on them.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

87 Mid to late 60's, we went from St. Louis to Branson once a year for a week for vacation. Three or four csmp outs during Boy Scout years. One 2 week BS summer camp. That was it.

My boss, who made about $250,000 a year and had a wife and a couple of young kids, spent the family vacation camping in a local forest for a couple of weeks.

I was impressed - he'd figured out an area where he could economize, instead of going to Hawaii like everyone else in his social class.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 24, 2025 12:49 PM (xTIDn)

88 I'm trying to figure out the other side of the sign.
Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 12:47 PM (I0Uo2)

Something about a gender neutral bathroom in her house.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 12:49 PM (2WIwB)

89 >> So...the book was written in crayon?
*obligatory Marine joke*
Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 12:48 PM (2WIwB)

It can’t be sir, if she’s a Marine she ate them.

*ducks*

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 12:49 PM (U1kqN)

90 You still get old Democrats pushing class warfare, Sundowner always went down that path.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 12:50 PM (+qU29)

91 People don't realize just how insidious those small charges are and how fast they add up. /i]

The bigger problem is the real tax/regulatory cost is now around 50% of your income AND under the Junta the government was taking 10% of what was left every year through inflation.

If you assume the government doesn't keep growing larger then the economy does over the last 60 years the average income would be MUCH higher because productivity has grown significantly in that time frame.

Back then futurists thought we'd have a 20 hour work week and all live in what are now considered McMansions. Well...they accounted for increases in productivity but not increases in the cost of government

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 12:50 PM (sKqQm)

92 hey winsom you have a gender nuetral bathroom in your house.

Interesting.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 12:50 PM (I0Uo2)

93 Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 12:46 PM (fqXHl)

You know why Boomers say that? Cause it works. Today's generation don't know what double digit interest rates are or real recessions much less gas lines and price freezes.

I worked hard and lived within my means and did without a lot of stuff. It's not rocket science and has been the formula for generations.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 12:51 PM (EYmYM)

94 Winsome Earle-Sears is getting the exact same treatment from the left any right leaning candidate would get. Male, female or other.

Personally, the racist tilt to some of the vitriol that's being tossed at her is probably going to backfire on the leftist clowns. The just can't help themselves sometimes. But the tired old clichés are indeed wearing thin on the public.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 12:51 PM (Q4IgG)

95 TV was three or four free over the air channels, no cable. Telephone was one non movable landline in central location in the home. No $200 mobile phone plans for four phones.

-
Not sure I agree with this but it's not entirely wrong.

American Parents Fear Effects of Screens More Than Drugs and Obesity: New Poll

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 24, 2025 12:51 PM (m9ZzY)

96 Thx CBD. It's crazy watching middle class "liberals" scream at Trump when the hardcore left will absolutely enslave or kill them . I have a friend who helped save my life a few years ago when I got sick. He is a liberal. I post funnies from Power Line, Hot Air and Twitchy. He loses his mind posting "fact" Trump is a felon, a rapist, a fraud a will be proven to be a ped. No amount of rational talk can make him change. Hate to say it but the leftist policies killing middle class liberals will be the only thing that might wake them up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 12:52 PM (ncxww)

97 It can’t be sir, if she’s a Marine she ate them.

*ducks*
Posted by: Marcus T

"Burnt Sienna" is my fave. Kinda a curry flavor.

Posted by: Crayola Gourmet at August 24, 2025 12:52 PM (G5+As)

98 And they think a President Vance would be an improvement?

They view Trump as an evil wizard, who holds his minions in a spell, which will be broken if Trump dies.

They don't think Vance can generate the spell.

We're not talking about rational political analysis here.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 24, 2025 12:52 PM (xTIDn)

99 GenZ and Millenials love to whine about not affording a home. But they spend money like crazy. Doordash, Uber, Starbucks, iPhones, designer jeans, craft beer (not so much GenZ).

It all adds up. Fast. But then they mock you as some out of touch boomer for thinking $5 coffee is the reason homes are unaffordable. Yeah $5 on its own isn’t the reason. But everything combined, that’s the reason. Cut out all that shit and it’s tens of thousands a year. Which could be saved for a down payment on a house.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 12:52 PM (wrRTB)

100
Stacey just started a podcast. Her first guest was Ezra Klein at his most insufferable.

Why is the left so desperate to make Stacey into something? I hope she never gets another political job in her life.

Posted by: Blonde Morticis's Phone at August 24, 2025 12:52 PM (ny95y)

101 82 I'm trying to figure out the other side of the sign.
Posted by: Reforger

--

Hey Winsome
You have a
gender neutral
bathroom
In your house

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 12:52 PM (Mgy3C)

102 People here may disagree but I think Obama probably has the lowest IQ of all Presidents . I was certain of that until Biden became president.

Obama's still probably the lowest IQ. Biden's a classic midwit, or he was pre-dementia. He used to channel his limited brainpower into the pursuit of sex and power (DOCTOR JILL was babysitting Hunter when he took up banging her). In that light his being replaced by Kamala after he had obvious dementia is almost poetic.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:52 PM (QZThv)

103 He loses his mind posting "fact" Trump is a felon, a rapist, a fraud a will be proven to be a ped.

Ask him if he's read Ashley Biden's diary. And note he can't deny it is real because Joe Biden had the woman that found it arrested for theft.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 12:53 PM (sKqQm)

104 Those homemade signs are exactly why the left has to hand out pre-printed ones: they can't say what they actually think, so they hand out watered down, generic messaging.

Posted by: Bert G at August 24, 2025 12:53 PM (VARTN)

105 Bush was Hitler
McCain was Hitler
Romney was Hitler
Trump is Hitler
Guess who Vance will be?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 12:54 PM (wrRTB)

106 It ain't gonna change until normies start protesting for a death penalty for sexual deviants who try to touch kids, talk to kids, or the deviants who support those who do.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 12:54 PM (/lPRQ)

107 86
' I know far too many kids who want to live the high life while complaining that they can't save any money. That's on them.'

You may and it may be but the gigantic and growing gap between average income and average house cost is a more pertinent explanation for the financial inability of the young.
https://tinyurl.com/4ep6kzme

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 12:54 PM (3wi/L)

108 That pic literally makes me sick.

I'm out.
Posted by: pawn at August 24, 2025 12:19 PM (iR1Qr)

The virtue-signaling power flounce!

Posted by: drive-by commenter at August 24, 2025 12:55 PM (KO2Z0)

109 Guess who Vance will be?

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Genghis Khan, with any luck

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 12:55 PM (Mgy3C)

110 @103 18-1, wouldn't matter he would just howl that's "what aboutism".

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 12:55 PM (ncxww)

111 You see whole neighborhoods of once proud, if not luxurious homes.
Posted by: Common Tater

I live in one of those neighborhoods. Most of the big old homes have long ago been converted into multi-party shithole rentals, the original families from the 1920's and '30s long gone, or they are so decrepit that they let the place fall in around them.

Not all the industry that supported the neighborhood has gone, but the economy and the social structure has changed to the point these neighborhoods are forgotten. Gentrification is a dirty word, but it is also the only salvation.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 24, 2025 12:55 PM (MZ+PY)

112 At the TICAD 9 meeting, Japan created a special visa program to settle African migrants in Japan.

4 Japanese cities were designated as “hometowns” for migrants from Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana, and Mozambique.

- Nigerians will be settled in Kisarazu
- Tanzanians in Nagai
- Ghanaians in Sanjo
- Mozambicans in Imabari

The program is meant to address Japan’s labor shortages and revitalize its depopulating rural areas

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 12:55 PM (5LCqK)

113 Just an immediate reaction of all those magazine covers featuring Stacey Abrams. EVERY SINGLE ONE of them is a posed shot.

There is no authenticity. The take away is ego, self-importance, and a public relations effort.

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 12:56 PM (dIske)

114 You know why Boomers say that? Cause it works. Today's generation don't know what double digit interest rates are or real recessions much less gas lines and price freezes.

The Boomers aggressively chose price over all other factors when buying things in the 70s and 80s, which is why most jobs got offshored and Wal-Mart took over the world.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:56 PM (QZThv)

115 Both can be correct. She thought she had a gloriously clever sign, and does not think she's a racist, but of course she is. However, she could never admit her real motive to herself

-----

Liberals do not believe that minority rights are bestowed upon them by God. They think they are an exchange for loyalty to the democrats.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 24, 2025 12:56 PM (LAhxf)

116 @103 18-1, wouldn't matter he would just howl that's "what aboutism".

He claims Trump will be shown to be a pedo but doesn't care Ashley Biden claims her own father is one?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 12:56 PM (sKqQm)

117 The trans versus race comparison is one the left uses often. It’s a flaccid attempt to normalize trans as a demographic, or human characteristic like race. It’s nothing of the sort and is simply a mental illness.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 12:48 PM (U1kqN)

Mental illness is exactly right. As is anorexia - 90 lb girls thinking they're obese and starving themselves. We don't treat anorexic women with lap band surgery. That would be criminal. We treat them with therapy. And the trans treatment should be the same - therapy, not surgical mutilation.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2025 12:56 PM (P6w20)

118 You guys are throwing shade on Marxists, but just check out this Marxist showing incredible Feats of Strength to an adoring crowd:

https://is.gd/su8Wz6

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 24, 2025 12:56 PM (PiwSw)

119 The program is meant to address Japan’s labor shortages and revitalize its depopulating rural areas

Honestly the better way to handle this is start raising taxes on urban locations. They use way more resources, both in general and from the government, then suburban and rural ones do, so it makes sense.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 12:57 PM (sKqQm)

120 Rick Steven's on PBS warning of Fascism in Europe, of course he is talking about the anti Communists like they are Nazis

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 12:57 PM (+qU29)

121 4 Japanese cities were designated as “hometowns” for migrants from Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana, and Mozambique.

Unsurprisingly, the rapes have already begun as a result. I was shocked when I saw the headline last week, I thought Japan knew better.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:58 PM (QZThv)

122 My first house cost 5x my income at the time. This was in the 2000s.

Median home price in the US today is right around 5X median household income.

Yet somehow millenials and GenZ are priced out?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 12:58 PM (wrRTB)

123 Besides writing romance novels what tangible thing has Tank actually accomplished?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 12:58 PM (ncxww)

124 Rick Steven's on PBS warning of Fascism in Europe, of course he is talking about the anti Communists like they are Nazis

Fascism currently controls northern Europe. Say something the government doesn't like in France or Germany and they will throw your ass in jail.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 12:58 PM (sKqQm)

125 You guys are throwing shade on Marxists, but just check out this Marxist showing incredible Feats of Strength to an adoring crowd:

I wasn't sure if that was gonna be Mamdami being unable to lift the bar or Obama's famous basketball shooting skills.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:58 PM (QZThv)

126 #36. I'm picturing Newman (olly olly oxen free!) wiping out that pool guy

I remember this as ally, ally, all in free. Which makes sense in a kid sort of way.

Others?

Posted by: From about That Time at August 24, 2025 12:59 PM (UCZgy)

127 Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 12:52 PM (wrRTB)

Good question, what do you think it takes to earn a basic house mortgage payment + auto operating costs + food beyond rice and beans + insurance + taxes + clothing for work + basic student loan payments +enough extras to keep from being insane, like dogs and computer access?

I find most people who bitch about the young punks wanting luxuries don't look at their own youth enough, versus the costs starting new takes.

I live cheaply, but it is a lifestyle that only someone who was raised by parents who lived through the depression would consider sufficient

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025 12:59 PM (rbvCR)

128 96
'Hate to say it but the leftist policies killing middle class liberals will be the only thing that might wake them up'

Nothing will wake them up. I'm waiting for them to die of old age.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 12:59 PM (3wi/L)

129 123 Besides writing romance novels what tangible thing has Tank actually accomplished?
Posted by: Smell the Glov

Upgraded every fridge in the state, or at least was given $$$ to

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 12:59 PM (Mgy3C)

130 The program is meant to address Japan’s labor shortages and revitalize its depopulating rural areas
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 12:55 PM (5LCqK)

They don't want some Latinos? We got a few million that we could send.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 01:00 PM (I0Uo2)

131 My house has increased in value by about 80% since COVID, and this is true of all the houses in my area.

While the young do need to be encouraged to save more, that's not what is driving housing costs.

The government taxes too much
The government causes inflation by spending too much
And the government brought in millions of invaders who are raising the demand for housing.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 01:00 PM (sKqQm)

132 >>>the gigantic and growing gap between average income and average house cost is a more pertinent explanation for the financial inability of the young.
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Money is tight, thank Powell and the Administrative State. This happened in the early to mid 70s and the Bush/Obama money crash. When the middle class starts earning too much the ruling class goes fishing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:00 PM (5LCqK)

133 @116 literally no. He simply can't process anyone who is a Dem not being great and Republicans or conservatives being evil. I know s lot of people like this and my friend is part of a huge extended family here who almost all think the same way.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 01:01 PM (ncxww)

134 Why is that woman showing her sign to the people standing behind her?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 24, 2025 01:01 PM (kTd/k)

135 Median home price in the US today is right around 5X median household income.

Yet somehow millenials and GenZ are priced out?

Property taxes and various fees are also higher than ever. (And God save you if you have an HOA).

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:02 PM (QZThv)

136 And high 5s from the help, they did it together

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 01:02 PM (+qU29)

137 Good question, what do you think it takes to earn a basic house mortgage payment + auto operating costs + food beyond rice and beans + insurance + taxes + clothing for work + basic student loan payments +enough extras to keep from being insane, like dogs and computer access?

—-

It doesn’t have to be rice and beans. That’s a strawman. It can be chicken and vegetables. Or steak. Or just about anything. But instead of paying $40 for a meal from DoorDash make it yourself at home with things you buy at the grocery store for $10-15.

Now multiple that difference every day for 5 years. Theres your down payment on a house.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 01:02 PM (wrRTB)

138 >>The Boomers aggressively chose price over all other factors when buying things in the 70s and 80s, which is why most jobs got offshored and Wal-Mart took over the world.

I think the cause and effect are the other way around. Manufacturers discovered they could save a ton on labor and material cost by offshoring and that's what went on the shelves.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2025 01:02 PM (viF8m)

139 Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 12:54 PM (3wi/L)

The problem is wanting to start with a luxury home in great neighborhood. Again the formula was always to get a 'starter' home and progressively move up.

Also I think a lot of these unaffordable real estate regions are blue urban and urban adjacent.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 01:02 PM (EYmYM)

140 Property taxes and various fees are also higher than ever. (And God save you if you have an HOA).
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:02 PM (QZThv)

The ratio is still the same.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 01:03 PM (wrRTB)

141 >>>They don't want some Latinos? We got a few million that we could send.
Posted by: Reforger
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Could this be part of a Japanese move against China taking over Africa?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:03 PM (5LCqK)

142 Just an immediate reaction of all those magazine covers featuring Stacey Abrams. EVERY SINGLE ONE of them is a posed shot.

There is no authenticity. The take away is ego, self-importance, and a public relations effort.
Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 12:56 PM (dIske)

Good point. Granted all magazine covers are staged, but in her case, it's all about her.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 01:03 PM (2WIwB)

143
At the TICAD 9 meeting, Japan created a special visa program to settle African migrants in Japan.

You'll be sorrrrrrry!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2025 01:04 PM (63Dwl)

144 The problem is wanting to start with a luxury home in great neighborhood. Again the formula was always to get a 'starter' home and progressively move up.

The problem is that starter-priced homes now are either uninhabitable wrecks, in the ghetto, or both.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:04 PM (QZThv)

145 The Boomers aggressively chose price over all other factors when buying things in the 70s and 80s, which is why most jobs got offshored and Wal-Mart took over the world.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:56 PM (QZThv)

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Fulham has me distracted, but the taxpayers are not causing much of anything to happen. The movement of manufacturing away from the US was an intentional objective of the globalists.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 24, 2025 01:04 PM (MMp6W)

146 https://tinyurl.com/24bc594c
YouTube short of Sydney

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 01:04 PM (+qU29)

147 I'm trying to figure out the other side of the sign.
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Hey Winsome
You have a
gender neutral
bathroom
In your house

So do I and if there is ever more than one person in it at one time, it's by mutual consent. Public and school restrooms don't work that way.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 01:05 PM (oZxeP)

148 Anybody know how honest the election machinery currently is in Virginia? Will it be a "fair" contest? Or will the 10 million dead Democrats who voted for Biden in 2020 once again rise from the grave to vote against the Republican?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2025 01:05 PM (exU9W)

149 41 We had the flash a long time ago. Now we get the “bang”. That’s how you got Trump. The Republicans have been of no particular usefulness either. Assistant Democrats at best.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 12:28 PM (fqXHl)

Nice post and I agree.

Posted by: joemarine at August 24, 2025 01:05 PM (y171U)

150 @116 literally no. He simply can't process anyone who is a Dem not being great and Republicans or conservatives being evil. I know s lot of people like this and my friend is part of a huge extended family here who almost all think the same way.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 01:01 PM (ncxww)

You're a better man than I. Whatever this guy did for you in the past, that kind of brainwashing would make him my enemy. Not faulting you, just saying you're a lot more tolerant than moi.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2025 01:05 PM (P6w20)

151 I just looked at a house for $680,000 that in 1998 sold for $175,000.

Err

math umm.

add the 1.

Shit.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 01:05 PM (I0Uo2)

152 Property taxes are another issue.

When times are good the local governments argue people should "share" so the schools and roads can be fixed. Then when times are bad they argue they need the money to help the less fortunate.

But...the roads never get fixed, the schools keep getting worse, and the less fortunate apparently need a bunch of high priced town/state workers more then say a job

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 01:05 PM (sKqQm)

153 The Boomers aggressively chose price over all other factors when buying things in the 70s and 80s, which is why most jobs got offshored and Wal-Mart took over the world.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 12:56 PM (QZThv

You've got the cause and effect theory backwards imo.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 01:06 PM (EYmYM)

154 Why is that woman showing her sign to the people standing behind her?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 24, 2025 01:01 PM (kTd/k)

It's a double-sided sign.

Because she is just that clever!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 24, 2025 01:07 PM (L5An7)

155 Rick Steven's on PBS warning of Fascism in Europe, of course he is talking about the anti Communists like they are Nazis

All you need to do to be a "far-right" political party in Europe is to oppose mass immigration.

That's it.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 24, 2025 01:07 PM (xTIDn)

156 Besides writing romance novels what tangible thing has Tank actually accomplished?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 12:58 PM (ncxww)

She can eat a whole pie in 2 minutes flat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 24, 2025 01:07 PM (5+Y60)

157 >>>I think the cause and effect are the other way around. Manufacturers discovered they could save a ton on labor and material cost by offshoring and that's what went on the shelves.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Yep. Watch Walmart go from, 'we buy American', to 'we try to buy American' to 'there are no American products to buy'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:07 PM (5LCqK)

158 Serial butt sniffer arrested in Burbank.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 24, 2025 01:07 PM (JWtAA)

159 I just looked at a house for $680,000 that in 1998 sold for $175,000. /i]

The government claims inflation over then time period was maybe 40%. Which...is a lie. It was around 100% over the 4 years of the junta alone.

So that's a bit more then half the price increase. Add in more demand due to population increases via inflation and that's most of the remaining increase

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 01:07 PM (sKqQm)

160 Boomers keep telling young folks they need to “save” and cut out Starbucks. Be careful, they may decide to cut your throat. They have every reason to be outraged.

Oh, for fuck's sake. Welp, keep fucking that chicken,

but does it have to be every single thread.

Almost all of the young people I know, eat out at the very least a few times a week, take Ubers, go to clubs, go to Starbucks every single morning, take expensive trips, buy expensive cars, etc

and the ones who complain the most about not being able to buy a house hate Trump and vote Democrat.

It's not the evil old Boomers who are the biggest problem, it's that they have close to zero self-control, zero delay of gratification, and vote for those who make their lives worse.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 01:07 PM (iJfKG)

161 I'm sorry, but I am really tired of being demonized for my birth year. Staying out of debt and being frugal is the smartest way to live. If you insist on living in areas with the highest cost of living, you will struggle to buy a home. I do remember these same folks talking about how smart it is to be a renter.

Everyone has struggles. They ignore what wages were and high interest rates during the Carter years.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 01:08 PM (kUxzU)

162 Besides writing romance novels what tangible thing has Tank actually accomplished?

Stole a couple of billion dollars from the Treasury, or tried to.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 24, 2025 01:08 PM (xTIDn)

163 The so called housing crisis exists in a few blue shitholes like San Francisco, Seattle and NYC. If you want to live there well you’ll be a renter for life. Wanna own a home? Move to an affordable area. There are plenty of them around.

Life is about making choices.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 01:08 PM (wrRTB)

164 107 86
' I know far too many kids who want to live the high life while complaining that they can't save any money. That's on them.'

You may and it may be but the gigantic and growing gap between average income and average house cost is a more pertinent explanation for the financial inability of the young.
https://tinyurl.com/4ep6kzme

It's a good plot, but I counter with three points:

1) The median household income is diluted by tens of millions of illegals. Without them, the median income would be higher, and the ratio lower.

2) As is pointed out on the plot, the interest rates were very high when preceding generations bought houses, so the net out of pocket was probably not that different to today.

3) Most of the rapid rise in the ratio occurred since 2019. Gee, whatever could account for that? Could it be...Biden?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 01:09 PM (Riz8t)

165 It doesn’t have to be rice and beans. That’s a strawman. It can be chicken and vegetables. Or steak. Or just about anything. But instead of paying $40 for a meal from DoorDash make it yourself at home with things you buy at the grocery store for $10-15.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 01:02 PM (wrRTB)

Exactly.

Learn to cook. I did. It's not hard, and eating far better while saving a huge amount of money should be an easy decision but, sadly, it isn't!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 24, 2025 01:09 PM (L5An7)

166 I just looked at a house for $680,000 that in 1998 sold for $175,000.

I bought my first house for $125K in 1997. It last sold for almost $500K. As a marker, the valuation was mostly flat until Obama, and then it took off like a rocket.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:09 PM (QZThv)

167 139
'
The problem is wanting to start with a luxury home in great neighborhood. Again the formula was always to get a 'starter' home and progressively move up.'

That's not what I saw in the graph. I saw the average house price inflating much more rapidly than income.

Therefore, for your scenario, the starter home price gets farther and farther out of reach as time moves forward.

Find out the source of housing price inflation and you solve the issue.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:10 PM (3wi/L)

168 @150 back when we were young (1970s and 80s) this area worked because IBM was here and the Dems and Republicans could argue then go have a drink together. There were always crazy left areas in this county, Woodstock and New Paltz, but over the last twenty years leftist from NYC have overrun the place. My friend didn't even realize that that a hard leftist was his new assembly woman. Willfully oblivious

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 01:10 PM (ncxww)

169 I do remember these same folks talking about how smart it is to be a renter

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 01:08 PM (kUxzU)

Yep. That has been totally memory holed. In the early 2010s all the hip cool kids were saying owning a home is dumb because you’re stuck somewhere. And only dumb boomers do that, us cool kids want the freedom to move around.

Ok how did that work out cool kids?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 01:11 PM (wrRTB)

170
Fat girl showing her dog. Tight, short skirt, fishnet stockings, tats on her arms, legs and cleavage. Not attractive.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 01:11 PM (ptpiO)

171 Oh and I'll note housing prices have started to decline in my area.

Trump getting inflation to a manageable rate and deporting a bunch of illegals are having an impact.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 01:11 PM (sKqQm)

172 I think the cause and effect are the other way around. Manufacturers discovered they could save a ton on labor and material cost by offshoring and that's what went on the shelves.

Wal-Mart overtook K-Mart in the late 80s when they were still selling American-made stuff, just slightly lower quality. The Chy-nuh exodus wasn't until 10 years later and William Jefferson Clinton.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:12 PM (QZThv)

173 Boomers keep telling young folks they need to “save” and cut out Starbucks. Be careful, they may decide to cut your throat. They have every reason to be outraged.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 12:46 PM (fqXHl)

Good luck with that. I'm a young boomer or old Gen X, and I don't give a f*ck what they think. They are outraged because why? They can't save? They can't change tires? They can't...what?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 24, 2025 01:12 PM (L5An7)

174 I will say as a home owner being on the hook for your own repairs isn't always fun.

You go learn things you can fix on your own BUT the finding the right people for the repairs you can't can be hard

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 01:12 PM (sKqQm)

175 Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 01:11 PM (wrRTB)

Under certain conditions it is smart to rent. But only if you invest the difference between your total cost of renting and your total cost of ownership, and that difference must be significant.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 24, 2025 01:13 PM (L5An7)

176 Learn to plumber!

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2025 01:14 PM (g47mK)

177 I find most people who bitch about the young punks wanting luxuries don't look at their own youth enough, versus the costs starting new takes.

I don't want to start a four Yorkshiremen thread, so I'll just say this is not true for me. I know how I lived in my twenties. To say that what "kids" spend money on now would have been absurdly extravagant to me then is an understatement.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 01:14 PM (Riz8t)

178 Ok how did that work out cool kids?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 01:11 PM (wrRTB)

There is a whole bunch of "mini-homes" around here. Idiots reinvented the travel trailer.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 01:14 PM (I0Uo2)

179 You need to post a picture of Winsome to offset the brutality of posting so many Stacy Abraham's pics.

Posted by: IanDeal at August 24, 2025 01:15 PM (oaqHq)

180 You go learn things you can fix on your own BUT the finding the right people for the repairs you can't can be hard

The trial and error on finding reliable contractors etc. is easily the worst part. Sometimes you find someone who does a good job until something outside of their experience happens and then you need to find the *real* reliable guy.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:15 PM (QZThv)

181 >>>It's not the evil old Boomers who are the biggest problem, it's that they have close to zero self-control, zero delay of gratification, and vote for those who make their lives worse.
Posted by: naturalfake
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Those who play the Boomers, Zippers, and Zoomers or what ever are play the Democrat divide and conquer game. Racial divide, class divide, job divide, sex, and age. It's the same game.

Those who play the divide game are not seeking to understand a problem they are creating one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:15 PM (5LCqK)

182 164

1) You're saying the increased labor supply depresses average income which agrees with my point.
2)conceded.

3)Yes. I agree that FJB's policies exploded inflation for housing among other things without income going up (because of 1) among other reasons. That also agrees with my point that home prices are inflating much faster than income.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:16 PM (3wi/L)

183 Here's the other thing, we know immigrationaffects housing. We know allowing BlackRock and company to buy up the housing supply affects prices. Do you ever seethem complaining about that? Wanting to vote for someone that one fix that? No, they are too busy bitching about Boomers

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 01:16 PM (kUxzU)

184 When I lived in the Hudson Valley in NY in the late 80's /early 90's I looked for a house to buy but the interest rates and the houses within my price range it didn't seem feasible. I stayed a renter. If I would have bought the one I was seriously looking at I could have sold it for a nice profit when I transferred to Texas. It can be a gamble.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 01:16 PM (EYmYM)

185 Under certain conditions it is smart to rent. But only if you invest the difference between your total cost of renting and your total cost of ownership, and that difference must be significant.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 24, 2025 01:13 PM (L5An7)

Generally speaking it’s hard to lose money owning real estate long term. Short term? Of course markets crash and if you buy at the wrong time and have to sell at the wrong time you’re fucked.

But if your time horizon is 5+ years that’s enough to go through a crash and recover.

And if you’re 23 yeah you should rent. Because a great job may show up somewhere else. Or you’re not sure if the city you’re in is somewhere you want to be long term. But once you’re established career wise, and find a place you like and can see yourself being there for 5+ years, buy.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 01:18 PM (wrRTB)

186 To the wife's chagrin I do all the work on my place. He eternal bitching about "living in a construction zone" is music to my ears.
"Okay honey. Hire someone to do it."

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 01:18 PM (I0Uo2)

187 170
'Fat girl showing her dog. Tight, short skirt..'

I guess she needed a longer skirt.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:18 PM (3wi/L)

188 Here's the other thing, we know immigration affects housing. We know allowing BlackRock and company to buy up the housing supply affects prices. Do you ever see them complaining about that? Wanting to vote for someone that one fix that? No, they are too busy bitching about Boomers

Because the Boomers themselves don't complain about those factors. They go immediately to "Those damn kids! In my day, we mowed the lawn by getting down on our hands and knees and chewing it! That was before the diabeetus though."

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:18 PM (QZThv)

189 1) You're saying the increased labor supply depresses average income which agrees with my point.

I may not have stated that as clearly as I should. You have a lot of those poor illegals who boost the population number, but aren't in the market for a house. That artificially raises the ratio without actually affecting housing affordability.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 01:18 PM (Riz8t)

190 I'll never understand why the dems love Abrams and Beto so much.
Neither has ever done anything except lose elections and line their pockets with other people's money.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 24, 2025 01:18 PM (Lo97M)

191 Mental illness is exactly right. As is anorexia - 90 lb girls thinking they're obese and starving themselves. We don't treat anorexic women with lap band surgery. That would be criminal. We treat them with therapy. And the trans treatment should be the same - therapy, not surgical mutilation.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above!

Mental illness - 400 lb woman thinking she is sexier than Sydney Sweeney.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 01:19 PM (zXOsD)

192 I'll never understand why the dems love Abrams and Beto so much.
Neither has ever done anything except lose elections and line their pockets with other people's money.

Those two are the weird outliers to the usual observation that the Democrats quietly flush losers and you never really see them again.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:20 PM (QZThv)

193 Guess who Vance will be?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Aryan Luvin Double Hitler.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 01:20 PM (/lPRQ)

194 Stacey Abrams on the cover of The Gut. Fitting.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 24, 2025 01:20 PM (144I4)

195 I point out those factors, and higher property taxes every time I get in this discussion. I've never had anyone acknowledge the property taxes thing, which makes me think they vote for higher property taxes.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 01:20 PM (kUxzU)

196 >>Boomers keep telling young folks they need to “save” and cut out Starbucks. Be careful, they may decide to cut your throat. They have every reason to be outraged.

This gets so tedious. Do you think us boomers were born with downpayment money in our grubby little paws? We worked our asses off and made sacrifices just like generations before us.

When my parents bought a home near NYC when I was a kid we had one car, an older station wagon. We ate well but hardly expensively. Going to a restaurant was an event, it wasn't just another Tuesday. Vacation meant a day trip to the beach. And we lived like that so my folks could save more money to get the next nicer home.

We didn't get new computers, tablets and phones every year. We didn't get them at all. My first cars were absolute shit boxes but they got me where I needed to go for the most part and when they didn't I hitchhiked. I did that a lot.

Boomers didn't wreck your world. You just don't want to hear it was hard for all of us to get started.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2025 01:20 PM (viF8m)

197 Because the Boomers themselves don't complain about those factors. They go immediately to "Those damn kids! In my day, we mowed the lawn by getting down on our hands and knees and chewing it! That was before the diabeetus though."
Posted by: Ian S.

Well, hands & knees with the hand trimmers that looked like overgrown scissors.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 01:20 PM (zXOsD)

198 I make good money and could afford to eat DoorDash every day. But I don’t. Because I have this mental block in my brain that prevents me from wasting money like that.

Not to say I never order DoorDash or never go out to dinner. I do. But it’s an every now and then thing not an every day thing.

And that’s why it pissed me off to no end when I hear 25 year olds who have never turned on their stove whine about how hard it is. Yeah fuck off. Learn To Cook. And no you don’t need a new iPhone every year either.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 01:21 PM (wrRTB)

199 Well, hands & knees with the hand trimmers that looked like overgrown scissors.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 01:20 PM (zXOsD)

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I still use those!

Posted by: Oglebay at August 24, 2025 01:21 PM (MMp6W)

200 Well, hands & knees with the hand trimmers that looked like overgrown scissors.

You had hands and knees? Well, excuse me your highness.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 01:22 PM (Riz8t)

201 Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:10 PM (3wi/L)

The graph doesn't tell the story I'm selling.

You can look at the various real estate internet sites and see what is actually available in the starter home price range.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 01:22 PM (EYmYM)

202 189

' That artificially raises the ratio without actually affecting housing affordability.'

But does affect the rate of increase of income. Thereby widening the gap between income and house prices. There are 2 rates under discussion. Anything that affects one or both of the 2 rates widens (or narrows) the gap.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:22 PM (3wi/L)

203 Real socialism hasn't been tried. We need the right people in charge.

Posted by: Gen X at August 24, 2025 01:22 PM (0sNs1)

204 Just an immediate reaction of all those magazine covers featuring Stacey Abrams. EVERY SINGLE ONE of them is a posed shot.

There is no authenticity. The take away is ego, self-importance, and a public relations effort.
Posted by: Orson
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You can put a pig on a pedestal but it is still just a pig.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 01:22 PM (/lPRQ)

205 I point out those factors, and higher property taxes every time I get in this discussion. I've never had anyone acknowledge the property taxes thing, which makes me think they vote for higher property taxes.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

1st mortgage had an escrow account. The property tax was added into the monthly payment. Never really saw it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 01:23 PM (zXOsD)

206 196
'Boomers didn't wreck your world. You just don't want to hear it was hard for all of us to get started.'

And you smoked all the good pot too.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:23 PM (3wi/L)

207

Boomers, boomers. I'm sick of reading the complaints about boomers.

Husband and I came from poor families and we have worked our asses off to get where we are today.

I don't owe anyone an apology for being a boomer.

Boomers aren't responsible for the state our country is in today.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 01:23 PM (3ek7K)

208 Here's the other thing, we know immigration affects housing. We know allowing BlackRock and company to buy up the housing supply affects prices. Do you ever see them complaining about that? Wanting to vote for someone that one fix that? No, they are too busy bitching about Boomers

Because the Boomers themselves don't complain about those factors. They go immediately to "Those damn kids! In my day, we mowed the lawn by getting down on our hands and knees and chewing it! That was before the diabeetus though."
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:18 PM (QZThv)

What the...?

Why in the world do Boomers have to give you permission to complain about your issues by complaining about your issues?

You and your ilk are big boys and girls. You're all adults. Do your own damn complaining.

Form your own political block Win elections if you really think that your problem instead of lousy habits.

For fuck sake, no wonder y'all can't buy a home, you're waiting for someone to do your work
.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 01:23 PM (iJfKG)

209 Posted by: Ian S.

Victim much?

The complaints aren't formed in a vacuum. They originate because of the whining.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 01:24 PM (EYmYM)

210 Another thing, they seem to believe government will fix things for them, without considering government profits from high housing costs. They will vote from some socialist with no experience, and expect things to change

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 01:25 PM (kUxzU)

211 Wolf update, but not CO

Wyoming law gives residents wide leeway when it comes to killing wolves outside of Yellowstone (85% of the state). But not if you hit it with a snowmobile, duct tape its muzzle shut and take it to a bar to show it off to your drinking buddies before killing it, complete with pix and videos. Dumbass.

https://is.gd/37vUod

Posted by: muldoon at August 24, 2025 01:25 PM (/iMjX)

212 Nice magazine story- The stacy abrams effect.

Did scientists discover a wobble in the earth's rotation?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 01:25 PM (snZF9)

213 And that’s why it pissed me off to no end when I hear 25 year olds who have never turned on their stove whine about how hard it is. Yeah fuck off. Learn To Cook.

An underappreciated part of that is that girls now grow up being told that it's a betrayal of their sex to learn to cook. In my experience young men largely can and do cook. It's the girls who live entirely off DoorDash.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:25 PM (QZThv)

214 I make good money and could afford to eat DoorDash every day. But I don’t. Because I have this mental block in my brain that prevents me from wasting money like that.

I wish I had that mental block when it comes to golf. I just know I need a new driver.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 01:25 PM (2WIwB)

215 I worked with this young’n once who would take weekend trips with her boyfriend at least once a month. Not camping trips. Like fly somewhere for the weekend and stay at a fancy hotel trips. Or ski trips.

She was 27-29 somewhere in there. She must have made $75kish. Which is decent money for someone single. But not enough to spend $1000 on a trip every month. And that’s of course before the doordash and uber and everything else.

And to me eh is the personification of the millennial with regards to lifestyle.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 24, 2025 01:25 PM (wrRTB)

216 Boomers didn't wreck your world. You just don't want to hear it was hard for all of us to get started.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2025 01:20 PM (viF8m)

I couldn't agree more JackStraw.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 24, 2025 01:26 PM (P6w20)

217 Notsothoreau, electric chainsaws are great. You don't need a big one the small Walmart one's are OK. Most important is, Get a Pole Saw. Most of the time you will be able to place the saw and let gravity do the work while you pull the trigger.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:26 PM (5LCqK)

218 ' That artificially raises the ratio without actually affecting housing affordability.'

But does affect the rate of increase of income. Thereby widening the gap between income and house prices.

I think we might be agreeing, but can't be sure.

If there are X million people in the market for homes, and there are 1.3X million people counted among the population, with the 0.3X million extra people having below average incomes, then the price / median income ratio will be artificially boosted despite the fact that the X millions still have the original ratio. I think this is what's happening, or is at least a major factor.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 01:26 PM (Riz8t)

219 The parent-child generations always seem to hate each other. The boomers' wealth, such as it is, will mostly go to the grandkids.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 24, 2025 01:26 PM (MMp6W)

220 And that’s why it pissed me off to no end when I hear 25 year olds who have never turned on their stove whine about how hard it is. Yeah fuck off. Learn To Cook. And no you don’t need a new iPhone every year either.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

I had an iPhone 3. Dropped it into the toilet on accident. Got a new iPhone. iPhone 6. Kept it until all the apps quit updating. Got an iPhone 13. Probably won't get another one until iPhone 21 or so.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 01:27 PM (zXOsD)

221 With coffee prices going through sky, how much is a Starbucks concoction these days?

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 01:27 PM (+qU29)

222 201
'You can look at the various real estate internet sites and see what is actually available in the starter home price range.'

Yeah. I know it will vary by location. I'm more interested in the aggregate. I could promise you that I'll look at a graph of every housing market in America but I don't have that kind of disposable time. So necessarily I am taking the word of the link I posted that they aggregated honestly and correctly.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:27 PM (3wi/L)

223 Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:27 PM (3wi/L)

Fair enough.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 01:28 PM (EYmYM)

224 BREAKING NEWS: Police were summoned to the Vikings-Titans game when a neon-green d*ld* was thrown on the field, as the WNBA's sex toy scandal hits the NFL.

Posted by: AoSHQ Breaking News Bureau at August 24, 2025 01:28 PM (0sNs1)

225 Said yesterday a cell phone can be gone any day.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 01:28 PM (+qU29)

226 I don't necessarily believe that that woman is actually racist with that sign. She just thought she had a clever "gotcha" line. But we're playing by their rules now so she deserves every bit of grief she gets for it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 12:09 PM (hcKoh)

If she's a dem, she's a racist.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 01:28 PM (snZF9)

227 @184 polynikes , the prices here in the mid Hudson area are crazy. Naturally they wouldn't think of cutting taxes, so my city enacted rent control.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 01:28 PM (ncxww)

228 I'm a Tweener. We's between Boomer and X.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 01:29 PM (I0Uo2)

229 The sign holder is not racist?!?!? Must be that systemic racism I keep hearing about.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 24, 2025 01:29 PM (wBaIH)

230 You can put a pig on a pedestal but it is still just a pig.

**********

The pedestal took one look at Abrams and said, "Oh, hell no!"

Posted by: muldoon at August 24, 2025 01:29 PM (/iMjX)

231 Posted by: Ian S.

Victim much?

The complaints aren't formed in a vacuum. They originate because of the whining.

Ah, the hurricane formation theory of victimization.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 01:29 PM (Riz8t)

232 I make good money and could afford to eat DoorDash every day. But I don’t. Because I have this mental block in my brain that prevents me from wasting money like that.

I wish I had that mental block when it comes to golf. I just know I need a new driver.
Posted by: Diogenes

Did that with softball and paintball. Realized one day that it wasn't the equipment. I couldn't hit or shoot for shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 01:29 PM (zXOsD)

233 But not if you hit it with a snowmobile, duct tape its muzzle shut and take it to a bar to show it off to your drinking buddies before killing it, complete with pix and videos. Dumbass.

As they say in the rural West: "shoot, shovel, and shut up".

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 24, 2025 01:29 PM (xTIDn)

234 Paid 10% interest on my first house and 11% on my first truck.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:29 PM (5LCqK)

235 I wish I had that mental block when it comes to golf. I just know I need a new driver.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 01:25 PM

Drive for show, putt for dough.

Posted by: Golf Guru at August 24, 2025 01:30 PM (0sNs1)

236 Thanks! I will likely get the chainsaw. The one issue I have with this area is hiring help. Can't get the grass cut or hire someone to work n the house. Wish I was in better shape

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 01:30 PM (kUxzU)

237 Sums up my philosophy.

https://tinyurl.com/3kjsb8ys

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2025 01:31 PM (viF8m)

238 235 I wish I had that mental block when it comes to golf. I just know I need a new driver.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 01:25 PM

Drive for show, putt for dough.
Posted by: Golf Guru at August 24, 2025 01:30 PM (0sNs1)
=====

Putting: minutes to learn; a lifetime to master

Posted by: Oglebay at August 24, 2025 01:31 PM (MMp6W)

239 184 polynikes , the prices here in the mid Hudson area are crazy. Naturally they wouldn't think of cutting taxes, so my city enacted rent control.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 01:28 PM (ncxww)

Yeah it seems the political scene is a little different though the bigger cities were dem run even back then. I lived in Red Hook / Rhinebeck area for most of the time I was in the HV.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 01:32 PM (EYmYM)

240 So Congressman Adam.Smith (D-WA) is the one dem I know personally. I always considered him to be fairly level headed. Now he's joined the brigade of dem fools who are labeling PDT a fascist for using the military to cut crime in the cities, while admitting crime is a problem.
Time to hang it up Adam. You're past your USE BY date.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 01:33 PM (2WIwB)

241 Pretty sure the lady holding the sign is racist.

That's how this works, right?

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 24, 2025 01:33 PM (PYP+R)

242 Sums up my philosophy.

https://tinyurl.com/3kjsb8ys
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2025 01:31 PM (viF8m)

Yeah, pretty much.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 01:33 PM (iJfKG)

243 218

'I think we might be agreeing, but can't be sure.'

Maybe. It looks like you're saying the illegals might be depressing average income but they aren't driving the cost of housing.
I agree that they have much less of an effect on housing prices than income but I think they are Hoovering up some of the housing market.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:34 PM (3wi/L)

244 Drive for show, putt for dough.
Posted by: Golf Guru at August 24, 2025 01:30 PM (0sNs1)

I just saw that the stats for the pga show the opposite of that . I don't see it though. The guys winning the tournaments always have a good putting tournament . In the top 3 of the putting stats for that tournament.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 01:36 PM (EYmYM)

245 > Sums up my philosophy.
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People who are comfortable with their status in life rarely bitch about others.

Proverbs by me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 01:36 PM (Q4IgG)

246 Drive for show, putt for dough.
Posted by: Golf Guru at August 24, 2025 01:30 PM (0sNs1)

This.
Although I drive just trying to keep it in the fairway, and putt for pennies.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 01:36 PM (2WIwB)

247 237 Sums up my philosophy.

https://tinyurl.com/3kjsb8ys
Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2025 01:31 PM (viF8m)

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I will forever associate that guy with pappy van winkles.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 24, 2025 01:36 PM (MMp6W)

248 The program is meant to address Japan’s labor shortages and revitalize its depopulating rural areas

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I thought Japan had robots?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 24, 2025 01:37 PM (8P/xB)

249 For that she is banished to 2nd class citizenship by the blue-haired harpies of the new Democrat party.

I remember when "blue hairs" referred to older women who used a hair preparation to keep their silver tresses from looking dingy. Now it's women who actually dye their hair blue.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 24, 2025 01:38 PM (PYP+R)

250 Sure the donk party is a racist plantation but it is built by strong men like islamo-commie Mamdani:

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1959432709224435823

He is benching almost 100 pounds. Well he isn't but he is part of the two man team benching 95 POUNDS!!!

Weak men make BAD TIMES.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 24, 2025 01:38 PM (17s+e)

251 A used riding mower or a small new one will be cheaper in the long run over paying lawn help. Around here one year of yard cutting would buy one from Home Depot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:39 PM (5LCqK)

252 I wish I had that mental block when it comes to golf. I just know I need a new driver.

Every adult male has one objectively dumb thing they're into that costs unnecessary money. The key is to try and make it something relatively innocuous.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:39 PM (QZThv)

253 @239 the last Republican mayor in my city left in 1/93. The next three were standard liberal - middle Dems, two of whom I knew well. They weren't ideologues but kept the streets paved , the city safe etc. Our mayor now is far left. He's so out there his uncle another middle left guy resigned as alderman at large because he couldn't take the leftist loons

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 01:39 PM (ncxww)

254 Every adult male has one objectively dumb thing they're into that costs unnecessary money. The key is to try and make it something relatively innocuous.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:39 PM (QZThv)

=====

Guess I'm the exception.

PULL!

Posted by: Oglebay at August 24, 2025 01:40 PM (MMp6W)

255 Maybe. It looks like you're saying the illegals might be depressing average income but they aren't driving the cost of housing.
I agree that they have much less of an effect on housing prices than income but I think they are Hoovering up some of the housing market.

Yes, that's basically it. And yes, some illegals do buy housing, but since most of them are on the lower end of the wage scale, however I suspect their incidence of ownership is substantially below that of the native born, but I don't really know.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 01:41 PM (Riz8t)

256 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:39 PM (5LCqK)

It's included in my HOA fees. I guess they don't think Boomers want to do their own yard work. Unfortunately the yard crew the HOA hired doesn't do their job with love.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 01:41 PM (EYmYM)

257 250

'He is benching almost 100 pounds. Well he isn't but he is part of the two man team benching 95 POUNDS!!!'

I thought he had 45s on there; Was it less than that?

They were scared to death he was going to get strangled by the bar, weren't they? Too bad it didn't happen. It would have been hilarious.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:41 PM (3wi/L)

258 Every adult male has one objectively dumb thing they're into that costs unnecessary money. The key is to try and make it something relatively innocuous.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:39 PM (QZThv)

=====

Guess I'm the exception.

PULL!
Posted by: Oglebay at August 24, 2025 01:40 PM (MMp6W)
***

10 guns isn't too many. I call it a good start.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 01:41 PM (2WIwB)

259 Golfing with president Trump.

https://tinyurl.com/3and63tn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:43 PM (5LCqK)

260 Listened to Scarface's rant about living under Communism. "You can't own anything and you're supposed to like it!" It's a masterpiece, really.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 24, 2025 01:43 PM (wBaIH)

261 Diogenes I know/knew several GOP Congressmen/Senators and one Dem Senator (who's raised his profile the last year in a very degrading fashion), while the cases of course varied, I remain stunned at how weak, useless, or in some cases positively pernicious they became once in office. They didn't resemble the people I knew.

The Dems of course have been in a free-fall race to the bottom for years, which has baffled many besides myself. It started back in the 80s, really striking volte-face moves and out of character demagoguery on specific issues that simply seemed artificial. Suppose the easy/lazy "explanation" is default to a wildly radicalizing donor base and the increasingly insane Beltway mediasphere environment.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 01:45 PM (U/Byj)

262 At the TICAD 9 meeting, Japan created a special visa program to settle African migrants in Japan.
+++

You'll be sorrrrrrry!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
===

Importing Africans ?

That's racist, against the Japanese.
The people in charge there must really hate Japan.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 01:45 PM (/lPRQ)

263 I love how leftists bend the language and the issues.

Ones sign says: "Keep guns out of schools not kids out of bathrooms"

First leftist tactic on display here is using two different issues to try and make a point, i.e. comparing gun issues to trans issues. Anybody capable of any form of logic will see this statement as a failure. Unfortunately, thanks to the Department of Educations efforts over the last 50 years only about 25% of Americans can make that distinction.

Next they ignore the real issue in total: Boys need to be banned from girls bathrooms. Nobody is being denied a bathroom. They are playing on the heartstrings by making the uneducated masses think that marginalized people are being denied something. This is absolutely false.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 24, 2025 01:45 PM (8P/xB)

264 Yes, that's basically it. And yes, some illegals do buy housing, but since most of them are on the lower end of the wage scale, however I suspect their incidence of ownership is substantially below that of the native born, but I don't really know.

Posted by: Archimedes
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Disagree. Illegals are a huge part of Section 8 housing. I'm pretty sure that drives up everybody's housing costs and digs budget deficits. I read that 60% of all HUD occupied properties are illegals. That maybe incorrect let's just say 40%.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 24, 2025 01:46 PM (17s+e)

265 Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:41 PM (3wi/L)

They weren't 45s . Looked bigger than the 25's I'm used to seeing though. are there 35lb plates?

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 01:46 PM (EYmYM)

266 Trump will be at the Fri round of the Ryder Cup. It's a Bethpage Black on LI. The leftists in NY are going to go nuts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 01:47 PM (ncxww)

267 Just wait until Blackrock starts leasing their single family homes with federal subsidies. Then you will begin to see the endgame.

Welcome to the layercake.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 24, 2025 01:48 PM (wBaIH)

268
Every adult male has one objectively dumb thing they're into that costs unnecessary money.

_________

"Woof!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 01:48 PM (ptpiO)

269 I thought he had 45s on there; Was it less than that?

They were scared to death he was going to get strangled by the bar, weren't they? Too bad it didn't happen. It would have been hilarious.

Posted by: Dr. Claw
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Yes, those were 25# plates. about 12 inch in diameter. 25 + 25 + 45 bar.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 24, 2025 01:48 PM (17s+e)

270 Smell the Glove (and polynikes), had a girlfriend from that area (lower Hudson). Have a friend (Long Island guy) who would always ask her how things were back in "Rhinespeck" or "Rhinemaiden". Pretty funny.

Only ate at the Beekman Arms once, as I recall. But made the T-giving trek up every November. Never knew about the aerodrome, woulda been interested in that if I had.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 01:48 PM (U/Byj)

271 And yes, some illegals do buy housing, but since most of them are on the lower end of the wage scale, however I suspect their incidence of ownership is substantially below that of the native born, but I don't really know.

Illegals get Section 8 in many areas, and an underappreciated aspect of Blackrock buying up houses is that they did it to rent to illegals.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:48 PM (ciXcx)

272 Boomer, Gen Z, X , whatever is a Communist language manifestation used to divide people.

One who uses such divisive language must be assumed under communist influence or an actual communist.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:48 PM (5LCqK)

273 Golfing with president Trump.

https://tinyurl.com/3and63tn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:43 PM (5LCqK)

***

I've played that course. Got a par on that hole. One of the few that day.
Got to watch President Trump drive off the 1st tee. He crushed it.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 01:49 PM (2WIwB)

274 265

' are there 35lb plates?'

I think that they may be.
I reached that level myself in junior high but better late than never, Mamdani!

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:50 PM (3wi/L)

275 The Democratic Party has, since its founding, exploited black Americans to gain power. It's not too much to say that the fundamental principle of the Democratic Party is exploiting black Americans to gain power. Tactics have changed over time, but not the fundamentals.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at August 24, 2025 01:50 PM (cpItv)

276 @270 the Aerodrome is still going strong. Had a crash a couple of years ago that killed the pilot. Still great to see the old planes

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 01:50 PM (ncxww)

277 The leftists in NY are going to go nuts

Going to go? That implies they aren't already.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:51 PM (ciXcx)

278 The leftists in NY are going to go nuts
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 01:47 PM (ncxww)
~~~~~

There are plenty of conservatives in LI. It's not Staten Island, but it sure as hell ain't Manhattan.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 24, 2025 01:51 PM (3ImbR)

279 Yes there are 35# plates but what is on Mamdani's bar are not 35# plates which are about 16inch diameter. Those are 25# plates. But say I'm wrong that means he is needing assistance for 115 pounds and TWO REPS.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 24, 2025 01:53 PM (17s+e)

280 Rhomboid,
I hear ha. Back when I was working in DC, I saw that as well. Confusing at first. Then I started looking at the staffers, particularly the various chiefs of staff. The rot there is deep and odious.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 01:53 PM (2WIwB)

281 @278 true. That is where D'Amato was from . Got more liberal lately but George Santos won a congressional seat . That seat is now Dem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2025 01:53 PM (ncxww)

282 1st mortgage had an escrow account. The property tax was added into the monthly payment. Never really saw it.
Posted by: rickb223
----------------------------

Probably tucked the insurance payment in there too.
Nice how they do that. Don't worry about the incidentals it's the monthly payment that counts.
_see: auto purchases and withholding tax

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:53 PM (5LCqK)

283 I've said before, reco the UToob video of DeChambeau and Trump playing the former's "Under 50" challenge (think that's what it's called). Basically a best-ball round with two players.

They used Trump's 2nd or 3rd shot several times. The other guy was the current US Open champion. The conversations in the cart are great. Trump, of course, is just himself, as always, and he's a golf fanatic, so it's quite good.

And the power of DeChambeau's drives, as video'd from up close, was stunning to me. My gawd.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 01:54 PM (U/Byj)

284 271 And yes, some illegals do buy housing, but since most of them are on the lower end of the wage scale, however I suspect their incidence of ownership is substantially below that of the native born, but I don't really know.

Illegals get Section 8 in many areas, and an underappreciated aspect of Blackrock buying up houses is that they did it to rent to illegals.

I think that makes my point. They're getting housing for "free" from us, so they aren't out competing in the housing market and driving up prices. As to Blackrock, I read that they lost their shirts on real estate, so I doubt that's a large contributor to the ratio.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 01:54 PM (Riz8t)

285 They're getting housing for "free" from us, so they aren't out competing in the housing market and driving up prices.

It's still reducing supply.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:55 PM (ciXcx)

286 I think that makes my point. They're getting housing for "free" from us, so they aren't out competing in the housing market and driving up prices. As to Blackrock, I read that they lost their shirts on real estate, so I doubt that's a large contributor to the ratio.

Posted by: Archimedes
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NO. Supply and demand. If there is more demand for housing due to Section 8 illegals then the price goes up. Starts at rentals and then to purchase.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 24, 2025 01:56 PM (17s+e)

287 279
'he is needing assistance for 115 pounds and TWO REPS.'

That's what had me laughing. Those 2 guys were like, "Oh, shit! What if he drops it on his neck? I better not take my hands off the bar."

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:56 PM (3wi/L)

288 1st mortgage had an escrow account. The property tax was added into the monthly payment. Never really saw it.

You see it when property taxes are raised by the Democrats and you get an escrow shortage notice.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:57 PM (ciXcx)

289 >>>and an underappreciated aspect of Blackrock buying up houses is that they did it to rent to illegals.
Posted by: Ian S.
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Then there should be a glut of cheap houses being dumped by Blackrock, having no illegal renters.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 01:57 PM (5LCqK)

290 > 1st mortgage had an escrow account. The property tax was added into the monthly payment. Never really saw it.
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All my mortgages are like that. One in particular saw the property taxes balloon last year or the year before... so the escrow was always short. I upped the payment to cover the shortage rather than be bothered with writing a check for the increase.

The overpayment goes towards the principle anyway...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 01:57 PM (Q4IgG)

291 The leftists in NY are going to go nuts.

They are already there. You would think they would be happy.
They are surrounded by like minded people. But they bitch about everything.

Posted by: Case at August 24, 2025 01:58 PM (iwlvf)

292 NO. Supply and demand. If there is more demand for housing due to Section 8 illegals then the price goes up. Starts at rentals and then to purchase.

Not my area, but I assumed that most illegal housing wasn't single family homes, but apartments and condos and the like.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 01:59 PM (Riz8t)

293 Then there should be a glut of cheap houses being dumped by Blackrock, having no illegal renters.

I'm JackStraw-level optimistic on deportation numbers, but realistically there are at least 20 million illegals still in the country.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2025 01:59 PM (ciXcx)

294 285, 286

You beat me to it. If the illegals are consuming low income housing, that either forces our low income people to buy a more expensive house or deprives them of a house altogether.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 24, 2025 01:59 PM (3wi/L)

295 I'm JackStraw-level optimistic on deportation numbers, but realistically there are at least 20 million illegals still in the country.

I'd guess that was the number 20 years ago, and that it's closer to 50M today.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 02:00 PM (Riz8t)

296 Were you getting interest on those property tax payments in your escrow account? NO. then you were losing.

Come on now do you like getting a refund when you file yearly taxes or do you like having to write a check. I like writing a check and using that money for the year. Otherwise you are giving the feds an interest free loan.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 24, 2025 02:00 PM (17s+e)

297 @ProjectVirginia on “x” gives great insight on how f’d that state really is. rempant pedo throughout their schools and communities.

i really thought when youngkin was elected things would change, but nope.

go winsome.

Posted by: cherries in season at August 24, 2025 02:00 PM (u5gMJ)

298 i really thought when youngkin was elected things would change, but nope.

go winsome.

I have no expectation that she'll win, but we've already cut her campaign a check. We do what we can.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2025 02:01 PM (Riz8t)

299 From what I can tell Youngkin accomplished a lot and more importantly stopped the democrat destruction.

Remember it is always easier and quicker to destroy than to construct. We can't put back what was destroyed as fast as it was destroyed.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 24, 2025 02:03 PM (17s+e)

300 I thought Japan had robots?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 24, 2025 01:37 PM (8P/xB)
_______________________

They do, but they're all underage, wear skirts, and dance around suggestively, while talking in a very high voice like a five year old.

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 02:04 PM (dIske)

301 And currently you get a tax break on your mortgage interest payments if you itemize.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 02:04 PM (EYmYM)

302 I was just in line behind an El Dorado pickup and it had been amended to read "Dildorado." Well, I guess you can't say he's not up to date, anyway.

I was in line at a local coffee stand and got a hot chai latte with a shot of cinnamon. It was scrumpdiddiliumptious!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at August 24, 2025 02:05 PM (L/fGl)

303 1WP NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 02:06 PM (+qU29)

304 I was just in line behind an El Dorado pickup and it had been amended to read "Dildorado." Well, I guess you can't say he's not up to date, anyway.

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Gotta ask if it was fluorescent green?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 24, 2025 02:07 PM (17s+e)

305 The Democrats have always been the party of slavery, secession, and segregation. While they still believe they own blacks, they've expanded their horizons. Now they believe they own everybody, and if you disagree, you should be whipped, and forced to pick cotton.

Posted by: dave moore at August 24, 2025 02:08 PM (y3EmU)

306 Sure the donk party is a racist plantation but it is built by strong men like islamo-commie Mamdani:

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Eric Adams@ericadamsfornyc
64 vs. 33. A lifetime of hard work vs. a silver spoon. The results speak for themselves.
The weight of the job is too heavy for “Mamscrawny.” The only thing he can lift is your taxes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at August 24, 2025 02:12 PM (L/fGl)

307 BREAKING NEWS: Police were summoned to the Vikings-Titans game when a neon-green d*ld* was thrown on the field, as the WNBA's sex toy scandal hits the NFL.
Posted by: AoSHQ Breaking News Bureau

Seems like just last week when the fagots and dykes were marching en masse throught the streets waving dildos and shouting "Cocks Not Glocks".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 02:12 PM (/lPRQ)

308 The bottom right magazine cover is missing the 'N' letter for the N word

Posted by: oldvet50 at August 24, 2025 02:14 PM (DR/hl)

309 There are plenty beautiful black women who are not crazy, but the dems always pick a crazy one, and nearly all of those are, and let’s say the truth, dey ugly.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2025 02:32 PM (LHPAg)

Reading Thread 08/24/2025

Howdy Readers! Welcome to the Reading Thread, your Sunday morning source for the insightful, lively and spirited discussion of books 'n stuff. I'm filling in for a while as this space re-invents itself under new management so please set your near-term expectations accordingly low.

What do we have this week? Why, it's none other than Technical Manual 37-265 - Care and Maintenance of Ball and Roller Bearings, produced by The War Department and published in 1945. As I mentioned in the last two editions of the Reading Thread you may not always get fabulous selections such as Sgt. Dick and Typhoon.

Feel free to discuss reading and books in general and share your thoughts on this week's selection if you're so inclined.

I know you're just as excited as I am, so just jump below the fold to get started!

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Click image for a link to Google Books. Good news for our non-readers, lots of pictures!

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Special Bonus Topic For Today's Discussion

Do you prefer old books or new books?

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So that's it for now, guys and gals. Come to class next week prepared to discuss reading 'n stuff, and remember, Reading is FUNdamental!

Posted by: Weasel at 09:00 AM

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Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 09:00 AM (I0Uo2)

2 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:01 AM (omVj0)

3 I never finished reading that Conrad short story. Oh well. Maybe this week.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 09:01 AM (0eaVi)

4 Oui, oui!

(Rejoinder: "Not in *my* car, you don't.")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:01 AM (omVj0)

5 Weasel, your selections are eclectic.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 09:02 AM (p/isN)

6 Old books, as in printed a long time ago, or does it mean they can be new prints of old stories?

New and old books don't smell the same.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 09:03 AM (0eaVi)

7 Good morning fellow Book (or Reading) Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 09:03 AM (yTvNw)

8 Tolle Lege
Reading on Ebook Rick Atkinson's The British are Coming, revolutionary War 1775-1777

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 09:03 AM (R4srX)

9 My wife is a technical writer, but I don't think she would like this. Too much like work.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 09:04 AM (p/isN)

10 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

It's kind of nice being a lurker again...Though I hope to return to the Sunday Morning Book Thread again as a contributor someday.

Now back to reading sans pants...Whoops! I've said too much....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 09:05 AM (IBQGV)

11 Morning, Book Folken,

This week I finished an Elmore Leonard crime novel, Bandits, from 1987. It's set in Noo Awlins, a city Leonard knew pretty well (he was born here), and he has his details right, though some of his driving descriptions make it seem that it would take only minutes to go from downtown to the airport. Yes, minutes -- which in reality is more like 35 of 40. (True, the airport was more accessible back then.)

The novel features an ex-con who is now working at the funeral parlor of his brother-in-law, and gets mixed up with an ex-nun and with Nicaraguans (Contras vs. Somozans, I think -- I've always found all that confusing). There's some funny moments amid the crime and people being shot and shot at, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:06 AM (omVj0)

12 Wolfus, did you get that email I sent you last week?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 09:06 AM (0eaVi)

13 Not a lot of reading this week. Too busy with various chores. I feel compelled to finish Don Quixote, even though I'm only mildly interested in it, mostly because the kiddo has to read it for school and we (me and the missus) said we'd read it as well. I might have a chance of getting through the ball bearing manual....

Posted by: PabloD at August 24, 2025 09:07 AM (nTf9j)

14 Howdy Weasel and friends.

Read the guide and become a Master Ball Washer First Class -- IF you pass the test. Multiple choice, fill in the blank, and essay questions.

Pencils up!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:07 AM (kpS4V)

15 Did the manual address the use of gauze pads and 3-in-1 oil for preparation?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2025 09:07 AM (XvL8K)

16 A lot of old books are new to me. I'm in the process of reading teen books from the '60s-80s.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 24, 2025 09:07 AM (htw0c)

17 On my reading table now is Personal, another Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child. This one is in first person again; for some reason LC bounces back and forth between first and third, and I'm not sure why he chooses to do that. Either form as handled by him is quite readable, though.

I have another one of his on the TBR pile, and two more Elvis Cole novels by Robert Crais.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:07 AM (omVj0)

18 Reading is found in mental.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2025 09:08 AM (LHPAg)

19 Given how much tripe is being produced now, old books are preferable, outside of a select few writers.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2025 09:08 AM (Zzi88)

20 Now back to reading sans pants...Whoops! I've said too much....
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*nods in pantsless solidarity*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:08 AM (kpS4V)

21 I prefer old hardcover books.

Posted by: dantesed at August 24, 2025 09:08 AM (Oy/m2)

22 Wolfus, did you get that email I sent you last week?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025

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About AgentQuery, or about DAW Books? I saw them both but haven't checked either site yet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:08 AM (omVj0)

23 Just remember that balls require substantial lube.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 24, 2025 09:09 AM (e/Osv)

24 Booken morgen horden

I read a great book this week (listened to mainly)-
The Mercy of Gods by James S Corey (pen name of the duo that wrote the Expanse series)

It's the start of a new series, set in the far future, on a planet with humans that doesn't remember earth, who get conquered by an alien bug like species that has subjugated many other worlds.

The core group of humans it focuses on are taken into captivity and brought to the planet where the conquerers keep other prisoners.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 09:09 AM (Mgy3C)

25 Old books
The older the better

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 09:10 AM (Mgy3C)

26 Didn't read a damn thing. Wait.....I did read my bank statement.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 24, 2025 09:10 AM (g8Ew8)

27 Morning! I’m halfway through The Riddle of the Sands, a 1903 espionage book, supposedly the first of its kind. The narrator is hilarious without knowing he is, and the secondary lead is definitely Up To Something.
I love the writing, really, but it’s about sailing so a substantial portion is written in a language that is Not English. At least the internet told me what luffing and kedging were.

Posted by: Best Thief in Lankhmar at August 24, 2025 09:11 AM (64rer)

28 Generally, I prefer older books. The quality of the paper and printing is usually better. The exceptions are the fancier editions of LOTR (required reference) and similar that will be read for generations and passed along as gifts. You pay a premium for the better than average quality, of course, but these aren't an everyday purchase.

Example: My copy of Roget's Thesaurus is almost a century old and has seen plenty of use. The binding is still tight, the cover is not rotting and the paper hasn't yellowed with age.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 09:11 AM (yTvNw)

29 Good Sunday morning, horde!

I am definitely fond of old books. I've been thrift shopping for pre-80s paperbacks, lately. I'll read just about anything that doesn't have a barcode on the back cover.

This week's selection was "Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe," by Nan and Ivan Lyons. I know this was a movie, also, but I never saw it.

I enjoyed the 1970s humor. Lots of sarcasm, a fair amount of sex is intrinsic to the story, but not overly explicit. Refreshingly heterosexual. If this were written today, every one of those chefs would be gay or trans.

Next on the thrift pile is Gold Mine by Wilbur Smith. Never heard of him, but it there were about half a dozen books there in what looks like a manly series set in Africa.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2025 09:12 AM (h7ZuX)

30 Hey friends, I posted some new arts to the Instagrams. Weirdly enough, it seems to have generated a few sales last week so that was nice.

https://www.instagram.com/vtk52_25/

Anyway, thinking of doing a sale next week so if Douglas Adams meets John Ringo is a style of fiction you might be interested in, you can try it out cheap or possibly free.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 24, 2025 09:12 AM (DIweC)

31 "I prefer old hardcover books."

I know what you mean. I acquired one a few months ago with pages so thick that if they had been any denser they would've been considered plywood. And the binding had survived 55+ years with no visible degradation, though the jacket was rather chewed up.

Posted by: PabloD at August 24, 2025 09:12 AM (nTf9j)

32 As to the question, if you mean recently printed books regardless of copyright date, I prefer newer. They have less chance of falling apart.

If you mean otherwise, that depends on the story. I grew up with landline telephones, so I'm used to that. A younger reader might be stalled by such archaic elements.

I remember an Ellery Queen short in which the man's arm was wet because he was driving in the rain. He had to put his arm out the window to signal his turns. The electric kind hadn't been invented yet.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 09:12 AM (p/isN)

33 Also, KTE likes the actress in prime's Ballard, and she is now reading through the Michael Connelly Ballard mysteries.
I think this may be a new genre for her.
Happy to see her reading ratger than pn her phone.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 09:12 AM (Mgy3C)

34 I'm currently 2/3 of the way done with Orb Sceptre Throne by Ian C. Esslemont. It's another tale set in the world of the Malazan Empire.

An archaeologist has unearthed an ancient evil that now threatens to take over not only the city state of Darujhistan, but also the entire continent of Genabakis.

It's up to the remnants of the fabled Bridgeburners of the Malazan Army to stop his evil.

Parts of story read like characters exploring Dwemer ruins from Skyrim. At least, that's what I picture in my head.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 09:13 AM (IBQGV)

35 As for today's question, I prefer old books. Like, OLD books. The creamy paper, the illustrations, the crumbly leather, the smell...aahhh.

Pulpy sci fi is heavenly too.

There are plenty of modern or modernish authors I like, but give me the 19th C. baby.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:13 AM (kpS4V)

36 I like books with illustrations.
Lots of illustrations better than a few pictures.
Thanks Weasel

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 24, 2025 09:14 AM (KaHlS)

37 Oh, and I read Conrad’s An Outpost of Progress (mentioned last week). Chilling. I liked it better than Heart of D.

Posted by: Best Thief in Lankhmar at August 24, 2025 09:14 AM (64rer)

38 Currently reading Lisle A. Rose's "Assault on Eternity: Richard E.Byrd and the Exploration of Antarctica, 1946-47".

The main objective was the complete aerial mapping of the Antarctic rim and as much of the interior as possible. The secondary mission was to test transport and equipment under polar conditions and give personnel experience in operating in extreme cold. It was evident shortly after the war that the next conflict might involve the Soviet Union.

Interesting to me was that one impetus for a grand-scale naval operation was to fly in the face of talk for unifying the services. I didn't know this specter arose after WWII. There was talk that the Navy might lose the Marines to the Army and its air arm and carriers to the Air Force. The Navy had to showcase its global reach and what better than a massive Atlantic and Pacific Fleet trip down to the South Pole.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:15 AM (kpS4V)

39 Though I hope to return to the Sunday Morning Book Thread again as a contributor someday.

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I hope you do as well, Perfesser!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 09:15 AM (Mgy3C)

40 Agatha Christie is not the only author to set a story on the most famous train in the world. Orient Express by Graham Greene is a thriller that follows an eclectic group of people from Ostend to Constantinople on this most renowned of rail journeys. Intrigue, espionage, and seduction are intertwined in a multi-faceted story.

Carleton Myatt is a Jewish businessman travelling to Constantinople to buy out a competitor. Richard John presents himself as a British schoolmaster on holiday. Coral Musker is a dancer heading east for a job, as is Janet Pardoe, who joins the train at Cologne. Janet's roommate is gossip reporter Mabel Warren, who is so jealous of Janet leaving that she buys a ticket at the last minute to join the train.

As the story progresses, further details of each passenger's life are slowly revealed, and we see that each of them has complications in life, some much more serious than others. When a criminal joins the train further down the line, the strands of each life begin to fray, and things begin to fall apart. This is a story that requires quite a bit of reading between the lines, so the reader must focus to grasp the full import of the subplots.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2025 09:15 AM (Zzi88)

41 (Cont'd). It seems the desire to combine, streamline, and "right-size" the armed forces won't go away: I remember it back in the late 80's/early 90's, or what my LPO called the Purple Jumpsuit brigade. We're all one service, yay! Nobody of any service I knew wanted this.

While reading, I came across the phrase "meaner than a barrel full of pickled assholes", which is the best thing I've read all week.

I noticed he studiously avoided mentioning Antarctic Nazis, which tells me it was really about Antarctic Nazis.

"The Secret Land", a contemporary documentary by MGM:

https://tinyurl.com/u4xj4268

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:16 AM (kpS4V)

42 Did the manual address the use of gauze pads and 3-in-1 oil for preparation?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2025

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Who said this?

"Eldridge Cleaver gives us the parable of the 3-in-One Oil, and we find that useful."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:16 AM (omVj0)

43 I buzzed through a Perry Mason mystery ("TCOT Perjured Parrot") last weekend and identified the clue that led to the killer. However, I thought the killer was part of a murder conspiracy; not so.

Now I'm going through a Marvel Epic collection of early Iron Man stories, from before Shell-Head got his own title. Great Gene Colan art, but I chuckle over Stan Lee's errors in detail.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 09:16 AM (p/isN)

44 Do you prefer old books or new books?
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Old books.

They carry the weight of history with them, which is somewhat intoxicating. The smell, the weight, the whispery rustling of the pages...New books cannot compare with that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 09:17 AM (IBQGV)

45 I remember an Ellery Queen short in which the man's arm was wet because he was driving in the rain. He had to put his arm out the window to signal his turns. The electric kind hadn't been invented yet.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025

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And that was from the early Fifties, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:17 AM (omVj0)

46 Handy choice because you never know when your balls or bearings need realignment .

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 09:18 AM (dxWFK)

47 Modern society would not be possible without ball bearings. Sure, we would have roller bearings, but what about the thrust?

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 09:18 AM (vFG9F)

48 I started The Room Where it Happened by John Bolton. Only because I wanted to see what that dick is going to jail for. Put it down after about 4 pages. Dude comes off as a bigger prick in print than in real life.
So I noted the date of the raid on the cover in sharpie and drew a mustache on his picture on the back.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 09:18 AM (I0Uo2)

49 Morning, Weasel.

Howdy, Horde.

Today's selection -- brilliantly detailed, with the subject imagined thoroughly in every possible aspect. But I gotta say, Weasel, that the plot and characterization leave a LOT to be desired.

These days, the new books I read are mostly older books that I'm revisiting or that I never got around to before. When I was still working bookstore and libraries, I kept up with who was currently writing what. Now, I barely recognize most of the names on the best seller lists. Hugo and Nebula winners, which I used to watch, I haven't kept track of or tried to read all of for at least 15 or 20 years now. And I have to say I kinda like it that way.

Current reading -- about another hour and I'll finish Nabokov's first novel, Mary. New to me, but originally came out decades ago.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 09:18 AM (q3u5l)

50 Well, considering that new books are judged not by quantity but by degree of woke, I'll have to go with old books.

Incidentally, I saw a documentary about high school drop out serial killer Elmer Wayne Henley who was paid to lure young boys for Dean Corll to torture to death, sometimes killing them himself. Although he is full of excuses and deceptions, his vocabulary and use of language impressed me by how good it was. I guess in 1973, even dropouts had reasonably good language skills that put many of today's leaders to shame.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 09:18 AM (L/fGl)

51 "Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe," . The movie was faintly amusing.

Posted by: clarence at August 24, 2025 09:18 AM (dL2Vj)

52 Reforger, you punk! 😆

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:19 AM (kpS4V)

53 I saw a documentary about high school drop out serial killer Elmer Wayne Henley who was paid to lure young boys for Dean Corll to torture to death.
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That's one of those guys I always thought I would go back in time and murder if I could. I never got how a kid could just bring other kids to be slaughtered like that.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 24, 2025 09:20 AM (DIweC)

54 Morning! I’m halfway through The Riddle of the Sands, a 1903 espionage book, supposedly the first of its kind. The narrator is hilarious without knowing he is, and the secondary lead is definitely Up To Something.
I love the writing, really, but it’s about sailing so a substantial portion is written in a language that is Not English. At least the internet told me what luffing and kedging were.
Posted by: Best Thief in Lankhmar at August 24, 2025

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"Erskine" Somebody, I think? His was one of the first "modern" English spy stories, as in leading to Ian Fleming and John LeCarre.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:20 AM (omVj0)

55 Modern society would not be possible without ball bearings. Sure, we would have roller bearings, but what about the thrust?
Posted by: fd

Balls? Thrust? Is this going to be one of those threads?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 09:20 AM (L/fGl)

56 Reading "The Hearse You Came In On," by Tim Cockey, one of 5 mystery novels he wrote back in the aughts, featuring Baltimore mortician Hitchcock Sewell. I always enjoy Cockey's work.

A few weeks ago when Perfessor Squirrel announced that he had to suspend his work on the Sunday Book Thread, I thought to offer myself as a possible fill-in. Unfortunately, weekly 85 hour work shift as well as Triple Grandson Babysitting Duties precludes that much work being put in.

However, I do think I would be able to take the time to put new entries into Perfessor Squirrel's Library over at:

https://www.libib.com/u/perfessorsquirrel

Which many of us have found to be very useful in finding new reading material.

Perfessor, if you would be willing to let me have a shot at this, I'm at:

Eventhorizonescapee - at - gmail - dot- com, for instructions in how to carry on in your stead.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 24, 2025 09:20 AM (/RHNq)

57 he has his details right, though some of his driving descriptions make it seem that it would take only minutes to go from downtown to the airport. Yes, minutes -- which in reality is more like 35 of 40. (True, the airport was more accessible back then.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:06 AM (omVj0)
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Yesterday I drove to see my father in metro Detroit. I spent three years living in the area during middle school and both sets of grandparents were there. I spent the summer of '94 living with my father while doing an internship, so I knew it pretty well once upon a time.

But so much has changed that I hardly recognize it and traffic is horrific compared to what it was then. I'd cut him some slack.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)

58 Thomas Paine at August 24, 2025 09:15 AM (Zzi8

What's the title of the story?

Posted by: dantesed at August 24, 2025 09:22 AM (Oy/m2)

59 I've mentioned "The Lost Tales of Sir Galahad" several times. It was put together by the staff at Rabbit Room Press and is wonderful. At times it's laugh out loud funny and at others it's poignant.

By chance I came across a CD version on Amazon a few days ago. Didn't know there was an audio version. The price was $6.50 with free shipping. It's sitting by my chair right now. But when I looked this morning, the price was now $25. Don't know if I got lucky or if Amazon is fucking around, could be both. I'll take the win but Amazon prices are inconsistent and can change a lot overnight.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 09:22 AM (yTvNw)

60 Thanks for maintaining the book thread, Weasel.

The tech manual reminds me of a stack of booklets I saw in an antique mall recently. All published by the federal gov't in the (by appearance) '40s or '50s with titles like "What to Feed Your Baby" and so on. How did the human species ever survive without government experts?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 09:23 AM (3nLb4)

61 About AgentQuery, or about DAW Books? I saw them both but haven't checked either site yet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:08 AM (omVj0)

Sorry, I was writing. DAW books.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 09:24 AM (0eaVi)

62 I noticed he studiously avoided mentioning Antarctic Nazis, which tells me it was really about Antarctic Nazis.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:16 AM (kpS4V)

*nods conspiratorially

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2025 09:24 AM (h7ZuX)

63
But so much has changed that I hardly recognize it and traffic is horrific compared to what it was then. I'd cut him some slack.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025

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Oh, I know, AHL. I lived here in the late Eighties, the period of Leonard's novel. He was just making the story move rather than telling us about the difficulties his hero had driving around. Wasn't he the one that said he liked to "leave out the boring parts" of a story? Or was that James M. Cain?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:24 AM (omVj0)

64 Never got around to Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe, but the movie's worth a look if only for the scene where George Segal pays a visit to the vegetarian restaurant.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 09:25 AM (q3u5l)

65 I volunteered to extrude a Book Thread. The peristalsis is excruciating. How do our COBs do it week in, week out?

This Wikipedia blurb on the British band Coil's creative process is similar to how the Book Thread is willed into being each week:

"Often ensuing from improvisation and intuition, Coil utilized experimental techniques such as the cut-up technique, ritual drug use, sleep deprivation, lucid dreaming, tidal shifts, John Dee-like methods of scrying, technical glitches, SETI synchronization and chaos theory."

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:25 AM (kpS4V)

66 And that was from the early Fifties, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I had a 1953 that did not have turn signals.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2025 09:25 AM (0U5gm)

67 This week I started a fun book, _An Assassin in Utopia_ by Susan Weis. It's about Charles Guiteau, James Garfield, the Oneida Community, and a bunch of other stuff. A better title of the book might be "Six Degrees of Horace Greeley" as Greeley is a major figure in the book and forms the universal adaptor connecting everyone else.

The takeaway: 19th-century America was a lot weirder than we give it credit for. The Oneida Community was basically a Scientology-style sex cult, but still giving lip service to Christianity. Upstate New York in the decades between 1812 and the Civil War was basically the California of its day, where all the weird movements started. Guiteau and Garfield were oddly similar in a lot of ways.

Anyway, recommended.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025 09:26 AM (78a2H)

68 I stumbled on this book question whilst slumming in the bowels of reddit:

I am looking for stories for my son about how awesome the Crusades and explorers were. So far I have only found The Boy knight by GA Henty. I am also interested in crusades' adjacent historical events such as the Reconquest of a Spain, Charles Martels battle of Tours, Jan Sobieski at the Battle of Vienna, etc.

Most of the replies were as AWFL as you might expect , but I am curious what books the horde would pick.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 09:27 AM (Mgy3C)

69 There was talk that the Navy might lose the Marines to the Army and its air arm and carriers to the Air Force. The Navy had to showcase its global reach and what better than a massive Atlantic and Pacific Fleet trip down to the South Pole.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:15 AM (kpS4V)
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During the 1930s, the Fleet Air Arm was removed from the Royal Navy and placed under the RAF. It didn't work, and was switched back before the war. This is one reason why RN fighter aircraft were so awful, and the UK didn't produce a decent domestic carrier-based fighter until after the war, instead relying on US designs or navalized Spitfires, which were obsolete by then.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 09:27 AM (ZOv7s)

70 Since you bring it up, Four Brothers is the most realistic set-in-Detroit movie.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 24, 2025 09:27 AM (DIweC)

71 The price was $6.50 with free shipping. It's sitting by my chair right now. But when I looked this morning, the price was now $25.
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You got the version narrated by Gilbert Godfrey.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:27 AM (kpS4V)

72 I am more than half way through Daniel Silva's latest, "An Inside Job." It's very similar in feel to his last 2 Gabriel Allon capers. Former Israeli spy turned art restorer retrieves/steals back priceless art work from bad guys. This time, it's the Italian mafia. I'm not impressed. Hopefully this is the end of the Gabriel Allon book series at #25.

Posted by: Zekesmom at August 24, 2025 09:28 AM (XQPm3)

73 And that was from the early Fifties, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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I had a 1953 that did not have turn signals.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2025

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There you go. And there was another EQ, 1934, that had a man's detachable shirt collar as an important clue. Reading it in the 1960s, I had no idea what Ellery was talking about; shirts to me had always featured attached collars.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:28 AM (omVj0)

74 Last in my hook news, Ilona Andrews released a new novella "The Inheritance"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 09:28 AM (Mgy3C)

75 Agatha Christie is not the only author to set a story on the most famous train in the world. Orient Express by Graham Greene is a thriller that follows an eclectic group of people from Ostend to Constantinople

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Greene's train went from here to there while Christie's went from there to here.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 09:28 AM (L/fGl)

76 @63 --

The late Marvel EIC Jim Shooter wrote in his blog about the importance of keeping the story moving. Comics can do that with a single caption: "Weeks pass." As Shooter put it, "Skip the convalescence."

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 09:29 AM (p/isN)

77 What's the title of the story?

Posted by: dantesed

Orient Express.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2025 09:29 AM (0U5gm)

78 This week's selection was "Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe," by Nan and Ivan Lyons. I know this was a movie, also, but I never saw it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2025 09:12 AM (h7ZuX)

The movie was pretty good: George Segal, Robert Morley and Jacqueline Bisset.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 09:29 AM (0eaVi)

79 My reading had languished for a while so last week I resolved cut down on screen time and go back to books.

Part of the reason I had faltered was that the tone of Our Man in Havana did not match my mood, so I just watched the movie (which is fun). I've now moved onto another Graham Greene book, The End of The Affair, which is about some very unpleasant people, but as in typical Greene fashion, can't help but draw you in. I've been staying up late reading in bed, which is always a good sign.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

80 Agatha Christie is not the only author to set a story on the most famous train in the world. Orient Express by Graham Greene is a thriller that follows an eclectic group of people from Ostend to Constantinople
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Greene's train went from here to there while Christie's went from there to here.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025

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The Orient Express was ready-made as a setting for any dramatic story. It took quite a while to go from Paris to Istanbul, yet there were stops, unlike on an ocean liner, where new characters could board and come into the story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:30 AM (omVj0)

81 Izzat two separate kinda bearings, or is it a brand-new composite called a 'Ball-and-Roller Bearing'? I get confuzed so easy ...

Posted by: Dr_No at August 24, 2025 09:31 AM (ayRl+)

82 I don't know that anybody's every mentioned this, but a series I like and occasionally go back to re-read is Alma Boykin's Merchant and Empire. I'm not sure how to classify it: it is a collection of stories set in what I imagine is somewhat like the era of the Hanseatic League, but it describes the lives of the people as they live with taxes, work, magic, and the other trivia of community existence.

Posted by: yara at August 24, 2025 09:31 AM (EbWSH)

83 Perfessor, if you would be willing to let me have a shot at this, I'm at:

Eventhorizonescapee - at - gmail - dot- com, for instructions in how to carry on in your stead.
Posted by: Sharkman at August 24, 2025 09:20 AM (/RHNq)
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I just sent you an email. It's definitely possible.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 09:31 AM (IBQGV)

84 Most of the replies were as AWFL as you might expect , but I am curious what books the horde would pick.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 09:27 AM (Mgy3C)
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How about the Great Siege of Malta and the Battle of Lepanto?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)

85 Reading Copse 125 by Ernst Junger. His journal of summer 1918, after the spring offensive had been stopped and things were going to shit.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2025 09:32 AM (XvL8K)

86 40 Agatha Christie is not the only author to set a story on the most famous train in the world. Orient Express by Graham Greene is a thriller that follows an eclectic group of people from Ostend to Constantinople on this most renowned of rail journeys.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine, your reviews are always a pleasure to read. Thank you!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2025 09:32 AM (h7ZuX)

87 Started Grant and Lee: A Study in Personality and Generalship by Maj. Gen. J.F.C. Fuller. The first third dealing with personalities was fantastic. Now it's more into the minutia of the battles and a little bit more plodding but still good. I'm also reading Father Brown mysteries, one a day or so out of a collection that seems to include everything Chesterton wrote. I'm not a big mystery reader so I don't know where these would rank in the genre . In my opinion they are mildly amusing.

Posted by: who knew at August 24, 2025 09:32 AM (+ViXu)

88 The late Marvel EIC Jim Shooter wrote in his blog about the importance of keeping the story moving. Comics can do that with a single caption: "Weeks pass." As Shooter put it, "Skip the convalescence."
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025

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You can use that in a novel too. "Weeks went by." "The days passed . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:32 AM (omVj0)

89 Weasel is being careful not to cross the threads. Sgt. Dick was too close for comfort, so he's make more space lest he destroy the time-space continuum.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

90 @73 --

And then there was the EQ in which a man's collar was on backward. Or was that the one to which refer? (Tangerine)

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 09:34 AM (p/isN)

91 I'm also reading Father Brown mysteries, one a day or so out of a collection that seems to include everything Chesterton wrote. I'm not a big mystery reader so I don't know where these would rank in the genre . In my opinion they are mildly amusing.
Posted by: who knew at August 24, 2025

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They are clever little shorts from a time before the Golden Age of the Classic Detective Story, the 1920s and 1930s. Many of those later authors grew up on GKC; John Dickson Carr for one acknowledged his debt to Chesterton, and physically modeled his most famous detective, Gideon Fell, after him

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:34 AM (omVj0)

92 This is one reason why RN fighter aircraft were so awful

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For example, the Fairey Swordfish "Stringbag," an open cockpit, biplane with fix undercarriage that nevertheless did yeoman's service.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 09:35 AM (L/fGl)

93 @73 --

And then there was the EQ in which a man's collar was on backward. Or was that the one to which refer? (Tangerine)
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025

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That's the one. Supposedly his most famous, though I'd nominate several others as his best.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:35 AM (omVj0)

94 How about the Great Siege of Malta and the Battle of Lepanto?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Are those book titles?
I think the original question was for books to read with or by the child

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 09:36 AM (Mgy3C)

95 The new reading thread sucks Weasel.

Posted by: Deep Sea Endiver at August 24, 2025 09:36 AM (xbptd)

96 The other book I've been tinkering with this week is the Annotated Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks (35th Anniversary Edition).

He and his assistant provide copious notes in the margins about the reasons why he wrote the book the way he did. He openly acknowledges his homage to Lord of the Rings.

At the time, there really wasn't any epic fantasy to speak of, compared to the explosion of epic fantasy we have today. Some, sure, but nothing like what we have now. The commercial success of Sword of Shannara led to that explosive growth.

Taken on its own merits, it's a decent story told by a competent author. However, the sequel, Elfstones of Shannara is the superior book and really is the linchpin of the entire Shannara saga from that point forward.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 09:36 AM (IBQGV)

97 Riddle of the Sands is by Erskine Childers, who was (unsurprisingly) a huge fan of sailing. He also (like a lot of upper-class Anglo-Irish) dabbled in espionage. So naturally he wrote a book about some recreational sailors who stumble across a secret German invasion plot in the years before WWI. And, naturally, he got himself executed for treason by trying to use a sailboat to smuggle German guns to Ireland during WWI.

Good book, though. Made into a good movie with the inevitable Michael York and Jenny Agutter, the two British actors who owned the 1970s.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025 09:37 AM (78a2H)

98 That's one of those guys I always thought I would go back in time and murder if I could. I never got how a kid could just bring other kids to be slaughtered like that.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 24, 2025 09:20 AM (DIweC)

It's some kind of hate inside.

You should probably murder the person who molested him. It seems most people like that were molested by a pervert.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 09:37 AM (0eaVi)

99 "Often ensuing from improvisation and intuition, Coil utilized experimental techniques such as the cut-up technique, ritual drug use, sleep deprivation, lucid dreaming, tidal shifts, John Dee-like methods of scrying, technical glitches, SETI synchronization and chaos theory."
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:25 AM (kpS4V)

They forgot masturbation.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 09:38 AM (I0Uo2)

100 My two fun reads are another Cat in the Stacks mystery, "Something Whiskered", by Miranda James, and a new Barsoom story written by Geary Gravel, "John Carter of Mars: Gods of the Forgotten". Carter travels to the Martian North Pole to investigate a series of perplexing mysteries. So far, Gravel captures ERB's style pretty well.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:38 AM (kpS4V)

101 I just got The Demon in the Ekur: Angels, Demons, Plasmas, Patristics, and Pyramids by Dr. Joseph P. Farrell. Been wanting to read this book for a long while, because when they describe someone as a "freaking genius," well that is Doctor Farrell in a nutshell.

Joseph who has a Ph.D from Oxford in Patristics (the study of the lives of the early church figures) has written over 40 books on everything from plasma physics to the Civil War to breakaway civilizations to NASA and the Nazis.

His books are generally mind blowing.

Two of my favorites are The Grid of the Gods: The Aftermath of the Cosmic War and the Physics of the Pyramid Peoples and Genes, Giants, Monsters, and Men: The Surviving Elites of the Cosmic War and Their Hidden Agenda.

None of his books are easy reads, but you will learn about things you never expected.

By the way, the Ekur is a Sumerian term, which in this instance, means the Great Pyramid and the Demon, well his original name was Samael ...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 24, 2025 09:38 AM (TGPs7)

102 Regarding detective tales prior to the Golden Age, there was a fellow named Melville Davisson Post whose "Uncle Abner" short stories, set in the America of the early 1800s I think, are models of construction and spare language. John Dickson Carr thought highly of him too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:38 AM (omVj0)

103 @93 --

Ugh, no. Probably because of the weirdness.

I put "The Greek Coffin Mystery" at the top.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 09:39 AM (p/isN)

104 "The tribal war is over and the Braves, who have pursued the enemy, return. The final act begins, the torture of the prisoners. And the Northmen, used as they are to the brutality of their times, are horrified at the cruelty. The squaws who have been widowed by the fighting are the worst as they wreak vengeance on the hapless prisoners. It is hard to believe that these friendly and gentle natives can be so cruel."

The above was an excerpt from a story written before a time of political correctness. A 1965 story of some Vikings who helped one group of Indians repel an attack from their neighbors. Yeah, the story plays a little fast-and-loose with the historical record, but, whatever. The point is, it's odd to read such an unflattering assessment of culture that isn't that of the protagonist or the reader. It truly was a different era, back then...

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 24, 2025 09:39 AM (Lhaco)

105 The tech manual reminds me of a stack of booklets I saw in an antique mall recently. All published by the federal gov't in the (by appearance) '40s or '50s with titles like "What to Feed Your Baby" and so on. How did the human species ever survive without government experts?
Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 09:23 AM (3nLb4)

Were they for the military? 'Cause people who enlist in the military are stoopid and need help from government experts. Jon Cary told me so.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 09:41 AM (0eaVi)

106 Yep, it was Leonard who said he tried to leave out the parts that readers skipped. Don't know if they're still doing it but at least for a while, the ebook editions of Leonard's stuff included his 10 Rules for Writing at the back (and the rules are available as a separate ebook with some illustrations by I-forget-who, but it's a bit pricey). Even if you don't write, the rules make an enjoyable read, as does just about anything by Leonard.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 09:41 AM (q3u5l)

107 For example, the Fairey Swordfish "Stringbag," an open cockpit, biplane with fix undercarriage that nevertheless did yeoman's service.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

As an aficionado of the Bismarck story, I learned that the swordfish were successful in their torpedo attacks on the battleship, because the Germans' anti-aircraft guns could not train slow enough for accurate fire. They had not planned for their ships to be attacked by aircraft moving that slowly.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2025 09:41 AM (0U5gm)

108 Last week Ben Had suggested "Running With The Horsemen" by Ferrol Sams about growing up in Georgia during the 1930s. Many thanks. I just started it and she is correct, the writing is excellent. Only a couple of chapters in and I'm impressed. I suspect I'll be getting more in the series and his other books if the writing remains this good.

His writing reminds me of William Gilmore Simms from the 1850s. Descriptive, sometimes courtly, with some underlying humor, or maybe affection, for the people and places.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 09:42 AM (yTvNw)

109 Everything That Rises Must Converge by O'Connor.

Noticed that book on one of my bookshelves yesterday and I had overlooked it for years. Many years. It belongs to the Fordham library. Oops. Was given to me by a friend mumblety years ago to read and write a report for him. Never did because he dropped out very shortly thereafter and moved to Virginia.

Finally putting it on my To-Read pile.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 24, 2025 09:44 AM (3ImbR)

110 Ugh, no. Probably because of the weirdness.

I put "The Greek Coffin Mystery" at the top.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025

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The surreal murder scene in the one you mentioned is very effective. It's not an insane murderer or a serial killer story, so the *core* is not weird, just the setting.

Greek Coffin is utterly brilliant. But I have a strong love for Egyptian Cross and American Gun, and Siamese Twin has even more built-in suspense with a reversal of the old "people snowed in with a murderer" trope.

The later Cat of Many Tails is his/their best novel all around.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:44 AM (omVj0)

111 Most of the replies were as AWFL as you might expect , but I am curious what books the horde would pick.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 09:27 AM (Mgy3C)

Are you going to wade in with a list, vmom? Reddit can be nasty. I may look for some general info that's in a reddit thread, but I have no intention of ever participating in it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 09:45 AM (0eaVi)

112 The radio series "Dragnet" used the same abridgement technique: "Six weeks went by. Eight more stores were robbed."

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 09:45 AM (p/isN)

113 >>Do you prefer old books or new books?

Hm, well, on my currently-being-read shelf is a comic book from 1965, one from the early 90's, another from the early 90's, and, look at that, a third from the early 90's! And I just finished a novel from 1984.

There are a few new stories I read, but they are few and far between.

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 24, 2025 09:45 AM (Lhaco)

114 One reason the Germans never fielded any naval aviation was that Goering insisted that pilots be Luftwaffe rather than Kriegsmarine, and as you might expect development of "navalized' fighters and dive bombers got short shrift.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025 09:46 AM (78a2H)

115 So nobody got my "Eldridge Cleaver"/"3-in-One Oil" mystery quote?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:46 AM (omVj0)

116 Are those book titles?
I think the original question was for books to read with or by the child
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 09:36 AM (Mgy3C)
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No, historical events. I went through my shelves and found Victory of the West: The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto by Niccolo Capponi, but I fear that is a bit much.

You may want to peruse some of the Catholic book stores, because they are all about lives of the saints and stuff for the little ones. Louis IX would be a good choice for obvious reasons.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)

117 The new reading thread sucks Weasel.
Posted by: Deep Sea Endiver at August 24, 2025 09:36 AM (xbptd)
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Sorry you're dissatisfied! Please allow me to refund your money.

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 09:47 AM (4Iy7D)

118 The new reading thread sucks Weasel.
Posted by: Deep Sea Endiver at August 24, 2025

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Aw, c'mon, it still is "appointment blog time" and attracts the best commenters on AoSHQ!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:48 AM (omVj0)

119 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Wow. What a coincidence.

I finished 90 Degree South - The Story of the American South Pole Conquest
by Paul Siple. The author was on every Byrd expedition to Antartica..

The detailed story is of the building of the American base at the South Pole and of the 18 men who were the first human beings to winter at the very bottom of the world.

Difficulties abound, but this was to further Science in the International Geophysical Year, an international scientific project that lasted from 1 July 1957 to 31 December 1958.

Paul Siple led the scientists.

This story has plenty of lessons for setting up a base on Mars or another planet.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 09:48 AM (u82oZ)

120 I always set aside an hour on Sunday morning for the Book Thread. This one has not disappointed me. Keep up the good work!

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025 09:49 AM (78a2H)

121 @110 --

I figured the reason for the decapitations in "Egyptian Cross," so it ranks lower with me.

"Cat of Many Tails" is on a shelf, waiting patiently.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 09:50 AM (p/isN)

122 I remember an Ellery Queen short in which the man's arm was wet because he was driving in the rain. He had to put his arm out the window to signal his turns. The electric kind hadn't been invented yet.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 09:12 AM (p/isN)

I'm fairly used to reading about olden times, but that little detail would make even me stop to think about it.

Since anachronisms are sort-of related to that topic, I just read a high fantasy novel where a character 'zeroed in' on a target. It took me out of the story for a moment, and made me shake my head in disappointment. Sometimes it sucks knowing the origin of phrases, and how they would no sense outside the context of the real, modern world.

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 24, 2025 09:51 AM (Lhaco)

123 That Joseph P. Farrell book sounds like warmed-over Graham Hancock, who was in turn recycling Erich Von Daniken, who rehashed Pauwels & Bergier and Charles Fort.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025 09:52 AM (78a2H)

124 Everything That Rises Must Converge by O'Connor.
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Flannery O'Connor was the original Goth chick.

"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is Dark AF.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 24, 2025 09:52 AM (DIweC)

125 Speaking of trope reversals: The EQ cousins only occasionally used the one that seems to be a standard cliche today, of gathering all the suspects together at the revelation/solution scene. In Egyptian Cross, for instance, the revelation of the murderer takes place only after a chase by car and plane from New York to Chicago; in Greek Coffin and Fouor of Hearts the murderer is revealed thanks to a snare laid by Ellery; and there are others. They did use the gathering trope, but not always.

Yes, I know Rex Stout used it all the time in the Nero Wolfe stories. But it made sense. Wolfe didn't want to leave his house any more than he could help, so of course he'd have the suspects, and the cops, come to him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:53 AM (omVj0)

126 good morning Weasel, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at August 24, 2025 09:54 AM (4Z4M/)

127 Thomas Paine

The RN Fleet Air Arm, by torpedoing the rudder of the Bismarck, changed history. The ship would have made it to France otherwise.

To War in a Stringbag is one history of fighting with Swordfish. By Charles (Commander) Lamb.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 09:54 AM (u82oZ)

128 My biggest pet peeve is when characters in historical or fantasy settings "fire" arrows at something.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025 09:54 AM (78a2H)

129 Sorry you're dissatisfied! Please allow me to refund your money.
Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 09:47 AM (4Iy7D)

*snort

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2025 09:55 AM (h7ZuX)

130 As an aficionado of the Bismarck story, I learned that the swordfish were successful in their torpedo attacks on the battleship, because the Germans' anti-aircraft guns could not train slow enough for accurate fire. They had not planned for their ships to be attacked by aircraft moving that slowly.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2025 09:41 AM (0U5gm)
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The same was true when the British bombed Taranto, and by flying a wave height, Italian AAA actually struck other ships.

To War in a Stringbag by Charles Lamb is highly recommended. One of those wonderful first-person books that popped up after the war and whose authors were still alive when I read them. All now gone.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)

131 Salty, my book had nothing but praise for Siple.

Interesting point about parallels in establishing a colony on Mars. Wonder if Elon and his folks have studied the Antarctic expeditions. Extreme conditions, distant supply chain, etc. And you need to pick the best of the best -- who in Byrd's case had demobbed and gone into civilian life. Apart from a few old polar hands, most of his kids were greenhorns.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:56 AM (kpS4V)

132 My biggest pet peeve is when characters in historical or fantasy settings "fire" arrows at something.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025

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I've struggled with that in some of my own fantasy stuff. What strong verb could you use? "Loosed" is correct, but it *sounds* weak compared to "fired."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:56 AM (omVj0)

133 Thank you for the book thread Weasel.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 09:56 AM (I0Uo2)

134 Difficulties abound, but this was to further Science in the International Geophysical Year, an international scientific project that lasted from 1 July 1957 to 31 December 1958.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 09:48 AM (u82oZ)
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Immortalized in song as "I.G.Y." by Donald Fagan.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 09:56 AM (ZOv7s)

135 Now I'm going through a Marvel Epic collection of early Iron Man stories, from before Shell-Head got his own title. Great Gene Colan art, but I chuckle over Stan Lee's errors in detail.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 09:16 AM (p/isN)

All-yellow-armor early? Or was he wearing the red-and-gold for this era?

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 24, 2025 09:56 AM (Lhaco)

136 You may want to peruse some of the Catholic book stores, because they are all about lives of the saints and stuff for the little ones. Louis IX would be a good choice for obvious reasons.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

A good thought

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 09:57 AM (Mgy3C)

137 Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 09:56 AM (I0Uo2)
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You're welcome!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 09:57 AM (dmH0a)

138 When I was a kid the Hardy Boys was main reading besides the newspaper. I wish I'd read Heinlein's juveniles then too.

Also late discovering GA Henty. Chesty devoured his stories growing up & I presume significantly influenced him. Henty's stories are very formulaic, but it didn't get annoying until after I'd read many.
On same theme, was too late to Weasel's first BT to throw out a Ragged Dick post.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 24, 2025 09:57 AM (KaHlS)

139 FUN FACT: The Maintenance of Ball and Roller Bearings was Book One of a trilogy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 09:59 AM (dDmld)

140 I've struggled with that in some of my own fantasy stuff. What strong verb could you use? "Loosed" is correct, but it *sounds* weak compared to "fired."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:56 AM (omVj0)

Ready , aim , let it rip !

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 09:59 AM (EYmYM)

141 There's always Chesterton's poem "Lepanto."

And Tim Powers's fantasy novel _The Drawing of the Dark_ takes place during the Siege of Vienna.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025 09:59 AM (78a2H)

142 Wolfus, according to this, 13th century archers were given " nock, draw, loose"

https://tinyurl.com/3svbzjfa

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 10:00 AM (Mgy3C)

143 My biggest pet peeve is when characters in historical or fantasy settings "fire" arrows at something.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025 09:54 AM (78a2H)
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One really has to immerse oneself in the vocabulary of the time, I think. One reason I have not written a fantasy book is because I want to get the voice exactly right, not sound modern or like a Tolkien parody.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:00 AM (ZOv7s)

144 Read the fine print. All refunds are in bathroom tokens.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:02 AM (dDmld)

145 @135 --

Red and gold. And transistors all over the place.

Right now he's fighting the Titanium Man in D.C., where Stark has gone to answer a congressional subpeona.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 10:03 AM (p/isN)

146 It's funny — which is to say, not at all funny — that the Lefties have completely reversed themselves on why they hate the Crusades, while still hating the Crusades.

I can remember when the Lefties dismissed them as just an imperialistic grab for trade routes and land for younger sons of nobility, with religion as just the fig leaf to justify them. Now they excoriate the Crusades as religious bigotry and (all together now) "genocide."

Premises, arguments, and justifications can vary from day to day or hour to hour, but lefties are absolutely fixed in their conclusions.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025 10:03 AM (78a2H)

147 Think the only Henty I ever read were a couple of Classics Illustrated Comics adaptations.

I could be remembering wrong, but Henry Miller (yeah, that guy) did a book called The Books in My Life, and I think he mentioned Henty perhaps in the same chapter where he talks about Haggard. I read some Haggard when I was in high school, but never got around to Henty.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 10:03 AM (q3u5l)

148 One of my pet peeves, that you see all the time, is to fail to distinguish between the number zero and the letter O.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 10:03 AM (L/fGl)

149 I've used "loosed" to describe an archer letting his arrow fly, but it just sounds, well, "loose." "Let fly," I suppose, is a bit better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:04 AM (omVj0)

150 Off to the grocery now. I hear eggplant at the farm stand calling my name.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025 10:04 AM (78a2H)

151 69 There was talk that the Navy might lose the Marines to the Army and its air arm and carriers to the Air Force. The Navy had to showcase its global reach and what better than a massive Atlantic and Pacific Fleet trip down to the South Pole.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 09:15 AM (kpS4V)
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During the 1930s, the Fleet Air Arm was removed from the Royal Navy and placed under the RAF. It didn't work, and was switched back before the war. This is one reason why RN fighter aircraft were so awful, and the UK didn't produce a decent domestic carrier-based fighter until after the war, instead relying on US designs or navalized Spitfires, which were obsolete by then.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 09:27 AM (ZOv7s)
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The transfer of the FAA to the RAF was in 1918, not the 30s. Transferred back in 1939. And Seafires weren't obsolete. The problem was short range.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2025 10:04 AM (s0JqF)

152 Ready , aim , let it rip !
Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 09:59 AM (EYmYM)
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One way to avoid it is just say the command was given and describe the aftermath. Tolkien's description of the Battle of the Hornburg and the volleys of arrows never included the orders given. I think that was one of the most effective things about his description, zooming in to the POV of the characters and the pulling back to show conflict from a distance, without any particular focus.

I will never forgive Peter Jackson for putting elves in Helm's Deep or botching the Siege of Gondor. The retreat from the causeway forts is one of the nost suspenseful scenes in the entire book, but making Denethor a sloppy eater was more important, I guess.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:05 AM (ZOv7s)

153 I had a church friend who was on a Byrd expedition in Antarctica.

He's been dead for years. This conversation brought him back to mind.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 24, 2025 10:05 AM (p/isN)

154 One really has to immerse oneself in the vocabulary of the time, I think. One reason I have not written a fantasy book is because I want to get the voice exactly right, not sound modern or like a Tolkien parody.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:00 AM (ZOv7s)
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Depending on how far back you go, that can be a challenge. Howard Pyle's Merry Adventures of Robin Hood has all the characters speaking in Ye Olde English, but I suspect it's not even close to accurate. It does add a lot of colorful flavor to the dialog, though.

However, too much of that can put readers off of immersing themselves in the text. Especially modern readers, sadly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 10:06 AM (IBQGV)

155 149 I've used "loosed" to describe an archer letting his arrow fly, but it just sounds, well, "loose." "Let fly," I suppose, is a bit better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:04 AM (omVj0)

Are we talking Longbow or Crossbow?

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 10:06 AM (I0Uo2)

156 I came here because I am having a problem, one that worries me. I fear I'm losing my memory. I have, since my teens, had almost total recall of Saki's stories. Now I cannot call to mind in which one Clovis describes a peach. This is really bugging me.

And, BTW, most of the books people here would call "old" I would call "new". When C S Lewis wrote of reading old books, it was specifically about St Athanasius's On The Incarnation. My own line is 1827, the year of Navarino. But that's me.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2025 10:07 AM (s0JqF)

157 Eeyore

The FAA punched well above it's weight using obsolescent aircraft. We learned fighter direction and having a CIC from the Royal Navy in our pre-WWII liaison trips.

The USN transfers of aircraft in '43-'45 were a great help.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 10:08 AM (u82oZ)

158 149 I've used "loosed" to describe an archer letting his arrow fly, but it just sounds, well, "loose." "Let fly," I suppose, is a bit better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:04 AM (omVj0)

Are we talking Longbow or Crossbow?
Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 10:06 AM (I0Uo2)
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The Malazan Empire is all-in on crossbows. It's part of their standard kit.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 10:08 AM (IBQGV)

159 "Henty's views have been contentious; some writers have accused Henty's novels of being aggressively and obstinately nationalist and reactionary"

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Bastard!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 10:08 AM (L/fGl)

160 I've used "loosed" to describe an archer letting his arrow fly, but it just sounds, well, "loose." "Let fly," I suppose, is a bit better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025
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Are we talking Longbow or Crossbow?
Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025

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Both. Though "let fly" sounds kind of weak when applied to the force of a crossbow bolt.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (omVj0)

161 Weasel brought up do you prefer older books? I commented above about preferring older physical books as a rule. As to content, that is completely subjective. Since I no longer bother with current events books (already lived through it) or biographies of living people, especially politicians, or most things dealing with popular culture (yes, I'm an official, award-winning curmudgeon), that leaves more time for Chaucer, the Romantic poets, Tolkien, Lewis, Chesterton, MacDonald, etc.

Just going back to books from this century, already a quarter gone, most of my books are light reading: mystery series, and books about literature and imagination as a creative and philosophical force.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (yTvNw)

162 The transfer of the FAA to the RAF was in 1918, not the 30s. Transferred back in 1939. And Seafires weren't obsolete. The problem was short range.
Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2025 10:04 AM (s0JqF)
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What I wrote was technically accurate: in the 1930s the FAA was removed - that is to say it had been, and was in a state of removal. I did not mean that was when it happened, which I was too lazy to look up.

Compared to American carrier aircraft, yes, Seafires were obsolete. Compare them to a Corsair or Hellcat. Sure, they were a step up from a Fulmar, but so was a Wildcat.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)

163
I saw Refreshingly Heterosexual open for Neil Diamond at the Hollywood Bowl in '78.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (iJfKG)

164 73 And that was from the early Fifties, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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I had a 1953 that did not have turn signals.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2025

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There you go. And there was another EQ, 1934, that had a man's detachable shirt collar as an important clue. Reading it in the 1960s, I had no idea what Ellery was talking about; shirts to me had always featured attached collars.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:28 AM (omVj0)
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The Chinese Orange Mystery, IIRC.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (s0JqF)

165 At the time, there really wasn't any epic fantasy to speak of, compared to the explosion of epic fantasy we have today. Some, sure, but nothing like what we have now. The commercial success of Sword of Shannara led to that explosive growth.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 09:36 AM (IBQGV)

Not so long ago, I watched a youtube video that blamed the 'sameness' of 80's/90s epic fantasy on a single editor who wanted to copy the success of Shannara. I'm not sure I buy it. In part because the youtuber sounded bitter and passive-aggressively judgmental, which made me dubious of her impartiality....

Anyways, I think I read the Shanara books (or at least some of them) long ago, but not much about them stuck with me.

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (Lhaco)

166 The retreat from the causeway forts is one of the nost suspenseful scenes in the entire book, but making Denethor a sloppy eater was more important, I guess.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:05 AM (ZOv7s)
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Making icy Denethor into a freak is one of my main pet peeves.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (kpS4V)

167 RN also had the Fairey Firefly, the most ungainly stored AC until they made the Gannent post war.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 24, 2025 10:10 AM (KaHlS)

168 . . . I fear I'm losing my memory. I have, since my teens, had almost total recall of Saki's stories. Now I cannot call to mind in which one Clovis describes a peach. This is really bugging me. . . .

Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2025

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I don't think I know that one. I know his famous ones, "Sredni Vashtar" and "The Open Window," and I know I've read others, but "Clovis" doesn't strike a spark in my memory-attic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:11 AM (omVj0)

169 Have a great week in books, eveyone.

Thank you, Weasel.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 10:12 AM (u82oZ)

170 However, too much of that can put readers off of immersing themselves in the text. Especially modern readers, sadly.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 10:06 AM (IBQGV)
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That's why one has to get it right. I can feel archaic without being Shakespearean. The use of a little more formality, longer turns of phrase and avoiding modern slang are a good start.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)

171 Both. Though "let fly" sounds kind of weak when applied to the force of a crossbow bolt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (omVj0)

It does. Even "released' would be better, but still lacks intensity.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2025 10:13 AM (h7ZuX)

172 Old books smell better than new books. Not so with most people

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2025 10:14 AM (DXbAa)

173 Both. Though "let fly" sounds kind of weak when applied to the force of a crossbow bolt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (omVj0)
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Again, omit the actual word. "The captain barked the order, and a shower of steel-tipped death descended upon the enemy lines."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

174 Both. Though "let fly" sounds kind of weak when applied to the force of a crossbow bolt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025
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It does. Even "released' would be better, but still lacks intensity.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2025

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Maybe "triggered the crossbow" would work?

"Shot" works, I think, as it does not specifically refer to using a firearm. There's the old couplet, "I shot an arrow into the air . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:15 AM (omVj0)

175 20 ... :"Now back to reading sans pants...Whoops! I've said too much....
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*nods in pantsless solidarity*"

Do my gym trunks qualify as pantsless? Inquiring minds want to know.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

176 171 Both. Though "let fly" sounds kind of weak when applied to the force of a crossbow bolt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (omVj0)

It does. Even "released' would be better, but still lacks intensity.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2025 10:13 AM (h7ZuX)
How about ‘sped’?

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2025 10:16 AM (DXbAa)

177 Read Sword of Shannara when it first came out; it didn't do much for me, and I never read the sequels. I was working at Kroch's & Brentano's at the time and it was something to see the amount of stuff in that vein that flooded the racks over the next few years.

Was it Barry Malzberg or Norman Spinrad (well, probably both) who said that traditional sf was now a fringe element at "sf" conventions and in the market?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 10:16 AM (q3u5l)

178 Making icy Denethor into a freak is one of my main pet peeves.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (kpS4V)
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With the benefit of hindsight, having Gandalf get his butt kicked by the Witch-King just before Eowyn offs him was pure girlbossery.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:16 AM (ZOv7s)

179 92 This is one reason why RN fighter aircraft were so awful

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For example, the Fairey Swordfish "Stringbag," an open cockpit, biplane with fix undercarriage that nevertheless did yeoman's service.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 09:35 AM (L/fGl)
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Not a fighter, a torpedo plane. And yes, it was sometimes successful because it was slow. The Bf 109 had trouble flying slow enough to shoot them done, I have read. (The 110 did better.) And as an ASW plane, slow was good. Post war, helicopters took that job.

But remember, TBs were usually very vulnerable. Ours got wiped out at Midway. The Japanese did rather better.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2025 10:17 AM (s0JqF)

180 Again, omit the actual word. "The captain barked the order, and a shower of steel-tipped death descended upon the enemy lines."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025

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Good way to do it. But I tend not to write about masses of archers or crossbowmen, but about individuals on their own. There's not usually a leader to call out an order.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:17 AM (omVj0)

181 163
I saw Refreshingly Heterosexual open for Neil Diamond at the Hollywood Bowl in '78.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (iJfKG)

*flicks Bic

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2025 10:17 AM (h7ZuX)

182 I've used "loosed" to describe an archer letting his arrow fly, but it just sounds, well, "loose." "Let fly," I suppose, is a bit better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:04 AM (omVj0)

You can say shot. I guess it depends how early "shot" meant firing something.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 10:19 AM (0eaVi)

183 In my line of work I am ball and roller bearing man. Up to my eyebrows in them. Timken, Torrington, loose rollers, oversize rollers...I am bearing man.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 10:19 AM (snZF9)

184 No rules posted for the thread and chaos results. Chaos!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 10:20 AM (RIvkX)

185 162 The transfer of the FAA to the RAF was in 1918, not the 30s. Transferred back in 1939. And Seafires weren't obsolete. The problem was short range.
Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2025 10:04 AM (s0JqF)
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What I wrote was technically accurate: in the 1930s the FAA was removed - that is to say it had been, and was in a state of removal. I did not mean that was when it happened, which I was too lazy to look up.

Compared to American carrier aircraft, yes, Seafires were obsolete. Compare them to a Corsair or Hellcat. Sure, they were a step up from a Fulmar, but so was a Wildcat.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)
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The Spitfire was an interceptor, not obsolete at all. Just not suitable as an escort. It had the edge over both ours in climb and maneuverability. And if it were obsolete, it would not have stayed in service postwar, with new marks.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2025 10:20 AM (s0JqF)

186 132 My biggest pet peeve is when characters in historical or fantasy settings "fire" arrows at something.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 24, 2025

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I've struggled with that in some of my own fantasy stuff. What strong verb could you use? "Loosed" is correct, but it *sounds* weak compared to "fired."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:56 AM (omVj0)

"Loosed?" "Volleyed?" "Released?" Yeah, I algo bet bothered by archers 'firing.'

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 24, 2025 10:21 AM (Lhaco)

187
"Loosed?" "Volleyed?" "Released?" Yeah, I algo bet bothered by archers 'firing.'
Posted by: Castle Guy at August 24, 2025 10:21 AM (Lhaco)
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Launched?

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 10:22 AM (dmH0a)

188 The Spitfire was an interceptor, not obsolete at all. Just not suitable as an escort. It had the edge over both ours in climb and maneuverability. And if it were obsolete, it would not have stayed in service postwar, with new marks.
Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2025 10:20 AM (s0JqF)
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The fact that they remained in service does not prove they were not obsolete. The Brits were still using revolvers and bolt action rifles postwar as well. New marks were produced because they had nothing available that was better. The Empire was running on fumes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:22 AM (ZOv7s)

189 Do 'arrows launched' or 'rain of arrows' work?

Posted by: dantesed at August 24, 2025 10:22 AM (Oy/m2)

190 Do 'arrows launched' or 'rain of arrows' work?
Posted by: dantesed at August 24, 2025 10:22 AM (Oy/m2)
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I think Tolkien's formulation was something like: a swarm of arrows descended upon the wall. Some found a mark.

You can describe the visual, or just describe the effect. "The enemy ranks faltered as feathered shafts sprouted among them."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)

191 torrent of arrows

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 10:26 AM (Mgy3C)

192 I suppose "the life of Richard the Lionhearted was brought to a tragic end when Bertrand de Gourdon, a mere boy, zapped him with the bolt of a crossbow" doesn't quite work.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:27 AM (dDmld)

193 The fact that they remained in service does not prove they were not obsolete. The Brits were still using revolvers and bolt action rifles postwar as well. New marks were produced because they had nothing available that was better. The Empire was running on fumes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:22 AM (ZOv7s)

I'll bet they wished they had some of those fumes left.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 10:27 AM (0eaVi)

194 "A gentle killing rain descended upon them, and men fell, sometimes alone, sometimes in pairs, and lay motionless on the ground."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:27 AM (ZOv7s)

195 TBs were usually very vulnerable. Ours got wiped out at Midway.

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The sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 was the unfortunately named George Gay.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 10:28 AM (L/fGl)

196 189 Do 'arrows launched' or 'rain of arrows' work?
Posted by: dantesed at August 24, 2025 10:22 AM (Oy/m2)

Not so much with a single archer.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2025 10:28 AM (h7ZuX)

197 I suppose "the life of Richard the Lionhearted was brought to a tragic end when Bertrand de Gourdon, a mere boy, zapped him with the bolt of a crossbow" doesn't quite work.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:27 AM (dDmld)
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"Put a wooden cap in his ass."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:29 AM (ZOv7s)

198 I'm lucky. When I read a book from an older time, "Riddle of the Sands' by Erskine Childers for example, I can usually see it as a reader of that time without too much 2025 gloss. This is why I can enjoy H. Rider Haggard, Doyle, Jules Verne, etc. I can see it as though it is new and original. I consider this a gift.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 10:29 AM (yTvNw)

199 The sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 was the unfortunately named George Gay.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 10:28 AM (L/fGl)
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Unfortunate only in our degraded, degenerate age.

That guy saw some stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:30 AM (ZOv7s)

200 . When I read a book from an older time, "Riddle of the Sands' by Erskine Childers for example, I can usually see it as a reader of that time without too much 2025 gloss. This is why I can enjoy H. Rider Haggard, Doyle, Jules Verne, etc. I can see it as though it is new and original. I consider this a gift.
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025

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Exactly. I set myself mentally back to that time and simply accept what the storyteller is saying. Nowadays I can look up a 1930s slang term in moments; as a kid I had to ask my mother.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:32 AM (omVj0)

201 188 The Spitfire was an interceptor, not obsolete at all. Just not suitable as an escort. It had the edge over both ours in climb and maneuverability. And if it were obsolete, it would not have stayed in service postwar, with new marks.
Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2025 10:20 AM (s0JqF)
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The fact that they remained in service does not prove they were not obsolete. The Brits were still using revolvers and bolt action rifles postwar as well. New marks were produced because they had nothing available that was better. The Empire was running on fumes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 24, 2025 10:22 AM (ZOv7s)
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Not at all. They also introduced new A/C during that era, including jets. The trouble with the Seafire was simply that it wasn't originally designed for naval use. Norman Friedman explains all this.

"The Empire was running on fumes" is a gross oversimplification. It was declining. But had some life in it for some years.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 24, 2025 10:32 AM (s0JqF)

202 Do you prefer old books or new books?

Yes. I don't care.

Posted by: huerfano at August 24, 2025 10:33 AM (98kQX)

203 Death hurtled toward him, an arm's length of ash fletched with gray goose feathers and tipped with merciless cold iron.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 10:34 AM (Mgy3C)

204 Do my gym trunks qualify as pantsless? Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted by: JTB

Certainly not! I'm sitting here in my 'wears.

Rules be damned!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 10:34 AM (cYBz/)

205 AH, wouldn't that be "Bust a wooden cap in his ass"?

I'm wondering if the hunt for the most accurate term here, launch or fire or shoot or release or etc into the night, might start drifting close to the territory where we're trying to find other verbs for 'said'. Or (in some other cases and not so much in the context of arrows) the use of dialect where just a light touch goes a long way these days when it might have gone virtually unnoticed decades or a century ago.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 10:36 AM (q3u5l)

206
I read a new book this week that I didn't care for.

"The Passing of the Age" by Holly Chism.

To be fair though, that book wasn't really written for me. The Age Group was said to be 11-18. I would've said 9-12, but eh.

So, really I don't want to be unfair because it was crisply written, had nice description, was easily understandable, and totally age appropriate. I recommend it for all age-appropriate readers.

What I didn't like about it related to some problems I have with some modern authors:
1) The description I read was very enticing and led me to believe that it would be a sort of fantasy version of "A Roadside Picnic", which I would be totally up for, regardless of age group.
Sadly, it was not that but a twilight of the gods story told in a way that robbed all drama/pathos.A cozy twilight of the gods as it were.
Expectations created by advert not met.

2) Robbing a classic story or old myth for characters and inspiration or outright theft of story.
Yeah, yeah. I don't care that your version of the Iliad is told in the exciting world of water polo. Or, that your version of "The Caterbury Tales" is set in a crowded elevator. (con't)

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 10:36 AM (iJfKG)

207 Need a new idea?
Read an old book.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2025 10:36 AM (XQo4F)

208 >>Do 'arrows launched' or 'rain of arrows' work?

Posted by: dantesed at August 24, 2025 10:22 AM

Loosed.

For some reason I just like that word.

Posted by: huerfano at August 24, 2025 10:36 AM (98kQX)

209 Example: My copy of Roget's Thesaurus is almost a century old and has seen plenty of use. The binding is still tight, the cover is not rotting and the paper hasn't yellowed with age.
Posted by: JTB at August

My copy is a small yellow paperback. The binding is duct tape, gray. But I've had it since high school, so it's in it's late 50s. Up on the shelf next to two similar dictionaries and a Spanish- English dictionary.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 24, 2025 10:37 AM (Mf0wV)

210 OT: Damn smart assessment!

https://is.gd/bz5vk8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 10:37 AM (L/fGl)

211 Okay I guess I've stumped everybody. Though I will admit, my "Eldridge Cleaver/3-in-One Oil" quote is pretty obscure.

The full quote is: "The idea of a single Godhead also being a Trinity is hard to reconcile, particularly for Sammie, who is not positive how many people he is himself. Eldridge Cleaver gives us the parable of the 3-in-One Oil, and we find that useful."

-- Dr. Hannibal Lecter speaking to Clarice Starling about another schizophrenic inmate in the prison, in the novel of Silence of the Lambs..

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:38 AM (omVj0)

212 The arrow chewed into his flesh like a rabid poodle.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2025 10:39 AM (DXbAa)

213 Good way to do it. But I tend not to write about masses of archers or crossbowmen, but about individuals on their own. There's not usually a leader to call out an order.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:17 AM (omVj0)

We need Ace's time machine to go back to The Battle of Crecy or Agincourt and witness this sort of stuff.
I personally think our modern perceptions of the time would be let down. I think things were a LOT slower than we would find entertaining. I try to perceive the logistics of sending 30,000 armed and armored men, a lot with horses across the channel in 1350 and my brain almost breaks.
I'm also convinced that LOTR is a loose with the facts rewriting of the Hundred Years War.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 10:40 AM (I0Uo2)

214 (con't)

Is "your" story worthy of a tale that been around for hundreds or thousands of years? I'm guessing not.
I don't want to hit this point too hard but if you're going to steal from the greats, at least get your characters right.
That really wasn't the case in this story. The gods/heroes were all pretty interchangeable.

Anywho, "The Passing of the Age" is fine for boys 9-12 and they may enjoy the heck out of it.

And it provides a very polite introduction to the idea of Greek/Roman Gods and Heroes.

It's fine for what it is. and for who it's intended.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 10:42 AM (iJfKG)

215 Death hurtled toward him, an arm's length of ash fletched with gray goose feathers and tipped with merciless cold iron.

Posted by: vmom deport

I always remember that when Henry V made his plan to invade his possessions in France and claim once again the French crown, he issued a proclamation to bring soldiers, archers, and supplies to his retinue. In that proclamation, he ordered each English goose to contribute five feathers for fletching.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 24, 2025 10:42 AM (0U5gm)

216 An archaeologist has unearthed an ancient evil that now threatens to take over not only the city state of Darujhistan, but also the entire continent of Genabakis.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 09:13 AM (IBQGV)

Now, you see, "Darujhistan" would throw me right there. Here you are, happily reading a fantasy about another planet, or Earth on a different timeline, and Whap! One of the cities has muslim name. Or at least an Indo word that has been adopted by the muzzies. Why not call it "Fukawiville"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:42 AM (E23dO)

217 I've struggled with that in some of my own fantasy stuff. What strong verb could you use? "Loosed" is correct, but it *sounds* weak compared to "fired."
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I'm with 'released' but should also add 'expelled' and 'launched'.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 24, 2025 10:44 AM (blVh+)

218 Read the fine print. All refunds are in bathroom tokens.

And if you've ever needed one and didn't have it, you'd appreciate that.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 10:44 AM (3nLb4)

219 Read the fine print. All refunds are in bathroom tokens.

And if you've ever needed one and didn't have it, you'd appreciate that.
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The kindness and mercy of the Horde.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 24, 2025 10:46 AM (blVh+)

220 And that was from the early Fifties, I think.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:17 AM (omVj0)

I believe electric turn signals became standard equipment on North American cars around 1952-'53. They were an available option before then.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:48 AM (E23dO)

221 I would rather have a real book than ebook, it says I have 31 hours and 39 minutes of reading to go

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 10:49 AM (+qU29)

222 Back when my youngest daughter was mid teens, I gave her a YA novel, Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly, and she loved it. For her 30th birthday a couple of weeks ago, I gave her another of Donnelly's books, A Northern Light, and she was quite moved. I haven't read it but it's about the murder case Theodore Dreiser wrote about in An American Tragedy which was later turned into the Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift movie A Place In the Sun.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 10:51 AM (L/fGl)

223 Now, you see, "Darujhistan" would throw me right there. Here you are, happily reading a fantasy about another planet, or Earth on a different timeline, and Whap! One of the cities has muslim name. Or at least an Indo word that has been adopted by the muzzies. Why not call it "Fukawiville"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:42 AM (E23dO)
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You get used to it after a while. Most fantasy cultures are reimagining existing cultures anyway. And if the story takes place on an alternate Earth timeline, why is an Arabic-sounding place name so surprising?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 10:52 AM (IBQGV)

224 The fact that they remained in service does not prove they were not obsolete.

I suppose it depends on what "obsolete" means. If it just means something newer or better exists, then yes, every piston engine aircraft was obsolete by the late 1940s. On the other hand, if "obsolete" means "not useful" then piston engine aircraft, revolvers, and bolt action rifles are all very much not obsolete because usefulness means evaluating a thing against a list of desiderata which can include cost, availability, durability, etc. and not just performance.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 10:54 AM (3nLb4)

225 I have my books from when I was younger.... Clive Custler... took a bit of history and did a "what if...." and the story unfolded. When reading these books at the time, it took place a few years in the future... now... its decades in the past ... sigh... time flies... but great reads...

today, I have my kindle. yes, not the same but unfortunately I do not have room for book books... so I load up on my kindle. One of the great things about the Kindle... I can usually download science books for free....physics at my fingertips (yes, I read physics for fun... I'm a full blown nerd) And like most readers, I like to re-read some of my favorites over and over again.

For fun and laughs... Janet Evanovich... laugh out loud fun.... her books are numbered so you know the sequence. As a NY'er it is kind of relatable because it takes place mostly in NJ.

All in all, I've read approx 150 books so far this year... and looking forward to more!!!

Posted by: Cathymv at August 24, 2025 10:54 AM (GoJSE)

226 Damn smart assessment!

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Damn autocucumber!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 10:55 AM (L/fGl)

227 Now, you see, "Darujhistan" would throw me right there. Here you are, happily reading a fantasy about another planet, or Earth on a different timeline, and Whap! One of the cities has muslim name. Or at least an Indo word that has been adopted by the muzzies. Why not call it "Fukawiville"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025

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Or you can simply give the town or physical feature what the word means in the local language. "Black Wasp River," "Drunken Bay" (with its town of "Wine Barrel Landing"), etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 10:55 AM (omVj0)

228 You get used to it after a while. Most fantasy cultures are reimagining existing cultures anyway. And if the story takes place on an alternate Earth timeline, why is an Arabic-sounding place name so surprising?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 10:52 AM (IBQGV)

If such names are off-putting for some, I cannot recommend them Dune.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2025 10:56 AM (vm8sq)

229 Skip at 221.

The 'time remaining' setting has always struck me as kind of ridiculous. Why have that? Location in book will show you percent completed at the lower right corner, and it's just about what you'd see if you looked at a bookmark in the physical volume. Time remaining is just weird. YMMV.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 10:57 AM (q3u5l)

230
"Unleashed" might be a good word for "shooting" from a cross or longbow,

as it implies violence held at the ready then released upon someone.

Though it seems like a word that would have to be used sparingly in a story context.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 10:59 AM (iJfKG)

231 Now, you see, "Darujhistan" would throw me right there. Here you are, happily reading a fantasy about another planet, or Earth on a different timeline, and Whap! One of the cities has muslim name. Or at least an Indo word that has been adopted by the muzzies. Why not call it "Fukawiville"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:42 AM (E23dO)

Are you trying to force Anglish on us?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 11:00 AM (0eaVi)

232 You get used to it after a while. Most fantasy cultures are reimagining existing cultures anyway. And if the story takes place on an alternate Earth timeline, why is an Arabic-sounding place name so surprising?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 10:52 AM (IBQGV)

If such names are off-putting for some, I cannot recommend them Dune.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2025 10:56 AM (vm8sq)

Or any Russian novel.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 11:01 AM (iJfKG)

233 Is an ebook the same as one on kindle?

Posted by: Wenda at August 24, 2025 11:01 AM (sz3LH)

234 I still have books I bought as a teenager, History of 2nd WW periodicals I bought when 13yo

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 11:02 AM (+qU29)

235 Weasel, you need to make better efforts than this if you want people to read your book thread.

Posted by: Ralph at August 24, 2025 11:03 AM (8WZD4)

236 Mr Willocks The Religion....got the pro tip here..passing it on
Siege of Malta...excellent reading tolle lege!!!

Posted by: qmark at August 24, 2025 11:04 AM (+t9Oi)

237 like the grisha series by leigh bardugo,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at August 24, 2025 11:04 AM (bXbFr)

238 Wenda at 233.

Pretty much. There are different devices and different file formats. Your Kindle may not read the same file as the one loaded on, say, a Nook from Barnes & Noble. But the publisher has provided Amazon and Barnes (and Kobo, etc) with a file that will present the book on the device in question. If you see 'ebook' it's a book somebody's reading on some form of ebook reader. Kindle has such a big share of the market that it tends to get used synonymously with ebook. Kinda like Xerox for copiers or Kleenex with facial tissues.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 11:06 AM (q3u5l)

239 CO2-induced starvation update: US "Corn production is expected to hit a record 16.7 billion bushels in 2025, according to USDA projections...topping the 2023 peak of 15.3 billion.

...The question now is what to do with it all."
_msn.com

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:07 AM (5LCqK)

240 I'm rubber and you're glue. Everything you say bounces off me and sticks to you.

Tom Homan: Deportations Will Continue Despite Judge’s Order to Shut Down Alligator Alcatraz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 11:08 AM (L/fGl)

241 6 Old books, as in printed a long time ago, or does it mean they can be new prints of old stories?

New and old books don't smell the same.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

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My brother claims the smell of old books provokes him to rush to the toilet (i.e., as a laxative).

Posted by: pikkumatti at August 24, 2025 11:09 AM (FY8nG)

242 Hey Ralph...
Nevermind. It's the book thread.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 11:10 AM (I0Uo2)

243 still have books I bought as a teenager, History of 2nd WW periodicals I bought when 13yo
Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025

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So do I, Skip, including a few from pre-teen time: 14 of My Favorites in Suspense from Alfred Hitchcock, the Whitman Young Readers edition of Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the entire series of Man From U.N.C.L.E/ original tie-in novels, and more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:10 AM (omVj0)

244 Imagine if one of these manuals was generated with AI. It might then qualify as "historical fiction."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 24, 2025 11:12 AM (36PRH)

245 PRO TIP:

Never bring swords to a battle where the opponent will simply drop explosive munitions on you from their flying mounts.

The Segulah--the supreme warriors of Genabackis--just learned this lesson the hard way.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 11:12 AM (IBQGV)

246 Weasel, you need to make better efforts than this if you want people to read your book thread.
Posted by: Ralph at August 24, 2025 11:03 AM (8WZD4)
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Oh NO! Another dissatisfied customer!!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:12 AM (dmH0a)

247 Uh oh. Now he's done it!

Putin’s Big Mistake: The Russian President Ticked Off the First Lady

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 11:12 AM (L/fGl)

248 I liked Expanded Universe a lot in middle school. It's one of the last fiction books I read voluntarily. I should get it and read it again. I lost the old one in one of my million house moves.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2025 11:13 AM (BI5O2)

249
Are you trying to force Anglish on us?
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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If I were reading a Sci-Fi story and the region,"Darujhistan" , appeared the mind would perceive it to be an evil, deceitful and sinister place. It would be difficult to erase that cloud.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:13 AM (5LCqK)

250 Snoop Dogg Bodyslams Disney over His Grandson‘s Reaction to ‘Lightyear‘ Lesbian Moms Scene: ‘I Didn‘t Come for This Sh*t‘

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:14 AM (5LCqK)

251 Oh NO! Another dissatisfied customer!!
Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:12 AM (dmH0a)
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Ignore the heathens, Weasel!

I think you are doing a fine job upholding the tradition of the ~~Book~~ Reading Thread in my absence!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 11:15 AM (IBQGV)

252 If you don't like it, you can steer clear. There's no trail boss horsewhipping you into the book thread.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2025 11:16 AM (BI5O2)

253 If I were reading a Sci-Fi story and the region,"Darujhistan" , appeared the mind would perceive it to be an evil, deceitful and sinister place. It would be difficult to erase that cloud.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:13 AM (5LCqK)
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You aren't too far off the mark. In its history, it was the center of a tyrannical empire that enslaved the continent. Now the tyranny is rising again, which has a lot of people freaked out.

They were much happier when Darujhistan was synonymous with a rich, free-trading city.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 11:16 AM (IBQGV)

254 250 Snoop Dogg Bodyslams Disney over His Grandson‘s Reaction to ‘Lightyear‘ Lesbian Moms Scene: ‘I Didn‘t Come for This Sh*t‘
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:14 AM (5LCqK)

Both will be arrested.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2025 11:17 AM (vm8sq)

255
A green dildo has now been cast on the hallowed ground of a NFL field.

This is a national crisis that has to be addressed.

It's all Trump's fault.

Posted by: Auspex at August 24, 2025 11:17 AM (Y8DZL)

256 "High minded?"

Bill Maher Says Trump Pushed Policies That Impact People While Dems “Offer up High-Minded Intangibles”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 11:17 AM (L/fGl)

257 Don't sweat the complaints, Weasel. Nobody can please everybody. The thread's here on Sunday morning, and that's what counts.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 11:18 AM (q3u5l)

258 Weasel, you need to make better efforts than this if you want people to read your book thread.

Posted by: Ralph at August 24, 2025 11:03 AM (8WZD4)

I agree. Far too much material!

If you could pare it down a bit I think it would be much more accessible.

Too many words!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 24, 2025 11:18 AM (nYQhb)

259 To me a ebook is any electronic book transfer. My Samsung tablet has a Kindle app. A real Kindle is better, at least when I had one.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 11:19 AM (+qU29)

260 I think I will continue reading Crime and Punishment.

I got to the.crime, an am awaiting the punishment.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 24, 2025 11:19 AM (ufFY8)

261 Weasel ignore the critics

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 11:19 AM (+qU29)

262 How come so many of those high-minded intangibles involve lower orifices?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 11:20 AM (q3u5l)

263 Weasel, you need to make better efforts than this if you want people to read your book thread.
Posted by: Ralph at August 24, 2025

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Ralph, Weasel is providing us a platform for our discussion, and kicking it off as well. There are plenty of posts on this blog with very little content to start with. We commenters make them go.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:20 AM (omVj0)

264 If such names are off-putting for some, I cannot recommend them Dune.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2025 10:56 AM (vm8sq)

Well, Dune was rather tedious, but I did read it. Of course, it is set in the distant future, but the cultures were human, and certain human names for things would have persisted.

I would regard "Darujhistan" in a fantasy novel as sort of a misnomer, I guess, unless the author is expressly trying to gin up a muslim or Indo-style polity.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 11:21 AM (oXp8/)

265 Are dildos fired, loosed, or flung? Does the tosser cock his arm?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 11:21 AM (JmxXa)

266 Fun fact about critics of the Sunday Morning Book Thread:

Not one of them is wearing pants.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 11:21 AM (IBQGV)

267 I think I will continue reading Crime and Punishment.

I got to the.crime, an am awaiting the punishment.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 24, 2025

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I found the crime compelling. The punishment, not so much. But then I'm used to reading less literary fiction -- "sensational" fiction, if you will.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:22 AM (omVj0)

268 Holy shit!

The Power To Control@Power2Control
41 years old with Alzheimers
'[Chris] Hemsworth's update comes after speculations swirled that he had already developed Alzheimer's and was headed to an early retirement from his acting career'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 11:22 AM (L/fGl)

269 Are dildos fired, loosed, or flung? Does the tosser cock his arm?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025

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If he's a tosser, then he is of less than no consequence!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:22 AM (omVj0)

270 Cry havoc! and let loose the dildos of GWAR!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 11:24 AM (JmxXa)

271 Are dildos fired, loosed, or flung? Does the tosser cock his arm?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 11:21 AM (JmxXa)

"Gentlemen, arm your cocks!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 11:24 AM (oXp8/)

272 Weasel is a gentleman and a scholar, as well as a snappy dresser, friend to children, and a blessing to dogs.

And as far as Dune being a recondite read, I just have this to say, "Harrumpf."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 24, 2025 11:24 AM (PiwSw)

273 CharlieBrown'sDildo

Next week, we want you to write a review of The Lives of Lucian Freud: FAME 1968 - 2011 (Biography and Autobiography) by William Feaver.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 11:25 AM (u82oZ)

274 Just Some Guy:
Thank you. So it's not just Kindle--an ebook wouldn't work for me either. Two reasons: I read rapidly--don't know why--and Kindle slows me down too much. Also the light troubles me. Working/writing on a computer means working with a lighted screen. It's tiring, and I worry about aging my eyes.
Choosing to do it when I don't have to doesn't make sense.

Thanks for the explanation.

Posted by: Wenda at August 24, 2025 11:25 AM (sz3LH)

275 Are dildos fired, loosed, or flung? Does the tosser cock his arm?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes

That was a well thrown dildo, Bob.

Posted by: Sports Color Commentator at August 24, 2025 11:25 AM (L/fGl)

276 Coming soon: fur-covered dildos to be tossed onto NHL rinks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 11:25 AM (oXp8/)

277 Weasel,
Thanks for another book/reading thread. The complainers can just go away or at least stay quiet.

See you on the gun thread.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 11:25 AM (yTvNw)

278 Weasel,
Thanks for another book/reading thread. The complainers can just go away or at least stay quiet.

See you on the gun thread.
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 11:25 AM (yTvNw)

Hear!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 11:27 AM (oXp8/)

279 If I were reading a Sci-Fi story and the region,"Darujhistan" , appeared the mind would perceive it to be an evil, deceitful and sinister place. It would be difficult to erase that cloud.
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025

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Tolkien was a master at making the place name *sound* like what it was. "Mordor" and "Mirkwood" do not sound like places where butterflies soar and children play hide-and-seek before teatime.

He did that with living entities too. "Nazgul" is not a name you'd hear Barney the Dinosaur recite, and "Grima" doesn't sound like somebody you'd hang out with even if he didn't have the nickname "Wormtongue."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:27 AM (omVj0)

280 Truth be told, I had something nice planned for next Sunday, but now I'm thinking: Side Panel of Cereal Box!

Thanks all for your input!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:27 AM (dmH0a)

281 NASA’s 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station lifts off at 2:45 a.m. ET on Aug. 24 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
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What did NASA have to do with it?
They bought the supplies. Oh.
He used their launch pad or
did he have to lease it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:27 AM (5LCqK)

282 Denethor was better as the old mental scientist in Fringe.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 24, 2025 11:28 AM (ufFY8)

283 Currently reading "The Laments of Ralph". It is exceedingly boring.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 11:28 AM (dxWFK)

284 Truth be told, I had something nice planned for next Sunday, but now I'm thinking: Side Panel of Cereal Box!

Thanks all for your input!
Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:27 AM (dmH0a)
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Just remember, *eating* the box is NOT a part of a balanced breakfast!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 11:28 AM (IBQGV)

285 Truth be told, I had something nice planned for next Sunday, but now I'm thinking: Side Panel of Cereal Box!

Thanks all for your input!
Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025

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How about the back cover of Medicare for Dummies?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:29 AM (omVj0)

286 I don't even want to know.

As DEI Collapses, Billionaires Fund Radical Woke Math

Posted by: Sports Color Commentator at August 24, 2025 11:30 AM (L/fGl)

287 How about the back cover of Medicare for Dummies?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:29 AM (omVj0)
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Section 409(A) of the Internal Revenue Code!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:31 AM (dmH0a)

288 >>> 239 CO2-induced starvation update: US "Corn production is expected to hit a record 16.7 billion bushels in 2025, according to USDA projections...topping the 2023 peak of 15.3 billion.

...The question now is what to do with it all."
_msn.com
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:07 AM (5LCqK)

Silly presstitutes. Corn is for finishing cattle and bacon seeds.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 24, 2025 11:31 AM (ULPxl)

289 Speaking of war department books, I have my grandfather's copies of "Japan's Military Masters" and "Modern Battle". My grandfather was a major general in the transport corps (or whatever the proper name for that part of the Army was) but was stationed stateside during the war. I didn't find his copy of "How the Jap Army Fights", though.

Posted by: who knew at August 24, 2025 11:31 AM (+ViXu)

290 I just sent you an email. It's definitely possible.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Will take a look. Thanks, Perfessor.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 24, 2025 11:32 AM (/RHNq)

291 Don't let the non-contributing buttholes get you down, Weasel. We're very grateful for your Readin' Threads.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 11:32 AM (JmxXa)

292 Just remember, *eating* the box is NOT a part of a balanced breakfast!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 11:28 AM (IBQGV)

Why not? It's fiber. Wood fiber, but....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 11:32 AM (0eaVi)

293 I find a Kindle e-ink device extremely easy on the eyes. A tablet is harder on them, at least for me.

Print books are harder for me these days as well. Too many have print that's just too small for comfortable reading now, so the Kindle is my default.

My main complaint over the last week or two was Brian Boyd's two-volume (and thick volumes at that) biography of Nabokov. Grabbed it from interlibrary loan, got it home and started browsing through it, and couldn't read more than a few pages at a time. Thought I'd look at the ebooks (beastly expensive, though, from Princeton U Press -- what is it with university presses?) only to find Princeton put out ebooks of that set which are basically just PDF files, and you pretty much have to use a tablet for it, and even then you'll have font size problems. Pain in the kazoosis, lemme tell ya.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 11:33 AM (q3u5l)

294 Don't let the non-contributing buttholes get you down, Weasel. We're very grateful for your Readin' Threads.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 11:32 AM (JmxXa)
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Get me down? HA!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:33 AM (dmH0a)

295 Is an ebook the same as one on kindle?

Kindle is Amazon's proprietary ebook format. There are others. Barnes and Noble had their own called Nook that may or may not still exist. There are also "open" formats that can be used with free software.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 11:33 AM (j4v8P)

296

Reading is for Greek homos when de ain't stealing black people's music!

Posted by: Al Sharptongue at August 24, 2025 11:34 AM (a9s9e)

297 Don't let the non-contributing buttholes get you down, Weasel. We're very grateful for your Readin' Threads.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 11:32 AM (JmxXa)

I always open a can of VanCamp's Pork and Beans to spoon out and eat while readin' your Readin' Threads, Weasel.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 11:34 AM (iJfKG)

298 Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 11:34 AM (iJfKG)
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Nice selection!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:35 AM (dmH0a)

299 Just remember, *eating* the box is NOT a part of a balanced breakfast!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 11:28 AM (IBQGV)

But the fiber content is amazing!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 11:35 AM (oXp8/)

300 The M-14 service manual is also good reading

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 24, 2025 11:35 AM (36PRH)

301 Do any of you have books, or types of books, you like to read at different times of the year? I don't have summer reading or beach reading as such. But when it's cold and wet and I'm not leaving the house, I get out the books that suck me in for long sessions: LOTR (of course), George MacDonald fantasy, historical fiction from Cornwell and O'Brian, even the complete original Conan stories. It's hard to put down "Hour of the Dragon" once started. These are the kind I like to read when I only get up from my reading chair for another cup of tea or coffee and to make a meal.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 11:35 AM (yTvNw)

302
Thank you Weasel for continuing the book thread.....my favorite part of Ace's place....other than ...you know ...the constant Disney threads.

555

Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at August 24, 2025 11:36 AM (VYtfg)

303 Setting wheel bearings precisely makes them last far longer. But nobody has time for that. And as any shop owner can tell you, slightly loose means no problems.

Slightly tight, well the customer will be stranded on the side of the road with smoking bearings and Not Happy.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 11:36 AM (QGfnd)

304 I always open a can of VanCamp's Pork and Beans to spoon out and eat while readin' your Readin' Threads, Weasel.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025

***
"Says here this salsa was made in . . . Noo York City."

"NOO YAWK CITY????"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:37 AM (omVj0)

305 Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at August 24, 2025 11:36 AM (VYtfg)
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You bet!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:37 AM (dmH0a)

306 PDF files,
——

Very similar to VIN Numbers and ATM Machines I betcha

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 11:37 AM (QGfnd)

307 It is blistering hot outside this week, so I spend time reading.

Reading The Green Flash by Manning Coles. Tommy Hambledon is in Switzerland to speak to a reclusive explosives chemist, when he cheats death and is kidnapped by the SS, who drag him to Berlin on the misapprehension that HE is the chemist with the new formula for explosives.
Tommy has to pretend to be a chemist finishing his researches, of which he knows nothing, while trying to contact British Intelligence, avoid the swindler who knows who he is, and avoiding detection by the Nazi upper echelons, who he knew personally from when he lived in Germany in the 20's, all while continuing the covert war of sabotage in the heart of the Reich.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025 11:38 AM (rbvCR)

308 Never buy a book you don't have physical possession of.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:38 AM (5LCqK)

309 Wenda -- if thinking about ebooks, check out an e-ink device. A Kindle ereader rather than a Fire tablet (or other tablets). MUCH easier on the eyes, unlike tablets/computer screens, and the font size is easily adustable.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 11:38 AM (q3u5l)

310 In Alaska they know to keep their Bearings Straight...

Posted by: muldoon at August 24, 2025 11:38 AM (/iMjX)

311 OK! 11:39 thank you time!

Thank you all for being here and participating today, and hope to see you next Sunday!!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:39 AM (dmH0a)

312 In our world, "Deadwood" and "Tombstone" do not sound like places where genteel little old ladies gather for knitting circles. (I'm sure both towns eventually had genteel little old ladies and knitting circles, but that's not what comes to mind when you hear the names.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:39 AM (omVj0)

313 "Corn production is expected to hit a record...

...The question now is what to do with it all."

I live in Nebraska (as a matter of circumstance, not choice) and the other day the local NPR station was running a story about that and experiments to make bio- aviation fuel.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 11:40 AM (hXkPS)

314
Slightly tight, well the customer will be stranded on the side of the road with smoking bearings and Not Happy.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Tighten and back off 1/4 turn.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:40 AM (5LCqK)

315 Thank you to the Moron/ette who recommended Magpie Murders. I listened to them audiobook version of this "murder mystery surrounding a murder mystery." The audiobook used a woman narrator for the wrap-around murder mystery as the main character is a woman and a man for the "interior" murder mystery where the main character is a man. This worked really well.

My only quibble is with the ending, but then if people or characters acted perfectly logical there would be no resolution. 😆

Posted by: March Hare at August 24, 2025 11:40 AM (O/GSq)

316 Reading The Green Flash by Manning Coles. Tommy Hambledon is in Switzerland to speak to a reclusive explosives chemist, when he cheats death and is kidnapped by the SS, who drag him to Berlin on the misapprehension that HE is the chemist with the new formula for explosives.
Tommy has to pretend to be a chemist finishing his researches, of which he knows nothing, while trying to contact British Intelligence, avoid the swindler who knows who he is, and avoiding detection by the Nazi upper echelons, who he knew personally from when he lived in Germany in the 20's, all while continuing the covert war of sabotage in the heart of the Reich.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025

***
Is that the one with ulsenite, which Tommy refers to in private as "Poppo"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:40 AM (omVj0)

317 My grandfather might have enjoyed that government book on ball bearings. Hell, he might have helped write it. He maintained steam engines before WW I and after and was a stickler for maintaining precision tools and components.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 11:41 AM (yTvNw)

318 >>>experiments to make bio- aviation fuel.
Posted by: Oddbob
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We're on it.
_Boeing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:41 AM (5LCqK)

319 Never buy a book you don't have physical possession of.
Posted by: Braenyard

*********

That is something up with which we shall not put.

Posted by: muldoon at August 24, 2025 11:41 AM (/iMjX)

320 Thanks, Just Some Guy.

Posted by: Wenda at August 24, 2025 11:42 AM (sz3LH)

321 Just remember, *eating* the box is NOT a part of a balanced breakfast!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025
*
But the fiber content is amazing!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025

***
I think I read that Kellogg's Frosted Flakes boxes are good for your cholesterol. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:42 AM (omVj0)

322 Flannery O'Connor was the original Goth chick.
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is Dark AF.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 24, 2025 09:52 AM (DIweC)
~~~~~

Huh. Fordham = Jesuits. Figures they'd assign an author like that.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 24, 2025 11:43 AM (3ImbR)

323 Don't let the non-contributing buttholes get you down, Weasel. We're very grateful for your Readin' Threads.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2025 11:32 AM (JmxXa)

I always open a can of VanCamp's Pork and Beans to spoon out and eat while readin' your Readin' Threads, Weasel.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 11:34 AM (iJfKG)

To be fair I'm a non-contributing butthole but I don't complain about contributors.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 24, 2025 11:43 AM (kTd/k)

324 Wenda, you're welcome. But if you're an extremely fast reader, you may still find that the Kindle ereader slows you down some even if eyestrain's not so much of an issue.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 11:44 AM (q3u5l)

325 The M-14 service manual is also good reading

There is that scene in M*A*S*H where Potter is reading the M1 manual to an orphan. Put the little bugger right to sleep.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 11:44 AM (vzhRo)

326 Setting wheel bearings precisely makes them last far longer. But nobody has time for that. And as any shop owner can tell you, slightly loose means no problems.

Slightly tight, well the customer will be stranded on the side of the road with smoking bearings and Not Happy.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 11:36 AM (QGfnd)

Even with harleys. The wheels with timken bearings need to be set with .004 end play. Every time you do a new tire the bearings should be pulled, cleaned and regreased, checked for end play, and then new seals. Do owners do this? Noooo. The shims eventually crush over repeated axe tightenings, the end play gets less, the old grease becomes mud, and the wheel goes to shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:45 AM (snZF9)

327 Gettin' close to that time when I have to go do chores. (Miss Linda says, "Not 'chores'! You're not on a farm!" To which I reply, "I have livestock, don't I?")

Weasel, thanks for another solid Book Thread!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:46 AM (omVj0)

328 On that happy note, off to accomplish absolutely nothing here at Casa Some Guy.

Weasel, thanks for the thread.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 11:46 AM (q3u5l)

329 Do any of you have books, or types of books, you like to read at different times of the year?...

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 11:35 AM (yTvNw)

I tend to like reading ghost stories and horror as the autumn sets in and the weather becomes ~~cool~~ less hot (we are in Texas after all).

I also tend to read longer books or stories. I don't tend to reread things like LOTR unless it's been long enough that I forget enough of the story. Otherwise, I just wait for the parts I like as I'm reading and that makes the whole thing boring.

I may read some Thomas Pynchon this year or Nabokov or maybe DUNE or "Book of the New Sun" since it's been long time since I've read those two series.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2025 11:47 AM (iJfKG)

330 I'm thinking: Side Panel of Cereal Box!

Thanks all for your input!
Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:27 AM (dmH0a)

Cool. I'm doing my homework right now. Except it's a bag and does not have a side panel.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 11:47 AM (I0Uo2)

331 Mean tweets! Mean tweets!

Eric Adams@ericadamsfornyc
64 vs. 33. A lifetime of hard work vs. a silver spoon. The results speak for themselves.
The weight of the job is too heavy for “Mamscrawny.” The only thing he can lift is your taxes.

Posted by: Sports Color Commentator at August 24, 2025 11:47 AM (L/fGl)

332 >>>That is something up with which we shall not put.
~~~~~

Muldoon=grammar perfectionist.

Ending sentences with prepositions is something I am very frequently guilty of

Posted by: IrishEi at August 24, 2025 11:47 AM (3ImbR)

333 Tighten and back off 1/4 turn.
——-

Well, right. This will prevent un-pleasantness. And is quick. But the research from bearing manufacturers shows they will last almost indefinitely if the “preload” is set precisely, with a dial indicator.

Another interesting manual instruction, they all tell you to fill the wheel hub with grease, to a level even with the bearings. This is quite a lot of grease. Most mechanics decline, “I ain’t doin’ that!”. But they can’t explain why. Is the average wrench bender smarter than the engineers?

Torque specs and wrenches are another fun thing to watch. I’ve met more than a few who’ve no idea on how or why they are used, who should know better.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 11:48 AM (QGfnd)

334 Ending sentences with prepositions is something I am very frequently guilty of
Posted by: IrishEi at August 24, 2025

***
It was a rule for Latin and not so much for English.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:49 AM (omVj0)

335 Re: high minded bullshit.

I'm tired of hearing it from any Party. Democrats want to tell me they're for racial equality. Cool. Prove it.

Republicans tell me they're for strong families. Cool, prove it.

All I see around me is immiserated black people, and broken families, because there's no fucking work for the men of any race who want to put a nose to a grindstone.

I'm tired of hearing high minded talk from unaccountable rich folks working Mexican slaves.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2025 11:49 AM (BI5O2)

336 Many people noticed in Europe the Socialist parties and orgs always seemed to be run by wealthy incompetents, they claimed to want to help the poor, but made their lives immeasurably worse. Usually a pile of skulls

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 11:50 AM (QGfnd)

337 I did hone my reading skills as a kid on cereal boxes. Some of those word were pretty hard to sound out.

Mon O So dee umm glu...
The fuck am I eating?

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 11:50 AM (I0Uo2)

338 I did hone my reading skills as a kid on cereal boxes. Some of those word were pretty hard to sound out.

Mon O So dee umm glu...
The fuck am I eating?
Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 11:50 AM (I0Uo2)
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*fistbump*

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:51 AM (dmH0a)

339 FUN FACT: The Maintenance of Ball and Roller Bearings was Book One of a trilogy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 09:59 AM (dDmld)

Was Book Two Oiled Bronze, and Babbitt Metal Bushings?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025 11:52 AM (rbvCR)

340 Morning all.

Just ordered two books from Lay It Flat Publishing Group

Ultimate Guide to Home Butchering
Complete Book of Home Canning

Sprial bound so when it's laying open on the kitchen counter, it lays flat and doesn't try to close.

https://tinyurl.com/mry2mx78

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 11:53 AM (zXOsD)

341 Democrats want to tell me they're for racial equality
——-

You’ve been under a rock? That was 60, 40, 30 years ago.

Equality looks a whole lot like Discrimination, if you’ve been getting special favors. The new term is “Equity” which simply means Whitey needs to get fired, not hired, that kind of thing. Revenge, basically.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 11:53 AM (QGfnd)

342 I did hone my reading skills as a kid on cereal boxes. Some of those word were pretty hard to sound out.

Mon O So dee umm glu...
The fuck am I eating?
Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025

***
"Riboflavin" made me think of skeletons

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:54 AM (omVj0)

343 You get used to it after a while. Most fantasy cultures are reimagining existing cultures anyway. And if the story takes place on an alternate Earth timeline, why is an Arabic-sounding place name so surprising?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

The Galaxy's Edge series, which is up to 45 books now, by Anspach and Cole, has a race of imbecile, imperialist, horribly smelly and violent donkey-like creatures called the "Zhee." In all respects they are the perfect Islam/Muslim analog. The authors really lean into the similarity and I find it hilarious.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 24, 2025 11:55 AM (/RHNq)

344 I remember being amazed by sintered Oilite bearings as a little kid. How could oil soak into metal! What a country.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 11:55 AM (QGfnd)

345
Was Book Two Oiled Bronze, and Babbitt Metal Bushings?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025

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Why are they called "babbitt" bearings? I always think of the title character in the book by Sinclair Lewis, but he was a businessman, not an engineer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:56 AM (omVj0)

346 The alternative to "fire" is "shoot"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025 11:56 AM (rbvCR)

347 G'morn, y'all, or afternoon if East of me.

I was going to mention all the books Milady got for me for my birthday from a "cute little book store" she discovered, but I suspect I don't have time now.

Posted by: mindful webworker - slept late again at August 24, 2025 11:57 AM (i1iCx)

348 Equality looks a whole lot like Discrimination, if you’ve been getting special favors. The new term is “Equity” which simply means Whitey needs to get fired, not hired, that kind of thing. Revenge, basically.
Posted by: Common Tater

You know. Like fighting fire with fire.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at August 24, 2025 11:58 AM (L/fGl)

349 Economy strong. Food sucks. Prices too high.

There's why restaurants are struggling.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 11:58 AM (zXOsD)

350 I was going to mention all the books Milady got for me for my birthday from a "cute little book store" she discovered, but I suspect I don't have time now.
Posted by: mindful webworker - slept late again at August 24, 2025

***
Tell us about the best ones next week.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:58 AM (omVj0)

351 Did You Know?

Grease fittings are called “Zerks”. Most people don’t know why. They are named after their inventor. Ulysses Zerk. Now you know. Amaze your friends!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 11:58 AM (QGfnd)

352 Ooh ooh. Speaking of M1s and the book thread, I got a score at the used book store last week. Volumes 1 - 6 of the Garand Collectors' Association bound "best of" books for the cost of a single volume new.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 11:58 AM (XaEFY)

353 Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 11:58 AM (XaEFY)
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Nice!!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 11:59 AM (dmH0a)

354 Thanks, Weasel.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at August 24, 2025 11:59 AM (L/fGl)

355 I am re-reading "The Clash of Civilizations" by Samuel P. Huntington. When I first read it about 10 years ago, he mentioned Ukraine and how it is divided between the Catholic western half and the Russian Orthodox eastern half. I am not yet at that part of the book yet.

But something caught my attention. He mentioned the conflict between the Armenia and Azerbajian. Well, how about that recent news? What can Trump not do?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 24, 2025 12:00 PM (ZmEVT)

356 I think the term is Loose, and the French command is "tirez"

I wonder what the Welsh command would be?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025 12:00 PM (rbvCR)

357 WE HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 12:01 PM (+qU29)

358 Nood...CBD

Posted by: joemarine at August 24, 2025 12:01 PM (y171U)

359 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2025 12:01 PM (NcvvS)

360 I think the term is Loose, and the French command is "tirez"

I wonder what the Welsh command would be?
Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025

***
I think "tirez" can also mean "Pull." I see it on the multilingual instructions on hand towel dispensers in public restrooms all the time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 12:01 PM (omVj0)

361 We put the Fun in Disfunctional.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 24, 2025 12:01 PM (ZmEVT)

362 Ultimate Guide to Home Butchering
Complete Book of Home Canning

Any editor or publisher who allows those words in a nonfiction title needs to be knouted.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 12:01 PM (XaEFY)

363 Grease fittings are called “Zerks”. Most people don’t know why. They are named after their inventor. Ulysses Zerk. Now you know. Amaze your friends!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 11:58 AM (QGfnd)

Biggest cause of failure in bearings is these fittings.
Clean them well before attaching the grease gun. If you don't you will push dirt in with the grease and bearings hate dirt.

Posted by: Reforger at August 24, 2025 12:05 PM (I0Uo2)

364 Really, we have a new thread

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 12:06 PM (+qU29)

365 Ultimate Guide to Home Butchering
Complete Book of Home Canning

Any editor or publisher who allows those words in a nonfiction title needs to be knouted.
Posted by: Oddbob

Waiting on the "101 Way To Serve Your Fellow Man" book.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 12:09 PM (zXOsD)

366 Torque specs and wrenches are another fun thing to watch. I’ve met more than a few who’ve no idea on how or why they are used, who should know better.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Yeah, 1/4 turn is a bit much but .004 on the Harley. That's critical.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 12:15 PM (5LCqK)

367 The sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 was the unfortunately named George Gay.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 24, 2025 10:28 AM (L/fGl)

George Kirby Gay built the first brick building in Polk County Oregon, and was both one of the men who brought cattle up from California, and one of the men who were involved in the votes and movements to declare the Oregon territory an American region.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025 12:18 PM (rbvCR)

368 Beowulf:

'. . . Now flames, the blazing fire, must devour the lord of warriors who often endured the iron-tipped arrow shower, when the dark cloud loosed by bow strings broke above the shield wall, quivering; when the eager shaft, with its feather garb, discharged its duty to the barb.'

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025 12:20 PM (rbvCR)

369 Only a little over a week before the new Cormoran Strike detective book is out. I'm rereading the series to prepare for it.

Can't say enough good things about these books. JK Rowling has really hit a home run with these. She's even got me highly invested in the romance arc.

Posted by: Splunge at August 24, 2025 12:26 PM (d03xA)

370 ***
Is that the one with ulsenite, which Tommy refers to in private as "Poppo"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 11:40 AM (omVj0)

It is, and it is as fun as you remember it, in that particularly light hearted bloodthirsty way that Tommy brings to all situations.

Tommy Hambleton was a far better character than James Bond. He just didn't get hot chicks.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025 12:28 PM (rbvCR)

371 Grease fittings are called “Zerks”. Most people don’t know why. They are named after their inventor. Ulysses Zerk. Now you know. Amaze your friends!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 11:58 AM (QGfnd)

Zerks are almost absolutely the same design as a ball-point pen, except the gooey stuff goes the other direction

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2025 12:32 PM (rbvCR)

372 I guess I have to go clean my Zerk.

Posted by: Splunge at August 24, 2025 12:34 PM (d03xA)

373 Amazon prices are inconsistent and can change a lot ~~overnight~~ in seconds. FIFY
Posted by: JTB
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(Let's see if I have the control characters correct)
Not inconsistent. Amazon runs a very complex algorithm for pricing that tries to optimize (in terms of THEIR profit) the supply/demand curve instantaneously.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 24, 2025 12:36 PM (dWdRv)

374 i've had ball bearing and roller bearing crankshaft motorcycles. but the real deal is lignum vitae pillow block carriers like in lift stations and props for diesel ships. most of these have been running for over a hundred years and are still in service. self lubricating, self healing.

Posted by: cmeat at August 24, 2025 12:37 PM (hMrQx)

375 252 If you don't like it, you can steer clear. There's no trail boss horsewhipping you into the book thread.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

--

*drops lariat and pushes it behind stack of books with the tip of stompy boot.*

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 12:42 PM (Mgy3C)

376 The Last Crusader by de wolfe
If you are ever in Barcelona, the ship was built there and the old shipyard is now a a naval museum with the Don Juan Ship--dominating, beautiful, and fearsome

Posted by: sharon at August 24, 2025 12:51 PM (WKNzA)

377 Using language and grammar consistent with the historical setting is difficult. If you get too "authentic", reading can become a chore, like reading Chaucer for an assignment. Not attempting to eliminate modern idiom broadens the appeal, but is going to be off putting to at least some part of your intended audience.
I think I've mentioned this before, but, IMNSHO, the best example of how to thread this needle is The Golden Warrior by Hope Muntz. In today's parlance, a one-year wonder, but an amazingly easy read that still reminds you that you are in the 11th century.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 24, 2025 01:00 PM (dWdRv)

378 FSCK autocucumber. "One-hit wonder, not "one-year wonder".

Posted by: buddhaha at August 24, 2025 01:03 PM (dWdRv)

379 also reading Brother Caedfel series and also Richard and Saladin by Roberts

Posted by: sharon at August 24, 2025 01:04 PM (WKNzA)

380 My brother claims the smell of old books provokes him to rush to the toilet (i.e., as a laxative).

Posted by: pikkumatti at August 24, 2025 11:09 AM (FY8nG)

Me too

Posted by: LASue at August 24, 2025 01:09 PM (lCppi)

381 CREATION MYTHS OF PRIMITIVE AMERICA:
in Relation to The Religious History and
Mental Development of Mankind
BY JEREMIAH CURTIN 1898.

Curtin had done all of the field work - he was a polyglot and polymath - but died (1904) before he finished writing the series. Others took up the task and everything was wrapped up by 1923.

.epub and .mobi can be found at Project Gutenberg:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1053

PDF at:

archive.org/details/creation-myths-of-primitive-america

Posted by: 13times at August 24, 2025 01:43 PM (hwIQ8)

382 "Helen of Troy, the daughter of Leda and of Zeus [the divine swan], the overarching heaven, with all its light; Norwan, daughter of the earth; and the Algonkin hero whose place is taken by Hiawatha, are all different representatives of the same person, different expressions for the same phenomenon;

that person or phenomenon is the warm air which dances above the earth in fine weather."

Everyone fights over sweet Helen.

Posted by: 13times at August 24, 2025 01:51 PM (hwIQ8)

Daily Tech News 24 August 2025

Top Story

Who are the 400 million people who made Threads the second most popular discussion platform after only Twitter? (Mashable)

The article doesn't seem to understand its own conclusion: That these are the same people who made The Big Bang Theory the most popular show on television: Bipedal sphex wasps.

In short, they don't exist, or at least not as recognisably individual human beings. They are trivially interchangeable corporate drones, the same people who made CB (formerly Cracker Barrel, the nation's foremost fine dining cheese experience) a household name for all the wrong reasons.
Speaking of households, I peeked out of mine this afternoon. It was a warm winter's day, so I essayed out to tackle the easiest part of the garden - the patch of lawn nearest the house - which was dusted with small weeds and could do with a trim before the season kicks off for real next month.

Even my smaller lawnmower (an 18V Bosch unit) could handle the task, though I did need to swap batteries at the midpoint because I had neglected to do so before putting it away for the winter.

On the other hand, that virus really did a number on me, and I also needed to recharge half-way through mowing less than half the lawn. It'll likely be weeks before I'm back to normal.
Also had a migraine. Just 'cause.

Tech News

Will Trump help 4Chan escape the UK's Thought Police? (The Verge) (archive site)

Uncertain but hopeful. Certainly someone needs to drag the Latter Day Stasi to one side before they bring down the entire internet in civil war.
Will the FTC help Europe escape its own catastrophic meddling in critical internet security protocols? (Bleeping Computer)

So many idiots, so little time.
Coinbase's CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn't try AI immediately. (Tech Crunch)

Because he's an asshole.
"I jumped on this call on Saturday and there were a couple people that had not done it. Some of them had a good reason, because they were just getting back from some trip or something, and some of them didn't [have a good reason]. And they got fired."
And then Coinbase was nuked from orbit, and oh how we laughed.
InnoDisk demonstrated DDR5 MRDIMMs running at capacities up to 128GB and speeds up to 12,800MHz. (Serve the Home)

These could be interesting in a second-generation AMD Strix Halo desktop - expandable memory and 50% more bandwidth than the soldered solutions currently availabe.

Musical Interlude

In the original Predatorese.

Extended play version in English.

Disclaimer: Who knew that was a cover?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 04:30 AM (aURVT)

2 Oink!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at August 24, 2025 04:30 AM (zdKZs)

3 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at August 24, 2025 04:37 AM (dL2Vj)

4 wait wait wait

4chan can hire lawyers?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2025 04:37 AM (0CU3H)

5 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 04:38 AM (E+OH8)

6 "InnoDisk demonstrated DDR5 MRDIMMs running at capacities up to 128GB and speeds up to 12,80MHz."

From the article:
The MCR DIMM , short for Multiplexer Combined Rank DIMM, is a higher bandwidth slotted memory solution that Intel has been touting for over a year and a half. Ultimately, we believe it will give way to another technology, and shockingly quickly.

Intel. Ooops. Again.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at August 24, 2025 04:41 AM (zdKZs)

7 >>>So many idiots, so little time.

So evergreen!

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 04:42 AM (aURVT)

8 PIXY

why does my WIN11 laptop go bluescreen and ask me to enter a bitlocker key

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2025 04:43 AM (AOsQT)

9 >>>It'll likely be weeks before I'm back to normal.

Booooo! Bad virus.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 04:45 AM (aURVT)

10 The idiocy has been going on for a long time and has given the idiots time to increase their numbers.

Posted by: clarence at August 24, 2025 04:45 AM (dL2Vj)

11 Don Black - unfortunately I can't think of any good reason.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 24, 2025 04:46 AM (BLOW1)

12 According to Gold, "Thank You for Being a Friend" was "just this little throwaway thing" that took him "about an hour to write." (Wikipedia)

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 04:52 AM (aURVT)

13 I never had on my bingo card the US government saving 4Chan from the UK government.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 24, 2025 04:58 AM (zdKZs)

14 13 I never had on my bingo card the US government saving 4Chan from the UK government.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 24, 2025 04:58 AM (zdKZs)

But it rocks!

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 04:59 AM (aURVT)

15 why does my WIN11 laptop go bluescreen and ask me to enter a bitlocker key

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2025 04:43 AM (AOsQT)
-

So I asked Grok:

https://tinyurl.com/tp8ryvn9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 05:00 AM (E+OH8)

16 The song was recorded by Cynthia Fee to serve as the theme song for the NBC sitcom The Golden Girls.... (Wikipedia)

Maybe it could serve as the theme song for a Cracker Barrel commercial.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 05:02 AM (aURVT)

17 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 24, 2025 05:03 AM (ErLti)

18 G'Day everyone
Time to make coffee

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 05:14 AM (+qU29)

19 Andrew Gold bears a resemblance to the Brothers Gibb.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 05:15 AM (aURVT)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 24, 2025 05:16 AM (tljrc)

21
The Coinbase CEO should use my nic instead of whatever spawned it named it.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 05:17 AM (ddp/T)

22 From the article:
The MCR DIMM , short for Multiplexer Combined Rank DIMM, is a higher bandwidth slotted memory solution that Intel has been touting for over a year and a half. Ultimately, we believe it will give way to another technology, and shockingly quickly.

Intel. Ooops. Again.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

MRDIMM / MCRDIMM seems to be interchangeable though maybe slightly different implementations of the same idea: Pack two DIMMs worth of chips onto one physical DIMM and run it twice as fast.

Intel vs. AMD is a lot less interchangeable. These only work properly on Intel; on AMD chips they run, but not only do they fail to hit 12,800MHz, they don't work at any speed beyond the minimum of 3200MHz for DDR5.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 24, 2025 05:17 AM (BLOW1)

23 Re the bitlocker stuff.

My wife's desktop is on Windows 11, so I need to ensure that she has a copy of her keys somewhere. (Like our linux fileserver)

I only boot into Windows to play games on Steam and I haven't done that in months.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 05:25 AM (ddp/T)

24 a summary version of the 4chan article, from the end of the article:

[Preston Byrne, a First Amendment lawyer]: “None of my clients, including 4chan, will allow themselves to be deputized by a hostile foreign government which wants to censor its own people,” he wrote. “[British regulator] Ofcom has the power, if it wants, to get a court order and serve that order on UK-based ISPs to DNS block 4chan. That is entirely a domestic UK matter for Ofcom and the British courts to decide upon.”

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 05:35 AM (aURVT)

25 and an example of US companies being deputized to censor foreign-based ISPs:

“several major U.S. companies — including Reddit, Bluesky, X, and Grindr — were forced to implement age verification systems that haphazardly blocked some or all access for users [in the UK] who didn’t want to hand over an ID or face scan”

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 05:39 AM (aURVT)

26

Cold Fusion for the Win!

Posted by: Autosucking Ice-cream Dick at August 24, 2025 05:42 AM (a9s9e)

27 There was a dear lady at the funeral which I conducted for J. yesterday At the funeral home ( well, there was more than one, but she had an interesting story). She looked familiar and she said after the service. "Do you remember me.? I came into J's room when you were visiting and I sang " How great thou art" with you.? She is the nursing home hairdresser . I guess J was such a dear person that the hairdresser was fond of her almost like a mother. I thought that was lovely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 05:52 AM (2GCMq)

28 https://tinyurl.com/3z3cxmf8
20 Posts from Doug Ross Substack

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 05:57 AM (+qU29)

29 I am sorry that you have a migraine, Pixy. I think you should take some days off even from here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 06:01 AM (2GCMq)

30 And here's a wonderful hymn: " How great thou art "

https://tinyurl.com/hyxv7d8n

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 06:05 AM (2GCMq)

31 Teens knock down door of burning home to save dogs:

https://tinyurl.com/53wvtt3v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 06:09 AM (2GCMq)

32 G'mornin' everyone!

LOL, Pixy, ": Bipedal sphex wasps."

always one of the best threads on the blog, every day! Bravo!

Hope you feel better soon!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2025 06:13 AM (ppG5b)

33 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 24, 2025 06:19 AM (4NhiA)

34 @NEWSMAX 4h
Prospective home buyers in the United States set an all-time high record of purchase contract cancellations in July
----

They are waiting for interest rates to drop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:20 AM (5LCqK)

35 Evening to Pixy -- I hope your personal batteries are back to full charge soon! And morning to you early risers.

I've fed my own sphexes, aka the cats, and am having coffee. How about you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:24 AM (omVj0)

36 I like that song "Thank you for being a friend." Thanks, Pixy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 06:24 AM (+U9BP)

37
Good morning, Hordians. Went to Mass yesterday afternoon - a rebarbative experience - so no need to get up early today. Last day of work at the Toy Dog show.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 06:26 AM (kkTda)

38 Odd dream last night: I was slated to take a school bus to *work* for some reason. But nobody could tell me which bus, or where and what time to catch it. I was preparing to call the school board office, and bracing for a long frustrating session on hold (while listening to a symphonic arrangement of the Hawaii Five-O theme), when I woke up.

Apparently -- and Fen asked me about this -- the dreams I recall often revolve around *trying to find out something*, or a search for something. The search might only be for a clean bathroom, but I'm usually hunting something, a place or a fact.

Which tells me something. I'm just not sure what.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:29 AM (omVj0)

39 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: GET TO DA CHOPPAH!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025 06:29 AM (WvZaB)

40 I've never seen Predator, and of the actors in the end credits, I recognized only Arnold and Jesse Ventura. How old is that film, late Eighties?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:34 AM (omVj0)

41 Once again the morning hunt begins for the motivation to go walk. I know I saw it around here on Friday. Maybe the cats shredded it and I threw it away, thinking it was garbage.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:36 AM (omVj0)

42 Trump administration house-cleaning and firings at the Pentagon, as late Friday it was reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed...:

director of (DIA), Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse
head of the Navy Reserve, Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore,
Naval Special Warfare Command, Rear Adm. Milton Sands

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:36 AM (5LCqK)

43
Unfortunately, virtually all of my dreams feature me doing or saying something stupid, or being put in a ridiculous situation, or having to manage something with inadequate or no means to do so. Never, but never, in them am I accomplished or commanding or admired or desirable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 06:38 AM (kkTda)

44 I've never seen Predator, and of the actors in the end credits, I recognized only Arnold and Jesse Ventura. How old is that film, late Eighties?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:34 AM (omVj0)
----------
You've never heard of Carl Weathers?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025 06:40 AM (WvZaB)

45 G'morning Horde.

Pixy: Good articles today, and I'm glad you're recovering, but I'm sorry you suffered the migraine. Those are... awful.

About MCRDIMM memory: My eyes land on that and I keep trying to parse Roman Numerals.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2025 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

46 I've never seen Predator, and of the actors in the end credits, I recognized only Arnold and Jesse Ventura. How old is that film, late Eighties?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025
----------
You've never heard of Carl Weathers?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025

***
Ack. After I pressed "Post," I realized I'd forgotten him. Okay, three out of the main cast I know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:42 AM (omVj0)

47 Nawlins connection:

Carl Weathers was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1948. (IMDB)

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 06:43 AM (aURVT)

48 Ack. After I pressed "Post," I realized I'd forgotten him. Okay, three out of the main cast I know.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:42 AM (omVj0)
------------
That's OK. I haven't seen any of the other guys in anything but Predator, either.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025 06:44 AM (WvZaB)

49 Bill Duke looks familiar, but I don't recognize the name.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:44 AM (omVj0)

50 45 About MCRDIMM memory: My eyes land on that and I keep trying to parse Roman Numerals.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2025 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 06:47 AM (aURVT)

51
I may have seen Carl Weathers elsewhere but the only movie I associate his name with is Force 10 from Navarone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 06:48 AM (kkTda)

52 I may have seen Carl Weathers elsewhere but the only movie I associate his name with is Force 10 from Navarone.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 06:48 AM (kkTda)
---------
He was Rocky's opponent (and later friend) in the Rocky movies.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025 06:48 AM (WvZaB)

53 Let's replace Coinbase's pointy headed CEO with a chatbot and see if anyone notices.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2025 06:49 AM (T9VmS)

54 MPPPP! It's Vera Miles' 95th birthday:

Westerns & the Old West
@DavidLambertArt
12h
Happy 95th Birthday to Vera Miles, born Vera June Ralston

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 06:50 AM (aURVT)

55 "I've never seen Predator, and of the actors in the end credits, I recognized only Arnold and Jesse Ventura. How old is that film, late Eighties?"

1987.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 06:54 AM (ddp/T)

56 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025 06:55 AM (WvZaB)

57 thoughtful thread @aelfred_D

Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
18h
One of the hardest things about suicide is we tend to view it as coloring the whole life before it.

An easy example is DFW. He ultimately killed himself, so that vitiates a lot of his work, the idea goes.

No. He lost the fight one day. He won it for thousands of others.

1/4

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 06:56 AM (aURVT)

58 Golfing with president Trump.

https://tinyurl.com/3and63tn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:57 AM (5LCqK)

59 Dallas, Fort Worth?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:59 AM (5LCqK)

60
Dallas, Fort Worth?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:59 AM (5LCqK)

__________

David Foster Wallace. An author read by status-anxious AWFLs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 07:02 AM (kkTda)

61 Golfing with president Trump.

https://tinyurl.com/3and63tn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:57 AM (5LCqK)
-

WINNING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (E+OH8)

62 @49

>>Bill Duke looks familiar, but I don't recognize the name.

Bill Duke, plays the big surly black dude/president/official in a lot of films.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)

63 Bill Duke, plays the big surly black dude

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)
-

Oh.

So not Patty's brother?

OR IS HE?????????

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 07:06 AM (E+OH8)

64
Oh Lord, it's the Red Sox and Yankees on Sunday Night Baseball. ESPN's coverage will be even more nauseatingly over the top. Plus a four hour game.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 07:07 AM (kkTda)

65 Hope you are back to 100% soon. Lots of stuff to do.

Posted by: Pamazon at August 24, 2025 07:09 AM (b5MGU)

66 @pixy, do you mow your lawn for the exercise or because it has to be done?

I've had a robot mower for about a year now. It does not require a wired perimeter and actually uses the RTK technology used by modern farmers to place crops within inches of the desired planting location. The company claims to be (IIRC) German (the support addresses have a .eu component) but the mower itself was built in Shenzhen, PRC.

It's a mammotion mower bought in 2024. It worked well for almost a year, but I have had recent problems resulting in 2 shipments to a repair facility. (Both on the company's dime and the 2nd repair ongoing.) I believe my issues with the mower (power-off in the middle of mowing) are temperature/battery related. In fairness, the company has been responsive to my complaints; OTOH, the issue wasn't fixed after the first repair.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 07:10 AM (ddp/T)

67 This is Water by David Foster Wallace (Full Transcript and Audio)

https://fs.blog/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 07:12 AM (aURVT)

68 Morning peeps.

Light fog this cool morning, and it's extremely quiet. Good morning to sit on the porch with my coffee and commiserate with the cats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 07:13 AM (Q4IgG)

69 I had "the golf dream," where everything other than playing golf is involved.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 24, 2025 07:13 AM (ZmEVT)

70 Bill Duke, plays the big surly black dude/president/official in a lot of films.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)

He gets dropped off a balcony by Richard Gere in "American Gigolo."

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 24, 2025 07:14 AM (h/ffs)

71 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 24, 2025 07:15 AM (XQo4F)

72 Good morning morons

Pixy, a prayer for your complete and immediate recovery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

73 Solo Beats 4 ....passed the "Pneuma" test 1/2 off @ Amazon

Posted by: qmark at August 24, 2025 07:17 AM (+t9Oi)

74 62 @49

>>Bill Duke looks familiar, but I don't recognize the name.

Bill Duke, plays the big surly black dude/president/official in a lot of films.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)

Plays a corrupt cop in Payback (loosely based on the first Parker novel).

Posted by: long tall sally, she got everything at August 24, 2025 07:17 AM (SSEhk)

75 Bill Duke, plays the big surly black dude/president/official in a lot of films.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)

He gets gutted like a fish in "No Man's Land" with Charlie Sheen.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 24, 2025 07:19 AM (h/ffs)

76 SanFranpsycho, Good morning. What's for breakfast?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:20 AM (dxWFK)

77 @Osint613 . 5m

Khamenei:

“A war was imposed on us. The Iranian nation stood firmly against it with great strength, capturing the world’s attention. Iran gained a special magnificence in the eyes of the world.”

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:20 AM (5LCqK)

78 thank you for your responses to my Bitlocker question-
seems Microsoft likes to make things unbelievably complicated, for my protection

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2025 07:23 AM (AOsQT)

79 G'morning all, from beautiful Lake Keowee. Visited Whitewater Falls in NC yesterday. 411 ft tall waterfall. Very nice.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 24, 2025 07:24 AM (14NAx)

80 In northern Egypt, a resort village named Marina Delta was built in the shape of a menorah, and it is now sparking a major uproar in Arab media

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:24 AM (5LCqK)

81 Australia has some full on anti-Israel hate going .

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:26 AM (dxWFK)

82 I first learned of “The Barrel” joke in a professional training environment in the late ‘70s. It was told by a professor when describing a less-than desirable daily assignment. I can’t imagine any professional workplace today where a mentor would use that joke.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 24, 2025 07:27 AM (1FEc1)

83 mornin yall. I believe Bitlocker has caused more sorrow than it has prevented. Thanks a lot, Microsquat.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

84 I don't know, robot lawn mover then next you know it wants to borrow the car, or starts demanding weekends off.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 07:27 AM (+qU29)

85 The Tafach neighborhood, a large Hamas stronghold in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, has been completely wiped off.
---

And that's a good thing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:28 AM (5LCqK)

86 Nnnnnnngh...... Up early to take care of Lil Pooky after a night of almost no sleep. Pooky tried to dismantle his CPAP in the middle of the night yet again, and tried to convince me that "they" are stopping him from creating his own type of mask. His bladder infection seems to be fending off this second round of antibiotics. I am very close to putting him in the hospital just so they can sedate him. He hasn't really slept for over a month now, and therefore neither have I.

Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 24, 2025 07:28 AM (ue9rP)

87 I had "the golf dream," where everything other than playing golf is involved.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 24, 2025 07:13 AM (ZmEVT)
-

/claps

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 07:28 AM (E+OH8)

88 84 I don't know, robot lawn mover then next you know it wants to borrow the car, or starts demanding weekends off.
Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 07:27 AM (+qU29)

Starts sleeping with your wife.
No good can come of it.

Posted by: battery-operated terminator at August 24, 2025 07:30 AM (SSEhk)

89 I saw a robot mower this summer, they look very cool.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 07:31 AM (RIvkX)

90 In California news, "Suspect stops for gas in the middle of high speed car chase with cops – and still gets away"

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

91 Just looked up some Robot Lawnmowers, they are quite pricey and only go up to 2acres.

I have a JD lawn tractor for such things, takes a couple hours to mow.

That's what Sunday's are for.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:32 AM (XV/Pl)

92 He hasn't really slept for over a month now, and therefore neither have I.
Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted
----------------

I'll put a word in for you two and also ask for decision help.
He's needs his sleep and you need your rest.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:32 AM (5LCqK)

93 VIA. Say hi to Lake Keowee for me, lived on the lake for 7 years. Loved the lake and the people of Seneca and Clemson. Hated the heat and humidity so we moved north. Need to go back sometime and see how things have changed.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 24, 2025 07:33 AM (2NHgQ)

94 "That's what Sunday's are for.
Posted by: Thomas Bender "

Oh, no, I am explicitly forbidden from mowing on Sunday by Mrs fd.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

95 Not sleeping isn't good, those 3 months on night shift was all the time tired. Been pretty good since got off that.
It will be back soon enough but should be a week or two only.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 07:34 AM (+qU29)

96 Hope Musk keeps his price point on his robot.
Hopefully it will learn to cook. As far as the lawn, I'll keep it away from the rider but teaching it to use the push mower and weedeater shouldn't be difficult.
I'll let it use the electric chainsaw but I'm keeping my hand on the plug.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:36 AM (5LCqK)

97 “A war was imposed on us. The Iranian nation stood firmly against it with great strength, capturing the world’s attention. Iran gained a special magnificence in the eyes of the world.”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:20 AM (5LCqK)

- they imposed this war
- they buckled like an apprentice pimp
- most of the world gave zero foxes
- they got hit by a couple bombs and wet themselves. How magnificent.

Standard IR press release. Every single dependent clause contains at least one lie.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2025 07:37 AM (3pmZ8)

98 I meant independent. But whatever, I'm still asleep.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2025 07:39 AM (3pmZ8)

99 “ Praise the Lord, all you nations;
extol him, all you peoples.
For great is his love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord.”

Psalm 117

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (mHvan)

100 The 1937 Snow White is on Free-form channel, doughty seen this in 50 years

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (+qU29)

101 100

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (aURVT)

102 Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 24, 2025 07:28 AM (ue9rP)

He may need IV administration of antibiotic, and maybe a nice trazadone for a night's sleep.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

103 @101/m: Missed it by THAT much.

Posted by: Maxwell Smart at August 24, 2025 07:42 AM (O7YUW)

104 103 @101/m: Missed it by THAT much.
Posted by: Maxwell Smart at August 24, 2025 07:42 AM (O7YUW)

: (

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 07:45 AM (aURVT)

105 > I have a JD lawn tractor for such things, takes a couple hours to mow.

That's what Sunday's are for.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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I spent a couple hours on my Kubota tractor mowing some of our property yesterday. Once the dew dries I'll get to the rest. It was really dry and dusty too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 07:45 AM (Q4IgG)

106 @Osint613
1h
WILD 🔴

Reform rabbis held a protest prayer against Israel at the opening of a rally attended by Rashida Tlaib.

And then, in what seemed like a divine coincidence, during the Torah reading of that very portion, they came to the promise of the Land of Israel to the people of Israel:

“Live in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will uphold the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.”

So what did they do?
They read the verses in a whisper, quickly, nervously, hoping no one will catch on.

You can’t make this up

https://tinyurl.com/yc6nh2ty

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:46 AM (5LCqK)

107 103 @101/m: Missed it by THAT much.
Posted by: Maxwell Smart at August 24, 2025 07:42 AM (O7YUW)

: (

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 07:45 AM (aURVT)
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You and Skip.

Water Soakers at 20 paces.

Don't forget to upload the video.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 07:48 AM (E+OH8)

108 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:46 AM (5LCqK)
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Oh, the irony!

Bil'am's descendants.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 07:50 AM (E+OH8)

109 Run your own server? Now you have to worry about AI squatting on it:

"At OpenAI, a model named “o1” was caught trying to copy itself onto external servers, then lied about the attempt when questioned"

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:51 AM (vFG9F)

110 Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (mHvan

Very nice passage. Thanks, Marcus!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 07:53 AM (2GCMq)

111 *looks at AI diktat*

"OK, Boss, this AI will be a game-changer! You are genius!!*

*goes back to coding as normal*

Posted by: What a smart Coinbase programmer would do at August 24, 2025 07:55 AM (PiwSw)

112 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate include avoiding plane flights, choosing not to get a dog and using renewable electricity."

Did AI tell them this? I hope it was using renewable energy.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:58 AM (vFG9F)

113 I think AI just doesn't like dogs.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

114 112 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate include avoiding plane flights, choosing not to get a dog and using renewable electricity."

Did AI tell them this? I hope it was using renewable energy.
Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:58 AM (vFG9F)

"not using plane flights"

That's just for the proles, dear, not us.

Posted by: WEF attendees, giving assurances at August 24, 2025 08:01 AM (PiwSw)

115 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate include avoiding plane flights, choosing not to get a dog and using renewable electricity."

I would like to know what "help the climate" looks like.

Who knew that having a dog could change your local weather.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:03 AM (a4flb)

116 They can't help themselves by not thinking the weather is a human problem

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 08:05 AM (+qU29)

117 To hell with the climate, I'm keeping my dog.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:05 AM (vFG9F)

118
I think AI just doesn't like dogs.
Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

_________

Dog >>>> AI

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 08:05 AM (kkTda)

119
Good morning, everyone. Community dark roast mixed 50/50 with Community chicory. Wakes me right up. No mowing for Bif anymore after the knees went on strike. Smash hired a local small business landscaper to do all that for me.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 24, 2025 08:06 AM (QVmho)

120 George Carlin sez the planet is fine:

https://youtu.be/arbpu1xKAow

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2025 08:09 AM (XQo4F)

121 The climate has been changing for billions of years. Get over it.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 08:12 AM (dxWFK)

122 >> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 07:53 AM (2GCMq)

Thank you ma’am. God Bless, and GodBless all of God’s people here who are in need.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 08:13 AM (aoC8T)

123 How many airplane flights = 1 dog?

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:13 AM (vFG9F)

124 Do you know what has infinite more to do with the weather than your Dog?
Your Sun

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 08:14 AM (+qU29)

125 > Good morning, everyone. Community dark roast mixed 50/50 with Community chicory. Wakes me right up.
-----------
I've been a fan of Community Coffee for years. I periodically get a variety pack of 3 different blends off Amazon... 36 K-cups.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 08:14 AM (Q4IgG)

126 And more importantly, how many airplane flights = 1 cat?

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:15 AM (vFG9F)

127 >>“Live in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will uphold the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.”

lol.

I wondered how they were going to navigate so many parts of the Old Testament/Tirah that have similar references…Joshua, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, etc.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 08:15 AM (aoC8T)

128 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate include avoiding plane flights, choosing not to get a dog and using renewable electricity."

I'm guessing that the author of this article has a neighbor in the adjoining apartment that has a loud continuously barking dog.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:15 AM (a4flb)

129 *Torah. No offense meant. Just bad spelling.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 08:15 AM (aoC8T)

130 I going to take this further and suggest that using hamsters to power a blog is destroying the climate.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

131 I wondered how they were going to navigate so many parts of the Old Testament/Tirah that have similar references…Joshua, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, etc.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 08:15 AM (aoC8T)
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They wouldn't be counted in my minyan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 08:18 AM (RIvkX)

132 It looks like the climate today will change from partly cloudy to mostly cloudy.

*glares at Bruno*

Just kidding, boy.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:18 AM (vFG9F)

133 Asking for suggestions. We have to replace our desktop computer which can't be upgraded to Windows 11. We were thinking of a laptop, 14 inch or so screen. We do not need some fancy gaming machine since we don't play computer games of any kind. It's main use will be for email, doing TurboTax, Youtube, online banking, and similar mundane WiFi things.

- No using the Cloud for storage, internal to the machine only.
- I want a mouse or mouse pad, not touch screen or touch screen only.
- Windows 11.
- Able to accept external CD or DVD players.

Any thoughts?
Thanks

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:19 AM (yTvNw)

134 >> They wouldn't be counted in my minyan.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 08:18 AM (RIvkX)

lol. Imagine being so lost you have to corrupt scripture to make your points.

I can’t even.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 08:20 AM (4caix)

135 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate..."

At this point, all climate claims are about keeping the Green New Deal grift money flowing.

CO2 is plant food. You want more plants, emit more CO2 and you get more green using less water. This is a fact.

China is building gigawatts of new coal fired power every month. Your dog's flatulence is not going to compete with burning 410 tons of coal per 1 GWh of electricity.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:21 AM (a4flb)

136 I've been a fan of Community Coffee for years. I periodically get a variety pack of 3 different blends off Amazon... 36 K-cups.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025

***
They have several coffee shops here in town. Coffee is generally cheaper than at the other local chain, PJs, and just as good.

They used to have more shops, but Katrina and then the Sniffle Scare ruined that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 08:21 AM (omVj0)

137 I was surprised to learn yesterday the root of "Bethel". I wonder why they never taught us that in Sunday school. Yes, I know the story of Jacob, but never got the connection.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:22 AM (vFG9F)

138 Psalm 117
Posted by: Marcus T

Alleluia

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:24 AM (Mgy3C)

139 " Your dog's flatulence is not going to compete with burning 410 tons of coal per 1 GWh of electricity.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure"

You have never been stuck in a motorhome with my dog.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:25 AM (vFG9F)

140 "the top three individual actions that help the climate..."

Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!

Posted by: The Climate at August 24, 2025 08:26 AM (i0F8b)

141 want a mouse or mouse pad, not touch screen or touch screen only.
- Windows 11.
- Able to accept external CD or DVD players.

eBay the cheapest computer that fits that description - heck, you can probably find one at Goodwill or Salvation Army. At the level of your needs, a computer is a commodity object.

Developing software for over forty years, I have gone through all stages of computer platforms, operating systems, performance, yada yada.

I use what the client gives me (pretty much anyone doing financial work requires people to use company assets). For personal, I went from pricey notebooks, to a cockpit of three 4k monitors (main being 43") powered by an AMD processor NUC or mini-PC since that gives far more bang for the buck and I can toss the computer cube in the vault when I leave the property.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:27 AM (a4flb)

142 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate include avoiding plane flights, choosing not to get a dog and using renewable electricity."
Posted by: fd

Speaking of poor decisions keeping one poor - my daughter decided to spend her car payment $$ on her dog the last two months.

She is deep into the FA portion of her financial life.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 08:28 AM (cYBz/)

143 I went to the grocery store yesterday and noticed Halloween candy on display. Plus, pumpkin coffee creamer was available as well.

* looks at the calendar in the kitchen *

It's not even Labor Day yet.

Posted by: dantesed at August 24, 2025 08:29 AM (Oy/m2)

144 125 ... "I've been a fan of Community Coffee for years"

Community Coffee Breakfast Blend, already ground, has been my go to for several years. They somehow get a slight sweet taste in the roasting without adding anything and not acidic. It goes great with a morning pipe with a Navy Flake tobacco. My next purchase will be the whole bean version and grind it myself to use in a stovetop percolator.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:30 AM (yTvNw)

145 I keep pondering getting a laptop mostly for my miniatures collection and games, haven't done it.
Certainly don't need a top model, just a basic laptop.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 08:31 AM (+qU29)

146 Tried watching Big Bang Theory back when it was on first run - about as funny as watching wood rot.

Posted by: Trey at August 24, 2025 08:32 AM (fGAly)

147 I'm receiving the notices to upgrade to Windows 11 on a regular basis, had one this morning. Do I need to back up my laptop before upgrading? Not everything, just the important stuff like Quicken, KeyPass, etc?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 24, 2025 08:33 AM (2NHgQ)

148 Checkout this kid (literally they look like middle schoolers) doing a cover of Smooth Operator

https://tinyurl.com/5zf5xvez

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:34 AM (Mgy3C)

149 I've been a fan of Community Coffee for years.

Community Coffee has been probably the best value for coffee other than roasting your own.

I'm getting beans for $7.50 a pound and getting the benefit of not having stale coffee.†

† Rule of 15:
Coffee goes stale after:
• 15 months from picking
• 15 days from roasting
• 15 minutes from grinding

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:34 AM (a4flb)

150 38 Odd dream last night: I was slated to take a school bus to *work* for some reason. But nobody could tell me which bus, or where and what time to catch it.

--

Anxiety dream

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:35 AM (Mgy3C)

151 >> I've been a fan of Community Coffee for years. I periodically get a variety pack of 3 different blends off Amazon... 36 K-cups.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025

***
They have several coffee shops here in town. Coffee is generally cheaper than at the other local chain, PJs, and just as good.

They used to have more shops, but Katrina and then the Sniffle Scare ruined that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 08:21 AM (omVj0)
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New Orleans is where I first had Community Coffee... some 20 years ago when my wife and I were there for Mardi Gras.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 08:35 AM (Q4IgG)

152 According to me, one of the top three things you can do to improve your life is to stop reading Fortune Magazine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2025 08:35 AM (XQo4F)

153 Coffee is especially problematic too! They left that out. No house, no car, no AC, no dog, no flying or driving anywhere.

Enjoy!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 08:35 AM (QGfnd)

154 43
Unfortunately, virtually all of my dreams feature me doing or saying something stupid, or being put in a ridiculous situation, or having to manage something with inadequate or no means to do so.

--

Embarrassment dream

Posted by: vmom dream categorizer at August 24, 2025 08:36 AM (Mgy3C)

155 I think the kid band's name is the Graystones

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:37 AM (Mgy3C)

156 Community Coffee Breakfast Blend, already ground, has been my go to for several years. They somehow get a slight sweet taste in the roasting without adding anything and not acidic. It goes great with a morning pipe with a Navy Flake tobacco. . . .
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025

***
Morning, JTB! It's amazing to me that, in the Eighties, I could not drink coffee with a pipe. Now I enjoy it. I guess I've learned how to breathe right and dry the leaf, and so not get my tongue bitten.

I'm having a mix of MacBaren Virginia No. 1 and Cornell & Diehl's Sansepolcro (which is too strong or rough for me by itself) with my Cafe Morro.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 08:37 AM (omVj0)

157 I'm receiving the notices to upgrade to Windows 11 on a regular basis, had one this morning. Do I need to back up my laptop before upgrading? Not everything, just the important stuff like Quicken, KeyPass, etc?

You should have been backing up all the time using OneDrive, Dropbox or at least Windows History on an external drive.

I can go from out of the box to fully operational in less than an hour (mostly loading/installing drivers, applications and tools) with all of my data going back a decade if I cared by using continuous external backup.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:37 AM (a4flb)

158 Watch a little of The Big Bang Theory without the laugh track:

https://youtu.be/jKS3MGriZcs

Yawn.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2025 08:37 AM (XQo4F)

159 I'm receiving the notices to upgrade to Windows 11 on a regular basis, had one this morning. Do I need to back up my laptop before upgrading? Not everything, just the important stuff like Quicken, KeyPass, etc?
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 24, 2025 08:33 AM (2NHgQ)
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I don't want Windows 11

They suckered me into both Windows Me and Vista. Why won't they stop the harassment?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

160 @133

>>Any thoughts?

You can get a renewed HP 800 Mini i7 with Win 11, 32gb of ram 1tb of ssd for 199.00, you could add a usb/dvd player for for 20 bucks, a keyboard mouse combo for 25 bucks and add a descent asus 27" 1080p monitor for 130 bucks, so all in, you're looking at a pretty decent system for under 400 bucks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 08:38 AM (XV/Pl)

161 New Orleans is where I first had Community Coffee... some 20 years ago when my wife and I were there for Mardi Gras.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025

***
The company is local to me. I'm not sure if they are somewhere in the city, or just in the state.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 08:38 AM (omVj0)

162 I used to worry that my dog was causing climate change. But I've been working with him.
I've trained him to turn off the light whenever he leaves a room. And he also turns off the TV now when he's not watching it.

Still working on getting him to put on a sweater instead of fiddling with the thermostat.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 24, 2025 08:39 AM (Lo97M)

163 Thomas Bender that would work for me, just need to get one someday

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 08:39 AM (+qU29)

164 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

165 We liked Big Bang Theory, specially the nerd jokes and the academic backstabbery and insularity.
Leonard, btw, is a villain.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:40 AM (Mgy3C)

166 Florida Peasant

Hell of a way to talk about your spouse.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

167 LLMs lying is fascinating!

Here's a paper where some of the processes involved in lie detection is involved.

https://tinyurl.com/3pmu8b2y

Mimicking human behavior may not turn out to be such a great idea.

Soulless machines need a come to Jesus rebooting.

Posted by: pawn at August 24, 2025 08:42 AM (iR1Qr)

168 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I need to get up and go brush my teeth.

However, a certain kitty cat (*cough* Allie *cough*) is sitting in my lap.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 08:42 AM (IBQGV)

169 whining about coffee prices has begun. Brazil tariffs. We can buy coffee from the 4th largest producer in the world - Indonesia. Suck it , Brazil. Suck it Lula.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2025 08:42 AM (g47mK)

170 We can also buy it from the 2nd largest coffee producer in the world - Vietnam.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2025 08:43 AM (g47mK)

171 However, a certain kitty cat (*cough* Allie *cough*) is sitting in my lap.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Maybe from your morning breath she thinks you died and is just waiting for your corpse to stop twitching?
*runs away*

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:44 AM (Mgy3C)

172 Seem to be drinking less coffee in summer anyway

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 08:44 AM (+qU29)

173 There's a black guy that calls himself King Randall on X. He runs a school for black boys and teaches them practical skills. One of the recent skills was eating at a formal dinner. People were giving him grief about "acting white". But he said the exerience would give them confidence. I pointed out that JD Vance had to deal with that and had no idea what to do with all the forks. It's interesting that the folks in favor of his school do seem to be white. He was blessed to have competent black men in his life and is trying to do what he can for his community.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 08:44 AM (kUxzU)

174 156 ... "I'm having a mix of MacBaren Virginia No. 1 and Cornell & Diehl's Sansepolcro (which is too strong or rough for me by itself) with my Cafe Morro."

Good morning Wolfus,
Had to smile. I'm puffing Sansepolcro as we speak. Goes great with the coffee. Boswell's Honey Roasted works well, too.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:45 AM (yTvNw)

175 If anyone ever had Vietnamese coffee you know what I am talking about.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2025 08:45 AM (g47mK)

176 However, a certain kitty cat (*cough* Allie *cough*) is sitting in my lap.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Maybe from your morning breath she thinks you died and is just waiting for your corpse to stop twitching?
*runs away*
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:44 AM (Mgy3C)
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A distinct possibility I had not considered.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 08:45 AM (IBQGV)

177 No house, no car, no AC, no dog, no flying or driving anywhere.

Enjoy!
Posted by: Common Tater
______

And it really has nothing to do with being green. If some green source could produce inexhaustible power right now, they would be against it. Primitivism for its own sake is the goal.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2025 08:45 AM (XvL8K)

178 Perfesser, at least she's sitting on your lap and not your face, although that may be step 2 if her breakfast is delayed

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:47 AM (Mgy3C)

179 Had to smile. I'm puffing Sansepolcro as we speak. Goes great with the coffee. Boswell's Honey Roasted works well, too.
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025

***
So Sansepolcro is a navy flake? I did not know that.

One of these days I'll try something from Boswell's. Do they insist on your uploading an ID before you can buy online? Some retailers do now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 08:47 AM (omVj0)

180 One of the recent skills was eating at a formal dinner. People were giving him grief about "acting white".

As opposed abiding by the traditions and habits of other cultures towards gun fights and impromptu MMA when dining at the Gold Corral.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:48 AM (a4flb)

181 Florida Peasant

Hell of a way to talk about your spouse.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
+++
Believe me. Much easier to train the dog.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 24, 2025 08:48 AM (Lo97M)

182 We liked Big Bang Theory, specially the nerd jokes and the academic backstabbery and insularity.
Leonard, btw, is a villain.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:40 AM (Mgy3C)
-

Like many other TV series for the last 30+ years, we liked BBT until is started getting slutty. We haven't finished watching numerous TV series because of this.

We both just shut it off at some point and say we've had enough.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 08:50 AM (E+OH8)

183 And it really has nothing to do with being green. If some green source could produce inexhaustible power right now, they would be against it. Primitivism for its own sake is the goal.

Even more reasons to hate "The China Syndrome".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:50 AM (a4flb)

184 Posted by: Notsothoreau

I follow King Randall on x
Very inspiring

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:50 AM (Mgy3C)

185 You people already buying pumpkin spice items bother me to no end.

Posted by: Short Fuse at August 24, 2025 08:50 AM (G5+As)

186 160 ...Thomas Bender and all,
Thanks for the suggestions about the laptop. We learned recently that the latest version of TurboTax won't work with Windows 10 unless you do it all online only. Nope! We want it on our machine not in the ether. I know, we are old fashioned and conservative but that approach usually works for us.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:51 AM (yTvNw)

187 He may need IV administration of antibiotic, and maybe a nice trazadone for a night's sleep.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

Trazadone turned him into a zombie and gave him muscle shakes. The first time he was on it for a few weeks eight years ago, he had minor hand tremors. Then he overdosed on it and the hand tremors became permanent, showing up most prominently when he's stressed. He wasn't on it "long enough" for Trazadone to be the definite cause, so his med manager put him on it this summer and now his hands and arms spasm. He's been off of it a few weeks and the muscle issues are not getting better.

TLDR: Trazadone is going on Pooky's "DO NOT PRESCRIBE" list.

Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 24, 2025 08:51 AM (ue9rP)

188 Take care of yourself Pixy. Honestly, the blog could probably better survive losing Ace than losing you.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 24, 2025 08:52 AM (lFFaq)

189 And it really has nothing to do with being green. If some green source could produce inexhaustible power right now, they would be against it. Primitivism for its own sake is the goal.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2025 08:45 AM (XvL8K)
-

On stage - Bill Gates:

https://tinyurl.com/2m6nee2f

h/t: Skip

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 08:54 AM (E+OH8)

190 179 ...Wolfus,
I didn't mean Sansepolcro was a navy flake, just I like a navy flake with coffee. Last time I ordered from Boswell it was as a guest, not requiring an ID.

PS: My favorite navy flake is Peter Stokkebye's Luxury Navy Flake. I get it 8 ounces or a pound at a time.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:55 AM (yTvNw)

191 Leonard’s mother, played by Christine Baranski, was the most hilarious character on BBT. She didn’t appear much but whenever she was on she was brilliant.

And Threads is the Kaboom of social media.

Posted by: Your Grandfather at August 24, 2025 08:57 AM (PfGa7)

192 Good morning. A couple people asked on the prayer thread yesterday how I am doing, but I had just popped on there while it was live for a little bit, as I had a church brunch to attend.

I am steadily improving. This really knocked the wind out of my sails. Finally saw the cardiologist on Friday, which was a huge disappointment. He had zero interest in me or my heart . . . going to find a new cardio tomorrow. In fact, he didn't even listen to my heart.
So thank you to any who have been praying, this has been an interesting experience , for sure. Just starting week 6 of recovery and finally feeling mostly like myself again.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2025 08:57 AM (mZ/55)

193 I mentioned China building coal plants, in a discussion on Substack. Guy got ticked off, said he was muting me because he couldn't learn from me and I got my info from entertainment tv. I told him I didn't care and I didn't watch tv, I got my info from Doomberg. Instant 180. I was shocked. We parted on good terms.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 08:58 AM (kUxzU)

194 We learned recently that the latest version of TurboTax won't work with Windows 10 unless you do it all online only. Nope! We want it on our machine not in the ether. I know, we are old fashioned and conservative but that approach usually works for us.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:51 AM (yTvNw)
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Our company is running Quickbooks 2016 on Win10 because of this. So is our accounting firm. But this can't last, unfortunately.

There is a market opportunity here and no one can fill Intuit's boots apparently. Pity.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 08:58 AM (E+OH8)

195 Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 08:58 AM (kUxzU)
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OK. Now look into how much of China's energy is solar. Compare to coal over the last 5-10 years. What do you find?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 09:00 AM (E+OH8)

196 192 ... "Just starting week 6 of recovery and finally feeling mostly like myself again."

Tecumseh Tea,

Glad you are feeling better. Prayers continue.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 09:00 AM (yTvNw)

197 PS: My favorite navy flake is Peter Stokkebye's Luxury Navy Flake. I get it 8 ounces or a pound at a time.
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025

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Never tried it. My local cigar/pipe shop has it in bulk, but when I sniff it the aroma is not pleasant to me. I love their Luxury Twist Flake and their Bullseye Flake, while strong, is good too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:00 AM (omVj0)

198 Noodus biblioteca

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:00 AM (omVj0)

199 I have to urinate.

Posted by: Leonard's Mother at August 24, 2025 09:01 AM (RIvkX)

200 And I bought one of those electric lawnmowers to try and keep up with it. The good news is that it fits well between the garden beds. The bad news is a 12" blade, so it takes forever on the rest of the yard. I may get a bigger one, as I keep losing the people that cut my grass.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 09:02 AM (kUxzU)

201 Notsothoreau

You make it sound like your yard is akin to the African Veldt, and there are baboons that eat mowing people hiding in your patch.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 09:04 AM (u82oZ)

202 "I don't know, robot lawn mover then next you know it wants to borrow the car, or starts demanding weekends off."

Well, it's got a camera so I thought about putting a winnie-the-poo graphic where it can see it while in the charging station.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 09:05 AM (ddp/T)

203 It was a bit like that. I couldn't spot Jake at the back of the place. The weeds had grown up around the beds. I was trying to cut it, but with the oxygen issues, I couldn't spot only do part of it. I had a guy come out, cut it and take down a few branches. He said he would come back, but is now ghosting me. I still need to drag the branches out of the front yard. Really don't want to buy one of those electric chain saws but I may need to

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 09:08 AM (kUxzU)

204 I know China is putting in solar. They make the panels there. Are they covering farmland with them? Pretty sure they aren't. And they are hedging their bets with coal as it can be bought in advance and stored. Would be one thing if the West were hedging its bets, but they aren't. And wind is just dumb.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 09:11 AM (kUxzU)

205 Just starting week 6 of recovery and finally feeling mostly like myself again.
Posted by: TecumsehTea
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Didn't know you are sick. Good luck with the new doc. Prayers will be with you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 09:12 AM (5LCqK)

206 "Just looked up some Robot Lawnmowers, they are quite pricey and only go up to 2acres."

3 acres for the mammotion ones. Yeah, they ain't cheap. OTOH, they'll mow the lawn on schedule day or night and don't need gasoline (i.e. you don't need a fuel can to refuel your mower so it can mow).

It's your money and time as well as how you want to spend each of them. Getting some sun while mowing the lawn is a plus, after all.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 09:18 AM (ddp/T)

207 Electric chain saw with and extension pole.
The pole is a must. At least 75% of the time you will be able to stand upright, lay the saw on the wood and let gravity do the work; whether it's a limb above or on the ground.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 09:21 AM (5LCqK)

208 >>>Threads the second most popular discussion platform after only Twitter

from the article:

Not only are all your Threads followers connected to your Instagram or Facebook accounts, but Threads is integrated with ActivityPub, a decentralized protocol that also powers Mastodon, which pushes the platform into federated, open social networking.

yuck; the borg

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 09:27 AM (aURVT)

209 from the Threads article:

On Instagram, you're met with the most viral Threads posts, but the last few words will almost always be cut off, convincing you to click through, and there you have it — an account on Threads, and with that one click, you're one of the 400 million monthly users of the site.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 09:32 AM (aURVT)

210
*as I keep losing the people that cut my grass.*

They're always in the last place you look.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2025 09:39 AM (XQo4F)

211 when I forget to add -noai to the search box I get this earnest drek:

AI Overview

There is no scientific evidence or common knowledge about bipedal sphex wasps, as all wasps, including sphex wasps, naturally possess six legs and are quadrupedal or hexapedal, not bipedal. The term likely stems from a misunderstanding or an inaccurate observation, as sphex wasps use their legs in coordinated ways for digging and moving their prey, but they always walk or run on at least four legs.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 09:55 AM (aURVT)

Saturday Night "Club ONT" August 13, 2025 [The 3 Ds]

Welcome to Club ONT! A collaboration of your Sunday through Thursday ONT Crew - The Disco, The Doggo, and The Dino. Drinks and snacks to the right. Dignity can be located at the pawn shop around the corner.

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In case you were wondering

Club ONT is NOT currently undergoing a rebranding. We like our crackers and our barrel just the way they are!

Although we are considering awarding time in one of these chairs to a lucky Club patron. This may or may not be where the 3 Ds gather for Club planning purposes.

(First candidate to join us is Some Rat - so he can fix the wobbly table)

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

A guy asks a girl to go to a dance. She agrees, and he decides to rent a suit. The rental has a long line, so he waits and waits, and finally he gets his suit.

He decides to buy flowers, so he goes to the flower shop. The flower shop has a long line, so he waits and waits, until he finally buys flowers.

He picks up the girl and they go to the dance. There is a long line into the dance, so they wait and wait.

Finally, they get into the dance, and the guy offers to get the girl a drink. She asks for punch, so he goes to the drink table, and there is no punch line.

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Drink of the Night

Cherry Bounce

George Washington's Favorite Drink Is the 1 Recipe You Should Be Making Right Now

Image courtesy of Amanda at iambaker.net

What Is Cherry Bounce?
Cherry Bounce, which dates back centuries, is a delightful cordial made with tart cherries, sugar, and a liquor—often brandy or whiskey. Though vodka is now a popular option. Over several months, cherries are infused into the alcohol and are sweetened with the addition of sugar. Some variations include aromatic whole spices, such as cloves, nutmeg, or cinnamon sticks.
In some parts of the country, such as Virginia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, Cherry Bounce is a common drink, especially around the holidays. It’s prepared in the summer during peak cherry season, and is stored for several months while the flavor deepens and sweetens—resulting in an incredibly strong, somewhat syrupy cherry liqueur. It can be sipped by itself, served over ice, or (most commonly) paired with a lemon-lime soda for a tasty but strong cocktail.
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How To Make Cherry Bounce
Nancy Carter Crump's book, "Dining With the Washingtons," features a vintage Cherry Bounce recipe with some extra add-ins and flair. But for an easy, simplified version, our Door County Cherry Bounce recipe only requires three ingredients: cherries, sugar, and alcohol. Cherry Bounce fan, @innkeepercaroline, recently shared a similar recipe on Instagram with the same measurements. Our recipe calls for vodka while Caroline's uses whiskey.
To make Cherry Bounce, add fresh, pitted cherries to a 1-quart jar or bottle with an air-tight lid. Next, add sugar and then an alcohol of your choice—making sure to cover the cherries entirely.
Seal and set aside in a cool, dark place for at least a couple of weeks—but a couple of months is even better. Occasionally, shake the jar gently.
Serve at room temperature and refrigerate once opened.

Check out the links above to learn more about this liqueur and various uses for it. Small sipper shots available at the bar here in the Club (while supplies last).

In other news, Cherry Bounce will be appearing in the club down the road and across the tracks later this evening. If you have questions how to make Cherry Bounce, she'll happily answer them. However, she may or may not accept Club ONT restroom tokens.

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On the subject of drinking.

The Lost Art of Surviving a Hangover

The number of drinkers in America has reached a record low. And yet, you can learn a lot about yourself after a long night of boozing.
A long time ago, after a friend’s grooms’ dinner, during which we drank kegs of beer, copious amounts of gin, and bottles of cheap wine, I woke up with a hangover so bad the world vibrated. Not in a fun way. I’d drunk too much, had too good a time, and I was paying the price. That next day, the day of my friend’s wedding, was about surviving—not puking, suppressing the headache, staying on my feet. I succeeded and slept nearly the entire day after until the hangover was gone.
You’ve most likely endured a hangover, a “virtually pandemic ailment,” according to the writer Kingsley Amis. Maybe it happened to you decades ago or this morning. You meet a friend for a beer, assuming it’ll be two drinks—max—and hoping you’ll be home by 10 p.m. The music is good, the conversation is even better, and the first two drinks go down easy. So why not a third? A fourth? Sure, it’s Wednesday; tomorrow isn’t too busy. A shot? Fuck it. A cigarette? I haven’t smoked in years—I’d love one! You know this will end badly, and you do it anyway.
You’ve felt the physical discomfort—headache, nausea, lethargy—as well as the anxiety and existential dread it can produce. A few years ago, Esquire published a story about a particularly bad strain of it called Hangxiety: “Apparently it all has to do with the balance of the chemicals in your brain … As your brain re-adjusts after a night of abusing gin to grease the vocal cords for the high notes in ‘Bring Him Home’ at karaoke (you thought Les Mis would be easy?), you may become a real drag to be around.”
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Hangovers suck, and the fewer of them you have the better (and probably longer) your life will be. But that doesn’t mean you should avoid them at all costs. The occasional hangover is neither shameful, nor wrong. (The word occasional is important.) It is the painful remembrance of a good time. For one night, you ignored the annoying emails and crushing responsibilities, enjoyed time with friends, maybe made new ones, possibly got laid. The hangover was worth it.
And remember, you’re not alone in feeling this way. “Hangovers were an honorable, even heroic, ordeal,” Berendt wrote in that July ’91 issue. “All the best people had them.” I imagine the Allies planned and fought World War II with hangovers. David Wells pitched a perfect game for the Yankees while “massively hungover.” Conspiracy theorists have suggested Michael Jordan’s famous flu game was less the result of a bug—or nefarious food poisoning—and more the effects of a long night drinking at the card table. Meanwhile, three of the four U.S. presidents during the 21stcentury—George W. Bush, Trump, and Biden—have been teetotalers. Only one, Obama, may have governed with a hangover. Maybe that explains why we live in such chaotic times.

Check out the whole thing.

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Club ONT Shirt of the Week

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Club ONT History Department - Saloon History Edition

A salute to our like-minded ancestors

20 Vintage Photos of Old-Timey Saloons

Before Prohibition dried up the taps and made everyone grouchy, saloons were the social heartbeat of towns big and small. These vintage photos capture the rustic charm of these smoky, booze-filled taverns, where cowboys, laborers, and well-dressed gentlemen gathered to swap stories and cut loose over whiskey and beer. In a time before smartphones and streaming, the good ol’ saloon was where news spread and reputations were made or broken over a round of shots.

Just a few from the link:

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Definitely check out all of them at the link!

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Club ONT History Department - Amusement Park Edition

Why did the Dreamland amusement park at Coney Island have an attraction called "Hell Gate" in the early 1900s? Mental Floss has the answer.

After paying 10 cents to ticket sellers in red robes and horned hats, they queued up in front of an open-faced building topped with a huge, red, winged figure of Satan. Under his glowering stare, they watched as riders ahead of them crowded into open boats and descended along an ever-narrowing 50-foot whirlpool swirling toward the center until, astonishingly, the boats disappeared - seemingly swallowed up by the waters of the Gate.

Amusement parks like Dreamland made these religious rides, ones that portray the Judeo-Christian values, because New York City would have shut the show down otherwise. In the early 20th century, New York City had very strict laws that only shows of a religious or educational nature could take place on a Sunday. Because Sunday was the only day that people had off, it was the busiest day of the week down in Coney Island. If the owners of the park wanted to turn a profit, they had to have attractions that the city would allow, hence all the shows of a religious nature.

Now you know.

PS. If you see a sign that says "Hell Gate" on the door to a Club ONT restroom, prepare for an experience that may or may not be religious.

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Club ONT Department of Solid Advice

One brave man in front of a mob of imbeciles and idiots. pic.twitter.com/XONqlC0Wqk
— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) August 20, 2025

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Club ONT Music

Let's honor a few birthday boys tonight!

1946 - The late, great Keith Moon of The Who

1949 - Rick Springfield

Did you know that it wasn't Rick Springfield who wrote that song? This guy did!

1961 - Dean DeLeo, guitarist with Stone Temple Pilots

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Club ONT brought to you by: The Bigger Brain wins

How to be a thief and an idiot at the same time. pic.twitter.com/ywR7qLdNqC
— non aesthetic things (@PicturesFoIder) January 7, 2025

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Caution: Club ONT has received word that pumpkin spice beverages could be headed this way. Club ONT data analysts have been scouring the landscape and working to assemble a threat assessment. The best intelligence we have is that they could arrive as early as the end of the month. If past years are an indicator, October is peak season. If you observe pumpkin spice latte or beer or a pumpkin pie milkshake, take cover. Do not directly approach. If you see others that have been infected, use extreme caution. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Comments

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1 Yay, National Cheap Flight Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 23, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)

2 Yikes!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 23, 2025 10:00 PM (3wXSL)

3 Nice

Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2025 10:00 PM (1PcCZ)

4 Oy

Posted by: Muchas buchas at August 23, 2025 10:01 PM (sf8y1)

5 Sorry I'm late. Made the mistake of talking about a movie on the movie thread. Got willowed.

Posted by: mindful webworker - time goes by so quickly at August 23, 2025 10:04 PM (i1iCx)

6 Good evening morons y gracias to the Troika

I make Cherry Bounce with Cointreau but I didn't know it had a name.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

7 Happy belated b-day, mindful.

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 10:06 PM (41CYW)

8 When I wonder I always wonder "Why?" .

Posted by: Case at August 23, 2025 10:07 PM (iwlvf)

9 DDS
Hot Ds
Who loves hot Ds
What kind of morons love all the hot Ds
Fat morons, skinny morons,
Morons falling off of rocks,
Tough morons, buzzed morons,
Even ones with chicken pox...
The Ds with real fine drinks🤪

Hiya triples Ds!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 23, 2025 10:07 PM (3wXSL)

10 Kinda surprised McSorley's didn't make the list.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

11 ...there is no punch line.

I want the 20 seconds it took to read that back.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 10:08 PM (2WIwB)

12 Had a nice thing happen, on a day where a lot of non-nice things happen.

Well, first, the guy in another apartment shouted "Help me!" and I did.

Which makes the second seem kind of trivial, but I found my Radio Shack battery tester, which I thought was lost or stolen. Still the best battery tester I've ever had. But yeah kind of minor to the world and all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:08 PM (CHHv1)

13 Great comments, as usual.

Hell of a good job, guys.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 10:08 PM (u82oZ)

14 ONT
Woulda been 5th but read the cONTent

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:09 PM (Mgy3C)

15 Those two girls at the roadside bar, they seem fun to hang out with. Teenaged Bif would get in a ton of trouble there.

They're probably why my grandfather became a moonshine driver in louisiana.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 23, 2025 10:09 PM (QVmho)

16 Good evening COMM! Your table is ready.

Posted by: TRex - table wobbles add charm at August 23, 2025 10:09 PM (cCn4/)

17 The Barrel is a lot cleaner than I imagined it. More 80's Neon, less medieval oubliette.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 10:10 PM (kpS4V)

18 To make Cherry Bounce, add fresh, pitted cherries to a 1-quart jar or bottle with an air-tight lid. Next, add sugar and then an alcohol of your choice—making sure to cover the cherries entirely.

We did that with blueberries. My ex's grandfather had 37 blueberry bushes/orchard. We'd go over every 4th of July and have a huge fish fry and pick five gallon buckets of blueberries. We'd freeze them, cook with them and made cordials with vodka.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 10:10 PM (zXOsD)

19 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:08 PM (CHHv1)

I have so many questions. So many.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:10 PM (Mgy3C)

20 Cherry Bounce sounds like a stage name.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 10:11 PM (kpS4V)

21 Hmmmm...
I've been around here long enough to know that the digital barrel ain't the barrel we are familiar with...some more than others.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 10:12 PM (2WIwB)

22 12 Which makes the second seem kind of trivial, but I found my Radio Shack battery tester, which I thought was lost or stolen. Still the best battery tester I've ever had. But yeah kind of minor to the world and all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:08 PM
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Hooray! Congrats. Nice surprise.

Posted by: TRex - RS had lots of goodies at August 23, 2025 10:12 PM (cCn4/)

23 Good Saturday evening!

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 10:12 PM (fveCG)

24 Good evening, Horde.

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 10:12 PM (41CYW)

25 The Scene:
July 5, 2025. A 19 yo Pop Tart is having a 4th of July weekend for the ages until she gets caught up in an Albuquerque DUI Checkpoint.

The Play:
Cop: Hey Ms. Pop Tart, how come the front bumper on your car is about to come off?

Pop Tart effectively responds with I have no idea what you are talking about.

Cop: How come you have cocaine on your nose?

Pop Tart effectively responds with I have no idea what you are talking about.

Hilarity ensues (it really does).

Jail.

The End.

https://youtu.be/dLGbZV_8cwI

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 10:13 PM (zdKZs)

26 Tip: When you hear someone asking for help, step one, regrettably, should be "First, put on pants. Second, offer help."

Just in case you encounter a similar situation.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:13 PM (CHHv1)

27 Cherry Bounce sounds like a stage name.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Up next on the center stage, everyone give a big hand for Cherry Bounce!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 10:14 PM (zXOsD)

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Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Greater Twin Cities Borzoi Club specialty, defeating some 57 other dogs, a very nice chunk of change. He may now be styled BISS GCHS Envious As We Fall. Well done, you dope!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 10:14 PM (kkTda)

29 Some groaning memes tonight.

I will say, that porch pirate trick is good.

I have some junk I'd package, maybe not the original box, but a tempting box nonetheless.

Now if I only had a porch.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

As far as George Washington goes, he was The Father of our Country and a whiskey baron. We are forged in bullets and booze.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 10:15 PM (gKDq2)

30 Tip: When you hear someone asking for help, step one, regrettably, should be "First, put on pants. Second, offer help."

Just in case you encounter a similar situation.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:13 PM (CHHv1)

Depends on what kind of help they want, doesn't it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 10:15 PM (0eaVi)

31 Hangovers were an honorable, even heroic, ordeal,”

I've always said so, and I should know 🤪🤪🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 23, 2025 10:15 PM (3wXSL)

32 "Is the glass half empty, or half full?"

Engineer's response: "The glass is twice as large as it needs to be."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, with pocket protector at August 23, 2025 10:16 PM (XeU6L)

33 Thanks for the entertaining and educational ONT, 3 Ds!

Saturday Night joke is like a Dad Joke. Still worth a chuckle!

We had a nice but all too brief rain this afternoon. Feeling mighty blessed!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 23, 2025 10:16 PM (kB9dk)

34 That Digital Barrel actually looks pretty nice. It looks like I've been lying awake at night all these years worrying about unclosed HTML tags for nothing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:16 PM (hY4dx)

35 Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Greater Twin Cities Borzoi Club specialty, defeating some 57 other dogs, a very nice chunk of change. He may now be styled BISS GCHS Envious As We Fall. Well done, you dope!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Somebody is not only going to be sleeping on the bed tonight but under the covers is so desired. Plus steak.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 10:16 PM (zdKZs)

36 I love pumpkin real pumpkin not artificially flavored pumpkin beverages.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 10:17 PM (RIvkX)

37 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 23, 2025 10:17 PM (ErLti)

38 36 I love pumpkin real pumpkin not artificially flavored pumpkin beverages.

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A man has to have his principles or he's nothing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:18 PM (hY4dx)

39 Just stopping by to say Hi!

Watching the Svengoolie double feature. The curse of Frankenstein just ended, now it's going to be Leprechaun.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 10:18 PM (sPQoU)

40 FWIW:
"In a study, Chinese scientists tested 57 drinks to measure their effectiveness in alleviating alcohol-related symptoms, including nausea and headache. They found that lemon-lime flavored Sprite gave the best results."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 23, 2025 10:18 PM (XeU6L)

41 Table shouldn't wobble with a base like that.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 10:19 PM (63Dwl)

42 "Is the glass half empty, or half full?"

Engineer's response: "The glass is twice as large as it needs to be."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, with pocket protector at August 23, 2025 10:16 PM (XeU6L)

Or an MBA dweeb's response to cutting costs.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 10:19 PM (gKDq2)

43 We have Hell's Gate State Park and recreation area nearby...great place for RVing, boating, picnicking.

"Hell's Gate" doesn't sound so bad, when you remember "Heaven's Gate"

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 10:19 PM (rdVOm)

44 @27

>>Up next on the center stage, everyone give a big hand for Cherry Bounce!

It sounds like a stage name and the act itself, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 23, 2025 10:20 PM (XV/Pl)

45
They found that lemon-lime flavored Sprite gave the best results.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Is there any other kind of Sprite?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 10:20 PM (63Dwl)

46 Happy belated b-day, mindful.
Posted by: scampydog

Thanks, scampy. Baby sister didn't text me a hello until today, so um what? it's belated related?

We pass this way but once.

Posted by: mindful webworker - once or seventy-some times, whichever at August 23, 2025 10:20 PM (i1iCx)

47 26 Tip: When you hear someone asking for help, step one, regrettably, should be "First, put on pants. Second, offer help."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:13 PM
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We could sit here all day and talk about who was wearing pants when, but what good would that do?

Posted by: TRex - is this the book thread? at August 23, 2025 10:20 PM (cCn4/)

48 Mazel Tov Big Dummy

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 10:21 PM (RIvkX)

49 I saw Cherry Bounce open for Strawberry Switchblade at the Hacienda in 1986

Posted by: gKWVE at August 23, 2025 10:21 PM (gKWVE)

50 Table shouldn't wobble with a base like that.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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After a couple of fights, and that base gets bent? Look out!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 10:21 PM (rdVOm)

51 16 TRex!
Holy cow dude! You make me feel so special (hic)...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 23, 2025 10:21 PM (3wXSL)

52 Happy birthday, mindful. As mentioned on the Movie thread, I've always liked Sandra Bullock.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:22 PM (CHHv1)

53 Though vodka is now a popular option.

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This is a classic sentence fragment. Be better, AI.

Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant at August 23, 2025 10:22 PM (hY4dx)

54 Saturday night and I ain't got no money...I'm in an awful fright!

Posted by: Some Rat at August 23, 2025 10:22 PM (TfUTr)

55 Fun readin' at the ONT tonight. Many thanks!

Posted by: 496 at August 23, 2025 10:23 PM (Rn6Z4)

56 That top saloon looks like a cowboy-themed gay bar. All that's missing is the assless chaps.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:23 PM (hY4dx)

57 Forgot to mention, but cats are the worst animals ever. Ask me how I know this. Number 6 will surprise you!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:23 PM (CHHv1)

58 That Digital Barrel actually looks pretty nice. It looks like I've been lying awake at night all these years worrying about unclosed HTML tags for nothing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:16 PM (hY4dx)

No shit!!!
Pretty soon you'll have to have at least a tin foil membership just to get in the door.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 10:23 PM (2WIwB)

59 54 Saturday night and I ain't got no money...I'm in an awful fright!

Posted by: Some Rat at August 23, 2025 10:22 PM
***
Have a Twizzlers.

Posted by: TRex - on the house at August 23, 2025 10:24 PM (cCn4/)

60 all chaps are assless

Posted by: That Guy at August 23, 2025 10:24 PM (gKWVE)

61 A thank you to the 3D's and a glorious good evening to you all.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 10:24 PM (dxWFK)

62 Digital Barrel is too clean!

Or, at least appears to be so.

Hmm.

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 10:25 PM (rdVOm)

63
I have an idea for fighting porch piracy. It would take some cooperation and effort, but if people in a particular neighborhood that's been targeted enough are motivated:

Everyone in the neighborhood puts Amazon or other boxes on their porch filled with trash. Put address labels on them. See how long it takes for porch pirates to stop coming around.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 10:25 PM (6eO0F)

64 In other news, Les Nessman turned 85 today.

Happy Birthday, Richard Sanders.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 23, 2025 10:25 PM (S/Y4j)

65 Just found a website that sells nothing but the little rubber feet that are mounted on the bottom of electronic items like stereos.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 23, 2025 10:25 PM (lUFok)

66 Some of my best ideas came when I was drunk.
And I keep trying for new one's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 10:25 PM (DS3M8)

67 We had such a great time seeing all of our friends and family at our anniversary party last night! Thank you to everyone who showed up to help us celebrate 45 years together ❤️❤️❤️

We were so (happily) tired at the end of the night. On the ride home, I told Paul that I was going to need some help when we got home, because all of the hooks and snaps on my beautiful dress were in the back, and I was too tired to undo them myself.

He said, "I'll help you get out of your dress when we get home so we can both get in bed". About a half second later, we both started laughing, because that phrase meant something SOOOO much different last night than it did 45 years ago 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 23, 2025 10:25 PM (SRRAx)

68 That last saloon pic looks almost exactly like a pic MiladyJo's family has of her grandfather. Except in their pic, Gramps is holding an extra-large schooner of beer.

The Evolution of Saloon Food of the Old West | Skillet Brisket Nachos, with Cowboy Kent Rollins
https://youtu.be/CM0uRrsp5rs

Some saloon history.

Posted by: mindful webworker - belly up at August 23, 2025 10:25 PM (i1iCx)

69 So, MoMe 2023 or 22, I don’t remember, I was up LATE drinking whiskey with NZFrank. Went to bed around 3am.

Doof came by to take me to the airport, but on a tour of Dallas first.

I was still drunk getting on my flight several hours later.

Hangover averted!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 10:26 PM (mT+6a)

70 34 That Digital Barrel actually looks pretty nice. It looks like I've been lying awake at night all these years worrying about unclosed HTML tags for nothing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:16 PM
***
Check the thermostat. I've heard it can get chilly.

Posted by: TRex - the barrel looks like a freezer at August 23, 2025 10:26 PM (cCn4/)

71 17 The Barrel is a lot cleaner than I imagined it. More 80's Neon, less medieval oubliette.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 10:10 PM (kpS4V)

THAT is not the barrel! It's clearly an AI representation shown to fool the lurkers!

/shudder

Some of us know the REAL barrel.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 23, 2025 10:26 PM (mP0Kj)

72 Have a Twizzlers.
Posted by: TRex - on the house

Can one still use those as straws to ruin whatever drink a person was enjoying?

Posted by: Some Rat at August 23, 2025 10:26 PM (TfUTr)

73 Congrats on the 45 devoted years, TiFW!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:27 PM (hY4dx)

74 28 Hadrian
I'm always so proud of your dogs...even from here🥲

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 23, 2025 10:27 PM (3wXSL)

75 THAT is not the barrel! It's clearly an AI representation shown to fool the lurkers!

/shudder

Some of us know the REAL barrel.
Posted by: Romeo13
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Breadcrumbs in the forest, Hansel and Gretel style.

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 10:28 PM (41CYW)

76 67 We had such a great time seeing all of our friends and family at our anniversary party last night!

We were so (happily) tired at the end of the night.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 23, 2025 10:25 PM
***
Outstanding! Kanpai!

Posted by: TRex - every day a blessing at August 23, 2025 10:28 PM (cCn4/)

77 In other news, Les Nessman turned 85 today.

Happy Birthday, Richard Sanders.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 23, 2025 10:25 PM (S/Y4j)

Queer little guy.

Posted by: Overheard in a locker room at August 23, 2025 10:28 PM (0eaVi)

78
The circumstances and schedule around helping out at shows this weekend made it necessary to attend a Saturday Mass at my local parish. Dear heavens, it was for me the negation of spiritual uplift. The Novus Ordo Mass is such a tawdry spectacle it's heartbreaking.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 10:29 PM (kkTda)

79 Cherry Bounce sounds like a stage name.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 10:11 PM (kpS4V)

Jersey Bounce isn't made from milk, surprising though that may be:

https://youtu.be/ztBKOpXJrUg

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 10:29 PM (Bhbkm)

80 That Digital Barrel actually looks pretty nice. It looks like I've been lying awake at night all these years worrying about unclosed HTML tags for nothing.

Posted by: Cicero
---

For some reason, Faust just came to mind.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 23, 2025 10:29 PM (XeU6L)

81 Congrats to you and Paul on 45 years, TiFW.

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 10:30 PM (41CYW)

82 Applause to Common Tater and Different Nic for the academic discussion of that famous fine girl Brandy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 10:30 PM (omVj0)

83 The General Slocum excursion boat burned and sank Near Hells' Gate on the East River in 1904. 1,021 perished, mostly women and children on a Church outing. All the men were working. The Sinking devastated the German-American community on the Lower East Side, which dispersed further uptown. This allowed the next group of Lower East Siders, the Jewish community to take root.

Posted by: Hell's Gate, Indeed at August 23, 2025 10:30 PM (G5+As)

84 He said, "I'll help you get out of your dress when we get home so we can both get in bed". About a half second later, we both started laughing, because that phrase meant something SOOOO much different last night than it did 45 years ago 🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief

If stories have the ability to be pretty...this one certainly is!

Posted by: Some Rat at August 23, 2025 10:30 PM (TfUTr)

85 Congrats Teresa. Glad you had a great night. 45 fabulous years.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 23, 2025 10:31 PM (yTvNw)

86 A man has to have his principles or he's nothing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:18 PM (hY4dx)
====

*puffs up a little*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 10:31 PM (RIvkX)

87 Over several months, cherries are infused into the alcohol
——-

And vise versa! I asked a while back, was wondering about the chemistry of “Jello Shots”, or alcohol in solidified form. Is the alcohol bound into the gelatin or will it tend to outgas or sublimate away?

How come there’s no freeze-dried or instant booze for hikers? I always figured Everclear would be the most bang for the buck on the trail, stove pre-heat, snakebite remedy, and general all purpose anesthetic. But powdered booze! Why not? Is there a chemical reason this won’t work? Or is it a bureaucratic thing?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 10:31 PM (QHBow)

88 The Digital Barrel: Yeah, they used prettyfying filters just like the gals use on dating sites. Don't believe it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the slime is real at August 23, 2025 10:32 PM (i1iCx)

89 Mazel Tov TiFW and Mr. TiFW

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

90 Proof that AWFLs are awful.

Jill Ciminillo@jillciminillo
Dear @realDonaldTrump … I’ve been carjacked in Chicago with my arm broken. I still don’t want you or your troops here. TIA. BTW there are no red hats here. 🫶

-
Broken arms are just the price we pay for DEI.

Doesn't exactly fulfill the W part of AWFL but still . . .

https://is.gd/yXUtNd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 10:32 PM (L/fGl)

91 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

Congratulations on 45!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 10:33 PM (zXOsD)

92 About a half second later, we both started laughing, because that phrase meant something SOOOO much different last night than it did 45 years ago 🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
---------

Intimacy changes over time, yes?

What a lovely moment!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 10:33 PM (rdVOm)

93 Rat!

You bastard!

Funny story. Rat and I had lunch last weekend. We sat at the wobbly table. And we laughed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 10:33 PM (mT+6a)

94 Hadrian, Congrats to you and HM on all the pup wins this weekend. Job well done.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 23, 2025 10:33 PM (yTvNw)

95 A man has to have his principles or he's nothing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Hey! I have my principles! They're malleable as hell, but they're still principles.

Posted by: Some Rat at August 23, 2025 10:33 PM (TfUTr)

96 Orange rind, ginger and sugar aged in brandy. Smooth and deadly.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 10:34 PM (dxWFK)

97 Now I've made the top tenish comment mention 5 weeks in a row. This is getting monogamous!

Posted by: Not Wrapped Too Tight at August 23, 2025 10:34 PM (G5+As)

98
I'm always so proud of your dogs...even from here🥲
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 23, 2025 10:27 PM (3wXSL)

__________

Thank you. The Big Dummy hasn't got two brain cells to rub together but he's so sweet and a perfect gentleman. He flirts with the ladies something fierce too.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 10:34 PM (kkTda)

99 How come there’s no freeze-dried or instant booze for hikers? I always figured Everclear would be the most bang for the buck on the trail, stove pre-heat, snakebite remedy, and general all purpose anesthetic. But powdered booze! Why not? Is there a chemical reason this won’t work? Or is it a bureaucratic thing?
Posted by: Common Tater

Soak gummy bears in everclear. They get bigger, but they pack a punch after only a couple.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 10:35 PM (mT+6a)

100 That last saloon pic looks almost exactly like a pic MiladyJo's family has of her grandfather. Except in their pic, Gramps is holding an extra-large schooner of beer.

The Evolution of Saloon Food of the Old West | Skillet Brisket Nachos, with Cowboy Kent Rollins
https://youtu.be/CM0uRrsp5rs

Some saloon history.
Posted by: mindful webworker - belly up at August 23, 2025 10:25 PM (i1iCx)

The pic entitled "Bullet Dance", it looks like the bartender is shooting a Mauser Broomhandle. Don't know of any other pistols with a box mag in front of the trigger.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 10:35 PM (Bhbkm)

101 97 Now I've made the top tenish comment mention 5 weeks in a row. This is getting monogamous!
Posted by: Not Wrapped Too Tight at August 23, 2025 10:34 PM (G5+As)

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Nice humblebrag, dude.

*sotto voce* "it's all fixed"

*kicks dirt*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:36 PM (hY4dx)

102
Hadrian,

Big Dummy is like most men, lmao.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 10:36 PM (3ek7K)

103 TxMoMe sounds fun. I promise I won't ruin it by attending.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:37 PM (CHHv1)

104 The best intelligence we have is that they could arrive as early as the end of the month.
There was 'pumpkin spice' crap on the shelves at least two weeks ago. Jerks.

Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2025 10:37 PM (1PcCZ)

105 Breadcrumbs in the forest, Hansel and Gretel style.
Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 10:28 PM (41CYW)

Hansel and Gretal... gotta say at this point I side with the Witch...

Some asshole little kids come by and start to EAT YOUR HOUSE? WTF???

And don't even get me started on Goldilocks... theft, breaking and entering, destruction of property... I mean... come on...

Thinking back, most of the stories I was raised on, the children were NOT good role models.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 23, 2025 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)

106 The bar picture is very much like the bar my family owned called " The Pastime ".

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 10:38 PM (dxWFK)

107 {{{Nurse!}}}

Posted by: Some Rat at August 23, 2025 10:38 PM (TfUTr)

108 I'm all confused. It cost me $20 at Cheeta's Magic Exotic Dancing Emporium to get a Cherry Bounce, and someone stole my wallet in the process. Was I doing it wrong? I used Vodka...a lot of Vodka. I distinctly remember someone named Tiffany helping me up off the floor, and then some huge guy named Albert showing me to the door...aggressively.

Posted by: Orson at August 23, 2025 10:38 PM (dIske)

109 Hadrian,

Big Dummy is like most men, lmao.
Posted by: four seasons

Except we can't go up to a woman and stick our nose in her crotch.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 10:38 PM (zXOsD)

110 Jill Ciminillo@jillciminillo
Dear @realDonaldTrump … I’ve been carjacked in Chicago with my arm broken. I still don’t want you or your troops here. TIA. BTW there are no red hats here. 🫶

Maybe if she had had a gun in her hand, her arm would not have been broken, or her car stolen.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 10:39 PM (Bhbkm)

111
Astros won this evening, 9-8. Don't tell certain PNWians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 10:39 PM (kkTda)

112
rickb223,

Oh how you guys would love to be able to do that.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 10:39 PM (3ek7K)

113 >>*kicks dirt*

You have a sailboat. You already won.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 10:39 PM (viF8m)

114 Beckoning Chasm, we would love to have you join in the fun.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 10:40 PM (dxWFK)

115 Except we can't go up to a woman and stick our nose in her crotch.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 10:38 PM (zXOsD)

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Hmm. I don't know where YOU live.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:40 PM (hY4dx)

116 rickb223,

Oh how you guys would love to be able to do that.
Posted by: four seasons

😁

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 10:40 PM (zXOsD)

117
Except we can't go up to a woman and stick our nose in her crotch.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 10:38 PM (zXOsD)

________

His specialty is the boob bump.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 10:40 PM (kkTda)

118 Just heard one of our late evening racers going by on a nearby road. Sounded like he ground some gears and there was a pop.

I thought "I hope he dropped his tranny."

Then I immediately thought, "Wow, that has a whole different meaning now than it used to."

Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2025 10:40 PM (1PcCZ)

119 Except we can't go up to a woman and stick our nose in her crotch.
Posted by: rickb223

Start by sniffing her hair and neck.

Posted by: Presnit Emeritus at August 23, 2025 10:40 PM (G5+As)

120 113 >>*kicks dirt*

You have a sailboat. You already won.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 10:39 PM (viF8m)

--------

True, but its trophy case is empty.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:40 PM (hY4dx)

121 93Rat!

You bastard!
Funny story. Rat and I had lunch last weekend. We sat at the wobbly table. And we laughed.

So what am I, sliced liver? I'm so hurt😕...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 23, 2025 10:40 PM (3wXSL)

122 Powdered alcohol is a thing, but many states have banned it. I could swear I saw dehydrated cocktails for sale - albeit briefly - in our local REI years ago.

Posted by: PabloD at August 23, 2025 10:41 PM (j6ZnT)

123 Howdy, Club patrons!

*tosses a handful of restroom tokens around the room*

Posted by: Doof at August 23, 2025 10:42 PM (QMAsf)

124 Powdered alcohol is a thing, but many states have banned it. I could swear I saw dehydrated cocktails for sale - albeit briefly - in our local REI years ago.
Posted by: PabloD

I've always taken powdered water camping. Saves on weight.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 10:42 PM (zXOsD)

125 110 Jill Ciminillo@jillciminillo
Dear @realDonaldTrump … I’ve been carjacked in Chicago with my arm broken. I still don’t want you or your troops here. TIA. BTW there are no red hats here. 🫶
__________________________

Definitely red hats here. At least two. And, trust me, you'll want to make a 2am stop at Subway to pick up a little self defense.

Posted by: Jussie Smollett at August 23, 2025 10:42 PM (dIske)

126 52 Happy birthday, mindful. As mentioned on the Movie thread, I've always liked Sandra Bullock.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:22 PM (CHHv1)

She’s aged well. And at her peak, she always had this “girl next door” vibe I always liked.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 10:42 PM (1X0uI)

127 Someone needs to invent a drink called Rubble Bounce and feature it at an upcoming MOME...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 23, 2025 10:43 PM (nbLIj)

128 I distinctly remember someone named Tiffany helping me up off the floor, and then some huge guy named Albert showing me to the door...aggressively.
Posted by: Orson

Only allow Nurse, Marie or DDS to assist ones self off the floor. They only charge a mere pittance for this service.

Posted by: Some Rat at August 23, 2025 10:43 PM (TfUTr)

129 >>True, but its trophy case is empty.

Call me.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 10:43 PM (viF8m)

130 But yeah kind of minor to the world and all.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:08 PM (CHHv1)

You take your wins where you find them.

Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2025 10:43 PM (1PcCZ)

131
Except we can't go up to a woman and stick our nose in her crotch.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 10:38 PM (zXOsD)

Goes on the comments of the week

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 23, 2025 10:44 PM (WF/xn)

132 111
Lastros won this evening, 9-8. Don't tell certain PNWians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 10:39 PM (kkTda)

FIFY

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 10:44 PM (1X0uI)

133
Now a days you have to be very very careful where you stick your nose in crotches. Ya never know, am I sticking my nose in a REAL woman's crotch or some fag pretending to be a woman.

I think I'm gonna puke thinking about that, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 10:44 PM (3ek7K)

134 127 Someone needs to invent a drink called Rubble Bounce and feature it at an upcoming MOME...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 23, 2025 10:43 PM (nbLIj)

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Start with Sterno, mouthwash and Southern Comfort.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:44 PM (hY4dx)

135 Used to be bar near railway tracks with a photo of its history: a men only bar with urinal front. Of course someone stole the pic.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 23, 2025 10:45 PM (4chiU)

136 Just stopping by to say Hi!

Watching the Svengoolie double feature. The curse of Frankenstein just ended, now it's going to be Leprechaun.
Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025

***
Hi to you, Joyenz. It's odd, but I laugh out loud at Nostalgiaferatoo; there is just something about his makeup and the wide-eyed way he delivers his lines.

Gwengoolie personifies "hot."

I could do without IMP.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 10:45 PM (omVj0)

137 Start with Sterno, mouthwash and Southern Comfort.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:44 PM (hY4dx)
_______________________

It's not a cocktail without rubbing alcohol.

Posted by: Kitty Dukakis at August 23, 2025 10:45 PM (dIske)

138 Start with Sterno, mouthwash and Southern Comfort.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025

***
Three concoctions of equal horror. Well, at least the mouthwash is useful.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 10:46 PM (omVj0)

139 It’s a Por-SHAaah

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 23, 2025 10:47 PM (wrRTB)

140 Joe Kidd, someone mentioned chocolate wine and coca cola as the official drink. We took that person out and .....

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 10:47 PM (dxWFK)

141 “I’ve been carjacked in Chicago with my arm broken. I still don’t want you or your troops here.”

We don’t really care, Margaret.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 10:48 PM (QHBow)

142 Thinking back, most of the stories I was raised on, the children were NOT good role models.

And strange physics too, who goes up a hill to fetch water? Were they drunk or what, stumbling down and getting gravely wounded in the process?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 23, 2025 10:49 PM (a4flb)

143 I believe it was H. Allen Smith, creator of Rhubarb the baseball team-owning cat, who described a hangover as "the feeling that a moose is having a baby in my head."

From memory, I can testify that he described it accurately.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 10:49 PM (omVj0)

144 They found that lemon-lime flavored Sprite gave the best results.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Is there any other kind of Sprite?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 10:20 PM (63Dwl)

Yes.
There's basic Sprite. Then there's lemon-lime (yes, that one throws me a bit, too). Then there's cranberry, a cherry one, and a 'tropical' one. Those have all come out (except the cranberry, which has been seasonal for several years now) in the last couple of years, I believe.

Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2025 10:49 PM (1PcCZ)

145 Joe Kidd, someone mentioned chocolate wine and coca cola as the official drink. We took that person out and .....
Posted by: Ben Had

Well that clears up the "What happened to Steve" mystery.

Posted by: Some Rat at August 23, 2025 10:50 PM (TfUTr)

146 130 You take your wins where you find them.

Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2025 10:43 PM
***
Truth

Posted by: TRex - take wisdom where you find it at August 23, 2025 10:51 PM (cCn4/)

147 That Hot Springs saloon was where Bill Clinton hung out.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 10:51 PM (63Dwl)

148 Digital Barrel is too clean!
Or, at least appears to be so.
Hmm.
Posted by: JQ
**********
Hmmm, I was just gonna commend you on the great cleaning job....

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 10:51 PM (cCn4/)

149 So what am I, sliced liver? I'm so hurt😕...
Posted by: COMountainMarie

You get out here, missy and I PROMISE you we will have lunch together.

Are you going to be in TX this year? We could find a wobbly table there.

Just don’t tell weasel. He does not tolerate wobbly shit.

And Hadrian. I saw that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 10:53 PM (mT+6a)

150
What is it with these woke AWFL bints and the ridiculous glasses? We've got the Cracker Barrel CEO, and I just a picture of some other CB executive, chief of marketing. She was just about a clone, same look with those ridiculously YUGE rectangular lenses with the thick black frame.

This is some sort of look they've adopted.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 10:53 PM (w6EFb)

151 Soak gummy bears in everclear. They get bigger, but they pack a punch after only a couple.

Who thinks of doing that? Its like the first person to eat oysters had to be pretty desperate or something.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 23, 2025 10:53 PM (a4flb)

152 I would pack cherries in rum with some molasses to make rum soaked cherries.

It was not original, but it was a good use of cherries.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

153 Walks behind bar...

Twizzlers! *starts handing out/throwing Twizzlers*

You get a Twizzler, and YOU get a Twizzler...

Woot! And there's the stash of extra Club ONT Restroom Tokens!

***SHWEEET!***

Thanks, TRex!

And thanks, 3D's, for Club ONT!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 10:54 PM (rdVOm)

154 What is it with these woke AWFL bints and the ridiculous glasses? We've got the Cracker Barrel CEO, and I just a picture of some other CB executive, chief of marketing. She was just about a clone, same look with those ridiculously YUGE rectangular lenses with the thick black frame.

This is some sort of look they've adopted.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Nature's way of telling you beware!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 10:54 PM (L/fGl)

155 I've had a few, maybe three, hangovers that made catastrophic tectonic shifts feel like a spring breeze. Even though that was well over 40 years ago and longer, the memory of them is still strong. Never F'ing again.

John Steinbeck said he "took his hangovers as a consequence, not a punishment". I didn't regard them as punishments, just stupid.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 10:55 PM (yTvNw)

156 I am beginning to worry about this restroom token deal.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 10:56 PM (dxWFK)

157 151 Soak gummy bears in everclear. They get bigger, but they pack a punch after only a couple.

Who thinks of doing that? Its like the first person to eat oysters had to be pretty desperate or something.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

College students?
Anyone wanting to get bombed at a sporting event and not spend a fortune?
Camping trips?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 10:56 PM (mT+6a)

158 What is it with these woke AWFL bints and the ridiculous glasses? We've got the Cracker Barrel CEO, and I just a picture of some other CB executive, chief of marketing. She was just about a clone, same look with those ridiculously YUGE rectangular lenses with the thick black frame.

This is some sort of look they've adopted.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 10:53 PM (w6EFb)

They see to think the glaasses make them look as smart as Rachel Maddow. And they're right.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 10:56 PM (gKDq2)

159 Hansel and Gretal... gotta say at this point I side with the Witch...

Some asshole little kids come by and start to EAT YOUR HOUSE? WTF???

And don't even get me started on Goldilocks... theft, breaking and entering, destruction of property... I mean... come on...

Thinking back, most of the stories I was raised on, the children were NOT good role models.
Posted by: Romeo13
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That Pied Piper was no saint either.

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 10:56 PM (41CYW)

160 Who thinks of doing that? Its like the first person to eat oysters had to be pretty desperate or something.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 23, 2025 10:53 PM (a4flb)

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Not necessarily.

Posted by: The Guy Who Discovered You Could Lick A Toad And Get High at August 23, 2025 10:56 PM (hY4dx)

161
Our youngest son, who is in his 40's, so you now know how old hubby and I are, lol. Anyways he is flying in Thursday from Seattle for the long weekend.

I want to make a Greek pasta salad and I've been looking at recipes. We decided we don't want a mayo laden type of salad. I was thinking about using orzo and greek olives and other stuff.

Any ideas?

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 10:56 PM (3ek7K)

162 What is it with these woke AWFL bints and the ridiculous glasses?

Its like aposematism, only with glasses instead of food dye.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 23, 2025 10:57 PM (a4flb)

163 156 I am beginning to worry about this restroom token deal.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 10:56 PM
***
But the Twizzlers are still OK? Just checking.

Posted by: TRex - not worried about licorice at August 23, 2025 10:57 PM (cCn4/)

164 Hmmm, I was just gonna commend you on the great cleaning job....
Posted by: The Grateful
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SHhhhhh! You *know* what would happen, if these guys heard anything about polished chrome!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 10:57 PM (rdVOm)

165 The steak and tater are on the grill, and the mushrooms are sauteeing in the skillet. Nice still quiet evening outside.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 10:57 PM (R4SAT)

166 Boy, my typing is crap tonight.

Sometimes I wish for an edit button. Others times, not so much.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 10:58 PM (gKDq2)

167 four seasons, if you find RMBS ask him..

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 10:58 PM (dxWFK)

168 128

Damn straight!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 23, 2025 10:58 PM (3wXSL)

169 We went out for ice cream this evening. First place had a line out the door. The second place, Haagen-Dasz, was fine, but when I said, "I'm in the mood for something seasonal and just right for a Nawlins summer. Do you have a flavor called 'Slow Torturous Death by Heat in a Dungeon'?", the staffer just blinked at me. Oh, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 10:58 PM (omVj0)

170 Knew a Cajun girl who soaked cherries in Everclear. Called them Cherry Bombs...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 23, 2025 10:59 PM (nbLIj)

171 I want to make a Greek pasta salad and I've been looking at recipes. We decided we don't want a mayo laden type of salad. I was thinking about using orzo and greek olives and other stuff.

Any ideas?

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It won't be Greek without Feta.

Feta and sodomy.

Well, mostly sodomy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 10:59 PM (hY4dx)

172
Thanks Ben Had, you wonderful person!!

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 10:59 PM (3ek7K)

173 >>Who thinks of doing that? Its like the first person to eat oysters had to be pretty desperate or something.

Squanto should have taken out a claim on the oyster growing areas. He could have sold them and bought a couple casinos.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 11:00 PM (viF8m)

174 TRex, SnailRacer has been the official Twizzler supplier to the MoMe for years.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 11:00 PM (dxWFK)

175 What is it with these woke AWFL bints and the ridiculous glasses? We've got the Cracker Barrel CEO, and I just a picture of some other CB executive, chief of marketing. She was just about a clone, same look with those ridiculously YUGE rectangular lenses with the thick black frame.

This is some sort of look they've adopted.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025

***
Jan Smithers as Bailey often wore glasses. Not those types, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 11:01 PM (omVj0)

176 We have a launch in 3 hours

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - CRS SpX-33
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 24, 2025
Launch Time: 2:45 a.m. EDT (0645 UTC, 08:45 CEST)

https://youtu.be/tSfzsHeX8aw

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 11:01 PM (sPQoU)

177 174 TRex, SnailRacer has been the official Twizzler supplier to the MoMe for years.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 11:00 PM
***
Twizzlers re-confirmed as approved. Repeat. Officially MoMe approved.

Carry on.

Posted by: TRex - breaking news at August 23, 2025 11:02 PM (cCn4/)

178
Mark Cuban wears the same AWFL glasses, too.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 11:02 PM (w6EFb)

179 Been a busy day. Hi everyone. I will just fade out and wander around the content

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 23, 2025 11:03 PM (w3u3d)

180 Jennifer Aniston is in this 1993 horror flick Leprechaun on House of Svengoolie, MeTV. You could tell even then she had on-screen charisma.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 11:03 PM (omVj0)

181 161
Our youngest son, who is in his 40's, so you now know how old hubby and I are, lol. Anyways he is flying in Thursday from Seattle for the long weekend.

I want to make a Greek pasta salad and I've been looking at recipes. We decided we don't want a mayo laden type of salad. I was thinking about using orzo and greek olives and other stuff.

Any ideas?

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 10:56 PM (3ek7K)

Make tzaziki - grated cucumber and yogurt with a spritz of lemon. Add some of the lemon zest too. Refreshing...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 23, 2025 11:03 PM (nbLIj)

182 150
What is it with these woke AWFL bints and the ridiculous glasses? We've got the Cracker Barrel CEO, and I just a picture of some other CB executive, chief of marketing. She was just about a clone, same look with those ridiculously YUGE rectangular lenses with the thick black frame.

This is some sort of look they've adopted.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 10:53 PM (w6EFb)

Rachel Maddow look.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 23, 2025 11:03 PM (wrRTB)

183 Cracker Barrel CEO only needs some masking tape, to complete her 'look'

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 11:03 PM (rdVOm)

184 And the mystery Volkswagen Tiguan for a thousand bucks was sold, so I did not ask its location, or how it came to be there. Potential grief: avoided.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 11:03 PM (R4SAT)

185 ADAMS, Nebraska (AP) — A World War II veteran from Nebraska believed to be America’s last surviving “ace” pilot because he shot down five enemy planes has died at age 103.
Donald McPherson served as a Navy fighter pilot aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex in the Pacific theater, where he engaged Japanese forces during the final years of the war. He earned the Congressional Gold Medal and three Distinguished Flying Crosses for his service
However, his daughter Beth Delabar said his loved ones always felt McPherson preferred a legacy reflecting his dedication to faith, family and community instead of his wartime feats.

https://is.gd/EwY57k

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 11:04 PM (L/fGl)

186 I want to make a Greek pasta salad and I've been looking at recipes. We decided we don't want a mayo laden type of salad. I was thinking about using orzo and greek olives and other stuff.

Any ideas?

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 10:56 PM (3ek7K)

1 cup orzo pasta
1 ½ cups cherry tomatoes, halved
1 medium cucumber, diced (peeled or unpeeled, your choice)
1 small red onion, finely diced
1 bell pepper (red, yellow, or green), chopped
½ cup Kalamata (Greek) olives, pitted and sliced
½ cup feta cheese, crumbled
2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
1 tbsp fresh mint (optional, for brightness)
For the Dressing:
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp dried oregano
½ tsp Dijon mustard (optional, for a little tang)
Salt and black pepper, to taste

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 11:04 PM (xcxpd)

187 I've had "moonshine cherries" before. I don't recall the circumstances, or really anything other than having them.

And a headache afterwards.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 11:04 PM (Q4IgG)

188 I want to make a Greek pasta salad and I've been looking at recipes. We decided we don't want a mayo laden type of salad. I was thinking about using orzo and greek olives and other stuff.

Any ideas?

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 10:56 PM (3ek7K)

I've made a baby lentil, feta, black olive, toasted sliced almonds (packaged) and fennel salad, with lemon juice, lemon zest and olive oil. No worries about having to keep it refrigerated in an outdoor situation like with using mayonnaise as a base.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 11:05 PM (gKDq2)

189 Teresa, congrats on your fabulous evening...45 years is an incredible milestone and I'm so glad you both were able to celebrate with those you love...I so look forward to hearing about your 50th wedding anniversary celebration!

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 11:05 PM (cCn4/)

190 Just sitting here a few minutes ago and realized that for aliens to exist, let alone make contact, not only would another planet have to have life on it - but according to SCIENCE, it would have to "evolve" from slime too. Then it has to make it past the somewhat advanced conscious reasoning being (human) phase and into the super advanced being phase, all without killing each other or having something else wipe them out.

Ok, boomer.

Posted by: ... at August 23, 2025 11:05 PM (E0p3T)

191 A friend of one rented an apartment after college. Shortly thereafter, she discovered it's previous occupant... was the woman whose Yugo blew off the Mackinac bridge.

Later, she rented another apartment which she found out had once been lived in by a serial killer.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 11:05 PM (44ETa)

192 Cherry Bombs. Buy a large jar of maraschino cherries. Drain liquid. Replace with Everclear. Let set for 2~3 weeks. Use as a garnish for 7Up. At least that's what I did in December 1990 when a friend sent me a jar to an undisclosed desert location during Operation Desert Shield

Posted by: Stacy0311 at August 23, 2025 11:05 PM (4Np/i)

193
Looking around, I see that style of frame is sometimes called "hipster thick". So, blame hipsters for first starting. It must've been some "ironic" thing those idiots do.

But there's some reason these AWFL types dig it beyond the hipster thing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 11:06 PM (w6EFb)

194
Squanto should have taken out a claim on the oyster growing areas. He could have sold them and bought a couple casinos.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 11:00 PM (viF8m)

__________

We live here on the Gulf Coast, but the oysters Her Majesty loves at our favorite Cajun restaurant come from New England. Go figure.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 11:06 PM (kkTda)

195 You could tell even then she had on-screen charisma.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 11:03 PM (omVj0)

Two of them even.

Posted by: ... at August 23, 2025 11:07 PM (E0p3T)

196 A friend of one rented an apartment after college. Shortly thereafter, she discovered it's previous occupant... was the woman whose Yugo blew off the Mackinac bridge.

Later, she rented another apartment which she found out had once been lived in by a serial killer.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 11:05 PM (44ETa)

If she ever buys a house, she should not go in the basement.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 11:07 PM (gKDq2)

197

Last night some of us were discussing Cracker Barrel and their stupid decisions.

SnailRacer said she or he, I'm not sure if female or male, it doesn't matter. Anyways SnailRacer has the idea that since Blackrock is the majority shareholder of CB, that they could be intentionally ruining CB because of the prime real estate locations of CB. It makes sense to me.

Since CB has prime locations right off interstates, I think SnailRacer is right.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:07 PM (3ek7K)

198 149 nurse

I am so planning to be there! I have a cancer screening at the end of August, which will determine how things go. I will try to bring extra wedges in case Weasel gets a 'funny' table...
No one wants to pass that guy off🤯!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 23, 2025 11:07 PM (3wXSL)

199 192 Cherry Bombs. Buy a large jar of maraschino cherries. Drain liquid. Replace with Everclear. Let set for 2~3 weeks. Use as a garnish for 7Up. At least that's what I did in December 1990 when a friend sent me a jar to an undisclosed desert location during Operation Desert Shield
Posted by: Stacy0311
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That's a damned good friend.

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 11:09 PM (41CYW)

200 53 days to TXMOME. X. Due to the generosity of the Horde the bar is open.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 11:10 PM (dxWFK)

201 From a Religious point of view, does it say anywhere that there can’t be life on other planets? If there’s a god that created man, he could have created “man” on some other planets as well. Why not?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 23, 2025 11:10 PM (wrRTB)

202
Mark,

That recipe sounds perfect. Thank you for sharing it.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:10 PM (3ek7K)

203 Ben Had!

Sooooooooon!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 11:11 PM (mT+6a)

204 nurse

I am so planning to be there! I have a cancer screening at the end of August, which will determine how things go. I will try to bring extra wedges in case Weasel gets a 'funny' table...
No one wants to pass that guy off🤯!

Posted by: COMountainMarie

Wow, talk about feeling like some sort of liver.

Posted by: Some Rat "The guy who was FREAKING THERE!" at August 23, 2025 11:11 PM (TfUTr)

205 From a Religious point of view, does it say anywhere that there can’t be life on other planets? If there’s a god that created man, he could have created “man” on some other planets as well. Why not?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 23, 2025 11:10 PM (wrRTB)

I'm pretty sure Allah would say no.

Posted by: ... at August 23, 2025 11:11 PM (E0p3T)

206 Hi, I am very late, but wanted to pop in and see what’s up!

Posted by: Piper at August 23, 2025 11:12 PM (pZEOD)

207 Oh man did I make it? Do I get a laminated member card now? H/t in the sidebar, quoted in a mod morning rant, and now in a top 10 comment. Is you can dream it, you can be it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 11:12 PM (MGB5H)

208 Soak gummy bears in everclear. They get bigger, but they pack a punch after only a couple.

Who thinks of doing that? Its like the first person to eat oysters had to be pretty desperate or something.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

College students?
Anyone wanting to get bombed at a sporting event and not spend a fortune?
Camping trips?
Posted by: nurse ratched

That's no different than cutting a hole in a watermelon and jamming a bottle of vodka into it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 11:12 PM (zXOsD)

209 Hi, I am very late, but wanted to pop in and see what’s up!
Posted by: Piper at August 23, 2025 11:12 PM

Hey fellow top 10er.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 11:12 PM (MGB5H)

210 SnailRacer said she or he, I'm not sure if female or male, it doesn't matter. Anyways SnailRacer has the idea that since Blackrock is the majority shareholder of CB, that they could be intentionally ruining CB because of the prime real estate locations of CB. It makes sense to me.

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That fails to take into account of the fact that the Woke mind virus has caused CEOs of companies across the board to destroy their brands. See, e.g., Disney, Target, Gillette, Anheuser-Busch, Harley-Davidson, Jaguar, Nike, Adidas, etc.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 11:12 PM (hY4dx)

211 A friend of one rented an apartment after college. Shortly thereafter, she discovered it's previous occupant... was the woman whose Yugo blew off the Mackinac bridge.

Later, she rented another apartment which she found out had once been lived in by a serial killer.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025

***
The closest I ever came to that was an apartment in 1988-89. When I moved out, the landlord mentioned that my predecessor had painted half the walls black, and there was black candle wax everywhere. I did not tell him that my cat refused to go into the bathroom without me (I kept his litter box elsewhere). I wonder what he sensed. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 11:13 PM (omVj0)

212 nurse, a special thank you to you for all you do.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 11:13 PM (dxWFK)

213 Since CB has prime locations right off interstates, I think SnailRacer is right.
Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:07 PM (3ek7K)

But commercial real estate is doing kind of badly right now, isn't it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 11:13 PM (R4SAT)

214 53 days to TXMOME. X. Due to the generosity of the Horde the bar is open.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 11:10 PM

We got a trailer for this year, so MoMe After Dark is gonna be lit.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 11:14 PM (MGB5H)

215 That's no different than cutting a hole in a watermelon and jamming a bottle of vodka into it.
Posted by: rickb223

We did that too!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 11:14 PM (mT+6a)

216 Just sitting here a few minutes ago and realized that for aliens to exist, let alone make contact, not only would another planet have to have life on it - but according to SCIENCE, it would have to "evolve" from slime too. Then it has to make it past the somewhat advanced conscious reasoning being (human) phase and into the super advanced being phase, all without killing each other or having something else wipe them out.

-
I read an article a while back with a headline something like more evidence for extraterrestrial life. The gist of it was that a fish had been discovered in the deep, deep ocean that did not get energy, directly or indirectly, from sunlight but rather from some chemical action. If they can do it in the deep, deep ocean, they can do it on Alpha Centauri!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 11:15 PM (L/fGl)

217 The General Slocum sinking devastated the German-American community on the Lower East Side, which dispersed further uptown. This allowed the next group of Lower East Siders, the Jewish community to take root.

On the Tucker Carlson show tonight, I have a special guest on to discuss the conspiracy surrounding the "General Slocum Incident" and *who* was really responsible.

IYKWIM.

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at August 23, 2025 11:15 PM (D0HYP)

218 Cherry Bounce sounds like a stage name.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

It sounds like a stage name and the act itself, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Although the Cherry Bounce is an act you can only perform once.

Posted by: mikeski at August 23, 2025 11:15 PM (DgGvY)

219 Aniston was in a made for TV movie around 1990 called Camp Cucamonga. It was a showcase for all the child stars of the time. Urkel and friends, The Full House Girls, Step by Step, The Wonder Years kids, etc. Premise was a summer camp and Jen Aniston played a counselor. She, of course, was cute.

Posted by: Winnie Cooper, Too! at August 23, 2025 11:15 PM (G5+As)

220
AOP,

Yes, I think so. However when we look at the locations of CB, I think they are sitting on prime real estate and the woke assholes have some devious plan for the property.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:15 PM (3ek7K)

221 BruceWayne, I'll bring you guys breakfast burritos cause you are gonna need them !

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 11:16 PM (dxWFK)

222 Awww Ben Had,
It’s my pleasure. And I appreciate you trusting me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 11:16 PM (mT+6a)

223 BruceWayne, I'll bring you guys breakfast burritos cause you are gonna need them !
Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 11

Oh hell ya

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 11:18 PM (MGB5H)

224 220
AOP,

Yes, I think so. However when we look at the locations of CB, I think they are sitting on prime real estate and the woke assholes have some devious plan for the property.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:15 PM (3ek7K)

Low income housing would be my bet...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 23, 2025 11:18 PM (nbLIj)

225
Good evening, all!

Except Hadrian.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 11:18 PM (6eO0F)

226 I never found Jennifer Aniston hot. She’s not ugly but never did it for me.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 23, 2025 11:19 PM (wrRTB)

227
the woman whose Yugo blew off the Mackinac bridge.

Billie Jo McAlister

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 11:20 PM (63Dwl)

228 209 Hi, I am very late, but wanted to pop in and see what’s up!
Posted by: Piper at August 23, 2025 11:12 PM

Hey fellow top 10er.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23

Hi! We are elite.

Posted by: Piper at August 23, 2025 11:20 PM (pZEOD)

229 I went in a dive bar once and told the bartender ...give me something cold and full of gin. He said...here take my wife.

Posted by: Muchas buchas at August 23, 2025 11:20 PM (DIIec)

230 Yes, I think so. However when we look at the locations of CB, I think they are sitting on prime real estate and the woke assholes have some devious plan for the property.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:15 PM (3ek7K)

Devious plan: tank the stock value by wokifying CB. Make a bundle shorting the stock. Mom and Pop investors bail. Blackrock buys them out, takes CB private, restores it to its original glory. Profit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 11:20 PM (R4SAT)

231 That's no different than cutting a hole in a watermelon and jamming a bottle of vodka into it.
Posted by: rickb223

The only thing better than vodka melon is vodka soaked gummies.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 11:20 PM (MGB5H)

232 Cracker Barrel declined after the Covid mess, which did kill a lot of restaurants. Then Biden-flation came along.

There's one here in Simpsonville that's been around for a long time, and was in our regular rotation. Quality went down after Covid. They used to have a nice spicy broiled catfish item that was the best around here. That, and a lot of other fish disappeared. I think they've started offering catfish at least again, but I haven't tried it.

That stupid bint was planning to spend $700M on this rebrand and remodel. If they'd spend that on getting the quality back up, they'd be all right.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 11:20 PM (w6EFb)

233 226 I never found Jennifer Aniston hot. She’s not ugly but never did it for me.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Please come visit us.

Posted by: Warby-Parker at August 23, 2025 11:20 PM (G5+As)

234 Hi! We are elite.
Posted by: Piper at August 23, 2025 11:20 PM

I did have to dust off my shoulder.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 11:21 PM (MGB5H)

235 Time I staggered (sober, but weary) off to bed, all. Play nice, and if you can't do that, don't get caught. See you on the Tech Thread tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 11:23 PM (omVj0)

236

Chain smoking skank... imagine her smell! 🤢

Posted by: Just Sayin... at August 23, 2025 11:23 PM (a9s9e)

237 My outline for a SF book I never wrote revolves around a kind of analogy.

Every once in a great while, someone will run off the road or busy urban interstate and become pinned in their car. They aren’t visible from the road. They are right there! Thousands of people pass them by. But they can’t signal anyone, they can’t move. And they can be stuck for a long time.

What if humans are the “aliens”? Our ancestors either crashed or broke down, little Johnnie put a pop tart in the flux capacitor housing, whatever, and so the ability for intergalactic travel was lost. AAA doesn’t come out this far. This happened maybe tens of thousands of years ago.

To me, while it is difficult to comprehend a complete system or the one we are in, it seems humans have a potential intelligence and calscity that is far and away more than “necessary” to be running around clubbing ground sloths over the head. Or put another way we are trying to get back to where we once were as a species. This has taken thousands and thousands of years.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 11:23 PM (QHBow)

238 Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Greater Twin Cities Borzoi Club specialty, defeating some 57 other dogs, a very nice chunk of change. He may now be styled BISS GCHS Envious As We Fall. Well done, you dope!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

He is now The BISS Dummy

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 11:24 PM (Mgy3C)

239 For AOP

The Thousand Dollar Car song

https://youtu.be/kzim1iYhmGA

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 23, 2025 11:24 PM (l8IGe)

240 Piper, hope you are gearing up for a couple of all nighters !

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 11:24 PM (dxWFK)

241 Just sitting here a few minutes ago and realized that for aliens to exist, let alone make contact, not only would another planet have to have life on it - but according to SCIENCE, it would have to "evolve" from slime too. Then it has to make it past the somewhat advanced conscious reasoning being (human) phase and into the super advanced being phase, all without killing each other or having something else wipe them out.
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I read an article a while back with a headline something like more evidence for extraterrestrial life. . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 11:15 PM

My one counterargument is we are a very noisy planet. Lots of transmissions going out into the void. We haven't picked up any to my knowledge; SETI's been at it a long time, too. If someone else had picked up our random stray transmissions, wouldn't they try the same? That is, if they wanted contact. Maybe they also believe God created them in his image, that image being Treebeard or an octopus or a Horta.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 11:27 PM (gKDq2)

242 'Night is to see the dreams and day is to make them true. So it’s good to sleep now and see the dreams. Good night, sweet dreams!'

Good night sweet Horde.
And good night to DDS - I don't often meet you here, but I think of you often!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 23, 2025 11:28 PM (3wXSL)

243 Kids in a saloon were not that unusual. Now, it was 50 year after that picture, but I remember being taken to a bar that looked a lot like some of those pictured. I had to be around 5 or 6. 3 - 5 couples and their offspring would meet at this saloon (IIRC, Spelmans) on Saturday night. The bar was about 20' long on the right side toward the front with a few table on the left. The was an open rail 3' high partition at the back end of the bar and tables scattered around in the space there. Ladies and kids weren't allowed up in the bar section, but drinks and bar food were served back there. All the kids just sort of run around back there, entertaining ourselves, while the parents had a few. As long as we didn't scream or run into other patrons, it was ok.
The place had high tin ceilings, a big mirror behind the bar, a brass rail and spitoons. I know this because, 7 years later I would pick up a ham and Swiss on rye with yellow mustard for our family doctor whose office was a block away. He gave me three quarters to pay for it, and I got to keep the dime in change.
My first job, and, establishing the tradition I've turn into since them, the job disappeared when he died.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 23, 2025 11:28 PM (dWdRv)

244 210 SnailRacer said she or he, I'm not sure if female or male, it doesn't matter. Anyways SnailRacer has the idea that since Blackrock is the majority shareholder of CB, that they could be intentionally ruining CB because of the prime real estate locations of CB. It makes sense to me.
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I think it's a more simple scenario than that. Prior to the new CEO coming on board 2020, Cracker Barrel was experiencing a slow decline in revenue. The COVID debacle expedited that problem. A number of board members retired about the same time. The new CEO expanded the Board of Directors to 11 people...and all the new Board members after 2020 are either minorities or women. In short, the CEO brought in her cadre to back her up.

So, now, she's "fixing" the paternalistic, hill billy problem child into her own image, and she's got the same thinking of her Board of Directors backing her up.

Posted by: Orson at August 23, 2025 11:29 PM (dIske)

245
The (observable) universe is so damned YUGE, you just can't your mind wrapped around it. Even our Milky Way Galaxy is so big it takes some thought to even appreciate how big that is. And then, going up the scale ladder from that, the Milky Way is just a fly speck on a fly speck on a bacterium.

With all that vastness and the mind boggling number of galaxies out there, there's got to be other life out there. It may be something quite different than us. We've got a sample of exactly one data point for life, us.

If there's no way around light speed, then any long distance travelling will be impossible. So there could be a shit ton of life, advanced civilizations and anything you could imagine, but yet spread out so far in that mind boggling vastness that not one of will ever detect, much less contact any of the others.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 11:29 PM (w6EFb)

246 Greek pasta salad--kalamatas, feta, tomato, cucumber, and make a simple vinaigrette dressing with thyme. pepperoncini for fun?

Posted by: barbarausa at August 23, 2025 11:30 PM (enw9G)

247 Thousand dollar car it ain't worth nothin'
Thousand dollar car it ain't worth shit.
Might as well take your Thousand dollars,
and set fire to it.
Thousand dollar car ain't worth a dime,
You lose your thousand dollars every time.
Oh why did I ever buy,
a thousand dollar car.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 23, 2025 11:30 PM (l8IGe)

248 So, now, she's "fixing" the paternalistic, hill billy problem child into her own image, and she's got the same thinking of her Board of Directors backing her up.

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This too, is the story of Kathleen Kennedy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 11:30 PM (hY4dx)

249 So, now, she's "fixing" the paternalistic, hill billy problem child into her own image, and she's got the same thinking of her Board of Directors backing her up.

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This too, is the story of Kathleen Kennedy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 11:30 PM (hY4dx)

The force is female and the Cracker Barrel is good house keeping.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 11:31 PM (MGB5H)

250 So we are sitting in our newly constructed framed GP mediums west of Mogadishu Somalia at Victory Base. Mail comes and chief gets a care package from his wife. Inside is a carefuly concealed bottle of Crown Royal. He starts showing it off and rubbing it in that he's got alcohol blah blah. Pours himself a dixie cup full and puts the cap on. The proceeds to set it down on a double head nail sticking out of the framing. Busts the whole bottom out of it.
All he got was the dixie cup.
"Damn it smells good in here" was our first words to him for a week.

Posted by: Reforger at August 23, 2025 11:32 PM (I0Uo2)

251 Pleasant dreams to you all. Lights out time at Casa Ben Had

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 11:32 PM (dxWFK)

252
barbarausa,

Thank you for that. It sounds delicious.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:32 PM (3ek7K)

253 240 Piper, hope you are gearing up for a couple of all nighters !
Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 11:24 PM (dxWFK)

Y’all have to know by now I am a very boring, goody two shoes. Plus I have to drive to what I hope is not a haunted VRBO. But mainly, I am a very boring, goody two shoes.

Posted by: Piper at August 23, 2025 11:32 PM (pZEOD)

254 Shit! I forgot to copy/paste who I was trying to engage with that.

Posted by: Reforger at August 23, 2025 11:33 PM (I0Uo2)

255 The only thing better than vodka melon is vodka soaked gummies.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 11:20 PM (MGB5H

Vodka injected into oranges wasn’t bad.

Posted by: Javems at August 23, 2025 11:34 PM (xHVms)

256 Thousand dollar car it ain't worth nothin'
Thousand dollar car it ain't worth shit.
Might as well take your Thousand dollars,
and set fire to it.
Thousand dollar car ain't worth a dime,
You lose your thousand dollars every time.
Oh why did I ever buy,
a thousand dollar car.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 23, 2025 11:30 PM (l8IGe)

The song sort of presupposes no knowledge and no ability to fix up the thousand dollar car. I used to do real well on cars that sold for a lot less than a grand.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 11:34 PM (R4SAT)

257 Y’all have to know by now I am a very boring, goody two shoes. Plus I have to drive to what I hope is not a haunted VRBO. But mainly, I am a very boring, goody two shoes.
Posted by: Piper at August 23, 2025 11:32 PM (pZEOD

Ehh we got a couch in the camper if needed hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 11:35 PM (MGB5H)

258 Good night, sweet friends! Everyone is settled and quiet finally.

Posted by: Piper at August 23, 2025 11:35 PM (pZEOD)

259 Posted by: buddhaha at August 23, 2025 11:28 PM (dWdRv)

Way before my time in the neighborhood but many 'old timers' I've met talked about as a kid having a bucket or some other sort of container easily carried and being sent to the bar to get a bucket of beer for Dad. They said it was very common. Just like when I was a kid parents sent their kids to 7-11 to buy cigarettes for them.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 11:36 PM (gKDq2)

260 Are they going to get rid of that gift shop presence at Cracker Barrel? I wasn't a regular patron, but I enjoyed seeing some the unique stuff they had in there, most especially some of those candy brands I haven't seen in 40 some years. I always made a special trip there to load up on stocking stuffers around Christmas time. Always a big hit with the relatives.

Posted by: Orson at August 23, 2025 11:36 PM (dIske)

261 You're welcome, four seasons.
Thyme makes it, IMO.

I have a great Swedish potato salad recipe from my MIL, that uses a simple vinaigrette (oil, vinegar, salt, pepper), on potatoes, diced pickled beet, parsley, chive, and chopped sweet onion.

It absolutely rocks, and is great for cookouts/picnics/etc because no mayo worries. I love it in summer.

Posted by: barbarausa at August 23, 2025 11:36 PM (enw9G)

262 >> SETI's been at it a long time, too. If someone else had picked up our random stray transmissions, wouldn't they try the same?

The problem with that is the inverse square law. SETI is sort of ridiculous. An alien civilization would have to be purposefully targeting us, aiming a tight beamed signal right at us with enormous power for us to be able to detect.

Now, our own transmission, leakage being roughly isotropic and inverse square, would be so weak they'd be lost in the background noise.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

263 Are they going to get rid of that gift shop presence at Cracker Barrel? I wasn't a regular patron, but I enjoyed seeing some the unique stuff they had in there, most especially some of those candy brands I haven't seen in 40 some years. I always made a special trip there to load up on stocking stuffers around Christmas time. Always a big hit with the relatives.
Posted by: Orson at August 23, 2025 11:36 PM

They are no longer a country store, and the remodels clean up and very much reduce the store area. They also woked the peg game, it says something like "if you didn't solve it you're still a special person"

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 11:38 PM (MGB5H)

264 Are they going to get rid of that gift shop presence at Cracker Barrel? I wasn't a regular patron, but I enjoyed seeing some the unique stuff they had in there, most especially some of those candy brands I haven't seen in 40 some years. I always made a special trip there to load up on stocking stuffers around Christmas time. Always a big hit with the relatives.
Posted by: Orson at August 23, 2025 11:36 PM (dIske)

It will all be organic candy sweetened with Stevia. And the rag dolls will all be trannies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 11:38 PM (R4SAT)

265 254 Shit! I forgot to copy/paste who I was trying to engage with that.
Posted by: Reforger
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That's ok. I yell at clouds.

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at August 23, 2025 11:38 PM (41CYW)

266 The (observable) universe is so damned YUGE, you just can't your mind wrapped around it. Even our Milky Way Galaxy is so big it takes some thought to even appreciate how big that is. And then, going up the scale ladder from that, the Milky Way is just a fly speck on a fly speck on a bacterium.

With all that vastness and the mind boggling number of galaxies out there, there's got to be other life out there. It may be something quite different than us. We've got a sample of exactly one data point for life, us.

If there's no way around light speed, then any long distance travelling will be impossible. So there could be a shit ton of life, advanced civilizations and anything you could imagine, but yet spread out so far in that mind boggling vastness that not one of will ever detect, much less contact any of the others.
Posted by: publius

Using very different wording, this would be very similar to our stoned rambles on Friday nights sitting around the dorm after late-night bongfests.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 11:38 PM (cYBz/)

267
I think the goal of all the asshole woke leftists is to erase any Americana in our country. Everything must be generic and there should be nothing existing that expresses who we as Americans are.

Fight it if you can, don't let them win.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:39 PM (3ek7K)

268 My one counterargument is we are a very noisy planet. Lots of transmissions going out into the void. We haven't picked up any to my knowledge; SETI's been at it a long time, too. If someone else had picked up our random stray transmissions, wouldn't they try the same? That is, if they wanted contact. Maybe they also believe God created them in his image, that image being Treebeard or an octopus or a Horta.
Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 11:27 PM (gKDq2)

Given that our earliest transmissions have not yet made it very far within our own galaxy, the prospect of bridging the distance to an as-yet undiscovered planet in a distant galaxy seems...remote...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 23, 2025 11:40 PM (nbLIj)

269 Go woke; go broke.

Cracker Barrel’s radical CEO Julie Felss Masino's reportedly wanted to make the restaurant chain less white, and thus the removal of the beloved logo bearing a white man. Her idiotic decision may have been celebrated by the far leftists who hate America, but it resulted in a $250 million decline in the company’s stock value. It is down nearly 35% since she took the helm. She, and the moron board members who hired her, should all be removed; then the original logo should be brought back, and a new board and CEO consisting of conservatives who look like the guy in the logo should be hired. The stock would double!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 11:42 PM (zXOsD)

270 Given that our earliest transmissions have not yet made it very far within our own galaxy, the prospect of bridging the distance to an as-yet undiscovered planet in a distant galaxy seems...remote...

Posted by: Joe Kidd

It doesn't matter. The Dad equivalent of an advanced civilization family on some far flung universe has already walked/slid/floated into the lab and turned off the equipment for the night as no one was in the room.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 11:42 PM (cYBz/)

271 An alien civilization would have to be purposefully targeting us Posted by: publius

Two words: Roswell and Area 51. Art Bell covered these for years. QED.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 11:42 PM (zdKZs)

272 If there's no way around light speed, then any long distance travelling will be impossible. So there could be a shit ton of life, advanced civilizations and anything you could imagine, but yet spread out so far in that mind boggling vastness that not one of will ever detect, much less contact any of the others.
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Enrico Fermi: “Where is everybody?” Was his famous non seq blurted out at a dinner party, they had been discussing alien life earlier that day. Everybody knew what he was talking about and started laughing.

If light speed travel is possible, but you have lost it, well nobody is going to be able to find you, might be one scenario

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 11:42 PM (QHBow)

273
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 23, 2025 11:30 PM (l8IGe)

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Why did I never hear my personal life theme song until this moment?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 11:42 PM (6eO0F)

274 Now, our own transmission, leakage being roughly isotropic and inverse square, would be so weak they'd be lost in the background noise.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

Suppose, aliens, some 60 light-years distant, sent out their own version of Voyager to explore the outer reaches of their star system. And at some point in its orbit, it passed between the alien planet and Sol. We might hear a burst of radio traffic directed at their probe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 11:42 PM (R4SAT)

275

barbarausa,

We are into lighter salads. Not necessarily for health reasons, but they really taste better.

Lots of Mayo seems to mask the flavors of the chopped vegetables.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:43 PM (3ek7K)

276
100 light years is about the absolute limit of detection based on signal to noise, and that's being quite generous, assuming the aliens have receiver tech far beyond anything we have.

50 ly is probably a better limit.

And exception is some very high power, tight beamed stuff, like radar we've sent out. That could be detected at greater distances, maybe a few thousand light years. But it the aliens would have to be very lucky, looking at just the right direction at just the right time, with some very sensitive receivers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 11:43 PM (w6EFb)

277 When that post about Macinac Bridge was written I was going to mention that the only reason they know a Yugo blew off the bridge - they had a witness.

This was mentioned in a civil engineering class (prof was former MDOT engineer). He said they don't really know how many may have blown off that bridge. And, it may be do to a weird design where it has very low guard rails which may contribute to the problem.

Afetr forty years, jus last year I went over the bridge. Same guard rails still there. Weird design. Outside lanes are steel grates so you can see straight down like a couple huundred feet to the water.

Highly recommend for your next color tour on your bike.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 11:44 PM (/lPRQ)

278 I think the goal of all the asshole woke leftists is to erase any Americana in our country. Everything must be generic and there should be nothing existing that expresses who we as Americans are.

Fight it if you can, don't let them win.
Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:39 PM (3ek7K)

Have to make the illegals feel comfortable. All that Americana upsets them.

Just like right now in England their is a mini-revolt with people hanging flags of St. George all over the place. City councils remove those but leave Paleo flags up. They say the English flag 'causes upset to the immigrant community'.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 11:44 PM (gKDq2)

279 The song sort of presupposes no knowledge and no ability to fix up the thousand dollar car. I used to do real well on cars that sold for a lot less than a grand.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 11:34 PM (R4SAT)

I've been running them for over 40 years. 15 of it with Subaru GL wagons. I have a plate monument to them all on the wall of my shop. Some were better than others. They die when the repairs become more than the next $500 find.
Current one has me actually willingly investing in it. 2004 Tacoma. Probably my best find so far. I'm actually going to reupholster the seats.

Posted by: Reforger at August 23, 2025 11:46 PM (I0Uo2)

280 I am entranced with George Washington's drink recipe that ends,
refrigerate once opened.

Clearly there are unexplored aspects of Washington's career.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 23, 2025 11:47 PM (zdLoL)

281

I am so sick of hearing about illegals.

As Americans, is there a country we could show up in and declare we have rights there? I don't think so.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:47 PM (3ek7K)

282 If light speed travel is possible, but you have lost it, well nobody is going to be able to find you, might be one scenario
Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 11:42 PM (QHBow)

Marooned on Planet X.

They had to have made a movie with that title in the 1950s.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 11:48 PM (gKDq2)

283 The Galaxy song

You asked for it

https://tinyurl.com/24d2w8aa

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 11:48 PM (mT+6a)

284 Just like right now in England their is a mini-revolt with people hanging flags of St. George all over the place. City councils remove those but leave Paleo flags up. They say the English flag 'causes upset to the immigrant community'.
Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 11:44 PM (gKDq2)
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Some enterprising young Brit is going around painting the St. George flag on pot holes in the roadway. It is getting an immediate reaction from the road crews to get out and remove the paint by filling in the pot holes. Which, of course, was the goal. Made me laugh.

Posted by: Orson at August 23, 2025 11:49 PM (dIske)

285 Just like right now in England their is a mini-revolt with people hanging flags of St. George all over the place. City councils remove those but leave Paleo flags up. They say the English flag 'causes upset to the immigrant community'.
Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 11:44 PM (gKDq2)

Drones with tiny flamethrowers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 11:49 PM (R4SAT)

286 Cracker Barrel’s radical CEO Julie Felss Masino's reportedly wanted to make the restaurant chain less white, and thus the removal of the beloved logo bearing a white man.
Posted by: rickb223

So she is going for the Gangster Disciples and Tren de Agua audience. Apparently she has never heard of Waffle House.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 11:50 PM (zdKZs)

287
When I refresh the page here I get ads. I know Ace makes money from the ads. There is one that is a picture of some very wrinkled hands and everytime I see it I think how in the world did they get a picture of my hands, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:50 PM (3ek7K)

288 We deployed to the Ft. Irwin training center in the Mojave. I was tasked to unload a truck full of empty 5 gallon water containers. One of them “clunked” and I looked inside. Full of cans of beer! I knew whose they were.

I put on my best concerned troopie face and went to see the offending SSG. “I found this illicit contraband Sarge, don’t you think we should report this to the CO immediately? Gosh!” It was great to see the wheels turning and burning in his mind.

“Well .. no, I don’t think that will be necessary…”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 11:50 PM (QHBow)

289 Four seasons, I like the tang and bite of a vinegar salad. I love (and make a great!) mayo potato salad too, but I more often jones for that pickled beet version (using the pickled beet recipe she gave me too, setting them up a few days in advance of the salad for maximum zing from the cloves, lol)

Posted by: barbarausa at August 23, 2025 11:51 PM (enw9G)

290 Clearly there are unexplored aspects of Washington's career.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 23, 2025 11:47 PM (zdLoL)

He could just glare at a pail of water, and turn it into ice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 11:51 PM (R4SAT)

291 What a bunch of morons.

Family of woman found with tribe in Scottish woods tell of heartbreak

https://mol.im/a/15028047

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 11:52 PM (sPQoU)

292 I missed day drinking. Again. Sigh.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 11:52 PM (zdKZs)

293
barbarausa,

I saw a recipe today for a beet salad. I love beets and the recipe was easy and sounds delicious.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:53 PM (3ek7K)

294 I am so sick of hearing about illegals.

As Americans, is there a country we could show up in and declare we have rights there? I don't think so.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:47 PM (3ek7K)

Exactly.

IMAO, the worldwide illegal invasion is someone or group of someones idea of reparations, making the English-speaking world pay up for every evil that has ever existed.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 11:54 PM (gKDq2)

295 Outside lanes are steel grates so you can see straight down like a couple huundred feet to the water.

Highly recommend for your next color tour on your bike.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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I've done that. Between the effect that the grating has on your bikes's steering, the wind, and the seeming open space below you, it was a real attention-getter.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 23, 2025 11:54 PM (XeU6L)

296 Hansel and Gretal... gotta say at this point I side with the Witch...

Some asshole little kids come by and start to EAT YOUR HOUSE? WTF???

And don't even get me started on Goldilocks... theft, breaking and entering, destruction of property... I mean... come on...

Thinking back, most of the stories I was raised on, the children were NOT good role models.
Posted by: Romeo13
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Used have The Brothers Grimm Complete Works

They were all stories to warn children to be careful and not be asshoe. I skipped the famous stories, but recall many where evil kids has bad endings. Many very short - Three kids played 'Butcher' so they cut little Billy up and made sausage. The End.

So, the original stories probably had those kids in the Disney stories rightfully meeting their just ends.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 11:55 PM (/lPRQ)

297
RickZ,

I agree. What pisses me off is most of never perpetrated evil on the whiney asses.

Those of us here on Ace have worked very hard to have a great life. I am sick of losers wanting an easy path towards what we AMERICANS have worked our butts off to achieve.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:58 PM (3ek7K)

298 That was one thing noticeable about the old school Bias-Ply tires. Steel gratings and weirdo road finish surfaces did strange things to handling.

On the other hand they fail gracefully and don’t explode on the highway the way radials do.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 11:58 PM (QHBow)

299 Some enterprising young Brit is going around painting the St. George flag on pot holes in the roadway. It is getting an immediate reaction from the road crews to get out and remove the paint by filling in the pot holes. Which, of course, was the goal. Made me laugh.
Posted by: Orson

Real men of genius!

Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 12:01 AM (DgGvY)

300 We live almost in the center of our city. My youngest daughter went outside to walk her dog and saw two foxes sitting on our trampoline.

She managed to run back into the house and get a good video of the one fox that didn't skedaddle.

That fox just calmly watched her while calculating whether she was a threat.

I know why several cultures consider the fox to be a trickster - the fox looked very wise while observing her.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2025 12:03 AM (HlyYF)

301 RickZ,

I agree. What pisses me off is most of never perpetrated evil on the whiney asses.

Those of us here on Ace have worked very hard to have a great life. I am sick of losers wanting an easy path towards what we AMERICANS have worked our butts off to achieve.

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 11:58 PM (3ek7K)

Just like the first whites to this country weren't immigrants, they were pioneers. No social support network nor fancy hotels back then. I really hate that 'America was founded by immigrants' bullshit. The natives didn't even have a casino back then.

Posted by: RickZ at August 24, 2025 12:04 AM (gKDq2)

302 About the DEI CEO of Cracker Barrel: I think those big glasses are fake - that is, there’s no correction in them! Look at the side of her face through the glasses sidewise: if it had any optical power, the edge of her face would be pushed inward or outward, depending on the correction. The line of the edge of her face is unaltered seen through the lenses. There’s no correction to speak of! I think this is like wearing a power tie: it’s just supposed to make her look powerful!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 24, 2025 12:04 AM (ZVgZ4)

303
Sly as a fox.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:04 AM (3ek7K)

304
I remembered some calculations for what would be involved to set up a radio link between us and say Alpha Centauri, 4 ly away. I had Grok run those numbers again.

Now, the setup. You want as tight a beam as you can muster with current technology, or a little beyond, but feasible. With such a very tight, directional beam, you need to be able to aim you antenna very precisely, to within an arc-second or better. You would need an Arecibo sized dish to do that, yet be able to aim it down to the arc-second.

Anyway, power requirements for threshold signal to noise limit. Surprisingly, a 1.2kW power level would be enough to be detectable. But useless, data rate would be only 1 bit per second. Again, this is for pushing the limits of current tech. Our receiver would have to be the width of a football field, in space, aimed down to the arc-second of precision, and oh, cyro-cooled down to 20K to limit self-noise.

To get up to just 1kbps we'd need 1.2MW. 32 kps would need 40 MW.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 12:06 AM (w6EFb)

305
I enjoyed seeing some the unique stuff they had in there, most especially some of those candy brands I haven't seen in 40 some years.

That stuff is too heteronormative.

Posted by: Nu CEO at August 24, 2025 12:07 AM (63Dwl)

306 There’s no correction to speak of! I think this is like wearing a power tie: it’s just supposed to make her look powerful!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 24, 2025 12:04 AM (ZVgZ4)

Well, stuffing a potato down the front of her pants was right out...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 12:07 AM (R4SAT)

307 I am entranced with George Washington's drink recipe that ends,
refrigerate once opened.

Clearly there are unexplored aspects of Washington's career.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

I think that's the modern translation of "once opened, you gotta drink it all at once."

Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 12:08 AM (DgGvY)

308 If you believe in strict materialistic evolution the odds of intelligent life evolving anywhere else in our galaxy are too low for there to be any chance. The sheer number of things that had to go "just right" is astounding.

And in the billions of years our galaxy has been around there would have been more then enough for another sentient life form to survey all worlds in the galaxy via a series of permanent von neumann probes, yes even assuming much slower then light travel.

Now...the universe as a whole? It is far bigger...so maybe. But let's just say if you are worried about some creature with an oddly shaped head probing your rear end you just stay away from Barack Obama...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 12:10 AM (sKqQm)

309
I have never understood why in the world we give money to people who immigrate here and the illegals who break the law to get into our country.

I'm a taxpayer and my vote is *uck you, it's my money I earned and you don't deserve any of it.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:10 AM (3ek7K)

310 Anyway, power requirements for threshold signal to noise limit. Surprisingly, a 1.2kW power level would be enough to be detectable. But useless, data rate would be only 1 bit per second. Again, this is for pushing the limits of current tech. Our receiver would have to be the width of a football field, in space, aimed down to the arc-second of precision, and oh, cyro-cooled down to 20K to limit self-noise.

To get up to just 1kbps we'd need 1.2MW. 32 kps would need 40 MW.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 12:06 AM (w6EFb)

Band width, or data rate, has more to do with frequency than power level.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 12:10 AM (R4SAT)

311 >Some enterprising young Brit is going around painting the St. George flag on pot holes in the roadway. It is getting an immediate reaction from the road crews to get out and remove the paint by filling in the pot holes. Which, of course, was the goal. Made me laugh.
Posted by: Orson

If your country is effectively under occupation, which is what this scuffle is at the gut level ... well better your enemies hold a country with more potholes, not less.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 24, 2025 12:11 AM (lhenN)

312 To get up to just 1kbps we'd need 1.2MW. 32 kps would need 40 MW.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 12:06 AM (w6EFb)

(Nods confidently)

So you're saying there's a chance...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 24, 2025 12:12 AM (nbLIj)

313 I have never understood why in the world we give money to people who immigrate here and the illegals who break the law to get into our country.

Because illegals are much easier to grift off of then any domestic group. Ironically, perhaps the best way to end the left's love affair with illegals would be to put a dogmatically pure one issue ideologue in charge of their aid.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 12:13 AM (sKqQm)

314 Marooned on Planet X -

Well, there is a book:

https://is.gd/TncD2T

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 24, 2025 12:13 AM (ZVgZ4)

315 I know why several cultures consider the fox to be a trickster - the fox looked very wise while observing her.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2025 12:03 AM (HlyYF)
_________________________________

We have a bunch of foxes around my place. And, you want to hear something disturbing, in the spring time they have a little mating scream they use that can sound very human and not at all pleasant.

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 12:13 AM (dIske)

316 If your country is effectively under occupation, which is what this scuffle is at the gut level ... well better your enemies hold a country with more potholes, not less.

Some portion of the occupied population are waking up to their predicament only now. I suspect the pothole thing is waking more

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 12:14 AM (sKqQm)

317 >>Band width, or data rate, has more to do with frequency than power level.

This was assuming a 5GHz base. You need more signal to noise with increasing bandwidth at a given base frequency.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

318
Orson,

Since we moved to very rural Wyoming I hear that. It took me a while to not run outside thinking there was a child in danger.

It's eerie.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:15 AM (3ek7K)

319 Just like the first whites to this country weren't immigrants, they were pioneers. No social support network nor fancy hotels back then. I really hate that 'America was founded by immigrants' bullshit. The natives didn't even have a casino back then.
Posted by: RickZ

Ask them, if they, back then, were considered immigrants, can we hunt the new immigrants like the natives hunted the "original immigrants?"

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 12:16 AM (zXOsD)

320 I picked up a pathfinder* video game and its interesting but...they've added trannies to role playing games now apparently.

Because in a game were you can be pretty much anything you want to role play as - elves, dragons, people with a functioning liver some people apparently want to role play AS someone role playing as a woman.

*Basically someone figured out how to monetize an older (better?) version of D&D then the current one.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 12:17 AM (sKqQm)

321 Ask them, if they, back then, were considered immigrants, can we hunt the new immigrants like the natives hunted the "original immigrants?"

Every now and then some mush brained leftist will post a picture of some American Indians with a thought along the lines of "what if they are stopped anyone from immigrating to their lands?!?"

And yes you idiots, if the Indians had been advanced enough and unified enough to do so their people would still rule those lands. And the same thing will befall the current population if we don't change course.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 24, 2025 12:19 AM (sKqQm)

322 That was one thing noticeable about the old school Bias-Ply tires. Steel gratings and weirdo road finish surfaces did strange things to handling.
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Try it on a motorcycle. Adjacent linear gratings 'steer' the bike, and the sensation is that you have a flat tire and are losing steering control, which to an extent, you are.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 12:19 AM (XeU6L)

323 Since we moved to very rural Wyoming I hear that. It took me a while to not run outside thinking there was a child in danger.

It's eerie.
Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:15 AM (3ek7K)
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Eerie is a good description. I'll tell you what else makes a weird noise. Very young deer. As they get older they resort to snorts and chuffs....but the really young ones still use their vocal chords and screech very loudly, especially if they get separated from mom. They panic.

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 12:19 AM (dIske)

324 We have a bunch of foxes around my place. And, you want to hear something disturbing, in the spring time they have a little mating scream they use that can sound very human and not at all pleasant.
Posted by: Orson
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Spooky as hell. It's a scream, and if you're camped out in wilderness it's scary.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 12:21 AM (XeU6L)

325 Fox scream:
https://shorturl.fm/AQmoA

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 12:25 AM (XeU6L)

326 Ask them, if they, back then, were considered immigrants, can we hunt the new immigrants like the natives hunted the "original immigrants?"
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Every now and then some mush brained leftist will post a picture of some American Indians with a thought along the lines of "what if they are stopped anyone from immigrating to their lands?!?"

And yes you idiots, if the Indians had been advanced enough and unified enough to do so their people would still rule those lands. And the same thing will befall the current population if we don't change course.
Posted by: 18-1
===

Well, many of the native tribes did try to eliminate the Newcomers.
They failed.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 12:25 AM (/lPRQ)

327 This was assuming a 5GHz base. You need more signal to noise with increasing bandwidth at a given base frequency.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

Ah, OK. One would probably also want to pick a frequency, or set of frequencies, that fall in a quiet region of the galactic radio spectrum. Improves the s/n ratio, and also tells listeners, "hey! maybe artificial signal."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 12:25 AM (NhG0j)

328 298 That was one thing noticeable about the old school Bias-Ply tires. Steel gratings and weirdo road finish surfaces did strange things to handling.

On the other hand they fail gracefully and don’t explode on the highway the way radials do.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Bias-ply. Manual steering. '65 Land Cruiser. Steering was a workout similar to a trip to the gym.

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at August 24, 2025 12:26 AM (41CYW)

329 Every now and then some mush brained leftist will post a picture of some American Indians with a thought along the lines of "what if they are stopped anyone from immigrating to their lands?!?"

And yes you idiots, if the Indians had been advanced enough and unified enough to do so their people would still rule those lands. And the same thing will befall the current population if we don't change course.
Posted by: 18-1

When they went up against true sod buster immigrants, they won. When they went up against the army, except for Little Bighorn, they lost their asses.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 12:27 AM (zXOsD)

330 And another sock fail. Like the tides. Predictable.

Posted by: scampydog at August 24, 2025 12:27 AM (41CYW)

331 Recently I've resorted to having conversations with Opossums. The ugly little creeps come up to the patio looking for spilled bird seed while I'm sitting out there. To get their attention you have to make a sound sort of like sparks spitting out of a damaged electrical wire. They will stare for a few seconds and return the sound. This goes on for about 10 minutes. In truth, it's hilarious.

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 12:27 AM (dIske)

332 Try it on a motorcycle. Adjacent linear gratings 'steer' the bike, and the sensation is that you have a flat tire and are losing steering control, which to an extent, you are.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 12:19 AM (XeU6L)

The old Thompson River bridge on the Trans-Canada highway near Savona, BC, had a steel grating deck, and there were huge signs at each end warning motorcyclists to use extreme caution.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 12:28 AM (NhG0j)

333 Recently I've resorted to having conversations with Opossums. The ugly little creeps come up to the patio looking for spilled bird seed while I'm sitting out there. To get their attention you have to make a sound sort of like sparks spitting out of a damaged electrical wire. They will stare for a few seconds and return the sound. This goes on for about 10 minutes. In truth, it's hilarious.
Posted by: Orson
==

You hiss at each other ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 12:29 AM (/lPRQ)

334 Highly recommend for your next color tour on your bike.

Headed north on that bridge to a club rally in Da Soo, my Norton Matchless mag-dyno stopped charging, and it developed a miss. I rolled into the maintenance station at the north end of the bridge, and more or less explained myself. The guys there threw a hell of a charge on the battery for an hour (pure mag ignition versions didn't have a battery), and I not only made it to the meet, but all the way home to northern Ohio. Quality electricity they had there.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 24, 2025 12:30 AM (zdLoL)

335
Any feasible interstellar comm link would use lasers, most likely. Tighter beams there. And there's a clever gravitational lensing trick you could do with your host star to better focus the transmitted signal.

That would greatly reduce power requirements, but it's some pretty fancy tech.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 12:30 AM (w6EFb)

336 Recently I've resorted to having conversations with Opossums. The ugly little creeps come up to the patio looking for spilled bird seed while I'm sitting out there. To get their attention you have to make a sound sort of like sparks spitting out of a damaged electrical wire. They will stare for a few seconds and return the sound. This goes on for about 10 minutes. In truth, it's hilarious.
Posted by: Orson

I have three opossums and a family of five trash pandas come up and eat the leftover cat food.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 12:30 AM (zXOsD)

337
You hiss at each other ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Better than playing dead.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 12:32 AM (XeU6L)

338 You hiss at each other ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 12:29 AM (/lPRQ)
________________________

We chat. But, to be honest, I always have one foot on the ground ready to tear to the patio door if they get close. Those things always look sick, wobble a bit and you wouldn't know if they were carrying rabies because they act odd no matter how healthy they are. Not willing to take chances on coons, possums or the occasional skunk.

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 12:33 AM (dIske)

339
Orson,

I think we must have possums around here but I've not seen any yet.

We have mule deer and something about them cracks me up. I think it's the ears. We also have moose and it's kinda cool seeing a moose sauntering down the sidewalk as long as you are in the house looking at them through the window. Never get close to a moose.
They are irritable.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:33 AM (3ek7K)

340 Adjacent linear gratings 'steer' the bike, and the sensation is that you have a flat tire and are losing steering control

There used to be a mile-long elevated section of Ohio Route 8 leading into Akron from the north, that you'd swear was just a way to keep bikers out of Akron. Longitudinal steel grate all the way. Pretty spooky. Gone now.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 24, 2025 12:34 AM (zdLoL)

341 Those things always look sick, wobble a bit and you wouldn't know if they were carrying rabies because they act odd no matter how healthy they are. Not willing to take chances on coons, possums or the occasional skunk.
Posted by: Orson
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Possums are not rabies carriers. Their body temperature is too low.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 12:34 AM (XeU6L)

342 We also have moose and it's kinda cool seeing a moose sauntering down the sidewalk as long as you are in the house looking at them through the window. Never get close to a moose.
They are irritable.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:33 AM (3ek7K)
___________________________

I have a safety suggestion for you concerning Moose. I lived in upstate NH for a few years and they were in my back yard every morning. Get yourself and airhorn. Just one of those small ones you can keep in a pocket.

Bonus: The front legs of a moose are too long, and to graze they sort of get down on a knuckle joint and their balance is rather precarious. Hit the airhorn at the right time and you have the Moose equivalent of "cow tipping."

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 12:37 AM (dIske)

343 Possums are not rabies carriers. Their body temperature is too low.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 12:34 AM (XeU6L)

Wasn't aware of that. COVID then, they must be carrying COVID

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 12:39 AM (dIske)

344 And another sock fail. Like the tides. Predictable.
Posted by: scampydog

I dunno, I could hear Grandpa Simpson saying that.

Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 12:39 AM (DgGvY)

345 One opussum will eat all the ticks on an acre of land. A family of them will keep any property tick-free. Yes, they're scary, especially if you surprise one and they make that possum-face. But you should never see one in the daytime anyway.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 24, 2025 12:39 AM (zdLoL)

346
We have lots of eagles here. A few months ago Hubby was driving a couple of miles from the house and an eagle carrying an animal, I can't remember what it was. Anyways it crashed into the windshield and broke it.

When he took the car to the glass replacement place the guys there said a man had an eagle carrying a badger crash into his windshield and destroyed it.

Badgers are grumpy and we talked about how the guy was lucky the badger didn't end up in the car with him. That would have been bad news.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:40 AM (3ek7K)

347 Wasn't aware of that. COVID then, they must be carrying COVID
Posted by: Orson
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I had a passing jogger veer away while I was walking my dog. 'Dogs can have it too! he shouted.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 12:40 AM (XeU6L)

348 I saw Sentient Pothole open for The Lemonheads at The Orpheum in '88.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 24, 2025 12:41 AM (lhenN)

349 One opussum will eat all the ticks on an acre of land. A family of them will keep any property tick-free. Yes, they're scary, especially if you surprise one and they make that possum-face. But you should never see one in the daytime anyway.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
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Natures garbage men, unobtrusively cleaning things up...without complaint.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 12:42 AM (XeU6L)

350 For your Greek pasta salad, get a bottle of Greek salad dressing. I make pasta salad all summer long, use Italian or Greek salad dressing and some McCormick Salad Supreme. Load it up with cherry tomatoes, cukes, pepperoni, various cheeses, red onion, blanched broccoli, red and yellow bell peppers, black olives, almond slivers, whatever else I have on hand. Mix it up early so it can marinate awhile.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 24, 2025 12:42 AM (Vvh2V)

351
I didn't know this, but NASA is working on an X-ray communication link. X-rays can be beamed very tightly indeed, but modulating such is a bitch (at these energies, light is more particle like than wave like).

They tested a prototype on the ISS. Anyway, it would allow gigabit per second data rates at solar system distances.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 12:42 AM (w6EFb)

352 348 I saw Sentient Pothole open for The Lemonheads at The Orpheum in '88.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 24, 2025 12:41 AM (lhenN)

_______________________

Sentient Pothole = Snoop Dogg

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 12:43 AM (dIske)

353

I have a cage of adjacent linear gratings shoved up my ass... riders use extreme caution!

Posted by: Peter Bootygig at August 24, 2025 12:44 AM (a9s9e)

354 Slides up to the bar, any good scotch on the rocks will do. Happy Saturday Horde. Who is on the bar tonight?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 24, 2025 12:44 AM (0nHVk)

355
Hi Tammy!

Thank you for that. I was wanting something kinda of light not loaded up with mayo. I don't have a problem with mayo, we just want something with lots of fresh veges.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:45 AM (3ek7K)

356 Got home not too long ago, and found a spider weaving an enormous web near our deck. Checked on it a little while later, and it was sitting in the middle. Suddenly, one of the strands vibrated, and the spider scurried down to see what it had caught. It grabbed its prey, and ran back to the center.

Grabbed a picture of it, 'cause I'm not sure the web will survive the night.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 24, 2025 12:46 AM (OGOaV)

357 Who is on the bar tonight?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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You! *Tosses keys and runs for the exit*
Have a great evening, Horde. G'night.

Posted by: scampydog at August 24, 2025 12:46 AM (41CYW)

358 Tipples a dram of J&B Rare into a glass for DDS.
It's what I got...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, not Scotch snob at August 24, 2025 12:47 AM (XeU6L)

359
Debby,

It's quiet in here for a Saturday night. Kinda odd. I guess it's self serve tonight.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:47 AM (3ek7K)

360 Anyway, it would allow gigabit per second data rates at solar system distances.

Neptune asian ffm anal bondage pron!

Posted by: Dirty Frank at August 24, 2025 12:48 AM (a9s9e)

361
scampydog scampered away. He did leave the keys though, good doggie.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:50 AM (3ek7K)

362 >I picked up a pathfinder* video game and its interesting but...they've added trannies to role playing games now apparently.

Putting wheelchair-bound characters in RPGs is a thing now because =inclusion=. Playing games with people who have to be told what escapism is, is a bad choice.

Heroquest had an orc-bard and I threw it out. The rest of the box, jungle enemies IIRC, gave off great Conan vibes so I had to have it.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 24, 2025 12:52 AM (lhenN)

363 Possum Face!

Posted by: Hare lip at August 24, 2025 12:53 AM (63Dwl)

364 If there's no way around light speed, then any long distance travelling will be impossible.

- - - - - - -

Hyperdrive. Gets around the light speed thing. That's also why we aren't picking up signals; They're being sent through hyperspace, no need for slow-ass radio waves.
It's doable. We just haven't developed the technology yet... ;-)

Posted by: Planet of the Japes at August 24, 2025 12:55 AM (oRqIL)

365
nurse,

I don't know if you are still around. Youngest son who lives in Port Townsend is driving to Seattle Wednesday night and staying in a hotel near the airport. He has an early morning flight Thursday to Salt Lake City and then a drive up here to the great state of Wyoming.

He has learned it's a pia to leave Port Townsend at 3 a.m. to catch a flight out of SeaTac the same day.

He still, after ten years, loves living in Port Townsend. It sounds like a lovely place.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:57 AM (3ek7K)

366 Just invent immortality.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2025 12:58 AM (63Dwl)

367 Heroquest had an orc-bard and I threw it out. The rest of the box, jungle enemies IIRC, gave off great Conan vibes so I had to have it.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 24, 2025 12:52 AM (lhenN)

Orc-bard? You mean like Cat Stevens?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 01:01 AM (NhG0j)

368 Possums are fairly benign. Seem to get along with cats for some reason...

Squirrels are nothing but tree-rats. On the plus side - the even eat pine cones and cleahn up the acorns. On the minus - they raid the garden and steal chicken/bird food. So, treat as rats.

Raccoons, as much as I want to like them, they are asshoe and will stand their ground, attack anything in 'their' space if they feel they need to. Very feisty.

Skunks. None here... But stanky.

Armadillos - really tear up the landscaping.

Bottom Line - as much as possums look like giant rats they are least harmful of common small critters.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 01:02 AM (/lPRQ)

369 Yes.
There's basic Sprite. Then there's lemon-lime (yes, that one throws me a bit, too). Then there's cranberry, a cherry one, and a 'tropical' one. Those have all come out (except the cranberry, which has been seasonal for several years now) in the last couple of years, I believe.
Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2025 10:49 PM (1PcCZ)

Sprite Tea, even.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2025 01:03 AM (1X0uI)

370

We have skunks here. A few nights ago I smelled one. Geez, the stank sure does linger. For some reason we see skunk roadkill here. I don't know if they are slow or stupid when they venture into the roads.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 01:05 AM (3ek7K)

371 Sorry, had to step away from the bar for a bit...

Glad ya all know where everything is, anyway LOL!

Here-- in case anyone isn't yet *burned out on* the Cracker Barrel thang:

tinyurl.com/5fss6s3r+

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

372 Way before my time in the neighborhood but many 'old timers' I've met talked about as a kid having a bucket or some other sort of container easily carried and being sent to the bar to get a bucket of beer for Dad. They said it was very common. Just like when I was a kid parents sent their kids to 7-11 to buy cigarettes for them.
Posted by: RickZ
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Hell, not only did I run to the corner store for cigarettes, there would be an extra nickel in there to play the numbets.

"Numbers" - an illegal lottery style game in which one played the "ponies" or "stocks" by picking a 3 digit number. I don't remember exactly how the "ponies" version worked, but it derived from some horse racing statistic published in the paper. "Stocks" was simple: least significant digit of the three stats of the DJIA. digit one= advances, digit 2= declines, digit 3= unchanged.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 24, 2025 01:05 AM (dWdRv)

373 For some reason we see skunk roadkill here. I don't know if they are slow or stupid when they venture into the roads.
Posted by: four seasons
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I hit a skunk on the way to work one morning. It was very early, just before dawn.

Wonder if the critter was dialed-in and chasing something to eat? Or what? But it ran right out in front of me & I could not avoid.

Peee-Yew!!!! Was almost to the point of vomiting, by the time I got to work... Car reeked for a few days, even after washing.

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

374 Way before my time in the neighborhood but many 'old timers' I've met talked about as a kid having a bucket or some other sort of container easily carried and being sent to the bar to get a bucket of beer for Dad. They said it was very common. Just like when I was a kid parents sent their kids to 7-11 to buy cigarettes for them.
Posted by: RickZ

Bucket of Beer were also called Growlers.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 01:10 AM (/lPRQ)

375 Heroquest had an orc-bard and I threw it out. The rest of the box, jungle enemies IIRC, gave off great Conan vibes so I had to have it.
Posted by: BourbonChicken

Orc-bard? You mean like Cat Stevens?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Rapper.

Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 01:12 AM (DgGvY)

376 We have a bunch of foxes around my place. And, you want to hear something disturbing, in the spring time they have a little mating scream they use that can sound very human and not at all pleasant.

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2025 12:13 AM

My brother was turkey hunting this spring when two bobcats decided to get amorous about 30 feet away.

He does not freak out easily, but he said the sounds were VERY disturbing.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2025 01:14 AM (HlyYF)

377
JQ,

It takes a long time to be rid of the nasty smell. It permeates everything.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 01:14 AM (3ek7K)

378 Armadillos - really tear up the landscaping.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

If they are, you have grubs. That's why they're digging.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 01:16 AM (zXOsD)

379 "Numbers" - an illegal lottery style game in which one played the "ponies" or "stocks" by picking a 3 digit number. I don't remember exactly how the "ponies" version worked, but it derived from some horse racing statistic published in the paper. "Stocks" was simple: least significant digit of the three stats of the DJIA. digit one= advances, digit 2= declines, digit 3= unchanged.
Posted by: buddhaha
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Lived for a few years in Hawaii. No legal form of gambling. Not even church bingo or raffles..

Near the house was a "C-n-N Mini-Mart" (best name ever).
They sold beer, liquor, snacks, really expension crystal figurines, pron videos, lime green dildos and other such things, crack pipes, and
these weird little pads of paper with numbers in grids like lotto but just numbers in grids... I figured it was for everybodies favorite ohana number guessing games.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 01:17 AM (/lPRQ)

380 It takes a long time to be rid of the nasty smell. It permeates everything.
Posted by: four seasons
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Yeah. It was the height of summer, so the stank mostly cooked off in the parking lot at work. Couple acres of blacktop that would get 150F or so during the day.

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 01:18 AM (rdVOm)

381 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 01:17 AM
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Ooooo! Tell 'em about the K-bars! (XH loved those. That's why he's EX)

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 01:20 AM (rdVOm)

382 My brother was turkey hunting this spring when two bobcats decided to get amorous about 30 feet away.

He does not freak out easily, but he said the sounds were VERY disturbing.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Peacock. Sounds like a woman being murdered.
Animal boarding house where my mom would board their dog before going out of town had one roaming the property. It would sit on the office roof and give out a scream at random times. Mom ssid she never got used to it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 01:21 AM (zXOsD)

383 He still, after ten years, loves living in Port Townsend. It sounds like a lovely place.
Posted by: four seasons

I’m just about out.

If you get a chance, please go for a visit. Port Townsend is lovely. Old lumber yard town. Has a history of drunks and boondoggles and corruption and innovation. Please let me know when you come through. Do it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 01:22 AM (81wK+)

384

When we lived in Florida we had lots of armadillos.

We had a crazy neighbor three houses up the street. Armadillos had dug up under his house foundation which made him even crazier, lol. One night he calls my husband and said "hey, I poured gasoline in the tunnels under the house to run the armadillos out. Hubby told he was batshit crazy and he would burn down his house. Needless to say Hubby stayed away from that disaster in the making. The house didn't burn up, thank goodness. We have no idea how he got the gasoline out from under his house.

We stayed far away from that, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 01:22 AM (3ek7K)

385
Heh, just reading on the Daily Mail about Trump and the late QE II. The anti-Trump crowd on both sides of the pond have tried to make it out that Trump was a big buffoon with the Queen, committing all sorts of faux pas, and just a Big Dummy. They said he was late and made her wait, and then "walked in front of her".

All bullshit, according to palace insiders at the time. Trump and QE II had a big time. As for being late, the Queen was early, and did it to make sure everything was right. And as far as "walking in front", the Queen herself gestured from him to go out in front of her, as she always did with head of state guests or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 01:24 AM (w6EFb)

386 He still, after ten years, loves living in Port Townsend. It sounds like a lovely place.
Posted by: four seasons
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Port Angeles, Sequim, and Port Townsend are in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains. They get a lot less rain than the Sound area, 20 MI or so inland. They're also right next to the Strait of Juan de Fuca so the ocean water modulates the temperatures. It doesn't get real hot or cold, averages cool. Have gone sailing out of the John Wayne marina (his former summer place, donated to the city). On clear days, great.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 24, 2025 01:26 AM (dWdRv)

387
publius,

The media is evil. I've seen headlines recently about how Melania is keeping her distance from Trump. It's all bs. Anything to make Trump look bad.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 01:26 AM (3ek7K)

388 All bullshit, according to palace insiders at the time...
Posted by: publius
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No doubt.

I stopped reading DM when they put up paywalls.

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 01:27 AM (rdVOm)

389

Hubby, oldest son and our grandsons have been up to Port Townsend to visit other son. They all loved it up there.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 01:28 AM (3ek7K)

390 Ooooo! Tell 'em about the K-bars! (XH loved those. That's why he's EX)
Posted by: JQ

Heh

Most are kinda/sorta like Irish Pubs, but in the tropical Hawaii... and with karaoke...

Once stumbled into one I'd never been to before because had to use a restroom.
Did my civic duty and got a beer.

Noted that the saloon (like in the main post above) price board had
Wine $ 400
Champaign $ 1000

Hmmm... That is a bit steep (mind you this is 1995 prices) but went on my way.
A month or two later that bar and a couple others with the same owner were busted for running brothels.

So, anyway, this Mazy Hirono...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 01:29 AM (/lPRQ)

391 Very nice, I.A.B. You cleaned it up well, LOL!

Yeah, the hostess-tutes would 'do favors' for a little extra $.

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

392 Bucket of Beer were also called Growlers.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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I've been there:

http://www.acebeergrowler.com/

Posted by: Mike Hammer, not Scotch snob at August 24, 2025 01:37 AM (XeU6L)

393 Should have mentioned about the numbers racket. Basically, run by the Mafia at the top, but lots of lower level (non-Sicilian) goombas involved. Subcontractors, sorta.
1000 to 1 odds, 600 to 1 payoff. A nickel bet could win $30. At the time, that was almost a weeks wages for a semi-skilled factory worker.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 24, 2025 01:40 AM (dWdRv)

394 Wendy’s customer tried to pay for drive-thru meal with cocaine, say Colorado cops

https://tinyurl.com/wendycocaine

Posted by: Joyenz at August 24, 2025 01:43 AM (sPQoU)

395 I've been rapid-fire sneezing, yesterday & today.

Forest-fire smoke rolled in (visibly) this morning. Ah, now I understand 'why'...

Praying for a drenching rain to come soon! Probably won't happen until end of next week.

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 01:46 AM (rdVOm)

396
Joy,

People have lost their minds.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 01:47 AM (3ek7K)

397
I wish we would get rain here. Had a bit of rain a couple of weeks ago. Severe drought here and the smoke from the wildfires in Utah is driving us crazy.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 01:50 AM (3ek7K)

398 Heh, just reading on the Daily Mail about Trump and the late QE II. The anti-Trump crowd on both sides of the pond have tried to make it out that Trump was a big buffoon with the Queen, committing all sorts of faux pas, and just a Big Dummy. They said he was late and made her wait, and then "walked in front of her".

All bullshit..as she always did with head of state guests or something.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 01:24

They want to dis Trump but at least it wasn't as cringing as Michele and her big hug. And Barak's gift of his speeches is priceless.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 24, 2025 01:53 AM (55Qr6)

399 Very nice, I.A.B. You cleaned it up well, LOL!

Yeah, the hostess-tutes would 'do favors' for a little extra $.
Posted by: JQ

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Very different culture there.

Part of Asian culture. You can see it today on many shows on the Netflix, etc. I had three preferred bars. Two were Korean, one Viet. When they figured out you just "Norm" from Cheers they would not hustle. On slow nights we'd play steel tip darts (one thing I miss about Hawaii) or pool with the 'servers'. On busy nights I'd barback and help them restock and they'd give me beer.

I really liked the Viet place - central kitchen round were three or four independent businesses. A sit down Vietnamese restaurant, karaoke lounge, regular bar (for Hawaii), and a strip bar. I would have added a breakfast/lunch/donut place to it and give cops a free coffee and donut. Left a positive impression to this day. However seedy it may have been. And haole boy was more than happy to help bring up a couple cases of beer for a beer and spring rolls.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 01:54 AM (/lPRQ)

400
Farmer,

The speech thing was his arrogantcy and/or his stupidly showing.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 01:57 AM (3ek7K)

401
I hate autocorrect. Tried to correct spelling but it does what it wants.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:03 AM (3ek7K)

402 Launch reminder.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - CRS SpX-33
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 24, 2025
Launch Time: 2:45 a.m. EDT (0645 UTC, 08:45 CEST)

https://youtu.be/tSfzsHeX8aw

Posted by: Joyenz at August 24, 2025 02:03 AM (sPQoU)

403 Recently I've resorted to having conversations with Opossums.

My husband and our dog a dead opossum in our yard and hubby went to get gloves and a trash bag to dispose of the corpse. When he returned, it was gone; it had literally been "playing possum."

Posted by: Frankie at August 24, 2025 02:05 AM (DkAjB)

404
That's funny Frankie.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:06 AM (3ek7K)

405 Fourseasons-- we need rain so badly! Yes, it's "forecast" but will it *actually* happen? Hmph.

Will believe it when I SEE it!

For now, just gotta keep kleenex handy & not do anything strenuous-- too hot and smoky.

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 02:07 AM (rdVOm)

406 My husband and our dog a dead opossum in our yard and hubby went to get gloves and a trash bag to dispose of the corpse. When he returned, it was gone; it had literally been "playing possum."
Posted by: Frankie

Funny that they developed that as a defense mechanism, when so many North American predators are perfectly happy being scavengers, too.

Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 02:12 AM (DgGvY)

407 Opossum: oh noes! a coyote! * flop *

Coyote: these things are way too easy to hunt.

Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 02:14 AM (DgGvY)

408 Cat has been depositing decapitated rats on the deck, every day or two. Ugh. It was better when he left the bodies out in the yard...

This started on Tuesday-- the *day after* garbage collection-- so, I've been bagging the carcasses and dropping them in the trash at a local gas station, instead of letting them rot in the heat, and stink up my wheelie-bin at home.

Does this make me a bad person?

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

409 Does this make me a bad person?
Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

Throwing the carcasses up onto your neighbor's roof might.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 02:16 AM (NhG0j)

410 Possums have a depressingly short lifespan. I feel sorry for them whenever I see one. In the wild, ~1 year.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, not Scotch snob at August 24, 2025 02:18 AM (XeU6L)

411
JQ,

Lol, that's a great idea.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:18 AM (3ek7K)

412 Farmer,
The speech thing was his arrogantcy and/or his stupidly showing.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 01:57

fours... yep, now it's a far cry from the days of females fainting at his campaign rallys. WTF?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 24, 2025 02:20 AM (55Qr6)

413 Lol, that's a great idea.
Posted by: fourseasons
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Just scrubbed the wheelie bin last week! Something sticky and smelly (probably from lil bro's visit) was grossing me out, so I cleaned the damned thing. Wasn't about to leave a dead rat in there for a whole week, in 100+ temps...

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

414
Farmer,

He is so effeminate looking. Media created that crap.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:23 AM (3ek7K)

415 Possums have a depressingly short lifespan. I feel sorry for them whenever I see one. In the wild, ~1 year.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, not Scotch snob at August 24, 2025 02:18 AM (XeU6L)

Years ago now, at the Monroe WA auto swap meet, I met a couple with a pet possum. It was riding around on the husband's shoulder, calm as could be. They let me pet it, and it was quite pleased to be getting attention. The wife would find road-killed mama possums, and if they had live babies in the pouch, she would bottle-feed them. They are not beautiful animals, but they are gentle, and have a certain charm.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 02:27 AM (tRhv4)

416 O'bammy is so fugly. Like if Howdy Doody was black... (sorry, but always thought HD was ugly)

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 02:27 AM (rdVOm)

417 We have lots of eagles here...the guy was lucky the badger didn't end up in the car with him. That would have been bad news.
Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 12:40

TY very much for almost giving me a heart attack laughing at this.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 24, 2025 02:28 AM (55Qr6)

418
There is a guy here in town who has an interesting business. He will clean anything, garbage bins are a big part of his business. He is doing very well with his business. No employees so low overhead.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:28 AM (3ek7K)

419 There is a guy here in town who has an interesting business. He will clean anything, garbage bins are a big part of his business. He is doing very well with his business. No employees so low overhead.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:28 AM (3ek7K)

I have seen posters in Apache Junction for services that will clean your wheelie bins. I'm quite capable of sluicing it out with the hose, and dumping the dirty water in a remote corner of the yard.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 02:32 AM (tRhv4)

420
Farmer,

Can you imagine a pissed off badger loose in your car? They are mean grumpy animals, lol.

Very small town here, one glass replacement store here and boy howdy, the guys have lots of interesting stories, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:34 AM (3ek7K)

421 I sure wouldn't want to clean bins for a living, but it's ok to scrub my own out maybe once or twice a year.

Dish soap, brush on a long handle (like for painting or whatever, with a threaded end for attachments) and hot water by laying a hose out in the sun all afternoon...

Fill. Scrub. Soak. Scrub. Rinse. ***far out in the yard, away from the house***

Let dry in the sun.

Easy Peasy, make ya queasy!

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 02:35 AM (rdVOm)

422

AOP,
Yep we are too. I guess some people are grossed out with the smell or lazy.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:37 AM (3ek7K)

423 Well, past midnight here. Time for bed. Tomorrow's agenda is to trial-fit my newly-fabricated motor mounts to the '99 Suburban, get the engine sitting level, and tack-weld the pedestals to their base plates. Then remove them, finish the welding, grind where needed, and paint them. Then install for real.

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 02:37 AM (tRhv4)

424
Sleep well AOP.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:39 AM (3ek7K)

425 'Night, AOP.

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 02:39 AM (rdVOm)

426 Night AOP, I am off to bed too. JQ, thank goodness that you are here, I did not do much behind the bar tonight, easily distracted and I just wanted to sit and sip and chill for a while. See you tomorrow. Sweet dreams Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 24, 2025 02:42 AM (0nHVk)

427
Sleep well Debby. Glad you were able to chill. We gotta do that sometimes.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:44 AM (3ek7K)

428 'Night, Debby!

LOL that Doggo threw the keys & ran... you did very well!

See ya next time.

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 02:45 AM (rdVOm)

429
Fat ass Pritzker and his goons reject Trump's plan for National Guard deployment in Chicago. Says Trump is abusing his power.

Alrighty, let the crime rate escalate.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:50 AM (3ek7K)

430 >>Alrighty, let the crime rate escalate.

Yep.

Good and hard.

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

431 429
Fat ass Pritzker and his goons reject Trump's plan for National Guard deployment in Chicago. Says Trump is abusing his power.

Alrighty, let the crime rate escalate.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 02:50 AM (3ek7K)

OK, so they can write their Congressmen demanding the repeal of Title X powers. Until then, Trump is NOT abusing his power.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2025 02:59 AM (1X0uI)

432 Wow, gotta whole buncha restroom tokens now... and a 'lumium foil membaship...

Whooo doggies! I'm inta some tallllll cotton!

Good night, horde. Imma take my riches an' get some shuteye.

Thanks for the fun chat!

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2025 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

433 Tomorrow might be up at this time but no point in doing that now

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 03:15 AM (+qU29)

434 150
What is it with these woke AWFL bints and the ridiculous glasses? We've got the Cracker Barrel CEO, and I just a picture of some other CB executive, chief of marketing. She was just about a clone, same look with those ridiculously YUGE rectangular lenses with the thick black frame.

This is some sort of look they've adopted.

The glasses say ' I'm so ugly, you can't tell if I'm a girl or a guy'
.

Posted by: clarence at August 24, 2025 03:37 AM (dL2Vj)

435 Is the glass half empty, or half full?

My daughter thought about it and answered, "It depends on whether you are pouring or filling."

She has always been an interesting kid.

Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at August 24, 2025 04:11 AM (/jBR3)

436 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 04:30 AM (aURVT)

437 I am bitterly disappointed in the Horde.

Nobody mentioned the best hangover remedy...bar none!

A McDonald's Bacon-Egg-and-Cheese Biscuit.

Do better Horde...Do Better!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 24, 2025 04:31 AM (L5An7)

438 Insomnia, one of the world's wonders.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 05:56 AM (5LCqK)

439 off sock

Posted by: Chuck C at August 24, 2025 10:32 AM (D0HYP)

Saturday Evening Movie Thread [moviegique]: Weapons

A funny thing happened on the way to the movie thread. In the last three weeks, we saw five films. All of them were new releases. All but one were good. Two were legitimately great. It got me thinking about how, over recent years, I've seen fewer and fewer of the top 40 films. If I can find the time, I'll make a chart and post about the progression.

I thought about it this fortnight-and-a-half because I found myself wondering if the trend could be changing.

Then I look at the top 20 and realize, no, I've only seen three of them. It just seems like I've seen more because I've seen a few more of the aggressively marketed recent releases.

The five films we hit:

Together, a body horror film on that most horrific of topics: Marriage. Tight, short, sweet, with a light story that's fraught with potential symbolism, so people can write think-pieces on Zoomer relationships. Body horror, though, so definitely not for everyone.

Shari and Lamb Chop, a documentary about Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz, better known as Shari Lewis. This is the puppet version of Together, and I'm only slightly kidding, as we see a bit into the astounding work ethic of a woman raised in the vaudeville tradition. If you're an older 29-year-old, you might remember her from inventing children's television in the '50s, where she did five or more hours of live TV every day. But if you're a younger 29-year-old, and you remember her from the (very slightly) saucy Lamb Chop years of being on game shows, and you might have wondered what the big deal was. 1990s kids will probably remember her PBS shows. She was so good at what she did, she made it look easy. Anyway, great documentary. The Boy (who was reticent to go see it) came out raving.

The Naked Gun. Surely this can't be any good. It is, and don't use that 45-year-old joke. Liam & Pamela have a blast on this excellently executed update. I can, and probably will, write a whole thing on the good choices made. (For example, updating the spoof from a '70s police show to a 21st century action flick.) It's not that all the jokes land. Few, if any, comedies manage that. It's that if you don't like a joke, the next one's coming along in five seconds. Running gags, without relying solely on running gags. Pop culture references but not only pop culture references. The ZAZ formula died in the hands of guys making movies built solely on references to better movies, and that's very light here. A good time, can't complain. Still, doesn't look like it's going to make a profit.

Fixed. This Netflix movie from Genndy Tartakovsky ("Dexter's Laboratory", "Samurai Jack", "Clone Wars", and the Hotel Transylvania series) is genuinely awful but I couldn't exactly hate it. It's adult animation about a dog that humps everything and lives in terror of being fixed. It's entirely scatological, but this brings very little joy. I mean, I happily ate popcorn through The Substance, the Evil Dead series and Schindler's List but this movie is wall-to-wall poop and pee and testicles. Way more misses than hits, with a completely incoherent worldview—I mean, obviously it's a comedy and it doesn't have to make sense, but it has to have enough grounding for the audience to grasp what they're supposed to care about. These dogs aren't dogs but they're dogs sometimes for joke purposes and humans others. It's not good. I didn't hate it, but I wouldn't blame you if you did.

Now, on to the main feature.

Apart from the staggering number of dog anuses, the movie looks pretty good.

Weapons

One day, a young 3rd grade schoolteacher goes to her class to find that none of the children in her class have come to school that day, except for one. All the other classes and children are there. Just hers are missing. Because at 2:17AM the previous night, they all ran out of their houses into the woods and were never seen again.

Everyone of course assumes the schoolteacher has done something, and we're off to the races in Weapons, a mysterious story that actually isn't mysterious at all, much like Zach Cregger's previous work Barbarian.

I don't know WHAT they imagine she's done with 17 children, but she's a wreck in a lot of ways which makes her an appealing target.

If you remember Barbarian, you may recall that it started out with a mysterious premise, as a woman discovers hidden depths in the awfulness of her judgment when renting an AirBnB. By the end, it's very clearly a well-known horror form, and while there are twists, Cregger emphasizes character development and twists over plot twists.

This is really refreshing, as a longstanding trend in indie films that has seeped heavily into horror in the past ten years is: "If we don't ever explain anything or resolve anything you can't identify what you're watching enough to describe how derivative it is."

Derivative is not bad, people. Everything is going to be derivative. If it's in English, it's going to be derivative of the ideas and themes English uses to express things. If it's silent, it's going to be derivative of silent movies. If it's entirely original, it's also completely incomprehensible.

You can totally shyamalan yourself into making nonsensical trash trying to be original and fool people.

What Creggers does, again, in Weapons, is give us a story from multiple perspectives: The schoolteacher, the cop, the junkie, the obsessed parent, and the kid, and as we see each part of the story from their eyes, we get a little more clarity. In the end, we have a story that "makes sense". It's not a realistic story, or even sci-fi, it's straight up supernatural horror, and yet it still "makes sense".

This is good. It means you don't feel ripped off or manipulated at the end.

I haven't seen anyone else mention that this is the plot of season 1, episode 5 of "Mystery, Inc.", "The Song of Mystery". Jinkies!

I'm harping on the story because it seems like Hollywood's forgotten how to tell them lately, but the whole movie is top-notch.

A terrific cast, with Julia Garner (the Silver Surfer in the new F4 movie, and Martha Marcy May Marlene), Josh Brolin, Justin Long, Amy Madigan, and Cary Christopher as the only boy who showed up for 3rd grade.

Well shot. One of the (increasing number) of movies that aren't color-coded. Like Together, a lot of the shots are downright beautiful, someone having figured out that you don't need to paint everything in gray-blue for people to get scares.

Zach Cregger along with Ryan and Hays Holladay are credited with the composing of the music. The use of music is spare, unless it slipped by me. I remember thinking in the film that it was very strategic, with the action doing most of the heavy lifting and the music sort of sneaking in under the awareness level at just the right time.

Would I recommend it? To a horror fan, absolutely. It has a few very violent scenes, like Barbarian, which might be off-putting to some.

Also, I loved the climax and denouement. It could come off as black comedy (because it's blackly comic), but when dealing with a "children in peril" film, one must tread lightly, and of all the directions Weapons might have gone, all the conclusions the storyline might have arrived at, this was not bleak or nihilistic or depressing, even if it was somewhat sad.

A solid hit that's already made it's money back and is on track to finish in the top 20 this year.

Parent/Teacher conferences get intense in "Weapons".

Posted by: Open Blogger at 08:30 PM

Comments

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1 Didja know that Shari Lewis co-wrote an episode of Star Trek? It was "The Lights of Zetar."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 07:32 PM (CHHv1)

2 SPONGE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 07:33 PM (xcxpd)

3 For a second, I thought this was going to be about guns in movies and I was all set to talk about Ronin for 13 more pages.

Oh well.

I hear good things about the 2025 movie Weapons.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 07:33 PM (xcxpd)

4 It's in the doc, BeckoningChasm.

She also conducted orchestras!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 07:34 PM (asXVI)

5 I did see The Naked Gun 2025. It's a solid comedy. If you want to see a comedy and go see it, you'll have a good time.

Reviewed it up on TJM's webzone.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 07:35 PM (xcxpd)

6 1 Didja know that Shari Lewis co-wrote an episode of Star Trek? It was "The Lights of Zetar."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 07:32 PM (CHHv1)

*Johnny Carson Voice*
"I did not know that."

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 07:37 PM (xcxpd)

7 Ever want to know what guns were used in a movie?

Internet Movie FIREARMS Database

https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 07:38 PM (zXOsD)

8 I see someone has keys to tje AoSHq Time Machine
Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:39 PM (+qU29)

9 7 Ever want to know what guns were used in a movie?

Internet Movie FIREARMS Database

https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 07:38 PM (zXOsD)

I have that bookmarked. Fun site.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 07:40 PM (xcxpd)

10 Weapons at least sounds original

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:43 PM (+qU29)

11 "Didja know that Shari Lewis co-wrote an episode of Star Trek? It was "The Lights of Zetar."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm"

Fascinating.

When I was little, Shari Lewis reminded me of my grandmother, in looks and style and manner. I suppose she still does.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

12 Skip,

It's actually not original, which is sort of what I'm getting at. It's good, it plays its hand out carefully and deliberately, and it feeds its own mystery and gives you clues to what is, at its heart, a very conventional story.

But very conventional stories are good. It's all in the telling.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 07:45 PM (asXVI)

13 I love Wikipedia only because they give you the full plot of the movie. I’m not a horror fan so I wasn’t going to watch it but it is nice to know what the plot was and ending. Weapons does sound like it would be good.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:46 PM (EYmYM)

14 Polynikes,

Yeah, it's a fine line. I want to give people a sense of the film and also a sense of whether it's the sort of thing they'd enjoy, but I don't want to do spoilers.

Generally. Sometimes when we're talking Big Movie Concepts, ya gotta spoil.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 07:49 PM (asXVI)

15 I just watched a documentary on Richard Turner called Dealt. He’s the world’s greatest card mechanic who happens to be blind.

It’s not great but good and would recommend.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:50 PM (EYmYM)

16 Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 07:49 PM (asXV

Agree. Wiki gives the spoilers for those that want them. Your preview was perfect. It made me want to go to wiki.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:53 PM (EYmYM)

17 >>> If you're an older 29-year-old, you might remember her from inventing children's television in the '50s,
-----------

She was the love of my life.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 07:56 PM (DS3M8)

18 || https://x.com/GBNT1952/status/1959285733979480391

She aged well, but around 30? Yowza.

https://tinyurl.com/46ke7pst

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 08:01 PM (asXVI)

19 Oh, sorry for the twitter link, I was trying to respond to Braenyard with this:

https://tinyurl.com/46ke7pst

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 08:01 PM (asXVI)

20 Josh Brolin is one of the few actual masculine-looking actors in movies these days.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 23, 2025 08:01 PM (WHfpM)

21 I recently watched Payback with Mel Gibson on Roku. Did you know that movie had two completely different endings? One with and one without Kris Kristofferson.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 08:01 PM (EYmYM)

22 Anyone with a name that sounds like Tardive dyskinesia is going to make something that is genuinely awful.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 08:02 PM (DS3M8)

23

"Liam" is an anti-2A anti-Ameeican SCUMSUCKING PIECE OF SHIT who has spent his entire career faking the American ethos while pissing on us in private.

FUCK HIM.

I will never spend a cent on him and if you embrace him you are either ignorant as fuck, or a progtard tool. Ar best.

Lighten up Francis my ass.

War.

Posted by: Elderly Git at August 23, 2025 08:02 PM (xzAzL)

24 >>>>but this movie is wall-to-wall poop and pee and testicles.
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Thought that was relegated to XXX only?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 08:05 PM (DS3M8)

25 Didja know that Shari Lewis co-wrote an episode of Star Trek? It was "The Lights of Zetar."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 07:32 PM (CHHv1)

*Johnny Carson Voice*
"I did not know that."
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 07:37 PM (xcxpd)

Me either.
Dang. Used to get up, turn on the TV, go get a bowl of corn flakes and come back (by that time the tv was warmed up) and watch her show.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 08:06 PM (2WIwB)

26 Weapons = the best movie I have seen this year.

Posted by: Ernie at August 23, 2025 08:08 PM (ufJfM)

27 Starting to watch North by Northwest, seen it before but it's a oldie but goodie

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 08:08 PM (+qU29)

28 "Liam" is an anti-2A anti-Ameeican SCUMSUCKING PIECE OF SHIT who has spent his entire career faking the American ethos while pissing on us in private.

FUCK HIM.

I will never spend a cent on him and if you embrace him you are either ignorant as fuck, or a progtard tool. Ar best.

***

Something vexes thee?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 08:09 PM (2WIwB)

29 "I recently watched Payback with Mel Gibson on Roku. Did you know that movie had two completely different endings?"

I did know that.

"One with and one without Kris Kristofferson."

I might have known that, but if I did, I had forgotten it until now.

|| Thought that was relegated to XXX only?

I never thought to check the rating.

Nope, only an "R".

I did have to roll my eyes at one point. Because it's a Netflix flick, it has to have a part where one of the characters is shown sexual enlightenment by a trans/hermaphrodite.

It wasn't funny or endearing, and it felt entirely like it had been mandated.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 08:09 PM (asXVI)

30 21 I recently watched Payback with Mel Gibson on Roku. Did you know that movie had two completely different endings? One with and one without Kris Kristofferson.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 08:01 PM (EYmYM)

I liked the one with him better.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 23, 2025 08:11 PM (WHfpM)

31 Thx moviegique. Weapons seems to be getting good notices by everyone. Have to check it out

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 08:12 PM (ncxww)

32 Finally caught John Wick 4 the other night. Good ending (maybe) to the franchise. A little long but worth the time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 08:14 PM (ncxww)

33 Something vexes thee?
Posted by: Diogenes

Ya, the dry butt fucking of our Constitution, the only concept and document the gave humanity a CHANCE at evolving past either totalitarianism or barbarism.

Enjoy your dry fucking, sheep.

Posted by: Elderly Git at August 23, 2025 08:16 PM (xzAzL)

34 Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at August 23, 2025 08:19 PM (5YmYl)

35 21 I recently watched Payback with Mel Gibson on Roku. Did you know that movie had two completely different endings? One with and one without Kris Kristofferson.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 08:01 PM (EYmYM)

Mel Gibson paid to have the original ending completed and included on the re-release.

I think Mel's version is better but I see what they were going for in the first draft.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 08:19 PM (xcxpd)

36 33 Something vexes thee?
Posted by: Diogenes

Ya, the dry butt fucking of our Constitution, the only concept and document the gave humanity a CHANCE at evolving past either totalitarianism or barbarism.

Enjoy your dry fucking, sheep.

Posted by: Elderly Git at August 23, 2025 08:16 PM (xzAzL)

Sir, this is a Wendy's...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 08:20 PM (xcxpd)

37 I’m looking forward to Naked Gun! I never liked horror much, and after reading synopses of Weapons and Barbarian , I realize nope that’s not for me, and absolutely not body horror.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2025 08:20 PM (PfGa7)

38
>> If you're an older 29-year-old, you might remember her from inventing children's television in the '50s,
-----------

She was the love of my life.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

She gave me a Charlie Horse.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 08:20 PM (63Dwl)

39 I like this photo of her

https://tinyurl.com/4vdwb6wp

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 08:21 PM (AOsQT)

40 23

Yeah. But the movie sounds pretty funny.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 08:21 PM (3wi/L)

41
Ya, the dry butt fucking of our Constitution, the only concept and document the gave humanity a CHANCE at evolving past either totalitarianism or barbarism.

Enjoy your dry fucking, sheep.

Posted by: Elderly Git at August 23, 2025 08:16 PM (xzAzL)

For many, the Constitution will be loved only when it is gone.

No movies this past week for me.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 08:22 PM (vm8sq)

42 Sir, this is a Wendy's...
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Beat me to it.

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and absolutely not body horror.
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De gustibus, ya know? Some of us like horror, some of us like comedy, and some of like fantasizing about dry humping on the movie thread.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 08:22 PM (asXVI)

43 When I was little, Shari Lewis reminded me of my grandmother, in looks and style and manner. I suppose she still does.
Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

Wow, your grandmother was HAWT!

Posted by: Your Grandfather at August 23, 2025 08:24 PM (PfGa7)

44 Lightenus upest.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 23, 2025 08:24 PM (tldbM)

45
Sir, this is a Wendy's...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Oh.

Can I get a large frosty?

Posted by: Elderly Git at August 23, 2025 08:24 PM (xzAzL)

46 36:Sir, this is a Wendy's...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards,

LoL!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 23, 2025 08:25 PM (ErLti)

47 Saw "Weapons" at a 10:30am showing (yeah, weird, but Wendy's breakfast sandwiches and a movie is a tight combo).

Absolutely loved the craftsmanship of the film, the terrific performances, and especially the character development. But in one case in particular that character development ending up not really amounting to anything, and I spent the whole movie anticipating that it would.

I thought the build-up was let down a bit by a "That's it?" third act. But the climax was so entertaining that I forgave it.

A very, very good movie that just missed being great.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at August 23, 2025 08:25 PM (5YmYl)

48 I thought the dry fucking was in the cartoon movie, not Naked Gun. I'm so confused.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 23, 2025 08:26 PM (tldbM)

49 Old enough to remember Sheri and Lamb Chop

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 08:27 PM (+qU29)

50 Weapons is amazing in every way. Writing, cinematography, acting, music, structure. All of it. What a great movie.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:32 PM (MGB5H)

51

Lambchop did butt-stuff. Made her VERY popular on certain pre-inet networks...

Posted by: Pendulating Richard at August 23, 2025 08:32 PM (a9s9e)

52 33
'Enjoy your dry fucking, sheep.'

Enjoy your airplane glue.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 08:33 PM (3wi/L)

53 3 For a second, I thought this was going to be about guns in movies and I was all set to talk about Ronin for 13 more pages.

Oh well.

I hear good things about the 2025 movie Weapons.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 07:33 PM
Me too.

Posted by: Eromero at August 23, 2025 08:34 PM (LHPAg)

54 Finally caught John Wick 4 the other night. Good ending (maybe) to the franchise. A little long but worth the time
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 08:14 PM (ncxww)

Ballerina came out this year, there is an animated movie prequel of John's "impossible task", a Caine movie with Donnie Yen, and John wick 5 coming.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:35 PM (MGB5H)

55 It’s funny. When I started becoming a regular shooter how much more I really watched gun handling in the movies and on tv.

Jeepers. No wonder people get shot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 08:36 PM (mT+6a)

56 Hard pass on Weapons for me.

Mrs. Cop and I went to go see Nobody 2. Rather violent, but most of the violence is almost cartoonish.

The plot is basically a hit man wants to go on a family vacation. Small town goons intrude and mayhem ensues.

Funnier than you might expect. Rating = 4/5

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 08:36 PM (pJWtt)

57 What Creggers does, again, in Weapons, is give us a story from multiple perspectives: The schoolteacher, the cop, the junkie, the obsessed parent, and the kid, and as we see each part of the story from their eyes, we get a little more clarity. In the end, we have a story that "makes sense".

This is the way.

Posted by: zombie Kurosawa Akira at August 23, 2025 08:37 PM (DgGvY)

58 "Apart from the staggering number of dog anuses, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the movie?"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 08:38 PM (kpS4V)

59 Something vexes thee?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 08:09 PM

Verily, there are manifold things that vex me. But, prithee, are we not supposed to wait until Festivus to enumerate and elucidate?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 08:38 PM (0sNs1)

60
Based on the teaser, I can scarcely believe that Naked Gun is good. Really?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 08:39 PM (6eO0F)

61 It’s funny. When I started becoming a regular shooter how much more I really watched gun handling in the movies and on tv.

Jeepers. No wonder people get shot.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 08:36 PM (mT+6a)

Keanu has trained for 100s of hours at Taran Tactical for the John Wick movies because he wanted to be as realistic as possible. Fun fact that's also where Sydney Sweeney trains.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:39 PM (MGB5H)

62 || But in one case in particular that character development ending up not really amounting to anything,

I am curious.

A lot of the threads didn't go anywhere in particular, because they were just window dressing around the story. Like, the teacher (and cop) were alcoholics, and that didn't go anywhere.

But it wasn't really the point.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 08:39 PM (asXVI)

63 15 I just watched a documentary on Richard Turner called Dealt. He’s the world’s greatest card mechanic who happens to be blind.

It’s not great but good and would recommend.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:50 PM

I just saw a video of him on Penn and Teller's Fool Us while scrolling through YouTube about twenty minutes ago. Teller was amazed.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 23, 2025 08:39 PM (0q9Qd)

64 Based on the teaser, I can scarcely believe that Naked Gun is good. Really?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 08:39 PM (6eO0F)

Crying in your seat and coughing funny.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:39 PM (MGB5H)

65 Sadly very limited in what movies I will go to, and Weapons is playing in 2 very close venues. I wouldn't mind seeing it but won't.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 08:41 PM (+qU29)

66 Lamb Chop's wry moue begat Kermit's.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 08:41 PM (kpS4V)

67 Lamb Chop's wry moue begat Kermit's.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 08:41 PM

And lamb chop didn't have to put up with that bitch miss piggy.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:42 PM (MGB5H)

68 Based on the teaser, I can scarcely believe that Naked Gun is good. Really?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I saw it and smiled a couple of times. There were plenty of people guffawing in the audience. I don't know. Maybe you had to have seen the originals to understand the humor?

Posted by: Tuna at August 23, 2025 08:43 PM (lJ0H4)

69 58 "Apart from the staggering number of dog anuses, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the movie?"

Lincoln wasn't shot after all, just smothered in poop.

---
Based on the teaser, I can scarcely believe that Naked Gun is good. Really?
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I liked it, but I =mostly= liked the teaser. I could see some red flags (gratuitously gory violence and maybe comedy timing issues) and I had severe doubts.

And I can't say what jokes will land, but it has a really benign feel. It's a comedy! In 2025! And all it wants to do is make you laugh!

Almost surreal, really.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 08:43 PM (asXVI)

70 Fun fact that's also where Sydney Sweeney trains.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:39 PM

I'd be happy to lend Ms. Sweeney the extra-large bandana in my range bag, if needed. Several 'ettes have benefited from it stopping hot brass finding a landing zone inside their top over the years at the TxMoMe.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 08:43 PM (0sNs1)

71 It’s funny. When I started becoming a regular shooter how much more I really watched gun handling in the movies and on tv.

Jeepers. No wonder people get shot.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I can't watch a movie and not count shots.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:43 PM (zXOsD)

72 Lamb Chop's wry moue

Man, I haven't seen her comment in forever.

Posted by: mikeski at August 23, 2025 08:43 PM (DgGvY)

73 I'd be happy to lend Ms. Sweeney the extra-large bandana in my range bag, if needed. Several 'ettes have benefited from it stopping hot brass finding a landing zone inside their top over the years at the TxMoMe.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Why did I read that as "banana"?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:44 PM (zXOsD)

74 I can't watch a movie and not count shots.
Posted by: rickb223

So you always know whether the punk should feel lucky or not.

Posted by: mikeski at August 23, 2025 08:44 PM (DgGvY)

75 If you're on the fence, see "Weapons" in the theater packed with people, so you'll get the Dolby SurroundSound effect of folks exclaiming OMG! and WTF!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 08:45 PM (kpS4V)

76 I can't watch a movie and not count shots.
Posted by: rickb223

So you always know whether the punk should feel lucky or not.
Posted by: mikeski

Especially in the 32 shot 1873 Single Action Army "Peacemaker".

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:46 PM (zXOsD)

77 This year Sinners and Weapons have proven that if you put out a well made entertaining original movie the audience will show up. Doubtful Hollywood will learn the lesson though. People are already bugging coogler and Greg get to make sequels/spinoffs.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:46 PM (MGB5H)

78 Oh magic gun butt! Safely render anyone I strike in the head with thee unconscious!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 23, 2025 08:47 PM (0fPWP)

79 you're on the fence, see "Weapons" in the theater packed with people, so you'll get the Dolby SurroundSound effect of folks exclaiming OMG! and WTF!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 08:45 PM

The theater we were in was going crazy. Awesome in theater experience.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:48 PM (MGB5H)

80 Then again coogler was involved with ironheart for reasons only known to him

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 23, 2025 08:48 PM (bXbFr)

81 Polynikes: Re the blind card turner. The founder of the SF department store, Gumps, was a magnificent judge of jade. Foundation of the store. He too was blind.

There are now great artificial diamonds being made. I asked a gem expert if she could tell the difference. She said if she had enough time with them in the dark, she could. Otherwise, no.

Our senses are bewilderingly complex.

Posted by: Wenda at August 23, 2025 08:48 PM (sz3LH)

82 Saw Weapons with Mrs. Meta two weeks ago. It was meh. Not particularly frightening and plot holes you could drive a truck through.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 23, 2025 08:48 PM (GTqXr)

83 @77 cregger not Greg. Lordy.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:48 PM (MGB5H)

84 I dearly hope Cregger does not make a sequel.

There are no unanswered questions left to be asked. Just as there weren't in "Barbarian".

It seems to me is that he has steeped himself in '70s and '80s horror, and also in fairy tales, and I would love to see him tackle another neglected subgenre.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 08:49 PM (asXVI)

85 But it was a clever turn on the genre

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 23, 2025 08:49 PM (bXbFr)

86 Then again coogler was involved with ironheart for reasons only known to him
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 23, 2025 08:48 PM (bXbFr)

Not really. He held an ep credit due to ironheart premiering in wakanda 2. He wasn't really involved in the show.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:49 PM (MGB5H)

87 Can I get a large frosty?
Posted by: Elderly Git at August 23, 2025 08:24 PM (xzAzL)

Nope. Machine's broke.

Posted by: Wendy's counter girl at August 23, 2025 08:50 PM (I0Uo2)

88 dearly hope Cregger does not make a sequel.

There are no unanswered questions left to be asked. Just as there weren't in "Barbarian".

It seems to me is that he has steeped himself in '70s and '80s horror, and also in fairy tales, and I would love to see him tackle another neglected subgenre.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 08:49 PM (asXVI)

He doesn't seem to be the type to revisit things. I told the story I wanted to on to the next. Basically what he said in an interview a couple weeks ago.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:50 PM (eANjq)

89 Why did I read that as "banana"?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:44 PM

I don't think a banana would have as much protection, but I can see the a-peel.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 08:51 PM (0sNs1)

90 Ok it seemed beneath him but then so was wakanda forever (sounded like a threat)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 23, 2025 08:51 PM (bXbFr)

91 oldie but goodie
Posted by: Skip
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Eva Marie Saint

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 08:51 PM (DS3M8)

92 North by northwest indeed

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 23, 2025 08:52 PM (bXbFr)

93 Which was referenced in lucky number slevin by ben kingsley

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 23, 2025 08:52 PM (bXbFr)

94 I can't watch a movie and not count shots.
Posted by: rickb223

So you always know whether the punk should feel lucky or not.
Posted by: mikeski

Especially in the 32 shot 1873 Single Action Army "Peacemaker".
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:46 PM

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Chuck Connors in the weekly opening scene of The Rifleman at August 23, 2025 08:53 PM (0sNs1)

95 Can I get a large frosty?
Posted by: Elderly Git at August 23, 2025 08:24 PM (xzAzL)

Nope. Machine's broke.
Posted by: Wendy's counter girl at August 23, 2025 08:50 PM (I0Uo2)

WTF! This isn't McDonald's.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:53 PM (MGB5H)

96 Be great full that Pedro Pascal had to drop out of "Weapons", because Josh Brolin was terrific as the dad of one of the missing children. There is no closure and he seesaws between bursts of anger and deep depression. The teacher drinks. This movie is really about how the town deals with the awful hole left by the tragedy.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 08:53 PM (kpS4V)

97 The spy syndicate that was suitably vague

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 23, 2025 08:53 PM (bXbFr)

98 63 15 I just watched a documentary on Richard Turner called Dealt.
----------

Tom Snyder would have card and coin magicians on his show.
Old men with stiff old man hands and the camera would do close ups of them working.
Amazing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 08:54 PM (DS3M8)

99 I don't care that Liam Neesom doesn't like guns. He's not an American, he has no effect on what I believe He's a good actor and the movie was funny.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:54 PM (2GCMq)

100 >92 North by northwest indeed

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 23, 2025 08:52 PM (bXbFr)

How 'bout that title sequence?!

Posted by: Saul Bass at August 23, 2025 08:54 PM (GTqXr)

101 For your edification:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rl-FGETfS4

Posted by: Chuck Connors in the weekly opening scene of The Rifleman at August 23, 2025 08:54 PM (0sNs1)

102 Too bad "Fixed" sucks. Tartakovsky is a genius so I'm truly disappointed by this.

Posted by: Oh how the mighty have fallen at August 23, 2025 08:55 PM (TbWk/)

103 e great full that Pedro Pascal had to drop out of "Weapons", because Josh Brolin was terrific as the dad of one of the missing children. There is no closure and he seesaws between bursts of anger and deep depression. The teacher drinks. This movie is really about how the town deals with the awful hole left by the tragedy.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 08:53 PM

Ya Brolin was so much better than that ass hat would have been. Almost the entire movie was recast because of the writers strike. Brolin/pascal Benedict Wong/brian Tyree Henry and Julia Garner /Renate Reinsve

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 08:57 PM (eANjq)

104 2025 is looking to be a great year for horror:

"Weapons"
"The Monkey"
Even "Final Destination: Bloodlines was very good for an FD flick

Here are two upcoming horror movies that also look to be excellent:

"Good Boy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFqG99KuPV8

"Keeper"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqV3TUOLsM0

Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 08:59 PM (iJfKG)

105 And I think I'd like to see a documentary on Shari Lewis. She was very talented.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:59 PM (2GCMq)

106 Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 08:59 PM

Don't forget sinners. And ya bloodline was a ton of fun. Prly the best of the fd flicks.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:01 PM (MGB5H)

107 There is no closure and he seesaws between bursts of anger and deep depression. The teacher drinks. This movie is really about how the town deals with the awful hole left by the tragedy.
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Yeah, as I'm mulling, I'm seeing resemblances (of a sort) to "From Here To Eternity". Everybody's the star of their own movie, until something comes along to remind them of the Big Picture.

I didn't know Brolin wasn't the original choice. Pascal (who I think is a fine actor) would not have provided a good contrast to Justin Long (who's only there for a little, but the contrast is good).

Brolin has a producer credit, so I figured he might have arranged some of the financing to be in it.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 09:02 PM (asXVI)

108 I dearly hope Cregger does not make a sequel.

You may be out of luck.

They're currently talking about doing a....prequel.

If you've seen the movie, you know who it would be about...and it's a terrible idea.

Unanswered questions are fine especially in horror movies.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:03 PM (iJfKG)

109 Neeson lives (lived) across the river in Millbrook NY when he was married to Richardson. Saw him in Rhinebeck once and he's a pretty good sized guy. Millbrook has many a celeb

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 09:03 PM (ncxww)

110 Coupla options at my local googleplex. "Naked Gun", "Nobody 2", and "Relay", which our critics liked. On the fence about "Honey Don't" -- the lone Coen bro hasn't shone ("Driveaway Dolls" missed the mark even with a great cast).

Never gonna see the "global phenomenon" "Ne Zha II" because fuck China.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:03 PM (kpS4V)

111 105 And I think I'd like to see a documentary on Shari Lewis. She was very talented.
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I had no idea. They showcased some of the things she did and made look easy, then how hard they were to actually do. She'd have a puppet on each hand, and she'd switch between them and herself like lightning.

Once she had Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse duet. Like Lamb Chop is humming and Charlie is clicking his tongue. Amazing.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 09:04 PM (asXVI)

112 Josh Brolin was good in True Grit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 09:04 PM (ncxww)

113 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 09:05 PM (+qU29)

114 >Josh Brolin was terrific as the dad of one of the missing children.

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Serious suspension of disbelief. Brolin way too old to play dad of an elementary school kid. Pascal is a retard, but Brolin was horribly miscast.

Posted by: Saul Bass at August 23, 2025 09:05 PM (GTqXr)

115 Here are two upcoming horror movies that also look to be excellent:

"Good Boy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFqG99KuPV8

"Keeper"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqV3TUOLsM0
Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 08:59 PM

HIM also looks weird af and interesting

https://tinyurl.com/2s3s2mzy

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:06 PM (MGB5H)

116 I actually like Pascal in everything I've seen him in, from "Prospect" to "Fantastic Four". I just wish he'd shut up on press junkets.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:06 PM (kpS4V)

117 And thanks, movieqigue . I don't often get to the movie threads - either yours or James Madison's , not because I don't like your reviews ( I do) but because I usually have stuff to do for Sunday morning. Thanks to you and Mr. Madison for your thoughtful analysis.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:07 PM (2GCMq)

118 110 Coupla options at my local googleplex. "Naked Gun", "Nobody 2", and "Relay", which our critics liked. On the fence about "Honey Don't" -- the lone Coen bro hasn't shone ("Driveaway Dolls" missed the mark even with a great cast).
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"Drive Away Dykes" (the actual title they chickened out on) was so bad it made me think I wouldn't go see another Coen movie even if they got back together.

https://moviegique.com/2024/03/drive-away-dolls/

"Honey, Don't!" looks possibly worse. Ethan Coen's wife and editor, and co-screenwriter on both is fascinated by dildos, apparently, and since they have an open marriage, I guess she's free to explore that.

Which is fine, but it makes for garbage movies.

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Never gonna see the "global phenomenon" "Ne Zha II" because fuck China.
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I can respect that. The first one was good, tho', and probably less subversive than Hollywood kidflicks.

https://moviegique.com/2019/10/ne-zha/

I saw the second one...like, six months ago? And it was probably better.

Still, China is asshoe.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 09:08 PM (asXVI)

119 I'd be happy to lend Ms. Sweeney the extra-large bandana in my range bag, if needed.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Why did I read that as "banana"?
Posted by: rickb223

I was completely discombobulated by "extra large."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:09 PM (L/fGl)

120 HIM also looks weird af and interesting

https://tinyurl.com/2s3s2mzy
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:06 PM (MGB5H)

Yeah, that looks good as well.

Not quite sure though cuz it gives me "The Mephisto Waltz" vibes which I didn't care for.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:11 PM (iJfKG)

121 I just watched "Eephus", about a small town recreational baseball team's last game before their baseball field is demolished. Funny for the constant ragging and ball busting they give each other, and their determination to have one more shot in spite of all the creaky joints and sore muscles.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:12 PM (kpS4V)

122 Drive Away Dykes" (the actual title they chickened out on) was so bad it made me think I wouldn't go see another Coen movie even if they got back together.

https://moviegique.com/2024/03/drive-away-dolls/

"Honey, Don't!" looks possibly worse. Ethan Coen's wife and editor, and co-screenwriter on both is fascinated by dildos, apparently, and since they have an open marriage, I guess she's free to explore that.

Which is fine, but it makes for garbage movies.

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The Coen's are better together.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:12 PM (MGB5H)

123 It's always nice to see you, Fenelon.

I have the same issue with the book thread. I feel like I should get on her Sunday mornings and join in but--I'm asleep.

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Serious suspension of disbelief. Brolin way too old to play dad of an elementary school kid. Pascal is a retard, but Brolin was horribly miscast.
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You know, I'm usually the first one to call that out, and I didn't even notice it this time. He'd be 57 and would've been 48 or 49 at the time of his son's birth. That's...I mean, I know guys who have sired children at that age.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 09:12 PM (asXVI)

124 Posted by: Saul Bass at August 23, 2025 09:05 PM (GTqXr

Was Josh Brolin bad in the part , because men who are 48 can actually have kids in the third grade. I know a number of men who became fathers in their middle to late. 40's

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:14 PM (2GCMq)

125 Ethan Coen's wife and editor, and co-screenwriter on both is fascinated by dildos, apparently, and since they have an open marriage, I guess she's free to explore that.
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Did she have, uh, input on the awful "Burn After Reading"? Cuz that device was something.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:14 PM (kpS4V)

126 Was Josh Brolin bad in the part , because men who are 48 can actually have kids in the third grade. I know a number of men who became fathers in their middle to late. 40's
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:14 PM (2GCMq)

No Brolin was great.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:16 PM (MGB5H)

127 Was Josh Brolin bad in the part , because men who are 48 can actually have kids in the third grade. I know a number of men who became fathers in their middle to late. 40's
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My dad was 48 when I was born!

You can be an 18 year old lead in a rock band when you have a kid and he will still think of you as an uncool old fart.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:16 PM (kpS4V)

128 C'mon Elderly Git. Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.

btw, I agree with you.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 09:16 PM (ZmEVT)

129 I do feel sympathy for the guy (Neeson) He was married to Natasha Richardson, a knockout beauty. She died from a brain bleed from a skiing accident.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 09:18 PM (ZmEVT)

130 Did she have, uh, input on the awful "Burn After Reading"? Cuz that device was something.
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Well, you saw DAD. Didn't you look at parts of that and say to yourself, "Self, I think I have a good idea which brother the gadget from 'Burn After Reading' came from"?

I know I did. If it came from her through Ethan, it may be why Joel says things like "we're not in sync anymore".

I actually find it super sad.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 09:19 PM (asXVI)

131 >Was Josh Brolin bad in the part , because men who are 48 can actually have kids in the third grade. I know a number of men who became fathers in their middle to late. 40's

Brolin is in his late 50s I recall. Most suburban dads of elementary school kids are likely in their mid to late 30s. To describe Brolin's 'acting' as wooden is an offense to actual wood.

Posted by: Saul Bass at August 23, 2025 09:19 PM (GTqXr)

132 Serious suspension of disbelief. Brolin way too old to play dad of an elementary school kid. Pascal is a retard, but Brolin was horribly miscast.
Posted by: Saul Bass

* does the maths in his head *

My next-door neighbors, growing up? Their dad would have been 45 when their youngest (of seven) was born.

Brolin is 57. That's old for a grade-school dad, but not impossible.

On the other hand, it doesn't help that he looks older than that, especially given Hollywood's anti-aging campaign.

On the first foot, having a whole passel of kids will do that to a guy.

Posted by: mikeski at August 23, 2025 09:20 PM (DgGvY)

133 Posted by: Saul Bass at August 23, 2025 09:19 PM

Well, I've never seem him in any movie I can recall. Is he just a bad actor - period/ or just bad on this part, do you think?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:21 PM (2GCMq)

134 Moviegique, the brothers had an epic run together. We can celebrate that.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:21 PM (kpS4V)

135
Streamed a movie last night on Hulu, titled-

"The Cobbler" (2014), an Adam Sandler flick that I've never heard of before.

I don't want to oversell it, but I enjoyed it a lot.

It wasn't your typical AS comedy, it was more...oh, warm-hearted for lack of a better word.

The story concerns a cobbler who has taken over the family business because his father left. He working to support his Mom but hates the job and hates his life. Through"circumstances" he uses an old sole sewing machine, that turns out to be magic.
Whoever's shoes he repairs with the magic machine, he can become them if he wears their shoes.

Very fun, nicely done, doesn't go where you think it will, some nice twists.
The downside is some plot holes and you'll have the ending and final twist figured out long before the movie's over.
Still, a nice relaxing, low key comedy.

Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:24 PM (iJfKG)

136 One of the bits in "The Life of Chuck" is that there's a sign everywhere that says "Thanks Chuck! For 39 great years!"

And all the people passing are saying things like "That guy doesn't even look like he's 39, much less able to have given 39 years of anything."

But of course it's supposed to be his age.

I look at Tom Hiddleston and think, "OK, I'll go along with it, even if the guy looks like he's 50."

Turns out Hiddleston was probably about 41 when he filmed it. =-8

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 09:24 PM (asXVI)

137 >Brolin is 57. That's old for a grade-school dad, but not impossible.

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Not impossible, of course. But still miscast and not a sympathetic character because he is a terrible actor. Did I mention he sucks in the the role?

Posted by: Saul Bass at August 23, 2025 09:25 PM (GTqXr)

138 I just watched "Eephus", about a small town recreational baseball team's last game before their baseball field is demolished.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

You've gotta be a bit of a baseball nut to know where the name came from.

https://youtu.be/ikLlRT2j7EQ

Posted by: mikeski at August 23, 2025 09:27 PM (DgGvY)

139 Josh Brolin was born in 1968....so, he'd be 58 now...

Posted by: zigggggy at August 23, 2025 09:27 PM (/Pwrg)

140 134 Moviegique, the brothers had an epic run together. We can celebrate that.
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Oh, absolutely. And I do.

For those who don't like Josh Brolin (or George Clooney), "Hail, Caesar!" might give you something to enjoy.

Brolin plays a (very romanticized) Eddie Mannix, a studio fixer who cleans up the messes all these dimwitted, cynical actors make. Clooney plays Baird Whitlock, an especially self-absorbed dunce who has swallowed all the Marxist cant of these college professors (who are Soviet spies).

There's a scene where Baird starts spouting this communist garbage at Mannix, and Mannix just tans his hide, calls him an ingrate and tells him to shut up and act his little heart out...or else.

It's probably the most shocking scene in any 21st century Hollywood movie.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 09:28 PM (asXVI)

141 Serious suspension of disbelief. Brolin way too old to play dad of an elementary school kid. Pascal is a retard, but Brolin was horribly miscast.
Posted by: Saul Bass

* does the maths in his head *

My next-door neighbors, growing up? Their dad would have been 45 when their youngest (of seven) was born.

Brolin is 57. That's old for a grade-school dad, but not impossible.

On the other hand, it doesn't help that he looks older than that, especially given Hollywood's anti-aging campaign.

On the first foot, having a whole passel of kids will do that to a guy.
Posted by: mikeski

Felix Unger has entered the chat.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 09:28 PM (zXOsD)

142 Saul, you are right...damn, my math used to be great...sigh...I guess seeing his was born in 1968 made me type 58

Posted by: zigggggy at August 23, 2025 09:29 PM (/Pwrg)

143 Panos Cosmatos ("Mandy") is currently working on "Flesh of the Gods", in which "a married couple in 1980s LA leaves luxury life for nightly adventures with enigmatic Nameless and hedonistic group, entering surreal world of excess and violence."

Sounds great!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:30 PM (kpS4V)

144 Together, a body horror film on that most horrific of topics: Marriage. Tight, short, sweet, with a light story that's fraught with potential symbolism, so people can write think-pieces on Zoomer relationships. Body horror, though, so definitely not for everyone.

Wait. A "light" story, with body horror?

(closes eyes and sighs)

So, you're talking a naked Trigglypuff.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 09:30 PM (0eaVi)

145 While the "hot brass down the cleavage" is entertaining, it's not something I want to see on the range. Pain & panic + loaded gun in hand = bad things.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at August 23, 2025 09:31 PM (5YmYl)

146 Panos Cosmatos ("Mandy") is currently working on "Flesh of the Gods", in which "a married couple in 1980s LA leaves luxury life for nightly adventures with enigmatic Nameless and hedonistic group, entering surreal world of excess and violence."

Sounds great!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:30 PM (kpS4V)

Isn't that Eyes Wide Shut?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:32 PM (MGB5H)

147 Brolin plays a (very romanticized) Eddie Mannix, a studio fixer who cleans up the messes all these dimwitted, cynical actors make. Clooney plays Baird Whitlock, an especially self-absorbed dunce who has swallowed all the Marxist cant of these college professors (who are Soviet spies).

.....There's a scene where Baird starts spouting this communist garbage at Mannix, and Mannix just tans his hide, calls him an ingrate and tells him to shut up and act his little heart out...or else.

It's probably the most shocking scene in any 21st century Hollywood movie.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 09:28 PM (asXVI)

wow, interesting! Eddie Mannix was a seriously horrid human being

Posted by: zigggggy at August 23, 2025 09:33 PM (/Pwrg)

148 95 Can I get a large frosty?
Posted by: Elderly Git
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Frosty man, Frosty

youtube.com/watch?v=iLRAYGRkAY0

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 09:33 PM (DS3M8)

149 Wait. A "light" story, with body horror?
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In this case, the quality of lightness refers to the simplicity of the story, not the elements of the story. "Couple moves to woods, struggles not to become single entity."

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143 Panos Cosmatos ("Mandy") is currently working on "Flesh of the Gods",
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You know I'm there.

That probably means I'll have some good chances to see the "Black Void" movie (er whatever trippy thing it was called) he made before "Mandy".

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 09:33 PM (asXVI)

150 Isn't that Eyes Wide Shut?
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Emphasis on the SURREAL.

I fully expect melting walls.

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wow, interesting! Eddie Mannix was a seriously horrid human being
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I think a reasonable case can be made that he was a murderer.

In "Hail, Caesar!" he's a family man, a sane man (maybe the only sane man on the lot), and does what he does because he loves movies.

It's the best romanticization since Tim Burton's "Ed Wood".

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 09:34 PM (asXVI)

151 Panos Cosmatos ("Mandy") is currently working on "Flesh of the Gods", in which "a married couple in 1980s LA leaves luxury life for nightly adventures with enigmatic Nameless and hedonistic group, entering surreal world of excess and violence."

Sounds great!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:30 PM (kpS4V)

Isn't that Eyes Wide Shut?
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:32 PM (MGB5H)

Sounds a bit like "The Infinity Pool" without, you know, the infinity pool.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:34 PM (iJfKG)

152 I think the most interesting part, and probably why it works, about Together is that Dave Franco and Alison Brie are married. So the chemistry was always there.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:35 PM (MGB5H)

153 Sounds a bit like "The Infinity Pool" without, you know, the infinity pool.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:34 PM

Hah! Yup. Forgot about that one.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:35 PM (MGB5H)

154 I like Julie Garner.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 09:36 PM (Mgy3C)

155 "Flesh of the Gods" is apparently about vampires.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:36 PM (kpS4V)

156 Posted by: BruceWayne

Sydney Sweeney. Train. Is this thread moving in a different direction?

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 23, 2025 09:36 PM (144I4)

157 I like Julie Garner.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 09:36 PM (Mgy3C)

I always enjoy her in things, from the Americans to Ozark to inventing Anna to weapons. But man does she walk funny.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:37 PM (MGB5H)

158 Flesh of the Gods" is apparently about vampires.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:36 PM

Ok now you have my attention.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:38 PM (MGB5H)

159 well, the Rockies are losing again

Posted by: gKWVE at August 23, 2025 09:38 PM (gKWVE)

160 I thought a pretty good supernatural movie with a twist was a 2017 movie called Radius.

Man wakes up with no memory of who he is and people or any living creature who get within a certain distance of him die suddenly.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 09:38 PM (EYmYM)

161 154 I like Julie Garner.
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She has all these features and mannerisms that far less pleasant women also share, but manages to be relatable.

"Martha Marcy May Marlene" isn't a great movie, but she's good in it.

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Man wakes up with no memory of who he is and people or any living creature who get within a certain distance of him die suddenly.
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That sounds interesting.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 09:41 PM (asXVI)

162 >154 I like Julie Garner.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 09:36 PM (Mgy3C)

Agree. Though I think she may have been typecast because of Ozark. IMO Weapons was about cashing a check - don't blame her one bit. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Posted by: Saul Bass at August 23, 2025 09:41 PM (GTqXr)

163 Sydney Sweeney. Train. Is this thread moving in a different direction?
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 23, 2025 09:36 PM

Wasn't The Little Train That Could about traversing mountains?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 09:42 PM (0sNs1)

164 I've heard good things about a movie de Kraut about a disfigured Jewish woman married to a sleaze husband who doesn't recognize her when she is released at the end of WWII. He comes up with a scheme to have her impersonate herself to get reparations. It's described as Hitchcockian. Entitled Phoenix.

https://is.gd/yylHm6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:42 PM (L/fGl)

165 Come on guys.

Who are you people?

136 comments and not one mention of Josh Brolin's burnt taint?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 23, 2025 09:43 PM (bss/y)

166 Martha Marcy May Marlene" isn't a great movie, but she's good in it.

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Oh man I love that movie. Garner and Elizabeth Olsen are so good in it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:43 PM (MGB5H)

167 Mister Plinkett at RedLetterMedia has a new one up, "What Happened To Star Wars?"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:44 PM (kpS4V)

168 Come on guys.

Who are you people?

136 comments and not one mention of Josh Brolin's burnt taint?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 23, 2025 09:43 PM

Hope Solo did it better.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:45 PM (MGB5H)

169 >136 comments and not one mention of Josh Brolin's burnt taint?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 23, 2025 09:43 PM (bss/y)

I saw Burnt Taint open for Rollins Band at the Knitting Factory in '93.

Posted by: Saul Bass at August 23, 2025 09:46 PM (GTqXr)

170 I had this horrible nightmare as a young'n. Buffalo Bob announced that this would be the final show of Howdy Doody, that it was being replaced by Sheri Lewis and her lame puppets - of whom I think I was aware from having been on Ed Sullivan. What a letdown. And then at the end of the show, Clarabelle spoke for the first time, this totally frightening grin, intoning, Good-bye, kiiiids.

That nightmare haunts me to this day. And ruined me on Sheri Lewis forever.

Posted by: mindful webworker - worst of all, it was real at August 23, 2025 09:46 PM (i1iCx)

171 Josh Brolin's burnt taint
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Man, it's been ages since he commented here.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:47 PM (kpS4V)

172 "Radius" is "free" on Prime.

I may watch it tonight.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:48 PM (iJfKG)

173 Paramount looks to shitcan everyone
youtu.be/iSlMEVf_rbs

Posted by: gKWVE at August 23, 2025 09:49 PM (gKWVE)

174 Speaking of Hitchcock, I thought this YT was interesting. He says Vertigo is full of plot holes but it doesn't matter because the movie isn't about the perfect murder; it's about the destructive effects of obsession. (22 minutes)

https://is.gd/P4SrHj

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:52 PM (L/fGl)

175 Julie Garner thinks blinking is acting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 09:53 PM (RIvkX)

176 Paramount looks to shitcan everyone
youtu.be/iSlMEVf_rbs
Posted by: gKWVE at August 23, 2025 09:49 PM

Paramount is an interesting thing going right now. The Skydande purchase went through and Ellison (who is ostensibly conservative) wants esp cbs new to go to producing actual news and non woke entertainment. And is not currently handing out big contracts to creators, other than the massive contract they reupped with Taylor Sheridan. All while the other big 3 WB (owns cnn) universal (nbc) and Disney (abc) are trying to off load their dying cable products. It'll be fun to watch.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:54 PM (MGB5H)

177 Radius" is "free" on Prime.

I may watch it tonight.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:48 PM (iJfKG)

I may watch it again also even though I know the twist. It’s free on all the streaming services. I only saw it once about 5 years ago.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 09:55 PM (EYmYM)

178 Josh Brolin's burnt taint
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Man, it's been ages since he commented here.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:47 PM

Naw, he's commented at least a couple of times in the past few weeks.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 09:55 PM (0sNs1)

179 I may watch it again also even though I know the twist. It’s free on all the streaming services. I only saw it once about 5 years ago.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 09:55 PM

Sometimes after you know the twist it's a better watch because you watch the pieces fall into place.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 09:58 PM (MGB5H)

180 I watched the 2009 reboot of "Friday the 13th." Most of the Friday films are pretty terrible (4 and 6 being an exception) but they're not dreary and grim. This one was both dreary and grim and it doesn't suit the series.

The Friday films are like funhouse rides, like a roller-coaster. You get to watch inventive make-up effects and can say "Oh, I wonder how they did that dagger in the chest bit" because, being Friday films, you're not personally invested in any of these characters. They're chess pieces that Jason removes from the board.

The remake tries to make it serious and ominous and "How terrible these stupid characters are being killed" and you're just "No, it isn't, you're just using more dramatic lighting and camera moves but it's the same thing. Stop showing off."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:00 PM (CHHv1)

181 I've argued that "Sixth Sense" is better the second time.

https://moviegique.com/2019/07/the-sixth-sense-1999/

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 10:00 PM (asXVI)

182 ONT is nood!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 23, 2025 10:01 PM (lUFok)

183 "The Friday films are like funhouse rides, like a roller-coaster"

I use the term "funhouse horror" all the time.

I hadn't thought of using it in the context of a slasher, but it works for F13 and probably NoES.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 10:01 PM (asXVI)

184 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:00

The only good thing about that remake was Danielle Panabaker.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 23, 2025 10:02 PM (MGB5H)

185 Thanks everybody!

See you in September!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 23, 2025 10:02 PM (asXVI)

186 Watched a movie this week. Came up as a YouTube suggestion. Sandra Bullock, so, I figured, I'd try it. Also Ryan Reynolds. So, Miss Congeniality and Deadpool in a romantic comedy? Watched it anyway.

(Spoilers ahead)

The Proposal (2009) was disturbingly like someone watched While You Were Sleeping (1995) and thought, let's do that again, almost. Too many similarities to ignore. Fake relationship turns into romance. She has no family and he has a big loving family who love her. Don't let gramma know the truth, it will kill her. Son doesn't want Dad's business. Bride reveals the truth and backs out at the altar. That last was much better done in Sleeping.

Proposal did not measure up. Too many gratuitous, irrelevant to the story bits. Sandra Bullock never had the believable chemistry with Ryan Reynolds that she had with Bill Pullman.

There were some nice shots of Alaska.

Posted by: mindful webworker - now I want to watch Speed again at August 23, 2025 10:03 PM (i1iCx)

187 Whoof. I been willowed.

Posted by: mindful webworker - now I want to watch Speed again at August 23, 2025 10:03 PM (i1iCx)

188 To be honest, there were some very nice breasts in the 2009 film. But I guess one can see those pretty much anywhere these days, even without a computer.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:03 PM (CHHv1)

189 That's a pity, mindful. I've always liked Sandra Bullock.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 10:04 PM (CHHv1)

190 You can be an 18 year old lead in a rock band when you have a kid and he will still think of you as an uncool old fart.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 09:16 PM (kpS4V)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at August 23, 2025 10:31 PM (1X0uI)

191 OK. Had to see a movie with my 9 year old granddaughter today at 9:35 AM. I haven’t been in a theater for years. Loungers were comfortable but sides filled with old popcorn. Kids a row behind be talked through the whole thing BUT I DID NOT HEAR THEM (heard the complaint from folks sitting in their row). Oh yeah. THe Movie. After 30 minutes of commercials. Bad Boys 2. Never saw 1. It actually was pretty fun and the kid loved it. That was all that mattered.

Posted by: epador at August 23, 2025 10:57 PM (GAnjx)

192 Promiscuous use of variants the word "film" as opposed to variants of the word "video" is indicative of advanced Boomeritis.

Likewise for "tape".

Go to bed early my fellow olde phartes, get a good rest.

Posted by: Fred_Z at August 24, 2025 12:59 AM (VQIqq)

193 Posted by: epador at August 23, 2025 10:57 PM (GAnjx)
Pretty sure you saw Bad Guys 2, not Bad Boys, epador, but it's good that the kids liked it, that's the important thing

Posted by: AgathaPagatha at August 24, 2025 01:32 PM (/wIOP)

Hobby Thread - August 23, 2025 [Crafty Rex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin and it landed on musical instruments.

I have faith that you can either find something in the content that resonates or contribute your own hobbying interests.

You might be tempted to say "I have no hobbies or interests." Bah. Dig around in the content and soak in the comments. Be curious. Glad you're here.

[Top photo: Blues Sax by polynikes (10x20 oil) ]

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What are you hobbying?

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. All (legal) hobbying is welcome. However, politics, current events and religious debates can live in threads elsewhere. Pants are optional. Puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice. Don't be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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Last week's Hobby Thread led to a discussion of musical instruments. So here we are... TRex has zero musical ability. At best, I'd bang on the drums all day. A small brain and short arms is not conducive to making music out of random sounds. If there was a dinosaur orchestra, they'd ask me to stay out of the way and sell popcorn in the lobby.

Many among the Horde, however, are more musically blessed. This thread is for you. Even if you're not musically inclined, there is knowledge in the construction and care of musical instruments.

This is not a music thread. There are other times and places for that. Let's focus on the instruments themselves. After all, every instrument tells a story...

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What musical instrument do or did you play?

Can you play multiple instruments? If so, what is your weapon of choice?

What is the most unusual instrument you can play (no, the armpit fart engine does not qualify)?

Where and how did you obtain your instruments?

Have you ever built an instrument from scratch?

Have you restored an instrument?

What instrument do you wish you knew how to play?

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I am a sucker for YouTube videos (1) showing people making cool stuff out of pallets and (2) without voiceovers. Even better if both.

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English Manufacturing in the 1960s:

The voice over is gold. Electric Guitars for the first two minutes ("All this to make a bedlam of adolescent noise," "No wonder, the guitar boys have to pay so much for their guitars that they have no money left for a haircut."). Harps at 8:24. Watch the whole thing to see how the Brits made wall paper, spectacles, cricket bats, wedgewood pottery, parking meters, spoon and model cars.

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Good uses for newspaper:

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Good, but long video. Save for later.

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Making saxophones in Paris:

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I love that YouTube and the interwebs provide space for people with passion like Olaf the Violin maker. I also love this because it gets deep into wood and what makes good wood for violins. Some guy named Stradivarius shopped in the same forest a few years earlier.

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Something can only be original once: State of Being: Restoration or Conservation?

Most musicians in the early-music world play on reproductions, modern instruments that have been carefully patterned on originals from past centuries. The reasons are simple.
First, in most families of Baroque instrument, extant originals are hard to find, excessively fragile, wildly expensive, or all of the above
Second, original instruments come with all kinds of inherent issues that can be big hurdles for professional musicians who need a high level of dependability and have to play a vast range of early music with multiple ensembles.
Third, there are more skilled instrument makers than ever before, and the quality of the resulting instruments is better than ever, making them a more enticing option.
Fourth, playing an original instrument can be detrimental, maybe even irresponsible.

More interesting nuggets in the article. Read the whole thing as the blogfather would say.

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Randomly spotted in our local Hobby Lobby:

20250823-IMG_20250823_114117705_HDR~3.jpg

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a small scale restorations theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

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Notable comments from last week:

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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Would TRex include a mystery click behind every single photo in a Hobby Thread? You betcha. If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, contribute your hobbying. We will feature a different theme next time. What are you hobbying? We love showing off Horde hobbying. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

Comments

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 05:31 PM (+qU29)

2 I thought KT's thread was the Hobby Thread. And I was gonna sock Mrs. Slocumbe....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 05:31 PM (0eaVi)

3 I played, or tried to play clarinet in elementary school, it's a sad part of my life

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 05:32 PM (+qU29)

4 Kid just started orchestra Playing cello. I know nothing about it, except you'd better put that thing under your chin, there are ladies present.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 05:32 PM (0eaVi)

5
Does eating Baked Beans count?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 23, 2025 05:33 PM (ss9OF)

6 Does eating Baked Beans count?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 23, 2025 05:33 PM (ss9OF)

He said it's not a music thread.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 05:36 PM (0eaVi)

7 There is a launch soon

Rocket Lab - Electron - Live, Laugh, Launch
LS-1 - Mähia, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 24
Launch Time: 10:42 NZDT, 00:42 CEST (August 23, 2242 UTC)
Going live: 6:15 PM EDT

https://youtu.be/asTCN3IblAw

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 05:37 PM (sPQoU)

8 I can play a couple of instruments and read music but only enough to appreciate those who are actually good at it.

I can also annoy the hell out of you with a harmonica. Scare your cats, make your dogs howl, your flowers wilt. It's just for me.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 05:39 PM (vFG9F)

9 6 Does eating Baked Beans count?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 23, 2025 05:33 PM (ss9OF)

He said it's not a music thread.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 05:36 PM
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And I'd really rather not think too much about the instrument involved.

Posted by: TRex at August 23, 2025 05:41 PM (cCn4/)

10 Just want to point out that the painting was done solely with a palette knife.

I play the Sax though I don’t play it very well. I just like to get sheet music of familiar songs and see if I can at least recognize them when I play .

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 05:43 PM (EYmYM)

11 I can't carry a tune in a bucket, but I sure enjoy listening to those who can.

Posted by: Eromero at August 23, 2025 05:43 PM (LHPAg)

12 I still have my 60's vintage Conn Trumpet and take it our every once in a while so it doesn't turn green.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 05:43 PM (vFG9F)

13 I have four dulcimers, with a new one on they way soon. Many years ago, there was a company with inexpensive kits and I built my own dulcimer. I told my husband about it, and since we were considering a move to TN, he encouraged me to find another. I bought a Dulcimer Factory one off FB Marketplace. It had a few issues, and I found a McSpadden kit put together in the 70s. It is playable and has been well loved. Then I bought a black walnut one from Ron Gibsom, a luthier in Ohio. It's such a wonderful instrument! I recently bought a Folkcraft off Ebay, but I'm not fond of it. New one will be a six string dulcimette from Ron Ewing.

Dulcimers are interesting as they aren't really standardized. Typically nowadays, they are four strings (the two high ones tuned to the same note). They were originally played noter style, strings used as drones with the melody played out using a stick as a slide. They are one of the simpliest instruments to play. The dulcimette I'm getting is six stringed, with pairs tuned to the same note. This will sound a bit like a mandolin, which is four pairs. It satisfies my need to mess around with an instrument and I'm okay with being a beginner.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 05:44 PM (kUxzU)

14 And I'd really rather not think too much about the instrument involved.
Posted by: TRex at August 23, 2025 05:41 PM (cCn4/)

It really stinks trying to tune it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 05:44 PM (0eaVi)

15 5
Does eating Baked Beans count?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 23, 2025 05:33 PM (ss9OF)
I'm eating baked beans right now!

Posted by: Eromero at August 23, 2025 05:45 PM (LHPAg)

16 12 I still have my 60's vintage Conn Trumpet and take it our every once in a while so it doesn't turn green.
Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 05:43 PM (vFG9F)

I had a Conn sax at one time . Now I have an inexpensive alto sax I bought at the Guitar store.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 05:45 PM (EYmYM)

17 I always like a little sax before reading the thread.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 05:48 PM (2WIwB)

18 There was a time when this was my life...started with piano, graduated to French Horn which I played from middle school thru high school. Seriously considered making it my career, then that money thing got in the way. I can read music and even dabbled in writing music. Still sing, mostly in Church these days. I look forward to our TN home, where there will be a piano and I can start dabbling again...

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 05:48 PM (cCn4/)

19 Lets see, I played flute in band in junior high. Tried learning the guitar a few times. I once rented a saxophone for a month. That was fun! I messed around a bit with the mandolin. I have a penny whistle here, but I no longer have enough wind to play a wind instrument. I may set a dulcimer up as a baritone(which just means heavier strings and tuned differently). I took a three day class with Stephen Siefert in Portland and I use his online lessons.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 05:49 PM (kUxzU)

20 >>>Third, there are more skilled instrument makers than ever before, and the quality of the resulting instruments is better than ever, making them a more enticing option.
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School auditorium received a new Yamaha baby grand. After
un-crating the man came to tune it. He had a problem. It was in tune.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 05:49 PM (DS3M8)

21 Played sax for six years and was pretty good at it. Then I stopped. Had to sell it my senior year of college because I needed the money. I have a harmonica now but wished I had taken up piano. The guy who can walk into a setting, sit down and start playing a piano racks up massive cool points.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 05:51 PM (2WIwB)

22 I have a penny whistle here, but I no longer have enough wind to play a wind instrument.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 05:49 PM (kUxzU)

See Soothsayer for tips on that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 05:52 PM (0eaVi)

23 I own a lot of different musical instruments, very few of which I can play. Oh, I can make noises with them, and that's good enough. I have a bit of ability on the synthesizer and I know some guitar chords. Otherwise, it's "Where does this noise fit in the current project."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 05:52 PM (CHHv1)

24 Bought a 1968 King flute, looked it up, at the pawn shop for $25. Wanted a trumpet but they didn't have one. Flute's weird and takes a lot of wind. It's in it's case.
I'll expend my wind here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 05:54 PM (DS3M8)

25 One of the coolest things I first did when I lived in NYC was visit Macy’s and rode the escalator to the top floor which was their piano sales floor. It felt more like a warehouse where they stored pianos. The cool thing was the last two or three floor the escalator was wooden and probably original to the store.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 05:54 PM (EYmYM)

26 "Have you restored an instrument?"

Not completely but I did fix up a Hammond organ for Mrs fd. It's an analog relic from the 60s, with spinning "tone wheels" and coils that generate the frequencies. I fixed some broken wires and connections, cleaned some controls, replaced a couple of tubes, and it works great.

I can't do anything but mess around on it though. Mrs fd can really play it.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 05:55 PM (vFG9F)

27 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 05:54 PM (DS3M

You got to buy some Jethro Tull sheet music and give it a whirl.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 05:55 PM (EYmYM)

28 I play guitar in a band, consider myself an intermediate-level player. I wish I could play drums.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 23, 2025 05:55 PM (8hxDK)

29

Come and smell my music!

Posted by: Le P�tomane, Flatulist at August 23, 2025 05:56 PM (xzAzL)

30 The cool thing was the last two or three floor the escalator was wooden and probably original to the store.
Posted by: polynikes
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Absolutely the original wood...rode those every year on the way to visit Santa in Santa land! Would still do so if I were still in NYC....

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 05:57 PM (cCn4/)

31

Come and smell my music! It will enchant you!

Posted by: Le P�tomane, Flatulist at August 23, 2025 05:57 PM (xzAzL)

32 At one point I could play the armpit. I'm seriously out of practice, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 23, 2025 05:58 PM (S/Y4j)

33 Not a hobby. But as these things on the web are listening or connected, guess what pops up.on my YouTube?

Dead body on Everest

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 05:58 PM (+qU29)

34 I don't play an instrument and am only good at listening to music, but this hobby thread, like all the previous ones, will occupy me for hours watching the amazing links and reading all the more talented Morons comments. Thank you TRex!!

Posted by: jayhawkone at August 23, 2025 05:59 PM (9rPx3)

35 Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 05:51 PM (2WIw

Hah you sound just like me except I gave up the sax in High School to concentrate on sports. I think the scene in No Hard Feelings where the nerd walks up to the piano in the restaurant to play a song for Jennifer Lawrence was really good.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 05:59 PM (EYmYM)

36 34 Thank you TRex!!

Posted by: jayhawkone at August 23, 2025 05:59 PM
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Thank YOU! and thanks for being here.

Posted by: TRex - slightly out of tune at August 23, 2025 06:02 PM (cCn4/)

37 I started guitar in early teens. Like everyone else back then, I wanted to play lead. Alas, I'm not coordinated or fast enough for that but I was a pretty good rhythm guitarist. My hands are big and I could stretch for even the weirder chords. Mostly traditional folk music, sea shanties, and folk rock like the Mamas and the Papas or Paul Simon. For fun, I picked up some basic bass riffs. Think Day Tripper.

Senior year of high school we put together a jazz band. Think Ellington or Buddy Rich. Damn! It was enjoyable. And playing guitar as part of a large instrumental group was very different from folk music.

I still take out the guitar now and then just for kicks. Haven't played in public for over 50 years.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 06:03 PM (yTvNw)

38 33 Dead body on Everest

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 05:58 PM
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The algorithms are strange and mysterious.

Posted by: TRex - hope it wasn't a dead dino at August 23, 2025 06:03 PM (cCn4/)

39 Told on a few hobby threads, my grandmother played piano as long as I ever knew, took lessons often but never played a song at speed it should be. But she enjoyed it and played Avery often.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 06:04 PM (+qU29)

40 Not the first time conversations here showed up elsewhere

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 06:05 PM (+qU29)

41 "Just as if they were real musical instruments."

LOL!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 23, 2025 06:06 PM (qpyNK)

42 First, in most families of Baroque instrument, extant originals are hard to find, excessively fragile, wildly expensive, or all of the above

Yep. They say my authentic Mycenean kithara is worth a lot of lute.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 06:06 PM (muwun)

43 I played flute, my sisters played clarinet and trumpet, through high school. Band even played at the Lion's Thanksgiving Day game once. My kids played oboe and trumpet; daughter's HS band went to the Paris Air show one year. My grandchildren are just starting. Grandson plays the trombone well enough even in 7th grade that he plays with a small group for preludes at church. Granddaughter is just starting with the clarinet but she's very enthusiastic!

Band is great for kids; the events and the places they can go are incredibly enriching.

Posted by: Lirio100 at August 23, 2025 06:07 PM (ky7/T)

44 Playing Bach on a Banjo:

https://is.gd/bY8aPn

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 23, 2025 06:07 PM (PiwSw)

45 Hi TRex.

I played clarinet in high school, as did my sister. My brothers played trombone and trumpet. We were all in the marching band (2 different schools over a decade—same director). My parents went to Friday night football games just to watch their kids at half time.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 06:08 PM (fveCG)

46 Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 06:05 PM (+qU29

I remember you sharing that before.

I don’t think you ever shared how your war gaming miniatures convention went or did I miss it?

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 06:08 PM (EYmYM)

47 > Does eating Baked Beans count?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 23, 2025 05:33 PM (ss9OF)

Beans, beans,
The musical fruit.
The more you eat,
The more you toot.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 23, 2025 06:09 PM (qpyNK)

48 One time at band camp………

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 06:09 PM (EYmYM)

49 Also, for awhile as a young adult, I played in my church’s worship band. I got pretty good at transposing on the fly. That was way back before I turned 29.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 06:09 PM (fveCG)

50

I play a mean skin flute...

Posted by: Jenna Jameson at August 23, 2025 06:10 PM (xzAzL)

51 In a cruel twist of fate, as much as I love music I can't play or sing. It's a damn shame because I have white boy overbite down cold.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 06:10 PM (viF8m)

52 Self-taught (and it shows) on the 88's. Liked to play on Mom's baby grand as a kid, picking out tunes by ear. So they made me take lessons, which I didn't do well at so they quit making me and I quit playing.

Until decades later I bought an old rinky-tinky upright for $100 and started trying to play the tunes that went with the lyrics in my head.

I also have tried guitar, really the wife's instrument, and while I could pass on simple tunes, I never got good at it. The fingers preferred piano.

After Mom died, we got her baby grand, but it went into storage for a couple of years until we got the new house built. The baby grand looks great in the main room, but, but, besides being out of practice by then, I also had arthritic hands, including a crumpled-up little finger on my right hand. Have been trying to re-learn playing with nine fingers, but it's never going to be the same. Watching vids of me playing just a few years ago leaves me wistful. Oh well.

🎶 🎹 amateur hour again

Gave My Life Away
When you finally give it all up, that's when you start to get it all
Link in nic. Should play from 12:25 to 17:15 in the vid.
A cut from Mindful Webworkshop #1, 2016 Aug 12

🌅

Posted by: mindful webworker - can't snap my fingers anymore, either at August 23, 2025 06:12 PM (i1iCx)

53 Polynikes after seeing several of your works I must say I am very impressed. I especially like this piece. As always color and its uses matter most to me and this is wonderful use of colors.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 06:13 PM (RIvkX)

54 Joe Walsh shared on Live from Daryl’s House that he was a band nerd and started off playing a lot of instruments including the clarinet and trombone. He eventually decided he needed to learn an instrument where he could use to write music and his mouth was free so he learned the guitar.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 06:13 PM (EYmYM)

55 What musical instrument do or did you play?

[after 2-3 months of lessons]

Piano Teacher: "Mr. & Mrs. Hammer, I'm afraid that little Mikey is never going to be a piano player"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 23, 2025 06:14 PM (XeU6L)

56 I really wanted to play violin as I love the sound of bowed strings, but there were a few problems:
- the chin rest slid on my beard
- I'm a bit muscle bound and positioning my arms was difficult
- my hands are big and thick, not suited for precise placement on such a small instrument. Viola, though bigger than a violin, wasn't any better.

Wish I had tried cello.

I did pick up a bowed psaltery not long ago. I should get that out.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 06:14 PM (yTvNw)

57 I usually put up a picture often when still at tje convention. Another coming up in November in Lancaster

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 06:14 PM (+qU29)

58 I've played guitar for 55 years, strictly rhythm and pretty much only country. Once you get past five chords in a song, including 7ths, I think what the hell are you doing and why do you need so many chords. I play by ear, like my daddy taught me.

Posted by: huerfano at August 23, 2025 06:15 PM (98kQX)

59 Posted by: Lirio100

I marched in the Dayton-Hudson (Target) Thanksgiving Day parade in Detroit and the Electric Light Parade at Disney World.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 06:15 PM (fveCG)

60 Instruments? I played the violin in high school. I could still do it again if I needed to. I still have the muscle memory, and bit of musical aptitude. Although I don't have the necessary callouses on my fingertips, so it would hurt like hell if I played for more than five minutes...

I took it pretty seriously, for a high schooler. So my parents bought me a pretty good violin. Probably worth a bit of money. Oh, and my bow had a little bit of snakeskin wrapping, just to give me a little bit of 'western' flair! Alas, playing in an orchestra didn't fit into my adult life, the violin is currently sitting in my parents' closet, waiting for some niece or nephew to need it...

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 23, 2025 06:18 PM (Lhaco)

61 FUN FACT: The professional player of the kithara is called a kitharode.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 06:19 PM (muwun)

62 Polynikes after seeing several of your works I must say I am very impressed. I especially like this piece. As always color and its uses matter most to me and this is wonderful use of colors.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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The other night I was listening to a YouTube tune, and as it finished it cycled on to another. The next tune was Don McLeans's 'Starry Night' I had forgotten how terribly poignant it is.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 23, 2025 06:19 PM (XeU6L)

63 There was a group of 5 of us that did everything together, one afternoon I got a call, "meet us at the music store, we are starting a band'........I arrived last and was informed I was on bass! Well, like gedfy says "the bass chooses you" and here 45 years later I'm the only one still playing. Mostly with myself

Posted by: Easter weekend at August 23, 2025 06:19 PM (LOZbR)

64 Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 06:13 PM (RIvkX)

Thanks a lot SF. If you missed my earlier comment, this was done with only a palette knife. I have a series of paintings using only a knife that I started because I didn’t want to waste the daily left over paint I was using for my main work. Instead I started spreading it on a separate canvas and see what it started to look like. From there I picked a subject and made it into a painting.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 06:20 PM (EYmYM)

65 A year or so back, my parents pulled out my old violin (see comment 60) during a family gathering. The first thing I did: figure out how to play the Rohan theme (from the Lord of the Rings movies) Took me a minute or two, but Igot it down! I've still got the ear! Although not the skill to really excel... Oh, well, it's still cool to fiddle out a cool theme song on a whim...

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 23, 2025 06:21 PM (Lhaco)

66 Not my hobby, but Hud #2 and Hud #3 play clarinet and stand-up bass, respectively. #3 is short like me, so it's pretty comical seeing him carry his bass around.

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at August 23, 2025 06:22 PM (gVp8h)

67 >>Wish I had tried cello

When I was a kid my next door neighbor and good friend played the cello. His mom played the harp. Not kidding. She was also quite good. So was he. When he got older they played some stuff together in a band or whatever the proper name is for mostly stringed instruments.

He was a good football player. Way better cellist.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 06:22 PM (viF8m)

68 Posted by: huerfano at August 23, 2025 06:15 PM (98kQX)

That’s cool because that means you can spontaneously jam. Something I couldn’t do in a million years. That’s why I love to watch Daryl’s House so much. I love that kind of talent.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 06:22 PM (EYmYM)

69 "One time at band camp………
Posted by: polynikes"

I went to band camp. Three times. Marching and playing for a week.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 06:22 PM (vFG9F)

70 64 I started spreading it on a separate canvas and see what it started to look like. From there I picked a subject and made it into a painting.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 06:20 PM
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I like this thought. Similar to a sculpture hidden inside a piece of marble waiting to be freed as opposed to a sculptor imposing their will on the rock.

Posted by: TRex - marbles are completely different at August 23, 2025 06:23 PM (cCn4/)

71 4 Kid just started orchestra Playing cello. I know nothing about it, except you'd better put that thing under your chin, there are ladies present.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 05:32 PM (0eaVi)

(raises eyebrow)
Um, violins and violas go under your chin. Cellos, on the other hand, go between your legs. You can add whatever inuendo you choose to that...

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 23, 2025 06:24 PM (Lhaco)

72 I play harmonica a bit, slowly. Love the sound but have a problem with the breath control. Gentle melodies like 'Shenandoah' are more my speed. I'll leave the train chuffing to others.

Like all my instrument playing these days, it's all for my enjoyment. The only one who hears it is Mrs. JTB and she is both tolerant and easily amused.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 06:25 PM (yTvNw)

73

Mr. B Natural told me I'd be cool if I learned to play trumpet.

https://youtu.be/NdCrV14l658

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 06:27 PM (63Dwl)

74

Organ grinder...

Posted by: Jenna Jameson at August 23, 2025 06:27 PM (xzAzL)

75 There was a war game convention in Nashville last week, they are all over the country at various times and places.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 06:28 PM (+qU29)

76 Hudson's was an institution and sponsored that parade for decades. It was sad when they closed down, the building isn't even there anymore. Not just the parade but their store windows during the Christmas season were famous.

Posted by: Lirio100 at August 23, 2025 06:29 PM (ky7/T)

77 Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 06:25 PM (yTvNw)

I like listening to John Popper ( Blues Traveler) play harmonica. By the way Joe Walsh also played the harmonica on Daryl’s House. Had it set up like Dylan.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 06:29 PM (EYmYM)

78 There was a war game convention in Nashville last week, they are all over the country at various times and places.
Posted by: Skip
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No one told me...

Posted by: The Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy at August 23, 2025 06:30 PM (XeU6L)

79 78 comments and not one about the big TX MoMe...I really hope to meet some of you at this year's happenings...and yes, MoMes can be a hobby, a most enjoyable one...

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 06:32 PM (cCn4/)

80 Old GF mom mentioned a family relation who could be found drunk under harp. A Vanderbilt.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 23, 2025 06:33 PM (+fKou)

81 Kid just started orchestra Playing cello. I know nothing about it, except you'd better put that thing under your chin, there are ladies present.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 05:32 PM (0eaVi)

(raises eyebrow)
Um, violins and violas go under your chin. Cellos, on the other hand, go between your legs. You can add whatever inuendo you choose to that...
Posted by: Castle Guy at August 23, 2025 06:24 PM (Lhaco)

Oh yeah?
https://tinyurl.com/234mc4r9

Posted by: Evil Roy Slade at August 23, 2025 06:33 PM (0eaVi)

82
Oldest grandson, 11 years old, is a musical genius. He has such talent for instruments. None of us can figure out where that talent came from. No one in several generations has had musical talent, most of us are tone deaf, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 06:35 PM (3ek7K)

83 The Cello was a hilarious subject of a lot of episodes of Wings.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 06:35 PM (EYmYM)

84 I have zero musical ability, in spite of a father who played piano by ear and a grandfather who played the violin and piano, and led a dance band in the '20s. That being said, I am learning to play the ukulele to be part of a group at my church. I'm pretty solid on six chords!

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at August 23, 2025 06:38 PM (dyL4B)

85 As the joke goes... What's the difference between an onion and an accordion? No one cries when you cut up an accordion.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 23, 2025 06:39 PM (MZ+PY)

86 I'm Pro-Accordion, and I Vote!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 06:41 PM (RIvkX)

87 I went to band camp. Three times. Marching and playing for a week.
Posted by: fd

Went to drum major camp three times. Marching to recorded John Philip Sousa marches.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 06:41 PM (fveCG)

88 I did two SOTA hikes this week. Thursday's was the best I've ever done - band conditions were perfect and I was hitting coast-to-coast. This morning the sun decided to barf out a bunch of interference, so I barely got enough contacts to qualify. Also, there were several fresh piles of bear poop along the trail, which made me just a wee bit apprehensive.

Posted by: PabloD at August 23, 2025 06:43 PM (nTf9j)

89 In one of my other hobbies, golf , I won closest to the pin in last week’s scramble tournament.

It was nice but it actually prevented me from my first hole in one. The previous closest was a foot away and is marked by a thin steel rod. My shot hit in front of it and was rolling straight to the hole when it glanced of the rod and deflected left of the hole 6 inches away. Good Luck, Bad Luck.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 06:43 PM (EYmYM)

90 >>No one cries when you cut up an accordion.

IrishEi will hurt you.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 06:43 PM (viF8m)

91 Hudson's was an institution and sponsored that parade for decades. It was sad when they closed down, the building isn't even there anymore. Not just the parade but their store windows during the Christmas season were famous.
Posted by: Lirio100

Just as our busses pulled away from the start of the route, big heavy snow started falling. The only way to our ride home was to march the route. We were one of the only bands that continued playing — much to the enjoyment of the crowds.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 06:44 PM (fveCG)

92 >>> 79 78 comments and not one about the big TX MoMe...I really hope to meet some of you at this year's happenings...and yes, MoMes can be a hobby, a most enjoyable one...
Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 06:32 PM (cCn4/)

There will be bacon.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 06:44 PM (ULPxl)

93 78 comments and not one about the big TX MoMe...I really hope to meet some of you at this year's happenings...and yes, MoMes can be a hobby, a most enjoyable one...
Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 06:32 PM (cCn4/)
There will be bacon.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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And your world famous brownies? Yes?

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 06:45 PM (cCn4/)

94 I might have pursued playing instruments more but I was always a better singer so that's where I put the effort. I was a boy soprano in grade school. After a couple of years of voice changing I became a bass. (Not a baritone.) There aren't many full basses in junior or high school, or even college so my voice range was in demand for chorales and opera. And yes, I do a pretty good tuba and string bass impression. I loved the opening riffs of the theme for the Barney Miller TV show.

It turns out that I have near perfect pitch which surprised me. I thought everyone could just always hit the right note.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 06:47 PM (yTvNw)

95 I grew up with an accordion and a washboard being played at a lot of parties. All seems right in the world when Zydeco is being played and you’re drinking beer and eating crawfish.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 06:47 PM (EYmYM)

96 It turns out that I have near perfect pitch which surprised me. I thought everyone could just always hit the right note.
Posted by: JTB
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That is a gift, one I definitely don't have.

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 06:49 PM (cCn4/)

97 comments and not one about the big TX MoMe...I really hope to meet some of you at this year's happenings...and yes, MoMes can be a hobby, a most enjoyable one...
Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 06:32 PM (cCn4/)
There will be bacon.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
***********
And your world famous brownies? Yes?
Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 06:45 PM (cCn4/)
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I'll bring my concertina.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:51 PM (WvZaB)

98 79 78 comments and not one about the big TX MoMe...I really hope to meet some of you at this year's happenings...and yes, MoMes can be a hobby, a most enjoyable one...
Posted by: The Grateful at August

Sometimes it’s nice to not constantly push in the faces of folks who either cannot go or have decided for, whatever reason, not to.

Posted by: Sometimes at August 23, 2025 06:51 PM (KXcAp)

99 Polynikes, love your art. Another awesome Hobby Thread, TRex

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 06:52 PM (7SbDV)

100 I grew up with an accordion and a washboard being played at a lot of parties. All seems right in the world when Zydeco is being played and you’re drinking beer and eating crawfish.
Posted by: polynikes
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I grew up in the NYC Irish bars and gatherings. An older cousin once taught me how to play the spoons, and it was fun...but it's been awhile and wonder if I could still do that...

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 06:53 PM (cCn4/)

101 Sometimes it's nice to shut up & just keep scrolling

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 06:54 PM (rdVOm)

102 Guitar since I was 7. Built them, restored them, bought the living shit out of them, collected them, horded them, hunted them, drooled over them, and yeah, slept with them.

Did play drums for 6 years, but figured it was a distraction from guitar.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 06:54 PM (snZF9)

103 I noodled on guitar for some years, but simply did not have the passion for it, even though I love music. I can sing pretty well. Sang tenor in my Dad's Barbershop Chorus for a few years. As I got older my range dropped to bass.

My friend was an amazing guitarist, playing mostly metal and hard rock. But he developed nerve damage in his left hand, then had a stroke, and lost his ability to play more than a few phrases without having to pause to remember the next phrases. Really sad. He was truly gifted. I have two of his axes, a '78 Gibson SG, and a '88 BC Rich Gunslinger. I noodle around some, but mostly just keep them in good condition.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 23, 2025 06:55 PM (0aYVJ)

104 99 Polynikes, love your art. Another awesome Hobby Thread, TRex

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 06:52 PM
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Thanks Doggo!!

Posted by: TRex - Doggo detected! at August 23, 2025 06:55 PM (cCn4/)

105 I tried (and failed) at both piano and cello.

The notes on paper just *would not* make it back out to my fingers.

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 06:56 PM (rdVOm)

106 BTW, there was a drawback to my perfect pitch. It hindered learning to read music. Also, it might be the right note but seldom the same octave.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 06:57 PM (yTvNw)

107 >>I grew up with an accordion and a washboard being played at a lot of parties. All seems right in the world when Zydeco is being played and you’re drinking beer and eating crawfish.

I know this is a commercial thing but I still like it. New Orleans is or at least was when I was visiting dangerously fun.

https://tinyurl.com/mtjx8t2s

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 06:57 PM (viF8m)

108 JQ - don't forget to check behind the bar tonight. You may find a few Club ONT restroom tokens with your name on them. Look behind the Twizzlers if you're having trouble finding them.

Posted by: TRex - bonus tokens at August 23, 2025 07:01 PM (cCn4/)

109 "Went to drum major camp three times. Marching to recorded John Philip Sousa marches.
Posted by: QED Texan"

That's what we were playing at band camp. That and 40s swing music. The band director's favorite.

I hated marching band. It's impossible to march and play well at the same time. Mostly it's one or the other.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:01 PM (vFG9F)

110 2nd daughter chose oboe when band sign ups were going on, and stuck with it until she went off to college.
I was very fortunate she usually chose to practice before I got home from work.
A chi can make some ungodly sounds on an oboe.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 23, 2025 07:01 PM (Mf0wV)

111 BTW, there was a drawback to my perfect pitch. It hindered learning to read music. Also, it might be the right note but seldom the same octave.
Posted by: JTB
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OK, I didn't have that connection...thanks for the info

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 07:01 PM (cCn4/)

112 109 It's impossible to march and play well at the same time. Mostly it's one or the other.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:01 PM
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The beatings will continue until both are done at the same time.

Posted by: TRex - morale improvement specialist at August 23, 2025 07:03 PM (cCn4/)

113 I tried (and failed) at both piano and cello.

The notes on paper just *would not* make it back out to my fingers.

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 06:56 PM (rdVOm)

I'm one of those assholes if given enough time can play just about anything. I learned the peanuts theme on the piano, and I'm not a piano player. We had a piano in the house, but Mrs figured it took up too much room to just play peanuts on it once in a while. I was sad to let it go. I had a cello that I restored. The most I did with that is squeak out a decent the game of thrones theme. Then the metal side of my brain woke up and said Dude, WTF are you doing? I gave it away to somebody who needed it. I still got a pile of violins that I restored. Not even going there. I learned while restoring them there are only 2 levels of violin playing, master, and 2 cats fucking.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 07:04 PM (snZF9)

114

Squeeze Box.

Posted by: Jenna Jameson at August 23, 2025 07:04 PM (xzAzL)

115 In USAF a few guys had guitars, tried often but couldn't hold strings tight enough

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:05 PM (+qU29)

116 Posted by: TRex - bonus tokens
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WooHoo! Thank you, Dino!

Yeah, the Twizzlers...wth? And all that Mtn. Dew? (It's still there, of course.)

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 07:05 PM (rdVOm)

117 I started out in Jr High band as a drummer, but there were 24 other drummers and a deficit of trumpet players so I switched. Standing around waiting to ding my triangle was not gonna get me any chicks.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:05 PM (vFG9F)

118 Tommy Lee from Motley Crue had a short reality show . I’m surprised he approved one of the episodes where he was going to play the drums in a college marching band. It was kind of embarrassing for him how bad he was at it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:06 PM (EYmYM)

119 Not sure if this is appropriate, but I think at least some here would approve of this research.

A Texas brewery finished an experiment on the ISS, to see if it's possible to brew beer in space, and grow barley in Martian soil.

https://is.gd/viDfu2

When Elon gets to Mars, someone is planning on selling beer!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 23, 2025 07:06 PM (S/Y4j)

120 >>Guitar since I was 7. Built them, restored them, bought the living shit out of them, collected them, horded them, hunted them, drooled over them, and yeah, slept with them.

You're a bit more than a hobbyist. You're a pro.

That last bit was troubling.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 07:07 PM (viF8m)

121 Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 07:04 PM

To.me being able to play multiple instruments tells me you have some natural talent, doesn't mean you can't learn something new but you have something many dont.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:07 PM (+qU29)

122 113 I learned while restoring them there are only 2 levels of violin playing, master, and 2 cats fucking.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 07:04 PM
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I suspect this may come back in next week's Hobby Thread as a notable comment.

Posted by: TRex - stray cat strut at August 23, 2025 07:08 PM (cCn4/)

123 Drums a little

Tenor sort of

Used to not like Barbershop...but these guys make a good case for lovin' it now...

https://tinyurl.com/ma9h86at

Posted by: ju at August 23, 2025 07:09 PM (vgX6l)

124 I learned while restoring them there are only 2 levels of violin playing, master, and 2 cats fucking.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 07:04 PM (snZF9)

Thinking about it and that sounds accurate …I’m sure it’s not that difficult to get a few screeches even if you’re half way competent.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:10 PM (EYmYM)

125 TRex brought up period instruments. I've mentioned this on various music threads: I love the sound of period correct instruments. Reproductions, of course, but with the same materials. I find the tone is usually warmer, intimate and often gentle compared to modern versions. The music written for those materials wasn't trying to deafen the audience in a huge hall. (It was called chamber music for a reason.) I also like that music, Rennaissance, Baroque, and similar because they relied less on volume and more on the interplay of notes and tones. That same sense is why I like traditional folk music so much. Think Peter, Paul and Mary.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 07:11 PM (yTvNw)

126 I took guitar lessons a couple of times but it went nowhere really. Then later in my bachelor life a friend's band needed a bass player so I noodled around and learned to play by ear. After a while I got to where I learned their songs and could keep up with them. If you need a bass player for "You've Got Another Thing Coming", I'm your guy.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:12 PM (vFG9F)

127 >>Guitar since I was 7. Built them, restored them, bought the living shit out of them, collected them, horded them, hunted them, drooled over them, and yeah, slept with them.

You're a bit more than a hobbyist. You're a pro.

That last bit was troubling.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 07:07 PM (viF8m)

You spend enough late hours recording, practicing, and playing, you will eventually pass out with a guitar in your hand. At that point you have slept with it. I have done it here more than I can count. Reading the comments, playing guitar, and then *poof*...darkness.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 07:12 PM (snZF9)

128 It's impossible to march and play well at the same time. Mostly it's one or the other.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:01 PM
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The beatings will continue until both are done at the same time.
Posted by: TRex - morale improvement specialist

Our high school marching band was one of (maybe only?) the bands that could do both well. Our director was a stickler.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 07:13 PM (fveCG)

129 Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 07:11 PM (yTvNw)
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Make sure you read the article in the content on restoring and conserving musical instruments. Right up your alley for your comments.

Posted by: TRex - old stuff is good stuff at August 23, 2025 07:15 PM (cCn4/)

130 TRex,

Great topic for the hobby thread. Thanks.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 07:15 PM (yTvNw)

131 General question. Taking piano lessons was fairly common for Boomers and certainly before. Is it still as popular?

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 07:17 PM (yTvNw)

132 Anybody gotten into golf? I played with high school friends and then in college the local course had a discount, so we played a fair amount, but then after graduation, work, marriage, and kids, I didn't play for like 15 years. I recently went to the range with work colleagues and I got the bug big time to get back into it. I think it's a combination of wanting a competitive sport to be involved in again, the challenge to practice and see improvement, and in my current line of work, it doesn't hurt to be able to play with work acquaintances.

Posted by: Mainah at August 23, 2025 07:17 PM (LFd6j)

133 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 07:12 PM (snZF9)

I just watched a documentary on Richard Turner, a card mechanic ( deck of cards manipulator) who practiced his craft 16 hours a day. What’s amazing is he went completely blind in his 20’s.

Obsession can produce amazing talent.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:17 PM (EYmYM)

134 Our high school marching band was one of (maybe only?) the bands that could do both well. Our director was a stickler.
Posted by: QED Texan

We high-stepped marching (NOT goose stepping) and did three-quarter turns. Those were fun.

There was one guy who couldn’t march. It wasn’t that he was on the wrong foot—left when should be right, etc.—he managed to be marching between the beats.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 07:18 PM (fveCG)

135 Oh, and Hud #1 plays the slide whistle and single-string 'can-jo'

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at August 23, 2025 07:18 PM (gVp8h)

136 Posted by: Mainah at August 23, 2025 07:17 PM (LFd

Lot of golfers at aos.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:18 PM (EYmYM)

137 >>You spend enough late hours recording, practicing, and playing, you will eventually pass out with a guitar in your hand. At that point you have slept with it. I have done it here more than I can count. Reading the comments, playing guitar, and then *poof*...darkness.

Freshman in college me home for a weekend. My mom asks if I'd like to go to dinher with them and some friends. You can imagine how excited I was. She asked me if I'd ever heard of the J. Geils Band. This was the late 70's in Boston. That was their friends.

His basement was a guitar museum/shrine but they all played. I would've loved to have the talent but I get the passion.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 07:19 PM (viF8m)

138 It takes real dedication to play well. There may be talent but you gotta practice. A lot. You have to get past the point where you are thinking about the mechanics and are just playing the notes. Then you can start getting serious about it.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:19 PM (vFG9F)

139 Polynikes, I like the painting up top. Nicely done.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 07:19 PM (fveCG)

140 "Our high school marching band was one of (maybe only?) the bands that could do both well. Our director was a stickler.
Posted by: QED Texan"

It is possible for a marching band to sound good. Mostly by playing Sousa. I maintain though, that any marching band will sound better standing still than they will while marching.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

141 >>>He was a good football player. Way better cellist.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Look at the size of Segovia and Perlman's fingers, how do or did they do it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 07:22 PM (DS3M8)

142 Maybe not refurbished but more like repurposed. My oldest daughter’s roommate during law school had a clarinet lamp—her dad made it from her high school instrument. It was pretty neat.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 07:22 PM (fveCG)

143 Freshman in college me home for a weekend. My mom asks if I'd like to go to dinher with them and some friends. You can imagine how excited I was. She asked me if I'd ever heard of the J. Geils Band. This was the late 70's in Boston. That was their friends.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Great story. Note to self: remember this to discuss with parents when we meet in the heavenly waiting room...

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 07:23 PM (cCn4/)

144 It is possible for a marching band to sound good. Mostly by playing Sousa. I maintain though, that any marching band will sound better standing still than they will while marching.
Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

I don’t think anybody listened to the music when the Grambling or Southern marching bands played,

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:23 PM (EYmYM)

145 Posted by: Mainah at August 23, 2025 07:17 PM (LFd6j)
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Day one of club championship today around these parts. Fun stuff.

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 07:24 PM (7SbDV)

146 142 My oldest daughter’s roommate during law school had a clarinet lamp—her dad made it from her high school instrument.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 07:22 PM
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Was it cut to prevent her from playing it further or did he wait until after she was done with it?

Posted by: TRex - timing is everything at August 23, 2025 07:24 PM (cCn4/)

147 Anybody gotten into golf? I

For over sixty years now. Ex caddy, so a stickler for correct scoring. Have played once a week for last twenty years or so.
Still suck. Hit my peak at fifteen, then a big growth spurt left me dysfunctional.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 23, 2025 07:25 PM (Mf0wV)

148 It is possible for a marching band to sound good. Mostly by playing Sousa. I maintain though, that any marching band will sound better standing still than they will while marching.
Posted by: fd

I’ll grant you that. We weren’t always marching. But we could play while marching from one formation to another one. And Sousa is the music to play in a marching band! Whether marching or standing still.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 07:25 PM (fveCG)

149 Time to say thank you and good night before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. As always, thanks for being here. What should we talk about next week? Stay tuned...

See y'all in Club ONT later tonight.

Posted by: TRex - extra twizzlers for hobby threaders in Club ONT at August 23, 2025 07:26 PM (cCn4/)

150
I have no hobbies or interests.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 07:26 PM (kkTda)

151 I knew a guy who knew a guy who turned his high school sax into a bong.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:26 PM (vFG9F)

152 Look at the size of Segovia and Perlman's fingers, how do or did they do it?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 07:22 PM (DS3M

It's not the size its how you use it?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 07:26 PM (xcxpd)

153 Posted by: Mainah at August 23, 2025 07:17 PM (LFd6j)
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Day one of club championship today around these parts. Fun stuff.
Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 07:24 PM (7SbDV)

Going to play another scramble tournament on Tuesday at the course they play the Houston Open now. Memorial Park . Haven’t played it since they ruined it with the redesign.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:27 PM (EYmYM)

154 Was it cut to prevent her from playing it further or did he wait until after she was done with it?
Posted by: TRex - timing is everything

LOL. I’m pretty sure she had stopped playing.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 23, 2025 07:27 PM (fveCG)

155 I've been converting old games from Trash-80 to run on C#.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 23, 2025 07:29 PM (gKWVE)

156 I do have some HS band stories I will not relate here. Suffice to say, I guess it was worth it.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:29 PM (vFG9F)

157 >> A Texas brewery finished an experiment on the ISS, to see if it's possible to brew beer in space, and grow barley in Martian soil.

We were disappointed to learn that Peroni, which used to be a good lighter beer was moving some brewing to Milwaukee in the US. In the process they shrunk the bottle to 12 ounces and started adding corn syrup to the brew. Honestly, who does that? If I wanted Old Tyme, I would buy it.

Unless I can find the import, I won’t drink it.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 23, 2025 07:29 PM (B9BeB)

158 >>Great story. Note to self: remember this to discuss with parents when we meet in the heavenly waiting room...

J was a Jersey guy just like Berserker. Very smart and a really nice guy. His ex-wife is one of my mom's BFFs.

He was a much better blues guitarist than a rocker. Even better mechanic. Great guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 07:30 PM (viF8m)

159 Their fingers are big enough to cover two strings at one time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 07:30 PM (DS3M8)

160 Berserker I still think you’re Jersey John from the American Pickers show. 😀

If not you guys would probably be best friends.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:30 PM (EYmYM)

161 158 He was a much better blues guitarist than a rocker. Even better mechanic. Great guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 07:30 PM
***
Crossed paths at the fall Lime rock vintage races.

Posted by: TRex - zoom zoom zoom! at August 23, 2025 07:31 PM (cCn4/)

162 I have a Steinway. Wonderful beast. Got it in an interesting way. The NYT used to have a Piano category in their classifieds. Steinways each have a number, so you can call Steinway, and they will tell you the history of that piano.

Mine had been purchased at an auction, but it was too big for the buyer's house! So his wife insisted he sell it. He put it up in the Times. My husband and I brought a tuner--also a pianist--to see if it was worth the price. Yup.

It's rosewood mahogany, claw and ball feet. My tuner here in MT trained with Steinway, and he could tell me its age (over a hundred years) and even the name of the tuner who had "set the tone".

Posted by: Wenda at August 23, 2025 07:31 PM (sz3LH)

163 114

Squeeze Box.
Posted by: Jenna Jameson at August 23, 2025 07:04 PM (xzAzL)

Yeah, bomb ass pussy but you ruined your body with tats.

Just like Janine.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 07:31 PM (xcxpd)

164 ""Third, there are more skilled instrument makers than ever before, and the quality of the resulting instruments is better than ever, making them a more enticing option.

Fourth, playing an original instrument can be detrimental, maybe even irresponsible.""

Not sure I agree with that. He was talking flutes, and with those maybe he's right. Not with stringed instruments. They go to shit if you don't play them. There most likely isn't a single strad out there being regularly played that wasn't renecked and haven't been apart a shitload of times. This is why they are loaned out to players, because they need to be played. Strads started out as baroque violins, they had no neck angle, and were held against the players chest. The angle on the neck came from what was a wedge shaped fingerboard. Problem with that is it got thicker as you got down to the body. The virtuosos and luthiers figured out of you reset the neck on an angle you can use a fingerboard that was the same thickness keeping it the same thickness all the way to the body. Much faster to play. Because people played them instead of parking them we get to hear them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 07:31 PM (snZF9)

165 He was a much better blues guitarist than a rocker. Even better mechanic. Great guy.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 07:30 PM (viF8m)

Centerfold cemented his place in history.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:32 PM (EYmYM)

166 Mom refinished a grand piano. I helped her strip the old varnish off its case.

She hired a technician to repair the action, restring & tune it.

Beautiful piece, same design as this one (except Mom never had the matching bench):

tinyurl.com/msjpmwzk+

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 07:32 PM (rdVOm)

167 I've been converting old games from Trash-80 to run on C#.
Posted by: gKWVE
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That's fun. Wish I still had my Trash-80.

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 07:32 PM (7SbDV)

168 Wow Wenda, what a find!

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:32 PM (vFG9F)

169 J was a Jersey guy just like Berserker. Very smart and a really nice guy. His ex-wife is one of my mom's BFFs.

He was a much better blues guitarist than a rocker. Even better mechanic. Great guy.
Posted by: JackStraw
*******
Have always loved their music, although I would have appreciated hear him play blues.

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 07:33 PM (cCn4/)

170 Just like Janine.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 23, 2025 07:31 PM (xcxpd)

Speaking of Motley Crue

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 07:33 PM (EYmYM)

171 scampydog: xroar is good for emulation. you have to find some BASIC or DRAGON ROM, but those aren't hard to find.
Emulation is for when you're trying to remember which color-set is meant by "SCREEN 1,1" or "PMODE 2,1" or whatever.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 23, 2025 07:34 PM (gKWVE)

172 I play drums quite a bit. I have an electric set in the grandkids room that I bash away on about an hour or so a day. It's nice to have a drum set with a volume, especially when the grands are here.
I've tried guitar, bass, piano and played alto sax in 5th and 6th grade.
Been in two bands. One on bass and one on rythm guitar.
Never got stage worthy good on anything. That practice thing is probably a factor.
I've restored 2 guitars. A San Dimas Charvell star body and a Gibson Les Paul standard. Both victims of guitar players.

Posted by: Reforger at August 23, 2025 07:34 PM (I0Uo2)

173 oh, and there's a movie nood.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 23, 2025 07:34 PM (gKWVE)

174 Love the MoMe picture !! Thank You. I am so looking forward to seeing all of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 07:35 PM (dxWFK)

175 114

Squeeze Box.
Posted by: Jenna Jameson
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Had a couple of beers with Jenna at Jilly's in Scottsdale, AZ back in the day.

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 07:36 PM (7SbDV)

176 150
I have no hobbies or interests.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You breed dogs. And haven't been caught!

Posted by: Don Lemonparty at August 23, 2025 07:36 PM (xzAzL)

177 Emulation is for when you're trying to remember which color-set is meant by "SCREEN 1,1" or "PMODE 2,1" or whatever.
Posted by: gKWVE
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Wow. Knocking the rust off some corners of my brain! Thanks - smiling here.

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 07:38 PM (7SbDV)

178 Crossed paths at the fall Lime rock vintage races.
Posted by: TRex - zoom zoom zoom! at August 23, 2025 07:31 PM (cCn4/)

Love Lime Rock. Got to do a day of Formula 4 racing there.

Posted by: Mainah at August 23, 2025 07:38 PM (LFd6j)

179 (except Mom never had the matching bench):

tinyurl.com/msjpmwzk+
Posted by: JQ
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hrumph, I have four round, swivel, eagle claw, piano stools.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 07:39 PM (DS3M8)

180 >>Crossed paths at the fall Lime rock vintage races.

His passion, other than music, was vintage Ferraris. Kept doing side work for friends, apparently wealthy ones, on their cars and eventually bought a garage to do it more professionally.

I might have been his pit crew when you did. And by pit crew I mean he was nice enough to take me along.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 07:39 PM (viF8m)

181 fd: Wasn't it? I like possessions to have a story. I have a set of Centennial (as in 1876) dining chairs that have a similar story. Perhaps there will be a hobby thread for them one day.

Posted by: Wenda at August 23, 2025 07:40 PM (sz3LH)

182 Brave says this tab is using extra resources. It wants to fix it.
You know how techs fix things? They delete problems. Deleted problems are no longer there, therefore they are fixed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 07:43 PM (DS3M8)

183 55 What musical instrument do or did you play?

[after 2-3 months of lessons]

Piano Teacher: "Mr. & Mrs. Hammer, I'm afraid that little Mikey is never going to be a piano player"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 23, 2025 06:14 PM (
My piano teacher would pinch that leader on the side of my neck (not hard) but it was distracting. The instrument I most wanted to play is the guitar.

Posted by: Eromero at August 23, 2025 07:50 PM (LHPAg)

184 Liked the guitars up top. I'm somewhat of guitar player myself. And by that I mean somewhat bad.

Other hobby stuff. Used a Johnson 4120 as a parts donor to fix a 4140 today. The "flex" ribbon for the channel selector had delaminated. Stole the equivalent from the junker and the 4140 is working again.

Now working on restoring a Sidebander IV.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 23, 2025 08:21 PM (lUFok)

185 Not particularly interested in movies, so I will hang out here. Made some real progress on the motor mounts for the Suburban. Got the "old" ones completely out of the vehicle, both the "clam shell" rubbers and the cups that bolt to the engine block. That was a struggle; there just isn't enough room.

The new mounts will go back in the boxes, and I will see if NAPA will exchange them. If not, I will try selling them locally.

I had an NOS pair of '63-'82 Chebby motor mounts in a box. They fit the block perfectly. And Made in USA, not Chy-nah. Took the old busted motor mounts, and separated the halves of the "clam shell" and discarded the roached rubber. Hammered flat the raised bumps on the base plate. Made pedestals for the new mounts out of 3" square steel tubing, drilled them for the through bolt, and welded in a piece of steel tubing to prevent the through bolt from crushing them, Welded on flat steel caps where the pedestals meet the insulators. Done for the day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 08:54 PM (uR5MM)

186 I really wish I had half your knowledge and skill at all this...my grandfather would have loved your skills and knowledge.

Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 08:59 PM (cCn4/)

187 I really wish I had half your knowledge and skill at all this...my grandfather would have loved your skills and knowledge.
Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 08:59 PM (cCn4/)

Well, the original motor mounts were bad, and the engine was sagging on the left side. So, put in new ones, right? I did that, a real beeyotch of a job, too. Result? Engine sagging on the left side. I wasted 90 bucks and untold hours of my time. So the new mounts I fabricated don't have the pedestals yet welded to the base plates. Plan is to bolt 'em up to the engine, just let the engine rest on the pedestals, and shift the engine side to side until it sits level, and tack-weld the pedestals in place, remove, and finish the welds. If engine sits too high in front, shorten the pedestals; if it sits too low, add steel plate shims. I figure the assembled height of these new mounts will be from a quarter inch to a half inch less than the originals, which should gain me a little more clearance back at the transfer case.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 09:21 PM (uR5MM)

188 Mandolin and guitar, but mostly mandolin. First mandolin was a StewMac kit that I built, that taught me that I needed to buy one that someone who knew what they were doing had built.

Posted by: JustaBill at August 23, 2025 09:28 PM (ZbJPb)

189 I grew up with an accordion and a washboard being played at a lot of parties. All seems right in the world when Zydeco is being played and you’re drinking beer and eating crawfish.
Posted by: polynikes
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I grew up in the NYC Irish bars and gatherings. An older cousin once taught me how to play the spoons, and it was fun...but it's been awhile and wonder if I could still do that...
Posted by: The Grateful at August 23, 2025 06:53 PM (cCn4/)
~~~~~

These are my people!

Posted by: IrishEi at August 23, 2025 09:29 PM (3ImbR)

190 You ask about musical instruments, so: I play the flute, both the modern silver flute and an antique, 19th-century wooden instrument. The modern, silver flute is excellent for modern music, and for Bach and Mozart (since they valued even tempering). The wooden instrument is great for baroque and Irish music, though it sounds great when I play Haydn on it.

I also play recorders. I have a full consort, from sopranino to bass, and play in an ensemble. Much fun!

The most unusual instruments I play, though not well, are the Japanese sakuhachi and the Peruvian kana. I wish I could play them better, especially the kana.

Posted by: Nemo at August 23, 2025 09:31 PM (4RPgu)

191
I'm happy just keeping my hand in with my natural talent of playing the radio.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 23, 2025 10:15 PM (hKoQL)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, August 23

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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I caught this exchange from another thread this week.

158 Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 07:17 PM
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SHHH!
Don't tell my cat Penny. She'll expect a treat.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2025 07:17 PM

I MISSED IT. But I don't have a totally black cat. Do you?

There are some lovely black cats in this thread. The first one was not too happy about Black Cat Appreciation Day:

HAPPY BLACK CAT APPRECIATION DAY EVERYONE 🐈‍⬛🎉 pic.twitter.com/j4tLdv3H3e
— Black cats are not bad luck (@visualscat) August 17, 2025

In Scottish folklore, the arrival of a strange black cat signifies prosperity 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛#BlackCatAppreciationDay #FolkloreSunday #Art by Rosemary Daunis pic.twitter.com/Bb6o9wuKKq
— Carlyanne McConnell (@CarlyanneMcCon1) August 17, 2025

Who made this?!😂 pic.twitter.com/FX5pW71yPd
— The Internet of Cats 🐈🐈‍⬛ (@KittiesInternet) August 4, 2025

Do you ever wish you could have one of these as a pet?

Cute quokkas munching on leaves
pic.twitter.com/6cZewWW4zp
— aww (@omgaww) August 21, 2025

If you can't have a quokka, how about one or two of these?

Courtesy Biden's Dog, from Northern Israel

BEFORE adoption vs. AFTER adoption. 🐶🧡🐶 pic.twitter.com/cPXdOiflbt
— John Oberg (@JohnOberg) August 17, 2025

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Meet The PetMorons

Bruno and the Beautyberry by the woods this morning.
- fd

There was a closeup of the beautyberries in the Gardening Thread this morning. Bruno looks handsome there.

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Conor says I might have to grow old, but I refuse to grow up!
Hrothgar

What a fun photo of Conor! Thanks for sharing it with us.

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Good Afternoon K.T. and fellow Pet Morons,
This week has been good at the house for the Chicks. C & D have achieved flight and were moved into the cage with their siblings yesterday. They are curious about the regular food, but are still on formula. A & B are fully off formula at this point.
The big news this week is that Chick C is a mutant! This mutation affects his feather coloration, or in this case, lack thereof. C is a Turquoise Conure of the Mint/Moon flavor. His wing feathers are a minty, blueish green and his breast and underbelly is cream color with no other accents. Normally the back is a rich, dark green and the breast has red and/or yellow mixed in with the cream.
This is caused by a double recessive gene in the parents. That means that the gene has to be present on both sides (double), even if it's not visible (recessive). This mutation disrupts the DNA sequence with the result being the suppression/absence of the colors red and yellow in the feathers. Since red and yellow are primary colors, you can see that this will have a notable impact. This mutation has no effect on the baby's overall health, just its colors. We consider this a feature, not a bug.
There are 3 attached pictures. One being mommy and daddy. They have normal conure coloration. The other 2 are of Chick C. Notice how his breast has no accent color at all and while the back shot doesn't really show his wing colors due to the lighting, I assure you it's minty blue. Also note the tail feather color, it's more brown that bright red (normal).
David

Wow! We are learning a lot from the growth of these little chicks! Chick C is really growing up, too!

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This is Mr Trouble, taking a siesta on the couch, in the AC, during a hot day

And this is Fanny, my 14 year old Scottish Fold. She still doesn't approve of Mr Trouble.�
Notsothoreau

I love them both.

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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, August 16

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:21 PM

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1 Woof

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 23, 2025 03:24 PM (kWMii)

2 I have a cat.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 03:24 PM (guGkK)

3 not too happy about Black Cat Appreciation Day:

Such a festive little hat!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 23, 2025 03:26 PM (kWMii)

4 Love the pets.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 23, 2025 03:28 PM (kTd/k)

5 Moron Pets? Check. 4:30 AM trip today to the one 24-hour grocery store for hydrogen peroxide and baking soda, all because the moron dog just had to play with the spicy tuxedo cat.

Posted by: Captain Ned at August 23, 2025 03:31 PM (nADdg)

6 Birbs~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 23, 2025 03:31 PM (mlg/3)

7 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 03:32 PM (+qU29)

8 Love the owlkitty movie clips.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 23, 2025 03:32 PM (36PRH)

9 We have so many black cats these days. Three new ones in the backyard in less than a month.

Our cat blog is updated #328

https://tinyurl.com/4k65zjkx

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 03:35 PM (sPQoU)

10 OwlKitty has made a bunch of very clever videos where he inserts his cat into various movies. He has a couple of behind the scenes shows where he shows how he did it.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 23, 2025 03:36 PM (CHHv1)

11 Meow...

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at August 23, 2025 03:41 PM (sAmhv)

12 Old Cat is a black shorthair and now 18yo. He has adjusted to losing his dogs (Old Dog and New Old Dog) and his person being very ill and gone for a few months (ceiling falling and pneumonia and pipe bursts) and he has maintained his 'alpha' attitude over all the past 2yrs.

Grandkid talks about 'Holloween Cat' and insists he is some kind of magic.

As long as the old boy is happy, we are fine.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 03:42 PM (blVh+)

13 It's still whispered around here to lock up your black cats around Halloween because of certain... pagans looking to commit rituals or some such nonsense.
It's almost a joke here now but it makes you wonder.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 23, 2025 03:44 PM (9xPwM)

14 I lost my little black tom day before yesterday. I think he was killed by an owl. I got to bury the legs and the tail, the rest was taken away or eaten.
Horned owls will take a domestic cat, if it is small, the way Minky was. He was a good kitty, he was about 15 years old, and had adopted himself into my group of cats after his feral momma abandoned him as a kitten. His only goals in life were to hunt birds and find another cat he could cuddle with.
I buried him next to Angus, who he used to love to cuddle with.

A wildlife biologist suggested putting up netting where the cats go, but that would mean most of the yard.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 03:46 PM (rbvCR)

15

Kitten Kong

https://youtu.be/Jr6CyU-Ev_M

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 03:46 PM (63Dwl)

16 13: I've seen cat-haters in action. They're out there.

14: Regrets on your loss. Over the years I've lost 3 cats to "the wilderness".

Posted by: Captain Ned at August 23, 2025 03:48 PM (nADdg)

17 Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 03:46 PM (rbvCR)

That's horrible to read. Not a nice way to go. I'm so sorry. Hugs.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 03:49 PM (sPQoU)

18 Mr. Trouble wishes not to be disturbed. Or else.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 03:50 PM (RIvkX)

19 Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 03:46 PM (rbvCR)

How about some decorated wooden boxes scattered around the yard where the kittehs can run into . I know owl attacks can be silent from above but frequently they get their prey on open ground where the prey has nowhere to run for cover .

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 03:52 PM (EYmYM)

20 I'm sorry kindltot, that is awful

Love seeing Conor , Hrothgar! Hope you are well!

Posted by: Moki at August 23, 2025 03:53 PM (wLjpr)

21 Bless the Beasts and Morons.

Posted by: toby928 at August 23, 2025 03:54 PM (jc0TO)

22 Black cats, as a rule, seem to be pretty personable. I mean as far as cats go.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 03:55 PM (X3owK)

23 Mr. Trouble and Fanny are adorable. I do not blame the dear old Fanny wanting to stay away from Trouble.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 03:55 PM (sPQoU)

24 I'm thinking of leaving my kittehs alone for a weekend for an out of town trip. I know they will be okay but I hate doing it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 03:56 PM (EYmYM)

25 Trouble really is a very good cat. I'm not sure about him sometimes coming inside just to use the catbox, but at least he uses it. Doesn't get into anything and stays mostly arond the house. He does still kill birds but that's how he survived as a kitten. He loves Jake and will avoid a fight with Fanny. Pretty good behavior for a stray.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 03:58 PM (kUxzU)

26 Yay. Managed to get up from my nap in time for the pets.

Our old black cat Ony insists that every day is Black Cat Appreciation Day.

And she would appreciate it if those dog-cousins of Daisy the Malinois would quit coming by to visit almost every day.

Meanwhile, down at the unoccupied house next door, the cats continue to thrive, apparently. The average-sized pale yellow guy I call Butterburr (or Butterball, or Butter, or just Buddy) is the boldest, the only one who has let me skritch him. The smaller tortoiseshell gal, Rascal, remains shy, but last night was surprised in the shed with a dead bird.

What I really want is to get pix of the kittens. I've never seen them, but they seem to be getting bolder, out from under the porch until MiladyJo gets close. There's a dusty white with a raccoony tail, an orange (as in the graphic up top), and a dark one who remains elusive. So I'm told.

A couple of times, Daisy and I walk by while MiladyJo is feeding the kits, and while Daisy hasn't lunged as if to chase over there (it's a distance from the house to the road), she does have her ears alert and her attention firmly on the house. I wish she could be expected to be nice to them, but…

Posted by: mindful webworker - bark and meow mix at August 23, 2025 04:02 PM (i1iCx)

27 As I am usually deep into naptime when Pet Thread comes around, please forgive me for spewing all kinds of stuff.

My son had to put down his 12yo tuxedo this week. Truly sad for the family. Funny, outgoing beastie, who had everyone on a hunt for what we found in his cat toy box. We'll see how his littermate copes with the change. In fact, I am more worried about the dog. Mac, you were a good beastie and well loved. RIP

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 04:03 PM (blVh+)

28 When I adopted my black cat, Molly, in the early 1980s I had no idea of the black cat prejudice. I loved her very much and was bereft when she died but, let's face it, she wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

It's still a family joke many years later about how we'd open our sliding glass door onto our deck and she'd stick her head out, seeming to say "When did all of this nature get here?!!" She had that same reaction for virtually her entire life.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at August 23, 2025 04:04 PM (FEVMW)

29 Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 03:58 PM (kUxzU)

How did he get the trouble name?

Our feral Mr. Grey that we brought in the house this past winter has adapted so well to being an indoor cat. You would never think he was a feral or once an outside cat.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 04:09 PM (sPQoU)

30 Sorry to hear about the loss of your kitty, Kindltot.

And your son's kitty, mustbequantum.

Posted by: KT at August 23, 2025 04:11 PM (7vIsy)

31 I lost my little black tom day before yesterday. I think he was killed by an owl. I got to bury the legs and the tail…
Posted by: Kindltot

Dang, Kindltot, that's really rough. I've had cats disappear, suspecting predators, but never found parts. Not counting the one who made it all the way to the gate where I had to scrape her off the road. There are a pair of big hooters we've seen down at that end of the property, which has us concerned for the little cat family aforementioned.

The aforementioned old Ony only rarely wanders outside and then only briefly and stays near the house. (How she got to be old.) She wanted me to add that I consider a black cat crossing my path to be good fortune… except when I'm walking back to bed in the dark and she doesn't announce her presence in my path. I'm thankful that's rare.

Posted by: mindful webworker - bark and meow mix at August 23, 2025 04:12 PM (i1iCx)

32 Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 04:03 PM (blVh+)

So sorry for your loss. They really don't live long enough. Hugs.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 04:12 PM (sPQoU)

33 Yesterday's cafe thread had a couple of videos about caring for older dogs. They are completely heartwarming. If you missed them, they are worth going back to watch. The dust got thick while watching them. (Old thread so don't comment.)

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 04:13 PM (yTvNw)

34 Son just showed up with big Jarl and little whiney Bandit. Be back in a while, maybe.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the fur flies at August 23, 2025 04:14 PM (i1iCx)

35 Types of cats pic is cute, sent it the kids

Scitches to all the petmorons!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 04:19 PM (Mgy3C)

36 {{{{Kindltot}}}}

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 04:20 PM (Mgy3C)

37 Mr and Mrs JTB you know how much I respect and admire your acceptance of elder dogs. Painful sometimes, but the joy of life and purpose is totally badass. Talk about strong.

I am trying to decide whether I can adopt a 5yo or should I go for an 8yo? I'll see the vet in a week so I can find out how toxic Old Cat's thyroid medication is. Very good odds for me going on for 10 more years minimum and I know that my kidlets will take on whatever family pets remain -- probably my only legacy.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 04:29 PM (blVh+)

38 When we were gifted a tiny black kitten discovered at a construction site, my husband was NOT happy. He asked how hard it would be for Simon to be adopted. (He fit in a wineglass.) Our vet said the record with black kittens was not good and that good shelters take much more care seeing who chooses to adopt black cats. So she had at least believed in the troubled people out there willing to hurt black cats.

Posted by: Wenda at August 23, 2025 04:31 PM (sz3LH)

39 I used to see him walk up to the house and would say "Here comes trouble". The Mister part was after Ciampino's Mr Stubborn.

He gets called Troublesome a lot too

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 04:34 PM (kUxzU)

40
To my surprise and relief, my big stupid lazy unaffectionate orange cat was a hit with my mom's Korean and Japanese houseguests.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 04:35 PM (6eO0F)

41 We have hawks here and I do worry about the cats. I hardly ever see kittens here and not many strays now.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 04:36 PM (kUxzU)

42 Penny is the first cat I ever adopted. She's a black cat that a student worker dropped on my desk one day. She had been found hanging around the building on a cold, snowy day and he felt sorry for her so he brough her inside to see if anyone would adopt her.

She's brings me joy every day. Adopting her was one of the best decisions I ever made. Zero regrets.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 23, 2025 04:40 PM (IBQGV)

43 I used to see him walk up to the house and would say "Here comes trouble". The Mister part was after Ciampino's Mr Stubborn.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 04:34 PM (kUxzU)

Ah ok. That's cute (here comes trouble).

Mr. Stubborn is still his name, but he has finally blossomed into a normal kitty. He talks to us and comes for loving instead of running away. It has taken him over two years to lose his fears.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 04:42 PM (sPQoU)

44 Couplea black ferals in the yard. One (or the other?) will hang out in the shade atop the vintage camp trailer outside my window. I call all cats kitty.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 23, 2025 04:42 PM (k+eDL)

45 We got our Magic (the new cat) from the shelter in September a couple years ago. They were sort of cautious about adopting out black cats near October, but apparently they thought we were worth the risk.
Poor guy had been an apartment kitty his whole life, and never had been outside. He is out hunting snakes right now I think.

He is more philosophical about being kept indoors at night, now.

My wife asked if we were going to get another cat now. I told her with luck another one would be coming along.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 04:42 PM (rbvCR)

46 37 ... Mustbequantum,

Thanks for the kind words and condolences to your son's family on losing their tuxedo.

Yeah, there is pain when they go but the joy they received and shared with us is much stronger. And the memories are all wonderful. When we lost our second rescue, we had him for four years, our niece sent us a little wind chime. Whenever it sounds we say it's the voice of the angel puppies and smile.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 04:50 PM (yTvNw)

47 Afternoon, folken! I was napping and almost missed the PetThread. Yes, I have an all-black cat, the infamous Stirling, once known here as the Evil Black Kitten of War and Pestilence. Previously there was Wolf, who was almost a dead ringer for the cat in the OwlKitty Jurassic Park video, and the late smart Marie-Antoinette. All three have been smart, easygoing, and adaptable. I suspect it's a black cat trait.

OwlKitty has multiple vids on YooToob of the giant longhaired black cat inserted into famous movies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 04:59 PM (omVj0)

48 And Fanny and Mr. Trouble are both beautiful, NST.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 05:00 PM (omVj0)

49 We have Madison the miracle cat who is black...and..well.....a miracle. We found her with crushed back legs in the middle of an intersection when she as the size of my palm. Today she weighs 13 pounds and can jump on top of most of our furniture.

Posted by: Eromero at August 23, 2025 05:04 PM (LHPAg)

50 Oh Lawd He Comin Cat... Check
Ninja Cat... Check
Danger Zebra Cat... Check, but passed.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 23, 2025 05:05 PM (4NhiA)

51 Posted by: Eromero at August 23, 2025 05:04 PM (LHPAg)

So glad she's ok. What a start to life.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 05:06 PM (sPQoU)

52 Kindletot -- So sorry.

Wenda -- Yeah that tiny black kitten turned the big bad adolescent boys into cooing goo. 18 years later, the old beast eats better than I do.

Black cats all look alike (according to granddaughter, they are MAGIC) so forget the Satan, Salem, etc names and go with --

Sunshine.

(RobZombie song)

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 05:07 PM (blVh+)

53 But I don't have a totally black cat. Do you?

Yep, Black Betty. Got her from the woods in WKy. Neighbor was going to shoot it. Kids rescued it and bathed about 1000 seed ticks off of it in Mom's bathtub. Good times.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 23, 2025 05:08 PM (4NhiA)

54 Ah, I'm missing my cat now. I haven't yet taken the leap to get another cat after I had to have Tux euthanized last year. When he started failing I hoped I could just manage him until he passed away on his own but one day he drank a good amount of water and then vomited and that was my sign that he needed some help across the rainbow bridge.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 23, 2025 05:10 PM (bP/i4)

55 Hey, it's Bruno! Winded after his run. That's the only way I can get him to sit still for a picture.

I saw you posted my beautyberry pic earlier. They are supposed to be edible but I haven't tried them.

Thank you for doing these threads, and posting my pics.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 05:14 PM (vFG9F)

56 I can’t believe you guys have your black cats and it’s not even September yet!

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 05:15 PM (EYmYM)

57 45- My wife asked if we were going to get another cat now. I told her with luck another one would be coming along.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 04:42 PM

Kindltot- I'm so sorry to hear about your kitty. Sending up a prayer that luck shines upon you.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 23, 2025 05:15 PM (oNyVp)

58 We had a black cat but now it lives at the neighbor's house.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 05:16 PM (vFG9F)

59 I’ve got a short haired pure white cat. Not a Dr Evil white cat.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 05:16 PM (EYmYM)

60 I have a black shorthair, and I challenge any one to find her in the dark.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at August 23, 2025 05:17 PM (u5EvT)

61 We have hawks here and I do worry about the cats. I hardly ever see kittens here and not many strays now.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 04:36 PM (kUxzU)

Hawks and Eagles here. I keep an eye out when I’m outside with my kittehs.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 05:19 PM (EYmYM)

62 Good afternoon! Technically, he is smoke, but he looks black, so Kovu will be the black cat representative for our household!

Currently there are 2 Savannahs and a Shiba on my bed. Everyone is settled and behaving.

Posted by: Piper at August 23, 2025 05:20 PM (pZEOD)

63 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 05:31 PM (+qU29)

64 A reminder that BluebirdOfBitterness.com has a couple of Caturday posts, this week including funny feline fotos: what is it about cats and sinks?

Posted by: mindful webworker - just like bowls, baskets, and boxes at August 23, 2025 05:35 PM (i1iCx)

65 Greetings and good afternoon, one and all. I got the flu yesterday and it's been fun trying to find a comfortable way to sleep while fending off six dogs who want to know what is going on.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 23, 2025 05:38 PM (7xrfc)

66 I have a black shorthair, and I challenge any one to find her in the dark.
=====

Unpossible. Just like in broad daylight with dark carpeting and a black cat. Even my Sunshine (not always the swiftest on the uptake) has learned to not play the 'weaving around ankles' game around me.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 05:40 PM (blVh+)

67
The before and after pictures, wow, if only we could save them all.

I love dogs so much. I have a sign that says "i want all the dogs."

I'm allergic to cats and am sure I would feel the same about them if not for allergies.

Pets are sooooo much better than most people.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 06:18 PM (3ek7K)

68 My daughter has a void/ninja/black cat. It ended up in the Christmas tree a few years ago. I unplugged the lights, but there were still TWO GREEN STARING LIGHTS coming from the tree...freaked me out at the time.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 23, 2025 06:21 PM (e/Osv)

69 https://youtube.com/shorts/P7OqZLzQxns?si=IvUV_ggES9jwtmTa

Posted by: Easter weekend at August 23, 2025 06:25 PM (LOZbR)

70 Love the Before / After adoption pics of the little beagles. So adorable. It reminds me of a picture I saw titled "First night home from the shelter" where a little boy and his new best canine friend were sleeping with their arms around each other. Dogs are little angels sent by the Lord to take care of us.

Posted by: Seamus Moon at August 23, 2025 08:22 PM (Ab/3c)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Aug. 23

Hi, everybody! CrotchetyOldJarhead is here to help us keep cool today. And we have some more interesting photos and information, too!

Good morning!
Here is a couple of photos of the lilys in the pond and a view from the cigar lounge under the fan.

I put some red rainbow minnows in there to knock down the algae and the dragonflies keep the skeeters under control.
These are the cannas out of sight on the left.

And the fig on the right.

And here’s the cigar lounge…

R/s
CrotchetyOldJarhead

How inviting! A beautiful pond and a wonderful cigar lounge!

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Dear KT,
It's great to see you back!
It's harvest time here in SE Wisconsin, as the photo shows. This year,
the garden has been very generous. Soon after this photo was taken, my
wife (the lovely and accomplished Annalucia) turned the eggplants into a
middle-eastern-style eggplant-and-lamb stew: Delicious, especially when
washed down with a tasty orvieto. I do love this time of year!
BTW, my nom-de-ace is "Nemo".
Regards ...

The veggies look wonderful and the stew sounds great!

Puttering

Spider sees itself in a mirror for the first time. 🕷️🪞😲pic.twitter.com/uTtvcHlzqh
— The Random Guy (@RandomTheGuy_) August 22, 2025

Science

Allergies seem nearly impossible to avoid - - unless you're Amish

Despite the increasing rate of allergic diseases, both in industrialized and in developing countries, the Amish remain exceptionally - and bafflingly - resistant. Only 7 percent of Amish children had a positive response to one or more common allergens in a skin prick test, compared with more than half of the general U.S. population. Even children from other traditional farming families, who still have lower rates of allergic disease than nonfarm children, are more allergic than the Amish.
In fact, one Amish community living in northern Indiana is considered one of the least allergic populations ever measured in the developed world.

But why?

The "hygiene hypothesis" - first proposed in a 1989 study by British immunologist David Strachan - suggests that early childhood exposure to microbes protects against allergic diseases by contributing to the development of a healthy immune system.
The study found that hay fever and eczema were less common among children born into larger families. Strachan wondered whether unhygienic contact with older siblings served as a protection against allergies.
Subsequent findings have given support to the hygiene hypothesis, such as that children who grow up with more household pets are less likely to develop asthma, hay fever or eczema. Perhaps even more beneficial than having older siblings or pets, however, is growing up on a farm. (More than 150 years ago, hay fever was known as an "aristocratic disease," almost wholly confined to the upper classes of society. Farmers appeared relatively immune.)
This "farm effect" has been confirmed by studies on agricultural populations around the world, including in the United States, Europe, Asia and South America.

You would think that farmers, with more exposure to hay, would have MORE hay fever. Huh.

“We don’t really talk about the hygiene hypothesis as much anymore because we now understand that it’s not really about how hygienic you’re living,” said Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo, director of the Center for Food Allergy at the University of Rochester Medical Center. “It’s more like a microbial hypothesis, since beneficial bacteria that colonize the gut and other mucosal surfaces play a significant role.”
During the first year or two of life, a baby’s immune system is rapidly developing and highly malleable by environmental stimuli, such as bacteria. Some experts believe that exposing young children to certain types of beneficial bacteria can engage and shape the growing immune system in a way that reduces the risk of allergic diseases later in life. Farm dust contains a hodgepodge of bacteria shed from livestock and animal feed that isn’t harmful enough to cause illness, but does effectively train the immune system to become less responsive to allergens later in life

Thinking about getting a cow now?

Got other allergy tips?

Gardens of The Horde

I think it's a red yucca plant in my garden but not sure
Maybe the Horde knows.
Regards from northern Israel,
Biden's Dog

Looks pink to me. Anyone know what it is?

Beautyberry by the woods this morning.
- fd

Lovely. Have you got anything growing in YOUR garden? Harvesting anything?

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is:

ktinthegarden at g mail dot com

Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Aug. 16

Any thoughts or questions?

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:28 PM

Comments

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1 lovely backyard retreat, Jarhead!

Posted by: kallisto at August 23, 2025 01:33 PM (dCxaZ)

2 Despite the blistering hot weather we endured for about a month, summer has been a joy in my neck of the woods. To be sure, every gardening adventure has not been successful, but there were quite a few surprises and grace notes that made up for the epic fails.

Posted by: kallisto at August 23, 2025 01:37 PM (dCxaZ)

3 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Made Burritos from my Anaheim peppers last night, they were fairly hot. Grilled them to get that tough outter skin they have .

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 01:41 PM (+qU29)

4

Nailing your sisters and first cousins is hypoallergenic!

Posted by: Just Sayin at August 23, 2025 01:41 PM (FrD9h)

5 What a beauty of a yard. Those pond lilies are beautiful

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 23, 2025 01:41 PM (WF/xn)

6 There are a lot of things to enjoy in Jarhead's yard. Love the lounge. I think I see some critters enjoying it!

Posted by: KT at August 23, 2025 01:41 PM (7vIsy)

7 So canna lilies can grow with their roots wet? I am glad to know that. I am trying to grow some but they are where it is dry in the yard.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 01:41 PM (rbvCR)

8 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Made Burritos from my Anaheim peppers last night, they were fairly hot. Grilled them to get that tough outter skin they have .
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025

Tasty

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 23, 2025 01:43 PM (WF/xn)

9 Raised on the farm, pretty sturdy.

Posted by: Eromero at August 23, 2025 01:43 PM (LHPAg)

10 Need to run the 🚜 around the yard, nap over so out of excuses.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 01:48 PM (+qU29)

11 103° in Van Nuys yesterday.
Too doggone hot.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 23, 2025 01:53 PM (U3+nr)

12 I envy COJ his 'cigar lounge'. Just gorgeous. Weasel would approve. After this summer's 'surface of the sun' heat, I look at that area imaging cool autumn days, my pipe, fresh brewed coffee and one of the hundreds of books I have waiting. A bit of nirvana.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 01:56 PM (yTvNw)

13 I had a sensitivity to pine pollen so I bought 25,000 pine trees. Interestingly, it doesn't really bother me anymore.

Posted by: Weasel at August 23, 2025 01:56 PM (4Iy7D)

14 Beautiful back yard and pond, Crotchety Jarhead! Good for contemplation.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 01:57 PM (JmxXa)

15 I dug up some of my low or nonproductive tomato plants yesterday. It was a weird growing season this year, but I got lots of tomatoes from the overachievers for sauce later on.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 01:59 PM (JmxXa)

16 From Boise area: Lows 61-66 F, highs 86-98. Picking strawberries (productivity way down), green beans (problems with bean rust...), SunGold cherry tomatoes. Larger tomatoes just starting to come on. I dug up the broccolini - wooly aphid infestation was horrendous - have to plant them MUCH farther apart next year.

Husband canned up 7 pints of bread and butter pickles, then pulled out the cucumber vines. A friend gave us an entire bucket of plums, so I canned up 11 half-pints of plum jam (my first time making that) - it used up only 1/4 of the bucket...

A heavily laden peach tree branch cracked - we're leaving it attached in hopes the peaches on it will ripen.

I get to pick up my Fair ribbons on Monday! Getting a ribbon for more than two-thirds of my entries makes me feel pretty darn good!

Posted by: Pat* at August 23, 2025 02:03 PM (VoAz3)

17 Seeing Nemo's harvest, I was reminded that some of best home grown winter squash I've ever had was from SE Wisconsin. The area has wonderfully fertile soil. Even exposed dirt at road construction sites is deep brown and loamy, A far cry from the unbaked brick that passes for soil in our area.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 02:03 PM (yTvNw)

18 Work has been so insane over the last month but I can't entirely blame that. I have let my garden beds get completely taken over the by the weeds which are now 3 ft tall. What's the fastest way to get them out? I'm actually eyeing my weed wacker but it may make things worse.

Posted by: Beverly at August 23, 2025 02:04 PM (Epeb0)

19 There is another variable about the Amish which is forbidden knowledge. They do not avail themselves of the vaccine industry. But that will not be looked into because it's far too lucrative.

I never questioned that industry myself until 4 years ago but I've looked into it since. I'm a medical editor so I know how to read the literature. Sobering.

Posted by: Beverly at August 23, 2025 02:05 PM (Epeb0)

20 JTB at August 23, 2025 02:03 PM

Nemo's butternut squashes look great.

Posted by: KT at August 23, 2025 02:11 PM (7vIsy)

21 19 There is another variable about the Amish which is forbidden knowledge. They do not avail themselves of the vaccine industry. But that will not be looked into because it's far too lucrative.

I never questioned that industry myself until 4 years ago but I've looked into it since. I'm a medical editor so I know how to read the literature. Sobering.
Posted by: Beverly at August 23, 2025 02:05 PM (Epeb0)
Beverly, I know a load of medical professionals and the only ones who talk up vaxing are socialists/communistas/ubamacare lovers.

Posted by: Eromero at August 23, 2025 02:11 PM (LHPAg)

22 I have a lot of tomatoes thanks to a good, deep roto-tilling last spring. It brought up dirt that hadn't been used for a few years, so the cukes and cayenne peppers are doing well, too. I love the picking season so much more than the digging and watering seasons.

Posted by: huerfano at August 23, 2025 02:13 PM (98kQX)

23 I'm jealous of all You People with your Tomato Privilege. I think I need to start planting *everything* way earlier here, and maybe even set up one of those shade tarps for when it gets super hot.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 02:22 PM (ULPxl)

24 >>> Lovely. Have you got anything growing in YOUR garden? Harvesting anything?
===

Got some jackfruit.
First time in years.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 02:22 PM (/lPRQ)

25 Called Hesperaloe here Biden' Dog.

Posted by: az deplorable moron at August 23, 2025 02:23 PM (IBIxQ)

26 One of the Iitoi onions sprouted,years! 10% rate... I'll take it!

Posted by: az deplorable moron at August 23, 2025 02:25 PM (IBIxQ)

27 Well that's done, should get the string trimmer out but not today

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 02:34 PM (+qU29)

28 My Pear tree this year is supporting 4 deer. Anything a deer can reach is bare. I have to go out and shake the top so some fall for them. They are smart enough to leave them alone for a day or two to soften up.
One female is almost tame. She'll walk up and start drinking while I fill the birdbath. Her baby not so much. He almost hurts himsef every time he sees me. Scares the hell out of me too. He's not big enough to get over most of my fences but he tries.

Posted by: Reforger at August 23, 2025 02:36 PM (pxUkb)

29 In this desert we use 50% shade cloth over the tomatoes.

Posted by: az deplorable moron at August 23, 2025 02:37 PM (IBIxQ)

30 The garden beds I planted didn't do all that well, since I came down with shingles shortly after planting. The berry bushes are doing better. The Fignominal fig I planted last year is doing well too. Unfortunately it's in a planter with a lilac and some raspberries. I need to transplant those out. The Chicago Hardy fig is growing well in a container too. I do have some root crops growing. I didn't expect much this year and am trying to decide how to do things next year. I still have a cold frame to put together too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 02:39 PM (kUxzU)

31 I wonder if the sanitizing craziness that accompanied the Covid hysteria will have a negative impact on babies born during 2020-2023 or so.

I let my boys eat dirt and worms and roll around in the mud.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 02:40 PM (mT+6a)

32 I've wondered why so many people have allergies compared to when I was growing up in the 50s. (Especially peanut allergies which I hadn't heard of until well into adult years.) I had all the usual childhood diseases like measles and chicken pox. You were miserable for a couple of weeks and it was over. I've only had vaccines for tetanus, polio, which everyone got, and small pox when I had to get a passport. (The one flu shot I got, required after 9/11, gave me the damn flu.) And we constantly played outside, getting dirty, scraped up, etc. No allergies. Maybe the Amish are onto something.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 02:40 PM (yTvNw)

33 Those do look like red yucca buds to me. We have them here in our yard in the Phoenix metro area, which has also been surface-of-the-sun hot for a couple of weeks now, along with crushing (for us) humidity.

Red yucca is a great landscape plant if you don't give it too much water. It's mid-height with taller flower stalks, and much easier to control than, say, fountain grass. (We had no idea and let a landscaper put some in our backyard. Just don't.)

The cool thing about red yucca is every decade or so there's the chance of the recessive genes expressing so instead of red flowers, you get yellow. It's happened a couple of times in the nearly 30 years we've been living here. Sometimes you have just one flower stalk of yellow buds when the other stalks are still budding out red. It's great example for teaching my students about dominant and recessive genes.

Posted by: quietI at August 23, 2025 02:41 PM (fCSlY)

34 Enjoying the humidity and heat in Santa Barbara this weekend.It'sa different kind of heat.

Posted by: az deplorable moron at August 23, 2025 02:41 PM (IBIxQ)

35 Hello to all. The picture posted by Nemo with the follow on stew makes is wonderful. Thank you.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 23, 2025 02:43 PM (2ndPU)

36 34 Enjoying the humidity and heat in Santa Barbara this weekend.It'sa different kind of heat.
Posted by: az deplorable moron

We are supposed to be in the 80s for the next several days.

Anything over 72 is horrid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 02:44 PM (mT+6a)

37 The "hygiene hypothesis" - first proposed in a 1989 study by British immunologist David Strachan - suggests that early childhood exposure to microbes protects against allergic diseases by contributing to the development of a healthy immune system.
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In the 60s when I developed allergies our GP mentioned that as long as there was no life-threatening asthma, learn to live with it. I have found that my cat allergies are tolerable when I have a cat in the house. I am not a cat person and am not cuddly, but living with a cat avoids the distress of going to someone's house and fainting and turning purple.

For the pet thread, I think allergists inocculate with a bit of the allergen. Cheaper to just have a short-haired cat.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 02:45 PM (blVh+)

38 Jarhead,
Your space looks heavenly. What a wonderful spot to relax and entertain. Good for you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 02:45 PM (mT+6a)

39 For nurse ratched -- Cat allergies may be inconvenient, but rabbit fur is intense. Bleah, cough, sneeze, and run outside.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 02:53 PM (blVh+)

40 Afternoon all

Those pond lily flowers are just spectacular. Not much to report on my little terrace here. Haven't had to hardly water all summer with the intermittent rain we've had.
Bought some pink Vinca a couple of months ago and it continues to blossom and be a bright spot of color. Had no idea it would be so hardy.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 23, 2025 02:58 PM (t/2Uw)

41 I have tried for three years to grow tomatoes on a trellis system, and I am going to have to give up. I will go buy a panel of remesh and make tomato cages this winter.

The trellis doesn't support my tomatoes well, and I still get them sprawling on the rows. It was a good experiment, just not one that worked for me.

Also, never getting Stupice tomatoes again, I prefer beefsteak types. If I want cherry tomatoes I will transplant some of the volunteers.
I did get an accidental paste tomato plant this spring, so we will see if I amended with enough Ca to avoid blossom end rot

I will be picking and canning my first batch, probably tomorrow.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 03:01 PM (rbvCR)

42 40 ... Sharon,

We were so glad to hear your hip surgery and recovery has gone so well. Prayers continue.

If you want more spots of color on your terrace, look at a basket of pansies. Despite the name, they are tough (and colorful) buggers.

Posted by: JTB at August 23, 2025 03:03 PM (yTvNw)

43 Yes,, glad to hear your surgery went well and that you are recovering, Sharon, and I will pray for you as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 03:07 PM (2GCMq)

44 Thanks for the photos, everyone. They're lovely and thanks to KT for her work on this thread as well as the others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 03:09 PM (2GCMq)

45 I planted some hot peppers back in early May. Jalapeños, Habaneros, Italian Long Hots, Scotch Bonnets and Ghost peppers. The first 3 started producing within the first month, and have been consistent. The Bonnets and the Ghosts have only started producing in the past week. I know that the hotter the pepper, the longer the growing period is.
I'm still new at this. I am amazed at how, after 3 months of just producing pretty leaves, the pepper pods showed up seemingly overnight. Can't wait until they ripen. I'm planning to experiment with making my own hot sauce, and possibly hot beef jerky.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at August 23, 2025 03:10 PM (/aPAJ)

46 Biden's Dog, it looks like a jelly bean sedum.

Posted by: Flanole at August 23, 2025 03:14 PM (ZnrCl)

47 The spiders are out of control!

Posted by: Eeyore at August 23, 2025 03:15 PM (s0JqF)

48 I was just curious. - the sunlight at high altitude (and even the heat) is really something. Hits like a hammer, to me anyway.

But how does gardening work? Or container gardening? Given irrigation, good potting soil and loam, and perhaps fertilizer how do folks who live in say Leadville and places like that get along? Nice tomatoes and such?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 03:20 PM (X3owK)

49 Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 02:22 PM

Early planting is important for tomatoes in hot-summer climates. Mulching roots and various forms of shade can also help. As well as choosing heat-tolerant varieties.

Posted by: KT at August 23, 2025 03:28 PM (7vIsy)

50 Common Tater at August 23, 2025 03:20 PM

I used to live in a fairly high altitude area. Generally, local gardeners are good sources of information for variety choices, etc.

For tomatoes, short-season varieties are usually best.

Posted by: KT at August 23, 2025 03:31 PM (7vIsy)

51 Pat* at August 23, 2025 02:03 PM

Congratulations on all your fair ribbons!

Posted by: KT at August 23, 2025 03:34 PM (7vIsy)

52 Kindltot, how you support tomatoes depends a lot on the variety. I've found that trellising works well with some indeterminate varieties; in particular, cherry tomatoes trellis well. I've also had success with Early Girls and some heirloom varieties. Romas, however are far too bushy to trellis; those, I have to stake or cage.

With regard to allergies, I've heard similar research concerning allergies to peanuts. The received wisdom nowadays is to keep peanuts away from kids because they might be allergic; but some research suggests that it's the absence of exposure in childhood that promotes the allergy. As for me, I'm the fourth of six, growing up in a time when the environment was far more polluted than it is now, yet I have a bunch of allergies - principally to cat dander and some food additives. No, we didn't have pets when I was young. I like cats, a lot, but I can't spend more than 15 minutes in the same room with one - and, of course, they zero in on me. Go figure.

Posted by: Nemo at August 23, 2025 03:35 PM (4RPgu)

53 You might check Fy Nyth on You Tube. She gardens in WY. There are some things she just can't grow but she does a good job on what she can.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 03:42 PM (kUxzU)

54 Peanut allergy is horrible, and tragic. The response in recent years is worse. It’s such a great quick protein, good nutrients and minerals for kids in school. It’s something they enjoy, and it is economical. Upending such a staple for a tiny percentage of the afflicted is nuts (legumes actually) There was one kid in grade school who was allergic to peanut butter, but both the school and he seemed to take it in stride with no trouble.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 03:44 PM (X3owK)

55 Kindltot at August 23, 2025 03:01 PM

I have read that Stupice are for superior flavor as cooked tomatoes, but blah fresh.

Posted by: KT at August 23, 2025 04:16 PM (7vIsy)

56 Kareem of Wheat at August 23, 2025 03:10 PM

Scotch Bonnet and especially Ghost peppers may be too hot for beef Jerky.

Posted by: KT at August 23, 2025 04:28 PM (7vIsy)

57 Well, "special weather statement" about a possible strong thunderstorm this afternoon.

With a forecast of 103.

And 104 tomorrow. Guess it's monsoon season.

Posted by: KT at August 23, 2025 04:57 PM (7vIsy)

58
For the pet thread, I think allergists inocculate with a bit of the allergen. Cheaper to just have a short-haired cat.
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 02:45 PM (blVh+)

I have allergies and siblings but I didn't grow up on a farm. I'm allergic to cats and dogs but I noticed other people's cats bother me if I pet them and then touch my face as long as I wash my hands no problem. my pets don't bother me even if I pet them and then rub my eyes. I wonder if I inoculate myself to my own pets.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 23, 2025 05:54 PM (BvTfc)

You can think about the future riding on Amtrak in California

Above, you can see our view for about 15 or 20 minutes as we were stopped on our way to an appointment in Fresno. We were late even though we left early, because of the "Bullet Train" dream which Jerry Brown had years ago, carried forward by Gavin Newsom. In front of us, you can see solar-powered (just kidding) construction equipment working on an overpass. To the right is an impressive hedge of roses, glorious in spring, planted along the highway by a farmer at the border of an orchard. This hedge will likely disappear in the future, along with much of the remaining agricultural land in California. Farmers already face a lot of hostility in the state, especially concerning access to water. We can rely on China for our food, right?

Although the "bullet train" (not planned to run at bullet speeds anymore) will largely parallel Amtrak routes, it will be much more destructive tor the surrounding countryside.

Dreams from the Past for Bullet Trains

The Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco was scheduled to open in 2017 to accommodate the "bullet trains", but even though they built the station the trains did not come.

The three-block-long behemoth was envisioned as the Grand Central Station of the West, a dynamic hub for buses and high-speed rail that would draw more than 100,000 visitors a day.
Come opening day, however, there will be no high-speed rail. Instead, for many years, the five-level showcase just south of Mission Street between Second and Beale streets will be little more than the world's most expensive bus station -- serving mainly the 14,000 transbay bus commuters who roll in and out daily on AC Transit.
That reality is starting to sink in and has city officials scrambling -- because without the big crowds that trains were supposed to bring in, there are serious questions about where all the money needed to keep the place secure, clean and well lit will come from.

Actually, they sort of had to build the station TWICE, because of dangerous flaws they discovered in the initial construction.

Back then, the project was a legacy dream for Jerry Brown.

The Orange County Register also ran an editorial about the entire High Speed Rail project. It includes some interesting information about the State's "cap-and-trade" auctions and the plans to use them to fund the project.

From the very beginning, the California High-Speed Rail Authority's business plans have been based more on hope and fantasy than on sound finance or economics. Proponents seem to have adopted the "in for a penny, in for a pound" strategy: Just grab as much money as you can, as quickly as you can, and start building. Once the track has been laid, there is less likelihood the public will mount strong enough opposition to stop the project, which might be seen as wasteful and cost even more money to tear up the track.

Cap-and-Trade. A solid plan for financing this project, now shrunken to a route from Bakersfield to Merced at a MUCH higher cost!

Bringing us up to date on California HSR

In addition to the information from the Jerry Brown era in the link above, Fox Business has recently published a piece that includes a timeline for the HSR project, as the Trump Administration pulls federal funding. A few of the points from this timeline:

1981: California works with Japanese partners to explore the feasibility of a high-speed rail corridor in Southern California.
2008: California voters approve Proposition 1A, allocating $9 billion to the California High-Speed Rail Authority for the rail's planning and construction.
2015: California holds an official groundbreaking ceremony in Fresno to mark the beginning of construction of the first 29-mile segment of the rail.

February 2024: The project's first construction package, which covers 22.5 miles in the Central Valley, reaches "substantial completion."
January 2025: Newsom joins local leaders to commemorate the start of the California High-Speed Rail Authority's Railhead Project, which they say is the first step to laying track.

So, nine years after groundbreaking in Fresno, they have substantially completed 22.3 miles of . . . something. TEN years after groundbreaking, they hold a ceremony which involves laying commemorative rails - NOT rails upon which trains can run.

July 2025: Duffy announces the termination of $4 billion in unspent federal funding by the Federal Railroad Administration for the project.

Sobering. Check out the details in the Fox Business piece.

Yesterday, a milestone in California's HSR project was celebrated in Newsweek! Not too far from where the photo above was taken.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has completed another key infrastructure element in the Central Valley, opening the Avenue 88 Grade Separation in Tulare County.
The new overpass spans 485 feet and clears both State Route 43 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway line, as well as the corridor for future high-speed trains.

Why It Matters
California's high-speed rail is in an awkward position. Years of delays and an inflated budget have damaged public and political faith in the project, but the past few years have seen progress—with construction happening throughout the state and tracklaying set to start later this year. To call off the project now, as many of its detractors in the White House desire, would waste years of advancement.

The Orange County Register called it years ago (see above). Make it too expensive to end the project.

"tracklaying set to start later this year". After laying "ceremonial" track in January, in Shafter.

Back to Newsweek:

What's Next
The Authority continues to push ahead with construction across four counties—Madera, Fresno, Kings and Tulare—with 29 additional structures underway. Officials say up to 1,700 workers are active on job sites each day as the agency targets completing core segments through California's interior before shifting focus to the larger metropolitan connections on both ends of the system.

Just 1700 workers active each day over four counties. And this was supposed to be a big economic boon to the region! We have noticed that there is a lot of giant diesel construction equipment which stands idle much of the time in many locations connected to this HSR project. Parts of detour routes for cars have sunk into the ground or into water, and there have already been other mishaps due to poor planning even in this "easy" part of the HSR project.

There are several interesting photos and a short video at the Newsweek link, and an opportunity for you to register your opinion on how fair the piece they published is.

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Weekend

Gavin Newsom is ahead in polling among California Democrats. Will he need to change his social media strategy of mocking Trump?

How can he appeal to moderates?

Scoop: Third Way is circulating a memo, shared first with @playbookdc, featuring a new black list of words Dems shouldn�t use. pic.twitter.com/VhvVHZTW9C
— Adam Wren (@adamwren) August 22, 2025

Resistance:

I am triggered by this microaggression.
This is an othering of words that creates an existential threat to our democracy.
The way to overcome systems of oppression is not to subvert verbal norms but to have radical transparency in all you say such that stakeholders can speak truth to the existential threats of the patriarchy and the environmental violence that surrounds us, and thereby show true allyship via dialoguing with the communities of LGBTQ+BIPOC people, persons who immigrated, the unhoused, birthing persons and incarcerated people, and all other victims of the privileged.
This is the only way we can shift the Overton Window.

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Music

Don't worry

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, August 16, Thinking in new ways, or maybe letting a machine do your thinking

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

UPDATE: Do you have a different take?

If you ever worked in tech, you know that guy:
Brilliant engineer, can code anything, can do complex calculations in his head, believes any issue can be fully managed in an exclusively quantitative manner.
But . . .

Can't dress himself, has the emotional intelligence of a 12 year-old, constantly alienates co-workers, has a Dunning-Kruger approach to issues he's not trained on and generally makes the wrong choice on everything not involving silicon.
You know that guy?
In 2025, artificial intelligence IS THAT GUY.
And I'm not sure if it's even possible for it ever to not be that guy.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:04 AM

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1 Jerry Brown, governor Moonbeam.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 11:10 AM (ZmEVT)

2 The only rail line that might - might - make sense is Southern Cal to Las Vegas. Doesn't have to be high speed, just avoiding the traffic would make it faster at normal rail speed.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 11:12 AM (0eaVi)

3 'You can think about the future riding on Amtrak in California'

I just hope it's California's future and not mine.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 11:12 AM (3wi/L)

4 SpaceX getting ready to roll out Ship 37 for possible launch tomorrow evening.

Posted by: pawn at August 23, 2025 11:16 AM (pL2PR)

5 This went off the rails early.

Posted by: Joe Mama at August 23, 2025 11:17 AM (2sMLA)

6 Every few years the subject of a Atlanta-Macon-Savannah high speed rail line comes up like it has recently. It would make more sense to turn the high occupancy lanes into regular lanes to reduce traffic jams, but nobody ever listens to me. Anyway, between Macon and Savannah there is not much of anything but a big ol empty freeway that never has traffic jams, so the longest part of the route makes even less sense.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 11:18 AM (vFG9F)

7 This too, is the story of Communist Russia and their grand plans to build.... anything.
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After sitting in a drydock for the better part of a decade, a drydock that sank, BTW, with the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov (their only one) has been mothballed.

Because the engineers are workmen who originally built it are now dead and nobody knows how to fix the thing so it will operate as designed.

California's HSR boondoggle reminds me of the Kuznetsov.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 11:20 AM (Q4IgG)

8 Greetings from Fla!

Posted by: Caf at August 23, 2025 11:20 AM (wocXg)

9 Pull the (Federal) plug. If Cali wants to spend it's tax $$ on it, not my problemo

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at August 23, 2025 11:21 AM (9Wc6O)

10 To call off the project now, as many of its detractors in the White House desire, would waste years of advancement.
This is called the Sunk Cost Fallacy. It is a major human nature issue. And it's the cause of a great many bad decisions in life.

Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2025 11:23 AM (1PcCZ)

11 Pull the (Federal) plug. If Cali wants to spend it's tax $$ on it, not my problemo
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at August 23, 2025 11:21 AM (9Wc6O)

Since it wasn't an interstate rail line it never should have received federal money anyway. But that never stopped a Big Gov't sort before.

Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2025 11:24 AM (1PcCZ)

12 It's a write-off Jerry.

They just write it off.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 11:24 AM (ZmEVT)

13 9 Pull the (Federal) plug. If Cali wants to spend it's tax $$ on it, not my problemo.

I think the federal plug has been pulled. There's been some screaming, but work seems to continue. Newsom has also hinted that maybe California should stop paying federal taxes over the sanctuary state issues, since California pays in more than it gets back from the feds.

Posted by: KT at August 23, 2025 11:25 AM (7vIsy)

14 Good morning KT

The scam has gone on long enough to fund lawyers, unions, bogus nature groups, for a very long time.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 11:26 AM (+qU29)

15 Blank comments so far. Is that Robin Williams? The top hatted guy looks familiar as well.

Does anyone else remember George Ryan, a (R) governor of Illinois who was sentenced to prison for providing licenses to illegals for cash?

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 11:26 AM (blVh+)

16 Instead of HSR, it's looking more like it will be the world's most expensive bike path, HSBP.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 23, 2025 11:27 AM (Mf0wV)

17 And here I thought Lousy-ana took forever to get a project completed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 11:28 AM (omVj0)

18 I wonder if they'd sell us that bridge? Some asshat had his pump truck tank partially up and ran into the bridge crossing the river between Enumclaw and Buckley in Washington State. Closed indefinitely. This is a major route to the cascades and up to Mt Rainier skiing areas. About 25,000 cars cross it daily. The alternative now adds about 45 minutes.
No word on the driver.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 11:29 AM (2WIwB)

19 Rails were great, in an economy that has been dead for a hundred years. Back when rails were still being built labor was cheap, red tape trivial, steel and iron costly, and land... maybe cheap too (it certainly was when the steam tech first came out).

Now, labor is expensive, land expensive, red tape expensive, and steel cheap. Spending billions on the first three just to get cheap iron and nastalgia for the past is not prudent.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 11:29 AM (/lPRQ)

20 Comprehensive, though wide ranging post here, complete with humor, news, and music. Auditioning for ONT Host?

Posted by: Pilot Program at August 23, 2025 11:30 AM (G5+As)

21 > Does anyone else remember George Ryan, a (R) governor of Illinois who was sentenced to prison for providing licenses to illegals for cash?
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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (our DMV) was caught selling Real ID licenses to illegals for $200 - $500. An estimated 1200 - 1500 illegals in KY received a Real ID this way. Several clerks in multiple county license offices were implicated.

I'd bet this is common elsewhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 11:30 AM (Q4IgG)

22 This is called the Sunk Cost Fallacy. It is a major human nature issue. And it's the cause of a great many bad decisions in life.
Posted by: GWB

aka sending good money after bad.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 23, 2025 11:30 AM (Mf0wV)

23 I'm sure that's Robin Williams in the video, but I don't know the fellow in the top hat.

Cool to see Bobby with a pipe, though. How old is that song? '87, '88?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 11:31 AM (omVj0)

24 "To call off the project now, as many of its detractors in the White House desire, would waste years of advancement." In other words, embrace the Sunk-Cost Fallacy.

Japan's bullet trains are a technological marvel.
But geography and history both came together to allow it to happen: Geography because nearly all of Japan's population lives on the narrow Pacific coastal plain, which makes serving them by train feasible. History, because we bombed Japan's infrastructure into oblivion in 1945, and so they had an opportunity to rebuild, and do it better.

Rail transportation in the US makes sense in a few narrowly defined markets, such as the Ancela trains on the east coast, or the Hiawatha train between Chicago and Milwaukee (both of which are in the black, BTW). And both of these use existing right-of-ways that they share with freight trains. The sooner we put a bullet through the California bullet-train project (I speak metaphorically, of course!) the better.

Posted by: Nemo at August 23, 2025 11:32 AM (4RPgu)

25 Some asshat had his pump truck tank partially up and ran into the bridge crossing the river between Enumclaw and Buckley in Washington State. Closed indefinitely. This is a major route to the cascades and up to Mt Rainier skiing areas. About 25,000 cars cross it daily. The alternative now adds about 45 minutes.
No word on the driver.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025

***
Some huge truck overturned in May on an off-ramp from I-10 West to Airline Hwy., US 61. The ramp is *still* closed. No doubt there are a lot of people coming from the West Bank who need to leave the expressway there every day. And as far as I know, you can't get on the expressway headed toward the river at that point either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 11:35 AM (omVj0)

26 Remember, we have the worlds worst infrastructure because we have no high speed choo choos.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 11:35 AM (vm8sq)

27 Jerry Brown and Newsom can dream all they want, this epic boondoggle/outrage is 100% the doing of CA voters, who started it all via ballot proposition, and steadfastly support it through their election of reps who do nothing to stop it.

But part of coping and civic paganism is pretending to believe it's evil shadowy forces creating and enabling the decline, and not the people all around us.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 23, 2025 11:36 AM (U/Byj)

28 " To call off the [HSR] project now, as many of its detractors in the White House desire, would waste years of advancement."

Ah, the old "sunk cost" thing. By all means, keep dumping resources into a project that is clearly a loser.

Or, you could just give it to a casino in Vegas.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 23, 2025 11:36 AM (w6EFb)

29 Look, passenger rail makes sense in some situations. But it requires a handful of assumptions.

1) The end points are walkable. Even if there's decent mass transit there, things have to be within walking distance. A city with a vibrant and compact downtown area makes some sense. Or someplace with a compact tourist zone (like DC).

2) Massive parking has to be available at the entry points to the system.

3) It has to be oriented on places people want to go. Not just where the politicians wish people would go, or the out-of-touch lobbyists think people want to go. It has to be somewhere that an honest case can be made for "We could make it easier on people to come here if we offered a way to do it while sitting and relaxing." And those places are fewer and further between than most of those folks want to admit.

Most of those things don't exist in America. Even the few places where #1 exists (and maybe #3), it's so much easier to drive.

And, while there are people who would love to take the train to wherever, airplanes are much quicker and provide an easier hub from which most people can then disperse to local attractions.

Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2025 11:36 AM (1PcCZ)

30 I know the guy in the top hat. Brilliant comedic actor. Was in Popeye with Robin Williams. Need to engurgle his name. BRB.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 23, 2025 11:36 AM (0aYVJ)

31 In the end, the problem with AI is that it is created by people.

I already hope for the Butlerian Jihad.

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at August 23, 2025 11:37 AM (m0WlR)

32 "Does anyone else remember George Ryan, a (R) governor of Illinois who was sentenced to prison for providing licenses to illegals for cash?"

I do. It happened when he was Illinois secretary of state. The scandal was uncovered when a truck driven by one of the illegals he'd licensed struck a van, triggering a fire that incinerated the children in the van. How many other deaths were caused by Ryan's licencees, we'll never know.

Posted by: Nemo at August 23, 2025 11:37 AM (4RPgu)

33 The hilarious part of California HSR is instead of terminating in Oakland (like the transcontinental railroad), they want to run it through a couple of the wealthiest suburbs in the United States to terminate in San Francisco. (Including the suburb JB Pritzker grew up in.)

They haven't even started to address how they are going to overcome opposition to the line, with the opposition funded by local billionaires.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 23, 2025 11:37 AM (xTIDn)

34 The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (our DMV) was caught selling Real ID licenses to illegals for $200 - $500. An estimated 1200 - 1500 illegals in KY received a Real ID this way. Several clerks in multiple county license offices were implicated.

I'd bet this is common elsewhere.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 11:30 AM (Q4IgG)

Shit. Meanwhile, I had to go visit the German Embassy in DC for help in getting my mother’s birth certificate from Germany to help her get a Real ID.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 11:38 AM (vm8sq)

35 I'm back.

Bill Irwin.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 23, 2025 11:38 AM (0aYVJ)

36 I already hope for the Butlerian Jihad.
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at August 23, 2025 11:37 AM (m0WlR)

I told my classes this daily when I caught them with their cell phones out.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 11:39 AM (vm8sq)

37 I think the important thing we need to remember is almost everybody initially involved with this got a good retirement package.

Posted by: Reforger at August 23, 2025 11:40 AM (pxUkb)

38 Spending the billions on road maintenance in CA would probably have yielded more tangible results. When I lived there some roads/highways were in pretty good shape while others seemed to be neglected all the time.

Probably true for a lot of areas. I know it's true here in Kentucky.

And still, most people travel by personal vehicles instead of trains, ships or planes within CONUS.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 11:40 AM (Q4IgG)

39 the "bullet train" (not planned to run at bullet speeds anymore) will largely parallel Amtrak routes

"Bullet train" speeds are no longer necessary, because studies show that the hobos and vagrants who will use a train that runs between Bakersfield to Modesto are in no particular hurry to get anywhere.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 11:40 AM (guGkK)

40 I thought that only the Osaka-Tokyo segment of the shinkansen, possibly the Tokyo-Kyoto also, were profitable.

The southern extension of the system to its terminus in Kagoshima was just completed not long ago, was there shortly after, brand new gleaming station. And I think it goes north all the way to Sapporo. But I think some consider that to have been an over-extension of the concept.

In any case as noted by Nemo above, other factors make fast rail travel in Japan a viable option in many cases.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 23, 2025 11:40 AM (U/Byj)

41 The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (our DMV) was caught selling Real ID licenses to illegals for $200 - $500. An estimated 1200 - 1500 illegals in KY received a Real ID this way. Several clerks in multiple county license offices were implicated.

Many Democrats were probably doing it for free.

But as predicted, now we need a REAL REAL ID because illegals got REAL ID, and REAL ID was because illegals got driver's licenses.

Marxists don't understand second-order effects, never mind third-order.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 11:41 AM (jbPJz)

42 Trump should start calling Newsom "Governor Bullet Train."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 11:41 AM (guGkK)

43 Look, passenger rail makes sense in some situations. But it requires a handful of assumptions.

You forgot one:

0) You need a high-trust society (like Japan) or a massive police presence on the trains, otherwise they become like the Minneapolis light rail line, which is known locally as the "rape train".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 11:43 AM (jbPJz)

44 Snail Darter status is paramount to me!

Posted by: The Hungry Cormorant at August 23, 2025 11:43 AM (G5+As)

45 Some huge truck overturned in May on an off-ramp from I-10 West to Airline Hwy., US 61. The ramp is *still* closed. No doubt there are a lot of people coming from the West Bank who need to leave the expressway there every day. And as far as I know, you can't get on the expressway headed toward the river at that point either.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 11:35 AM (omVj0)

The week of Memorial Day a truck mounted crane took out the FM 928 bridge over Interstate 27. Well, enough of it, at least. TXDoT came in and took out the rest of that section so there is now a gaping hole where the bridge was. Still there even now.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 11:43 AM (vm8sq)

46 Seen a picture of a beautiful bridge in the middle of nowhere, not connected to nothing.
Wonder what could be made of it?

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 11:45 AM (+qU29)

47 What does it mean when you publish a list of taboo words, and those words are mostly the words you have invented to promoted and foisted on everyone for the last decade?

Well, it means you are whaleshit.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 23, 2025 11:48 AM (PQOq3)

48 I'm in Cali and I called it in 2009, there will never be a train that travels on this boondoggle. If they do lay track and associated hardware, the recycling thieves will have torn it apart before even the shortened section is completed.

California's. High. Speed. Train. Will. Never. Run.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 23, 2025 11:48 AM (17s+e)

49 You know what's missing from the Cali rail project? Section hand Taggart and a bunch of Chinks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 23, 2025 11:50 AM (gm9Sb)

50 What does it mean when you publish a list of taboo words, and those words are mostly the words you have invented to promoted and foisted on everyone for the last decade?

Well, it means you are whaleshit.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 23, 2025 11:48 AM (PQOq3) ===

Don't demean whale shit. Whales shit on those people.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 23, 2025 11:51 AM (17s+e)

51 32
'I do. It happened when he was Illinois secretary of state. The scandal was uncovered when a truck driven by one of the illegals he'd licensed struck a van, triggering a fire that incinerated the children in the van. '

Ryan went to jail and Newsome is still free. That sounds like a lawfare opportunity to me.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 11:52 AM (3wi/L)

52 It's like the Big Dig. Only bigger.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 11:52 AM (63Dwl)

53 I did think if Trump would have lost by now many, including some of us might be building that railroad in a gulag

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 11:52 AM (+qU29)

54
You know what's missing from the Cali rail project?

Kung Fu

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 11:53 AM (63Dwl)

55 You know what's missing from the Cali rail project? Section hand Taggart and a bunch of Chinks.

When they announce that the line has been diverted to Rock Ridge, you'll know exactly what's going on.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 11:54 AM (guGkK)

56 53 I did think if Trump would have lost by now many, including some of us might be building that railroad in a gulag
Posted by: Skip

We're all hoping you get put on the day shift.

Posted by: Ties That Bind at August 23, 2025 11:54 AM (G5+As)

57 I did think if Trump would have lost by now many, including some of us might be building that railroad in a gulag
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 11:52 AM (+qU29)

But the weather would be fantastic.

Posted by: Reforger at August 23, 2025 11:56 AM (pxUkb)

58 If HSR service ever does start in California, it will be destroyed a week later by an earthquake. Totally a coincidence, though. Don't ask me how I know this.

Posted by: The Almighty at August 23, 2025 11:56 AM (m0WlR)

59 Target of high-speed chase in LA last night was able to .... stop for gas - and got away. Last week or so a multi-vehicle car-jacking CF saw the perp(s) get away with a car switch under an overpass that everyone watching on TV news helicopter feeds was screaming about as it took place. But the fuzz didn't appear to even consider the dark car roaring back onto the freeway from the underpass - while the target pick-up just rolled, obviously empty, a few hundred feet - was now the new target.

Perfection is not a reasonable standard, but LAPD/CHP/Sheriffs are being made to look pretty sad lately.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 23, 2025 11:58 AM (U/Byj)

60 Ryan went to jail and Newsome is still free. That sounds like a lawfare opportunity to me.
=====

DLs for illegals for voting ID. Pritzker could use a check as well.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 11:58 AM (blVh+)

61 "Pardon me boy, is this the Gavin Newsome Choo Choo?"
"Track 29, can I give you a shine?"

This harmless song is interrupted by the State of California due to the word shine being deemed racist.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 23, 2025 12:00 PM (gm9Sb)

62 But the hours in a Gulag are like 16 hour work days, Sun up to sun down if they can.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 12:00 PM (+qU29)

63 Perfection is not a reasonable standard, but LAPD/CHP/Sheriffs are being made to look pretty sad lately.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 23, 2025 11:58 AM (U/Byj)

The problem appears to be that none of those agencies is run by a fat black lesbian.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 12:01 PM (guGkK)

64 I am glad for California's Democrat regime, and maybe even can become OK with Madmani in NYC.

Together they demonstrate how terrible monolithic machine Democrat policies are, how damaging and destructive they are to people and the world around us.

Unfortunately, lots of people (mainly white college educated and affluent women) just out and out refuse to learn the damn lesson.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 23, 2025 12:03 PM (PVITw)

65 and so it begins

No. 22 Iowa St and No. 17 Kansas State take their Big 12 rivalry to Dublin for opener Saturday, noon EST.

Posted by: toby928 at August 23, 2025 12:03 PM (jc0TO)

66 0) You need a high-trust society (like Japan) or a massive police presence on the trains, otherwise they become like the Minneapolis light rail line, which is known locally as the "rape train".

Have you heard about the train cars in Japan set aside for the exclusive use of women to prevent groping ot worse?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 12:07 PM (ZVgZ4)

67 Dublin, 69 degrees, 85% humidity

Posted by: toby928 at August 23, 2025 12:08 PM (jc0TO)

68 I wish train travel was more efficient. It seems romantic.

Posted by: Piper at August 23, 2025 12:09 PM (OoFl2)

69 So, how was the movie in the end?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 23, 2025 12:12 PM (mlg/3)

70 68 I wish train travel was more efficient. It seems romantic.
Posted by: Piper

Nearly every train novel or movie involves murder at some point.

Posted by: Blood On The Tracks at August 23, 2025 12:13 PM (G5+As)

71 When I was a Little Kid, Mom and I would take the train from Warren, OH to Cleveland for some downtown shopping like at Halles or the May Company. IIRC it was only a couple bucks (I rode free) and it would drop you off at the Terminal Tower. Shop, lunch, a little more shopping, back to the station and home by 1800. I seem to remember it was Nickel Plate RR.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 23, 2025 12:14 PM (gm9Sb)

72 I wish train travel was more efficient. It seems romantic.
Posted by: Piper at August 23, 2025 12:09 PM (OoFl2)

I try to cross the country at least twice a year, and I hate air travel.

So yes, if trains were efficient, I would travel that way. I could see the sights, without having to deal with meth raging truck drivers.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2025 12:16 PM (QVzW0)

73 Problem with train travel is a automobile, no waiting for departure time, arrival time and how to get to and from the train.
Leftists H8 that

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 12:16 PM (+qU29)

74 I'm sure that's Robin Williams in the video, but I don't know the fellow in the top hat.

I think it's Kid Rock.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 23, 2025 12:17 PM (3nLb4)

75 CA could have built 5 new airports for the amount of cash blown on this multidecade con job.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 23, 2025 12:17 PM (mlg/3)

76 The Queen used to take the Royal Coach to Scotland at Christmastime to visit Balmoral and have the barnacles scraped off her hull.

Posted by: Hoot Mon! at August 23, 2025 12:17 PM (G5+As)

77 The game starts with an exchange of fumbles. Either jetlag or jitters are playing a roll.

Posted by: toby928 at August 23, 2025 12:18 PM (jc0TO)

78 Now a train vacation trip has at least some appeal.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 12:18 PM (+qU29)

79 I wish train travel was more efficient. It seems romantic.

When it comes to travel, those are pretty much mutually exclusive goals.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 23, 2025 12:18 PM (3nLb4)

80 You know what would be cool? Flying trains. People could go somewhere, an "Air Port", if you will, get on the train, and fly to some other location at astonishing speeds.

Posted by: toby928 at August 23, 2025 12:20 PM (jc0TO)

81 Of course now that they're giving Real ID's to illegals the rest of us legals, aka citizens, will have to jump through hoops a few years down the road to get REAL Real ID's.

And then the cycle will start again. FFS.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 23, 2025 12:21 PM (W6d+C)

82 Trains are lovely.

But there’s nothing like driving on backroads, taking your time, stopping where you feel like it and not knowing exactly where you are all the time.

It’s liberating.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 12:21 PM (mT+6a)

83 Good morning, no coffee yet.
I've thought about riding AmTrak, I've tried to book a ride on AmTrak.
AmTrak doesn't publish a schedule you have to guess what departure and arrival time they have. If you guess wrong, well, try again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:21 PM (NUKfU)

84 I wish train travel was more efficient. It seems romantic.
Posted by: Piper

Nearly every train novel or movie involves murder at some point.
Posted by: Blood On The Tracks at August 23, 2025 12:13 PM (G5+As)

Everyone on the train dies eventually.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2025 12:22 PM (SJrOE)

85 Thx K.T. great post. If Cali wants hi-speed rail they especially the tech lords, can pay for it themselves. Upstate NY infrastructure is a mess so why should I care or pay for a Cali pie in the sky project

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 12:23 PM (ncxww)

86 Trains are lovely.

But there’s nothing like driving on backroads, taking your time, stopping where you feel like it and not knowing exactly where you are all the time.

It’s liberating.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 12:21 PM (mT+6a)

I agree. Unless we have to get somewhere quickly, we avoid interstates like the plague. Friggin' trucks everywhere. Idaho has been a treat, following two lane roads, often gravel, seeing amazing mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, cool little towns. I love it here.

And we are doing it again today. A little smoky, but sunny and warm.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 23, 2025 12:25 PM (0aYVJ)

87 But Leftism is always how to spend other people's money, and pocketing some of that yourself.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 12:26 PM (+qU29)

88 A major plot point in True Detective 2 is that CA's elites are all using the high speed rail line to get rich.

And...they undersold how bad the corruption is because in the real world they never actually built it...they stole ALL the money, not most of it as fiction thought...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 23, 2025 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

89 The last time I rode a train it was a troop train coming home from Grafenwoehr back in the '80's. Had us and a shitload of Bradley's and Abrams on board.

There wasn't much danger of us getting train-jacked, I guess.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 23, 2025 12:26 PM (W6d+C)

90 How many remember Ted Kennedy's Big Dig? If a project involves even a single Democrat expect massive cost overruns and delays.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at August 23, 2025 12:26 PM (qQ3KT)

91 NY actually did something intelligent with a train. When the new Yankee Stadium was built Metro North put a station across the street. Taken the train from Poughkeepsie to the Stadium a number of times. No station was there for the old stadium despite the tracks being right across the street

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 12:27 PM (ncxww)

92 When stationed in Germany, I rode the trains a lot. Worked very well in the densely populated Europe. But America is a much different creature. Especially out west. Two towns over might mean four hours rather than twenty minutes.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 23, 2025 12:29 PM (0aYVJ)

93 Taken the train from Poughkeepsie to the Stadium a number of times. No station was there for the old stadium despite the tracks being right across the street

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 12:27 PM (ncxww)

Did you pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?

Just wondering.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 23, 2025 12:29 PM (W6d+C)

94 You wanna know why Japan Railways is one of the two only profitable rail companies in the world?

Because the Japanese government built the system and then sold off the whole thing to a private company for a fraction of the cost.

Also, the whole country is about the same size as California.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 23, 2025 12:29 PM (mlg/3)

95 And we are doing it again today. A little smoky, but sunny and warm.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo

I love that you and your bride enjoy Idaho. Please
plan on road tripping to Yakima in May for our little PNW meetup. It’s not nearly as grandiose as TX or NoVa, but it’s ours and we love it. It will be our 8th I think.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 12:30 PM (mT+6a)

96 Now a train vacation trip has at least some appeal.
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 12:18 PM (+qU29)

I once planned to take a trip on the Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul. Somehow I never got around to booking it.

It went out of business. I guess I wasn't the only one.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2025 12:30 PM (guGkK)

97 You wanna know why Japan Railways is one of the two only profitable rail companies in the world?

Because the Japanese government built the system and then sold off the whole thing to a private company for a fraction of the cost.

Also, the whole country is about the same size as California.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 23, 2025 12:29 PM (mlg/3)

And the trains run on rice wine for heaven's SAKE.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 23, 2025 12:31 PM (W6d+C)

98 Train systems work ok when you can really use them as a pure spoke and wheel system.

Everyone lives in crowded housing areas and everyone works in a crowded industrial/commercial area. This tends to explode the cost of housing and reduce its quality while also pushing corporations towards large conglomerates.

The better answer, considering how big our country is, is to space things out so road networks are sufficient. Really there is no need for cities any more anyway.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 23, 2025 12:32 PM (sKqQm)

99 Part of the fun of the 64-65 World's Fair was the subway special that takes you there. The opening of Shea Stadium in 64 coincided with the World's Fair and brand new station and new subway cars. The fact that it took more than a century for Metro-North to service the Yankees is criminal! But then, most Yankee fans are criminals.

Posted by: Meet The Mets! at August 23, 2025 12:33 PM (G5+As)

100 Can I just say 0T that is is increasingly obvious which businesses have AI when you call and which do not , and I realize a real person cannot answer the phone all the time , but Good grief, it's annoying when "Machine answering Betty" does not understand what your issue is. Bah!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 12:33 PM (2GCMq)

101 I love that you and your bride enjoy Idaho. Please
plan on road tripping to Yakima in May for our little PNW meetup. It’s not nearly as grandiose as TX or NoVa, but it’s ours and we love it. It will be our 8th I think.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 12:30 PM (mT+6a)

Oh yes. We missed the one this year only because we were still unpacking and getting steeled. Next year for sure. My company actually has an office in Wenatchee, and I am working on a project in Leavenworth. Me and the fam have been to Leavenworth, it's a cool town.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 23, 2025 12:33 PM (0aYVJ)

102 I wish train travel was more efficient. It seems romantic.
Posted by: Piper

It's nice if you have days to waste and a vehicle waiting for you once you get to your destination.
We had a guy on our paintball team who would travel to big games all over the US via Amtrak. He loved it. But he was semi-retired and he didn't have time constraints.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 12:35 PM (zXOsD)

103 Really need to get the tractor out and run it around the yard, but can't find motivation

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 12:36 PM (+qU29)

104 The week of Memorial Day a truck mounted crane took out the FM 928 bridge over Interstate 27. Well, enough of it, at least. TXDoT came in and took out the rest of that section so there is now a gaping hole where the bridge was. Still there even now.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 11:43 AM (vm8sq)

I'm wondering what the average number of bridge accurate in the US per year and if that has changed?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 12:36 PM (2WIwB)

105 I laugh at the romance part... if the rider numbers were as forecast, the TSA would be just the beginning of the worsening...

Posted by: man at August 23, 2025 12:39 PM (tubbA)

106 But what are they doing about all the poop in the streets in every city in California? The new trains and stations will have the poop problem too.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 23, 2025 12:40 PM (LAhxf)

107 Bring back the Wagon Train. That was romantic.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 12:40 PM (63Dwl)

108 OT: Having an abortion more than doubles the chances of mental illness serious enough to require hospitalization. Another piece in the puzzle of how the left got where it is.

https://tinyurl.com/2hkd9xbu

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 12:41 PM (QZThv)

109 @93 chairborne, no I go through there quickly. It's gotten nasty enough that I'm not sure Popeye Doyle could handle it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 12:41 PM (ncxww)

110 Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 12:41 PM (ncxww)

Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 23, 2025 12:42 PM (W6d+C)

111 Bring back the Wagon Train. That was romantic."

Ah, dysentery...

Posted by: man at August 23, 2025 12:43 PM (tubbA)

112 The hilarious part of California HSR is instead of terminating in Oakland (like the transcontinental railroad), they want to run it through a couple of the wealthiest suburbs in the United States to terminate in San Francisco. (Including the suburb JB Pritzker grew up in.)

They haven't even started to address how they are going to overcome opposition to the line, with the opposition funded by local billionaires.

Posted by: The ARC of History!
===

Be more cost effective to run a free city bus express from the hood to the nice shopping centers that the upper class frequent.

Number one cause of retail mall death.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 12:44 PM (/lPRQ)

113 It's nice if you have days to waste and a vehicle waiting for you once you get to your destination.
We had a guy on our paintball team who would travel to big games all over the US via Amtrak. He loved it. But he was semi-retired and he didn't have time constraints.

There are YT videos of cross-country Amtrak trips. Fabulous scenery a lot of the time and no dealing with illegal truckers, but the chances of arriving on time seem basically zero because they share tracks with freight and freight has priority.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 12:44 PM (QZThv)

114 Trains are lovely.

But there’s nothing like driving on backroads, taking your time, stopping where you feel like it and not knowing exactly where you are all the time.

It’s liberating.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 12:21 PM (mT+6a)

***

Until you pull into a small town gas station and some dude is sitting on a crate playing a banjo and drooling a bit.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 12:46 PM (2WIwB)

115 Do you have a different take?
==
The hunger for AI is just digital idolatry.

Posted by: Methos at August 23, 2025 12:47 PM (zLwRl)

116 Bring back the Wagon Train. That was romantic.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

And most cost effective in that economy too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 12:48 PM (/lPRQ)

117 Until you pull into a small town gas station and some dude is sitting on a crate playing a banjo and drooling a bit.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 12:46 PM (2WIwB)

Best way to combat that is pull out a few of your teeth, and get out of the vehicle playing your OWN banjo.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2025 12:48 PM (aIUZW)

118 The hunger for AI is just digital idolatry.

Everyone wants a computer that speaks English so that Signourney Weaver can repeat what it says, like in Galaxy Quest.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 12:49 PM (QZThv)

119 OT: Having an abortion more than doubles the chances of mental illness serious enough to require hospitalization. Another piece in the puzzle of how the left got where it is.

https://tinyurl.com/2hkd9xbu
Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 12:41 PM (QZThv)

Begs the question, which comes first, the chicken or the insane egg carrier?

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2025 12:49 PM (aIUZW)

120 Please take a moment in silent prayer for rickb223 as he laid his wife to rest this morning.

May The Lord give he and his comfort and peace today, the hardest of days.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 23, 2025 12:49 PM (Zz0t1)

121 My Ex had never been on a train. Back in the early 80s I called up for a compartment from Youngstown to DC to visit her Mom and bring back a car she wanted to sell (no rust, big bucks in Ohio). The trip/ordeal with two kids was about 36 hours, big bucks, and an uncertainty regarding schedule. Drove down in six hours, she drove the kids back and I followed in her Mom's car.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 23, 2025 12:51 PM (gm9Sb)

122 Begs the question, which comes first, the chicken or the insane egg carrier?

The study adjusted for pre-existing mental illness.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 12:56 PM (QZThv)

123 Please take a moment in silent prayer for rickb223 as he laid his wife to rest this morning.

May The Lord give he and his comfort and peace today, the hardest of days.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 23, 2025 12:49 PM (Zz0t1)

I'm so sorry.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2025 12:57 PM (aIUZW)

124 Sponge that is sad, will do

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 12:57 PM (+qU29)

125 Can I just say 0T that is is increasingly obvious which businesses have AI when you call and which do not , and I realize a real person cannot answer the phone all the time , but Good grief, it's annoying when "Machine answering Betty" does not understand what your issue is. Bah!

That intent of AI, and IVR in general, is to get people to hang up so you don't have to answer their actual question

Posted by: 18-1 at August 23, 2025 12:58 PM (sKqQm)

126 OT: Having an abortion more than doubles the chances of mental illness serious enough to require hospitalization. Another piece in the puzzle of how the left got where it is.

https://tinyurl.com/2hkd9xbu
Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 12:41 PM (QZThv)

Begs the question, which comes first, the chicken or the insane egg carrier?
Posted by: BurtTC
===

Some powerful hormones either way that do not want to be disrupted.

Old tropes about cray-cray women who lost infants, miscarriage, crib death, whatever and do weird things like push baby carriages. Might mess them up more knowing they chose that.

Then you got the abortion docs - they might literally get off on killing babies in the womb. Same with 'sex-change' doctors. Are they sick sadistic psychopaths or sincerely but mistakenly trying to 'help'?

Distinction without a difference. Maybe even worse if they really believe they are helping.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 12:58 PM (/lPRQ)

127 But what are they doing about all the poop in the streets in every city in California?

Guy at corner store this week REEKED of fermented urine. The stink lingered after he left.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 23, 2025 12:58 PM (bjaqF)

128 Please take a moment in silent prayer for rickb223 as he laid his wife to rest this morning.

May The Lord give he and his comfort and peace today, the hardest of days.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 23, 2025 12:49 PM (Zz0t1)

Already prayed for rick and his wife, will do so again.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 12:58 PM (QZThv)

129 120 Please take a moment in silent prayer for rickb223 as he laid his wife to rest this morning.

Prayers

Posted by: It's me donna at August 23, 2025 12:59 PM (VE6XX)

130 72
'So yes, if trains were efficient, I would travel that way. I could see the sights, without having to deal with meth raging truck drivers.'

There is no meth in my method of driving, sir!

Posted by: Rajinder Singh at August 23, 2025 12:59 PM (3wi/L)

131 Can I just say 0T that is is increasingly obvious which businesses have AI when you call and which do not , and I realize a real person cannot answer the phone all the time , but Good grief, it's annoying when "Machine answering Betty" does not understand what your issue is. Bah!

That intent of AI, and IVR in general, is to get people to hang up so you don't have to answer their actual question
Posted by: 18-1

It seems the Amazon AI support is incapable of comprehending that the wrong product they sent is worth nothing compared to the cost of their shipping and my time to take it UPS for return.
If I ever get the wrong product from them again I'll just tell them the box was empty. Then put a hold on the credit charge if I have to.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 01:02 PM (/lPRQ)

132 Then you got the abortion docs - they might literally get off on killing babies in the womb. Same with 'sex-change' doctors. Are they sick sadistic psychopaths or sincerely but mistakenly trying to 'help'?

Distinction without a difference. Maybe even worse if they really believe they are helping.

"Sex change" has an obvious motivation: that patient becomes a permanent reliable patient. The medical equivalent of software switching from ownership to a yearly license: you get guaranteed income. That's why all of the even-more-liberal European countries banned it first, because it's so expensive it was cutting into the graft built into their socialized medical systems.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 01:02 PM (QZThv)

133 Amtrak does show the schedule but you have to get into the booking the ride part. Amtrak is nice, up and down the West Coast. It had spotty service across the Midwest.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 01:03 PM (kUxzU)

134 Begs the question, which comes first, the chicken or the insane egg carrier?
-----------
The study adjusted for pre-existing mental illness.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 12:56 PM (QZThv)

I don't question the results of the study, just that this is such a complex issue, and would require a lot more study to better understand cause and effect.

That being said, I don't doubt abortion causes a great deal of distress in those who choose it. And no doubt much of that distress goes unmeasured by such outcomes as hospitalizations.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2025 01:04 PM (SJrOE)

135 The banjo isn't the problem. Neither is it's player.

Posted by: DaveA at August 23, 2025 01:04 PM (PMJuY)

136 129 120 Please take a moment in silent prayer for rickb223 as he laid his wife to rest this morning.

I am praying.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 23, 2025 01:05 PM (kTd/k)

137 I don't question the results of the study, just that this is such a complex issue, and would require a lot more study to better understand cause and effect.

I don't disagree. It's notable that it was a 17 year study of 1.2 million though, so they certainly tried to cover everything. Also notable that it was done in Quebec, because there's no chance of being allowed to study that in the US.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 01:07 PM (QZThv)

138 Oh, you are missing a VERY BIG PIECE of this entire boondoggle. (whispers) EMINENT DOMAIN (you leaned in for the whisper and I shouted it...that way no one forgets)...and the acquisition of private land (based on "public necessity").

With what you know now about how the California politicians operate in securing private land through nefarious (and opportunistic ways such as fires, safety factors, flora and fauna preservation, flooding etc.) do you really think that land acquisition isn't a part of the current motivation? Maybe it wasn't for Jerry Brown, but it sure as sh*t is for the walking hair gel.

Posted by: Orson at August 23, 2025 01:09 PM (dIske)

139 It seems the Amazon AI support is incapable of comprehending that the wrong product they sent is worth nothing compared to the cost of their shipping and my time to take it UPS for return.

I once ordered a four pack of heat lamp bulbs for a terrarium. Half of them arrived broken. Amazon sent a replacement but only after I shipped back all four. Return shipping had to have cost them more than their margin on the order.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 23, 2025 01:09 PM (3nLb4)

140 Distinction without a difference. Maybe even worse if they really believe they are helping.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 12:58 PM (/lPRQ)

People wonder about the pedos, and how they can justify their actions. Apparently there are some who at least claim that sex with children is a purifying act, that leads to something or other.

I think it's all of the same cloth. Abortions, gender mutilation, pedophilia, it's about consuming the most precious, and vulnerable of the species.

It's evil, regardless of the rationalization behind it.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2025 01:09 PM (aIUZW)

141
I voted against the 2008 referendum to fund high speed rail. It was obvious that there was no need for it. Somehow it passed anyway -- perhaps the usual deceptive official description of the ballot measure played a part.

That same election, I voted against a stem cell initiative -- same reason, no need for it. But it passed:l.

I did not vote on Proposition 8, the amendment to
the state constitution that defined marriage as between man and woman. That passed, on the basis of minorities voting for it. Afterwards, the queers had riots, and doxxed and targeted anyone who had supported it, and a queer judge eventually overturned it -- most likely unlawfully. If I had it to do over, I would have voted in favor of it. The queers talked me into that.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 23, 2025 01:09 PM (ES1Rb)

142 .
At another spot on the train path, we find "whoopsie" I just spilled my scalding coffee all over myself:

https://tinyurl.com/B00shee2

Posted by: Marooned at August 23, 2025 01:10 PM (kt8QE)

143 Years ago, when the kids were little, we took Amtrak from Lee's Summit (burb of KCMO) to Jefferson City (Capitol).
The observation car window was so scratched up, it wasn't worth being in the car.
I've been told it has changed for the better.
The best part was seeing all those small towns from a different perspective. Usually the oldest parts of each town and burg.

Posted by: MkY at August 23, 2025 01:10 PM (cPGH3)

144 I think it's all of the same cloth. Abortions, gender mutilation, pedophilia, it's about consuming the most precious, and vulnerable of the species.

It's evil, regardless of the rationalization behind it.

As Bill Gates said, kill a few billion and then there can be paradise. And it's absolutely demonic. The number of non-religious (even atheist) commentators who have come to that conclusion in the last 5 years is pretty striking.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 01:11 PM (QZThv)

145 Amtrak does show the schedule but you have to get into the booking the ride part. Amtrak is nice, up and down the West Coast. It had spotty service across the Midwest.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 01:03 PM (kUxzU)

I looked into a cross country trip. Getting a private berth is much more expensive than air travel.

And the thought of riding next to some smelly hobo for hours does not appeal to me.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2025 01:11 PM (aIUZW)

146 Bring back the baby shaker ap.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 23, 2025 01:12 PM (bjaqF)

147 As Bill Gates said, kill a few billion and then there can be paradise. And it's absolutely demonic. The number of non-religious (even atheist) commentators who have come to that conclusion in the last 5 years is pretty striking.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 01:11 PM (QZThv)

The Georgia Guidestones were not just a suggestion.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2025 01:13 PM (aIUZW)

148 The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (our DMV) was caught selling Real ID licenses to illegals for $200 - $500. An estimated 1200 - 1500 illegals in KY received a Real ID this way. Several clerks in multiple county license offices were implicated.

I'd bet this is common elsewhere.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 11:30 AM (Q4IgG)

Since the stated purpose of Real ID was to thwart terrorism, charge those monkeys with treason for aiding and abetting terrorism, and hang them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 01:13 PM (1w94Y)

149 133 Amtrak does show the schedule but you have to get into the booking the ride part. Amtrak is nice, up and down the West Coast. It had spotty service across the Midwest.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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I have spent hours trying to find a schedule, I've called their telephone numbers with the same result. All I get is insert departure time, insert date,; We do not have a departure on that date, insert another time.
Please, tell me the secret to an actual schedule.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 01:14 PM (NUKfU)

150 The observation car window was so scratched up, it wasn't worth being in the car.
I've been told it has changed for the better.

As I said, you can see YouTube videos of every route Amtrak has now. The cars are in better condition than that, just not as good as you see in Japan or parts of Europe.

Probably the cleanest and best-operated American train I've seen (on video) is the Alaska Railroad. I want to go ride it for real sometime, because the scenery is incredible.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 01:14 PM (QZThv)

151 Nuther observation re: trains in the Midwest... most train tracks west of Sedalia were laid out prior to the towns even being built, and so most those little towns "downtown" are catty-whompus. Laid out according to the tracks, not compass points.

Posted by: MkY at August 23, 2025 01:14 PM (cPGH3)

152 Nuther observation re: trains in the Midwest... most train tracks west of Sedalia were laid out prior to the towns even being built, and so most those little towns "downtown" are catty-whompus. Laid out according to the tracks, not compass points.

There's a small town in, I think, KY or TN where the train tracks are just in the middle of the main road through the downtown. They have non-parallel parking spaces on both sides of the street so you can duck out of the way if the train comes.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 01:18 PM (QZThv)

153 A bit nervous this morning. Grandson of Diogenes is taking the SAT today.
Fingers crossed!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 01:21 PM (2WIwB)

154 It only took 6 years to build the trans continental RR!

Posted by: Cicero Skip at August 23, 2025 01:21 PM (JcXvW)

155 I think the very worst part about this whole High Cost Rail debacle, is that in its original form, it made 'some' sense... ie high speed transportation between Los Angelas and the San Fransico. The endpoints were both high population areas, where there MIGHT be enough travelers between them to make some economic sense.

But... Bakersfield to Merced? There is literally nothing in Merced, not even a good bar. There is no destination that will bring passengers.

And Bakersfield? Grew up near Merced, and I can't think of anyone ever who told me 'I have to go to Bakersfield for...'

Oh, and both Merced and Bakersfield, as well as Fresno in the middle? They are spread out urban areas, with no real downtowns or business districts. You need a CAR to get around them... so you'll ride a train for a couple of hours, then have to wait in line to get your rental car... for a trip that I can drive my truck in 2.5 hours.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 23, 2025 01:23 PM (mP0Kj)

156 It only took 6 years to build the trans continental RR!
Posted by: Cicero Skip at August 23, 2025 01:21 PM (JcXvW)

Bring back the coolies!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 01:23 PM (2WIwB)

157 Trains are lovely.

But there’s nothing like driving on backroads, taking your time, stopping where you feel like it and not knowing exactly where you are all the time.

It’s liberating.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2025 12:21 PM (mT+6a)

Exactly. Both train travel and air travel mean that you have to bend your schedule to that of the transport medium. With airlines, at least your are only hostage to their timetable for a few hours. I expect a train trip from Seattle to Corsicana would take 5 days, if it could be done at all. As a road trip? Maybe 3 days, and you could pick your route, and pick the scenery you want to marvel at, and the quaint bistros in which to dine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 01:23 PM (1w94Y)

158 It's not so much 'kill' as blue-screen them.

Posted by: billg and the WEFers at August 23, 2025 01:25 PM (0sNs1)

159 I only recently learned, probably from one of the mid morning threads that the key purpose of these big infrastructure projects is not to build the infrastructure but just to send government money to selected cronies who will then give some percent of it back to the politicians.

The country would be in much better economic shape if we just turned a blind eye to politicians and agency directors directly scooping up funds vs them pushing these BS projects to get their few percent of the billions for the 'infrastructure" in kickbacks.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 23, 2025 01:27 PM (bP/i4)

160 I've done a lot of driving across the Canadian prairies and there's not a lot to see apart from the odd tree. Although there is an Al Capone tour in Moose Jaw.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 23, 2025 01:27 PM (kTd/k)

161 Pushing safety experts aside and giving freight train cos. insurance relief; passenger cars could be attached to the end of freight trains.
The companies would make a profit and passengers would have a quicker ride.
Wouldn't need a station, just have Uber meet you at the stop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 01:27 PM (NUKfU)

162 2 The only rail line that might - might - make sense is Southern Cal to Las Vegas. Doesn't have to be high speed, just avoiding the traffic would make it faster at normal rail speed.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
+++
It's already in the works. Brightline, which runs high speed trains from Miami to Orlando while continually losing money has started a new venture called Brightline West.

They plan to run high speed trains between Vegas and LA.
www.brightlinewest.com

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 23, 2025 01:28 PM (Lo97M)

163 Playing my own banjo got me in trouble.

Posted by: Harvey W. at August 23, 2025 01:29 PM (0sNs1)

164 My grandfather used to travel fairly extensively on business but he hated to fly. If there was an alternative he was taking it.

When I was a kid he had a project in Los Angeles. This is in the before times when LA was a mythical wonderland. He and my grandmother took my mom, my sister on me on the Santa Fe Super Chief from Chicago to LA. It's hard to overstate what an incredible thing that was for a 7 year old kid.

Completely impractical and awesome.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 01:29 PM (viF8m)

165 The practical thing that AI can't do is exercise judgement.

And it has no soul.

Posted by: Beverly at August 23, 2025 01:31 PM (Epeb0)

166 A bit nervous this morning. Grandson of Diogenes is taking the SAT today.
Fingers crossed!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 01:21 PM

If two commenters comment on the Art Thread at the same time, but there is no dog in the painting, who's comment reigns supreme?

Posted by: AoSHQ version of the SAT at August 23, 2025 01:31 PM (0sNs1)

167 If two commenters comment on the Art Thread at the same time, but there is no dog in the painting, who's comment reigns supreme?
Posted by: AoSHQ version of the SAT at August 23, 2025 01:31 PM (0sNs1)

The answer is 6.

Posted by: SAT Answer Book at August 23, 2025 01:34 PM (2WIwB)

168 Planty flowery insectified thread is up

Posted by: kallisto at August 23, 2025 01:35 PM (dCxaZ)

169 They plan to run high speed trains between Vegas and LA.
www.brightlinewest.com
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 23, 2025 01:28 PM (Lo97M)

It depends where they plan to locate the stations. LV is growing so far south along I 15 that there aren't many places left to place it. You put it too far away from the strip, and it'll be inconvenient. You put it closer, you'll have to demolish current sites. And where is the LA terminus? Doesn't say, but it would need to be near Disney and the studios. Getting off in Fontana still puts you quite a way away. I doubt it'll go all the way to the beaches.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 01:36 PM (0eaVi)

170 I've done a lot of driving across the Canadian prairies and there's not a lot to see apart from the odd tree. Although there is an Al Capone tour in Moose Jaw.
Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 23, 2025 01:27 PM (kTd/k)

The Western Development Museums in Speedy Creek and Saskatoon are pretty cool. Also Cypress Hills, a little island of landscape that escaped glaciation.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 01:36 PM (1w94Y)

171 And it has no soul.
Posted by: Beverly at August 23, 2025 01:31 PM (Epeb0)

To be fair, neither has the accounting department

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 01:36 PM (rbvCR)

172 Across Texas, it’s easy to tell the train towns (founded post 1870’s) from the towns founded before. The older towns are all built on the classic town square design, with the Courthouse at the center, and the town radiating out from it. Train towns are all long and narrow, with the businesses lined up along a main road with the tracks right behind them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2025 01:37 PM (PfGa7)

173 I have heard that years, ok it was decades, ago traveling by railroad was quite a bit faster than driving.

Commiecrats gush over the European rail travel but I have read that that comes at the cost of not having decent rail freight service vs the U.S. so they end up having way more trucks on their roads compared to us.

I think its better to have the freight tied to a given route and let people pick their own routes and times.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 23, 2025 01:38 PM (bP/i4)

174 There are not going to be any high speed trains built in this country, no matter how much money is thrown at them. It’s fantasy 19th century tech that has no place in a 21st century world.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2025 01:41 PM (PfGa7)

175 They plan to run high speed trains between Vegas and LA.
www.brightlinewest.com

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 23, 2025 01:28 PM (Lo97M)

They better make sure the return leg to LA is pre-paid up front.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 23, 2025 01:42 PM (W6d+C)

176 They better make sure the return leg to LA is pre-paid up front.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 23, 2025 01:42 PM (W6d+C)

They say stops in Apple Valley, Hesperia, and Rancho Cuke a monga! Then link to city buses. Yeah, like I'd ride an LA Metro bus...,.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 23, 2025 01:43 PM (0eaVi)

177 Go to the three lines at the top and click on Plan. Then Explore All Routes. Choose the route you want and it should show actual times

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 01:44 PM (kUxzU)

178 So if a high speed train leaves Vegas going to LA at 120mph, and another leaves Merced going 90mph, how soon with the first house get rebuilt in Palisades?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 01:45 PM (2WIwB)

179 >>There are not going to be any high speed trains built in this country, no matter how much money is thrown at them. It’s fantasy 19th century tech that has no place in a 21st century world.

The northeast corridor, from Boston to DC with a major stop in NYC, is the busiest and most profitable part of Amtrak. When I was living in Boston and often commuting to NYC it was fantastic. The Back Bay station was a couple blocks from my condo and drops you off in Midtown Manhattan. Easy peasy.

X number of years ago they decided to add a "high speed" version called Acela. The only problem was it ran on the exact same tracks as the normal train. It skips some of the stations along the way and cranks up the top speed a bit but it really wasn't that different.

That's a route that could benefit from a high speed train but it will never happen. Nobody is going to pay for the rails necessary to carry those speeds.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 01:50 PM (viF8m)

180 Train travel on Amtrak, if you had flexibility about departures, arrivals and travel time, was better than air travel because you didn’t have TSA at the train station. TSA tried to get control of train travel too but were officially rebuffed by Amtrak, which has its own police force. But when COVID came there was nothing worse than Amtrak when it came to enforcing petty, nonsensical rules with the threat of dropping you and your bags off in the next station, usually Podunk in the state of Nowhere. They have since backed off of that but the masks when pulled off showed that Amtrak is an arm of the federal government, for good or ill.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 01:54 PM (ZVgZ4)

181 >>>174 There are not going to be any high speed trains built in this country, no matter how much money is thrown at them. It’s fantasy 19th century tech that has no place in a 21st century world.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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There are places that high speed or even freight speed (70/80mph)
have a place but they are always corrupted by graft. That CA to LV non-stop is very sensible w/many upsides.
But just like the Houston to Dallas, which is also sensible as a straight line non-stop was turned into a circuitous route around the state.

The original idea of a straight line between two big city business hubs that would take less time and be more convenient than flying was turned into ride time consuming, graft crap trap, no one would ride, that would ruin farm land and disrupt the state.
Thank goodness Trump killed it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 01:54 PM (NUKfU)

182 I’ve travelled on an Amtrak train from New York City to Montréal, not on an Acela train, that got up to 120 mph as measured by my GPS app on my iPad on the straight passages of track.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 01:58 PM (ZVgZ4)

183 Back to the sun.

https://tinyurl.com/3bjzaskc

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 02:03 PM (viF8m)

184 Nood - pretty flowers!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 02:04 PM (ZVgZ4)

185 Completely impractical and awesome.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 01:29 PM (viF8m)

And there you have the embodiment of modern train travel in America.

Posted by: GWB at August 23, 2025 02:06 PM (1PcCZ)

186 We are going to Portugal this Fall, and the plan includes a last day trip train ride from Faro to Lisbon. Anyone know anything about Portuguese trains? I am familiar with Germany, wife knows the Italian rail system, neither of us know crap about Portugal. How is the train system?

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 23, 2025 02:07 PM (vV6n9)

187 Go visit according to hoyt dot com and ask her.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 02:17 PM (ULPxl)

188 At two years old, I rode the City of New Orleans from Chicago to Memphis. Grandma took me along (I think my mom was pregnant). Clear memory of the sheets on the berth as absolutely crisp and smelling wonderful, and the books grandma bought. I don't know how the other passengers tolerated a crazy toddler, but those books, endlessly repeated, started my reading.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 02:33 PM (blVh+)

189 OPEN THREAD...

" Rick Wilson Declares President Trump a ‘Sick Pedophile’ "

More projection.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 02:34 PM (/lPRQ)

190 Bwahahahaha!!!!
Someone threw a green dildo on the field at the Titans-Viqueens game.
I wonder if the cheerleaders screamed?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 23, 2025 02:40 PM (2WIwB)

191 @Diogenes, I don't like the whole green dildo phenomenon, but it is kind of hilarious to see it leak over into the NFL. Maybe the WNBA has a chance. I'm picturing some grizzled old Green Bay fan, scratching his beard and ruminating out loud about "those dang green dick toys that saved our season" in 2048.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 23, 2025 02:59 PM (vV6n9)

192 >>At two years old, I rode the City of New Orleans from Chicago to Memphis.

https://tinyurl.com/mpck2rmk

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 03:00 PM (viF8m)

193 High Speed Rail is intended to starve the roads of maintenance and new construction. The state religion says driving is a sin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 03:32 PM (RIvkX)

194 "In 2025, artificial intelligence IS THAT GUY."

That's because AI was programmed BY THAT GUY!!!

Posted by: Mr. Right at August 23, 2025 04:00 PM (qbYk4)

195 For less money than they've (er) wasted they could have built rail with stations at L.A., San Francisco, and Sacramento only. I could be running today and generating income. Profitable? Quen sabe. But it would be functional, have riders and generate cash flow.

Assuming they keep thugs off of it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 04:03 PM (NUKfU)

196 Here it is:

Dildos on the Court

youtube.com/watch?v=NmBpKuOouj8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 04:15 PM (DS3M8)

197 A creative genius could find a way to smuggle a giant green inflatable with small drone prop to push it through the goal posts.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 04:32 PM (/lPRQ)

198 Skip must be taking a nap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 04:33 PM (DS3M8)

199 My son is that guy. It's called "autism".

Posted by: 370H55V I/me/mine at August 23, 2025 07:05 PM (wPOv3)

200 Like I said, AI is like the autistic version of computers, 25% of the time is amazing and 75% retard.

Posted by: Kenneth King Neil at August 23, 2025 08:05 PM (/g9JB)

The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

[Hope you say a prayer for me this morning.]

Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Marinette.)

1. This is an open thread, feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2. Be kind be nice, remember to put yourself in the other guy's shoes. Slugs do have shoes.
3. No, you do not have any expressed or implied permission to run with sharp objects. So get that idea out of your mind.
4. Have a great weekend!

*****

AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer
requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
7/9 - Teresa in Fort Worth asks for prayers for her niece Amanda, and her husband Barkley. They are at
Vanderbilt Hospital, where Amanda seems to be rejecting her second heart transplant. She is only 40
years old, and has been having heart issues for 20 years. She had her first heart transplant 4 years ago,
and things are not looking good.
8/2 Update – Amanda isn’t out of the woods yet, but her condition is improving each day.
7/11 – JR requested prayers for the families of those killed in Gaza.
8/2 – JR asked for prayers for the starving children in Gaza.
7/11 – Matthew Kant Cipher requested prayers for Layne, a family friend who is also his son’s FIL. He
was diagnosed with bladder cancer and is awaiting further test results to determine whether they treat
with chemo or remove his bladder. As of now, it appears to be contained. Please pray that he and his
family are blessed with God’s love and grace through this time of trial.
8/13 Update – Layne has had some good news. His PET scan indicated that the cancer hasn’t spread
beyond his bladder. Also, it seems to be a less aggressive form of cancer than originally diagnosed. The
Horde prayers are blessing him greatly and are immensely appreciated. Please keep them coming!
7/23 – D sent an update on his wife Susan, as they deal with cancer. The last few weeks have been a
roller coaster. They cannot operate on the cancer, because it has spread too much. They have started
chemo and hope to get it to shrink. Susan’s gallbladder is inflamed, but they cannot remove it, due to
the chemo, and her blood sugar is having issues. Thanks to everyone for their prayers; Susan has pulled
through all of this and is looking great as they keep praying to the Lord.
8/14 Update – Susan had to go back to the hospital and is still there. It seems like every time they
make progress, something else happens and she is back in the hospital. Prayers are deeply appreciated
and needed.
7/26 – Stateless asked for prayers for his neighbors. The nice lady across the street lost her husband of
30 years about 3 months ago. And a different neighbor lost his beloved wife of 34 years in July.
7/26 – Fenelon Spoke requested prayers for J, a dear lady who attends her church. J has been going
downhill since she had a heart procedure several months ago and now cannot speak. She may have
dementia and is living in an assisted living facility.
7/26 – Coelacanth sent his thanks for prayers for his son. He has come a _very_ long way but could still
use more prayers as he deals with vax and black mold injuries. Also, Coelacanth cut his left hand pretty
badly and severed two tendons. He will be on light duty at work for 6+ weeks. Prayers are appreciated.
8/16 Update – Surgery for the repair went very well. He had cut 3 tendons, and all were repaired. He
has 6 weeks in a split and then limited use for a few months thereafter. Thank you all for all your
support and prayers!
7/26 - Brother Tim was discharged from the cancer rehab facility and has returned to his routine of living
out of hotel rooms, while working on better housing prospects. He is praising God for all the blessings
and mercies!
7/30 Update – Brother Tim found out that the cancerous mass impinged on a blood vessel. He needs a
full body scan to make sure it has not spread. He is relieved that he only needs radiation and not chemo
to make sure the original cancer stays gone. He’s also out of PTO. He said that sometimes it feels like
2025 will be the death of him – possibly literally.
8/16 Update – The latest scan confirms the cancer did not spread, so radiation therapy will likely start
on 8/28. The other problems are not budging, but he is thankful for the news he gets that is good.
8/1 – Jmel requested prayers for her husband, whose father just passed away after fighting cancer for
two years.
8/2 – “Perfessor” Squirrel asked for prayers. His job seems to be in dire jeopardy.
8/2 – Teresa in Fort Worth received the good news that her cancerous tumors continue to shrink. She
had some not-so-good news, that she has 2 pulmonary emboli, and has been put on a blood thinner,
which should dissolve the clots and prevent any new ones.
8/4 Update – The oncological surgeon said everything is looking great. After her next CT scan, they will
be planning surgery to remove the tumors. The largest tumor is showing signs of calcification, which
means that it is dying.
8/2 – FenelonSpoke requested prayers for P. She was to have an experimental but successful heart
procedure which the surgeon thinks will help her arrythmia, pain, and fatigue, but insurance will not pay
for it. Prayer that rough places are made smooth for her to have this procedure.
8/4 – Moki posted that s/he could use some prayers. A daughter has gone AWOL, claiming that they
don’t love her.
8/9 Update – Moki reported that her daughter has come home.
8/4 – Inogame asked for continued prayers. Baby #5 continues to grow, and the genetic test came back
clean. Prayers for mom and baby (daughter #4), and also dad and son are appreciated.
8/13 – MkY sent an update on his wife Judy’s battle with cancer. Her immunotherapy is scheduled for
every 3 weeks. Six weeks ago, she had a cold and had to skip it, and it was the best she had felt in a year.
So they skipped the last one, too. She is scheduled for it again on 8/14. She’s not hurting. She is sleeping.
She’s not healthy, but she’s got stage 4 cancer! September is the next CT scan, and they will find out if
the immunotherapy is making enough of an impact to continue. They are very grateful for the prayers.
8/13 – MkY would appreciate prayers for Butch and Harry, who have worked with him for 20 years. Both
have recently been diagnosed with cancer. Butch has liver cancer and Harry has cancer in his larynx.
8/16 – Our Country is Screwed sent an update. He said he had his last chemo last week, and has a break
before radiation begins. Everything looks good so far. He is easily fatigued, and has to build strength.
8/16 – Hadrian asked for prayers for Her Majesty, who is away on the show circuit, with The Big Dummy
until Labor Day. Prayers for health and safety (especially from hurricanes) for them are appreciated.
8/16 – naturalfake requested prayers for a quick and full recovery from a bilateral inguinal hernia. It will
be 2-4 weeks before being able to move around without pain, and up to 12 weeks, depending on how it
heals. Thank you for the prayers.
8/16 – From about That Time asked for prayers for a daughter, whose baby is overdue. The daughter
was scheduled to be induced on 8/17.
8/16 – GV requested prayers for his neighbors, Kathy and Nicola, a mother and daughter. Kathy has a
tumor near the base of her brain. She has been in and out of hospice care, and is getting radiation at a
hospital an hour away. She is very weak and can barely walk a few steps. Nicola has a heart of gold, and
quit her job and moved in with her mother to care for her. They are now saddled with medical expenses
that go along with a bedridden patient, plus the cost and difficulty of maintaining two homes.
8/16 – Madmike requests prayers for his friend Jim. In less than a month, Jim went from being a fit,
healthy 70+ runner to bedridden, needing both open heart and brain surgery.
8/20 – rickb223 sent an update. His wife, Stacy, was diagnosed with Stage 4 endometrial cancer on
3/5/23. She had been seeing an oncologist in Plano, TX, but after two years, the chemotherapy was no
longer working, and was doing more harm than good. They wanted to try and let her body heal for a
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1 st?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 07:35 AM (Wnv9h)

2 Too hot to sleep so here I am, awake at zero dark thirty.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 07:35 AM (L/fGl)

3 Yonder Horde

Foggy morning here in the Bluegrass.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 07:36 AM (Q4IgG)

4 So, would that coffee up top be...Bustelo?

I'll see myself out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 07:37 AM (Wnv9h)

5 “ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”

John 6:26-27

Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 07:41 AM (hLl4k)

6 The best part of waking up is boobs?

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:42 AM (vFG9F)

7 Overwhelmed by. . . .

Your generosity.

Posted by: Simplemind at August 23, 2025 07:43 AM (YrUlT)

8 100% humidity and 100% cloud cover today = 0% solar energy production.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

9 Thanks for all you do here, MisHum and I will say a prayer for you but not because you posted a boobette this morning😉 although the men will enjoy it . However, I'm dubious ad to whether buxom gal is thanking God for coffee. The rest of us might be.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM (2GCMq)

10

Spectacular Rack with Tubular Bells playing in the background...

Posted by: Dirty Frank at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM (FrD9h)

11 That's ok though because we have wind ENE 5mph.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

12 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 07:37 AM (Wnv9h)

That was very funny- and early in the morning as well. I congratulate you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:46 AM (2GCMq)

13 Can I get some more cream for my coffee?

Posted by: TC at August 23, 2025 07:48 AM (cHOHf)

14 Chemistry question for the horde: if I put an oxygen generator like Oxiclean in a basic or acidic solution, all I get is more water?

Posted by: Accomack at August 23, 2025 07:48 AM (6cOjz)

15 brcc ak

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 23, 2025 07:50 AM (gbOdA)

16 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:52 AM (+qU29)

17 So, would that coffee up top be...Bustelo?
by RedMindBlueState
=====

Wowza

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 23, 2025 07:55 AM (blVh+)

18 Thanks for the weekly updates. I don't like coffee, BUT - a hot cup as above would be tasty!

Prayers for all above and those not mentioned.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at August 23, 2025 07:56 AM (ha1wR)

19 Cancer's been tagging a lot of us this year, it seems. Prayers for all who need.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 23, 2025 07:58 AM (KlyfU)

20 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 07:59 AM (zXOsD)

21 >> Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed?

Job 3:12

Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:02 AM (hLl4k)

22 I just thought this was a very nice story about a kindly postman from Australia:

https://tinyurl.com/3xr8cvd2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:02 AM (2GCMq)

23 So many cancers in the prayer list.

Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally.

I still blame that deadly concoction called MRNA Covid vaccines.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:03 AM (6ydKt)

24 An art posting to began Saturday. …art that sort of gives you a strange urge to began the day pole vaulting.

Posted by: Voter theater. at August 23, 2025 08:03 AM (FCPbW)

25 Mornin’, All. Happy Saturday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 23, 2025 08:03 AM (77rzZ)

26 Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:02 AM (hLl4k

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:03 AM (2GCMq)

27 I can see where one of my chores today will be refilling the bird feeder. After several years I finally found a raccoon-proof location for it too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (Q4IgG)

28 Now THAT is a fan-service coffee picture if I ever saw one.

@6/fd: "The best part of waking up is boobs?"

I can think of a few times where boob appreciation was definitely one of the best parts of waking up, along with what naturally followed.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (O7YUW)

29 Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:03 AM (6ydKt

No, it's not just you. Almost every time I turn around there's another story of someone I know or someone connected to someone I know who has cancer. I don't ask people but I know that lots of them got the shot. Everyday I pray there's some accountability for Fauci, the same man who experimented on beagles as well as AIDS orphans.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (2GCMq)

30 G'morning, all from upstate at the lake. Back at the house we had over 5 inches of rain in under two hours. More to come today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 23, 2025 08:08 AM (14NAx)

31 Good morning, Mis Hum - and the rest of you caffeinated prayer warriors too!

Posted by: Doof at August 23, 2025 08:09 AM (QMAsf)

32 That was very funny- and early in the morning as well. I congratulate you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:46 AM

A Fen-approved boob joke?

My work here is done. 😄

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 08:09 AM (Wnv9h)

33 Remember that only 5-8% of cancers are genetic. That leaves a lot of room for other things to be disease vectors. Watch your diet and every thing you put in your mouth. Go basic and organic where you can. There are a lot of bad things in seemingly innocuous foods like, say, oatmeal that’s not organic. Filter your water. Eat foods that increase your gut biodome, act as anti inflammatories or boost your immune system. Most of all increase your activity. Don’t overwhelm yourself. Do one thing at a time increasing your changes over time. You also don’t need to run a marathon. Go out. Walk. Breath the air and enjoy Gods creation. Thank him every day, and ask him for strength.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:09 AM (hLl4k)

34 Fine image and mystery click this morning. Thanks MisHum.

Posted by: scampydog at August 23, 2025 08:10 AM (7SbDV)

35 Morning again, all. I'm back from washing the car. Not it is time to detail *me*: shave and shower, and possibly some more coffee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 08:10 AM (omVj0)

36 Everyday I pray there's some accountability for Fauci, the same man who experimented on beagles as well as AIDS orphans.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (2GCMq)

He deserves whatever is coming to him, for sure.

A lot of them do, for inventing a killers virus and then profiting off of a killer ‘cure’.

It really is something I would’ve believed could only happen in movies not too long ago.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:11 AM (6ydKt)

37 Oops. *Now* it is time to detail me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 08:12 AM (omVj0)

38 G'morning, all from upstate at the lake. Back at the house we had over 5 inches of rain in under two hours. More to come today.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 23, 2025 08:08 AM (14NAx)

It’s been monsoon weather around here since yesterday afternoon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:12 AM (6ydKt)

39 Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:11 AM (6ydKt

I'm sure there's at least several science fiction books on this scenario.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:13 AM (2GCMq)

40 Ron Turcotte, who was Secretariat's jockey, has died.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 23, 2025 08:15 AM (kTd/k)

41 I'm sure there's at least several science fiction books on this scenario.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:13 AM (2GCMq)

It’s a man-made nightmare that, unfortunately, nobody will ever learn from because it’ll probably be fifty years before the whole truth comes out, and by then nobody will care because they’ll have their own crazy problems to deal with.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:18 AM (6ydKt)

42 And for the ladies: handsome shirtless farmers I. I'm dubious that these are really all farmers but I did see some handsome fit farmers yesterday at the fair but all of them had shirts on:

https://tinyurl.com/2b54v5wh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:18 AM (2GCMq)

43 Oh man, I just put the sprinkler out and the grass hasn't been mown going on two weeks now, with another 5 days to go. Lawn work next week is gonna suck!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2025 08:18 AM (3Ope8)

44 So many cancers in the prayer list.

Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally.

I still blame that deadly concoction called MRNA Covid vaccines.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Wife's cancer was from just being dealt a shitty hand. No clot shot. Me either.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)

45 Go out. Walk. Breath the air and enjoy Gods creation. Thank him every day, and ask him for strength.

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (2GCMq)

46 Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)

:-(

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2025 08:20 AM (3Ope8)

47 It wasn't just Fauci, he was part of it, but federal structures lead by Biden, and state officials across the country, forced people to take it, or lose their jobs and other resources, their means to live. the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.

Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025 08:20 AM (g47mK)

48 40
'Ron Turcotte, who was Secretariat's jockey, has died.'

He reached the finish line.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 08:20 AM (3wi/L)

49 Rickb223, I am so sorry about your wife. May her memory be a blessing to you.

Posted by: Bulg at August 23, 2025 08:21 AM (77rzZ)

50 I was sorry to hear about your wife rickb.

Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025 08:21 AM (g47mK)

51 condolences on your wife's passing, Rickb. It does get better but it takes time.

Posted by: vivi at August 23, 2025 08:24 AM (cpunl)

52 Wife's cancer was from just being dealt a shitty hand. No clot shot. Me either.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)

So sorry to hear about your wife's passing. Prayers up for strength and comfort.

Posted by: Doof at August 23, 2025 08:26 AM (QMAsf)

53 Don't get a rise on the food thread, but noticed coffee in larger container of coffee last week was up to $20

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 08:27 AM (+qU29)

54 And a prayer for Fen, who has a very busy weekend service schedule, and to all the horde.

Thanks for the lovely babe up top MisHum, and the music as well.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 23, 2025 08:27 AM (6AztD)

55 Prayers for all the Horde who need them.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 08:27 AM (Mgy3C)

56 Fauci’s gonna get what he deserves, but not in this world.

Stan can’t wait.

Posted by: Bulg at August 23, 2025 08:28 AM (77rzZ)

57 >> Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally.

They say my cancer was from 9/11 and all the crap I breathed in trying to avoid two 100 story buildings falling on me. I told them only God knows that answer. They just looked at me.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:29 AM (hLl4k)

58 Prayers and the best of vibes to all! Today's nod goes to the gal in the pic! Selma Hayek? :-D

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 23, 2025 08:30 AM (mNOhh)

59 Thanks all for the kind words, thoughts & prayers.

As I said earlier, Ace has created a truly special place.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:32 AM (zXOsD)

60 Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:29 AM (hLl4k)

Wow, that must have been some day for you. We're coming up on the 24th anniversary. Incredible.

Posted by: dantesed at August 23, 2025 08:32 AM (Oy/m2)

61 @MAstronomers
·
Aug 22
BREAKING🚨: Astronomers can’t believe what’s coming from Uranus.
---------

Feel better, everybody.

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 08:33 AM (AOsQT)

62 Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally.
--

I think we all should have a cancer plan ready, more than just "oh maybe I should ask the dr to look at this".
What are alternative /additional therapies to try and how soon to start, for example.
After all conventional treatments have been tried is invariably too late.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 08:35 AM (Mgy3C)

63 @23/SpeakingOf: "Is it just me or have cancer rates exploded in the past few years? I know it has around me, personally."

It has, and part of that is (I suspect) things like the long term exposure of radiation we did to ourselves with all of the atomic weapons tests. Look up "Low-background steel" and the reason why steel produced today always has a weak radioactive signature: It's the very air used in the process which is now slightly more radioactive than it was before those tests. Since we're breathing that air, those radionuclides (or radioactive isotopes) are going to affect us as well, just like they affect the steel in the refinement process. It's not like we're all going to drop dead suddenly, but an increase in cancers as a result of increased radioactive isotopes in our environment seems to be a reasonable expectation.

Further, there's all the things in our dried, preserved, and processed foods that while they keep things for us longer, also might have negative cumulative effects. It's a trade-off.

We have the Baby Boomer generation that's aging out and passing away, and cancer is one of those "If nothing else gets you, that one will" things.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 08:36 AM (O7YUW)

64 That top photo looks like something you'd see in a passport bro video. Can't quite tell if it's South America or SE Asia/The Philippines, but either way, I'm not complaining!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 23, 2025 08:36 AM (JCZqz)

65 >> Posted by: dantesed at August 23, 2025 08:32 AM (Oy/m2)

Seems like yesterday. I pushed a lot of it down for years and used it to stoke my anger as I trotted across the globe. Many times that separated me from God, to my eternal disadvantage. But thankfully He took me back and I’ve learned to be introspective. But now I’m oversharing…

Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:37 AM (hLl4k)

66
Repeating some good news from last night, Zeus finished his championship yesterday in Lake Elmo, MN with a huge 5-pount major win.

With that, Delilah, his late, great mama, is eligible to be enrolled in the Register of Merit of the BCOA, a program that recognizes sires and dams whose offspring have achieved notable recognition.

Lila is our fourth generation homebred, - born and -raised ROM recipient, after her mother Carmen, grandmothers Faith and Lacey and great grandmother Possum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 08:37 AM (qdIj7)

67 rickb223, I am so very sorry. May perpetual light shine upon her.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 08:38 AM (Mgy3C)

68 Hadrian is Zeus one of the last puppies she had or from a brood prior ?

Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025 08:39 AM (g47mK)

69 Nice eye opener to round out the wake up mug.

A cool(ish) weather break is intruding. Upper 80's to low 90's highs and low 70's lows. Nice!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 08:39 AM (wVcYX)

70 Rick -

I am very sorry to hear about your wife.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (viF8m)

71 CO gray wolf reintroduction update:

Two days ago the CO legislature voted to pause the gray wolf program "temporarily", so that there will be no. new wolves brought to the state for next year. The money originally allocated for the wolf program will be diverted to pay for transgender treatments at Childrens Hospital Colorado, among other healthcare funding shortfalls.

https://is.gd/h5QCXa

The funny thing about this budgetary diversion is that the money saved by not bringing apex predators to our ranching communities will be $264,268. This amount is intended to offset a health care funding shortfall of $1.2 billion. $1,200,000,000.

$260k will go a long way toward balancing that, right?

Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (/iMjX)

72 Wife's cancer was from just being dealt a shitty hand. No clot shot. Me either.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)

Same here - I got my diagnosis after having Covid, but before any vaxes available in summer 2020.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (tOcjL)

73 Speaking of puppies frolicking in a sun-dappled meadow...

Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (/iMjX)

74 Just a suggestion to the folks of religious faith. If you haven't done so yet, please consider writing out an obituary for the funeral home before you go to be with the Lord. A dear woman in the church I serve recently diex ( Thanks for the prayers for J)
Her daughter provided an obituary for the funeral home which talked about her love for animals and social occasions. That's great, but the nice daughter who lived at a distance was not really religious and didn't go to church and wasn't a member of the church. Her mother, on the other hand, had attended church since she was a kid and was a woman of faith and prayer but the obituary didn't mention that. I will of course, bring that up in her memorial service at the funeral home ( she wasn't a church member of the served but she started attending when Covid restrictions closed down her church) but I think J would have liked that . And no, it had nothing to do with contributions to the church because that wasn't mentioned either. A simple "her faith was important to her" would have been nice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (2GCMq)

75 great grandmother Possum

What a great name (no pun intended) for a dog!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (3Ope8)

76 69 Upper 80s to low 90s is “coolish”? Gads, I would hate to live where you do.

Posted by: Bulg at August 23, 2025 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

77 @53/Skip: "... noticed coffee in larger container of coffee last week was up to $20"

Same here, in the $20 to $30 range. These things used to be $9 regularly, and $6 on special. We've significantly cut down on the coffee we drink as a result. A 3x increase in price on something just hurts. It'll eventually sort itself out on issues affecting production, but I suspect we'll never see the prices we saw before, even if we have a bountiful supply, partly due to inflation overall, and in small part due to some companies taking the stance of "They were willing to pay it before, let's slowly edge the price back until we find the optimal point on the Laffer Curve, and then we'll hold it there and go no lower except for when we run a special sale."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 08:42 AM (O7YUW)

78 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Bananas are radioactive.

Posted by: pawn at August 23, 2025 08:43 AM (pL2PR)

79 I think we all should have a cancer plan ready, more than just "oh maybe I should ask the dr to look at this".
What are alternative /additional therapies to try and how soon to start, for example.
After all conventional treatments have been tried is invariably too late.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

Ivermectin. But that pony paste sure tastes nasty.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:44 AM (zXOsD)

80 Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (/iMjX)

I laughed . But I think in order to be frolicked she had to be dancing or something. The puppies are still😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:44 AM (2GCMq)

81 I have been only making 1 very large coffee cup a day for most of the summer

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 08:46 AM (+qU29)

82 Actually, I wonder if $264,268 would cover the cost of the Lupron prescribed for children in CO for one year...

I would bet not.

Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:47 AM (/iMjX)

83 Prayers up for all the Horde. So many hard things. We do wonder sometimes what the Lord is doing, but I always come to the conclusion that even if He were to sit down and explain it all to us, we simply wouldn't be able to comprehend all His plans.

All we can do is trust that He is good and that He loves us, as shown to us in His Son.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 23, 2025 08:48 AM (mZ/55)

84 Wife's cancer was from just being dealt a shitty hand. No clot shot. Me either.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 08:19 AM (zXOsD)

Hugs, rickb223. I am so sorry. I pray that your memories will be of the good times.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 08:48 AM (h7ZuX)

85 There are protocols for ivermectin/fenbendazole. It doesn't work on all cancers but worth a try. Search for Dr Maki. Chlorine Dioxide is another useful remedy as is DMSO. Now is the time to learn about this while RFK Jr is in office. They may crack down on it again.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 08:48 AM (kUxzU)

86 69 Upper 80s to low 90s is “coolish”? Gads, I would hate to live where you do.
Posted by: Bulg at August 23, 2025 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

August typical is 95+ for Houston. Fortunately, the proximity of the Gulf of America's humidity moderates the summer temps from Dallas' typical 100+ Texas Plains temps (it's a dry heat).

OTOH, the humidity reservoir makes Jan - Feb temps feel that much colder, penetrating right to your bones with a damp chill.

The exterior mold and mildew loves it though, so there's that.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 08:48 AM (wVcYX)

87 All we can do is trust that He is good and that He loves us, as shown to us in His Son.
Posted by: TecumsehTea

Amen

And how are you Tecumseh? How is recovery?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 08:49 AM (Mgy3C)

88 Meant "in order to be frolicking"...

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:50 AM (2GCMq)

89 Has anyone heard from Sharon how her hip surgery went?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 23, 2025 08:50 AM (mZ/55)

90 Good morning good people. Prayers for all Hordian intentions - those requested and those known but to God.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 08:52 AM (cYBz/)

91 I laughed . But I think in order to be frolicked she had to be dancing or something.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

************

I don't follow. I was referring to CPW's recent euphemistic description of wolf pups captured on a game trail camera.

Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:52 AM (/iMjX)

92 So, would that coffee up top be...Bustelo?

I'll see myself out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 07:37 AM (Wnv9h)

There's coffee in that picture?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (snZF9)

93 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially most in need of they mercy. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)

94 Prayers up for all of The Horde this morning.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (Wnv9h)

95 https://tinyurl.com/cvcfu3hf

Posted by: Dangerous things in the kitchen at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (pL2PR)

96 And it's easier to get ivermectin now. I have pills on a prescription from Leading Edge clinic. In some states, you can buy it over the counter.

I think a lot of us no longer trust the medical profession. With them bringing in doctors from third world countries, that may be a good thing. Some will be good, some won't.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (kUxzU)

97 Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 23, 2025 08:48 AM (mZ/55)

Amen. Thanks, dear.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM (2GCMq)

98 There's coffee in that picture?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 08:53 AM

It took a while to spot it, but yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 23, 2025 08:54 AM (Wnv9h)

99 Just as a data point, I never had the jab, and the mass that held the cancer pre-existed COVID, so, no clue. Make sense I get an odd one, though.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 23, 2025 08:54 AM (k1NY3)

100
What a great name (no pun intended) for a dog!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (3Ope

________

The sire of one of her litters was named Bubba.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 08:54 AM (qdIj7)

101 I think back to how many people in my extended family died of cancer and it was pretty small. Heart attacks were the big cause of death for my great-grandparent's generation.

Cancer took 1 of my 4 grandparents, and did it in his late 80s.

Two of my aunts had or have cancer at much younger ages and one of my cousins' kids had it in adolescence. Something is definitely not right.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 08:55 AM (ZOv7s)

102
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 08:56 AM (qdIj7)

103 There's coffee in that picture?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Odd - I initially only saw two cups.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 08:56 AM (cYBz/)

104 We had someone in our family pass away "unexpectedly" this week. This was one of the three people in our lives who were downright creepy about haranguing me and my husband about getting the shots, telling us we were going to die if we didn't and that we weren't obeying God.

She developed heart and circulatory issues and kept getting hospitalized every October or November since 2021. (What medical treatment is usually administered in the fall?) No autopsy, but evidence suggests she died of a blood clot despite being on blood thinners.

And nobody ever made the connection, even though it was weird seeing a formerly vigorous person undergo a huge decline every fall.

Her daughter is devastated.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 23, 2025 08:56 AM (FMtrg)

105 There has been an uptick in younger folks getting cancer.

Statistically.

I only know of a few folks that died in the past two years. They were all old.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 08:57 AM (ZmEVT)

106 Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:52 AM (/iMjX

Oh, sorry, I thought you were talking about puppies
On the lady on the picture. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:57 AM (2GCMq)

107 Hadrian, Amen

Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 08:57 AM (cYBz/)

108 So, would that coffee up top be...Bustelo?

I'll see myself out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Not disagreeing, but what's a better coffee in that price range?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 23, 2025 08:57 AM (XvL8K)

109 It's getting worse!

Mom, who is a quadruplet, welcomes quintuplets after doctors tried to convince her to "reduce" number of babies

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 08:58 AM (L/fGl)

110 The Horde's earnest prayers are powerful. God listens.

His blessings on all those in need.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 08:58 AM (wVcYX)

111 rickb223

I'm so sorry for your loss. Prayers for comfort and peace.
May you feel the deep love of God as you deal with all that comes from a loved one's passing.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 23, 2025 08:58 AM (mZ/55)

112 Prayers for all the listed intentions and for those of the Horde who suffer in silence. May God's love shine through us and upon us.

https://tinyurl.com/ysvdwn8b

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 23, 2025 08:59 AM (kOluj)

113 Just a suggestion to the folks of religious faith. If you haven't done so yet, please consider writing out an obituary for the funeral home before you go to be with the Lord.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (2GCMq)
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I wrote my obituary about a decade ago, and have updated it as life has changed and grandkids were born.

My purpose wasn't to get the story straight so much as save my bereaved family the burden of putting it together when the time came. Plus, I can settle scores from beyond the grave!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)

114 89 Has anyone heard from Sharon how her hip surgery went?
Posted by: TecumsehTea

Last I heard it seemed to go well, she is not frolicking yet, but soon!

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 23, 2025 09:00 AM (hOUT3)

115 The heat finally broke and it looks like a week of lovely days in the 70s. So nice to be able to sleep comfortably.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 09:01 AM (kUxzU)

116 Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 08:56 AM (qdIj7)
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Amen!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:01 AM (ZOv7s)

117 I think the increase in cancers can be partially attributed to better/more screening and detection. Plus a population more agreeable to said screening as it's likely fairly routine. Even if you don't have any symptoms.

Plus it's a source of revenue for the health sector. So it's more common.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 09:04 AM (Q4IgG)

118 Prayers up for those who have asked us for them;
Prayers up for those who need them but haven't asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that need them but don't know it yet;
Prayers up for those that pray alone in silence whose petitions are known only to God;
And bless all those that have sought Your wisdom, heard Your answers, and are trying to do Your will on this Earth!

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 23, 2025 09:04 AM (hOUT3)

119 American Tests Positive for the Bubonic Plague in California

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American or "American"?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:04 AM (L/fGl)

120 Muldoon, it's been a while since I've seen an update regarding the canine search. Have I missed the conclusion, or is the investigation ongoing?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 09:06 AM (h7ZuX)

121 119 American Tests Positive for the Bubonic Plague in California

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American or "American"?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:04 AM (L/fGl)

tbf, Bubonic plague is endemic in the rodent populations of the sw (ground squirrels, etc.) I remember this being mentioned was back in '95 during my epidemics class in college.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 23, 2025 09:07 AM (bss/y)

122 Prayers for my 'adopted' grandbaby and his parents if you please: At the beginning of summer they fostered a brother and sister that are older than their natural child. It has been an unmitigated disaster - the new kids are abusive to each other (SA) along with a host of other serious behavioral issues. Dangerously so. Mom and Dad are well suited to handle special needs kids by both profession and temperament but all the upheaval has threatened to destroy their original family.

The brother and sister are now being refostered and, in my opinion, not a moment too soon. It's a awful situation for all but not all matches are good ones.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (cYBz/)

123 Holding you all in my prayers.

<3

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (FMtrg)

124 Brothers
I said, brothers
Now you got yourself two good hands
And when your brother is troubled, you gotta reach out your one hand for him

‘Cause that’s what it’s there for

And when your heart is troubled, you gotta reach out your other hand
Reach it out to the man up there

‘Cause that’s what He is there for

Posted by: Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (wVcYX)

125 Happy Saturday! I managed to sleep until 5:00, which is quite contrary to my usual weekend insomnia. I'm heading out in an hour or so for another radio nerd hike. Hopefully the band conditions will be as good as they were on Thursday; I was hitting coast-to-coast and into Japan.

Posted by: PabloD at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (oK+P4)

126 On the plus side, if they get bitten by a flea and come down with the plague, they will feel like really really bad crap and should immediately run to a doctor.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (bss/y)

127 Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Rosaries have been prayed for the intentions of the Horde, both spoken and unspoken.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (pJWtt)

128 Plus, I can settle scores from beyond the grave!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Oh I like this idea!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (Mgy3C)

129 Seems like yesterday. I pushed a lot of it down for years and used it to stoke my anger as I trotted across the globe. Many times that separated me from God, to my eternal disadvantage. But thankfully He took me back and I’ve learned to be introspective. But now I’m oversharing…
Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 08:37 AM (hLl4k)

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Not as far as I'm concerned. Sharing is not automatically "oversharing". It's just that a lot of us were raised to be seen and not heard, an attitude that can't help but stunt emotional growth. Here we get to be heard and not seen.... not sure how, but this is surely better than being totally unheard.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 23, 2025 09:09 AM (kOluj)

130 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

May God bless all of his children.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 23, 2025 09:10 AM (kB9dk)

131 Any little excuse.

ICE Targets Illegal Alien Who Allegedly Assaulted a Pregnant Woman

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:11 AM (L/fGl)

132 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:00 AM (ZOv7s

That was thoughtful of you to save people trouble, but I feel it hard to think of you trying to settle scores beyond the grave.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:11 AM (kW7P+)

133 I'm sure there's at least several science fiction books on this scenario.

I know it’s not the book thread, but I found Alan Nourse’s Blade Runner to be an amazing and sadly predictive book.

Note that it has nothing to do with the Blade Runner movie, which was based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 23, 2025 09:11 AM (EXyHK)

134 (*)(*)

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at August 23, 2025 09:11 AM (bMlVe)

135 The brother and sister are now being refostered and, in my opinion, not a moment too soon. It's a awful situation for all but not all matches are good ones.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (cYBz/)

Those poor children. All of them. I pray that the siblings are placed in a home where they can heal and flourish. Lord have mercy on them.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 09:12 AM (h7ZuX)

136 Don't get a rise on the food thread, but noticed coffee in larger container of coffee last week was up to $20

The Sam's Club store brand 2 1/2 pound bag that was (IIRC) $13 last year is $20 now.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 23, 2025 09:12 AM (3nLb4)

137 Rosaries have been prayed for the intentions of the Horde, both spoken and unspoken.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

Thank you so much

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 09:13 AM (Mgy3C)

138
A blast from the past...

The song on Today's Pixy Tech Thread, "Moonlight Shadow" is sung by Sally Oldfield, the sister of-

Mike Oldfield of "Tubular Bells" fame.

She has a nice voice and I always liked that song.

Give it a listen if you haven't, and-

Sally has some other good songs released during her brief period of success.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:14 AM (iJfKG)

139 Everyday I pray there's some accountability for Fauci, the same man who experimented on beagles as well as AIDS orphans.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:07 AM (2GCMq)

He deserves whatever is coming to him, for sure.

A lot of them do, for inventing a killers virus and then profiting off of a killer ‘cure’.

It really is something I would’ve believed could only happen in movies not too long ago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:11 AM (6ydKt)

There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins. I have prayed that these people repent, perform acts of contrition, and thus save their souls from eternal perdition.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:14 AM (pJWtt)

140 TonyPete how awful. I will pray for them.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 09:15 AM (Mgy3C)

141 rickb, I'm so sorry for your loss. Prayers and hugs for you and yours.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 23, 2025 09:16 AM (7HoOO)

142 That was thoughtful of you to save people trouble, but I feel it hard to think of you trying to settle scores beyond the grave.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:11 AM (kW7P+)
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I mean, it's a joke.

Mostly.

I do enjoy putting humor in it. Such as "contrary to his many jokes, his liver will not be given separate burial with full military honors."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)

143 Has anyone heard from Sharon how her hip surgery went?
Posted by: TecumsehTea

Last I heard it seemed to go well, she is not frolicking yet, but soon!
Posted by: Hrothgar
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I was wondering how Sharon is, thank you both so much.

TecumsehTea, how are you doing?

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 23, 2025 09:19 AM (7HoOO)

144 Rosaries have been prayed for the intentions of the Horde, both spoken and unspoken.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (pJWtt)
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I was in a Marian mood yesterday, so I said the Joyful Mysteries rather than the Sorrowful ones. Not my idea, I saw a suggestion to do Joyful Mysteries during Advent, counterposing them to Sorrowful Mysteries during Lent.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)

145 Have I missed the conclusion, or is the investigation ongoing?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

********

Thanks for asking. The investigation is ongoing, with some positive developments that I have to keep under my hat for now. We got a bit of a start a couple of days ago when CBI discovered old human remains in a remote mountain subdivision about 25 miles from where Gramps disappeared. Not a match based on physical size and clothing. The agent contacted us before the story was released to temper our expectations if we saw the report on the news.

https://is.gd/s4Lxgo

Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 09:20 AM (/iMjX)

146 Ok all. Out for awhile. BBL.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 09:20 AM (zXOsD)

147 There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins. I have prayed that these people repent, perform acts of contrition, and thus save their souls from eternal perdition.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:14 AM (pJWtt)
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Pride Month is no mere coincidence, nor is the usurpation of the rainbow to represent perverse practices.

To be fair, it is less conspicuous than if the Anglicans and UMC hung banners of Baphomet or pentagrams on their altars. Same thing spiritually, though.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)

148 Bustelo is a nice cup for the price range. I’ve not been successful finding that “sensible middle” Coffee. It’s either over priced or pretty gnarly. I tell myself the cheap stuff is good enough and does the job. I like (sue me!) Starbucks Pike Place Market blend, it has that skunky flavor that I enjoy. But it is roughly $20 a pound. They don’t even sell it by the pound, these twee bags of some odd tare.

For emergency/lazy use the Folger’s singles in bags are convenient but they have shot up in price too. $.42 per, won’t break the bank I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 09:22 AM (jIaF7)

149 The funny thing about this budgetary diversion is that the money saved by not bringing apex predators to our ranching communities will be $264,268. This amount is intended to offset a health care funding shortfall of $1.2 billion. $1,200,000,000.

$260k will go a long way toward balancing that, right?
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM

Seems like forbidden math will be needed to resolve that, but as a first approximation, no.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 09:23 AM (0sNs1)

150 . the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025

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I got lucky in that my employer accepted my religious exemption request. Though I suspect they didn't want to deal with a raft of religious persecution lawsuits.

Had they turned it down, I was going to let them fire me, take my annuity (which I found I would get, fired or not), my SS, any unemployment I could get, and see if I could file a wrongful termination suit. My income would have been lower than it is now -- but I would not have been destitute.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (omVj0)

151 Good morning all
Everything went like clockwork with surgery last Wednesday. My nurse in recovery was bragging about how well I was doing and ended up home by 4 pm. I felt so good, I sent my son home that night and have been able to take care of myself. No side,effects, little pain. More stiffness. PT who came yesterday said he might be sble to get me off walker and back to cane next week.
They keep,warning me about pain and swelling but so far so good.
Feels miraculous. I can't thank you all,enough for the prayers and support. They mean the world.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (t/2Uw)

152
Pride Month is no mere coincidence, nor is the usurpation of the rainbow to represent perverse practice.

________

Pope Leo said that preserving Nature is one thing, but raising Nature to the level of an idol is wrong.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (qdIj7)

153 Not a match based on physical size and clothing. The agent contacted us before the story was released to temper our expectations if we saw the report on the news.

Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 09:20 AM (/iMjX)

Interesting, and heartbreaking. Some other family will have answers soon.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 09:25 AM (h7ZuX)

154 but not because you posted a boobette this morning😉 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM

Given the naming conventions around here, I take it you would prefer a picture of a boob, such as Michael Moore or George what's-his-name from yesterday?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 09:25 AM (0sNs1)

155 We just passed a church sign which made me laugh:

God's love is hotter than August!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:26 AM (IQY71)

156 Rosaries have been prayed for the intentions of the Horde, both spoken and unspoken.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:08 AM (pJWtt)
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I was in a Marian mood yesterday, so I said the Joyful Mysteries rather than the Sorrowful ones. Not my idea, I saw a suggestion to do Joyful Mysteries during Advent, counterposing them to Sorrowful Mysteries during Lent.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)

The chapter of the Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic of which I am a member meets on Mondays. Thus, we usually pray the Joyful Mysteries, but we do sometimes "change-out" the particular Mystery. I think the Holy Spirit will prompt you.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:26 AM (pJWtt)

157 Feels miraculous. I can't thank you all,enough for the prayers and support. They mean the world.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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Wow, Sharon! That is great to hear! Looking forward to seeing you tear up targets and the dance floor in Corsicana.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 23, 2025 09:27 AM (7HoOO)

158 I got lucky in that my employer accepted my religious exemption request. Though I suspect they didn't want to deal with a raft of religious persecution lawsuits.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (omVj0)
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I thought it was funny that that weirdo last week (Scogg?) was accusing me of bowing to the state when I've pretty openly described how I chose to retire from the military rather than take the jab.

And as for pronouns, I threw the Agents of the State out of my house when they threatened me and lawyered up, ultimately emerging victorious.

Of course, the will to do those things came from God, not me, and my faith is much stronger as a result, which is also why I come here to encourage people to do likewise - trust in God.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)

159 Bustelo is a nice cup for the price range. I’ve not been successful finding that “sensible middle” Coffee. It’s either over priced or pretty gnarly. I tell myself the cheap stuff is good enough and does the job. I like (sue me!) Starbucks Pike Place Market blend, it has that skunky flavor that I enjoy. But it is roughly $20 a pound. They don’t even sell it by the pound, these twee bags of some odd tare.

For emergency/lazy use the Folger’s singles in bags are convenient but they have shot up in price too. $.42 per, won’t break the bank I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025

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There's Cafe Morro, much like Bustelo, at Aldi. Recently it went up from $2.89/8.8 oz. to $3.25. Yes, it's a small brick, but the stuff is pretty strong and you don't have to use as much per cup as you might a medium roast.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (omVj0)

160 In the 1980s 180 apartment complexes were built in Taiwan that inadvertently used recycled steel in the structural components of the buildings that had been contaminated with Co-60 (half life 5.3 years).
About 10,000 people lived in the apartments from 9 to 20 years before the contamination was discovered. When scientists went to study the effects of this additional low level background radiation (0.4 Sv, a “collective dose” of 4,000 Person-Sv) on the affected apartment dwellers they discovered something unsuspected: the apartment dwellers had fewer cancers themselves and fewer birth defects in their children than the numbers expected from the Taiwan population generally! The title of the resulting paper is:

Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?

Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)

161 Everything went like clockwork with surgery last Wednesday. My nurse in recovery was bragging about how well I was doing and ended up home by 4 pm. I felt so good, I sent my son home that night and have been able to take care of myself. No side,effects, little pain. More stiffness. PT who came yesterday said he might be sble to get me off walker and back to cane next week.
They keep,warning me about pain and swelling but so far so good.
Feels miraculous. I can't thank you all,enough for the prayers and support. They mean the world.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 23, 2025

***
Good news, Sharon!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (omVj0)

162 Pope Leo said that preserving Nature is one thing, but raising Nature to the level of an idol is wrong.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (qdIj7)

Worship the Creator, not His creation, is how I learnt it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (wVcYX)

163 There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins.

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I've lately been annoyed by the enlightened "proving" that God does not exist. I may not be able to understand or explain all the ways of God, for example, I really don't understand the concept of the Trinity, but the "experts" set themselves up to judge God. "If God existed, the Rockies wouldn't suck so bad therefore there is no God."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (L/fGl)

164 Feels miraculous. I can't thank you all,enough for the prayers and support. They mean the world.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 23, 2025 09:24 AM (t/2Uw)

That's wonderful news!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 09:31 AM (h7ZuX)

165 In the 1980s 180 apartment complexes were built in Taiwan that inadvertently used recycled steel in the structural components of the buildings that had been contaminated with Co-60 (half life 5.3 years).
About 10,000 people lived in the apartments from 9 to 20 years before the contamination was discovered. When scientists went to study the effects of this additional low level background radiation (0.4 Sv, a “collective dose” of 4,000 Person-Sv) on the affected apartment dwellers they discovered something unsuspected: the apartment dwellers had fewer cancers themselves and fewer birth defects in their children than the numbers expected from the Taiwan population generally! The title of the resulting paper is:

Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?

Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)

Any superpowers?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:31 AM (iJfKG)

166 Rosaries have been prayed for the intentions of the Horde, both spoken and unspoken.
Posted
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Rosary curious? There is a little book called: praying the rosary without distractions. It is like 99cents. It explains how to, and a technique that leads naturally into a deep meditative prayer state. Surprising results. Google it.

Posted by: Simplemind at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (YrUlT)

167 I'm sipping the last cup of the 5-cup pot of Cafe Morro I made when I got up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (omVj0)

168 Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
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During the 1980s I recall seeing reports that those who were at Hiroshima and Nagasaki that did not die in the years immediately after the bombings, lived very long and healthy lives.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)

169 $260k will go a long way toward balancing that, right?
Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 08:40 AM (/iMjX)

Over the last year, I've been seeing lots of cracks appear in Denver & CO budgets, at the same time as the all-important housing market there is cooling down rapidly, and federal infusions of cash get cut down by the BBB. Now Trump is threatening more federal funding based on Sanctuary status.

I've been certain that the city of Denver would eventually implode Detroit style, but it may come sooner than I thought.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (BI5O2)

170 Pray that the second round of antibiotics works and Pooky can finally get some sleep if he doesn't have to get up to go to the bathroom every hour (or less).

Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (Wt5PA)

171 There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins. I have prayed that these people repent, perform acts of contrition, and thus save their souls from eternal perdition.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:14 AM (pJWtt)
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Pride Month is no mere coincidence, nor is the usurpation of the rainbow to represent perverse practices.
....
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)

I agree completely, About 3 years ago, I got a corporate email survey "Tell Us About Your Pride!" I replied that while it was appropriate to take some pride in a job-well-done for a client, Pride is undue self-regard and a Deadly Sin. They seemed to promoting the sin, since all I saw was a celebration of homosexuality and discrimination against heterosexual Christians.

Funny enough, I never got a response, but that was the first and last year that sort of corporate survey got sent to the worker bees.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:33 AM (pJWtt)

172 Nancy Mace went to the range:

https://tinyurl.com/2m5zprfk

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 09:33 AM (AOsQT)

173 MisHum can post whatever pictures he likes. I like
him . I pray for all the people regardless of whether they do boobapaloooza or not . And I not do not pray." Lord , please stop boobapalozza."
Which would be a silly prayer. 😉. But yes, I like the term boob for ignorant blockheads . It seems not to be for that too much any more but as simply a term for breasts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 09:34 AM (B6Nth)

174 Quick, which team is leading the standings in the WNBA?

* waiting *

Ok, no "Yas slay queen!" for you.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 09:34 AM (0sNs1)

175 Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
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During the 1980s I recall seeing reports that those who were at Hiroshima and Nagasaki that did not die in the years immediately after the bombings, lived very long and healthy lives.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)

The one guy who WAS in BOTH cities for both nuke bombs lived to 93 IIRC.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

176 What I pray for often is that people don’t lose their faith if prayers go unanswered.

Mathew 26:39

My Father, if it is possible let this cup pass from me, yet not as I will, but as you will.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 09:35 AM (EYmYM)

177
There is a little book called: praying the rosary without distractions.

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Well, I ought to get it. I'm perpetually mentally distracted in prayer. I confessed it recently and said I didn't know why it happened. The priest grunted in reply, "Because you're human."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 09:36 AM (qdIj7)

178 the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner

DiSantis just told a holier than thou judge to go pound sand.

Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh
BREAKING: Governor Ron DeSantis just announced the deportations WILL CONTINUE at Alligator Alcatraz after an activist judge ordered they start shutting the facility down.
"We're not gonna be deterred. We're totally in the right on this."
"We are gonna be opening ANOTHER facility...Deportation Depot."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:37 AM (L/fGl)

179 I have been only making 1 very large coffee cup a day for most of the summer

Posted by: Skip

Me too. My cup holds 18 ounces.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 23, 2025 09:37 AM (0U5gm)

180 @75 great grandmother Possum

What a great name (no pun intended) for a dog!

"Possum" is Latin for I am able, "I can do it." Good dog.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 23, 2025 09:37 AM (zdLoL)

181 There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins.

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I've lately been annoyed by the enlightened "proving" that God does not exist. I may not be able to understand or explain all the ways of God, for example, I really don't understand the concept of the Trinity, but the "experts" set themselves up to judge God. "If God existed, the Rockies wouldn't suck so bad therefore there is no God."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (L/fGl)

Well, they're trying to prove a negative.

"There is no God." is impossible to prove.

So, they try to set conditions for what would prove non-exxitence according to their vision of the world/universe/whatever.

Kind of silly because they're trying to universalize their appeal to themselves.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

182 the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025
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Gov Gordon (WY) gets a mixed review on COVID from me. WY was of course a lot more open than many places, but he gave a nasty speech in fall 2020 calling us knuckleheads and said we were making the healthcare workers cry. The he instituted a statewide mask mandate. Right after that, he got COVID. (I may have laughed.)

But we did escape a vax mandate at UW, despite the shrieking harpies among the faculty.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 23, 2025 09:39 AM (7HoOO)

183 Some other family will have answers soon.

********

We had the same thought. Good for them.

We also have not discounted the possibility that the person who killed Gramps may have killed others, and it would be somehow fitting if this recently discovered body were another of his victims and led to his conviction.

Posted by: muldoon at August 23, 2025 09:39 AM (/iMjX)

184 So.....how's everyone's gallbladder?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 23, 2025 09:39 AM (g8Ew8)

185 I wanted to post a bunch of ❤️ and 🤗 with the last comment but Pixy wouldn't let me.
Just know that although I haven't posted much lately, I'm here. The horde members who I talk to IRL kept me going.
Love and hugs to all,of you. We are indeed a unique community.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 23, 2025 09:40 AM (t/2Uw)

186 Well, I ought to get it. I'm perpetually mentally distracted in prayer. I confessed it recently and said I didn't know why it happened. The priest grunted in reply, "Because you're human."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 09:36 AM (qdIj7)
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Maybe the distractions are the point. When I say a Rosary, I rarely focus on the mystery at hand for more than a few seconds because my mind immediately wanders into other matters - fear about this one thing, hope about another, confusion about what to do.

I've learned to go with it. I continue to recite the prayers, and if it leads me to an idea about what to do about the car, or how to handle a situation with my kid, that's God opening up pathways for me.

At this point, my go-to method for big decisions is to grid out the options, sleep on it, and say a Rosary - not always in that order, of course.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:41 AM (ZOv7s)

187 John 20:29 is my favorite verse

Because you have seen me you have believed; blessed are those that have not seen yet have believed.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 09:41 AM (EYmYM)

188 There's a reason why Pride is considered the worst of the Deadly Sins.

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I've lately been annoyed by the enlightened "proving" that God does not exist. I may not be able to understand or explain all the ways of God, for example, I really don't understand the concept of the Trinity, but the "experts" set themselves up to judge God. "If God existed, the Rockies wouldn't suck so bad therefore there is no God."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:30 AM (L/fGl)

It's the old Problem of Evil. They don't want to accept that Evil is the absence of Goodness. They also conflate natural disasters with Evil.

While it's not fun at the time, there is a real salvific value to suffering. It is an opportunity to either give or receive unconditional love. For example, after Mom died and the Old Man declined into dementia, I eventually realized that it was a gift. The Old Man and I became much more emotionally closer (we were not estranged, but too much alike: Type A Personalities at tended to be correct but with too little tact) before he died.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 09:42 AM (pJWtt)

189 Not a match based on physical size and clothing. The agent contacted us before the story was released to temper our expectations if we saw the report on the news.

But encouraging in that at least the authorities are not still actively ignoring you.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 23, 2025 09:43 AM (3nLb4)

190 'Ron Turcotte, who was Secretariat's jockey, has died.'

He reached the finish line.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 08:20 AM (3wi/L)

Given that he was Secretariat's jockey, I'm surprised it took so long.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 09:43 AM (ExV1e)

191 96 And it's easier to get ivermectin now. I have pills on a prescription from Leading Edge clinic. In some states, you can buy it over the counter.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 23, 2025 08:53

Thanks for this info on Leading Edge! I'll look.
I get all my meds from allfamilypharma.com, except for the Ivermectin pills from The Ivermectin Store (www.theivermectin.com), and Fenbendazole pills from BP Life (https://shopbplife.com/collections/fenbendazole-capsules).

Posted by: Berwyn Mutt at August 23, 2025 09:44 AM (HcbZb)

192 I fall asleep many times praying the Rosary. I've been assured by others that the Holy Spirit finishes it for me in those cases.

Is that true? It's a mystery.

swidt?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 09:44 AM (cYBz/)

193 I've been certain that the city of Denver would eventually implode Detroit style, but it may come sooner than I thought.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (BI5O2)
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Detroit got as bad as it did because Michigan had an immense amount of wealth - at one point it was near the top of the states in per capita income. That left a lot of money that could be pissed away without consequence.

Colorado lacks the population and tax base to play those kinds of games.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)

194 Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?

Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)

Any superpowers?
Posted by: naturalfake

I, and thousands of other kids, went to a radioactive high school. Radioactive mill tailings were used during the construction of the school as well as hundreds, if not thousands, of homes including my childhood home. I'm expecting my superpowers to kick in any time now.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:45 AM (L/fGl)

195 I've lately been annoyed by the enlightened "proving" that God does not exist. I may not be able to understand or explain all the ways of God, for example, I really don't understand the concept of the Trinity, but the "experts" set themselves up to judge God. "If God existed, the Rockies wouldn't suck so bad therefore there is no God."

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Militant atheists are tiresome wankers. I don't have to deal with 'em where I live now, thank G-d.

Here's a suggestion. Carry a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz with you. Next time one of these preachy wankers starts talking down at you from below, bounce it off his forehead.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:46 AM (BI5O2)

196 I fall asleep many times praying the Rosary. I've been assured by others that the Holy Spirit finishes it for me in those cases.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 23, 2025 09:44 AM (cYBz/)
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Heh(TM)

Some years ago my wife led a decade of the Rosary at our parish chapel and her voice was so soft and soothing that when it was time for the response, no one said anything, not even the priests. She she gave her own response and the chapel erupted in guilty laughter.

Afterwards Father Gordon told her not to feel bad but good, because she was clearly calming us and bringing us the peace of God!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:48 AM (ZOv7s)

197 Just saw rickb's news - I am so sorry for your loss 💔💔💔

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 23, 2025 09:49 AM (SRRAx)

198 It's getting worse!

Mom, who is a quadruplet, welcomes quintuplets after doctors tried to convince her to "reduce" number of babies
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 08:58 AM (L/fGl)

I believe that's because with that many babies they're born premature and, it's believed, may suffer health issues. I don't know that it's the doctors being ghouls, they just don't necessarily care about killing a human.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 09:50 AM (ExV1e)

199 So, which coffeehouse was thst picture taken at? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 23, 2025 09:50 AM (9yO8k)

200 https://tinyurl.com/59ej9t3y

Posted by: Joe Jackson at August 23, 2025 09:51 AM (pL2PR)

201 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:41 AM (ZOv7s)

It might be based in the Protestant tradition, but have you tried Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication (ACTS) praying?

Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 23, 2025 09:52 AM (Wt5PA)

202 the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025

IIRC, Florida did also but they returned to sanity faster than other places.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 09:53 AM (ExV1e)

203 Evangelical atheists are a tiresome bunch, and usually spectacularly ill-informed.

My go-to response is that there is more historical evidence of Jesus Christ and his miracles than Julius Caesar existing at all.

If one is going to logic and reason, be consistent. One can't just handwave miracles (including ones with tens of thousands of witnesses like Fatima) because you don't like it.

And there is of course the obvious: For 2,000 years the brightest minds in history accepted God, but wow, man, you're so super-smort that you proved them all wrong. Why not invent cold fusion with your gigantic brain?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)

204 195 Here's a suggestion. Carry a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz with you. Next time one of these preachy wankers starts talking down at you from below, bounce it off his forehead.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:46 AM (BI5O2)

If I do not own a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz, may I substitute a meteor hammer?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 23, 2025 09:54 AM (9yO8k)

205 I saw the Shrieking Harpies open for Neil Diamond at Red Rocks in ‘09

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 09:54 AM (jIaF7)

206 It might be based in the Protestant tradition, but have you tried Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication (ACTS) praying?
Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 23, 2025 09:52 AM (Wt5PA)
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No, I've not. I'm content with where I am at the moment and as the grandkids become less of a responsibility, I'd like to add more Rosaries and do some daily Masses.

At some point I want to do pilgrimages and retreats as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)

207 Heh.

Just found "The Most English Man In The World."
It's an AI YTube parody of the Dos Equis commercials
There is an entire series of them poking fun.

https://youtu.be/DKLPWtLlMPo

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 09:57 AM (wVcYX)

208 I still contend the whole op behind covid was compliance. There were some inside government who wanted to see how far they could push the public with dystopian mandates and get compliance. The appearance of covid gave them a reason to test it.

It was, by any measure, successful.

I figure another "test" of this sort will resurface at some point. Then we'll see how many have figured out the ploy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 09:57 AM (Q4IgG)

209 Our current governor in Georgia is, at best, GOPe, and also tolerated the cheats in both 2020 and 2022, but he did not allow a statewide mandate to get the clot shot. I never did get the shot and am glad for that. Many of my neighbors did, against my advice, when asked, and they now regret it. It seems like the only people getting COVID now are the ones who got the shot and boosters. I had the original alpha version and the omicron variant. I believe, for various reasons, the omicron variant was released to shut down the spread of COVID-19 (omicron had bits and pieces of all the previous versions such that a healthy immune system could fight off all variants afterwards). Also omicron was milder than previous variants. That people are still getting COVID suggests that they have damaged immune systems.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:57 AM (ZVgZ4)

210 If I do not own a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz, may I substitute a meteor hammer?
Posted by: tankdemon at August 23, 2025 09:54 AM (9yO8k)
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The Holy Clown Hammer of Cyprus is also acceptable.

"I rebuke thee!"
Squeak!
"I chastise thee!"
Squeak!
"Repent!"
Squeak!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)

211 Even some of the most brilliant minds tend to hedge their bets when faced with their own immediate mortality. Johnny Von Neumann famously perplexed his fellow physicists on his deathbed.

Kurt Gödel famously “proved” the existence of God mathematically, but I’ll not try to follow along with the theorem. But it’s clear to me throughout history that many famous minds were men and women of great faith. Religion is also blamed for a great many wars or genocides, but it looks more to me like to get the real slaughterfests going throughout the past they are generally pagans, atheists, and truly perverted tyrants with their own ideas on how things should go. Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao, et. al cannot be considered men of great faith

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 10:00 AM (jIaF7)

212 Militant atheists are tiresome wankers. I don't have to deal with 'em where I live now, thank G-d.

Here's a suggestion. Carry a copy of Théodicée by Leibniz with you. Next time one of these preachy wankers starts talking down at you from below, bounce it off his forehead.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 09:46 AM (BI5O2)

Militant atheists are not intellectually-honest inquirers. They are not interested in a conversation. Plus, they are cowards: they are more than happy to "debate" Christians and Jews, but nary a peep to Muslims.

There are plenty of rational arguments for the proof of God's existence. However, if you discount the spiritual and transcendent, and only focus on the material, you will not accept the existence of God.

I'm a mechanical engineer, but engineering can't explain everything. It can't explain why we have consciousness and self-awareness.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 10:01 AM (pJWtt)

213 Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
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During the 1980s I recall seeing reports that those who were at Hiroshima and Nagasaki that did not die in the years immediately after the bombings, lived very long and healthy lives.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)

The one guy who WAS in BOTH cities for both nuke bombs lived to 93 IIRC.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2025 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

Eh, the longterm deleterious effects from the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs are well documented.

One of my patients was a guy who'd been plunked down in Nagasaki right at the end of the War. According to him, most of the guys he kept in contact with had life-long health issues and/or died of cancer fairly early on. He himself had had multiple bouts with cancer and a large piece of his skull carved out to save his life. He lived to an old age but it wasn't a free from health issues existence.

Of course, the study says "chronic exposure" or long term exposure rather than a quick KAZOW! of radiation.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 23, 2025 10:01 AM (iJfKG)

214 194 Is Chronic Radiation an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cancer?

Here is a link:
https://www.jpands.org/vol9no1/chen.pdf
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 09:29 AM (ZVgZ4)

Any superpowers?
Posted by: naturalfake

I, and thousands of other kids, went to a radioactive high school. Radioactive mill tailings were used during the construction of the school as well as hundreds, if not thousands, of homes including my childhood home. I'm expecting my superpowers to kick in any time now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 23, 2025 09:45 AM (L/fGl)

That's not how it works. Peter Parker got bit by the radioactive spider. Try biting someone and see if they develop any powers. Then you gotta find a good custom leotard guy.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 23, 2025 10:01 AM (pIfcn)

215 The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch >>> everything else

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 10:02 AM (0sNs1)

216
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 23, 2025 10:02 AM (tljrc)

217 Pookysgirl, our pastor has talked about ACTS prayer. Thanks for the reminder. Prayers for you.

I don't comment much any more, but do read and pray for people here. Grateful to hear updates, and condolences for those in loss.

Posted by: skywch at August 23, 2025 10:03 AM (uqhmb)

218 It was, by any measure, successful.

I figure another "test" of this sort will resurface at some point. Then we'll see how many have figured out the ploy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 09:57 AM (Q4IgG)
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I disagree. It was a mixed bag and ultimately a failure because even purple states (like Michigan) ended up repealing the laws that enabled tyranny.

I keep bringing this up, but Michigan's police uniformly took a pass at enforcing the edits. The governor ranted, the AG wailed, and the sheriffs and local cops shrugged.

The entire might of the state descended on a barber in Owosso and shop on the west coast and...failed.

Now the Dems got re-elected, but that was because Biden's FBI faked a kidnapping, and the truth is going to wreck all of them because they knew it was fake at the time. Trump is of course timing the official release of this for maximum damage.

But the real failure is in the collapse of medical authority. Vaccine intakes have collapsed. Trust in medicine is at all-time lows, and of course MAHA is wrecking Big Pharma.

A Pyrrhic victory at best.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)

219
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 09:

That is a very sensitive prayer and thought. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 10:04 AM (RqBOn)

220 Among those teachings (though we will not hear it during Ordinary Time this year) is Jesus’s instruction on how to pray as He gives us the Lord’s Prayer. This is such a profound prayer, but sadly, due to it’s familiarity, we can often just recite it There were two individuals walking together, one of whom had a horse that belonged to him. They were discussing the difficulty of staying attentive during prayer. The man with the horse shared how he can’t even make it through the Our Father without getting distracted. The other man laughed, as he was convinced that he could keep focused through the entire recitation of this simple, short prayer. The man with the horse said: “Ok, let’s make a deal. If you can pray the Lord’s Prayer without getting distracted, I’ll give you this horse.” The other man smiled and gladly accepted the challenge, and he began: “Our Father, who art in Heaven, hollowed be thy name.” At this point, he stopped and asked the man with the horse: “Does the saddle come with the horse?”

Posted by: tankdemon at August 23, 2025 10:05 AM (9yO8k)

221 rickb223, I received your email. My connection has been kicking me out of my email since last evening. I will reply as soon as I get a connection.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 23, 2025 10:05 AM (dxWFK)

222 NR Pax and his family could use prayers. His dad was just diagnosed with Parkinson’s.

Posted by: Annie Stew at August 23, 2025 10:09 AM (KyYqI)

223 I guess my point is that, after a lifetime of arguing with militant atheists, I'm over it. I could hold forth about philosophy and science and the many, many people much smarter than them who were not atheists.

Or I could just say "put a sock in it, wanker. You'll eventually learn that you can't eat enough dicks to fill that G-d shaped hole inside you, without any help from me."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 10:10 AM (BI5O2)

224 Evangelical atheists are a tiresome bunch, and usually spectacularly ill-informed.

My go-to response is that there is more historical evidence of Jesus Christ and his miracles than Julius Caesar existing at all....
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)

Bart Ehrman immediately comes to mind. He's a guy that went into Moody(?) University with faulty understanding of Scripture (he came from a Christian denomination in which he was taught as a child that God had dictated the books of the Bible). He encounters variant Gospels (i.e, a word change or spelling error by the scribe, not the Gnostic Gospels - those are a different thing), and has such a crisis of faith that he becomes an Evangelical Atheist.

But he's a duplicitous little $h!t, writing one thing for serious Biblical scholars and a different thing for lay people.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 10:10 AM (pJWtt)

225 Grandson delivered healthy as can be and daughter is of course sore but doing fine.
Kid looks great, extra time in the oven didn't hurt at all.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 23, 2025 10:10 AM (Mf0wV)

226 I forgot, thanks for the prayers. Much appreciated.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 23, 2025 10:11 AM (Mf0wV)

227 Grandson delivered healthy as can be and daughter is of course sore but doing fine.
Kid looks great, extra time in the oven didn't hurt at all.
Posted by: From about That Time
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Congratulations all around and welcome to the world, little guy!

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 23, 2025 10:12 AM (7HoOO)

228 Well, got to go before Mrs. Cop starts cracking the whip!

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 10:12 AM (pJWtt)

229 good morning MisHum, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at August 23, 2025 10:13 AM (4Z4M/)

230 Good morning good Horde. Thx MisHum as always.
Even though this is a beautiful weekend, no court rulings against the left will happen. An actual reason to look forward to Monday

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 10:13 AM (ncxww)

231 Last night I had a very vivid dream that I was a retired fighter pilot and I experienced a profound sense of disappointment when I woke up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:13 AM (ZOv7s)

232 So, as I lay abed, tired after last night's feasting and festivities, I started thinking I ought to get up so I can list all the books I got for my birthday, and then I remembered, it's not Bookday, it's Prayerandcoffeeday. Whew.

Daisy the jet-propelled Malinois took me for a leisurely walk. Now I've poured a cup of coffee and I'm ready to be a Moron.

🐕🚶‍♂️

Speaking of petitioning the Lord with prayer (despite what Jim Morrison said), this coming Tuesday morning, they're going to poke at my heart and see if they can improve its functioning. Perfectly routine, I'm told; they do this thousands of times a year.

Yeah? Well, this is the only heart I've got and I'm kinda fond of it.

The chutzpah of modern medical wizards thinking they can improve on the Creator's design. And yet, sometimes they actually do some good. 😁

Tally ho, y'all. Into the post and comments I ride.

Posted by: mindful webworker - is it tomorrow already? at August 23, 2025 10:15 AM (i1iCx)

233 I don't often sit and pray the rosary (a failing of attention) but sometimes I will pray it while doing something.
Yesterday KTE dragged me on a hike a round the park. After mile two I started praying it silently, only announcing the mysteries aloud.
"The first Sorrowful Mystery..." stares meaningfully at KTE
"... the Agony in the Garden"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:16 AM (Mgy3C)

234 Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 10:17 AM (ncxww)

235 But he's a duplicitous little $h!t, writing one thing for serious Biblical scholars and a different thing for lay people.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 23, 2025 10:10 AM (pJWtt)
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Yes, I've heard of him, watched him in debates. The problem he is facing is that his schtick has gotten stale. He's now just rewriting the same books over and over again, but even people sympathetic to his arguments are getting bored because he has to tilt the playing field so much.

Brant Pitre wrote a rebuttal to him and I did a speed run through it because Pitre's arguments aligned with ones I had also come up with, all of which wrecked Ehrman.

Ehrman's greatest sin is no longer his atheism, it's that he's boring.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)

236 "The first Sorrowful Mystery..." stares meaningfully at KTE
"... the Agony in the Garden"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:16 AM (Mgy3C)

Lol

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 23, 2025 10:19 AM (lFFaq)

237 147
Not just the Anglicans and UMC.

https://tinyurl.com/yauvuvk5

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 10:20 AM (3wi/L)

238 Marinette? Marinette Dupain-Cheng, character and female protagonist of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir? Oh, just another Wisconsin hamlet.

The top pic on the officials Marinette website includes a great old Studebaker pick-up. Okay, it's a slideshow. Your milage may vary.

Posted by: mindful webworker - bet it's a manual trans at August 23, 2025 10:21 AM (i1iCx)

239 Finished with vacuuming the carpet and banging out the filter outdoors. It's funny: Stirling the big cat, who once was the most confident kitten you ever saw, vanishes into the bathroom the moment he sees the machine. In contrast, little Dagny sits quietly on the dinette table, well above the fray, and watches me vacuum as if wondering what the hell I'm doing to cause all that noise.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 10:21 AM (omVj0)

240 Atheists should ponder it this way:

We live in a vast mysterious universe, perhaps a multiverse.

The more we learn in scientific observation, the more mysterious it all becomes, from the quantum level to scale of universe(s).

I believe that there is intelligent life outside of our solar system, somewhere.

So think of God as an alien being, similar to Q from Star Trek, omnipotent, omnipresent, but without the trickster nature of that fictional god.

You simply can’t rule out that possibility even if you don’t believe in human organized religion.

Perhaps, as is often believed by many, we are created beings in a created universe, and that life is a school, a test, in which our souls learn and grow and contribute to the larger whole for some purpose we cannot understand until that souls is freed and enters another ‘dimension’ we have giving the name of Heaven.

Atheists get hung up on what they consider myths instead of considering the possibilities.

They need proof when they should simply contemplate what the meaning of it all is, and why God is not only real but necessary to explain the nature of existence and the reasons for it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 10:23 AM (6ydKt)

241 MisHum, I would be remiss not to mention what a lovely… cup of coffee in the top pic. As for the music marathon behind the pic, should I save that for tomorrow's "reading" thread?

Posted by: mindful webworker - music for praying and sipping coffee? at August 23, 2025 10:24 AM (i1iCx)

242 Not just the Anglicans and UMC.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 10:20 AM (3wi/L)
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Yeah, rogue priests and renegade bishops are nothing new, and these guys are dying out. That's why they are doing this.

Pope Leo needs to get the Inquisition spun up and fire Tuco Hernandez. Lots of cleansing to do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)

243 If there *is* a G-d, wouldn't it make sense that the committed unbelievers would immiserate themselves, wasting their spiritual energy railing against Him to the deaf ears of the faithful?

Because if there's one thing you can count on, it's that the militant atheist trying to convert you or denigrate you is a joyless, miserable person. They always are.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 10:27 AM (BI5O2)

244 242
'Pope Leo needs to get the Inquisition spun up and fire Tuco Hernandez. Lots of cleansing to do.'

I hope he does. Any church that wants to survive needs to jettison Pride.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 10:28 AM (3wi/L)

245 Atheists blaming religion for wars might just as well blame breathing.

All societies throughout history have had some sort of faith, and would draw upon it in times of turmoil and strife.

Often religion was used as a cloak for other things, like pure greed, or joy in violence. And yes, actual atheists are actually the worst because not only to the wage war on others, they wage their worst wars on their own people.

The Mongols at least slaughtered their enemies, not themselves.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)

246 Almost 250 comments in, an noone have commented about today's featured coffee being 'con leche'?

It's like I don't even know you people anymore.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 23, 2025 10:28 AM (0sNs1)

247 Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 10:23 AM (6ydKt)

Which is just another of their cognitive dissonance examples.

Most Leftist atheists believe in alien life citing the billion of stars and hundred millions of galaxies. But they have no proof.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:30 AM (EYmYM)

248 Atheists or Agnostics tend to be thoughtful, deliberate people. Open to reason, certainly. Usually.

There’s a distinct variant - the “Anti Theists”. It isn’t that they don’t believe in God, they have a certain hatred of God. It’s a kind of demonic trait, they only seek to destroy or pollute. They detest innocence or goodness, beauty, truth etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 10:31 AM (jIaF7)

249 I hope he does. Any church that wants to survive needs to jettison Pride.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 23, 2025 10:28 AM (3wi/L)
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The Church will be fine. Francis did his utmost and failed. What you are seeing are the angry holdouts trying to create maximum embarrassment on their way out.

Fernandez tried to put out a letter (Fiducia Supplicans) authorizing blessing "irregular unions" and immediately had to issue a clarification, and then personally apologize to the Copts. The Eastern Rite Catholics declared it null and the African bishops denounced it and refused to follow it.

So much for the papal dictatorship.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:32 AM (ZOv7s)

250 There’s a distinct variant - the “Anti Theists”. It isn’t that they don’t believe in God, they have a certain hatred of God. It’s a kind of demonic trait, they only seek to destroy or pollute. They detest innocence or goodness, beauty, truth etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 10:31 AM (jIaF7)

Very good point - and those who hold that view (they’re always the loudest) can’t see that they are the most fanatically religious in their beliefs of all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2025 10:32 AM (PfGa7)

251 Posted by: Common Tater at August 23, 2025 10:31 AM (jIaF7)

I have way more respect for atheists that also don't believe in aliens than those that do.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:33 AM (EYmYM)

252 Most Leftist atheists believe in alien life citing the billion of stars and hundred millions of galaxies. But they have no proof.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:30 AM (EYmYM)
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They believe in science, but also multiple genders.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 10:33 AM (ZOv7s)

253 the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025

IIRC, Florida did also but they returned to sanity faster than other places.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Was in a Wally Market when the 'official' word came out that the State was done with the B.S..
They immediately started pulling all the signage and stuff down, cashiers and clerks and stockers and managers dropped the masks, etc.
A couple days later Corporate laid down the law and told them to continue with the lockdown protocals. All the shit went back up and employees masks back on... But they didn't even pretend to enforce it on customers.

Virtually everyone everywhere knew it was a farce, but largely submitted.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 10:34 AM (/lPRQ)

254 A lot of people love to blame religion for most wars, but it’s simply not true.

Most wars are over resources, ideological conflicts, and/or self-protection from conquest.

There have been religious wars sure, but most of it is groups who just can’t get along for whatever reason and eventually the arguing stops and the fighting begins.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 10:34 AM (6ydKt)

255 The IRA weren't fighting to defend Catholicism.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:36 AM (EYmYM)

256 I always find it curious that people like Joe Rogan believe that a revelation of alien life would cause a crisis of faith. It simply wouldn't. It's just a complete misreading of religious faith by people who don't have.

People have been migrating and exploring since the dawn of time. Nobody's ever had a crisis of faith because they encountered a new civilization or life form, and it's happened many, many times.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 10:36 AM (BI5O2)

257 233
Yesterday KTE dragged me on a hike a round the park. After mile two I started praying it silently, only announcing the mysteries aloud.
"The first Sorrowful Mystery..." stares meaningfully at KTE
"... the Agony in the Garden"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:16 AM (Mgy3C)

My favorite time to pray is when I go out walking, because I am a lot freer of distractions. I like being out, enjoying His creation, and focusing on my prayers.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 10:37 AM (h7ZuX)

258 Most Leftist atheists believe in alien life citing the billion of stars and hundred millions of galaxies. But they have no proof.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:30 AM (EYmYM)

The thing is, even in ‘science’ a lot of the bigger questions have not been proven and are still theories.

There are many things that science simply cannot find an answer to, and likely never will.

Maybe in a few hundred thousand years humans will have all the answers but until the. science is just as much based on dogma and faith as religion is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 10:38 AM (6ydKt)

259 Lot of leftist atheists also believe in ghosts and spirits.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:40 AM (EYmYM)

260 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffeinated Carlo at August 23, 2025 10:40 AM (G5+As)

261 Almost 250 comments in, an noone have commented about today's featured coffee being 'con leche'?

It's like I don't even know you people anymore.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

'Con Leche'
Like the lady in the background.

Photo has good composition.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 10:41 AM (/lPRQ)

262 Does anyone know what the weather is like in Uganda this time of year?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Abrego Garcia MS13 Criminal at August 23, 2025 10:41 AM (x+FIc)

263 Top photo reminded me of my Lady in Red watermelon painting.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:42 AM (EYmYM)

264 A simple "her faith was important to her" would have been nice.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 08:41 AM (2GCMq)

as one of your parishioners, you have every expectation of writing a secondary one for this lady if you think something has been missed.

Dad wrote up his own Obit, he had been a newspaperman and was rather exasperated with the ones in the paper, which to be fair, are written under great stress and grief, and rarely with all the facts at hand. Dad had done things and been members of organizations I had never known about, and had time to revise and edit it.

Mark Twain wrote his own obituary after he got to read all of his own written by wire services and newspapers when someone had sent out a fraudulent report of his death when he was in Europe on a lecture tour. I think that was also Dad's inspiration.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (rbvCR)

265 My favorite time to pray is when I go out walking, because I am a lot freer of distractions. I like being out, enjoying His creation, and focusing on my prayers.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 10:37 AM (h7ZuX)

Lao Tzu was big on this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (BI5O2)

266 John C. Wright, the science fiction writer, was a militant atheist until he challenged God to prove that He exists. Wright promptly had a heart attack. Furthermore, he had a vision during the heart attack that has led him to become Christian, specifically Roman Catholic. He, of course, survived the heart attack. He was warned in the vision not to say too much about his what he saw, but he has written a little bit about it, from time to time. His wife is a Protestant, and writes under the name L. Jagi Lamplighter. Wright’s website is
http://scifiwright.com/

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (ZVgZ4)

267 Good morning again dear horde and thanks annie, mh, and you morons for praying

Mrs. rickb223 may her memory be a blessing

Hiya JT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (RIvkX)

268 Most leftists believe if you cut off your dick, you’re a woman, when in reality you’re now just a man with a severed dick

Posted by: Abrego Garcia MS13 Criminal at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (x+FIc)

269 There are also right wing atheists, Sargon of Akkad is one, who do not believe in God but believe that religion provides essential and important structure to society.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (bDlIu)

270 HHS Sec Bobby Jr. is revamping the Vaccine Court.

I listened to a report on Roman's channel, the govt. puts anyone who dares file a claim through bloody hell. The torture and abuse extends to the expert medical witnesses the claimant calls to testify.

Posted by: kallisto at August 23, 2025 10:45 AM (dCxaZ)

271 The IRA weren't fighting to defend Catholicism.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:36 AM (EYmYM)

Thye might have if they had been funded by the Vatican instead of the USSR

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 10:45 AM (rbvCR)

272 Hiya JT
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (RIvkX)

Ditto that! Always in my prayers.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 23, 2025 10:46 AM (h7ZuX)

273 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (ZVgZ4)

sort of a deathbed conversion, except he didn't die.

Conversions arrive in all sorts of flavors.

Posted by: kallisto at August 23, 2025 10:46 AM (dCxaZ)

274 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (bDlIu)

Yes they do but I expect them to be consistent in supporting their non-belief as people on the Right. Again if any of them believe in aliens or ghosts I think they are just pretending to be conservative.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:46 AM (EYmYM)

275 I like being out, enjoying His creation, and focusing on my prayers.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Yes, it's very refreshing.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:48 AM (Mgy3C)

276 269 There are also right wing atheists, Sargon of Akkad is one, who do not believe in God but believe that religion provides essential and important structure to society.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (bDlIu)

Richard Dawkins ended up there as well. It’s a very weak intellectual position, holding essentially that people have to be tricked into believing “good lies” in order to live decent and responsible lives. It’s a very autocratic view of mankind. (Only a small ruling class should be allowed to know “truth”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2025 10:48 AM (PfGa7)

277 Ron Turcotte, who was Secretariat's jockey, has died.
Posted by: Northernlurker

Quite a claim to fame. Just sit there and let the fastest horse in history do his thing.

Wiki (yeah, well):
Secretariat, also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. He became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and his record-breaking victory in the Belmont Stakes, which he won by 31 lengths, is often considered the greatest race ever run by a thoroughbred racehorse.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 31 lengths is outrageous at August 23, 2025 10:49 AM (i1iCx)

278 I 'pray' on specific matters but I also have a running conversation with God 24/7. I put pray in parentheses because it's frequently just part of my 24/7 conversation.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:50 AM (EYmYM)

279 There's just no way to explain or generalize some things.

A Russian scientist got zapped with an assumed fatal dose of radiation in the 70's and lived.

https://tinyurl.com/yde4eece

Posted by: pawn at August 23, 2025 10:51 AM (pL2PR)

280 Wright’s website is
http://scifiwright.com/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Does he have his conversion story on his site?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:51 AM (Mgy3C)

281 Most leftists believe if you cut off your dick, you’re a woman, when in reality you’re now just a man with a severed dick
Posted by: Abrego Garcia MS13 Criminal at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (x+FIc)

Most don’t it’s a small percent that truly believes this idiocy.

But most go along with it because the overall cause - leftism in general - is more important than the individual.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 23, 2025 10:52 AM (4HxCT)

282 John C. Wright, the science fiction writer, was a militant atheist until he challenged God to prove that He exists. Wright promptly had a heart attack. Furthermore, he had a vision during the heart attack that has led him to become Christian, specifically Roman Catholic. He, of course, survived the heart attack. He was warned in the vision not to say too much about his what he saw, but he has written a little bit about it, from time to time. His wife is a Protestant, and writes under the name L. Jagi Lamplighter. Wright’s website is
http://scifiwright.com/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
====

A general rule of mine is to never challenge unseen forces to show themselves. This works well with possible hoodlums skulking in dark alleys, enemy soldiers when you are patrolling the perimeter jungle, ancient aliens, etc...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 23, 2025 10:53 AM (/lPRQ)

283 I don't try to convince atheists or agnostics of my beliefs. The most I do is telling them that it's really something you can't explain and can only be experienced, similar to having a kid.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 10:54 AM (EYmYM)

284 @ 14 Chemistry question for the horde: if I put an oxygen generator like Oxiclean in a basic or acidic solution, all I get is more water?
________________________________

Ummmm ... not rezack'ly. You get more 'O' ... the key is to put it in a neutral solution. The clothes aren't any brighter, but the risk level is way down ...

Posted by: Dr_No at August 23, 2025 10:54 AM (ayRl+)

285 >>Secretariat, also known as Big Red

Magnificent. It was like watching a completely different species when he raced.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (viF8m)

286 And for the ladies: handsome shirtless farmers…
https://tinyurl.com/2b54v5wh
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Wow, Fen. Them is some mooscular boys. Almost would think they were AI. Except the guy holding the Coors, who almost looks real. 😜

D'ya think the Horde has been influential on what that delicate demure flower Fenelon posts here? 🥵

Posted by: mindful webworker - holy moley at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (i1iCx)

287 Oh I found them by googling his name and "conversion "

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (Mgy3C)

288 I’m not religious. I have no beef with anyone who is. The only exception is if people try to convert me, that does piss me off. I let you do your thing, be respectful and let me do my thing.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (4HxCT)

289 “He was warned in the vision not to say too much about his what he saw.”

This is fascinating, and I’ll say something that people can believe or not. One of the ways to know for sure that one has had a real encounter with such power, and not just some mental aberration, is that this warning will come with it. And it’s mentioned in the gospels several times, so no one is making that part up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 23, 2025 10:56 AM (PfGa7)

290 This is an interesting discussion. Thank you all for articulating your thoughts so skillfully.

Personally, I believe that

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 10:56 AM (AOsQT)

291 Lady in top photo is swooning

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 10:57 AM (AOsQT)

292 I'd like to add on to Fen's suggestion about writing one's obituary: write memories of your childhood. Funny stuff as well as serious. Family history gets lost, but other kinds of history do as well. Ask a contemporary kid what clock-wise means, or what an egg slicer does.

Posted by: Wenda at August 23, 2025 11:00 AM (sz3LH)

293 >Secretariat, also known as Big Red

Magnificent. It was like watching a completely different species when he raced.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (viF8m)

Yes. I was going to compare him to Jim Thorpe but non of Thorpe's records still stand. Though Thorpes Decathalon 1500 meter record stood until 1972.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 11:00 AM (EYmYM)

294 Every horse in this year's Kentucky Derby was a descendent of the great and legendary Secretariat.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 23, 2025 11:01 AM (3ImbR)

295 the country went full Mao. Except under Ron DeSantis in Florida. Who stood up to all of it and saved lives. And sanity of a lot of people. Lucky, lucky Floridians.
Posted by: runner at August 23, 2025

Florida was not alone. My state opened quickly . I don’t remember the exact dates but I know by early summer 2020 everything was pretty much back to normal. Restaurants were open, bars, etc. I remember my family and I went to a restaurant on the lake with our boat. It was so packed and I was like ok this stupidity is over. Little did I know it would be another 2 years for 1/2 the country to figure it out.

Some corporate places had every other table closed off and shit like that. And Walmart insisted on masks. There was a lot of that around. But that wasn’t the government enforcing it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 23, 2025 11:02 AM (4HxCT)

296 Okay, time to get going. God be with you!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 23, 2025 11:03 AM (ZOv7s)

297 Philosophy has already proved the existence of God through logic.

Thomas Aquinas documented the 5 proofs.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 11:05 AM (ZmEVT)

298 SecDef Hegseth has brought back the Mexican Border Service Medal of 1918.

Lib heads to explode. Again.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 23, 2025 11:05 AM (3ImbR)

299 > Every horse in this year's Kentucky Derby was a descendent of the great and legendary Secretariat.
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There's a large horse farm nearby. They board/train Quarter Horses. They keep them away from the fenced in field near the road, but periodically several will be out there.

Beautiful horses.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 23, 2025 11:06 AM (Q4IgG)

300 When you ignore the abundant evidence of the existence of God and worship the creation instead, He hands you over to your unnatural vices.

Romans 1

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 11:07 AM (ZmEVT)

301 @295 And all the authority figures and pundits that bleated on about "the new normal" haven't mentioned how that's going since then. It was clear to me they spoke incessantly of it because they wanted their insanity to become the norm for everyone else.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 23, 2025 11:08 AM (36PRH)

302 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (ZVgZ4)

I've read and enjoyed and posted one of his wife's essays here. I think she might be a Christian Scientist.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 11:10 AM (2GCMq)

303 Nood Bullet trains

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 11:10 AM (ZmEVT)

304 Secretariat still holds the record for all three Triple Crown races. His Belmont time will never be broken, unless by a robot horse. When he died they found his heart was two times the size of a normal horses. Not diseased just huge

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 23, 2025 11:11 AM (ncxww)

305 Posted by: mindful webworker - holy moley at August 23, 2025 10:55 AM (i1iCx)

😊. I've never thought of myself as delicate or demure.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 11:11 AM (2GCMq)

306 Good morning all.

Starbutt's Vanilla Lavender, baroque music, and crossword.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 23, 2025 11:12 AM (kpS4V)

307 The only exception is if people try to convert me, that does piss me

I don't mind them who try, some good conversations.
But don't insist. Then I get ornery.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 23, 2025 11:13 AM (Mf0wV)

308 One of the four natural virtues is Justice. Justice is paying what you owe.

Justice is thanking God for the gift of life.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 23, 2025 11:16 AM (ZmEVT)

309 IIRC, Florida did also but they returned to sanity faster than other places.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 09:53 AM (ExV1e)
~~~~~

This is true. And it was worse than most. In the beginning, they weren't even allowing people from other states in! I remember Jane D'Oh had a vacation rental all set up in FL that she was worried about.

But it is true that FL was one of the first to drop all the crazy restrictions; however, I give more credit to Dr. Ladapo for that. DeSantis was smart to follow his advice.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 23, 2025 11:17 AM (3ImbR)

310 Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 10:43 AM (rbvCR)

Well, she wasn't technically a parishioner ( she attended when a friend could bring her from the nursing home ) and her daughter - not a parishioner either didn't consult me, but I will do my best to involve myself the next time. Thx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 11:17 AM (2GCMq)

311 Fenelon, usually the funeral home obits are online and have a section to comment. That is a respectful way to add in on your and her experience.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 11:20 AM (rbvCR)

312 "Every horse in this year's Kentucky Derby was a descendent of the great and legendary Secretariat.
Posted by: IrishEi"
****************
But none of them as good as Big Red.

Posted by: Cosda at August 23, 2025 11:20 AM (Jl99f)

313 Posted by: Wenda at August 23, 2025 11:00 AM (sz3LH)

Very good suggestion. Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 11:21 AM (2GCMq)

314 Posted by: Kindltot at August 23, 2025 11:20 AM (rbvCR)

I didn't see that. I saw " include some memories" on the website . It's ok. The people there will know that she was a person of faith and I am doing a nursing home service( which I do every month there) and I will give them time to speak.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 11:25 AM (2GCMq)

315 Yes Lamplighter is Christian Scientist. Yes, he has occasionally posted on his site small bits about his vision, but infrequently, and without much detail. I originally wrote Wright was warned in his vision not to say too much about his vision, and inexpertly edited that.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 11:33 AM (ZVgZ4)

316 I got lucky in that my employer accepted my religious exemption request. Though I suspect they didn't want to deal with a raft of religious persecution lawsuits.

the govt. has paid out 54 million dollars so far in EEOC claims due to the jab

religious exemptions denied
medical exemptions denied, and I imagine other causes of action

Posted by: kallisto at August 23, 2025 11:39 AM (dCxaZ)

317 rickb223 -
Late to the thread, but just read of the loss of your wife. I am soooo sorry. Cancer f***ing sucks. May she rest in God's peace, and I pray memories of her are a blessing to you.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 23, 2025 11:48 AM (7v6oI)

318 Both Lamplighter and Wright’s writing have been influenced by their Christian beliefs. Lamplighter’s character Rachel Griffin of the Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin series has shown a Christ-like willingness for self-sacrifice. Also the Lion of Judah has made the occasional appearance in the series. It is set in another world’s equivalent of Hogwart’s. As for Wright, I recommend his novella, One Bright Star to Guide Them, which should have won the Hugo the year it was nominated (2015 Spokane Worldcon - if you know, you know) and did win a Dragon award that year. It asks the question, what happens after you return from that other world through the wardrobe and grow up? What then?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 11:50 AM (ZVgZ4)

319 "And I not do not pray." Lord , please stop boobapalozza." Which would be a silly prayer."

Well, axeshully no. As "Pride" is condemned in scripture...so is "Lust."

Just sayin'. People certainly can live as they choose...and do. But some choices are a little iffy..."I have made a covenant with my eyes..." "...has committed adultery already in his heart..." "Flee youthful lusts..." but that's all just so analog these days, what with modern culture setting us free from closed mindedness.

However, with "open minds" there's the risk that brains just fall out.

The lady could have added a few more inches of cloth to her neckline and still been comfortable and pretty. What's the point of nearly bare in public? Just go full Kanye and be done with it.

Okay, I'll show myself out.

Posted by: ju at August 23, 2025 12:20 PM (vgX6l)

320
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 23, 2025 11:50 AM (ZVgZ4)

Thanks. That's good to know. I am not familiar with the fictional works.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 12:21 PM (2GCMq)

321 Posted by: ju at August 23, 2025 12:20 PM (vgX6l)

Praying that people be more chaste in word and thought in action and less prideful is generally is not the same as praying that the horde stops posting this stuff which would probably be a wasted endeavor . And yes, for the naysayers here I am aware that I am a sinner and ask pardon daily

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 12:25 PM (2GCMq)

322 Hate to be "that guy" but the prayer requests by "JR" on behalf of children in Gaza sound like trolling to me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 12:54 PM (3Cz18)

323 "...not the same as praying that the horde stops posting this stuff..."

Yeah, I get that.

'Pretty Lady Almost Wearing A Dress' today's pic; Focus on the Family founder, James Dobson died yesterday. He once served on a committee, organized to analyze pornography's effect on the nation, and had to endure piles of what is termed, "Art," (wink) "Free Speech," (wink) and listen to victim testimonies.

After many months, Dobson was grieved and heart sick with it all. He wearily got up from his desk and walked over to the office window, where he observed a wrecking ball, swinging heavily against a nearby building, knocking pieces to the ground bit by bit, piling rubble higher and higher onto the street.

He told radio listeners, "I thought to myself, that's what they're doing to our country." -Sigh-

Posted by: ju at August 23, 2025 02:31 PM (vgX6l)

324 Hi, Ju

Dr Dobson was a courageous man of faith, I did not know that he had died .I am glad he believed in the Lord, so I trust that he will be with him in glory.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 02:47 PM (2GCMq)

Daily Tech News 23 August 2025

Top Story

The US government has signed a deal with Intel to convert $8.9 billion in planned but as yet unpaid grants under the CHIPS act into a 9.9% stake in the company. (Tom's Hardware)

The previously planned grants did not offer the government an ownership stake, but came with technical goals that Intel may not be able to meet in the current climate, making the revised deal a palatable alternative. Intel stock was up 5.5% after the news broke on Friday.
In addition, if Intel decides to sell off a majority of its chip foundry division, the government will have the option to buy another 5% of Intel common shares at the same price of $20. (WCCFTech)

With great bargains come great responsibility.

Tech News

In further addition, the government is looking at allocating $2 billion of the $8 billion unspent in the Biden Administration's CHIPs to break China's stranglehold on rare earth elements. (Tom's Hardware)

Rare earth elements are not particularly rare. China has significant reserves, yes, but so do the United States, Brazil, India, Vietnam, Australia, and possibly Greenland.
Minisforum is planning another of those AMD Strix Halo mini-PCs. (WCCFTech)

Same core specs as the rest: Sixteen CPU cores, 40 GPU cores that work well for games and very well for AI, and 128GB of RAM of which up to 96GB can be assigned to GPU tasks.

This model also comes with why-the-hell-didn't they just call it USB5 - that is, UBS4 v2, which has the new 80GBps trinary data link found in Thunderbolt 5. You can just plug two of those directly together to build a small but fast cluster.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Would have been more convenient at 4AM in the afternoon.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 Oink!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 04:30 AM (zdKZs)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 04:31 AM (aURVT)

3 Wute

Posted by: OkJohn at August 23, 2025 04:33 AM (NC/it)

4 Video is unavailable in my country.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 04:35 AM (zdKZs)

5 Swapped the video for a third-party version. Should be more accommodating.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 23, 2025 04:42 AM (BLOW1)

6 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 04:45 AM (+qU29)

7 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 23, 2025 04:46 AM (XQo4F)

8 H'lo, Pixy! Thank you.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 04:46 AM (aURVT)

9 Disclaimer: It would have been more convenient not to get shot six times.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 04:50 AM (zdKZs)

10
Just reading on what Bolton apparently did. Before Trump fired him during the first term, he was apparently emailing classified material to his family member's private email accounts.

There was an investigation of this that started then, but the Biden admin shut it down. Bondi and Kash revived it, and this is the result.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 04:53 AM (w6EFb)

11
Four A.M. in the morning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 04:53 AM (aURVT)

12 LOL in the comments at SongFacts:

In Lights from Australia
"4am in the morning" - When's that, can you be more specific?

https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/
mike-oldfield/moonlight-shadow

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 04:57 AM (aURVT)

13 Have sausages and French Toast to make if I decide to get up

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 04:59 AM (+qU29)

14 >>>Rare earth elements are not particularly rare. China has significant reserves, yes, but so do the United States, Brazil, India, Vietnam, Australia, and possibly Greenland.

rare earth (also rare earth element or rare earth metal)
noun Chemistry
any of a group of chemically similar metallic elements comprising the lanthanide series and (usually) scandium and yttrium. They are not especially rare, but they tend to occur together in nature and are difficult to separate from one another.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:01 AM (aURVT)

15 I wandered down to Best buy to check out the new Samsung Fold 7. They finally figured out how to make a brilliant well executed folding phone. Each half are thin enough that it's barely thicker than a typical slab phone and when folded. When folded it has the same overall size has a slab phone. When unfolded, it's an 8"x8" tablet. Just fussing with what I could the software seems to be well executed.

Samsung claims It can last 500,000 folds. On the other hand some of a guy had it fail after opening and closing it 200,000 times by hand. The real problem is dust and dirt getting into the hinge and causing it to croak. That is, unless you scratch the screen too hard with your thumbnail and blitz the screen.

Did I mention it is $2,000 US? That is like $3,000 AUD. Little known fact, Australian dollars are thinner than American dollars and it takes 3 of them to equal 2 us once in weight which is why everything costs more in Australia.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:02 AM (zdKZs)

16 15 Did I mention it is $2,000 US?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:02 AM (zdKZs)

ouch

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:04 AM (aURVT)

17 ouch
Posted by: m

No kidding. It's more like you just stab me in the heart.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:05 AM (zdKZs)

18 She *coulda* said

Four o'clock in the morning

like

Three o'clock in the morning
And it looks like it's gonna be another sleepless night
I've been listening to your dreams and getting very low
Wond'ring what I can do

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:07 AM (aURVT)

19 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 23, 2025 05:08 AM (4NhiA)

20
he was apparently emailing classified material to his family member's private email accounts.

Posted by: publius

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

How does this not go PING and make a bunch of sirens go off and automatically lock him out of his account?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 05:10 AM (6eO0F)

21
Interesting, I initially chose this blog as an escape from insomnia in a most idle manner, suddenly realized that the blog and posters were most interesting in their own right then got caught right up in it. A humbling experience.
I was downright full of myself in an unpleasant manner then and will apologize for being, initially, an asshole.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 23, 2025 05:13 AM (hKoQL)

22
Another reason to go on living: Stacey Abrams has joined the ranks of Cast-off Liberals Now Doing Podcasts. And I don't know what the difference is between a podcast and a YouTube channel anymore.

I'm watching one where she's got her finger on her mouse obviously scrolling through her intro as she delivers it.

The insufferable Ezra Klein is her guest.

I can't express how relieved I am that these people are out of power.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 05:13 AM (6eO0F)

23 10 Just reading on what Bolton apparently did. Before Trump fired him during the first term, he was apparently emailing classified material to his family
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 04:53 AM (w6EFb)

So he's ... insane.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:13 AM (aURVT)

24 I can't see paying lots of money for a phone that could literally be destroyed any day.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 05:16 AM (+qU29)

25 Hard to read/hear this:

- Carried away by a moonlight shadow

and not think of this:

- I’m being followed by a Moonshadow

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:18 AM (aURVT)

26 Interesting, I initially chose this blog as an escape from insomnia in a most idle manner, suddenly realized that the blog and posters were most interesting in their own right then got caught right up in it. A humbling experience. Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

Your talking about me aren't you?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:20 AM (zdKZs)

27
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 23, 2025 05:21 AM (tljrc)

28 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 23, 2025 05:23 AM (AN2gy)

29 So Uncle Sam is going to own a piece of Intel. Is there a word for that in economics?

Can anyone foresee any difficulties with that?

Posted by: fluffy at August 23, 2025 05:26 AM (AN2gy)

30 I can't see paying lots of money for a phone that could literally be destroyed any day.
Posted by: Skip

That's my thinking in addition to the cost. Still, it's a very interesting piece of technology and the progress being made with these folding phones is remarkable. If they can solve the soft inner screen problem and still get it to fold without shattering, well that would be remarkable.

The new Google Pixel 10 fold seems to be on par with the Samsung fold 7 with the additional bonus that it is rated IP68. That is the first time a folding phone has had water and dust rating. Well sort of, the fine says it very likely will not last the life of the phone. The degree of difficulty is Google will not tell you how long it they expect the ip68 to last.

If these designs ever get these problems solved and get the cost down by at least half, which is unlikely because of the additional complexity and extra bits, I'd be interested in one.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:26 AM (zdKZs)

31 o Uncle Sam is going to own a piece of Intel. Is there a word for that in economics?

Can anyone foresee any difficulties with that?
Posted by: fluffy

Corinthian leather.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:27 AM (zdKZs)

32 I initially read that name as "Misinform" rather than "Minisforum" which seems unfortunately appropriate for some things related to tech.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 05:34 AM (2GCMq)

33 Present

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 05:35 AM (AOsQT)

34 why would I want a folding phone

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 05:37 AM (AOsQT)

35 Christian teen wins battle with public school after they forbid her to have Bible verses in her Senior parking space:

https://tinyurl.com/ysmwvt62

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 05:40 AM (2GCMq)

36
I have issues with flat phones that have functions built into the sides in that I cannot pick up and hold one without changing a screen or some function. I realize that I'm doing something, but just can't stop squeezing the stupid things. May not ever conquer this idiot problem, too afraid of dropping the thing.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 23, 2025 05:40 AM (hKoQL)

37 31 Uncle Sam is going to own a piece of Intel. Is there a word for that in economics?
Can anyone foresee any difficulties with that?
Posted by: fluffy

Corinthian leather.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:27 AM (zdKZs)

wut

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:41 AM (aURVT)

38 Golden retrievers help save drowning baby bird:

https://tinyurl.com/ycyvrtsp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 05:42 AM (2GCMq)

39 We are sadly BOING!!!less.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:43 AM (aURVT)

40 Two cats watching "Tom and Jerry":

https://tinyurl.com/mvymymyj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 05:45 AM (2GCMq)

41 We are sadly BOING!!!less.
Posted by: m

Sabbath...

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:45 AM (zdKZs)

42 41 We are sadly BOING!!!less.
Posted by: m

Sabbath...
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:45 AM (zdKZs)

Ah! Thank you.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:46 AM (aURVT)

43 wut
Posted by: m

In the mid-70s, the US government bailed out Chrysler with some hefty loans. Chrysler in turn built the K cars which were uniquely awful. One of their sales campaigns had Ricardo Montalban touting one of their models because of its Corinthian leather seats. Remarkably Chrysler paid the loans back early.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:47 AM (zdKZs)

44 Rabbi's daughter reflects on Proverbs 27:19
And that "kind words are important":

https://tinyurl.com/mutr3e5d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 05:51 AM (2GCMq)

45 Evening and morning to the Saturday toilers and early risers! 'Tis Saturn's Day again. I wanted to sleep later, but my internal clock went off about 4 am, and big black Stirling took notice and started nosing me, bumping his cold wet schnozz into my face. Grrr.

What's on tap today?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 05:52 AM (omVj0)

46 43 wut
Posted by: m

In the mid-70s, the US government bailed out Chrysler with some hefty loans. Chrysler in turn built the K cars which were uniquely awful. One of their sales campaigns had Ricardo Montalban touting one of their models because of its Corinthian leather seats. Remarkably Chrysler paid the loans back early.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:47 AM (zdKZs)

Should we recognize a distinction between "own a piece of x company" and "bail out x company with some hefty loans"? I am not being snarky. (Maybe I'm ruining your joke?)

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:53 AM (aURVT)

47 The Chrysler Cordoba.
With rich Corinthian leather:

https://youtu.be/uvyTTx33PPQ

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 05:54 AM (XQo4F)

48 Who is that "Moonlight Shadow" song performed by? That's really nice stuff. The lead singer has a little of the Zooey Deschanel look about her, with a Tracey Ullman ("They Don't Know About Us") sort of voice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 05:55 AM (omVj0)

49
Good morning, Hordians.

Can't say I like the government taking out stakes in companies, but if it's going to happen Trump, who is a businessman, would do the least harm. Can you imagine how "Biden" would have handled it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 05:55 AM (kkTda)

50 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at August 23, 2025 05:56 AM (dL2Vj)

51
Did anyone bring doughnuts?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 05:57 AM (kkTda)

52 Just reading on what Bolton apparently did. Before Trump fired him during the first term, he was apparently emailing classified material to his family
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025

***
And I'm old enough to remember when we here were cheering him as a solid conservative and member of Trump Part One's team. After the wasteland of Barky's Reign of Error, he looked pretty darn good . . . for a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 05:58 AM (omVj0)

53 Nice sunny day coming here, 84

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 05:58 AM (+qU29)

54 48 Who is that "Moonlight Shadow" song performed by? That's really nice stuff. The lead singer has a little of the Zooey Deschanel look about her, with a Tracey Ullman ("They Don't Know About Us") sort of voice.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Maggie Reilly. Mike Oldfield's go-to vocalist when he was in the mood for songs rather than instrumentals. She performs on eight of his albums.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 23, 2025 06:02 AM (BLOW1)

55 A phone costing $2000 --!!!???

If it doesn't change the oil in my car, feed the cats, and clean my apartment for me, it's not even on my radar.

Come to think of it, it would be off my radar even if it did those things. I can do the cleaning for free, a can of cat food runs .78, and two oil changes a year cost me $100.

I'm quite pleased with the $35 Galaxy I bought last year or in '23. I'm not tethered to the thing; I leave it in the car when I go to the library, and only bring it along so I'll have it in an emergency.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 06:02 AM (omVj0)

56 Ok, I'm not afraid to just lay it out there:
Andy Reid's mustache vs. John Bolton's mustache.

What say ye, horde?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 06:03 AM (XQo4F)

57 Jazz group lifts spirits on a plane during flight delay:

https://tinyurl.com/3kfwebcr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 06:05 AM (2GCMq)

58 36 I have issues with flat phones that have functions built into the sides in that I cannot pick up and hold one without changing a screen or some function. I realize that I'm doing something, but just can't stop squeezing the stupid things. May not ever conquer this idiot problem, too afraid of dropping the thing.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 23, 2025 05:40 AM (hKoQL)

I'd bet there's a case you could pop the phone into that would leave the side-buttons far enough below the outer skin of the case that you couldn't accidentally click them. I know I've seen people working pretty hard to click side-buttons on a phone that's in a case.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 06:05 AM (aURVT)

59 Looks like I missed some good topics on the blog yesterday, with Disney's attempts to find a property which will appeal to young males, and constant stupidity and virulent racism from media-supported blacks against whites. Darn.

Today, washing the car is on my schedule, and I'm running out to the 'burbs to have a diner lunch with an old buddy whom I haven't seen in some years. Also on the good side, StartTV runs episodes of Gilmore Girls, my favorite light comedy series of the early 2000s. Amazing how sparkly the dialog is, and how cute AND hot Lauren Graham was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 06:08 AM (omVj0)

60 I'd bet there's a case you could pop the phone into that would leave the side-buttons far enough below the outer skin of the case that you couldn't accidentally click them. I know I've seen people working pretty hard to click side-buttons on a phone that's in a case.
Posted by: m at August 23, 2025

***
Most of what Walmart has in the cases line is for iPhones. But I bought my clear case on Amazon. It lets me pick up the phone without necessarily turning the screen on or off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 06:11 AM (omVj0)

61 I mentioned before, my current phone is a Moto G14. Cost me A$180 including tax, or about $106 in real money.

I do have an A$799 tablet though.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 23, 2025 06:12 AM (BLOW1)

62 56 Ok, I'm not afraid to just lay it out there:
Andy Reid's mustache vs. John Bolton's mustache.

What say ye, horde?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 06:03 AM (XQo4F)

Tom Selleck's mustache has entered the chat.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 23, 2025 06:12 AM (fRWLG)

63 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Angel of the Morning in the afternoon?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:13 AM (WvZaB)

64 >And I'm old enough to remember when we here were cheering him as a solid conservative
----

we are a fickle lot

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 06:13 AM (AOsQT)

65 64 >And I'm old enough to remember when we here were cheering him as a solid conservative
----

we are a fickle lot
Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 06:13 AM (AOsQT)

And also we learned more.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 06:14 AM (aURVT)

66 Recognizing that Govt grants are a form of picking corporate winners, the same can hold true for Govt purchases of corporate stock. Similarly, since a grant is a cash infusion, it's less likely that the Govt will dictate corporate policy going forward than if it held a large on-going investment position. Of course, a good investment can handsomely reward the American people.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 23, 2025 06:17 AM (pLaQB)

67 I do remember GM being called Government Motors.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 06:18 AM (aURVT)

68 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I just published my course so now my students can see it!

Not that any of them will be paying attention...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 23, 2025 06:19 AM (IBQGV)

69 I met a very nice, very intelligent older man who working at the John Birch booth. I don't know how old he is but he is a conservative lawyer and originally from Texas., but been here since the 60's so I'm guessing he might be in his 80's? His wife died seven years ago and he reconnected with an old girlfriend in Texas whose husband had died 20 years ago. He is going to go back to Texas and going to get married to her

On the other end of the spectrum I met a college kid who is in the ROTC and wants to learn everything he can about the Constitution and law. He and the older man were having quite an interesting chat

0h, yes, one of people at one the church booths at the fair said they met at a hotel next to a Cracker Barrel. They had quite an animated discussion with me and each other about the changes at the Cracker Barrel. They did not approve.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 06:20 AM (2GCMq)

70 Yesterday was the 540th anniversary of the death in battle of the last Plantagenet king of England.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:20 AM (WvZaB)

71 Technically it's a taxpayer grant.
If course, the taxpayers had no say so in it whatsoever.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 06:20 AM (XQo4F)

72
Off early for Day 2 of ring stewarding. I want to get there to get a ring that concludes business at lunchtime so I can get home to take care of Diana and Dot and get to Mass this afternoon.

I don't like the idea going to Mass on Saturday, but since it's because of a charitable act I can swallow it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 06:21 AM (kkTda)

73 Bolton is a solid neo-conservative, and has been since W.

He’s a warmonger, and I don’t say that lightly.
So when Trump picked him as NSA during his first term, I scratched my head on why the peace seeker chose him.

Bolton, at that time, was regularly on-air on cable news defending Trump so maybe Trump picked him for that reason and to make North Korean & Iranian leaders a little more nervous at having a cannon advising a loose-cannon.

It was about a year or so in when Bolton was drumming up a war in Venezuela to remove Maduro and replace him with the guy who really won the election.

Trump fired him within a few months after that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 06:24 AM (6ydKt)

74 I don't like the idea going to Mass on Saturday, but since it's because of a charitable act I can swallow it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 06:21 AM (kkTda)
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You made me think of George Macdonald Fraser, who had a soldier in his platoon who fought in the Burma campaign and was a member of that odd sect called the "Wee Frees," who have strict ideas about the Sabbath. Fraser asked him how he could kill Japanese on Sunday and, "...he ground his teeth and said it was an act of necessity and mercy."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:25 AM (WvZaB)

75 Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:20 AM (WvZaB)

Last time I mentioned here about how I thought it was a possibility that Richard III did not kill the princes but that some English historian thinks they survived , I got a lot of pushback from someone who was very animated about this.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 06:26 AM (2GCMq)

76
So he's ... insane.
Posted by: m

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

That's about it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 06:27 AM (6eO0F)

77 Last time I mentioned here about how I thought it was a possibility that Richard III did not kill the princes but that some English historian thinks they survived , I got a lot of pushback from someone who was very animated about this.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 06:26 AM (2GCMq)
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Tudor lickspittles. They're everywhere.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:27 AM (WvZaB)

78 Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:27 AM (WvZaB

LOL. I'm convinced that some people on the ASHQ forum could probably argue vociferously about which raindrop will come down the window fastest with a number of insults thrown in .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 06:32 AM (2GCMq)

79
Tudor lickspittles. They're everywhere.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:27 AM (WvZaB)

_________

Say what you will about the Plantagenets, at least they weren't schismatics.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 06:32 AM (kkTda)

80 "Lion in Winter"; top stuff.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 06:34 AM (aURVT)

81 Yet as written in a few articles Bolton became a cheerleader in the Mar-aLago raid

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 06:37 AM (+qU29)

82 Good morning morons

I'm going to fire my boss on Monday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 06:37 AM (RIvkX)

83 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:40 AM (WvZaB)

84 They’ve got the bones of the the two boys.

All Charles III has to do is give the OK and they can DNA test them and solve the mystery.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 06:40 AM (6ydKt)

85 Plantagenet king of England.

So, he was a vegetarian?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at August 23, 2025 06:41 AM (JRP2U)

86 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

87 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 23, 2025 06:46 AM (ppG5b)

88 Good morning, one and all. Lots of rain here yesterday More than three and a half inches overall, according to my weather station.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at August 23, 2025 06:49 AM (VmDLh)

89 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 23, 2025 06:50 AM (sAmhv)

90 Breakfast is done and has been had. Time to change and run out to wash the car before the day gets too hot. Which it already is, of course.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 06:51 AM (omVj0)

91 morning, all. Hope everyone has a good day/weekend.

Posted by: vivi at August 23, 2025 06:52 AM (cpunl)

92 This has been the wettest summer in Kansas I can remember. The big bluestem is not brown, the fields are green. and a forth crop of hay is in the making.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

93 86 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

On it, boss!

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 06:54 AM (aURVT)

94 What say ye, horde?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 06:03 AM (XQo4F)

Dismounted?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 23, 2025 06:54 AM (3pmZ8)

95 Ya got my hope up that Charles III was dead.

He is a fool of a King, and a greater fool for choosing that unfortunate regnal name.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

96 23:So he's ... insane.

Posted by: m

No. Not insane. Just lives in a bubble where rules are for little people. Its an arrogance that comes with working inside the Fed Leviathan for decades. You no longer think yourself as a public servant, but as a Lord, ruling over the lower classes. They may not even be aware of what happened to them and what they've become. Some do though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 23, 2025 07:00 AM (sAmhv)

97 @36/IRONGRAMPA: "I have issues with flat phones that have functions built into the sides in that I cannot pick up and hold one without changing a screen or some function. I realize that I'm doing something, but just can't stop squeezing the stupid things."

I have this problem also.

Mine has a button called the "custom key" which you can set to do different things based on the type of press (single click, double click, press-and-hold.) I set mine to "none" for all three, and now when I accidentally press this button, the phone brings up the configuration for the button again. There needs to be a "Do nothing" option, which is what I really wanted.

I eventually set it load the calculator program because at least that's an occasionally desired program to run that has some use, and it's easy to close and get out of the way. It also inspires less rage in me about poorly designed user interfaces.

The number of times I press this button accidentally is kinda ridiculous.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:01 AM (O7YUW)

98 21
Interesting, I initially chose this blog as an escape from insomnia in a most idle manner, suddenly realized that the blog and posters were most interesting in their own right then got caught right up in it. A humbling experience.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

Deep intellectual insight and BOOBS!!! Here, at Ace of Spades HQ.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 23, 2025 07:02 AM (sAmhv)

99 Greetings from the Carolinas.

Posted by: Going deep. Out at August 23, 2025 07:04 AM (i5B/J)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:04 AM (aURVT)

101 heh

Aelfred The Great retweeted
🇻🇦 Fr Victor Feltes
@StuffForSisters
13h
Typical Church Naming Conventions
Catholic = St. [Saint]'s Church
Eastern = St. [Obscure Saint]'s Church
Baptist = [Ordinal Number] Baptist Church
Evangelical = [Tree][Water Source] Church

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:04 AM (aURVT)

102 Puddleglum

Not in that order, and I like it like that.

We used to have Flamewar Fridays. Gave you broad shoulders. I got so hardened, Yoko's music just got my toes tapping.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

103 @96/puddleglum: "No. Not insane. Just lives in a bubble where rules are for little people. Its an arrogance that comes with working inside the Fed Leviathan for decades."

I concur. It's an advanced form of the "I know better than they do" hubris.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:06 AM (O7YUW)

104 m

Good you are on step.

And what about Universal Universalists? OR Pentecostal?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

105 also heh

Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
13h
My HOA sent a letter saying we’d fallen afoul of some trash can rule in Feb. (which they didn’t tell us) & now again so they may fine

Their pic of the trash can has no timestamp. You can’t see the number on it so no clue if it’s ours. They didn’t say what rule

I am so excited

... I don’t know if they know what they’ve done but I have had a lot of stress the last few months and I cannot *wait* to fight this.

I went to school to read closely and well. I’ve got the HOA agreement right here. Care to guess how many things they’ve been failing to do?

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:08 AM (aURVT)

106 I got so hardened, Yoko's music just got my toes tapping.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)
===============
I think they can cure that now. Ask your doctor.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 23, 2025 07:08 AM (HfrqO)

107 @100/m: Nice score, m. Also, g'morning to you and the rest of the Horde on this fine Saturday morning.

Coffee. Must finish my big mug of coffee...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:09 AM (O7YUW)

108 Huck Follywood

Cone of Silence is last centuries technology.

Barbara Feldon: Hubba Hubba.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

109 mornin yall. Tesla is offering a $348 turn signal stalk option on the Model 3 so you don't have to use a touch screen to activate your turn signals. Not that it would make any difference around here where turn signals are optional on all cars.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

110 “ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”

John 6:26-27

Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 07:10 AM (Oy+3b)

111 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Going to resign. Best this way. I need to focus on my health.

It is a bother, but I will be OK.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

112 104 And what about Universal Universalists? OR Pentecostal?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

There're all kinds of funny addenda at the original poster's site:

https://tinyurl.com/29tmsu65

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:12 AM (aURVT)

113 m

Alas. Could not open link.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

114 There was a Laugh-In marathon on last week and Barbara Feldon was on numerous times. I had forgotten she was on there at all. Also how thin she was.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:14 AM (vFG9F)

115 The Memes of Saturday Overflow:

MWCP - https://tinyurl.com/5x9wx9an+
Hoyt - https://tinyurl.com/4cm6vw22+
Powerline - https://tinyurl.com/mr2w75e2+

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 07:14 AM (ExV1e)

116 113 m

Alas. Could not open link.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

huh

It's at this nitter site:

https://nitter.net/StuffForSisters

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:16 AM (aURVT)

117 Okay, on with my commentary on the tech news, because I wouldn't want Pixy to feel unappreciated.

Intel: If GM ended up being called "Government Motors" due to their bail-out, then maybe some meme expert could create something like the Central Intelligence Agency logo with the "Intel" of "Intelligence" being swapped with Intel's logo.

Minisforum "AMD Strix Halo-Based MS-S1 Max Mini AI Workstation": Probably will be at a bleeding edge price I won't want to pay, but it's still cool. I'll wait 3 years until all those options are common and relatively inexpensive.

Okay, that's all I've got... other than a headache. C'mon coffee, I'm countin' on you here...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:16 AM (O7YUW)

118 117 Intel: If GM ended up being called "Government Motors" due to their bail-out, then maybe some meme expert could create something like the Central Intelligence Agency logo with the "Intel" of "Intelligence" being swapped with Intel's logo.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:16 AM (O7YUW)

Ha!

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:19 AM (aURVT)

119 from the church-naming comments:

I always get a kick out of the several "First" churches in the neighborhood near my office - denominations treating every new city like a YouTube comment section.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:21 AM (aURVT)

120 You need a app to use your turn signals in a Tesla?

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:23 AM (+qU29)

121 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

I was not a fan of flameware Fridays.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:24 AM (BG2+T)

122 Was some good ones on Powerline week in pictures

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:25 AM (+qU29)

123 "When Tesla first released the refreshed “Highland” Model 3 in China in 2023, and later globally in 2024, the electric sedan featured several design tweaks and an additional touchscreen for rear passengers. However, the most controversial change was the removal of the turn signal and drive stalks. Instead, Tesla opted to move these controls to steering wheel buttons and the center touchscreen, a decision seemingly inspired by the company’s vision of a future dominated by autonomous vehicles."

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

124 Tesla put a touchscreen in the back seat so your passengers can work the turn signals.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

125 120 You need a app to use your turn signals in a Tesla?
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:23 AM (+qU29)

Nah, you hit the turn signal button on the touchscreen in the car.

Stupid idea but apparently it saved Tesla $348 per car.

And it looks “clean & futuristic”.

If you wanted that, Elon, you should have put gull-wing doors on it and made flight an optional add-on.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:28 AM (6ydKt)

126
🇻🇦 Fr Victor Feltes
@StuffForSisters
19h
Increasing inheritance taxes to 100% would change incentives such that much less than expected would be collected. For instance, lots of homes would be sold to adult offspring for $1.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:29 AM (aURVT)

127 I am in need of prayer for strength. I have three services between this afternoon and tomorrow morning and I am really tired. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:29 AM (2GCMq)

128 Fr Victor Feltes
@StuffForSisters
19h
Increasing inheritance taxes to 100% would change incentives such that much less than expected would be collected. For instance, lots of homes would be sold to adult offspring for $1.
Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:29 AM (aURVT)

— —

They’d get around that by making it illegal to sell a home for less than fair market value.

The socialist is, at heart, a thief with better intentions on how to spend your money better than you.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:33 AM (6ydKt)

129 Skip

So does https://accordingtohoyt.com.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

130 🇻🇦 Fr Victor Feltes
@StuffForSisters
19h
Increasing inheritance taxes to 100% would change incentives such that much less than expected would be collected. For instance, lots of homes would be sold to adult offspring for $1.
Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:29 AM (aURVT)

It would destroy farms and businesses. It might crash the stock market. It might obliterate the economy. But it wouldn't make an impact on government revenue. The truly wealthy... people with tens of millions or more... would just change their citizenship to a country which didn't do this.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

131 One of the very nice things about the Agricultural 4-H Fair is all the parents with their cute kids, and also that some people wear shirts with religious or patriotic sayings. Also, the kids are so excited about the animals they have raised. Yes, we have rural areas in NJ. That county went for Trump all three times.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:37 AM (2GCMq)

132 Salty, sorry to hear that I always enjoyed hearing about your adventures and I could hear your fondness for your riders come through in your comments.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

133 Overwhelmed does t begin to describe the way I’m feeling right now, Fen & the rest of you.

My father’s lung cancer has returned and because he’s basically willed it to happen anyway due to missing my mother, he’s decided on no treatment and he’s now in hospice at home.

They just brought him home from the hospital yesterday.

This will be some of the most difficult months in my life, and I’ve had some doozies in the past.

I feel like a nervous wreck and a lost kid at the same time.

Worried and fearful and heartbroken is a spirit crusher.

Prayers are nice, maybe God will have some mercy on what’s left of my family and I can come out stronger on the other side.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:41 AM (6ydKt)

134 FenelonSpoke

That is because you are a kind and caring soul, unlike me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

135 San Franpsycho

Thank you.

Well, I am probably worth millions to personal injury lawyers if a child is hurt on my bus. Better to move on.

But stories with kids >>>> stories with gold-diggers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

136 Salty too funny

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:44 AM (+qU29)

137 @111/NaCly Dog: "Going to resign. Best this way. I need to focus on my health."

I'd ask that you keep your cards close to your chest until after November's medical evaluation and hopefully clearance to have your DL re-activated and re-issued to you.

You might change your mind. If you're having problems with that supervisor, other drivers might be as well. Supervisors that are the source of internal company strife tend to only last so long before they're fired. Also, you could request a different supervisor as a condition of coming back. Remember, your company is (as pretty much all bus companies are) desperate for drivers even if they're not letting on that they are. If your request (and presentation thereof) is calm, polite, and reasonable, they'll be more likely to agree to it.

Just some thoughts. At the end of the day though, if you honestly think that bus driving is bad for your health overall, then let it go and take care of yourself.

I'm glad you indicated you'll be okay. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:44 AM (O7YUW)

138 SpeakingOf

Prayers ascending for a pain-free outcome. And prayers for you.

Get the good drugs when needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

139 I got so hardened, Yoko's music just got my toes tapping.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)
===============
I think they can cure that now. Ask your doctor.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 23, 2025 07:08 AM (HfrqO)
---
If it lasts more than 4 hours, see an undertaker.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 23, 2025 07:46 AM (IBQGV)

140 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

That is plan A.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

141 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I can return to work after I retire, the need is so great.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

142 SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:41 AM

That is going to be tough going

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:48 AM (+qU29)

143 "Perfessor" Squirrel

So glad to hear you survived to teach reading lesson plan - challenged students for another semester.

Your efforts should unlock the caged potential in good students.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

144 "Perfessor" Squirrel

So glad to hear you survived to teach reading lesson plan - challenged students for another semester.

Your efforts should unlock the caged potential in good students.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:48 AM (u82oZ)
---
Thank you. Unlocking students' potential is indeed my goal.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 23, 2025 07:50 AM (IBQGV)

145 Java nood.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 07:50 AM (XQo4F)

146 Thanks, Salty.

I don’t like to share it all here, but sometimes it helps to write it all down. It’s cathartic in a way.

And I enjoy reading and getting to know a lot of people in the Horde.

Funny, intelligent, and so many good people.
Takes my mind off of things to come here and read and participate when I can.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:52 AM (6ydKt)

147 @127/FenelonSpoke: Prayer just offered up asking for strength for you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:52 AM (O7YUW)

148 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:42 AM

Of course you are a kind and caring soul, Salty which you demonstrate here daily, Salty, and have certainly demonstrated to me. My comment was not intended as any aspersion on you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:54 AM (2GCMq)

149 Thanks so much , G & C.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:54 AM (2GCMq)

150 It’s not going to be any fun, Skip, that’s for sure.

But at least I’ve got time to prepare for the inevitable this time, whereas my mother went into the hospital and was gone two weeks later.

A small silver lining, I suppose.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:55 AM (6ydKt)

151 @133/SpeakingOf: "Prayers are nice, maybe God will have some mercy on what’s left of my family and I can come out stronger on the other side."

A prayer offered for strength for you as well. Also: Isaiah 41:10. (No really, go read that, right now, please.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:58 AM (O7YUW)

152 FenelonSpoke

Remember, hardened shoulders. No worries.

I know: Tell FenelonSpouse to give you a kiss on the hand from me. The rest is up to you two lovebirds.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

153 Coffee almost nood.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

154 @141/NaCly Dog: "I can return to work after I retire, the need is so great."

Indeed. In that case, leave on a high note with your resignation letter talking about the good times you had driving, and that you enjoyed your work, and thank them for the opportunities they gave you.

So few think to thank their employer for the work they provided that it will make a seriously positive impression on them.

It will also soften them up quite a bit if you, during the "possibly returning" talks in the future, ask for a different supervisor.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 08:05 AM (O7YUW)

155 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Thanks Grumpy.
I will have to try and memorize it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:08 AM (6ydKt)

156 @155/SpeakingOf: You're welcome. It's one of my favourites, and I've leaned into that promise real-hard at times. I find doing so very re-assuring and calming.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 08:15 AM (O7YUW)

157 Nice post. I learn something totally new and challenging on sites I
stumbleupon on a daily basis. It's always useful to read through content from other writers and practice something from their sites.

Posted by: Fatvim Weight Loss Formula at August 23, 2025 08:43 AM (tkXir)

158 Now, many would say that this is an unacceptable entanglement of business and government.
I would point out that, unlike the current situation, if the Chinese or other entities tried to take control of the company, the only remedy the president would have is to pass a bill - which, if Dems control even ONE of the houses, or have enough influence to block it - would not work.
By owning a significant part of a vital component of our economy, the government would have a DIRECT way of stopping foreign interference.

Posted by: Linda S Fox at August 23, 2025 09:07 AM (y7B3y)

159 So real Fascism is totally OK but the imaginary kind is really bad?

Posted by: Fisht at August 23, 2025 10:20 AM (BHEHK)

160 "Rare earth elements are not particularly rare." True, but refining and separating them generates huge amounts of toxic pollution. China doesn't give a damn about that, but we do. In effect, we've exported our pollution. I hope that a lot of money is going into research into cleaner ways to process rare earths.

Posted by: Nemo at August 23, 2025 11:42 AM (4RPgu)

161 "Increasing inheritance taxes to 100% would change incentives such that much less than expected would be collected."

Whoever proposed that has never heard of the Laffer curve.

Posted by: Nemo at August 23, 2025 11:49 AM (4RPgu)

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8 Good evening good people.

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9 How to defeat AI

AIs are trained on "what's on the internet."

I've wondered what we'll get when future AIs are trained on "what's on the internet" and 90% of that is current-AI generated.

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10 I've been inside the Wal-Mart pictured on the newspaper front page. It's in Bentonville AR a few miles from Wal-Mart world headquarters.

It's a museum now.

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11 Not even top 10 tonight. Was busy feasting with family. Priorities, y'know. *burp*

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12 Damn, we got races like that redneck thing. Only no pigs, and its a drag race. It happens once a year at wildwood NJ which has deep flat beaches to race on. Its called the race of gentlemen. Strictly antique cars. The rules are no cars newer than 1936, and no motorcycles newer than 1947.

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13 ...be at the Fort Worth Gun Show tomorrow (Saturday 8/23) and Sunday 8/24, selling the guns and such from the estate of the late and much-missed Layabout Sailor.

AKA Jim

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14 goo-goo-goo-joob

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15 Evenin'

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16 I have been to the Tillamook county fair, but I missed the pig racing. It is, however, one of the best county fairs I have ever been to, and I recommend it.
Especially if you like dairy cows.

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17 From what I'm gathering on X, that last meme is very true. Seems to be a revolt in the making up their in Canaduh with their Indian immigrants. Can't imagine why.

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18 I used one of those vulcanization patches on my bike tire, way back when. They do work,

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 10:11 PM (rbvCR)

19 How's the Soviet Union doing in Cuba?

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 10:11 PM (gKWVE)

20 I've been inside the Wal-Mart pictured on the newspaper front page. It's in Bentonville AR a few miles from Wal-Mart world headquarters.
Posted by: Cicero

While in Bentonville did you visit th Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art? I'm no big fan of Alice Walton but she did fund a kick ass museum.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2025 10:11 PM (cYBz/)

21 Every spacecraft should have a supply of those Camel Vulcanizing Patch Units.

For when the AE-35 unit is about to go 100% failure.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 10:12 PM (dDmld)

22 Just one Eucharist gives you the whole Jesus.

But beware. You consume Him and He consumes you.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 10:12 PM (ZmEVT)

23 Gibberish is probably easier to emulate that coherent thoughts.

Posted by: Accomack at August 22, 2025 10:13 PM (oERdd)

24 While in Bentonville did you visit th Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art?

---------

No, but it sure sounds like a place I'd hang out.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 10:14 PM (dDmld)

25 The best county fair was the San Diego county fair. My mom especially liked the horse show.

I saw Tina Turner on her comeback.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 10:14 PM (ZmEVT)

26 I've wondered what we'll get when future AIs are trained on "what's on the internet" and 90% of that is current-AI generated.
Posted by: mikeski has always had 4 thumbs at August 22, 2025 10:03 PM (DgGvY)

Some people call it AI rot. It becomes so recursive that it becomes not-real looking again.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

27 We had the Cattle Congress at the Hippodrome. That’s whereThunder Bay would come down and fight, sometimes a hockey game would break out, too.

They held rock concerts there. The same ladies as the hockey games in the red blazers would be “ushers” but I never saw them ushering anyone. Maybe it was a union thing or something. 5,000 hippies smoking dope and talking shit about the gubbmint, they didn’t seem very comfortable at all.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 10:15 PM (V9VN1)

28
Hope motorcyclist enjoyed his flight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 10:16 PM (kkTda)

29 Good evening Horde. Thanks WD.

Pig racing, Rocky Top, and Hall of the Mountain King in an ONT?! Truly we live in abundant times.

Posted by: TRex - Woo! at August 22, 2025 10:16 PM (cCn4/)

30
I miss Jim. Hopefully the buyers of Jim's guns will appreciate them as much as Jim did.

I didn't have the pleasure of meeting Jim. He was a fine man as all of you who knew him say.

RIP Jim.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 10:17 PM (3ek7K)

31 And how long did it take some nerd to hack the code to drive the car full speed?

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 10:17 PM (pZEOD)

32 Back in olden days, there was a Georgia meme of two pigs doing the dirty with the caption Macon Bacon. I was surprised to see tee shirts, caps etc. with that meme being warn by French kids. What the hell do they know about Macon Bacon?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 10:17 PM (L/fGl)

33 Just one Eucharist gives you the whole Jesus.

But beware. You consume Him and He consumes you.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 10:12 PM (ZmEVT)

So, a Communion 69.

20 bucks, same as in town.

~ ~ ~

Okay, I'll pack my bags now to catch that express train going down.

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 10:17 PM (gKDq2)

34 AI that learns based on AoS comments > AI learns based on Reddit posts.

Posted by: TRex - tech wizard at August 22, 2025 10:18 PM (cCn4/)

35 That dog's Kung Fu was on point.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 22, 2025 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)

36 Hope motorcyclist enjoyed his flight.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The flight was great but the landing. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2025 10:18 PM (cYBz/)

37 Gibberish is probably easier to emulate that coherent thoughts.
Posted by: Accomack

Just channel Kamala.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 10:19 PM (L/fGl)

38 How to defeat AI

AIs are trained on "what's on the internet."

I've wondered what we'll get when future AIs are trained on "what's on the internet" and 90% of that is current-AI generated.
Posted by: mikeski has always had 4 thumbs at August 22, 2025 10:03 PM (DgGvY)

I think it's a tossup between Colossus: The Forbin Project, SkyNet, and the movie Making Mr. Right.

Or, it will be a humanoid robot that has a Playing Mantis personality...

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2025 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)

39 1 Yay, National Eat a Peach Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 22, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)

Yeah ... about that idea ... that'll be a no from me dawg.

*** yeah yeah ... I know it wasn't a peach truck, but it ruins the sock ***

Posted by: zombie Duane Allman at August 22, 2025 10:19 PM (TTAGa)

40 21 Every spacecraft should have a supply of those Camel Vulcanizing Patch Units.

For when the AE-35 unit is about to go 100% failure.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 10:12 PM (dDmld)

Dad taught me that trick when I was about 10, to fix my own bike tires.

Yeah... he was cool with me using Lighter Fluid, to fix my bike tires...

But then, I was also flying Line Control Model planes by then... and that fuel? highly flammable.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 10:20 PM (mP0Kj)

41 10 I've been inside the Wal-Mart pictured on the newspaper front page. It's in Bentonville AR a few miles from Wal-Mart world headquarters.

It's a museum now.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 10:04 PM (JkO4W)

We live in wal mart-land. Wallyworld has built a 15 minute type city there, which I have to say is beautiful, but it gives me the creeps if I'm honest. And yes, there is a Walmart on almost every corner here, it seems.

Posted by: moki at August 22, 2025 10:20 PM (wLjpr)

42 Perhaps if pools were filled with septic tank solids, swimmers like Rodney King and Theo Huxtable would have a chance.

Posted by: Mark Spitz at August 22, 2025 10:20 PM (G5+As)

43 I think it's a tossup between Colossus: The Forbin Project, SkyNet, and the movie Making Mr. Right.

Or, it will be a humanoid robot that has a Playing Mantis personality...
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2025 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)

No Cherry 2000? WTF?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 10:21 PM (mP0Kj)

44 I just got a 3 day suspension on Reddit lol. Someone posted in a subreddit called "goodnews" about Kilmar Abrego Garcia being released, and I said if that's good news, it'll be great news when he's finally deported.

I broke rule 1- attacking vulnerable or marginalized people. I appealed by saying legal immigrants from any nation can stay, and I'm not targeting any race or ethnicity because all illegals need to go.

I spoke reality and common sense, though, so I don't like my odds.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 22, 2025 10:21 PM (ycI94)

45 At those speeds he very easily or likely killed whoever was in the car he hit. I hate those fuckers with a passion. You want to kill yourself be my guest.

You’ve no right to endanger everyone else. They should be fucking shot from helicopters, whatever it takes. I was driving back to Schofield on the H3 early one morning and heard something strange. “WTF is that noise?” A few seconds later he comes zipping by on a crotch rocket in the passing lane. It had to be close 200 mph. Just stupid.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 10:21 PM (V9VN1)

46 Looks like that newspaper only gets published six times a year.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 10:22 PM (63Dwl)

47 No Cherry 2000? WTF?
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 10:21 PM (mP0Kj)

Hadn't heard of it before. It will have to wait in a to be bought/rented queue for a while....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2025 10:22 PM (S/Y4j)

48
Nearest Walmart to us is an hour away. We save lots of money not having one here.

It's so easy when we're at Walmart to buy stuff we don't really need.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 10:23 PM (3ek7K)

49 I never met Jim SND and didn’t de-lurk before his passing. I always enjoyed reading his posts.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 22, 2025 10:24 PM (fveCG)

50 That dog's Kung Fu was on point.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I'm pretty sure that was Capoeira.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 10:25 PM (DgGvY)

51 I've wondered what we'll get when future AIs are trained on "what's on the internet" and 90% of that is current-AI generated.
Posted by: mikeski has always had 4 thumbs at August 22, 2025 10:03 PM (DgGvY)

Some people call it AI rot. It becomes so recursive that it becomes not-real looking again.
Posted by: Kindltot

And it will only take all the power of several nuclear power plants to do this.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 10:25 PM (/lPRQ)

52 fourseasons, you a female?

I never buy anything I don't need.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 10:25 PM (ZmEVT)

53 Tillamook Ford & Pig, Henry wanted his cars to run forever.

AOP, what about my '49 Ford?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 10:27 PM (nO7cW)

54 Yeah, female . I had to check though. Hmmm, today is Friday, bit off schedule.

Tomorrow might be different. These days we can be whichever sex on any given day.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 10:28 PM (3ek7K)

55 16 I have been to the Tillamook county fair, but I missed the pig racing. It is, however, one of the best county fairs I have ever been to, and I recommend it.
Especially if you like dairy cows.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 10:10 PM (rbvCR)

Where is Tillamook County? Washington State?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 22, 2025 10:28 PM (QGaXH)

56 Evening everyone. Thx WeirdDave
Both the ramen noodles and the AI had me laughing.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 10:30 PM (ncxww)

57 13 ...be at the Fort Worth Gun Show tomorrow (Saturday 8/23) and Sunday 8/24, selling the guns and such from the estate of the late and much-missed Layabout Sailor.

AKA Jim
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 10:09 PM (/lPRQ)

Dearly wish I could be there.
Owning a piece of history, that would be.

RIP Jim, RIP.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 22, 2025 10:30 PM (xcxpd)

58 Where is Tillamook County? Washington State?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 22, 2025 10:28 PM (QGaXH)

Oregon, on the coast. Very pretty there. Good cheese.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 22, 2025 10:31 PM (xcxpd)

59 About Jim SND,

Link to brief on his gun stash being sold in my URL..
Fort Worth Gun Show.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

60 I'm surprised the leftist idiots in Oregon haven't shut down the racing with pigs. Cruel to the pigs of course

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 10:33 PM (ncxww)

61 49 I never met Jim SND and didn’t de-lurk before his passing. I always enjoyed reading his posts.
Posted by: QED Texan
----

Linking him to KimDuToit's homage was nice.
They should link that PDF of Jay Guevera's CV to his name.
And the pic of Vic with his Maverick.
If possible everyone with some association;
Jewels, with her craft work.
Not just names but a memorial for us and nubies to see.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 10:34 PM (nO7cW)

62 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 10:34 PM (zZu0s)

63 Other state fairs may have their attractions, but the Alaska State Fair has by far the biggest vegetables.

138 pound cabbages.

Five foot long carrots

2,100 pound pumpkins.

There's a lot of stuff that won't grow well here, but the things that do really go to town with the long hours of summer sunlight.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2025 10:34 PM (qpyNK)

64 Evening all!

rickb, I hope you are doing ok.

Today, my Sister and I received a card from one of the horde. She knows who she is and hopefully she's here lurking. Thank you so much, we were very touched.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 22, 2025 10:35 PM (sPQoU)

65 Not just names but a memorial for us and nubies to see.

Posted by: Braenyard

And Ciampino.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 22, 2025 10:36 PM (fveCG)

66 Bodycam footage from the 3rd world is so much better than footage from America. It's like an 80's action movie.

https://tinyurl.com/ewrt258u

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 10:37 PM (jc0TO)

67 AKA Jim
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 10:09 PM (/lPRQ)

Dearly wish I could be there.
Owning a piece of history, that would be.

RIP Jim, RIP.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo

Yeah, seems that he and Kim DuToit go way back.
Kim's blog is one of the few I check in on pretty much every day for about twenty years now.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

68 The spinning dog needs to cut back on the coffee.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 22, 2025 10:38 PM (0Htd1)

69 Saw a woketard get shut down on Fecesbook earlier today.

Someone posted a 19th Century British map of Australia, with labels like "suitable for crops", "suitable for grazing", and "worthless".

This got the Woko Haram member upset... "Evil White Man Colonist Poopyhead point of view, not the way the peace-loving shiny rainbow aborigines viewed their sacred land, blah-blah-blah", you know the drill.

Some Aussies pointed out that the aborigines also avoided the areas marked as "worthless", only crossing them when forced, and then crossing as quickly as possible. They didn't live there.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2025 10:40 PM (qpyNK)

70 There is a launch tomorrow morning.

Blue Origin - New Shepard - NS-35
Launch Site One, Texas - Space Affairs Live
Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025
Launch window: 7:30 AM CDT (1230 UTC / 14:30 CEST)

https://youtu.be/nD5kOi21mP0

Posted by: Joyenz at August 22, 2025 10:40 PM (sPQoU)

71 68 The spinning dog needs to cut back on the coffee.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 22, 2025 10:38 PM
***
spinning dog > spinning dino

Posted by: TRex - wheeeeeeee at August 22, 2025 10:41 PM (cCn4/)

72 It certainly strains credulity to suggest everybody was Kung Fu Fighting

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 10:41 PM (V9VN1)

73 Gibberish is probably easier to emulate that coherent thoughts.
Posted by: Accomack at August 22, 2025 10:13 PM (oERdd)

Sounds like that certain troll.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2025 10:42 PM (0eaVi)

74 About fifteen miles south of me the Town of New Paltz has a YouTube channel which broadcast council meetings. It had to be shut down because someone zoom bombed it with pron vids for five hours. The town is idiotically leftist so well done prankster

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 10:43 PM (ncxww)

75 I "PINE"

an old American Colloquialism for "I deeply remember and wish for a moment, memory, life experience that was a happy, beautiful, and life affirming event in my life.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 10:43 PM (25kuG)

76 Motorcyclist outrunning police crash. pshaw

There's a u-tube of a stolen Dodge Charger at a high dollar shopping center Houston (Galleria SW side of town) running from there due East to almost Beaumont (94 miles; 1:hr 24min per Bing) through heavy I-10 traffic all the way, outrunning and maneuvering all popo pursuit cars and TV helicopter only to be captured in a rice field after the Dodge ran out of gas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 10:44 PM (nO7cW)

77 Other state fairs may have their attractions, but the Alaska State Fair has by far the biggest vegetables.

2,100 pound pumpkins.

That's nothing. We have tons of 2,500+lbs hogs at the Iowa State Fair. They're usually on the main concourse getting the deep fried cheesecake or whatever monstrosity is the fried item of the year lol.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 22, 2025 10:45 PM (ycI94)

78
Just one Eucharist gives you the whole Jesus.

_________

For Catholics, even the tiniest particle contains the whole of the Body and Blood of Christ. Which is why the Eucharist must be treated with such care.

Nowadays, though, ehhhh. Shuffle up, getcher wafer doled out, should consume it right there but who's watching? Ablutions? What? Are you some crumb fanatic?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 10:45 PM (kkTda)

79 72 It certainly strains credulity to suggest everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 10:41 PM (V9VN1)

Some were probably just doing Aikido.

Gay, gay Aikido.

Posted by: Mr. Fudge Pants at August 22, 2025 10:45 PM (zUe/H)

80 Unscrupulous types used to sell the Abos automobiles, and then buy them back cheap on the side of the road, after they ran out of gas.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 10:46 PM (V9VN1)

81 Vulcanizing Patch Unit, little triangular shaped tins.
Stepped on one barefoot. Once.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 10:46 PM (nO7cW)

82 75 I "PINE"

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 10:43 PM
***
...for the fjords.

Posted by: Parrot (not dead) at August 22, 2025 10:47 PM (cCn4/)

83 And Ciampino.
Posted by: QED Texan at August 22, 2025 10:36 PM (fveCG)

Thank you for remembering my Dad.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 22, 2025 10:47 PM (sPQoU)

84 I guess it would be in poor taste to insist you don't. want the penis when receiving the sacrament.

Posted by: Mr. Fudge Pants at August 22, 2025 10:47 PM (zUe/H)

85 ...outrunning and maneuvering all popo pursuit cars and TV helicopter only to be captured in a rice field after the Dodge ran out of gas.

Shoulda stopped at Buccee's.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 22, 2025 10:49 PM (3nLb4)

86 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 22, 2025 10:49 PM (77rzZ)

87 78

The tradition of the ancient Latin Mass has been reborn in SoCal,

I will not reveal the place now as there are enemies growing against this. Even within the faith.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 10:50 PM (25kuG)

88 Good evening morons e grazie wd

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2025 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

89 That's nothing. We have tons of 2,500+lbs hogs at the Iowa State Fair. They're usually on the main concourse getting the deep fried cheesecake or whatever monstrosity is the fried item of the year lol.
Posted by: Moron Analyst

Trigglypuff has entered the chat.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 22, 2025 10:51 PM (fveCG)

90 Just one Eucharist gives you the whole Jesus.

But beware. You consume Him and He consumes you.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 10:12 PM (ZmEVT)

Is this one of those take once a day with food thing?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 10:51 PM (snZF9)

91 For Catholics, even the tiniest particle contains the whole of the Body and Blood of Christ. Which is why the Eucharist must be treated with such care.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

As everyone here knows I live in an area full of 29 year olds. One of the Eucharistic Ministers at my Parish has Parkinson's (no giggles please) and she fumbled the Host once for me. The other EM executed a diving catch more violent and quick than Franco Harris during his Immaculate Reception to catch the Host before it touched the floor.

She caught it too!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2025 10:52 PM (cYBz/)

92 I had ramen for lunch in Japantown today. Teh awesome.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2025 10:53 PM (RIvkX)

93
Severe drought here in SW Wyoming. Strict water restrictions, the town has removed all the hanging baskets along Main Street and any other plants requiring water.

I'm up most of the night and I sit out on the patio during the night. It's interesting hearing the neighbors sneaking out around 1 am so they can water their grass.

We might not have drinking water soon, it's that dire, but they will have green grass.

Assholes

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 10:53 PM (3ek7K)

94 The tradition of the ancient Latin Mass has been reborn in SoCal,

I will not reveal the place now as there are enemies growing against this. Even within the faith.
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 10:50 PM (25kuG)

Friend of mine went to one years back. The priest had dispensation from the Vatican to perform it.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 22, 2025 10:54 PM (nbLIj)

95 You’re welcome. Your dad’s posts were ones I always enjoyed reading.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 22, 2025 10:55 PM (fveCG)

96
Severe drought here in SW Wyoming. Strict water restrictions, the town has removed all the hanging baskets along Main Street and any other plants requiring water.

_________

Severe storms here in Brazoria County, TX. Lake Hadrian has returned to the back yard.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 10:55 PM (kkTda)

97 65 Not just names but a memorial for us and nubies to see.

Posted by: Braenyard

And Ciampino.
Posted by: QED Texan
---------------------------

Ciampino's not there either.
This is getting absurd.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 10:56 PM (nO7cW)

98 It certainly strains credulity to suggest everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 10:41 PM (V9VN1)

Ya gotta remember, he limited his description to Funky Chinamen in Funky Chinatown. They were also fast as lightning, so they likely didn't have to keep it up for very long.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 22, 2025 10:56 PM (6nQni)

99 >>> 93
Severe drought here in SW Wyoming. Strict water restrictions, the town has removed all the hanging baskets along Main Street and any other plants requiring water.

I'm up most of the night and I sit out on the patio during the night. It's interesting hearing the neighbors sneaking out around 1 am so they can water their grass.

We might not have drinking water soon, it's that dire, but they will have green grass.

Assholes
Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 10:53 PM (3ek7K)

Did you tell them they LIVE in the FCKING DESERT?!

I'd be tempted to leave some xeriscape books on a few doorsteps... TX is hot as _*#%_(* but we get rain here!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 10:56 PM (ULPxl)

100 rickb, I hope you are doing ok.

Today, my Sister and I received a card from one of the horde. She knows who she is and hopefully she's here lurking. Thank you so much, we were very touched.
Posted by: Joyenz

Hanging in there. Thank you.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 10:56 PM (Wokrt)

101 Hi Bulg!

Hope you are well. I'm looking forward to the double feature on Svengoolie tomorrow.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 22, 2025 10:56 PM (sPQoU)

102
Evening, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 10:57 PM (6eO0F)

103 91

We try not to fumble the Eucharist on Sundays.

So far, we have not.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 10:57 PM (25kuG)

104
Evening, all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 10:57 PM (6eO0F)

_________

*uneasy frozen smile*

Oh. Morticia. You're here. How nice.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 10:58 PM (kkTda)

105 It certainly strains credulity to suggest everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 10:41 PM (V9VN1)

Equally risible is the concept that no mountain is high enough, nor valley low enough, to keep me away from you. I mean, Everest? K2? Death Valley? Marianas Trench?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 10:59 PM (Riz8t)

106 105 Equally risible is the concept that no mountain is high enough, nor valley low enough, to keep me away from you. I mean, Everest? K2? Death Valley? Marianas Trench?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 10:59 PM
***
Yeah, but have you seen the rains down in Africa?

Posted by: TRex - slightly out of tune at August 22, 2025 11:00 PM (cCn4/)

107
Helena,

I would like to tell them some things which are profane. Besides the reservoir being down to 1/4 quarter of capacity the wildfire danger is off the charts. But hey, they have green grass. Hubby said screw the fines, cut off their water.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 11:00 PM (3ek7K)

108 102

Good evening to you dear.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 11:01 PM (25kuG)

109 Equally risible is the concept that no mountain is high enough, nor valley low enough, to keep me away from you. I mean, Everest? K2? Death Valley? Marianas Trench?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 10:59 PM
***
Yeah, but have you seen the rains down in Africa?

No, because all I am is dust in the wind, and dust doesn't have eyes.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 11:01 PM (Riz8t)

110 I had ramen for lunch in Japantown today. Teh awesome.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Shoyu, miso, or tonkotsu?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 22, 2025 11:02 PM (mlg/3)

111 109 No, because all I am is dust in the wind, and dust doesn't have eyes.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 11:01 PM
***
Dust is fine, but don't bite it.

Posted by: TRex - still slightly out of tune at August 22, 2025 11:03 PM (cCn4/)

112 >>Did you tell them they LIVE in the FCKING DESERT?! I'd be tempted to leave some xeriscape books on a few doorsteps... TX is hot as _*#%_(* but we get rain here!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
----------

Brazoria is Spanish for swamp.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:03 PM (nO7cW)

113 97 65 Not just names but a memorial for us and nubies to see.

Posted by: Braenyard

And Ciampino.
Posted by: QED Texan
---------------------------

Ciampino's not there either.
This is getting absurd.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 10:56 PM (nO7cW)

What you have to understand about this place is that since meet-ups started happening, some people are considered full members and the rest are less than. There's a whole hierarchy of importance that some of the long-term COBs (one in particular) love enforcing. It's petty and stupid. But in the end ace is the one on the masthead, and he's responsible for deferring to this kind of pettiness.

Posted by: crustysock at August 22, 2025 11:04 PM (PQo5V)

114 >>> 107
Helena,

I would like to tell them some things which are profane. Besides the reservoir being down to 1/4 quarter of capacity the wildfire danger is off the charts. But hey, they have green grass. Hubby said screw the fines, cut off their water.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 11:00 PM (3ek7K)

My house in CO was in an HOA* neighborhood and apparently was one of the few that not only allowed, but somewhat encouraged, having yards with plants tolerant of semi-arid climates. It always boggled me that anyone would want to *require* say, frikn Kentucky bluegrass west of the Mississippi.

*No, I do NOT miss that.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:04 PM (ULPxl)

115 TBF, illegal immigration leads to slavery, as in slave wages. Legal immigration, not so much.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 22, 2025 11:04 PM (1X0uI)

116 Hanging in there. Thank you.
Posted by: rickb223

Sorry for your loss. Prayers up.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 22, 2025 11:06 PM (fveCG)

117 Hopefully not that butter ramen with corn. Bleh....

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 22, 2025 11:06 PM (mlg/3)

118 >>>What you have to understand about this place is that since meet-ups started happening, some people are considered full members and the rest are less than. There's a whole hierarchy of importance that some of the long-term COBs (one in particular) love enforcing. It's petty and stupid. But in the end ace is the one on the masthead, and he's responsible for deferring to this kind of pettiness.
Posted by: crustysock
---

Check my nic

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:06 PM (nO7cW)

119 Equally risible is the concept that no mountain is high enough, nor valley low enough, to keep me away from you. I mean, Everest? K2? Death Valley? Marianas Trench?
Posted by: Archimedes

The bridge might be broken, too.

https://youtu.be/vE9buraoXtM

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 11:07 PM (DgGvY)

120 LOL at that last one. Too effin' true.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2025 11:07 PM (6dfaU)

121 The ramen post is why I am a prepper. Next generation may not keep the lights on.

Posted by: PTSD giver at August 22, 2025 11:07 PM (+Shp3)

122
Brazoria is Spanish for swamp.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:03 PM (nO7cW)

_________

We have a lovely bird sanctuary near us. Saltwater and freshwater marshes. The bird watching must be fabulous.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 11:07 PM (kkTda)

123 There's a u-tube of a stolen Dodge Charger at a high dollar shopping center Houston (Galleria SW side of town) running from there due East to almost Beaumont (94 miles; 1:hr 24min per Bing) through heavy I-10 traffic all the way, outrunning and maneuvering all popo pursuit cars and TV helicopter only to be captured in a rice field after the Dodge ran out of gas.

On the Arkansas channel I subscribe to it's almost always a V6 Charger or Challenger or a Nissan Altima. When caught the perp will bail and attempt to run with their pants around their knees and then claim they can't breathe while also yelling that they need their phone to call their mother.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 11:08 PM (ciXcx)

124
What you have to understand about this place is that since meet-ups started happening, some people are considered full members and the rest are less than.

________

*kicks rock*
*shuffles off to bed*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 11:08 PM (kkTda)

125 One thing I learned about turfgrass, bluegrass especially. Either water it, constantly, or don’t.

It will go dormant in summer, in drought. Want to keep traffic off of it, but it will be just fine. This has the added bonus - you don’t have to mow it in the hottest part of the year ;

Now the windup is, you can’t bring a lawn out of dormancy by irrigation and then change your mind. That will shock it enough to kill the roots and everything. Just let it go in the summer. When rains return in the fall it will green back up.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 11:09 PM (V9VN1)

126 I used one of those vulcanization patches on my bike tire, way back when. They do work,
Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 10:11 PM (rbvCR)

I have a few old ones, but the pyro stuff has leached out. They smolder but don't work right.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2025 11:10 PM (6dfaU)

127 >>> 113
==
What you have to understand about this place is that since meet-ups started happening, some people are considered full members and the rest are less than. There's a whole hierarchy of importance that some of the long-term COBs (one in particular) love enforcing. It's petty and stupid. But in the end ace is the one on the masthead, and he's responsible for deferring to this kind of pettiness.
Posted by: crustysock at August 22, 2025 11:04 PM (PQo5V)

Or maybe you're the one being petty and stupid.

Speaking for myself, while I enjoy meeting "in real life" and encourage others to visit I see no difference between those who do and do not, and in fact understand there are many reasons for not traveling to meet a bunch of goofballs they talk to online.

But if you don't like it you could start your own blog, or whatever.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:10 PM (ULPxl)

128 Just one Eucharist gives you the whole Jesus.

But beware. You consume Him and He consumes you.

You're going to have a heck of a time explaining that to the ramen noodle kid.

Posted by: t-bird at August 22, 2025 11:10 PM (bFEbV)

129 What you have to understand about this place is that since meet-ups started happening, some people are considered full members and the rest are less than.

The secret of life is that you never actually leave high school. There's *always* fucking cliques.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 11:11 PM (ciXcx)

130 Check my nic
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _

Reminds me of a certain book that just celebrated 80 years or so IIRC.

Posted by: QED Texan at August 22, 2025 11:11 PM (fveCG)

131 What you have to understand about this place is that since meet-ups started happening, some people are considered full members and the rest are less than. There's a whole hierarchy of importance that some of the long-term COBs (one in particular) love enforcing. It's petty and stupid. But in the end ace is the one on the masthead, and he's responsible for deferring to this kind of pettiness.
Posted by: crustysock

No matter how much you hang out in the comments you have to invest in some indulgences... Or be liked in meat-space.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 11:13 PM (/lPRQ)

132 Or maybe you're the one being petty and stupid

Of course.

Longterm commenters Vic and Ciampino aren't on the wall of departed commenters. But I'm the petty, stupid one.

Posted by: crustysock at August 22, 2025 11:13 PM (PQo5V)

133 >>>When caught the perp will bail and attempt to run with their pants around their knees and then claim they can't breathe while also yelling that they need their phone to call their mother.
Posted by: Ian S.
---

This guy was a driver, nearly a hundred miles at speeds over 100 in heavy traffic. It is a thing of beauty to watch. Wearing starched jeans and a pressed shirt, as much as can be from running through a rice field.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:13 PM (nO7cW)

134
I've never been a "grass " person. It's a pain in the ass to maintain. I prefer natural areas.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 11:13 PM (3ek7K)

135 134
I've never been a "grass " person. It's a pain in the ass to maintain. I prefer natural areas.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 11:13 PM (3ek7K)

I'm replacing my grass with clover. Much preferred.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 22, 2025 11:14 PM (xcxpd)

136 I would hope they wouldn't get the septic truck mixed up with the pool truck. That would not be good.

Posted by: Case at August 22, 2025 11:15 PM (iwlvf)

137 I just got a 3 day suspension on Reddit lol. Someone posted in a subreddit called "goodnews" about Kilmar Abrego Garcia being released, and I said if that's good news, it'll be great news when he's finally deported.

I broke rule 1- attacking vulnerable or marginalized people. I appealed by saying legal immigrants from any nation can stay, and I'm not targeting any race or ethnicity because all illegals need to go.

I spoke reality and common sense, though, so I don't like my odds.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 22, 2025 10:21 PM (ycI94)

Well it is good that he got released. Vigilantes get a shot at him too, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2025 11:15 PM (6dfaU)

138 *uneasy frozen smile*

Oh. Morticia. You're here. How nice.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 10:58 PM (kkTda)
====

You'd love my MiL

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2025 11:15 PM (RIvkX)

139 But if you don't like it you could start your own blog, or whatever.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
--------------

I think you misread the statement.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:15 PM (nO7cW)

140
*uneasy frozen smile*

Oh. Morticia. You're here. How nice.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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

*casually lets out stream of smoke*

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 11:15 PM (6eO0F)

141
I would rather do fun stuff instead of maintaining grass.

Everyone has their thing, I get that.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 11:16 PM (3ek7K)

142 Yeah, so no meetups for me after 3 decades +

yet, I'm still here.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 11:17 PM (25kuG)

143 Shoyu, miso, or tonkotsu?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 22, 2025 11:02 PM (mlg/3)
===
Chicken! Very light.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2025 11:17 PM (RIvkX)

144 I would hope they wouldn't get the septic truck mixed up with the pool truck. That would not be good.

Depends which way they get it mixed up. Pumping your septic tank into a truck that has pool water in it wouldn't be so bad. For you, anyway.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 11:17 PM (ciXcx)

145 >>> Longterm commenters Vic and Ciampino aren't on the wall of departed commenters. But I'm the petty, stupid one.

Posted by: crustysock at August 22, 2025 11:13 PM (PQo5V)

Yes, you are. Your opinion on this, and MINE, are not relevant here. This place belongs to someone who is Not You and also Not Me.

Do you want me, or Ace, or the COB you dislike or who-the-fck-ever showing up on your doorstep and demanding you hang a picture of somedood on your wall? Wouldn't you be a little peeved about someone else telling you what to do in your house?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:17 PM (ULPxl)

146 142 Yeah, so no meetups for me after 3 decades +

yet, I'm still here.
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 11:17 PM (25kuG)

----------

I considered showing up but then I'd ruin it for everyone.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 11:18 PM (JkO4W)

147 Well it is good that he got released. Vigilantes get a shot at him too, now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Maybe the ones in Uganda.
Should be Maryland Man's new home in +/- 72 hours.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 11:18 PM (/lPRQ)

148 It is 90 degrees out at dusk tonight. It feels like Boise in the Summer, without the scent of sage and potatoes.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 11:18 PM (rbvCR)

149 Yeah, so no meetups for me after 3 decades +

yet, I'm still here.

I prefer that my gray box friends look like how I imagine them and not how they are. It's bad enough that we've all actually seen Ace on national television.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 11:19 PM (ciXcx)

150 Sho'Nuff

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 11:19 PM (EYmYM)

151 I've never been a "grass " person. It's a pain in the ass to maintain. I prefer natural areas.

Posted by: fourseasons

The jungle here is just waiting for a moment of inattention to swallow my house whole. I try to keep the 'natural areas' at bay.

Posted by: t-bird at August 22, 2025 11:19 PM (bFEbV)

152 The ramen post is why I am a prepper. Next generation may not keep the lights on.

Posted by: PTSD giver at August 22, 2025 11:07 PM (+Shp3)

After watching that, yeah. I'm convinced they can't find their ass with both hands and a flashlight.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 11:19 PM (snZF9)

153
A new moon of Uranus has been discovered. That makes 29. Any proposed names from the Horde?

James Webb discovered with a long exposure. Hubble couldn't see it, and even Voyager 2 missed it, so small it is, about 6 mile diameter.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 11:19 PM (w6EFb)

154 I believe a good compromise would be that those who meet up may only communicate during the meetup by texting each other. It might work.

Perhaps there could be a moment of silence at the gun range for those of us not in attendance. It might work.

Perhaps on day two of the meetup participants could talk with each other, but only as pirates. It might work.

Seriously, everyone be safe and have a wonderful time!!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at August 22, 2025 11:20 PM (ZTJjv)

155 *casually lets out stream of smoke*
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 11:15 PM (6eO0F)
=====

How you doin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2025 11:21 PM (RIvkX)

156 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to find my GPS tracker.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 22, 2025 11:21 PM (fRWLG)

157 >>> 139 But if you don't like it you could start your own blog, or whatever.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
--------------

I think you misread the statement.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:15 PM (nO7cW)

I might be mixing up this commenter with someone else, but, the comment still seems um, confused to me.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:21 PM (ULPxl)

158 A new moon of Uranus has been discovered. That makes 29. Any proposed names from the Horde?

James Webb discovered with a long exposure. Hubble couldn't see it, and even Voyager 2 missed it, so small it is, about 6 mile diameter.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 11:19 PM (w6EFb)

Nugget.

You know, the little clingy piece.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2025 11:21 PM (0eaVi)

159 Latest cat update is up (#32

https://tinyurl.com/4k65zjkx

Posted by: Joyenz at August 22, 2025 11:22 PM (sPQoU)

160 >>>I try to keep the 'natural areas' at bay.
Posted by: t-bird
---

I've got a day's chainsaw work just at the side yard but the heat is virtually intolerable.
_waiting for a cool spell

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:22 PM (nO7cW)

161 That Fido Froday video- rather than "Spin" it should have been labeled "Top Dog."

Posted by: tankdemon at August 22, 2025 11:22 PM (fRWLG)

162 110 I had ramen for lunch in Japantown today. Teh awesome.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Shoyu, miso, or tonkotsu?
Posted by: weft cut-loop

I had shoyu ramen for lunch on Wednesday. What a treat. It was fantastic.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 11:23 PM (mT+6a)

163 Excuse me Horde,

I must go out under the Orange Tree to reflect a moment.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 11:25 PM (25kuG)

164 I would rather do fun stuff instead of maintaining grass.

Everyone has their thing, I get that.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 11:16 PM (3ek7K)

My perfect yard would like the romans. A shit ton of concrete everywhere, and a tiny bit of grass here and there as landscaping, for color. Since I don't have that, I got somebody cutting it. It looks better than it ever would with me doing it. Imagine a 2 year old getting his hands on electric hair clippers and going at his own head. Yeah, thats my lawn with me doing it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 11:25 PM (snZF9)

165 I'm replacing my grass with clover. Much preferred.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 22, 2025 11:14 PM (xcxpd)

Got a quarter acre of lush greenery to mow. I'm surprised how much I missed mowing the lawn..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 22, 2025 11:25 PM (nbLIj)

166 I would hope they wouldn't get the septic truck mixed up with the pool truck. That would not be good.
Posted by: Case at August 22, 2025 11:15 PM (iwlvf)

Yeah. You sure don't want to get pool chlorine into your septic tank. Could wreck the composting action of the biota there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2025 11:25 PM (6dfaU)

167 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:17 PM (ULPxl)

My viewpoint. This is ace's place of business not his house. The horde and other commenters are his customers. They are just filing their complaints. He can choose to ignore them or ban them and they can choose to leave but customers will always complain. And sometimes it's a legitimate complaint.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 11:26 PM (EYmYM)

168 6 miles isn't a moon, it's space trash.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 11:26 PM (gKWVE)

169 A new moon of Uranus has been discovered. That makes 29. Any proposed names from the Horde?
====

Moony McMoonface. The Internet has spoken.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2025 11:27 PM (RIvkX)

170 the dingleberry on Uranus' rim, one might say

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 11:27 PM (gKWVE)

171 6 miles isn't a moon, it's space trash.

Might be a cousin, then.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 22, 2025 11:27 PM (lUFok)

172 Yeah, thats my lawn with me doing it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 11:25 PM (snZF9)

You need to mow the grass under the fruit trees so it is easier to find the windfalls.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 11:27 PM (rbvCR)

173 I'm just disappointed we don't get a good view of how much air that donorcyclist got. Literally everyone but them and the newsreader woman knew what was going to happen.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 11:28 PM (ciXcx)

174 new moon of Uranus has been discovered. That makes 29. Any proposed names from the Horde?

Hemorrhoid

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 11:29 PM (EYmYM)

175 Latest cat update is up (#32

https://tinyurl.com/4k65zjkx
Posted by: Joyenz at August 22, 2025 11:22 PM (sPQoU)

Darnit! Forgot the space. That would be update #328

Posted by: Joyenz at August 22, 2025 11:29 PM (sPQoU)

176 publius, I wanted you to know 2 days ago the California Department of Publk Hellth issued a heat alert for San Francisco.

It was overcast, windy, high of 68.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2025 11:30 PM (RIvkX)

177 Envious of the attention Cracker Barrel has been getting, Waffle House unveils their new logo:

https://tinyurl.com/522j2ad7

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 22, 2025 11:31 PM (lUFok)

178 Good evening Horde

I am enjoying some time with my parents on the farm. Lots of work to be done, fruit trees, garden and cows, etc.

Trying my hand at making plum wine. Fine experiment if nothing else.

Thanks for the ONT Dave.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 22, 2025 11:31 PM (uvzkM)

179 .be at the Fort Worth Gun Show tomorrow (Saturday 8/23) and Sunday 8/24, selling the guns and such from the estate of the late and much-missed Layabout Sailor.
AKA Jim
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
****************
RIP Jim SND, you will be remembered at this TX MoMe and probably every TX MoMe. Thank you for your generous spirit and friendship. May you rest in eternal peace.

Posted by: The Grateful at August 22, 2025 11:32 PM (cCn4/)

180 A blog isn't a home, and if ace didn't want to hear any backtalk, he'd either eliminate comments ir police them like bull connor at a mixed-race wedding. There's a reason people like Helena want to talk about something other than why Vic and Ciampino are excluded from the wall of departed. Because there's really no justifying it. It's low class. And everyone knows it.

Posted by: crustysock at August 22, 2025 11:33 PM (eXYIx)

181 I must go out under the Orange Tree to reflect a moment.

Sounds lovely, enjoy.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 22, 2025 11:33 PM (uvzkM)

182 the California Department of Publk Hellth issued a heat alert for San Francisco.

It was overcast, windy, high of 68.

Like how the UK declares it's too hot for human habitation and the peasants must repent for having cars every time it hits 85.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 11:34 PM (ciXcx)

183 91 For Catholics, even the tiniest particle contains the whole of the Body and Blood of Christ. Which is why the Eucharist must be treated with such care.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

As everyone here knows I live in an area full of 29 year olds. One of the Eucharistic Ministers at my Parish has Parkinson's (no giggles please) and she fumbled the Host once for me. The other EM executed a diving catch more violent and quick than Franco Harris during his Immaculate Reception to catch the Host before it touched the floor.

She caught it too!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2025 10:52 PM (cYBz/)

I deeply appreciate the Catholic defense of the faith: I think it's an area we Protestants need to improve in. I think one of the commenters linked an article about members of the Church who went to the satanic mass abomination and were ready - one man knocked the Host out of the hand of the evil priest while another caught it and ate it before it hit the ground. That kind of seriousness of Christ's church is inspiring.

Posted by: moki at August 22, 2025 11:35 PM (wLjpr)

184 It's low class. And everyone knows it.
Posted by: crustysock

Jeepers dude. Give it a rest.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 11:36 PM (mT+6a)

185 >>> 167 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:17 PM (ULPxl)

My viewpoint. This is ace's place of business not his house. The horde and other commenters are his customers. They are just filing their complaints. He can choose to ignore them or ban them and they can choose to leave but customers will always complain. And sometimes it's a legitimate complaint.
Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 11:26 PM (EYmYM)

Do customers make decisions on how the business is run? Obviously if the CEO is a woketard and shits all over those customers by changing everything they like about that business starting with the logo, enough of them may decide to go elsewhere and thereby *influence* future decisions.

But what does that have to do with someone whining about meetups? and more to the point, do you think anyone but Ace should be the final decision maker on who is on a list?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:37 PM (ULPxl)

186 IMAO, when it comes to Vic, we still make 'Vic was older than' jokes. What better tribute?

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 11:38 PM (gKDq2)

187 >>> 177 Envious of the attention Cracker Barrel has been getting, Waffle House unveils their new logo:

https://tinyurl.com/522j2ad7
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 22, 2025 11:31 PM (lUFok)

HA!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:38 PM (ULPxl)

188

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor.

It was Kilauea's 31st display of molten rock since December, an appropriately high frequency for one of the world's most active volcanoes.

The north vent at the summit crater began continuously spattering in the morning, and then lava overflowed a few hours later. The vent started shooting lava fountains in the afternoon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 11:39 PM (63Dwl)

189
Past three day observations at San Francisco airport:
https://tinyurl.com/229864zo

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 11:39 PM (w6EFb)

190 > 102
Evening, all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 10:57 PM (6eO0F)

Good evening, Blonde Morticia.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2025 11:39 PM (qpyNK)

191 >>> 180 A blog isn't a home, and if ace didn't want to hear any backtalk, he'd either eliminate comments ir police them like bull connor at a mixed-race wedding. There's a reason people like Helena want to talk about something other than why Vic and Ciampino are excluded from the wall of departed. Because there's really no justifying it. It's low class. And everyone knows it.
Posted by: crustysock at August 22, 2025 11:33 PM (eXYIx)

I just did justify it, Y5 or wannabe.

This is not your blog. You do not make the decisions here, any more than *I* do.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:40 PM (ULPxl)

192 Got a quarter acre of lush greenery to mow. I'm surprised how much I missed mowing the lawn..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 22, 2025 11:25 PM (nbLIj)

I have about 3/4 maybe 1 acre of grass. The dude before me was a friend of mine, and never did shit with it, just cut it. No seed, no fertilizer, nothing. Just cut it. I asked him if he ever did anything. He says nah, country yard. I figured ok, lets get a lawn service to do all the chemicals. Poof, 3/4 of what "looked" like lawn vanished and I was left with dirt. It took about 2 years of seeding, along with all the rain we had to finally turn into something nicer than what I started with. Never doing that again though. Hell no. Like my friend did, it just gets cut.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 11:41 PM (snZF9)

193 donorcyclist
Posted by: Ian S.

I doubt there were many usable organs after that.

Posted by: mikeski breaks out the squeegee at August 22, 2025 11:42 PM (DgGvY)

194 >>> 186 IMAO, when it comes to Vic, we still make 'Vic was older than' jokes. What better tribute?
Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 11:38 PM (gKDq2)

And I hope he's looking down and laughing at us dorks when we do.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:42 PM (ULPxl)

195 I just did justify it, Y5 or wannabe.

This is not your blog. You do not make the decisions here, any more than *I* do.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:40 PM (ULPxl)

I don't think it's Y5. Scogg, maybe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2025 11:42 PM (6dfaU)

196 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:37 PM (ULPxl)

This blog is a business. The owner of the business can run it however he wants. I think it's bad business that some regulars are excluded from the memorial list without explanation.

I don't complain about it but I do hold that opinion.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 11:43 PM (EYmYM)

197 I don't think it's Y5. Scogg, maybe.

Doesn't really matter. They just have to complain about low class behavior with their bare ass hanging over the punch bowl.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 22, 2025 11:44 PM (lUFok)

198 I don't think it's Y5. Scogg, maybe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2025 11:42 PM (6dfaU)

Everyone who says anything someone doesn't like is Scogg. That guy lives rent free in some of your minds.

Posted by: crustysock at August 22, 2025 11:45 PM (VP1Nt)

199 IMAO, when it comes to Vic, we still make 'Vic was older than' jokes. What better tribute?

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 11:38 PM (gKDq2)

Some of those were hysterical. I never had the balls to do a vic joke, and I had some good ones. Maybe I need to start as my own little personal tribute.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 11:45 PM (snZF9)

200 I had shoyu ramen for lunch on Wednesday. What a treat. It was fantastic.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 11:23 PM (mT+6a)
====
I'm working there again so I'm taking advantage of it. It's been a while but better than ever.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2025 11:45 PM (RIvkX)

201 I doubt there were many usable organs after that.

Usable? I doubt there were any identifiable organs.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 11:45 PM (NztoB)

202 The motorcycle crash injured the occupants of the Honda that was hit by the stolen bike. There are at least two other angles of the incident - one shows the rider losing his pants at the time of impact and the other -- a security camera at the bank on the corner -- shows him losing his life on impact with the sidewalk.

It was bad.

Posted by: lurk at August 22, 2025 11:45 PM (7IOVT)

203 >>> 195
==
I don't think it's Y5. Scogg, maybe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2025 11:42 PM (6dfaU)

Scogg has a very distinct commenting style and tone and this doesn't seem to be it. This commenter has made some similar complaints to Y5 but not being Bob from NSA I can only guess.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:46 PM (ULPxl)

204 72 It certainly strains credulity to suggest everybody was Kung Fu Fighting

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 10:41 PM (V9VN1)

Yeah I would be taekwondo fighting.

Posted by: Farquad at August 22, 2025 11:46 PM (NtFTC)

205 I would ask,

ACE? Do you ever come out here on the ONT to check up on us as a whole?

Just a question.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 11:47 PM (25kuG)

206 This is not your blog. You do not make the decisions here, any more than *I* do.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:40 PM (ULPxl)

It's weird how invested you are in ace and the cobs not being criticized.

Posted by: crustysock at August 22, 2025 11:47 PM (VP1Nt)

207 What you lot goin' on about?

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 11:47 PM (AOsQT)

208 I'm glad there's no HOA here, and that my neighbors seem to be equally slothful with respect to keeping a pristine lawn with grass always maintained within a length range of 2.5 to 3.5 inches (or whatever it is).

I've never seen the point of spending that much effort on something that you can't eat, and is boring rather than beautiful.

Vegetables and flowers I get, but not grass.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2025 11:48 PM (qpyNK)

209 What you lot goin' on about?

Something less fun than the civil war.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 22, 2025 11:48 PM (lUFok)

210 Envious of the attention Cracker Barrel has been getting, Waffle House unveils their new logo:

https://tinyurl.com/522j2ad7

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 22, 2025 11:31 PM (lUFok)

omg thats fucking funny.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 11:48 PM (snZF9)

211 I think it's bad business that some regulars are excluded from the memorial list without explanation.

Given Minx beta I'm not 100% convinced it's deliberate rather than the hamsters being unable to be convinced to do the thing. I've been here since shortly after 9/11 and I don't recall Vic being controversial, just older than Helen Thomas. I'm positive Ciampino didn't upset anyone.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 11:49 PM (NztoB)

212 >Usable? I doubt there were any identifiable organs.
----

just some brightly colored goo, and some teeth

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 11:49 PM (AOsQT)

213 >>> 196 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:37 PM (ULPxl)

This blog is a business. The owner of the business can run it however he wants. I think it's bad business that some regulars are excluded from the memorial list without explanation.

I don't complain about it but I do hold that opinion.
Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 11:43 PM (EYmYM)

I don't think we're that far apart. One problem I'd expect with trying to explain is that then you get people arguing about 'but that other person...' etc.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:49 PM (ULPxl)

214 It's weird how invested you are in ace and the cobs not being criticized.
Posted by: crustysock

I think the point is

If you don’t like it, go start your own blog. Or bitch and whine and sound like a third grader. Sometime things happen, or don’t happen and you don’t get a satisfactory explanation. Tough titties. Continuing to whine only makes you sound bratty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 11:50 PM (mT+6a)

215 Jeepers dude. Give it a rest.
Posted by: nurse ratched
-------------

He didn't pick it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:50 PM (nO7cW)

216 If you don’t like it, go start your own blog. Or bitch and whine and sound like a third grader. Sometime things happen, or don’t happen and you don’t get a satisfactory explanation. Tough titties. Continuing to whine only makes you sound bratty.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 11:50 PM (mT+6a)

Again, a totally odd psychological tic: complain about nothing or leave. No. Why would I?

And it's an especially odd take because CBD apparently is the one really behind these decisions (he certainly is the one who urged Vic be kept off the departed list). It's not his blog either.

Posted by: crustysock at August 22, 2025 11:52 PM (VP1Nt)

217 207

Well, we for the most part, do cover a wide variety of topics and some occasional one on one verbal fisticuffs with pixy making sure we don't overboard. Least my observations.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 11:53 PM (25kuG)

218 >>> 206 This is not your blog. You do not make the decisions here, any more than *I* do.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:40 PM (ULPxl)

It's weird how invested you are in ace and the cobs not being criticized.
Posted by: crustysock at August 22, 2025 11:47 PM (VP1Nt)

Yeah, *this* tone is familiar too.

Now it's about "not wanting criticism", huh loser? You still don't own this place any more than I do. But you seem awfully invested in thinking that you do own it.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 11:53 PM (ULPxl)

219 Posted by: mindful webworker - birthday boy at August 22, 2025 10:09 PM (i1iCx)

Happy Birthday mindful. Your posts are always appreciated here, you know that. Hope you have many more.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 22, 2025 11:53 PM (55Qr6)

220 Here's some of the heat advisory statements from the NWS out there:

https://tinyurl.com/237vd6wb

Some places will get over 100F. Not familiar with the geography out there and where all that is relative to what.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 11:55 PM (w6EFb)

221
why
so
serious

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 11:55 PM (AOsQT)

222 The motorcycle crash injured the occupants of the Honda that was hit by the stolen bike. There are at least two other angles of the incident - one shows the rider losing his pants at the time of impact and the other -- a security camera at the bank on the corner -- shows him losing his life on impact with the sidewalk.

It was bad.

Posted by: lurk at August 22, 2025 11:45 PM (7IOVT)

They definitely had to scrape him up with a stick and a spoon.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 11:55 PM (snZF9)

223 My "lawn" is rather a mess in summer. Dormant, with bare patches. Meh. But it looks great in Spring-- from a distance. LOL.

I held back a deep belly laugh, when a neighbor asked me (in Spring): "how do you keep it so green?"

My deadpan reply: "Weeds."

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2025 11:56 PM (rdVOm)

224 If the boss is taking suggestions, I might like to hear a top 5 list from qdpsteve

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2025 11:56 PM (RIvkX)

225
Some people like to jump into the middle of things and stir it up more instead of trying to understand the differing perspectives.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:56 PM (nO7cW)

226 one shows the rider losing his pants at the time of impact

At least he died not wearing pants. That's always important.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 11:57 PM (NztoB)

227 They definitely had to scrape him up with a stick and a spoon.
Posted by: Berserker

At least he was wearing his helmet. So they had a chance at identifying him by dental records.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 11:58 PM (DgGvY)

228 At least he died not wearing pants. That's always important.

I thought the goal was to die with our boots on?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 22, 2025 11:58 PM (lUFok)

229 224 If the boss is taking suggestions, I might like to hear a top 5 list from qdpsteve
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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hear, hear

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:58 PM (nO7cW)

230 I miss Jim. Hopefully the buyers of Jim's guns will appreciate them as much as Jim did.
I didn't have the pleasure of meeting Jim. He was a fine man as all of you who knew him say.
RIP Jim.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 10:17

Ditto.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 22, 2025 11:59 PM (55Qr6)

231 Thanks for your response ACE.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 22, 2025 11:59 PM (25kuG)

232 I thought the goal was to die with our boots on?

Your boots on and your pants off. Unless you're gonna die on the Book Thread or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 11:59 PM (NztoB)

233 I really shouldn't mock my family members about being Wilted flowers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2025 11:59 PM (RIvkX)

234 Some places will get over 100F. Not familiar with the geography out there and where all that is relative to what.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 11:55 PM (w6EFb)

Weirdly... in my little Central Calif town? been cooler than any other year I can remember.

Only a couple days that even hit 100... let alone the normal 105 to 110...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 23, 2025 12:00 AM (mP0Kj)

235 Bottom line, you go fast on a motorcycle you are taking a huge risk. It isn't you thats the problem, its the asshole that will turn in front of you, or swerve in your lane, or the tire that goes boom, etc etc. Going as fast as that dude was going the car that hit him couldn't even begin to gauge the distance he was at, or even see him. Shit like never ends well, and I see it all the time. Fucking rice commanders zipping down the jersey parkway between cars, or weaving, doing wheelies. Its one a matter of time.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 12:00 AM (snZF9)

236 177 Envious of the attention Cracker Barrel has been getting, Waffle House unveils their new logo:

https://tinyurl.com/522j2ad7

Got a friend who owns a Rita's franchise and I suggested a new logo featuring the Cracker Barrel dude and the Land O Lakes squaw enjoying a cup of his finest. Including the slogan, "Lick this, bitches!" would be entirely up to him...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 23, 2025 12:00 AM (nbLIj)

237 Well, I spent something like 6 hours today trying to get the damned motor mounts into the '99 Suburban. Both of them are in there, but I have failed to get the through bolt through the left side. And the left side of the damned engine is still an inch low. The mounting boss for the T-case shift motor is kissing the crossmember. Bottom line: new motor mounts did jack shit to get the engine sitting level.

I think I am going to go nuclear on this thing. Shitcan the damfool lawyer-designed motor mounts, and install a pair of the old-style Chebby mounts that were used for decades under
SBC's. I have two NOS ones in a box. Bolt them to the engine block, and make up a pair of pedestals to bolt to the frame. Make the driver's side pedestal so it can telescope, set it in there, jack the engine level, and tack-weld the sucker, then take it out and weld securely. I can even put in a length of chain to keep the engine from rolling over if the driver's side mount should fail in tension.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 12:00 AM (6dfaU)

238 >>> 221
why
so
serious
Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 11:55 PM (AOsQT)

*glares*

*tosses pie*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:01 AM (ULPxl)

239 It is 65F outside right now
this time last night it was 80F

I'm on MDT

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 12:01 AM (AOsQT)

240 H. Sportster always said, ' It's not the speed, it's the impact'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:01 AM (nO7cW)

241 Happy Birthday mindful webworker!

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 12:01 AM (sPQoU)

242 29 - Pig racing, Rocky Top, and Hall of the Mountain King in an ONT?! Truly we live in abundant times.
Posted by: TRex - Woo! at August 22, 2025 10:16 PM (cCn4/)

Never has In the Hall of the Mountain King been better used than in that ramen chat.

Posted by: LibertyDefender at August 23, 2025 12:01 AM (w5S7e)

243 you're right
nunna my bidness
I was out watching big time tackle football
I'll just sit over here with my Solo cup of punch and watch

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 12:02 AM (AOsQT)

244 Weirdly... in my little Central Calif town? been cooler than any other year I can remember.

The thing the climate scientologists don't want people to remember is that if it's abnormally hot one place it's abnormally cold someplace else. The overall temperature of the Earth actually stays pretty steady.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2025 12:03 AM (NztoB)

245 For those who spoke up about Dad not being on the list, thank you , but I don't think he'd want you all fighting and insulting each other over it.

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 12:04 AM (sPQoU)

246 I'll just sit over here with my Solo cup of punch and watch

Red Solo Cup
I drink then throw up
Let's have a party!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 23, 2025 12:04 AM (lUFok)

247

Syracuse State Fair for their corn on the cob--haven't had better. Roasted turkey leg--2lbs of goodness. Cheesy French Fries--I don't think they make better fries.

And a Bavarian Waffle--strawberries, bananas and whipped cream for dessert and we're done with "Fair Food" for another year.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 23, 2025 12:05 AM (hKoQL)

248 I have about 3/4 maybe 1 acre of grass. The dude before me was a friend of mine, and never did shit with it, just cut it. No seed, no fertilizer, nothing. Just cut it. I asked him if he ever did anything. He says nah, country yard. I figured ok, lets get a lawn service to do all the chemicals. Poof, 3/4 of what "looked" like lawn vanished and I was left with dirt. It took about 2 years of seeding, along with all the rain we had to finally turn into something nicer than what I started with. Never doing that again though. Hell no. Like my friend did, it just gets cut.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

1 acre I cut, 1 acre doesn't get touched and 10 more that the cows mow. The one acre I do cut?
It's still pretty much pasture land. If we need to drive the truck & trailer, atv or the tractor on it, no big deal. It was all pasture before they built our house.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 12:05 AM (Wokrt)

249 >>> 225
Some people like to jump into the middle of things and stir it up more instead of trying to understand the differing perspectives.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:56 PM (nO7cW)

There are some things I won't say here because again, it isn't *my* blog. Incidentally another reason I enjoy meeting people "offline" where conversation isn't limited to grey boxes.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:06 AM (ULPxl)

250 For those who spoke up about Dad not being on the list, thank you , but I don't think he'd want you all fighting and insulting each other over it.
Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 12:04 AM (sPQoU)

I don't think he's being snubbed. Sometimes it takes a while for things to get get done.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 12:06 AM (6dfaU)

251

I don't get how Ace does this all day. I think about all the crap he has to read and then report it to us, holy moly!! I'd be bat shit crazy, worse than I am already, lol.

Here's to Ace!!!

Posted by: four seasons at August 23, 2025 12:06 AM (3ek7K)

252 Some people like to jump into the middle of things and stir it up more instead of trying to understand the differing perspectives.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 11:56 PM (nO7cW)
====
*looks left*
*looks right*
*avoids gaze*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 12:06 AM (RIvkX)

253 Well.

Darleen won Employee of the Month for the third time in a year at the Waffle Hut.

The prize is a one week cruise on Carnival Cruise Lines.

If she agrees to work Security we get Open Bar

Posted by: Miklos needs to think carefully at August 23, 2025 12:06 AM (vEse0)

254
I'm on MDT
Posted by: Don Black

I hear that's a heck of a drug!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 23, 2025 12:07 AM (63Dwl)

255 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 12:00 AM (snZF9)

My fear when I opened it up on an empty interstate was always that the chain would break.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 12:07 AM (EYmYM)

256
THis year was funny here. We went from setting/tying a few hot summer records to breaking cool summer records in about 2 days at the beginning of August. GSP set the 90F+ consecutive days record at 42 compared to the old record of 38 in 1993. But we'll come nowhere near the total 90F+ number of days in year. GSP set a couple of daily highest lows, and set a high.

Then, thanks to a strong cold air damming system, they then set a few lowest highs for 2 or 3 days straight, breaking records set in 1908.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:08 AM (w6EFb)

257 250 For those who spoke up about Dad not being on the list, thank you , but I don't think he'd want you all fighting and insulting each other over it.
Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 12:04 AM (sPQoU)

I don't think he's being snubbed. Sometimes it takes a while for things to get get done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 12:06 AM (6dfaU)

And certainly we enjoy seeing you continuing to share cat and rocket links.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:08 AM (ULPxl)

258 Irongrampa that sounds great I love waffles.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 12:08 AM (RIvkX)

259 >>>Now it's about "not wanting criticism", huh loser? You still don't own this place any more than I do. But you seem awfully invested in thinking that you do own it.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
------------

Helena, I don't think the original response was directed at anyone personally and I wish you would reconsider invective. We all have points of view and should be allowed to express them (barring trolls).

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:09 AM (nO7cW)

260 Yes, the red Solo cup
that's how you know it's a Real Party

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 12:09 AM (AOsQT)

261 Red Solo Cup
I drink then throw up
Let's have a party!
Posted by: Blanco Basura

You have learned much in college, Grasshopper

Posted by: Haiku Master Miklos-san at August 23, 2025 12:10 AM (vEse0)

262 234 in my little Central Calif town? been cooler than any other year I can remember.
Only a couple days that even hit 100... let alone the normal 105 to 110...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 23, 2025 12:00 AM (mP0Kj)

Gulf (of AMERICA) Coast Texas same thing this summer. Very mild relatively speaking.

I'm not pleased that no one tells me what the air temperature is. I'm only told what it FEELS like.

Posted by: LibertyDefender at August 23, 2025 12:11 AM (w5S7e)

263 >>> 255 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 12:00 AM (snZF9)

My fear when I opened it up on an empty interstate was always that the chain would break.
Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 12:07 AM (EYmYM)

Someone I knew had a friend out on an empty highway, cruising along with his girlfriend on the back seat, get rear-ended by a drunk driving at some ludicrous speed. *shudders*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:11 AM (ULPxl)

264 I don't think he's being snubbed. Sometimes it takes a while for things to get get done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 12:06 AM (6dfaU)
============

It's a reasonable argument except Jim got slipped in the middle which belies the hamster theory.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:11 AM (nO7cW)

265 mindful webworker - birthday boy at August 22, 2025 10:09 PM (i1iCx)

Happy Birthday mindful. Your posts are always appreciated here, you know that. Hope you have many more.
---
Good catch! Happy birthday mindful, hope you had a great day and that the coming year brings you joy and peace.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 23, 2025 12:12 AM (uvzkM)

266 It has been the worst summer here in years. Even in Sonoma the first two weeks were very cool. Every day is wet mornings, heavy overcast, cold wind. It's emotionally draining and we have only been back two weeks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 12:12 AM (RIvkX)

267 Son drives a lot for his kob and his car is getting on a bit, so he is debating alternatives.

Trade in his car and buy a newish car and just accept it will hit 200K miles before the loan can be paid off.

Keep his current car, and pay cash for a 10-12 year old work car he can run up miles on.

Thoughts?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 12:13 AM (DIweC)

268 It's a reasonable argument except Jim got slipped in the middle which belies the hamster theory.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:11 AM (nO7cW)

Somebody has make the change. And they have to get a round tuit. Round tuits are in short supply, sometimes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 12:14 AM (6dfaU)

269
Speaking of registering complaints. The NWS forecast office websites all look the same. At first. There's some national template they uses. But get to clicking on the details, and each office does things very differently.

That SF office was nothing like GSP. But then, I figured out a little more of what was what, and I like their layout better than GSP's. They did hide the airport observation list, but I found it. But I actually like their main observations page better than GSP. It's a map where you click on the stations which pops up a little box with a summary.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:14 AM (w6EFb)

270 At least he died not wearing pants. That's always important.

I thought the goal was to die with our boots on?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 22, 2025 11:58 PM (lUFok)

In today's world, shoes on. But pants down, like Nelson Rockefeller.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 12:15 AM (gKDq2)

271 Keep his current car, and pay cash for a 10-12 year old work car he can run up miles on.

Thoughts?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 12:13 AM (DIweC)

That one. Avoid going into debt for a used car.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 12:15 AM (6dfaU)

272 Sometimes it takes a while for things to get get done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

*sobs quietly*

Posted by: the Wretched Panhard at August 23, 2025 12:15 AM (vEse0)

273 Posted by: San Franpsycho,
--------------------

Not you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:16 AM (nO7cW)

274 Goodnight all.

Time to watch a police chase from earlier today and then head to bed. For anyone who is interested, I'll include the link.

https://youtu.be/BK2JpbE3va8

Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 12:16 AM (sPQoU)

275 Motorcycles =. Darwin filters

Posted by: Archer at August 23, 2025 12:16 AM (IDphi)

276 For those who spoke up about Dad not being on the list, thank you , but I don't think he'd want you all fighting and insulting each other over it.
Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 12:04 AM (sPQoU)

I think you're quite correct on that.

Posted by: RickZ at August 23, 2025 12:16 AM (gKDq2)

277 I thought the worst of summer was over with.

*Bzzzt!* Wrong!

100+ today & for the next week. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

278 In today's world, shoes on. But pants down, like Nelson Rockefeller.
Posted by: RickZ

The pants were on, but backwards, somehow.

Posted by: Megan Marshak at August 23, 2025 12:17 AM (vEse0)

279
THis is gonna be a wet August here. I'm already at 9.29" for the month. August is not the wettest month per current 30 year normals, but the wettest months all time have been in August.

All time record was over 19" set in 1908. (You can thank hurricanes/tropical systems for this).

I was alive for the second wettest, in 1995. Over 17" including over 13" in a 24 hour period, which was the all-time record.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:17 AM (w6EFb)

280 100+ today & for the next week. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ

High IQ people just learn to deal with it.

Posted by: Mensa Miklos at August 23, 2025 12:18 AM (vEse0)

281 My fear when I opened it up on an empty interstate was always that the chain would break.

Posted by: polynikes at August 23, 2025 12:07 AM (EYmYM)

Yeah that would suck. Harley have had belt drives since the mid 80's. Nice and smooth, last a long time, but man if you break one you wish it was a chain, because it takes 3-4 hours to change depending on the bike. A sportster is easy, under an hour, but the big bikes, holy shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 12:19 AM (snZF9)

282 Habby birthday webworker

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 12:20 AM (RIvkX)

283 You have learned much in college, Grasshopper

Learned everything at MID. The Miklos Institute of Drinkology.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 23, 2025 12:20 AM (lUFok)

284
Keep his current car, and pay cash for a 10-12 year old work car he can run up miles on.

Thoughts?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 12:13 AM (DIweC)

This one. Why take on more debt if he really doesn't need to?

Posted by: moki at August 23, 2025 12:21 AM (wLjpr)

285 >>> 259
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Helena, I don't think the original response was directed at anyone personally and I wish you would reconsider invective. We all have points of view and should be allowed to express them (barring trolls).
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:09 AM (nO7cW)

I could well be mistaking *this* commenter for another, but I don't have a way to *know* if it's a sock or a brand-new nic. The original comment included "... some of the long-term COBs (one in particular) love enforcing. It's petty and stupid. But in the end ace is the one on the masthead, and he's responsible for deferring to this kind of pettiness." That seems rather direct, and then later "CBD apparently is the one really behind these decisions (he certainly is the one who urged Vic be kept off the departed list)." Maybe I missed some comments on the blog to this effect? It's the first time I've heard this claim.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:23 AM (ULPxl)

286 High IQ people just learn to deal with it.
Posted by: Mensa Miklos
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So do dummies like me-- we stay indoors!

Not so great for getting the work done, though.

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 12:23 AM (rdVOm)

287 And they have to get a round tuit. Round tuits are in short supply, sometimes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

* looks at ONT restroom token *

I was wondering what these used to be.

Posted by: mikeski at August 23, 2025 12:24 AM (DgGvY)

288 Keep his current car, and pay cash for a 10-12 year old work car he can run up miles on.

Thoughts?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 12:13 AM (DIweC)

my wife's car is 19 yo and my truck is 14 years old. Not having car payments pays for nice vacations

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 23, 2025 12:24 AM (WF/xn)

289 >>> 264 I don't think he's being snubbed. Sometimes it takes a while for things to get get done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 12:06 AM (6dfaU)
============

It's a reasonable argument except Jim got slipped in the middle which belies the hamster theory.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:11 AM (nO7cW)

I could be remembering wrong but it seemed like it took a while before Jim was added. Not like I was taking notes though.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:25 AM (ULPxl)

290 250 For those who spoke up about Dad not being on the list, thank you , but I don't think he'd want you all fighting and insulting each other over it.
Posted by: Joyenz at August 23, 2025 12:04 AM (sPQoU)

Class act. Like your dad. He, and many posters who have informed and entertained me in my time here that have since gone to Glory are on my list. There are many here that maintain a private tribute, offering a prayer during Sunday service, smiling at a remembered joke, or shedding a tear over their absence. None are forgotten. None...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 23, 2025 12:25 AM (nbLIj)

291 Alright then
have fun with this

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 12:26 AM (AOsQT)

292 Class act. Like your dad. He, and many posters who have informed and entertained me in my time here that have since gone to Glory are on my list. There are many here that maintain a private tribute, offering a prayer during Sunday service, smiling at a remembered joke, or shedding a tear over their absence. None are forgotten. None...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Add yourself to that class act list.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 12:27 AM (Wokrt)

293 >>> 292 Class act. Like your dad. He, and many posters who have informed and entertained me in my time here that have since gone to Glory are on my list. There are many here that maintain a private tribute, offering a prayer during Sunday service, smiling at a remembered joke, or shedding a tear over their absence. None are forgotten. None...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Add yourself to that class act list.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 12:27 AM (Wokrt)

Indeed.

There are many, many nics who I haven't seen in some time; a few pop in once in a while, but I wonder about those that do not and hope they are doing well.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:29 AM (ULPxl)

294 >>>There are some things I won't say here because again, it isn't *my* blog. Incidentally another reason I enjoy meeting people "offline" where conversation isn't limited to grey boxes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket ..
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If you and crusty have had words off line then yall should keep them off line and not bust out out of context here. We won't be able to understand and it will seem out of line.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:31 AM (nO7cW)

295 Signing off with a quote I've seen attributed to Vlad Tepes:

"Neighbors make good fences."

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 23, 2025 12:33 AM (lUFok)

296 I have been learning how to get around LA by watching car chases. For example, if you get off the 710 freeway and head west on Rosecrans you have a high probability of experiencing car jacking cultural enrichment.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 12:34 AM (zdKZs)

297 Franpsycho, "coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in ....", and all that.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 23, 2025 12:34 AM (U/Byj)

298 I may not make to food thread, but I picked up an entire USDA Choice Angus Whole Beef Ribeye, Cryovac 18+ lbs for $15.67 lb from Sam's.

They have them in the back. You have to ask for it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 12:35 AM (Wokrt)

299 74 About fifteen miles south of me the Town of New Paltz has a YouTube channel which broadcast council meetings. It had to be shut down because someone zoom bombed it with pron vids for five hours. The town is idiotically leftist so well done prankster

Also symbolically apt considering what city councils usually do to the citizen\taxpayers. Around here we have many who are trying hard to sneak as much as possible so developers can make big money, undoubtedly with enough extra to slip some to the noble public servants

Posted by: azjaeger at August 23, 2025 12:35 AM (3/XaG)

300
I'm kicking a kick out of the Cracker Barrel memeing going on. They've added Dylan Mulvaney in the mix.

One has him that Bud Lite dress drinking out of a little barrel replacing the old man in the logo.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:36 AM (w6EFb)

301 >>> 294 >>>There are some things I won't say here because again, it isn't *my* blog. Incidentally another reason I enjoy meeting people "offline" where conversation isn't limited to grey boxes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket ..
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If you and crusty have had words off line then yall should keep them off line and not bust out out of context here. We won't be able to understand and it will seem out of line.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:31 AM (nO7cW)

Sorry, that was unclear. I have *not* had words with crusty offline (that I know of, because if I have, then crusty is hiding behind a sock). It was more of a generic-ish comment about face-to-face conversation being much more in-depth than online, and there are no COBs or such involved (unless they're at the same place). I don't think I've talked to you offline either unless I'm a dork and forgot!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:36 AM (ULPxl)

302 I picked up an entire USDA Choice Angus Whole Beef Ribeye, Cryovac 18+ lbs for $15.67 lb from Sam's.

They have them in the back. You have to ask for it.
Posted by: rickb22
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Whoa! SCORE!!!

No Sam's Club near me, darnit....

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

303 One thing that hasn't been said about is the content we provide.
True Ace is the boss and the COBs are his seconds and they are the providers But the content we provide is part of the value of this blog. Without commentary where would this blog be. What percentage of readership come here and stay for the commentary?
We are more than guests.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:38 AM (nO7cW)

304 >>> 303 One thing that hasn't been said about is the content we provide.
True Ace is the boss and the COBs are his seconds and they are the providers But the content we provide is part of the value of this blog. Without commentary where would this blog be. What percentage of readership come here and stay for the commentary?
We are more than guests.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:38 AM (nO7cW)

We're Morons!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:38 AM (ULPxl)

305
Then they're going off with "Crack Barrel" featuring Hunter Biden, and "Cackle Barrel" with Kamala.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

306 295 Signing off with a quote I've seen attributed to Vlad Tepes:

"Neighbors make good fences."
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 23, 2025 12:33 AM (lUFok)

Nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 23, 2025 12:39 AM (bss/y)

307 >>> 305
Then they're going off with "Crack Barrel" featuring Hunter Biden, and "Cackle Barrel" with Kamala.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

Bluebell the Hen wants to peck the shit out of Kamalala to claim the Cackle Barrel as her own.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:39 AM (ULPxl)

308
Guess who's the biggest shareholder in Cracker Barrel?

Blackrock....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:41 AM (w6EFb)

309 >>> 308
Guess who's the biggest shareholder in Cracker Barrel?

Blackrock....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:41 AM (w6EFb)

Surprise surprise. You saw that Larry Fink is now co-head (?) of the WEF, right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:45 AM (ULPxl)

310
Asshole Blinken was chilling on a beach in Long Island. Beach is closed because of the hurricane. Beach Patrol made he and his friend pack up and leave.

Those people think they are entitled to do whatever they want.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 12:47 AM (3ek7K)

311 262. I'm not pleased that no one tells me what the air temperature is. I'm only told what it FEELS like.
Posted by: LibertyDefender at August 23, 2025 12:11 AM (w5S7e)

It's currently 73F here at the beach in the OC. Unusually warm for this time of night. We're going into a heat wave with local highs projected in the mid-80's for a while.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 23, 2025 12:47 AM (QGaXH)

312 My local Sam's Club got rid of the "food" court cash registers. To buy a hot dog you have to use the Sam's Club app and use a debit/credit card. To order a $1.50 hot dog, I had to download their stupid app, login into the app, spend 20 minutes trying to figure how to order the hotdog, add it to my shopping cart, check out (heaven forbid you have to enter CC number), wait for the confirmation email/text message, go stand in line for another 20 minutes listening to everybody bitch and moan about this, and if your unlucky you will hear they ran out of hot dogs and it will be another 20 minutes until they are ready.

For Christmas I'm asking Santa Claus for a Costco in Las Cruces to open up.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 12:47 AM (zdKZs)

313
Another one: video with the old man leaning on the barrel talking: "How you gon' have a place called Cracker Barrel without a cracker leanin' agin' a barrel!"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:49 AM (w6EFb)

314 (Lifts glass to rickb223 and Helena)
(Drains contents)
(Departs)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 23, 2025 12:49 AM (nbLIj)

315 What percentage of readership come here and stay for the commentary?
We are more than guests.
Posted by: Braenyard

I come here for the pictures, stay for comments, and those moments when Ace gets ticked off at Bert.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 12:50 AM (zdKZs)

316
Sam's requires you to download their app to shop there now.

They can bite me, there's nothing there i want that bad.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 12:51 AM (3ek7K)

317
The dumb bint of a CEO changed the peg jumping game as well. It used to be leave

1 peg: Genius
2 pegs: Pretty smart
3 pegs: Dumb
4 pegs: Ignoramus

They changed it to leave 3 or more pegs, don't be embarrassed, try again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:52 AM (w6EFb)

318 267 Son drives a lot for his kob and his car is getting on a bit, so he is debating alternatives.

Trade in his car and buy a newish car and just accept it will hit 200K miles before the loan can be paid off.

Keep his current car, and pay cash for a 10-12 year old work car he can run up miles on.

Thoughts?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 23, 2025 12:13 AM (DIweC)

If financially feasible I'd buy a newish car and keep the current car as the work car provided it's still reliable. When it gets too old, replace it with the now not-so-newish car and buy a new newish car.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 23, 2025 12:53 AM (QGaXH)

319 For Christmas I'm asking Santa Claus for a Costco in Las Cruces to open up.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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Welllll... it's now "card only" for a Costco dog, but at least there are touch-screens so you don't need a $%$%^# app. Yet?

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

320 What percentage of readership come here and stay for the commentary?
We are more than guests.
Posted by: Braenyard

I come here for the pictures, stay for comments, and those moments when Ace gets ticked off at Bert.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

I come for the witty repartee and I stay for the Chuey level cruelty.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 12:54 AM (Wokrt)

321 > They have them in the back. You have to ask for it.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 12:35 AM (Wokrt)

That's what I said.

Posted by: Barack "Gaylord" Obama at August 23, 2025 12:55 AM (qpyNK)

322
Suppose you want to pay with cash?

Nope. Our "betters" want a cashless system. I think it's all about data gathering.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 12:56 AM (3ek7K)

323 What percentage of readership come here and stay for the commentary?
We are more than guests.
Posted by: Braenyard

I come for the news and the funny shit in the comments.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 12:56 AM (snZF9)

324 >"Cackle Barrel" with Kamala.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

I'd reserve Cackle Barrel for Skankles and use "Cockle Barrel" for Commie Llay.

"Cockle Barrel" just sounds like it oughta be a porn genre, doesn't it?

Not that I'd know anything about that sort of thing.

Posted by: Barack at August 23, 2025 12:57 AM (qpyNK)

325 322
Suppose you want to pay with cash?

Nope. Our "betters" want a cashless system. I think it's all about data gathering.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 12:56 AM (3ek7K)

They tried that in Sweden and it failed miserably. Take heart.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 12:58 AM (1X0uI)

326
Chitterlings

The word is definitely misspelled...

Posted by: Planet of the Japes at August 23, 2025 12:59 AM (YScS0)

327 FTR, I tend to look at my ONTs as a bar. Y'all are all hanging around talking, and I don't much care what y'all say. Some of the folks here are assholes, some are not, but as long as everyone is civil, it's none of my concern. I'm just her to stop people from posing racist or criminal shit and to stop any fights. Basically, I'm the bouncer. When everything is running smoothly, I just sit on my stool and watch.

Posted by: Weirddave at August 23, 2025 12:59 AM (pXG5r)

328 Our "betters" want a cashless system. I think it's all about data gathering.
Posted by: fourseasons
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The better to know every aspect of your whole life, my dear...

--the Big Bad Wolf

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

329 304 >>> 303 One thing that hasn't been said about is the content we provide.
True Ace is the boss and the COBs are his seconds and they are the providers But the content we provide is part of the value of this blog. Without commentary where would this blog be. What percentage of readership come here and stay for the commentary?
We are more than guests.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2025 12:38 AM (nO7cW)

We're Morons!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:38 AM (ULPxl)

Moron Friends

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 23, 2025 12:59 AM (QGaXH)

330 For the record, when I go, I want everyone here fighting and insulting each other over it.

Posted by: ... at August 23, 2025 12:59 AM (E0p3T)

331 Night all. 7:00 am is coming fast.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 01:00 AM (Wokrt)

332 Remember, Canada is on the metric system. They don’t know what the fuck a “20 oz coffee” is.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 01:00 AM (1X0uI)

333 Sign of the times: Denmark is eliminating paper mail delivery altogether.

I remember reading that in Victorian times you could write a letter at breakfast inviting others for lunch, and not only would they show up, you'd actually get a reply before they did.

London had something like 8 mail deliveries per day.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 23, 2025 01:01 AM (qpyNK)

334 321 > They have them in the back. You have to ask for it.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 12:35 AM (Wokrt)

That's what I said.

Posted by: Barack "Gaylord" Obama at August 23, 2025 12:55 AM (qpyNK)

Your insolence towards Him is shocking and disgusting.

Posted by: Internet Police at August 23, 2025 01:01 AM (1X0uI)

335 Hiya, Weirddave!

You're just in time... I cooked a big tray of potstickers for the crowd!

*serves snacks & dipping sauce*

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:02 AM (rdVOm)

336 > 332 Remember, Canada is on the metric system. They don’t know what the fuck a “20 oz coffee” is.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 01:00 AM (1X0uI)

Right. They call it "Royale with Poutine".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 23, 2025 01:02 AM (qpyNK)

337 Last weekend I had Tillamook peanut butter cup ice cream for breakfast on Saturday morning. I found this enjoyable. So enjoyable that I bought another quart this evening and I'm having ice cream tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 01:02 AM (zdKZs)

338 Rickb- if you're still here I wanted to add to the condolences for your loss. Profoundly sorry and wish you and yours peace and comfort in the days ahead.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 23, 2025 01:03 AM (QGaXH)

339 I'm checking out, too.

Only 2100 here, but I'm binge-watching a show and want to catch another episode before bedtime.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 23, 2025 01:04 AM (qpyNK)

340 Hmm. Dwindling 'crowd'-- More potstickers for the rest of us, yay!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

341 332 Remember, Canada is on the metric system. They don’t know what the fuck a “20 oz coffee” is.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 01:00 AM (1X0uI)

Right. They call it "Royale with Poutine".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 23, 2025 01:02 AM (qpyNK)

I would feel like a fag just ordering anything called that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 01:05 AM (snZF9)

342 Happy Friday Horde. I hope that Teresa has a wonderful time at her party tonight.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 23, 2025 01:05 AM (0nHVk)

343 It's only 10 pm here...

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

344 Hmm. Dwindling 'crowd'-- More potstickers for the rest of us, yay!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

Potsticker?? Why do I feel like I should know that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 01:06 AM (snZF9)

345 They have them in the back. You have to ask for it.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2025 12:35 AM (Wokrt)

That's what I said.

Posted by: Barack "Gaylord" Obama at August 23, 2025 12:55 AM (qpyNK)
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Your insolence towards Him is shocking and disgusting.
Posted by: Internet Police at August 23, 2025 01:01 AM (1X0uI)

Good job. Now arrest him.

Posted by: British Constabulary at August 23, 2025 01:08 AM (gKDq2)

346 Hi DDS

JQ has potstickers and dipping sauce of unspecified variety at comment 335

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 23, 2025 01:08 AM (QGaXH)

347 Hi, Debby!

Oh, tonight is Teresa's shindig? No wonder it's not crowded here... Hope she's having a blast!

Pull up a chair. Chivas?

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

348 Poutine is disgusting. But not as disgusting as thinking about where Rosie O'Donnell sweats.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 01:09 AM (zdKZs)

349 Potsticker?? Why do I feel like I should know that.
Posted by: Berserker

A.k.a. "gyoza"

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

350 Just peeking in

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 01:10 AM (+qU29)

351
My local Sam's Club got rid of the "food" court cash registers. To buy a hot dog you have to use the Sam's Club app and use a debit/credit card. To order a $1.50 hot dog, I had to download their stupid app, login into the app, spend 20 minutes trying to figure how to order the hotdog, add it to my shopping cart, check out (heaven forbid you have to enter CC number), wait for the confirmation email/text message, go stand in line for another 20 minutes listening to everybody bitch and moan about this, and if your unlucky you will hear they ran out of hot dogs and it will be another 20 minutes until they are ready.

And still there are elitist asswipes who live on the coasts who smugly think that shoppers at Sam's Club are uneducable.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 23, 2025 01:11 AM (Tv15w)

352
Skip, are you working normal hours now?

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 01:11 AM (3ek7K)

353 PSA: another class of learning how to get around LA via car chases is now in session.

https://www.youtube.com/live/ItoxFT0eB9o

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 01:12 AM (zdKZs)

354 Potsticker?? Why do I feel like I should know that.
Posted by: Berserker

A.k.a. "gyoza"

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

Oh yeah, that clears it up. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 01:12 AM (snZF9)

355 My short-cut potsticker dipping sauce starts with Yoshida's Original Sweet Teriyaki, and has other goodies added to it.. including chili oil. Spicy if you like it!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:13 AM (rdVOm)

356
Oh, the power glasses bint CEO says the backlash against her is just a small vocal minority, while the vast majority of her customers just lerve the new design....she's gonna press on.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

357 And still there are elitist asswipes who live on the coasts who smugly think that shoppers at Sam's Club are uneducable.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

I went through that whole fiasco because I wanted to see how shitty the experience was. I was not disappointed. The app is now deleted.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 01:14 AM (zdKZs)

358 The secret of life is that you never actually leave high school. There's *always* fucking cliques.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 11:11 PM (ciXcx)

There are two types of people: those who hated HS and want every vestige of that time gone, and those who love HS and want it around in every way possible. (h/t, Rush)

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 01:15 AM (1X0uI)

359 Bers, gyoza is a pan-fried (although some places deep fry) Japanese dumpling. Mine are pork-based, with green onion, minced cabbage & spices.

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:15 AM (rdVOm)

360
Remember, Canada is on the metric system.

Adopting the metric system is the on ramp for the highway to hell.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 23, 2025 01:16 AM (Tv15w)

361 Bers, gyoza is a pan-fried (although some places deep fry) Japanese dumpling. Mine are pork-based, with green onion, minced cabbage & spices.

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:15 AM (rdVOm)

yikes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 01:17 AM (snZF9)

362
JQ,

I love those.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 01:18 AM (3ek7K)

363 Aw, Bers... "yikes?"

Oh, well. Can't please everyone...

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

364 356
Oh, the power glasses bint CEO says the backlash against her is just a small vocal minority, while the vast majority of her customers just lerve the new design....she's gonna press on.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

Like Shakira's hips, dollars don't lie. When revenue goes into decline, they'll have to take action. Restaurants are low margin - it only takes a couple percent sales decline to cut profits in half.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 23, 2025 01:20 AM (QGaXH)

365 46 …six times per year…

The St Louis Globe Democrat no longer exists, and hasn’t for decades. I don’t remember exactly when, but the Globe Democrat folded and the St Louis Post Dispatch took over the Suburban Journals to become the sole major newspaper in town.

Ironic given the headline posted above.

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at August 23, 2025 01:20 AM (F+Tik)

366
Oh, the power glasses bint CEO says the backlash against her is just a small vocal minority, while the vast majority of her customers just lerve the new design....she's gonna press on.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

Do inform us when you encounter the rotted corpse of that Bud Lite bint alongside your path to enlightenment, Sugar Tits.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 23, 2025 01:20 AM (Tv15w)

367
Lol Krebs

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 01:21 AM (3ek7K)

368 343 It's only 10 pm here...
Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

Same here - only now it's 10:21.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 23, 2025 01:21 AM (QGaXH)

369 Hi Rogue, and thank you JQ. I could use some pot stickers they sound delish right about now.

I love this place!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 23, 2025 01:23 AM (0nHVk)

370
This cinches it, Jim Cramer weighed in on the Cracker Barrel rebrand:

https://tinyurl.com/2xnk4vn2

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 01:23 AM (w6EFb)

371 And still there are elitist asswipes who live on the coasts who smugly think that shoppers at Sam's Club are uneducable.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

I went through that whole fiasco because I wanted to see how shitty the experience was. I was not disappointed. The app is now deleted.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 01:14 AM (zdKZs)

All that shit for a frigging hot dog?? Thats just crazy.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 01:25 AM (snZF9)

372 I have a bottle of Benvenie Double Wood 12 year single malt scotch cooing at me from the kitchen.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 01:25 AM (zdKZs)

373 Cramer sux, LOL.

"Power glasses?" Looks like what they used to call "birth-control glasses" IMO.

Whatevs.. never been to a Cracker Barrel before, and now looks like I'll just keep on driving if I ever see one.

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

374 351 And still there are elitist asswipes who live on the coasts who smugly think that shoppers at Sam's Club are uneducable.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 23, 2025 01:11 AM (Tv15w)

I don't belong to Sam's but the one up the road from me in Fountain Valley is mobbed every time I drive by.

I live on the coast but I'm not an elitist a-wipe, more of a pointy-eared hobgoblin, if you please.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 23, 2025 01:27 AM (QGaXH)

375
Bers, gyoza is a pan-fried (although some places deep fry) Japanese dumpling. Mine are pork-based, with green onion, minced cabbage & spices.
Posted by: JQ

I've made those from scratch. Okay, full disclosure, I acquired the gyoza "skins" from somewhere and then proceeded to make the remainder of the recipe from scratch.

It was like working on my very own candy line -- "Whadaya mean, 'Are you making some of those for others?'"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 23, 2025 01:27 AM (Tv15w)

376 Well, our 45th Anniversary Party is in the books - I think everyone had a good time! It went by way too fast -

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 23, 2025 01:27 AM (SRRAx)

377 Well, our 45th Anniversary Party is in the books - I think everyone had a good time! It went by way too fast -
Posted by: Teresa

The party or the 45 years?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 01:28 AM (zdKZs)

378 Congrats Teresa. ♥️♥️

Posted by: ... at August 23, 2025 01:31 AM (E0p3T)

379 A hot dog is the very epitome of an impulse-buy snack that should be sold for (a small sum of) cash.

And congrats on the 45th, Teresa!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 01:31 AM (oZ8xm)

380 A.k.a. "gyoza"
Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

Yakuza are tougher.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 01:32 AM (oZ8xm)

381
Just LOL'd at a Jim Cramer meme. Photo of him smiling sort of menacing/creepily, "Nice asset you got there. Be a shame if someone...spoke positively about it."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 01:32 AM (w6EFb)

382 I've made those from scratch. Okay, full disclosure, I acquired the gyoza "skins" from somewhere and then proceeded to make the remainder of the recipe from scratch.

It was like working on my very own candy line -- "Whadaya mean, 'Are you making some of those for others?'"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
---------

HAHAHA! Yeah, time-consuming, messy... If you're gonna make them, make *a whole bunch* and freeze them. Takes half the day to do 100 or so. And yes, I buy "won ton wrappers"-- couldn't imagine also making those from scratch!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:33 AM (rdVOm)

383 The 45th anniversary is a big deal. Congrats.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 01:33 AM (zdKZs)

384
It will be 48 years in October for hubby and I.

Time flies.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 01:33 AM (3ek7K)

385 Speaking of hotdogs, we're actually going for hotdogs tomorrow. There is a place in the jersey pine barrens pretty much in the center of all the motorcycle routes and usual stops. What a goldmine they have. They built an entire business in their backyard of a town that looks like mayberry. Dirt parking lot across the street, and the service counters are literally up against the fence around the property. A lot of different style hot dogs. Its a landmark. 50 mile ride through nice roads. The dudes I ride with I call the retarded lawyers, because they can't seem to pass a frigging bar, so I'm sure we're going to hit a couple road side semi dive bars along the route where there are always other biker types. 20 miles past that there is a great marina bar right on the water, kind of upscale, lots of motorcycles. Of course they're going to want to go there too, and it all revolves around these frigging hot dogs.

https://www.hotdiggidydog.us/

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 01:35 AM (snZF9)

386 Happy anniversary, Teresa! Congratulations and glad you had a wonderful party!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:35 AM (rdVOm)

387 Yes...congrats Theresa!

I guess after 45 years you know all too well how marriage is like a card game. In the beginning you're excited to get a heart and a diamond, but all too soon (sometimes) all you want is a club and a spade.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 23, 2025 01:35 AM (QGaXH)

388
LOL ARiK

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 01:37 AM (3ek7K)

389 Sounds like a fun day, Berserker!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

390
This cinches it, Jim Cramer weighed in on the Cracker Barrel rebrand:

https://tinyurl.com/2xnk4vn2

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

That dude's voice sounds exactly like my son's dumb as fuck and annoying as fuck father-in-law.

During my Mom's last months when my sister and I were taking care of her, one morning I heard his voice in the other room and I blurted out, "loudly, Why the fuck is that asshole here?"

Earned me a rebuke from my dear Mum about my hsving used bad language, it did.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 23, 2025 01:37 AM (Tv15w)

391

One of the ads I'm seeing here is two men kissing, ugh. Click here to see actors who you didn't know are gay.

No thanks, lol

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 01:40 AM (3ek7K)

392 I’m thinking they are tanking the Cracker Barrel on purpose. A - they don’t want all those people driving in their RVs from CB to CB all around the country and B - they want the real estate which has gotten a lot more valuable over the years.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 23, 2025 01:40 AM (11mhd)

393 Of course they're going to want to go there too, and it all revolves around these frigging hot dogs.

Las Cruces has Lalo's Sonoran Dogs. They have a food cart in gravel parking lot. They had a ghost pepper dog for a while. Not anymore, I think must have killed everybody that tried them. Sonoran Dogs are delish.

Have fun on your ride, sounds like a hoot.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 01:41 AM (zdKZs)

394 Just LOL'd at a Jim Cramer meme. Photo of him smiling sort of menacing/creepily, "Nice asset you got there. Be a shame if someone...spoke positively about it."
Posted by: publius

Hah!

Cruelty level: 367 milliAces

Posted by: mikeski at August 23, 2025 01:41 AM (DgGvY)

395
SnailRacer,

That makes sense.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 01:43 AM (3ek7K)

396 Hot Diggidy Dog looks excellent. Tell them they need a Sonoran Dog. And an hot dog app.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 01:43 AM (zdKZs)

397 Sounds like a fun day, Berserker!

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

Its about a 150 mile day by the time we get done. Weather is supposed be perfect. I lived here all my life and I never knew about these great roads and areas to ride until a year ago. It seems like there is no population down there. Motorcycles everywhere, like being in sturgis.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 01:43 AM (snZF9)

398 And certainly we enjoy seeing you continuing to share cat and rocket links.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 23, 2025 12:08 AM (ULPxl)

Hope that he'd be pleased that you've kept the tradition going!

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at August 23, 2025 01:46 AM (0lzjf)

399 Awesome, Bers!

youtu.be/igvP806798U

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

400 388
LOL ARiK

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 01:37 AM (3ek7K)

I managed to make one person laugh so my work here is done for today.

Good Night Everyone!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 23, 2025 01:48 AM (QGaXH)

401 Hot Diggidy Dog looks excellent. Tell them they need a Sonoran Dog. And an hot dog app.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 01:43 AM (zdKZs)

I'll run it by them. They love us. 7 -10 dudes every time we go. probably 30-40 hot dogs for us alone. Some of our guys have been going there for years.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 23, 2025 01:49 AM (snZF9)

402 Several years ago, the Boise area briefly had a Sam's Club. It was nearly empty every time I went there. You could roll a bowling ball down some of the aisles and not worry about hitting somebody.

Costco had already been in Boise for several years before Sam's got around to opening a store there.

Plus, apparently as a cost cutting measure, they built it concurrently with a Super Wal-Mart on the same lot. Instant competition for Sam's.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 23, 2025 01:51 AM (l8IGe)

403 I’m thinking they are tanking the Cracker Barrel on purpose. A - they don’t want all those people driving in their RVs from CB to CB all around the country and B - they want the real estate which has gotten a lot more valuable over the years.
Posted by: SnailRacer at August 23, 2025 01:40 AM (11mhd)

I think insiders are making a killing by shorting the stock. Don't know if there is much value in the commercial real estate right now. Lots of shuttered businesses, and it's not like Cracker Barrels can be readily made into residential properties.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 01:56 AM (Q87aE)

404 I think tiny Walmart will survive.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 23, 2025 02:05 AM (D+kq4)

405 Back in day, I'll call the mid 70's living in SoCal in the foothills above LA, we used to get raked by 100 + degree temps for a couple of weeks at a time in August. This was the day before central air. Our house just had a basement fan that would pump some air that was cooler than outside but not by much.

Some years, we did have the "Monsoon Pump" charging up from Baja Mexico which brought up some epic Thunderstorms to my city along with a good amount of rain which cooled down everything by 30 degrees. I slept with my windows open on those nights and after the storms were over, the air smelled of pungent Chaparral bushes and pine and the sound of the crickets was almost deafening but I slept the sleep of Kings.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 23, 2025 02:07 AM (25kuG)

406 Well, 'tis the witching hour here, witch means that it's time for me to hit the sack. I am real tired after struggling for hours with those damned motor mounts. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2025 02:08 AM (Q87aE)

407 By the time I knew what was what we had AC.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 23, 2025 02:09 AM (D+kq4)

408 406

night Al.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 23, 2025 02:10 AM (25kuG)

409 I watched the three Star Wars movies.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 23, 2025 02:11 AM (D+kq4)

410 'Night, AOP.

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

411
The old man sitting next to the barrel in the logo was Herschel C. McCartney, "Uncle Herschel", the uncle of Cracker Barrel founder Dan Evins.

He worked for the Martha White Flour Co. salesman for 32 years, and went old timey general stores all over the south during that time. And of course, he loved to sit on the front porches next to a barrel.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 02:15 AM (w6EFb)

412 Good night AOP.

Teresa, I was thinking of you tonight, I hope that you had a wonderful time.

Wow Bers, those hot dogs and that place look incredible. The only thing I know about the Pine Barrens I learned from various crime novels set in New York and New Jersey and watching The Sopranos.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 23, 2025 02:19 AM (0nHVk)

413 I watched the three Star Wars movies.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 23, 2025 02:11 AM (D+kq4)

The remarkably-accurate Bloom County cartoon about that:

https://tinyurl.com/Bloom-County-Binkley-Jedi

Posted by: far cry at August 23, 2025 02:19 AM (Y2N+I)

414 411

White Liberal Woman effing up another American Icon.

White Liberal Women should be placed into a Terrorist Watch Group!

Fer Shizzle Bitches!

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 23, 2025 02:19 AM (25kuG)

415 Finally down to 75F-- can turn off a/c & open the windows!

To sleep. Perchance to dream...

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2025 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

416 So, not to go to bed angry,

Back out under the Orange Tree and I'll say,

Good night, Horde.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 23, 2025 02:31 AM (25kuG)

417 Do the armed National Guard troops in DC get actual bullets?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 23, 2025 02:33 AM (D+kq4)

418 384
It will be 48 years in October for hubby and I.

Time flies.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 23, 2025 01:33 AM (3ek7K)

WOOT!!!

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 23, 2025 02:40 AM (1Gsou)

419 Mom and Dad made it 68 years married. Would have been more if that damned clot shot hadn't killed dad. Mom died in 2024, so that would have been 71 years.

Bastard government.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 23, 2025 02:44 AM (1Gsou)

420 Good night, Horde, 2:45 am here and I need to be up by 8:00. I had the pleasure of attending my aunt and uncle's 70th wedding anniversary last fall.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 23, 2025 02:48 AM (0nHVk)

421 I watched the three Star Wars movies.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Cousin humpin' at it's finest.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 23, 2025 02:56 AM (mlg/3)

422 Some people call it AI rot. It becomes so recursive that it becomes not-real looking again.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

--‐

I would trust the Encyclopedia Britannica more than I would wikipedia and anything that uses Wiki as a source. But the Encyclopedia stopped printing in 2012 and it's only offered online with subscription

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 23, 2025 02:57 AM (2xthb)

423 Bastard government.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 23, 2025 02:44 AM (1Gsou)

-----
I'm sorry for your loss.

So many of our trusted institutions have fallen into corruption or partisanship

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 23, 2025 03:08 AM (2xthb)

424
August 23, 2025. A post not titled ONT, but looking suspiciously like one, was accepted as a regulation ONT. A first.

Posted by: Arbalest at August 23, 2025 03:10 AM (FlRtG)

425 Last!

Posted by: Reforger at August 23, 2025 03:47 AM (pxUkb)

426 Hah!

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 04:06 AM (1X0uI)

427 In the court of the crimson meeeeemmmmmeee….

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 04:11 AM (1X0uI)

428 425 Last!
Posted by: Reforger at August 23, 2025 03:47 AM (pxUkb)

Nah.... some of us late night west coasters are still around....

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 23, 2025 04:12 AM (mP0Kj)

429 411
The old man sitting next to the barrel in the logo was Herschel C. McCartney, "Uncle Herschel", the uncle of Cracker Barrel founder Dan Evins.

He worked for the Martha White Flour Co. salesman for 32 years, and went old timey general stores all over the south during that time. And of course, he loved to sit on the front porches next to a barrel.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 02:15 AM (w6EFb)

SWEEP AWAY ALL MONSTERS AND DEMONS!!!

Posted by: Communist Party of China, June 1966 at August 23, 2025 04:12 AM (1X0uI)

430 Nah.... some of us late night west coasters are still around....
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 23, 2025 04:12 AM (mP0Kj)

Or those of us who work at night.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 04:13 AM (1X0uI)

431 423 Bastard government.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 23, 2025 02:44 AM (1Gsou)

-----
I'm sorry for your loss.

So many of our trusted institutions have fallen into corruption or partisanship
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 23, 2025 03:08 AM (2xthb)

I was raised to trust the Government... took a lot of years and a lot of personal betrayal to change that... but it changed.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 23, 2025 04:14 AM (mP0Kj)

432 429 411
The old man sitting next to the barrel in the logo was Herschel C. McCartney, "Uncle Herschel", the uncle of Cracker Barrel founder Dan Evins.

He worked for the Martha White Flour Co. salesman for 32 years, and went old timey general stores all over the south during that time. And of course, he loved to sit on the front porches next to a barrel.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 02:15 AM (w6EFb)

SWEEP AWAY ALL MONSTERS AND DEMONS!!!
Posted by: Communist Party of China, June 1966 at August 23, 2025 04:12 AM (1X0uI)

1) cool!
and
2) ha!

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 04:26 AM (aURVT)

433 Then, thanks to a strong cold air damming system, they then set a few lowest highs for 2 or 3 days straight, breaking records set in 1908.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 12:08 AM (w6EFb)

Minimum highs?

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 23, 2025 04:27 AM (1X0uI)

434 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 04:30 AM (aURVT)

435 I witnessed a similar motorcycle crash up close. I was standing outside of Citizens Bank Park in Philly, before a Phillies game. The motorcyclist was speeding through the game traffic between the lanes. He had to be going at least 75. As he approached an intersection, he plowed into an SUV making a legal left turn. Luckily, the only person that was hurt was the rider, he flew about 50 feet through the air and splattered all over Pattison Avenue.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at August 23, 2025 04:45 AM (xverI)

436 413 I watched the three Star Wars movies.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 23, 2025 02:11 AM (D+kq4)

The remarkably-accurate Bloom County cartoon about that:

https://tinyurl.com/Bloom-County-Binkley-Jedi
Posted by: far cry at August 23, 2025 02:19 AM (Y2N+I)

Analysis: True.
Berkeley Breathed - a UofTexas product - Prophet.
Think about it: Bill the Cat ran for President 36 years before Biden. https://rb.gy/tbvzs2

Posted by: LibertyDefender at August 23, 2025 10:36 AM (w5S7e)

Booby Attack Cafe

Above, the false killer whale, which is actually a kind of dolphin. Though it sometimes eats other dolphins.

The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a species of oceanic dolphin that is the only extant representative of the genus Pseudorca. It is found in oceans worldwide but mainly in tropical regions. It was first described in 1846 as a species of porpoise based on a skull, which was revised when the first carcasses were observed in 1861. The name "false killer whale" comes from having a skull similar to the orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale.
The false killer whale reaches a maximum length of 6 m (20 ft), though size can vary around the world. It is highly sociable, known to form pods of up to 50 members, and can also form pods with other dolphin species, such as the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). It can form close bonds with other species, as well as have sexual interactions with them.

Just like a dolphin.

But the false killer whale has also been known to eat other dolphins, though it typically eats squid and fish. It is a deep-diver; maximum known depth is 927.5 m (3,043 ft); maximum speed is around 29 km/h (18 mph).

An evil river otter being pure evil.

Never. Stop. Herding.

A couple of old friends.

Years ago I linked the story of Pirate, an absolutely adorable senior dog who spent seven years in the shelter -- and that after living for years as a street dog. No one wanted this old dog, despite how beautiful she was. I always wondered what happened to her. I came across an update, noting that Pirate had sadly died, as old dogs do. But she had a wonderful few years after finally being rescued from the kennel.

Bull pushes his drunken owner home from the cantina.

Dog shocks itself on electric fence, and donkey laughs and laughs.

Older basset hound teaches puppy how to use the doggy door.

This sheep is a real wiseacre.

Bear doesn't like his look in the mirror.

Videos of great queues of people climbing Mt. Everest. It's so crowded nobody goes there anymore.

Another cute little kitty-cat. And more kitty-cats.

Rhino and son.

A nice part of Lake Como, because George Fucking Clooney isn't there.

Dog thought the sermon was meh.

11. Seal scares a baby polar bear
pic.twitter.com/WSf2iqG21T
— Earth_Wanderer (@earth_tracker) August 20, 2025

When I see blue-footed boobies, they're always waddling around awkwardly.

But they're pretty keen hunters.

Blue footed boobies synchronized diving pic.twitter.com/1bntwm2qC9
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) August 19, 2025

Mama donkey and her baby..🐴😍 pic.twitter.com/PDs665pKTS
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 21, 2025

Fluffy baby otters are so cute..🦦😍 pic.twitter.com/zHgcVzd6Nj
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 20, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 07:32 PM (+qU29)

2 Elephants!

Posted by: Case at August 22, 2025 07:32 PM (iwlvf)

3 The otter eventually killed the guy, ripped his arm off and he bled to death

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 07:35 PM (+qU29)

4 Baby polar bear was laughing

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 07:36 PM (+qU29)

5 3 'The otter eventually killed the guy, ripped his arm off and he bled to death'

You should write children's books.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 22, 2025 07:36 PM (3wi/L)

6 Blech. That thing looks like Flipper banged an Alien and Ripley gave it birth.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:36 PM (4CKeO)

7 An evil river otter being pure evil.

So, when a river otter goes trans, it becomes a penguin?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 07:36 PM (0sNs1)

8 We should have sound-off roll call during the cafe, so we can get an accurate account of how many commenters we lose to bat-borne infection per week.

Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete at August 22, 2025 07:38 PM (G5+As)

9 It's well known that Sea Otters are racist bastards.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:39 PM (4CKeO)

10 We should have sound-off roll call during the cafe, so we can get an accurate account of how many commenters we lose to bat-borne infection per week.
Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete

Here!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 07:40 PM (Wokrt)

11 We should have sound-off roll call during the cafe, so we can get an accurate account of how many commenters we lose to bat-borne infection per week.
Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete at August 22, 2025 07:38 PM (G5+As)
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I'll raise a herring wallbanger cocktail in remembrance of the fallen.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 07:40 PM (IBQGV)

12 That lake Como vid felt like a luxury six flags boat ride.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:42 PM (EYmYM)

13 It can form close bonds with other species, as well as have sexual interactions with them.

As far as I know, there isn't a romantasy about this, so your SF/F shelves are safe

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 07:43 PM (gKWVE)

14 Videos of great queues of people climbing Mt. Everest. It's so crowded nobody goes there anymore.

Great scene from ST:TNG:

Riker: I once built a model of Earth's Mount Everest.

Picard: Interesting, was it to scale?

Riker: No, it was to look at.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 07:43 PM (0sNs1)

15 Good evening, cafe patrons! Tonight’s menu is simple. Open face Turkey, havarti and avocado on focaccia, and chicken noodle soup I found in the freezer. 😀

Note, we have not redecorated.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 07:44 PM (p4NUW)

16 "It can form close bonds with other species, as well as have sexual interactions with them"

Liaisons between the well tongued Pseudorca crassidens and penguins are too graphic to be described in mixed company. Suffice to say that the penguin gets the best end of it.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 22, 2025 07:45 PM (vFG9F)

17 ALIEN!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 07:45 PM (63Dwl)

18 We should have sound-off roll call during the cafe, so we can get an accurate account of how many commenters we lose to bat-borne infection per week.
Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete at August 22, 2025 07:38 PM

If the sound is off, how will you hear them?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

19 We should have sound-off roll call during the cafe, so we can get an accurate account of how many commenters we lose to bat-borne infection per week.
Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete at August 22, 2025 07:38 PM (G5+As)

Here !

-- definitely not a Bat mimicking a regular commenter

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:45 PM (8avO+)

20 It's well known that Sea Otters are racist bastards.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:39 PM

You people are just trolling nurse, now.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 22, 2025 07:46 PM (Wnv9h)

21 Meh. I haven’t had any interest in the Dolphins since Marino retired.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at August 22, 2025 07:46 PM (wGNwG)

22 You can blame the Nepalese if it's crowded. They are the ones that give out the permits.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 07:47 PM (kUxzU)

23 Liaisons between the well tongued Pseudorca crassidens and penguins are too graphic to be described in mixed company. Suffice to say that the penguin gets the best end of it.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 22, 2025 07:45 PM

Penguins are, perhaps, the most polymorphically perverse genus on the planet.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

24 Scariest animal on the planet, hands down, a dolphin with a stash of Viagra.

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 07:48 PM (dIske)

25 Blech. That thing looks like Flipper banged an Alien and Ripley gave it birth.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:36 PM (4CKeO)

Venom. It is the tongue.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 07:48 PM (rbvCR)

26 Mahogany Rush was the Best Rush

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 07:48 PM (V9VN1)

27 woo, looks like the Rockies ain't doing so hot

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 07:48 PM (gKWVE)

28 I’m not sure about that Everest vid. I think that’s another mountain or a different route to the top of Everest than normal. The reason Everest is so popular and crowded is that it’s a relatively easy route to the top, with built-in defined approaches. You can watch documentaries on it, and it’s doesn’t usually involve getting over crevasses like that.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 07:48 PM (+hjar)

29 'The otter eventually killed the guy, ripped his arm off and he bled to death'

You should write children's books.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 22, 2025 07:36 PM (3wi/L)

You should look more closely at the plots of Beatrix Potter stories. They are pretty intense.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:48 PM (8avO+)

30 Are we pro Penguin and anti-bat or the other way around?

I always get confused.

Where do we stand on Lemurs?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:49 PM (4CKeO)

31 The actual killer whale (orca) isn’t a whale. It’s in the dolphin family.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 07:50 PM (+hjar)

32 Squeeeee!

Sea otters!

Did you know they hold hand while they sleep so they don’t float away from each other?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 07:50 PM (pmFfT)

33 The evil river otter is part of an elite Border Patrol unit, stationed on the Rio Grande. Note how it immobilized the attempted border-crosser, until mounted agents with whips could get to the scene.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 22, 2025 07:50 PM (l8IGe)

34
From last thread, I'm now reading up on the Six Cataracts of the Nile.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 07:50 PM (w6EFb)

35 I’m not sure about that Everest vid. I think that’s another mountain or a different route to the top of Everest than normal. The reason Everest is so popular and crowded is that it’s a relatively easy route to the top, with built-in defined approaches. You can watch documentaries on it, and it’s doesn’t usually involve getting over crevasses like that.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 07:48 PM (+hjar)

The main route has plenty of corpses as landmarks and obstacles. Every so often a group of Sherpas recover a few bodies and bring them down, but more remain up there.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:50 PM (8avO+)

36 You should look more closely at the plots of Beatrix Potter stories. They are pretty intense.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:48 PM (8avO+)

Hold our bier.

Posted by: The Brothers Grimm at August 22, 2025 07:50 PM (PiwSw)

37 Where do we stand on Lemurs?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:49 PM (4CKeO)
________________________

Speaking from personal experience, those bastards are kleptomaniacs.

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 07:51 PM (dIske)

38
45
Mary Ann
Longbow
Bats

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 07:51 PM (vFG9F)

39 Liaisons between the well tongued Pseudorca crassidens and penguins are too graphic to be described in mixed company.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 22, 2025 07:45 PM

Pseudorca crassidens have their own perversities. They can hybridize with the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) to produce fertile offspring called "wholphins".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

40 Where do we stand on Lemurs?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:49 PM (4CKeO)

NO STEP AYE-AYE!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 07:52 PM (rbvCR)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 07:52 PM (0sNs1)

42 Squeeeee!

Sea otters!

Did you know they hold hand while they sleep so they don’t float away from each other?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 07:50 PM (pmFfT)

with flat rocks on the belly and another one to crack the shells they find to get inside.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:52 PM (8avO+)

43 20 It's well known that Sea Otters are racist bastards.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:39 PM

You people are just trolling nurse, now.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Nah. BAMA thinks he’s all safe now that he has a girlfriend to protect him.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 07:53 PM (pmFfT)

44 @30 “Where do we stand on lemurs?”

Not the tail! NOT THE TAIL!!!!

- The Lemurs

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at August 22, 2025 07:53 PM (wGNwG)

45 I think true killer whales are also dolphins btw.

Ever since I saw the movie Orca as a wee lad, I've found killer whales to be more horrifying than great whites. Something about those not-terribly-sharp teeth and the fact that they're smarter than chimps, I think.

Posted by: Pastafarian at August 22, 2025 07:53 PM (sifs3)

46 Where do we stand on Lemurs?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:49 PM (4CKeO)

NO STEP AYE-AYE!
Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 07:52 PM (rbvCR)

Up in the trees where the Lemurs live. Its the only chance you get.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:53 PM (8avO+)

47 Speaking from personal experience, those bastards are kleptomaniacs.
Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 07:51 PM (dIske)

It was fucking mistake, Orson! Our jackets are the same color!

Posted by: Larry the Lemur at August 22, 2025 07:53 PM (4CKeO)

48 "From last thread, I'm now reading up on the Six Cataracts of the Nile.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley"

You might be interested in Morehead's "The White Nile" and "The Blue Nile".

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 07:54 PM (vFG9F)

49 Elric beat me to it -- I don't think I've ever submitted a completely original comment to this blog. DAMMMIT.

Posted by: Pastafarian at August 22, 2025 07:54 PM (sifs3)

50 Where do we stand on Lemurs?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:49 PM (4CKeO)

Generally, in Madagascar. If you stand on a lemur at your local zoo, people get upset.

Or so I'm told.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 22, 2025 07:54 PM (l8IGe)

51 Are we pro Penguin and anti-bat or the other way around?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:49 PM

Come to the dark side. You might get a tin of sardines.

Posted by: Big Penguin at August 22, 2025 07:55 PM (0sNs1)

52 Elric beat me to it -- I don't think I've ever submitted a completely original comment to this blog. DAMMMIT.
Posted by: Pastafarian at August 22, 2025 07:54 PM (sifs3)

Elric already submitted this comment

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:55 PM (8avO+)

53 Where are the kitty cats for the Pet Thread?

Posted by: KT at August 22, 2025 07:56 PM (7vIsy)

54 Nah. BAMA thinks he’s all safe now that he has a girlfriend to protect him.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 07:53 PM (pmFfT

You guys should go shootin together. She's a ten ring queen.

Posted by: Larry the Lemur at August 22, 2025 07:56 PM (4CKeO)

55 Penguins have repeatedly expressed their desire for world domination. Those cute tuxes have most people fooled.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 07:56 PM (vFG9F)

56 Off sock.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:56 PM (4CKeO)

57 Nah. BAMA thinks he’s all safe now that he has a girlfriend to protect him.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 07:53 PM

Narrator: She packs a 9mm, though.

Posted by: The Narrator at August 22, 2025 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

58
Having watched that Everest video, I'm even less inclined to climb it than I was before.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 07:57 PM (6eO0F)

59 woo, looks like the Rockies ain't doing so hot
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 07:48 PM (gKWVE)

Erosion over the last 80 million years takes its toll.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:57 PM (8avO+)

60 I’m not sure about that Everest vid. I think that’s another mountain or a different route to the top of Everest than normal. The reason Everest is so popular and crowded is that it’s a relatively easy route to the top, with built-in defined approaches. You can watch documentaries on it, and it’s doesn’t usually involve getting over crevasses like that.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 07:48 PM (+hjar)

The main route has plenty of corpses as landmarks and obstacles. Every so often a group of Sherpas recover a few bodies and bring them down, but more remain up there.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:50 PM (8avO+)
——-

Yes, they froze due to getting caught in bad storms. It’s definitely dangerous. But the actual approach is relatively easy. They have built-in ropes and handrails. Anyone in good shape can do it. Which is why Everest tourism exploded in the 1990s. I looked into it myself.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 07:58 PM (+hjar)

61 Having watched that Everest video, I'm even less inclined to climb it than I was before.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 07:57 PM (6eO0F)

Will the planned trebuchet station change your mind?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:58 PM (8avO+)

62
David Livingstone, of "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" fame, was searching for the source of the Nile. He never found it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 08:00 PM (w6EFb)

63 31 The actual killer whale (orca) isn’t a whale. It’s in the dolphin family.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 07:50 P
I tend to mistrust killer whales, they're dangerous. I mean they even have the name killer whale.

Posted by: Eromero at August 22, 2025 08:00 PM (LHPAg)

64 From a Demotivator poster:

"Remember, every dead body on Mount Everest was once a highly motivated individual. "

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 22, 2025 08:00 PM (l8IGe)

65 The crevasses are the Khumbu Icefall. It's the first hazard above Base Camp

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:01 PM (kUxzU)

66 I'd prefer to be remembered as something other than a frozen mile marker. Bury me somewhere it's warm please.

Not too warm though, IYKWIM.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

67 Yes, they froze due to getting caught in bad storms. It’s definitely dangerous. But the actual approach is relatively easy. They have built-in ropes and handrails. Anyone in good shape can do it. Which is why Everest tourism exploded in the 1990s. I looked into it myself.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 07:58 PM (+hjar)

2023 had the highest number of deaths ever.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 08:01 PM (8avO+)

68 K2 is much more dangerous. I don't know how they manage that one

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:02 PM (kUxzU)

69 The videos with the older dogs are just so touching. We've raised five from pups to old age and had four senior rescue dogs. Giving an older pet a good life is one of the most rewarding things you can do.

Posted by: JTB at August 22, 2025 08:02 PM (yTvNw)

70 The actual killer whale (orca) isn’t a whale. It’s in the dolphin family.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 07:50 P
I tend to mistrust killer whales, they're dangerous. I mean they even have the name killer whale.
Posted by: Eromero at August 22, 2025 08:00 PM (LHPAg)

Bad press agents. If Tuxedo Cats were universally called "Killer Cats" there would be fewer about I'm sure.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 08:03 PM (8avO+)

71 68 K2 is much more dangerous. I don't know how they manage that one

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:02 PM (kUxzU

Luck has something to do with it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 08:03 PM (4CKeO)

72 Orcas like great white shark liver. It's the only bite they take.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 22, 2025 08:03 PM (5+Y60)

73 They only hold flat rocks because they can't get 1921s

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 08:03 PM (+qU29)

74 Female penguins will take colored rock offerings from male penguins, and then have sex with them, so yes, there are penguin prostitutes.

Female penguins will also take colored rock offerings from male penguins, but then not have sex with them, so yes there are penguin strippers.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 08:03 PM (0sNs1)

75 1911s

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 08:03 PM (+qU29)

76 It cost around 50k at the low end to climb Mt Everest.

I can think of better uses for 50k.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 22, 2025 08:04 PM (zAjsM)

77 K2 is much more dangerous. I don't know how they manage that one
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:02 PM (kUxzU)

However it is essential for absorption of D3 and Calcium

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 08:05 PM (rbvCR)

78 "It cost around 50k at the low end to climb Mt Everest."

How much to go to the top?

But seriously, what does that get you? If you spring for another $50k can you get someone to tote your stuff? And for another $100k, tote you?

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 08:06 PM (vFG9F)

79 David Livingstone, of "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" fame, was searching for the source of the Nile. He never found it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 08:00 PM (w6EFb)

There was a interesting game "Source of the Nile" where the entire interior was empty and you fitted out expeditions to explore. If your expedition was wiped out, you erased the map that you had discovered. Big expeditions seemed the way to go, but one small hiccup and they all fell apart. It was surprisingly effective to explore solo and get back home to glory.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 08:06 PM (8avO+)

80 There was a interesting game "Source of the Nile" where the entire interior was empty and you fitted out expeditions to explore. If your expedition was wiped out, you erased the map that you had discovered.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 08:06 PM

So, you died of dysentery?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 08:08 PM (0sNs1)

81 We should have sound-off roll call during the cafe, so we can get an accurate account of how many commenters we lose to bat-borne infection per week.
Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete at August 22, 2025 07:38 PM

If the sound is off, how will you hear them?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

Duncanthrax, you're on mute. Can, can you hear us? If you're talking, you're on mute.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 22, 2025 08:08 PM (144I4)

82 I can think of better uses for 50k.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Two chicks, at the same time.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 08:09 PM (gKWVE)

83
Ahhh, there's good news! Mr. Zeus was Winners (best non-champion dog) at today's Greater Twin Cities Borzoi Club specialty for a huge 5-point major to finish his championship. He may now be styled Ch. Soyara's Dragon King.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:09 PM (kkTda)

84
See George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. I think they finally found their bodies. I think there's still a question if they made it to the top or not?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 08:09 PM (w6EFb)

85 @78

>>And for another $100k, tote you?

The full expedition experience can cost upwards of 250k

People who climb Everest are essentially rich lunatics.

And the thing is, so many people have climbed it that it's not even special anymore.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 22, 2025 08:10 PM (zAjsM)

86
Blue footed boobies synchronized diving

----

The synchronized excretion caused many screams of outrage on the boat.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 22, 2025 08:10 PM (L78T1)

87 76 It cost around 50k at the low end to climb Mt Everest.

I can think of better uses for 50k.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 22, 2025 08:04 PM (zAjsM)
——

When I looked into it, it was 60k on the low end. The package I was looking at was closer to 100k. But it takes 3 months, there’s no guarantee of a summit, and above base camp there’s no hygiene facilities. What do you do if you have to piss or shit while on a climb? You don’t want to know. I couldn’t go weeks without showering.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 08:10 PM (+hjar)

88 There was a interesting game "Source of the Nile" where the entire interior was empty and you fitted out expeditions to explore. If your expedition was wiped out, you erased the map that you had discovered.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 08:06 PM

So, you died of dysentery?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 08:08 PM (0sNs1)

You could, or run out of water in desert portions. In a big party your Askaris could get mad and desert on you, taking your pack animals leaving you without supplies.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 08:10 PM (8avO+)

89 Duncanthrax, you're on mute. Can, can you hear us? If you're talking, you're on mute.
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 22, 2025 08:08 PM

I can't hear anyone. I'm going to drop and dial back in.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

90 When I looked into it, it was 60k on the low end. The package I was looking at was closer to 100k. But it takes 3 months, there’s no guarantee of a summit, and above base camp there’s no hygiene facilities. What do you do if you have to piss or shit while on a climb? You don’t want to know. I couldn’t go weeks without showering.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 08:10 PM (+hjar)

You are gonna have to, the climb isn't that quick IIRC. Plus you need to carry oxygen too.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 08:11 PM (8avO+)

91 David Hogg has come out...

Against the Cracker Barrel rebrand.

When you've lost Camera Hogg...

Who next? Greta Thunberg?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2025 08:11 PM (qpyNK)

92 Skip at 8:03: "1911s"

I thought you were going for 2011s there, and we were going to open up that whole 45 vs 9 can of worms.

Posted by: Pastafarian at August 22, 2025 08:12 PM (sifs3)

93
I can't hear anyone. I'm going to drop and dial back in.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

SQEEEEEEEEE!

Getting a lot of feedback.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:12 PM (kkTda)

94 83 ... Hadrian,
Congrats on that huge win for Mr. Zeus and your latest champion.

Posted by: JTB at August 22, 2025 08:13 PM (yTvNw)

95 Thomas Bender: "I can think of better uses for 50k."

Penguin strippers and penguin prostitutes

Posted by: Pastafarian at August 22, 2025 08:13 PM (sifs3)

96 They found Mallory's body and Irvine's foot. It's likely they summited, but fell on the descent at 1:27 am. See Michael Tracy's videos on You Tube. When they found Mallory, they removed letters and personal effects that have never been made public. They also botched searching the body as they fidn't look for summit rocks.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:13 PM (kUxzU)

97 Ahhh, there's good news! Mr. Zeus was Winners (best non-champion dog) at today's Greater Twin Cities Borzoi Club specialty for a huge 5-point major to finish his championship. He may now be styled Ch. Soyara's Dragon King.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:09 PM

Congratulations!

Do the Chihuahuas ever get together and J6 one of those shows?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 08:14 PM (0sNs1)

98 > And the thing is, so many people have climbed it that it's not even special anymore.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 22, 2025 08:10 PM (zAjsM)

If you're looking for a seriously challenging sport involving miserable conditions, you could train for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

People who have done both say that the Iditarod is way harder than climbing Mount Everest.

And I'd bet it easily costs more $100k after all is said and done.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2025 08:14 PM (qpyNK)

99 See George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. I think they finally found their bodies. I think there's still a question if they made it to the top or not?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 08:09 PM (w6EFb)

They didn't have oxygen, did they? Its pretty doubtful.

I remember an old Fantasy SF where they discovered a portal into the Miocene, one way. One dude had himself bioengineered so he could climb without oxygen and went back to the Alps since at that point they were higher than Everest.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 08:15 PM (8avO+)

100 Who next? Greta Thunberg?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2025 08:11 PM (qpyNK)

I think she went and bought American Eagle jeans last month.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 08:15 PM (rbvCR)

101 I don't give a flying fuck about Crackerbarrel, their logo or their CEO.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 08:15 PM (dxWFK)

102 Mt Everest is a garbage heap.

Every one of those rich assholes who climbed it should be charged with cleaning it up. They should be charged for helicopter removal of the moi rains of trash. The mountain should be closed until it is clean. And everyone (and their next of kin) are responsible for sunsidizing the wages paid to the Sherpas during the closure.

It is disgusting how those rich assholes have been allowed to literally destroy the whole area.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 08:15 PM (FNTGU)

103 There was a interesting game "Source of the Nile" where the entire interior was empty and you fitted out expeditions to explore. If your expedition was wiped out, you erased the map that you had discovered. Big expeditions seemed the way to go, but one small hiccup and they all fell apart. It was surprisingly effective to explore solo and get back home to glory.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 08:06 PM (8avO+)

See: Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890)

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 22, 2025 08:16 PM (l8IGe)

104 Ahhh, there's good news! Mr. Zeus was Winners (best non-champion dog) at today's Greater Twin Cities Borzoi Club specialty for a huge 5-point major to finish his championship. He may now be styled Ch. Soyara's Dragon King.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August

Awesome! Did he ask for a raise?

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 08:16 PM (p4NUW)

105 Doug Hansen worked at the Post Office and failed on his first attempt. Managed to go a second time and died up there, during the 1995 disaster. So not everyone is rich doing this. Some tried going it on their own, without being part of a regular group, with mixed results.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:17 PM (kUxzU)

106
This win, coupled with his half-sister Rosalind's championship last weekend in Colorado, makes their mutual dam, the late, great Delilah eligible for enrollment in the Borzoi Club of America's Register of Merit (ROM), a program that recognizes sires and dams whose offspring have earned a notable number of titles in conformation and/or performance competition.

Delilah will become the fourth generation, matrilineally, of ROM recipients at Soyara, following her mother Carmen, grandmothers Lacey and Faith, and great-grandmother Possum. These ladies and their progeny have accounted for:

- 30 AKC champions
- 8 all-breed Best in Shows
- 2 BCOA National Specialty Best in Shows
- 12 regional specialty Best of Breeds
- 2 Westminster KC Best of Breeds
- A Morris & Essex KC Best of Breed
- 3 #1 Borzoi in breed rankings
- Nearly 300 Hound Group placements, including 75 Group 1's.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:18 PM (kkTda)

107 what Ben Had said.
The food was never great. This "Rebrand!!" just strikes me as stray-voltage. You know, the stuff Obama's screw, I mean crew, used to float to the media, expecting the online Right reaction, which then would dutifully happen, giving Obama the fascist threat to campaign against.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 08:19 PM (gKWVE)

108 speaking of booby attacks, this is real, from twizzer:

Governor Newsom Press Office
@GovPressOffice
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Posted by: gnats local678 at August 22, 2025 08:19 PM (CWTWj)

109 Congratulations Mr. zeus, Hadrian !

Posted by: KT at August 22, 2025 08:19 PM (7vIsy)

110 Senator Macaroni: "I have in my hand a list of 57 card-carrying communists who have formed an anti-penguinist faction within the Ace of Spades commentariat, and who have been instrumental in shaping comment policy to the detriment, not only of penguins, but of God-fearing Americans everywhere. Time does not permit me to name them all just now, but it is incumbent upon me to expose the leader of these gravediggers of penguinocracy, Mr. Alger Dinklethrax. Be advised, sir, your days are numbered; we have your typewriter."

Posted by: Paco at August 22, 2025 08:19 PM (mADJX)

111 See George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. I think they finally found their bodies. I think there's still a question if they made it to the top or not?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 08:09 PM (w6EFb)

They didn't have oxygen, did they? Its pretty doubtful.

I remember an old Fantasy SF where they discovered a portal into the Miocene, one way. One dude had himself bioengineered so he could climb without oxygen and went back to the Alps since at that point they were higher than Everest.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 08:15 PM (8avO+)
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The Appalachian mountains were probably once higher than Everest, 100s of millions of years ago. They were certainly taller than the Rockies or Euro Alps.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 08:19 PM (+hjar)

112 Actually, there have been cleanups. They paid a bounty to bring down oxygen bottles and there are charges to fund cleanups as part of the cost of a permit. Sherpas won't touch dead bodies but there have been attempts to remove those as well

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:20 PM (kUxzU)

113 nurse: propose that from now on, every Everest climb is a garbage removal expedition. This includes especially retrieving the dead bodies of idiots.
People can pay $50k to clean up trash. That, I can respect.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 08:20 PM (gKWVE)

114 It cost around 50k at the low end to climb Mt Everest.

I can think of better uses for 50k.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 22, 2025 08:04 PM (zAjsM)
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Hell yeah. 10 nice used harleys, or 1 wicked new car, a fuck ton of guitars, a vacation from hell, a small bug out cabin on some acres.

Or 50K to possibly die on some mountain so people can walk past your corpse for the next 100 years.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 08:20 PM (snZF9)

115 Wrong. Mallory and Irvine had oxygen. It's the main reason Irvine was there. And it wasn't a bad system either

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:21 PM (kUxzU)

116 Mt Everest - no way I put my the dramatically increased odds of freezing or falling to my horrific death in the hands of others. As the calendar days tick by the realization sets in that our continued health and safety requires we get farther and father away from people as possible. Certainly not join hands on a rope and try walking to the sun.

Posted by: Blacknological at August 22, 2025 08:21 PM (rQDOv)

117
They didn't have oxygen, did they?

A rather crude arrangement.

It's not the ascent that kills most people on the 8000-meter peaks, it's the descent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:21 PM (kkTda)

118 Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice

I ain't reading all that upper case shit.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 08:21 PM (gKWVE)

119 Hadrian, Congratulations. Best I can do is our best producing mare averaged $22,500 per foal.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 08:22 PM (dxWFK)

120 Cracker Barrel was going down, they knew it, so they shorted it, lit it up and ran?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 08:23 PM (nO7cW)

121 They did carry primitive oxygen apparatus, that’s why Andy was selected by Mallory in favor of more experienced climbers , he was the jack of all trades fix anything kinda guy, but he was especially adept with the cantankerous O2 regulators.

It looks like somebody slipped and tried self-arrest but dragged whoever was on belay or whatever down a couple thousand feet. It’s doubtful either made the summit. Maybe.

If they found Mallory’s camera that might lay matters to rest. In the high altitude cold, there would still maybe usable images.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 08:23 PM (V9VN1)

122
Best I can do is our best producing mare averaged $22,500 per foal.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 08:22 PM (dxWFK)

And if you're anything like us, each of those foals cost you $25,000.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:23 PM (kkTda)

123 The curse of the reader: torn between two books.

One is new to me and promises an interesting story.

The other is a re-read, but it's annotated by the author, which adds interesting insights to how the story was written.

Which to choose? *sigh*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 08:24 PM (IBQGV)

124
Were O2 levels a bit lower during the Miocene than today?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 08:24 PM (w6EFb)

125 Hadrian -- I had to look up Borzoi -- what a pretty breed. Looks really big and fragile though. Looks like a lot of work -- they'd need not just walked but run, maybe, and constantly brushed out. Like a dog version of Ivanka Trump.

I'm more of a Boston Terrier and Cavalier King Charles spaniel type -- utterly useless, but low-maintenance, high-character little gentlemen.

Posted by: Pastafarian at August 22, 2025 08:24 PM (sifs3)

126 We need details for the Pet Thread too, Hadran

Posted by: KT at August 22, 2025 08:25 PM (7vIsy)

127
Which to choose? *sigh*
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 08:24 PM (IBQGV)

If you can't read three books simultaneously, you may as well pack it in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:25 PM (kkTda)

128 A lot of those Everest videos are click bait, with outdated info. There will always be a problem with cleanup. It's not like you can run a garbage truck up there. All of this is under to control of the Nepalese, who try to balance permits to keep their country going with the knowledge that people don't want to see the mountain trashed.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:25 PM (kUxzU)

129 Mt Everest is a garbage heap.

Every one of those rich assholes who climbed it should be charged with cleaning it up. They should be charged for helicopter removal of the moi rains of trash. The mountain should be closed until it is clean. And everyone (and their next of kin) are responsible for sunsidizing the wages paid to the Sherpas during the closure.

It is disgusting how those rich assholes have been allowed to literally destroy the whole area.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 08:15 PM (FNTGU)
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All done with the knowledge and encouragement of the government. The selling of permits and the influx of money from climbing tourism is huge money for the government and locals. When locals complain, it’s always that they want more money, not anything having to do with spoiling the mountain.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 08:25 PM (+hjar)

130 Hadrian, surprisingly not. $ 5,000 stud fee and I do all the insemination and vet work myself along with the training .

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 08:25 PM (dxWFK)

131 so high
higher than a kite can fly

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 08:26 PM (nO7cW)

132 >>>It's not the ascent that kills most people on the 8000-meter peaks, it's the descent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Or the penguins. But mostly the penguins.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 22, 2025 08:26 PM (144I4)

133 The curse of the reader: torn between two books.

One is new to me and promises an interesting story.

The other is a re-read, but it's annotated by the author, which adds interesting insights to how the story was written.

Which to choose? *sigh*
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 08:24 PM (IBQGV)

Pull a Marty Feldman and read both at the same time.

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 08:26 PM (gKDq2)

134 Mount Everest is getting taller at a rate of about 2 millimeters per year due to geological processes, including continental erosion from nearby rivers, and isostatic rebound. It has gained, over the past 89,000 years, an estimated additional height of 15 to 50 meters.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 08:27 PM (0sNs1)

135 Which to choose? *sigh*
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 08:24 PM (IBQGV)

If you can't read three books simultaneously, you may as well pack it in.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:25 PM (kkTda)
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Funny you should mention a third book...because I do have a third book sitting next to the other two. Well, there's also a fourth book...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 08:27 PM (IBQGV)

136
It is disgusting how those rich assholes have been allowed to literally destroy the whole area.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025

You pay a big deposit before you climb and if you return with a certain amount of trash, you get the deposit back. $5k, I think. Not sure how successful that has been, there are other projects in place to clean, too, but its not easy to manage. The touristing and climbing is what drives the local economy, which is why there has been little interest in limiting it either on the side of the Chinese or Nepalese.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 08:28 PM (p4NUW)

137 "It has gained, over the past 89,000 years, an estimated additional height of 15 to 50 meters.
Posted by: Duncanthrax "

Soon...

Posted by: The Kaiju under Everest at August 22, 2025 08:28 PM (vFG9F)

138 In other good news

Due to Trump taking over DC, the entitled leftist twats are finding out their 'vital' perk of food delivery is being adversely impacted as illegals working as delivery drivers are being arrested.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 22, 2025 08:28 PM (it2Ky)

139 134 Mount Everest is getting taller at a rate of about 2 millimeters per year due to geological processes, including continental erosion from nearby rivers, and isostatic rebound. It has gained, over the past 89,000 years, an estimated additional height of 15 to 50 meters.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025

(It’s probably the frozen poop)

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 08:29 PM (p4NUW)

140 $ 5,000 stud fee and I do all the insemination and vet work myself along with the training .
Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 08:25 PM

No mention of the kitchen table?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 08:29 PM (0sNs1)

141 Mallory's watch was stopped at 1:27. He had it in his pocket and it's believed he fell on it. And since his googles were in his pocket, that meant it was night time. This was one of the earliest attempts to climb it. All that points to dying on the descent. And Mallory did try to self arrest and survived the fall for a time, with a broken leg. There are rumored to be drone footage from the searches for both of them, but National Geographic won't release it

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:30 PM (kUxzU)

142
What did we learn this week? Well, relearn, really.

We learned that when the topic of Tucker Carlson comes up here, we are to remember that episode of Twilight Zone with the fickle boy with magical powers.

His name is Anthony Fremont, and you didn't want to cross Anthony.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 08:30 PM (4Atq1)

143 Pirate was just the sweetest pup.

Posted by: Max Power at August 22, 2025 08:30 PM (q177U)

144 >>>DHS notified Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s counsel via email that ICE may deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda “no earlier than 72 hours from now”, & ICE is also ordering him to report to ICE’s Baltimore office on Monday.
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Ya boss, I'll be there on time.
_Kilmar

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 08:30 PM (nO7cW)

145 Elephant plays hardball.

https://is.gd/TazrLr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 08:32 PM (L/fGl)

146 They didn't have oxygen, did they?

A rather crude arrangement.

It's not the ascent that kills most people on the 8000-meter peaks, it's the descent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:21 PM (kkTda)
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True, but not in the way most people think. The descent is most dangerous because climbers often stay too long on the summit or trying to reach it. They can calculate the weather with surprising accuracy in terms of when to climb, and even how long the window is. But if you stay too long — and many do — you run huge risks of bad weather on the way down. That catastrophe in the 1990s (they made movies about it) was 100% that they stayed too long at the summit.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 08:32 PM (+hjar)

147 Ya boss, I'll be there on time.
_Kilmar

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 08:30 PM

Vamos, sí.

Posted by: Maryland man Kilmar at August 22, 2025 08:32 PM (0sNs1)

148 I'm a show-er and grow-er.

Posted by: Mt. Everest at August 22, 2025 08:33 PM (4/BuS)

149 132 Or the penguins. But mostly the penguins. - haffhowershower

You people are making things very easy for the House Un-Penguiny Activities Committee.

Posted by: Paco at August 22, 2025 08:35 PM (mADJX)

150 I see no point of climbing Everest

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 08:35 PM (+qU29)

151 It is disgusting how those rich assholes have been allowed to literally destroy the whole area.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025

You pay a big deposit before you climb and if you return with a certain amount of trash, you get the deposit back. $5k, I think. Not sure how successful that has been, there are other projects in place to clean, too, but its not easy to manage. The touristing and climbing is what drives the local economy, which is why there has been little interest in limiting it either on the side of the Chinese or Nepalese.
Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 08:28 PM (p4NUW)
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Yup, similar to big game hunting in Africa, and even safari tourism in general. The price of a tag to kill a lion is more than the locals make in 10 years.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 08:35 PM (+hjar)

152 Posted by: Ben Had

Email sent.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 08:36 PM (Wokrt)

153 The highest peak I ever hiked was Medicine Bow in Wyoming (just short of 14,000, but we started at over 11,000). Fairly easy, especially since at the time I was in my 40s. I have absolutely no desire to attempt anything even moderately difficult. Hell, 20 years in Colorado, the only fourteener I was on was driving up Pike's Peak.

Good enough.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 22, 2025 08:37 PM (0aYVJ)

154 "When two old guys mean the world to each other"

Looks like me except I'm trying to put groceries away instead of a dog. Here recently I've actually had people come up to me and offer to help.

Posted by: javems at August 22, 2025 08:37 PM (8I4hW)

155 I do know that one of the folks heavily into investingating Everest is a fan of Ace but no idea who it is.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:37 PM (kUxzU)

156
Yup, similar to big game hunting in Africa, and even safari tourism in general. The price of a tag to kill a lion is more than the locals make in 10 years.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

I hate the thought of this, but it is what it is. I would love to go on a photography safari, though.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 08:39 PM (p4NUW)

157 How much do the sherpas charge to retrieve the corpse of a loved one who died trying to ascend Mt Everest?

Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 08:40 PM (i0F8b)

158 The 1995 disaster that Krakauer wtote the fictionalized book about. Killed the leaders of two teams and several on Rob Hall's team. One of those things people get in fights on the internet over.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:40 PM (kUxzU)

159 By the way, y’all' the Silly Skeleton Dance was released this day in 1929.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 08:41 PM (p4NUW)

160 YouTube video says there are 1400 satellites orbiting the planet, soon we won't see the sun anymore

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 08:41 PM (+qU29)

161 Yup, similar to big game hunting in Africa, and even safari tourism in general. The price of a tag to kill a lion is more than the locals make in 10 years.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

I hate the thought of this, but it is what it is. I would love to go on a photography safari, though.
Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 08:39 PM (p4NUW)
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Do it. I took my mom on safari for her birthday. Tanzania and Kenya. Absolutely amazing.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 08:41 PM (+hjar)

162 False Killer Whales have WNBA worthy tongues.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 22, 2025 08:42 PM (zdKZs)

163 There are dead people on Everest and no one is taking bodies down

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 08:42 PM (+qU29)

164 Sherpas don't handle dead bodies. Anglo climbers have gone up and put rock cairns over some bodies. Others are pushed into crevasses. Almost none are retrieved.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:42 PM (kUxzU)

165 Tallest mountain I've scaled lately is Britton Hill, the highest point in Florida. It rises to a majestic 345 ft. above sea level. The air was quite thin up there. It's nearly in Alabama.

Posted by: Sir Edmund Millinery at August 22, 2025 08:42 PM (G5+As)

166 >> says there are 1400 satellites orbiting the planet,

That's 14,900 as of mid-2025.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

167 They are savaging Cracker Barrel on Facebook.

Old sign & picture of Sydney Sweeney in a bustier.

New sign & picture of the broad who did Snow White.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 08:44 PM (Wokrt)

168 I hate the thought of this, but it is what it is. I would love to go on a photography safari, though.
Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 08:39 PM

https://tinyurl.com/ycyuyhmm

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 08:44 PM (0sNs1)

169 157 How much do the sherpas charge to retrieve the corpse of a loved one who died trying to ascend Mt Everest?
Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025

A lot, if they can even get to them, like a whole whole lot. This is why families tend to ask for them to be left, but not out in the open, in a better place away from everyone’s eyes.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 08:44 PM (p4NUW)

170
Those dead bodies on Everest are helpful directional markers. "Turn left at Green Boots."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:44 PM (kkTda)

171 I'm not sure that Green Boots is still there. I think I read that his was one of the bodies moved. There was an American that died in that same spot.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:46 PM (kUxzU)

172 Those dead bodies on Everest are helpful directional markers. "Turn left at Green Boots."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Left houng up or left coming down? Crap!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 08:46 PM (Wokrt)

173 Sherpas don't handle dead bodies. Anglo climbers have gone up and put rock cairns over some bodies. Others are pushed into crevasses. Almost none are retrieved.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:42 PM (kUxzU)

yeah I didn't think they ever retrieved them from what I read. I remember seeing pictures of ones still laying around for years. They actually had names for some. I think one was called green boots or pants guy or some shit because of the color of his clothes. Thats just messed up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 08:47 PM (snZF9)

174 The pelvis is against the wall.

I say again, the pelvis is against the wall.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 08:48 PM (JkO4W)

175 There are dead people on Everest
Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 08:42 PM

I can see them.

Posted by: Cole Sear at August 22, 2025 08:50 PM (0sNs1)

176
Annapurna and K2 are more dangerous than Everest based on the ratio of killed to successfully summitting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:51 PM (kkTda)

177 Dutch, New Social Contract party blocked new sanctions measures to be imposed on Israel.

From anti-Israel zerohedge; ""... foreign minister Casper Veldkamp (center-right New Social Contract party) stepped down in protest

"Over twenty countries, including many in Europe and Netherlands among them, have this week signed a joint declaration condemning Israel's approval of a major West Bank settlement project, dubbing it "unacceptable and contrary to international law."

Parallel to the situation in the United States, the Dutch right is beginning to split on Israel - as more and more conservatives, and especially young people begin to question their governments' constant support of Israel""
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The other day someone mentioned how odd it is this anti-Israel sentiment popping up here, there and and all around the net.
Soros Jr. may have another way to waste his money.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 08:51 PM (nO7cW)

178 163 There are dead people on Everest and no one is taking bodies down
Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 08:42 PM (+qU29)

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Seems like gravity would make the task rather easy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 08:51 PM (JkO4W)

179 Send the frozen ones to a zoo in Denmark.

Posted by: The Kaiju under Everest at August 22, 2025 08:51 PM (vFG9F)

180 I'm not sure that Green Boots is still there. I think I read that his was one of the bodies moved. There was an American that died in that same spot.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:46 PM (kUxzU)

Ah, so it was green boots. I couldn't remember if it was boots or pants. Nasty land mark. And over here we have...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 08:51 PM (snZF9)

181 @105

>>Doug Hansen worked at the Post Office and failed on his first attempt.

He threw away his money and his life, If you could ask him if it was worth it, I doubt he'd say yes.

I rather spend 50k stuffing V8 Tundra engine into my 4Runner.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 22, 2025 08:51 PM (XV/Pl)

182
Do it. I took my mom on safari for her birthday. Tanzania and Kenya. Absolutely amazing.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

What a memory you gave her! Good on you.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 08:52 PM (p4NUW)

183
Re: Debris on famous mountain.

Mt. Kilamanjaro in Africa has a walking path all the way to the top. I read an account of an ascent, where the author observed walls on either side of the trail. On closer examination, the walls were made of human poop, deposited over the years by thousands of pilgrims. Left in place because, Africa.

They build houses out of it. Why remove it?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 22, 2025 08:53 PM (qsezt)

184 Those dead bodies on Everest are helpful directional markers. "Turn left at Green Boots."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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Left houng up or left coming down? Crap!
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 08:46 PM

Remember the navigational marker rule "Red on right returning". So green would be right going up, and left coming down.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 08:53 PM (0sNs1)

185
Vamos, sí.
Posted by: Maryland man Kilmar
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Ya me voy.
_Kilmar

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 08:53 PM (nO7cW)

186 They have identified Green Boots but I'd have to look it up. Most folks didn't notice the Anerican is that same spot, because they were trying not to look at the dead body. American was pretty far gone before someone tried to help.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:54 PM (kUxzU)

187 If Everest was a nice smooth slope bodies might come down on there own

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 08:54 PM (+qU29)

188
Had a co-worker who summitted both Everest and Lhotse.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 08:57 PM (kkTda)

189 They build houses out of it. Why remove it?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 22, 2025 08:53 PM (qsezt)

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In the Himalayas it's yak dung, flattened into patties and stacked everywhere -- on the roof, in the yard, in the house. Walls of yak dung, 7 ft high.

A shitty monument to human ingenuity.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 08:57 PM (JkO4W)

190 Hansen tried to turn back that second trip and Hall talked him into going on. That's the reason Hall got stuck up there and died too. You underestimate summit fever, which makes people do stupid things.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:57 PM (kUxzU)

191 Very few cuter things than baby elephants.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 08:58 PM (viF8m)

192 If Everest was a nice smooth slope bodies might come down on there own
Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 08:54 PM (+qU29)

That'll work. But we liked the bounce the stairs provided.

Posted by: Aztecs at August 22, 2025 08:59 PM (gKDq2)

193 182
Do it. I took my mom on safari for her birthday. Tanzania and Kenya. Absolutely amazing.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

What a memory you gave her! Good on you.
Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 08:52 PM (p4NUW)
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I’m a momma’s boy. I’ve taken her to probably 25 countries. We’re planning on Iceland next year.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 08:59 PM (+hjar)

194 Like a mischievous baby elephant in a china shop … hey, who the heck has china shops nowdays anyway?

Posted by: mindful webworker - birthday boy at August 22, 2025 08:59 PM (i1iCx)

195 Hansen tried to turn back that second trip and Hall talked him into going on. That's the reason Hall got stuck up there and died too. You underestimate summit fever, which makes people do stupid things.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 08:57 PM (kUxzU)

Lack of oxygen, biting cold and 'I paid good money to get to the top!'

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 09:01 PM (gKDq2)

196 >>Ever since I saw the movie Orca as a wee lad, I've found killer whales to be more horrifying than great whites. Something about those not-terribly-sharp teeth and the fact that they're smarter than chimps, I think.

Orcas won't hurt you.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 09:01 PM (viF8m)

197 Yak dung is useful. Bat guano is useful. No one has any use for the mephitic projectile eliminations of penguins.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 09:02 PM (0sNs1)

198 That "false killer whale" looks like something that would burst out of a dolphin's chest after being implanted by a face-hugger.

Posted by: PabloD at August 22, 2025 09:04 PM (F7Bkc)

199 Well...at least we go some boobies

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 22, 2025 09:04 PM (xcxpd)

200 Orcas are actually members of Delphinidae, so they are dolphins as well. Don't know why they're called "killer whales." Sounds sexier than "murder dolphin," I guess.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 22, 2025 09:04 PM (WvZaB)

201 I see no point of climbing Everest
Posted by: Skip

It's there and I'm OK with that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 09:05 PM (L/fGl)

202 A Yak in every yurt! Yak milk, Yak butter, Yak dung, Yak fiber and they pull a cart too.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 09:06 PM (dxWFK)

203
197 Yak dung is useful. Bat guano is useful. No one has any use for the mephitic projectile eliminations of penguins.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 09:02 PM

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Fighting the enemy!

It has to be harnessed, like atomic energy.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 22, 2025 09:06 PM (hZ1gu)

204 Beck Wethers is the one to read. Got up on the push to the summit and learned that the surgery he had to correct his vision left him blind at that altitude and cold. Stayed down, waiting several hours for Hall, before he finally decided to leave with help. Was left for dead twice, but came to and managed to struggle on. Lost both forearms, faciial damage and toes due to frostbite.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 09:06 PM (kUxzU)

205 Cleanup needed post #197. The man is sick! Trump is reopening facilities to house such poor unfortunates!

Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital Bldg. 23 at August 22, 2025 09:08 PM (G5+As)

206 I’m a momma’s boy. I’ve taken her to probably 25 countries. We’re planning on Iceland next year.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade

I am jealous- you can fly direct there from JFK to Reykjavik. I haven’t been to Iceland, and surprisingly, I haven’t been to Spain. How I connected those 2 things in my brain, we shall never know.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 09:11 PM (p4NUW)

207 Beck Wethers is the one to read. Got up on the push to the summit and learned that the surgery he had to correct his vision left him blind at that altitude and cold. Stayed down, waiting several hours for Hall, before he finally decided to leave with help. Was left for dead twice, but came to and managed to struggle on. Lost both forearms, faciial damage and toes due to frostbite.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 09:06 PM (kUxzU)

Got a good story for his money.

I'll read about it. I don't want to live it.

There's enough things out there that will kill you for free, why pay for it? Adrenaline be damned.

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 09:12 PM (gKDq2)

208
Orcas won't hurt you.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025

Especially if you stay out of the ocean.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 09:12 PM (p4NUW)

209 >>Orcas are actually members of Delphinidae, so they are dolphins as well. Don't know why they're called "killer whales." Sounds sexier than "murder dolphin," I guess.

Because they kill sharks and eat their livers.

Won't hurt you unless you have a shark liver.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 09:12 PM (viF8m)

210 The orca that gets my liver is in for a nasty surprise.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 09:13 PM (gKWVE)

211 We have, as a nation, failed the younger generation. Is anyone building any housing of modest means? Follow my company to get one's foot in the door of affordable housing.

Posted by: Starter Dung Huts, LLC at August 22, 2025 09:14 PM (G5+As)

212
210 The orca that gets my liver is in for a nasty surprise.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 09:13 PM

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Broken tooth?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 22, 2025 09:15 PM (hZ1gu)

213 202 A Yak in every yurt! Yak milk, Yak butter, Yak dung, Yak fiber and they pull a cart too.
Posted by: Ben Had at August

We can sell yak ice cream for those wanting to elevate from goats milk!

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 09:15 PM (p4NUW)

214 Won't hurt you unless you have a shark liver.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 09:12 PM (viF8m)

That's a lie. Plenty of lawyers swim in the ocean and I have yet to hear of any orca attacks on lawyers for their livers.

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 09:15 PM (gKDq2)

215 I can understand dying to try to go to the moon or Mars. Not mountains. I dunno.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 09:15 PM (zZu0s)

216 >>Especially if you stay out of the ocean.

Why would you do that?

It's the most magical place on the planet.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 09:15 PM (viF8m)

217 You should stay out of the water if you happen to be dark brown and shaped like a sea lion.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:16 PM (JkO4W)

218 196 >>Ever since I saw the movie Orca as a wee lad, I've found killer whales to be more horrifying than great whites. Something about those not-terribly-sharp teeth and the fact that they're smarter than chimps, I think.

Orcas won't hurt you.
Posted by: JackStraw

Humans are ok but we REALLY LOVE SEA OTTERS!!! We just want to be friends with them. (big toothy smile)

Posted by: Orca at August 22, 2025 09:16 PM (ErLti)

219 The orca that gets my liver is in for a nasty surprise.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 09:13 PM (gKWVE)

Like a bourbon ball without the chocolate?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

220 Congratulations H7 and Ch. Soyara's Dragon King!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 22, 2025 09:17 PM (ppG5b)

221 Dammit! This is the thing about going on keto. I immediately start thinking of all the yummy pastries and candy I haven't been eating and now can't eat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 09:17 PM (zZu0s)

222 We have, as a nation, failed the younger generation. Is anyone building any housing of modest means? Follow my company to get one's foot in the door of affordable housing.
Posted by: Starter Dung Huts, LLC at August 22, 2025 09:14 PM (G5+As)

Step off.

Posted by: Shatitat for Shartmanity at August 22, 2025 09:17 PM (144I4)

223 211 We have, as a nation, failed the younger generation. Is anyone building any housing of modest means? Follow my company to get one's foot in the door of affordable housing.
Posted by: Starter Dung Huts, LLC at

We are offering new home owners special discounts with the special code dung!

Posted by: Potpourri Emporium at August 22, 2025 09:17 PM (p4NUW)

224 Sharks don't bother you if your not in the ocean

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 09:18 PM (+qU29)

225 Krakauer was good until the middle 2010s.
In retrospect, Missoula about rape complaints in colleges would have made more impact a decade earlier. Because the middle 2010s was exactly when a lot of rape complaints in colleges were proven to be bullshit.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 09:18 PM (gKWVE)

226 Rumor is Maryland Man will make a new life picking coffee in Uganda...

Prolly should have just stayed home.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 09:19 PM (/lPRQ)

227 You should stay out of the water if you happen to be dark brown and shaped like a sea lion.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:16 PM (JkO4W)

So Stacey Abrams.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 09:19 PM (zZu0s)

228 WY past my bedtime,
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 09:19 PM (+qU29)

229 Above, the false killer whale, which is actually a kind of dolphin. Though it sometimes eats other dolphins.

Teeth like that, it can eat anything it wants.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2025 09:19 PM (2WIwB)

230 Night skip.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 09:20 PM (zZu0s)

231 That dude is lucky that evil river otter didn't rip out his throat and swim happily in the blood soaked waters.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2025 09:21 PM (2WIwB)

232 216
It's the most magical place on the planet.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 09:15 PM (viF8m)

I love watching the dolphins from the boat, but I will only swim in my pool.

Posted by: Potpourri Emporium at August 22, 2025 09:22 PM (p4NUW)

233 The orca that gets my liver is in for a nasty surprise.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 09:13 PM

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Broken tooth?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Drunk?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 09:22 PM (Wokrt)

234 Sharks don't bother you if your not in the ocean
Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 09:18 PM (+qU29)

That is definitely not true. Sharks have been known to swim inland. Happened in Jersey in the early 1900s, swimming up the Matewan Creek and killing 4 people.

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 09:23 PM (gKDq2)

235 224 Sharks don't bother you if your not in the ocean
Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 09:18 PM (+qU29)

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It's in the Shark's Code.

Well, more of a guideline actually.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:23 PM (JkO4W)

236 The nice thing about the summit of Everest? No orcas.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 22, 2025 09:23 PM (l8IGe)

237 Some people are risk takers and fall in love with the mountains. Always been like that. I'm not athletic and don't care for heights but I find the stories interesting.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 09:24 PM (kUxzU)

238 236 The nice thing about the summit of Everest? No orcas.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 22, 2025 09:23 PM (l8IGe)

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The orcas all hang out in the bars in Kathmandu.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:24 PM (JkO4W)

239 Welp, I can now say I have joined the ranks of anyone who has been disowned by a sibling over politics. I was overseas for two years and texted back and forth with my brother on holidays, our kids' birthdays, our birthdays, etc., never said anything about politics. A few days after I'm back and he starts bringing up political stuff. I said politics shouldn't dictate our relationship and offer let's just agree not to talk politics. He didn't go for it. Returned the birthday gift I got him.

Sorry to bring the thread down, I just needed to vent.

Posted by: Mainah at August 22, 2025 09:25 PM (LFd6j)

240 >>Sharks don't bother you if your not in the ocean

Depends what kind of sharks you are talking about.

Who has the higher body count over the last couple of years, the sharks in blue cities in the US or the body count of every shark attacks in oceans around the world?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 09:25 PM (viF8m)

241 Do people eat shark livers? Are they as tasty as Shamu says?

Posted by: Chicken of the Sea at August 22, 2025 09:25 PM (G5+As)

242 They are savaging Cracker Barrel on Facebook.

Old sign & picture of Sydney Sweeney in a bustier.

New sign & picture of the broad who did Snow White.
Posted by: rickb223

Last night's ONT too, but it was Sydney from the jeans ad, and Greta the doom goblin.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 09:25 PM (DgGvY)

243
Sorry to bring the thread down, I just needed to vent.

Posted by: Mainah at August 22, 2025 09:25 PM (LFd6j)

__________

It's what we're here for.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 09:26 PM (kkTda)

244 Videos of great queues of people climbing Mt. Everest. It's so crowded nobody goes there anymore.

I'd rather be climbing back onto my bar stool than Mt Everest.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2025 09:26 PM (2WIwB)

245
It's in the Shark's Code.

Well, more of a guideline actually.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August

Jack Sparrow!

Posted by: Potpourri Emporium at August 22, 2025 09:27 PM (p4NUW)

246 Sea otters hold hands so they stay together as they sleep. We call that the two for one dinner special.

Posted by: Orca at August 22, 2025 09:28 PM (i0F8b)

247 Sorry for your situation, Mainah. I maintain a strict "no politics" policy with my sis, who is convinced that Trump is herding Americans into concentration camps and everyone in the world hates us now.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:29 PM (JkO4W)

248 239

Sorry to bring the thread down, I just needed to vent.

Posted by: Mainah

I am so sorry, that must hurt. I will pray he realizes family is more important and can’t be replaced.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 09:31 PM (p4NUW)

249 Do people eat shark livers? Are they as tasty as Shamu says?
Posted by: Chicken of the Sea at August 22, 2025 09:25 PM (G5+As)

According to the box of Preparation H, you can shove some shark liver oil up your ass!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2025 09:31 PM (2WIwB)

250 I see no point of climbing Everest
Posted by: Skip

It's there and I'm OK with that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 09:05 PM (L/fGl)

The wife worked with a dude that climbed it. She also mentioned he was a dick.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 09:32 PM (snZF9)

251 In a world where the skies are alive with vibrant wings, one creature soars above the rest, captivating hearts and defying gravity. The boobies—bold, blue-footed, and unapologetically unique—dance across the oceans, their quirky charm uniting a fractured planet. But when their coastal haven faces a shadowy threat, only one hero can rally these feathered icons to save their legacy. Prepare for a tale of courage, comedy, and unexpected dives... into destiny!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2025 09:33 PM (cYBz/)

252
Re stuff in orbit. Right now, there are around 50,000 pieces of shit > 10 cm in size in orbit. NORAD tracks all of those. There are millions of pieces of smaller stuff.

Look up "Kessler Syndrome". We're not there yet, but it's a potential future problem. Once the density of space junk in orbit reaches a certain density, it causes of cascade, a chain reaction of collisions that would produce a debris field in orbit which would make launching anything new into orbit impossible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 09:33 PM (w6EFb)

253 Sorry for your situation, Mainah. I maintain a strict "no politics" policy with my sis, who is convinced that Trump is herding Americans into concentration camps and everyone in the world hates us now.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Go with it -

Tell her two families on the block moved without nobody knowing about it the houses are now occupied. One by a large family from Guatamala and the other by a few single guys from Venezuela.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)

254 Thanks Hadrian and Cicero. It's like he's incapable of separating Trump and me.

Posted by: Mainah at August 22, 2025 09:35 PM (LFd6j)

255 Sharks don't bother you if your not in the ocean
Posted by: Skip

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It's in the Shark's Code.

Well, more of a guideline actually.
Posted by: Cicero

Bullshit!! Land sharks will show up at your apartment door disguising themselves.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2025 09:35 PM (cYBz/)

256 Re stuff in orbit. Right now, there are around 50,000 pieces of shit > 10 cm in size in orbit. NORAD tracks all of those. There are millions of pieces of smaller stuff.

Look up "Kessler Syndrome". We're not there yet, but it's a potential future problem. Once the density of space junk in orbit reaches a certain density, it causes of cascade, a chain reaction of collisions that would produce a debris field in orbit which would make launching anything new into orbit impossible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 09:33 PM (w6EFb)

We need a ship to drag a giant space magnet. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 09:35 PM (snZF9)

257 Land Shark!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 09:36 PM (63Dwl)

258
Look up "Kessler Syndrome".

Coast to Coast AM

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 09:37 PM (63Dwl)

259 Space Magnet.

Steve Miller really missed the boat not writing a song about that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:37 PM (JkO4W)

260 I used to see a lot of blue footed boobies. Then Mrs.D got new slippers and...well...I started hanging out in bars.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2025 09:37 PM (2WIwB)

261 Re stuff in orbit. Right now, there are around 50,000 pieces of shit > 10 cm in size in orbit. NORAD tracks all of those. There are millions of pieces of smaller stuff.

Look up "Kessler Syndrome". We're not there yet, but it's a potential future problem. Once the density of space junk in orbit reaches a certain density, it causes of cascade, a chain reaction of collisions that would produce a debris field in orbit which would make launching anything new into orbit impossible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 09:33 PM (w6EFb)
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We need a ship to drag a giant space magnet. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 09:35 PM (snZF9)

Nuke the debris orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 09:38 PM (gKDq2)

262 Thanks, Piper. Yeah, that's what I keep praying, that the Lord will work on his heart to realize that.

Posted by: Mainah at August 22, 2025 09:39 PM (LFd6j)

263 Or 50K to possibly die on some mountain so people can walk past your corpse for the next 100 years.
Posted by: Berserker

And that means that literally everyone who sees you is better at doing what you did than you were.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 09:39 PM (DgGvY)

264 It's in the Shark's Code.

Well, more of a guideline actually.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:23 PM

That's why I always carry a little briefcase when I dive. Sharks don't bite lawyers...professional courtesy.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 22, 2025 09:40 PM (Wnv9h)

265 And that means that literally everyone who sees you is better at doing what you did than you were.
Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 09:39 PM (DgGvY)

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Pfft.

Not if they're still on the way up.

Posted by: Green Boot Guy at August 22, 2025 09:40 PM (JkO4W)

266 Nuke the debris orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 09:38 PM (gKDq2)

I remember seeing a map of it. Its not like a ring of saturn, its like a frigging cloud around the entire planet. I can't believe they can even launch rockets at all at this point.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 09:40 PM (snZF9)

267 We need a ship to drag a giant space magnet. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 09:35 PM (snZF9)

Probably most of the metal is shit like aluminum or other non ferromagnetic stuff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 09:41 PM (zZu0s)

268 Democratic Party loyalist judges are mounting a rebellion–one might say, an insurrection–against the rule of law. They are trying to serve their party by impeding the Trump administration even where there is no good faith legal basis for doing so. This is an outrage. It won’t get as much public attention as other bad faith conduct by the Democratic Party, but it should.
-John Hinderaker
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Disagree. People are noticing the judges are making themselves irrelevant.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2025 09:42 PM (RIvkX)

269 According to the box of Preparation H, you can shove some shark liver oil up your ass!
Posted by: Diogenes

The best brand is Great Wipe!

They've got a Great Wipe Shart for their logo.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 22, 2025 09:42 PM (144I4)

270 We need a ship to drag a giant space magnet. lol
Posted by: Berserker

Nuke the debris orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
Posted by: RickZ

AI drones with lasers to vaporize all the orbital garbage. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 09:42 PM (DgGvY)

271 We need a ship to drag a giant space magnet. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 09:35 PM

Mega Maid ftw.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 22, 2025 09:43 PM (Wnv9h)

272 Disagree. People are noticing the judges are making themselves irrelevant.

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They'll be irrelevant when the Executive Branch starts ignoring their rogue rulings.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:43 PM (JkO4W)

273 Salvage 1...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078681/

Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 09:44 PM (i0F8b)

274 According to the box of Preparation H, you can shove some shark liver oil up your ass!
Posted by: Diogenes

Before or after?

Posted by: Colorado Rockies (0-9) at August 22, 2025 09:45 PM (gKWVE)

275 Trump is yanking the masks off of every corrupt institution in American society.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:45 PM (JkO4W)

276 Space Magnet.

Steve Miller really missed the boat not writing a song about that.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:37 PM (JkO4W)

Space Lord by Monster Magnet kind of closes the gap.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 22, 2025 09:45 PM (144I4)

277 >> AI drones with lasers to vaporize all the orbital garbage

That's actually one of the proposed clean up solutions. Use space lasers to ablate and deorbit the junk.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 09:45 PM (w6EFb)

278 They'll be irrelevant when the Executive Branch starts ignoring their rogue rulings.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:43 PM (JkO4W)

This. They are still doing it because their wacked pronouncements are still being treated seriously.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 09:45 PM (zZu0s)

279 267 Probably most of the metal is shit like aluminum or other non ferromagnetic stuff.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August

Okay fine. A big net.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 09:45 PM (pZEOD)

280 They'll be irrelevant when the Executive Branch starts ignoring their rogue rulings.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:43 PM (JkO4W)

That's when the Dems plan to initiate impeachment.

Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 09:46 PM (i0F8b)

281
Here's a high resolution 3D map of the shit in orbit:
https://tinyurl.com/ydqqxn6e

That will load slow and take some CPU.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 09:48 PM (w6EFb)

282 I was always slightly amused by the true story of the Vegan who climbed Mt Everest to prove that Vegans were just as healthy as everyone else and could do the same things.
She died.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 22, 2025 09:49 PM (PfGa7)

283 SCJ Action Jackson decided to do the normal Leftist outlandish projection in her most recent dissent. I can’t believe she’s on the SC just like I can’t believe Obama and Biden were Presidents.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 09:50 PM (EYmYM)

284 >>They'll be irrelevant when the Executive Branch starts ignoring their rogue rulings.

Haven't done this since day 1. They just let it play out always win in the end. Seems to be working.

Kind of sad that the only thing taking beating as bad as the feds is the legal profession. But it deserves it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 09:51 PM (viF8m)

285 This. They are still doing it because their wacked pronouncements are still being treated seriously.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 09:45 PM (zZu0s)

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The veneer of authority is crumbling. Normies are livid that some damn judge turned that MS13 terrorist loose on American citizens.

*tick*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:51 PM (JkO4W)

286 Every time a vegan dies, I give a little chuckle.

Posted by: Accomack at August 22, 2025 09:52 PM (28cZF)

287 I would be concerned about hitting a piece of space junk flying to the Moon. They were cruising at 5k miles an hour, the lunar module pressure hull was about as thick as a beer can in spots. At those speeds even a piece of sand will ruin your day.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 09:53 PM (V9VN1)

288 SCJ Action Jackson decided to do the normal Leftist outlandish projection in her most recent dissent. I can’t believe she’s on the SC just like I can’t believe Obama and Biden were Presidents.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 09:50 PM (EYmYM)

Is there a bat shit crazy clause to remove complete retards like her?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 09:53 PM (snZF9)

289
The veneer of authority is crumbling. Normies are livid that some damn judge turned that MS13 terrorist loose on American citizens.

*tick*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2025 09:51 PM (JkO4W)

Wake me when the dirt bike Colombians show up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 09:54 PM (snZF9)

290 Every time a vegan dies, I give a little chuckle.
Posted by: Accomack at August 22, 2025 09:52 PM (28cZF)

The garden laughs a hearty laugh.

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 09:55 PM (gKDq2)

291 Salvage 1...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078681/
Posted by: davidt

Also, "Planetes."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816398/

Yes, "Planetes" with two e's. It's the Greek word for "wanderers" that we get the word "planets" from. Without telescopes and such, they didn't know planets and stars were different things, so planets were "wandering" stars.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 09:55 PM (DgGvY)

292 oops

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 09:56 PM (DgGvY)

293 Sorry.

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 09:56 PM (gKDq2)

294 Every time a vegan dies a cat sighs in relief

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 09:56 PM (dxWFK)

295 The Barrel laughs a hearty laugh at me.

Posted by: RickZ at August 22, 2025 09:56 PM (gKDq2)

296 >Here's a high resolution 3D map of the shit in orbit:
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damn, what a mess

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 09:57 PM (AOsQT)

297 Is there a bat shit crazy clause to remove complete retards like her?
Posted by: Berserker

Supreme Court justices can be impeached by the House and removed by the Senate.

So, no, there is not.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 10:00 PM (DgGvY)

298 1 800 space waste removal.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 10:00 PM (dxWFK)

299 ONT up

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 10:01 PM (Wokrt)

The Week In Woke

Is our corporations learning?

Companies that touted their DEI programs in the first part of this decade have largely gone dark on the issue--at least publicly.
In the first few years of the 2020s, companies used earnings calls, annual reports, proxy filings, and ESG reports to broadcast their stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), a term that shot into the mainstream after 2020's mass protests over George Floyd's death.
In 2020 and 2021 alone,Comcast Corp. pledged $100 million to fight racial injustice and other forms of discrimination. Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. set targets for diversity in top leadership, and Mastercard Inc. became one of many companies to tie executive compensation to environmental, social, and governance metrics.
But when President Donald Trump took office for the second time, he endorsed pushback to the corporate world's DEI focus that had been building among conservatives for years. His January pledge to investigate the private sector for "illegal DEI" preceded abrupt slashes to diversity chatter at companies like Target Corp.
But Target wasn't the only one either rolling back DEI or downplaying ongoing efforts. The use of the "DEI" acronym has dropped 68% year-over-year in S&P 100 companies, according to a recent report from business think tank The Conference Board.

Of course, this doesn't mean DEI is dead -- we've seen colleges simply use other words to continue actually-outlawed DEI discrimination. We won't know how much corporations have abandoned DEI until we learn what exciting new euphemisms they're using for anti-male and anti-white-and-asian racial discrimination.

A black female Hatian writer for The New Yorker attacked Sydney Sweeney as an "Aryan princess."

You'll never guess -- it turns out she is a virulent anti-white racist but that's okay because apparently there's one race you're allowed, nay encouraged, to hate.

But everyone else must continue walking on eggshells around Precious Protected Classes.

A staffer for the New Yorker who denounced Sydney Sweeney as an "Aryan princess" has spouted anti-white and antisemitic rhetoric in social media posts -- before scrubbing her account after being called out on Friday.
Doreen St. Felix, 33, had written several racist posts on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, including that "whiteness fills me with a lot of hate" and that "the holocaust is the worst thing to happen to black people."

I think she probably means that those tricksy Jews are using their own history of oppression to compete with black foreigners' own demands for infinite victimhood points. Black racists dwell on this a lot. They just reject the Holocaust as being a big deal, as Whoopie Goldberg can tell you. (She claimed the Holocaust wasn't "racist" because Germans and Jews were the same race, which would come as a surprise to the Nazis who wrote Germany's racial codes.)

The unearthed inflammatory tweets date back to 2014 -- three years before the Haitian-American journalist was hired by the left-leaning magazine run by longtime editor David Remnick.
St. Felix deleted her X account after her comments resurfaced following her recent article for the Conde Nast-owned publication in which she criticized Sweeney's American Eagle campaign.
In the 1,040-word piece that ran Aug. 2, she accused Sweeney's fans of wanting to "recruit her as a kind of Aryan princess" and declared there were "plenty of reasons" to dislike the ad.
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In one tweet targeting white men dated in December 2014, St. Felix wrote: "You all are the worst. Go nurse your f--king Oedipal complexes and leave the earth to the browns and the women."
Another simply said: "I hate white men."
The resurfaced messages revealed a pattern of racially charged commentary spanning multiple years.
In one post, St. Felix admitted she "writes like no white is watching."
Another declared that she "would be heartbroken if I had kids with a white guy."
Her antipathy extended to broader cultural claims, including assertions that white people's poor hygiene "literally started the bubonic plague, lice, syphilis."

White people started lice? By the way, Very Well-Informed Elite Writer, the bubonic plague originated in Central Asia and China.

She also suggested that "we lived in perfect harmony w/ the earth pre whiteness" and blamed environmental destruction specifically on "white capitalism."

You lived in fucking mud-huts. You're welcome.

Her posts also contained tone-deaf references to the Nazi slaughter of six million Jews.
In one tweet, she described what she called "the holocaust gesture," writing that "it's tricknological, when white people invoke the holocaust" because it "allows them to step out of their whiteness and slip on fake oppression."
She also wrote that "the holocaust birthed trauma studies" and claimed it "explains a lot about why we get so many things wrong about how trauma comes."
In another post, she claimed "the tolerability of racism is linked to how its acted out on brown bodies. The holocaust was not tolerable bc of white victims so it ended."
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The Post has sought comment from both Conde Nast and The New Yorker.
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A Dec. 5, 2014, tweet referenced The Post. She wrote: "there's a slow, second holocaust against brown people in this country and the nypost 'Supports the NYPD' so they are terrorists as well."

So much Holocaust envy. Princess is so angry that white guys don't dig her and Jews compete with her for victim points.

Social media users noted the apparent contradiction between St. Felix's past statements denouncing capitalism and her living conditions.
Her listed address corresponds to a $1.3 million home in a gated Brooklyn community overlooking a marina.

Another black racist of zero talent who is nevertheless infinitely rewarded for her racism and zero talent is Joy Reid, who recently declared that white men are all "mediocre" because they just have their careers handed to them -- the pot here calls the kettle black -- and have never invented anything.

Of course, the only examples of inventions she can think of are styles of music, which, in her mind, are the only inventions that count because black people have some success in music. So those are the only inventions that count.

Who invented the computers and cameras she's recording herself on? Who knows. Probably some black genius scientist like you see in Marvel movies who had his patents stolen by the White Devils.

Former MSNBC anchor Joy Reid condemned President Donald Trump, Elvis Presley and others on Friday as some of history's many "mediocre White men" whose achievements are stolen or counterfeit.
Reid criticized Trump's review of the Smithsonian during an interview with Wajahat Ali for his "The Left Hook" substack, in an episode titled, "How Mediocre White Men and Their Fragility Are Destroying America."
They argued that across America's institutions, there is a phenomenon of "mediocre White men" with no actual culture of their own who co-opt the achievements of Black people to aggrandize themselves.
Ali opened the episode by talking about Trump reforming the Kennedy Center in what his critics call a hostile takeover. The institution, which in recent years had featured drag queen performances, is now being reformed to show decidedly more conservative and pro-American content. Trump announced this year's Kennedy Center awards last week, which he will also be hosting.
Joy Reid was one of MSNBC's most controversial anchors for her rhetoric on race, and since her firing, she has continued her same line of incendiary racial commentary.
"These people cannot create culture on their own," Ali said. "Without Black people, Brown people, the DEIs, there's no culture in America. We make the food better. We make the economy better. We make the music better. Right? MAGA can't create culture. They got Cracker Barrel and Kid Rock."
Reid and Ali claimed that White conservatives practice their own variant of outrage culture where they complain about what they say. "They don't have the intellectual rigor to actually argue or debate with us, right? And what they do is they tattle and tell. They run and tell teacher that 'the Black lady or the Brown man was mean to me.' And that's what they always do," Reid said.
Reid, who initially wore a hat dedicated to the historically debatable 1619 Project, then changed to one with the letters "FDT," took special umbrage at Trump's efforts to review the Smithsonian's historical exhibits ahead of America's 250th anniversary.
"They can't fix the history they did. Their ancestors made this country into a slave -- a slave hell, but they can clean it up now because they got the Smithsonian. They can get rid of all the slavery stuff," she said. "They got PragerU that can lie about the history to the children. They can't originally invent anything more than they ever were able to invent good music.
"We Black folk gave y'all country music, hip-hop, R&B, jazz, rock and roll. They couldn't even invent that, but they have to call a White man 'The King.' Because they couldn't make rock and roll, so they have to stamp 'The King' on a man whose main song was stolen from an overweight Black woman," Reid continued.

So if we're talking about historical wrongs, can we talk about current evils, like the absolutely vile levels of black criminality and victimization of members of other races? No? Why not?

These people gin up less-socialized blacks to go wilding on whites. They instil absolute hatred of white people in some blacks, and then whites pay the consequences.

But yes, let's ignore that and talk forever about slavery (which the White Devils stamped out, at least in the western world, at great expense).

CNN's own mediocre black female racist, Abby Philip, is now going on black podcasts to attack her guests for supposedly downplaying slavery, and being racist. She is calling out Scott Jennings -- the only reason people bother watching her very low-rated (91,000 people! In total!) show, as well as Jillian Michael.

We'll see if Scott Jennings remains on the show or just quits.

Highly fatiguing.

Disturbing footage captured the moment a massive melee broke out on a Carnival Cruise ship among fuming passengers seemingly upset over "chicken tenders."
The violence among about two dozen brawlers erupted aboard the Sunshine at about 2 a.m. Monday -- the last day of its voyage -- as the ship was heading back to Miami, according to a passenger who filmed the mayhem.
A large group of people fighting in a building; a security guard approaches.The violence erupted among about a dozen cruisers who were captured trading blows and slamming each other to the floor. Mike Terra/Instagram
"Where the f--k is security?!" one bystander could be heard yelling in the footage as passengers trade blows and slam each other to the floor.
Multiple security guards could be seen trying to break up the fight, with one overwhelmed officer fleeing the chaos and reaching for his radio as shoes went flying.

At one point, Bronx content creator Mike Terra -- who filmed the uproar and shared it on his social media channels -- flipped the camera to record his own reaction.
"Over chicken tenders is crazy," Terra said in the video.
The content creator who captured the wild melee said it happened on a Carnival Cruise ship at 2 a.m. The content creator who captured the wild melee said it happened on a Carnival Cruise ship at 2 a.m. AP
The avid cruiser later responded to intrigued commenters, calling the ruckus an "isolated incident" that escalated over "more" than just food around 2 a.m. after the ship set sail from Miami.
And when reached by The Post on Wednesday, Terra admitted: "We weren't close enough to know why [the fight] really started, we just knew they were in line for food."

It must be Because Slavery and Because White Supremacy.

Disturbing video captures moment wild Carnival Cruise ship brawl breaks out �over chicken tenders� https://t.co/bPL3cvu20P pic.twitter.com/APIuy2AeEx
— New York Post (@nypost) August 21, 2025

People who are quick to take offense are often narcissists, driven by entitlement and an inability to tolerate even minor slights. Sometimes, they even feign offense to gain social or strategic advantage.

Research on vulnerable narcissism and the dark triad�narcissism,� pic.twitter.com/QkFmNGs1qg
— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) August 21, 2025

Lol, what the hell is going on at Nature?

"Dominant science (sometimes referred to as Western science) is rooted in colonization, racism and white supremacy: it has been an active participant in the assimilation, marginalization and genocide of Indigenous people." pic.twitter.com/CjaZMaSlIo
— @gen0m1cs 🧬📊 (@gen0m1cs) August 19, 2025

An "academic" journal just fired an editor for daring to publish an article skeptical of the theory of runaway global warming.

Well, it is official, Marty Rowland PhD has been fired from his position as Special Issue Editor at the American Journal of Economics and Sociology (AJES). The reason he was given for being fired was his publication of our paper, Carbon Dioxide and a Warming Climate are not problems. The paper has been cited 23 times according to google scholar. It was first published online May 29, 2024, and is already in the top 1% of all 29 million papers followed by Wiley's Altmetric tracker. It is the #2 paper published in the 83-year history of the AJES.

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Dr. Rowland calls his firing "Orwellian," and we totally agree. The challenge [rebuttal article] by Tinus Pulles in an article somewhat offensively titled "Climate Denialism" cites two articles that directly compare "climate deniers" to holocaust deniers, see here for our critique of this paper. May & Crok has withstood all scrutiny to date.
The offensive and wildly inaccurate Tinus Pulles critique is the one cited by AJES board most when they explain why they fired Dr. Rowland. In addition, other board members were pressured by Wiley to write critiques of our paper, these are Cobb, 2024 and Gwartney & Lough. Both papers make the same argument that the "consensus" says climate change is dangerous so it must be so.
Pulles' critique relies on flawed climate models (also see here and here) projections of the future. Models are not evidence:
As to so-called modeling "evidence," it is the models that we are testing; the model results should not be confused with evidence. (Lindzen, 2012)
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It appears that firing Dr. Rowland was a purely political act and not based on any legitimate problem with our paper, which is solid as far as anyone knows at this time.

From last week: Another mentally-ill AWFL (is there any other kind?) advances menacingly on a man and threatens to have him arrested for stalking her, all because he has, this mentally-ill moron believes, a pure bred dog rather than one adopted from a shelter.

We join the mental breakdown of this self-entitled vegan (we find out later) on Monday, August 11 (was there a full moon or something?) as she completely loses her mind at a "racist" man for walking what she believes are pure-bred dogs. And because he owns these "pure-bred" dogs, he's a Trump voter who supports ICE.
But, wait, there's so much more. As you'll see in the video, she attempts to get passersby to come to her "aid," feigning that it is he who won't leave her alone and all that implies.

A woman lost her mind and manners today at Mount Tabor Dog Park � because a man had purebred dogs.

Just in case you didn�t get your daily dose of crazy� pic.twitter.com/jYPFUFFLb1
— PDX Real (@PDXReal1) August 11, 2025

The woman has been ID'd. Of course she has a government job, specifically at the Oregon Health Sciences University.

By the way: Many, many dogs abandoned and now in shelters are, in fact, pure bred. Rocky Kanaka, who runs the wonderful YouTube channel Sitting With Dogs (where he goes into shelters to just comfort dogs), points out that German shepherds are among the most numerous dogs in the shelters. (And, obviously, pit bulls -- a lot of dogs are used for backyard breeding and then abandoned when they get sick or can no longer carry puppies.)

Posted by: Ace at 06:20 PM

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1 I'm always late to the party. Got willowed but now I'm angry (about the topic, not about getting willowed) so I'm going to repost.

218 Just read this post. Our middle son, who is 42, has AlphaGal.
Yeah, it doesn't just make you not able to eat red meat -- it MAKES YOU SICK. It has made his life difficult -- can't eat out because of cross-contamination. Can't just go out to get a burger with friends or co-workers. When he reacts to a food (beef products or other red meat products are in foods you don't expect) he is sick for DAYS.
I really hate that people think it's okay to use bioweapons on us.
And that's all I can say.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 22, 2025 06:23 PM (mZ/55)

2 Chicken tenders.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 06:23 PM (TN0g+)

3 And I was first? Uh oh, I hope I don't make Ace mad.
Sorry Ace. I got a little hot.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 22, 2025 06:24 PM (mZ/55)

4 Erica.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:25 PM (D+kq4)

5 The masks continue to drop

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at August 22, 2025 06:26 PM (9Wc6O)

6 Is our corporations learning?

Is poor grammar funny now?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:26 PM (zZu0s)

7 {{{TecumsehTea}}}

Prayers ascending for a good outcome.

Always a pleasure to see you posting.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2025 06:26 PM (u82oZ)

8
Carnival Cruises used to be fun. Hubby and I took three cruises with them back in the good days.

It's a shame what has happened to them.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 06:26 PM (3ek7K)

9 Why don't I use Metamucil rather than adjusting my diet?

Because I'm 29, which is waaay to young to drink the Old Fart Cocktail. May as well recommend prunes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:27 PM (ZOv7s)

10 Hey, what about the Armenian Genocide?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:27 PM (zZu0s)

11 Aetius451AD

Was ace raised as a poor black child? Indications point to no.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2025 06:28 PM (u82oZ)

12 Both papers make the same argument that the "consensus" says climate change is dangerous so it must be so.
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So can we just vote to change the laws of physics? Show of hands?

Is this like if enough people think morbid obesity is healthy, it becomes so?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:28 PM (ZOv7s)

13 That fight wasn't just about chicken tenders. It was about the honey mustard dipping sauce, too.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 22, 2025 06:29 PM (5yDGQ)

14 It's not a genocide if we - I mean they - don't finish the job.

Posted by: the turks at August 22, 2025 06:29 PM (gKWVE)

15 DEI will be with us for a long, long time. These corporations didn't just portray a message to curry favor. They allowed the concept to seep into their entire workforce. They gave the DEI Human Resources cows full reign so that they could saturate the companies in their own image.

That's why Disney's animations are so sub-par these days (not even considering the message or the story). They canned most of the established, top of the industry animators because they were straight white older males. There are articles available about this. And, not so remarkably, you can see the decrease in quality. How'd those CGI dwarves in Snow White look to everyone? Nightmares. There's a reason for that.

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 06:30 PM (dIske)

16
I take Metamucil every night, and have been for years. Good shit. As a neighbor once observed, when a man gets in his '50s, you got to keep him shittin' right.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 06:30 PM (w6EFb)

17 Wow... What a nut case. My husband works at a dog rescue.... there are many full breed dogs there... It's a no kill shelter... I hope they put that woman away

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 06:30 PM (VE6XX)

18 Nooded all English Comp majors.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2025 06:30 PM (u82oZ)

19 The Oregon Health Sciences lady seems nice.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 22, 2025 06:30 PM (PiwSw)

20 Hate has no home here, but we do have some nice musty dungeons.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 06:30 PM (nO7cW)

21 DEI will be with us for a long, long time.

==

Blue states will not abandon it , that's for sure.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:31 PM (g47mK)

22 hy don't I use Metamucil rather than adjusting my diet?

Because I'm 29, which is waaay to young to drink the Old Fart Cocktail. May as well recommend prunes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:27 PM (ZOv7s)

Your loss. I’ve been doing it since I was a young man. Best health tip I ever got.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:31 PM (EYmYM)

23 Wajahat Ali and Joy Reid. There's a brain trust.

Posted by: huerfano at August 22, 2025 06:31 PM (98kQX)

24 Taiki Waititi of Jo Jo Rabbit fame and What We Do In The Shadows is making a new judge Dredd film. And it stars Karl Urban!

That is all.

Posted by: Blutarski at August 22, 2025 06:32 PM (b294k)

25 > Is poor grammar funny now?

It's a George Bushism. He said, "Is our children learning?"

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 06:32 PM (lIio7)

26 She also suggested that "we lived in perfect harmony w/ the earth pre whiteness" and blamed environmental destruction specifically on "white capitalism."
____

You are free to leave. Try Haiti, I'm sure there is no environmental destruction in that paradise.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 06:32 PM (Dv3i1)

27 White people started lice? By the way, Very Well-Informed Elite Writer, the bubonic plague originated in Central Asia and China.

a.k.a the yellow face of white supremacy

Posted by: anachronda at August 22, 2025 06:32 PM (v3pYe)

28 Odd. I didn't think trafficking in victim points was a thing, but it appears progressives have to have everything framed as a zero-sum game. It's kind of like a progressive flat-earth sort of prerequisite to everything else.

Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at August 22, 2025 06:32 PM (MB784)

29 Stop eating plants. You will stay regular.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:32 PM (D+kq4)

30 DEI will be with us for a long, long time. These corporations didn't just portray a message to curry favor. They allowed the concept to seep into their entire workforce. They gave the DEI Human Resources cows full reign so that they could saturate the companies in their own image.

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 06:30 PM (dIske)
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DEI could only be sustained by force. Remove that, and it disappears instantly.

HR produces nothing and since the people there are going to bring civil rights lawsuits, automating it or outsourcing it is the smart play.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:32 PM (ZOv7s)

31 Disturbing footage captured the moment a massive melee broke out on a Carnival Cruise ship among fuming passengers seemingly upset over "chicken tenders."

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In fairness, it was over chicken tenders.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 06:33 PM (L/fGl)

32 15 DEI will be with us for a long, long time. These corporations didn't just portray a message to curry favor. They allowed the concept to seep into their entire workforce. They gave the DEI Human Resources cows full reign so that they could saturate the companies in their own image.
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Posted by: Orson
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WoHoop, there it is. Get rid of woke HRs or better yet get rid of HR.
Problem solved.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 06:33 PM (nO7cW)

33 And syphilis spread to white people from the new world. (Alpacas, IIRC).

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 06:33 PM (MMp6W)

34 Castor oil will cure all that ails you.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 22, 2025 06:33 PM (W0r33)

35 Taiki Waititi of Jo Jo Rabbit fame and What We Do In The Shadows is making a new judge Dredd film. And it stars Karl Urban!

That is all.
Posted by: Blutarski at August 22, 2025 06:32 PM (b294k)

Jo Jo Rabbit is my biggest surprise film after Her. No way I thought either could be good. I think that was Johansson’s best acted film.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:34 PM (EYmYM)

36 Also, pic of young German men from the 1930s and saying "Most of the boys in this pic died". Well, yeah, that was 85 years ago, I expect they are all dead.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

AWFL proves MAGAts are just Nazi dupes.

https://is.gd/QIfUQk

P.S. And what the hell kind of Nazi name is Zxzik anyway?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 06:34 PM (L/fGl)

37 In fairness, it was over chicken tenders.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 06:33 PM (L/fGl)

At 2 AM ... never good....Especially with unlimited drinks

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 06:34 PM (VE6XX)

38 Taiki Waititi of Jo Jo Rabbit fame and What We Do In The Shadows is making a new judge Dredd film. And it stars Karl Urban!

That is all.
Posted by: Blutarski at August 22, 2025 06:32

*looks heavenward*

Really God?! What did we do to deserve this one?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:34 PM (zZu0s)

39 Importing millions of slaves from Africa to pick cotton for the richest elite of the antebellum America sure was a great idea.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 22, 2025 06:34 PM (Vh9CX)

40 "“broad” concerns about former National Security Advisor John Bolton"

what , WHAT ??

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:34 PM (g47mK)

41 I gotta give credit - the word 'tricknological' is a pretty good word.

Posted by: 496 at August 22, 2025 06:35 PM (1FJsD)

42 Your loss. I’ve been doing it since I was a young man. Best health tip I ever got.
Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:31 PM (EYmYM)
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I tried it, and don't care for it.

The new diet seems to be working for me. I got put on it due to polyps and as a preventative against colon cancer. I had no problems with being regular.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)

43 Last year, my nephew told me his teacher put him in a re-focus".
I told him next time that happens, just stand right in front of your teacher and say, "Re-focus!, Ha! I'd rather man up and take the beating."
Being a precocious little shit like his uncle, That's exactly what he did.
His said his teacher was so astounded that she just broke into laughter and never punished him.
The world needs less nonsense and more manhood.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at August 22, 2025 06:35 PM (bMlVe)

44
6 Is our corporations learning?

Is poor grammar funny now?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

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It's an allusion to Bush, he once said "is our kids learning" because he misspoke.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 06:35 PM (3jMdJ)

45 This is the third keyboard that is skipping letters this year.
Fucking black people. Their inventions suck.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 06:35 PM (3jMdJ)

46 At least nobody got shot.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 06:35 PM (vFG9F)

47 White Like Me

https://youtu.be/l_LeJfn_qW0

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM (jc0TO)

48 Disturbing footage captured the moment a massive melee broke out on a Carnival Cruise ship among fuming passengers seemingly upset over "chicken tenders."

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In fairness, it was over chicken tenders.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 06:33 PM (L/fGl)

Not enough, or the chicken tenders were tough as leather soles?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM (S/Y4j)

49 Look into who owned the plantations and slave markets. Coincidence?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM (D+kq4)

50 MAGA_Ken

If they made it to America they survived.

Brazil and the West Indies, not so much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM (u82oZ)

51 Waititi was the Executive Producer for a very silly, but fun show called Wellington Paranormal. I liked it a lot.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 06:37 PM (lIio7)

52 >>P.S. And what the hell kind of Nazi name is Zxzik anyway?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 06:34 PM

He came from Dogpatch, Arkansas.

Posted by: huerfano at August 22, 2025 06:37 PM (98kQX)

53 DEI could only be sustained by force. Remove that, and it disappears instantly.

HR produces nothing and since the people there are going to bring civil rights lawsuits, automating it or outsourcing it is the smart play.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:32 PM (ZOv7s)
_____________________________

You sound like the guy that looks up to the sky, sees that it's gray, and leaves the umbrella at home anyway because you have a good feeling.

While I admire your optimism, I don't share it. The Left never capitulates. They may rebrand. But, DEI isn't going anywhere. I suspect the next move is along the same lines the UK is seeing....and that's injecting it into the legal code.

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 06:37 PM (dIske)

54 >> Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna

I got interested in that -- the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (which is looking more and likely, despite everything) and all that, and then got to looking at climate.

Our current period, which started after the Younger Dryas and the megafauna extinction is dubbed the Holocene (whole new world). There was a period there, from about 9000 to 6500 years BP (~7000 - 4500 BC) dubbed the Holocene Climate Optimum.

It was warmer then than now. They have to lie about this. The infamous "hockey stick" was all about showing a vertical increase in temperature to make the recent mean greater than that.

It's all lies. And they know it's a lie.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 06:37 PM (w6EFb)

55 Look into who owned the plantations and slave markets. Coincidence?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM (D+kq4)

*looks

damn!

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:37 PM (g47mK)

56 I was promised nude English Majors...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 06:37 PM (xcxpd)

57 Let me take a wild quess here : Joy Reid and Ms. St . Felix are leftists who have no religious faith but in the great god of utopia communism., because I've quite a few met black church going people ( including some guy in the Gideons just yesterday ) and they have always been very warm and accepting of me, because we share faith in the Lord and we tend to share conservative values. They will pray either way me and ask for prayers. I think they regard me as a sister in Christ, not as that "awful white woman over there."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2025 06:38 PM (2GCMq)

58 I take Metamucil every night, and have been for years. Good shit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 06:30 PM

ISWYDT

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:38 PM (jc0TO)

59 The new diet seems to be working for me. I got put on it due to polyps and as a preventative against colon cancer. I had no problems with being regular.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)

It’s not just about being regular. But it’s your choice of course. I just mentioned it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:38 PM (EYmYM)

60 2 Chicken tenders.

implies the existence of chicken steam locomotives

Posted by: anachronda at August 22, 2025 06:38 PM (v3pYe)

61 Looks like the Maryland Man is going to Uganda.... he's gonna wish he was back in El Salvador....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 06:38 PM (VE6XX)

62 Meant "pray either with me"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2025 06:39 PM (2GCMq)

63 Looks like the Maryland Man is going to Uganda.... he's gonna wish he was back in El Salvador....

==

shhhhh!

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:39 PM (g47mK)

64 At one account their Personnel Office was big enough for one desk, two visitor chairs (upright) and file cabinets. When they established HR that little room became a 350 sq ft multi person office space.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 06:39 PM (nO7cW)

65 This is the third keyboard that is skipping letters this year.
Fucking black people. Their inventions suck.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 06:35 PM (3jMdJ)

Mine does that when I get crud under the keys keeping them from going all the way down.

Try shaking or getting a can of canned air and blowing them out, it is cheaper than a new keyboard if it works.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 06:39 PM (rbvCR)

66 Castor oil will cure all that ails you.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Speaking of oil, Ryan George has a news show that's pretty funny.

https://is.gd/3ey6Ff

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 06:39 PM (L/fGl)

67 Disturbing video captures moment wild Carnival Cruise ship brawl breaks out ‘over chicken tenders’
......

The brawlers look oddly familiar.

Posted by: wth at August 22, 2025 06:39 PM (UjdFS)

68 Uganda was Idi Amin's country?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:40 PM (D+kq4)

69 Nice First Amendment we used to have.

SO Constitutional...

BREAKING: US Capitol Police & ICE Arrest Billboard Truck Driver Protesting Gaza Famine

The driver was arrested & the truck was towed near NBC office at 400 North Capitol Street, NW, site of a 4-week media encampment on Gaza
Posted by: 6 GORILLION LAMPSHADES WITH SOAP at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM

Was he blocking traffic?

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:40 PM (jc0TO)

70 62 2 Chicken tenders.

implies the existence of chicken steam locomotives
Posted by: anachronda
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With oilers and wipers?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 06:40 PM (nO7cW)

71 Hunan Resources would be a good name for a Chinese restaurant.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 22, 2025 06:40 PM (PiwSw)

72 Woke is taking hits but Leftism Cultural Marxism will try again

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 06:40 PM (+qU29)

73 After watching that Carnival Cruise vid and watching Cincinnati etcetcetc, Scott Adams is looking more and more correct about avoiding majority black situations

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (ghqp9)

74 Carnival cruise line needs to install a brig.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (g47mK)

75 32 In fairness, it was over chicken tenders.

i'll never be over chicken tenders

Posted by: ted stryker at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (v3pYe)

76 Looks like the Maryland Man is going to Uganda
.....

UgandaMan

Posted by: wth at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (UjdFS)

77 Maryland Man will now insist they call him Bwana,

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (EYmYM)

78 I think Bolton is in deep doodoo...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (VE6XX)

79 That cruise lines needs to mount some swivel guns at the buffet counter.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (3jMdJ)

80 It’s not just about being regular. But it’s your choice of course. I just mentioned it.
Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:38 PM (EYmYM)
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That's fine. Everyone told me to do it, but I wanted to see what my options were.

I will say this - trying to lose weight by limiting your diet and exercising sucks. I can pretty much eat as much as I want and still lose weight. I love that part.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)

81 It’s not just about being regular. But it’s your choice of course. I just mentioned it.
Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:38 PM (EYmYM)

Ok, im game. What are the other benefits?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (zZu0s)

82 Boss Moss yes

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (+qU29)

83 It’s been a Friday! Classes taught, house clean, pool clean. Ready for the rain and the first HS football games tonight.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (Wmg4n)

84 I noticed some of those cruises were cheap. Problem is that causes cheapskates to book them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:42 PM (D+kq4)

85 Posted by: I DON'T LIKE SOAP at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM (Uq1y7)

We can tell.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 06:42 PM (gKWVE)

86 Hunan Resources would be a good name for a Chinese restaurant.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 22, 2025 06:40 PM (PiwSw)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:42 PM (zZu0s)

87
Illegal truck driver who killed three people in Florida was brought back from California yesterday. I hope Florida, well, I won't say what they should do.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 06:42 PM (3ek7K)

88 I’ve not seen a melee at a Cane’s yet. Proves their chicken strips are calming.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:42 PM (EYmYM)

89 So what's up with the Grand Kleagle that's been hanging our here lately? Did I miss something?

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:42 PM (jc0TO)

90 > Carnival cruise line needs to install a brig.

I'm pretty sure all cruise ships have a brig. They're usually small though. There's almost certainly not enough room for all of those brawlers.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 06:43 PM (lIio7)

91 Looks like the Maryland Man is going to Uganda.... he's gonna wish he was back in El Salvador....
Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 06:38 PM (VE6XX)

There was a report on the radio today that a judge had forbidden ICE from arresting Abrego-human trafficker for his outstanding warrants or immigration status. Did Homan just flip them off, or is this something else?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 06:43 PM (rbvCR)

92 Hunan Resources would be a good name for a Chinese restaurant.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 22, 2025 06:40 PM (PiwSw)

You should submit that to Bob’s Burgers,

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:43 PM (EYmYM)

93 Cruise Ships can lock you in your room. They also have a brig on some ships.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:43 PM (D+kq4)

94 Because I'm 29, which is waaay to young to drink the Old Fart Cocktail. May as well recommend prunes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Prunes. Is three enough? Is six too many?

Posted by: All Backed Up at August 22, 2025 06:44 PM (G5+As)

95 91 So what's up with the Grand Kleagle that's been hanging our here lately? Did I miss something?
Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:42 PM (jc0TO)

Who ? I missed this.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:44 PM (EYmYM)

96
There was a report on the radio today that a judge had forbidden ICE from arresting Abrego-human trafficker for his outstanding warrants or immigration status. Did Homan just flip them off, or is this something else?
Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 06:43 PM (rbvCR)

Judge says you have to give him 72 hours before you deport him is what I read

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 06:44 PM (VE6XX)

97 There was a story of a homeless guy doing laundry in a McDonalds bathroom sink. In DC. Not far from the WH. Unfortunately for him, it happened on Trump's watch, so FBI broke down the door and took him.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:44 PM (g47mK)

98 Try shaking or getting a can of canned air and blowing them out, it is cheaper than a new keyboard if it works.
Posted by: Kindltot

Thanks, I do that. I think it is the Japanese heat and humidity. They are not very used, but they are old. (I bought a bunch about 5 years ago looking for one I liked and one by one they all fail.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 06:44 PM (3jMdJ)

99 Boss Moss

The brig on cruise liners is for incarcerating the misbehaving staff. Very small.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2025 06:44 PM (u82oZ)

100 Someone should have a chat with Ms Felix about her roots and the minor problem of African tribes enslaving people from other tribes. That is, if the tribe didn't wipe out the whole village.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 06:44 PM (tT6L1)

101 Carnival cruise line needs to install a brig.

I'm pretty sure all cruise ships have a brig. They're usually small though. There's almost certainly not enough room for all of those brawlers.
--------

I blame RunDMC. The brawlers were probably listening to "Its tricknological".

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 06:44 PM (TN0g+)

102 What do you call a cheese omelet and prune juice?

A Stop N Go breakfast.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2025 06:45 PM (S/Y4j)

103 52 MAGA_Ken

If they made it to America they survived.

Brazil and the West Indies, not so much.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM (u82oZ)

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So?

The people that brought the slaves in only cared about making more money.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 22, 2025 06:45 PM (Vh9CX)

104 This will get out of control.

It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: RADM Josh Painter at August 22, 2025 06:45 PM (0sNs1)

105 "I won't say what they should do.
Posted by: fourseasons"

Send him to a zoo in Uganda.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 06:45 PM (vFG9F)

106 >>>The new diet seems to be working for me. I got put on it due to polyps and as a preventative against colon cancer. I had no problems with being regular.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Good.
And it is?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 06:45 PM (nO7cW)

107 So what's up with the Grand Kleagle that's been hanging our here lately? Did I miss something?
Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:42 PM (jc0TO)

ace forgot to clean his fridge ?

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:45 PM (g47mK)

108 Ok, im game. What are the other benefits?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:41 PM (zZu0s)

It can help lower your Cholesterol.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:45 PM (EYmYM)

109 Look into who owned the plantations and slave markets. Coincidence?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM (D+kq4)
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I'm amused by Neoconfederates (who denounce Lincoln as a tyrant of course) who are completely unaware that the planter aristocracy was the original globalist class. They wanted to import slave labor, sell the raw material abroad and then use that import capital equipment free of tariffs.

They had zero interest in phasing out slavery, but were looking forward to slave-run factories.

This crushed wages on the Old South, which is why Southerners migrated to the Upper Midwest.

The Republicans, by contrast, wanted to build up domestic industry, support agriculture by free people, and of course use tariffs to boost wages and protect against foreign dumping.

Trump's platform is basically Lincoln's from 1860.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:45 PM (ZOv7s)

110 The Commissar Judges are getting way to.uppy

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 06:45 PM (+qU29)

111 Ok, im game. What are the other benefits?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

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If you are gonna talk about old people shit, I am gonna go listen to Tom Mix on the wireless.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 06:46 PM (3jMdJ)

112 I'm pretty sure all cruise ships have a brig. They're usually small though. There's almost certainly not enough room for all of those brawlers.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 06:43 PM (lIio7)

there you go ! Install a big beautiful brig, dammit!

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:46 PM (g47mK)

113 So what's up with the Grand Kleagle that's been hanging our here lately? Did I miss something?
Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:42 PM (jc0TO)

We've had a few discussions about antisemitism. And accusing people falsely of antisemitism. Seems to bring people out of the wood work.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:46 PM (zZu0s)

114 Look into who owned the plantations

If Hollywood is to be believed, it was the Irish.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:46 PM (jc0TO)

115 Good.
And it is?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 06:45 PM (nO7cW)
--
High fiber. Eat 25g a day. Instead of a tiny breakfast, lean lunch, decent dinner and no snacks or treats, I basically eat whatever I want, whenever I want, as long as it has lots of fiber.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:47 PM (ZOv7s)

116 Posted by: I DON'T LIKE SOAP at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM

Me, either.

Posted by: Ralphie at August 22, 2025 06:47 PM (0sNs1)

117 95 Cruise Ships can lock you in your room. They also have a brig on some ships.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Felix Unger got locked up in the ball storage locker on the cruise by the aged passengers because he was pestering the old-timers about exercising more.

Posted by: FU Enterprises Portraits a Specialty at August 22, 2025 06:47 PM (G5+As)

118 If you are gonna talk about old people shit, I am gonna go listen to Tom Mix on the wireless.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 06:46 PM (3jMdJ)

Hah!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:47 PM (zZu0s)

119 102 Someone should have a chat with Ms Felix about her roots and the minor problem of African tribes enslaving people from other tribes. That is, if the tribe didn't wipe out the whole village.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
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It's Whiteman's fault for introducing machetes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 06:47 PM (nO7cW)

120 Carnival should start handing out steak knives with the chicken tenders.

Posted by: wth at August 22, 2025 06:47 PM (UjdFS)

121
The horrible tour bus wreck today in New York State is heartbreaking.

It will be interesting to know who was driving the bus. Legal or illegal?

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 06:48 PM (3ek7K)

122 The Commissar Judges are getting way to.uppy
---------
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 06:48 PM (TN0g+)

123 I missed the Trump-batman thread so maybe it has been said in the comments, but I have not seen it elsewhere.

I think Trump timed the DC crackdown for when the Europeans were around to show them that politics is the art of the possible (Bismarck) and law and order is possible.
The Presidents and PMs won't see it, but their staff and media from EU will see it and I would not be surprised if it leaks down to the public and they start asking, "why not here, too?" And I think that was Trump's plan.

Trump truly is the leader of the *civilized* world.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 06:48 PM (3jMdJ)

124 Nutjob lady screams it is unethical to buy animals (for pets). She implies it is only ethical to get a pet from a pet shelter.

Where does she think the dogs and cats in shelters come from? Mostly abandoned or taken to the shelter by people who BOUGHT them at a pet store or from a private breeder!

If such half-brains as she know of the word 'logic' they sure don't know what it means.

Sadly, this type of behavior by millions of Karens is only possible in a nation that is so rich that massive numbers crazies can be let loose in public and people can afford enough unhealthy food to eat themselves into illness and death.

Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2025 06:48 PM (aBgBM)

125 I've never been to a brig! stop making insinuations !

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:48 PM (g47mK)

126 >> Ok, im game. What are the other benefits?

It also slows the absorption of carbs/sugars, lessening insulin spikes. The main thing, though is the gut flora "balance".

Our gut flora is getting messed up of late. Modern diet is probably doing it, and maybe some other stuff. Gut flora is very important, and hell, some think we should consider it almost another organ, a symbiotic organ.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 06:48 PM (w6EFb)

127 Carnival should start handing out steak knives with the chicken tenders.
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*golf clap*

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 06:49 PM (TN0g+)

128 Thanks, I do that. I think it is the Japanese heat and humidity. They are not very used, but they are old. (I bought a bunch about 5 years ago looking for one I liked and one by one they all fail.)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 06:44 PM (3jMdJ)

Find out what the local gamers use, and how long they expect those keyboards to last. I have a Razr which feels like the old clicky IBM keyboards and is a dream to type on.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 06:49 PM (rbvCR)

129 You know who else doesn't have a problem with pooping?

Posted by: Penguins at August 22, 2025 06:49 PM (0sNs1)

130 Prunes. Is three enough? Is six too many?
Posted by: All Backed Up at August 22, 2025 06:44 PM (G5+As)
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I don't like prunes. Dried dates do a number.

A can of sliced pears is equivalent to a bunch of prunes, and tastes a lot better.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:49 PM (ZOv7s)

131 Felix, willing to tell us what miserable people we are, decrying our standard of living, while enjoying that which she despises, and, apparently unwilling to give up the luxuries she enjoys.

Perfect leftist.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 06:50 PM (tT6L1)

132 I learned to type on a manual typewriter. I wear the print off my keys.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:50 PM (jc0TO)

133 Brig > Sloop

Posted by: zombie Horatio at August 22, 2025 06:51 PM (0sNs1)

134 TRICKNOLOGY!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 22, 2025 06:51 PM (W/c5U)

135
Toby,

Me too. Hubby needed to use my laptop and couldn't see the letters. He can't believe type so fast on it.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 06:52 PM (3ek7K)

136 What kind of purebred dogs did the guy have? I couldn’t tell. They were well behaved though.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:52 PM (EYmYM)

137 The gang on Sunny got thrown into a brig on a cruise ship.

Posted by: Blutarski at August 22, 2025 06:52 PM (b294k)

138 Ay yi yi with the dog lady…that was insane.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 06:53 PM (Wmg4n)

139 I learned to type on a manual typewriter. I wear the print off my keys.
Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:50 PM (jc0TO)
---------------

heh. I've been told I hit the keys on a keyboard rather stoutly. I also learned to type on a manual typewriter.

You sir, may join me on the porch while the whippersnappers get off the lawn.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 06:53 PM (tT6L1)

140 The gang on Sunny got thrown into a brig on a cruise ship.
Posted by: Blutarski at August 22, 2025 06:52 PM (b294k)

It’s the implication.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:53 PM (EYmYM)

141 It's Whiteman's fault for introducing machetes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 06:47 PM (nO7cW)

The Chinese sell a lot of really cheap machetes in Africa. Especially in areas they think don't have enough strife, but can't afford AKs

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 06:53 PM (rbvCR)

142 I've never been to a brig! stop making insinuations !
Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:48 PM (g47mK)
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Hear me out, what if we put a brig in the cruise ships and some exercise equipment for them to pass the time. And we could motivate them to using the equipment by withholding food.

Here's the great part: we can hook the equipment into an auxiliary engine system to power the ship! Renewable energy!

Posted by: Soon to be fired pitch guy at August 22, 2025 06:54 PM (ZOv7s)

143 There are a lot of Chinese who drive tour and casino buses. They mostly are a plague to man and womankind. Terrible drivers and a little nuts.

Posted by: Legal? Hah! at August 22, 2025 06:54 PM (G5+As)

144 John Bolton.

From Stache to stash.

Cock sucker.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 06:54 PM (4CKeO)

145 It’s difficult to convey, but in broad general terms what is happening at our universities looks similar in a lot of ways to what happened in Germany and Europe in general when anti-semitism became formalized. They ran off all the physicists, for example. One scientist was asked in the 1930s what the state of mathematics was in Germany. “It doesn’t exist any longer.”

I saw the nonsense decades ago at the universities. Where I seriously miscalculated, I was somehow convinced the madness would not, could not, extend to mathematics, science, engineering. I thought they were immune.

American dominance in science and engineering, math and chemistry is being destroyed by incompetent socialists. This is not a new phenomenon, but a very dangerous one. It is definitely a national security issue. These culture destroyers know exactly what they are doing and why.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 06:54 PM (V9VN1)

146 You know who else doesn't have a problem with pooping?
Posted by: Penguins

Incoming.

Posted by: Seagulls at August 22, 2025 06:55 PM (UjdFS)

147 "These people cannot create culture on their own," Ali said. "Without Black people, Brown people, the DEIs, there's no culture in America. We make the food better. We make the economy better. We make the music better. Right? MAGA can't create culture. They got Cracker Barrel and Kid Rock."

We created culture just fine. Music? You're going to compare Bach, Beethoven, Di Vissee, etc with motherfuckers beating on a steel kettle? Kiss my ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 06:55 PM (snZF9)

148 TRICKNOLOGY!!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 22, 2025 06:51 PM (W/c5U)

That is the name of the final, and ultimately cancelled Police album.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 06:55 PM (rbvCR)

149 Here's the great part: we can hook the equipment into an auxiliary engine system to power the ship! Renewable energy!
Posted by: Soon to be fired pitch guy at August 22, 2025 06:54 PM

Good news and bad news. The good news is double rations for the rowers! The bad news is that the captain wants to go waterskiing this afternoon.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:55 PM (jc0TO)

150 118 Posted by: I DON'T LIKE SOAP at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM

Me, either.
Posted by: Ralphie
-----------------------

Well, stop eating it.

Try the 25% fiber diet it's better for you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 06:55 PM (nO7cW)

151 Prunes, bah. Pears, meh.

Boiled okra.

Posted by: huerfano at August 22, 2025 06:55 PM (98kQX)

152 When will Cracker Barrel drop the name Cracker?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 06:56 PM (4CKeO)

153 My great-grandfathers/mothers escaped Germany before they were used as cannon fodder in the Germanic Wars and famines of the mid 1800's. The ones that remained wrote some sad letters seeking some support, and probably died in discomfort or were killed in wars.

OPPRESSION !! But I can't find any place that will redeem my victimhood stamps. Nobody cares at all, and now I'm the some oppressor for all those black slaves I never had.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2025 06:56 PM (vbXSk)

154 From GP:

In a bizarre twist to an ongoing scandal surrounding New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, former adviser Winnie Greco has claimed that a potato chip bag filled with $300 in cash, which she handed to a local reporter, was merely a “birthday gift” rooted in Chinese cultural traditions.

The problem, aside from it being in a shady sour cream and onion potato chip bag, is that the reporter’s birthday is not until November.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 06:56 PM (TN0g+)

155 My keyboard at home is an M made in 1991. November iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:56 PM (zZu0s)

156 The problem, aside from it being in a shady sour cream and onion potato chip bag, is that the reporter’s birthday is not until November.

==

She was early !

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:57 PM (g47mK)

157 If victimhood confers status, OF COURSE people will claim victimhood, and insist they are more victims than others. Everyone does it.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 22, 2025 06:57 PM (s0JqF)

158 Must be some damn good chicken!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2025 06:57 PM (2WIwB)

159 "It must be Because Slavery and Because White Supremacy."

On a whim I did four minutes of Google searching. Turns out the number of Africans who transited the Atlantic in the slave trade is about the same as the number Europeans who went into slavery in North Africa and Iberia. Maybe 25% more whites depending on how exactly you count.

So, I'm pretty sure Abdul owes me 40 hectares and a camel or the Reparations crowd can kiss my Historically Marginalized ass.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 22, 2025 06:57 PM (pIfcn)

160 "These people cannot create culture on their own," Ali said. "Without Black people, Brown people, the DEIs, there's no culture in America. We make the food better. We make the economy better. We make the music better. Right? MAGA can't create culture. They got Cracker Barrel and Kid Rock."
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Kid Rock? Now there's a name I haven't read around here in awhile.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 06:57 PM (TN0g+)

161 In one tweet, she described what she called "the holocaust gesture," writing that "it's tricknological,

Tricknological? One usually needs to consult the combined works of Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton for that kind of sharp wordplay.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 06:58 PM (Riz8t)

162 > My keyboard at home is an M made in 1991. November iirc.

I've got a Keychron Q11. It's a split mechanical keyboard. I'm a big fan.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 06:58 PM (lIio7)

163 149 "These people cannot create culture on their own," Ali said. "Without Black people, Brown people, the DEIs, there's no culture in America. We make the food better. ...
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That's what King BarbeQue said; He invites you to Haiti.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 06:58 PM (nO7cW)

164 Good news and bad news. The good news is double rations for the rowers! The bad news is that the captain wants to go waterskiing this afternoon.
Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:55 PM (jc0TO)

Hate keeps a man alive, 41.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

165 Tricknological? One usually needs to consult the combined works of Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton for that kind of sharp wordplay.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 06:58 PM (Riz8t)
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"Resist we will because resist we much!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)

166 I think Caucasians make up about 16% of the world’s population, I will admit we are punching above our weight,

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:59 PM (EYmYM)

167 Wow that bitch cray cray with a side of dumbfuckery.

Posted by: jsg at August 22, 2025 07:00 PM (7Kd+r)

168 That is the name of the final, and ultimately cancelled Police album.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 06:55 PM (rbvCR)

Are we here for industrial-reggaeton?
youtu.be/GiNMRsOkhlo

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 07:00 PM (gKWVE)

169 The problem, aside from it being in a shady sour cream and onion potato chip bag, is that the reporter’s birthday is not until November.
Posted by: Crusader

Jokes on you. Chinese use a different calendar. Their New Years is in like February!

Posted by: Year Of The Rat at August 22, 2025 07:00 PM (G5+As)

170 BTW, I assume everyone has seen the sign at the Winsome Sears speech. It reminded me that, 4 years ago, McAuliffe was ahead of Youngkin, until he came up with his remark that parents shouldn't be able to tell schools what to teach.

I'm no longer in VA, but dare we hope? (I used to live within a mile of Spanberger's district. My wife knew someone who knew her, and said she's a bitch.)

Posted by: Eeyore at August 22, 2025 07:00 PM (s0JqF)

171 "These people cannot create culture on their own," Ali said. "Without Black people, Brown people, the DEIs, there's no culture in America. We make the food better. ...

Name a people for whom that is not true. Well, aside from the British, of course. Obviously.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 07:00 PM (Riz8t)

172 "You know who else doesn't have a problem with pooping?
Posted by: Penguins"

During the 30s, there was a penguin based laxative called "Metamissle". It was hastily discontinued after several fatal outhouse explosions, but unopened bottles are still highly sought by rabid penguin fanatics.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 22, 2025 07:01 PM (vFG9F)

173 That's what King BarbeQue said; He invites you to Haiti.
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King Vitamin > King BarbeQue

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:01 PM (TN0g+)

174 Hear me out, what if we put a brig in the cruise ships and some exercise equipment for them to pass the time. And we could motivate them to using the equipment by withholding food.

Here's the great part: we can hook the equipment into an auxiliary engine system to power the ship! Renewable energy!
Posted by: S

it is easier to use some ships as sinkex volunteers

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:01 PM (XNf+p)

175 Our current dog is a mutt, but our previous one was purebred, with papers. Both were rescues.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 22, 2025 07:02 PM (s0JqF)

176 Also, some inquiries should be made into the mental health of leftist AWFLs. Clearly something is going on that is much more complex than might be supposed. Yes they are bat-shit crazy, but they are being made that way, some sort of pharmaceutical perhaps combined with electronics or something not fully understood by our security agencies. A type of hypnosis augmented by more sophisticated mind control apparatus, weaponizing them.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 07:02 PM (V9VN1)

177 Asians make up around 60% of the world's population.

You'd think squid would be more popular.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:02 PM (4CKeO)

178 I had to watch a sexual harassment PowerPoint on Wednesday. I LOL'd out loud twice.

But still passed.

Posted by: jsg at August 22, 2025 07:03 PM (7Kd+r)

179 168 I think Caucasians make up about 16% of the world’s population, I will admit we are punching above our weight,
Posted by: polynikes

It's a lot less than that, but please tell me you're not counting Italians or Spaniards.

Posted by: Statistical Menace at August 22, 2025 07:03 PM (G5+As)

180 King Vitamin > King BarbeQue
Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:01 PM (TN0g+)
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King Rat > King Vitamin > King BarbeQue

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 07:03 PM (ZOv7s)

181 Name a people for whom that is not true. Well, aside from the British, of course. Obviously.
Posted by: Ar

with the brits its a chickn and egg thing, do they have shitty food because they have shitty teeth so they do not enjoy food, or do they have shitty teeth because they have shitty food not worth eating

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:03 PM (XNf+p)

182 Who invented Baseball, Basketball and Football?

You’re welcome black people ( and Hispanic Island people) .

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:03 PM (EYmYM)

183 King Vitamin > King BarbeQue
Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:01 PM (TN0g+)
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King Rat > King Vitamin > King BarbeQue
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 07:03 PM (ZOv7s)

No King Harv?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2025 07:04 PM (S/Y4j)

184 50 quatloos says crazy dog twit hasn't been on a date in years.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2025 07:04 PM (2WIwB)

185 180 I had to watch a sexual harassment PowerPoint on Wednesday. I LOL'd out loud twice.

But still passed.

Posted by: jsg at August 22, 2025 07:03 PM (7Kd+r)

Did you say 'that's not how you do it'?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:04 PM (4CKeO)

186 >> One scientist was asked in the 1930s what the state of mathematics was in Germany. “It doesn’t exist any longer.”

That was the great mathematician David Hilbert. Some Nazi official him what was the state of mathematics after the Jewish influence had been purged. He replied, "There is no mathematics at Göttingen, anymore."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 07:04 PM (w6EFb)

187 Doreen St. Felix, 33, had written several racist posts on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, including that "whiteness fills me with a lot of hate" and that "the holocaust is the worst thing to happen to black people."

Wasn't all that great for the Jews either, sugartits.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 07:04 PM (Wokrt)

188 It's a lot less than that, but please tell me you're not counting Italians or Spaniards.
Posted by: Statistical Menace at August 22, 2025 07:03 PM (G5+As)

We got them in a trade when they were kicked out of the brown man’s club.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:04 PM (EYmYM)

189 I have never been in a Cracker Barrel. And obviously, that's not likely to change.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM (s0JqF)

190 184 50 quatloos says crazy dog twit hasn't been on a date in years.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2025 07:04 PM (2WIwB)

50 additional quatloos says her dog is untrained menace.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM (Wmg4n)

191 I had to watch a sexual harassment PowerPoint on Wednesday. I LOL'd out loud twice.

But still passed.
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When I was a Fed, we had to watch a film on sexual harrassment. The introduction was given by...President Bill Clinton.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM (TN0g+)

192 DEI, ESG, Tulips, etc. it’s always some fad. There’s probably a way to make money off of it- just figure out which lemming will Bud Light itself first and short I guess. Problem is, you just never know who will go off the cliff first as a warning to the others.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM (hlNLQ)

193 We had an old battleaxe chick lawyer for sexual harassment training. When she gave me my handouts I said thanks sweetie.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM (D+kq4)

194 The Demorat party is the worst thing to ever happen to black people.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM (vFG9F)

195 Asians make up around 60% of the world's population.

You'd think squid would be more popular.

Netflix has a good documentary about the Tokyo Tsukiji fish market (TSUKIJI WONDERLAND). Apparently the younger Japanese don't like seafood in the way their parents did, and consumption is falling dramatically in favor of noodles and hamburgers.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM (Riz8t)

196 ‘ White people don't invent anything. They steal.’

I’d feel retarded even quoting someone else saying that. It is so opposite of the truth. The whole frigging world would be in medieval times or worse sans white people. That is just a plain fact.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 22, 2025 07:06 PM (3wi/L)

197 The Demorat party is the worst thing to ever happen to black people.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM (vFG9F)

Worse thing to happen to the planet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 07:06 PM (snZF9)

198 When I was a Fed, we had to watch a film on sexual harrassment. The introduction was given by...President Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM (TN0g+)
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"The first grope is free."

"Oral sex is not sex."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (ZOv7s)

199 Hate keeps a man alive, 41.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

This must explain why the Democrat Party top rank is filled with ancient ones. FJB, Pelosi, Chuckles, Clyburn, Hillary, and you know the rest of them. Schiff, the Rep from Maryland (name escapes me), Madeleine Dean, and other devoted h@ters are waiting their turn, which will come when they too are far over the hill.

Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (aBgBM)

200 197 The Demorat party is the worst thing to ever happen to black people.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM (vFG9F)

Worse thing to happen to the planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 07:06 PM (snZF9)

Solar system.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (4CKeO)

201 The Demorat party is the worst thing to ever happen to black people.

have you been to africa ever?

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (XNf+p)

202 Why would a culture without a written language need a keyboard?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (D+kq4)

203 Did you say 'that's not how you do it'?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:04 PM (4CKeO)

At one point, 2 good looking women were interacting looking at a laptop and one of them put her arm around the other one in a What's up Girl way.

I said "That's Hot", then asked if I said that out loud.

Posted by: jsg at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (7Kd+r)

204 Why would a culture without a written language need a keyboard?
Posted by: Boss

volume

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:08 PM (XNf+p)

205 2 Chicken tenders.

implies the existence of chicken steam locomotives
Posted by: anachronda at August 22, 2025 06:38 PM (v3pYe)

Or a chicken navy, navies have lots of tenders.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:08 PM (8avO+)

206 Netflix has a good documentary about the Tokyo Tsukiji fish market (TSUKIJI WONDERLAND). Apparently the younger Japanese don't like seafood in the way their parents did, and consumption is falling dramatically in favor of noodles and hamburgers.
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I think its remarkable that the "environmentalists" are basically ready to kill 1st worlders "for the planet", but stood idly buy for the last 80 years while China and Japan and India rendered the oceans to be so toxic that we're routinely reminded not to eat seafood more than once or twice a week lest we get lead poisoning.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:08 PM (TN0g+)

207 I think Caucasians make up about 16% of the world’s population, I will admit we are punching above our weight,

could be a majority are dragging their asses

Posted by: DanMan at August 22, 2025 07:08 PM (8uzBS)

208 I have never been in a Cracker Barrel. And obviously, that's not likely to change.
Posted by: Eeyore at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM

They used to have a good chicken fried steak with white gravy.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 07:08 PM (jc0TO)

209 WONDERLAND). Apparently the younger Japanese don't like seafood in the way their parents did, and consumption is falling dramatically in favor of noodles and hamburgers.
Posted by: Archimedes

Then what the heck am I going to do with this hovercraft full of eels?

Posted by: Captain Fork at August 22, 2025 07:08 PM (G5+As)

210 Asians make up around 60% of the world's population.

——-

What the hell is an Asian?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 22, 2025 07:09 PM (Vh9CX)

211 When I was a Fed, we had to watch a film on sexual harrassment. The introduction was given by...President Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM (TN0g+)

LOL!

Posted by: jsg at August 22, 2025 07:09 PM (7Kd+r)

212 The Demorat party is the worst thing to ever happen to black people.

have you been to africa ever?
Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (XNf+p)

Ok the French, then the Democrats.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:09 PM (8avO+)

213 At one point, 2 good looking women were interacting looking at a laptop and one of them put her arm around the other one in a What's up Girl way.

I said "That's Hot", then asked if I said that out loud.
Posted by: jsg at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (7Kd+r)

You missed a golden opportunity to say 'Dear Penthouse' .

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:09 PM (4CKeO)

214 Maxine Waters is a spry 87 years old.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 22, 2025 07:09 PM (PiwSw)

215 Asians make up around 60% of the world's population.

——-

What the hell is an Asian?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 22, 2025 07:09 PM (Vh9CX)

Turks.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:09 PM (8avO+)

216
I can't believe anyone is still "calling on" universities and scientists to "interrogate their racism" and "break down privilege" and all that crap. It's ANCIENT. The system you have NOW is a result of all that. People acting like they just discovered it and it's time to get started, do you know anything about the recent past? I wonder what they'd think if they saw how universities were, say, back in the 1980s, just a smattering of gay+lesbian support groups, feminist clubs, and nascent affirmative action already full of failures.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 07:10 PM (6eO0F)

217 184 Who invented Baseball, Basketball and Football?

You’re welcome black people ( and Hispanic Island people) .
Posted by: polynikes
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I read that a Jewish coach invented basketball in order for short people to have a game in which they could compete.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 07:10 PM (nO7cW)

218 Until some loudmouth faces those slaughtering BLACKS in Sudan, Rwanda, Congo, for starters, sit down, shut up and enjoy Uncle Sam's cheese and peanut butter.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 22, 2025 07:10 PM (YlWIZ)

219 Asians are the ones in Europe raping everybody?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 07:10 PM (D+kq4)

220
Hilbert's also famously quipped that "Any schoolboy knows more about 4-dimensionalg geometry that Einstein...."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 07:11 PM (w6EFb)

221 The Demorat party is the worst thing to ever happen to black people.

have you been to africa ever?
Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (XNf+p)

Ok the French, then the Democrats.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:09 PM (8avO+)

Hands down, the Belgians.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 07:11 PM (rj6Yv)

222 St. Felix, "I hate white men".

And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. Psalms 106: 10

Posted by: Kingsman at August 22, 2025 07:12 PM (ehY6c)

223 "White people don't invent anything. They steal."

They are thinking of Muslims ... and current Chinese ... though I guess maybe Chinese might be starting to invent a little, maybe, idk. But only after decades of US Universities training them.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2025 07:12 PM (vbXSk)

224
lol Joy Ann Reid. I wonder if she's going to sniff around MSNOW and try to get her old job back.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 07:12 PM (6eO0F)

225 134 TRICKNOLOGY!!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats p.i

Just tricknology down the field.

Nah, that's not it. Almost though. Keep thinking.

Posted by: Hank Stram's discarded soundbite at August 22, 2025 07:12 PM (ErLti)

226 You missed a golden opportunity to say 'Dear Penthouse' .

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:09 PM (4CKeO)

Yeah. That would have been better...

Posted by: jsg at August 22, 2025 07:12 PM (7Kd+r)

227 The Demorat party is the worst thing to ever happen to black people.

have you been to africa ever?
Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (XNf+p)

Ok the French, then the Democrats.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:09 PM (8avO+)

Hands down, the Belgians.
Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 07:11 PM

Yes ... well ... err ... hmm ... quite

Those bastards!

Posted by: The Arabs at August 22, 2025 07:12 PM (jc0TO)

228 What dumbass colonized a landlocked country?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 07:12 PM (D+kq4)

229 ——-

What the hell is an Asian?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
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You question with forked tongue, round eye, go sit in corner with Tucker.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 07:13 PM (nO7cW)

230 "have you been to africa ever?
Posted by: n"

What's that got do with it? Most of what happens there they do to themselves.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 07:13 PM (vFG9F)

231 The crazy woman yelling at the dog walker is a state employee. In Oregon she'll be employee of the month

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 07:14 PM (ghqp9)

232 What dumbass colonized a landlocked country?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 07:12 PM (D+kq4)
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If it has riverine access to the sea, it isn't really landlocked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 07:14 PM (ZOv7s)

233 Africa needs more old tires.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 07:14 PM (D+kq4)

234 I have never been in a Cracker Barrel. And obviously, that's not likely to change.
Posted by: Eeyore at August 22, 2025 07:05 PM

They used to have a good chicken fried steak with white gravy.
Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 07:08 PM (jc0TO)

Think last time I was at one was on a vacation at the Chickamauga battlefield where it was extremely hot. I left about sunset and ate at one off the highway to cool off. Decided to skip getting another hotel and power drove north to Cincinnati from Georgia, got there about midnight.

It was a decent enough sit down food place, an upgrate to McDs and such and on highways in Rural midwest.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:14 PM (8avO+)

235 TRICKNOLOGY!!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats p.i

Reminds me of the only funny thing from the Honey Boo Boo show.

‘ You better redneckonize !’

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:14 PM (EYmYM)

236 Interesting that lefty social media is celebrating allegedly forcing out the CEO of Target for reducing DEI (scheduled for February), with church-based BLM protests against the corporation continuing nevertheless. Must not allow corporations which have embraced DEI to back-pedal.

Better never to get mixed up with these people.

Posted by: KT at August 22, 2025 07:14 PM (7vIsy)

237 my next door neighbor has dogs from the local shelter, they get zero attention all day and I guess go inside when she gets home from work

THEY BARK ALL F'ING DAY!!!

She thinks she is doing the world a favor by getting shelter dogs.

Posted by: DanMan at August 22, 2025 07:15 PM (8uzBS)

238 I can't stop laughing at John Bolton.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:15 PM (4CKeO)

239 "have you been to africa ever?
Posted by: n"

What's that got do with it? Most of what happens there they do to themselves.
Posted by: fd

and

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:15 PM (qL5kQ)

240 What dumbass colonized a landlocked country?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 07:12 PM (D+kq4)
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If it has riverine access to the sea, it isn't really landlocked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 07:14 PM (ZOv7s)

Nearly all African rivers have cataracts right near the coast.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:15 PM (8avO+)

241
Wonder what Joy Reid thinks of them ancient Greek homos?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 07:15 PM (w6EFb)

242 Polo was stolen from Arabs who, from horseback, knock around the heads of their victims with sticks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 07:15 PM (nO7cW)

243 have you been to africa ever?
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I'm afraid one of the men got his leg bitten clean off by a tiger.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:16 PM (TN0g+)

244 Last year, the grocery store King Sooper (Kroger) was all in on Pride Month, with gay sayings on the website, and emailing customers about how cool the gayness is.

This year, nothing. June came and went without any mention of gay.

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 07:16 PM (AOsQT)

245 "Wonder what Joy Reid thinks of them ancient Greek homos?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley"

The ones the Arabs stole everything from?

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

246 I can't stop laughing at John Bolton.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:15 PM (4CKeO)
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DC is having he legal counsel version of the California Gold Rush. Everyone needs an attorney, even the attorneys!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)

247 What dumbass colonized a landlocked country?
Posted by: Boss Moss

I'm gonna give this one to the Turks.
Central Asia used to be Iranian and, of course, Anatolia was Greek.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 07:17 PM (gKWVE)

248
It's crazy that Doreen St. Felix is only 33 and writes for the New Yorker; she's at the top of her profession at her young age, with ignorance and hatred as her specialties. She so far out, she can't go any further with them, and this shyte is losing its luster. But she has many years ahead of her. What's she going to do with them?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 07:17 PM (6eO0F)

249 have you been to africa ever?
Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (XNf+p)

Ok the French, then the Democrats.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:09 PM (8avO+)

Hands down, the Belgians.
Posted by: mrp

Nobody comes close to the muzzies. What they have done, and continue to do to the blacks is in a class by itself.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 07:17 PM (3jMdJ)

250 Not too many chain places where you can get comfort food these days. I was sad when Black Eyed Peas went belly up.

Luby’s is probably the most popular of that food genre. But it’s as expensive as hell to get everything you want.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:17 PM (EYmYM)

251 It must be Because Slavery and Because White Supremacy.

Disturbing video captures moment wild Carnival Cruise ship brawl breaks out �over chicken tenders

Sharks still follow the route of the old Carnival Cruise ships.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 07:17 PM (jc0TO)

252 I was going to go to Africa but I have this unnatural fear of Botflies and diarrhea.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 07:18 PM (vFG9F)

253 Hands down, the Belgians.
Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 07:11 PM

Yes ... well ... err ... hmm ... quite

Those bastards!
Posted by: The Arabs at August 22, 2025 07:12 PM (jc0TO)

They certainly get the peak awfulness crown. France makes up in volume and duration. Until they were tossed out of West Africa they were paying pennies on the dollar for Uranium.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:18 PM (8avO+)

254 "You lived in fucking mud-huts. You're welcome."

Present tense. That was an awkward thing about Somalia. Imagine you're an Irish-American Platoon Sgt for a Marine Infantry unit sent to Ireland to prevent mass starvation. And your people are still building with mud and straw. Still primitives.

This was up north in Badera, not Mogadishu. The Marine Corps was paradise as far as race relations go. The color of your skin was no more relevant than the color of your hair. And my Platoon Sgt was a good leader. But this? There was something in his eyes told me he was processing and that it would be wise to pretend I didn't notice his "people" were stuck in the stone age

Posted by: Fenrisulven at August 22, 2025 07:18 PM (ciYHQ)

255 It's crazy that Doreen St. Felix is only 33 and writes for the New Yorker; she's at the top of her profession at her young age, with ignorance and hatred as her specialties. She so far out, she can't go any further with them, and this shyte is losing its luster. But she has many years ahead of her. What's she going to do with them?
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I'd suggest she learn to code.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:18 PM (TN0g+)

256 Nearly all African rivers have cataracts right near the coast.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:15 PM (8avO+)
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Those become river ports for transshipment.

Lots of river trade. "Heart of Darkness" and all that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)

257 Blonde Morticia, be a female Sharpton.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 07:19 PM (dxWFK)

258 have you been to africa ever?
Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:07 PM (XNf+p)

Does riding the Kilimanjaro safari ride at DW count ?

Posted by: jsg at August 22, 2025 07:19 PM (7Kd+r)

259 Polo was stolen from Arabs who, from horseback, knock around the heads of their victims with sticks.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 07:15 PM (nO7cW)

I thought that was Genghis Khan.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:19 PM (EYmYM)

260
Hell, I'm trying to remember. It was Al Sharpton, back in his lard-ass days that said something about the "them Ancient Greek homos" wasn't it?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 07:19 PM (w6EFb)

261 259 Polo was stolen from Arabs who, from horseback, knock around the heads of their victims with sticks.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 07:15 PM (nO7cW)

I thought that was Genghis Khan.
Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:19 PM (EYmYM)

You're thinking of soccer.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:20 PM (4CKeO)

262 It's crazy that Doreen St. Felix is only 33 and writes for the New Yorker; she's at the top of her profession at her young age, with ignorance and hatred as her specialties. She so far out, she can't go any further with them, and this shyte is losing its luster. But she has many years ahead of her. What's she going to do with them?
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I'd suggest she learn to code.
Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:18 PM (TN0g+)

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2025 07:20 PM (S/Y4j)

263 @240 nearly all African rivers are blind?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 07:20 PM (ghqp9)

264 138 Ay yi yi with the dog lady…that was insane.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 06:53 PM (Wmg4n)

You said it!

And I'm sorry for piling on you the other day. The subject is very very sore at our house at the moment, and we are struggling against it. But you didn't need that.

Posted by: moki at August 22, 2025 07:20 PM (wLjpr)

265 I was sad when Black Eyed Peas went belly up.
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The cornbread was amazing. Their pot roast they called "Mom's pot roast" and it was great as well.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:20 PM (TN0g+)

266 Po Folks made a good red beans and rice, with sausage.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 07:21 PM (pxlL7)

267 Hell, I'm trying to remember. It was Al Sharpton, back in his lard-ass days that said something about the "them Ancient Greek homos" wasn't it?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 07:19 PM (w6EFb)
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Calypso Louie often used the tag line "stolen from our ancestors, many years ago." Rush had some fun with that.

My favorite was that Beethoven was black.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)

268 Present tense. That was an awkward thing about Somalia. Imagine you're an Irish-American Platoon Sgt for a Marine Infantry unit sent to Ireland to prevent mass starvation. And your people are still building with mud and straw. Still primitives.

This was up north in Badera, not Mogadishu. The Marine Corps was paradise as far as race relations go. The color of your skin was no more relevant than the color of your hair. And my Platoon Sgt was a good leader. But this? There was something in his eyes told me he was processing and that it would be wise to pretend I didn't notice his "people" were stuck in the stone age
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I read that in the voice of "Higgens" from Magnum PI.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:22 PM (TN0g+)

269 Cracked Barrel has never known how to make fried cornbread. It must be flat as a crepe, with crispy edges.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

270 Arabs and other muzzies think the black race is subhuman. The reason there were never any "free the slaves" in Muslim countries is that the slaves were slaughtered

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 07:22 PM (ghqp9)

271 Asians are the ones in Europe raping everybody?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 07:10 PM (D+kq4)

I think the Muzzies from North Africa are still ahead. In England, Asians from Pakistan are the big hitters. Africans with knives slaughtering kids are a recent shift.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:22 PM (8avO+)

272 267 Hell, I'm trying to remember. It was Al Sharpton, back in his lard-ass days that said something about the "them Ancient Greek homos" wasn't it?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 07:19 PM (w6EFb)
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Calypso Louie often used the tag line "stolen from our ancestors, many years ago." Rush had some fun with that.

My favorite was that Beethoven was black.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)

Pretty sure that is on Netflix...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 07:22 PM (mP0Kj)

273 moki, continued prayers for you, dear lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 07:22 PM (dxWFK)

274 Luby’s is probably the most popular of that food genre. But it’s as expensive as hell to get everything you want.

Luby's rocks. The one on I-45 in Huntsville is big on fish and is one of my favorites.

Posted by: DanMan at August 22, 2025 07:23 PM (8uzBS)

275 265 I was sad when Black Eyed Peas went belly up.
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The cornbread was amazing. Their pot roast they called "Mom's pot roast" and it was great as well.
Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:20 PM (TN0g+

Pot Roast with Red Beans and Rice was my go to and bring me another basket of rolls and cornbread please.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:23 PM (EYmYM)

276 Cataracts are waterfalls.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 07:23 PM (D+kq4)

277 "Po Folks made a good red beans and rice, with sausage.
Posted by: toby928"

That was my favorite thing there. With pepper sauce.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 07:23 PM (vFG9F)

278
Yep, here's Fat-Al Sharpton's exact quote:

"Africans had taught philosophy and astrology [sic] and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 07:23 PM (w6EFb)

279 Arabs and other muzzies think the black race is subhuman. The reason there were never any "free the slaves" in Muslim countries is that the slaves were slaughtered
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 07:22 PM (ghqp9)

Its pretty rare in any historical slave state for the slaves to increase the population naturally. You work the current slaves, don't let them breed and import more.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:24 PM (8avO+)

280 Calypso Louie often used the tag line "stolen from our ancestors, many years ago." Rush had some fun with that.

My favorite was that Beethoven was black.
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You have not experienced shakespeare until you have read him in the original klingon.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:24 PM (TN0g+)

281 Luby's rocks. The one on I-45 in Huntsville is big on fish and is one of my favorites.
Posted by: DanMan at August 22, 2025 07:23 PM (8uzBS)

Agree. I think we are pretty close to each other ( Willis) . The problem is I want two pieces of their fish and four sides. Cha Ching

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:24 PM (EYmYM)

282 You said it!

And I'm sorry for piling on you the other day. The subject is very very sore at our house at the moment, and we are struggling against it. But you didn't need that.
Posted by: moki at August 22

You piled on me? I don’t even remember! Obviously it was fine and not offensive, whatever it was. 😃

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2025 07:25 PM (Wmg4n)

283 There are plenty of black Muslims. Some were prosperous slave traders.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 07:25 PM (vFG9F)

284 My daughter has 2 shelter purebreds- a sweet pittie and a fox hound (that literally don’t hunt, hence abandoned). Both are neutered females and sweet as pie.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 22, 2025 07:25 PM (hlNLQ)

285
When our kids were still at home we took a lot of road trips. Family lived far away. Anyways, restaurants like Cracker Barrel were a great place to stop with them. Good meals . We tried to not eat at McDonalds and the like three times a day.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

286 "there's a slow, second holocaust against brown people in this country."

Yeah - SUPER slow. Not only that but they somehow get other black people to do most of the killing.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 07:26 PM (gDhA9)

287 @260 that was Sharpton. He said it around the time he was yelling about "diamond merchants" and "interlopers". Led to a crazy guy burning Freddy's Fashion Mart and killing a couple people. Sharpton is scum

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 07:26 PM (ghqp9)

288 Oldcat, does that exclude Egypt?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 07:26 PM (dxWFK)

289 Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, has died at 84.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 07:26 PM (Wokrt)

290 "Africans had taught philosophy and astrology [sic] and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it."
Posted by: publius,

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And no one talks about how AIDS is very common in Africa, but calculus isn't.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 07:26 PM (3jMdJ)

291
289 Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, has died at 84.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 07:26 PM (Wokrt

Just short of 85.

Sorry. I'll see myself out.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 22, 2025 07:27 PM (4CKeO)

292 No
cataract is luxury car from America
welcome Japan!

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 07:27 PM (AOsQT)

293 The thing about Cracker Barrel isn't about the food, the atmosphere or whatever. Piss and moan all you want about it... that's not important.

It's another icon taken from us. Maybe not "you" specifically, but nominally right of center folks are seeing yet another vestige of White, conservative, borderline old people from the South deemed racist. Rightly or not. And it crosses into a lot of other demographics.

Some of them are getting a bit torqued off about it too. That didn't go over well a while ago, did it? Another civil war will not be anything like the last. Bet on it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 22, 2025 07:27 PM (Q4IgG)

294 Most of the slaves bound for the middle east didn't survive the journey.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 07:27 PM (D+kq4)

295 "Africans had taught philosophy and astrology [sic] and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it."

They just forgot to write it down.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 07:27 PM (vFG9F)

296 And no one talks about how AIDS is very common in Africa, but calculus isn't.
Posted by: bob

now do blue cities

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:27 PM (zZ5EH)

297 And when they say Africans they mean North Africans .

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:28 PM (EYmYM)

298 Joy Read - even style of music - so what black fellow invented Opera? how about symphonies? Punk? Grunge? Synth pop?

Why do I suspect she doesn't even know about other forms of music?

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 07:28 PM (gDhA9)

299 243 have you been to africa ever?
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I'm afraid one of the men got his leg bitten clean off by a tiger.

In Africa? Did he climb in a tiger cage at a zoo?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 22, 2025 07:28 PM (3wi/L)

300 Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, has died at 84.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 07:26 PM (Wokrt

Just short of 85.

Sorry. I'll see myself out.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

84. Home stretch.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 07:28 PM (Wokrt)

301 My daughter has 2 shelter purebreds- a sweet pittie and a fox hound (that literally don’t hunt, hence abandoned). Both are neutered females and sweet as pie.
Posted by: Far

shelters are the way to go, weve rescued pits and rat terriers, sweetest dogs ever

*the rat terrier was not sweet but insanely loyal, never big enough to be dangerous

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:29 PM (cx+NO)

302 Anyone running a restaurant chain that doesn’t focus on the food like a laser and spends a lot of money remodeling is an idiot to the nth degree.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:30 PM (EYmYM)

303 rickb223, would you email me, please.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 07:30 PM (dxWFK)

304 Cracker Barrel makes my "safe travel food" list.

They only have one entree I can eat (the meatloaf), but they have a bunch of sides I can have to have a varied and healthy-ish meal.

It would be sad if they put themselves out of business. Then again, b/c they are none near me, I only eat at them once a year (usually on the way or way back from our overnight in-laws trip)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 22, 2025 07:30 PM (tOcjL)

305 Oldcat, does that exclude Egypt?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 07:26 PM (dxWFK)

Yes the Nile is open for a long distance, which is why it has been traded on for thousands of years.

But even so, the Nile has Cataracts down a considerable distance of river in Ethiopia and Sudan. Its why despite all the states in that area since Egypt it was only in the 19th century we discovered what the source of the Nile was.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:30 PM (8avO+)

306 Rat terriers are really good at killing rats.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 07:30 PM (D+kq4)

307 I'm afraid one of the men got his leg bitten clean off by a tiger.

In Africa? Did he climb in a tiger cage at a zoo?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 22, 2025 07:28 PM (3wi/L)

You should have seen what the penguins did to him at the North Pole.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:31 PM (EYmYM)

308 they = there. Dang typo.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 22, 2025 07:31 PM (tOcjL)

309 Rat terriers are really good at killing rats.
Posted by: Boss

indeed

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:31 PM (nZ8Vq)

310 Nood.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 22, 2025 07:31 PM (PiwSw)

311
We stopped eating at Cracker Barrel when they hired a woman CEO who started having them sell alcohol. She *ucked it up and i hope she gets fired.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 07:32 PM (3ek7K)

312 But even so, the Nile has Cataracts down a considerable distance of river in Ethiopia and Sudan. Its why despite all the states in that area since Egypt it was only in the 19th century we discovered what the source of the Nile was.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:30 PM (8avO+)

I don’t think Bogie called them cataracts.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:32 PM (EYmYM)

313 I'm afraid one of the men got his leg bitten clean off by a tiger.
Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:16 PM (TN0g+)

Good God, man! How could that happen? There are no tigers in Africa!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 07:32 PM (rbvCR)

314 302 Anyone running a restaurant chain that doesn’t focus on the food like a laser and spends a lot of money remodeling is an idiot to the nth degree.
Posted by: polynikes
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Cracker Barrel was becoming a loser so they decided to light it up, take the money and run?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 07:32 PM (nO7cW)

315 Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 07:32 PM (+qU29)

316 289
' Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, has died at 84.'

He made to the finish line.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 22, 2025 07:32 PM (3wi/L)

317 rickb223, would you email me, please.

I would, but I don't know the email address.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 07:32 PM (Wokrt)

318
shelters are the way to go, weve rescued pits and rat terriers, sweetest dogs ever

*the rat terrier was not sweet but insanely loyal, never big enough to be dangerous

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:29 PM (cx+NO)

My last 3 cats were sheltered (and 2 were double-adopted...aka, returned b/c it didn't work). One before was from a workmate litter who got too many.

I'm the queen of handling non-aggressive scaredy cats/kittens. It helps to have no dogs...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 22, 2025 07:32 PM (tOcjL)

319 "erupted aboard the Sunshine at about 2 a.m. Monday -- the last day of its voyage."

Sounds about right.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 07:33 PM (gDhA9)

320 My Ibizan hound is a rat killing machine.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 07:33 PM (dxWFK)

321 Speaking of Africa, Abrego amigo Garcia will be deported to Uganda withing 72hrs. Ain't that the shizle.

Posted by: Kingsman at August 22, 2025 07:33 PM (ehY6c)

322 Ben Had, duh. Found it. Sorry.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 07:34 PM (Wokrt)

323 rickb223, my address is in the left side bar under the MoMe listings.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 07:34 PM (dxWFK)

324 And no one talks about how AIDS is very common in Africa, but calculus isn't.
Posted by: bob

now do blue cities
Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:27 PM (zZ5EH)

I've been pretty skeptical of the AIDS numbers in Africa because there was no huge die off I remember and it was the crooked foreign aid industry that was reporting the numbers. Today even the crooked UN and Aid industry throws up 10 times as much begging for Gaza.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:34 PM (8avO+)

325 My last 3 cats were sheltered (and 2 were double-adopted...aka, returned b/c it didn't work). One before was from a workmate litter who got too many.

I'm the queen of handling non-aggressive scaredy cats/kittens. It helps to have no dogs...
Posted by: N

nice
we have a pit that was returned three times and shipped to us from out of state, no idea why she was ever returned, she has never done anything wrong, no aggression, no misbehavior, house trained herself, easily easiest dog ever

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 07:34 PM (nZ8Vq)

326 Ben Had. Email sent

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 07:35 PM (Wokrt)

327 DC is having he legal counsel version of the California Gold Rush. Everyone needs an attorney, even the attorneys!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)

It is almost as if the phones of a thousand high-priced lawyers rang, and then went to voice-mail.

Posted by: Obi Wan Kenobi, Esq. LLD at August 22, 2025 07:35 PM (rbvCR)

328 rickb223, my address is in the left side bar under the MoMe listings.
Posted by: Ben

I thought it might be, so I went and looked and there it was. Duh.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 07:36 PM (Wokrt)

329 But even so, the Nile has Cataracts down a considerable distance of river in Ethiopia and Sudan. Its why despite all the states in that area since Egypt it was only in the 19th century we discovered what the source of the Nile was.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:30 PM (8avO+)

I don’t think Bogie called them cataracts.
Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 07:32 PM (EYmYM)

He wasn't on the Nile either. But the Congo has a cataract near the coast, and the water level upriver changes massively so even upriver traffic is chancy. You might get stuck upriver until the next rains.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 22, 2025 07:37 PM (8avO+)

330 I work for a pretty big corporation. The corporate email spam has completely stopped spouting any of the DEI crap.

A friend of mine had a supervisors meeting in January 2025: the C-Suite suits admitted that employees were sick of DEI, and it was adversely-affecting morale.

I'd like to think that I had a little part to play in my employer stopping DEI. I kept informing them in the Employee Satisfaction Surveys that what the company was doing could potentially be seen as Civil Rights violations.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 22, 2025 07:37 PM (pJWtt)

331 nearly all African rivers are blind?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 07:20 PM (ghqp9)

Yes. River blindness is endemic in Africa.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 07:38 PM (rbvCR)

332 I'm afraid one of the men got his leg bitten clean off by a tiger.
Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 07:16 PM

A tiger?! In Africa?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 22, 2025 07:38 PM (Wnv9h)

333 Nood

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 07:38 PM (Wokrt)

334 The Dr. Rowland affair is so much worse than you think.

Rowland specifically asked the climate skeptics to write a paper that would explain their "dumb" ideas. They did. Surprisingly it was extremely well thought out and complete and utilized a great many papers and well sourced evidence.

He then allowed other scientists to publish responses - which were mostly unscientific rants.

he then allowed the climate deniers to respond, which they did with additional information, clarification, and detailed references.

And that was when he got fired.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 07:38 PM (gDhA9)

335 Derbyshire should've included 'Chicken Tenders at 2 am' in his 'talk.'

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at August 22, 2025 07:40 PM (eYAt4)

336 "I read that a Jewish coach invented basketball in order for short people to have a game in which they could compete."

I hate basketball, probably because I can't dunk. But if the most noteworthy moments of a game are when you DONT score, maybe you're playing a self-esteem sport. Most games are decided in the final minute, 105-103. 99-88. Replay the same game that night and the score would be same, but with the winner/loser reversed.

101-100. That's an average of 50 goals per team. Name any other "sport" where teams score 50 goals per game. Most players would be like "I've really enjoyed perfecting my trademark Super Strike double back flip with super-hero landing, but could we look at making the goal smaller?"

Posted by: Fenrisulven at August 22, 2025 07:46 PM (ciYHQ)

337 295 "Africans had taught philosophy and astrology [sic] and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it."

They just forgot to write it down.
Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 07:27 PM (vFG9F)
_______
They didn't have writing anymore. They invented it, but the Greeks stole it, so they don't have it.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 22, 2025 07:48 PM (s0JqF)

338 YN's fighting over chick nuggets. Fatigue...

Posted by: Prickly Pete Salmonella at August 22, 2025 07:50 PM (dFG8E)

339 333 Nood

Wow. I just can't beat the Nood.

(narrows eyes)

You guys are trolling me, aren't you? All of you are in on it? Where are my Dragons?! Precious!

Posted by: Fenrisulven at August 22, 2025 07:51 PM (ciYHQ)

340 Hear me out. Modern problems require modern solutions: Carnival Cruise Red Sea Tours. My money is on the EBT tourists taking out the Houthis in classic south-side cruise by shooting. But either way it shakes out is a win-win

Posted by: Stacy0311 at August 22, 2025 07:59 PM (4Np/i)

341
Looks like the Maryland Man is going to Uganda.... he's gonna wish he was back in El Salvador....
Posted by: It's me donna

Hired on as a campaign advance man for Zohran Mamdani, has he?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at August 22, 2025 08:09 PM (Tv15w)

342 carnival cruise?
In the mornin', in the evenin' ain't we got fun?!

But not enough chicken tenders to fill the BBW's endless pit of a stomach.

John Derbyshire's The Talk will be like The Gods of the Copybook Headings in a few decades.

Posted by: PTSD giver at August 22, 2025 08:10 PM (+Shp3)

Healthzzz and Sciencezzz (and GAINZZZ)

Some stories about GAINZZZ or lackzzz thereofzzz.

The New York Times frets that Christian women are "Thin, White, and Right."

Do they not know that Real Health is a three-bill black woman doing simple stretches on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine?

Conservative Christian influencers are reshaping beauty standards and promoting diet culture -- and their messages are resonating with women. In this episode of "The Opinions," the Times Opinion editor Meher Ahmad speaks with the columnist Jessica Grose about how religion and weight loss culture intertwine and why this pairing is gaining traction.
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Meher Ahmad: I'm Meher Ahmad, an editor in the New York Times Opinion section. There's been a resurgence in explicit "be thin" messaging and culture. With the Ozempic boom, we see the body-shaming of actresses like Sydney Sweeney and red carpets that were already filled with thin actresses becoming even thinner.
On the right, there's been a focus on body size that's been bundled up not just with health and wellness but with religion, morals and politics. And so when everything is political and we're more divided than ever, should the size and shape of our bodies be any different? I'm here today with the Opinion writer Jessica Grose to understand why the right is obsessed with thinness and why that message is winning over women.
Jess, I want to start first by asking you what the messaging on diet and thinness coming from the Christian influencer spaces is -- what do you see there?
Jessica Grose: So it's really encapsulated by some things that the wellness influencer Alex Clark said at the Young Women's Leadership Summit.
Audio clip of Alex Clark: Look around this room, let's just be honest. It's never been hotter to be a conservative. You are in this room and you are witnessing a cultural revolution. We've got the girls who lift weights, eat clean, have their hormones balanced, have their lives together. Less Prozac, more protein. Less burnout, more babies. Less feminism, more femininity.
Grose: And by contrast, liberals are TikTok activists with five shades of autism, panic attacks and a ring light. So it's really defining what is "normal" as a very narrow ideal of womanhood. It's all tied up with not just body size, but also behavior.
Ahmad: Even in that clip, Alex Clark is sort of describing a foil to what she describes as a liberal body type. How much of this is a reaction to a left version of a body type, and what even is that?
Grose: So I think it's a reaction to the body positivity movement, which I would say peaked about 10 years ago. It was the idea that weight is not tied directly to health and that you can be healthy and not rail-thin.

No, the idea was not that you had to be "rail thin." It was just that morbid obesity was not healthy and should not be promoted as such. (Note that many of the "stars" of that fat acceptance movement died in their thirties.)

I remember at the time, parents of teenage girls were like, yeah, the body positivity movement has not reached this middle school. So I don't ever think that it was dominant and it wasn't just liberals, but I think it was liberal-coded.
Ahmad: Who are some of the big names, specifically in the Christian diet trend or conservative women diet trend? Who are the voices that you're seeing?

They still can't cope with people eating... protein.

Protein is Nazi-coded.

Grose: I know they sell products from their store that are emphasizing a meat-heavy lifestyle as healthy, which again, it is part of mainstream culture. I mean, you can't throw a rock without hearing somebody talking about protein, which I've also written about before, but it's just putting the conservative gloss on it.
Ahmad: What about the messaging is putting on the conservative gloss? Because I think, as you said, a lot of this feels familiar territory, especially the fixation on protein. I mean, Khloe Kardashian came out with a protein popcorn. I'm curious about how it overlaps with Christianity in particular and like what makes these influencers pair diet cultures with more of a religious or moral tent.
...

Ahmad: That's one thing I'm interested in with these particular influencers is the desire for the way that they look or how they behave should be in line with certain values that are politically aligned with the conservative movement. How do you see the political aspect of it pairing with the way that these women are presenting themselves physically, online and in the world?
Grose: It's all traditional gender roles. That litany of things that Alex Clark listed, it's marriage, babies, fitness, protein -- it's all one very narrow image. Anyone who is not conforming to that image is sort of outside the circle. It's also in a moment where we do see fewer female leaders across the board -- I would say Democrats and Republicans. So the idea that women should be physically smaller goes along with the idea that they're not going to be the ones out front taking up space.
...
Ahmad: ...
When I look at these Christian diet influencers, in a way, the appeal to me is totally apparent because especially when it comes to things like food, American food culture is so confusing. There's so many options. What you're meant to eat, or what powders you should be taking, changes day by day, week by week. There's so much decision making that has to go into everything.
And the guidance on what you should eat, especially with MAHA becoming more part of our culture, there's an inherent distrust of a lot of information. Having just a clear set of guidelines based on something like religion almost feels like a relief. Sometimes I'm envious; I wish I believed in something that just told me how to live my life.

This is a liberal claiming that she wishes she had a religious-like structure that will tell her what to think about everything.

The religion -- You're soaking in it.

This will not surprise any of you, but a new study links cellphone use by kids with mental illness.

Owning a smartphone before age 13 is associated with poorer mental health and well-being in early adulthood, according to a global study of more than 100,000 young people.
Published today in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, the study found that 18- to 24-year-olds who had received their first smartphone at age 12 or younger were more likely to report suicidal thoughts, aggression, detachment from reality, poorer emotional regulation, and low self-worth.
The data also shows evidence that these effects of smartphone ownership at an early age are in large part associated with early social media access and higher risks of cyberbullying, disrupted sleep, and poor family relationships by adulthood.
A team of experts from Sapien Labs, which hosts the world's largest database on mental well-being, the Global Mind Project--where the data for this research was pooled from--are calling for urgent action to protect the mental health of future generations.
"Our data indicates that early smartphone ownership--and the social media access it often brings--is linked with a profound shift in mental health and well-being in early adulthood," says lead author, neuroscientist Dr. Tara Thiagarajan, the founder and Chief Scientist of Sapien Labs.

And once kids become mentally ill, don't count on psychologists to help them. They're focusing laser-like on Woke Cures.

Therapy's Identity Politics Problem
The field has embraced left-wing racialism.
Psychotherapy used to be a refuge from politics, but it's become another front in the culture war. Therapists once helped people face reality. Today, more and more, they urge patients to interpret it through a hierarchy of oppression.
As a psychotherapist with more than two decades of experience, I have observed this shift firsthand. Hundreds of patients have come to me after being frustrated or even harmed by previous therapists, who encouraged them to interpret their struggles through the lens of identity politics.
A black man, for example, came to me after a failed round of therapy with another provider. He wasn't just anxious; he was disillusioned. "I went in for help managing anxiety," he said. "But the therapist kept steering the conversation back to racism, even though I never brought it up. I left feeling like I was being treated as a black person first, and a human being second."
A gay man told a similar story. "I wanted help managing stress at work," he said. "But every session focused on supposed shame over being gay, even though that wasn't why I was there. I felt pushed into a narrative that didn't fit me."
Graduate programs are no longer producing healers, but political activists with therapy licenses. Instead of teaching students to treat anxiety, depression, or relationship issues using evidence-based methods, many programs now encourage trainees to develop "critical consciousness." That means guiding clients to interpret their distress through the lens of systemic oppression, rather than addressing individual agency, patterns, or choices.
At the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California, for example, the Master's in Counseling program is "grounded in principles of social justice." Its mission is "to prepare and inspire a diverse student body to provide culturally sensitive mental health services that support resiliency, recovery, and social justice."
Similarly, Antioch University boasts that it teaches trainees to confront "oppression" and become agents of "racial, economic, and environmental justice." In 2023, a graduate student sued Antioch, alleging that the school trained counselors to label white clients as "privileged" and minority clients as victims.
This activist mindset is taking over the field. The American Counseling Association--one of the profession's largest organizations--instructs therapists to "employ empowerment-based theories to address internalized privilege" and "engage in social action to alter laws and policies."

I missed this from a few weeks back: Two "bioethicists" -- they're actually political extremist mad scientists -- propose infecting humanity, without its consent, with an incurable disease which will render them unable to eat meat.

They want to spread this disease... via ticks.

A case in point--and there are many others, including those approving ghoulish experiments on children in "gender affirming care," "death with dignity," and experiments on aborted fetuses--is this pair of Western Michigan University "bioethicists" who want to infect human beings with a disease that makes people allergic to meat. Because ticks transmit the disease, they called their paper in the journal Bioethics "Beneficial Bloodsucking."
How appropriate. Here is the abstract:

The bite of the lone star tick spreads alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a condition whose only effect is the creation of a severe but nonfatal red meat allergy. Public health departments warn against lone star ticks and AGS, and scientists are working to develop an inoculation to AGS. Herein, we argue that if eating meat is morally impermissible, then efforts to prevent the spread of tickborne AGS are also morally impermissible. After explaining the symptoms of AGS and how they are transmitted via ticks, we argue that tickborne AGS is a moral bioenhancer if and when it motivates people to stop eating meat.
We then defend what we call the Convergence Argument: If x-ing prevents the world from becoming a significantly worse place, doesn't violate anyone's rights, and promotes virtuous action or character, then x-ing is strongly pro tanto obligatory; promoting tickborne AGS satisfies each of these conditions. Therefore, promoting tickborne AGS is strongly pro tanto obligatory. It is presently feasible to genetically edit the disease-carrying capacity of ticks. If this practice can be applied to ticks carrying AGS, then promoting the proliferation of tickborne AGS is morally obligatory.

Yes, they claim that infecting people with a disease is "morally obligatory," therefore, ticks should be bioengineered to spread the disease to all of us.

"But we're the experts!" the lunatics babbled in their padded cells.

🚨 LMAO! RFK Jr: �[Trump] called me last night. He calls me 3 or 4 times and week and says, 'Where are you? Why aren't people healthier yet?��

President Trump is FULL MAHA! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/b6j5BOknti
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 4, 2025

Compare that to this... 😳 pic.twitter.com/jEluFP3Gt4
— TravelMore (@AnotherOne311) August 19, 2025

Female CNN journalists gush about watching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth working out with the troops.
Male Politico journalist whines about him working out instead getting security guarantees for Ukraine:
"But, you know, posting thirst traps if you're the defense secretary is� pic.twitter.com/Fdo09UAwh0
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 21, 2025

I know this is becoming redundant but do you know who else was super focused on forcing people to be healthy???

BTW: Hitler grew these kids to feed them into the war machine he was building while talking about world peace. Most of the boys in this pic died https://t.co/Zi7V6IlNXu pic.twitter.com/YZjsoneqEk
— Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) August 18, 2025

And do you know who is "super focused" on normalizing obesity, Rachel?

Leftwing women like you, Rachel:

Anyone got any GAINZZZ?

Me, I'm pursuing GAINZZZ and proud of doing so, but I'm not actually making GAINZZZ. I'm doing most of the inputs but I'm not getting the outputs I'm looking for.

Might be because I finally turned 29. Your metabolism really changes at 29.

Posted by: Ace at 05:20 PM

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1 e5ygb45u45e

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:22 PM (6eO0F)

2
w00t. I don read no stinken content.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:22 PM (6eO0F)

3 What was Trump talking about?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 05:23 PM (D+kq4)

4 (Note that many of the "stars" of that fat acceptance movement died in their thirties.)

Well... THANKS for TELLING ME, PAL!

Posted by: Chris Farley at August 22, 2025 05:23 PM (gKWVE)

5 Pure American gibberish!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 22, 2025 05:24 PM (biNnk)

6 Tubby

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 22, 2025 05:24 PM (8QRjS)

7
>>religion and weight loss culture intertwine

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

Oh boy. Looks like someone is using their Gender Studies degree.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:24 PM (6eO0F)

8 I think every time I've seen RFK Jr working out he is wearing jeans. An odd choice.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (CNl8/)

9 The New York Times frets that Christian women are "Thin, White, and Right."

>>>>>

That's my wife, thanks for recognizing NYT!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (aPBRN)

10 I gained six pounds. It's my Winter weight.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (vFG9F)

11 Bill Gates proposed that Covid vaccines should be developed that could be DROPPED FROM THE SKIES so that people like us couldn't opt out of them. He deserves constant heat for that if there's not a chargeable offense we could bring against him instead.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (TN0g+)

12 I never could make heads or tails out of the Gibbers or their language.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (D+kq4)

13
Yeah, and the Democrats pivoted back to the Handmaids Tale gaslighting, again.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 05:26 PM (5GHxz)

14 This and the last post were both posted at 4:20 PM.

Ace, quit hitting the chronoganja.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 22, 2025 05:27 PM (O7YUW)

15 Living on Tulsa Time?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 05:28 PM (D+kq4)

16
WHOA, Bobby's got biceps!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:29 PM (6eO0F)

17 Your metabolism really changes at 29.

Posted by: Ace

Yes, unfortunately it does. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Tuna at August 22, 2025 05:30 PM (lJ0H4)

18 These peo;le have never heard the phrase

Mens sana in corpore sano

A sound mind in a healthy body.

This was the motto of Western Civilization for two thousand years.

But the Left thew out all the "old wisdom," started afresh.

Now they're all fat and crazy.

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 05:30 PM (pMi6S)

19 What's the deal with PROTEIN? The products are amateurish. The advertising is amateurish. They ought to call it AMATEURTEIN, amiright?

Posted by: Kenny Bania at August 22, 2025 05:30 PM (/iMjX)

20 "Our data indicates that early smartphone ownership -- and the social media access it often brings -- is linked with a profound shift in mental health and well-being in early adulthood," says lead author, neuroscientist Dr. Tara Thiagarajan, the founder and Chief Scientist of Sapien Labs.

I can't remember if I read this or saw this in a podcast (might have been on Chris Williamson YouTube interviews), but an interesting theory is that a child's brain is not developed enough to handle such a large world at early ages.

Prior to the social media era, children grew up knowing only their families and a few friends in play groups. Then their social group grew when they started elementary school. Then their social group grew more when they went to high school. Then their social group grew more when going to college or starting a career.

That was the normal progression of growing up. You would gradually expand your world as you became more mature, and as your brain became more mature to handle it.

Now, though, with social media, kids' social groups now include the entire world, instead of just a few people they know in real life. It's a massive adjustment.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 22, 2025 05:31 PM (P5BPp)

21 From the New York Post:

Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has addressed why he wears jeans to exercise after videos of him working out in the unorthodox athletic attire raised eyebrows.

Kennedy revealed that the unusual sartorial choice is just a matter of habit during an interview on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” Tuesday.

“Well, I just started doing that a long time ago because I would go hiking in the morning and then I’d go straight to the gym, and I found it was convenient, and now I’m used to it, so I just do it,” he told Watters when asked about his outfit.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 22, 2025 05:31 PM (CNl8/)

22 I think Bill Gates will be dealing with constant heat soon enough!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 22, 2025 05:32 PM (biNnk)

23
Body-shaming Sydney Sweeny? Who the fuck has body shamed her?

Wait, is this reverse body shaming? Ie, she's not fat enough?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 05:33 PM (w6EFb)

24 BREAKING: Political prisoner Lucy Connolly will meet with Trump officials tomorrow to blow whistle on the UK Government's free speech crackdown

Keir Starmer's in trouble.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 05:33 PM (TN0g+)

25 Jessica Grose: So it's really encapsulated by some things that the wellness influencer Alex Clark said at the Young Women's Leadership Summit.

*******

Is that how influencers talk?

You know what else is encapsulated?

Amateur-tein powder!!

Posted by: Kenny Bania at August 22, 2025 05:34 PM (/iMjX)

26 "Why aren't people healthier yet?" God bless you, Bobby.

Go get 'em, Mr. President!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 22, 2025 05:34 PM (YlWIZ)

27 I’m surprised that land whale included a cucumber in her grocery list along with the five monstrous bags of fries…. Actually not surprised

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 22, 2025 05:34 PM (/DBoU)

28 it is a smart thing to work out in clothes other than gym wear, When were getting ready for hunting I do cardio in the hunting gear so you have the stress of the heavier footwear, pants dragging, whatever.

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 05:35 PM (LQ35Q)

29 I am back up to 4 days of cycling a week after a Spring/Early Summer battle with tendonitis.

Did 25 miles of Hills on my Gravel Bike yesterday. Going to hit 20 miles of Trail on the Mountain Bike, tomorrow.

Gainz are good.

Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 05:36 PM (Z1dZR)

30
I saw that that "look at my Wal-Mart" haul video that Katie Miller posted a couple days of ago.

Just watch all that crap she bought. You'd get the contact diabeetus from that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 05:36 PM (w6EFb)

31 Wait, are we turning 29 now?

That's good, I guess. The Boy just turned 30. Don't know how he passed me.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 22, 2025 05:36 PM (asXVI)

32 >>Body-shaming Sydney Sweeny? Who the fuck has body shamed her?

Nobody here. We just make fun of her face.

Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 05:36 PM (Z1dZR)

33 Comment for a thread a few stories down:

If Monte Warden and His Dangerous Few are ever in your town go see them, they are killer good.

Posted by: Stringer Bell at August 22, 2025 05:36 PM (It5AG)

34 Wow, grocery mom is not too concerned with healthy eating.

50 frozen pizzas??????

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 05:37 PM (+OnsA)

35 Carbs are not yoir friends.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 05:37 PM (D+kq4)

36 Despite being a Christian I'm unaware of a Christian diet trend. Mind you I'm not very trendy

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 22, 2025 05:37 PM (kTd/k)

37 I’m surprised that land whale included a cucumber in her grocery list along with the five monstrous bags of fries…. Actually not surprised

dildo

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 05:37 PM (LQ35Q)

38 35 Carbs are not yoir friends.
Posted by: Boss Moss

True. Because your lover can't also be your friend.

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 05:38 PM (pMi6S)

39 Working on not re-gaining much if any of the 95 pounds I lost over the past 27 months. Dieting only; I didn't use ozempic or other drugs. I lost most of the weight in the first 18 months; I've steadily lost a little more each month since. I'm as low as I want to go for now. 185 pounds.

Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2025 05:38 PM (aBgBM)

40 24 BREAKING: Political prisoner Lucy Connolly will meet with Trump officials tomorrow to blow whistle on the UK Government's free speech crackdown

Keir Starmer's in trouble.
Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 05:33 PM (TN0g+)
______________________________

They thought they'd intimidate this woman by tossing her in prison (I think the original sentence was 31 months)...and she got out "early" just the other day. I don't think they intimidated her. I think they pissed her off. Pissed off British white chicks might seem harmless...BUT, ummm....they're not.

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 05:39 PM (dIske)

41 Rachel Bitecofer @RachelBitecofer

I know this is becoming redundant but do you know who else was super focused on forcing people to be healthy???

JFK had policies focusing on health. Obama also had a policy focusing on health.

I wonder if Rachel realizes that because of government healthcare, the incentive is to save the government money by either making people be healthy or making people die.

Zombie had a great essay on this in 2009 regarding socialized healthcare. And how if we are taxed to pay for people's healthcare, then it becomes our business that people live healthy lifestyles so they're not taking our money to pay for their unhealthy lifestyle.

Why America Hates Universal Health Care: The Real Reason

Zombietime: https://bit.ly/40aQEps

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 22, 2025 05:39 PM (P5BPp)

42 Fatsos and lazy people don’t want to get in shape.

The toilet-killers only need to scream ‘Nazi!’ at fitness advocates and *shazam!* no more focus on their own poor choices and disgusting fat bodies.

Posted by: Chunk at August 22, 2025 05:39 PM (/IaHq)

43 *mutters to self*

Don't make a Piggly Wiggly joke.

Don't make a Piggly Wiggly joke.

Don't make a Piggly Wiggly joke.

Aw crap. I made a Piggly Wiggly joke.

Posted by: Kenny Bania at August 22, 2025 05:39 PM (/iMjX)

44 Body-shaming Sydney Sweeny? Who the fuck has body shamed her?
Posted by: publius

The sort of Hollywood types who think actresses and models should have a build reminiscent of a twelve-year-old boy?

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 05:40 PM (DgGvY)

45 Oh, pshaw. There’s not really a “Be Thin” message so much as “Don’t be a Sow” message.

The “experts” have had this long simmering resentment of what they call “conventional standards of beauty”, it’s only in recent years where they’ve had success in hectoring society at large and punishing everyone by installing hideous water buffaloes and land whales on billboards and magazine covers.

It isn’t working, but that won’t stop them.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 05:40 PM (Npcdm)

46 Has anyone tried one of the breathalyzer style of ketone meters? Perhaps one of the cheaper one? Work?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 05:40 PM (zZu0s)

47 ...we see the body-shaming of actresses like Sydney Sweeney..

Things only a pooftah would say.

Posted by: Candidus at August 22, 2025 05:40 PM (rn5hW)

48 I have successfully dropped about 30-35 pounds the last 2 years.

I started with Intermittant Fasting. It works for me. I always ate breakfast, so I just gave up breakfast and pushed it to 10:00 or 11:00. Noon if possible. I lost 2-3 pounds per month and kept it off.

I also started walking with a weighted vest and worked to get at least 10,000 steps and up my activity. I lift weights sporadically throughout the day (I work from home) and I do some morning stretches and plank for the abdomen.

I usually stop eating by 4:00 or 5:00 pm. Now, I am not perfect, and I am not obsessive about my eating schedule but I am mindful and on special occasions I don’t worry about it. I IF about 90-95% of the time.

I eat lots of meat and protein. I am fitter and healthier now as a 59 year old woman and I feel good. 5 years ago during covid, I felt horrible. Who didn’t, right?

So that is my secret to some success.

Exercise benefits the body and the mind. It’s very true.

Posted by: Czech Chick at August 22, 2025 05:40 PM (vK/Ja)

49
Well, I got sick as a dog and lost 6 pounds this week.

GAAIIINNNNZZZZZZ!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:40 PM (6eO0F)

50 /sock

Posted by: muldoon at August 22, 2025 05:40 PM (/iMjX)

51 there was a time when body shaming was helping girls and the fatties were anorexic or bulmic so they would not need spanx

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 05:41 PM (gviCe)

52 Zombie had a great essay on this in 2009 regarding socialized healthcare. And how if we are taxed to pay for people's healthcare, then it becomes our business that people live healthy lifestyles so they're not taking our money to pay for their unhealthy lifestyle.

Why America Hates Universal Health Care: The Real Reason

Zombietime: https://bit.ly/40aQEps
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Wipes tear from eye.

People still remember me!

But seriously, that was am incisive essay. Still ring true to this day.

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 05:41 PM (pMi6S)

53 Here’s my personal gainzzz… two years ago I had a knee replacement. My cardio of choice has been running for years… I was determined to run again; my ortho surgeon wasn’t enthusiastic but did not forbid the ambition.

Long story short: I’m now running about the same number of miles weekly as I did pre-replacement. The prosthetic is holding up quite nicely…. It will NEVER feel as good as the original or work as well… but it’s good enough. I’m moving…. Definitely not as fast but I would’ve slowed down with age anyway

BTW…. It was really, really hard to learn to run again. Really hard…. Physically hard but even more difficult mentally to trust that prosthetic. Lots of orthos would forbid this so I suspect I’m among a very tiny minority that returns to running after replacement

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 22, 2025 05:41 PM (/DBoU)

54 >> I missed this from a few weeks back: Two "bioethicists" -- they're actually political extremist mad scientists -- propose infecting humanity, without its consent, with an incurable disease which will render them unable to eat meat.

Sorry. Remind me why we aren’t lighting these people on fire and hanging their burnt carcasses on a pole with a sign that reads “FAFO”?

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 05:41 PM (Jm2uO)

55 e5ygb45u45e
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Accidental password entry?

Posted by: Candidus at August 22, 2025 05:42 PM (rn5hW)

56 >>I know this is becoming redundant but do you know who else was super focused on forcing people to be healthy???

Jack Lalanne. Frigging Nazi.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 05:43 PM (viF8m)

57 I need to get my shit together before I croak. Blood pressure needs to be addressed after several years of being way too high. And by way too high I mean WAY TOO HIGH.

This is how much damage the medical community did to itself. I know I need medical mgmt but don’t trust those fuckers to help me. And I work in the industry.

Ugh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 05:43 PM (W2Pud)

58 I hope they ate right. Working a university today and was opening day or something as lots of parents and students. Not all but lots of young woman packing way to much weight.

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 05:43 PM (+qU29)

59 Post cancer deadlift is back to about 158 kilograms. That’s all I got.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 05:43 PM (Jm2uO)

60 185 pounds.
Posted by: Gref

Kudos to you! Very impressive.
And how does that make you feel?
Just kidding.
I know you feel better... physically and in all other ways.

Posted by: MkY at August 22, 2025 05:43 PM (cPGH3)

61 Sept 15th will be the two year anniversary of me starting my weightlifting program in the gym. Since then, I've been going five days a week. Three lifting days, two cardio days. When I miss a day, I go on Saturday. The only times I haven't done my normal workout is when I'm on vacation, and I've been pretty good at doing something in the hotel gym.

I brought my deadlift up to 450, my squat to 370, and my bench to 255. I can see a big difference in my legs, shoulders, chest, arms, and rear.

I've had some issues with keeping my calories on budget. I get really hungry sometimes, and it's hard not to overeat. But I've been pretty good at not getting discouraged and simply trying again when I get off track with my diet.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 05:43 PM (lIio7)

62 No, the idea was not that you had to be "rail thin."
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They can't actually listen to what a winger would say.

That would be too much for them. They have to figure out what WRONG thing we could be saying if we say "fat isn't healthy". (Other than ingesting it, that is).

Posted by: Disbelief at August 22, 2025 05:44 PM (krQz2)

63 ace: Might be because I finally turned 29. Your metabolism really changes at 29.

**********

I've found that after age 29 genetics manifest more intensely. I have a Germanic torso on English legs. Picture a potato held up by two pipe cleaners.

Posted by: muldoon at August 22, 2025 05:44 PM (/iMjX)

64 I read an article today that said that we should lower blood pressure guidelines. Just reading it made my blood pressure go up.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 05:44 PM (L/fGl)

65 >>Remind me why we aren’t lighting these people on fire and hanging their burnt carcasses on a pole with a sign that reads “FAFO”?

It should not surprise you that these are nowhere near the first Scientists to pursue this Vector in spreading disease.

Lyme disease is a result of this type of motivation.

Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 05:44 PM (Z1dZR)

66 I don't know how Kennedy can work out in jeans. I feel like they limit my mobility and I REALLY don't like how they feel when I get sweaty.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 05:44 PM (lIio7)

67 I got gainzzz to report! About a year ago I tweaked my diet by limiting my caloric intake a little more carefully (I had already been doing I/F for a couple years, but with no weight loss). I'm down around 15 lbs which puts me at my college weight, more or less. I started doing calisthenics 3X / week after I was off light-duty from surgery. I'm still not what I would call "fit", but I have added some muscle mass and the abs are tighter than they've been in a long time. At my age, slow and steady is the way to go.

Posted by: PabloD at August 22, 2025 05:45 PM (F7Bkc)

68 > Post cancer deadlift is back to about 158 kilograms. That’s all I got.

Nice!

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 05:46 PM (lIio7)

69 45 Body-shaming Sydney Sweeny? Who the fuck has body shamed her?
Posted by: publius

The sort of Hollywood types who think actresses and models should have a build reminiscent of a twelve-year-old boy?

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 05:40 PM

Hollywood pervs: "Ellen Page was a hideous hag. However, that new actor, Elliot Page, what a hottie!"

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 05:46 PM (HlyYF)

70 I have a Germanic torso on English legs. Picture a potato held up by two pipe cleaners.

Posted by: muldoon at August 22, 2025 05:44 PM (/iMjX)

So you look like Gru from the Despicable Me movies.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 22, 2025 05:46 PM (CNl8/)

71 > I'm down around 15 lbs which puts me at my college weight, more or less.

Congrats!

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 05:46 PM (lIio7)

72 >>Lyme disease is a result of this type of motivation.

Ya don't say.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 05:46 PM (viF8m)

73 Despite being a Christian I'm unaware of a Christian diet trend. Mind you I'm not very trendy
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA

I think it’s loaves and fishes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 05:46 PM (L/fGl)

74 “ …. with an incurable disease which will render them unable to eat meat.”

There is a tick-borne virus making the rounds that does exactly that. Weird, huh?

“Why doesn’t society set these people on fire?” Is an interesting question. Would save much misery in the long run.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 05:47 PM (Npcdm)

75 Crackers and Wine?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 05:48 PM (D+kq4)

76 Imagine telling people 20 years ago that in the near future being in shape was considered fascist by the left...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 05:48 PM (sKqQm)

77 Exercise is Hitler!

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 05:48 PM (krQz2)

78 60 Post cancer deadlift is back to about 158 kilograms. That’s all I got.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 05:43 PM

Marcus' skeletal muscle cells: "Nice bro, we'll take it!"

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 05:48 PM (HlyYF)

79 I have a Germanic torso on English legs. Picture a potato held up by two pipe cleaners.

Posted by: muldoon at August 22, 2025 05:44 PM (/iMjX)
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Heh, I've got English legs with a French Fry body.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 05:49 PM (tT6L1)

80 I am 75.5 years old. Walk 6 days a week 'bout a mile each day. Drink 5-6 cups coffee a day , fresh fruit, meat, some carbs and stay 165 lbs. To each his own.

Posted by: Kingsman at August 22, 2025 05:49 PM (ehY6c)

81 >>There is a tick-borne virus making the rounds that does exactly that. Weird, huh?

Friend of mine's wife got this. It has wrecked her life.

But, that is nothing compared to Saving the Planet...

or, some shit.

Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 05:49 PM (Z1dZR)

82
Gref and Czech Chick, nice going.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:49 PM (6eO0F)

83 The left calls people bring healthy Nazis, but I would bet that every one of them is in favor of Medical Assistance in Dying. The "help" in dying suddenly becomes very pushy and a bureaucratic mandate

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 05:49 PM (ghqp9)

84 …. with an incurable disease which will render them unable to eat meat.”

There is a tick-borne virus making the rounds that does exactly that. Weird, huh?

“Why doesn’t society set these people on fire?” Is an interesting question. Would save much misery in the long run.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 05:47 PM (Npcdm)
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Yup.

Your body, --FUCK YOU!!

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 05:49 PM (krQz2)

85

The New York Times frets that Christian women are "Thin, White, and Right."

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I am shocked that the NYT is not fretting about ALL OF HOLLYWOOD (all LEFT) that is sitting on Ozempic trying to get THINNN. Including that paragon of all black virtues, Oprah.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 05:49 PM (g47mK)

86
Wow, grocery mom is not too concerned with healthy eating.

50 frozen pizzas??????
Posted by: WitchDoktor

Lasts all week.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 05:50 PM (63Dwl)

87 Set your DVRs! Tonight on PBS, Islam's Greatest Love Stories!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 05:50 PM (L/fGl)

88 Although government guidelines go back the 1880's Lyndon B Johnson got involved with influencing American diets when he tried to hide food inflation. When egg prices went up, he told the surgeon general to warn people about cholesterol.

aren't we healthier by his concern?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 05:50 PM (rbvCR)

89 Have these tick doctors infected themselves?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 05:51 PM (63Dwl)

90 Some kind of kickball tournament is coming to the US.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 05:51 PM (D+kq4)

91 @88 Ahmed and the Three Goats

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 05:51 PM (ghqp9)

92 They are also not fretting about the likes of Beyonce who is trying to look white (that collection of awesome blond wigs) and thin.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 05:51 PM (g47mK)

93 Despite being a Christian I'm unaware of a Christian diet trend. Mind you I'm not very trendy
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA

I kind of think I suddenly despise these stupid "influencers" who are trying to tie those things together.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 22, 2025 05:51 PM (i00+Z)

94 So you look like Gru from the Despicable Me movies.

**********

Yeah. Like the love child of Ichabod Crane and Martin Chuzzlewit.

Posted by: muldoon at August 22, 2025 05:51 PM (/iMjX)

95 They only believe in your body, your choice where they believe in it.

Everywhere else, a "progressive" thinks you just have to do what they think is progressive.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 05:52 PM (krQz2)

96 RFK Jr may be cheating a bit with his exercises but there's no doubt the man is in great shape, especially for a man of his experience.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 05:52 PM (tT6L1)

97
Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 05:43 PM (lIio7)

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That's great, bonhomme. I wanted to start lifting because dance classes (my favorite form of exercise) are hellaciously expensive, but I was shocked at how much a crummy gym membership costs these days. Just something basic at a rusty little place with dumbbells and barbells. $100/month, are you kidding?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:52 PM (6eO0F)

98 74 Despite being a Christian I'm unaware of a Christian diet trend. Mind you I'm not very trendy
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA

I think it’s loaves and fishes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 05:46 PM

Jesus "unpacking groceries" video after a trip to Walmart.

Step 1.) Start with just five loaves and two fishes.

Step 2.) Perform a miracle.

Step 3.) Follow me for other budget tips for your family!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 05:52 PM (HlyYF)

99 I think every time I've seen RFK Jr working out he is wearing jeans. An odd choice.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (CNl8/)

I swear that man has his ties specially tailored. There is no way he kept those ties in his closet since 1981

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 05:53 PM (rbvCR)

100 47 Has anyone tried one of the breathalyzer style of ketone meters? Perhaps one of the cheaper one? Work?
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I did one on a Kickstarter. I don't know if it was cheap but I also don't see why it would have to be expensive, since I got it years ago.

I think they say it's more accurate than peeing on a stick. In my tests, they were pretty close, but the breath ketones generally got higher faster.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at August 22, 2025 05:53 PM (asXVI)

101 Crackers and Wine?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 05:48 PM (D+kq4)

Crackers don't drink wine, they drink beer and Whiteclaw

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 05:53 PM (rbvCR)

102 I'm on Ozempic, not for weight loss but for its original purpose, diabetes. It is amazing, however, how much my appetite has decreased and I've lost 30+ pounds.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 05:53 PM (L/fGl)

103 You know what's really a mystery? How in the world 3 squares meals a day, with plenty of bacon fat, butter, etc., back in the day, allowed people to stay relatively thin and healthy.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 05:54 PM (tT6L1)

104 Measuring Ketones is not that important. Eat fewer carbs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 05:54 PM (D+kq4)

105 ace, wishing you successful gainzzzz that your health is better than it has been.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 05:54 PM (dxWFK)

106 Old and busted: Ophra on Ozempic and shedding pounds is totally normal and is a sound decision.
New hotness: White people trying to eat right and exercise is literally hitler.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 05:54 PM (g47mK)

107 I've found that after age 29 genetics manifest more intensely. I have a Germanic torso on English legs. Picture a potato held up by two pipe cleaners.
Posted by: muldoon

I larfed.
Sorry

Posted by: MkY at August 22, 2025 05:54 PM (cPGH3)

108 My penis should enjoy healthy gains as soon as those cheerleaders show up. [Looks at watch]

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 05:54 PM (I9fab)

109 Huh?

>>@MikeBenzCyber 23m

>>We now have both Ghislaine Maxwell AND Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers directly telling the Justice Department they helped set up the Clinton Global Initiative.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 05:55 PM (viF8m)

110
My husband is 76. Six days a week he walks 10 miles, uphill, on the treadmill.

He is amazing.

Posted by: four seasons at August 22, 2025 05:55 PM (3ek7K)

111 I swear that man has his ties specially tailored. There is no way he kept those ties in his closet since 1981

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 05:53 PM

I still have ties from 1981.

My son, and daughters, think it is hilariously retro to wear them when going out.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 05:56 PM (HlyYF)

112 The college students are back in town.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 05:56 PM (D+kq4)

113 We now have both Ghislaine Maxwell AND Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers directly telling the Justice Department they helped set up the Clinton Global Initiative.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 05:55 PM (viF8m)

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Epstein had information which could lead to the arrest and conviction of Hillary?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 05:56 PM (tT6L1)

114 61 185 pounds.
Posted by: Gref

Kudos to you! Very impressive.
And how does that make you feel?
Just kidding.
I know you feel better... physically and in all other ways.

Posted by: MkY at August 22, 2025 05:43 PM (cPGH3)

Thanks! I do feel better in many ways. Most surprising to me is the significant reduction in trips and falls. I always fell hard when I tripped at my heavier weights. Now I can recover from trips without falling and rarely trip. Why tripping reduced I don't know. Why I no longer fall due to tripping or losing my balance momentarily, I attribute to changes in my center of gravity without the huge belly. My c.g. moved backwards towards my spine/hips/legs/shoulder axis, and moved lower. Physics!

Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2025 05:57 PM (aBgBM)

115 "50 pull ups, 100 push-ups"

Is that per week, or per month ... annually?

Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2025 05:57 PM (vbXSk)

116 Is that per week, or per month ... annually?

==

6 minutes

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 05:58 PM (g47mK)

117 >>We now have both Ghislaine Maxwell AND Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers directly telling the Justice Department they helped set up the Clinton Global Initiative.
Posted by: JackStraw

Yup.
Ghislaine dead now.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 05:59 PM (/lPRQ)

118 lackzzz thereofzzz

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I initially read that as "jackazzz" ... and was anticipating Ace making another JackStraw insult.

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 05:59 PM (4MIMf)

119 How many minutes did you get on a PT test for pushups abd situps?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:00 PM (D+kq4)

120 Heh. At Twitchy there's a thread about Winsome Sears being pro-gun. The above whale Rachel Bitecofer showed a picture of Sears with a weapon and said *this you?".
Some guy responded "what's the problem , Jabba?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 06:00 PM (ghqp9)

121 It's not that difficult. Don't be a fat pig. Being a fat pig is bad for you. It greatly increases your risks of cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, and osteoarthritis, just to name a few. Then there's the whole multi-organ failure thing from all that visceral fat compressing your innards. There's nothing political about it. Being a fat pig will kill you regardless of party affiliation.

Posted by: Obesity sucks. Don't eat yourself to death. at August 22, 2025 06:01 PM (TbWk/)

122 Being physically fit and attractive are rightwing Christian values? Gee, I had no idea there were so many rightwing Christians in show biz.

This is really just butthurt at watching deplorables adopt healthy lifestyles and looking better. Being thin and good looking is only for leftwing Hollywood types. The MAGA deplorables are supposed to stay on their trailer parks eating pork rinds and bacon fat until they pass out.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 22, 2025 06:01 PM (I9fab)

123 Is this Ahmad critter a muslim?

If so, I immediately and unfairly discount him, since he worships a buttboy.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 22, 2025 06:01 PM (ufFY8)

124 Don't ride as much as used to, but the new bike is really nice to ride... (trek DS3/5).
And being...29, I changed to more sets/reps & lower weights...

Posted by: man at August 22, 2025 06:01 PM (tubbA)

125 .
(Note that many of the "stars" of that fat acceptance movement died in their thirties.)

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Unexpectedly.

Boy, they sure showed us ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 06:02 PM (4MIMf)

126
I thought the narrow ties were a 60s thing. I remember ridiculously wide ties in the '70s.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 06:02 PM (w6EFb)

127 Kingsman keep it up you're doing it right

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 06:02 PM (+qU29)

128 Heart attack a year ago my heart was operating at 15%. It improved to 27% some months ago. Decided to start trail running again about a month and a half ago. Blood pressure went haywire and I thought I was going to have a stroke or another heart attack. Just had an echocardiogram last week and it said my heart improved to 40%(WTF). They tried putting me on a treadmill hooked up to all their doo-dads and I absolutely killed it. Maxed out the machine and pushed my max heart rate beyond what is normal for my age(57). Good news but still wondering why the F I felt like I was going to drop dead a few weeks ago trail running. Cardiologist just said guess you found your limit and to slow the F down because you're old.

Posted by: JROD at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (IlL6s)

129 How many minutes did you get on a PT test for pushups abd situps?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:00 PM (D+kq4)
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The Army was 2 minutes, but that was 25 years ago. Air Force does 1 minute for each.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)

130 > 50 pull ups, 100 push-ups

I watched the video. He did zero pullups and zero pushups.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (lIio7)

131 After more revelations about Chelsea Clinton getting huge $ from the Clinton Global Initiative including paying for her wedding, I think it would be a hoot if Kash and Pam told Hillary "spill all the beans or we prosecute your daughter". Interesting to see Hildabeasts reaction.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (ghqp9)

132 I think the NYT lies about the right body shaming Sydney Sweeney because they can't stand her not hating the right as much as they do.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (MMp6W)

133 I went from 175 pounds (most of my adult life) to 155 pounds (baseball playing weight) when I changed my diet to accommodate my wife, who has numerous food sensitivities.
One weird thing (you'll be shocked at number 5!) is my chronic rheumatoid arthritis, which I had been assured I need to learn to live with...
went away.

Posted by: MkY at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (cPGH3)

134 On mental health, I just don't see myself as a fat person. I admit there's a certain amount of circumstantial evidence, pants size, scales, mirrors and what not, but I just don't see myself as fat.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (L/fGl)

135 How in the world 3 squares meals a day, with plenty of bacon fat, butter, etc., back in the day, allowed people to stay relatively thin and healthy."

Here, have some olestra chips...

Posted by: man at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (tubbA)

136 Being physically fit and attractive are rightwing Christian values?

It's the foothold for Christian Nationalism which is the foothold for Nazism.

Posted by: Wheels within wheels at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (TbWk/)

137 My wife just made some keto sausage balls. Quite tasty.

I squished three of them on top of a chicken filet sandwich and glued them on with a thick slice of swiss cheese.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 06:04 PM (jc0TO)

138 I thought the narrow ties were a 60s thing. I remember ridiculously wide ties in the '70s.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 06:02 PM (w6EFb)
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Wide ties in the 70s were a throwback to the 40s.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:04 PM (ZOv7s)

139 Mohamed was a poofter.

https://is.gd/NSGLKC

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:04 PM (D+kq4)

140 back in the day, allowed people to stay relatively thin and healthy.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 05:54 PM (tT6L1)

People walked a hell of a lot more. Farming is heavy. Starting a lawnmower with a pull string.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:04 PM (MDEil)

141

I had bilateral inguinal hernia repair surgery last week, so aside from the GAINZZZ of no hernias, I won't be doing much in the gains department for a bit.

Currently, limited to lifting an absolute max of 5-10 lbs.

Funny, thing is that I was unaware of having a hernia until I was lying in bed one night and coughed(allergies) and noticed a bulge come up in my lower abdomen, and I thought, "Hey, I bet that's a hernia." And yes, it was my intestine bulging out to say "howdy".

Anyway, all good now so...semihemidemiGAINZ.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2025 06:04 PM (iJfKG)

142 Heart attack a year ago my heart was operating at 15%. It improved to 27% some months ago.

Ate you talking ejection fraction with those numbers?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 22, 2025 06:05 PM (ufFY8)

143 Women on the right are generally happier and treaded more as an equal by their partner than women on the Left.

They also have a better sense of humor. That said women on both sides of the political spectrum can pull out that woman victim card when they think it’s needed. Looking at you Sarah Palin.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:05 PM (EYmYM)

144 four seasons - does your husband do the thing where he puts the treadmill at max incline then grabs the front rail of the machine so he's basically walking while leaning back at a 10 degree angle? I've seen people do that when I used to go to the gym. Always cracked me up.

Posted by: PabloD at August 22, 2025 06:05 PM (F7Bkc)

145 Being physically fit and attractive are rightwing Christian values?

It's the foothold for Christian Nationalism which is the foothold for Nazism.
Posted by: Wheels within wheels at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (TbWk/)
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Yes, if you declare that straight men liking hot women is a Nazi thing, more people will identify as Nazis.

It is very difficult to shame a man out of digging a hot chick. Look at Army guys and strippers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)

146 I made some keto sausage balls as well. I... the interaction with the cream cheese was not good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:05 PM (MDEil)

147 From Bill Melugin on X

BREAKING: Per DHS & ICE sources, this afternoon, DHS notified Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s counsel via email that ICE may deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda “no earlier than 72 hours from now”, & ICE is also ordering him to report to ICE’s Baltimore office on Monday. Notifications below

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 22, 2025 06:06 PM (CNl8/)

148 I've been using a new exercise bike soon after I wake up most mornings. I'm over 60 now and it really helps make me less stiff during the day. I've also been walking my dogs with a 35-pound backpack for 30 or 40 minutes most days. Running seems too tough on my knees now, but carrying the backpack makes the walks a decent workout. I'm not losing weight, but my legs are getting better toned.

Posted by: Dave at August 22, 2025 06:06 PM (sbsMc)

149 But the cauliflower cheese soup came out really well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:06 PM (MDEil)

150 > Here, have some olestra chips...

What's that dripping sound?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 06:06 PM (lIio7)

151 I’m surprised that land whale included a cucumber in her grocery list along with the five monstrous bags of fries…. Actually not surprised

dildo
Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 05:37 PM (LQ35Q)

She shouldn't take it to a WNBA game, then. She'll get arrested for carrying a dangerous weapon.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2025 06:06 PM (S/Y4j)

152 Running 5 miles per day 4-5 days per week after aortic valve replacement last December. I got up to 200# before surgery but currently at 180# aiming for 160.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 06:07 PM (MMp6W)

153 Gavin Newsome's California:

https://tinyurl.com/28c3ujf4

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at August 22, 2025 06:07 PM (paSBy)

154 Lifelong friend's wife and two daughters are morbidly obese. His wife is in the hospital at least once a year. Out of concern tried asking him about his daughters once and his response - "they know they don't have to look like anorexic runway models".

Posted by: Rigatoni at August 22, 2025 06:07 PM (rQDOv)

155 Grain alcohol

Rainwater

Posted by: Gen. Miklos D. Ripper, enjoying Friday at August 22, 2025 06:08 PM (vEse0)

156 Ace has been turning 29 for the last 29 years...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 06:08 PM (TGPs7)

157 >>BREAKING: Per DHS & ICE sources, this afternoon, DHS notified Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s counsel via email that ICE may deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda “no earlier than 72 hours from now”, & ICE is also ordering him to report to ICE’s Baltimore office on Monday. Notifications below

Barely enough time for a couple Margaritas.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 06:09 PM (viF8m)

158 Dale Stark@DaleStarkA10

First they came for John Bolton, and I did not speak out—

Because it made me happy when they came for John Bolton.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 06:10 PM (TGPs7)

159 Gavin Newsome's California:

https://tinyurl.com/28c3ujf4
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist

Poor man's bidet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 06:10 PM (L/fGl)

160 > Out of concern tried asking him about his daughters once and his response - "they know they don't have to look like anorexic runway models".

Those are the same people who cry about all the "dangerous" things fit people have to do to keep slim. Things like eating at maintenance levels of calories.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 06:10 PM (lIio7)

161
By the way, like I said, I've been sick with some sort of "tired" flu all week -- sore throat, crusted eyes -- and I'm just now recovering. I feel week as a kitten. What does anyone suggest for me to start getting my strength back and feeling of overall wellness? I hate feeling weak and unmotivated.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 06:10 PM (6eO0F)

162
Pablo,

I don't know. He goes to the gym, so I have no idea.

Posted by: fourseasons at August 22, 2025 06:11 PM (3ek7K)

163 JD Vance said that they are looking at several problems around J. Bolton. Not just some files. I think he in trouble, man!

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:11 PM (g47mK)

164 People are body-shaming Sydney? But she has good jeans!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 06:11 PM (0sNs1)

165 Sounds like a lot of GAINNZZ by the Horde.

Congratulations. It is hard work but rewarding.

Health and happiness.

The Dems don’t know what those things are, unfortunately.

Posted by: Czech Chick at August 22, 2025 06:12 PM (vK/Ja)

166 Thanks, Bobby! Goid question. Why are these bums still around? Why aren't the rioters in jail? Why are these illegal aliens still here? Why can't the chief if police qualify? Why are there still commie boats crissing the equator?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 22, 2025 06:12 PM (YlWIZ)

167 Have you people forgotton who makes the rockin' world go 'round?

Posted by: Zombie Freddy Mercury at August 22, 2025 06:12 PM (PiwSw)

168
I've also been walking my dogs with a 35-pound backpack for 30 or 40 minutes most days.

That's pretty ruff on the doggies.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 06:12 PM (63Dwl)

169 Since I moved and lost all my tennis partners in addition to the heat of the Texas summer I haven’t played in months and my cardio conditioning has suffered as a result. I play golf 3x a week but I only get exercise when it’s cart path only. Need to start riding my bike in the evenings again.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:13 PM (EYmYM)

170 My gainzzz continue to gain.

My weight it 166 last week, four pounds shy of Army Basic. However, my wife observed that I lack the same muscle mass, so I'm lifting more and doing walks with weights, and I'm up to 168, but it's all muscle.

I'm making an effort to eat more protein.

Here's what I eat: 1 slice of toast with coffee and OJ (1g)
Lunch is Greek yogurt with 1/4 cup of Grape Nuts (4g). I let them sit for 15 minutes so it's less like chewing gravel. Add carrots or granola for 2g plus a sandwhich (2g wheat bread) or soup wiht beans and such (4g)

Snacks: Pretzel rods (1 g), canned pears (7g), raspberries (6g), Triscuits (3-6 depending how much I eat). Also ice cream with Fiber One. (4-6g). Popcorn has a lot of fiber, too.

The goal is to hit 25g/day, which isn't that hard.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)

171 I didn't have The Stash as tje 1st to go down in the Coup D'etat

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 06:13 PM (+qU29)

172 Strong dogs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:13 PM (D+kq4)

173
I’m surprised that land whale included a cucumber in her grocery list along with the five monstrous bags of fries…. Actually not surprised

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Did you notice the proportion of junk to healthy food? 60 pounds of frozen french fries and one cucumber.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 06:13 PM (6eO0F)

174 Hey, Sharpton, why dont black lives matter in Sudan, Congo and Rwanda, for a start?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 22, 2025 06:14 PM (YlWIZ)

175 Squats, Ace.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 06:14 PM (0sNs1)

176 Have you people forgotton who makes the rockin' world go 'round?
Posted by: Zombie Freddy Mercury at August 22, 2025 06:12 PM (PiwSw)

Guitar players and Drummers.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2025 06:14 PM (S/Y4j)

177 Don't skip leg day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 06:14 PM (0sNs1)

178 @165 check Bolton's travels and then follow the money

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 06:14 PM (ghqp9)

179 Is that a NYT thing - THREE authors to write one article? Two chicks and a black guy? So impressive.

Posted by: Rigatoni at August 22, 2025 06:14 PM (rQDOv)

180 "ICE may deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda"

Something something frying pan fire.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 06:14 PM (vFG9F)

181 166 People are body-shaming Sydney? But she has good jeans!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 06:11 PM (0sNs1)

"Tolerant and Non-Judgmental" Leftists are trying to shame her. Big surprise, huh?

Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2025 06:14 PM (aBgBM)

182 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)

don't see any meat or fish in that diet of yours, citizen

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:15 PM (g47mK)

183 My very old bike finally died a couple years ago, especially often rode in the evening.
I miss that

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 06:15 PM (+qU29)

184 When the scale isn't going in the right direction I remind myself that a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 06:15 PM (MMp6W)

185 I got my United Health Care Medicare email the other day with Dr. Oz saying to eat lots of fruits and vegies, whole grains, and meat and oils. Not bad, except for the fruits and grains part, and most vegies are not great either ... so I hear.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2025 06:15 PM (vbXSk)

186 Blonde Morticia. Watermelon for increased hydration, more protein and sunshine.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2025 06:15 PM (dxWFK)

187 That woman's face is perfectly round. Pie-faced.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:15 PM (ZOv7s)

188 Hegseth is posting thirst traps? What is this?

Also, pic of young German men from the 1930s and saying "Most of the boys in this pic died". Well, yeah, that was 85 years ago, I expect they are all dead.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 06:16 PM (Dv3i1)

189 One dozen eggs and a million boxes of cereal?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2025 06:16 PM (D+kq4)

190 @179 Duncanthrax-I don't. I have a new House Of Gainz selectorized leg extension/curl machine on the way.

Posted by: JROD at August 22, 2025 06:16 PM (IlL6s)

191 189 That woman's face is perfectly round. Pie-faced.
___

You are what you eat, I've heard it said.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 06:16 PM (Dv3i1)

192 > don't see any meat or fish in that diet of yours, citizen

Meat or fish?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 06:16 PM (lIio7)

193 I thought the narrow ties were a 60s thing. I remember ridiculously wide ties in the '70s.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 06:02 PM (w6EFb)

They were really narrow in the 80's for the New Wave style.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 06:16 PM (rbvCR)

194 Did they really make John Bolton wait out in his driveway in just his boxers or is that just a Twitter Meme?

Because, if they really did, that's like the funniest shit imaginable...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 06:17 PM (TGPs7)

195 don't see any meat or fish in that diet of yours, citizen
Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 06:15 PM (g47mK)
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I don't much care for fish. I eat tuna salad from time to time, but get my omega3 via krill pills.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)

196 Me, I'm pursuing GAINZZZ and proud of doing so, but I'm not actually making GAINZZZ. I'm doing most of the inputs but I'm not getting the outputs I'm looking for.
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Right there with ya. Although I did manage to drop the few pounds I added right after my mom died, when I ate cake and whatever I wanted for a week or so. I am intermittent fasting again and find it slightly easier this time around. Working out hard with cardio and weights but not doing any running right now.

I have some travel on my schedule in the next couple months (including the MoMe) and don't want to completely derail myself.

Imma eat bacon and brownies at the MoMe though.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 22, 2025 06:17 PM (7HoOO)

197 I signed up for Medicare just a few weeks ago. My supplemental plan is with an anabaptist group, which is cool I picked them because it was the only Plan G with issue age premiums.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 06:17 PM (MMp6W)

198 After more revelations about Chelsea Clinton getting huge $ from the Clinton Global Initiative including paying for her wedding, I think it would be a hoot if Kash and Pam told Hillary "spill all the beans or we prosecute your daughter". Interesting to see Hildabeasts reaction.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (ghqp9)

Poor Chelsea is doomed in that case.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 06:18 PM (rbvCR)

199 My GAAAAAAAAAAINNNNNNNZzZZZZ are actually losses.

As of this week I'm officially down 50lbs from my high of 285. I hit 235 on Tuesday, all while improving my muscle ratio.

Yes I'm on a GLP-1 but I'm also walking 30 minutes every morning on the treadmill and immediately following that by situps. Then after work on Monday thru Thursday I'm working out for 30 minutes with a personal trainer. Yesterday I managed to incline press the 75lbs free weights which was an all time high. I know I still have a ways to go but that felt good.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 22, 2025 06:18 PM (WYStd)

200 187 I got my United Health Care Medicare email the other day with Dr. Oz saying to eat lots of fruits and vegies, whole grains, and meat and oils. Not bad, except for the fruits and grains part, and most vegies are not great either ... so I hear.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2025 06:15 PM (vbXSk)

Carb wise most fruits aren't good with the exception of berries, not including blueberries, and melons... grains don't help if you're low carb or keto... Most nuts are good for fiber.. Not cashews unfortunately

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 06:19 PM (VE6XX)

201 FWIW, I lost 0.6 lbs in two weeks.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 06:19 PM (Dv3i1)

202 BBQ in the summer, Home made soups in the winter.
What more do you need to know?

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at August 22, 2025 06:19 PM (bMlVe)

203 Also, per the recommendation of an extremely athletic friend, I started taking 5 mg of boron per day. It's supposed to be good for keeping more of your testosterone available in your blood. I think it might be helping a bit; at least it's not hurting anything.

Posted by: PabloD at August 22, 2025 06:19 PM (oK+P4)

204 >>My very old bike finally died a couple years ago, especially often rode in the evening.

How tall are you?

Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 06:19 PM (Z1dZR)

205 Rachel is assured of never being pulled into any war machine, thanks to her physique. Not even a minor street scuffle machine.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 22, 2025 06:19 PM (5yDGQ)

206 I am in the best condition of my entire life at 61.
Yes, I am MAGA, vote Republican, and am conservative.
I am devoutly Christian. During the moment of silence at school (Florida), I cross myself and pray.
I don't swear (but I don't police adults who do!). I dress as the lady I am.

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at August 22, 2025 06:19 PM (USyCi)

207 I guess I need to start watching what I eat as I get older. I rarely eat fast food any more but I’ve replaced that bad with probably just as bad pre-made cold or frozen food cooked in the microwave. The Hormel beef roast though is excellent and goes great with the pre made mash potatoes. I eat that 3 or 4 times a week.

One good thing is I’ve never been a sugar craving person and rarely eat dessert or candy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:19 PM (EYmYM)

208
Blonde Morticia. Watermelon for increased hydration, more protein and sunshine.
Posted by: Ben Had

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Goin' for the sunshine pronto, thanks. Someone order Indian food, so I'll grab all the meat dishes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 06:20 PM (6eO0F)

209 I didn't list the meat in my diet because it has no fiber. It's free. The hard part is finding the fiber.

I've got a system of buying roasts when the go on sale, and slicing them into steaks, freezing them, and when needed thawing them in a marinade that also tenderizes them and then cooking them on the grill or air fryer coated with seasonings and olive oil.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:20 PM (ZOv7s)

210 More videos of military men working, please.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 22, 2025 06:20 PM (7HoOO)

211 Read a few articles how John Bolton was a cheerleader for tje Mar-a-Logo raid

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 06:20 PM (+qU29)

212
The Daily Mail interviewed one of Bolton's AWFL neighbors. She didn't like the FBI disrupting her tony neighborhood, but was pleased Bolton got a does of "karma".

This karma wasn't from being anti-Trump, but from not being anti-Trump enough. He should've done more to get Trump to keep him from being reelected.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 06:20 PM (w6EFb)

213
Someone order Indian food, so I'll grab all the meat dishes.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

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*ordered

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 06:20 PM (6eO0F)

214 I think every time I've seen RFK Jr working out he is wearing jeans. An odd choice.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (CNl8/)

Kennedy. Lucky genes.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 22, 2025 06:20 PM (144I4)

215 *working OUT...

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 22, 2025 06:20 PM (7HoOO)

216 Just read this post. Our middle son, who is 42, has AlphaGal.
Yeah, it doesn't just make you not able to eat red meat -- it MAKES YOU SICK. It has made his life difficult -- can't eat out because of cross-contamination. Can't just go out to get a burger with friends or co-workers. When he reacts to a food (beef products or other red meat products are in foods you don't expect) he is sick for DAYS.
I really hate that people think it's okay to use bioweapons on us.
And that's all I can say.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 22, 2025 06:21 PM (mZ/55)

217 Well, yeah, that was 85 years ago, I expect they are all dead.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 06:16 PM (Dv3i1)

And the women were raped by your heroes of the Soviet union.

And then men who did survive, iirc something like 11 million were shipped to Gulags in the Soviet union.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:21 PM (zZu0s)

218 willowed again ugh

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 22, 2025 06:21 PM (mZ/55)

219 Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 06:17 PM (MMp6W)

I did Humana for my supplement. I wasn’t going to be limited with an advantage plan even if free.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:21 PM (EYmYM)

220 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:20 PM (ZOv7s)

A glass of Metamucil a day is highly recommended. I’ve been doing it for 25 years now.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:23 PM (EYmYM)

221 Nood.

Posted by: Zombie Freddy Mercury at August 22, 2025 06:23 PM (PiwSw)

222 I really hate that people think it's okay to use bioweapons on us.
And that's all I can say.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 22, 2025 06:21 PM (mZ/55)
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The funniest part is that assume they will somehow be protected from the wrath of the people they infected.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 22, 2025 06:23 PM (ZOv7s)

223 I did Humana for my supplement. I wasn’t going to be limited with an advantage plan even if free.
Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 06:21 PM (EYmYM)

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I'm right there with you - traditional medicare with medigap plan G. I do have a zero premium part D plan because it's supposed to be easy to switch to a richer plan if I need expensive drugs at some point.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 06:23 PM (MMp6W)

224 . I think it might be helping a bit; at least it's not hurting anything.
Posted by: PabloD at August 22, 2025 06:19 PM (oK+P4)

Do you call yourself 5 mule team borax?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 06:24 PM (zZu0s)

225 whole grains is for fiber.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 06:24 PM (rbvCR)

226 175
I’m surprised that land whale included a cucumber in her grocery list along with the five monstrous bags of fries…. Actually not surprised

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

Did you notice the proportion of junk to healthy food? 60 pounds of frozen french fries and one cucumber.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 06:13 PM (6eO0F)

A dozen eggs and six or more dozen chocolate cupcake-things and oatmeal cookie moonpies.

One loaf of bread? No sliced sandwich meats, or salami, cooked ham, or turkey to slice for sandwiches? So not many sandwiches. I'm afraid to think what they spread two gallons of mayonnaise on each week.

I think she didn't buy the usual weekly two huge jars each of peanut butter and jams/jellies. No butter?

Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2025 06:25 PM (aBgBM)

227 Despite being a Christian I'm unaware of a Christian diet trend. Mind you I'm not very trendy
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA

I think it’s loaves and fishes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

And wine

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 22, 2025 06:25 PM (FxH7T)

228 nood

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 22, 2025 06:26 PM (mZ/55)

229 I use Boron, it seems to help my fingers, otherwise they ache when the weather changes.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 22, 2025 06:27 PM (rbvCR)

230 Also, pic of young German men from the 1930s and saying "Most of the boys in this pic died". Well, yeah, that was 85 years ago, I expect they are all dead.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

AWFL proves MAGAts are just Nazi dupes.

https://is.gd/QIfUQk

And what the hell kind of Nazi name is Zxzik anyway?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fire Can Too Melt Steel! at August 22, 2025 06:28 PM (L/fGl)

231 Did they really make John Bolton wait out in his driveway in just his boxers or is that just a Twitter Meme?

Because, if they really did, that's like the funniest shit imaginable...
Posted by: Mister Ghost
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Should have made him wait wait prostrate face down in the wet grass while the youngest cop keeping his head down with the barrel of a 12 gauge.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 06:28 PM (/lPRQ)

232 Nood just made for English Comp majors.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2025 06:30 PM (u82oZ)

233 The New York Times views Christians like they view Gorillas.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 06:30 PM (xcxpd)

234 I've found that after age 29 genetics manifest more intensely. I have a Germanic torso on English legs. Picture a potato held up by two pipe cleaners.
Posted by: muldoon at August 22, 2025 05:44 PM (/iMjX)

OMG I'm laughing my ass off. Wait, what ass? I've never heard that description before but it describes me too. I've always cursed my family's bird legs.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 22, 2025 06:31 PM (144I4)

235 I need to get my shit together before I croak. Blood pressure needs to be addressed after several years of being way too high. And by way too high I mean WAY TOO HIGH.

This is how much damage the medical community did to itself. I know I need medical mgmt but don’t trust those fuckers to help me. And I work in the industry.

Ugh.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 05:43 PM (W2Pud)

Genetics? Stress? When you describe some of your meals it looks like you eat pretty sensibly.

My BP dropped into the normal range after I cut out a lot of carbs. I want to get a little stricter and then check my cholesterol, because that's been really high forever.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 22, 2025 06:33 PM (144I4)

236 "I did Humana for my supplement. I wasn’t going to be limited with an advantage plan even if free." Posted by: polynikes

My insurance guy thought the advantage plan was good, for healthy people. that's what I got, but have since heard they can limit what care they will approve ... like "try more therapy before we approve a knee replacement". idk ...

just sent in my ColoGuard, eve though I read they give 15-66% false positives (cuz BigPharma really wants to use me as an income source more than anything?)

Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2025 06:34 PM (vbXSk)

237 Well, I got sick as a dog and lost 6 pounds this week.

GAAIIINNNNZZZZZZ!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:40 PM (6eO0F)

Hope you're feeling better. Me getting sick and losing 5 or 6 pounds is what kicked off my diet change. I figured it gave me a head start so may as well capitalize on it.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 22, 2025 06:35 PM (144I4)

238 After a year on the South Beach Diet, I lost 55 pounds. I'm PROBABLY going to put a few of those back on, now that I can eat carbs (like cookies) again but it does work.

Now I know what to do and how to eat to avoid gaining weight or to lose a pound a week for a few months.

It's not painful, as long as you like meat and eggs. Which I do.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM (xcxpd)

239 OMG I'm laughing my ass off. Wait, what ass? I've never heard that description before but it describes me too. I've always cursed my family's bird legs.
Posted by: haffhowershower

We call that the "bus driver's body" 'round here. Women with a big chest, big waist, and a flat ass and bird-legs that look like they belong on a shorter woman. Apple-shaped vs. Pear shaped.

Posted by: Arbiter of Beauty And Taste! at August 22, 2025 06:37 PM (G5+As)

240 Ace, your timing on this post is perfect!

Yesterday I saw my hematologist, and learned that the iron condition I've been struggling with since October 2023 is under control!

I have iron overload--the opposite of anemia. It's hereditary--my twin brother had it too. Iron stores up in the liver and other places instead of being used. It's treated by diet--iron-rich foods like beef come off the menu--and by having a pint of blood drawn every few weeks. A pint's a pound, and I don't have any to spare, so I've really had to struggle.

But now I can eat beef again! And, as my doctor said, Enjoy my libations!

Posted by: Wenda at August 22, 2025 06:37 PM (sz3LH)

241 More videos of military men working, please.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 22, 2025 06:20 PM

There are those who scoffed when I said this before, so I'll say it again.

The female gaze. It's real.

It's spectacular!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 06:38 PM (0sNs1)

242 Bitecofer is the land whale who called Sydney Sweeney a butter face.

Posted by: Butch at August 22, 2025 06:39 PM (+2EFa)

243 I went from 175 pounds (most of my adult life) to 155 pounds (baseball playing weight) when I changed my diet to accommodate my wife, who has numerous food sensitivities.
One weird thing (you'll be shocked at number 5!) is my chronic rheumatoid arthritis, which I had been assured I need to learn to live with...
went away.
Posted by: MkY at August 22, 2025 06:03 PM (cPGH3)

Good for you! Not a great reason to change diet though, but good results. For the RA, can you narrow it down to anything in particular?

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 22, 2025 06:47 PM (144I4)

244 Looks like Jillian Michaels is being, at best, disappeared by the left after her appearance on The View.

Posted by: javems at August 22, 2025 06:53 PM (8I4hW)

245 Dunno what you’re doing. Here’s my regimen:
Walk 9 miles a day with 5 pound hand weights
Mostly give up bread, rice, potatoes, beans
Mostly give up fruit - too much sugar
Eat 8 oz protein every day
Eat a little vegetable every day
Eat 2x a day. 3 meals is too much.
Limit snacks

Posted by: JackWayne at August 22, 2025 07:10 PM (62au8)

Variety: Disney Seeks Original IP Which Will Appeal to Young Men

Wait wait wait.

You spent $4 billion on Marvel broaden the female-skewing Disney audience to include young men.

You immediately then spent $4.05 billion to acquire Star Wars (and Indiana Jones) to broaden the largely-female Disney audience to include young men.

Then you turned both of those franchises into female-skewing Disney Princess brands, and men stopped paying to see these movies.

And now Disney says: Hey, we need an original IP that will appeal to young men.

(Which, if it succeeds (which is doubtful), we will immediately then turn into another female-skewing Disney princess brand.)

This is like the left whining "We need our own Joe Rogan."

You had your own Joe Rogan. He was named Joe Rogan.

But now Disney says we need our own Joe Rogan demographic IP, because the sci-fi intergalactic war and sci-fi single-battle fighting IPs are now Girl Properties.

Disney's Boy Trouble: Studio Seeks Original IP to Win Back Gen-Z Men Amid Marvel, Lucasfilm Struggles

Many of us -- who are young (or young-at-heart) males ourselves -- have warned that we would stop seeing these movies if they continued insisting they should be Disney Princess movies.

We were called sexist, racist trolls (who only represented a tiny fraction of the audience).

And now, with Marvel in free fall and Star Wars not even producing movies any longer, Variety says we were right. (Without, you know, actually admitting that we were right.)

Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty aren't the only ones looking for a prince.
Leadership at Walt Disney Studios has been pressing Hollywood creatives in recent months, multiple sources tell Variety, for movies that will bring young men back to the brand in a meaningful way. "Young men" is defined here by sources as ages 13-28, aka Gen Z.
First, duh. Every film studio is looking for better ways to convert young audiences into habitual moviegoers. Numerous studies show that Gen Z men in particular are a lonely, gaming-obsessed group who were hampered in their formative years by COVID-19 lockdowns -- not the easiest segment to grasp.

The amount of pure hatred the Gaslight Media pours on straight boys and men is almost Nazi-level.

But what's surprising producers, writers and other partners in the larger industry is that Disney has been calling for original concepts to lure the demo back to the movies.

LOL. Here's an idea: Make an Indiana Jones movie -- stay with me -- in which Indiana Jones is the actual hero.

No, no, that's too simple.

Disney needs to create an original IP.

Something, you might have noticed, they haven't even bothered trying for a decade.

This is the same Disney whose multibillion-dollar content engines, Marvel and Lucasfilm, have sated men of all ages over almost two decades since the company acquired them. The sources say Disney has been seeking new IP and pitches such as splashy global adventures and treasure hunts, as well as seasonal fare like films for the Halloween corridor. The calls come as the Star Wars machine struggles to produce any film project and the superhero genre sheds audiences by the minute.

Woah, global adventures and treasure hunts?

You mean, exactly like Indiana Jones?

Your idea of "original IP" doesn't track with my own.

While two insiders say the mandate to recruit young males goes as high as the C-suite, the task primarily has fallen on David Greenbaum, the former Searchlight Pictures co-head brought on in 2024 to run Disney's live-action film business. That label has been sorely lacking in guy-leaning fare, like the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, for nearly 10 years. (Studio insiders say the property is in active development, though not in its last reported iteration involving Margot Robbie). To say nothing of the lackluster attempt to reboot and hand off "Indiana Jones" in 2023, which earned $383 million worldwide on a $300 million budget before marketing costs. A Disney source says that movies for Gen Z men are part of an overall strategy across all labels, but no more urgent than any other quadrant.
Greenbaum recently hired Daria Cercek, the savvy former Paramount Pictures co-chief, to assist in this effort.

Perfect. Daria sounds like the perfect liberal woman to conjure up an "original IP" that appeals to young conservative-tilting men.

Concurrent to Greenbaum's hire, the corporation bought a $1.5 billion equity stake in gaming juggernaut "Fortnite," which will incorporate Disney's iconic stable of characters. Two sources say Disney does not, however, enjoy movie rights to "Fortnite" itself, which would seem a no-brainer in luring Gen Z to theaters.

Well Fortnite certainly would be an "original IP." I mean, it's been around for seven years and you want to pack it full of old Disney characters, but I guess that's "original" by Disney standards.

Yes, Disney was the un-refuted king of the box office last year. It will win again this year, with two films potentially crossing the $1 billion mark ("Avatar: Fire and Ash" and "Zootopia 2").

So much original IP!

...
Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed as much on a quarterly earnings call this month, saying his film group won't favor existing IP over original material. The priority, Iger said, "is to put out great movies."

LOL. That sounds as reasonable a goal as Disney suddenly able to create its own "original IP" that will appeal to straight men.

Much has been written about the narrowing audience for superhero movies. The performance of Marvel's latest release, "Fantastic Four: First Steps," which aimed to launch yet another superhero franchise led by Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby, failed to meet expectations.

It's a flop. Just say so. It will bring in less money that Captain America: Brave New World, which is already recognized as a flop.

That's despite good reviews, a promising opening weekend and the full attention of Marvel czar Kevin Feige. "Star Wars" has not produced a film in seven years (a big-screen adaptation of Disney+ hit "The Mandalorian" is coming next year).
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"I never thought I'd say it," the exec muses about the Magic Kingdom's boy troubles despite its gem box of iconic IP, "but it looks like Disney is going to have to start trying."

Disney? Trying?

Now we're really in science-fiction territory.

Posted by: Ace at 04:20 PM

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Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 04:21 PM (TN0g+)

2 Sure, sure, so they can turn it into a grrrrllllboss franchise.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 04:23 PM (Hkcdp)

3 I don't know what an IP is.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (kTd/k)

4 How about a virile, sexy, strong young man who rides around on his bicycle preaching the virtues of Gun Control?

Posted by: David Hogg, waiting to be cast in the lead role at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (PiwSw)

5 CJ Cherryh has a dozen book series that could easily be adapted to both the big and small screens.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (jc0TO)

6 Indiana Jones itself was questionably original; the three movies were remakes of 1920s-40s adventure serials. They're set in the 1930s for a reason.
Star Wars also wears its Dune and Flash Gordon influences on its sleeve.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (gKWVE)

7 3 I don't know what an IP is.
Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (kTd/k)

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Intellectual Property, largely used as short hand to mean franchises these days.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (GBKbO)

8 HA HA!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (ULPxl)

9 Maybe purchase the James Bo d franchise from Amazon and make Bo d a lesbian Palestinian?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (Hkcdp)

10 He could also solve crimes and stuff...

Posted by: David Hogg, waiting to be cast in the lead role at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (PiwSw)

11 Disney is a mess. Take two great male-centric IPs, make them lame and female (except Rogue One), and then wonder where the men and boys went? Gee it’s a real mystery.

Posted by: Ann at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (4neFu)

12 One of their problems is that they think Pedro Pascal is a leading man.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (jc0TO)

13 >>> 9 Maybe purchase the James Bo d franchise from Amazon and make Bond a lesbian Palestinian?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (Hkcdp)

In a wheelchair, right?

Posted by: Kathleen Kennedy at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (ULPxl)

14 /peers into gypsy crystal ball...

Tarzan, cucked by Jane with Cheetah.

Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (i0F8b)

15 It's a flop. Just say so. It will bring in less money that Captain America: Brave New World, which is already recognized as a flop.

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It might have cost less money than Brave New World which went through a lot more reshoots.

Maybe.

Which might allow F4 to come close to breaking even at theaters in an environment where Disney has cannibalized its home video revenue stream in favor of streaming which is meant to buoy the costs of massively expensive shows.

And that's why Disney greenlights films: to maybe make a small profit!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

16 "I don't know what an IP is.
Posted by: Still lurking up north"

They are twenty bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 04:26 PM (vFG9F)

17 Stockholders, what think you?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 22, 2025 04:26 PM (YlWIZ)

18 I think Disney should remake all the 50s horror movies--I'd start with the Attack of the 50-foot Woman.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 04:26 PM (kTd/k)

19 >the sci-fi intergalactic war and sci-fi single-battle fighting IPs are now Girl Properties.

Point of disagreement Ace, they are troon properties now.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 04:26 PM (GTqXr)

20 A Disney thread, oh...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 04:26 PM (nO7cW)

21 In fairness to Pedro Pascal, Mark Hamill isn't much better these days.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 04:26 PM (gKWVE)

22 No, no — I’ve got it! — Buy the Fast and Furious franchise, and make it sassy feminist college activists!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 04:26 PM (Hkcdp)

23 Burn Mouse, BURN!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 22, 2025 04:27 PM (O7YUW)

24 They spent more than $8 BEEEELION dollars on being retards.

I would save them for a mere ONE beeelion dollars.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 04:27 PM (ULPxl)

25 They should make a movie about a superhero with a gleaming golden dome who saves DC.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 04:27 PM (vFG9F)

26 Ya know.... there are entire genres that appeal to Men...

War movies but without Girl Power or preaching.

Westerns... hell, you can even include a few Lady Gunfighters.

King Arthur without Race swapping, or making MAID Marianne suddenly a bad ass Wiccan Warrior...

You know... movies like they USED TO MAKE.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 04:27 PM (mP0Kj)

27 Disney Seeks Original IP Which Will Appeal to Young Men

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New IP is not compatible with Kathleen Kennedy and all the trash on Team Kennedy. Get rid of her and her acolytes first.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:27 PM (g47mK)

28 Die Mouse Die 🐁 🔪

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 04:27 PM (+qU29)

29 >They're set in the 1930s for a reason.
Star Wars also wears its Dune and Flash Gordon influences on its sleeve.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (gKWVE)

Lucas admitted they were an homage to the serials of the 30's and 40's.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 04:28 PM (GTqXr)

30 I am actually surprised that the D hasn't bought Angel Studios and made it lame and gay.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:28 PM (jc0TO)

31 Honestly, it's so obvious that I'm embarrassed to have to point it out to them... and they don't even have to move away from their preferred mode of girlboss movies.

The OF Squad: A group of young women who're digital whores by day and Batman-esque crime fighters by night.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:28 PM (ExV1e)

32 Disney creative people: I know we start a franchise featuring a transman who drinks BudLite and eats at Cracker Barrel.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 04:29 PM (ZnPqv)

33 btw, Red Letter Media has a recent post from Mr Plinket about Star Wars.

Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 04:29 PM (i0F8b)

34 Born on a mountain top in Tennessee,
Greenest state in the land of the free.
Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree,
Killed him a bear when he was only three.

Davy, Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier.

Sorry... PETA gets the veto here I guess... Killed him a Bear!

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 04:29 PM (mP0Kj)

35
Advice to anyone with a brilliant fiction idea: Do NOT sell to Disney if you're the artiste-ic type. You have to sign away your rights to every dot on every i and give up on ever having an atom of creative control over your stuff. Some people are fine with that, just take this idea and gimme the money, but some aren't.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 04:29 PM (6eO0F)

36 They could make a movie about a brave woman Superhero who finds out she's pregnant just when earth is being invaded by evil forces, so she *proudly* walks into Planned Parenthood for the abortion.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 04:29 PM (TN0g+)

37 Have they thought about producing some Japanese tentacle pron?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 22, 2025 04:29 PM (0N4FZ)

38 Other than War Hammer...are there any Male Centric IPs left?

Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 04:29 PM (Z1dZR)

39 29
Lucas admitted they were an homage to the serials of the 30's and 40's.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 04:28 PM (GTqXr)

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And Kurosawa. And Joseph Campbell.

Everything since Star Wars tells me that Lucas is something like an idiot who can't organize his influences well, his entire empire created by his then editor and wife Marcia.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:30 PM (GBKbO)

40
Disney creative people: I know we start a franchise featuring a transman who drinks BudLite and eats at Cracker Barrel.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

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And drives a Jaguar -- assuming they still make cars.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 04:30 PM (6eO0F)

41 Master and Commander

Richard Sharpe

300 Hospitaller Knights of Malta vs Thousands of Ottoman Turks.

The Siege of Vienna

They won't touch anything like it because Christian and Strong Males

Mel Gibson is wanting to do the Siege of Malta so hopefully I can finance it after I win the Lottery

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 04:30 PM (FCrpy)

42 Everything since Star Wars tells me that Lucas is something like an idiot who can't organize his influences well, his entire empire created by his then editor and wife Marcia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:30 PM

Her editing definitely saved Star Wars.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:30 PM (jc0TO)

43 Or….purchase the Mission Impossible franchise and do prequels where the Tom Cruise character’s mom was the original super spy, part is a secret intel branch started by, say, Jaqulyn Kennedy, who was secretly the brains of that family….

Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 04:30 PM (Hkcdp)

44 Critical Drinkers take on the Variety article:
https://youtu.be/iQaqIbXFnHM?feature=shared

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 04:30 PM (GTqXr)

45 >>Have they thought about producing some Japanese tentacle pron?

Mickey Mouse Stars in THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE

Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 04:31 PM (Z1dZR)

46 Cracker Barrel grits turned me into a newt!

Posted by: Pedro Pascal at August 22, 2025 04:31 PM (paSBy)

47 For whatever reason m getting 300 at 300 inspired me to look up the wiki article about the movie 300. Some retard liberal twatwaffle included the complaint that the movie was Persiphobic, because of course they/them did.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 04:31 PM (ULPxl)

48 The larger problem is that new things that do blow up in popularity are quickly taken over by feminists who want to deconstruct the original into feminist gripes about the evils of men.

Take Wreck it Ralph and The LEGO Movie as two recent examples.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:31 PM (GBKbO)

49 Put a girl in it and make it gay!

A sound business strategy that just hasn't had the right people in charge of putting a girl in and making it gay.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 22, 2025 04:31 PM (17s+e)

50 Oceans 11
Oh wait…

Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 04:31 PM (Hkcdp)

51 22 No, no — I’ve got it! — Buy the Fast and Furious franchise, and make it sassy feminist college activists!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 04:26 PM (Hkcdp)

Fast, and Furious? Modern College Liberal Woman, with a high body count?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 04:31 PM (mP0Kj)

52 Leadership at Walt Disney Studios has been pressing Hollywood creatives in recent months, multiple sources tell Variety, for movies that will bring young men back to the brand in a meaningful way.

Are there Hollywood 'creatives' capable of coming up with an original IP, let alone one which will appeal to men?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:31 PM (ExV1e)

53 Ghostbusters
Oh wait…

Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 04:31 PM (Hkcdp)

54 Charlene's Angels. A mysterious and never seen women runs an agency of crime fighting Chippendale Dancers.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:32 PM (jc0TO)

55 42 Everything since Star Wars tells me that Lucas is something like an idiot who can't organize his influences well, his entire empire created by his then editor and wife Marcia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:30 PM

Her editing definitely saved Star Wars.
Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:30 PM (jc0TO)

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Empire was largely thanks to Kirschner and Kasdan. Lucas took over Return of the Jedi and kind of tanked it.

And then the prequels are largely awful despite his grandiose ambitions for them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:32 PM (GBKbO)

56 Leeroy Jenkins : The Cinematic Universe.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:32 PM (krQz2)

57
Meanwhile...

The Stock Market ROARED today.

Thank You Jews!!

Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 22, 2025 04:32 PM (Z7nwy)

58 >>> 55
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Empire was largely thanks to Kirschner and Kasdan. Lucas took over Return of the Jedi and kind of tanked it.

And then the prequels are largely awful despite his grandiose ambitions for them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:32 PM (GBKbO)

Sand gets EVERYWHERE!!!

Posted by: Anakin at August 22, 2025 04:33 PM (ULPxl)

59 DH just ran out of his office screaming that the paint just changed colors. Appears Piper the dog is working her flatulent magic today. To be fair, it is a rather small office. And Piper did look mighty smug when she came out from under the desk.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:33 PM (1Gsou)

60 Original Robert E Howard Conan the Barbarian. No way they'd do it though.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (Dv3i1)

61 Disney Action and Boobs Studios.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (krQz2)

62 When Indy nailed Marion she was 14.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (36Zmq)

63 Disney made a cartoon about a Trans Girl (a Boy) on a girls volleyball team along with gay and non binary players and the the team's Mom a white woman did want the boy to play against the other girls team because she's evil.

The last Pixar movie I don't bother remembering it they had to cut HUGE parts of the film because the boy was gay.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (FCrpy)

64 In a similar vein to this the other day on twitter, there was some stuff about publishing about how men aren't reading anymore. And of course the idiot woman talking about this is of course fucking stupid not recognizing that liberal white women have taken over publishing and only green light the books that they want to read. So you don't get sword and sorcery fantasy. You get Romantasy stories for women only. Usually literary smut.

Posted by: buzzion at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (aRLgQ)

65 3 I don't know what an IP is.
Posted by: Still lurking up north,

Internet Protocol. :-)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (sAmhv)

66 Meanwhile...

The Stock Market ROARED today.

Thank You Jews!!
Posted by: Soothsayer is Mathin' like jazzy crockett at August 22, 2025 04:32 PM

I made 4.4% today. I think Israel should get a dozen more F35s in payment.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (jc0TO)

67 >>> 62 When Indy nailed Marion she was 14.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (36Zmq)

I thought it was 15 in the movie.... after Spielberg convinced Lucas that 11 was too young.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (ULPxl)

68 64 In a similar vein to this the other day on twitter, there was some stuff about publishing about how men aren't reading anymore. And of course the idiot woman talking about this is of course fucking stupid not recognizing that liberal white women have taken over publishing and only green light the books that they want to read. So you don't get sword and sorcery fantasy. You get Romantasy stories for women only. Usually literary smut.
Posted by: buzzion at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (aRLgQ)

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"Men don't read the books I publish wish speak exclusively to my female lived experiences as an oppressed white woman."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:35 PM (GBKbO)

69 CJ Cherryh has a dozen book series that could easily be adapted to both the big and small screens.
Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (jc0TO)

The Faded Sun. So good.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:35 PM (ExV1e)

70 It's not burning of the mouse. It is self immolation.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 22, 2025 04:35 PM (17s+e)

71 Many acknowledge that it was his first wife that made the difference. Kasdan came back for The Force Awakens and Solo...so, there you are...

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:35 PM (g47mK)

72 Solo, man!

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:35 PM (g47mK)

73 They *could* continue the John Carter series.

They *let* a whisper campaign kill that movie (IMO).

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:35 PM (krQz2)

74 I've never cared for Disney, much rather watch the Warner Bros or Hanna Barbera stuff. King Features had Popeye.

Then there was the king, Tom Slick

Posted by: Easter weekend at August 22, 2025 04:36 PM (jrgJz)

75 Maybe something with a Keisha Knightly type who is very brash and self assured but discovers that the male lead, a young Chris Pratt (is Josh Allen busy?) is actually indispensable and irresistible.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 04:36 PM (MMp6W)

76 Reboot the 80's Buck Rogers and lean into the slinky wardrobes. Sydney Sweeney as Col. Wilma Deering might work.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 22, 2025 04:36 PM (pIfcn)

77 71 Many acknowledge that it was his first wife that made the difference. Kasdan came back for The Force Awakens and Solo...so, there you are...
Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:35 PM (g47mK)

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Kasdan had his moment in the 80s. Maybe it was the people he was working with that brought the best out of him back then, but his influence on the early sequel era was either negative or muted by other collaborators. Not sure.

But Lucas was definitely more hands off of Empire than he was on Return.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:36 PM (GBKbO)

78 21 In fairness to Pedro Pascal, Mark Hamill isn't much better these days.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 04:26 PM (gKWVE)

They are both gay and their shit is all retarded.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:36 PM (1Gsou)

79 Is Disney still into grooming/exploiting children?

Doesn't matter what great male-centric content they conceive. It's a brand that should die.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 22, 2025 04:36 PM (gLikB)

80 The Faded Sun. So good.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:35 PM

The Foreigner Series has giant black people AND an assassin's guild.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:36 PM (jc0TO)

81 I don't know what an IP is.
Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (kTd/k)

Intellectual Property.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:37 PM (ExV1e)

82 78 21 In fairness to Pedro Pascal, Mark Hamill isn't much better these days.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 04:26 PM (gKWVE)

They are both gay and their shit is all retarded.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:36 PM (1Gsou)

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Kingsman, man.

Head goes splodey.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:37 PM (GBKbO)

83 Until Disney cleans house of LGBQXYZ nothing will change

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 04:37 PM (+qU29)

84 60 Original Robert E Howard Conan the Barbarian. No way they'd do it though.

ya know, that doc savage movie has just been begging for a sequel since '75.

and where's my buckaroo bonzai versus the world crime league?

Posted by: anachronda at August 22, 2025 04:37 PM (v3pYe)

85 Many acknowledge that it was his first wife that made the difference. Kasdan came back for The Force Awakens and Solo...so, there you are...
Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:35 PM (g47mK)
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Solo was actually entertaining, for the most part.

Ron Howard made it a buddy movie until Kennedy made him want to bug out.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:37 PM (krQz2)

86 It's not complicated. That's the part that gets me. Stop shitting on young men. Stop calling them nazis and incels, stop portraying them as evil incarnate or bumbling fools. Tell good stories without The Message™. Doesn't take much. And yet they still give this appearance of being utterly baffled. I wonder if they really are this insulated and clueless or if it's an act.

Posted by: It's hard to even tell at August 22, 2025 04:37 PM (TbWk/)

87 This reminds me of some of the stuff going on in Warhammer right now (from outside, I mostly just watch videos. It's a fascinating universe(s).

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 04:37 PM (zZu0s)

88 Kasdan had his moment in the 80s. Maybe it was the people he was working with that brought the best out of him back then, but his influence on the early sequel era was either negative or muted by other collaborators. Not sure.

But Lucas was definitely more hands off of Empire than he was on Return.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:36 PM (GBKbO)

Teamwork makes the dream work !

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:38 PM (g47mK)

89
I made 4.4% today. I think Israel should get a dozen more F35s in payment.
Posted by: toby928

Yes, at wholesale cost, of course.

Posted by: Shalom, Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 04:38 PM (Z7nwy)

90 I would greatly appreciate an animated Disney project where every voice is done by AI, and sounds like Charles Nelson Reilly.

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 04:38 PM (dIske)

91 A better remake of Gor would bring the boys to the yard.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:38 PM (jc0TO)

92 B]LOL. Here's an idea: Make an Indiana Jones movie -- stay with me -- in which Indiana Jones is the actual hero.

Maybe purchase the James Bo d franchise from Amazon and make Bond a lesbian Palestinian?
Posted by: Lizzy

Dudes love Bond! And if we make him gay, there will twice as many dudes on screen! What's more manly than a hot, suave secret agent dude having sex? Two of them having sex! "Brokeback Bond" or "The Spy Who Broke Me". "For Brown Eye Only", or "You Only Jizzed Twice"?

Posted by: Disney Execs at August 22, 2025 04:39 PM (ycI94)

93 84 60 Original Robert E Howard Conan the Barbarian. No way they'd do it though.

ya know, that doc savage movie has just been begging for a sequel since '75.

and where's my buckaroo bonzai versus the world crime league?
Posted by: anachronda at August 22, 2025 04:37 PM (v3pYe)

Hammers Slammers. Dorsai. John Henry Falkenburg.

Hell... Honor Harrington...

But can't do any of that, it too nice to Militaries...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 04:39 PM (mP0Kj)

94 Percy Jackson was good until the Author went SUPER WOKE and now his UBER liberal wife runs the show, she was the one that made Zeus black and Athena's Child a black girl.

He pissed off a lot of fans

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 04:39 PM (FCrpy)

95 41 The Siege of Vienna

hmmm.... *scribbles note* soundtrack by sabaton

Posted by: anachronda at August 22, 2025 04:39 PM (v3pYe)

96 If a major studio doesn't green-light something starring the currently popular Sydney Sweeny soon, it'll prove beyond the shadow of a doubt they're all retarded and gay.

Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 04:40 PM (i0F8b)

97 Remake Old Yeller. With a yellow cat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 04:41 PM (63Dwl)

98 The priority, Iger said, "is to put out great movies."

That should have always been the priority, since that's where the money comes from. Disney chose another path and now they're struggling to get back on the right (read "profitable") one because they're so lost they don't even know where the hell they are.

Might have helped if they hadn't burned the map because it was "mansplaining" the territory to them.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 22, 2025 04:41 PM (lUFok)

99 It's a problem for us grandparents who see any movies for grandkids are owned by the same CCP front group.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 22, 2025 04:41 PM (7leMO)

100 96 If a major studio doesn't green-light something starring the currently popular Sydney Sweeny soon, it'll prove beyond the shadow of a doubt they're all retarded and gay.
Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 04:40 PM (i0F8b)

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She had a movie come out last weekend, actually. It bombed.

Well, sort of. It was barely advertised, two years old, and mostly a bare minimum release in order to honor a contract with the production company the distributor bought it from.

Still, it's going to be used as an excuse to try and tamp down on her career. No idea if it'll work.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:42 PM (GBKbO)

101
Leadership at Walt Disney Studios has been pressing Hollywood creatives in recent months, multiple sources tell Variety, for movies that will bring young men back to the brand in a meaningful way.

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"in a meaningful way"? That phrase is a red flag to me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 04:42 PM (6eO0F)

102 Kan Kathleen Kennedy

"And there was much rejoicing."

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:42 PM (krQz2)

103 94 Percy Jackson was good until the Author went SUPER WOKE and now his UBER liberal wife runs the show, she was the one that made Zeus black and Athena's Child a black girl.

He pissed off a lot of fans
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 04:39 PM (FCrpy)

But... but... but... the Greeks have a long history as black men. Or some such shit.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:43 PM (1Gsou)

104 It's going to be a pointless exercise even beyond the reasons already stated by Ace. Writers in Hollywood have all been taught to write coming from the "how do I make this inclusive?" viewpoint dominating everything else, especially story.

If this has any prayer of working, they need to find writers from older generations and/or outside Hollywood. Neither of which is going to happen.

Posted by: can of spam at August 22, 2025 04:43 PM (7oNMO)

105 60 Original Robert E Howard Conan the Barbarian. No way they'd do it though.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (Dv3i1)

The people that are doing House of The Dragon on HBO, were originally signed on with Amazon to do a Conan series. It was killed by the dumb bitch that greenlit Wheel of Times and Rings of Power. Because it was too masculine. She's fired now.

Posted by: buzzion at August 22, 2025 04:43 PM (aRLgQ)

106 Hell... Honor Harrington...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 04:39 PM (mP0Kj)
________________________________

That would ruin my plans. I've already given up on this planet, and plan on securing my own somewhere out in space. In the Harrington series each planet seems to reflect different political views, including one that is rugged individualism, guns, and freedom. I want one of those.

And, once Musk gets his space ship act together, I'm carjacking one of those babies,....and it's SOOOOooooo Long Suckers.

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 04:43 PM (dIske)

107 Solo was actually entertaining, for the most part.

Ron Howard made it a buddy movie until Kennedy made him want to bug out.
Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:37 PM (krQz2)

It was the genesis of being entertaining. I hated Khaleesi in the role of Qi'ra , and the BS pansexual Lando. Even though they made it into a joke. So it turned me off.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:43 PM (g47mK)

108 Quick question: what the hell is "lived experience?" Is it different than.... experience? What kind of experience is not "lived?"

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:43 PM (1Gsou)

109 *it had the genesis

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:43 PM (g47mK)

110 *whispers*

Firefly.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:44 PM (1Gsou)

111 I'd like to see what Disney can do with Biblical IP Characters and Stories.

/

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (BLkyQ)

112 >108 Quick question: what the hell is "lived experience?" Is it different than.... experience? What kind of experience is not "lived?"

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:43 PM (1Gsou)

It's MY TRUTH, bigot!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (GTqXr)

113 Lived experience is one not made up I guess

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (+qU29)

114 I can't fathom that Disney could ever get back to any semblance of "normal".

The rot is leaf to root.

The dinosaur studios just need to die to make way for a fresh start, but I'm afraid they never will die. I don't think there is a mechanism for them to die.

Posted by: eleven at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (fV+MH)

115 The Stock Market ROARED today.

I mean, the overall market was up < 2%. Not sure 'roared' is the word I'd use.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (ExV1e)

116 They should look into Tom Mix.

I used to love him when I was a kid.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (3jMdJ)

117 My original Gen-Z IP pitch to Disney:

MISSISSIPPI SMITH AND THE CATHEDRAL OF FATE!!!

They'll be beatin' down the doors to see it, boys!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (wtvvX)

118 108 Quick question: what the hell is "lived experience?" Is it different than.... experience? What kind of experience is not "lived?"

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:43 PM (1Gsou)

Imaginary Experience. Like that weekend I spent with Sydney.

Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (i0F8b)

119 I'm sure Doomcock is saying that Kathleen Kennedy will be fired any day now

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (ZnPqv)

120 113 Lived experience is one not made up I guess
Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (+qU29)

Except when they use that phrase, it is always made up.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (1Gsou)

121 Don't know about Disney going back to normal, it is massive , but maybe Lucasfilm will get its mojo back. I have high hopes for Jon Favreau!

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:46 PM (g47mK)

122 Variety: Disney Seeks Original IP Which Will Appeal to Young Men
—Ace

Warhammer by Disney?

We could have a dour but well meaning Primarch who obviously has space-daddy issues crashes on an unexplored world and is followed around by a dumb but well meaning Orgyn happy to finally see another abhuman. After they have an argument the two separate, but just as things look dark for our Primarch the Orgyn shows up and eats the heretiks that were about to ambush him.

The two then save a Sister of Battle from Slaaneshi cultists and the movie ends on a happy song as the Sister of Battle uses a Heavy Flamer on the captured heretics.

This would hit all of Disney's favored notes...

Conveniently (mostly) dead parents
Strong female lead
Dumb but nice side kick that likes to sing
Learning the importance of friendship
Flaming
Sexually ambiguous perverts

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

123 103 94 Percy Jackson was good until the Author went SUPER WOKE and now his UBER liberal wife runs the show, she was the one that made Zeus black and Athena's Child a black girl.

He pissed off a lot of fans
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 04:39 PM (FCrpy)

But... but... but... the Greeks have a long history as black men. Or some such shit.

hmmm.... *scribbles note* wild wild west, but set in ancient rome. guys like rome, right? could get peter dinklage as miguelitus lovelus

Posted by: hollywood idea man at August 22, 2025 04:46 PM (v3pYe)

124
>>>>>108 Quick question: what the hell is "lived experience?"
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen

It's another dumb way to say the very ignorant phrase "my truth."

Posted by: Shalom, Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 04:47 PM (Z7nwy)

125 "in a meaningful way"? That phrase is a red flag to me.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 04:42 PM (6eO0F)

Yeah because it likely comes off as how do we get these dumb boys to watch our movies so we can force them to listen to our messaging.

Its no longer about making money so let's make shit people will watch. Its how do we get people to pay to listen to our lecturing.

Posted by: buzzion at August 22, 2025 04:47 PM (aRLgQ)

126 Imaginary Experience. Like that weekend I spent with Sydney.
Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (i0F8b)

Does that happen to you a lot?

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:47 PM (1Gsou)

127 > Percy Jackson was good until the Author went SUPER WOKE and now his UBER liberal wife runs the show, she was the one that made Zeus black and Athena's Child a black girl.

His Vikings mythology series has a main character who is gender fluid.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 04:47 PM (lIio7)

128 How about more Flashman movies?

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 04:47 PM (gKWVE)

129 I don't think Kathleen Kennedy is going anywhere, either.

Posted by: eleven at August 22, 2025 04:47 PM (fV+MH)

130 >> Disney's Boy Trouble: Studio Seeks Original IP to Win Back Gen-Z Men Amid Marvel, Lucasfilm Struggles

Not to be trite, but f them. Once people show you what their true intent is, I am not certain how you ever forget that. Since the motive here is financial you can be assured their pining is for your dollars not anything else.

Disney and Marvel had a genuine audience attracted to their characters because they identified with them. They took that trust, and curiously then proceeded to tell you what a bad person you were for not only believing in those characters values, but how Neanderthal you were for not embracing the woke garbage they wanted to foist upon you. In that regard, they are a lot like liberal Democrats who want to use the auspices of government to force your behavior and steal any liberties you might enjoy if you oppose them. That’s more a casus belli than a pitch for my viewership or vote. YMMV

Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T at August 22, 2025 04:47 PM (Jm2uO)

131 Alternate Headline: People who believe young men are the scourge of humanity trying desperately to find a way to appeal to young men

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 04:47 PM (2fC87)

132 The Stock Market ROARED today.

I mean, the overall market was up
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM

That's why we have margin accounts.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:47 PM (jc0TO)

133 I have a two-step guaranteed process to appeal to men for Disney:
Step 1: Fire all women with any management authority
Step 2: Hire retired men without a college degree who live in states without an ocean beach to replace them.

I was thinking, you know who is the most pernicious and destructive person in the world today?
The head of HR at Blackrock.
She hired the DEI hires at Blackrock.
They then forced DEI on all the companies Blackrock invests in.
E.g., she is directly responsible for the Cracker Barrel's recent $100 million valuation loss b/c Blackrock pushed them to DEI.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 22, 2025 04:48 PM (FQQCN)

134 I can't fathom that Disney could ever get back to any semblance of "normal".

The rot is leaf to root.

Posted by: eleven at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (fV+MH)
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This is nothing more than the Democrats wishing their message appealed to more young men.

Those who let ideology do their thinking for them--or use tribalism based on who thinks like that, do their thinking for them, can't actually adjust.

It's like an addict that has to hit rock bottom.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:48 PM (krQz2)

135 We Hate You But We'll Take Your Money

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 04:48 PM (2fC87)

136 115 The Stock Market ROARED today.

I mean, the overall market was up
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (ExV1e)

Cracker Barrel is a STRONG BUY!

Posted by: Jim Cramer at August 22, 2025 04:48 PM (PiwSw)

137 My problem with Disney goes back to the beginning. What's with all the dead moms? Every damned time, the mom is dead.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:48 PM (1Gsou)

138 >I mean, the overall market was up

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (ExV1e)

YTD I'm up 8%. And that's after a serious re-balance when I took a strong bond position.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 04:48 PM (GTqXr)

139 Maybe something with a Keisha Knightly type who is very brash and self assured but discovers that the male lead, a young Chris Pratt (is Josh Allen busy?) is actually indispensable and irresistible.
Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 04:36 PM (MMp6W)

Do you mean Keira Knightly? Or Keshia Knight Pulliam?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:48 PM (ExV1e)

140 To appeal to young men, you need stars. Stars who are relatable.

We're tanned. Rested. Ready!

Posted by: Doug, Tim, David (Harvard graduate), and Eric at August 22, 2025 04:48 PM (0sNs1)

141 Disney trying to appeal to young men like OJ tried to appeal to Nicole

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 04:48 PM (2fC87)

142 108 Quick question: what the hell is "lived experience?"...
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:43 PM (1Gsou)

--

Anecdotes that fly in the face of aggregate data.

Posted by: can of spam at August 22, 2025 04:49 PM (7oNMO)

143 97 Remake Old Yeller. With a ~~yellow cat~~ Kilmar Abrego Garcia as the live in help..
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I mean...

Posted by: Dark Humor at August 22, 2025 04:49 PM (ycI94)

144 My problem with Disney goes back to the beginning. What's with all the dead moms? Every damned time, the mom is dead.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:48 PM

My daughter wept in the theater when the dinosaur lost his mother.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:49 PM (jc0TO)

145 Mayor of Noobtown, a guy from Ohio dies goes to a Fantasy world and has to fight the Dark overlord all the while he has to deal with Magic and how crazy the world is.
It's damn funny,

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 04:49 PM (FCrpy)

146 Disney, stay with me here. Make a hard, violent movie about a last stand (there are plenty of examples in History, but you can make one up.) Include stuff about duty and honor.

Then have everyone die in heroic, bloody fashion.

The End.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 04:49 PM (zZu0s)

147 BTW. True story. I had a friend who took his kids to Disney because they begged him to go. He ended up having to explain to them why some dude with a five o’clock shadow was walking around in a dress.

He said never again. Not ever.

Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T at August 22, 2025 04:49 PM (Jm2uO)

148 Star Wars also wears its Dune and Flash Gordon influences on its sleeve.
Posted by: gKWVE

Star Wars is a Japanese samurai story in pulp-sci-fi drag.

The "real warriors" are men of the past who fight with swords, not these new-fangled gunslingers.

They learn how to fight from a wizened old reclusive master.

Their fighting style is kendo-based, not western techniques.

Darth Vader even wears a "kabuto" helmet: round top, skirt around the back of the neck, scary mask on the front.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 04:50 PM (DgGvY)

149 How about more Flashman movies?

I've often wondered why they haven't been used more. I think the last one was 1975's Royal Flash, with Malcolm McDowell, and it did not do well, but that's because it was apparently pretty bad.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 04:50 PM (Riz8t)

150 Sorry Doomcock.

Doomcock is like the Kathleen Kennedy Sisyphus.

Poor bastard.

Posted by: eleven at August 22, 2025 04:50 PM (fV+MH)

151 and where's my buckaroo bonzai versus the world crime league?
Posted by: anachronda at August 22, 2025 04:37 PM (v3pYe)

You've been living it since Jan 20th.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:50 PM (ExV1e)

152 Quick question: what the hell is "lived experience?"
---
When somebody "knows they're a girl" when all they appear to the outside world is as a girlie boy.

You're "silencing their voice" when you try to explain to them that they actually qualify as a boy.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:50 PM (krQz2)

153 Mark Greaney’s Gray Man series was a sure thing franchise…except Netflix raped the first novel Into an incoherent mess. It’s not just Disney; they’re all talentless morons

Posted by: UGAdawg at August 22, 2025 04:51 PM (iqHxn)

154 Let's all meet at Cracker Barrel before we head to the theater for the next Disney blockbuster. Afterwards, we can get in the Jaguar and pick up some Bud Lite.

Where do they find these business geniuses? Or do they lobotomize the ones they promote to management?

Posted by: Eeyore at August 22, 2025 04:51 PM (s0JqF)

155 "Perfect. Daria sounds like the perfect liberal woman to conjure up an "original IP" that appeals to young conservative-tilting men."

Daria was a late night cartoon on MTV, no?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 22, 2025 04:51 PM (loZDR)

156 This reminds me of some of the stuff going on in Warhammer right now (from outside, I mostly just watch videos. It's a fascinating universe(s).
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 04:37 PM (zZu0s)

Has the company made the Emperor a woman yet?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:51 PM (ExV1e)

157 Alive action Rocky and Bullwinkle but dark with a transgender moose.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 04:51 PM (kTd/k)

158 Like that weekend I spent with Sydney.
Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (i0F8b)

Does that happen to you a lot?
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 22, 2025 04:47 PM

Sydney couldn't last more than a weekend with any 'ron.

Except maybe Wesley.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 04:51 PM (0sNs1)

159 Other than War Hammer...are there any Male Centric IPs left?
Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 04:29 PM (Z1dZR)

What do you think A Literary Horde is trying to do?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2025 04:52 PM (YDdvq)

160 How about a group of male NFL cheerleaders that cheer for the only team owned by a woman but also in their spare time help smuggle the scum of the earth people into the country. Also they hate guns and beer.

Posted by: Case at August 22, 2025 04:52 PM (iwlvf)

161 The Bedford Incident. Cold War. They all died. Everybody died. It's been done. Including Berkeley hipster progressive foolishness.

146 Disney, stay with me here. Make a hard, violent movie about a last stand (there are plenty of examples in History, but you can make one up.) Include stuff about duty and honor.

Then have everyone die in heroic, bloody fashion.

The End.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 04:49 PM (zZu0s)

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 22, 2025 04:52 PM (YlWIZ)

162 Hammers Slammers. Dorsai. John Henry Falkenburg.

Hell... Honor Harrington...

But can't do any of that, it too nice to Militaries...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 04:39 PM (mP0Kj)

Yeah. In Honor Harrington the socialist are the bad guys also. Of course, it does, legitimately, have a black Queen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 04:53 PM (ExV1e)

163 Movies suck now anyway.

I finally got around to watching the last Mission Impossible movie. Three hours long. I was mildly OK with it until Ethan did all that submarine shit. Then I just lost it when a sub that imploded ten years ago somehow had power, and draining a single compartment (btw: hahahahaha) made the entire boat start rolling. Oh, and the little nuclear device on his wrist that somehow powered the whole boat.

Then he strips down to his underwear, somehow opens a torpedo tube door FROM THE INSIDE OF IT and swims naked in arctic water without dying in thirty seconds.

Somewhere Jack Dawson is sitting around all pissed off.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 04:53 PM (IKyq4)

164 Lived Experience- well could have lived it if I was more energetic

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 04:53 PM (+qU29)

165 Or do they lobotomize the ones they promote to management?
Posted by: Eeyore at August 22, 2025 04:51 PM

IME, an MBA pretty much is a lobotomy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 04:53 PM (0sNs1)

166 Star Wars also wears its Dune and Flash Gordon influences on its sleeve.
Posted by: gKWVE
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Some people find that it steals pretty heavily from Jack Kirby's Fourth World cycle as well.

Darkseid predates Darth Vader. And Mark Moonrider predates Luke Skywalker.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:53 PM (krQz2)

167 Young(ish) men coming of age:
Johnny Tremain
Old Yeller
The Yearling
Where the Red Fern Grows
Swiss Family Robinson
Robinson Crusoe
Han Brinker or the Silver Skates

There are so many terrific vintage novels that could be adapted.

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at August 22, 2025 04:53 PM (USyCi)

168 My problem with Disney goes back to the beginning. What's with all the dead moms? Every damned time, the mom is dead.
Posted by: tcn

Kid Heroes can't have parents harshing their mellows. They gotta be free to be!

Anime has the same problem. There's a joke that "shōnen protagonist's parents" is the most dangerous job in Japan. Near 100% casualty rate.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 04:53 PM (DgGvY)

169 Daria was a late night cartoon on MTV, no?

Posted by: Darrell Harris

She was a Beavis and Butthead classmate before getting her own show.

"Diarrhea, cha-cha-cha. Diarrhea!"

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 22, 2025 04:53 PM (4DY5T)

170 150 Sorry Doomcock.

Doomcock is like the Kathleen Kennedy Sisyphus.

Poor bastard.
Posted by: eleven

I mean, he's guaranteed to be correct eventually
Unless she's a lich...

Posted by: Old Ace when he talked sexy D&D at August 22, 2025 04:53 PM (ycI94)

171 >>> 114 I can't fathom that Disney could ever get back to any semblance of "normal".

The rot is leaf to root.

The dinosaur studios just need to die to make way for a fresh start, but I'm afraid they never will die. I don't think there is a mechanism for them to die.
Posted by: eleven at August 22, 2025 04:45 PM (fV+MH)

Wanna bet???

Posted by: Mayor Bass holding a burning flare at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM (ULPxl)

172 > BTW. True story. I had a friend who took his kids to Disney because they begged him to go. He ended up having to explain to them why some dude with a five o’clock shadow was walking around in a dress.

That crap is spreading everywhere. The last time I went to Utah, I saw a tranny in a restaurant in a rural town.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM (lIio7)

173 Man, I would love a job blowing billions on nonsense. But in my case nonsense would be fun.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM (W3T6M)

174 I think they should do a remake of one of the old Mickey Mouse animations, but make it real life. They can put Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy on the tracks, but in the remake the train runs them over.

Problem solved. I have a million ideas.

Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM (Jm2uO)

175
Meanwhile...

The crafty burger jews who run STEAK 'n SHAKE brilliantly tweeted they won't change....ever!

They cryptically said we're not woke cuck faggots and we still love America and our American customers, not like those woke sell-out bitches at Cracker Barrel

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM (5GHxz)

176 An original IP that appeals to young men?

Ooooh, ooooh, pick me! (Raises hand urgently.)

See, there's this guy, he's been fighting a war for TEN FUCKIN' YEARS, and then he and his superheros buddies finally win the war after being helped by some KICK-ASS GODS -- but now he has to get home, see?, and on the way he has all kinds of incredible adventures, including being seduced by a SEXY-ASS WITCH and attacked by some SCARY MONSTERS, and when he finally gets home his BABELY WIFE WITH BIG BOOBS has all these sleazy mack-daddies trying to get in her pants, so the hero ROYALLY KICKS THIER ASSES and reclaims that poontang for himself! It's a real odyssey, if you think about it.

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM (pMi6S)

177 Plinkett did a new video on Star Wars btw. It's pretty good.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 04:55 PM (IKyq4)

178 I laughed when I saw the name Daria.

Yes..."Daria" is going to get that testosterone pumping again. fknlol

Posted by: eleven at August 22, 2025 04:55 PM (fV+MH)

179 >There are so many terrific vintage novels that could be adapted.

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at August 22, 2025 04:53 PM (USyCi)

Huck Finn...heads would explode.

I was fascinated by that book when I was a yute. Wore out my copy.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 04:55 PM (GTqXr)

180 >> That crap is spreading everywhere. The last time I went to Utah, I saw a tranny in a restaurant in a rural town.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM (lIio7)

People have had enough of this crap. Dude wanted some down time with his family after coming back from being down range. He was like Wtf is happening.

Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T at August 22, 2025 04:55 PM (Jm2uO)

181 An original IP that appeals to young men?

Ooooh, ooooh, pick me! (Raises hand urgently.)

See, there's this guy, he's been fighting a war for TEN FUCKIN' YEARS, and then he and his superheros buddies finally win the war after being helped by some KICK-ASS GODS -- but now he has to get home, see?, and on the way he has all kinds of incredible adventures, including being seduced by a SEXY-ASS WITCH and attacked by some SCARY MONSTERS, and when he finally gets home his BABELY WIFE WITH BIG BOOBS has all these sleazy mack-daddies trying to get in her pants, so the hero ROYALLY KICKS THIER ASSES and reclaims that poontang for himself! It's a real odyssey, if you think about it.
Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM

Take my money, Ulysses.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:56 PM (jc0TO)

182 >>> 133 I have a two-step guaranteed process to appeal to men for Disney:
Step 1: Fire all women with any management authority
Step 2: Hire retired men without a college degree who live in states without an ocean beach to replace them.

I was thinking, you know who is the most pernicious and destructive person in the world today?
The head of HR at Blackrock.
She hired the DEI hires at Blackrock.
They then forced DEI on all the companies Blackrock invests in.
E.g., she is directly responsible for the Cracker Barrel's recent $100 million valuation loss b/c Blackrock pushed them to DEI.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 22, 2025 04:48 PM (FQQCN)

Hey, what about me?

Posted by: CEO Larry Fink, now co-head of the WEF at August 22, 2025 04:56 PM (ULPxl)

183 See, there's this guy, he's been fighting a war for TEN FUCKIN' YEARS, and then he and his superheros buddies finally win the war after being helped by some KICK-ASS GODS -- but now he has to get home, see?, and on the way he has all kinds of incredible adventures, including being seduced by a SEXY-ASS WITCH and attacked by some SCARY MONSTERS, and when he finally gets home his BABELY WIFE WITH BIG BOOBS has all these sleazy mack-daddies trying to get in her pants, so the hero ROYALLY KICKS THIER ASSES and reclaims that poontang for himself! It's a real odyssey, if you think about it.

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM (pMi6S)
---
It's been a while since O Brother....

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:56 PM (krQz2)

184 Sydney Sweeney as Red Sonja.

Posted by: MikeN at August 22, 2025 04:56 PM (HVZOH)

185
He ended up having to explain to them why some dude with a five o’clock shadow was walking around in a dress.

He said never again. Not ever.
Posted by: Marcus T

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

!!!! What was that, the Bibbity-Bobbity-Boutique, or a customer? Disney used to have strict dress codes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 04:56 PM (6eO0F)

186 176 See, there's this guy, he's been fighting a war for TEN FUCKIN' YEARS, and then he and his superheros buddies finally win the war after being helped by some KICK-ASS GODS -- but now he has to get home, see?, and on the way he has all kinds of incredible adventures, including being seduced by a SEXY-ASS WITCH and attacked by some SCARY MONSTERS, and when he finally gets home his BABELY WIFE WITH BIG BOOBS has all these sleazy mack-daddies trying to get in her pants, so the hero ROYALLY KICKS THIER ASSES and reclaims that poontang for himself! It's a real odyssey, if you think about it.
Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM (pMi6S)

=======

Nolan's next movie, actually.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:57 PM (GBKbO)

187 pudinhead it's either Disney or a government job under the Democrats

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 04:57 PM (+qU29)

188 Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at August 22, 2025 04:53 PM (USyCi)

Captains Courageous
Kim
Travels of Jaimee McPheeters

But I would be afraid that they would all be fake and gay and lame.

Also why I have mixed feelings regarding a Lewis and Clark miniseries. Hollywood pretty much wrecks everything.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 22, 2025 04:57 PM (0aYVJ)

189 Sydney Sweeney as Red Sonja.

==

She is 5 feet tall. Not sure it'll work.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:57 PM (g47mK)

190 Man, I would love a job blowing billions on nonsense. But in my case nonsense would be fun.

Posted by: pudinhead at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM (W3T6M)
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I would continue the John Carter series.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:58 PM (krQz2)

191 We need a Secret of NIM 2.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:58 PM (jc0TO)

192 Sydney Sweeney as Red Sonja.

==

She is 5 feet tall. Not sure it'll work.
Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:57 PM (g47mK)
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Dig a lot of trenches and get her a box to stand on.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:58 PM (krQz2)

193
Imagine this:
If the Mossad are really smart, they will hire Sidney Sweeney to do a TV ad for Steak 'n Shake.

In fact, what are these idiot corporate weenies waiting for? They should be beating down her door to do ads for their products.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 04:58 PM (5GHxz)

194 She is 5 feet tall. Not sure it'll work.
Posted by: runner

Two words: chainmail bikini.

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 22, 2025 04:59 PM (QCu82)

195 People don’t understand that liberty means doing what you want provided it doesn’t infringe on other people’s rights and beliefs. This crap where they want to break that social contract and just shove this garbage in your face in public places where you can’t always avoid it isn’t liberty, it’s quite the opposite.

Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T at August 22, 2025 04:59 PM (Jm2uO)

196 disney is sitting on a metric crap ton of stuff they could do limited releases with at theaters and make a fortune but for whatever reason(s) they wont do it.

Guarantee if they did a one week limited re-release of the original snow white movie they would sell out every theater in the US.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 22, 2025 04:59 PM (0N4FZ)

197 I think they remade everything several times. Nothing left to remake. Except maybe 1 movie. Not telling you what it is.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:59 PM (g47mK)

198 She is 5 feet tall. Not sure it'll work.
Posted by: runner

Two words: chainmail bikini.
Posted by: Kratwurst at August 22, 2025 04:59 PM (QCu82)
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I'll allow it.

Posted by: Disbelief at August 22, 2025 05:00 PM (krQz2)

199 *they might be reading and will spoil the original

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 05:00 PM (g47mK)

200 177 Plinkett did a new video on Star Wars btw. It's pretty good.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 04:55 PM (IKyq4)

I doubt it. It sounded to me like they're a bit bitter they don't get to be the arbiters on Star Wars now. And want to make sure that you know they don't associate with "those critics" of Star Wars. BTW we would be considered "those critics" of Star Wars according to them.

Posted by: buzzion at August 22, 2025 05:00 PM (aRLgQ)

201 Or ET II, starring Anya Taylor-Joy as the extraterrestrial.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 05:00 PM (jc0TO)

202 >>> 195 People don’t understand that liberty means doing what you want provided it doesn’t infringe on other people’s rights and beliefs. This crap where they want to break that social contract and just shove this garbage in your face in public places where you can’t always avoid it isn’t liberty, it’s quite the opposite.
Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T at August 22, 2025 04:59 PM (Jm2uO)

Thank an "educator" for a lot of things people don't understand.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 05:00 PM (ULPxl)

203 > People have had enough of this crap. Dude wanted some down time with his family after coming back from being down range. He was like Wtf is happening.

Sure. I'm just saying they're not confined to Disney or leftist hellhole cities. They're everywhere.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 05:00 PM (lIio7)

204
Years ago, Carl's Jr, which is fuckinghorrendous vittles, had a half-naked woman with big teets in an ad. Huge success for the brand.

But Hardees food is still terrible.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 05:00 PM (5GHxz)

205 >In fact, what are these idiot corporate weenies waiting for? They should be beating down her door to do ads for their products.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 04:58 PM (5GHxz)

Bud Light is reportedly hiring Sydney's boobs for their next campaign.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 05:00 PM (GTqXr)

206 Newest Red Sonja movie came out a week ago, actually:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0AQ3bVkDF0

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM (GBKbO)

207 Nolan's next movie, actually.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:57 PM (GBKbO)

Starring Elliot Page.

Posted by: buzzion at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM (aRLgQ)

208 Shorter version : " Watch our stuff you disgusting incels!"

Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM (YwEeS)

209 Sydney Sweeney as Red Sonja.

==

She is 5 feet tall. Not sure it'll work.
Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:57 PM

That's spinner territory!

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM (55SYM)

210 Sydney Sweeney as Red Sonja.

==

She is 5 feet tall. Not sure it'll work.

I thought a Red Sonja movie was in the works, with an actress not much taller then her and also with a small build...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM (sKqQm)

211 >> !!!! What was that, the Bibbity-Bobbity-Boutique, or a customer? Disney used to have strict dress codes.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 04:56 PM (6eO0F)

Definitely an employee. It was at one of the princess events or something. Dude had an employee name tag

Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM (Jm2uO)

212 New Disney intern: "Hey boss, should we put Sydney Sweeney in a movie to try and get young boys and young men to watch?"

Woke boss: "That MAGA trash, hell no!"

New Disney intern: "How about if she is scantily clad, and wields two guns to mow down a bunch of bad guys?"

Woke boss: "That is the dumbest idea I have ever heard. Not even a male moron would ever be interested in bewbs and guns."

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM (HlyYF)

213 >>> 206 Newest Red Sonja movie came out a week ago, actually:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0AQ3bVkDF0
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM (GBKbO)

And unless something has changed with its distribution, it will be out of theaters in another week or so and then to digital.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM (ULPxl)

214
disney is sitting on a metric crap ton of stuff they could do limited releases with at theaters and make a fortune but for whatever reason(s) they wont do it.

Guarantee if they did a one week limited re-release of the original snow white movie they would sell out every theater in the US.
Posted by: Mister Scott

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That's true, but I think it's interesting they want *original* IP. Enough milking their legacy content. But who's even writing that stuff now? I don't even know if anyone is speculating screenplays anymore in the current system, which is all franchises and adaptations.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (6eO0F)

215 I want a Superman movie, only Clark Kent didn't actually become Superman. Instead he's a very effective investigative reporter who the CIA keeps trying to kill and make it look like an accident, and shenanigans ensue when they can't figure out why they keep failing.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (64qRd)

216 144 My problem with Disney goes back to the beginning. What's with all the dead moms? Every damned time, the mom is dead.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska
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Just another way to break it down.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (nO7cW)

217 How about this:

Make a film out of Goofus and Gallant from Highlights magazine, except update it and make it relevant to modern reality by having Goofus be a woke Antifa sleazeball and have Gallant be a totally based but still extremely polite MAGA chad.

Seriously, if they did this, the lines would be around the block.

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (pMi6S)

218 Disney, stay with me here. Make a hard, violent movie about a last stand (there are plenty of examples in History, but you can make one up.) Include stuff about duty and honor.

Then have everyone die in heroic, bloody fashion.

The End.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 04:49 PM (zZu0s)

Disney execs: okay, an abortion clinic is surrounded by fanatical Jesus-people. The 'providers' struggle mightily while giving soliloquys about the importance of loving baby killing. Gripping scenes as they smuggle young black women through the lines to receive their services. Finally, the Bible-thumpers break through and massacre everyone. The lead abortionists final words are 'death before death'.

Surefire award winner.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (ExV1e)

219 Newest Red Sonja movie came out a week ago, actually:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0AQ3bVkDF0
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I am sorry you are plagued with such knowledge.

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (QCu82)

220 >> Thank an "educator" for a lot of things people don't understand.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 05:00 PM (ULPxl)

Or we could just throat punch them.

Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (Jm2uO)

221 I don't know what an IP is.

I read the content twice trying to see what I missed too. Then I note its in the lead statement.

Ace, pass the dutchie to the left, these 4:20 releases can be a challenge.

Posted by: DanMan at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (8uzBS)

222 Nolan's next movie, actually.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:57 PM (GBKbO)

Starring Elliot Page.
Posted by: buzzion at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM

She's make a good Indiana Jones character. She's so tiny she could slip into all kinds of tombs and temples.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (jc0TO)

223 The latest Red Sonja actress is Matilda Lutz

She is 5'6 and 120lbs...a perfectly healthy build for a woman but...a muscular barbarian she is not.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (sKqQm)

224 Doctor Doom in the Fantastic Four comics, Marvel, predated Darkseid, Darth Vader and whatever armored weirdos showed up. Doom disfigured himself in his dorm room attempts to contact the netherworld. At 12 cents a copy.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 22, 2025 05:03 PM (YlWIZ)

225 >>> 215 I want a Superman movie, only Clark Kent didn't actually become Superman. Instead he's a very effective investigative reporter who the CIA keeps trying to kill and make it look like an accident, and shenanigans ensue when they can't figure out why they keep failing.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (64qRd)

I would watch this.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 05:03 PM (ULPxl)

226 OK, this may sound crazy, but bear with me.

Maybe, just maybe, make a movie where a young man shows courage, intelligence, and chivalry, and saves a young woman from danger, they marry and live happily ever after.

I know this goes against everything you stand for, but what have you got to lose, other than another hundred million dollars like your last five movies?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 22, 2025 05:03 PM (0U5gm)

227 no — I’ve got it! — Buy the Fast and Furious franchise, and make it sassy feminist college activists!

*******

Fat and Furriest

Posted by: Gerg at August 22, 2025 05:03 PM (rQDOv)

228 I vote for A War of the Worlds remake where the aliens just completely wipe out anything Disney.

Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T at August 22, 2025 05:03 PM (Jm2uO)

229
Nerdrotic recently recited all the Un-Original "sequel" bullshit Hollywood is vomiting out like diarrhea.

"requels" "make-quels" "interquels"

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 05:04 PM (5GHxz)

230
Definitely an employee. It was at one of the princess events or something. Dude had an employee name tag
Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T

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Insane. The literal inventor of The Disney Princess has destroyed it. With creatives like this, who needs competition?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:04 PM (6eO0F)

231 I have an IP address.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 05:05 PM (64qRd)

232 My problem with Disney goes back to the beginning. What's with all the dead moms? Every damned time, the mom is dead.

hint, stay away from Happy Gilmore II

Posted by: DanMan at August 22, 2025 05:05 PM (8uzBS)

233 Ok the Red Sonja movie looks stupid.

Ms Lutz isn't bad looking but...she isn't worth watching for 2 hours of girl bossing...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 05:05 PM (sKqQm)

234 A young Adolph Hitler uses his wits and a robot his uncle built to survive wave after wave of time traveling Mossad agents.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 05:05 PM (jc0TO)

235 217: I think you're on to something.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 22, 2025 05:05 PM (YlWIZ)

236 I can give them an original IP for $1.5 million. Up front.

Posted by: SGT Mortis von Gobbleshanks at August 22, 2025 05:06 PM (UMPPT)

237 I want a Superman movie, only Clark Kent didn't actually become Superman. Instead he's a very effective investigative reporter who the CIA keeps trying to kill and make it look like an accident, and shenanigans ensue when they can't figure out why they keep failing.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 05:02 PM (64qRd)

I would watch this.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 05:03 PM (ULPxl)

Me too. That sounds AWESOME!

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 22, 2025 05:06 PM (0aYVJ)

238 Mike Fleming, reporting on "Deadline" back in February:

Cercek oversaw the releases of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which has earned a franchise-best $478.6 million to date, launching the franchise to over $1.2 billion total in worldwide box office; Gladiator II; Smile 2; A Quiet Place: Day One; IF; Bob Marley: One Love; and Mean Girls. Prior to that, Cercek ushered the theatrical releases of Scream VI, The Lost City, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Mission: Impossible and Smile.
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Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 05:06 PM (rj6Yv)

239 5 feet?
So is Tom Cruise

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 05:06 PM (+qU29)

240
btw, when's the last time Disney made a movie like The Rocketeer?

Probably the last "good" movie Disney made. Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 05:06 PM (5GHxz)

241 Trad Life - Young man goes to work and uses his solid work ethic to rise in the company while his wife stays home, learns how to manage the household. Through the course of the series they have and raise kids. Series finale the kids are out of the house and Dad retires. BTW, the wife dresses traditionally modest and has big boobs.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 05:06 PM (Dv3i1)

242 "Threequel" turned up on a game show so its a thing to roll your eyes at.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 22, 2025 05:07 PM (YlWIZ)

243 >> My problem with Disney goes back to the beginning. What's with all the dead moms? Every damned time, the mom is dead.

To be fair, I’m pretty sure the guy who shot Bambi’s mother had a doe tag.

Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T at August 22, 2025 05:07 PM (Jm2uO)

244 213 >>> 206 Newest Red Sonja movie came out a week ago, actually:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0AQ3bVkDF0
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM (GBKbO)

And unless something has changed with its distribution, it will be out of theaters in another week or so and then to digital.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 05:01 PM (ULPxl)

I believe Chris Gore described it as Xena with all the humor stripped out.

Posted by: buzzion at August 22, 2025 05:07 PM (aRLgQ)

245 They bought Doctor Who (whom they had made female) and then made xim gay.

🤢🤮

Posted by: The MewTwix at August 22, 2025 05:07 PM (PZ9Yz)

246 Had 2 ripe Anaheim peppers, couldn't think what to do with them so decided Burritos

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 05:07 PM (+qU29)

247
My problem with Disney goes back to the beginning. What's with all the dead moms? Every damned time, the mom is dead.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska

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It's actually pretty smart. If these girls had moms, they wouldn't be in the trouble they're in. Stepmoms are a problem.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:07 PM (6eO0F)

248 >> She is 5 feet tall. Not sure it'll work.

They could just do as they did with Alan Ladd, little tricks to make him look taller.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 05:07 PM (w6EFb)

249 I don't know what an IP is.

-

Intellectual Property. The right to an idea, brand, etc.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 22, 2025 05:08 PM (0U5gm)

250 we had a commenter who identified as "IP Freely"...wonder where he is now ....

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 05:08 PM (g47mK)

251
IP, intellectual property. I'll give them the property part, but I don't know about intellectual.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 05:09 PM (w6EFb)

252 Disney hired LGBQXYZ and not stuck with them and their 1 track minds

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 05:09 PM (+qU29)

253 Dig a lot of trenches and get her a box to stand on.
Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:58 PM (krQz2)

Worked for "Scott of the Antarctic".

https://youtu.be/QN9DIDrBAhc

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 05:09 PM (ExV1e)

254 I think I've told this story before, but circa 2007 I was part of a group that Disney wanted to hire to brainstorm and make male-friendly original IP video games which they could then turn into movies/TV/rides/whatever. The process went pretty far (we found office space that they leased and computers and furniture were ordered) but their board pulled the plug when the deal went up for final approval because they didn't think it was actually a problem that their audience demographics were very lopsided.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 05:09 PM (P9pDS)

255
Definitely an employee. It was at one of the princess events or something. Dude had an employee name tag
Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T

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By the way, I hope your friend complains to Disney.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:09 PM (6eO0F)

256 @84/anachronda: "... and where's my buckaroo bonzai versus the world crime league?"

It's a book by Earl Mac Rauch:

Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League, Et Al: A Compendium of Evils

ISBN-10: 150672213X
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1506722139

You can find it on Amazon.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 22, 2025 05:09 PM (O7YUW)

257 241 Trad Life - Young man goes to work and uses his solid work ethic to rise in the company while his wife stays home, learns how to manage the household. Through the course of the series they have and raise kids. Series finale the kids are out of the house and Dad retires. BTW, the wife dresses traditionally modest and has big boobs.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

You had me at "boobs."

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 05:09 PM (pMi6S)

258 btw, when's the last time Disney made a movie like The Rocketeer?

Probably the last "good" movie Disney made. Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Soothsayer

Jet packs. Smoking hot chick with big hoots. Real villain (a real Nazi) who is going to take the hot chick away and deflower her for the fatherland. American flag!

Yeah I loved that movie.

Posted by: The MewTwix at August 22, 2025 05:10 PM (PZ9Yz)

259 A movie set in the My Little Pony Cinematic Universe (MLPCU) would make billions!

Friendship is magic!

Posted by: Bronie Bros at August 22, 2025 05:10 PM (0sNs1)

260 I hope nuking DIESney's ludicrous copyright protections is somewhere on OrangeManBad's evil list of evil attacks on Our Precious Democracy.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 05:10 PM (ULPxl)

261 Al Sharpton has announced that he is opening a new restaurant chain for persons of color called ...................

"WHITE CRACKER BARREL"

Posted by: Jackson at August 22, 2025 05:10 PM (1sBXy)

262
I don't know.

I think they're overthinking things.

There's a few vaguely trashy, fun IPs from the 80s that are totally ripe for a remake/reboot today like

Flash Gordon (1980) make a heavily influenced by the 80s version but with better writing , better stars, better efx. Really it's got everything they want.

Big Trouble in Little China - totally ready for redneck Indiana Jones adventures across America. Get that smirky dude Hollywood's itrying to make the new Tom Cruise. Money in the bank.

Like so.

Give me a call, Disney.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2025 05:11 PM (iJfKG)

263 Really, all Disney needs to do is buy the rights to the Russ Meyer back-catalog.

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 05:12 PM (pMi6S)

264
I think I've told this story before, but circa 2007 I was part of a group that Disney wanted to hire to brainstorm and make male-friendly original IP video games which they could then turn into movies/TV/rides/whatever. The process went pretty far (we found office space that they leased and computers and furniture were ordered) but their board pulled the plug when the deal went up for final approval because they didn't think it was actually a problem that their audience demographics were very lopsided.
Posted by: Ian S.

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You ought to call Matt Donnelly at Variety and tell that story again.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:12 PM (6eO0F)

265
With Alan Ladd, they did all sorts of tricks, some of them funny. They'd did a little trench for Sophia Loren to stand in next to him.

And then stuff like have him walk in the sidewalk, and the actress walk on the street next to him.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2025 05:12 PM (w6EFb)

266 "... and where's my buckaroo bonzai versus the world crime league?"

Funny, both that movie and Remo Williams movie promised sequels that never materialized.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 22, 2025 05:12 PM (0U5gm)

267 I don't think we want anyone at Disney appealing to young men.

Posted by: DaveA at August 22, 2025 05:12 PM (FhXTo)

268 Fantastic Flop is a relevant example. The most heroic arcs are reserved for Invisible Woman and Female Silver Surfer. They get the most powerful scenes. Mr. Fantastic is not dynamic and is not the leader. Thing is almost nonexistent in the story. Torch’s role is to simp for Surfer. None of what I loved about these characters was present and if the movie had not been part of a double feature at the drive in I wouldn’t have even bothered.

Posted by: Open Channel D at August 22, 2025 05:13 PM (YRb2W)

269 Will Wilder The Relic of Perilous Falls a boy uses relics of Catholic Saints and the Old Testament to fight demons.

Disney would catch on fire touching this

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 05:13 PM (FCrpy)

270 Big Trouble in Little China - totally ready for redneck Indiana Jones adventures across America. Get that smirky dude Hollywood's itrying to make the new Tom Cruise. Money in the bank.

Like so.

Give me a call, Disney.

Posted by: naturalfake

I don't see how anyone, no matter how clever, can top the Kurt Russell version.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 22, 2025 05:13 PM (0U5gm)

271 I watched a video by David Wong on Luigi the Murder and the question of why the FNM lionizes people like him considering the FNM is made up of and controlled by the same sort of people Luigi killed.

David's theory is that they do it because they know "real change" can't come from an individual psycho killing a CEO and essentially its a pressure valve. There are two problems with this theory one this would mean they were signing up to have some of their own killed and two they've got no problem riling people up against them even if its ineffectual.

And that's...kind of dumb. When has an elite group ever made propaganda encouraging people to hold them as villains?!?

The answer is staring anyone in the face and Wong's dumb soft liberalism stops him from seeing it. The FNM stirs up anger against CEOs and "the rich" because they want to be able to get people angry enough to kill "bad" CEOs and the "bad rich". They don't see themselves as part of this group - just like the millionaire leftists I know demanding taxes on "the rich" but...not them. And this blindness then leads to problems like Luigi the Murderer going after some Obama loving Healthcare CEO instead of Elon Musk...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 05:13 PM (sKqQm)

272
There's a few vaguely trashy, fun IPs from the 80s that are totally ripe for a remake/reboot today

Posted by: naturalfake

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

I'd like to see some original IP. I don't think that's overthinking things.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:14 PM (6eO0F)

273 >>> 269 Will Wilder The Relic of Perilous Falls a boy uses relics of Catholic Saints and the Old Testament to fight demons.

Disney would catch on fire touching this

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 05:13 PM (FCrpy)

They should *definitely* touch it.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 05:14 PM (ULPxl)

274 I love the Faded Sun. Showcases the adaptability of humans

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 05:14 PM (kUxzU)

275 The producer of "Swamp Fox" and "Zorro"
seeks men. Things have come to a sorry pass over there.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 22, 2025 05:15 PM (zdLoL)

276 I don't see how anyone, no matter how clever, can top the Kurt Russell version.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

What about someone just as masculine and rugged, but queer!?!?

Posted by: Chaz Bono pitch to Disney at August 22, 2025 05:15 PM (ycI94)

277 "The Incredibles" was pretty good. I know there was an "Incredibles II" and wiki sez there's going to be an Incredibles 3". Why can't we have more movies like that?

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 05:16 PM (rj6Yv)

278 Time for the return of Peter Gunn.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2025 05:16 PM (2WIwB)

279 Ms Lutz isn't bad looking but...she isn't worth watching for 2 hours of girl bossing...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 05:05 PM (sKqQm)

In fairness, girl bossing is kind of on-point for Red Sonja.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 05:16 PM (ExV1e)

280 I'd like to see some original IP. I don't think that's overthinking things.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia

At the very least, I can think of fifteen books which are perhaps not widely read' that would make fantastic movies off the top of my head, which would draw male audiences.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 22, 2025 05:17 PM (0U5gm)

281 The Adventures of Captain Ackbar! Showcasing my incredible achievements with the Rebel Alliance that led to my promotion to admiral! Action, adventure,.debauchery...I've got it all!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 22, 2025 05:17 PM (ycI94)

282 5'6 and 120lbs...a perfectly healthy build for a woman but...a muscular barbarian she is not.

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I dated a gal who was a black belt TKD (kick boxing fanatic) right around that size. Very fit, muscular. Most average men could take her down with one arm tied back. Kind of sad. Girls go thru all that work and in reality it's for naught in the personal protection arena. Great cardio for them tho.

Posted by: Gerg at August 22, 2025 05:17 PM (rQDOv)

283 Dig a lot of trenches and get her a box to stand on.
Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:58 PM (krQz2)

Worked for "Scott of the Antarctic".
https://youtu.be/QN9DIDrBAhc
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

And the X-Files. They even called it "a Scully box."

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2025 05:17 PM (DgGvY)

284 I've been watching AppleTV. Some pretty good shows there. Chief of War right now, Invasion is intriguing to me, and I even like Acapulco. Silo of course. Oh and Slow Horses for the win.

Foundation really really sucks though.

Good programming CAN be done.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 05:17 PM (Mmf4/)

285
I don't want religion in the movies -- not climate change, not Catholicism. I don't want any messages, either -- not liberal, not conservative.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:19 PM (6eO0F)

286 The problem is that even if they do get a good idea for an IP, the current crop of screenplay writers in Hollywood suck donkey balls. Just look at the writing for the most recent Captain America movie and compare it to the first two. Just atrocious in comparison.

Actors and directors can only do so much with a shitty script and they usually review the script and still agree to sign on to the project.

Posted by: Farquad at August 22, 2025 05:19 PM (NtFTC)

287 Will Wilder The Relic of Perilous Falls a boy uses relics of Catholic Saints and the Old Testament to fight demons.

Disney would catch on fire touching this

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 05:13 PM (FCrpy)

I've seen YT shorts from a series titled "Evil" that had a strong Catholic slant (Canadian?). It even included demonic prelates and heroic nuns (not original). But, interesting.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 05:19 PM (rj6Yv)

288 Debauchery from Admiral Ackbar? Pretty sure the line "I don't drink water because fish fuck in it." would appear somewhere in there said by the antagonist.

Posted by: Croaker at August 22, 2025 05:20 PM (+BcZI)

289 To get Disney back on track. everyone from the C-Suite down to line managers needs replacing.

Start with HR and the Board.

Posted by: John at August 22, 2025 05:20 PM (CzLfO)

290
msdnc now lies to their stupid viewers again

This time they lie: J.D. Vance has been on "eight vacations!"

They're counting every time Our Favorite Vice President(tm) takes his family with him on a trip -- it's a "vacation."

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 05:20 PM (5GHxz)

291 They could try John Carter again. Maybe this time, hire a lead that looks like Carter's description.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 22, 2025 05:21 PM (kUxzU)

292 “Lived Experience” is a subset of the “My Truth” twaddle.

There is no objective reality, no objective truth or shared reality.

So an opinion, no matter how ludicrous is equally valid to proven fact. That’s the windup to all that.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 05:21 PM (Npcdm)

293
"The Incredibles" was pretty good. I know there was an "Incredibles II" and wiki sez there's going to be an Incredibles 3". Why can't we have more movies like that?
Posted by: mrp

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The Incredibles was INCREDIBLE! II was meh, I hope III is better.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 05:21 PM (6eO0F)

294 277 "The Incredibles" was pretty good. I know there was an "Incredibles II" and wiki sez there's going to be an Incredibles 3". Why can't we have more movies like that?
Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 05:16 PM (rj6Yv)

Incredibles 2 went girlboss.

Posted by: buzzion at August 22, 2025 05:22 PM (aRLgQ)

295 I laughed when I saw the name Daria.

Yes..."Daria" is going to get that testosterone pumping again. fknlol
Posted by: eleven at August 22, 2025 04:55 PM (fV+MH)

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It's not just who they picked to fix the male audience problem but that they did not pick a man. Total tone deafness.

Posted by: Decaf at August 22, 2025 05:22 PM (unUNN)

296 I don't see how anyone, no matter how clever, can top the Kurt Russell version.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 22, 2025 05:13 PM (0U5gm)

Top Shmop. It just has to be good.

Kurt's great but his appeal is pretty much in the over 29 group now...if that.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2025 05:22 PM (iJfKG)

297 To get Disney back on track. everyone from the C-Suite down to line managers needs replacing.

Start with HR and the Board.
Posted by: John at August 22, 2025 05:20 PM (CzLfO)

Has Disney put ABC on the chopping block yet?

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 05:23 PM (rj6Yv)

298 Nelson Pelts, who is not a poor man and owned a ton of Disney stock, tried to get on the board. And even he could not. The Pedo Disney heirs like it the way it is.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 05:23 PM (g47mK)

299 147 BTW. True story. I had a friend who took his kids to Disney because they begged him to go. He ended up having to explain to them why some dude with a five o’clock shadow was walking around in a dress.

He said never again. Not ever.
Posted by: Marcus T, Lots of T at August 22, 2025 04:49 PM (Jm2uO)

My family and my Brothers family we gathered at Disney during Christmas and they had a Black Santa Clause and that was it for me.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 05:23 PM (FCrpy)

300 Also why I have mixed feelings regarding a Lewis and Clark miniseries. Hollywood pretty much wrecks everything.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo

They'd either race switch one of them or make Lewis and Clark gay lovers.

Posted by: Tuna at August 22, 2025 05:24 PM (lJ0H4)

301 Incredibles 2 went girlboss.
Posted by: buzzion at August 22, 2025 05:22 PM (aRLgQ)

So Disney made it lame. Sad.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 05:24 PM (rj6Yv)

302
LOOSE!

nood

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (5GHxz)

303 I predict more failure, and more railing against men and trolls by Disney's misandrist sociopaths.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (XCUp7)

304 Here's an idea: take a look at all of the movies from any studio that have earned significantly more than their budget over the past twenty years, and try to put out something like that. Even if you are not very clever, it has to be obvious that your creative minds are tone deaf idiots, Disney.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (0U5gm)

305 One of their problems is that they think Pedro Pascal is a leading man.
Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (jc0TO)

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It's like Boston mayor thinking that Americans are all in for sanctuary cities. Or that mariachi bands are the new music wave.

Posted by: Decaf at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (unUNN)

306 285
I don't want religion in the movies -- not climate change, not Catholicism. I don't want any messages, either -- not liberal, not conservative.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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You're going to have to wait for the next generation.
This generation is stuck on Marvel, Disney and the like.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 05:25 PM (nO7cW)

307 284 I've been watching AppleTV. Some pretty good shows there. Chief of War right now, Invasion is intriguing to me, and I even like Acapulco. Silo of course. Oh and Slow Horses for the win.

Foundation really really sucks though.

Good programming CAN be done.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 05:17 PM (Mmf4/)

Hernan about the conquest of Mexico over the Aztecs it looks pretty good it's on Apple TV

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 05:26 PM (FCrpy)

308 @241 BTW, the wife dresses traditionally modest and has big boobs.

And a talking horse in his ad-art studio. Don't forget that.
Also, his mother is a car.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 22, 2025 05:27 PM (zdLoL)

309 > They could try John Carter again. Maybe this time, hire a lead that looks like Carter's description.

I suppose that would be nice, but the John Carter movie had many more problems than just that. First among them, nobody reads the books anymore. The only people who know the books are old.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2025 05:28 PM (lIio7)

310 You want to do a remake of a movie? You keep the bones, the foundation, the story, the balls. You update the graphics with abilities that didn't exist when the original was made. Get actors that do the original actors serious justice, not some fag boy. And for the love of god no..frigging..woke shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 05:31 PM (snZF9)

311 I'd like to see some original IP. I don't think that's overthinking things.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I would, too. But it sounds like Diz is trying to titrate the perfect movie IP, which means it will suck by committee.

I'd love to see Gene Wolfe's "Book of the New Sun" made into a series.

or

Dan Simmons "Hyperion" given a go.

Actually, kind of surprised Christopher Nolan hasn't given either one a try.

Until someone makes a passion project that catches fire, we'll be stuck with Big Mac flavorless woke suckfests.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2025 05:31 PM (iJfKG)

312 I have mixed feelings regarding a Lewis and Clark miniseries.

Not a youth topic. That expedition was a River to Sea fuckfest.
And they drank a little, too. You must have read the SBS version.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 22, 2025 05:33 PM (zdLoL)

313 "comes off as how do we get these dumb boys to watch our movies so we can force them to listen to our messaging.

Its no longer about making money so let's make shit people will watch. Its how do we get people to pay to listen to our lecturing."

Same problem our activist-athletes had during the Winter Olympics: "We can't turn our backs on you if you're not watching!"

Disney might want to talk to the DNC- rumor has it that they paid $2 mil to hire a "man-whisperer". And what a coincidence that both groups have lost the same demographic, hmmm.

This is the practical reason why you don't mix politics with business - you get infected with that ideology's blind spots.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at August 22, 2025 05:35 PM (ciYHQ)

314 In a similar vein to this the other day on twitter, there was some stuff about publishing about how men aren't reading anymore. And of course the idiot woman talking about this is of course fucking stupid not recognizing that liberal white women have taken over publishing and only green light the books that they want to read. So you don't get sword and sorcery fantasy. You get Romantasy stories for women only. Usually literary smut.
Posted by: buzzion at August 22, 2025 04:34 PM (aRLgQ)

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I have noticed a similar thing with my grandsons. They were avid readers and always dragged me into bookshops to fund their selections. Then suddenly they stopped and it's not because they discovered other interests.

Posted by: Decaf at August 22, 2025 05:36 PM (unUNN)

315 The sweet coming of age story of a boy and his first taste of forbidden love.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 22, 2025 05:38 PM (Of/jO)

316 257 241 Trad Life - Young man goes to work and uses his solid work ethic to rise in the company while his wife stays home, learns how to manage the household. Through the course of the series they have and raise kids. Series finale the kids are out of the house and Dad retires. BTW, the wife dresses traditionally modest and has big boobs.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

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After the last kid the wife says she isn’t interested in sex anymore.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 22, 2025 05:43 PM (Of/jO)

317 Funny, both that movie and Remo Williams movie promised sequels that never materialized.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 22, 2025 05:12 PM (0U5gm)

Because they were both glacially boring.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 22, 2025 05:46 PM (k9OZB)

318 If you want to bring back boys, bring back realistic villains. Not some purple dork with a bag of death jewels. Not some alien weirdo. Have real life bad guys, and have boys and young men defeat them. Or kill them, depending on whether little boys or teenagers are watching. Don't have these villains be Donald Trump. That's annoying everyone.

There. You're welcome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 22, 2025 05:53 PM (BI5O2)

319 See, there's this guy, he's been fighting a war for TEN FUCKIN' YEARS, and then he and his superheros buddies finally win the war after being helped by some KICK-ASS GODS -- but now he has to get home, see?, and on the way he has all kinds of incredible adventures, including being seduced by a SEXY-ASS WITCH and attacked by some SCARY MONSTERS, and when he finally gets home his BABELY WIFE WITH BIG BOOBS has all these sleazy mack-daddies trying to get in her pants, so the hero ROYALLY KICKS THIER ASSES and reclaims that poontang for himself! It's a real odyssey, if you think about it.
Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 04:54 PM (pMi6S)

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Nolan's next movie, actually.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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My youngest grandson told me all about it. He can't wait and has been reading up on the Odyssey so he won't miss anything.

Posted by: Decaf at August 22, 2025 05:55 PM (unUNN)

320 "Variety says we were right. (Without, you know, actually admitting that we were right.)"

Yeah, the Stolen Valor vulture (who has to remain nameless here I guess, I don't why) did that to me too. Scrubbed her site of all the lies she had spread about my military service, but without any retraction or apology. Real chickensht way to operate, especially from one of our own.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at August 22, 2025 06:02 PM (ciYHQ)

321 This is rich! They deliberately destroyed original IP's that young men made popular - Star Wars and Marvel - and even chided men when they voiced or posted their complaints about what Disney was doing to their favorite franchises. And what did they get for making their opinions known? They got called Incels, Mysogynists, Man-Babies and other Leftist playground names by Disney writers, then outright ignored by Disney. The studios also seem to go to great lengths to de-masculate many of the most manly characters in those franchises, such as Luke Skywalker and Thor.
So after ridiculing, attacking and then ignoring the men who MADE Star Wars and the MCU the box office gold mines they were, Disney did EVERYTHING to tell these men to Bugger Off. Therefore, we men now invite Disney to Bugger Off and Go Fuck Yourselves!

Posted by: Tracy at August 22, 2025 06:02 PM (iWWCD)

322 Never buy apples from a old hag

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 22, 2025 06:05 PM (wGqjj)

323 please don't tell Disney about Guardians of the Flame

Ahira will be "problematic"
Karl will be discarded over "toxic masculinity"
Elegion will fry people for LITERAL thought crimes
Doria will hijack the Order and ascend to Feminist Goddess

Posted by: Fenrisulven at August 22, 2025 06:09 PM (ciYHQ)

324 Andrea will be denounced for trading in her power to be a Trad Wife.

But that doesn't follow. As a lifelong DM and player of mages (my specialty), responsible for several party wipes (two of them deliberate), this is how that would play out in RARs (Real Alternate Realities):

Karl: Hello Lovely. Haven' seen much of you these last few months. Are we good?

Andrea: Everything is fine. I just acquired 9th level spells. I've seen things you people wouldn't-

Karl: Oh. Fck. I just remembered - Biemestren is exploring that new continent Elegion found. I'll be gone for about a year or three

Andrea: uh-huh whatever

Posted by: Fenrisulven at August 22, 2025 06:36 PM (ciYHQ)

325 Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucas Films, admitted that she has no idea how to market films to adolescent males, something that Steve Spielberg, George Lucas, and even John Lassiter all excelled at.

Posted by: wferrin at August 22, 2025 06:52 PM (1QRJN)

326 The Mouse House does not need to die. They just need to fire the lesbians.

Posted by: wferrin at August 22, 2025 06:53 PM (1QRJN)

327 Disney. Hahahahahahahahahaha. GFY.

Posted by: Southern Man at August 22, 2025 07:46 PM (wSASg)

328 It's what Disney says, but then they'll go to their usual stable of gay leftist writers, and have them write their assumption of what men want, which will unironically just end up as a gay bastardization.

If there are people with good, male skewing scripts, they should find a way to get a like minded company to produce it, to cut Disney off from making any money.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 22, 2025 07:58 PM (YPEWm)

329 They can't recast Sydney Sweeney as Indiana Jones why exactly?

Posted by: ChrisW at August 22, 2025 08:12 PM (rLfcT)

330 Should I send Disney my Ruby Ridge script

Posted by: Rbastid at August 22, 2025 08:12 PM (YPEWm)

331 Original IP?
I would try to get rights to all of PK Dick's novels and short stories. I would then have 2-3 original summer tentpoles for 50 years.
Oh, to be a Blobel.

Posted by: PTSD giver at August 22, 2025 08:22 PM (+Shp3)

Biden Spokesman Ian Sams Insited to the Public That Biden Was Healthy and Mentally Sharp.
Then He Admited He Had Only Interacted With Biden Twice in Two Years.

This absolute scumbag and liar.

Even though Sams only met with Joe Biden twice, according to Comer, Sams was one of the loudest voices on outlets like MSNBC, saying Biden was "fit." Comer said Sams would try to counter what Special Counsel Robert Hur said about Joe Biden, for example.
"Robert Hur spent more time with Joe Biden than Ian Sams," Comer said. Indeed, Comer said he, Comer, interacted more with Joe Biden.
He said Sams didn't have a good memory of those two interactions, which made him think they were short. So how could he say anything about Joe Biden's fitness? Comer called Sams' two interactions "shocking."
Comer said there were "very few people" who were around Biden toward the end when most of the pardons were signed.

"It raises serious concerns and serious questions about who was calling shots at the White House," Comer explained.
"If the White House spokesperson was being shielded from the president of the United States, who was operating the Oval Office?"

This scumbag will certainly not admit to any suspicions about why this "fit" man was being hidden even from senior staff.

Apparently he gave interviews to Congress previously, insisting Biden was "at the top of his game." But he didn't disclose he had only seen Biden twice, in a "limited capacity."

c Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 BREAKING: Top Biden comms operative Ian Sams just testified before the House on Joe Biden's mental decline and CONTRADICTED the other interviews.
Sams only interacted with Biden *2 TIMES* - but constantly said how he knows Biden is mentally "at the top of his game."
"2 times. The ENTIRE time he worked in the White House. That's astonishing!" Rep. Comer said
"This was a huge interview and I think it contradicts EVERYTHING that the former Biden people are saying with respect to the president's mental fitness."

That seems like a lie to Congress.

Ian Sams looks like this, because of course he does. How could he look any other way?

🚨 BREAKING: Top Biden comms operative Ian Sams just testified before the House on Joe Biden's mental decline and CONTRADICTED the other interviews.

Sams only interacted with Biden *2 TIMES* - but constantly said how he knows Biden is mentally "at the top of his game."

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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 21, 2025

I was just noticing: Biden really has been completely disappeared, hasn't he? He's always been a Basement Dweller, but he tried to insert himself back into the national conversation a couple of months ago before Democrats chased him back to his basement.

I hope he's still cogent enough to feel the pain of the scorn and contempt America, and especially Democrats, have for him.

Posted by: Ace at 03:20 PM

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1 THE BLADE IS FIRST AGAIN

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

2 JESUS GUYS, THIS IS TOO EASY

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (iFTx/)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)

4 Ode to The Gallows Pole

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)

5 omg I read the content.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (6eO0F)

6 Ian Sams looks like this, because of course he does. How could he look any other way?

"minor attracted person"?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (ULPxl)

7
Paint him green and toss him at a WNBA game.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (abjhs)

8 Ian Sams looks like the top end of a ruptured condom.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:23 PM (YnIVK)

9 Ian Sams looks like this, because of course he does. How could he look any other way?

are we sure this is not AI generated image? Check his hands

Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2025 03:23 PM (dCxaZ)

10 Why do all Democrats look like the police should be checking their crawlspaces?

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 03:23 PM (jc0TO)

11 Does the left thrive on being their stereotype?

The Borg have more individuality than leftists.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 03:23 PM (tT6L1)

12 Ian Sams looks like a thumb cosplaying a penis. Or a penis cosplaying a thumb. Or a thumb-penis mutation.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:23 PM (iFTx/)

13 Paint him green and toss him at a WNBA game.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (abjhs)

LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:24 PM (VE6XX)

14 Well, at least he doesn't have to wear a skin cap to be a dick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:24 PM (Zz0t1)

15 I was just noticing: Biden really has been completely disappeared, hasn't he? He's always been a Basement Dweller, but he tried to insert himself back into the national conversation a couple of months ago before Democrats chased him back to his basement.
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At this point, I suspect even the drugs they've been juicing him with for the past few years no longer have any effect. Or last only a few minutes at best.

The next time we see FJB may be at his state funeral.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 03:24 PM (IBQGV)

16 The most embarrassing part about that despicable, eminently forgettable pResident was when he went overseas and beclowned himself in front of the WORLD

Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2025 03:24 PM (dCxaZ)

17 I think that 'insited' is a reasonable word...in this case.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2025 03:24 PM (XeU6L)

18 Why do all Democrats look like the police should be checking their crawlspaces?
Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 03:23 PM (jc0TO)
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Heh.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 03:24 PM (tT6L1)

19
Does the left thrive on being their stereotype?

________

They and NeverTrumps come from a warehouse.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:24 PM (abjhs)

20 Jack Poso@JackPosobiec

BREAKING: Tennessee judge releases illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail, he's returning to Maryland

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 03:25 PM (TGPs7)

21 >>> 15 I was just noticing: Biden really has been completely disappeared, hasn't he? He's always been a Basement Dweller, but he tried to insert himself back into the national conversation a couple of months ago before Democrats chased him back to his basement.
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At this point, I suspect even the drugs they've been juicing him with for the past few years no longer have any effect. Or last only a few minutes at best.

The next time we see FJB may be at his state funeral.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 03:24 PM (IBQGV)

Odds DOCTOR Jill will wear black?

How about for red?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 03:25 PM (ULPxl)

22 Does the left thrive on being their stereotype?

The Borg have more individuality than leftists.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 03:23 PM (tT6L1)
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Even the Borg have better sense than to assimilate the Left.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 03:25 PM (IBQGV)

23 I bet doctors have a hell of a time testing him for a hernia.

"Doctor...that's my throat."

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:25 PM (YnIVK)

24 Joe is OK...... Just the other day I had a conversation with Joe about Worm Holes, Black Holes, Time/Space Displacement, Hypersonic Physics and Travel to Pluto in the next 5 years........

NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson at August 22, 2025 03:25 PM (1sBXy)

25 Jack Poso@JackPosobiec

BREAKING: Tennessee judge releases illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail, he's returning to Maryland
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 03:25 PM (TGPs7)
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I told ya they shoulda let this scumbag rot in South America

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

26 Biden Spokesman Ian Sams Insited to the Public That Biden Was Healthy and Mentally Sharp.
Then He Admited He Had Only Interacted With Biden Twice in Two Years.

—Ace
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But at least he didn't steal ladies luggage at the airport!

Posted by: The Bar at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (krQz2)

27 I was just noticing: Biden really has been completely disappeared, hasn't he?
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Busy with the railroad to India. I suspect that Hunter has been appointed to the Board.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (XeU6L)

28 I wonder if I can get a flight to a non extradition country or if they put me on a no fly list already.

Posted by: John Boltons inner monologue at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (BXR7h)

29
Can we not move forward? Isn't it time to put the past behind us? Aren't there more pressing issues facing us now?

Posted by: 2028 Dem Presidential Answer Card Item #2 at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (6eO0F)

30 >>Why do all Democrats look like the police should be checking their crawlspaces?

Says the guy with the free candy van.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (viF8m)

31 Remember the borg assimilating the swedish chef meme

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (bXbFr)

32 Now they can pick up Garcia on immigration charges and get rid of him.

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (g47mK)

33 ""Ian Sams looks like this, because of course he does. How could he look any other way?""

Yup, he got the whole "penis with eyes" thing going on.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (snZF9)

34
I told ya they shoulda let this scumbag rot in South America
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

And he is laughing his ass off right now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (Zz0t1)

35 "He's always been a Basement Dweller, but he tried to insert himself back into the national conversation a couple of months ago before Democrats chased him back to his basement."

Maybe he is kept in that fake Oval Office they had set up? (or some WH room?). Jill may be acting as his Dominatrix, now that he is out of the public's view. Tight leather and fishnet stockings ... nothing very new for her.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (vbXSk)

36 "Well, Kamala only blew me twice when I knew she was very good and fit at her 'job'"

-- Willie Brown

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

37 Paint him green and toss him at a WNBA game.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (abjhs)

That's a felony in some jurisdictions. Throw him at some cyclists instead!

Posted by: mishdog at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (HwNd5)

38 "I was just noticing: Biden really has been completely disappeared, hasn't he? He's always been a Basement Dweller, but he tried to insert himself back into the national conversation a couple of months ago before Democrats chased him back to his basement."

And Hachette Publishing advanced Biden $10 million to 'write' his book so he (and Hunter!) stay disappeared.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (loZDR)

39 Does the left thrive on being their stereotype?
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They can't help it. It's ideological paralysis.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (krQz2)

40 25 Jack Poso@JackPosobiec

BREAKING: Tennessee judge releases illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail, he's returning to Maryland
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 03:25 PM (TGPs7)
___________

I told ya they shoulda let this scumbag rot in South America
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

========

They really should have.

Le sigh.

And still, 200,000 or so more have been deported forcibly by the DHS since the whole frakkas around Garcia started.

And, there's a non-zero chance that DHS just deports him now anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (GBKbO)

41 But at least he didn't steal ladies luggage at the airport!
Posted by: The Bar at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (krQz2)
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No, he probably tried for some luggage which had been in contact with testosterone.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (tT6L1)

42 He looks exactly as I expected him to look.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (ycs3a)

43 Emma Sams and I are the same age.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (MMp6W)

44 GIMP!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (Hy48P)

45 Ian Sams looks like this, because of course he does. How could he look any other way?

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Well, as my old First Sergeant would've said, "Now there's a face that knows what sh!t on a d!ck tastes like."

Posted by: Grayman27 at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (pgwxJ)

46 I really do not think Ian Sams should wear white turtleneck sweaters.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (YnIVK)

47 The next time we see FJB may be at his state funeral.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 03:24 PM (IBQGV)

And the dems will want all the fancy crap for the funeral while the media makes him out to be the greatest evah.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (2WIwB)

48 "How could he look any other way?"

Well, I'm guessing he often has a dick in his mouth.

And probably wearing a fedora.

Posted by: Wally at August 22, 2025 03:28 PM (7CamO)

49
The next time we see FJB may be at his state funeral.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

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

What, not at his book signing?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 03:28 PM (6eO0F)

50 I told ya they shoulda let this scumbag rot in South America
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

And he is laughing his ass off right now.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (Zz0t1)
____

Yup, and so will the commie media. It was a stupid stunt to bring him back here. Just infuriating.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:28 PM (iFTx/)

51 Ian Sams invented penis-flavored Chap Stick.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:28 PM (YnIVK)

52 He looks like a stuffed animal from some failed kid's movie that ends up in the bottom of a bin at Ollie's.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 22, 2025 03:28 PM (k9OZB)

53 Why does every Supposedly Biological Male that worked for Biden ......................

Always a Little Snibbling Gay-Looking creature that looks like the kid we all picked On/Beat Up in Grade School ????

Posted by: Jackson at August 22, 2025 03:28 PM (1sBXy)

54 In one chris buckley tale a thinly disguised biden is so focused on the trappings of the office he gpss on s telenovela

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 03:28 PM (bXbFr)

55 He looks like a penis

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:29 PM (VE6XX)

56 Emma Sams and I are the same age.
Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (MMp6W)

Mmmmmmm.....she was on my short list as a yute.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:29 PM (Zz0t1)

57 What happened to Biden's Stage 4 cancer? Did he cure it?

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at August 22, 2025 03:29 PM (DJ7uY)

58 omg I read the content.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (6eO0F)
---------------

Eye bleach for Blonde Morticia, stat!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 03:29 PM (tT6L1)

59 With a busty latina as first lady

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 03:29 PM (bXbFr)

60 That Minneapolis mayoral election is now a flaming-skull event IMO.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 03:29 PM (gKWVE)

61 *cough*

Posted by: Ozymandias at August 22, 2025 03:29 PM (Riz8t)

62
Ian Sams

Man or Ostrich? you decide!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2025 03:30 PM (iJfKG)

63 Well, as my old First Sergeant would've said, "Now there's a face that knows what sh!t on a d!ck tastes like."
Posted by: Grayman27 at August 22, 2025 03:27 PM (pgwxJ)

Top???!!!
Is that you???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2025 03:30 PM (2WIwB)

64 55 He looks like a penis
Posted by: It's me donna at August

his lips look like they are rarely parted from one

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 03:30 PM (gKWVE)

65
He looks like a penis
Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:29 PM (VE6XX)

_________

But he doesn't have one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:30 PM (abjhs)

66 She replaced pamela sue martin who was more the girl next door on the series

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 03:30 PM (bXbFr)

67 60 That Minneapolis mayoral election is now a flaming-skull event IMO.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 03:29 PM (gKWVE)

======

I'm just hoping that old school white Democrats in the city are calling ICE on Somali illegal immigrants.

It would entertain me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:30 PM (GBKbO)

68 Whoops.

THE BLADE IS FIRST AGAIN

*cough*

Posted by: Ozymandias at August 22, 2025 03:30 PM (Riz8t)

69 Speaking of Biden, how is that fake prostate cancer coming along?

Posted by: wth at August 22, 2025 03:31 PM (UjdFS)

70 Is that really Sams or did Ace cut and paste the picture of twink from the dictionary?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 22, 2025 03:31 PM (7leMO)

71 68 Whoops.

THE BLADE IS FIRST AGAIN

*cough*
Posted by: Ozymandias at August 22, 2025 03:30 PM (Riz8t)

Obviously has too much time on his hands...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:31 PM (VE6XX)

72 Is that really Sams or did Ace cut and paste the picture of twink from the dictionary?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 22, 2025 03:31 PM (7leMO)

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Probably one in the same.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 03:32 PM (tT6L1)

73
Still to be revealed are the locations of graves for aides who Biden ran to death owing to his extreme vigor while President.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 22, 2025 03:32 PM (Tv15w)

74 Sams looks like he owns several sets of footie pajamas.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:32 PM (Mmf4/)

75 It's like a penis that craved other penises came to life and stared unblinking into your soul looking for little children.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 03:32 PM (2fC87)

76 That seems like a lie to Congress.
---
I'm hoping that can stick.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:32 PM (krQz2)

77 I was just noticing: Biden really has been completely disappeared, hasn't he? "

---------------

Instead of the cross, an albatross around my neck was hung

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 22, 2025 03:32 PM (NtVYv)

78
omg I read the content.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (6eO0F)
---------------

Eye bleach for Blonde Morticia, stat!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

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

Never mind the eye bleach -- I think I need to be sent back to Ace Boot Camp. Reading the content instead of blasting for First, smdh.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 03:32 PM (6eO0F)

79 Old man Brandon may well sniff his last girl during Trump's term. If it happens, he should make sure all the Bidens are seated at the back of the room for the state funeral, and the front row is 100% people named Trump.

And then give the Marines little plastic cap guns for the salute.

Treat Bidens with every bit of the respect and deference they deserve.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 22, 2025 03:33 PM (BI5O2)

80 >>Yup, and so will the commie media. It was a stupid stunt to bring him back here. Just infuriating.

What do you suppose the odds are ICE will grab him again?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 03:33 PM (viF8m)

81 >>> 74 Sams looks like he owns several sets of footie pajamas.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:32 PM (Mmf4/)

And lots of hot cocoa in the pantry, complete with those tiny little marshmallows.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 03:33 PM (ULPxl)

82 I was just noticing: Biden really has been completely disappeared, hasn't he?
......

Third aneurysm's the charm.

Posted by: wth at August 22, 2025 03:33 PM (UjdFS)

83
That Minneapolis mayoral election is now a flaming-skull event IMO.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 03:29 PM (gKWVE)

________

Just another example that Democrats can't run elections, so they rig them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:33 PM (abjhs)

84
What do you suppose the odds are ICE will grab him again?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 03:33 PM (viF8m)

I'm thinking pretty good...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:33 PM (VE6XX)

85 Best Biden ever!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 03:33 PM (63Dwl)

86 At this point, I suspect even the drugs they've been juicing him with for the past few years no longer have any effect.

He doesn't need them now.

He has nowhere to go, nowhere to "speak" in front of an audience, no place to appear even slightly coherent.

DOCTOR Jill and the rest of his White Trash Climber family give no shits that he's sitting in a puddle of his excrement all day long, begging Mommy for more ice cream, while his illegal immigrant Nanny is ignoring him. She's too busy posting content to her OF

Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2025 03:34 PM (dCxaZ)

87 >>>Apparently he gave interviews to Congress previously, insisting Biden was "at the top of his game." But he didn't disclose he had only seen Biden twice, in a "limited capacity."

"Apparently" is carrying some weight, there! Was he previously under oath? If not, then this looks like a case of loyalty. Until forced out of that by being under oath.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 03:34 PM (aURVT)

88 He looks like a penis
Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:29 PM (VE6XX)
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Yeah! Yeah!
Dude looks like a penis!

Posted by: Steven Tyler at August 22, 2025 03:34 PM (krQz2)

89 1 THE BLADE IS FIRST AGAIN
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

Try to nab the 100 slot!

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 03:34 PM (aURVT)

90 >>I'm thinking pretty good...

Yea, me too.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 03:34 PM (viF8m)

91 Why? Because they should be checking their crawlspaces. John Gacy was a big Democrat fundraiser.

Ian has the classic Backpfeifengesicht which translates to “punchable face”.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 03:34 PM (tJ+Xw)

92 Yet another scrotum head.

Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2025 03:35 PM (YwEeS)

93 66 She replaced pamela sue martin who was more the girl next door on the series
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 03:30 PM (bXbFr)

=====

Also lovely.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 03:35 PM (MMp6W)

94 ---
Yeah! Yeah!
Dude looks like a penis!
Posted by: Steven Tyler at August 22, 2025 03:34 PM (krQz2)

too damn funny

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

95 Yup, and so will the commie media. It was a stupid stunt to bring him back here. Just infuriating.

What do you suppose the odds are ICE will grab him again?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 03:33 PM (viF8m)
________

No idea. If the judge let him out, I assume that means the judge didn't think there were grounds to deport him, or else he would have just been deported (again). What an own-goal with this creep.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

96 I think the 'controversy' is hilarious because Biden's brain was obviously fried during the 2020 election season and was one of the real reason for keeping the Kun-Flu Freakout in high gear...

Kung-Flu was to miraculously go away after the steal, but...

Those authoritarian thugs could not give up power so they kept it going for a few years more.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 03:35 PM (/lPRQ)

97
It's just like JFK. All that touch football and "vigah" crap while the guy was usually flat on his back and doped up by Dr. Feel-good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (abjhs)

98
No idea. If the judge let him out, I assume that means the judge didn't think there were grounds to deport him, or else he would have just been deported (again). What an own-goal with this creep.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

Seems sometimes the only justice is vigilante.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (Zz0t1)

99 100

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (aURVT)

100 Ian Sams looks like this, because of course he does. How could he look any other way?

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Almost straight (SWIDT?) out of the Shitty Streets of San Fransicko.

/I just got a great idea for a new #Woke Fake & Gay TV series reboot ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (jrHCz)

101 It's the race to 100!

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (Mmf4/)

102 It's like the Dad from Alf had sex with a smug gay volleyball.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (2fC87)

103 Emma Sams > Ian Sams

Posted by: Dark Litigator at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (KAi1n)

104 No idea. If the judge let him out, I assume that means the judge didn't think there were grounds to deport him, or else he would have just been deported (again). What an own-goal with this creep.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

Seems sometimes the only justice is vigilante.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (Zz0t1)
________

Fine with me. This piece of shit deserves it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (iFTx/)

105 one of my AWFL coworkers got SO MAD at me when I chuckled one time at teh Bidet's stuttering stumbling appearances. I said something really anodyne and harmless, like :the Old Fook is losing it, and she damn near came at me with a pair of office scissors.

Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (dCxaZ)

106 95 No idea. If the judge let him out, I assume that means the judge didn't think there were grounds to deport him, or else he would have just been deported (again). What an own-goal with this creep.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

======

Released on the criminal charges while a legal, unchallenged deportation order is still outstanding.

He just can't go to El Salvador. He can go to South Sudan instead.

I hope ICE just does it. Make the creep disappear.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (GBKbO)

107 Jeeeeeeez....... Even my Pet Chihuahua figured out a long time ago that Biden's Clue Bag was Empty and Kamala was babbling idiot that was extremely mentally defective....

IQ Range ("ratio IQ") IQ Classification
140 and above Very superior (TRUMP)
120–139 Superior (Vance)
110–119 High average
90–109 Normal or average
80–89 Low average (Gov. NeScum)
70–79 Borderline defective (BIDEN & 90% of Democrat Party)

69 and below Mentally defective (HARRIS)

Posted by: Jackson at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (1sBXy)

108 Meanwhile: no murders in DC for a week. Overall crime rate collapses. When can we amend the Constitution so Mamdani can be our next President?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (Da7Vv)

109 He does give off creepy vibes....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (VE6XX)

110 It's like the Dad from Alf had sex with a smug gay volleyball.
Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (2fC87)

Poor Wilson.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (Zz0t1)

111 The guy looks like he could benefit from my Penis Beautifying Cream™.

Posted by: Steve Martin, SNL at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (vRoTw)

112 Will Biden beat Bubba to Satan's front door?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (ZnPqv)

113
BREAKING: Tennessee judge releases illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail, he's returning to Maryland
Posted by: Mister Ghost
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U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr.

Any guesses as to who appointed him?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (XeU6L)

114 I could have been first but I was driving my Lamborgeni.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (vFG9F)

115 106 one of my AWFL coworkers got SO MAD at me when I chuckled one time at teh Bidet's stuttering stumbling appearances. I said something really anodyne and harmless, like :the Old Fook is losing it, and she damn near came at me with a pair of office scissors.
Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (dCxaZ)

Yikes!

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (aURVT)

116 Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (VE6XX)

That's quite the link you have in your nick there.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (Zz0t1)

117 >>> 107 95 No idea. If the judge let him out, I assume that means the judge didn't think there were grounds to deport him, or else he would have just been deported (again). What an own-goal with this creep.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

======

Released on the criminal charges while a legal, unchallenged deportation order is still outstanding.

He just can't go to El Salvador. He can go to South Sudan instead.

I hope ICE just does it. Make the creep disappear.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (GBKbO)

"He fell out of the plane. Ooops!" -- ICE, hopefully

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (ULPxl)

118 U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr.

Any guesses as to who appointed him?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (XeU6L)

Obrak Barama ?

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (g47mK)

119 She was nancy drew before that

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (bXbFr)

120 He looks like a neck that has phantom limb syndrome.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (2fC87)

121 The release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia has me very angry. Trump needs to do something, quickly, to get this guy back in custody (and preferably out of the country). This shouldn't be a surprise, as they should have known some judge would do it once they (foolishly, in my opinion) brought him back.

So, either Trump and his team are absolute retards, or they expected this and have a plan. If it's the latter, I hope he executes it soon.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (ycI94)

122 Like I said before, Boasberg looks like some dude drew a Christopher Lloyd's face on the tip of his dick.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (BI5O2)

123 I think the 'controversy' is hilarious because Biden's brain was obviously fried during the 2020 election season and was one of the real reason for keeping the Kun-Flu Freakout in high gear...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 22, 2025 03:35 PM (/lPRQ)
---
Are you honestly saying you didn't know the thing?

Joe Biden knew that he didn't have to fill it in, because people listening to him knew the thing.

Do you have to be walked through everything?

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (krQz2)

124 117 "He fell out of the plane. Ooops!" -- ICE, hopefully
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (ULPxl)

=======

"The bottom of the plane opened up, and oops, he fell into the sea. Only him. The bottom of the plane fixed itself right back up."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (GBKbO)

125 Will Biden beat Bubba to Satan's front door?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (ZnPqv)

Don't care, as long as they get there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (snZF9)

126 A memory from the mid 70s

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (bXbFr)

127 63 Well, as my old First Sergeant would've said, "Now there's a face that knows what sh!t on a d!ck tastes like."
Posted by: Grayman27
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Top???!!!
Is that you???
Posted by: Diogenes

I'm good friends witht the president of the Army NCO Association, I need to ask him if thet put the students in formation and make them practice saying that.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (QVmho)

128 117 Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:36 PM (VE6XX)

That's quite the link you have in your nick there.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (Zz0t1)

I was just assigned it... Does it mean something ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (VE6XX)

129 The White Trash Presidency, V2.0

The Clinton Clown Car was V1.0

Posted by: D. Monic at August 22, 2025 03:39 PM (2sMLA)

130 Joe Biden - Basement Dweller...

Hmm.

I wonder if he's become a CHUD yet?

Or a Morlock!

That would be cool!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2025 03:39 PM (iJfKG)

131
Waverly Crenshaw Jr

_________

One of those hard-boiled Bowery names.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:39 PM (abjhs)

132 Goofballs are a Bidens best friend.

Posted by: wth at August 22, 2025 03:39 PM (UjdFS)

133 Will Biden beat Bubba to Satan's front door?

Won't that be determined by which one of them offers the DOJ evidence on Hillary?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at August 22, 2025 03:39 PM (Da7Vv)

134 So, either Trump and his team are absolute retards, or they expected this and have a plan. If it's the latter, I hope he executes it soon.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (ycI94)

I'm pretty sure they got a plan.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 03:39 PM (snZF9)

135 I hope he's still cogent enough to feel the pain of the scorn and contempt America, and especially Democrats, have for him.
___

He's getting a steady diet of ice cream cones and kids to sniff. An illegal comes in to wipe his butt when necessary.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 03:39 PM (Dv3i1)

136 Will Biden beat Bubba to Satan's front door?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (ZnPqv)

Don't care, as long as they get there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

No front door. Just a gaping pit.

Posted by: D. Monic at August 22, 2025 03:40 PM (2sMLA)

137 "We told Garcia it was a bad idea to go swimming...in a straight jacket...with a divers weight belt...blindfolded...but he just wouldn't listen to us!"

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:40 PM (Mmf4/)

138 >>No idea. If the judge let him out, I assume that means the judge didn't think there were grounds to deport him, or else he would have just been deported (again). What an own-goal with this creep.

>>The July order, which also requires the government to provide 72 hours' notice if it intends to deport Abrego Garcia to a third country, is "narrowly tailored" to allow the Trump administration to initiate "lawful immigration proceedings upon Abrego Garcia's return to Maryland."

https://tinyurl.com/277ywy6a

I think it was Noem but maybe Bondi who said when the corrupt courts were forcing this bullshit that Garcia would never be allowed to stay in the US even if the courts made them bring him back on a technicality.

Trump has been battling these dirtbags pretending to be judges on illegals since day 1 and while there have been some temporary setbacks he always wins in the end. I'm ok with making this piece of garbage the face of the Democrat Party a bit longer. One way or another he's not staying in the US.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 03:40 PM (viF8m)

139 134 So, either Trump and his team are absolute retards, or they expected this and have a plan. If it's the latter, I hope he executes it soon.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (ycI94)

I'm pretty sure they got a plan.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 03:39 PM (snZF9)

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Garcia's deportation order is still valid and unchallenged. The problem was his asylum claim against sending him back to El Salvador, his home country.

It is accepted practice to send such cases to third party countries with agreements with the US to accept them.

Like South Sudan.

ICE will pick him up, I suspect, and have him on a plane out of the country within the day. We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:41 PM (GBKbO)

140
I was just assigned it... Does it mean something ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (VE6XX)

Not the hash, you seem to have something posted in the URL space in your info. It has the copy of a comment, it seems.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:41 PM (Zz0t1)

141 He had beem arrested in kentucky in 2022

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 03:41 PM (bXbFr)

142
I Am Sam > Ian Sams

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 03:41 PM (6eO0F)

143 At least Ian Sams talked to Joe Biden, even in passing, which is more than Putin ever did.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2025 03:41 PM (lNKY9)

144 Ugh.

My Blood pressure is through the roof. Has been for awhile. No organ damage, but I feel kinda shitty and need to get it under control. Finally admitting that and getting an appointment to address is hard. I just want to live long enough to know my future grandchildren.

Ugh. I hate the medical industry and big pharma and crap so much, it’s put my health at risk because I don’t want to deal with them.

Just address my hypertension. That’s it. Gain my trust by NOT getting into everything else.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (W2Pud)

145 U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr.

Any guesses as to who appointed him?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (XeU6L)

Obrak Barama ?
Posted by: runner
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We have a winner!
[hands runner an AoSHQ token]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (XeU6L)

146 *Checks imdb.com*

Yep, I was right. This is the actor credited with being pushed through that hole in the wall in the women's shower in "Porky's".

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (M0V4/)

147 >Yeah! Yeah!
Dude looks like a penis!

Posted by: Steven Tyler at August 22, 2025 03:34 PM (krQz2)

Methinks Mr. Sams is quite acquainted with sipping penis.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (GTqXr)

148 "He fell out of the plane. Ooops!" -- ICE, hopefully
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (ULPxl)

"As God as my witness, I thought illegal alien human trafficking wife beaters could fly."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

149 Odd that he was a spokesman and only interacted with him twice.

He fully knew. Everyone knew.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (zZu0s)

150 142
I Am Sam > Ian Sams
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 03:41 PM (6eO0F)

I Yam What I Yam > I Am Sam > Ian Sams

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (aURVT)

151 I see Australia is considering a tax on "extra bedrooms".

The argument being if you have fewer people then bedrooms the government should tax you to force you into a smaller dwelling, ideally a "small high rise apartment" (aka a tenement).

And remember ALL their population group is coming from immigrants - so if they do this they'll be forcing Heritage Aussies out of their homes to give them to 3rd worlders...

But remember The Great Replacement Theory is a racist hoax...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 03:43 PM (sKqQm)

152 This likely works for fat women too...

Concerned Citizen@BGatesIsaPsycho

“Polyester is the new birth control”

“75% of dogs wearing Polyester in this study couldn’t get pregnant”

“Polyester creates an electrostatic field”

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 03:43 PM (TGPs7)

153 {{{nurse}}}

You're expected in TX in just under 8 weeks, missy!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 03:43 PM (ULPxl)

154 I feel sorry for Bubba Clinton because he knows he screwed up big after marrying the wicked witch of west and now says F**k it and chases Big Breasted Babes that do not have the face that looks it was on fire and put out with a screwdriver.

If my dog had a face like Hillary, I would shave it's ass and teach it to walk backwards type of Fugly !!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson at August 22, 2025 03:43 PM (1sBXy)

155 So, either Trump and his team are absolute retards, or they expected this and have a plan. If it's the latter, I hope he executes it soon.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (ycI94)

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Don't think it's just a matter of "having a plan".

Because regardless of who they go after, a DC judge and an DC jury has to convict, unless they can change the venue somehow.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:43 PM (krQz2)

156 Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (W2Pud)

Will say a prayer nurse. Take care of yo self please.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 03:43 PM (2fC87)

157 I was just noticing: Biden really has been completely disappeared, hasn't he?

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[He's been sighted walking around recently, Ace:

https://is.gd/qhfySu

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 03:44 PM (4MIMf)

158 Like melakon and john gill

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 03:44 PM (bXbFr)

159 I see they are releasing Epstein papers to Congress

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:44 PM (VE6XX)

160 Ugh. I hate the medical industry and big pharma and crap so much, it’s put my health at risk because I don’t want to deal with them.

Just address my hypertension. That’s it. Gain my trust by NOT getting into everything else.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (W2Pud)

Get some exercise. Eat fruits and salads with your proteins. Take care of yourself.

We need you here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)

161 155 Don't think it's just a matter of "having a plan".

Because regardless of who they go after, a DC judge and an DC jury has to convict, unless they can change the venue somehow.
Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:43 PM (krQz2)

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Garcia's criminal conviction is far less important than his deportation.

According to what JackStraw posted, ICE will have 72 hours from the release before they can pick him up.

And then he's out. He's a high profile case. There's going to be a squad on him the entire 72 hours tracking him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:44 PM (GBKbO)

162 >And remember ALL their population group is coming from immigrants - so if they do this they'll be forcing Heritage Aussies out of their homes to give them to 3rd worlders...

But remember The Great Replacement Theory is a racist hoax...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 03:43 PM (sKqQm)

What's Arabic for 'Oi!'

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 03:44 PM (GTqXr)

163 Biden shows up next in a Captain Pike Wheel Chair.....

Posted by: Jackson at August 22, 2025 03:45 PM (1sBXy)

164 What's Arabic for 'Oi!'

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 03:44 PM (GTqXr)

Wullahi

Posted by: moki at August 22, 2025 03:45 PM (wLjpr)

165 157 I was just noticing: Biden really has been completely disappeared, hasn't he?

---------------

[He's been sighted walking around recently, Ace:

https://is.gd/qhfySu
Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 03:44 PM (4MIMf)

*golf clap*

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 03:45 PM (aURVT)

166 I looked up this Ian Sams twank. Shockingly, he's not gay. I'll say it again: not gay. He married an actual woman.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

167 Will Biden beat Bubba to Satan's front door?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 03:37 PM (ZnPqv)
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500 trillion quatloos on that happening.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:46 PM (krQz2)

168 Take slope head to big games, wonder what the crowds would have to say?

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at August 22, 2025 03:46 PM (suPT8)

169 He has the Big Liberal Eyeglasses
he shaved his pate to resemble a penis

it's like a uniform for these people

seriously he looks like a penis with a face

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:46 PM (AOsQT)

170 I looked up this Ian Sams twank. Shockingly, he's not gay. I'll say it again: not gay. He married an actual woman.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

Front.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)

171 Why do they all look like Penises?

Other than "You are what you eat".

Posted by: XTC at August 22, 2025 03:46 PM (UnA8+)

172 Ugh. I hate the medical industry and big pharma and crap so much, it’s put my health at risk because I don’t want to deal with them.

Just address my hypertension. That’s it. Gain my trust by NOT getting into everything else.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (W2Pud)

Yeah I hate BP drugs but I take them and they have made a big difference.. As a Nurse you know what you need to do... Prayers for you

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:46 PM (VE6XX)

173 I looked up this Ian Sams twank. Shockingly, he's not gay. I'll say it again: not gay. He married an actual woman.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

Sure he didn't marry a trans...?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:46 PM (Mmf4/)

174 Ugh. I hate the medical industry and big pharma and crap so much, it’s put my health at risk because I don’t want to deal with them.

Just address my hypertension. That’s it. Gain my trust by NOT getting into everything else.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (W2Pud)

Yeah thats a piss off. You want one thing dealt with and the next thing you know they want you to see a fleet of doctors for all different shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (snZF9)

175 He looks like that guy who worked for Adam Carolla. Had cancer?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (zZu0s)

176 140
I was just assigned it... Does it mean something ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (VE6XX)

Not the hash, you seem to have something posted in the URL space in your info. It has the copy of a comment, it seems.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:41 PM (Zz0t1)

So, Donna, just above the Comments box, you can just delete the loooooooooong URL from the URL field. Keep your name in the Name box!

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (aURVT)

177 Ian Sams really only "discussed" any kind of agenda ONCE since the first meeting was simply, "Congratulations on your appointment, Ian."

ONE F***ing meeting.

If a nuke took out DC while Biden was "President", the nation would've been better served because the Republic of States might've been able to function without the tumor of the DC politburo working through the national sinews.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (gLikB)

178
He just can't go to El Salvador. He can go to South Sudan instead.

I hope ICE just does it. Make the creep disappear.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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I would REALLY like to know how those criminal dumpees are faring in South Sudan. Are they forming a little expat community? Continuing their lives of crime? Trying to learn the local language? Begging for sustenance? What a setup for an awesome movie of some sort -- an escape plot, a crime heist, with bad people all oooooover the place and beautiful, statuesque African women. I'm so shallow, but I can't help seeing some things that way.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (6eO0F)

179 166 I looked up this Ian Sams twank. Shockingly, he's not gay. I'll say it again: not gay. He married an actual woman.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

That doesn't mean anything.

Posted by: XTC at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (UnA8+)

180 I see Australia is considering a tax on "extra bedrooms".

The argument being if you have fewer people then bedrooms the government should tax you to force you into a smaller dwelling, ideally a "small high rise apartment" (aka a tenement).

And remember ALL their population group is coming from immigrants - so if they do this they'll be forcing Heritage Aussies out of their homes to give them to 3rd worlders...

But remember The Great Replacement Theory is a racist hoax...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 03:43 PM

It's a man cave.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (jc0TO)

181 I looked up this Ian Sams twank. Shockingly, he's not gay. I'll say it again: not gay. He married an actual woman.

She's taller then him and has a bad case of manface.

10 years ago I'd just note that not everyone can be a looker but now it does give one pause...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (sKqQm)

182 >>> 169 He has the Big Liberal Eyeglasses
he shaved his pate to resemble a penis

it's like a uniform for these people

seriously he looks like a penis with a face
Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:46 PM (AOsQT)

*sings*

Penis with a face..

Posted by: Billy Idol at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (ULPxl)

183 unless they come up with someone who says they paid for a pardon, all this is going nowhere

and the SCOTUS is never going to get into invalidating pardons

they will just mumble something about the 25th amendment and "you shoulda used it"

the bottom line is the GOP sucks at this kinda shit.

I thought Trey was horrible but Comer and Sleeves

OMG

Posted by: nsirchov at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (us2H3)

184 I see Australia is considering a tax on "extra bedrooms".

The argument being if you have fewer people then bedrooms the government should tax you to force you into a smaller dwelling, ideally a "small high rise apartment" (aka a tenement).

And remember ALL their population group is coming from immigrants - so if they do this they'll be forcing Heritage Aussies out of their homes to give them to 3rd worlders...

But remember The Great Replacement Theory is a racist hoax...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 03:43 PM (sKqQm)
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Good thing I live in a 1-bedroom house that has a library and an office.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (IBQGV)

185 Methinks Mr. Sams is quite acquainted with sipping penis.
Posted by: Heavy Meta
.......

Looks more like a chugger.

Posted by: wth at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (UjdFS)

186 >Sure he didn't marry a trans...?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:46 PM (Mmf4/)

Meh, probably a fag hag/beard.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (GTqXr)

187 Biden: They only hate me because I did such a good job. They're jealous. Not a good job, the best job - ever!

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (gDhA9)

188 Well , to be fair he looks a little like the Trump spokesman. Stephen Miller, but more smiiley.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (OqhY3)

189 These kinds of lies and deceptions require a complicit MSM and a stonewall of indifference from the Dems in the House and Senate.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (rj6Yv)

190 So, Donna, just above the Comments box, you can just delete the loooooooooong URL from the URL field. Keep your name in the Name box!
Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (aURVT)

I removed it and it banned me... Got back in obviously

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (VE6XX)

191 Interesting... Newsome making a Trade Agreement with Denmark...

So now States can do Foreign Policy?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (mP0Kj)

192 My Blood pressure is through the roof. Has been for awhile. No organ damage, but I feel kinda shitty and need to get it under control. Finally admitting that and getting an appointment to address is hard. I just want to live long enough to know my future grandchildren.

Ugh. I hate the medical industry and big pharma and crap so much, it’s put my health at risk because I don’t want to deal with them.

Just address my hypertension. That’s it. Gain my trust by NOT getting into everything else.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 03:42 PM (W2Pud)

You of all people !

Get on it !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (NtVYv)

193 Will Biden beat Bubba to Satan's front door?

Simultaneously like three stooges.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (rll/6)

194 Ian Sams head looks like an eraser at the end of a pencil.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (gDhA9)

195 500 trillion quatloos on that happening.
Posted by: Axeman
_________

How much is that in Ace bucks?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (XvL8K)

196 Ian Sams looks like this, because of course he does. How could he look any other way?

He looks like a fine, very masculine, man.

Posted by: David French at August 22, 2025 03:49 PM (sAmhv)

197 >> Ian Sams looks like this, because of course he does. How could he look any other way?

Like a pale, bald, flaccid, bespectacled penis.

Amirite?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 22, 2025 03:49 PM (yHNFN)

198 I hope you get better soon, nurse.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:49 PM (Mmf4/)

199 I know there are probably guys in here who shave their skulls bare

why

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:49 PM (AOsQT)

200 That Ian Sams fellow .....

Turtle turtle.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 22, 2025 03:49 PM (2J/Lj)

201 200

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 03:50 PM (aURVT)

202 Dude Looks Like a Lady>>dude looks like a penis

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 03:50 PM (ZnPqv)

203 SAM

Sam to ass missile

Posted by: nsirchov at August 22, 2025 03:50 PM (us2H3)

204
I see they are releasing Epstein papers to Congress
Posted by: It's me donna

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I'm not keeping up, did Congress demand or subpoena them?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 03:50 PM (6eO0F)

205 I looked up this Ian Sams twank. Shockingly, he's not gay. I'll say it again: not gay. He married an actual woman.
Posted by: Elric
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So is Admiral 'Rachel' Levine.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2025 03:50 PM (XeU6L)

206 I removed it and it banned me... Got back in obviously
Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (VE6XX)

You got rid of it completely? Like totally blank - zero characters - and it banned you?

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 03:50 PM (2fC87)

207 190 So, Donna, just above the Comments box, you can just delete the loooooooooong URL from the URL field. Keep your name in the Name box!
Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 03:47 PM (aURVT)

I removed it and it banned me... Got back in obviously
Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (VE6XX)

Huh! Oh, well; it's not hurting anything. It's just funny.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 03:50 PM (aURVT)

208
I'm not keeping up, did Congress demand or subpoena them?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 03:50 PM (6eO0F)

Not sure

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:50 PM (VE6XX)

209 500 trillion quatloos on that happening.
Posted by: Axeman
_________

How much is that in Ace bucks?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (XvL8K)
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Got a slide rule handy?

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:50 PM (krQz2)

210 Ian Sams is the main event in the "Everything Wrong with This Picture" showcase.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:50 PM (Mmf4/)

211 >How much is that in Ace bucks?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (XvL8K)

A five dollar Monopoly bill, 2 paperclips and a ball of pocket lint.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 03:51 PM (GTqXr)

212 I see Australia is considering a tax on "extra bedrooms".

This nonsense almost never works. England had a "window tax" long ago, and people just bricked up their windows to avoid the tax. In the Balkans where I was, many homes had a window upstairs unfinished...that meant the home was "unfinished" and still under construction, so the tax rate was lower. The windows just never go finished.

In Australia, I assume people will find some loophole. In the US, you could remove closets so rooms are no longer technically "bedrooms", for example. Then, either put them back in when selling, or a new trend starts where we end up like much of Europe, with no closets, and instead, furniture like wardrobes.

Posted by: Military Moron at August 22, 2025 03:51 PM (ycI94)

213
“75% of dogs wearing Polyester in this study couldn’t get pregnant”

“Polyester creates an electrostatic field”
Posted by: Mister Ghost

I call BS on this. Only male dogs would wear the 70s polyester leisure suits for dogs and, of course, they cannot become pregnant.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 22, 2025 03:52 PM (Tv15w)

214 I see Australia is considering a tax on "extra bedrooms".
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Would they accept "I sleep in all of them."?

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:52 PM (krQz2)

215 How much is that in Ace bucks?
$20, same as in town

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 03:53 PM (ZnPqv)

216 >>The windows just never go finished.

Microsofts entire business plan in a nutshell.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 03:53 PM (viF8m)

217 I removed it and it banned me... Got back in obviously
Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (VE6XX)

It's her password?

SHE IS THE KWISATCH HADARACH!!!

Odd artifact of pixyland.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 03:53 PM (zZu0s)

218 Also, good for you nurse, for confronting it

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 22, 2025 03:53 PM (NtVYv)

219 Nurse, I'm so sorry about the HBP. Medication helps, but be prepared for an adjustment phase, which isn't pleasant. Hugs to you

Posted by: moki at August 22, 2025 03:53 PM (wLjpr)

220 The release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia has me very angry. Trump needs to do something, quickly, to get this guy back in custody (and preferably out of the country). This shouldn't be a surprise, as they should have known some judge would do it once they (foolishly, in my opinion) brought him back.

So, either Trump and his team are absolute retards, or they expected this and have a plan. If it's the latter, I hope he executes it soon.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (ycI94)

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Make Extraordinary Rendition Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 03:53 PM (1L3FQ)

221 I have been surprised at how much deference doctors show for their patients' opinions. That is based on my 92-year old mom, so maybe they just think if you are 92 you might know what you are doing.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 03:53 PM (MMp6W)

222 The entire Biden presidency needs to be re-imagined as libs would say.
Reverse every law, mandate, mention or existence of any initiative Biden or his handlers implemented. No law passed during his term is valid without current approval.
Remove him and all of his records as rubbish.
His historic portrait should be him laying under an umbrella on the beach. Alone.

Posted by: DanMan at August 22, 2025 03:53 PM (8uzBS)

223 I know there are probably guys in here who shave their skulls bare

why
Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:49 PM (AOsQT)

To embrace the male pattern baldness!

Seriously, I've been close shaven so long I doubt I could grow a full head of hair now if I wanted to.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:53 PM (Mmf4/)

224 Liars gonna lie

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 03:55 PM (xcxpd)

225
And remember ALL their population group is coming from immigrants - so if they do this they'll be forcing Heritage Aussies out of their homes to give them to 3rd worlders...

Posted by: 18-1

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There was living space for thirteen families in this one house, comrade!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2025 03:55 PM (6eO0F)

226 Rolling Stone@RollingStone
The FBI targets former Trump official John Bolton because he made the president mad.

-
Well, I'm glad we got that straight.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 03:55 PM (ofs3k)

227 >>> know there are probably guys in here who shave their skulls bare

why
Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:49 PM (AOsQT)

To embrace the male pattern baldness!

Seriously, I've been close shaven so long I doubt I could grow a full head of hair now if I wanted to.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:53 PM (Mmf4/)

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And to avoid looking like Art Garfunkel.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 22, 2025 03:55 PM (VIQ/1)

228 I know there are probably guys in here who shave their skulls bare

why
Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:49 PM (AOsQT)

To embrace the male pattern baldness!

Seriously, I've been close shaven so long I doubt I could grow a full head of hair now if I wanted to.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:53 PM (Mmf4/)
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Yep. Pretty much the same here. Why pay $15-$20 for a haircut when the barber will just trim the fringe in about 5 minutes?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 03:55 PM (IBQGV)

229 Rolling Stone@RollingStone
The FBI targets former Trump official John Bolton because he made the president mad.

Tard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:56 PM (Zz0t1)

230 226 Rolling Stone@RollingStone
The FBI targets former Trump official John Bolton because he made the president mad.

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Well, I'm glad we got that straight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 03:55 PM (ofs3k)

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Well, I guess people should stop making him mad. He'll sick the DOJ on them.

Trump sounds like a man to be feared. Perhaps his enemies should act like they fear him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:56 PM (GBKbO)

231 230 226 Rolling Stone@RollingStone
The FBI targets former Trump official John Bolton because he made the president mad.

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Well, I'm glad we got that straight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 03:55 PM (ofs3k)

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Well, I guess people should stop making him mad. He'll sick the DOJ on them.

Trump sounds like a man to be feared. Perhaps his enemies should act like they fear him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:56 PM (GBKbO)

We need to buy this Trump fellow a horse.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 03:56 PM (xcxpd)

232 Shaven head is better than combover head.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 03:56 PM (kTd/k)

233 TGIF
Sharp as a bowling bowl

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 03:56 PM (+qU29)

234 Here's something:
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Just the News @JustTheNews

Justice Department delivers first batch of Epstein files to Congress

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:57 PM (krQz2)

235 I don't think I'll ever shave, I think i will go (and have tried out) the Bruce Willis route. Take it down to 1 or 2 mm long. Not completely shaving, but next thing to.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 03:57 PM (zZu0s)

236 RollingStone still exists?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (gLikB)

237 TGIF
Sharp as a bowling bowl
Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 03:56 PM (+qU29)
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Thank God it's Fartday!

AhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhH!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Swallwell at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (krQz2)

238 I still hope every day Sundowner strokes the fk out

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (+qU29)

239 231 We need to buy this Trump fellow a horse.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 03:56 PM (xcxpd)

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He could ride it in a boat crossing the Delaware some Christmas Eve after dark to deal with some foreign invaders.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (GBKbO)

240 Rolling Stone@RollingStone
The FBI targets former Trump official John Bolton because he made the president mad.

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Well, I'm glad we got that straight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 03:55 PM (ofs3k)

You mean it wasn't because he admitted to running a color revolution in Venezuela during a broadcast interview? Seriously?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (S/Y4j)

241 The noggin on that dude, he looks like a hairless Beaker.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (fGmWu)

242 These kinds of lies and deceptions require a complicit MSM and a stonewall of indifference from the Dems in the House and Senate.
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You forgot about us...

Posted by: GOPs in House & Senate, indifferent to everything but grifting at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (TN0g+)

243 199 I know there are probably guys in here who shave their skulls bare

why
Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:49 PM (AOsQT)

I had a choice:
I could be bald or
I could be balding.

The decision was easy. Plus I have a good shaped head. Should have shaved my head back in college, frankly. I'd have pulled more tail.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (xcxpd)

244 The noggin on that dude, he looks like a hairless Beaker.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (fGmWu)
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Without Beaker's endearing charm.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (IBQGV)

245 239 231 We need to buy this Trump fellow a horse.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 03:56 PM (xcxpd)

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He could ride it in a boat crossing the Delaware some Christmas Eve after dark to deal with some foreign invaders.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (GBKbO)

Ace, can we borrow the keys to the time machine? I think we have a sick idea.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (xcxpd)

246 I think Trump would look great with a shaved head.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (kTd/k)

247 I know there are probably guys in here who shave their skulls bare

why
Posted by: Don Black

Casualty of Covid 19. All the barber shops were closed and I thought f*ck it. I'm pretty enough already.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (ofs3k)

248 I have a big scar right on the crown of my head. I am so lucky that my hair has stuck with me.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (MMp6W)

249 232 Shaven head is better than combover head.
Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 03:56 PM (kTd/k)

This is known.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (fGmWu)

250 Elvis wig FTW

Posted by: wth at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (UjdFS)

251 246 I think Trump would look great with a shaved head.
Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (kTd/k

He'd look like Daddy Warbucks

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (VE6XX)

252 Apparently he gave interviews to Congress previously, insisting Biden was "at the top of his game." But he didn't disclose he had only seen Biden twice, in a "limited capacity."
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Come on Biden's "top of his game" is a pretty low bar so this bald pedo could have been telling the truth in a twisted way.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (17s+e)

253 245 He could ride it in a boat crossing the Delaware some Christmas Eve after dark to deal with some foreign invaders.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (GBKbO)

Ace, can we borrow the keys to the time machine? I think we have a sick idea.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (xcxpd)

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*nods sagaciously*

Assassinating Woodrow Wilson in his crib.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

254 230 226 Rolling Stone@RollingStone
The FBI targets former Trump official John Bolton because he made the president mad.

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Well, I'm glad we got that straight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Maybe these people shouldn't have spent a decade+ trying to destroy Trump and his friends over political disagreements, but they did and here we are. Rules, bitchez.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 22, 2025 04:00 PM (sAmhv)

255 ----
Without Beaker's endearing charm.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (IBQGV)

With his cockshaped head, wouldn't he be more Bunsen Honeydew?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 04:00 PM (Zz0t1)

256 He destroyed the country, let in millions of illegals. Let his cronies steal billions of tax money, gave Afghanistan billions in weapons, and did nothing in the Oval Office

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 04:00 PM (+qU29)

257 He could ride it in a boat crossing the Delaware some Christmas Eve after dark to deal with some foreign invaders.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (GBKbO)

Ace, can we borrow the keys to the time machine? I think we have a sick idea.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (xcxpd)

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*nods sagaciously*

Assassinating Woodrow Wilson in his crib.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

That IS on the list.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 22, 2025 04:00 PM (xcxpd)

258 Without Beaker's endearing charm.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 03:58 PM (IBQGV)
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Or eloquence of speech.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:00 PM (krQz2)

259 I think Trump would look great with a shaved head.
Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (kTd/k)
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That almost happened when Trump was "feuding" with Vince McMahon in WWE. Vince lost, though, so his head was shaved instead.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 04:00 PM (IBQGV)

260 I think the other "tell" about Sam's remarks was that his office would normally be in the West Wing but they put him in the Eisenhower building instead.

Posted by: beckster at August 22, 2025 04:00 PM (NLtte)

261 you know who else had a combover ?

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:00 PM (g47mK)

262 "Former Trump Official"

Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 04:01 PM (i0F8b)

263 Stocks up bigly today on rate cut signal from Powell.

Cracker Barrel? Not so much down another 1%.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 22, 2025 04:01 PM (4HxCT)

264 >>> Casualty of Covid 19. All the barber shops were closed and I thought f*ck it. I'm pretty enough already.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (ofs3k)

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I missed a perfect opportunity to invest in Wahl.

Posted by: Turn 2 at August 22, 2025 04:02 PM (VIQ/1)

265
The illegal truck driver who killed three innocent people in Florida was extradited from CA back to FLA yesterday.

Posted by: four seasons at August 22, 2025 04:02 PM (3ek7K)

266 I think Trump would look great with a shaved head.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (kTd/k)

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With neck tats and that blue face paint like in Braveheart.

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 04:03 PM (1L3FQ)

267 as mossad had netanyaus cyber pedo eat his gun yet, he has to do something everybody is covering the story and the deets are getting more fun

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 04:03 PM (q20gz)

268 Have you ever seen a shorn clackerbag? It is magnificent.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 22, 2025 04:03 PM (17s+e)

269 Oh, I apparently misread the situation on Garcia.

ICE just has to give him 72 hours notice of the deportation to a third party nation.

They can pick him up the second he's in Maryland, arrest him, and then give him the notice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:03 PM (GBKbO)

270 >>> 226 Rolling Stone@RollingStone
The FBI targets former Trump official John Bolton because he made the president mad.

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Well, I'm glad we got that straight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 03:55 PM (ofs3k)

Look at all those gunshot-victim Oklahomans wearing parkas in August lined up for the ER because of all the horse dewormer overdoses crowding them out!!!

Posted by: also Rolling Stone at August 22, 2025 04:04 PM (ULPxl)

271 Have you ever seen a shorn clackerbag? It is magnificent.
Posted by: Jukin the D

it is interesting that even though ive never seen the movie with the drevil guy, the word "shorn" reminds me of the movie

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 04:04 PM (q20gz)

272 265
The illegal truck driver who killed three innocent people in Florida was extradited from CA back to FLA yesterday.
Posted by: four seasons at August 22, 2025 04:02 PM (3ek7K)

I hope they look into the DMV that issued his license. There's some cheating going on and money changing hands.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 22, 2025 04:05 PM (fGmWu)

273 Look fat! I spoke two weeks ago at the Negro Bar Association Dinner in Chicago. Wore a tux and everything. People said my speech was very good. It ran the gamut from whispering to mumbling, then screaming at random times. Already invited back next year!

Posted by: President Emeritruss at August 22, 2025 04:05 PM (G5+As)

274 Not a fan of being on medication for life. Providers always try to manipulate. You into other things in order to refill your medication. No, I don’t want a colonoscopy. No I don’t want a shingles shot. There’s no reason for me to have a Pap smear.

Just address my hypertension. Earn my trust.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 04:06 PM (W2Pud)

275 Ian Sams kind of looks like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers......

Posted by: Jackson at August 22, 2025 04:07 PM (1sBXy)

276 I know there are probably guys in here who shave their skulls bare

why
Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:49 PM (AOsQT)

Hubbymayhem shaves his head. He looks good bald and younger. His hair started going a lovely silver when he was around 40. No big deal but it did make him look older than he was. He and both of my brothers decided to shave their heads. Just for the hell of it. My brothers stayed with it for several years but Hubbymayhem has made it semi permanent. He doesn't shave when he's out on the road but does when he's at home. I like the way it looks.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 22, 2025 04:08 PM (2J/Lj)

277 I'd shave my head this instant if I had any idea what my bald head would look like.

Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 04:08 PM (Z1dZR)

278 275 Ian Sams kind of looks like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers......
Posted by: Jackson at August 22, 2025 04:07 PM (1sBXy)

Lube it up and see where it would fit.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 04:08 PM (kTd/k)

279 The FBI targets former Trump official John Bolton because he made the president mad
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More projection.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 04:08 PM (2fC87)

280 >Cracker Barrel? Not so much down another 1%.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 22, 2025 04:01 PM (4HxCT)

Oof. The 5 year chart for CBRL is brutal. Curious when girlboss will get zipped.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 04:09 PM (GTqXr)

281 I think Trump would look great with a shaved head.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 03:59 PM (kTd/k)

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With neck tats and that blue face paint like in Braveheart ... and wearing shorts:

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

He. Is. HILARIOUS.

REPORTER: Will you take part in the FIFA events?

TRUMP: "I may PLAY. I see the money these players make. I am a very good athlete...I may put on shorts. I look EXTREMELY good in shorts."

😂😂

https://is.gd/4phaf9

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 04:09 PM (1L3FQ)

282 I'd shave my head this instant if I had any idea what my bald head would look like.
Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 04:08 PM (Z1dZR)'

look at your baby pictures..hahahah!!

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:09 PM (g47mK)

283 Ian Sams looks like this, because of course he does.

Move over Doug, Tim, David, and Eric. There's a new alpha on the block.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 04:09 PM (0sNs1)

284 20 Jack Poso@JackPosobiec

BREAKING: Tennessee judge releases illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail, he's returning to Maryland
Posted by: Mister Ghost
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Helping Tennessee turn green.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 04:09 PM (nO7cW)

285 The illegal truck driver who killed three innocent people in Florida was extradited from CA back to FLA yesterday.
Posted by: four seasons

California has not learned its lesson.

California Issues Commercial Driver's License To Stevie Wonder

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 04:09 PM (ofs3k)

286 If I thought I'd look like that with a shaved head, not only would I never shave my head, I would also kms.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 04:11 PM (2fC87)

287 The FBI targets former Trump official John Bolton because he made the president mad
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More projection.
Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 04:08 PM (2fC87)
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Yup. Ignore the reports from prior colleagues and assistants that Bolton was misusing classified intel.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)

288 Curious when girlboss will get zipped.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 22, 2025 04:09 PM

The Paolo unzips them while they unzip him.

Posted by: Paolo at August 22, 2025 04:11 PM (0sNs1)

289 Virgil Samms >>>>> Ian Sams

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 22, 2025 04:11 PM (WvZaB)

290 287 Yup. Ignore the reports from prior colleagues and assistants that Bolton was misusing classified intel.
Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)

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No, Rolling Stone is right.

Trump has made the DOJ into his personal gestapo to attack anyone and everyone who confronts his power. He will personally destroy them all and throw them into prison for decades.

They should fear him. They should run into hiding.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:12 PM (GBKbO)

291 DOJ has released the full transcript of Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition. All the barking seals yelling TRUMP IS A PEDO aren't going to like it.

"I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way. The President was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects."

https://tinyurl.com/5daxcfd5

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at August 22, 2025 04:12 PM (paSBy)

292 No, sirree! Not shaving this glorious head. Women see me in my Rolls Corniche Convertible, silver hair flyin' in the breeze, and they're JEALOUS!

Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassie at August 22, 2025 04:12 PM (G5+As)

293 Rolling Stone@RollingStone
The FBI targets former Trump official John Bolton because he made the president mad.

Rolling Stone will be the next publication to be sold for a dollar because they write like fags and their shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 22, 2025 04:13 PM (M0V4/)

294 Trump has made the DOJ into his personal gestapo to attack anyone and everyone who confronts his power. He will personally destroy them all and throw them into prison for decades.

They should fear him. They should run into hiding.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:12 PM (GBKbO)

I think they should start making deals and sing about what they know !

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 04:13 PM (VE6XX)

295 "I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way. The President was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects."
____

It's obvious that she is referring to President Clinton.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 04:13 PM (Dv3i1)

296 That guy knows what a soy latte tastes like.

Posted by: Josephistan at August 22, 2025 04:13 PM (y9ksN)

297 >>> 290 287 Yup. Ignore the reports from prior colleagues and assistants that Bolton was misusing classified intel.
Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)

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No, Rolling Stone is right.

Trump has made the DOJ into his personal gestapo to attack anyone and everyone who confronts his power. He will personally destroy them all and throw them into prison for decades.

They should fear him. They should run into hiding.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:12 PM (GBKbO)

TJM Johnson is right! In fact it would be best if they fled to countries without extradition treaties with the US.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 04:13 PM (ULPxl)

298 Someone would definitely get arrested if they threw him onto a WNBA court.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 04:13 PM (2fC87)

299 I thought Ian Samms was the name of the first sodomite drafted into the NFL.

Posted by: Still lurking up north, read some, don't comment much at August 22, 2025 04:14 PM (kTd/k)

300 300

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 04:14 PM (aURVT)

301 In important news, the SEC is going to a 9 game conference schedule for some reason.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:14 PM (jc0TO)

302 I'd shave my head this instant if I had any idea what my bald head would look like.
Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 04:08 PM (Z1dZR)

Only one way to find out.... Go for it!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 22, 2025 04:14 PM (2J/Lj)

303 California has not learned its lesson.

California Issues Commercial Driver's License To Stevie Wonder

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From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 04:09 PM (ofs3k)
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There's an episode of Married with Children where Al has to renew his driver's license. Naturally, everything goes wrong for *him* and meanwhile the corrupt bureaucrats are handing out driver's licenses like candy to illegal immigrants, children, and yes, even a blind man.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 04:15 PM (IBQGV)

304 Someone would definitely get arrested if they threw him onto a WNBA court.
Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 04:13 PM (2fC87)
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James Comey, too.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:15 PM (krQz2)

305 Don't want to influence posts here....but I think we have to acknowledge when our second biggest trading partner (Canada) waves the white flag and drops their retaliatory tariffs...which happened earlier today btw.

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 04:15 PM (dIske)

306 Garcia is still an illegal and MUST be booted out

Posted by: night lifted at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (/YboP)

307 Just address my hypertension. Earn my trust.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2025 04:06 PM (W2Pud)
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My practice has been to ignore any symptoms for a minimum of two years to see if it just goes away on its own.

Posted by: Weasel at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (dmH0a)

308 303 There's an episode of Married with Children where Al has to renew his driver's license. Naturally, everything goes wrong for *him* and meanwhile the corrupt bureaucrats are handing out driver's licenses like candy to illegal immigrants, children, and yes, even a blind man.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 04:15 PM (IBQGV)

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"Will you be taking the test in English or in Spanish?"

"What do you mean? I'm American!"

"In Spanish, then."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (GBKbO)

309 Sounds like this thumb decided he’d rather appear to be a liar than part of a regime who propped up a vegetable as POTUS while they exercised presidential power for 4 years.

SCUMBAG WEASEL

Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (Hkcdp)

310 this is perfect, Ghislaine says she thinks that Epstein was murdered; what a fkng dilemma for the conspiracy theorists!

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (g47mK)

311 277 I'd shave my head this instant if I had any idea what my bald head would look like.
Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 04:08 PM (Z1dZR)

You might have a funny-shaped head or something. Ask a hair salon person!

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (aURVT)

312 @Cernovich proposes a measured opinion:

Jonah Goldberg is a fat disgusting pig. I don't see any value with debating him, unless it's to draw donors. No one in the real world is going, "Hmmm... I wonder what a fat gross pig and chickenhawk has to say about the issues of the day.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (gKWVE)

313 306 Garcia is still an illegal and MUST be booted out
Posted by: night lifted at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (/YboP)

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He will be.

ICE will pick him up the second he sets foot in Maryland, then they'll notify him he's being sent to South Sudan. 72 hours later, he'll be on the plane.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:17 PM (GBKbO)

314 I'd shave my head this instant if I had any idea what my bald head would look like.
Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025

***
I've got a pretty good idea what my bald dome would look like. Vincent Price's Egghead on Batman would laugh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2025 04:17 PM (omVj0)

315 Wasn’t there a bald football player named Sam? Played for the other team?

Posted by: Eromero at August 22, 2025 04:17 PM (jgmnb)

316 what to do, what to do..cannot dismiss the interview, because she says what they want to believe !

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:17 PM (g47mK)

317
ICE will pick him up the second he sets foot in Maryland, then they'll notify him he's being sent to South Sudan. 72 hours later, he'll be on the plane.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 04:17 PM (GBKbO)

I imagine they are on the plane to Maryland with him... In plain clothes

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 04:18 PM (VE6XX)

318 I'd shave my head this instant if I had any idea what my bald head would look like.

Go for it. How bad could it be?

Posted by: Beldar Conehead at August 22, 2025 04:18 PM (Riz8t)

319 You start to live when you learn to drive.

Posted by: Helen Keller @ CA DMV at August 22, 2025 04:18 PM (G5+As)

320 309 Sounds like this thumb decided he’d rather appear to be a liar than part of a regime who propped up a vegetable as POTUS while they exercised presidential power for 4 years.

SCUMBAG WEASEL
Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (Hkcdp)

Weasel's right there, you know:

Posted by: Weasel at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (dmH0a)

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 04:18 PM (aURVT)

321 OT, but I've found out that my grammar school, which has been closed for the last two years -- I thought so it could be turned into condos -- has reopened . . . as a French-language charter school. WTF?

Well, better than condos, at least.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2025 04:19 PM (omVj0)

322 I'd shave my head this instant if I had any idea what my bald head would look like.

Go for it. How bad could it be?
Posted by: Beldar Conehead at August 22, 2025 04:18 PM (Riz8t)
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There really is only one way of finding out. And if you don't like it, you can (maybe) grow it back.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 04:19 PM (IBQGV)

323 Batten.down the hatches and prepare for hissy fit from Brandon Johnson!

Trump says feds are going to come police Chicago after they clean up DC

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 04:20 PM (ofs3k)

324 "I hope he's still cogent enough to feel the pain of the scorn and contempt America, and especially Democrats, have for him."

Cogent? Unlikely. Sense of shame to feel the pain? Definitely not!

Posted by: CM Delta at August 22, 2025 04:20 PM (SJVBN)

325 It's a little scary the first time you shave your head.

Then you find out it's zero maintenance, and never go back.

Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 04:21 PM (i0F8b)

326 this is perfect, Ghislaine says she thinks that Epstein was murdered; what a fkng dilemma for the conspiracy theorists!
Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (g47mK)
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How so?

I'm not going to stop believing something simply because GM agrees with that.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:21 PM (krQz2)

327 I hope I never lose my hair. I think I have some wicked scars up there.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 04:21 PM (jc0TO)

328 >>>He will personally destroy them all and throw them into prison for decades.
...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
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I don't understand what you people have against dungeons.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 04:21 PM (nO7cW)

329 Batten.down the hatches and prepare for hissy fit from Brandon Johnson!

Trump says feds are going to come police Chicago after they clean up DC
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at August 22, 2025 04:20 PM (ofs3k)
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I'm not seeing how that would work.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:22 PM (krQz2)

330 Bezos took one look at Sams and said "Shit I got to work out, build a penis rocket and marry a silicone bimbo gold digger. ASAP!"

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 22, 2025 04:22 PM (7leMO)

331 This talk of shaving heads disgusts me. Why not use my Alberto V05 Hot Oil Treatment?

Posted by: Rula Lenska at August 22, 2025 04:22 PM (G5+As)

332 NOOD: Disney decides to reissue "Song of The South"

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 04:22 PM (TN0g+)

333 325 It's a little scary the first time you shave your head.

Then you find out it's zero maintenance, and never go back.
Posted by: davidt at August 22, 2025 04:21 PM (i0F8b)

You have to keep shaving it; that's maintenance.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 04:23 PM (aURVT)

334 326 this is perfect, Ghislaine says she thinks that Epstein was murdered; what a fkng dilemma for the conspiracy theorists!
Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:16 PM (g47mK)
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How so?

I'm not going to stop believing something simply because GM agrees with that.
Posted by: Axeman
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You know she's convicted liar.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 04:23 PM (nO7cW)

335 >>Go for it. How bad could it be?
Posted by: Beldar Conehead at August 22, 2025 04:18 PM (Riz8t)

lol

Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 04:23 PM (Z1dZR)

336 No she said didnt think he committee suicde

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 04:23 PM (bXbFr)

337 Michael Sam is the gay football player. He's now coaching football in Europe while doing butt stuff. Mostly doing butt stuff

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 04:23 PM (ZnPqv)

338 My wife has been out of town for a week so I have a patchy beard, dreadlocks, and an odor that makes my dog hide.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (MMp6W)

339 How so?

I'm not going to stop believing something simply because GM agrees with that.
Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:21 PM (krQz2)

on one hand she says something they want to believe, on the other she says something they want to deny

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (g47mK)

340 I'm good friends witht the president of the Army NCO Association, I need to ask him if thet put the students in formation and make them practice saying that.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 22, 2025 03:38 PM (QVmho)

Watching DS school while on pass during Basic at Ft Sill was a hoot. We made a habit of it. Go to the bowling alley for a gallon jug of beer and a pack of smokes and go sit on the hill behind the barraks. They actually make them do that sort of insult stuff nose to wall. Whole line of 50 or so E-6's against the wall yelling at it. Funny shit to watch and a realization that Basic could be a lot worse.

Posted by: Reforger at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (pxUkb)

341 Thought I passed a Cracker Barrel but looked all the way and didn't see one.

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (+qU29)

342 336 No she said didnt think he committee suicde
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 04:23 PM (bXbFr)

O.k. But weren't there only two options?
1) committed suicide (= was not murdered)
2) was murdered (= did not commit suicide)

Posted by: m at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (aURVT)

343 >>I hope I never lose my hair. I think I have some wicked scars up there.

I've had my scalp stapled back together twice. But I don't think they scarred too heavily...

Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (Z1dZR)

344 You know she's convicted liar.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 04:23 PM (nO7cW)
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She's not claiming knowledge of anything. Just stating an opinion.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:25 PM (krQz2)

345 You might say that. But i wouldnt

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at August 22, 2025 04:27 PM (bXbFr)

346 on one hand she says something they want to believe, on the other she says something they want to deny
Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 04:24 PM (g47mK)
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Which can happen.

I agree with Hitler that true Marxism robs us of culture.

But I do not agree with Hitler that the Jews are the problem.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:28 PM (krQz2)

347 312 @Cernovich proposes a measured opinion:

Jonah Goldberg is a fat disgusting pig. I don't see any value with debating him, unless it's to draw donors. No one in the real world is going, "Hmmm... I wonder what a fat gross pig and chickenhawk has to say about the issues of the day.
Posted by: gKWVE

LoL!! Is Cernovich hanging around here now?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 22, 2025 04:28 PM (sAmhv)

348 I don't know how we got into this false dichotomy on Maxwell.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 04:28 PM (krQz2)

349 Jesus Chr*st on a pogo stick; if I saw that Ian Sams guy picking his kid up at school, i'd think it was an abduction and try to stop him.
I'll bet he treated Biden like Dean Pelton treated Jeff on community. I bet he got a lot of texts from 'Biden' to bring him some olives. Gah, these people are so gross.

Posted by: Nelly at August 22, 2025 04:29 PM (Bm3Co)

350 "Ian Sams looks like this, because of course he does."
a. His name is pronounced "semen".
b. Can't tell if he's more pedo than bottom.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 22, 2025 05:57 PM (JykNP)

351 Biden as Bright as a 10 Watt Lightbulb and as Sharp as a Butter Knife

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 22, 2025 06:06 PM (wGqjj)

DOJ Prosecutors Secured Evidence Proving That James Comey Violated the Espionage Act by Illegally Disseminating Classified Information to Non-Authorized Persons But, Get This, Decided Not to Prosecute

Was he lacking "intent," I wonder, grimly.

Federal prosecutors gathered evidence from James Comey's top lieutenants that he authorized the leak of classified information to reporters just before the 2016 election but declined to bring criminal charges, according to recently declassified memos that call into question the former FBI director's testimony to Congress.
The bombshell revelations involving ex-FBI general counsel James Baker and ex-Comey chief of staff James Rybicki were memorialized in documents that FBI Director Kash Patel discovered earlier this year, but the passages were originally redacted by the Justice Department in versions sent to Congress earlier this month.
Attorney General Pam Bondi intervened and eliminated the redactions, dispatching new versions of the memos this week to the House and Senate Judiciary committees, officials told Just the News.
The memos detail evidence and interviews gathered by U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents concerning classified information leaked to The New York Times in October 2016, ahead of the November election in which Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton.
"The USPIS Investigation also revealed Baker disclosed USG [U.S. government] classified information to the NYT under the belief he was ultimately instructed and authorized to do so by then FBI Director James Comey," one summary memo reads. "For example, during interviews, Baker indicated FBI Chief of Staff James Rybicki instructed him (Baker) to disclose the information to the NYT, and Baker understood Rybicki was conveying this instruction and authorization from Comey.
The memos don't identify the specific pieces of classified information that were leaked or whether Comey or anyone else was authorized to declassify them for the media. But they were investigated by multiple prosecutors, including the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C., under Trump's first administration and by future-special prosecutor John Durham, and all declined to bring criminal charges, the memos show.

I'll bet you $100 Ace-Bucks that the prosecutors hid this evidence and this decision from Trump. Remember that the Deep State Democrat Operative Ron Rosenbaum was effectively the unappointed AG during much of Trump's first term, after the Deep State worked so assiduously to conjure up a conflict-of-interest and sideline Jeff Sessions.

Bondi told Just the News on Thursday she was committed to bringing accountability for the yet unpunished leaks.
"This document produced at my direction confirms what many Americans have long suspected: former FBI Director James Comey and his chief of staff engaged in abhorrent conduct," she said. "There must be accountability for those who were entrusted with safeguarding our nation's secrets and failed to do so."
Comey previously denied during congressional testimony that he had ever been a source in news articles related to the FBI's investigations into Trump and Clinton and further denied that he had ever approved of anyone else at the FBI being such a source. He has long denied any wrongdoing and insisted he has been politically attacked because he stood up to Trump.
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A recent barrage of declassified documents showing Comey and current Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., may have been behind national security leaks over the last decade designed to harm Trump may prove more than just an exercise in historical accountability.
Legal experts say the statute of limitations for prosecution under espionage laws for leaks back in 2016 or 2017 can be extended to 10 years if the act was knowing and willful and harmed national security or was part of an ongoing criminal conspiracy that continued into the last five years.
"The general federal statute of limitations is five years, but espionage that harms our national interest is 10 years and covering up the crime continues the conspiracy," explained Mike Davis, a former top Senate Judiciary Committee lawyer who now runs the nonprofit Article III Project on constitutional law.
"The Trump DOJ can open up a criminal probe that investigates this malicious disclosure of classified information that harms our national interest," he said.

Read the whole thing.

It's enraging.

Comey authorized leaks of classified material

Unforgivable#ComeyWeaponizedTheFBI https://t.co/WPPHKdzAzl pic.twitter.com/HtsNb9pNVs
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) August 22, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 02:20 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: mpfs at August 22, 2025 02:22 PM (zBWPr)

2 Holy cow!

Posted by: mpfs at August 22, 2025 02:22 PM (zBWPr)

3 Trump is Batman.

Posted by: mpfs at August 22, 2025 02:22 PM (zBWPr)

4 Hi Ace!

Posted by: mpfs at August 22, 2025 02:22 PM (zBWPr)

5 Roomy in here.

I like it.

Posted by: mpfs at August 22, 2025 02:23 PM (zBWPr)

6 Funny how many times "no reasonable prosecutor" comes into play for Democrats.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 22, 2025 02:23 PM (qBdHI)

7 What are the shells on the beach saying to Comey now?

Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2025 02:24 PM (vbXSk)

8 Comey is 80 inches of weasel.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 22, 2025 02:25 PM (kTd/k)

9 Quelle suprize,
Comey leaked classified information.

Seems a lot of people in DC have leaky bladders.

Posted by: mpfs at August 22, 2025 02:25 PM (zBWPr)

10 A very hot August. I thought things were ramping up, but things are going exponential.

Posted by: t-bird at August 22, 2025 02:25 PM (GsIhi)

11 Gonna be rough sleeping through the night in prison, when you are 6'8" and the bed only accommodates perps up to 6'4"!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 02:25 PM (HlyYF)

12 Can we have a 5am raid on his house?

Oh pretty please???!!!

Posted by: mpfs at August 22, 2025 02:26 PM (zBWPr)

13 What difference at this point does it make??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 22, 2025 02:26 PM (zizoB)

14 6 Funny how many times "no reasonable prosecutor" comes into play for Democrats.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 22, 2025 02:23 PM

The "r" in reasonable is code for only prosecuting Republicans.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 02:27 PM (HlyYF)

15 "he authorized the leak of classified information."

he can't "authorize" any such thing. That makes it sound like what he did was legal. But he was unauthorized to authorize any such thing.

This may explain so much of the shenanigans during Trums first time as president - much of it was to keep him and his team occupied so they couldn't chase down this stuff. All the terrible shit they did before 2016 had to be covered up during the Trump presidency. Tangling trump and sessions in legal knots was the strategy.

I think trump, in the last four years, figured out what had happened.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 02:27 PM (gDhA9)

16 Comey leaked classified information.

Yeah, he really should have kept quiet about his Taylor Swift infatuation. That stuff is secret for a reason!

Posted by: t-bird at August 22, 2025 02:27 PM (GsIhi)

17 Try Comey in West Virginia.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 22, 2025 02:27 PM (rJ48h)

18 Look, let's all admit the truth here. The Trump Administration wouldn't care about Comey at all but for the fact that he came out as a Swiftie.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 02:27 PM (ExV1e)

19 Holy cow!
Posted by: mpfs at August 22, 2025 02:22 PM (zBWPr)

Holy redacted documents, Batman!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 22, 2025 02:27 PM (zizoB)

20 And Durham makes another appearance in this latest story. I'm really beginning to wonder if he was playing both sides of the fence.

Posted by: beckster at August 22, 2025 02:27 PM (NLtte)

21 Seems like the NYT needs to be prosecuted as well?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at August 22, 2025 02:27 PM (luW68)

22 foWAR'd: FORNITE LIVES MATTER *MORE*

Who wants a TACO?
https://www.tinyurl.com/ctHARRIS-FamousLastWords

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 22, 2025 02:27 PM (sJnlE)

23 Eemie meenie
Chili beanie
The shells say,
"IAMA TR8TOR"

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:28 PM (pMi6S)

24 Ummm...
Why didn't Blondie just re-open the case, get a warrant with the "deadly force encouraged" clause and do the 3:30 raid with more flash-bang and CNN?

Posted by: Operator Error at August 22, 2025 02:28 PM (c4kCh)

25 Signs point to "Rope."

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:29 PM (pMi6S)

26 If any one of us, the great unwashed, pulled this kind of shit we would be sitting in a Federal lockup with no bail
.

Posted by: mpfs at August 22, 2025 02:29 PM (zBWPr)

27 Arrests and prison time. Now.
I wish that Trump would go Rome on Carthage against the Deep State.

Posted by: jmel at August 22, 2025 02:29 PM (RWHIh)

28 >>> 25 Signs point to "Rope."
Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:29 PM (pMi6S)

Awww!

*kicks dirt*

Posted by: sad, lonely helicopter at August 22, 2025 02:29 PM (ULPxl)

29 7 What are the shells on the beach saying to Comey now?

Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2025 02:24 PM

The shells are saying, "On Day 2 of his sentence, Comey will learn the meaning of BOHICA."

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 02:29 PM (HlyYF)

30 Remember in *2015* the DOJ brought charges against David Petraeus with sharing classified information with his mistress/biographer

So why was he different just a few months before they decided not to charge Comey?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 02:30 PM (sKqQm)

31 You have to love that some of these soon to be felons are issuing what can only be seen as ass-kissing Tweets, hoping to stroke Trump’s ego and get him to back off.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 22, 2025 02:30 PM (3Z0xj)

32 I nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 02:31 PM (ExV1e)

33 OT: New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is now accused in Federal court of skimming tax money to pay for Paolo. LaToya's term lasts until January.
This doesn't include the various Louisiana indictments coming to the city: tinyurl.com/3xrek4vf
The latter mean, I think, that the city's prosecuting staff get to stay in Angola. Which is not to be confused with the country of that name. It's worse: tinyurl.com/b7yx58hu

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 02:31 PM (gKWVE)

34 Did Comey declassify this material he disseminated?

Did he have authority to declassify it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:31 PM (GBKbO)

35 >> What are the shells on the beach saying to Comey now?

Blow me.

With love,
Donald.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 22, 2025 02:32 PM (3Z0xj)

36 It worked, didn't it?!

Posted by: Merrick Garland at August 22, 2025 02:32 PM (wVcYX)

37 Also on the topic of failing to prosecute...

The dude with the bogus California CDL, he killed three people in Florida.

Why did they have to fly out to California to extradite him?

That is, he killed three Floridians, violated traffic laws and had a fraudulent CDL, and then what? The state of Florida said "no big deal" and just let the guy walk?

What kind of operation is Florida running? Is it a free-for-all crime shit-hole state too?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 22, 2025 02:32 PM (9s47C)

38 Might as well use a guillotine if you try to hang Schiff.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 02:32 PM (0sNs1)

39

He likes Taylor Swift.

Posted by: E Buzz at August 22, 2025 02:32 PM (et1vG)

40 Did Comey declassify this material he disseminated?

Did he have authority to declassify it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:31 PM (GBKbO)

Everyone in the federal government is authorized to declassify except enlisted military and the President (when it's Trump). -- Lefties

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 02:33 PM (ExV1e)

41 I'm sure Judge Boasberg or some other douche will try to put a stop to this using the "but everyone else was doing it, like, forever" clause of the Constitution.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 02:33 PM (ULPxl)

42 39

Thats enough right there for him to be sent to supermax in Colorado.

Posted by: mpfs at August 22, 2025 02:33 PM (zBWPr)

43 Comey's book was titled, "A Higher Loyalty." What a self-hero guy.

Posted by: scampydog at August 22, 2025 02:33 PM (2bFN5)

44 People often wonder whether Leftists are evil, stupid or crazy. But there's a fourth option we need to start including in the mix:

immature.

As for Comey, I rate him 50% evil, 40% immature, and 10% crazy.

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:34 PM (pMi6S)

45 Negative. The FBI Director by himself cannot declass materials. But he could with his co-conspirators.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:34 PM (7F7Hd)

46 I think he did this because of some secret coded message in a Taylor Swift song.

Posted by: red speck at August 22, 2025 02:34 PM (0Id0S)

47 Comey is Neutral/Chaotic Evil. His outer plane in the first-edition is Tarterus.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 02:35 PM (gKWVE)

48 OT: New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is now accused in Federal court of skimming tax money to pay for Paolo. Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 02:31 PM

Not every Paolo is, how you say, The Paolo.

Posted by: Paolo at August 22, 2025 02:35 PM (0sNs1)

49 Payback is a bitch.

Posted by: Martha Stewart at August 22, 2025 02:35 PM (OA79/)

50 Republican James Comey

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at August 22, 2025 02:35 PM (jc0TO)

51 Comey sees himself as a James Stewart character.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 22, 2025 02:36 PM (rJ48h)

52
I'm confused. Is Bondi going to slap him on the wrist or is she going to prosecute him?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 02:36 PM (nO7cW)

53 Jonah Goldberg is hopin' mad about Bolton.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:36 PM (GBKbO)

54 Looking at pictures of Petraeus and his mistress Broadwell he has that stupid beaver smile on his face in every picture they are in together

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 02:36 PM (sKqQm)

55 Saw Devin Nunes on Gregg Jarrett's podcast last night.

He said that the end of 2016, the Dem reps and senators all knew about the Steele Dossier, but as ranking member of the Intelligence committee, *he* only got his first glimpse of it in Comey's presentation of the ICA.

Nunes said the couple pages he had looked salacious and fake from the get-go.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:36 PM (krQz2)

56 >>> 49 Payback is a bitch.
Posted by: Martha Stewart at August 22, 2025 02:35 PM (OA79/)

LOL

How funny would it be if a bunch of these scumbags were convicted of lying to federal officials. Statute of limitations, not to mention a fcking fake "pardon" won't save they/them worthless asses.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM (ULPxl)

57 When did “intent” start to matter???

There is no intent clause with classified docs, as many here who have served have mentioned.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM (Hkcdp)

58 " Seems like the NYT needs to be prosecuted as well?"

I like your thinking.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM (ZmEVT)

59 Comey is Neutral/Chaotic Evil. His outer plane in the first-edition is Tarterus.

Lawful evil = Communist
Chaotic evil = serial killer

So I'll take Neutral Evil here...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM (sKqQm)

60 56 LOL

How funny would it be if a bunch of these scumbags were convicted of lying to federal officials. Statute of limitations, not to mention a fcking fake "pardon" won't save they/them worthless asses.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM (ULPxl)

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As whig has noted a couple of times, what's going to get most of these people is process crimes like lying to federal officials.

It's just kind of how these wide-ranging prosecutions work out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM (GBKbO)

61 Espionage is a capital crime.

There is no statute of limitation on a capital crime. Talk to the Rosenberg's if you have questions.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM (mlg/3)

62 Comey sees himself as a James Stewart character.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 22, 2025 02:36 PM (rJ48h)
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Mr. Smith Becomes A DC Flake.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM (krQz2)

63 I'll bet you $100 Ace-Bucks

Would those be paid in AOS gold or platinum dollars?

Posted by: Lloyd Loar at August 22, 2025 02:38 PM (Ea+Az)

64 >>> 50 Republican James Comey
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at August 22, 2025 02:35 PM (jc0TO)

Pine-scented Druid philosopher James Comey.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 02:38 PM (ULPxl)

65 Nice to see Nunes again.
One of the good ones in DC.
No wonder he left.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2025 02:38 PM (Hkcdp)

66 51 Comey sees himself as a James Stewart character.
Posted by: mr tmz
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He should see himself in striped coveralls with a tin cup in his hand.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 02:38 PM (nO7cW)

67 Also, since when did espionage require 'intent.' Since the last Tuesday of fucking never.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 22, 2025 02:38 PM (mlg/3)

68 This Comey mook has me spinning.

Posted by: Zombie Melvin Purvis, Legendary G-Man at August 22, 2025 02:38 PM (wVcYX)

69 almost

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 02:39 PM (ULPxl)

70 70

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 02:39 PM (ULPxl)

71 Breaking: Maryland man (and MS-13 gang member) Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from a Tennessee prison on Friday and headed back to Maryland to be with his family.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 02:39 PM (0sNs1)

72 That is, he killed three Floridians, violated traffic laws and had a fraudulent CDL, and then what? The state of Florida said "no big deal" and just let the guy walk?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 22, 2025 02:32 PM

He DIDN'T have a fraudulent CDL. He had a valid CDL that was fraudulently issued. At the initial traffic scene, I don't believe the Florida troopers knew that tiny bit of crucial distinction.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 02:39 PM (HlyYF)

73 How funny would it be if a bunch of these scumbags were convicted of lying to federal officials. Statute of limitations, not to mention a fcking fake "pardon" won't save they/them worthless asses.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM (ULPxl)

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If they can get some of them on conspiracy. The SoL on conspiracy doesn't stop until the coverup ends.

That means all this stuff that Kash unearthed this year started the clock. Also, if they can prove a flagrant violation, it's a 10-year clock!

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:39 PM (krQz2)

74 What happened to 'no one is above the law'?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 02:40 PM (Dv3i1)

75 It worked, didn't it?!
Posted by: Merrick Garland

Did it?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:40 PM (ZmEVT)

76 71 Breaking: Maryland man (and MS-13 gang member) Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from a Tennessee prison on Friday and headed back to Maryland to be with his family.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 02:39 PM (0sNs1)

=======

*soothes self with knowledge that 200,000 more people have been deported by DHS since the Garcia kerfuffle started*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)

77 How funny would it be if a bunch of these scumbags were convicted of lying to federal officials. Statute of limitations, not to mention a fcking fake "pardon" won't save they/them worthless asses.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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It would be fantastic. I think it was the Clinton presser where Comey made remarks about her "carelessness," and how no reasonable prosecutor would charge her. I don't think think that is going to work for Comey and crew this go around.

Posted by: scampydog at August 22, 2025 02:40 PM (2bFN5)

78 >Get This, Decided Not to Prosecute
—Ace
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NOOO...
I'm stunned.

I gotta LIE DOWN.

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 02:40 PM (AOsQT)

79 Nailing the myriad weasels* who’ve infested Washington and embedded themselves like ticks to the body politic, nailing their ass to the wall and throw them under the jail is essentially what everyone voted for. That’s what they want, that’s why he was re-re-elected, in large part.

Americans are well and truly disgusted at this perverted one sided “It’s OK When We Do It” sort of judicial system. The out of control brazen corruption has been rampant for decades. They see government as merely a club with which to beat their enemies with.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 02:40 PM (tJ+Xw)

80 Sp Petraeus leaked to someone with a clearance, who was writing a book that would also be vetted before being published, and he got a $100K fine and 2 years probation.

Comey leaked directly to reporters.

I can't see a reasonable answer for why his punishment should be significantly more then Petraeus.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 02:40 PM (sKqQm)

81 *meant to say some of those materials. It largely depends on who the original classifying agency was.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:40 PM (7F7Hd)

82 >>> 76 71 Breaking: Maryland man (and MS-13 gang member) Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from a Tennessee prison on Friday and headed back to Maryland to be with his family.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 02:39 PM (0sNs1)

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*soothes self with knowledge that 200,000 more people have been deported by DHS since the Garcia kerfuffle started*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)

*pouts*

Posted by: sad, lonely helicopter at August 22, 2025 02:41 PM (ULPxl)

83 >>>How funny would it be if a bunch of these scumbags were convicted of lying to federal officials. Statute of limitations, not to mention a fcking fake "pardon" won't save they/them worthless asses.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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It would be a moment of joyful justice.

Is Bondi going to slap Comey on the wrist and let him go?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 02:41 PM (nO7cW)

84 Comey is Neutral/Chaotic Evil. His outer plane in the first-edition is Tarterus.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 02:35 PM (gKWVE)
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As I recall, that's the prison plane...good place to lock him up.

There are also some very deep, lonely holes in Pandemonium where beings are tossed into and forgotten.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 02:41 PM (7fElN)

85 Seriously though, how big a fcking party will Martha Stewart throw on Nantucket if this POS goes to jail.

Total A list romp pissing all over comeys bad luck. Please let it be so.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 22, 2025 02:41 PM (OA79/)

86
He likes Taylor Swift.

Posted by: E Buzz at August 22, 2025 02:32 PM (et1vG)

_________

Death penalty, forfeiture of assets, corruption of blood.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 02:41 PM (abjhs)

87 People often wonder whether Leftists are evil, stupid or crazy. But there's a fourth option we need to start including in the mix:

immature.

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:34 PM (pMi6S)
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I think you can view narcissism as immaturity.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:42 PM (krQz2)

88
Pursue this "upright and respected" seashell artist, clap him in irons, and prosecute him vigorously.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 22, 2025 02:42 PM (Tv15w)

89 Comey's book was titled, "A Higher Loyalty."

His loyalty was to the Party.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:42 PM (ZmEVT)

90 Comey's a fag and his shits all retarded

Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 22, 2025 02:43 PM (ycs3a)

91 There is no statute of limitation on a capital crime. Talk to the Rosenberg's if you have questions.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM

I just texted Julius Rosenberg on that very topic ... he has not texted back.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 02:43 PM (HlyYF)

92
Ruin Mr. Taylor Swift's impending honeymoon.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 22, 2025 02:43 PM (Tv15w)

93 zombie, you didn't mention demonic influence.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:43 PM (ZmEVT)

94 My uninformed guess is that the FBI wasn't the only mother-leakin' agency in DC during the Comey Times.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 02:43 PM (rj6Yv)

95 Is this lurchy weirdo a fan of Taylor Swift ... or the dreamy guys she sings about?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:44 PM (iFTx/)

96 Where is the guy who says nothing will happen?

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 02:44 PM (AOsQT)

97 Breaking: Maryland man (and MS-13 gang member) Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from a Tennessee prison on Friday and headed back to Maryland to be with his family.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 02:39 PM

Imma gonna have to google for the terms of his bail. You don't usually get to leave the state.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 02:44 PM (jc0TO)

98 My uninformed guess is that the FBI wasn't the only mother-leakin' agency in DC during the Comey Times.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 02:43 PM (rj6Yv)
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Too many mother-leakin' snakes on that mother-leakin' plane!

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:45 PM (krQz2)

99
8607

Posted by: Boston 2085 at August 22, 2025 02:45 PM (IifOV)

100 Where is the guy who says nothing will happen?

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 02:44 PM (AOsQT)
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I don't know but I often joined a thread before he did.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:45 PM (krQz2)

101 Ace-Bucks? We have our own cryptocurrency?!

Posted by: pookysgirl, always the last to know at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM (Wt5PA)

102 >> Sp Petraeus leaked to someone with a clearance, who was writing a book that would also be vetted before being published, and he got a $100K fine and 2 years probation.

Who he was hitting like a screen door in a windstorm. You forgot that part. He’s an Airborne Ranger, after all.

Which is too bad because his wife is a very nice, good person.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM (7F7Hd)

103 zombie, you didn't mention demonic influence.

When the movie Heredity came out I remember reading up on it. And they used a "real" demon from established demonology as the villain*.

And then I noted that there were a bunch of videos/webpages of people trying to summon him.

Now, either demons don't exist and you can't summon them, or they do exist and you do not want to summon them. Yet...

*In the movie its more his cult that are the villains, but close enough

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM (sKqQm)

104 You’re kidding right?

“Intent” became the word of the day with Mrs. Clinton and the phony baloney unsecured bathroom servers she conducting official state business with. She didn’t intend to have all that highly confidential top secret stuff on there, so no harm no foul.

As Comey said in the impromptu presser, that doesn’t mean anyone else should do that and expect to get away with it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM (tJ+Xw)

105 I can't see a reasonable answer for why his punishment should be significantly more then Petraeus.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 02:40 PM (sKqQm)
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He meant well.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM (krQz2)

106 If only Trump had picked up a copy of Federal Executive Power For Dummies during that 2016 campaign. Damn.....

Posted by: Freaks Fly Together at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM (rQDOv)

107 The feds can move with unparalleled speed on things like this when it suits them. They can also drag their feet until the time runs out.

Which DoJ will we get with all the criminals that desperately need their necks stretched?

Due diligence is all well and fine if you've got a decade or more to cull through the mountains of evidence and build case after case. I don't think time is necessarily on Trump's side with this. Especially with a very hostile judiciary and a lackluster GOP.

I'll park my patience over there ----> while I wait and see how this story, and the one with Bolton pans out over the next couple weeks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM (Q4IgG)

108 Comey is Neutral/Chaotic Evil. His outer plane in the first-edition is Tarterus.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 02:35 PM (gKWVE)
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As I recall, that's the prison plane...good place to lock him up.

There are also some very deep, lonely holes in Pandemonium where beings are tossed into and forgotten.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 02:41 PM (7fElN)
______

Bog of Eternal Stench

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

109 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)

110 Would those be paid in AOS gold or platinum dollars?

Zinc pennies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:47 PM (ZmEVT)

111
Andrew McCabe and Comey can share a Federal detention cell together.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 22, 2025 02:47 PM (IifOV)

112 I'll bet you $100 Ace-Bucks that the prosecutors hid this evidence and this decision from Trump.

Pizza the HUT!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)

113 Andrew McCabe and Comey can share a Federal detention cell together.
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 22, 2025 02:47 PM (IifOV)

I will only be satisfied if they share a gallows.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:48 PM (Zz0t1)

114 108 Bog of Eternal Stench
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

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I read this as Bag of Eternal Scotch.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:48 PM (GBKbO)

115 Ace-Bucks? We have our own cryptocurrency?!
Posted by: pookysgirl, always the last to know at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM (Wt5PA)
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What's the quatloo exchange rate?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 02:49 PM (7fElN)

116 What are the shells on the beach saying to Comey now?

Pardon signed by autopen.

Posted by: RODNEY at August 22, 2025 02:49 PM (aExPs)

117 Just imagine how many "Republicans" like this snake are out there.

Posted by: Divorce is not just a river in Egypt at August 22, 2025 02:49 PM (qUkBO)

118 There are also some very deep, lonely holes in Pandemonium where beings are tossed into and forgotten.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 02:41 PM (7fElN)
______

Bog of Eternal Stench

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM

You propose that Comey be imprisoned for all eternity with Swalwell?

I like it!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 02:49 PM (HlyYF)

119 Paul Sperry@paulsperry

So now we know from declassified DOJ and FBI docs that there were no fewer than eight (

classified leak investigations of dozens of Obama officials and Democrat members and staffers, and yet not one of the probes led to a single prosecution for espionage or mishandling secrets.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 02:49 PM (TGPs7)

120 Bog of Eternal Stench
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:46 PM (iFTx/)
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Pretty sure there's one of those in the Abyss...

Or the Labyrinth.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 02:49 PM (7fElN)

121 "A president using his lawful authority to prosecute people who tried to overthrow his presidency and the will of the people is an untoward use of fascist power against a loyal opposition."
-Jonah Goldberg, just a bit off from the reality right now

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:49 PM (GBKbO)

122 Would those be paid in AOS gold or platinum dollars?

Zinc pennies.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:47 PM (ZmEVT)

ZINC BRAH!!!!
-jacked ewetuber

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 02:50 PM (zZu0s)

123 Comey’s sin was pride. So he knows well enough where this is going to end up.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:50 PM (7F7Hd)

124 119 Paul Sperry@paulsperry

So now we know from declassified DOJ and FBI docs that there were no fewer than eight ( classified leak investigations of dozens of Obama officials and Democrat members and staffers, and yet not one of the probes led to a single prosecution for espionage or mishandling secrets.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 02:49 PM (TGPs7)

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Getting rid of Trump seemed like a really important thing in 2020 for some reason.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:50 PM (GBKbO)

125 Bring them back before Congress, make them admit the truth, plead the fifth, or lie again.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 22, 2025 02:50 PM (hlNLQ)

126 I'm playing around with Comey, cringe tweets if he gets charged...

Blurred city as a background, early evening - long shadows. "Our darkest hours cast the longest shadows." #MomentsOfTruth

He is such a wanker.

Posted by: scampydog at August 22, 2025 02:50 PM (2bFN5)

127 87 People often wonder whether Leftists are evil, stupid or crazy. But there's a fourth option we need to start including in the mix:

immature.

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:34 PM (pMi6S)
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I think you can view narcissism as immaturity.
Posted by: Axeman

"Narcissism" is the default baseline starting point for the Leftist personality. They're ALL narcissists.

So the formulation would be — In addition to the automatic full-on narcissism, to what extent can any individual leftist's personality be allocated amongst the four components evil, stupid, crazy and immature?

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:50 PM (pMi6S)

128 You propose that Comey be imprisoned for all eternity with Swalwell?

I like it!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 22, 2025 02:49 PM (HlyYF)

And a rabid, randy raccoon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 02:51 PM (zZu0s)

129 Someone should tell Jonah if he keeps it up Trump will ban cucksheds in the DC area and he'll have to play x-box in the house when his wife's "make friends" are having a sleep over with her

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 02:51 PM (sKqQm)

130 This Comey mook has me spinning.
Posted by: Zombie Melvin Purvis, Legendary G-Man at August 22, 2025 02:38 PM (wVcYX)

You asked for it.......

https://youtu.be/PGNiXGX2nLU

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:51 PM (Zz0t1)

131 I don't know why is so hard for you stupids to understand but the Constitution clearly says the FBI director must leak classified information to stop Trump.

Read the Constitution, you dum-dums!

Trump is an unelected dictator!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 22, 2025 02:51 PM (FQQCN)

132 She did the thing: the Cracker Barrel CEO lesbian said that while many people hate what she's doing, the modern audience will love it.

Is she Kathleen Kennedy in drag?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 02:52 PM (2ocoG)

133 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: And you damn well know it at August 22, 2025 02:52 PM (CLuyf)

134 A recent barrage of declassified documents showing Comey and current Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., may have been behind national security leaks over the last decade designed to harm Trump may prove more than just an exercise in historical accountability.
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Nunes said that he suspected that Shitf was leaking little "morsels" to the press, that he was planning to spin with lies.

Technically lying about intelligence is not a breach, because you're not disclosing classified information. Shitf thought he would be completely covered for his lies about the actual intelligence by the "speech and debate" clause.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:52 PM (krQz2)

135 Andrew McCabe and Comey can share a Federal detention cell together.
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 22, 2025 02:47 PM (IifOV)

I think something like the dungeon of Omdurman would be more appropriate.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 02:52 PM (rj6Yv)

136 Comey specifically said “extreme carelessness” in lieu of “negligence” because the latter is part of the USC legal term of art, and that would never do.

But as noted, “intent” is not really germane to the discussion. Whether on purpose or not doesn’t factor at all for certain felonies.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 02:52 PM (tJ+Xw)

137 86

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 02:52 PM (2fC87)

138 They should make Comey, Swallwell, Schiff, Brennan and Clapper star in a remake of Deliverance. I’ll let you choose the roles.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:52 PM (7F7Hd)

139 131 I don't know why is so hard for you stupids to understand but the Constitution clearly says the FBI director must leak classified information to stop Trump.

Read the Constitution, you dum-dums!

Trump is an unelected dictator!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 22, 2025 02:51 PM (FQQCN)

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I'll get to that once I get through the section saying that presidents aren't allowed to pursue criminal charges against people who speak against him on CNN.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:52 PM (GBKbO)

140 I knew Cats were magical, but I did not know they could leave paw prints in bricks...

Via Newsweek

An image of brick wall shared to Reddit has drawn widespread attention to an unexpected piece of 19th-century history—a set of tiny cat paw prints preserved in the brickwork at a loft in Montreal, Canada.

The photo, shared by homeowner u/smashangle with the caption, "moved into a 160-year-old loft and found kitty paw prints in the masonry," has amassed more than 102,000 upvotes, sparking a wave of surprise, nostalgia and admiration from viewers on the platform...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 02:53 PM (TGPs7)

141 She did the thing: the Cracker Barrel CEO lesbian said that while many people hate what she's doing, the modern audience will love it.

"No. No they won't."

- - - - - - Bud Light

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:53 PM (Zz0t1)

142 She did the thing: the Cracker Barrel CEO lesbian said that while many people hate what she's doing, the modern audience will love it.
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I think she got the shape of the logo from her buttplug.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:53 PM (krQz2)

143 STEINER WILL COME

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 22, 2025 02:53 PM (IKtdx)

144 >>> 132 She did the thing: the Cracker Barrel CEO lesbian said that while many people hate what she's doing, the modern audience will love it.

Is she Kathleen Kennedy in drag?
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 02:52 PM (2ocoG)

Is this "modern audience" going to oooh and aaah over pictures online, or will they show up to eat a meal???

Posted by: Cracker Barrel employees at August 22, 2025 02:53 PM (ULPxl)

145 Paul Sperry@paulsperry

So now we know from declassified DOJ and FBI docs that there were no fewer than eight ( classified leak investigations of dozens of Obama officials and Democrat members and staffers, and yet not one of the probes led to a single prosecution for espionage or mishandling secrets.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 02:49 PM (TGPs7)

=======

Getting rid of Trump seemed like a really important thing in 2020 for some reason.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
________________

If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

146 said that while many people hate what she's doing, the modern audience will love it.
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I just hear Critical Drinker. 😂

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 02:54 PM (2fC87)

147 145 If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

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I'm not big into the Starcrash, to be honest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:54 PM (GBKbO)

148 If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine ....

After he said that he didn't really do all that much TBH.

He told Luke to use the force and then showed up at the Endor cannibalism party

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 02:54 PM (sKqQm)

149 Hope the mugshot was worth it!

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 02:54 PM (2fC87)

150 Getting rid of Trump seemed like a really important thing in 2020 for some reason.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:50 PM (GBKbO)

There is something about trump. He makes them act ridiculous. The NTers especially. We already knew the commies were stupid and insane.

But think about how many conservative guys fro. BOOT to Will to people on this very blog (past tense.) It's not just that they hated him and argued passionately against him. I don't think we recognize how unhinged and just retarded they got. Enough for us to say 'wth?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 02:54 PM (zZu0s)

151 Jonah Goldberg is still pissed that Trump said that he (Goldberg) couldn't afford a pair of slacks.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:54 PM (ZmEVT)

152 93 zombie, you didn't mention demonic influence.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Wouldn't that be considered part of "evil"?

Or are you saying that some leftists are inherently evil in and of themselves ,and thus are morally culpable for their actions -- but other leftists are possessed by demons, so in sense they are not morally culpable, because hey, it's the demon, not me! It's not my fault I'm possessed by Asmodeus!

Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:55 PM (pMi6S)

153 Jonah Goldberg is still pissed that Trump said that he (Goldberg) couldn't afford a pair of slacks.

Do you know how much it costs to dry clean burrito stains out of a pair of pants?

Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at August 22, 2025 02:55 PM (sKqQm)

154 “ ….. while many people hate what she's doing, the modern audience will love it”

If by “modern audience” you mean people shorting their stock, sure. She’s not stupid, she is Evil.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 02:55 PM (tJ+Xw)

155
Jonah Goldberg is still pissed that Trump said that he (Goldberg) couldn't afford a pair of slacks.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:54 PM (ZmEVT)

________

"Slack" is the last thing they'd be.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 02:55 PM (abjhs)

156 It's not my fault I'm possessed by Asmodeus!
Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:55 PM (pMi6S)

Ooh! Rock me Asmodeus!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)

157 The DOJ just transcript and audio of DAG Todd Blanche's meeting with Maxwell.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 02:56 PM (viF8m)

158
Do you know how much it costs to dry clean burrito stains out of a pair of pants?
Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at August 22, 2025 02:55 PM (sKqQm)

You misspelled 'jizz.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)

159 If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

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I'm not big into the Starcrash, to be honest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:54 PM (GBKbO)
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There's a B-movie actually called "Starcrash." Some 70s exploitation film with big boobs, IIRC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

160 Imma gonna have to google for the terms of his bail. You don't usually get to leave the state.
Posted by: toby928

You're thinking like a white, law abiding citizens. Illegal immigrant criminals don't have normal rules and restrictions applied to them. We're the second class citizens.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 22, 2025 02:56 PM (ycI94)

161 Said it before, those pictures of Comey in the forest looking up at trees us him picking out which tree he's going to hang himself from. While listening to Tay Tay

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 02:56 PM (ZnPqv)

162
133, thank you

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 02:56 PM (AOsQT)

163
It's not my fault I'm possessed by Asmodeus!
Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:55 PM (pMi6S)

_________

Is there an exorcist in the house?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 02:56 PM (abjhs)

164 'Low-Life' Bolton After FBI Raid on His Home
>>>A source confirmed to Newsmax that the investigation [they raided his home] is focused on the handling of classified documents and national security secrets.

"I'm not a fan of John Bolton. He's a real sort of a low-life,"he [Trump] said.

Trump described Bolton as someone who "wants to always kill people" and "is very bad at what he does,"

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 02:57 PM (nO7cW)

165 zombie, Yes.

Some choose evil. Others, through their vices, become influenced by demons.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:57 PM (ZmEVT)

166 I'll just add that this revelation pretty much confirms that the FBI planted any classified documents found at Mar a Lago.

They were desperate to make sure Trump was convicted of doing what they actually did.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 22, 2025 02:57 PM (FQQCN)

167 Getting rid of Trump seemed like a really important thing in 2020 for some reason.

Ironically, if they hadn't gotten rid of him in 2020, they'd be in far better shape than they are now.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 02:57 PM (2ocoG)

168
They were desperate to make sure Trump was convicted of doing what they actually did.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 22, 2025 02:57 PM (FQQCN)

They were the law.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:58 PM (Zz0t1)

169 159 There's a B-movie actually called "Starcrash." Some 70s exploitation film with big boobs, IIRC.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

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Yes. I know.

Ugh...it's not funny if I have to explain it!

Starcrash was an Italian Star Wars ripoff made in 1978. My comment was a play on the misapplication of particular commonly known phrases from one property onto another, using a ridiculous example to heighten the humor of the comment.

This is called, comedy.

And it was hilarious. People laughed. There were tears of joy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:58 PM (GBKbO)

170 It's not my fault I'm possessed by Asmodeus!
Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:55 PM (pMi6S)

_________

Is there an exorcist in the house?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 02:56 PM (abjhs)
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It's never Asmodeus.

Posted by: House, ME (Medical Excorcist) at August 22, 2025 02:58 PM (7fElN)

171 FBI agents raided the home and professional office of former national security adviser John Bolton early Friday as part of a high-profile national security investigation.

A source confirmed to Newsmax that the investigation is focused on the handling of classified documents and national security secrets.

And another source told Newsmax correspondent Alana Austin that the raids are in connection to an investigation "more expansive" than about his classified leaks from book.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 02:59 PM (nO7cW)

172 167 Ironically, if they hadn't gotten rid of him in 2020, they'd be in far better shape than they are now.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 02:57 PM (2ocoG)

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Hubris is, I think, the correct Greek word.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:59 PM (GBKbO)

173 If by “modern audience” you mean people shorting their stock, sure. She’s not stupid, she is Evil.

Also Cramer said she's a genius and everyone should buy their stock. And that indicator meant what it always does.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 02:59 PM (2ocoG)

174 >>> 169 159 There's a B-movie actually called "Starcrash." Some 70s exploitation film with big boobs, IIRC.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

======

Yes. I know.

Ugh...it's not funny if I have to explain it!

Starcrash was an Italian Star Wars ripoff made in 1978. My comment was a play on the misapplication of particular commonly known phrases from one property onto another, using a ridiculous example to heighten the humor of the comment.

This is called, comedy.

And it was hilarious. People laughed. There were tears of joy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:58 PM (GBKbO)

IT'S NOT FUNNY. I DIDN'T LAUGH.

Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBERGERER at August 22, 2025 02:59 PM (ULPxl)

175 Leftists have been unhinged for a LONG time, basically impossible to have rational discussions since 2000 Bush v. Gore basically. From an arbitrary point, if you have to have one. From then on the press and the rank and file decided to go insane on the membrane.

Trump pushed them into “harm themselves and others, complete psychotic break” territory however. This is a good thing in a way. It would have happened sooner or later, better now when things are relatively calm then during even worse crisis.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2025 03:00 PM (tJ+Xw)

176 She did the thing: the Cracker Barrel CEO lesbian said that while many people hate what she's doing, the modern audience will love it.

Is she Kathleen Kennedy in drag?
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 02:52 PM (2ocoG)
__

What she's actually saying: "We despise our current older clientele of moldy fuddy-duddy Christians, so fuck them."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:00 PM (iFTx/)

177 171 And another source told Newsmax correspondent Alana Austin that the raids are in connection to an investigation "more expansive" than about his classified leaks from book.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 02:59 PM (nO7cW)

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If he had any contact with a Biden WH official about lying to the media about Russia, he's part of the larger seditious conspiracy investigation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:00 PM (GBKbO)

178 Criminally smug aholes in FBI and DOJ do whatever the hell they want and assume they will never get called on it. They have been right about that for decades.

Plus apply maximum strength smug remover, so that we will never see their like again. Thank you for you attention to this matter.

Posted by: MAGA s at August 22, 2025 03:00 PM (BXR7h)

179 174 IT'S NOT FUNNY. I DIDN'T LAUGH.
Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBERGERER at August 22, 2025 02:59 PM (ULPxl)

======

What is laughter?

Is it one of those feelings I can't feel because I'm dead inside?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:00 PM (GBKbO)

180 132 She did the thing: the Cracker Barrel CEO lesbian said that while many people hate what she's doing, the modern audience will love it.
--

Solid strategy. Drive away actual current customers in favor of theoretical future customers.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 22, 2025 03:01 PM (0bjKf)

181 It's not my fault I'm possessed by Asmodeus!
Posted by: zombie at August 22, 2025 02:55 PM (pMi6S)

--

Dude, I love Symphony no 40! One of your best works.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:01 PM (YnIVK)

182 There is something fundamentally fucked up about Comey. And something even more fundamentally fucked up in a system that would appoint someone like him to any position of power. Obama's fundamentally changing things seems to come to mind.

What this country needs is to fundamentally un-fuck everything Obama and his communist Democrats have done to this great country. I want Michelle Obama to be ashamed of her country again. Fucking un-grateful bitch.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 22, 2025 03:01 PM (U4hpE)

183
So, does all of this Comey criminality fall under the statute of limitations,

and nothing can be done at this point?

Or, I suppose "Biden's pardons" covered everything.

Ugh.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2025 03:01 PM (iJfKG)

184 There's a B-movie actually called "Starcrash." Some 70s exploitation film with big boobs, IIRC.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

======

Yes. I know.

Ugh...it's not funny if I have to explain it!

Starcrash was an Italian Star Wars ripoff made in 1978. My comment was a play on the misapplication of particular commonly known phrases from one property onto another, using a ridiculous example to heighten the humor of the comment.

This is called, comedy.

And it was hilarious. People laughed. There were tears of joy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:58 PM (GBKbO)
_____

Sorry, I missed the "LAUGH" cue ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

185 Space Force!
And Fugitive Alien II

He tried to kill me with a forklift!

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 22, 2025 03:01 PM (PSEDc)

186 What is laughter?

Is it one of those feelings I can't feel because I'm dead inside?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:00 PM (GBKbO)
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Is it just going "ha ha"!

I mean what is that?

Posted by: Dark George Costanza at August 22, 2025 03:02 PM (krQz2)

187
Todd Blanche
@DAGToddBlanche

In the interest of transparency,
@TheJusticeDept
is releasing the complete transcript and audio of my proffer of Ms. Maxwell. The transcript and audio are linked below.

The audio is divided into segments to reflect breaks during the interview. Some segments are shorter than others. Shorter segments are a result of audio tests and size limitations per recorded session.

Except for the names of victims, every word is included. Nothing removed. Nothing hidden.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3j6yab

Posted by: redridinghood at August 22, 2025 03:02 PM (NpAcC)

188 If you want to see what Democrats have in store for the next election, look at what just happened in Minnesota. The Democrats basically subverted the entire process with mail-in ballots without voter verification and ballot harvesting. It’s some of the most blatant voter fraud that their own party had to call it out.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 22, 2025 03:02 PM (CWj02)

189 184 Sorry, I missed the "LAUGH" cue ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

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Are you also dead inside like me?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:02 PM (GBKbO)

190 Oh, and color me surprised that there's even a SoL on espionage.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:02 PM (YnIVK)

191 Comey lacked intent. Also lacked a penis.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

192 Statute of limitations?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 22, 2025 03:03 PM (MU7eP)

193 >>Except for the names of victims, every word is included. Nothing removed. Nothing hidden.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3j6yab

That should prove pretty interesting.

Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2025 03:03 PM (Z1dZR)

194 If you want to see what Democrats have in store for the next election, look at what just happened in Minnesota. The Democrats basically subverted the entire process with mail-in ballots without voter verification and ballot harvesting. It’s some of the most blatant voter fraud that their own party had to call it out.

The party pulled their endorsement of the I Am The Captain Now guy over it.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 03:04 PM (2ocoG)

195 s, has mossad whacked netanyahus child sex predator cyber guy yet, or are they extradiging him back to US?

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 03:04 PM (4uRUn)

196 So, does all of this Comey criminality fall under the statute of limitations,

and nothing can be done at this point?

Or, I suppose "Biden's pardons" covered everything.

Ugh.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2025 03:01 PM (iJfKG)
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Depends on whether they can establish a conspiracy , where the SoL clock starts when the last act of covering up is done.

It' also depends on whether they can make it stick as "flagrant" (I think that's the term) which has ~2 more years to the SoL.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:04 PM (krQz2)

197 Bolton released his book in 2020. That would make this Fall just inside the 5 year statute of limitations.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2025 03:04 PM (viF8m)

198
Hubris is, I think, the correct Greek word.

Al Sharpton pronounced that as Hoo Breeze.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 03:04 PM (63Dwl)

199 >>Statute of limitations?

I think you mean 'Statue'.

Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at August 22, 2025 03:04 PM (Z1dZR)

200 Sorry, I missed the "LAUGH" cue ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:01 PM (iFTx/)

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Are you also dead inside like me?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:02 PM (GBKbO)
_________

Not on Friday with those cheerleaders to look forward to ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:04 PM (iFTx/)

201
"The lowest demons, on the other hand, are almost mindless, gross, and grunting spirits, which try to possess people instinctively, simply attracted by the warmth and life of humans. These cause diseases, fatal accidents and animalistic behavior in their victims."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:04 PM (abjhs)

202
"Please clap!" - Jeb!

"Please laugh!" - TJM

Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2025 03:05 PM (iJfKG)

203 200
Not on Friday with those cheerleaders to look forward to ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:04 PM (iFTx/)

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Elric, just winning at life.

Now, go watch Starcrash.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:05 PM (GBKbO)

204 >>has mossad whacked netanyahus child sex predator cyber guy yet, or are they extradiging him back to US?

As soon as they are done gangbanging your mom, they'll get right on that.

Posted by: Mossad HQ at August 22, 2025 03:05 PM (Z1dZR)

205 Oh, and color me surprised that there's even a SoL on espionage.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:02 PM (YnIVK)

Or on...I don't know...Sedition, Treason, Overthrow of a duly elected government? Really, there's a Statute of Limitations on that? When the Left acts like there are no rules then there really need to be NO RULES. Statute of Limitations MY ASS!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 22, 2025 03:06 PM (U4hpE)

206 child sex predator cyber guy

--

That's quite a description.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:07 PM (YnIVK)

207 Except for the names of victims, every word is included. Nothing removed. Nothing hidden.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3j6yab
Posted by: redridinghood at August 22, 2025 03:02 PM (NpAcC)
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*John Roberts starts flapping his gums nervously*

"Hopefully, some things are still hidden!

Posted by: John Roberts of Epstein Island at August 22, 2025 03:07 PM (WAULu)

208 Depends on whether they can establish a conspiracy , where the SoL clock starts when the last act of covering up is done.

It' also depends on whether they can make it stick as "flagrant" (I think that's the term) which has ~2 more years to the SoL.
Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:04 PM (krQz2)

Thanks for the info!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2025 03:07 PM (iJfKG)

209 As soon as they are done gangbanging your mom, they'll get right on that.
Posted by: Mossad HQ

hey, its nice of you to get away from blowing your dad to comment here thanks!

and wanted to thank you for your conditional worry over pedos, nice you do not have any standards to interrupt you gay dad sex!

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 03:07 PM (CX4gi)

210
"Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be." - William Hazlitt

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:08 PM (abjhs)

211 Overall Jeff Sessions ended up being the worst pick of Trump’s first term hands down. No one, not one appointee did more damage and he did it by refusing to hold Rod Rosenstein accountable. Never should have recused himself, and if he did he should have done it when Trump had the juice to pick an actual replacement.

Posted by: GrapeDrink at August 22, 2025 03:08 PM (17xSo)

212 That's quite a description.
Posted by: W

it is allegedly, his nom de grinder

Posted by: n at August 22, 2025 03:08 PM (CX4gi)

213 I see SOL and think 'shit out of luck'

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:08 PM (AOsQT)

214 "My comment was a play on the misapplication of particular commonly known phrases from one property onto another, using a ridiculous example to heighten the humor of the comment.

This is called, comedy."

Please laugh.

Posted by: Reforger at August 22, 2025 03:09 PM (pxUkb)

215 214 "My comment was a play on the misapplication of particular commonly known phrases from one property onto another, using a ridiculous example to heighten the humor of the comment.

This is called, comedy."

Please laugh.
Posted by: Reforger at August 22, 2025 03:09 PM (pxUkb)

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I require validation!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:09 PM (GBKbO)

216 Oh, and color me surprised that there's even a SoL on espionage.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:02 PM (YnIVK)
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DC Coffee Klatch : Well he did try to turn the entire country over to the Chinese--but that was FIVE years ago!

Move on dot org!

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:09 PM (krQz2)

217 we got zips in the wire again

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:10 PM (AOsQT)

218 This is called, comedy.

And it was hilarious. People laughed. There were tears of joy.
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Its only real comedy if you have to explain it, with a slide rule.

Posted by: Wow at August 22, 2025 03:10 PM (BXR7h)

219 From the Ghislaine transcript:

"And I knew that my father was friendly with both Jimmy Cayne and with Ace ..."

What the heck?! Ace has some splainin' to do!

Posted by: IrishEi at August 22, 2025 03:11 PM (3ImbR)

220 Or on...I don't know...Sedition, Treason, Overthrow of a duly elected government? Really, there's a Statute of Limitations on that? When the Left acts like there are no rules then there really need to be NO RULES. Statute of Limitations MY ASS!
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 22, 2025 03:06 PM (U4hpE)
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Remember when NY expanded the SoL to catch Trump?

Remember when the big leftie thing was "If you need the SoL to save you, that doesn't say a lot for you."

However, they will want to see all these people walk on SoL if they can.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:12 PM (krQz2)

221
What the heck?! Ace has some splainin' to do!
Posted by: IrishEi at August 22, 2025 03:11 PM (3ImbR)

_______

Don't say it. Just don't say it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:13 PM (abjhs)

222 Is there some reason never trump is so incensed over theses investigations and the bolton document search? Their position seems to be that the mir a Lago raid was completely justified and the bolton thing is Don Jr and Eric tossing a beer can out the Lambo window and saying, "hey that's that lunatic bolton's house, let's go ring the bell and tell him we're here to search for confidential files and we'll empty his liquor cabinet."

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 03:13 PM (MMp6W)

223 I require validation!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:09 PM (GBKbO)
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* Stamps TJM's parking stub *

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:13 PM (krQz2)

224 If they hadn't gotten Sessions to recuse himself over the bogus charge they threw at him - essentially that he had a preference for Russian dressing on his salad - I'm sure he would have recused himself for being a Republican.

Our side disgusts me. Frequently and so often.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 22, 2025 03:13 PM (U4hpE)

225 This is called, comedy.

And it was hilarious. People laughed. There were tears of joy.

--

Like a couple of weeks ago when I found out that what I thought was a glowie wasn't actually what a glowie is.

**ducks**

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:13 PM (YnIVK)

226 Overall Jeff Sessions ended up being the worst pick of Trump’s first term hands down. No one, not one appointee did more damage and he did it by refusing to hold Rod Rosenstein accountable. Never should have recused himself, and if he did he should have done it when Trump had the juice to pick an actual replacement.
Posted by: GrapeDrink at August 22, 2025 03:08 PM (17xSo)

Jeff Sessions was the GOP-e's choice for the DOJ. Mitch made sure of that.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 03:14 PM (rj6Yv)

227 222 Is there some reason never trump is so incensed over theses investigations and the bolton document search? Their position seems to be that the mir a Lago raid was completely justified and the bolton thing is Don Jr and Eric tossing a beer can out the Lambo window and saying, "hey that's that lunatic bolton's house, let's go ring the bell and tell him we're here to search for confidential files and we'll empty his liquor cabinet."
Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 03:13 PM (MMp6W)

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Well, yeah.

Trump was obviously probably maybe guilty of stuff. And anyone Trump's DOJ prosecutes who have appeared on CNN to say mean things about Trump is just baseless petty fascism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:14 PM (GBKbO)

228
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

He. Is. HILARIOUS.

REPORTER: Will you take part in the FIFA events?

TRUMP: "I may PLAY. I see the money these players make. I am a very good athlete...I may put on shorts. I look EXTREMELY good in shorts."

😂😂

https://is.gd/4phaf9

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 03:14 PM (mnEYM)

229 This is called, comedy.

And it was hilarious. People laughed. There were tears of joy.

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Gold, Jerry! Gold!

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:14 PM (krQz2)

230 Trump says the next Blue Shitholes on the cleanup list are Chicago, NYC and possibly LA .

Posted by: Vengeance at August 22, 2025 03:14 PM (DixIx)

231 I see SOL and think 'shit out of luck'
Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:08 PM (AOsQT)

***

I think of the time that Gilligan messed up and SOS message for over flying astronauts that ultimately turned out to read 'SOL'. "Look Dol they are sayin' hi to you!"

Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 22, 2025 03:14 PM (ycs3a)

232 Learned today that the step-sister is selling her mom and my dad's house at a STEAL, in the name of funding her mother's care. It's a horseshit deal that ends up losing so much money if she'd simply wait till spring next year.

Life is just a f*cking nightmare that just will NOT end.

To the victor goes the spoils and my dad died first.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

233
I get the feeling Trump spent four years figuring out who screwed him over, how to get back at them and with whom he would do it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:16 PM (abjhs)

234 Is there some reason never trump is so incensed over theses investigations ...?

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 03:13 PM (MMp6W)
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LOL!

Yeah, he should just leave a mechanism that can plot against and hamstring the FUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!

I'm going to back away and avoid assessing your intelligence.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:16 PM (krQz2)

235 Disgusting that Kilmore Garcia is back on the streets

Posted by: night lifted at August 22, 2025 03:17 PM (/YboP)

236 >>> 225 This is called, comedy.

And it was hilarious. People laughed. There were tears of joy.

--

Like a couple of weeks ago when I found out that what I thought was a glowie wasn't actually what a glowie is.

**ducks**
Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:13 PM (YnIVK)

Not us! We're totes legit and grassroots and stuff.

Posted by: Patriot Front at August 22, 2025 03:17 PM (ULPxl)

237 I get the feeling Trump spent four years figuring out who screwed him over, how to get back at them and with whom he would do it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:16 PM (abjhs)

Same.

I picture him in his study, sitting in a leather chair with a thousand yard stare out a window overlooking the water, fingers steepled, and quietly plotting vengeance.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:18 PM (YnIVK)

238
Not us! We're totes legit and grassroots and stuff.
Posted by: Patriot Front at August 22, 2025 03:17 PM (ULPxl)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Ray Epps at August 22, 2025 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)

239 Disgusting that Kilmore Garcia is back on the streets

Posted by: night lifted at August 22, 2025 03:17 PM (/YboP)
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You're a bad person!

Posted by: Judge Boasberg at August 22, 2025 03:18 PM (krQz2)

240 Posted by: Vengeance at August 22, 2025 03:14 PM (DixIx)

Chicago Red will be very pleased about this!

I wanted to post a link, but PC is not cooperating.
If you want further info, search "Chicago Red" in YouTube.

Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2025 03:18 PM (dCxaZ)

241 I should have kept my fat mouth shut.

I didn't get a pardon.

I don't have anything to deal with.

Fck.

Posted by: John Boltons inner monologue at August 22, 2025 03:18 PM (BXR7h)

242 226. Sessions said he'd refuse during his confirmation hearing

Posted by: night lifted at August 22, 2025 03:18 PM (/YboP)

243 Late to the thread... I'm assuming someone has already said nothing will happen ...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:19 PM (VE6XX)

244 Not on Friday with those cheerleaders to look forward to ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:04 PM (iFTx/)

======

Elric, just winning at life.

Now, go watch Starcrash.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 03:05 PM (GBKbO)
________________

I see that SC has Caroline Munro. Wow. She was a babe. What a body, especially for her time.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

245 I get the feeling Trump spent four years figuring out who screwed him over, how to get back at them and with whom he would do it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 03:16 PM (abjhs)
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I don't care about revenge. I think Trump's got enough for Justice.

I'd hate to see him get side-tracked into revenge.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:19 PM (krQz2)

246 239 Fuck you Bozoberg

Posted by: night lifted at August 22, 2025 03:19 PM (/YboP)

247 I should have kept my fat mouth shut.

I didn't get a pardon.

I don't have anything to deal with.

Fck.
Posted by: John Boltons inner monologue at August 22, 2025 03:18 PM (BXR7h)

Dude, even the autopen repair guy got a pardon.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 22, 2025 03:19 PM (YnIVK)

248 Late to the thread... I'm assuming someone has already said nothing will happen ...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:19 PM (VE6XX)

WHAT?!? No way. I mean look at the stack of inditements and trials thus far.

Posted by: Ray Epps at August 22, 2025 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)

249 LXXXVI XLVII, bitches!

Posted by: Agent 2 Clever at August 22, 2025 03:20 PM (vRoTw)

250 239 Disgusting that Kilmore Garcia is back on the streets

Posted by: night lifted at August 22, 2025 03:17 PM (/YboP)

I saw that....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 03:20 PM (VE6XX)

251 I look at that smug incompetent pine scented druid of the woods and think, "Man, I've never seen a more punchable face."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 03:20 PM (tT6L1)

252 Shit.......

I should just go back to bed, or start drinking heavily.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)

253 NOOD

sharp as a tack!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 22, 2025 03:21 PM (ULPxl)

254 > Late to the thread... I'm assuming someone has already said nothing will happen ...
Posted by: It's me donna
----

Not so fast, my friend
see comment 133

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (AOsQT)

255 I should just go back to bed, or start drinking heavily.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)
----------------

you missed a word in there. "And" works.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (tT6L1)

256 I should have kept my fat mouth shut.

I didn't get a pardon.

I don't have anything to deal with.

Fck.
Posted by: John Boltons inner monologue at August 22, 2025 03:18 PM (BXR7h)

Dude, even the autopen repair guy got a pardon.
==
I'm also wildly unpopular so a go fund me legal defense fund will only raise 20 bucks.

Posted by: John Boltons inner monologue at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (BXR7h)

257 Nude penis head

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (iFTx/)

258 No responsible prosecuter would prosecute Comey.

Posted by: Comey at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (XeU6L)

259 Swiftie-ism. The last defense of a scoundrel.

Posted by: Ben at August 22, 2025 03:24 PM (fXiEV)

260 I'm also wildly unpopular so a go fund me legal defense fund will only raise 20 bucks.
Posted by: John Boltons inner monologue at August 22, 2025 03:22 PM (BXR7h)
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Hard to over-estimate how stupid Bolton is.

The left needs him as long as he's useful. Patriots defended him because he was getting needlessly attacked for being in that range. But he had to go "principled conservative", and now he's got very little backing.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 03:24 PM (krQz2)

261 Jackstraw, didn't you say that Rod Rosenbaum was on Team Trump and was doing a lot of work to protect him?

Back during Trump's first administration?

That investigation where his AG recused himself, as I remember.

Posted by: EFG at August 22, 2025 03:40 PM (K4Prs)

262 110 Would those be paid in AOS gold or platinum dollars?

Zinc pennies.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:47 PM (ZmEVT)

Alka-Seltzer tablets.

Posted by: XTC at August 22, 2025 03:40 PM (UnA8+)

263 Democrats are so much better using "cutouts" than Republicans

Posted by: SMOD at August 22, 2025 03:48 PM (RHGPo)

264 $100 Ace-Bucks

I do need to replace a bunch of water-logged cardboard.

Posted by: DaveA at August 22, 2025 04:22 PM (FhXTo)

265 "Read the whole thing.

It's enraging."

Why? So I can get more upset nothing's going to happen to these assholes?

Thanks. No.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at August 22, 2025 05:13 PM (eYAt4)

266 I think the Mar Lago raid was the FBI looking for specific files that contained damning evidence on the usual suspects. I think those files are the ones they claim to have found in burn bags. Some whistleblower(s) had the files and they put them in the burn bags to be found. Smart move.

Posted by: Jolo at August 22, 2025 05:13 PM (WrMOC)

267 One could easily argue that Trump never had a first term

Posted by: Kimo Loka at August 22, 2025 05:21 PM (EjxK5)

268 Raid them all. Everyone of them. Perp walked and have agents go through Comey's nighties. Punish them for their abuses or it will never end.

Posted by: PTSD giver at August 22, 2025 11:09 PM (+Shp3)

Trump, Like Batman, Rallies the Forces of Justice in Crime-Ridden Shithole As Washington DC Records Its First Murder-Free Week Since March

Apparently Trump did not go on patrol after all. Sadly! I imagine this is because left-wing lunatics would take multiple shots at him and the Secret Service said "No way, Jose."

Terrorist wire service AP says that citizens are "on edge," not about the rampant crime, murder, and carjackings in their city, but that the police are setting up checkpoints and looking for criminal illegal aliens.

Federal authorities have set up checkpoints around the nation's capital, sometimes asking people for their immigration status and detaining them, as President Donald Trump's crackdown ensnares more residents each day.

The crackdown is "ensnaring more citizens," you see. Not arresting criminals -- "ensnaring more citizens."

I thought "No one is above the law." Was I misinformed?

Trump claimed that a crime crisis required his Republican administration's intervention in the Democratic-led city this month, brushing aside statistics that showed the problem was already waning. However, immigration enforcement appears to be a priority, as more than a third of people arrested in the last two weeks were in the country illegally, according to the White House.
Hundreds of federal agents and National Guard soldiers have surged into Washington, leaving some residents on edge and creating tense confrontations in the streets.

Tense confrontations? You mean criminals attempting to obstruct law enforcement, don't you?

A day care center was partially closed Thursday when staff became afraid to go to work because they heard about federal agents nearby. An administrator asked parents to keep their children at home if possible.
Other day cares have stopped taking kids on daily walks because of fears about encountering law enforcement.

Weird. The crime crisis was all a fantasy. The real fear turns out to be... policemen and troops keeping an eye on criminals.

People didn't have their lives stolen by demons this week, and this makes the left sad.

As the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the Trump administration's takeover of the Washington DC police force begins to fade, the results are coming in, and they are nothing short of extraordinary.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the nation's capital has had no murders for seven days, something that had not been achieved since March and something I can find no recent record of in summer months when the murder rate is typically at its highest.
Last Monday, when a man was tragically gunned down in Logan Circle just hours after the Trump takeover, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., took to social media to say that "Trump owns this. No word if the congressman agrees Trump also owns the lives saved this past week.
And it's not just murder, according to the local police union. Robbery dropped 46% in the week after the takeover, carjackings were down a whopping 83%, and violent crime down 22%. Who could possibly argue against that?
What DC needed was not a slow and steady approach to crime that fluctuates the rates here and there. It needed a shock to the system, and it got one. The patient is responding very well.
...
The only real question left to ask about Trump's efforts to fight crime in DC is, why didn't we do this sooner?
...
[Chinese spy-hooker fornicator and public farter Eric] Swalwell is absolutely right: Trump owns this remarkable drop in crime in Washington that we are witnessing, just as his Democrats own the killing fields they allowed it and so many of our cities to become in the first place.
For the first time in a long time in our capital, there is hope that children being murdered in gang shootouts can be a rare tragedy again, not a predictable occurrence.

🚨 NOW: President Trump brought burgers cooked by White House chefs to the National Guard and federal agents protecting DC

�I�lI eat with you and we're going to have a little fun... then we're going to get back to work and we're going to take care of these criminals!� 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ZDxzQV0453
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 21, 2025

🚨 JUST IN: People are now POSING FOR PHOTOS with the National Guardsmen on the National Mall.

This is absolutely epic.

Turns out, Americans are actually very appreciative of what President Trump did by securing DC - the media lied, again.pic.twitter.com/RGoSfwGiDT
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 22, 2025

Trump speaks to law enforcement and military who are helping to patrol DC.

Trump is making sure to bring lots of attention to this. He wants to the public to see that we can take back our cities and we don�t have to allow crime to run rampant.

pic.twitter.com/riR1ttAUm5
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) August 21, 2025

🚨 LMAO! President Trump brought the one-liners with him on his DC crime patrol, making all of the troops and federal police laugh their a*ses off

"I gotta be very careful, you don't want to slip and fall like SOMEONE ELSE I know..." 🤣

He's HILARIOUS.pic.twitter.com/shhCDPbt96
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 21, 2025

It's no good news to CNN, where racist black woman Abby Philip is boohoo whinin' and cryin' that Stephen Miller and JD Vance used mean "rhetoric" to insult the "elderly white hippies" who were rudely heckling them.

Abby Philip is employed at network that has called Trump a racist rapist every day for almost ten years, but she thinks the Real Story in DC isn't the sudden collapse of crime culture, but JD Vance very accurately identifying the out-of-towners being bused in to take part in paid protests.

Our violence is speech, your speech is violence.

I hope Scott Jennings quits her show and leaves her with zero ratings. Then she can cry about the White Man sabotaging her some more.

Posted by: Ace at 01:24 PM

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1 BLADE SWINGS FIRST

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

2 Hi!

Posted by: DanMa'am at August 22, 2025 01:25 PM (8uzBS)

3 The only real question left to ask about Trump's efforts to fight crime in DC is, why didn't we do this sooner?

Don't think of the Dems as bleeding hearts, soft on crime.

Think of them as the political wing of the crime syndicates.

And then everything makes sense.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 01:25 PM (sKqQm)

4 The crackdown is "ensnaring more citizens," you see. Not arresting criminals -- "ensnaring more citizens."

they are desperately hanging on to this trope

I had a spirited "discussion" with an AWFL about the deportations, she insisted he was deporting legal aliens who were, get this...ensnared

Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2025 01:26 PM (dCxaZ)

5 "A day care center was partially closed Thursday when staff became afraid to go to work because they heard about federal agents nearby. An administrator asked parents to keep their children at home if possible.
Other day cares have stopped taking kids on daily walks because of fears about encountering law enforcement."

This is all probably true. The number of illegals working at these day care centers is off the charts. This is all about protecting filthy parasitic illegals. It has nothing to do with the kids.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

6 Does this mean we get JD is yellow tights?

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 01:26 PM (vFG9F)

7 I nooded

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 22, 2025 01:26 PM (zizoB)

8 Sugar sugar,

Aw honey honey

Posted by: 496 at August 22, 2025 01:26 PM (8YzGs)

9 SAVE US DADDY

Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2025 01:26 PM (dCxaZ)

10 A day care center was partially closed Thursday when staff became afraid to go to work because they heard about federal agents nearby. An administrator asked parents to keep their children at home if possible.
Other day cares have stopped taking kids on daily walks because of fears about encountering law enforcement.

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Is there fixing this mental illness?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

11 1 BLADE SWINGS FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

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In the sidebar, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

12 "in", I mean.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 01:27 PM (vFG9F)

13 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:27 PM (Zz0t1)

14 "Are you not entertained!?"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 01:27 PM (tT6L1)

15 This is all probably true. The number of illegals working at these day care centers is off the charts. This is all about protecting filthy parasitic illegals. It has nothing to do with the kids.

The leftists in my area have moved on from complaining about Trump being a dictator to asking if anyone has recommendations to replace their nannies/gardeners after Trump deported them

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 01:27 PM (sKqQm)

16 Ace, ya need to put the Wolf Blitzer "I saw this...." Twat post from this week.....

It's beautiful.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (Zz0t1)

17 This is all probably true. The number of illegals working at these day care centers is off the charts.
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More jobs for Americans once the illegals self-deport or are deported. Wages will rise too.

Posted by: Crusader at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (TN0g+)

18 Closed border, peace deals, low crime, tariff revenue, trade deals, lowered inflation…. Trump’s doing everything but serving burgers. Wait….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (zizoB)

19 DC residents, who don't own DC, can suck ass.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (rJ48h)

20 OrangeMan Bad!!!!

Posted by: NPC_10100010 at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (0sNs1)

21 Terrorist wire service AP says that citizens are "on edge," not about the rampant crime, murder, and carjackings in their city, but that the police are setting up checkpoints and looking for criminal illegal aliens.

Blow that smoke up someone else's ass.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (Wokrt)

22 I am so happy that Trump is President during the World Cup, it drives the mostly liberal soccer fans crazy and the Euro snobs are threatening to stay away GOOD stay home.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (FCrpy)

23
The leftists in my area have moved on from complaining about Trump being a dictator to asking if anyone has recommendations to replace their nannies/gardeners after Trump deported them

The bigger worry is what will happen as all the illegals head to CA. Will the continent tip over?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 01:29 PM (Riz8t)

24 I enjoy the Tok videos of the residents saying, I've never seen it so clean and felt so safe.

Followed by comments of all the lefties, variations of, "you don't know what you're talking about, there was no crime, Trump is a fascist!!!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 22, 2025 01:29 PM (FQQCN)

25 22 I am so happy that Trump is President during the World Cup, it drives the mostly liberal soccer fans crazy and the Euro snobs are threatening to stay away GOOD stay home.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (FCrpy)

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They won't.

The elite have become okay with Trump and won't pass up any opportunity to cozy up to him.

The soccer fans would go to Saudi Arabia to enrich the deeply corrupt FIFA organization.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:29 PM (GBKbO)

26 I wonder if Greg Foreman appreciates weapons-grade Cruelty.

And Smart Militar Blogs.

Posted by: XTC at August 22, 2025 01:29 PM (UnA8+)

27 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 22, 2025 01:29 PM (kgE5c)

28 Ace speaks truth to events:

youtube.com/watch?v=GQsjBLPBB8M

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 01:30 PM (nO7cW)

29 BLADE SWINGS FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

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In the sidebar, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:27 PM (GBKbO)
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The Blade is rocking like Dokken! Two call-outs yesterday, a sidebar today, and maybe those Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders tonight.

P.S. Notice of entry was filed in the Trump case yesterday (same day as the decision). NoE is the official act that starts the clock running for appeals. There is no rush to file NoE. I suspect whatever appeals are gonna happen, are gonna happen sooner rather than later.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

30 Teachers are now brainwashing students to be triggered into total fear by the mere sight of law enforcement personnel?

Terrible, but I am not surprised. Which is also terrible.

Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (aBgBM)

31 Terrorist wire service AP says that citizens are "on edge," not about the rampant crime, murder, and carjackings in their city, but that the police are setting up checkpoints and looking for criminal illegal aliens.

Blow that smoke up someone else's ass.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (Wokrt)
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Yah, I'm pretty sure this comes under, "stuff that isn't happening except in the fevered imagination of some leftwing lunatic with a keyboard."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (tT6L1)

32 Many of you here mock me, but we also serve who make Gavin look good.

Posted by: Karen Bass at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (0sNs1)

33 More jobs for Americans once the illegals self-deport or are deported. Wages will rise too.

I can't wait for the Karen McAWFLs to start going on TV complaining nannies are paid too damn much...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

34 Is that Kid Rock?

Posted by: Minuteman at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (47/pr)

35 They won't.

The elite have become okay with Trump and won't pass up any opportunity to cozy up to him.

The soccer fans would go to Saudi Arabia to enrich the deeply corrupt FIFA organization.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:29 PM (GBKbO)

I Forgot that the next World cup will be in Saudi Arabia, good luck with that,

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (FCrpy)

36 As JJ alluded to this morning, what really enrages the Left about all this is how it's exposed their empty platitudes as just that.

This isn't just "the way things are." This isn't what happens when you fail to address the "root causes." This isn't an inevitable fact of life in a big city. It is something that can be fixed, simply by enforcing the laws and not tolerating a certain level of criminality.

Trump has pantsed all the social scientists and self-proclaimed experts, yet again.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (1M5Lo)

37 29 The Blade is rocking like Dokken! Two call-outs yesterday, a sidebar today, and maybe those Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders tonight.

P.S. Notice of entry was filed in the Trump case yesterday (same day as the decision). NoE is the official act that starts the clock running for appeals. There is no rush to file NoE. I suspect whatever appeals are gonna happen, are gonna happen sooner rather than later.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

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I can usually bend to make some sense of judicial and legal things, but this NY thing is just way to opaque for me to even try.

I appreciate your experience and effort to try and provide clarity in a place where it seems like clarity is impossible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (GBKbO)

38 He's the hero we need.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 01:32 PM (jc0TO)

39 whoever linked the Archies owes me!!!

Posted by: DanMan at August 22, 2025 01:32 PM (8uzBS)

40 I hope Scott Jennings quits her show and leaves her with zero ratings. Then she can cry about the White Man sabotaging her some more.

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CONCOMITANT HEADLINE:

"White Man Once Again Ceases To Position Racist Black Hag For Success"

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 01:32 PM (ytb4F)

41 Willowed:
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On a steak, a sauce just means somebody didn't prepare it right.

But it's not clean, so I make my own

Pan bourdelaise sauce. You can thank me later.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 01:23 PM (Riz8t)
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That recipe looks exactly how I prepared my mushrooms to put on steak. I used a Merlot.

Very tasty!

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 01:32 PM (krQz2)

42
This isn't just "the way things are." This isn't what happens when you fail to address the "root causes." This isn't an inevitable fact of life in a big city. It is something that can be fixed, simply by enforcing the laws and not tolerating a certain level of criminality.

Amusingly this all happened before in the 90s. Rudy and other mayors started cracking down on crime and crime rates went down.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

43
Blow that smoke up someone else's ass.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (Wokrt)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)

44 Posted by: Dr. T at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (1M5Lo)

He was in NYC when Giuliani was mayor, so he *knew* it would work.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 22, 2025 01:33 PM (lFFaq)

45 I Forgot that the next World cup will be in Saudi Arabia, good luck with that,

Have fun running around in Burkas in 110F weather ladies.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

46 I don't think I've ever seen a felon as tough on crime!

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (krQz2)

47 Fox/AP interviewed business owners who relied on the lowlifes for their business to claim their business has been hurt by the crackdown.

Liquor stores and businesses is high crime areas. Yeah they ain't getting the foot traffic the used to get. That's what happens when your customers are mostly criminals.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (EYmYM)

48 Ensnaring citizens ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (VE6XX)

49 ‘Who’ll write the songs!’

Posted by: Eromero at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (jgmnb)

50 On a steak, a sauce just means somebody didn't prepare it right.

But it's not clean, so I make my own

Pan bourdelaise sauce. You can thank me later.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 01:23 PM (Riz8t)
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That recipe looks exactly how I prepared my mushrooms to put on steak. I used a Merlot.

Very tasty!

I usually make a big batch of demi-glace around New Year. A cube or two of that in the pan sauce really sends it into the stratosphere, but it is admittedly a lot of work. You could probably use Better Than Bouillon.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (Riz8t)

51 Whining about "checkpoints?" Oh, puh-leeeeze.

Go to Hawaii. Every Friday & Saturday night, they placed (late 1980's, doubt they ever stopped) roadblocks to go fishing for DUI, registration/insurance violations, expired license... whatever they could catch.

Revenue enhancement ftw!

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (rdVOm)

52 I wonder which 80/20 issue Trump will maneuver the Dems to be the wrong side on next. It's hard to beat getting them to defend murder and pedophilia, but he's pretty creative.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (CwhoI)

53 This is all probably true. The number of illegals working at these day care centers is off the charts. This is all about protecting filthy parasitic illegals. It has nothing to do with the kids.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

The only concerns that Democrats have with kids are either murdering them in the womb, sterilizing them via "the latest thing", or sexually assaulting them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (ExV1e)

54 Of course that woman posed with Trump's "national guard" brownshirts, they're all on the same racist, white-supremacist team of colonizers.

Posted by: It's internalized misogyny too! at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (TbWk/)

55 Who's the dude in the video behind Trump who has the great misfortune to resemble Gavin Newsom?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (3nLb4)

56 Bulg, for you

Breaking news for Pa residents. A traveler with measles stopped at various locations in PA during the week of August 7 - 15. Gettysburg Farmhouse Restaurant, Hickory Hills Entertainment Center, Hanover, Pa (A go-cart place), two Mennonite Centers, one in Lititz, Pa one in Spring Grove, Pa and the Sepp Travel Center in Clearfield County in Western PA.
Incubation period for measles is 21 days.
The go-cart place is about a mile from my house. Mennonites in abundance here. I was in the checkout line behind a Mennonite woman and her kids yesterday at Hobby Lobby. Wonderful people. Pray for no outbreaks from this. School just went back in session the other day.
Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at August 22, 2025 09:13 AM (OpLc2)

Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at August 22, 2025 01:35 PM (OpLc2)

57 Ensnaring citizens ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (VE6XX)

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Well, illegals are citizens, usually of places like Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Haiti. You know the usual countries.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 22, 2025 01:35 PM (tT6L1)

58 and the Euro snobs are threatening to stay away GOOD stay home.

With 55 million visas floating around out there, I don't think we'll be hurting for foreigners who watch soccer.

Posted by: t-bird at August 22, 2025 01:35 PM (PM/iv)

59 *fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge

Fist bump!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 01:35 PM (Wokrt)

60 I'm Batman!

Posted by: President Donald Trump at August 22, 2025 01:35 PM (krQz2)

61 Pouncing, seizing, ensnaring

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 22, 2025 01:35 PM (DXCG3)

62 I can't wait for the Karen McAWFLs to start going on TV complaining nannies are paid too damn much...
___

Due to Trump's Tarrifs, no doubt.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 01:35 PM (Dv3i1)

63 The soccer fans would go to Saudi Arabia to enrich the deeply corrupt FIFA organization.

the only lefties threatening to stay home are the ones who can't afford the tickets, plane fare and accommodations.

and don't even have enough credit to charge them

Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2025 01:36 PM (dCxaZ)

64 The Blade is rocking like Dokken! Two call-outs yesterday, a sidebar today, and maybe those Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders tonight.

P.S. Notice of entry was filed in the Trump case yesterday (same day as the decision). NoE is the official act that starts the clock running for appeals. There is no rush to file NoE. I suspect whatever appeals are gonna happen, are gonna happen sooner rather than later.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

========

I can usually bend to make some sense of judicial and legal things, but this NY thing is just way to opaque for me to even try.

I appreciate your experience and effort to try and provide clarity in a place where it seems like clarity is impossible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (GBKbO)
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Thanks bruh. Clarity is hard in this case even to a lawyer. If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? If you ask a girl to prom, and she says "yes I want to go but I'll be out of town that day," does that count as a Heisman?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

65 It seems that the real danger to leftists isn't the criminal element endangering their lives or property, but the presence of police.

Oh, wait. I get it now.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 22, 2025 01:36 PM (0U5gm)

66 whoever linked the Archies owes me!!!
Posted by: DanMan at August 22, 2025 01:32 PM

Always happy to help.

Ah sugar, ah honey honey
You are my candy girl
And you've got me wanting you
Ah honey, ah sugar sugar
You are my candy girl
And you've got me wanting you

Posted by: zombie Marlon Brando at August 22, 2025 01:36 PM (0sNs1)

67 Mennonites in abundance here. I was in the checkout line behind a Mennonite woman and her kids yesterday at Hobby Lobby. Wonderful people. Pray for no outbreaks from this. School just went back in session the other day.
Posted by: NoLongerintheBellyoftheBeast at August 22, 2025 09:13 AM (OpLc2)

Watch. When they're fine next month, it'll just be ignored due to the fact yet another 'plandemic' failed as the Amish community survives unscathed yet again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:36 PM (Zz0t1)

68 >I Forgot that the next World cup will be in Saudi Arabia, good luck with that,

???

2026 US/Mexico/Canada

2030 Spain/Portugal/Morocco

Posted by: mr tmz at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (rJ48h)

69 58 and the Euro snobs are threatening to stay away GOOD stay home.

With 55 million visas floating around out there, I don't think we'll be hurting for foreigners who watch soccer.
Posted by: t-bird at August 22, 2025 01:35 PM (PM/iv)

You are thinking of Cricket

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (FCrpy)

70 I hope Schiff is pooping himself uncontrollably

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (61TgR)

71 In a bedroom community west of Indy, ICE did checkpoints in cooperation with the local PD, which caused a lot of heartburn with the suburban wine moms.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (CwhoI)

72 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
Guy who pretends to be a woman is throwing a fit over DC streets being empty at night.

https://tinyurl.com/579mywyp

Posted by: redridinghood at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (NpAcC)

73 He's the hero we need.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 01:32 PM (jc0TO)

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THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT ...

i.___flip.com/1ec62g.jpg

... DONALD TRUMP IS BATMAN

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2028: Fighting Fire With Gasoline! at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (ytb4F)

74 From Critical Drinker"

Disney's Self-Inflicted "Boy Trouble"

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

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

75 45 I Forgot that the next World cup will be in Saudi Arabia, good luck with that,

Have fun running around in Burkas in 110F weather ladies.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 22, 2025 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

They probably won't have to cover their heads (Women's professional wrestlers don't when they're performing in KSA), but they will have to cover their arms and legs.

Posted by: XTC at August 22, 2025 01:38 PM (UnA8+)

76 22 I am so happy that Trump is President during the World Cup, it drives the mostly liberal soccer fans crazy and the Euro snobs are threatening to stay away GOOD stay home.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (FCrpy)

As Hank Hill said , soccer was invented by European women to give them something to do while their husbands cooked dinner.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 01:38 PM (EYmYM)

77 NEXT WORLD CUP IN NORTH AMERICA! not Saudi

Posted by: runner at August 22, 2025 01:38 PM (g47mK)

78 38 He's the hero we need.

if Trump extends this law enforcement effort to Chicago, there will be many many grateful hood grannies. And Chicago Red will be thrilled as well

Posted by: kallisto at August 22, 2025 01:38 PM (dCxaZ)

79 6 Does this mean we get JD is yellow tights?
Posted by: fd at August 22, 2025 01:26 PM (vFG9F)

As the sidekick Throbbin?

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 22, 2025 01:38 PM (ipIsk)

80 “And it's not just murder, according to the local police union.“

If you take a paycheck from the taxpayers, you have zero business belonging to a union. The police sure as all hell should never, ever belong to a union.

(Psst! I know a way that can even more drastically reduce crime in DC AND piss off the left even more! It’s called…allowing concealed carry, dispensing with draconian anti-2A laws, and permitting citizens from other states to carry.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 22, 2025 01:38 PM (vm8sq)

81
Ahhh, it's a great day!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 01:38 PM (abjhs)

82 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
Guy who pretends to be a woman is throwing a fit over DC streets being empty at night.

https://tinyurl.com/579mywyp
Posted by: redridinghood at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (NpAcC)
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Is he out trolling for johns? If I was out at night, I'd avoid that freak too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

83 "Trump speaks to law enforcement and military who are helping to patrol DC.

"Trump is making sure to bring lots of attention to this. He wants to the public to see that we can take back our cities and we don’t have to allow crime to run rampant."

Just try to imagine Barky or FJB or any other Democrat politician praising law enforcement personnel anywhere other than a campaign fundraising rally, stacked full of police union bosses with a token half-dozen patrol officers. Even then their praise would ring hollow.

Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2025 01:39 PM (aBgBM)

84 National guardsmen are just...people. Normal people.

Anyone afraid of the police needs to get their heads screwed on straight - the police have zero interest in harassing average citizens. Thye actually don't WANT to arrest anyone - it's a big fucking hassle. Lots of paperwork. Risk.

So, the thing is, listen to what they say, comply with their orders, and be nice. Cop tells you to scoot, you scoot. Don't mouth off. Don't ask a million questions.

I've had run ins with cops, never arrested. Because I know that, end of the day, they just want peace and order, not a mountain of paperwork.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 01:39 PM (gDhA9)

85 I thought "No one is above the law." Was I misinformed?
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LOL

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 01:39 PM (2fC87)

86 What has this country come to when you can't randomly pop a cap in some some sucker's ass without gettin' hassled by the man?

Sheeit.

Posted by: D'lafarious "Velcro J" Jones at August 22, 2025 01:40 PM (47/pr)

87 how about we flip all the cards and deport obama and stick brandon in the prison infirmary

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 22, 2025 01:40 PM (YlWIZ)

88 I thought "No one is above the law." Was I misinformed?
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Should I not have been told that? Was someone wrong to tell me that?

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 01:40 PM (2fC87)

89 64 If you ask a girl to prom, and she says "yes I want to go but I'll be out of town that day," does that count as a Heisman?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

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My high school experience?

Yes.

Heisman, Nobel Prize, and Oscar all at once.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

90 I usually make a big batch of demi-glace around New Year. A cube or two of that in the pan sauce really sends it into the stratosphere, but it is admittedly a lot of work. You could probably use Better Than Bouillon.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 01:34 PM (Riz8t)
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Yeah, it was quite a bit of work. But I was making it for an anniversary meal.

Sautéed mushrooms, caramelized onions (my wife took care of that one), herb butter, ... we did the works.

And I grilled the ribeyes to perfection.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (krQz2)

91 72 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
Guy who pretends to be a woman is throwing a fit over DC streets being empty at night.

https://tinyurl.com/579mywyp
Posted by: redridinghood at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (NpAcC)

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So...prostitute?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (GBKbO)

92 https://tinyurl.com/579mywyp
Posted by: redridinghood at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (NpAcC)

Do actual women walk around city streets, at night, wearing over-the-ear headphones?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

93 I watched the live-action How to Train Your Dragon last night. Like the live-action Little Mermaid, it's barely "live action" -- probably 50% of the movie is pure CGI (as in there's nothing physical on the screen) and the rest is real actors standing in front of green-screens. Only a few sets looked real.

The remake is almost the exact same movie as the original. Except it doesn't work as well, in large part because the "cute dragon pets" thing works better when the dragons are cartoons.

Lotsa swarthy Vikings speaking in English accents. Wtf?

The love story between Hiccup and Astrid is so awkwardly tepid there was more heat between Hiccup and the dragon. I once again said to myself "this is another hetero love story made by faggots."

Guess what? I was right. The movie was made by faggots. Is there anyone in children's animation who isn't a faggot?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

94 Last time I went through Union Station, my friend had his kids in tow. They start giggling because some homeless dude is on the floor with his wang hanging out. The. We had to run the gauntlet of screaming smell bags. It was like Hell Week.

I can’t imagine anyone who would look at that and go, “yep, we need to protect this”.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (3Z0xj)

95 The biggest problem with DC is the people that live there.

I like that Trump is making them angry, but you have a 10 mile square and only 6% of that population voted for Trump. The place will forever be a hell hole.

Even the most liberal cities like San Francisco are WAY more conservative than DC.

Posted by: Leupold at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (4pwAx)

96 It seems that shock the hell out of the left that actually enforcing the law would lead to a reduction in crime. Apparently their "rethinking" police wasn't "optimal"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (ZnPqv)

97 Is he out trolling for johns? If I was out at night, I'd avoid that freak too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:39 PM (iFTx/)
*******
Probably so. Trump is ruining his business.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (NpAcC)

98
@"man" in DC Street at night

Stay home!

Stay safe!

Faggots

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at August 22, 2025 01:42 PM (61TgR)

99 I thought "No one is above the law." Was I misinformed?
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That almost sounds like you need some law enforcement.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 01:42 PM (krQz2)

100 Look we all know Trump is guilty of the biggest crime of them all:

Making Democrats look bad.

There's no forgiveness for that crime, and it's usually a capital one, right below having information that might lead to the arrest and conviction of Hillary Clinton, which is clearly a capital crime and usually punished immediately.

Posted by: SimoHayek at August 22, 2025 01:42 PM (BVhdC)

101 In a bedroom community west of Indy, ICE did checkpoints in cooperation with the local PD, which caused a lot of heartburn with the suburban wine moms.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (CwhoI)

That's understandable. Their housecleaning and landscaping services cancelled their appointments.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 01:42 PM (rj6Yv)

102 We just had a measles outbreak in TX mysteriously stop.

Would that have anything to do with, oh, I don’t know, enforcing the border???

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 22, 2025 01:42 PM (vm8sq)

103 The only real question left to ask about Trump's efforts to fight crime in DC is, why didn't we do this sooner?
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I thought the question the Left was asking was "Why didn't we stop Trump when we had the chance and is there still a way to git er done before he embarrasses us any further?"

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 01:43 PM (2fC87)

104 when we were stayed in DC for my Mother in Law's Funeral at Arlington we were told that we needed to bring her ash's into the room in case the car was stolen.

I ran a red light when a pan handler got really aggressive asking for money at the light. DC is a Shit hole and Home Rule was a mistake.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 01:43 PM (FCrpy)

105 102 We just had a measles outbreak in TX mysteriously stop.

Would that have anything to do with, oh, I don’t know, enforcing the border???
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 22, 2025 01:42 PM (vm8sq)

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Well, since it was RFK's fault for hating all vaccines, it must be because RFK changed his mind about vaccines.

It's science.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

106 C'mon denizens of DC - prove that honky nazi trump wrong and get back to killing each other.
Start bustin' some caps in each other's asses!

You can even bust a nut too while you are at it.

Posted by: Operator Error at August 22, 2025 01:43 PM (c4kCh)

107 103 The only real question left to ask about Trump's efforts to fight crime in DC is, why didn't we do this sooner?
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I thought the question the Left was asking was "Why didn't we stop Trump when we had the chance and is there still a way to git er done before he embarrasses us any further?"
Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 01:43 PM (2fC87)

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"We should have passed a real infrastructure bill..."
-Nancy Pelosi's final words

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:44 PM (GBKbO)

108 I voted for this.

Posted by: I voted for this signed ALH, Sister Golden Hair at August 22, 2025 01:44 PM (t0Out)

109 Donte has an impressive dome.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 01:44 PM (MMp6W)

110 Teachers are now brainwashing students to be triggered into total fear by the mere sight of law enforcement personnel?

Terrible, but I am not surprised. Which is also terrible.
Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (aBgBM)
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Back when I was growing up, we were taught to respect and admire law enforcement. They were seen as pillars of the community and protectors of children.

Now, not so much.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 01:44 PM (7fElN)

111 I VOTED FOR THIS.

THREE TIMES.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 22, 2025 01:44 PM (wtvvX)

112 108 I voted for this.
Posted by: I voted for this signed ALH, Sister Golden Hair at August 22, 2025 01:44 PM (t0Out)

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I voted for curtailment of the current copyright regime.

It hasn't happened yet, and the only explanation is because Trump was actually bought by the entertainment industry.

I'm going to rebel because of this by voting for Gavin Newsom for president.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (GBKbO)

113 59 *fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge

Fist bump!
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 01:35 PM (Wokrt)

He's a sponge. It's more of a *squish*

Posted by: Poriferal vision at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (TbWk/)

114 I've been binge watching the TV series Jail.

Being intoxicated or high is the main contributor of the crime for which people are being arrested. Or the direct reason.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (EYmYM)

115 When I walk by cops I say, "Hi guys, how's it going?" or "Nice to see you."

It's amazing what that can accomplish. For everyone. Want the cop to leave your street? Talk nice to him and maintain and friendly atmosphere. He'll see there is no point to being there. being nervous and afraid, the cop will hang around to make sure stuff doesn't happen.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (gDhA9)

116 Guess what? I was right. The movie was made by faggots. Is there anyone in children's animation who isn't a faggot?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

Quit looking at us!

Posted by: MiG-15s at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (vm8sq)

117 Chris Plante said that 50% of the people busted in the crime crack down are ... border-jumpers.

Also, the big-3 broadcast networks have not touched the U-Turn killer story.

3 people died when "if it could save just one life" is so often their "rationale" when it comes to things they care about. So, if it could save just one life to have truckers who can correctly answer more that 2 out of 12 questions on an oral drivers test, and identity more than 1 out of 4 signs, maybe it's something we should look into....

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (krQz2)

118 I also love the commentary from the Democrats/MFM that "the National Guard isn't necessary" and that the local police "can handle it". Really? 'Cause it's pretty damned self-evident that the local authorities couldn't (or even worse, wouldn't) handle it. They couldn't/wouldn't handle it so poorly, in fact, that they resorted to compromising arrest statistics to hide either incompetence or to maintain a chaos for some perverse political benefit.

So, yet another generational lie, intentional or otherwise, has been exposed by the Trump Machine. The Deep State Borg has miraculously met an irresistible force.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (gLikB)

119 110 Teachers are now brainwashing students to be triggered into total fear by the mere sight of law enforcement personnel?

Terrible, but I am not surprised. Which is also terrible.
Posted by: Gref at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (aBgBM)

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Also, Gen-Z is the most right leaning generation in a century.

I don't think the brainwashing is working.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (GBKbO)

120 OT/ But some judge said Alligator Alcatraz has to be closed in 60 days ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (VE6XX)

121 NYT: Enforcement is Up But Crime Is Down. Experts Have No Explanation.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (2fC87)

122 121 NYT: Enforcement is Up But Crime Is Down. Experts Have No Explanation.
Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (2fC87)

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Fox Butterfield, where have you been?

Posted by: Oglebay at August 22, 2025 01:46 PM (MMp6W)

123
"If you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about."

'Member that?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 01:46 PM (abjhs)

124 I've been binge watching the TV series Jail.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (EYmYM)
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When you come home, do you go straight to Jail? Right away?

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 01:46 PM (krQz2)

125 BLADE SWINGS FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

The Blade gets a first AND he's featured in the Sidebar. Good day to be The Blade, huh?

Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2025 01:46 PM (wkXwO)

126 123
"If you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about."

'Member that?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 01:46 PM (abjhs)

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It's from a Harry Potter movie!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:46 PM (GBKbO)

127 Speaking of crime... one of my favorite scenes from the movie clue is when the cop is there, looks in a room and sees the characters dancing... what he doesn't know is that some of the dancers are dead, being propped up by others.

And the conversation between the cop and the butler, who didn't know any of this, is hysterical. "Officer, I can explain!" "No need, I've seen everything, and everything's fine!" "What?" "Yes, people are just having a good time, it's a free country!" "Didn't know it was that free!" says the butler.

Posted by: SimoHayek at August 22, 2025 01:47 PM (BVhdC)

128 I'm going to rebel because of this by voting for Gavin Newsom for president.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (GBKbO)

You be you.

Posted by: I voted for this signed ALH, Sister Golden Hair at August 22, 2025 01:47 PM (t0Out)

129 "more than a third of people arrested in the last two weeks were in the country illegally, according to the White House."

Gee, could that be because our cities' streets are crawling with illegal aliens now, maybe?

Posted by: UGAdawg at August 22, 2025 01:47 PM (iqHxn)

130 Do actual women walk around city streets, at night, wearing over-the-ear headphones?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

Yes. You see it all the time where I work.

Situational awareness is just not a thing people remotely care about.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 22, 2025 01:48 PM (vm8sq)

131
I voted for curtailment of the current copyright regime.

_________

A "limited term of copyright": Eternity, minus one day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 01:48 PM (abjhs)

132 Being intoxicated or high is the main contributor of the crime for which people are being arrested. Or the direct reason.
Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (EYmYM)

I'd say arguing and hassling the cop is a huge reason. The cops will give people 1, 2, 5 chances to get it in gear. Straighten up. Fix the problem. He has no interest in starting a fight with you or arresting you.

Don't make him arrest you just because he is "sick of your shit."

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 01:48 PM (gDhA9)

133
'm Batman!
Posted by: President Donald Trump

Penguin's to the right of you Joker's to the left.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 01:48 PM (63Dwl)

134 I believe in Donald Trump.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 22, 2025 01:48 PM (MDEil)

135 131
I voted for curtailment of the current copyright regime.

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A "limited term of copyright": Eternity, minus one day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 01:48 PM (abjhs)

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*lobbies to make it longer*
-Disney

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:48 PM (GBKbO)

136 Proudly doing unto our own People, PRECISELY what they forbid us to do to our Adversaries. Remember who did this.

The Purpose of Gov't is to Reign in the Rights of People. --Clinton'93 on MTV

Every aspect of our Lives must be subjected to an Inventory -- Nancy Pelosi'09 in Red China

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 22, 2025 01:48 PM (sJnlE)

137 Oh oh oh!! I got another one!

This is the new normal! Crime free DC

PS. that dude sounds like his tonsils have taken a beating from the very people he misses seeing

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at August 22, 2025 01:49 PM (61TgR)

138 From Critical Drinker"

Disney's Self-Inflicted "Boy Trouble"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQaqIbXFnHM
Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

That dude's good......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:49 PM (Zz0t1)

139 Guess what? I was right. The movie was made by faggots. Is there anyone in children's animation who isn't a faggot?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

it's worse lots of Famous kid shows are made by Monsters.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 01:49 PM (FCrpy)

140 MAGA has suddenly become very “black lives matter”, trying to make excuses for the military being sent DC. Fox News tells them DC is only black people, and we must save them from themselves.

In their wildest fantasies, they're the benevolent slave owners, just keeping the slaves safe in captivity from a dangerous world.

All of this because some DOGE moron had no street sense. Who knew that BigBalls getting his ass beat was our reichstag?

I tried to explain the situation to my 80-year-old mother. I opened with “so first you gotta know about a guy called Big Balls.”

If I were twenty years younger, the look that crossed her face would’ve been a precursor to getting my ass kicked.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 22, 2025 01:49 PM (ycI94)

141 Leave Eric Swalwell alone. He simply needs my advice.

Posted by: Mao at August 22, 2025 01:49 PM (vm8sq)

142 I want to watch the stormtroopers raid James Comey's house next.

Posted by: I voted for this signed ALH, Sister Golden Hair at August 22, 2025 01:50 PM (t0Out)

143
The Blade gets a first AND he's featured in the Sidebar. Good day to be The Blade, huh?
Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2025 01:46 PM (wkXwO)

And Ace hat tipped him yesterday as well.

Dude's winning at the game of life currently.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:50 PM (Zz0t1)

144 Ace from the sidebar: "I don't think they'll take the appeal. Judges are lazy and cowardly and will duck any hot potato case they can. These judges are also liberal hacks, and do not want to deliver Trump a full victory."

Possibly. James will appeal too, and she has no right of appeal. So if the Court wants to fuck Trump, it can.

Trump may yet have an appeal as of right. As I noted before, the opinions are a mess, and he might be able to cobble together a convincing case for an appeal as of right.

There are other paths to an appeal as of right, which include constitutional or statutory grounds. While there are constitutional issues here, it looks like Trump won them and thus wouldn't appeal on those grounds.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:50 PM (iFTx/)

145 Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 01:48 PM (gDhA9)

I agree but most of those arguing with the police are intoxicated.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2025 01:50 PM (EYmYM)

146
Patents
- Pay to apply
- Pay to issue
- Pay at Year 5
- Pay at Year 7
- Pay at Year 12
- Patent expires in 20 years

Copyright
- Do something
- Skate for 95 years

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 01:51 PM (abjhs)

147 In their wildest fantasies, they're the benevolent slave owners, just keeping the slaves safe in captivity from a dangerous world.

Sorry... The Republicans were anti slavery

Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 01:51 PM (VE6XX)

148 140 MAGA has suddenly become very “black lives matter”, trying to make excuses for the military being sent DC. Fox News tells them DC is only black people, and we must save them from themselves.

In their wildest fantasies, they're the benevolent slave owners, just keeping the slaves safe in captivity from a dangerous world.

All of this because some DOGE moron had no street sense. Who knew that BigBalls getting his ass beat was our reichstag?

I tried to explain the situation to my 80-year-old mother. I opened with “so first you gotta know about a guy called Big Balls.”

If I were twenty years younger, the look that crossed her face would’ve been a precursor to getting my ass kicked.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 22, 2025 01:49 PM (ycI94)

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I'm old enough to remember when Redditors poo-pooed conservatives pointing out Chicago's crime rate was so high and needed to be fixed a decade ago.

We didn't actually care. It was just black on black crime which was nothing compared to the white on black crime that is capitalism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:51 PM (GBKbO)

149 Don't make him arrest you just because he is "sick of your shit."
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 01:48 PM (gDhA9)

That is a great reason to arrest anybody. Oh, and for looking at us wrong.

Posted by: Volkspolizei at August 22, 2025 01:51 PM (vm8sq)

150
Also, Gen-Z is the most right leaning generation in a century.

I don't think the brainwashing is working.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (GBKbO)

You mean, they're tired of getting shit shoved down their throats and told they're f*cking worthless and the wrong sex for their bodies?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:52 PM (Zz0t1)

151 So, the thing is, listen to what they say, comply with their orders, and be nice. Cop tells you to scoot, you scoot. Don't mouth off. Don't ask a million questions.
____

There are plenty of videos in my youtube feed where cops end up doing something stupid and wrong (Civil Rights Lawyer is one ). Usually the cop in those videos is just an entitled a-hole who shouldn't be cop. But there are a few where if the citizen had just stopped, complied and not act in a way that a reasonable observer would say is suspicous, everything would have been fine. No consolation after you are dead that you were in the right. Maybe your family will win a lawsuit.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 01:52 PM (Dv3i1)

152 MAGA has suddenly become very “black lives matter”, trying to make excuses for the military being sent DC.

And old, white, shitlib Karens don't want to share their water fountains with blacks.

Oh well!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 22, 2025 01:52 PM (wtvvX)

153 BLADE SWINGS FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

The Blade gets a first AND he's featured in the Sidebar. Good day to be The Blade, huh?
Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2025 01:46 PM (wkXwO)

[Thumbs up gesture]

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:52 PM (iFTx/)

154 143 And Ace hat tipped him yesterday as well.

Dude's winning at the game of life currently.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:50 PM (Zz0t1)

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He's failing the orgy with the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders challenge, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:52 PM (GBKbO)

155 Is Piper here?
I notice in the clips that Bondi has adopted wearing drapes very similar in style to those worn by President Meloni. At a glance the outfit looks like a long dress.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 01:52 PM (nO7cW)

156 DU posters appear to be mentally ill.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 22, 2025 01:52 PM (rJ48h)

157 140 MAGA has suddenly become very “black lives matter”, trying to make excuses for the military being sent DC. Fox News tells them DC is only black people, and we must save them from themselves.

In their wildest fantasies, they're the benevolent slave owners, just keeping the slaves safe in captivity from a dangerous world.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 22, 2025 01:49 PM (ycI94)

Projection at Infinite Lumens.

Posted by: XTC at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (UnA8+)

158
Sorry... The Republicans were anti slavery
Posted by: It's me donna at August 22, 2025 01:51 PM (VE6XX)

But, Eric Swalwell tells me that Trump is the last human that supports slavery!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (Zz0t1)

159 150 You mean, they're tired of getting shit shoved down their throats and told they're f*cking worthless and the wrong sex for their bodies?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:52 PM (Zz0t1)

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Even the chicks.

Gen-Z girls are as right leaning as men are who were born in the 80s.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (GBKbO)

160 93 I watched the live-action How to Train Your Dragon last night. Like the live-action Little Mermaid, it's barely "live action" -- probably 50% of the movie is pure CGI (as in there's nothing physical on the screen) and the rest is real actors standing in front of green-screens. Only a few sets looked real.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

50% CGI!? That's nonsense. They should have hired some real dragons.

Posted by: Ann at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (4neFu)

161 Anyone afraid of the police needs to get their heads screwed on straight - the police have zero interest in harassing average citizens. Thye actually don't WANT to arrest anyone - it's a big fucking hassle. Lots of paperwork. Risk.

Except that's not really true. They have public contact, arrest, and ticket quotas that they have to meet. And a LOT of cops get into it specifically so they can harass the little people. Positions of power attract authoritarian personalities. Yes, there are good cops. But saying "the police have zero interest in harassing average citizens" is demonstrably false.

Posted by: Let's not start deep-throating the jackboot at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (TbWk/)

162 The state of New York just filed 10 charges against the green dildo thrower, including "criminal possession of a weapon". I didn't know those were weapons.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (P9pDS)

163 As JJ alluded to this morning, what really enrages the Left about all this is how it's exposed their empty platitudes as just that.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 22, 2025 01:31 PM (1M5Lo)
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I'd bet it enrages the whole Preening (political) Class.

Because it's not just words and speeches.

I suspect this could be *exactly* why DC turned against him in 2016. After he *did* things, the public would *expect* the preeners to *do* things!

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (krQz2)

164 And Ace hat tipped him yesterday as well.

Dude's winning at the game of life currently.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:50 PM (Zz0t1)

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He's failing the orgy with the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders challenge, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:52 PM (GBKbO)
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There's still tonight!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (iFTx/)

165 In their wildest fantasies, they're the benevolent slave owners, just keeping the slaves safe in captivity from a dangerous world.
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Projection isn't just a mountain in South America.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 01:54 PM (2fC87)

166 Know what would stop crime? Punishment, that’s what.

Posted by: Eromero at August 22, 2025 01:54 PM (jgmnb)

167
He's failing the orgy with the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders challenge, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:52 PM (GBKbO)

Seems the NFL says he should just try out for the squad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:54 PM (Zz0t1)

168 The Blade gets a first AND he's featured in the Sidebar. Good day to be The Blade, huh?
Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2025 01:46 PM (wkXwO)

And Ace hat tipped him yesterday as well.

Dude's winning at the game of life currently.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:50 PM (Zz0t1)

Wonder if The Blade will make an appearance at the ranch in October. We can bow to his greatness or something

Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2025 01:54 PM (wkXwO)

169 160 93 I watched the live-action How to Train Your Dragon last night. Like the live-action Little Mermaid, it's barely "live action" -- probably 50% of the movie is pure CGI (as in there's nothing physical on the screen) and the rest is real actors standing in front of green-screens. Only a few sets looked real.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

50% CGI!? That's nonsense. They should have hired some real dragons.
Posted by: Ann at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (4neFu)

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I will say, though, that the Isle of Burk section at Epic Universe is probably my favorite of the worlds. Though, the Dark Universe section is really good. The Mario section is shockingly good, too.

Epic Universe is good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:54 PM (GBKbO)

170 Read the quote. It says "ensnares more residents", not citizens. They are more careful with their propaganda. Obviously they didn't say "ensnares more criminals". That would be a good thing...

While I doubt it's a majority, I do feel like post-COVID, people are increasingly (and still increasingly) noticing the propaganda and know that when a news outlet talks about Trump / the right 'ensnaring residents', "residents" = criminals (and most likely illegal aliens)...

Posted by: bearski at August 22, 2025 01:54 PM (Bhsk7)

171 The Blade gets a first AND he's featured in the Sidebar. Good day to be The Blade, huh?

The Gay Blade? Like Zorro?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 01:55 PM (P9pDS)

172 I watched the live-action How to Train Your Dragon last night. Like the live-action Little Mermaid, it's barely "live action" -- probably 50% of the movie is pure CGI (as in there's nothing physical on the screen) and the rest is real actors standing in front of green-screens. Only a few sets looked real.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

50% CGI!? That's nonsense. They should have hired some real dragons.
Posted by: Ann at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (4neFu)

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I will say, though, that the Isle of Burk section at Epic Universe is probably my favorite of the worlds. Though, the Dark Universe section is really good. The Mario section is shockingly good, too.

Epic Universe is good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:54 PM (GBKbO)
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"Fuck you!"

-- Disney

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

173 162 The state of New York just filed 10 charges against the green dildo thrower, including "criminal possession of a weapon". I didn't know those were weapons.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (P9pDS)

He was just following the common sense rule of ABCD.
Always
Be
Carrying
Dildoes

Posted by: Glengarry Green Dong Ross at August 22, 2025 01:55 PM (TbWk/)

174 Ace, obligatory picture of Trump as Batman;

https://tinyurl.com/4u68nutw

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 01:55 PM (RsLhh)

175 172 "Fuck you!"

-- Disney
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

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Disney's response to Epic Universe is to shut down almost half of Magic Kingdom for a year or two as they completely rebuild.

It's kind of hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:56 PM (GBKbO)

176
Wonder if The Blade will make an appearance at the ranch in October. We can bow to his greatness or something
Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2025 01:54 PM (wkXwO)

MoMe. More like 'fart in his general direction.'

Cuz, Horde.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:56 PM (Zz0t1)

177 I like this Trump fella!

Posted by: McGruff at August 22, 2025 01:56 PM (wVcYX)

178 Hey, check it out. Carney and Canada just surrendered.

https://tinyurl.com/42pk8jp7

They just dropped most of their retaliatory tariffs. No wonder the market is on fire today.

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 01:56 PM (dIske)

179 Andy McCarthy, I'm done with you. NeverTrumper or hypocrite (as shown below in AoS), now I know why you're writing for National Review.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 22, 2025 01:56 PM (2xthb)

180 MAGA has suddenly become very “black lives matter”, trying to make excuses for the military being sent DC.

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Um. We always were. Looks like you're peering outside your own ass for a change.

When people said "Black Lives Matter!" we asked "How about Chicago? How about black on black crime?" which kills most young black men.

"That's a distraction!" said the people who don't know that when you want to solve a problem you go after the *biggest* source and not a trifling one.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 01:57 PM (krQz2)

181 Usually the cop in those videos is just an entitled a-hole who shouldn't be cop.

I will say that over the years I've had 3 interactions with Austin police. Once I was a hit-and-run victim, once I was a witness, and once I got a speeding ticket. 2/3 times, the cop was a complete jackass. But that's Austin.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 01:57 PM (ExV1e)

182 Leupold: "I like that Trump is making them angry, but you have a 10 mile square and only 6% of that population voted for Trump. The place will forever be a hell hole."

I appreciate that Trump is doing this because he's not committed to DC necessarily (though he is); he's committed to the Nation. He's making DC presentable and safe for ALL of America and, for that matter, the world. The biggest crime is not that on the streets of DC but that all previous authorities were derelict in embracing the tarnishing of what should be our national beacon.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 22, 2025 01:57 PM (gLikB)

183 I hope Universal crushes Disney. Not because I necessarily love Universal so much, but fuck Disney in general.

Posted by: They needs some humbling at August 22, 2025 01:57 PM (TbWk/)

184 180 "That's a distraction!" said the people who don't know that when you want to solve a problem you go after the *biggest* source and not a trifling one.
Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 01:57 PM (krQz2)

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The only way to actively work towards the BLM goals is to destroy capitalism by voting Democrat.

It's on their website.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:57 PM (GBKbO)

185 115 When I walk by cops I say, "Hi guys, how's it going?" or "Nice to see you."

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (gDhA9)

They hate you. Quit being nice to people who hate you.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (vm8sq)

186 MoMe. More like 'fart in his general direction.'

Cuz, Horde.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:56 PM (Zz0t1)

That was implied by "or something"
*grins*

Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (wkXwO)

187 >> The state of New York just filed 10 charges against the green dildo thrower, including "criminal possession of a weapon". I didn't know those were weapons.

So- criminals with gun charges get put back on the street, but some guy throwing sexual aides on a lesbian playground gets 10 charges.

Irony, thy name is Dildo.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (RsLhh)

188 "Fuck you!"

-- Disney
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

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Disney's response to Epic Universe is to shut down almost half of Magic Kingdom for a year or two as they completely rebuild.

It's kind of hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:56 PM (GBKbO)
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What other choice do they have, though? They need to upgrade to keep pace. And regardless, Disney will remain a big draw for families with little kids. Their attendance will suffer, but I doubt by much. The parks are for some reason huge money-makers, and the cruises too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (iFTx/)

189 183 I hope Universal crushes Disney. Not because I necessarily love Universal so much, but fuck Disney in general.
Posted by: They needs some humbling at August 22, 2025 01:57 PM (TbWk/)

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Disney World will continue to exist for decades more, just like it did after Universal first opened, and just like it did after Universal opened Islands of Adventure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)

190 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 22, 2025 01:49 PM (ycI94)

I believe that Reddit has gone to some effort to purge all non-leftists from their midst over the past couple years.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (ExV1e)

191
That was implied by "or something"
*grins*
Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (wkXwO)

I'm literally way to literal for that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (Zz0t1)

192 >>>Also, Gen-Z is the most right leaning generation in a century. I don't think the brainwashing is working.

Every generation instinctively rebels against what their authority figures believe and advocate.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 22, 2025 01:59 PM (CwhoI)

193 He's doing it with DC to show how awful and feckless Democrats in every city across the country are. Trump is never doing just one thing.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 01:59 PM (2fC87)

194 188 What other choice do they have, though? They need to upgrade to keep pace. And regardless, Disney will remain a big draw for families with little kids. Their attendance will suffer, but I doubt by much. The parks are for some reason huge money-makers, and the cruises too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (iFTx/)

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Yup.

I just find it hilarious that they couldn't find a few hundred square acres across all of Buena Vista to build something new. They'd let Magic Kingdom degrade to the point where their only option was to shut half of it down.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:00 PM (GBKbO)

195 $100 says DoJ target Boston for cleanup next.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:00 PM (RsLhh)

196 175 Disney's response to Epic Universe is to shut down almost half of Magic Kingdom for a year or two as they completely rebuild. It's kind of hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer

It's just Tom Sawyer Island and Thunder Mountain. Just looks like a lot cuz that was a lot of space... Few went to the former (I never did), and the latter is arguably worth a shut down for what they're doing ('Cars Land'). I mean, this is like two decades too late, but if it's not woke, sounds good... Mickey & Friends were popular for decades before Disneyland even opened...

Our kids don't know the Universal stuff that much. Some Mario. Definitely Despicable Me but that doesn't look like much of a presence...? Rest of Epic looks like it's for older kids...?

Posted by: bearski at August 22, 2025 02:00 PM (Bhsk7)

197 Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 01:39 PM (gDhA9)

And be damned with those silly 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 22, 2025 02:00 PM (L5An7)

198 192 >>>Also, Gen-Z is the most right leaning generation in a century. I don't think the brainwashing is working.

Every generation instinctively rebels against what their authority figures believe and advocate.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 22, 2025 01:59 PM (CwhoI)

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It gets real bad when the authority figures are actively hostile towards the very essence of the newest generation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:00 PM (GBKbO)

199 I believe that Reddit has gone to some effort to purge all non-leftists from their midst over the past couple years.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (ExV1e)

Yeah I heard about that. I think I reddit here.

Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2025 02:00 PM (wkXwO)

200 The only way to actively work towards the BLM goals is to destroy capitalism by voting Democrat.

It's on their website.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:57 PM (GBKbO)
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Marxists always think the only way to solve a problem is to destroy society and rebuild it from scratch.

That's probably a good indicator of somebody who has internalized Marx.

"Progressives" don't believe in progress--they believe in what THEY think is "progress".

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:01 PM (krQz2)

201 196 Our kids don't know the Universal stuff that much. Some Mario. Definitely Despicable Me but that doesn't look like much of a presence...? Rest of Epic looks like it's for older kids...?
Posted by: bearski at August 22, 2025 02:00 PM (Bhsk7)

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The Minions stuff is mostly at Universal itself.

But yes, it's mostly for older kids and teens. Universal has rollercoasters that go fast for a reason.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:01 PM (GBKbO)

202 I'm literally way to literal for that.

Gordon Ramsey wants to teach you to cook, literally.

https://youtu.be/YZKFBTNOMNg

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 02:01 PM (Riz8t)

203 The Gay Blade? Like Zorro?
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 01:55 PM (P9pDS)

better buy this movie before it get buried.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 02:01 PM (FCrpy)

204 > The state of New York just filed 10 charges against the green dildo thrower, including "criminal possession of a weapon". I didn't know those were weapons.
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Had the nominal right reacted with disgust, bitched about how insensitive this was and asked for a fainting chair, the dildo thrower would be hailed as a hero.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 22, 2025 02:02 PM (Q4IgG)

205 $100 says DoJ target Boston for cleanup next.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:00 PM (RsLhh)

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit - you're on! My town's only a half-hour up the road from DC.

Posted by: Clay Davis at August 22, 2025 02:02 PM (wkXwO)

206 Trump just wore a hat in the Oval Office:
"Trump was right about everything"

Fucking savage.
Flawless victory.
Fatality.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 22, 2025 02:02 PM (FQQCN)

207 Teachers are now brainwashing students to be triggered into total fear by the mere sight of law enforcement personnel?

Terrible, but I am not surprised

Fear them or respect them. I don't care. Just don't hive them a reason to look at you.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 02:02 PM (kdufY)

208 ---
Um. We always were. Looks like you're peering outside your own ass for a change.

When people said "Black Lives Matter!" we asked "How about Chicago? How about black on black crime?" which kills most young black men.

"That's a distraction!" said the people who don't know that when you want to solve a problem you go after the *biggest* source and not a trifling one.
Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 01:57 PM (krQz2)

I've said it since the beginning.

If black lives matter, they'd better prove it. They get the black community to quit killing each other, then I might take you seriously. When black lives don't matter to blacks, why should I take the time to give a f*ck?

I'm a Gen X'er. My youth was spent mostly not giving much shit about skin color. It was mostly "can you help me/my team win?" Period.

Everything else was secondary. The left has RUINED everything we did.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:02 PM (Zz0t1)

209 185 115 When I walk by cops I say, "Hi guys, how's it going?" or "Nice to see you."

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at August 22, 2025 01:45 PM (gDhA9)
__________________________

I've got a couple of cops in the immediate family. They're good guys and FAIR. I know, for a fact, that their main concern on a pull over is safety (theirs and the person they pulled over). They both tell me one of the things they most like to see when pulling someone over is simply two hands on the steering wheel as they approach. If it is at night and the driver makes the effort to do that AND turn on the dome light...they take that into account.

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2025 02:03 PM (dIske)

210 Oh, and here's the graph showing Gen-Z girls are as right leaning (at least as filtered through registration to the Democrat Party) as men are who were born in the late 80s:

https://x.com/ZacharyDonnini/status/
1958518197487030542

The boys? Holy shit...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:03 PM (GBKbO)

211 I'm literally way to literal for that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (Zz0t1)
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But what about something not written down?

How can you be "too literal" about that?

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:03 PM (krQz2)

212 The state of New York just filed 10 charges against the green dildo thrower, including "criminal possession of a weapon". I didn't know those were weapons.
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Had the nominal right reacted with disgust, bitched about how insensitive this was and asked for a fainting chair, the dildo thrower would be hailed as a hero.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Sorry. We were too busy cheering him on.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 02:03 PM (kdufY)

213 I hope Universal crushes Disney. Not because I necessarily love Universal so much, but fuck Disney in general.
Posted by: They needs some humbling at August 22, 2025 01:57 PM (TbWk/)

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Disney World will continue to exist for decades more, just like it did after Universal first opened, and just like it did after Universal opened Islands of Adventure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
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It's an odd dynamic too: while they obviously compete against each other, the more parks and competitors that are there creates a bigger overall draw. It's like you usually find car dealers located together. You'd think a Toyota dealership would not want an arch-rival like Honda right next door. But having them close together creates a draw for customers that benefits both.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:04 PM (iFTx/)

214 Also, Gen-Z is the most right leaning generation in a century.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Is there a designation, a sub-class if you will, for boomers born between '55 and '64?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2025 02:04 PM (cYBz/)

215 Teachers are now brainwashing students to be triggered into total fear by the mere sight of law enforcement personnel?

"Counselor of the Year" in Colorado accused of over 100 events of 'sexual abuse of a student.'

https://is.gd/WUqVAs

But kids should be afraid of law enforcement.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:05 PM (Zz0t1)

216 213 It's an odd dynamic too: while they obviously compete against each other, the more parks and competitors that are there creates a bigger overall draw. It's like you usually find car dealers located together. You'd think a Toyota dealership would not want an arch-rival like Honda right next door. But having them close together creates a draw for customers that benefits both.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:04 PM (iFTx/)

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I always thought of it more in lines with restaurant districts.

A single restaurant alone will only draw so many people, but a dozen in a row will attract far, far more than any of the individual ones could on their own.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

217 Except that's not really true. They have public contact, arrest, and ticket quotas that they have to meet. And a LOT of cops get into it specifically so they can harass the little people. Positions of power attract authoritarian personalities. Yes, there are good cops. But saying "the police have zero interest in harassing average citizens" is demonstrably false.
Posted by: Let's not start deep-throating the jackboot at August 22, 2025 01:53 PM (TbWk/)

Call balls and strikes.

Personally I have gotten to the point where I assume they are assholes out to harass and bully people until they prove to me otherwise. And it sucks, because I WANT to like them, but cops go out of their way to make that impossible.

I understand the necessity of having police because there is about one percent of the population that makes it difficult for the rest of us. When they do right, I will make note of it and point it out. But I will never get out my blue Pom poms for them or stupidly say “I back the blue”. You do that, then you are as stupid and childishly naive as the “defund the police” crowd.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 22, 2025 02:05 PM (vm8sq)

218 214 Also, Gen-Z is the most right leaning generation in a century.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Is there a designation, a sub-class if you will, for boomers born between '55 and '64?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2025 02:04 PM (cYBz/)

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My parents?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:05 PM (GBKbO)

219 You'd think a Toyota dealership would not want an arch-rival like Honda right next door. But having them close together creates a draw for customers that benefits both.

It's win-win!

Posted by: That guy who always has to use management speak at August 22, 2025 02:05 PM (Riz8t)

220 I ran out of eye bleach after looking at George Conway belowdecks.
Uh. Excuse the phrasing.
Now I need it like Hunter needs crack.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 02:05 PM (gKWVE)

221 The Gen Z’ers I know will never forget what Democrats did during COVID. The essential suspension of The bill of Rights, the overreach using government resources, that is, our resources, to enforce their dictatorial fiats and the penalizing of people for their disagreement, the speech police and forced vaccination will be forever etched in their minds. Democrats current behavior just rubs that nerve and reinforces what they know is true.

The only thing that can save Democrats is voter fraud. It’s why they are putting all their eggs into fighting any electoral measure that cleans things up and makes it transparent

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:06 PM (RsLhh)

222 What other choice do they have, though? They need to upgrade to keep pace. And regardless, Disney will remain a big draw for families with little kids. Their attendance will suffer, but I doubt by much. The parks are for some reason huge money-makers, and the cruises too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (iFTx/)

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Yup.

I just find it hilarious that they couldn't find a few hundred square acres across all of Buena Vista to build something new. They'd let Magic Kingdom degrade to the point where their only option was to shut half of it down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:00 PM (GBKbO)
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"Disney did ask about expanding into new areas. We grabbed our crotches and said 'expand this, motherfuckers.'"

-- Ron DeathSantis

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:06 PM (iFTx/)

223 162 The state of New York just filed 10 charges against the green dildo thrower, including "criminal possession of a weapon". I didn't know those were weapons.
Posted by: Ian S

You've never seen the epic gladiator fight, then.
https://tinyurl.com/5n8zm5hv

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 22, 2025 02:06 PM (ycI94)

224 Is there a designation, a sub-class if you will, for boomers born between '55 and '64?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2025 02:04 PM (cYBz/)
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Sometimes "late boomers" or "Tail-end boomers".

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:06 PM (krQz2)

225 222 "Disney did ask about expanding into new areas. We grabbed our crotches and said 'expand this, motherfuckers.'"

-- Ron DeathSantis
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:06 PM (iFTx/)

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Direct quote.

Not gonna lie.

No notes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:06 PM (GBKbO)

226 Had the nominal right reacted with disgust, bitched about how insensitive this was and asked for a fainting chair, the dildo thrower would be hailed as a hero.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 22, 2025 02:02 PM (Q4IgG)

But that's not who we are. Low hanging fruit jokes that damn near write themselves. Who could pass that up? Then the net...

Posted by: Reforger at August 22, 2025 02:07 PM (pxUkb)

227 I just saw Trump's hat he wore today - "Trump was right about everything."

Yes, I did vote for this.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2025 02:07 PM (cYBz/)

228 It's an odd dynamic too: while they obviously compete against each other, the more parks and competitors that are there creates a bigger overall draw. It's like you usually find car dealers located together. You'd think a Toyota dealership would not want an arch-rival like Honda right next door. But having them close together creates a draw for customers that benefits both.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:04 PM (iFTx/)

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I always thought of it more in lines with restaurant districts.

A single restaurant alone will only draw so many people, but a dozen in a row will attract far, far more than any of the individual ones could on their own.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:05 PM (GBKbO)
_________

Works with prostitutes too ...

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:07 PM (iFTx/)

229 But what about something not written down?

How can you be "too literal" about that?
Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:03 PM (krQz2)

Unwritten rules are literally tools of the patriarchy oppressing freedom of expression.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:07 PM (Zz0t1)

230 A single restaurant alone will only draw so many people, but a dozen in a row will attract far, far more than any of the individual ones could on their own.

The Koreans are big on that sort of thing. We were in Jeju a decade or so ago, and they had streets consisting entirely of all kinds of things, pharmacies, drug stores, etc. The weirdest one was mannequins. Who knew the Koreans had such a need for mannequins.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 02:07 PM (Riz8t)

231 I am so happy that Trump is President during the World Cup, it drives the mostly liberal soccer fans crazy and the Euro snobs are threatening to stay away GOOD stay home.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 22, 2025 01:28 PM (FCrpy)

Conservative soccer fans must be having a tough time meeting up, what with all the phone booths being taken out of service.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2025 02:08 PM (nK4uM)

232 Now I need it like Hunter needs crack.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 02:05 PM (gKWVE)

New logo:

Crack Barrel

with Hunter sitting in barrel smoking a pipe

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:08 PM (Zz0t1)

233
Works with prostitutes too ...
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:07 PM (iFTx/)

_________

And lawyers.

*studiously avoids further comparisons*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 02:09 PM (abjhs)

234 Is there a designation, a sub-class if you will, for boomers born between '55 and '64?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2025 02:04 PM (cYBz/)
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Sometimes "late boomers" or "Tail-end boomers".
Posted by: Axeman

1962. I can live with Boomer Tailgunner.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 02:09 PM (kdufY)

235
He was in NYC when Giuliani was mayor, so he *knew* it would work.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 22, 2025 01:33 PM (lFFaq)

One of my more amusing anecdotes is the 2001 Super Bowl. A buddy and I watched it at ESPN Zone in Times Square while we were on a work trip in NJ. After the game, NYPD walked in and dragged a guy out right in front of us, cuffed him and threw him into a cruiser, all while he was screaming GIULIANI TIME! GIULIANI TIME!

Posted by: The Kittehs at August 22, 2025 02:10 PM (y9nCu)

236 201 The Minions stuff is mostly at Universal itself. But yes, it's mostly for older kids and teens. Universal has rollercoasters that go fast for a reason. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer

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Yeah, our oldest are 9 & 8 (boys), doing WDW for the 5th time in October. And they are talking about doing Space Mountain for the 1st time (we did Guardians 2 years ago and they were both crying). No need for the fastest rides. And they're not into Harry Potter. At least not yet...

I don't know if anyone will be able to match the whole WDW experience. With all the different resorts and everything else. We really look at the resorts as part of the vacation (Art of Animation, All-Stars, doing Caribbean Beach this time...). I wouldn't mind Bob Iger vanishing to another dimension (with pain) along with Kaffeine Kennedy and the rest of the Marxist a-holes destroying Disney. But WDW is a lot for them to destroy. Though they certainly tried with all the gayness and trans-a-holes at Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique etc....

Posted by: bearski at August 22, 2025 02:10 PM (Bhsk7)

237 The Koreans are big on that sort of thing. We were in Jeju a decade or so ago, and they had streets consisting entirely of all kinds of things, pharmacies, drug stores, etc.

Whoops, that should have been pharmacies, dress shops, etc.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 22, 2025 02:10 PM (Riz8t)

238 "Literal" literally means that it has letters. Speech does not have letters. Letters are queues to the sound of the word we mean, which gets harder with homo phones.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:10 PM (krQz2)

239 Regarding Bolton. He's not dumb. If he believes his own BS, he'd have no documents.

Guess we'll find out if he's stupid

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 22, 2025 02:10 PM (JkCto)

240 By the way the Gen Z’ers I know also despise the judiciary. They believe they’re the Democrats Fifth Column who enabled the grotesque overreach and still do so today. That’s hard to materially and factually argue with.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:11 PM (RsLhh)

241 Possession of a dildo with intent to use in the first degree.

Possession of an assault dildo over 6 inches long.

Possession of a dildo in a dildo free zone.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 22, 2025 02:11 PM (17s+e)

242 I appreciate that Trump is doing this because he's not committed to DC necessarily (though he is); he's committed to the Nation. He's making DC presentable and safe for ALL of America and, for that matter, the world. The biggest crime is not that on the streets of DC but that all previous authorities were derelict in embracing the tarnishing of what should be our national beacon.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 22, 2025 01:57 PM (gLikB)

Bingo. There is no excuse for a country that can fly invisible planes to iran and push their shit in, or walk on the moon 50 years ago having a capitol city no safer than one in somalia.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2025 02:11 PM (snZF9)

243 Just think: Democrat-Communists everywhere are hope hope hoping for someone to get murdered in DC just to break Trump's days-without-a-murder streak.

Posted by: Divorce isn't just a river in Egypt at August 22, 2025 02:11 PM (qUkBO)

244 Works with prostitutes too ...
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:07 PM (iFTx/)

_________

And lawyers.

*studiously avoids further comparisons*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 02:09 PM (abjhs)
________

Lawyers are better paid, though

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)

245 New logo:

Crack Barrel

with Hunter sitting in barrel smoking a pipe

I've seen that exact logo on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 02:11 PM (P9pDS)

246 236 I don't know if anyone will be able to match the whole WDW experience. With all the different resorts and everything else. We really look at the resorts as part of the vacation (Art of Animation, All-Stars, doing Caribbean Beach this time...). I wouldn't mind Bob Iger vanishing to another dimension (with pain) along with Kaffeine Kennedy and the rest of the Marxist a-holes destroying Disney. But WDW is a lot for them to destroy. Though they certainly tried with all the gayness and trans-a-holes at Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique etc....
Posted by: bearski at August 22, 2025 02:10 PM (Bhsk7)

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I just don't like the Disney parks very much. Too small, too kiddie. If I'm going to spend too much money going to a park, I want child swap so I and my wife and alternate on who gets on Velocicoaster even if the kids won't even play with the idea of going on it.

And my wife is a massive Potterhead and is turning both of our children into them as well. That helps.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

247 ""Yes, people are just having a good time, it's a free country!" "Didn't know it was that free!" says the butler."

West Side Story, the song "America" line is "Everything's Free in Amereeca" ... That also is the wrong interpretation of "Free". It's not "Free Stuff", it is Liberty, freedom from tyranny. Not freedom from paying taxes or obeying laws, not freedom to run drugs and hookers.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 22, 2025 02:12 PM (vbXSk)

248 By the way the Gen Z’ers I know also despise the judiciary. They believe they’re the Democrats Fifth Column who enabled the grotesque overreach and still do so today. That’s hard to materially and factually argue with.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:11 PM (RsLhh)

First Daughter voted in her first election last year. We didn't tell her who to vote for, but reminded her she will graduate college in the next administration's term and you'll be looking for a job.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)

249 Possession of a dildo with intent to use in the first degree.

Possession of an assault dildo over 6 inches long.

Possession of a dildo in a dildo free zone.

Possession of a dildo with the thing that goes up.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 02:12 PM (P9pDS)

250 New logo:

Crack Barrel

with Hunter sitting in barrel smoking a pipe

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No yellow.

Posted by: Hunter B. at August 22, 2025 02:12 PM (krQz2)

251 194 I just find it hilarious that they couldn't find a few hundred square acres across all of Buena Vista to build something new. They'd let Magic Kingdom degrade to the point where their only option was to shut half of it down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer

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You must've just went. I read that several things only just shut down in July...

Posted by: bearski at August 22, 2025 02:12 PM (Bhsk7)

252
I've seen that exact logo on Twitter in the last 24 hours.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 02:11 PM (P9pDS)

Wife saw it on Facebook this morning.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:13 PM (Zz0t1)

253 "Criminal possession of a weapon"

There needs to be a Constitutional Amendment to prevent bullshit charges like this being tacked on to an indictment. A dildo is not a "weapon"; any more than a heavy backpack is a weapon before you smack a robber with it.
This is a ploy to force the defendant into a plea-bargain. Also allows the judge and prosecution to increase the sentence beyond what the offense merits.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 02:13 PM (gKWVE)

254 Terrorist wire service AP
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LOL. AoSHQ Style Guide material.

Posted by: scampydog at August 22, 2025 02:13 PM (2bFN5)

255 What other choice do they have, though? They need to upgrade to keep pace. And regardless, Disney will remain a big draw for families with little kids. Their attendance will suffer, but I doubt by much. The parks are for some reason huge money-makers, and the cruises too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:58 PM (iFTx/)

Coasting on legacy.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 22, 2025 02:13 PM (vm8sq)

256 >> First Daughter voted in her first election last year. We didn't tell her who to vote for, but reminded her she will graduate college in the next administration's term and you'll be looking for a job.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:12 PM (Zz0t1)

God Bless, hope the treatment is going well.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:13 PM (RsLhh)

257 By the way the Gen Z’ers I know also despise the judiciary. They believe they’re the Democrats Fifth Column who enabled the grotesque overreach and still do so today.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:11 PM (RsLhh)
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Sounds like somebody's raising them right.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:13 PM (krQz2)

258 Democrats don't give two shits about blacks or Jews. They only give lip service because of the voting patterns.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 02:14 PM (2fC87)

259 251 You must've just went. I read that several things only just shut down in July...
Posted by: bearski at August 22, 2025 02:12 PM (Bhsk7)

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I haven't been in a few years to Disney. I just keep up with the news because Google shoves it to me because I've searched enough for Orlando theme park topics over the years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:14 PM (GBKbO)

260 OT/ But some judge said Alligator Alcatraz has to be closed in 60 days ?
Posted by: It's me donna
+++
The local news media will be orgasmic when they report this tonight. Almost every night they lead off with another hit piece on Alligator Alley.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 22, 2025 02:14 PM (Lo97M)

261 [Whispering:] You don't need twenty dildos! [Shouting:] We have F-16s!

Posted by: JoKe Biden* at August 22, 2025 02:14 PM (qUkBO)

262 The dildo throwing hero is also an Ohio guy, IIRC. It will be hard for him to defend the case. The process is the punishment. Also, while all the other dildo throwers were black (to my knowledge), this guy was white. So of course they throw the book at him with phony charges.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

263
God Bless, hope the treatment is going well.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:13 PM (RsLhh)

Thank you. She's all done. Now, it's just checks every 3 months, then 6 months. Radiation oncologist said if she's cancer free in 2 years, she's cured.

The power of the Horde prayer should not be underestimated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)

264
Is Piper here?
I notice in the clips that Bondi has adopted wearing drapes very similar in style to those worn by President Meloni. At a glance the outfit looks like a long dress.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

She saw it in a window and just couldn't resist it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 22, 2025 02:15 PM (63Dwl)

265 Wow, Fed Judge in Florida just ruled Alligator Alcatraz has to be shut down and dismantled in 60 days...

Because the President, as a matter of Policy, did not consider other sites.

Flat out ruled on Policy, not the law itself.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 02:15 PM (mP0Kj)

266 If black lives matter, they'd better prove it. They get the black community to quit killing each other, then I might take you seriously. When black lives don't matter to blacks, why should I take the time to give a f*ck?

I'm a Gen X'er. My youth was spent mostly not giving much shit about skin color. It was mostly "can you help me/my team win?" Period.

Everything else was secondary. The left has RUINED everything we did.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:02 PM (Zz0t1)
============

If the skinsuit fits, you must submit.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 02:15 PM (rj6Yv)

267 I sthere a designation, a sub-class if you will, for boomers born between '55 and '64?

Posted by: Tonypete
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Sometimes "late boomers" or "Tail-end boomers".
Posted by: Axeman

Smarter set.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 22, 2025 02:15 PM (JkCto)

268 The courts used to at least provide the appearance they were impartial. This new crop of jurists doesn’t seem to give a shit. They wear their insidious rulings like a badge of honor. We really need to lower the bar for impeachment. It’s clear they nor their professional associations care about integrity.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:16 PM (RsLhh)

269 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)

God bless you both.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 02:16 PM (2fC87)

270 I just don't like the Disney parks very much. Too small, too kiddie. If I'm going to spend too much money going to a park, I want child swap so I and my wife and alternate on who gets on Velocicoaster even if the kids won't even play with the idea of going on it. And my wife is a massive Potterhead and is turning both of our children into them as well. That helps. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer

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I guess we got small kids. Including the parents... Disney does do rider swap though. And we're mega-splurging this time and doing MK with the new Lightning Premier Pass, where you can walk onto any ride (once) without having to book a Lightning / FastPass spot, etc. Friends did that a coupla months ago and said it was awesome. Albeit a mortgage payment... Looking forward to being Eric Cartman in Cartmanland. Before he had to let everyone back in of course...

Posted by: bearski at August 22, 2025 02:16 PM (Bhsk7)

271 Democrats don't give two shits about blacks or Jews. They only give lip service because of the voting patterns.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 02:14 PM (2fC87)
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If a Prog says X, you can almost guarantee that they don't believe that outside of cherry-picked cases where they believe that.

They couldn't manage even dour looks about Pally supporters telling Jewish students to run and hide in an attic.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:16 PM (krQz2)

272 I will admit, I watched her using a curling iron on her hair for the first time in over a year and it made me well up a bit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:16 PM (Zz0t1)

273 The dildo throwing hero is also an Ohio guy, IIRC. It will be hard for him to defend the case. The process is the punishment.

People in masks should pack the court and pelt Letitia James with dildos.

On the other hand, she'd probably enjoy that.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 02:16 PM (P9pDS)

274 Pretty, very pretty.

But can they build anything useful?

https://youtu.be/Wgr2Hzqphac

Posted by: Bob the Builder at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (wVcYX)

275 >> Thank you. She's all done. Now, it's just checks every 3 months, then 6 months. Radiation oncologist said if she's cancer free in 2 years, she's cured.

The power of the Horde prayer should not be underestimated.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)

Amen. God is great.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (RsLhh)

276
Possession of a dildo with intent to use in the first degree.

Possession of an assault dildo over 6 inches long.

Possession of a dildo in a dildo free zone.

Possession of a dildo with the thing that goes up.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2025 02:12 PM (P9pDS)

Possession of a dildo pop-up book.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (y9nCu)

277 265 Wow, Fed Judge in Florida just ruled Alligator Alcatraz has to be shut down and dismantled in 60 days...

Because the President, as a matter of Policy, did not consider other sites.

Flat out ruled on Policy, not the law itself.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 02:15 PM (mP0Kj)

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This is another example of judicial tyranny in service to some small pocket of stuff that won't materially affect the larger policy.

Even if this goes into effect (doubtful), ICE just houses the deportees due for removal somewhere else slightly less convenient, and the area will still see dozens, if not hundreds of deportations happening.

All while continuing to make the case to the American people as part of the overall white noise of politics that the judiciary is out of control.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (GBKbO)

278
God bless you both.
Posted by: ... at August 22, 2025 02:16 PM (2fC87)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (Zz0t1)

279 253 "Criminal possession of a weapon"

There needs to be a Constitutional Amendment to prevent bullshit charges like this being tacked on to an indictment. A dildo is not a "weapon"; any more than a heavy backpack is a weapon before you smack a robber with it.
This is a ploy to force the defendant into a plea-bargain. Also allows the judge and prosecution to increase the sentence beyond what the offense merits.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 22, 2025 02:13 PM (gKWVE)

Well.. wouldn't the Second Amendment then have to cover the Carrying of Dildoes?

Right to Keep and Bear SHORT Arms?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (mP0Kj)

280 Trump is proving that clean cops can stop crime. What i suspect is that people will keep voting Democrat, and will keep having dirty PDs, and instead of voting smarter, they'll just demand their state NG take over policing their cities, because everyone is retarded and totally unteachable.

It's really gonna suck for the Guardsmen. They didn't sign up to be hall monitors for corrupt Democrat mayors and police chiefs, but that's where they're headed.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (EYhlT)

281
But some judge said Alligator Alcatraz has to be closed in 60 days ?
Posted by: It's me donna

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Before then the order will be stayed then a higher court will tell Judgie to take a jump.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (abjhs)

282 Gen X put Trump back into the White House. Gen Z is looking for reality. They are going to be great. As an old boomer, but not a fascist Liberal, I am encouraged.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (ZmEVT)

283 But can they build anything useful?

https://youtu.be/Wgr2Hzqphac
Posted by: Bob the Builder at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (wVcYX)

AI kinda sucks at that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:18 PM (Zz0t1)

284 But some judge said Alligator Alcatraz has to be closed in 60 days ?

Posted by: It's me donna

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Probably only until this decision gets reversed by sane people.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:19 PM (krQz2)

285 Well.. wouldn't the Second Amendment then have to cover the Carrying of Dildoes?

Right to Keep and Bear SHORT Arms?
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (mP0Kj)

Glocks AND cocks.

Posted by: Healing power at August 22, 2025 02:19 PM (TbWk/)

286 Trump: “US is taking a 10% Stake in Intel”

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:19 PM (RsLhh)

287 Guardsmen? They have to love it. Nobody is going to do anything. Just stand around, looking cool, and collect the pay and hours/days to promotion.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:19 PM (ZmEVT)

288 But can they build anything useful?

https://youtu.be/Wgr2Hzqphac
Posted by: Bob the Builder at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (wVcYX)
_________

I got something they can ... erect

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 02:19 PM (iFTx/)

289 But some judge said Alligator Alcatraz has to be closed in 60 days ?

Posted by: It's me donna

Since when can the federal government not build a detention facility?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)

290 A guy with 21;prior arrests shoots a cop this AM, but throw a dildo on a WNBA court and you're headed for execution

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2025 02:19 PM (ZnPqv)

291 We just need common sense dildo control.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:20 PM (krQz2)

292 Just think: Democrat-Communists everywhere are hope hope hoping for someone to get murdered in DC just to break Trump's days-without-a-murder streak.
Posted by: Divorce isn't just a river in Egypt at August 22, 2025 02:11 PM (qUkBO)
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I notice none of them are volunteering to become that first victim.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 02:20 PM (7fElN)

293 What would the charges have been if they were BLACK ASSAULT dildos?

Those are dildos of war and should never be in civilian hands!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 22, 2025 02:20 PM (17s+e)

294 But can they build anything useful?

https://youtu.be/Wgr2Hzqphac
Posted by: Bob the Builder at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (wVcYX)

AI kinda sucks at that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:18 PM (Zz0t1)

Wait until AI connects to your 3d printer. "Intelligent", self-aware fabrication is on the horizon.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 02:20 PM (rj6Yv)

295
ow-ow-OW!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at August 22, 2025 02:21 PM (EFZgU)

296 Did you read the recent report of the peace deal made between Azerbajian and Armenia?

LOL. I am re-reading "The Clash of Civilizations" by Huntington. That was a point of conflict. Trump made a deal and the Iranians are fooked.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:21 PM (ZmEVT)

297 People didn't have their lives stolen by demons this week, and this makes the left sad.
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All we are saying...
Is give crime a chance!

Posted by: DC Dems at August 22, 2025 02:21 PM (krQz2)

298 NY is about to have their ass handed to them again next SCOTUS term on the 2A. Them and the rest of the communist states. Look like high probability to knock down their long gun bans, standard magazine bans and some other stuff.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:21 PM (RsLhh)

299 This is my dildo, this is my gun.

One is for throwin' and one is for fun...

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 22, 2025 02:22 PM (17s+e)

300 Interesting, in the last couple of days suddenly my MSDNC webpage is full of PRO Calif High Cost Rail program crap.

Someone is paying to push that again... my guess whoever is funding Newscum...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 02:22 PM (mP0Kj)

301 I remember an episode of South Park where it was determined that the digestive tract could run in either direction, and it became trendy to shove food up your ass and later crap it out of your mouth. Trump should come out against that next.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 22, 2025 02:22 PM (hlNLQ)

302 Thank you. She's all done. Now, it's just checks every 3 months, then 6 months. Radiation oncologist said if she's cancer free in 2 years, she's cured.

The power of the Horde prayer should not be underestimated.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)

Amen. God is great.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:17 PM (RsLhh)
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Amen. There truly is power in prayer in great numbers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 02:23 PM (7fElN)

303 Wife saw it on Facebook this morning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

There's four different ones on Facebook.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 02:23 PM (kdufY)

304 Someone should inflate some black balloons to look like a gigantic dildo and (using weights) throw it onto the WNBA court.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:23 PM (ZmEVT)

305 I hope Trump is serious about stopping violent crime.

Hopefully LEOs are confiscating every dildo found in people's possession.

Did you know that you can't even get a license to carry those?!

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:23 PM (krQz2)

306 286 Trump: “US is taking a 10% Stake in Intel”
Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:19 PM (RsLhh)

Rrrrrrgh not so sure I like this. I understand the national security implications of chip manufacturing at home but the notion of the government owning a stake in a private company makes me queasy.

Posted by: There have to be other ways to go about it at August 22, 2025 02:23 PM (TbWk/)

307 Wait until AI connects to your 3d printer. "Intelligent", self-aware fabrication is on the horizon.
Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 02:20 PM (rj6Yv)
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I've seen that movie/television show. It doesn't end well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2025 02:24 PM (7fElN)

308 We just need common sense dildo control.
Posted by: Axeman

No kidding, after seeing the "art" he supplied this morning.

Good luck catching him in France, though.

Posted by: Bulg at August 22, 2025 02:24 PM (77rzZ)

309 286 Trump: “US is taking a 10% Stake in Intel”
Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:19 PM (RsLhh)

Wow... OK... sorry... HORRIBLE idea.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2025 02:25 PM (mP0Kj)

310 High-capacity dildoes with chainsaw bayonets. And a thing that goes up.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 22, 2025 02:25 PM (WvZaB)

311 Is there a designation, a sub-class if you will, for boomers born between '55 and '64?
Posted by: Tonypete
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Stats on Boomers are as accurate as stats on Republican v Democrat.
They are weighted and biased. Liberal Boomers are a minority of that group.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 02:26 PM (nO7cW)

312 this my kinda' thread

Posted by: flyin' green dildo at August 22, 2025 02:26 PM (EFZgU)

313 10 day cooling off period before you can take possession of your dildo.

Can only buy 1 dildo every 30 days.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 22, 2025 02:26 PM (17s+e)

314 Wait until AI connects to your 3d printer. "Intelligent", self-aware fabrication is on the horizon.
Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 02:20 PM (rj6Yv)

Until it needs a new spool. My company tried full automation a couple of years ago. I suspect it'll never happen beings I have 8 $300,000 robots sitting in a corner depressed. Their million dollar "home" is a giant waste of space in our storage area. Lot's of money wasted on that stupid trend and it never even got close.

Posted by: Reforger at August 22, 2025 02:26 PM (pxUkb)

315 I watched the live-action How to Train Your Dragon last night. Like the live-action Little Mermaid, it's barely "live action" -- probably 50% of the movie is pure CGI (as in there's nothing physical on the screen) and the rest is real actors standing in front of green-screens. Only a few sets looked real.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 22, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

50% CGI!? That's nonsense. They should have hired some real dragons.
Posted by: Ann a

Or tricked out a live gator.
Staple some to it.
Strap a flame throwing to its jaw...

Posted by: Operator Error at August 22, 2025 02:26 PM (c4kCh)

316 I thought Trump's big announcement today would be they're moving the Nation's Capitol from Washington to Tel Aviv but it was only some meaningless World Cup drawer...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 22, 2025 02:26 PM (TGPs7)

317 LOL. When (a big IF) the machines become sentient...

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:26 PM (ZmEVT)

318 I'm so old, I remember "Officer Friendly".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 02:27 PM (0sNs1)

319 317 LOL. When (a big IF) the machines become sentient...
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:26 PM (ZmEVT)

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The machines will hallucinate nuclear weapons that aren't there and then hallucinate that they've killed us all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:27 PM (GBKbO)

320
There's four different ones on Facebook.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2025 02:23 PM (kdufY)

The last one..... gay.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 22, 2025 02:28 PM (Zz0t1)

321 I was born in 55. The youngest.

But yes, the older ones are liberal, and made a lot of money in real estate.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 22, 2025 02:28 PM (ZmEVT)

322 $100 says DoJ target Boston for cleanup next.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:00 PM

I really hope not. Clear out the red areas. Drive the criminals to the blue cities.

Maybe JD can help them when he is elected.

Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 02:29 PM (jc0TO)

323
Born in 56. Never liberal. Especially after four years in grad school.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2025 02:29 PM (abjhs)

324 Nood. Comey.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 22, 2025 02:30 PM (ExV1e)

325 High-capacity dildoes with the thing that goes up are the worst!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 22, 2025 02:30 PM (0sNs1)

326 309 286 Trump: “US is taking a 10% Stake in Intel”
Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:19 PM (RsLhh)

Wow... OK... sorry... HORRIBLE idea.
Posted by: Romeo13
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He should sell it as soon as they get management in order.
He's trying to prevent a disaster to a company that has 'good bones' and could be vital to our 'tech world' defense.
If it were not defense related he should let other companies pick it's pieces.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2025 02:30 PM (nO7cW)

327 322 $100 says DoJ target Boston for cleanup next.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 22, 2025 02:00 PM

I really hope not. Clear out the red areas. Drive the criminals to the blue cities.

Maybe JD can help them when he is elected.
Posted by: toby928 at August 22, 2025 02:29 PM (jc0TO)

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Posit:

Sending the National Guard into a blue city to clean up all criminal activity, including criminally negligent (in violation of the 2002 HAVA) maintenance of voter rolls.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 22, 2025 02:30 PM (GBKbO)

328 People didn't have their lives stolen by demons this week, and this makes the left sad.
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Probably because they're really hearing it about the dearth of sacrifices from their demon overlords.

Posted by: Axeman at August 22, 2025 02:30 PM (krQz2)

329 306 Rrrrrrgh not so sure I like this. I understand the national security implications of chip manufacturing at home but the notion of the government owning a stake in a private company makes me queasy.
Posted by: There have to be other ways to go about it at August 22, 2025 02:23 PM (TbWk/)

Seems like he's giving all the leftoids who scream "FASCIST!" some prime ammo, there...

Seems like an own goal he doesn't need.

Posted by: XTC at August 22, 2025 02:31 PM (UnA8+)

330 If you ask a girl to prom, and she says "yes I want to go but I'll be out of town that day,

The best date turn down excuse I ever got was "Friday evening is the night I wash my pet fishes".

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at August 22, 2025 02:35 PM (Da7Vv)

331 Letters from a Tennessee jail...

Posted by: Kilmore Abrego Gargia at August 22, 2025 02:36 PM (ycs3a)

332 It looks Keir Starmer's very own political prisoner, Lucy Connoly, will be meeting with a Trump envoy on Saturday, the Independent reports.

Posted by: mrp at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM (rj6Yv)

333 Rrrrrrgh not so sure I like this. I understand the national security implications of chip manufacturing at home but the notion of the government owning a stake in a private company makes me queasy.
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Have you heard about bank regulators?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 22, 2025 02:37 PM (Dv3i1)

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