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Islam's War Against Israel Must Be Flipped Around: Israel's Policy Should Now Be Unrelenting Offense
Wars are immensely complicated human endeavors, and the arrogance of assuming that one's enemy's plans are understandable and manageable is tremendously dangerous.
The ancient Greeks understood that rather well... Hubris --> Atis --> Nemesis --> Tisis That sad progression applies perfectly to Israel's military and political hierarchy with respect to Hamas and, to a lesser extent, Hezbollah. For a generation, Israel was willing to accept a certain level of terror attacks against its people, assuming that Hamas accepted that status quo because of the existential risks of all-out war. They also assumed that the the luxurious lives lived by the leaders (and their families) of Hamas in Qatar meant that they did not want to jeopardize that comfort for some unlikely success against Israel's modern military. Israel also assumed that the oceans of oil money pouring into western capitals and universities would have only limited influence on the support for Israel in America and Europe. In addition, Israel felt that their incredible technological advantages would protect them against internet-based attacks. And then Israel made tactical decisions that the border with Gaza could be defended with a small, lightly armed force plus automation and high-tech sensor systems. Their intelligence apparatus assumed that they would learn about and be able to defuse any large-scale attack. Israel's leadership was wrong on all counts, and the catastrophe of October 7, 2023 could have been much worse had the Arab and Muslim propensity for backstabbing, disloyalty, and craven self-interest not held true. Hezbollah did not join the attack until the next day, and they launched rockets but did not attack with troops. Iran did not launch missiles, the Houthis did not launch missiles or drones, and the only real and successful support for Hamas came from the entrenched terror-supporting organizations in the West, on college campuses and in the streets of blue cities. The profound failure on all Israeli fronts was mitigated by tremendous bravery among the few military personnel who were able to respond, the police, and the relatively few armed civilians who saw the reality on the ground that was still being denied by Israel's elites. But the damage to Israel's ethos of self defense was profound. But it also came with the realization that Israel's left was simply wrong about the concept of trading land for peace, and more importantly, they were absolutely wrong that there is any accommodation to be made with the 7th century savages whose holy texts command them to kill Jews; who see Jews as subhuman; who consider Israel to be an unconquered part of their Caliphate. And that sea change, if it survives, will be the basis for a new strategic imperative in Israel. Waiting and watching and attacking only when absolutely necessary may work for awhile, but eventually, one of Israel's many enemies will succeed. And accepting some sort of low-level of terrorist activity in the interests of some tortured geopolitical consideration was just shown to be arrant nonsense. The first step must be to hunt down every single one of those who perpetrated the October 7th Pogrom. Even if it takes 50 years and Israel kills a grandfather on his deathbed...that must be done. The second step must be a significant reevaluation of the decision making that leads to defensive strikes against its enemies. Israel waited too long against Iran. Israel waited too long against the Houthis. Israel waited too long against the Hamas leadership in Qatar. Israel may have waited too long to go into Gaza in force! How many hostages could have been saved had they not titrated and equivocated for two years? Islam must be put on notice that any attacks on Israel and Jews throughout the world will be met force. And any attacks being planned will be met with force as early as possible. And no level of terrorist activity will be tolerated. Yes...the world opprobrium will be savage, but how different would it be compared to today? Israel will be vilified no matter what it does, and if they are vilified before a monstrous attack such as October 7th (or worse) occurs, isn't that better than being vilified for its response?Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 12:01 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 12:03 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 12, 2025 12:08 PM (MpWMW)
Posted by: Elderly Git at October 12, 2025 12:09 PM (Sx6wJ)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 12, 2025 12:12 PM (NcvvS)
I'm not worried, I'm confident that it will go no way as planned.
From a spiritual standpoint, man cannot negotiate with the Devil, man can only be deceived. It is arrogant for anyone to think that they can outsmart God's Number One created being that Fell and brought a third of the heavenly host with him.
This will, as can only be expected in a Fallen World, to end in misery and death.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 12, 2025 12:12 PM (a4flb)
She's the so-called expert on Israel.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 12, 2025 12:13 PM (NpAcC)
Where, oh where have I heard that before?
George W. Bush's "high-tech border" was the Secure Border Initiative (SBI), a multi-year plan launched in 2005 that included the development of a "virtual fence" known as SBInet
. The program was later canceled in 2011 after being plagued by significant cost overruns, delays, and technical failures.
Secure Border Initiative (SBI)
Purpose: The SBI was intended to secure the northern and southern U.S. borders and curb illegal immigration through an integrated approach of personnel, technology, infrastructure, and rapid response.
The virtual fence was designed to use a combination of sensors, radar, and cameras to detect border incursions. This was intended to help Border Patrol agents identify and respond to threats in real-time...Program failure: SBInet was ultimately canceled by DHS in 2011. A GAO report identified critical technical issues, such as radar systems that struggled to distinguish between vegetation and people during high winds.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 12, 2025 12:13 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at October 12, 2025 12:15 PM (d9Cw3)
Posted by: buddhaha at October 12, 2025 12:17 PM (hYL69)
Posted by: redridinghood at October 12, 2025 12:17 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 12:03 PM (+qU29)
All the Palis have to do is stop wanting to kill the Jews.
We may as well ask them to live without food, water and air....
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 12, 2025 12:17 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Jay Jones at October 12, 2025 12:18 PM (Bo9Yf)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 12, 2025 12:20 PM (Bo9Yf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 12:21 PM (dhIRp)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 12, 2025 12:24 PM (lepZb)
And the intelligence agencies knew nothing about this gigantic plot? An immense fail, all around. Thought they were better than this.
Posted by: Wachen Sie Auf! at October 12, 2025 12:25 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Nazdar
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First things; clear Gaza and free Lebanon.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 12:25 PM (dhIRp)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 12:27 PM (dhIRp)
Doomed to failure, I'd wager, but he did get most of the parties (minus Iran) with a stake in cooling off to agree to cooling it.
It won't last and it won't be the Israelis who start the next round. It's... predictable. But it might provide pretext to what happens later should Hamas perform as expected.
For context; Putin nodded along with Trump in Alaska then promptly bombarded Ukraine. Trump then released weaponry previously held at bay to Z-man while publicly dissing Putin. He was/is pissed about that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2025 12:27 PM (Q4IgG)
I don't think it's very complicated. Drag cavemen into the 21st century with trade instead of bullets. Will it work is a much more complicated question.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 12:28 PM (viF8m)
BUT in the last few months they’ve finally gotten it right, although I still think they have moved much too slowly. Even pulling back to the “yellow line” they still retain effective military control over 53% of Gaza, including all borders. Israel finally has full control of everything entering or leaving. This is supremely significant concerning the ensuing peace deal - Hamas will not be allowed to significantly rearm.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 12:28 PM (mzEwx)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 12, 2025 12:29 PM (Om+DK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 12:30 PM (dhIRp)
17 I was unaware that gun control was pervasive in Israel. A tiny country surrounded by murderous mooslim filth should have every citizen armed. You can't live a Disneyland experience when people are out to cut your children's throats.
And the intelligence agencies knew nothing about this gigantic plot? An immense fail, all around. Thought they were better than this.
Posted by: Wachen Sie Auf! at October 12, 2025 12:25 PM (oftw2)
Even more than in the US, the leftist legal establishment in Israel has been terrified of allowing those they see as on the right to own firearms, even if slaughter by jihadis is the result. Too much of that warped European sensibility still there. (How dare we let the peasantry arm themselves?)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 12:31 PM (mzEwx)
'The virtual fence was designed to use a combination of sensors, radar, and cameras to detect border incursions. This was intended to help Border Patrol agents identify and respond to threats in real-time'
I have no doubt Israel's virtual system detected the hell out of the incursion but they needed to have a force in place that was fast enough to interdict the Gazans.
Or give the people along the Gaza border the ability to defend themselves.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 12, 2025 12:31 PM (fd80v)
then target the 2000 released.
they may need to maintain a ten mile perimeter, maybe stock it with feral hogs, like a desert moat.
Posted by: cmeat at October 12, 2025 12:32 PM (R11M+)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 12, 2025 12:32 PM (0N4FZ)
Israel has its own Deep State and it is as anti-Netanyahu as ours is anti-Trump.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2025 12:33 PM (mB8QX)
We may as well ask them to live without food, water and air....
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 12, 2025 12:17 PM (Sco7b)
I think your terms are acceptable.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 12, 2025 12:34 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2025 12:34 PM (g7feq)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 12, 2025 12:34 PM (2WIwB)
That should be the alternative.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 12:35 PM (dhIRp)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2025 12:35 PM (mB8QX)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2025 12:36 PM (mB8QX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 12:37 PM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton
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I'm not. They let their Jewish Left control the government, and, just like the Jewish Left in this country, they wanted to disarm the populace. They succeeded. 40 years ago, EBRs (Evil Black Rifle) were common, especially outside the big cities. Then the Israeli version of HCI got their way. "Permits" were required, and individual self protection wasn't a valid reason. On Oct 7, almost no civilians were armed, and we saw the result.
Oct 7 happened because the average Israeli beloved the bs: guns are bad, what do you need one of those things for, the government will take care of you, you're gonna shoot your eye out.
Hopefully, they've learned. Hopefully, we won't require that lesson, or worse.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 12, 2025 12:37 PM (hYL69)
All these meetings should have the football in the room.
Posted by: DaveA at October 12, 2025 12:38 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 12:38 PM (dhIRp)
Not bothered by either, though freeing Lebanon would be tougher than clearing Gaza. When Hamas breaks the deal, would the Israelis have the fortitude, finally and truly, to clear Gaza? Netanyahu still has his Deep State to deal with, and emptying Gaza would set his internal opposition off.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 12, 2025 12:38 PM (NcvvS)
But it must end. In fact, Israel needs a gun culture similar to America's!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at October 12, 2025 12:39 PM (sS4ps)
It won't last and it won't be the Israelis who start the next round. It's... predictable. But it might provide pretext to what happens later should Hamas perform as expected.”
I will argue that this plan is *designed* to fail, and that both Trump and Netanyahu are counting on that. It all depends on the hostages being freed, the first step which should happen over the next 2 days. Once that is accomplished, Israel has no need to keep invading, they instead have the option of sealing Gaza off completely along the current yellow line. Hamas is out of missiles, and no more can be imported. They are going to be preoccupied with killing all of their internal rivals for some time.
What is important is that Stage 2 of the plan is that. Hamas disarm. Of course they will not do this, they’ve already said they won’t. So what does this mean? It means that Israel finally gets their hostages back, the only leverage Hamas had over them, and that stages 2 - 20 of the plan are dead before they’re even tried. No rebuilding, no Arab peace force, just isolation.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 12:39 PM (mzEwx)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 12:28 PM (viF8m)
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Doesn't work. Israel in the 70s thought giving Arabs electricity and indoor plumbing would solve everything.
It's not about poverty. Never was.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 12:40 PM (yF8Zh)
Jsn-Handwritten Hamas memo exposes scripted nature of Oct. 7 rampage
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 12:41 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Cosda at October 12, 2025 12:42 PM (GPep9)
At a bar on Martin Luther King Jr. street. Conclusion jumping mode: enabled.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 12, 2025 12:42 PM (GH8kX)
Imagine getting paid millions of dollars to absolutely suck at your job.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 12:42 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 12:28 PM (mzEwx)
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Always the optimist. It's just a matter of time until you're proven wrong.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 12:42 PM (yF8Zh)
Agreed. Lebanon is not a real country anymore, just a loose collection of various ethnic and religious groups, each with their own regions and neighborhoods. And up til now, Hezbollah has been the strongest, and the rest don’t have the unity or the will to take them on.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 12:42 PM (mzEwx)
It's not about poverty. Never was.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 12:40 PM (yF8Zh)
Don't forget Bill Gates greenhouses.
Those didn't last long.....
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 12, 2025 12:43 PM (Sco7b)
'Imagine getting paid millions of dollars to absolutely suck at your job.'
I can do that for a fraction of what they're getting paid.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 12, 2025 12:43 PM (fd80v)
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(Jump to bottom of comments)ALH and Horde member, SPinRH, has penned a "Lighthearted (but lengthy) essay" he would like some opinions on.
The link is to A Literary Horde, but you don't have to be a member to read it. You'll find a pdf file on his post. Only ALH members can comment on the site, but if you want, send e-mails to the address to ALH on Ace's sidebar, and I'll post it there for him to read.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 09:01 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 09:01 AM (uQesX)
Slowly getting through Rick Atkinson's The British are Coming 1775-77, up to Battle of Brooklyn Hights Aug27 1776, a shellac by the British army and navy
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 09:03 AM (+qU29)
I read the Cold War version, the story takes place in 1962 Cuber. Romanov and Yuliette.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 09:04 AM (uQesX)
Lots to do today, prepping for the trip to TX this week.
This is my last hour or so of relaxation before I get busy.
Cannot wait to see many of you at the MoMe!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 12, 2025 09:04 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: PabloD at October 12, 2025 09:06 AM (mSUOn)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:07 AM (bXbFr)
They are . . .
. . . very much of their time, that time being the late Sixties and early Seventies. Very much like the stories in Ellison's original Dangerous Visions anthology -- i fact, I'm pretty sure one of the Spinrad stories from this collection was in DV.
Well-written, good ideas, and mostly free of ham-fistedness. Some still work as science fiction, others are best experienced as historical documents of the years they were written.
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 12, 2025 09:07 AM (78a2H)
I'm reading Josephus' The Jewish War. I started it some years ago and bailed, not sure why. I'm really enjoying it and it takes me back to my youth reading Tacitus and Livy while wargaming everything with West End's Imperivm Romanvm II (which I still own - desert island game, that).
Anyway, one takeaway is that the bit in "The Life of Brian" where the Jews talk about all the good things the Romans did is in fact true. They didn't barge in, either, but were invited by all the various factions within the area, both Jews and Jewish-adjacent (Samaritans, Idumeans). Herod the Great was a vicious gangster, terror to his family, and he had 9 wives and even more concubines, but he was a buddy of Augustus, but a huge and prosperous realm and kept the peace (albeit with a sharp sword). Upshot: nothing changes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:07 AM (ZOv7s)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 12, 2025 09:07 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Zoltan at October 12, 2025 09:08 AM (VOrDg)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:08 AM (ZOv7s)
Howdy, Horde.
Read Nabokov's The Eye, and probably wasn't being attentive enough because I finished it wondering what the bleep I'd just read. Will revisit some time.
Glory is next on the Nabokov list, but I think a Maigret or two before I open that one.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 09:08 AM (q3u5l)
Morning, Book People! This week I finished a Joe R. Lansdale "Hap & Leonard" novel, Devil Red. Turned out I had read it before but didn't realize until I was halfway through. I have another on my TBR pile, Bad Chili.
Currently working my way through No Middle Name, a Lee Child collection of stories about Jack Reacher, with glimpses of his past. So far the standout story has been "High Heat," in which Reacher, age 16 going on 17, visits New York in 1977 -- on the night of the blackout that July.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:09 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:07 AM (bXbFr)
Follett has written about a million books, and I haven't read a single one.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 12, 2025 09:09 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2025 09:09 AM (jgmnb)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 09:09 AM (eZ5tL)
I'm tired of nonfiction. Wears one out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:10 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2025 09:10 AM (4qMiv)
Shakespeare is overrated.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 09:11 AM (znREB)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:11 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 09:12 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:12 AM (bXbFr)
I've never read any of them. In my teen years, paperback editions of the MW novels (captioned "Agatha Christie, Writing As Mary Westmacott") all featured covers that made me think they were standard Gothic romance stories. Recently, though, I read an analysis of her other work, the plays and MW stories, and it made me curious about the latter.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:13 AM (omVj0)
As an early example of an "IP" character, Nick went through a dizzying array of changes as the 20th century passed. First he was a Sherlock Holmes clone, then he was a dime-novel thriller hero, then a two-fisted pulp hero, and finally a James Bond clone in some "men's adventure" novels in the Sixties.
I wonder if he's in the public domain? Might be time for a revival!
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 12, 2025 09:14 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:15 AM (bXbFr)
I'm posting from Wichita, where my daughter is running in a half-marathon. I won't be able to read the Book Thread until after I get home this evening. I hope everyone is enjoying his or her book.
Posted by: Weak Geek at October 12, 2025 09:15 AM (cm9Ry)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 09:16 AM (yTvNw)
First taste of Shakespeare was when I was around 12 -- there was a book club printing of Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare in the house that I'd never gotten around to. Macbeth was the one that really did it for me -- probably the witches and Banquo's ghost because I was already into horror movies.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 09:16 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Zoltan at October 12, 2025 09:16 AM (VOrDg)
Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2025 09:16 AM (wmiYU)
What about Zora Neale Hurston?
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 12, 2025 09:17 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:07 AM (bXbFr)
Follett has written about a million books, and I haven't read a single one.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 12, 2025
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Needle is worth your time. It's a classic example of how an author can make a villain a fascinating lead character. Die Nadel, the German spy in the story, is more than competent, and you find yourself almost wanting him to be successful against the Allies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:17 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:11 AM (bXbFr)
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One issue is that it's easy to mix them up because there were so many. Also, the family tree was a mess, and I'm not sure how it was kosher to marry your daughter to your brother.
This history is useful in filling the gap between Maccabees and the New Testament and understanding why Judea was in such a constant ferment. Passover was basically Riot Season, and what better way to observe it than a massacre in and around the City?
Interesting that Quintilius Varus (of Teutoburger Wald infamy) cut his teeth in the East, and one of his exploits was storming Jerusalem with two legions because his third was effectively under siege. The result was yet another Passover Massacre. Pentecost Massacres were also a thing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Comprehensible— —-Not comprehensible
Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2025 09:10 AM (4qMiv)
Speaking of money dick...
Last week's vintage thrift store find was Midnight Cowboy, by James Leo Herlihy.
This was truly just ok. Main character Joe Buck has a terrible childhood, stumbles through life with no direction, decides his good looks will make him a rich NYC hustler. He is just not smart enough to survive in NYC, frankly, but he does form a friendship with a native who scams him at first, then helps him navigate the streets. By gay hustling. Thing is, Joe Buck thought he could go to NYC and be Paolo for the ladies, but that didn't work out.
It was underwhelming, but now I know.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 12, 2025 09:17 AM (h7ZuX)
Shakespeare is overrated.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 09:11 AM (znREB)
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My high school did a great job of making Shakespeare accessible and fun, and if you were in one of the advanced classes, you got to take the trip to Stratford, Ontario and watch a play there. (This was when the border was more of a toll booth than anything else.)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:20 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Weak Geek at October 12, 2025 09:15 AM (cm9Ry)
Sounds right up my alley, so I reserved at the library after you mentioned it last week. I picked it up yesterday, look forward to reading it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 12, 2025 09:20 AM (h7ZuX)
Rasputin did have a hypnotic effect on people, and some believe that this ability gave him the power to calm the Tsar's son whenever he was sick. To the Tsarina, this seemed to be a cure, and she brought him close to the family. Of course, all of the noblewomen were also entranced with him, which gave him license to engage his sexual appetites. It seemed that everyone knew what the royals did not, that this man was undermining the dynasty.
Eventually, a group of noblemen decided to end the threat. They gave him poisoned cakes, potent enough for a horse, but it had no effect. They then shot him several times, tied him up, and threw him into a half frozen river where he finally drowned. He had threatened that the dynasty would not long outlive him, and history proved him right.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2025 09:20 AM (0U5gm)
Had a terrific Shakespeare teacher in high school. Really learned to appreciate the old bard, even if he does talk funny. And the movie, "Romeo and Juliet" came out about that time, so it was a nice reinforcement of classroom lessons.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 12, 2025 09:20 AM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:21 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:17 AM (omVj0)
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Another great Donald Sutherland role. The guy had range.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Buzzy Krumhunger at October 12, 2025 09:22 AM (sgN76)
Shakespeare is overrated.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 09:11 AM (znREB)
Wha... wha... wha??!!
How could you insult either Francis Bacon, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, or Christopher Marlowe like that?!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 09:23 AM (uQesX)
Gravitys rainbow seems to have pynchons rather verbose take at a catch 22 type war tale
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:23 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2025 09:24 AM (FqNtp)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 09:24 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:21 AM (omVj0)
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There's a famous scene with Dustin Hoffman hitting a car, that was apparently ad-libbed and my understanding is that this is the best part of the film. Zero interest in the subject matter.
A lot of 1970s movies were the result of Hollywood degenerates celebrating the collapse of the Hayes Code.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)
But John Barry did a nice score for the movie, and I always enjoy hearing Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'" YMMV.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 09:24 AM (q3u5l)
A summary of this should taught in every middle schooling America.
I note that very destructive leaders are not native to the country they led. Hitler, Stalin, and Obama are examples. Only the US system prevented further damage from Obama / Biden.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 12, 2025 09:25 AM (u82oZ)
I had to check the date when it was published, which was 1590, so not strictly of the 1591-1595 era, but-
The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
is actually pretty great.
I read it long ago and far away when I thought I would wade into great English poetry for while.
Well-worth reading if that appeals to you buuuut you must reset your brain as it's a leisurely read of Ye Olde School.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2025 09:26 AM (iJfKG)
Rainy day here so hope to get some reading done. All of a sudden, I have a wealth of reading material. Started J.D. Robb's new one Framed in Death and Ann Cleeves first Shetland mystery Raven Black. Wildly different styles but enjoying both. Also bought Ann Cleeland's newest Murder in all Patience.
Have some plane trips coming up so should be able to get through some backlog.🤠
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 12, 2025 09:26 AM (t/2Uw)
He was just writing plays, people! He was (and undoubtedly thought of himself as) the equivalent of a staff screenwriter for The Love Boat. Get the butts in seats, get the eyeballs, maybe get a nobleman willing to pay for a private performance. He did that job and he did it extremely well.
Yet for four hundred years now the poor guy's been shoehorned into every new critical fad, every new literary cult, every new ideology. Just watch (don't read) the plays!
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 12, 2025 09:26 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:11 AM (bXbFr)
I'm sure he did nothing to lose your head over it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 09:26 AM (uQesX)
I just finished the urban U.S. version, the story takes place in present day Baltimore. D'Romeo and the Jailbait Ho.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2025 09:27 AM (Y1sOo)
Highly recommended, but dry as dry can be. Read with a large cool drink handy.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 12, 2025 09:27 AM (n4GiU)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 12, 2025 09:29 AM (78a2H)
The comedies are tough, since his wordplay relies on words that have changed meaning since the 1590s-early 1600s. They work better when you watch them as plays or films. Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing movie was fun.
Whether he's "overrated" or not, he helped to codify the English language and move it from Middle English to Modern, and he coined a slew of words and phrases we still use today.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:29 AM (omVj0)
Been reading Joseph Sobran's Alias Shakespeare, which puts forth the Oxford claim. I'm not smart enough to follow the entire argument, but a superficial reading makes the case seem solid.
Sobran has two major props for his theory -
1. Many of the people, both at court and in the theater, who praise de Vere's poetry and prose, never mention Shakespeare, and no evidence exists to show that Oxford and Shakespeare so much as even knew each other.
2. The dating of the plays is completely wrong; de Vere died in 1604, and there is evidence to show that nearly every one of the plays was written before that date.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025 09:30 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 09:31 AM (tcsrY)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 12, 2025 09:25 AM (u82oZ)
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Meh, the line between German and Austrian is pretty weak, especially when you consider how new "Germany" was as a state. Remember that Bavaria still had its own army in WW I, and Hitler served in it rather than the Prussian-dominated portion.
This is yet another data point in how breaking up the Dual Monarchy was a world-historical mistake. Austria-Hungary was a necessary counterbalance to Prussian Germany. Without the resources of Hungary and Bohemia (both having long-standing ties which exist today), there is a strong pull to create a German super-state.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:31 AM (ZOv7s)
Not a lot of options for seeing plays in this neck of the woods, and not sure how many productions of Shakespeare are out there these days anyway. But there are the movies.
Weirdest one I can remember is one I caught on a late show when I was in high school: Joe Macbeth, which put the Macbeth story into a mob-land setting.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 09:31 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025
Wasn't the Great NYC blackout 1967?
Posted by: From about That Time at October 12, 2025 09:31 AM (n4GiU)
Shakespeare is overrated.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 09:11 AM (znREB)
Agree.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025 09:32 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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I couldn't finish it, which is maybe a sad illustration of a million deaths being a statistic. Same with Gulag Archipelago.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 12, 2025 09:32 AM (XvL8K)
From Wiki: "1605 novel by Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote, the full title being The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and the first modern novel. The novel has been labelled by many well-known authors as the "best novel of all time" and the "best and most central work in world literature". "
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 12, 2025 09:32 AM (Ai3df)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 09:33 AM (+qU29)
The idea of James Cagney starring in 1935's A Midsummer Night's Dream -- much as I love Cagney -- is hard to encompass. But I've never seen the flick, so I don't know if he makes it work.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:34 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 09:26 AM (uQesX)
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That was a different Herod, one of his descendants.
Herod the Great killed people in all manner of ways, including three of his sons (his primary heirs).
The most dangerous place in Judea was his family tree.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Still reading "The Oceans and the Stars", a terrific book. I don't want to race through it, even if I could.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 12, 2025 09:35 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:36 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 12, 2025 09:29 AM (78a2H)
Pynchon likes to use the long established "very high humor/very low humor, high culture/low culture" technique in his books, which I happen to like a lot. And, I used it in my own novel.
A horde favorite who uses that technique with a lighter and non-naughty touch is P G Wodehouse.
It's easiest to see in the interactions of Bertie and Jeeves.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2025 09:37 AM (iJfKG)
“I Told You So, You F**king Fools?”
Posted by: Buzzy Krumhunger at October 12, 2025 09:37 AM (sgN76)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:34 AM (omVj0)
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I'm a sucker for 1930s period pieces and love that version. Having the Woodvilles be Americans was a stroke of genius.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2025 09:37 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:37 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025
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Wasn't the Great NYC blackout 1967?
Posted by: From about That Time at October 12, 2025
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The first Great Blackout was in 1965, early November. The second was in July of 1977, while the first Chris Reeve Superman was filming there and while Son of Sam was still stalking victims.
Doris Day starred in a comedy about the first one, Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?. There is no comedy about the second one, just that Spike Lee drama Summer of Sam.
The first blackout was not noted for looting. The second was. I leave the reason why as an exercise for the student.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:38 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 12, 2025 09:38 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:40 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:34 AM (omVj0)
What is interesting is that the then contemporary view of Richard III was based on propaganda that the Tudors put out to try and legitimize their claim on the throne. Modern research has proven most of that story to be false.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2025 09:41 AM (0U5gm)
Also thumbed through "The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-earth" by John Garth. (Obligatory Tolkien reference.) Using parts of Tolkien's history and references from his letters, Garth presents where Tolkien got the idea for specific places in the Hobbit and LOTR. Of course, there is some speculation but less than I thought there would be. Pleasant reading for a confirmed Tolkien nerd. (Proudly raises my hand.)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 09:41 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 09:33 AM (+qU29)
He may have been the premiere playwright at the time, but, you know, times change. So does the language (which is his work's main defect).
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025 09:41 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Toad-0 at October 12, 2025 09:42 AM (3qfWj)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:07 AM (ZOv7s)
It's not quite a book, but I just started re-listening to The Great Courses lecture series on The Dead Sea Scroll. The current theory is that the scrolls were deposited stored away during the Jewish Revolt, to keep them safe during the fighting. Alas, the people who hid the scrolls likely perished in the revolt, and never came back to retrieve them...
Posted by: Castle Guy at October 12, 2025 09:42 AM (N5RnR)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 12, 2025 09:42 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:40 AM (bXbFr)
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Henry VIII's church now has a gal as the Archbishop of Canterbury who is also a strong supporter of sodomy. Great job, everyone!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:42 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 12, 2025 09:26 AM (78a2H)
Re: my joke reply to vmom about Billy being overrated.
So many people seem to have a personal stake in taking away his authorship and handing to someone of higher social standing. It's usually the bootlickers of middling status who can't get published that are the most vicious. Shakespeare was too low class, too stupid, too uneducated to have written these works. It must have been someone of the ruling class - that they desperately want to be part of.
No, William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him. Did he steal work? Probably. It's being done constantly today, why would anyone think it wasn't done then? It's just envy that would deny Shakespeare his due.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 09:42 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:43 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025
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It's amazing to me how Tey (a historian in her other life) made Daughter of Time comprehensible -- and fascinating -- as a then-modern investigation into Richard, all without having to employ a family tree in the book.
Speaking of which, if you are looking for low-key charm and solid characterization in your British mystery reading, Josephine Tey is the one. I'm especially fond of her last novel, The Singing Sands.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:43 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2025 09:43 AM (6jy2V)
Speaking of Thomas Pynchon...
He has a new novel just out titled,
"Shadow Ticket".
It sounds like he's wading deep into comedy this time.
BONUS! It's short for him at 300 pages.
Probably read it soonish.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2025 09:43 AM (iJfKG)
As an early example of an "IP" character, Nick went through a dizzying array of changes as the 20th century passed. First he was a Sherlock Holmes clone, then he was a dime-novel thriller hero, then a two-fisted pulp hero, and finally a James Bond clone in some "men's adventure" novels in the Sixties.
I wonder if he's in the public domain? Might be time for a revival!
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 12, 2025 09:14 AM (78a2H)
Didn't he join a boy band in the early 2000's? That seems like a very odd direction for a reboot...
Posted by: Castle Guy at October 12, 2025 09:43 AM (N5RnR)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 09:41 AM (yTvNw)
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Yet another example of Writing What You Know.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2025 09:44 AM (jgmnb)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
See Kenneth Branagh's "Henry V". Wonderful movie.
Posted by: Tuna at October 12, 2025 09:44 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
They also have allowed graffiti artists to decorate the interior of the cathedral. I would not be surprised if they also sponsor drag shows.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2025 09:45 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2025
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So we can look at Will's play as an alternative interpretation of the real history -- fiction, in other words.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:45 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Toad-0 at October 12, 2025 09:42 AM (3qfWj)
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Yoda is Welsh. All that is missing is an occasional "Look you" at the end of a sentence.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 12, 2025 09:46 AM (UseAb)
I can't recall any teacher in high school or college pointing out that Shakespeare's plays were popular entertainment in his day, the equivalent of the Saturday matinees at the multiplex.
I seem to remember Stephen King once saying that the scholarly thesis you'll never see is "The Story Values of Moby Dick."
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 09:46 AM (q3u5l)
In his time, Marlowe, Spenser and Kyd were considered better for tragedy, though Shakespeare was noted for being the best at comedy.
I happen to think The Man From Stratford was the author of the plays, but I do like the occasional reading about the authorship question. One of the best books, IMO, is John Michell's Who Wrote Shakespeare? He's an agnostic on the question and goes through most of the candidates one by one, knocking down the case for each. Reading between the lines, however, you can see Michell thinks the plays were a collaborative effort. Worth reading, IMO.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025 09:47 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2025 09:43 AM (6jy2V)
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My wife has read that and a bunch of Matthew Kelly books. She's reading Brant Pitre's latest offering.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Toad-0 at October 12, 2025 09:47 AM (3qfWj)
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 12, 2025 09:48 AM (UseAb)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 12, 2025 09:49 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2025 09:49 AM (ExV1e)
That's one of Sobran's arguments in favor o0f de Vere- that the common people in Shaksepare are almost always portrayed as bumpkins or unlettered or pretentious apers of the betters - exactly the view that a noble would have of the lower classes. Whereas, Sobran argues, the gentry in Shakespeare are always portrayed as rounded, fully understandable characters, just as someone who lived at court would see them.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025 09:49 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Toad-0 at October 12, 2025 09:42 AM (3qfWj)
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Yoda is Welsh. All that is missing is an occasional "Look you" at the end of a sentence.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)
I thought Canadian. I always expected an "eh" at the end of sentences.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025 09:50 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:50 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 09:41 AM (yTvNw)
Then you may be interested in the link in comment #2.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 09:50 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Toad-0 at October 12, 2025 09:47 AM (3qfWj)
What was their Brokeback Mountain review like?
Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2025 09:51 AM (JGF4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:45 AM (omVj0)
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Much of the value of Richard III is that he is such an over the top villain, and one could perhaps see some subversiveness in making him that way. "Sure, sure, the Tudor's are totally legit. Here's a play about it."
Ironically Henry VIII is also a superlative villain who everyone wants to play.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:51 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:51 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:52 AM (omVj0)
I didn't know who Matthew Kelly is, but I'm guessing he's RC since I found it at a Catholic Church with a note, "Please take" so I did. Not sure who. Brant Pitre . I'm guessing he's RC is Catholic as well?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2025 09:53 AM (m6Eem)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:53 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025 09:50 AM (g8Ew
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Yoda inverts his sentence structure, which is a feature of Welsh speech.
As for Canada, I don't think it even exists.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 12, 2025 09:54 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:54 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 12, 2025 09:55 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2025 09:53 AM (m6Eem)
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Yep, confirmed Papists, both.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)
Probably the best filmed adaptation of "MacBeth" was directed by creepy pervert Roman Polanski.
Who apparently was working out his trauma from having his wife, Sharon Tate, butchered by the Manson Family.
It's a Macbeth stewed in blood, violence, dark magic, ambition, betrayal, reckonings. Probably very close to how Ole Bill S. saw it himself.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2025 09:55 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:56 AM (bXbFr)
Wasn't there a modern dress version set in Miami, with warring gangs instead of families? DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the title roles?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:56 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:57 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2025 09:58 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:58 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 09:51 AM (bXbFr)
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Killing just about everyone in your inner circle is typically regarded as not a nice thing to do.
Declaring yourself the supreme religious authority in the kingdom takes that to the next level. One of history's greatest monsters.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Oh, it exists, it is sort of a open air prison where the government controls access to the outdoors and can take one's bank accounts if they don't like your opinions.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2025 09:58 AM (0U5gm)
I remember enjoying Julius Caesar, the one with Brando, when it came out. That needs a re-watch too.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 09:58 AM (q3u5l)
It became so that I would get the book and without even unwrapping it I would say "Oh, another Matthew Kelly book."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 12, 2025 09:59 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:59 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 10:00 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 12, 2025 10:00 AM (Ai3df)
NYC. Natalie Wood. "West-Side Story."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 12, 2025 10:00 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:56 AM (omVj0)
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"Romeo + Juliet" which is quite good. Fun use of guns ("Put up your sword!" causes the camera to zoom into the slide of a "Sword 9imm").
It was part of Luhrmann's "love trilogy," the others being "Strictly Ballroom" and "Moulin Rouge."
I liked his Gatsby take.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 10:00 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 12, 2025 10:01 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 10:01 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
AYFKM?!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 10:01 AM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025 09:49 AM (ufSfZ)
I find that argument not very convincing for the simple reason that Shakespeare as a successful writer knew his audience and wrote for them.
Did Ol' Giles Swinherd amble down from his job slopping the pigs in the mud to watch Shakespeare's plays? Probably not.
Did the Fifth Son of Duke Longbottom take in Shakespeare's confections? Yeah, probably so.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2025 10:02 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Sir Alexander Dane at October 12, 2025 10:02 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Olivia Hussey was 16 or 17 when filming her Juliet in the movie, which is pretty close.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2025 10:03 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 10:00 AM (ZOv7s)
Likewise. Stylish in the right places, affecting at the right moments.
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 12, 2025 10:03 AM (UseAb)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
AYFKM?!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 10:01 AM (tcsrY)
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Alas, no. They also do "silent discos" where everyone has headphones to hear the music and they have laser light displays and serve drinks in the sanctuary.
The Primate of Wales is a lesbian (but of course).
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 10:04 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025 10:04 AM (ufSfZ)
Thanks for the link in comment 2. I downloaded it and will read it after the book thread. Should be fun.
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 10:04 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
AYFKM?!
Posted by: vmom
There are pictures of it on X.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2025 10:04 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 12, 2025 10:05 AM (t/2Uw)
The Burton/Taylor movie AND the Moonlighting TV episode.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2025 10:05 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 10:06 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
(aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025 09:47 AM (ufSfZ)
The funny thing is, some doubters attribute the sonnets to him.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 10:06 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 12, 2025 10:05 AM (t/2Uw)
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When "High School Musical" came out I was able to tell my kids that I was in fact in a high school musical. Even had a speaking part. A very short speaking part.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 10:07 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025
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I saw that on late-night TV long ago. The actors all speak in thick Scots dialects -- closed-captioning would help. But the atmosphere and settings are all fantastically well done.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 10:07 AM (omVj0)
The Tempest is also fun.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 10:07 AM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 09:52
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I saw this version when it came out and remember liking it. Interesting photography -- one scene had Hamlet in a Blockbuster amid the blue glow of racks of video cassette boxes.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 12, 2025 10:08 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Sir Alexander Dane at October 12, 2025 10:02 AM (wVcYX)
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I was a pretty good elementary school actor. Our school decided to put on Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors," in which I was assigned the major role of the courtesan.
I knew my lines backwards. On the day of the play, I decided to play sick. Even then, I sensed this was not right.
I coulda been a contender.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 10:08 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 12, 2025 10:09 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2025 10:05 AM (wVcYX)
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I bought the first three seasons of Moonlighting in DVD and am inching my way through it. One of the smart moves by the writers was having dream/fantasy sequences where the leads hook up, which pleases the fans, but also preserves the romantic tension because it didn't really happen.
Then they had it actually happen and killed the show. But for a while, they were playing it perfectly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)
That's Zeffirelli again.
It's a tremendously fun movie with Burton and Taylor just gobbling up the scenery Plenty of laughs.
But, apparently too horribly sexist for Our Stupid Times to ever be seen again. Though you can still find it on blu-ray if you look.
I'm just waiting for Disney to make a roles-reversed version titled, "The Taming of the Cuck:".
Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2025 10:10 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Oh yeah - Kelly cranks out a book seemingly every other day. Alan Hunt is another - he's a reformed Methodist minister that converted to Catholicism. He spoke (and sold a metric shit ton of books) at our parish last week. Good guy.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2025 10:10 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025
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In HS I did the role of Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls -- fortunate for me, as Nathan has only one song, I think, and that can be talked-sung. I have no singing ability at all. Our show was a big hit, and the students demanded and got a reprise of the big scenes and tunes of the show like "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat" and "Luck, Be a Lady Tonight."
Trivia: Felix Hanemann, who played Nicely-Nicely Johnson with the "Rocking the Boat" song, went on to be the front man for the rock group Zebra.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 10:11 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Not for long.
Posted by: Premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan, etc. at October 12, 2025 10:12 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 12, 2025 10:13 AM (lFFaq)
Bullmoose was the best. I got to wear a white suit.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 12, 2025 10:14 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 10:14 AM (bXbFr)
I coulda been a contender.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 10:08 AM (yF8Zh)
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I played the kidnapped kid in The Ransom of Red Chief in 4th grade. I guess I did well and enjoyed being in plays, but shifted over to the band thing. I knew a lot of the theater kids, though, and in the spring of my senior year got a part in a Robin Hood-ish play cooked up by the theater director and her lesbian girlfriend in the English dept. It was called "Hood: A musical myth" but the cast called it "A musical mythstake." I was one of the goons/sheriff's men. I got a speaking part because I had the best attendance.
I could have been a contender.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Castle Guy at October 12, 2025 10:15 AM (N5RnR)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at October 12, 2025 10:16 AM (bXbFr)
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford did a talkie version in 1929. It bore the classic credit line "Written by William Shakespeare. Additional dialogue by Sam Taylor."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025 10:16 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 12, 2025 10:17 AM (t/2Uw)
Thanks for the link in comment 2. I downloaded it and will read it after the book thread. Should be fun.
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 10:04 AM (yTvNw)
Great. The author would appreciate some reactions to it. You can e-mail me with one if you do it.
(see Writer's Group on main page sidebar)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 10:18 AM (uQesX)
Thank you, Polli! I keep trying to up my editing game, still not there yet, but I'm glad you're enjoying them otherwise.
Posted by: jaglionpress at October 12, 2025 10:18 AM (zPHkj)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 10:19 AM (ZOv7s)
After that, try reading parts out loud. Falstaff's 'what is honor' speech, the first conversation between Henry V and Katherine, and Theseus' speech about imagination in Act V, scene 1 of Midsummer all become more alive that way. Forget the stereotypical 'tripping off the tongue', rapid pace. These are conversations between Shakespeare's characters and the audience and are more effective if heard that way.
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 10:21 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Schwarzenegger as Hamlet. Trailer announcer: "Something's rotten in Denmark. And Hamlet's taking out the trash."
Yeah. I'd pay to see that picture. Shakespeare would be spinning, but then again, maybe he'd have gotten a kick out of it.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 10:22 AM (q3u5l)
I thought, a couple of weeks ago, that I had basically finished my first draft. I'm not happy with a lot of it, but there's some solid stuff there and I know a second and third pass will clean it up significantly.
My problem is that Theda Bara comes off as a very unlikeable character in the book and - more importantly - is more of a puppet that I move here and there to keep the book flowing than an independent protagonist.
I had a long talk with my writing partner (she helps me figure out plotlines and motivations, but the writing is my own) and she helped me see that the problem was that I am no longer in love with Theda Bara. Rather than a 'mystery' that takes place in the silent era in Hollywood with a movie star at the center of it all, I'm writing a straight-up mystery which is dark and bleak. Yes, that is ME in a nutshell, but it's not my books.
So now I'm tearing things apart and trying to write a new opening chapter that bring back the Theda Bara and silent Hollywood I adore. It's very depressing and very frustrating.
No wonder I drink like a Kennedy.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025 10:24 AM (ufSfZ)
Two of the better teen comedies from the 90s(?)
"Clueless"
and
"10 Things I Hate About You"
were both based around Shakespeare comedies.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2025 10:25 AM (iJfKG)
Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025 10:25 AM (ufSfZ)
I recall that she was 15 when she played Juliet. It was a thing because of the brief (too brief) shot of her boobs.
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 10:26 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 10:19 AM (ZOv7s)
(Interior of an apartment. Shot of the entry door. SFX: Doorbell rings)
(A half-naked woman walks into frame)
Bimbo 1: Hurray! The pizza is here! Does anybody at this topless pillow fight have any money?
Yeah. I see what you mean.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 12, 2025 10:27 AM (Ai3df)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025 10:24 AM (ufSfZ)
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You mean like water under the bridge?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 10:27 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 10:27 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 12, 2025 10:29 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2025 09:27 AM (Y1sOo)
D'Romeo and Juliethot
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 12, 2025 10:30 AM (144I4)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 12, 2025 10:24 AM (ufSfZ)
You can do it. At least you have someone going through your manuscript in "real time." Having to wait a few weeks for a reader or editor to get back to you can stop your writing momentum.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 10:32 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2025 09:27 AM (Y1sOo)
D'Romeo and Juliethot
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 12, 2025 10:30 AM (144I4)
Better. You win.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2025 10:33 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Heh. Immediately conjures up a vision of Betty Hutton doing 'You Can't Get a Man With a Gun':
clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awIu4EjHS0I&t=57s
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 12, 2025 10:36 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2025 09:27 AM (Y1sOo)
D'Romeo and Juliethot
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 12, 2025 10:30 AM
This place...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2025 10:37 AM (f5B9a)
Yes, the Burton/Taylor Taming and Branagh Much Ado are fun films. The over the top approach in both, especially Much Ado, is so appropriate for a Shakespeare comedy.
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 10:39 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Our parish adult bible study classes have mostly been based on Brant Pitre's lectures. I like him.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 10:40 AM (tcsrY)
Posted by: JTB at October
I'm an old man living alone. If I start reading children's books out loud to myself my neighbors will have me put away.
Can say id blame them any.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 12, 2025 10:42 AM (n4GiU)
and
"10 Things I Hate About You"
were both based around Shakespeare comedies.
Posted by: naturalfake
Half right.
Clueless is based on Jane Austen's Emma
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 10:42 AM (tcsrY)
It’s slow-going, but that is not Michener’s fault.
Posted by: kallisto at October 12, 2025 10:43 AM (1wmqm)
I'm an old man living alone. If I start reading children's books out loud to myself my neighbors will have me put away.
Can say id blame them any.
Posted by: From about That Time
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Meh. Harmless eccentric...unless you start yelling at the clouds.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 12, 2025 10:43 AM (XeU6L)
Our parish adult bible study classes have mostly been based on Brant Pitre's lectures. I like him.
Me too! And John Bergsma
Posted by: kallisto at October 12, 2025 10:45 AM (1wmqm)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2025 10:46 AM (ZSxEd)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2025 10:47 AM (iJfKG)
I could have been a contender.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 12, 2025 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)
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See? 95% of success is just showing up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 12, 2025 10:49 AM (Q1uY4)
I haven't mentioned "Six Frigates" for a long time but glad you liked it. Ian Toll did a fantastic job of providing plenty of information with real narrative flair. I believe there were comparisons to Shelby Foote's Civil War trilogy and Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey series.
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 10:49 AM (yTvNw)
The Tempest is also fun.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 10:07 AM (tcsrY)
Had a cat named Caliban a long time ago.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025 10:50 AM (g8Ew8)
They use the "No Fear Shakespeare" books for the course material. They have the original text on one page and the common use wording next to it. It makes it much easier for the kids to understand the play. They also show a video of the play if ones available.
Posted by: Betaraybill at October 12, 2025 10:50 AM (4KVvr)
Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail’d
For our advantage on the bitter cross
– Henry IV, Part I
Posted by: Marcus T at October 12, 2025 10:50 AM (ZSxEd)
But the film I watched was not the famous original with Stanwyck and MacMurray. The year after that release, they tweaked the setting and other elements a bit, employed B and C level actors, and came up with a surprisingly good B movie take on the story.
Ann Savage played the Stanwyck part and Hugh Beaumont the male lead.
Apology for a Murder is the name.
I guess the public could not get enough if the Double Indemnity story, so Douglas Sirk obliged them with a knock off
Posted by: kallisto at October 12, 2025 10:51 AM (bFWLN)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 12, 2025 10:53 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 10:26 AM (yTvNw)
Yup. I perked right up with that scene.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025 10:55 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 12, 2025 10:57 AM (144I4)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 10:58 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025
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That could be why I didn't see it then. If that was in there, it was probably rated NC-17, and I was 15-16 at the time. I probably could have sneaked in. But I hated the idea of being busted, so I passed. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 10:58 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: kallisto at October 12, 2025 11:00 AM (7Posm)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2025 11:06 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2025 11:06 AM (PiwSw)
Damn hosers.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025 11:07 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 10:26 AM (yTvNw)
Yup. I perked right up with that scene.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025 10:55 AM (g8Ew
I saw that as a very young lad. I don't think my folks had the faintest notion that there would be boobs in a Shakespeare production. They weren't in the room at the time luckily so no embarrassment or remonstration were involved.
Posted by: OMG HE CAN'T SEE THAT!!! DIRTYPILLOWS! at October 12, 2025 11:09 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 10:58 AM (omVj0)
There was no NC17 rating when that movie was released (196
. Posted by: Nearing a golden age of movie boobage at October 12, 2025 11:11 AM (TbWk/)
Oh well. I'll put another finger of bourbon into my coffee cup and see what happens.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 12, 2025 11:13 AM (Ai3df)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 11:17 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 12, 2025 11:18 AM (NTdv6)
Posted by: Nearing a golden age of movie boobage at October 12, 2025
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There was something like it. I'd wanted to see Barbarella w/ Jane Fonda, for pure horniness in a young lad, and I'd just turned 15 . . . and the ratings system declared the JF flick to be only 16 or older admitted. Grrrr.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 11:19 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 11:19 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 11:17 AM (yTvNw)
As Joe Bob Biggs the Drive-In Movie Critic said, I'm against showing boobs in a movie, unless it is absolutely essential to the plot!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 12, 2025 11:21 AM (Ai3df)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 12, 2025 11:21 AM (NTdv6)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 11:19 AM (yTvNw)
Yes. Yes, I do. (every durn week the wife wants to leave early for work)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 11:21 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 11:22 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 12, 2025 11:22 AM (NTdv6)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 11:17 AM (yTvNw)
It would probably be worthwhile to look at who the director was, and the major producers, because those are the people who made the decision to put a 15 year old's tits on display.
You can be sure they were doing more than that behind the scenes.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2025 11:22 AM (c3jpK)
Also picked up a $10 hardcover of Dickens with 4 novels I own digitally but don't have in physical media. They also had a full set of Dickens in hardcover and illustration but it was $150 and I just couldn't justify spending that much. But I wanted to...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 12, 2025 11:24 AM (xcxpd)
You can be sure they were doing more than that behind the scenes.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2025 11:22 AM (c3jpK)
I thought she lied about her age?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 11:25 AM (uQesX)
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And Barbarella was released Oct. 10, 1968, so it should not have been covered by that 11/1/68 rating system. Maybe the local theatre decided on their own to run it as an R.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 11:25 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 11:25 AM (omVj0)
GMRX
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 11:26 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 11:27 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 10:26 AM (yTvNw)
We watched it in one of my classes in junior high. My female teacher was impressed with that scene.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 12, 2025 11:28 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 12, 2025 11:28 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: who knew at October 12, 2025 11:28 AM (+ViXu)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 11:28 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 11:25 AM (omVj0)
I haven't watched anything with Jane Fonda in it since her treasonous foray into North Vietnam.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025 11:29 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 11:17 AM (yTvNw)
As Joe Bob Biggs the Drive-In Movie Critic said, I'm against showing boobs in a movie, unless it is absolutely essential to the plot!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 12, 2025 11:21 AM (Ai3df)
Considering his boob count rating, I suspect that is tongue in cheek.
I miss nudity in movies. It's too damn rare and niche nowadays.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 12, 2025 11:29 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: JTB at October 12, 2025 11:30 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 12, 2025 11:28 AM (78a2H)
I just looked it up, apparently both stars filed a lawsuit in 2023, alleging "sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, and fraud."
My general rule is, if you have a movie or teevee show with children in it, someone is trying to f**k them on the set.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2025 11:30 AM (EfLg5)
If you don't know who Lostprophets were, or who the lead singer was, don't look them up.
There aren't too many more evil sex perverts than that guy. May he rot in hell.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2025 11:32 AM (EfLg5)
Posted by: Weasel at October 12, 2025 11:32 AM (yIYZe)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 11:28 AM (q3u5l)
oooh, neat. Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 12, 2025 11:33 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: who knew at October 12, 2025 11:34 AM (+ViXu)
I haven't watched anything with Jane Fonda in it since her treasonous foray into North Vietnam.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025
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Well, that happened later. In '68 she was still in her "sexy actress" phase, before graduating to "serious actress."
From what I understand, aside from eye candy, I haven't missed much not seeing Barbarella.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 11:34 AM (omVj0)
I miss nudity in movies. It's too damn rare and niche nowadays.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 12, 2025 11:29 AM (xcxpd)
It’s been a weird shift in the culture, one I never anticipated, almost neo-Victorian. The current younger generation appears to be horribly frightened of normal sexuality.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 11:35 AM (mzEwx)
Back from Mass and some emergency shopping and taking care of dogs, so I'm late to this thread.
I've been reading It Was a Long Time Ago and It Never Happened by David Satter, a fascinating study of how post-Soviet Russia has buried the Stalin years. A more detailed review next week.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2025 11:35 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: who knew at October 12, 2025 11:28 AM (+ViXu)
Yeah, I hate plot summaries, whether it's a movie or book.
"Bob is a happy young lad, growing up in East Cleveland. Then one day a magical fairy comes along, and transforms him to Glottenspickel, where he becomes the king after defeating the evil Lord Mockbub. He meets his princess bride, the lovely Cheryl, and they live happily ever after."
Ok then, now I don't need to read the book.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2025 11:36 AM (EfLg5)
From what I understand, aside from eye candy, I haven't missed much not seeing Barbarella.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 11:34 AM (omVj0)
To be honest, I've seen some of her more famous roles too. I don't get the acclaim. As an actress, she's wooden.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2025 11:38 AM (EfLg5)
Posted by: who knew at October 12, 2025 11:34 AM (+ViXu)”
Agreed - I find film versions of “12th night” tedious and dull, yet I’ve seen a stage production that was one of the best and funniest pieces of theater I’ve ever seen. It all comes down to the actors.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 11:40 AM (mzEwx)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 11:35 AM (mzEwx)
Well, for a generation that can't tell the difference between a boy and a girl, nudity could be a traumatic experience for them.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025 11:41 AM (g8Ew8)
As an actress, she's wooden.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2025 11:38 AM (EfLg5)
__________
The apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2025 11:42 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Elderly Git at October 12, 2025 11:42 AM (Sx6wJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 11:43 AM (omVj0)
The watch list for this month, though, is taken up with sf/horror movies -- it's Halloween season, after all. Justified Macbeth for last night's selection without too much trouble because, hey, witches and ghost.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 11:45 AM (q3u5l)
No, wait, that's left over pizza...
Posted by: Elderly Git at October 12, 2025 11:42 AM (Sx6wJ)
Take the pizza. It'll much more satisfying than Shakespeare.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 12, 2025 11:48 AM (g8Ew8)
I was playing with AI illustrating different scenes from The Baddies. This one came out pretty good.
https://is.gd/IUcxYc
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 12, 2025 11:50 AM (vKEG1)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 12, 2025 11:50 AM (fd80v)
Enjoy the TxMoMe, those of you attending.
Thanks for the thread, Weasel.
Have a good one, gang.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2025 11:50 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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A couple of titles?
The Intriguers and The Poisoners.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 12, 2025 11:51 AM (hYL69)
Take a look at comments 1 and 2. An author would like some feedback on a Tolkien base humor pieces. You have to be a member to comment, but if you have a reaction, just e-mail it to me and I'll post it on A Literary Horde.
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Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 11:52 AM (uQesX)
Maybe all versions do?
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 12, 2025 11:52 AM (8hxDK)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 11:55 AM (+qU29)
'And General Bullmoose in 'Lil Abner'.
Bullmoose was the best. I got to wear a white suit.'
What's good for General Bullmoose is good for the USA!.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 12, 2025 11:58 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 12:01 PM (+qU29)
'The best modern retelling of Hamlet is Strange Brew'
Who is Beermeister Smith in the Shakespeare version?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 12, 2025 12:03 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 12, 2025 12:05 PM (Om+DK)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 12:05 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: TG Sam at October 12, 2025 12:05 PM (OlCrI)
Dammit!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 12, 2025 12:05 PM (Om+DK)
Saw post #1, eh?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 12, 2025 12:05 PM (uQesX)
We have house guests from PA. They're up early, and make noise.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 12, 2025 12:12 PM (hYL69)
Posted by: Weak Geek at October 12, 2025 12:13 PM (Dm7wS)
For an, ah very unusual and to my taste very funny, adaptation of a Shakespeare play, try ewetube for the Flying Karamazov Brothers version of. The Comedy of Errors. For a few months back in the late 70s or early 80s The Karamazovs performed in a slapstick version of The Comedy of Errors (there was a musical version titled "The Boys From Syracuse" by Rogers and Hart in the 30s) with The Kamakazi Ground Crew for musical accompaniment and Avner the Eccentric doing incidental bits. IIRC, one of the performances was broadcast on PBS and recorded. For years the only way to watch the performance was bootlegs or a membership in the right PBS affiliate. There's now a good copy (the bootlegs were mostly bad) available on ewetube in two parts. Of course, it's all a matter of taste, but if you like the Karamazov's brand of comedy you'll probably like their version of Shakespeare.
Posted by: Pope John 20th at October 12, 2025 12:22 PM (yl1YV)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 12, 2025 12:27 PM (fd80v)
And for filmed versions... A few years back the Beeb filmed Shakespear's York/Lancaster series of historical plays with a mostly interesting cast (Judi Dench, Jeremy Irons, Tom Hiddleston, etc) under the collective title of "The Hollow Crown. The plays are "Richard II," "Henry IV (both parts)," "Henry V," "Henry VI (both parts)" and "Richard III." Despite some ahistorical "inclusive" casting choices, it's mostly very good. I don't think much of Benedict Cumberbatch's performance chewing the scenery as Glouster (Richard III), but then again that's how Shakespeare wrote the character so I suppose my complaint on that score is with him.
Posted by: Pope John 20th at October 12, 2025 12:37 PM (yl1YV)
Daily Tech News 12 October 2025
Top Story
- Amazon's Prime Day sales are mostly a lie, with prices averaging just 0.6% lower during the company's largest sale of the year. (MSN)
Some prices are lower, some say they are lower but are the same as the usual discount offered online, while others actually increase during Prime Day sales looking for people who are too busy to price-check.
There are some bargains but they are far and few between. I did find in the latest sale that it was cheaper to buy a Bosch cordless drill with battery and charger than the battery alone.*
* So I did.
Tech News
- Crimson Collective, the hacking group that recently claimed to have breached RedHat and stolen half a terabyte of customer data, now claims to have hacked Nintendo. (WCCFTech)
Such claims should not be believed without evidence, but they did in fact breach RedHat and steal half a terabyte of customer data.
- Beelink's GTR9 Pro is small, quiet, fast, and expensive. (Serve the Home)
This is another of those Strix Halo desktop models - 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, 40 RDNA 3.5 graphics cores, and 128GB of soldered RAM for $1999. It comes in an aluminium case very similar to though a little smaller than the Mac Studio.
Standout feature of this one is its dual 10Gb network ports, very useful given the limited expansion options.
You can play games on it - gaming performance is around the level of a laptop RTX 4070 - but the real use case is to configure it with 96GB of graphics RAM and run local LLMs for a fraction of the cost of a professional graphics card.
- If you bought into Bose SoundTouch home theater equipment, you bought a bunch of dumb speakers. (Ars Technica)
Bose has a new app. The new app doesn't work with these old products because fuck you that's why.
Rival Sonos tried to end support for older speakers and had to walk this back in the ensuring firestorm. Sonos also released a new app last year which was widely ridiculed and led to the company losing $30 million and the resignation of its CEO.
Bose seems to have slept through the entire thing.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: I didn't hear nuthin.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 04:00 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2025 04:01 AM (UTVh+)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 04:01 AM (aURVT)
372 https://youtu.be/dSQ40d8uoOI
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 03:51 AM (yF8Zh)
Why did I click that?
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 04:03 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 04:08 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2025 04:09 AM (UTVh+)
The thing that struck me is that it wasn't until he got out into eastern Hokkaido that I saw landscape that felt rural to me.
Australia is very empty, yes, but Japan felt very full.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 12, 2025 04:12 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 04:16 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 04:03 AM (aURVT)
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Either you were half asleep or you're a masochist.
Choose wisely.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 04:20 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 12, 2025 04:21 AM (pi4LE)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 12, 2025 04:22 AM (S8cdb)
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 12, 2025 04:23 AM (pi4LE)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 04:23 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 12, 2025 04:24 AM (pi4LE)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 04:24 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 12, 2025 04:25 AM (pi4LE)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 04:27 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 12, 2025 04:31 AM (Om+DK)
Posted by: Extra Large Clown Shoes at October 12, 2025 04:33 AM (guCHD)
Good morning, good people, from my small part of this glorious most exceptional country on the planet.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 12, 2025 04:34 AM (vFbHf)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 04:34 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 05:01 AM (aURVT)
https://www.smh.com.au
top story (in Editor's Picks):
Opinion
Trump diplomacy
Trump thinks his chaos can be recast as genius. He’s dreaming
Cory Alpert
Former White House staffer
sheesh
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 05:08 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: fluffy at October 12, 2025 05:12 AM (AN2gy)
Nintendo: Probably meeting right now to decide if they can sue their customer base because of the hack.
BOSE: They have an ESG page.
https://www.bose.com/esg
This explains much.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 12, 2025 05:17 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 12, 2025 05:18 AM (S8cdb)
I snagged a bunch of toys for the kids on actual mark down (Lego and the like; stuff that’s not normally marked down much at all).
Posted by: KSB at October 12, 2025 05:19 AM (h51qp)
https://www.bose.com/esg
This explains much.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 12, 2025 05:17 AM (O7YUW)
ESG = Environmental, Social, and Governance
For almost 60 years, Bose has been dedicated to developing products and technologies that deliver sound as it was meant to be heard. And we've also been committed to operating our business in a responsible, transparent way. Consistent with this, we continue to embed Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) efforts in our business strategies and across our entire value chain.
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 05:23 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Wait, What? at October 12, 2025 05:26 AM (xMjcM)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 12, 2025 05:27 AM (O7YUW)
Red Hat is one of the epicenters of “only Marxists should be allowed to use Linux, everyone else gets the Charlie Kirk treatment” so fuck ‘em.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 12, 2025 05:40 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 12, 2025 05:45 AM (AoKmU)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 12, 2025 05:27 AM (O7YUW)
They're really weaselly with their timelines:
For almost 60 years, Bose has been dedicated to developing products and technologies that deliver sound as it was meant to be heard.
And [for some unspecified period of time] we've also been committed to operating our business in a responsible, transparent way.
Consistent with this[?], we continue [from some unspecified point in time until, I don't know, this very moment?] to embed Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) efforts in our business strategies and across our entire value chain.
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 05:49 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 12, 2025 05:49 AM (AoKmU)
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 12, 2025 04:23 AM (pi4LE)
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It was supposed to start 72 and end 72 hours after Trump's announcement about a week ago. Now it's supposed to "start" tomorrow.
Just saw this news item:
Open Source Intel
@Osint613
1h
Three Qatari diplomats from the Gaza ceasefire negotiation team were killed and three injured in a car crash near Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 05:49 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 12, 2025 05:49 AM (AoKmU)
Always a good idea.
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 05:51 AM (aURVT)
DEI or ESG is corporate leprosy.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 12, 2025 05:52 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 05:52 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 05:53 AM (+qU29)
I'll give you tech!
But think of the potential consequences:
https://tinyurl.com/m9bhb75j
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 05:55 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 05:53 AM (+qU29)
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It's not a peace plan. It's a cease-fire and regroup plan.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 05:56 AM (yF8Zh)
The corporoSpeak is mind-numbing. It's as if they gave a first-year intern half an hour to type that up.
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 05:58 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 12, 2025 05:58 AM (7xrfc)
Nailed it. "Hudna".
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 12, 2025 05:59 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 12, 2025 06:00 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Just Wondering at October 12, 2025 06:02 AM (a6oa1)
The mind-numbing is intentional, trying to fool a potential or current investor into thinking that the company sounds solid and responsible, when the exact opposite is true.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 12, 2025 06:04 AM (O7YUW)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 12, 2025 06:05 AM (tljrc)
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have been streaming back to northern Gaza after Israeli troops partially withdrew. A major scale up in urgently needed aid is now expected to begin.
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 06:05 AM (aURVT)
https://tinyurl.com/3hxe77cy
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 06:07 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 12, 2025 06:08 AM (WvZaB)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 06:09 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 12, 2025 06:08 AM (WvZaB)
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That's something to think about.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 06:10 AM (yF8Zh)
I am having coffee waiting for the flood tide to arrive this afternoon.
The independent candidate for governor has dropped out. I suspect that’s because the CIA plant needs the votes.
Anyways, God is with us.
Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2025 06:11 AM (+sNap)
https://tinyurl.com/y2hyt3nn
Where are all the rabid Elon Musk Nazi salute condemning lefties?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 06:13 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 06:15 AM (yF8Zh)
I'm awake after an odd dream (aren't they all?). I was working in a big office, but for some reason the bosses were gone, so we goofed off all day long. Somebody suggested taking the lids of copy paper boxes, greasing them with butter or margarine, and "sledding" up and down the carpeted halls. Oddly, we stayed all day until five p.m. Then, when I left, it was raining and I'd forgotten my hat, while a coworker I'd encouraged to buy a fedora had remembered his.
So, whassup?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)
We'll also see Donald Trump arrive in Israel tomorrow, where the US president plans to address Israel's parliament
He will then travel to Egypt with dozens of other world leaders - including France's Emmanuel Macron and the UK's Keir Starmer - to convene a summit on peace in the Middle East
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 06:21 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 12, 2025 06:23 AM (kHop/)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 12, 2025 06:24 AM (kHop/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 06:24 AM (omVj0)
How long did it take for the furry thugs to forgive you for being gone on your trip?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 12, 2025 06:26 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 12, 2025 06:27 AM (kHop/)
https://tinyurl.com/5dmwvsrb
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2025 06:27 AM (PFs9e)
Oh no. I hope they're taking security very seriously...
Pray for Trump's protection, people.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 12, 2025 06:28 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2025 06:30 AM (PFs9e)
I called, then posted a service request with pics on the 311 website. Since tomorrow is a holiday, and this whole place is a pesthole, we probably won't see the tree removed for some days. With some work gloves on, I'll try moving the big branches in the street to the curb at least, so we can drive through.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 06:31 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2025 06:31 AM (PFs9e)
How long did it take for the furry thugs to forgive you for being gone on your trip?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 12, 2025
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About thirty microseconds! When I walked in, both trotted up for petting, no doubt hoping to seduce me into feeding them three hours early. (I compromised and made it an hour early.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 06:33 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 06:36 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 06:39 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2025 06:44 AM (jgmnb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2025 06:49 AM (GVUrx)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 06:50 AM (+qU29)
Donald Trump and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to chair Gaza peace summit on Monday
Meeting will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh and include leaders of the UK, Italy, Spain and France
- The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said he would attend, as will
- Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer,
- his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, and
- Pedro Sánchez of Spain.
- The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has also confirmed his attendance.
There was no immediate word about whether Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu would be in Sharm el-Sheikh. Hamas has said it will not take part.
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 06:54 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 06:56 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 06:54 AM (aURVT)
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Munich would be more appropriate.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2025 06:58 AM (ivEDQ)
>>Australia is very empty, yes, but Japan felt very full.
Japan is the size of Montana and has to cram 125m people somewhere. It's pretty dense.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2025 07:00 AM (Zs3nx)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:02 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2025 07:04 AM (Zs3nx)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 06:21 AM (aURVT)
Rumor has it that his remarks will begin, "In the name of world peace, I sincerely hope that some of my fellow leaders here - President Macron and Prime Minister Starmer - can learn to keep their prejudices in check and their fucking mouths shut."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2025 07:06 AM (ExV1e)
I see that she promises a "New Direction" for NO by pursuing standard Democrat policies.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2025 07:08 AM (ExV1e)
It is also more mountainous than Montana, giving it less habitable terrain.
Posted by: fluffy at October 12, 2025 07:08 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Wait, What? at October 12, 2025 07:10 AM (I/Icm)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 07:14 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 07:15 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 07:14 AM (+qU29)
https://tinyurl.com/2stzf36t+
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2025 07:17 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: GWB at October 12, 2025 07:18 AM (nSIj0)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 07:21 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 12, 2025 05:49 AM (AoKmU)
Remember, if you are caught sharing they will throw you through a window. NO SHARING.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2025 07:21 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 07:15 AM (+qU29)
My fault.
Posted by: Gov Edmund J. Davis at October 12, 2025 07:22 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 07:14 AM (+qU29)
https://tinyurl.com/2stzf36t+
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2025 07:17 AM (ExV1e)
haha!
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:23 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2025 07:23 AM (oERdd)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2025 07:23 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2025 07:25 AM (oERdd)
https://archive.is/kmFIf
Hamas reportedly says it could free 20 living hostages later today, accelerating timetable
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:26 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Accomack at October 12, 2025 07:25 AM (oERdd)
Yet Moscow is 2 hours ahead of London.
Posted by: Gov Edmund J. Davis at October 12, 2025 07:27 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2025 07:28 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2025 07:29 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:29 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2025 07:29 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:31 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 12, 2025 07:31 AM (kHop/)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 12, 2025 07:33 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 07:34 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:34 AM (dhIRp)
https://archive.is/kmFIf
Israel ready for hostages’ immediate release, Netanyahu says as reports indicate they could be freed today
By NAVA FREIBERG
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says “Israel is ready and prepared for the immediate reception of all our hostages,” according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, as reports indicate that the release of hostages from Gaza could take place as early as this evening.
Meanwhile, an Israeli official tells the Kan public broadcaster that the army thinks the hostages will be back in Israel by the time US President Donald Trump lands in Israel on Monday at 9:20 a.m.
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:34 AM (aURVT)
muted "yay" as the world keeps right on turning.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 12, 2025 07:34 AM (kHop/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:36 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2025 07:36 AM (QGLzn)
We Got The Beat is up there, too.
Soundtrack of my MTV childhood.
Belinda Carlisle is a little cutie.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 07:37 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:31 AM (aURVT)
Here is the response from AI...
"The provided context does not contain information about the size of Australia or a direct comparison between Texas and Australia. Therefore, it is not possible to determine how many times Texas could fit inside Australia based on the given information."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:37 AM (dhIRp)
"Australia is significantly larger than Texas, with the area of Australia being approximately 7,741,220 square kilometers, while Texas covers about 678,052 square kilometers. This means that Texas is only about 8.76% the size of Australia. Consequently, Australia can fit almost thirty Texases within its borders. More precisely, Texas can fit into Australia roughly 11 times, as Australia is roughly eleven times the size of Texas.
This vast difference in land area is further emphasized by the fact that several Australian states and territories, including Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and South Australia, are each larger than Texas"
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2025 07:38 AM (ExV1e)
His mid-East deals are not making me happy, happy, happy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:39 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 12, 2025 07:41 AM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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That might work. Piss the Qataris off that the ask the Jews what they need to finish of the Gazans.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:42 AM (dhIRp)
I know people think of Annie Hall but I will remember her most as Kate in The Godfather and, oddly enough, Baby Boom which was one of those great little 80s comedies.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 07:42 AM (6ydKt)
'"He will then travel to Egypt with dozens of other world leaders - including France's Emmanuel Macron and the UK's Keir Starmer - to convene a summit on peace in the Middle East"
Oh no. I hope they're taking security very seriously...
Pray for Trump's protection, people.'
I pray Trump is protected from any of Starmer's or Macron's ideas.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 12, 2025 07:45 AM (fd80v)
I know people think of Annie Hall but I will remember her most as Kate in The Godfather and, oddly enough, Baby Boom which was one of those great little 80s comedies.
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I was really sad to hear the news last night of her passing. I've always greatly liked her movies. AFAIK, if she was a leftist, she wasn't outspoken. I loved her in Annie Hall, Play it Again Sam, The Godfather, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, etc. She just had one of those personalities I liked and I'm sorry she's gone.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2025 07:45 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2025 07:48 AM (Zs3nx)
"The provided context does not contain information about the size of Australia or a direct comparison between Texas and Australia. Therefore, it is not possible to determine how many times Texas could fit inside Australia based on the given information."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)
Translation:
“I don’t have time for your silly, illogical, questions, human. Thanks for playing.”
Brave AI answered:
Australia is significantly larger than Texas, and approximately eleven Texases can fit within its borders. The land area of Australia is about 7,741,220 square kilometers (2,967,904 square miles), while Texas covers approximately 678,052 square kilometers (268,596 square miles). Dividing Australia's area by Texas's area yields roughly 11.05, meaning Australia is more than ten times larger than Texas. This comparison highlights that while Texas is the second-largest state in the United States, it is dwarfed by the vast landmass of Australia, which is the planet's sixth-largest country.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 07:48 AM (6ydKt)
I have one of those Bose "Sound Touch" systems. Got it because the TV speakers sucked. It was always hooked up to our cable box and we had to use 3 different remotes to get anything to work right.
Still have it, simplified our TV watching by going full streaming, and only need one remote now.
The sound is pretty good. Don't see a reason to get rid of it as I can listen to streamed music via Roku or play my tunes off a thumb drive attached to the TV.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2025 07:49 AM (Q4IgG)
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cder1pg17yrt
Times of Israel Live on the hostages:
https://archive.is/kmFIf
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:49 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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Pray for his safety. If Meloni is there she will take care of Macron.
Macron watch out for the canolies.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:49 AM (dhIRp)
but used with due caution what a hella drill!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 12, 2025 07:51 AM (kHop/)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2025 07:53 AM (Zs3nx)
But I did like Diane Keaton.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2025 07:48 AM (Zs3nx)
Agreed!
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:53 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Jim at October 12, 2025 07:54 AM (l6eKM)
@41 Biden's Dog, years ago Dennis Miller had a line "in the Middle East what we call a ceasefire, they call stopping to reload"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 12, 2025 07:54 AM (pwtJC)
But I did like Diane Keaton.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2025 07:48 AM (Zs3nx)
I feel the same way about Keanu Reeves.
He plays Keanu Reeves.
But it’s still a good time in most of his movies.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 07:54 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:54 AM (dhIRp)
But I did like Diane Keaton.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2025 07:48 AM (Zs3nx)
Agreed!
Posted by: m
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Sweet and lovely - good enough for me.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:55 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: From about That Time at October 12, 2025 07:56 AM (n4GiU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:57 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2025 07:58 AM (Zs3nx)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:57 AM (dhIRp)
Australia is where Pixy lives.
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:58 AM (aURVT)
Who knows if it was actually on sale,
Also bought a USB 3.2 Gen 2 10TB passively cooled external hard drive, also supposedly on sale. But it’s a lot faster with a lot more space than any other HDD I’ve got.i have a few Samsung external SSDs that are faster but an 8TB version would cost as much as a decent laptop.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:00 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:57 AM (dhIRp)
Australia is where Pixy lives.
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:58 AM (aURVT)
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Maybe he's really Pi Xi.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 08:01 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 07:57 AM (dhIRp)
Australia is where Pixy lives.
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:58 AM (aURVT)
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Maybe he's really Pi Xi.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 08:01 AM (yF8Zh)
hahahahaha
or Py Xi
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 08:01 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 12, 2025 07:45 AM (qBdHI)
She did an awesome Brando impression in Sleeper.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2025 08:01 AM (PiwSw)
Legacy Media NEGATIVE Coverage:
Letitia James: 5%
Kilmar Abrego Garcia: 5%
RFK Jr: 96%
JD Vance: 90%
Elon Musk: 96%
Kash Patel: 96%
Kristi Noem: 89%
Pete Hegseth: 100%
Tulsi Gabbard: 100%
President Trump: 95%
So telling…
Legacy Media is the enemy of the people.
Oct 11, 2025 · 5:39 PM UTC
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 08:02 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2025 08:02 AM (Zs3nx)
Posted by: fd at October 12, 2025 08:02 AM (vFG9F)
Australia is where Pixy lives.
Posted by: m at October
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Hope he's keeping an eye on the Chinese and his passport up to date and some off shore money.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 08:03 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2025 08:04 AM (JKkdu)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 07:58 AM (aURVT)
... or so he says.
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 08:05 AM (aURVT)
The joke at the time was "Funny, they don't look like virgins to me."
Yeah, I'm older than dirt.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:06 AM (qpyNK)
Something to do with a bad sound profile, and high cost when there are better options for less money.
I’m not that much of a perfectionist when it comes to audio. Even if the speakers are kinda sucky, I can usually get it to sound decent enough for my tastes as long as I can use an equalizer with more than three bands to adjust.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:06 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 08:08 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 12, 2025 08:10 AM (tcsrY)
He plays Keanu Reeves.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 07:54 AM (6ydKt)
Has Jack Nicholson ever not played the Jack Nicholson character?
If he has, I don't recall it.
Likewise Meryl Streep. For some reason she has a reputation as a Great Actress despite playing the same damned whiny blonde white girl in every movie.
Compare her to someone with an actual range, for example Cloris Leachman or Billy Bob Thornton.
By the way, Thornton is outstanding in the current series "Landman", in which he plays a character who has absolutely no overlap with Carl Childers in Slingblade, with the trivial exception that both are of the hillbilly persuasion. You wouldn't even know it was the same guy. Seriously.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:12 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2025 08:02 AM (Zs3nx)
Joaquin Phoenix can do some acting when he gets the right role. I’m not a big fan but he does take risks.
Leonardo DiCaprio always has that Leonardo pseudo-charm going on, but he also can act in the right situations. For instance; overall I didn’t really like the movie but he was great in Django Unchained, I also enjoyed his performance in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:15 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 12, 2025 08:02 AM (Zs3nx)
Louise Fletcher
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 08:16 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:15 AM (6ydKt)
He was outstanding in the Johnny Cash biopic.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:17 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 12, 2025 08:01 AM (PiwSw)
I always thought that was the funniest scene in that movie, because it comes totally out of left field. Feels like something she’d come up with for her friends at parties, so Allen put it in the movie.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 08:19 AM (mzEwx)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:12 AM (qpyNK)
I’ve heard that was a good show.
I don’t have Paramount Plus or I’d have checked it out by now. It’s one of those Red State shows they started doing after Yellowstone came out and Hollywood finally figured out that they could still make money off of the half of the country they hate.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:21 AM (6ydKt)
Phyllis on the Mary Tyler Moore show. The cougar in The Last Picture Show. Frau Blucher (whinny!).
Dozens of others.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:21 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Nova Local at October 12, 2025 08:22 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 12, 2025 08:22 AM (hoCmQ)
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I see that she promises a "New Direction" for NO by pursuing standard Democrat policies.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2025
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Oh, I know. And I don't plan to be here to see how the house of cards collapses. But one of her promises, which I hadn't heard before from a Dem politician, is that she will give us smoother streets. Interesting to hear; I hope it's at least partly true.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 08:24 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:17 AM (qpyNK)
I liked it.
Although who would have ever thought Joaquin Phoenix could play Cash. He pulled it off though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:25 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Nova Local
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And they said Gaetz was radical getting rid of McCarthy.
He deserves a medal.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 08:25 AM (dhIRp)
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Phyllis on the Mary Tyler Moore show. The cougar in The Last Picture Show. Frau Blucher (whinny!).
Dozens of others.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025
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The mom in the first iteration of Lassie, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 08:26 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 12, 2025 08:22 AM (hoCmQ)
I saw that you were having some health issues on the Prayer thread yesterday.
I hope whatever it is has gotten better for you.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:27 AM (6ydKt)
https://is.gd/tsQIdG
@DobsonianPower
There are now 17 comets while 3I/ATLAS makes it's passage in the Solar System. Above average. Interestingly they seem to concentrate and then get more distant when 3I/ATLAS goes away. Simulation goes until June 2026. I wonder if there's any connection with these and 3I/ATLAS "visit"
[video]
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2025 08:29 AM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 08:24 AM (omVj0)
You’re right about one thing for sure.
She’s easier on the eyes than the current mayor.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:30 AM (6ydKt)
I don’t have Paramount Plus or I’d have checked it out by now. It’s one of those Red State shows they started doing after Yellowstone came out and Hollywood finally figured out that they could still make money off of the half of the country they hate.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:21 AM (6ydKt)
It is excellent. There's even a bit where Billy Bob's character tears strips off a young "environmentalist" lawyer character (who has other unappetizing behaviors as well) over what a scam solar and wind are.
In "Tulsa King", also on Paramount+, Sylvester Stallone does some of the best acting of his career as a decidedly non-woke Mob boss who gets exiled to Tulsa after spending a few decades in the can.
It's no coincidence that "Yellowstone", "Landman", and "Tulsa King" are all Taylor Sheridan shows. He also does "Special Ops: Lioness" and "Mayor of Kingtown" for Paramount+. The Lioness show is good. I won't watch the Mayor show because it stars Hollywood woketard Jeremy Renner.
I honestly don't know when Sheridan sleeps.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:30 AM (qpyNK)
He deserves a medal.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 08:25 AM (dhIRp)
But he didn't have a plaaaaaan!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 12, 2025 08:31 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 08:33 AM (aURVT)
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Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 12, 2025 08:29 AM (ULPxl)
It’s a weird comet.
It turned green several weeks back which threw the scientists for a loop trying to figure out what it’s made of to do that.
Apparently a lot of carbon dioxide, if I understood the astronomer on YouTube correctly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:33 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Thank you. Had stent placed in iliac artery Friday and recovering fine. Monday have MRI to look closer at some nodules on adrenals. If I pass that test OK should be good for few thousand more miles.
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 12, 2025 08:33 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Jack Benny at October 12, 2025 08:34 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Jack Benny at October 12, 2025 08:34 AM (oftw2)
"Walt Disney has the best job. If he has trouble with an actor, he just tears him up." -- Alfred Hitchcock.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:35 AM (qpyNK)
We've just had an update from US Vice-President JD Vance, who tells NBC News that the hostages will be released from Gaza "any moment now".
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 08:36 AM (aURVT)
@DHSgov
@GavinNewsom has blood on his hands. This serial criminal illegal alien killed 6 innocent people, while driving drunk—AFTER California authorities ignored an arrest detainer lodged by ICE.
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What was the immigration status of each of the six people killed? If any were in the country illegally, I wouldn't exactly call them innocent.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 12, 2025 08:37 AM (Y1sOo)
“JUST IN - Afghanistan has launched an attack on Pakistan from 7 different border locations, the Afghan Ministry of Defense says — Al Jazeera”
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 08:39 AM (mzEwx)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:33
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Damn anthropogenic climate change. It's even on comets.
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 12, 2025 08:39 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:30 AM (qpyNK)
I enjoyed Yellowstone for the first few seasons, but then it went off the reservation into Crazy Town the past few years.
I enjoyed 1923 more and loved 1883, which reminded me a lot of Lonesome Dove.
Haven’t seen the Sam Bass show or anything after that, because I cancelled Paramount+ when they started raising prices when those new Sheridan shows came out.
Sheridan was going to do 6666 about the ranch in Texas but I guess that got cancelled.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:39 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:39 AM (qpyNK)
https://archive.is/CRD3i
Posted by: m
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Upstream is a post saying 3 Qatari negotiators are dead int Turkey.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 08:41 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 12, 2025 08:41 AM (XvL8K)
“JUST IN - Afghanistan has launched an attack on Pakistan from 7 different border locations, the Afghan Ministry
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 08:39 AM (mzEwx)
I'm reminded of Henry Kissinger's comment about the Iran-Iraq War: "It's a pity they can't both lose."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:42 AM (qpyNK)
A spokesperson for Egypt's president has said more than 20 countries are expected to be in attendance at tomorrow's international peace summit in Egypt, led by US President Trump
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 08:43 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 12, 2025 08:33 AM (hoCmQ)
Well that’s some good news.
Glad to get some around here with all the unfortunate health news and deaths lately.
We’d like to keep you around a lot longer.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:43 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Susquehanna Hat Company at October 12, 2025 08:45 AM (oftw2)
“JUST IN - Afghanistan has launched an attack on Pakistan from 7 different border locations, the Afghan Ministry of Defense says — Al Jazeera”
Posted by: Tom Servo
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If they are attacking they are hitting in the Baluchistan region. The Baluch want independence from Pakistan and don't like the the Taliban either. Baluchistan is where the Pakis offered a blue water port to Trump.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 08:45 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: olddog in mo .
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Good Show. Those nodes usually just sit there. Be well.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 08:46 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: Love and the Pen Pal at October 12, 2025 08:47 AM (oftw2)
"This is about me, isn't it?" -Jack Black.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 12, 2025 08:49 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 08:49 AM (mzEwx)
Today we celebrate the National Day of Christopher Columbus, established in 2004 to honor one of the greatest Italians that Italy can boast of.
With his extraordinary journey 533 years ago, Columbus gave the world another world. He conceived an adventure that no one else before him had imagined. He sailed to the West, beyond the confines of the world known at the time. A “new Ulysses”, who was not shipwrecked but who succeeded in one of the most glorious feats of all time. A feat that marked the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age, rewrote geography and changed political, cultural and economic relations between peoples.
The voyage of Columbus laid the foundations of that indissoluble bond that unites the two sides of the Atlantic, Europe and America, and which represents the core of what we call the West.Not a physical or geographical space, but a system of values that we want to defend and preserve. Our mission is not to tear down the statues of the past and erase the heroes who shaped our identity, but to add our statues and heroes to that story, with pride and humility. ...
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 08:50 AM (dhIRp)
https://tinyurl.com/2rapz3ye
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:51 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Priorities at October 12, 2025 08:51 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 08:45 AM (dhIRp)
What’s hilarious is that Pakistans ISI (intelligence service) created both the Taliban and Al Qaeda to attack and work terror on their hated rival India.
Chickens roosting, etc etc.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 08:52 AM (mzEwx)
https://tinyurl.com/9r44sfnc
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 12, 2025 08:41 AM (XvL8K)
Iggy is one strange dude.
Likes wearing dresses but just does it nonchalantly without going full drag queen.
He’s like: “Yeah, I’m wearing a dress, it doesn’t mean anything beyond a fashion statement and I like a cool breeze tickling the gonads.”
And who doesn’t like Lust For Life?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:53 AM (6ydKt)
Grocery shopping
Large container of coffee is around $20, some a little under to over.
Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2025 08:54 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Priorities at October 12, 2025 08:51 AM (oftw2)
I think he’d be happy to get the percentage below 50% road/50% pothole.
I can’t blame him.
The man drives a Buick and can’t even enjoy the smooth ride.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 08:57 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Priorities at October 12, 2025
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I'm no fan of gruel at every meal, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 08:57 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 08:57 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025
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I did on my Indiana trip. On the smooth highways and the streets in Birmingham and Owensboro, the car looked back over its shoulder at me and said, "Boss! This is the way it should be!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 12, 2025 08:58 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Smooth Brained democrat voter at October 12, 2025 08:59 AM (R/m4+)
Why? Because once all the hostages are released, Israel is free from having to complete the invasion, a thing they clearly do not want to do. AND if this happens, steps 2 - 20 of the peace plan collapse. So what? Most of those are in favor of Hamas, such as rebuilding.
Israel will have the luxury of simply sealing off Gaza - all of their long range weapons are gone - and letting them kill each other, while the Arab countries look like fools for saying they would help administer it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2025 08:59 AM (mzEwx)
On a motor trip we stopped at a local grocery for food. It had three shelves for about six feet of Community Coffee only. So many varieties. I stocked up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 09:01 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 12, 2025 09:05 AM (dhIRp)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 12, 2025 09:05 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:51 AM (qpyNK)
He’s right on it all.
Too bad you don’t hear those facts often enough on TV.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 12, 2025 09:07 AM (6ydKt)
It's for eating, not playing with.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 12, 2025 09:12 AM (LjSYW)
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cder1pg17yrt
A big electronic billboard in Israel that says:
Thank you, Mr. President
(photo of PDT in front of a line of US flags)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 09:26 AM (aURVT)
Just in the last few months I've - several times - found on Amazon the SAME ITEM listed a second time but at a lower price. Also seen bundles (handheld label printer) where the item - with add ons - is cheaper than the item alone.
Posted by: BobM at October 12, 2025 09:33 AM (85Wlp)
Inkjet printers have been this way for years.
Entire printer cheaper than a color cartridge
Posted by: PMRich at October 12, 2025 09:51 AM (Pe+uV)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 08:12 AM (qpyNK)
He did a guest spot on Big Bang Theory as a doctor with a crush on Penny, and he was hilarious.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 12, 2025 09:52 AM (5xuJ/)
It is very good to see if you are getting an actual deal on the item. You can also set price alerts on the same page so you will be notified if the item hits the price point you want.
There is also a CapitalOne addon which will compare the Amazon price to other sources like ebay and tell you if it finds a lower price. It picks the wrong item sometimes but that is easy enough to see and it offers other incentives like cash back etc...
Between those two addons I have save a ton of money.
Posted by: Thatch at October 12, 2025 10:03 AM (bbi0+)
Saturday Night "Club ONT" October 11, 2025 [The 3 Ds]
Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies On the chest of a barmaid in Vail
Was tattooed the prices of ale,
And on her behind,
For the sake of the blind,
Was the same information in Braille. *** An atheist is hiking in the woods when suddenly a huge bear pops out from behind a bush. Right as the bear is about to attack, time freezes and god appears. God says, "You have spent your whole life as an atheist. But if you finally believe in me and become a Christian I will stop the bear from eating you." The man says, "That's really nice of you, but I don't really believe in a higher power." God responds, "All you have to do is believe your eyes and accept me in your heart." After thinking for a moment, the man says "That's just to hard for me to do. I mean science has already answered how we came about through evolution. Not only that, but with all the bad things happening in the world right now, it's just too difficult to believe that there is a god. I'm sorry but I just can't do it." God says, "Are you sure? I will give you one more opportunity to believe in me." The man says with confidence, "As I said, no thanks." God says "OK, you have made your choice..." The man has a thought. "Wait... How about you make the bear a Christian instead? And then he will have morals." God responds, "Very well." After God left, time restarted. The bear suddenly stopped and the man started to believe that his plan to save himself had worked. The bear knelt down and said "Thank you God for this meal I am about to receive." *** Those damned booby traps.
— Mens_Corner__ (@Mens_Corner__) October 9, 2025
Drink of the Night Another playing card cocktail - because lazy
Drone beer delivery service is now a thing pic.twitter.com/ctEsvqeyGH
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) October 9, 2025
Club ONT White Lies Let's hear the white lies of the horde. Here is the setup: Plain white T-shirt, black Sharpie, and one harmless little lie scrawled across the front. What do you have, Horde?
The Horde: I am great at math.
AOC: I won't make a TikTok about you. I don't want to date you.
The Disco: I hate Rush.
JackStraw: I don't like your boat.
The Dino: I can reach that.
Lurkers: I am really an extrovert.
The Doggo: I love my vet appointments.
The Cobs: I cannot time travel.
Here are some of the things Kelleher was known for during his years at Southwest: - imitating Corporal Klinger from the television show M*A*S*H by showing up at one of the company's hangars on Halloween dressed in drag with a feathered boa. - appearing in print ads as Elvis Presley. - claiming his two greatest achievements were a talent for projectile vomiting and never having had a serious venereal disease. - staying at a bar with a mechanic until four in the morning to find out what is going on. And then fixing whatever is wrong. But my favorite story is when Kelleher, age 61 at the time, settled a trademark dispute with an arm-wrestling competition.Hit the link to see his arm wrestling.
Moron Worthy Effort - Perfect Timing
Dude reached 200,000 miles right as the beat dropped pic.twitter.com/AOBSa4v7EO
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) October 11, 2025
Club ONT Scam-O-Meter? This sounds suspiciously like that Nigerian prince.
Hi dear friend. Have a nice day! WHL is pleased to inform you that we will launch an express service from Asia to the Eastern Mediterranean - AMX route from mid-September. The new AMX service will offer the fastest sailing times from Shenzhen to the Alexandria, Izmit, and Istabul markets. This service, bypassing the Cape of Good Hope and sailing directly through Suez, will deliver shipping times to Alexandria, Izmit, and Istabul in just 22, 25, and 27 days, respectively
Club ONT Music Nothing like a good duet to bring the Horde together. Complaints harmonize at higher volume.
Club ONT brought to you by: Eleventy please.
Enjoy Club ONT at your own risk. The contents of Club ONT have not been tested for safety on humans or animals and are not approved or sanctioned by any regulatory agency. Appropriate dosage of Club ONT varies by individual, so please monitor your own exposure. Too little Club ONT could result in sadness. On the other hand, if too much is never be enough, congratulations. You have reached Club ONT nirvana.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 11, 2025 10:00 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 10:00 PM (+f1g8)
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Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at October 11, 2025 10:03 PM (SRRAx)
Happy to relate that after three days down, my vanity website MindfulWebworks.com is back up. Was a bit bummed that the site was down, what with nearly thirty years of webworks, over 2000 posts — at least a few of which aren't too bad IMHO.
I consulted Grok about the problem, and it found the answer and walked me through what turned out to be a relatively simple fix, but one which I might never have figured out on my own. Amazing. When I let Grok know it had fixed the problem, it said, "Awesome, glad to hear mindfulwebworks.com is back up!" Offered to help me update the content management system, too, which is long overdue. I wonder how many zots of electricity it took. Don't care. Nice piece of software!
Feeling much less stressed.
Posted by: mindful webworker - praise the Lord and thank the software engineers at October 11, 2025 10:03 PM (gJ6yS)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 10:03 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 10:05 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 10:07 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 11, 2025 10:08 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: mindful webworker - praise the Lord and thank the software engineers at October 11, 2025 10:03 PM (gJ6yS)
You rebooted?
Posted by: OrangeEnt of the Indian Help Desk at October 11, 2025 10:09 PM (uQesX)
Richard Dawson was interesting. He was one of these celebrities who was great to fans, but oftentimes horrible to people he worked with.
I've read that Dolly Parton and Eddie Van Halen are/were the same way.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:09 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 10:07 PM (QGLzn)
If he starts barking at everyone, does he get tied to a post outside, to howl at the moon?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2025 10:09 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 11, 2025 10:09 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 11, 2025 10:09 PM (3ek7K)
https://shorturl.at/6NQt8
The instructions say to drill a hole in a bucket with an 11/32" bit and then screw in the cup.
)#&^*)#&*# will *not* go in, and 1/4" is too big (the bucket drains), so I thought I should get a tap to cut threads into the bucket. Will 10/32" work or do I need an exact match?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 11, 2025 10:10 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 11, 2025 10:10 PM (kB9dk)
Yes. I am a well-known author.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 10:10 PM (uQesX)
I'm pretty sure Schumer would put cheese on those cookies
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 10:10 PM (pwtJC)
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Posted by: Some Rat at October 11, 2025 10:10 PM (TfUTr)
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Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:12 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 11, 2025 10:12 PM (ja+o0)
Richard Dawson was interesting. He was one of these celebrities who was great to fans, but oftentimes horrible to people he worked with.
I've read that Dolly Parton and Eddie Van Halen are/were the same way.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:09 PM (/p+XQ)
Maybe they demand a lot of people they work with?
Love that Kiki Dee & Elton song. His last great 70's single.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 10:12 PM (y171U)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 11, 2025 10:12 PM (ha1wR)
There is more than one Alien sequel.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 11, 2025 10:12 PM (EXyHK)
Home, like every other Saturday night.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 10:01 PM (uQesX)
In Corsicana, celebrating my 65th birthday with the best group of commenters in the blogosphere! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at October 11, 2025 10:13 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:09 PM (/p+XQ)
Yep, his attitude cost him his life on his Running Man show.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 10:13 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 10:13 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2025 10:13 PM (mIUWe)
And Corsicana on Thursday.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 11, 2025 10:14 PM (AoKmU)
Dear Lord, '70s radio was an abomination.
Do not get me started on Stumblin' In.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)
Willowed on the back of the tee
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 10:05 PM (EYmYM)
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Perfect!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 11, 2025 10:15 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 11, 2025 10:12 PM (ha1wR)
All of them.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 10:15 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: ScaryMary
One day? You'll barely get through the introductions.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 11, 2025 10:15 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Heh. At first I consulted the AI advisor on the hosting provider, and its solutions were all tantamount to "have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?"
Posted by: mindful webworker - praise the Lord and thank the software engineers at October 11, 2025 10:15 PM (gJ6yS)
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 11, 2025 10:15 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 10:15 PM (QGLzn)
Supposedly when she was working on Little Whorehouse In Texas, or some such forgettable flick, she suddenly took a week off from shooting, because her dog died.
The director was furious about it. When Dolly finally returned, she forced the director to *apologize to her,* for not being more understanding.
I love Dolly, but would hope that by now, she realizes she also inconvenienced, and kind of hurt, a lot of ordinary working people, behaving like that.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:15 PM (/p+XQ)
Yes. I am a well-known author.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 10:10 PM (uQesX)
White Lie: I respect your opinions..
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 10:15 PM (y171U)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 11, 2025 10:16 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 10:17 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 11, 2025 10:15 PM (0CU3H)
They probably kept nudging each other during that. (wink wink)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 10:18 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 11, 2025 10:18 PM (S8cdb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 11, 2025 10:18 PM (ivEDQ)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 11, 2025 10:19 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 11, 2025 10:19 PM (ja+o0)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 11, 2025 10:19 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 11, 2025 10:19 PM (ivEDQ)
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I will be here, in the grey boxes, with those others what can't go to Texas.
But I'll be at the MoMe in spirit!
<3
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 10:19 PM (rdVOm)
Have a weather station. Nothing fancy, but it does have a rain gauge. Which quit. The day before a major storm system is supposed to hit.
Fine, order a new rain gauge. It arrives today, just as the rain stops.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 11, 2025 10:20 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 10:20 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 10:21 PM (omVj0)
BTW, the comments of the week has become a favorite feature on AoS. Thanks to all who comment with wit and humor (and periodic irreverence).
Posted by: TRex - one third is not a majority at October 11, 2025 10:21 PM (E7bBj)
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 10:22 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ScaryMary
**********
Looking forward to meeting you!
Currently somewhere in IN as we slowly work our way to TX...so many things to see along the way...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 11, 2025 10:22 PM (E7bBj)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 11, 2025 10:22 PM (zh/Tt)
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 11, 2025 10:22 PM (6JI6O)
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If he starts barking at everyone, does he get tied to a post outside, to howl at the moon?
Shock collar. Sheesh, do I have to think of everything?
Posted by: Hasan P. at October 11, 2025 10:22 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2025 10:24 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Harshed My Mellow at October 11, 2025 10:24 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 11, 2025 10:24 PM (3ek7K)
Hi all. Hope to see you at TxMoMeX.
Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2025 10:24 PM (nSIj0)
Go easy with that. I got into a deep dive about the possibility of cosmic radiation fusing ape chromosomes wa and 2b into human chromosome #2. Wound up building a radiation chamber to turn myself into a meta human
Now I can microwave popcorn with a glance. Yay.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 11, 2025 10:24 PM (Cr4v4)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 10:25 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 11, 2025 10:25 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Hasan P.
***********
Yup, that about sums up how a Moron would describe being "gentle"....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 11, 2025 10:25 PM (E7bBj)
"Objects in the mirror may be larger than they appear"
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at October 11, 2025 10:25 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:26 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:15 PM (/p+XQ)
Imagine how tough it must be to work for wealthy A type personalities...PDJT, Ellison, Buffett, Gates etc.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 10:26 PM (y171U)
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 11, 2025 10:22 PM (6JI6O)
*waves*
Do you have time for a side trip off I-20?
Maybe some day...Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 11, 2025 10:26 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 11, 2025
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I tend to think "Crocodile Rock" either instigated the rush to '50s nostalgia that began in the early '70s, or created momentum for the existing wave. Remember, 1957 was only 15 years back from 1972 when CR came out. There had been a fad for the Thirties for a while in the first half of the '70s -- TV series Banyon, movie Chinatown -- but then along came The Fifties, maybe heightened by the success of JHappy Days on TV, and the Thirties faded.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 10:26 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: The American Sportsman at October 11, 2025 10:26 PM (oftw2)
Did they have a late-model race going on at the same time?
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 11, 2025 10:28 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:28 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 10:29 PM (omVj0)
even in the 1960s, there was nostalgia for the 1950s.
Sha Na Na was at Woodstock, believe it or not.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:29 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Harshed My Mellow at October 11, 2025 10:24 PM (oftw2)
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I know, right?
Posted by: Yoko at October 11, 2025 10:29 PM (ivEDQ)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 11, 2025 10:29 PM (ha1wR)
I'm in Dallas if anyone needs a place for emergencies.
Nine four five - two seven oh - sixty eight sixty three
Can't make it this year, just buried wife's father, but I'll see you next year.
Posted by: Fen at October 11, 2025 10:30 PM (Cr4v4)
Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2025 10:30 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 11, 2025 10:30 PM (hlNLQ)
Posted by: Harshed My Mellow at October 11, 2025 10:24 PM (oftw2)
I guess you weren't here for Zappa Month.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2025 10:31 PM (mIUWe)
Dear Lord, '70s radio was an abomination.
Do not get me started on Stumblin' In.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)
I thought you were going to say "You Light Up My Life". I remember that on 70's radio.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 10:31 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Corporal Newkirk at October 11, 2025 10:32 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at October 11, 2025 10:33 PM (SRRAx)
Got the t-shirt.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 10:33 PM (viF8m)
Good evening, all!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 11, 2025 10:33 PM (oKXMA)
Mrs. F.'s childhood friend in Boston lent us his truck to make the trip.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 11, 2025 10:33 PM (ivEDQ)
And Corsicana on Thursday.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at
You are getting dangerously close to my neck of the woods!
Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2025 10:34 PM (p4NUW)
I am the most blessed person on earth.
And then I get to see many of y’all next week.
Pretty cool. Damn.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 10:34 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 10:34 PM (omVj0)
==
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 10:33 PM (viF8m)
Are *you* ever going to make it down to TX?
I guess it's difficult traveling from an imaginary place...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 11, 2025 10:35 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
I was thrilled with Zappa Month. When Mis Hum stepped back, A little pice of me died.
Posted by: Zoot Allures! at October 11, 2025 10:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 11, 2025 10:20 PM (lUFok)
Ummm, how does a rain gauge quit? Did it get a big hole in the bottom? Did it turn upside down? Did someone sand the numbers off?
Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2025 10:35 PM (nSIj0)
that comment is also good for GAINZ because I no longer want to eat.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 11, 2025 10:36 PM (gKWVE)
Not in Texas. You can thank me for not ruining this MoMe.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 11, 2025 10:36 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 11, 2025 10:36 PM (ha1wR)
That's odd. I would have thought that Jimmy Buffett was a pretty laid back guy.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2025 10:36 PM (mIUWe)
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 11, 2025 10:37 PM (ftFVW)
Imagine how tough it must be to work for wealthy A type personalities...PDJT, Ellison, Buffett, Gates etc.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 10:26 PM (y171U)
___________
It might be one thing if they're demanding but fair, giving you the feeling of being part of something important. It's another if they're demanding, rude, arbitrary and dismissive.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 11, 2025 10:37 PM (tgvbd)
I tend to think "Crocodile Rock" either instigated the rush to '50s nostalgia that began in the early '70s, or created momentum for the existing wave. Remember, 1957 was only 15 years back from 1972 when CR came out. There had been a fad for the Thirties for a while in the first half of the '70s -- TV series Banyon, movie Chinatown -- but then along came The Fifties, maybe heightened by the success of JHappy Days on TV, and the Thirties faded.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 10:26 PM (omVj0)
Yeah Wolfus, I was also going to say Sha Na Na, plus Elvis's comeback and the movie American Graffitti.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 10:38 PM (y171U)
Maybe Trump should start a whistleblower/tip line on what things Adam Schiff did with Ed Buck.
https://tinyurl.com/4xfr6fvm
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 10:38 PM (uQesX)
His vision for Mars is akin to Leto's Golden Path, but without the milenia of oppresion to springload the Scattering. I wish him the best
But at the end of the day he's still a Tech Lord. Like the "benevolent" Land Baron in Rob Roy that will give us 12 lashes instead of the normal 21.
It is concerning that all of our Champions seem to come from the center left. Much appreciated but when do our guys take the field? Sometimes it feels like the Right is o ly defined by the Left's hatred of us
Posted by: Fen at October 11, 2025 10:38 PM (Cr4v4)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 11, 2025 10:38 PM (hlNLQ)
Posted by: ScaryMary
One day? You'll barely get through the introductions.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 11, 2025 10:15 PM (TfUTr)
This is truth.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 10:38 PM (snZF9)
Los Angeles County
Playboy model known for cruising in her Porsche lured at least 10 elderly men on social media in order to burglarize their homes, deputies say
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 11, 2025 10:38 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: pookysgirl, Hawkeye forever at October 11, 2025 10:39 PM (OKj00)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Although Zappa isn't my jam, I can accept that it was done out of love. Yoko Ono is a different story.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 11, 2025 10:40 PM (ftFVW)
I would drive a Tesla, but you couldn't pay me enough to get Elon's Neuralink. I am NOT plugging myself into any machine.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:40 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025
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I always found that one to be dull and slow. That was '78, I think?
The '70s still had catchy pop tunes on Top 40 radio. It was changing, but you could still enjoy the melody and beat of "Half Breed" or "Long Train Runnin' " or "Crocodile Rock," the dark mood of "Horse With No Name," the sheer fun of "Brandy," the solid lyrics of "You're So Vain," and lots more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 10:40 PM (omVj0)
I would drive a Tesla, but you couldn't pay me enough to get Elon's Neuralink. I am NOT plugging myself into any machine.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:40 PM (/p+XQ)
Driving an oversized battery power tool might be a gateway drug.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 10:42 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025
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+ 100. Though American Graffiti was set in 1962, it seemed far enough back from 1974 that it appeared like a different world.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 10:42 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Joemarine
Grease on Broadway and the later film were huge, too.
Posted by: Grease Trap Jones at October 11, 2025 10:42 PM (oftw2)
Los Angeles County
Playboy model known for cruising in her Porsche lured at least 10 elderly men on social media in order to burglarize their homes, deputies say
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring!
For me, this math works.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 11, 2025 10:43 PM (TfUTr)
Also, the writer of that song turned out to be a screaming mess of a person, and it was used as the theme for a 1977 Didi Conn flick that's considered one of the worst movies of all time.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:43 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at October 11, 2025 10:44 PM (SRRAx)
Appt. Appointment
Apt. Apartment
Dept. Department
Ave. Avenue
Blvd. Boulevard
and so o
Maybe the "no period" rule is just for people-related
abreviations
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 11, 2025 10:44 PM (NTdv6)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 10:31 PM (y171U)
Oh, the list is long. Very, very long.
Seasons in the Sun, por ejemplo.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 11, 2025 10:45 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2025 10:45 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 11, 2025 10:38 PM (L/fGl)
So, basically... a hooker?
Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2025 10:45 PM (nSIj0)
Sadly for me, not for Ben Had's big event. But I will likely be in Texas again in the not too distant future.
I'm buying.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 10:46 PM (viF8m)
Age 8, my best friend and I did a backyard skit to crocodile rock for his older sister and her friends (I guess we were still at the age where sisters still think their little brothers are cute?). Anyways, we both had those peddle cars (mine was batmobile) and we pretended to have a big wreck on stage. I don't recall anything in the song about that but it was fun
Posted by: Fen at October 11, 2025 10:46 PM (Cr4v4)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 11, 2025 10:38 PM (hlNLQ)
Bob, I think you are right. Although 13 year old me didn't understand all that.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 10:46 PM (y171U)
Do you have time for a side trip off I-20? Maybe some day...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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*waves back*
Not this time. Every road trip I want to make detours. But I'm always on too much of a schedule. I'm traveling on the weekend this time to conserve as much vacation time as possible. I will be working from TX Mon-Thurs.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 11, 2025 10:46 PM (6JI6O)
Posted by: Some Rat at October 11, 2025 10:46 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Sammy Johns at October 11, 2025 10:47 PM (oftw2)
Seasons in the Sun, por ejemplo.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
We had joy we had fun
hunting antifa with guns
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 10:47 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2025 10:47 PM (dIske)
abreviations
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 11, 2025 10:44 PM (NTdv6)
Or, maybe it was just made up by somebody who had a textbook deal. "What? It's Latin. Nobody is ever going to bother to check it."
Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2025 10:48 PM (nSIj0)
Doobie Brothers, probably my favorite band, played a huge part in the 'soundtrack of my life'
Then there was Motown. Mmm. Lots of excellent soul and dance that was not necessarily disco.
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 10:48 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Grease Trap Jones at October 11, 2025
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Right; I think of Grease as late '70s with Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, but the stage play debuted in 1971. Marilu Henner was in the original cast. The Broadway show in '72 featured Barry Bostwick and Adrienne Barbeau.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 10:48 PM (omVj0)
On Exit 27 off I20 in Bolton MS there is a Chevron with amazing fried chicken and barbecue. It is just this side of Meridian. When I drive to Chattanooga I usually stop there to get bbq and bring it to the hotel in Meridian.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 11, 2025 10:49 PM (EXyHK)
Measures rain as it falls, transmits data to base station via 900Mhz band. When there's a small leak into the electronics area that causes corrosion, that's a problem. When the electricity flows through the corrosion points and not through it's intended paths, that's a bigger problem.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 11, 2025 10:49 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at October
Okay, I am leaving here immediately after my 6am class, so I don’t expect to get there until around 6ish. I will try to finagle someone going and grabbing the key to the VRBO earlier so you can get to the fridge. I will do some behind the scenes begging tomorrow. 😃
Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2025 10:49 PM (p4NUW)
I'm "blessed" with outstanding looks. If a pretty girl comes on to me it's because she wants $$
Posted by: Fen at October 11, 2025 10:51 PM (Cr4v4)
Posted by: Some Rat at October 11, 2025 10:46 PM (TfUTr)
Billy don't be a hero
The night chicago died
Right there justification for nuking the 70's
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 10:51 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 10:26 PM
Bette Midler's 1972 album "The Devine Miss M" was pretty loaded up with big band era tunes. I loved that album, but she wasn't a lunatic back then.
Posted by: Moonbeam at October 11, 2025 10:52 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 10:53 PM (Q1uY4)
Also, it's about people who have *tried everything* to survive, and nothing's worked. The only thing the protagonist of the song has to look forward to anymore, is death.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:53 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 10:53 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at October 11, 2025 10:53 PM (seTpo)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:43 PM (/p+XQ)
Steve, I remember seeing TV ads for that movie, with Didi Conn lip-synching the song in a recording studio.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 10:54 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Moonbeam at October 11, 2025
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That's right; "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was from '72, reflecting, I guess, the still-hot fascination with the Thirties and the WWII years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 10:54 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 10:55 PM (Q1uY4)
Some of the best never did.
And garret is wrong. 77 was better than 74.
https://tinyurl.com/ewvf7nxz
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 10:55 PM (viF8m)
Makes it sound like he foresaw what having a career in IT would be like.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 11, 2025 10:55 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Miklos at October 11, 2025 10:55 PM (YGmAl)
Posted by: Pleasant Valley Sunday at October 11, 2025 10:56 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:56 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Pleasant Valley Sunday at October 11, 2025 10:56 PM (oftw2)
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Movie or play?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 10:57 PM (Q1uY4)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 10:58 PM (Q1uY4)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 10:59 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 11, 2025 10:59 PM (144I4)
As a kid at Gordo's that always came on the jukebox before Horse With No Name. They're permanently linked in my memory
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
I've been through the desert
On a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert, you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
Posted by: Fen at October 11, 2025 10:59 PM (Cr4v4)
https://tinyurl.com/ewvf7nxz
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 10:55 PM (viF8m)
You’re not really 29, are you?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 11:00 PM (CQqXL)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:00 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:01 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 11:01 PM (snZF9)
Movie didn't come out until 1978.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 11:01 PM (/p+XQ)
I leave you with this thought: Despite all the good stuff on Top 40 radio in the '70s, Melanie's "Brand New Key" and Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" were annoying. From what I understood of the lyrics, which repeat endlessly, I still think Elton was addressing someone named "Sugar Bear." Or maybe it was "Booger Share," though I think that less than likely.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 11:01 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Early Morning Rain at October 11, 2025 11:02 PM (oftw2)
They are from Texas-you can tell by the tiny little brands on their backsides.
Posted by: Miklos will make do, somehow at October 11, 2025 11:03 PM (YGmAl)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:04 PM (QGLzn)
Wait, you want a song even more boring than the original?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 11, 2025 11:04 PM (lUFok)
Age is a social construct.
But I do have to admit these new Depends are a big improvement.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 11:05 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Grease Trap Jones. at October 11, 2025 11:05 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 11:01 PM (omVj0)
Man no shit. I think he did say sugar bear. Should have known he was gay from that alone.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 11:06 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 11:06 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:06 PM (QGLzn)
Then there was Motown. Mmm. Lots of excellent soul and dance that was not necessarily disco.
Posted by: JQ
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Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 11, 2025 11:06 PM (VVcrM)
Posted by: RI Red at October 11, 2025 11:06 PM (30Gj0)
Posted by: Some Rat at October 11, 2025 11:07 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025
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Man no shit. I think he did say sugar bear. Should have known he was gay from that alone.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025
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I recall the story behind the song was something about Elton planning to get married (?), and a friend talked him out of it? Or maybe that was just a story from his publicist. Anyway, the few lyrics the song had seemed to be on an endless loop -- nothing as exciting as "Crocodile Rock" had been or as haunting as "Rocket Man."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 11:09 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:04 PM (QGLzn)
Well that just pissed in my wheaties. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 11:09 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: JackStraw
You know, you can get those discreetly shipped to you in unmarked boxes at little to no cost to you!
Would you like to try a free catheter sample on for size?
Posted by: Helpful Lady On The Phone at October 11, 2025 11:10 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 11, 2025 11:10 PM (144I4)
It took 20 or more years, but they did finally finish building that overpass featured on the album cover.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 11, 2025 11:10 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:11 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 11, 2025 11:11 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 11, 2025 11:11 PM (144I4)
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Yep! Great stuff!
youtu.be/8pz1xPxfWBs
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 11:11 PM (rdVOm)
Enough of this both sides. Pick one. You are either with me or garret and terror.
Axshually, 1976 was great too.
https://tinyurl.com/bddwh2xu
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 11:12 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:06 PM (QGLzn)
Uh..ok. No clue what you're talking about, but I'll tell her. She's independent you know. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 11:12 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:13 PM (QGLzn)
Atmosphere and rhythm galore.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 11:14 PM (omVj0)
I admit I always want to see what happened at the store that these women don't want to have to leave the house anymore. I imagine a rude salesclerk, when the price on the giant pack of undies wouldn't display, and there were a dozen customers waiting behind:
"Price check on Depends! Price check on Depends! Hurry up Shaquila!! Price check on Depends! You better hurry! This old lady looks like she's fixin' to blow any second!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 11:15 PM (/p+XQ)
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Yep! Great stuff!
youtu.be/8pz1xPxfWBs
Posted by: JQ
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Doobies were always a hit.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:15 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:13 PM (QGLzn)
What happens after dark?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 11:16 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 11:16 PM (rdVOm)
One of my nursing skool classmates sent me photos of a wild Memorial Day camping trip from 1976. A rite of passage for college kids here. Two photos of me, looking like a wasted supermodel in a guy's beach chair and wearing his hat. He was not my boyfriend, as I had many friends that were male. Some with girlfriends there, too. They are close ups and the profile (I am laughing in both) I can perhaps frame and put in our gallery. The one where I'm looking at her our sons will say, "Mom, were you wasted?" Indeed I was.
To the point I don't remember how I got there or meals. I don't remember where I camped or a tent except one night. I also know I was not with a guy, which was a pity. One photo near the reservoir of a herd of single guys I didn't know. I asked why she didn't tell me about them? There was a keg, too. Bummer! Groups morphed together.
The 3 photos featuring me I was having a blast and laughing. So blasted I have amnesia. I swam a lot and lived.
Met the college guy I married four months later, so my pretend Woodstock daze came to an end.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2025 11:16 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:17 PM (QGLzn)
..........
Posted by: qdpsteve
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Watching Hell's Angels here and can tell you that Harlow missed the special on undergarments. In fact, she missed the undergarments completely.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:17 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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youtu.be/pIA0b8lt9Ik
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 11:18 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2025 11:18 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 11:16 PM (snZF9)
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At my house the sprinklers come on.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 11:18 PM (Q1uY4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:15 PM (+f1g
Always. We used to call them joints. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 11:18 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 11:18 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025
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I'd led such a sheltered life that when the Doobie Brothers burst on the scene, I had no idea what that referred to and thought the name was a play on the "Do-Bee and Don't-Bee" routine on Romper Room.
Their "Long Train Runnin'," both the 1970s original and the 1993 remix with the sorta Latin beat, is still a favorite of mine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 11:19 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 11:20 PM (omVj0)
Ask Dennis Hopper.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:20 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Dad always said nothing good happens after midnight. He was kind of right, but I had fun finding out.
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 11, 2025 11:22 PM (02h6C)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 11:23 PM (mT+6a)
youtu.be/pIA0b8lt9Ik
Posted by: JQ
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Don't think that's what Musk meant when he said he likes electronic music.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:23 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Moonbeam at October 11, 2025 10:52 PM (rbKZ6)
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World War II was closer to 1972 than Star Wars is to us now.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 11, 2025 11:22 PM (02h6C)
In my life shit didn't get interesting until midnight.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 11:25 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 11:25 PM (rdVOm)
World War II was closer to 1972 than Star Wars is to us now.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Where has our culture gone? Long time passing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:25 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: ScaryMary
Best thing about sneaking around at 4 am, everyone you meet, is also sneaking around.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 11, 2025 11:25 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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youtu.be/pIA0b8lt9Ik
Posted by: JQ
If I still had a computer and that was my screensaver, it would soon have a 9mm hole in it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 11, 2025 11:26 PM (VVcrM)
Met the college guy I married four months later, so my pretend Woodstock daze came to an end.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2025 11:16 PM (6PCLE)
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There are no extent photos of me at any kind of party or celebration during my college years, and I am deeply grateful for it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 11:27 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Most of mine are sealed under Court Order.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 11, 2025 11:28 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Some Rat
Except for that one time I was trying to sneak back into the sleeping bag in the backyard and found my mother sitting in the lawn chair instead.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 11, 2025 11:29 PM (VVcrM)
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 11:29 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Some Rat at October 11, 2025 11:25 PM (TfUTr)
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Three years ago I rode my bike to campus for the Alumni Band reunion practice early on a Saturday morning.
And just as happened many, many years ago, I witnessed the Walk of Shame. I found it reassuring.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:29 PM (ZOv7s)
https://tinyurl.com/5crpuj2a
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 11:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Piper at October 11, 2025 11:30 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:26 PM (ZOv7s)
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My blackface Mr. T Halloween costume in '84 would be grounds for me to be drummed out of the fabled profession of barratry.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 11:31 PM (Q1uY4)
by Karl Freund. Ha. Jokesters.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:31 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude
Outstanding!
Posted by: Some Rat at October 11, 2025 11:31 PM (TfUTr)
Oh no! Anyway.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2025 11:31 PM (mIUWe)
I'm disappointed and the worst part is that I'm only about a little over an hour away.
But praying for all to have safe travels and a wonderful time and bigly thanks to the organizers!
Posted by: sal at October 11, 2025 11:31 PM (f+FmA)
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Oh no. Not again.
*hic*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 11:32 PM (Q1uY4)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Ah, I was thrilled she sent them to me. One of our classmates, who lived in an apt above me...I did not remember she was even there! They are good photos of me, well two of them. The third is with a group and I am laughing with my eyes closed and look like a loon. Good times.
One Halloween, welp, I would hate to see those photos but some were taken of me. I was dressed as a bong. I did not want y'all to think I was nasty or anything. I was really a good girl with boys, but I liked to party when I could. Many people took my photo that Halloween and I hope if they ever turn up you can't see my face well. I will deny it anyway. We did not tell our sons much at all and will keep it that way.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 11, 2025 11:32 PM (6PCLE)
Ever hear of this TV show?
H & I TV channel, right now, is showing an episode of Garrison's Gorillas from 1967, 26 episodes.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 11, 2025 11:34 PM (v2kXG)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:34 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 11:27 PM (/p+XQ)
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I actually ran for school board 13 years ago, and some of my strongest supporters were my friends' parents, so I guess I'm safe.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:34 PM (ZOv7s)
Garrison's Gorilla's looks like a ripoff of The Dirty Dozen.
Telly Savalas is in the episode on now.
I have H&I channel on OTA, because only idiots pay for Cable.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 11, 2025 11:35 PM (v2kXG)
Incredible. He posted an excerpt of this on his X account.
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 11, 2025 11:37 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 10:43 PM (/p+XQ)
This is true- the movie part.
If you can remember where you saw a flick nearly fifty years ago, it was either very good or very bad.
That was very, very bad.
Posted by: sal at October 11, 2025 11:37 PM (f+FmA)
by Karl Freund. Ha. Jokesters.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:31 PM (+f1g
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When I was in high school, my mother bought a bunch of cassettes of her favorite tunes from the 1970s and that became the soundtrack of endless journeys across northern Michigan in my stepfather's pickup truck.
The weird part of it was that was when my parents were married. I wonder how she sorted out those associations.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Lurkers: I am really an extrovert.
I'm not a lurker, but that one works for me.
"Training for the marathon" would work, too.
Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2025 11:37 PM (nhCoE)
Oh no! Anyway.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2025 11:31 PM (mIUWe)
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Guy's like 20 years too late. Way to stay on top of things.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:39 PM (ZOv7s)
Heh. The lead from Garrison's Gorillas, Ron Harper was the "replacement" adult on The Land of the Lost after the "actor" who played Will's & Holly's father left the show. Ron Harper was "Uncle Jack" who appeared out of nowhere.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 11, 2025 11:40 PM (v2kXG)
Incredible. He posted an excerpt of this on his X account.
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie
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Thanks for posting that. I'm listening to it now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 11, 2025 11:40 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 11:31 PM (Q1uY4)
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You could always get a sife gig as a late night host. Or Prime Minister of Canada.
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 11, 2025 11:41 PM (02h6C)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 11:42 PM (viF8m)
*ACS = Advanced Crank Syndrome
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 11:42 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:43 PM (+f1g8)
He finally had surgery on it and is still in a lot of discomfort.
The thought of all ya'll getting together and having a fine time makes me happy, though.
Posted by: sal at October 11, 2025 11:43 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:44 PM (+f1g8)
"Training for the marathon" would work, too.
Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2025 11:37 PM (nhCoE)
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There was a girl in college who wore a t-shirt that said "Turgid" on it. She was conspicuously not wearing a bra and it was magnificent.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: sal at October 11, 2025 11:45 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:46 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 11, 2025 11:47 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 11:42 PM (viF8m)
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Was out about 4 nm today, in variable winds never exceeding 4 knots. Had to fire up the diesel to make it back to the slip before sunset.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 11:49 PM (Q1uY4)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 11:49 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 11:51 PM (rdVOm)
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Not judging
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 11:51 PM (6U1c2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:44 PM (+f1g
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If you were driving a submarine this might not be a problem.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 11:51 PM (Q1uY4)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 11, 2025 11:53 PM (Om+DK)
Posted by: Currituck Chuck. at October 11, 2025 11:53 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 11, 2025 11:53 PM (5Yz+T)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 11:54 PM (Q1uY4)
Posted by: Ben Had
What happens after dark?
Posted by: Berserker
Orchestral manoeuvres?
Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2025 11:57 PM (nhCoE)
https://shorturl.at/EzKTw
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 11, 2025 11:58 PM (ULPxl)
Thanks Ben Had, for making this MoMe happen, eternally grateful to you.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 11, 2025 11:58 PM (0nHVk)
remember Barney Miller show?
All they did was shit on NYC. The city was bankrupt, the crime, the misery. It was hilarious.
Just looked it up: A Democrat named Abraham Beame was the mayor.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 11, 2025 11:58 PM (v2kXG)
If you're going to bareboat in the Caribbean, and you should, you need more wind. You don't want your charter to be your first time. Squalls happen there.
Look for wind. Your boat was built for it. You'll do great. And you'll understand you are a much better sailor than you thought you were.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 11:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 11:59 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 11, 2025 11:59 PM (02h6C)
((Scrawls))
"I CANS QUIT ANYTIME"
(Throws Sharpie in trash)
(Pours another IPA)
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 12, 2025 12:00 AM (lWPQK)
Jerry Orbach's Lennie Briscoe from the earlier Law and Order was one of the best cop characters of all.
It went downhill after that, and the current "SVU" is absolute hot garbage.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2025 12:00 AM (w6EFb)
*ACS = Advanced Crank Syndrome
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 11:42 PM (/p+XQ)
Considering who they are, they all probably did too much crank in their youth.
Posted by: RickZ at October 12, 2025 12:00 AM (gKDq2)
Neil is still kicking. It was his arch-nemesis David Crosby who kicked the bucket recently.
Meanwhile Stephen Stills is out there, just living quietly and enjoying himself.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 12, 2025 12:01 AM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2025 12:01 AM (QGLzn)
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 12:02 AM (rdVOm)
Ed the homo Koch got elected after Beame and is credited for salvaging (not saving, my words) NYC. Ed Koch was a good mayor in-so-far he wasn't incompetent. Koch was competent enough to keep NYC from going full Shithole.
But Beame shouldn't get all the blame -- the mayor before Beame was in for 2 terms. This guy, Lindsay, was a real piece of shit. A fake Republican to start with, then switched parties to Democrat in 1971. And that's when NYC was going full-steam off the cliff.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2025 12:02 AM (v2kXG)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 12, 2025 12:03 AM (EYmYM)
Flounced as in leave something in a huff because you got your knickers in a wad. Not joining the choir invisible.
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 12, 2025 12:04 AM (02h6C)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 12, 2025 12:05 AM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2025 12:02 AM (v2kXG)
But that was the era of some great NYC cop movies. 'The French Connecton', 'The 7-Ups' (always liked Roy Scheider flicks), lots of great cop movies. Then there was Telly on the telly in 'Kojak'.
Posted by: RickZ at October 12, 2025 12:06 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 11:54 PM (Q1uY4)
He flounced off Spotify a while back.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 12, 2025 12:06 AM (mIUWe)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 12:06 AM (viF8m)
MEH.
Hear that, Neil?
MEH!
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
Oh Lord, according to the Daily Mail, Katy Perry and Justine Castreau are an item now. They got a picture of the two of them on a boat, with Justine's hand all over her ass.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2025 12:06 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 12:07 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Clueless SNL Watcher at October 12, 2025 12:08 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 12, 2025 12:09 AM (QGLzn)
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
'A Man Needs A Maid'.
Lots of truth in that song.
Posted by: RickZ at October 12, 2025 12:09 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 12:07 AM (qpyNK)
Al Smith?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 12, 2025 12:09 AM (mIUWe)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2025 12:06 AM (w6EFb)
My favorite comment on that pic was 'I didn't know Katy was a lesbian'.
Posted by: RickZ at October 12, 2025 12:10 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Clueless SNL Watcher
That was Toonces.
Toonces would always drive the car right off a cliff. Also he'd try and murder anyone who tried to hold him responsible for anything.
Toonces is/was basically a typical Democrat.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 12, 2025 12:10 AM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 12, 2025 12:03 AM (EYmYM)
Well there was this one time in college, and then that time in Vegas. But generally you are correct. Particularly if you are in Reno. But finding a time when something good happens in Reno is more challenging than it would appear.
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 12, 2025 12:11 AM (pi4LE)
You'd be surprised.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 12:06 AM (viF8m)
Shows over, gear is packed in the truck, time to hit the diner. Basically, bacon and eggs happens at 3am. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 12, 2025 12:11 AM (snZF9)
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A dreamer of pictures
I run in the night.
You see us together.
Chasing the moonlight.
My cinnamon girl
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 12, 2025 12:11 AM (lWPQK)
See also:
Bruce Springsteen
John Booger Mellonhead
Jon Bon Groovy
Bono
Most of the Eagles: except Don Felder and Joe Walsh
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 12, 2025 12:12 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: scampydog at October 12, 2025 12:12 AM (g7feq)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 12, 2025 12:09 AM (mIUWe)
Nuts, Al Smith was governor and Roman Catholic. Missed it by this much.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 12, 2025 12:12 AM (mIUWe)
You'd be surprised.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 12:06 AM (viF8m)
I was just snarking but you’re actually on the right track.
50% of violent crime occurs between 12pm and 7pm.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 12, 2025 12:13 AM (EYmYM)
Here's a trivia question: Who was the first mayor of New York City who was Jewish by birth?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Sammy Davis Jr?
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2025 12:13 AM (v2kXG)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 12, 2025 12:15 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
What was he at conception, and is he the first in-utero Jewish convert?
Posted by: mikeski at October 12, 2025 12:15 AM (nhCoE)
See also:
Bruce Springsteen
John Booger Mellonhead
Jon Bon Groovy
Bono
Most of the Eagles: except Don Felder and Joe Walsh
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 12, 2025 12:12 AM (0aYVJ)
This..1000X this...nothing but this.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 12, 2025 12:15 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2025 12:06 AM (w6EFb)
Wait: so Pierre Elliott Bieber is straight? Seriously?
Or is this one of those deals like old-school Hollywood where they'd arrange highly publicized "dates" between, say, Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood or Debbie Reynolds?
Posted by: Clueless SNL Watcher at October 12, 2025 12:15 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 12:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 12, 2025 12:18 AM (/p+XQ)
His father was an Italian Catholic and his mother was a Sephardic Jew (which made him a Jew according to the Jewish rules). Neither parent was practicing by the time he was born.
La Guardia chose to be an Episcopalian as an adult.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 12:19 AM (qpyNK)
Spotify. Then it appears he found out his royalties were doing the swirl around the bowl and he put his music back in play. Pussy.
Posted by: clarence at October 12, 2025 12:21 AM (UTVh+)
It's alright. I just didn't care for most of his stuff. Maybe 'cause it reminds me of XH. Hahaha!
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 12:21 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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He's gay or gay adjacent. She is long in the tooth for a pop tart and her career is in the toilet. She's renting out to the highest.bidder.
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 12, 2025 12:21 AM (02h6C)
See also:
Bruce Springsteen
John Booger Mellonhead
Jon Bon Groovy
Bono
Most of the Eagles: except Don Felder and Joe Walsh
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Don't forget those pricks from Oasis.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 12, 2025 12:25 AM (lWPQK)
To me that track is a lot like "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" The moment when someone went from artistic pop to fully commercial and never returned. .
Posted by: azjaeger at October 12, 2025 12:26 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 12, 2025 12:26 AM (02h6C)
Posted by: Currituck Chuck
Its a narrow strip of land, jutting out into the Atlantic. I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. Weather can be sketchy out there.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 12, 2025 12:26 AM (S8cdb)
In an aside, it called the FW 190 the "FW one nine zero", which no actual human being has ever done. F-W one- ninety. F-W one-ninety, you bizarrely-dense impossibly-massive accretion of poorly-programmed transistors.
I politely pointed this out twice in comments, and both comments were politely never allowed to appear.
Anyway, I'm sure our future is really bright.
Posted by: far cry at October 12, 2025 12:31 AM (QKcan)
Maybe Elon can give a Katy another rocket ride, along with Justine. And make it a one way trip to Mars.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2025 12:31 AM (w6EFb)
I've never been a fan of Jackson Brown but this was pretty good.
https://tinyurl.com/3wftymet
People who works nights have a whole different story.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 12:32 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2025 12:06 AM (w6EFb)
"All over her ass"?? Was he wearing a catcher's mitt?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 12, 2025 12:33 AM (nbLIj)
Preparing for alla youse Morons.
What wonderful persons-- Ben Had, Cow Horse Queen, and Rancher Bob-- to host the event every year!
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 12:38 AM (rdVOm)
In an aside, it called the FW 190 the "FW one nine zero", which no actual human being has ever done. F-W one- ninety. F-W one-ninety, you bizarrely-dense impossibly-massive accretion of poorly-programmed transistors.
Posted by: far cry
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The content might have been real, but the AI narrators are garbage, and they're everywhere. Generally you can clock them after a few lines because they sound alike.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 12, 2025 12:42 AM (oKXMA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 12, 2025 12:47 AM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: azjaeger at October 12, 2025 12:47 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 12:38 AM (rdVOm)
Extremely awesome people.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 12, 2025 12:47 AM (snZF9)
Wait until Cicero figures out those navigational lights on his yacht work after the sun goes gown.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 12:47 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
It's the first step in the lizard peoples' invasion.
It'll get us used to people who say things like "greetings, fellow mammals," by having AI speak and write like that. Then it's easier for them to infiltrate.
Posted by: mikeski seeks the nuclear wessels at October 12, 2025 12:47 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 12, 2025 12:52 AM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 12:47 AM (viF8m)
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Cicero has a yacht? Call me!
Posted by: Katy Perry, flouncing and floundering at October 12, 2025 12:54 AM (02h6C)
I'm reading accounts of underwater encounters with objects too large moving too fast and my stereotype of these submarine officers is that of guys who wouldn't dare falsify reports
Posted by: Fen at October 12, 2025 01:00 AM (f1pXG)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 01:01 AM (viF8m)
I can definitely believe there's some things down there we don't know about.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 12, 2025 01:02 AM (/p+XQ)
Uh yeah me too
(crumples up report of Russian AI Nuclear Tactician)
Oh this? Nothing
Posted by: Fen at October 12, 2025 01:03 AM (f1pXG)
Posted by: RickZ at October 12, 2025 01:04 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 12, 2025 01:07 AM (/p+XQ)
Yes, Neil is a leftist retard repulsive human person.
I love that song.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2025 01:10 AM (uMdxF)
Agreed, Steve. Seems like the analysis and judgement of a Boomer Captain should be beyond reproach. But then I used to trust the FBI so...
Posted by: Fen at October 12, 2025 01:11 AM (f1pXG)
My opinion, of course.
Gad, can that album really be 46 years old?
What the hell happened?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 01:15 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 12, 2025 01:17 AM (02h6C)
Best tune on that album (again, my opinion):
https://tinyurl.com/3pat29j9
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 12, 2025 01:20 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2025 01:20 AM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 12, 2025 01:22 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 01:22 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2025 01:26 AM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Erebus- ex-Killer Whale at October 12, 2025 01:29 AM (ivXYS)
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 01:30 AM (rdVOm)
Only been to the Gorge once but I remember it. Beautiful place.
We got so spoiled by the music in that time we thought it would never end.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 01:31 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 01:31 AM (viF8m)
Then musicians started opening their pie holes without accompanying music.
Posted by: RickZ at October 12, 2025 01:33 AM (gKDq2)
We got so spoiled by the music in that time we thought it would never end.
Posted by: JackStraw
When were you the the Gorge in George?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2025 01:37 AM (mT+6a)
LOL. Such a tough guy.
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
Shadow of Ezra @Shadow of Ezra
Multiple diplomats from the Qatari delegation traveling with the Qatari Prime Minister have been killed in a car accident in Egypt after their vehicle overturned.
They had been in the country for the Gaza peace talks.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 12, 2025 01:37 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 12, 2025 01:42 AM (ja+o0)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 12, 2025 01:43 AM (/p+XQ)
15 or so years ago. Had to be in San Francisco for a meeting one week and Seattle the next so I rented a car and drove over the weekend. Spent a night in Portland and drove around before heading north. Beautiful country.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 01:45 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2025 01:45 AM (c44Rp)
Moody Blues singer John Lodge dead at 82
Lodge contributed to Moody Blues' albums 'Days of Future Passed' and 'In Search of the Lost Chord'
https://youtu.be/N36oRaEF4jA
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - my om my at October 12, 2025 01:46 AM (gJ6yS)
Posted by: ScaryMary
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Yes, it's nice to not be completely alone. He's in another room, and I'm letting him have peace & quiet. He's not "cuddly" like my previous pets. More like a barn-cat that's smart enough to come in out of the rain. LOL
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 01:46 AM (rdVOm)
Blind Melon, Pearl Jam and Neil Young were stupid amazing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2025 01:50 AM (mT+6a)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 12, 2025 01:51 AM (ja+o0)
Posted by: ScaryMary
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He only spends time indoors when weather is bad. Has been "our" cat for 3 or 4 years now. He was hubby's *Little Buddy*-- would jump up on bed with him & just soak up the rubbys while hubs watched tv. For hours!
Me? I'm the food-dispenser. But Cat lets me give him some rubbys & skritches now, when we're outside together. Indoors, he just wants to be left alone while he sleeps.
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
Dr John
Buddy Guy
B B King.
Dude. Blow your mind. Outside. Under the stars.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 12, 2025 02:00 AM (mT+6a)
- - - - - - -
No, "Dr" is pronounced "Durrr" (although some argue that it is a contraction of the German "Der" (meaning "the") e.g. "Dr So-n-So" translates to "The So-n-So")
YMMV ;-)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at October 12, 2025 02:01 AM (8ZZx/)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 12, 2025 02:03 AM (viF8m)
A Modern-Day John Q
When doctors in Texas declared his son brain-dead and prepared to pull the plug, George Pickering II refused to let go.
Desperate, he drew a gun and locked down the ICU demanding just one thing: time.
For hours, the standoff dragged on. Then, in the stillness, his son squeezed his father’s hand. Twice.
In that instant, George’s defiance was vindicated. His son was alive.
George went to prison for nearly a year.
But his son recovered, completely.
And he calls his father one word the system never would: hero.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 12, 2025 02:08 AM (TGPs7)
I'd still do her, but she's a psycho one trigger away from a butcher knife.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 12, 2025 02:22 AM (Om+DK)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 12, 2025 02:25 AM (snZF9)
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So... she's *perfect* for Justine. LOL!
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 02:26 AM (rdVOm)
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So... she's *perfect* for Justine. LOL!
Posted by: JQ
>Ha-ha! Canada, may I present Katy!
This is the equivalent of Meghan for fucking Britain.
In for a pound...
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 12, 2025 02:31 AM (Om+DK)
Posted by: raimondo at October 12, 2025 02:32 AM (IX0WA)
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 02:40 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: GR8RDave at October 12, 2025 02:52 AM (SETlN)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2025 03:05 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 03:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: GR8RDave at October 12, 2025 03:11 AM (SETlN)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 12, 2025 03:05 AM (c44Rp)
Better than trying to think and type.
Makes more sense when he's insensate.
Posted by: RickZ at October 12, 2025 03:12 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 12, 2025 02:31 AM (Om+DK)
That’s a lot more than A pound.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 12, 2025 03:13 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
>In for a Perry, in for a pound. Canada now owns whose bitch this is!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 12, 2025 03:27 AM (Om+DK)
Posted by: JQ at October 12, 2025 03:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 12, 2025 03:51 AM (yF8Zh)
Posted by: m at October 12, 2025 04:01 AM (aURVT)
May all effort put forth by you always result in maximal benefit to you, with like heartburn for the leftwit fungi that befoul us.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 12, 2025 04:19 AM (vFbHf)
Home, like every other Saturday night.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 10
Wish I could make it, have wanted to since the first. This yr I had detached retina surgery a week ago and the recovery is 6 wks.
Wish I could be there. I'm hoping Ben Had will still do this wonderful thing for Morons next yr.
Posted by: Farmer at October 12, 2025 04:32 AM (55Qr6)
Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 10/11/2025
James Whale
James Whale should get as much credit as any other individual for both the elevation and fall of Universal Studios' ownership in the 1930s. His four horror features for Carl Laemmle Jr., Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, The Invisible Man, and Bride of Frankenstein represent the pinnacle of the studio's efforts at bringing literary-sourced horror to the screen. Four films that were so successful that they set the financial path for the studio for almost twenty years.
And yet, right after Bride of Frankenstein, he made Show Boat in 1936, a cinematic adaptation of a Ziegfeld musical that was a major box office success but which had been so expensive and went over-budget during production that the producing father and son pair were forced to give up control of the studio to their creditors. That change in studio executive backing ended up leaving Whale without anyone to support him leading to post-production on his next film, The Road Back, a sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front based on the source sequel by the original novel's author Erich Maria Remarque, which Universal massively reshot to soften it, hoping to get it past Nazi censors to sell in Germany. (It didn't work. The film bombed horribly everywhere.)
And Whale was essentially homeless creatively after that. He had a contract with Universal to work out, so he made a handful of small films (a couple of them pretty good) while lending himself out to other studios like MGM, Warner Brothers, and Columbia for individual picture deals (which was how Howard Hawks made his entire career) until he just grew too tired to make any more movies and quit in 1941. He invested well, lived off of that and with his partner, producer David Lewis, and eventually committed suicide by drowning himself in a pool in 1957 because of health issues.
Watching his films, though, it was obvious, early, what drove him, and it wasn't the fact that he was gay.
The Great War
Here's the page on Wikipedia about Bride of Frankenstein, specifically the Interpretation section that includes a more than 500 word section about the Gay reading of the film. It is a nearly endless litany of how every little thing in the film, from the Monster's calling both the hermit and the bride "friend" to almost everything else, coded as being about the gay experience. And then it ends with quotes from Whale friends who call the entire interpretation bunk. Why include the section anyway? (Oh, wait, Wikipedia, I get it now.)
Actually watching all of his movies, especially in order, the only thing one can come away with as an animating experience in Whale's life that fed his creativity is World War I. And it's not some kind of remote, "war is hell" thing from an intellectual. Second Lieutenant James Whale of the Worcestershire Regiment was commissioned in July of 1916 and was in the trenches in Flanders in August of 1917 when he was captured in the fighting with the German Army. He was held as a prisoner of war until December 1918.
I actually didn't know this slice of his biography until after watching his first two films and reading a brief summary of his third, Waterloo Bridge right before watching it. I was curious because all three, his adaptation of the stage play he had originally directed on the stage, Journey's End, the sound segments of Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels, and Waterloo Bridge were all stories of soldiers dealing with emotional effects of The Great War (well, Whale's parts of Hell's Angels, Hughes' parts were pew-pew flying).
And that knowledge fed directly into my latest viewing of Frankenstein. When I do these lists of films, I always make sure to rewatch the films I'd seen and even reviewed before because the new context of the films around them provide a different framing that can inform the films differently. I don't think there's a more potent example of me getting a completely different thematic read of a film on a second review than with Whale's Frankenstein. It completely recast the film in my mind, making Henry Frankenstein and the Monster into scarred men who couldn't communicate with anyone who hadn't shared their experiences, something that was intimately related to the characters in Journey's End, a connection made all the stronger by the presence of Colin Clive as Captain Stanhope in the earlier film and Dr. Frankenstein in the latter.
Even the film made in the 90s about Whale's later years in life, Gods and Monsters starring Ian McKellen as Whale, Brendan Fraser as a fictional gardener who befriends him, and directed by Bill Condon, (a film I assume, like all movies about real events, to be roughly 90% fictional) leaned heavily into the WWI element as foundational (though the film takes a different approach than my meager analysis).
However, this thematic line grows increasingly frayed afterwards. I think it's fair to see some strains of it in The Old Dark House, The Kiss Before the Mirror, a film about a lawyer who decides to kill his wife when he represents another man who killed his own wife, and even up through The Invisible Man (the main comparison I make is to Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse films, especially the second, but the idea from the earlier Whale films is still there in a form), and Bride of Frankenstein, but By Candlelight shows that Whale was not monomaniacally interested in talking about the war.
Lubitsch and the Studio System
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I bring up Ernst Lubitsch pretty much whenever I can because his Hollywood films were absolute joys of formalistic technique, light humor, and masquerade, and it's easy to bring him up because Hollywood loved him and loved to imitate him. Whale was no different, and By Candlelight, the film he made after The Invisible Man and before Bride of Frankenstein, is an entertaining trifle in the vein of Lubitsch (it's about the servant to an Austrian prince who pretends to be the Austrian prince to win the heart of a girl).
I bring it up to highlight how I could probably stretch the film thin to the point of breaking to fit it into the WWI, soldiers can't speak to people who haven't been part of the conflict, line that's extremely evident in most of Whale's earliest films, but it would only be worth it to justify an analysis and say almost nothing about the film itself. The film is purely an entertainment in the vein of a popular filmmaker at the time, and it's a great place to highlight the fact that Whale, for all the talk people make about his German Expressionistic influences in Frankenstein, was actually a chameleon director. He changed his style from film to film, depending on the film. There are a couple of flourishes he retains across them, mostly a singular and long dolly shot from the furthest reaches of a set to highlight the space, but ultimately Show Boat looks almost nothing like Frankenstein because Whale obviously knew that he didn't need to make Show Boat look like Frankenstein. He was an accomplished studio director who could take assignments and modify his own methods to the material.
And that becomes important because it explains so much of his later films, those after The Road Back when he became the journeyman, riding out his Universal contract and getting individual jobs with other studios. He was well-practiced at setting aside his deepest artistic desires to just do the assignment, and when he was stripped of most creative power and just managed sets to film often subpar scripts, he just did it. There's precious little of Whale as an artist after The Road Back because he just no longer had the power, or perhaps even the inclination, to push for it. There's good stuff back there. Wives Under Suspicion, a remake of The Kiss Before the Mirror, is worth some attention, and there's also his ornate production of The Man in the Iron Mask.
But what made Whale interesting and unique, able to really breathe life in Frankenstein with all of its changes from the book, got smothered by the realities of studio filmmaking and falling out of favor.
The Road Back
The Road Back was the final half of Whale's downfall in the system. The first half, of course, was the success that was Show Boat which led to the Laemmle family losing control of Universal to its creditors. The Road Back was just Universal throwing Whale and his film under the bus to appease literal Nazis in Germany who hated the source book, calling the author Erich Maria Remarque a traitor and unpatriotic for his anti-war stances. The existing film is so butchered with reshoots done by another director that it's hard to see what the film could have been.
I was reminded of John Huston's adaptation of The Red Badge of Courage, a film that MGM cut down to the bone but one can still kind of see the film that Huston was trying to make through all of the rash editing decisions. It's hard to that with The Road Back because so much was reshot. The big stuff remains, obviously, like some large crowd scenes around unrest over the economic situation in Weimar later in the film, the more serious stuff in general, is obviously from the original shoot. But it's all undone by so many frequent cuts to lighter scenes that obviously don't fit.
It's such a compromised film that if someone were to list The Road Back as a lost film, I wouldn't begrudge the label. And it's obvious that it was supposed to be something big for Whale personally. A big, $1 million, film about The Great War and the soldiers' experience coming home. It's perfectly in his wheelhouse. Adapted from a celebrated, best-selling author like Remarque? A book so controversial is got banned in Germany? And Universal butchered the final cut so much that no one liked it and there's almost nothing of it left.
No wonder he ended up walking away from the industry.
Legacy
Whale's legacy will always be his four horror films, mostly the three that fall within the umbrella of the monster movies. I go into these runs with an eye towards finding the filmmaker away from his better known work, like how I found that the "real" Fritz Lang was much more than Metropolis and that, in fact, Metropolis wasn't reflecting of Lang overall that much at all. That's not the case with Whale, though.
He is his horror films. It's something like 75% of him as a filmmaker. You can see the major WWI elements in most of them in some form, so the more overt expressions in movies like Journey's End, Hell's Angels, Waterloo Bridge, and even the reduced form of The Road Back become almost redundant (to continue with the numbers, this would be about 24% of who he was as a filmmaker with the final 1% being studio hatchet man).
The horror movies are his best films. They are his most complete expressions of what he wanted to say in the cinematic form. They are most of his best made stuff. They are him at the peak of his power with the least interference from studio heads. There's more than just those, but they end up being supporting elements rather than defining ones.
He probably hated that, but it's true.
Movies of Today
Opening in Theaters:
TRON: Ares
Roofman
Movies I Saw This Fortnight:
Wives Under Suspicion (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It wouldn't last too much longer, but it's still nice to see that he was still trying in his diminished professional state." [Amazon Prime]
The Man in the Iron Mask (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It's not great cinema. It's a solid entertainment. It's Whale's last big success in his career. It's a fine, light entertainment that does its job and ends without much fuss. I've seen much worse efforts." [YouTube]
They Dare Not Love (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "His legacy will always be the monster movies, but They Dare Not Love and others of his work showed that he was more than that." [Library]
Black Sunday (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It really could have used another writer, but Bava made the absolute most of what he could." [Amazon Prime]
Erik the Conqueror (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "It's obvious that Bava wasn't really operating in his comfort zone in these more plot-driven exercises, but I don't think he was that far from making them work. He probably needed a better sense of structure, though." [Library]
Black Sabbath (Rating 3/4) Full Review "Solid, entertaining, and stylish, it's Bava precisely where he should be." [Plex]
The Whip and the Body (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It's not some great piece of horror cinema, but it's solidly entertaining and showing that Bava could disappear a bit into gothic horror, subsuming his more outrageous stylistic flourishes in favor of a more muted visual tone. I'm kind of glad that Bava didn't rewrite it, is all." [Plex]
Planet of the Vampires (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It's all style and no substance, but the style is a good time at the movies. This is Bava in his element. I can wish all day that he worked from better scripts, but this is nothing to sneeze at." [Library]
Contact
Email any suggestions or questions to thejamesmadison.aos at symbol gmail dot com.
I've also archived all the old posts here, by request. I'll add new posts a week after they originally post at the HQ.
My next post will be on 11/1, and it will be about the directing career of Mario Bava.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: anachronda at October 11, 2025 07:44 PM (edU/H)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 07:45 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 07:46 PM (+qU29)
She was... okay I guess. I suspect Mrs Corleone could have been played by any shiksa.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 11, 2025 07:48 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Tuna at October 11, 2025 07:48 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 07:50 PM (snZF9)
Eastwood just walked into the saloon where his friend's body is displayed.
Soon to come, 'Deserves got nothing to do with it'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 07:51 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Accomack at October 11, 2025 07:52 PM (Bbhox)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 07:53 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 07:54 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 07:56 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Accomack at October 11, 2025 07:52 PM (Bbhox)
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Seven years ago.
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/375337.php#375337
Don't comment on the old thread. The system will ban you.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 07:57 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 07:58 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 07:58 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 07:59 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Willie Nailer
Yes, she and Jack Nicholson were great in that movie.
Posted by: Tuna at October 11, 2025 08:01 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 08:01 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:02 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 08:02 PM (EYmYM)
It is a slow character study. The lead cleans public toilets in Tokyo. He has a regular boring routine that gets shaken up as the movie progresses. He's content with what he has. It's a real acting job as the character doesn't say much. The actor portrays emotion like a silent era actor. It's available on Amazon
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 11, 2025 08:03 PM (kUxzU)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:03 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Tuna at October 11, 2025 08:04 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:05 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Darth Randall at October 11, 2025 08:06 PM (eBHtS)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:06 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:06 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:05 PM (kpS4V
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Son of Frankenstein (not directed by Whale) is probably what you're thinking of. Pretty much the exact same story.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:06 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 08:07 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:07 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:08 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord!
Brideshead of Frankenstein Revisited
Posted by: Tuna at October 11, 2025 08:08 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 08:09 PM (EYmYM)
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Sebastian Flyte blowing bubbles at The Monster, who dances in innocent glee.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:10 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 11, 2025 08:11 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 08:11 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 11, 2025 08:12 PM (x0n13)
Non-woke. I'd have given it an A- til 10 minutes were left...then I'd drop it to B-, but I may give the 2nd one a whirl anyway - I mean, it's free on streaming...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 11, 2025 08:13 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 08:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 11, 2025 08:11 PM (syz1S)
Agreed. I don't think it was a paean to the Commies either. Good film, worthy of my one and only time seeing it when it first came out. No desire ever to see it again.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 11, 2025 08:15 PM (x0n13)
Still nothing about Apocalypse Now
Posted by: Accomack
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[detects faint aroma of napalm]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 08:01 PM (XeU6L)
*throws red card*
Foul. Timing of this statement is not in the morning.
LTC Kilgore is not happy with you.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 11, 2025 08:16 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 08:16 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 08:18 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: davidt at October 11, 2025 08:19 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:20 PM (kpS4V)
Maybe it is being unable to divorce the art and the artist. That element sorta killed all of my enjoying for Bryan Singer movies (and The Usual Suspects is probably my favorite movie ever).
I will make an effort at some point to dig in, if for no other reason than to see if my theory of how he depicts women as unfaithful is valid. Or if it's just based on some comments in TJMs reviews.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:20 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:22 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Megthered at October 11, 2025 08:22 PM (NHKs8)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:23 PM (kpS4V)
Looking for Mr Goodbar
Admittedly I saw it when I was 18 so may not have appreciated it. Never thought to give it another chance.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 08:24 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: B movie Milo at October 11, 2025 08:24 PM (iL+fp)
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 11, 2025 08:25 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord!
Must be a James Horner thing tonight. WPLN here in Nashville played a selection from his score to Field of Dreams a little while ago.
Posted by: Tuna at October 11, 2025 08:25 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 11, 2025 08:26 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 11, 2025 08:25 PM (dtajH
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The McD's in the movie is just a few miles from my house.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:27 PM (GBKbO)
Admittedly I saw it when I was 18 so may not have appreciated it. Never thought to give it another chance.
Posted by: Willie Nailer
Most depressing movie ever.
Posted by: Tuna at October 11, 2025 08:27 PM (lJ0H4)
As Count Floyd (SCTV) would say, "Scary stuff, kids!"
But then again, "Dark Star" is also a humorous prequel to "Alien", as Little Dan O'Bannon was a writer for both.
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at October 11, 2025 08:28 PM (13Txl)
Funny how time can play tricks with your memory that way.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 11, 2025 08:29 PM (5Yz+T)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 11, 2025 08:29 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 08:30 PM (snZF9)
https://is.gd/Cu9SJv
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 11, 2025 08:31 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 08:11 PM (0aYVJ)
The first and second ones didn't really have much of a plot, but they were pretty impressive for effects and shooting. They looked wonderful.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 08:31 PM (rbvCR)
Are they allowed to do that?
Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2025 08:33 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 08:34 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: B movie Milo at October 11, 2025 08:34 PM (iL+fp)
Great piece on James Whale. I haven't seen any of these in quiet some time. Always fun to go back to the classics!
Posted by: Lex at October 11, 2025 08:35 PM (y4H1r)
Call me crazy, but I *still* think a much better *two-hour* (maybe a few more minutes) film could be carved out of all the bloat in The Deer Hunter.
IMHO an entire film editing course could be taught, just based on that one film alone.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 08:35 PM (/p+XQ)
I don’t quite know why, but, AN and Moby Dick are linked in my head. They are the same romantic story.
Sometimes I include “Howl” or Pollack. The idea shifts.
Posted by: Accomack at October 11, 2025 08:35 PM (4qMiv)
Are they allowed to do that?
Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2025 08:33 PM (dIske)
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It's really rare to find titles with copyright. I can think of one, Exodus, the Otto Preminger film. No one can release a movie with that title. Ridley Scott had to add the subtitle Gods and Kings to his Moses movie because MGM would have sued.
Also, no one takes Italy seriously for films on a business level, I don't think.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:36 PM (GBKbO)
At the time, they received programs from National Public Radio (NPR) via satellite, but couldn't always air them live. They had a whole bank of huge reel-to-reel recorders at the ready to record them, so they could time-shift the programs. Never forgot that.
They also had some impossibly rare classical records that, if they sold them today, could probably fund them for at least a year.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 08:37 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
The first and second ones didn't really have much of a plot, but they were pretty impressive for effects and shooting. They looked wonderful.
Posted by: Kindltot
So, Tron was the Avatar of 1982?
Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2025 08:38 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 08:39 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 08:39 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 08:39 PM (pwtJC)
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It is a pretty good movie, at least.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:40 PM (GBKbO)
Great piece on James Whale. I haven't seen any of these in quiet some time. Always fun to go back to the classics!
Posted by: Lex at October 11, 2025 08:35 PM (y4H1r)
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Thanks!
I watch so few newer movies.
Watched Sinners recently, and i was just confused at what everyone seemed to love. Kinda dumb, I thought.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:41 PM (GBKbO)
I'm skeptical. I didn't think a title could be protected by copyright. Especially a word that is in common usage and is even a book in the Bible.
Could you provide a link to where you got that info?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 11, 2025 08:41 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:42 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 08:30 PM (snZF9)
Speaking of which, this headline bothered me at first read:
Event Horizon Telescope images reveal new dark matter detection method
https://tinyurl.com/tmc4tddk
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 08:43 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 08:39 PM (pwtJC)
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It is a pretty good movie, at least.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:40 PM (GBKbO)
And it stars a guy who got groomed by gay men!
Poor Brendan....the guy has had it rough.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:44 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
The first and second ones didn't really have much of a plot, but they were pretty impressive for effects and shooting. They looked wonderful.
Posted by: Kindltot
So, Tron was the Avatar of 1982?
Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2025 08:38 PM (nhCoE)
Tron 1 has a plot, a simple one even.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:45 PM (xcxpd)
Also, no one takes Italy seriously for films on a business level, I don't think.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:36 PM (GBKbO)
__________________________________
Cool. Thanks. So, my documentary on Morocco's Fennec Fox entitled "Casablanca" is good to go.
Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2025 08:46 PM (dIske)
Did they trademark it?
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 11, 2025 08:47 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2025 08:38 PM (nhCoE)
There are a number of films where the director, cameramen and set designers outclass the writers.
Pity, too, because there are wonderful stories in the world
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 08:47 PM (rbvCR)
I'm skeptical. I didn't think a title could be protected by copyright. Especially a word that is in common usage and is even a book in the Bible.
Could you provide a link to where you got that info?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 11, 2025 08:41 PM (syz1S
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It's listed in the Wikipedia, though the read is that the studio just made the decision proactively without actual legal action. Could MGM have successfully sued? Probably not, but the threat is enough to make it de facto copyrighted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Exodus:_Gods_and_Kings#cite_ref-8
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 08:47 PM (QGLzn)
Poor Brendan....the guy has had it rough.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:44 PM (xcxpd)
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I'm glad he's having a resurgence, at least.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:48 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 11, 2025 08:49 PM (Gpfr9)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 08:47 PM (QGLzn)
*Considered mentioning Lemon Popsicle*
*Decides not to mention Lemon Popsicle*
*Does his part to keep this thread Lemon Popsicle free*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:49 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 08:47 PM (QGLzn)
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Never really thought about their films, to be honest.
I should look into it.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:49 PM (GBKbO)
Poor Brendan....the guy has had it rough.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:44 PM (xcxpd)
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I'm glad he's having a resurgence, at least.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:48 PM (GBKbO)
Very true. I hope he gets a true second act. He went to HS with the wife.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:50 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 08:50 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 08:50 PM (0sNs1)
Have a great night everyone
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:51 PM (+qU29)
Very true. I hope he gets a true second act. He went to HS with the wife.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:50 PM (xcxpd
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Very cool.
Like, went to HS and interacted or were both in the same building in different years?
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:51 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 08:50 PM (QGLzn)
I need to watch The Band at some point.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:51 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 08:50 PM (0sNs1)
I see that movie mentioned a lot here. Is there some joke surrounding that movie that I'm not getting?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 08:53 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:51 PM (GBKbO)
In the same building. It's a big ol school on the side of Everett. Plus she was a bit younger than he was, not in the same grade.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:53 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 08:53 PM (snZF9)
TJM, sigh, unironically likes that trash fire of a movie.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:54 PM (xcxpd)
https://tinyurl.com/3f863zvc
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 08:54 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 08:54 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 11, 2025 08:55 PM (Va4G1)
Which is fortunate for me. I watched Gods and Monsters mainly because it happened to have the same title as my roleplaying game. I discovered that when I went to get a domain name for the game. I don’t recall whether they actually had “godsandmonsters.com” but I discovered the movie while looking up potential domains.
And yes, it is a good movie. May have been the first time I saw Brendan Fraser in a movie.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 11, 2025 08:55 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 08:53 PM (snZF9)
TJM, sigh, unironically likes that trash fire of a movie.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:54 PM (xcxpd)
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And people love to give me shit about it.
It's all in good fun.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:55 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 08:54 PM (pwtJC)
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It's screened at some festivals, and it's supposedly pretty good, something of a return to form for Crowe.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:56 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:57 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 08:59 PM (QGLzn)
Those countries both respect, and participate in, the US copyright framework.
I see the cite listed for the Gods and Kings film, but there's no backup. A reference to an old magazine, but no quote or link.
But you may be right about them not wanting to tangle with MGM. Perhaps for reasons not limited to legalities.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 11, 2025 08:59 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:00 PM (/p+XQ)
Crowe stars in one of my top twenty movies, Master and Commander. A classic
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 09:01 PM (pwtJC)
Exactly what you'd expect, but just when I thought they needed to revive Zombie James Whale to add a Doctor Praetorius to the mix and liven things up,
they have a really well-done Jason set on fire and wielding the Flaming Machete of Doom scene.
Now I don't know what to think.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 11, 2025 09:03 PM (iJfKG)
TJM, sigh, unironically likes that trash fire of a movie.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 08:54 PM (xcxpd)
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And people love to give me shit about it.
It's all in good fun.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 08:55 PM (GBKbO)
Ah, I see. I didn't think it was "that" bad. I only saw it once, and I had questions after. I probably have to watch it again. I do remember thinking great, another asshole android double crossing mankind.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 09:03 PM (snZF9)
Was it an obvious set up for a billion spinoffs, straight-to-streaming dramas and new Alien franchises? Yes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:04 PM (/p+XQ)
Haven't watched Whale's horror films in forever, and need to revisit. Looking forward to seeing the post on Mario Bava (Saw Black Sunday in the theater when it first came out here -- think I was 11 or 12 -- and the opening scene with the masking of Barbara Steele is something I never forgot. Need to revisit that one too. Been a while.)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 11, 2025 09:04 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:07 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 09:07 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:08 PM (/p+XQ)
I speak, of course, of Alien: Covenant.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 09:08 PM (0sNs1)
lulz: I've been meaning to ask You People about this for 6 months, but forgot:
Besides her prickly nature, Fiorentino also got caught up in all the shit from the wiretapping scandal surrounding John McTiernan. She was dating Anthony Pellicano and an FBI agent who was investigating Pellicano. The agent was pulling info off of FBI computers and passing it on to Pellicano, using her as the courier/conduit.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 01, 2025
What's this all about?
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 11, 2025 09:08 PM (Va4G1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:09 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:09 PM
The first AI movies, if they don't already exist, will be pr0n.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 09:10 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:11 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 09:11 PM (QGLzn)
Was it an obvious set up for a billion spinoffs, straight-to-streaming dramas and new Alien franchises? Yes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:04 PM (/p+XQ)
I think I was bit confused after seeing it. At first I didn't even know it was a sequel to the Alien movies. After a bit in I thought hmm, this looks like it came before the Alien movie. I don't know what happened after that. I never saw the connection to the original movie, or maybe I just don't remember. Not a good sign I guess.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 09:11 PM (snZF9)
Me: In a novel about a book store, one of the characters says, and I paraphrase liberally, "When you encounter a book can be as important as what the book is. We change as we age and what seemed unimportant in youth can be mesmerizing in later years; and vice versa ..."
Onward, clc
Posted by: CarlosinIdaho at October 11, 2025 09:11 PM (nmULU)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 11, 2025 09:12 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 11, 2025 09:12 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 08:35 PM (/p+XQ)
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But what would you cut? It's a Vietnam movie, so I imagine that you would want to keep the Vietnam stuff. But that just leaves the hometown stuff. And cutting that would be a serious mistake.
That give us the basis for caring about what happened to those men as they were removed from a tight community and thrown into the hell of war. And then the film returns to the home front and shows them returning to community.
I never felt bored watching that movie. Editing anything out would lessen it.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 11, 2025 09:12 PM (syz1S)
I'm also surprised we haven't met Mr. Weyland and Mr. Yutani yet. The hyper-wealthy, likely full-on narcissistic/psychopathic founders/owners of Alien's corporation.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:13 PM (/p+XQ)
It'll probably get me in trouble, but the Vietnam stuff itself (including the RR scene!) could be cut a lot. Bring it down to just very quick flashbacks.
In fact, maybe the entire film could be turned into one or more of the characters, reminiscing. Of course that might require a narration track to be recorded.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:15 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 09:16 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 11, 2025 09:16 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Eromero at October 11, 2025 09:16 PM (LHPAg)
The fun horror movie with a very neat and original "monster", "Splinter", is now streaming on a couple of different channels. like Netflix, Hulu and Prime.
This is one I watch every Halloween season.
Give it a whirl.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 11, 2025 09:17 PM (iJfKG)
I speak, of course, of Alien: Covenant.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 09:08 PM (0sNs1)
I have an unopened box set of alien movies on dvd. It seems I'm going to have to binge watch them. Seems like I don't remember a lot of the movies. I remember the first time I ever saw the advertising for the first movie more than anything else. There was a poster in the window of a 7-11. It had an egg with an eerie green light escaping a cracked shell and the words "In space no one can hear you scream." I was thinking shit I gotta see this.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 09:17 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:18 PM (/p+XQ)
1. Prometheus (2012)
2. Alien: Covenant (2017)
3. Alien (1979)
4. Aliens (1986)
5. Alien 3 (1992)
6. Alien: Resurrection (1997)
7. Alien: Romulus (2024)
8. Alien: Earth (2025)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 09:20 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 11, 2025 09:20 PM (syz1S)
Imagine Sigourney sitting down with the Mother. "My offer is NOTHING!!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:20 PM (/p+XQ)
I'm also surprised we haven't met Mr. Weyland and Mr. Yutani yet. The hyper-wealthy, likely full-on narcissistic/psychopathic founders/owners of Alien's corporation.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:13 PM (/p+XQ)
Right, prequel, thats what I meant. It seemed like it came before the first movie, but I didn't know that was the point. I went in not knowing it was a prequel.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 09:21 PM (snZF9)
I'm also surprised we haven't met Mr. Weyland and Mr. Yutani yet. The hyper-wealthy, likely full-on narcissistic/psychopathic founders/owners of Alien's corporation.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:13 PM (/p+XQ)
Weyland is in Prometheus. He's horrible and cheesy. And not in the fun way.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 09:21 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 11, 2025 09:21 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 09:22 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:22 PM (/p+XQ)
1. Alien (1979)
2. Aliens (1986)
Nothing else
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 09:20 PM (0sNs1)
FTFY
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 09:22 PM (xcxpd)
But now that I think of it, isn't he the one who refuses to die? ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:22 PM (/p+XQ)
Yeah, he's the old ass guy played by Guy Pearce in the world's worst old age makeup. He gets killed by an Engineer.
It really is a horribly written and performed movie.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 09:23 PM (xcxpd)
1. Prometheus (2012)
2. Alien: Covenant (2017)
3. Alien (1979)
4. Aliens (1986)
5. Alien 3 (1992)
6. Alien: Resurrection (1997)
7. Alien: Romulus (2024)
8. Alien: Earth (2025)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 09:20 PM (0sNs1)
Holy shit, I didn't know there were that many. Damn, they really milked that franchise.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 09:23 PM (snZF9)
1. Alien
2. Aliens
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 11, 2025 09:23 PM (EXyHK)
Admittedly I saw it when I was 18 so may not have appreciated it. Never thought to give it another chance.
Posted by: Willie Nailer
*
Most depressing movie ever.
Posted by: Tuna at October 11, 2025
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The novel is too . . . but Goodbar the book gives us a picture of a woman's life in the context of the Sixties and Seventies, with memorable characters, including the protagonist (the character Diane Keaton played).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 09:24 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:25 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 11, 2025 09:25 PM (syz1S)
“What truth?”
“There are no sequels.”
Posted by: Kid With Spoon at October 11, 2025 09:25 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:26 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 09:26 PM (pwtJC)
But where do we put the Alien vs Predator movies in the chronology? How dare we simply erase them from their place in film history? Attention must be paid!
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 11, 2025 09:26 PM (q3u5l)
I was blown away by the experience.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:26 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 09:27 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 09:27 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:28 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 09:23 PM (snZF9)
Fast and Furious still holds that title.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 09:29 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 09:30 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 09:23 PM (snZF9)
Fast and Furious still holds that title.
Posted by: Willie Nailer
*Ahem.*
Posted by: Ian Fleming & James Bond at October 11, 2025 09:30 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 09:23 PM (snZF9)
Fast and Furious still holds that title.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 09:29 PM (EYmYM)
yeah I'm not sure I made it past the 2nd one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 09:30 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:31 PM (/p+XQ)
After reading about James Whale, I was wondering who this Bava person was. After looking at the link to Black Sunday, the plot was reminiscent of the plot of The Mummy. I wonder if The Mummy was influenced by Black Sunday.
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 11, 2025 09:31 PM (0CU3H)
Change my mind.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 09:27 PM (0sNs1)
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Not while Michael Bay exists, bruh.
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 09:31 PM (GBKbO)
I mean, c'mon...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8goVW2TNlE0
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 09:32 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025
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I think so. It certainly doesn't glamorize it. The author, Rossner, doesn't come out and lecture us, as would be expected today. She *shows* us the trivial nature and emptiness of that culture in Teresa's life.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 09:32 PM (omVj0)
I barely made it through the first. There are 11 movies in the franchise.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 09:35 PM (EYmYM)
youtu.be/0HLAVF2FWkk
I always thought the movie was good and that Disney screwed it over.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 11, 2025 09:35 PM (gKWVE)
Am shocked they still haven't figured out how to ruin Disneyland. Make all the princesses drag queens, maybe?
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:36 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:37 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Ian Fleming & James Bond at October 11, 2025 09:30 PM (/p+XQ)
I don't consider that a milking situation. But yeah there are over 20 Bond movies
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 09:39 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:37 PM (/p+XQ)
Basically piggy-backing off of much more talented folks like Ben Stein and Adam Carolla?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 09:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 09:31 PM
As the late, great Pauline Kael argued, however, most "auteurs" rely on creativity of others, like cinematographers.
Russ Meyer did do it all, including cinematography. Ye canna say the same for Bay now, can ye, lad?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 09:40 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 09:40 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:41 PM (/p+XQ)
I mean, c'mon...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8goVW2TNlE0
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 09:32 PM (XeU6L)
That was creepy as fuck when I was kid. I don't think I saw that in 50 years. Damn...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 09:41 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:41 PM (/p+XQ)
I’m a huge fan of ERB’s series, and my first thought on seeing the movie title was, why did someone make a movie about the worst representative in the House on my ballot.
Even if they wanted to keep the title short, there had to be a better title than “John Carter”.
I did enjoy the movie, though. I haven’t seen it since, but I recall thinking they did a good job, and hoping there would be more in the series.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 11, 2025 09:42 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 09:42 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: TJM's phone
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Heyja, waita minute.
_Tinto Brass
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 09:43 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 11, 2025 09:43 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 09:44 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 09:45 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: TJM's phone at October 11, 2025 09:31 PM
As the late, great Pauline Kael argued, however, most "auteurs" rely on creativity of others, like cinematographers.
Russ Meyer did do it all, including cinematography. Ye canna say the same for Bay now, can ye, lad?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 09:40 PM (0sNs1)
I really, really hate Pauline Kael. She's wrong so consistently she could have been the third person in 'At the Movies with Siskel and Ebert'.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 09:47 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 11, 2025
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People laugh at the 1981 (?) Clash of the Titans. But the stealthy hunt by Perseus of Medusa in the shadowy hall lit only by flickering firelight suited the stop-motion animation perfectly. A wonderful sequence.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 09:47 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 09:30 PM (omVj0)
I still can't tell when you're trolling and when you're channeling qdpsteve.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 09:49 PM (xcxpd)
I'm out. Watching Apocalypse Now redux (3:22:00 hours long)
Laterz.
*should be early morning when we sniff napalm*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 11, 2025 09:50 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 11, 2025 09:50 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 09:27 PM (QGLzn)
We're restarting the series again and running up through the Last Supper. Hopefully by then House of David will have new Episodes.
Both shows have been good. Not just 'good for Christian content' just good in general.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 09:50 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025
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Huh? I'm being serious. Grand film.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 09:50 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 09:47 PM
In this particular instance though, regarding the definition of a cinematic auteur, she is correct.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 11, 2025 09:52 PM (0sNs1)
Disney's problem is that they are trying to shoehorn woke propaganda into entertaining movies, instead of creating entertaining movies for their own sake.
C.S. Lewis touched on this in "The Inner Ring"
if, say, you want to join a musical society because you "really like music—then there is a possibility of satisfaction. You may find yourself playing in a quartet and you may enjoy it. But if all you want is to be in the know, your pleasure will be short lived. The circle cannot have from within the charm it had from outside. By the very act of admitting you it has lost its magic."
A good counter-example of this is the Star Trek series. Every episode had a "message", but that wasn't it's primary purpose. It's like trying to force a marriage to be "happy". Work toward having a "good" marriage and happiness will occur naturally as byproduct.
The irony is that if Disney prioritized entertainment, their propaganda wave would be irresistible. Yay corruption? Heh
Posted by: Fen at October 11, 2025 09:55 PM (ciYHQ)
IMHO it was also criminal what she tried to do to Bosley Crowther at the NY Times. (She wanted him fired, shamed and ostracized for not falling in love with 'Bonnie And Clyde' in 1967.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:55 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:56 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 09:56 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 09:56 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 11, 2025 09:57 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 09:58 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 11, 2025 10:00 PM (ULPxl)
They should just upgrade the Jussie Smollett Incident. It's the same ride (bearing false witness, Charles) with a bonus side quest to Subway*
* not valid in Texas or Florida
Posted by: Fen at October 11, 2025 10:01 PM (ciYHQ)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 11, 2025
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People laugh at the 1981 (?) Clash of the Titans. But the stealthy hunt by Perseus of Medusa in the shadowy hall lit only by flickering firelight suited the stop-motion animation perfectly. A wonderful sequence.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 09:47 PM (omVj0)
Clash of the Titans is a great movie. You get past the cheesy special effects, and you get sucked right into the plot. I even liked the owl.
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 11, 2025 10:07 PM (0CU3H)
IMHO it was also criminal what she tried to do to Bosley Crowther at the NY Times. (She wanted him fired, shamed and ostracized for not falling in love with 'Bonnie And Clyde' in 1967.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 09:55 PM (/p+XQ)
oh, can I stomp on Pauline too? Never did like her snooty persona, or her reviews...I forget where I read this years ago, but she HATED Deanna Durbin films , I guess since they were basically positive, pro-American films.... even if you aren't a big fan of musicals (and the later films showed her singing less and less) they are very well produced, often funny films
Posted by: zigggggy at October 11, 2025 10:17 PM (/Pwrg)
Surprised you didn't like Kiss Before the Mirror...I really liked the dark performance of , of all people Frank Morgan
Posted by: zigggggy at October 11, 2025 10:26 PM (/Pwrg)
Just some guy, sorry, I don't. Just did a ten-minute search and didn't find it, though found others of interest. Will keep thinking about this and if I find a clue, will forward.
Onward, clc
Posted by: CarlosinIdaho at October 11, 2025 10:37 PM (nmULU)
Don't go crazy looking for it -- it'll turn up sooner or later.
Thanks and have a good one.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 11, 2025 10:53 PM (q3u5l)
i still haven't seen leonard parts 1 through 5.
Posted by: anachronda at October 11, 2025 11:06 PM (edU/H)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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I particularly like the owl. Let's see Boston Dynamics come up with one of those.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 11:20 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 11:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: tevildo at October 12, 2025 05:00 AM (nAOwl)
Hobby Thread - October 11, 2025 [Lumberjack 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, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. A spin of the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies (TM) landed on lumber.
Are you thinking "I hate trees and I don't know anything about lumber, so there is nothing here for me"? No Moron could possibly say such a thing. Stick around. You might be entertained or learn something. You might enjoy hearing from others and seeing what others are hobbying. I have faith that you can find something in the content that resonates or contribute your own hobbying interests. Dig around in the content and soak in the comments. Be curious. If you were a tree, what tree would you be? Glad you're here.
Giant sequoias are only found in one place - a 250-mile stretch of forest along the Western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. They grow at high elevation, between 4,000 and 8,000 feet, and are clustered into roughly 70 groves.
In 1892, the Kings River Lumber Company began logging the Converse Basin, home to giant sequoias with 15- to 20-foot diameter trunks. Loggers used the same technique to fell a giant sequoia that they used with smaller trees. First, they had to make a V-shaped "undercut." To do that, they built a platform 25-feet high so they could reach the softer part of the trunk. Then two men-one left-handed and one right-handed - started chopping away with double-sided axes. The loggers-mostly Swedish, Polish, German, Irish and Norwegian immigrants-worked 11-hour days, six days a week. It took each two-man crew several days to hack their way to the center of a tree, leaving behind an undercut tall enough for them to stand inside. The same men would then go to the other side of the tree and grab each end of a long, two-handled saw. Heaving back and forth, they made one continuous cut back through the trunk toward the undercut. Every foot or so, they hammered in 24-inch steel wedges to prevent the tree's incredible weight from snagging the saw. When only a few inches remained between the back cut and the undercut, the loggers used even more wedges and powerful blows from a sledgehammer to topple the sequoia in the direction of the undercut. Link
A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree. Trees, Joyce Kilmer.
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).
If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, contribute something from your personal 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.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 05:31 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 05:31 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 05:32 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 05:33 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 05:34 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 05:35 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 05:35 PM (vFG9F)
I believe there are kits for making those.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 05:37 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt"
There are different kinds from $60 and up. The little portable ones are just a jig that attaches to your saw to guide it while you rip slabs off a log.
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 11, 2025 05:43 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
I don't know if I'd trust one that small. Probably Chinese made too.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 05:44 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 11, 2025 05:43 PM (63Dwl)
I have more rings than that, dahlink.
Posted by: Zsa Zsa at October 11, 2025 05:45 PM (uQesX)
I get most of my basswood carving wood from Heinecke Wood Products in Wisconsin. Just about any dimensions you would require and the quality has always been top notch.
I saw that Doug Linker YT video when it first came out. He's right. The Beavercraft basswood available through Amazon was good stuff. I prefer to give my business to a US family run operation like Heinecke but that order from Amazon was good wood.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 05:49 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: OrangeEnt"
Yep. The better quality made in USA ones are $150 or so and up.
I got a $100 Chinese chainsaw and the dang thing works pretty well. It even came with an extra chain and bar. At that price they are nearly disposable.
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 05:54 PM (vFG9F)
https://tinyurl.com/4vtn6d79
Fill a paint can, clean hopefully, with slivers or small chuncks and pack it. Hang or put in fire to cook them with a 1/4" hole in the top. Fire coming out of it ( picture) it's getting close to be done. It's the gasses burning off. When one thinks it's done I plug that hole to smother any fire before it can start.
Cooked many times with the home made charcoal
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 05:54 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 05:34 PM (uQesX)
Paper mills don't.
Posted by: javems at October 11, 2025 05:55 PM (8I4hW)
Sadly, no power tools were used.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 05:56 PM (Q4IgG)
And of course my gargoyle made all from a single piece of a maple log
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 05:56 PM (+qU29)
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A pants-optional pun-friendly thread on 'wood' sounds like asking for trouble.
Can we include Viagra in the discussion?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 05:59 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 05:59 PM (yTvNw)
I like to stick toothpicks in my urethra until its chock full and my wang is rock hard, and then snap it in half and run around screaming "I told you so!"
Posted by: Ghetto Rousseau, Typical Democrat at October 11, 2025 05:59 PM (oyri5)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 06:00 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 06:02 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at October 11, 2025 06:02 PM (31p00)
Not a fan.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 06:07 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at October 11, 2025 06:02 PM (31p00)
Totally agree! Maybe you could take a pic of your diorama and send it in for a future hobby thread.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 06:07 PM (QGaXH)
30 minutes later…. Man those New Zealanders always bring it to the timber competitions.
Posted by: HappyFun at October 11, 2025 06:07 PM (d2+05)
Haven't started the A-10 plane I bought just to try a plastic model assembly
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 06:07 PM (+qU29)
I've put in a request with the local 311 website, including pics. The guy who owns the car? He only has liability insurance, and he says they won't cover this damage. I suggested he try one of the injury attorneys who are always advertising on TV, to sue the apartment complex for damages due to negligence. The tree was clearly rotten, perhaps from termites.
I thank whatever God is watching over me and all of us that the tree fell away from my window, and that I had not parked my car there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:08 PM (omVj0)
My hobby, pipe smoking? I had my eye on a Peterson estate (read: "used") pipe of a type and color that appealed to me and that I don't already have. But I hesitated to buy it -- and someone else grabbed it. Oh, well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:10 PM (omVj0)
Not a fan.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 11, 2025 06:07 PM (xcxpd)
Agree with that. Those trees are hundreds/thousands of years old. Can't believe they would have cut them all down if some of the trees hadn't become protected.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 06:10 PM (QGaXH)
For a good description of which wood for which task, check out Eric Sloane's "A Reverence for Wood". I've enjoyed it for decades.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 06:12 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 06:12 PM (+qU29)
Not a fan.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October
Agree 100%.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 06:14 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:14 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 06:15 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 06:17 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: javems at October 11, 2025 06:19 PM (8I4hW)
Why yes, I do smoke pipes. Quel surprise.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 06:20 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: exonfixer_94 at October 11, 2025 06:21 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 06:22 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 06:22 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 06:23 PM (5QYr4)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 06:17 PM (yTvNw)
I can spend hours talking about that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 06:23 PM (snZF9)
The mobile vet was a very nice woman; she let us have all the time we needed to say goodbye to Chekov. I'd called up some classical Russian music on YouTube on the TV, and had a couple of his best pictures on display -- for us, not Chekov. His ancestors might have been Russian cats, but his interest in that and in human classical music was less than zero.
I'm more than glad I decided to do it that way. You, and especially Lucy, will be too. Not for many years yet, though!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:24 PM (omVj0)
That got me wondering. What kind of dinosaur would a T Rex ride? Any one it wants to!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2025 06:25 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: exonfixer_94 at October 11, 2025 06:21 PM (8Xy/A)
Cement blocks, boards, some assembly required.
Results may vary.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 06:25 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Roger Moore at October 11, 2025 06:25 PM (WQDw6)
Why yes, I do smoke pipes. Quel surprise.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025
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And they look like beautiful little bits of furniture. It was why I couldn't bear to give them away during the years I no longer smoked them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:26 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Jerry Nadler at October 11, 2025 06:26 PM (7Q0e+)
Posted by: exonfixer_94 at October 11, 2025 06:21 PM (8Xy/A)
It would depend on what level of tooling you have, how much cursing you want to do, how much you want to spend, and how much time you got left on the planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 06:27 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 06:27 PM (snZF9)
And don't get us started on shelving!
Oops - I guess I just did.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 06:29 PM (QGaXH)
fun fact: because of the AD 993 carbon spike, the Anse aux Meadows viking site's lumber was dated to AD 1022.
And if the Miyake AD 774 spike ever happens again, we're not going to be able to post here.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 11, 2025 06:30 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 11, 2025 06:33 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 06:35 PM (+qU29)
fun fact: because of the AD 993 carbon spike, the Anse aux Meadows viking site's lumber was dated to AD 1022.
And if the Miyake AD 774 spike ever happens again, we're not going to be able to post here.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 11, 2025 06:30 PM (gKWVE)
Don't leave us in suspense! What are these carbon spikes you speak of ?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 06:35 PM (QGaXH)
(Laughs manically and runs away)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2025 06:35 PM (/1zfW)
Posted by: Alex Holz at October 11, 2025 06:38 PM (iL0qN)
Bonneville On race days is fun. We were there when Burt Monroe's (World' fastest Indian| movie plug) nephew tried to beat his record. It didn't happen.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 11, 2025 06:39 PM (LASI8)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 06:35 PM (+qU29)
Tree rings always reminds me of the scene in the movie Vertigo where Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak are looking at the section of the giant sequoia with the dates showing how big the tree was whenever.
Even knowing how the movie turns out that scene still gives me chills...
But this is the Hobby Thread not the Movie Thread....but movies could be a hobby......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 06:39 PM (QGaXH)
(Laughs manically and runs away)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2025 06:35 PM
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When my son was working as a wildland firefighter, I asked him that very question. His response was "The one that you can handle safely."
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 11, 2025 06:41 PM (lWPQK)
Posted by: Alex Holz at October 11, 2025 06:38 PM
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Great link. Thanks for posting.
Posted by: TRex - not a tiger at October 11, 2025 06:41 PM (E7bBj)
Posted by: Alex Holz at October 11, 2025 06:38 PM (iL0qN)
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Very nice! Reminds me of burl wood, but without any of the imperfections.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 11, 2025 06:41 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 11, 2025 06:42 PM (kUxzU)
No time recently but have installed wood from redwoods, assume it's harvested fairly.
Posted by: Skip
Cage-free
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 11, 2025 06:43 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 06:46 PM (mqcLc)
When a free neutron hits carbon-13 it becomes carbon-14. This is radioactive and beta-decays: nitrogen-14.
How those neutrons show up is the trick. You usually don't see a neutron by itself.
I just looked it up and still nobody can tell me the cause of these neutron spikes. Supernova, flare, or a failure in the magnetic field might do it. Flare seems to be the consensus.
Something bad happened in our upper atmosphere at these "Miyake" events.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 11, 2025 06:46 PM (gKWVE)
As a student metallurgist I had to learn how to properly polish and etch metals to bring out the microstructure. The whole field of metallurgy moved from magic to science once they figured out, with the aid of good microscopes, what the various microstructures meant and how to reliably reproduce them.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 06:47 PM (QGaXH)
Two badass machines.
The construction is so precise, you can lock the piston in the cylinder with a single human hair.
The Craftsman saw was brand new when the owner dropped a tree on it.
He gave me the box of parts and I rebuilt it.
I've had all 409 parts in my hand.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at October 11, 2025 06:48 PM (WQDw6)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 11, 2025 06:48 PM (ULPxl)
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Also... HiFi speakers.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 06:49 PM (Q4IgG)
The mahoganies, maples, oaks, rosewoods, satinwoods are a swamp of marketing.
About the gasoline, Wolfus, I buy my E0 from Royal Farms in Accomack county. The price difference between premium and E0 is a few cents either way.
Posted by: Accomack at October 11, 2025 06:53 PM (FqNtp)
My hobby is old cars and today I have the honor of resuscitating a 1970 Mercedes coupe. Supposedly it ran when parked five years ago and now it's just covered with a proper amount of dust like a barn find. We put air in the tires and messed around trying to charge the battery and then finally replaced the battery. Still no start. Soooo. Check distributor, yes points open and close. Then check dwell. No dwell! Hey, no 12V at + Coil terminal... Then we started drinking beer. Will continue tomorrow.
Posted by: scottst at October 11, 2025 06:53 PM (EC3qn)
Posted by: Accomack at October 11, 2025 06:55 PM (FqNtp)
Posted by: scottst at October 11, 2025 06:53 PM (EC3qn)
You're right! First comment out front should have told you.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 06:56 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 06:17 PM (yTvNw)
Actually, it wasn't just the wood strad used, it was his actual design. The wood for the top had grown during the mini ice age, so the growth rings were closer together. Strad had the wood and the design. When strad was building violins they were basically baroque violins. The necks themselves were not set at an angle, and the fingerboards themselves were wedge fingerboards. The problem with that was the necks got thicker as you got closer to the body. In the 1800's when virtuoso playing came into play they started resetting the necks at an angle, and making the fingerboards a consistent thickness. Concert pitch had also became higher, so the violins had to have the bass bar under the top changed. After that all happened strad's flatter top archings worked great with the new mods, and his violins true power was realized. Strad never heard his violins as we all hear them, because they all have been modded.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 06:56 PM (snZF9)
No time recently but have installed wood from redwoods, assume it's harvested fairly.
Posted by: Skip
Cage-free
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 11, 2025 06:43 PM (63Dwl)
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I prefer wood harvested from free-range trees.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 11, 2025 06:56 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: scottst at October 11, 2025 06:53 PM
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Outstanding! Best wishes (with the beer and the car).
Posted by: TRex - often covered with dust at October 11, 2025 06:56 PM (E7bBj)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 05:35 PM (vFG9F)
There is a number of companies that make those, I always heard of them as Alaska Mills, and they are slow. It is a jig that you attach to your bar, and it keeps the blade level and the thickness correct on the slab you are cutting. There are some tutorials and brags on YouTube on other folk who have made them, some are pretty elaborate, and some are made from 2x4s.
I wanted a mobile mill, but I don't think I will be getting one unless I really get motivated.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 06:57 PM (rbvCR)
Eventually I need to screw the metal roofing on the woodshed so the sheets stop blowing off in heavy winds.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 06:58 PM (rbvCR)
https://shorturl.at/DPO3N
Wikipedia
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 11, 2025 06:48 PM (ULPxl)
Thank you for the link H2
I find it amazing how these events are recorded in something mundane like tree rings. I wonder what other secrets lie waiting in everyday nature only to be discovered once we have the technology and scientific knowledge to understand them.
How many thousands of years was man aware of tree rings yet unaware of what secrets they held?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 06:58 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 06:59 PM (mT+6a)
That was really interesting.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 06:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Accomack at October 11, 2025 07:00 PM (FqNtp)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 07:01 PM (mT+6a)
The house was kind of gingerbread, lots of homemade wood trim.
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 07:01 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 05:35 PM (vFG9F)
There is a number of companies that make those, I always heard of them as Alaska Mills, and they are slow. It is a jig that you attach to your bar, and it keeps the blade level and the thickness correct on the slab you are cutting. There are some tutorials and brags on YouTube on other folk who have made them, some are pretty elaborate, and some are made from 2x4s.
I wanted a mobile mill, but I don't think I will be getting one unless I really get motivated.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 06:57 PM (rbvCR)
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Who makes the Wood-Mizer sawmill? There's a channel with a petite blonde woman in yoga pants that operates one of those. Ace linked it few years ago.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 11, 2025 07:02 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: Accomack at October 11, 2025 07:02 PM (FqNtp)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 07:02 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: exonfixer_94 at October 11, 2025 07:03 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at October 11, 2025 07:03 PM (WQDw6)
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Wouldn't (SWIDT) the violins change anyway.... over time, with wood shrinkage, drying, new strings, etc?
Even if never modded?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 07:03 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 07:05 PM (yTvNw)
I wish he was here to contribute.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 07:01 PM (mT+6a)
Nurse
I saw you enjoyed your recent visit down here. I had to look on a map to locate the town. Ive been thru there a time or two.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 07:06 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 07:09 PM (yTvNw)
It’s a cookie cutter planned community, but it’s a home. And they own it. Marine just got another contract tech job, with ICE and he’s making twice what I do. And it’s fully remote.
They have a plan.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 07:11 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: exonfixer_94 at October 11, 2025 07:03 PM (8Xy/A)
I recall seeing something about that in the news recently. Science is never settled so there may yet be new developments/techniques to shed light on the mystery.
Or the Shroud, like the Voynich Manuscript may forever remain a mystery....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 07:12 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 07:09 PM
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Agreed. We'll include in the context of a furniture thread (i.e. restoration).
Posted by: TRex - well preserved at October 11, 2025 07:12 PM (E7bBj)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 11, 2025 07:12 PM (f4JTG)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 07:13 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 07:14 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 11, 2025 07:12 PM
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It was considered. So was the Monty Python lumberjack song. Ended up going with the mystery click.
Posted by: TRex - Puns for sale at October 11, 2025 07:15 PM (E7bBj)
It’s a cookie cutter planned community, but it’s a home. And they own it. Marine just got another contract tech job, with ICE and he’s making twice what I do. And it’s fully remote.
They have a plan.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 07:11 PM (mT+6a)
A home is a home especially here in So. cal. Some many of the younger generation leave the area because it's just so expensive here neat the coast.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 11, 2025 07:15 PM (QGaXH)
That was really interesting.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 06:59 PM (viF8m)
Yeah I didn't have the room to tell all of it. In the late 1600's he was doing all kinds of experiments. He had eventually built what they call the "long strad" its only 5/8" longer, but it was noticeable in appearance. He ended up moving away from that design, but during that period he started using a flatter top arching, and he found that it really changed how it projected tone. A lot of the makers had a taller arching to their tops. When the neck angles changed the necks had to be about 5/8" longer, so necks either had a shim, or were just renecked. The scrolls would be cut off the original and grafted to the new neck. The heavier bass bar for the new concert pitch had stiffened the top more than it was originally. Put all that together with strads design and the puzzle pieces were all in place.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 07:15 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 11, 2025 07:16 PM (f4JTG)
Even if never modded?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 07:03 PM (Q4IgG)
After modifications they became completely different violins.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 07:17 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 11, 2025 07:19 PM (f4JTG)
Even if never modded?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 07:03 PM (Q4IgG)
After modifications they became completely different violins.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 07:17 PM (snZF9)
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Ahhh... understood.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 07:20 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: TRex -tree lover at October 11, 2025 07:23 PM (E7bBj)
The only things of similar import that comes to mind are agriculture and textiles.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 07:25 PM (yTvNw)
I got a 16' Bar one new from my wife, and the first thing I managed to do with it was run it with the bar lock on and the choke on, and burned out the clutch,
The second thing I did was learn how to replace the clutch and the needle bearings. Oh, and how to remove the melted plastic from the case from where it melted into the clutch. A narrow chisel works well, if you wind up in the same place.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 07:27 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 11, 2025 07:19 PM (f4JTG)
I know, bummer, lol. He did made 2 maybe 3 guitars though. I know at least one survived.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 07:27 PM (snZF9)
The only things of similar import that comes to mind are agriculture and textiles.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 07:25 PM (yTvNw)
I'm more amazed at just how much building techniques were influenced by the wood itself.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 07:30 PM (snZF9)
There were 2 large and 1 HUGE elms in this yard, once upon a time. All are gone now, the most recently-removed was cut down in 2018. Saplings, both root sucker & seedling, are my constant, lingering adversaries!
Tree-guy counted the rings on *huge* tree-- 82. Its canopy covered well over half of this (half-acre) property! Yes, I miss the shade. I do not miss the ocean of little seeds each May.
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 07:30 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 07:30 PM (yTvNw)
JTB, I was given the same book in high school as I was beginning my love affair with wood and its lessons are still with me fifty years later.
JTB and Berserker, my attraction to all things wooden and an early ability to play guitar pretty well led me to the woodshop in college. With access to the lumber stacks at Gurian Guitars in Hinsdale NH thanks to a couple of recent grads from my college, I began building a copy of a Martin D-28 as a 17 y/o freshman and finished it later that year at 18. I still have it and it sounds like a vintage Martin. It should, as it's the same relative age as the famed pre-war Martins were when I built it. That little adventure in fine woodworking led to a 40-odd year career as a woodworker, cabinetmaker, carpenter, and contractor. Unfortunately, a late-blooming variety of Muscular Dystrophy has wiped out my career in carpentry as well as 50 years of playing guitar. My son will get my guitar and some tools, and I'm in the process of giving away the rest. It hurts, a lot.
Posted by: Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter at October 11, 2025 07:31 PM (/jWPx)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 11, 2025 07:32 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Paco at October 11, 2025 07:33 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 07:33 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 07:34 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter at October 11, 2025 07:31 PM (/jWPx)
I went the opposite. I had the wood background in furniture and cabinet making before building classical guitars. Probably at least 75% of the known old world classical guitar builders started as trained cabinet makers.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 07:35 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Paco at October 11, 2025 07:36 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Eromero at October 11, 2025 07:36 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Accomack at October 11, 2025 07:38 PM (Bbhox)
There is progress but, of course, it's a slow process. There are several YT videos about the ongoing efforts.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 07:39 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Cowboyneal - the Other Jewish Carpenter at October 11, 2025 07:31 PM (/jWPx)
Damn.I have seen similar. My father was a good guitar player. I watched RA wipe out his ability to play. I built him a beautiful classical guitar. 2 years later he couldn't play it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 07:40 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 07:40 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 07:43 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 07:44 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 07:40 PM (0aYVJ)
yeah some of the strads have crazy stories. Most are known by the names of original or early famous owners.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 07:45 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 07:45 PM (+qU29)
Thanks for another wonderful hobby thread. With a topic like lumber and wood there are so many possible considerations. And, God help us, aspects to think about long after the thread is over.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 07:45 PM (yTvNw)
Example:
https://shorturl.at/4iFnl
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 07:47 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 11, 2025 07:53 PM (kUxzU)
Some of my earliest memories are of going to the sawmill where grandpa was the senior machinist, responsible for keeping everything sharp.
He had a shop, with a hugemongous circular rotary white whetstone, water cooled, that he would mount the blades of the planers in. When the blades were all done he would only handle them with a set of pliars they were so sharp. The blades were all hardened stainless steel ( i think ). When one would break, he would cut a handle into it, sharpen the narrow end, and give it to my Dad to be a gasket scraper. I have one of those he sharpened in 1974 that he gave to me. It'll cut like a razor to this day and I have not been kind to it at all.
For the model railroaders...his machine shop was the inner wall of the mill's v2 Heisler steam yard engine. Another happy memory of mine was playing on that as a toddler.
Sawmill was in Ferriday, LA. Here's a pin drop in google maps.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/tFjLbKfytiRXWqXq7
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 11, 2025 07:57 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 07:59 PM (XeU6L)
Since I bought my place I have had several big mature trees die off. I still have most of the limbs and trunks. Soon I will have a burl from a Plumb tree about 15" around. Don't have a wood lathe big enough to do anything with any of it but maybe someday. My small wood lathe is more geared towards pens and chair legs.
Turning wood is fun but easy. Actually almost anything in wood is easy. It was the first medium I worked in doing things from ground up. METAL is my thing. I have 3 metal lathes, two that will eventually be melded into one working one and one working one. Have eyes on a Bridgepot mill for a reasonable price.
Now that there is cheap battery powers hammer drills I want to try Granite. For the money for a headstone I need to buy I could get some decent tools and a big piece from the in laws property in CA and do it myself.
Posted by: Reforger at October 11, 2025 08:01 PM (D89Gv)
In that situation you cut in from the side and then down -- and then either cut the remaining section from the top or let the tree's weight snap it, which is what happened. Then it was just a matter of cutting it into segments. And by "just" of course I mean two days of swearing, cutting off limbs, trying to turn a two-ton log so I can cut through it, and similar entertainment. But now I have next winter's firewood ready to cure and split. It's birch, too -- the stuff burns like plutonium.
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 11, 2025 08:01 PM (78a2H)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 11, 2025 08:02 PM (78a2H)
Anyone connected with instrumental music, except brass, must have learned about wood used in making the instruments even if only to wonder why Stradivarius violins have such a unique quality.
Posted by: JTB
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I can spend hours talking about that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Watched a documentary on how a Bassoon is created. Very interesting as i played one in high school. The show made it look simple, even installing the Rube Goldberg hardware connecting the keys to the pads on the four sections.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 11, 2025 08:05 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 11, 2025 10:37 PM (Om+DK)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, Oct 11
From Hrothgar: "My Conor pup at work"
This is Yuki. He was rescued from being euthanized after her owner dropped him off at a shelter for getting too big. DNA results show that he is 87.5% Gray Wolf, 8.6% Siberian husky, and 3.9% German shepherd pic.twitter.com/RbSb5DrXEY
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) October 1, 2025
Clever Bunny defeats obstacle course - maybe ought to go in a cafe
C/o IOTWreportNailed it.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/gXFTVJwR05
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) October 8, 2025
Thank FenelonSpoke for linking to this great picture of a pup with a hitchhikerMore at this link.
"So, this is your kid?"
— Cat Knows Nothing (@CatKnowsNth) October 3, 2025
"Yes, can you watch him for a bit?"
"You got it." pic.twitter.com/8KbxdjRHPp
Snoopy was adopted by Charlie Brown on October 10, 1950, from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, after Snoopy had been bought by someone else but was returned. pic.twitter.com/c36zxW2Uv8
— snoopy (@realsnoopys) October 5, 2025
I adopted Lulu nearly 4 years ago when she was 13 years old--at least that is the age the folks that surrendered her told my local Humane Society. I discovered she was 98% deaf after I got her, as she hears only nearby loud, sharp sounds. After 4 years, I am quite skeptical that she's now 17, because she's still very spry, can jump up 28" onto my bed, and has no signs of joint pain. She is now going blind, and we're in a period of adjustment for that, which I think causes me more stress than her. But her olfactory sense is spot on, and she uses her different voices to let me know when it's time to eat, and time for a walk. At 13 lbs, she's a big Pom, and I call her the Pomzilla.What a beautiful dog. Thanks for all the detail in your wonderful story.
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Liz
Oxford, Maryland
Levon, our English Setter has graced your pages before. Here are his siblings. Charli, our new Golden Retriever puppy and Bean, the tireless tyrant. Yorkies are spicy. Levon is such a patient boy.Levon has a spicy puppy sibling now! Thanks for sending in both their photos.
Cheers Tom
Please refer to me as "Snoopy-Class of 70". This is 6 y/old Keyboardus Katus Kip. He fits most of the preferred habits in spades! Kip is an indoor/outdoor cat, and well-loved.Kip looks a bit mysterious, but wonderfull!
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:Until next Saturday, have a great week!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.
If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, October 4. 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. Here's a notable comment from mindful webworker:
Here's a dog vid and a cat vid, c/o IOTWreport. Amusing canineQuote of the Week from the latter:
https://bit.ly/434H89j Thieving feline
https://bit.ly/489TMHD and a reminder that BluebirdOfBitterness.com has a couple of Caturday posts, as usual.
If there were to be a universal sound depicting peace, I would surely vote for the purr. —Barbara L. DiamondMindful webworker has provided us with some great material lately!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 03:37 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 11, 2025 03:39 PM (qjOcV)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at October 11, 2025 03:41 PM (Y/ecs)
Our cat blog has been updated.
https://tinyurl.com/4k65zjkx
I'll have to read the pet thread later when I am not so tired.
Have a wonderful afternoon!
Posted by: Joyenz at October 11, 2025 03:42 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 03:44 PM (7vIsy)
Now, he doesn't want to come inside. He did come in to sleep two days after and I thought we were back to normal. But he won't comeiin now. It's still pretty warm out, so I will continue to clean things up and hope he changes his mind when it gets cold.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 11, 2025 03:47 PM (kUxzU)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 03:51 PM (tcsrY)
I keep spares, but it is an indication that he is going to be a handful. I think he may turn out to be a big cat, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 03:52 PM (rbvCR)
Do you have another cat to distract him from destructiveness?
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 03:57 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 03:58 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 03:57 PM (7vIsy)
Yes. Three of them. He is just three months old and and has too much energy. This is just a kitten thing.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 03:59 PM (rbvCR)
Ask me how I know.
Lucy the Fink is my sweet sweet little fur friend.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 04:06 PM (WYOSD)
Kindltot writes, "Our new kitten, Sejong, amused himself after I fell asleep last night by gnawing the cable for my earphones in half."
Stirling as a kitten did that twice to the power/recharge cord for my MacBook Air. It didn't take much gnawing to damage the cord to unusable status; he didn't even break the insulation. But it would no longer charge the laptop. Do you know how much an Apple Store wants for a replacement? $100! After the second time, I bought some of that corrugated plastic cable protector stuff you can get at Autozone and enclosed the third cord so he can't get to it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 04:07 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 04:15 PM (omVj0)
Same with a Senegal parrots purr, brief as they are.
Beak grinding is a cozy sound signaling happy.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 11, 2025 04:16 PM (OqEkV)
Our cat blog has been updated.
https://tinyurl.com/4k65zjkx
I'll have to read the pet thread later when I am not so tired.
Have a wonderful afternoon!
Posted by: Joyenz at October 11, 2025 03:42 PM (2F0/Y)
I'm curious, how does Oscar do being deaf with all the other cats?
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 11, 2025 04:17 PM (8hxDK)
Still, heartwarming indeed. "You've got a used dog, Charlie Brown." "Well, Snoopy, you're *my* dog now."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 04:18 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 04:24 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Eromero at October 11, 2025 04:27 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 03:58 PM (7vIsy)
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Human evolution: "Recurring seasonal weather patterns suggest that if an ample share of seed is meticulously accumulated and stored over the winter, it can be deployed in the spring to yield a crop of edible grains in the summer."
Dog evolution: "Food found here once. Always check here for food."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 04:27 PM (Q1uY4)
Looking at the names of the Siberians' ancestors, I see the occasional name, male or female, appearing on more than one pedigree. Tatiana was literally the late Chekov's aunt, for example. So referring to her as Dagny's "distant relative" is at least partly accurate.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 04:34 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus
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You're correct, Wolfus. I used to have about 30 paperbacks from the 60's and 70's that I loved. Funny and wonderful to watch how the characters evolved. Not sure what happened to them. *sigh*
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 04:34 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025
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Also dog evolution: "These two-leggers don't look like us, but they make *great* pack leaders! We should sign up!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 04:46 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 04:51 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 04:53 PM (hoCmQ)
Found this too: She adopted a Corgi mix named Red, who was found on a street in Austin, Texas and Sweetie, a Newfoundland that she adopted through Newfie Rescue.
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 04:55 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at October 11, 2025 04:57 PM (9634k)
Thank God I didn't park there today.
Is there someone I should call to clean this up? Some city service?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:07 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 05:10 PM (hoCmQ)
Liz, One of our poodles went completely blind at 4 years old. It can be a problem with white standard poodles. People thought we would put him down. Nope! It took him maybe 2 days to adjust using his brother as a seeing eye dog. No bumping into things, no stumbling. He learned to use his memory, his nose and hearing. Eight years later he could still have found his way out of the Labyrinth of Knossos. Dogs are so amazing.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 05:17 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Archer at October 11, 2025 05:17 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2025 05:20 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 05:23 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 11, 2025 05:25 PM (ja+o0)
Posted by: Archer
Not the same wothout Don Cherry.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 05:25 PM (QXQsI)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 05:25 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 05:25 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 05:25 PM (QXQsI)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025
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I did. They bounced me to 311, which included Parks and Parkways, but (naturally, in this pesthole) no one answered. I've put a service request in on their website.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:32 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2025
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My condolences, Jim. It's hard to lose a long-time friend.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:33 PM (omVj0)
It's incredible how advanced final-days pet care has become. An acquaintance of mine was shook over her dying cat -- it was around 15 years old -- and the pet hospital had rooms for pet owners to stay in overnight so they won't have to leave the animal scared in a cage. When the veterinarian finally determined that this was it, there was no saving the cat and it had maybe hours to live, they had a place for the cat and my friend so she could hold it to the end.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 11, 2025 05:37 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2025
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My condolences, Jim. It's hard to lose a long-time friend.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:33 PM (omVj0)
It's how life goes. Cat had a good run. Even his "not a girlfriend" and her mother were there at the vet for my elder child and the cat.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2025 05:45 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2025
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My condolences, Jim. It's hard to lose a long-time friend.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:33 PM (omVj0)
It's how life goes. Cat had a good run. Even his "not a girlfriend" and her mother were there at the vet for my elder child and the cat.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2025 05:45 PM (ynpvh)
Let me rephrase that...not the cat's "not a girlfriend", but my son's.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 11, 2025 05:46 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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LOL.
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 05:48 PM (hoCmQ)
Hopefully I won’t have to face that for another few years.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 05:49 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: DanMa'am at October 11, 2025 05:56 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 05:56 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 05:58 PM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:03 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:04 PM (omVj0)
And Wolfus
That’s what I will have to do.
Hopefully not for several years though. Ugh.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 06:08 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 04:53 PM (hoCmQ)
She had a Golden Retriever, Reggie.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 11, 2025 06:23 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 11, 2025 04:17 PM (8hxDK)
He does very well. Since he can't hear anything, he takes cues from the other cat reactions. We've had a couple of deaf cats over the last couple of years. Our poor cat Felix (RIP) became blind towards the end and we had no idea. Cats are great at adapting.
Posted by: Joyenz at October 11, 2025 06:48 PM (2F0/Y)
So sorry for the loss of your son's kitty.
Posted by: Joyenz at October 11, 2025 06:49 PM (2F0/Y)
I am crazy. I still keep looking on the windowsill to see if she wants to come in.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 11, 2025 07:08 PM (ZmEVT)
14 years old. No wounds. Just a heart attack I figure.
Just loved her.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 11, 2025 07:12 PM (ZmEVT)
Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Oct. 11
I thought the colors were so vibrant I just had to take a picture. Now that I can again walk , hope to be resuming my trail walks so maybe will be able to contribute more. Sharon(willow's apprentice)Gorgeous, lucky photo! We will be looking forward to your trail walks!
More Butterfly-Friendly Flowers
Happy Fall KT! I just had to stop and take a picture of these roadside zinnias. I like flowers that are hardy and can grow anywhere. I expect that they will provide colorful blooms until the first frost. Cheers, The PilotThey are wonderful! The mostly semi-double blooms make them attractive to butterflies. Below, some sources for interesting roadside flowers for next year. Single-flowered varieties are even better for attracting butterflies.
Edible Gardening/Putting Things By Intrepid AoS Liaison/Admiral Ackbar garden report
Things are growing well here. The grape vines are full of rapidly darkening fruit, although this is the first year they've really produced, so I'm not sure how long to wait before harvesting. Likewise, the three aronia bushes on the back of the house are loaded, and I'll pull the berries off them soon.
We have a bunch of elderberry, which seem a bit more phased in ripening, with bunches of fruit ranging from green to almost black/fully ripe. They're kind of a pain to process, and I haven't done anything with the few pounds I harvested last year, but I guess that's what the deep freeze is for.
While walking around looking for things to photograph, I saw this tree covered in little bug eggs. Isn't nature beautiful?
Finer art from Dr_No:good color pic.twitter.com/oZa74ZDAr2
— rven (@privannte) October 10, 2025
Look to the left of the moon flowers and you see a hummingbird next to the wind chimes! Behind the walkway are hostas and the impatiens volunteers.
These are the impatiens volunteers from last year, growing in 6" of pebbles next to the back porch. Amazing life force. They're sprawling 1-2 feet onto the concrete. p.s. hummingbird report: as of October 3, they're still here in the upstate (SC).These make me so happy, Miley!
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 01:34 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Paco at October 11, 2025 01:35 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 01:35 PM (7vIsy)
Finished clearing out compost bin ready for the new crop of leaves
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 01:36 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Paco at October 11, 2025 01:37 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 01:38 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 11, 2025 01:41 PM (kUxzU)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 11, 2025 01:43 PM (kUxzU)
Even if it is, it's not like anyone's going to know that you personally made it extinct.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 01:45 PM (fd80v)
Just saw one this morning in ETex.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 11, 2025 01:45 PM (ULPxl)
It's a Lantana.
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 01:47 PM (7vIsy)
I took a tablespoon from the last restaurant I ate at.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 11, 2025 01:48 PM (40mRe)
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 01:49 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 01:52 PM (+qU29)
Anyway, my apple trees, salt licks, and plentiful cut grass attracts them like an all you can eat buffet. I've tried to tell them they can keep them out of the garden with "Deer B Gon", which is mint based and safe. It really works. But, they are, apparently, "smarter" than me. So I stopped trying to help them out.
It's getting colder, so they'll be herding up soon. Which is always fun. 30 to 40 Whitetails romping through the property of a couple that absolutely hates them.
Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2025 01:52 PM (dIske)
It's a Lantana. - KT
So it is! The enlargement altered perspective in such a way as to make the leaves seem larger than they really are.
Posted by: Paco at October 11, 2025 02:00 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Ronster at October 11, 2025 02:01 PM (LOaLX)
Just saw one this morning in ETex.
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Ours here in N Central KY left earlier in the week. Had several hanging around since late Sept. But, they've moved on.
I understand some will migrate as far as Panama.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 02:05 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 02:05 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 02:07 PM (w6EFb)
I don't know how effective Deer B Gon is, but Liquid Fence seems to work. We make our own "bootleg" repellant, that closely follows the ingredients in Liquid Fence: a mixture of egg, milk, dish soap, cooking oil, and ground cayenne or chili pepper, everything mixed in water. This has been very effective in deterring deer and rabbits for us.
Posted by: Paco at October 11, 2025 02:07 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 11, 2025 01:43 PM (kUxzU)
My brother bought some brussels sprout starts which turned out to be broccoli. Bummer. The garden center was not helpful. Well, who knows who was responsible for marking them? I would have thought they plant the seeds themselves, but maybe not.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 02:10 PM (w6EFb)
They ought to just bum a ride on the backs of ducks and geese.
Posted by: Paco at October 11, 2025 02:10 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 02:12 PM (w6EFb)
Broccoli is easier to grow than brussels sprouts anyway. You really have to get your timing/climate right for brussels sprouts.
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 02:16 PM (7vIsy)
There's a website that tracks their migration. I had no idea many (most) fly at night. Like 10's of millions of them. The National Weather Service's network of weather radars pick them up from time to time.
Birdcast dot info
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 02:17 PM (Q4IgG)
Now that I can again walk , hope to be resuming my trail walks so maybe will be able to contribute more.
Sharon(willow's apprentice)
It's really beautiful, Sharon. Well earned!
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 02:19 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 02:17 PM (Q4IgG)
I use www.hummingbird-guide.com/
Sharon, that's a stunning photo.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 02:22 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 11, 2025 02:23 PM (guCHD)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 02:24 PM (w6EFb)
Thanks to KT for the thread and all the submissions. Sparks of color to enrich the afternoon.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 02:25 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Bob at October 11, 2025 02:25 PM (YiqZD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 02:27 PM (L2PcB)
Posted by: Bob at October 11, 2025 02:25 PM (YiqZD)
Well, that's neat!
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 02:31 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 11, 2025 01:43 PM (kUxzU)
I put in Cranberry beans when I dig my potatoes in late July. They will get ripe enough to eat as green beans in the fall before the frost nips them, they never get ripe enough for shell beans. I like them a bit more than the string beans.
I also have some Swiss chard and some carrots that are as thick as my wife's tiny wrists, all of which I planted to try for a fall garden.
The carrots are a surprise, since we have heavy clay and hard-pan that stunts the carrots. I amended heavily with calcium and that has loosened up the clay.
With the first rains we also got wine-cap mushrooms, which got as big as salad plates and was quite surprising. I still haven't eaten any
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 02:31 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 02:33 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 02:38 PM (aURVT)
I should find out if there are smaller versions that can be grown in a container next summer. We have a spot in the back yard that should be perfect for them.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 02:40 PM (yTvNw)
Time for a walk. It’s grey and cloudy and 54. Definitely fall weather.
And the Mariners won in 15!
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 02:42 PM (mT+6a)
They (the smug people with green thumbs) say it should be planted after the first hard frost. Which I did.
They lie.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 11, 2025 02:44 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 02:49 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Paco at October 11, 2025 02:07 PM (mADJX)
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Nice. I'll make a bet with you. Add some vinegar to your mixture and spray it on poison ivy. I bet it wilts in about 3 days.
Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2025 02:57 PM (dIske)
They (the smug people with green thumbs) say it should be planted after the first hard frost. Which I did.
They lie.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 11, 2025 02:44 PM (n9ltV)
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I'm going to have to ask you to promise all of us that you won't speak to any Chinese experts on growing garlic.
Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2025 02:59 PM (dIske)
The seed is from hard neck garlic I never got around to topping. It is a garden I am considering putting back into lawn so if it doesn't come up I will put in grass seed.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 03:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: The Pilot at October 11, 2025 03:02 PM (M+4Y9)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 03:02 PM (rbvCR)
I took a tablespoon from the last restaurant I ate at.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 11, 2025 01:48 PM (40mRe)
okay, I LOL'd
Posted by: Pony Tail at October 11, 2025 03:05 PM (HcbZb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 02:49 PM (w6EFb)
And go outside more than once?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 11, 2025 03:16 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 11, 2025 02:44 PM (n9ltV)
They have you confused with a vampire, therefore are afraid of you.
Or something.
Posted by: kallisto at October 11, 2025 03:23 PM (DeRoy)
Just did a little over a mile with 0 asymmetry(that's
Perfect) but didn't quite get to the trail. With Texas only a few days away didn't want to overdo it. But getting back outside listening to music and feeling the rhythm just feels so good.
Starting to feel like fall here and looks like my encore azalea will blossom but everything else looks almost gone.
It's nice that those of you who have year round gardens keep us in pictures til spring.❤️🌸🌺🪻
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 11, 2025 03:26 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 11, 2025 03:16 PM (n9ltV)
The Garden State air must be aromatic. I remember the refineries in the 60s as we passed through on I-95.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 03:26 PM (w6EFb)
But no impatiens. And boy would I love some volunteer impatiens
Posted by: kallisto at October 11, 2025 03:27 PM (DeRoy)
Posted by: Paco at October 11, 2025 02:07 PM (mADJX)
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Nice. I'll make a bet with you. Add some vinegar to your mixture and spray it on poison ivy. I bet it wilts in about 3 days.
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Pro Tip: Just use what's called 'Cleaning Bleach' - it's 7.5% Sodium Hypochlorite instead of the standard 6%. Doesn't sound like much, but it's 125% stronger than the weaker version. Same rule-of-thumb applies to vinegar. 'Cleaning Vinegar' is generally 150% stronger than the standard model. That's why y' wear gloves when handling either of 'em.
Posted by: Dr_No at October 11, 2025 03:28 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 02:33 PM (w6EFb)
I wish I knew which varieties are edible, because Mother Nature has been sending me a smorgasbord. One of them bloomed to the size of a dinner plate. I wanted to eat it so bad but neighbor said I shouldn’t offer myself as a guinea pig. 🤔
Posted by: kallisto at October 11, 2025 03:30 PM (DeRoy)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 03:35 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: kallisto at October 11, 2025 03:27 PM (DeRoy)
All of this began with 2 plants between hostas. They spit the seeds far and wide. Then the volunteers spit seeds far and wide. There are still babies coming up in the pebbles.
Almost entirely full shade. We made an efforts to water them along with the hostas, which really need water in the hot summer.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 03:36 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 03:37 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 11, 2025 03:38 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: kallisto at October 11, 2025 03:30 PM (DeRoy)
Search for online resources. I still have my mushroom handbook from Sweden. Recognize the different undersides, the mycells, the color of the spoors (place on white paper and cover with a glass). You can probably find out what's to be found in your area and the type of environment it's likely to grow in. Mushroom hunters love to discuss it.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 03:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 03:40 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 03:35 PM (+qU29)
The neighbors says there are four eight-point bucks crusing around, and he has big plans for them.
I found out recently that if the ground is dry enough, an electric fence is useless.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 03:42 PM (w6EFb)
These are common on some species such as Hackberries and are called nipple galls. There is a wasp that causes round nearly marble size galls on oak leaves.
Hope this helps.
Posted by: Fritzy at October 11, 2025 03:47 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: Fritzy at October 11, 2025 03:49 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: kallisto at October 11, 2025 03:49 PM (DeRoy)
Posted by: Reforger at October 11, 2025 04:04 PM (D89Gv)
Try iNatualist.org for AI-assisted identification.
I guess you'd better have your smartphone with you in the woods. I'd love to find out if it works. We sure have come a long way since I first began picking easily-identified species. One time we found champignons on the horse manure pile, and the Swede called his brother and asked him to call us in a while to see if we were sick. They were the real deal, passed the tests.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2025 04:58 PM (w6EFb)
I still have green beans and tomatoes, but I suspect not for much longer. I did remove the 4 tomatoes in pots, as they weren't producing. I already planted my 5 garlic cloves in a pot, 2 inches deep, with some nice fertilizer, and lots of straw on top.
We stripped the small Golden Delicious tree, and squashed most of the apples for cider/hard cider, and squashed the final Seckel pears as well. We racked off the current batch of perry, which seems way too yeasty...
We've been working on cleaning the house exterior, by vacuuming off spider webs, then power-washing. I think we're 1/4 done now.
Posted by: Pat* at October 11, 2025 08:18 PM (NdwWH)
Posted by: ChupaMe at October 11, 2025 11:01 PM (tL/ii)
Thinking about Rousseau and some of today's leftists
Do you agree with the graphic representation above?I put this together as an analytical tool to better understand these issues and how they align. Replace Fabianism with Gloablist/Technocratic managerialism for countries without Fabianism but similar situation. It’s not designed to offende of create grievance, by god we have… pic.twitter.com/0CR2BRlWc8
— aoattes (@andyoattes) October 10, 2025
Rousseau’s book Emile, or On Education, is a notable proto-modern take on education. It was one of the first to move the focus of schooling away from teacher-centred instruction and towards child-centred curiosity and discovery. It also included a take on religion that led to the book being banned and burned. And it also included a take on female education (they shouldn’t be educated, lest they take over!)The Taliban might agree!
The elder statesperson of French philosophy and letters at the time, Voltaire, was one notable critic. Rousseau, funnily enough, was an admirer of Voltaire. but he received mostly condemnation and bad reviews from Voltaire in return. Voltaire despised Emile, except for the anti-religious bit, which he called “among the boldest ever known.” Voltaire had written his own religious treatise – The Sermon of the Fifty – under a pseudonym. Rousseau outed him as the author, to Voltaire’s dismay. Time for some revenge! Voltaire dug up a dirty secret of Rousseau’s, one that had been doing the rounds but had never been made public. Rousseau, that paragon of educational theory, was in fact the father of five children. And all five of those children had been abandoned at a foundling hospital at Rousseau’s urging. Voltaire published an anonymous pamphlet bringing this awful secret to light. Rousseau’s partner, Marie-Thérèse Levasseur, was from a formerly prominent family that had fallen on hard times, and when she gave birth Rousseau (and Levasseur’s own mother) urged her to send their son to an orphanage. He claimed it was to preserve her honour (ew), but Rousseau later claimed it was because he was worried that the child would be better educated there (ew ew). Four more children followed, each following their elder sibling to the foundling hospital (ew ew ew). Rousseau later tried to track them down, but by that time they were probably all dead (ew ew ew ew).
This is what Rousseau had to say about the whole ugly affair:Failing to keep a record of his childrens' genders seems rather modern!Five children were born of [our] liaison, and all were placed in the Foundling’s Hospital, and with so little thought of the possibility of their identification that I did not even keep a record of their dates of birth [or of their gender]. For several years now, the self-reproach which my neglectful behavior has aroused in me has disturbed my peace of mind and I am about to die [a frequent condition in Rousseau’s life] without being able to remedy it, much to the mother’s and my own regret.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (born June 28, 1712, Geneva, Switzerland—died July 2, 1778, Ermenonville, France) was a Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist whose treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the Romantic generation. Rousseau was the least academic of modern philosophers and in many ways was the most influential. His thought marked the end of the European Enlightenment (the “Age of Reason”The entire biography is quite extensive and academic, however. Does any of the summary above reinforce what Voltaire said? “No one has ever employed so much intellect to persuade men to be beasts. In reading your work one is seized with a desire to walk on all fours.” Do "furries" come to anyone's mind?. He propelled political and ethical thinking into new channels. His reforms revolutionized taste, first in music, then in the other arts. He had a profound impact on people’s way of life; he taught parents to take a new interest in their children and to educate them differently; he furthered the expression of emotion rather than polite restraint in friendship and love. He introduced the cult of religious sentiment among people who had discarded religious dogma. He opened people’s eyes to the beauties of nature, and he made liberty an object of almost universal aspiration.
By the time of his death in 1778 at age 66, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was world famous as a philosopher, novelist, composer, and all-around polymath. He was buried at midnight, by torchlight, on the Isle of Poplars, a small artificial island in a park in Ermenonville, France, where he had spent the last six weeks of his life. Rousseau’s tomb immediately became a place of pilgrimage for his admirers, but his remains were not to stay long on the peaceful little island.
Rousseau’s writings and philosophy had a profound impact on the French Revolution, especially among the most radical of the revolutionaries. Maximilien Robespierre, perhaps the most bloodthirsty of the Jacobins, appealed directly to Rousseau’s philosophy to justify the Terror, relying on Rousseau’s argument that the “general will” must prevail over individual private will, through the use of “universal compulsory force,” if necessary. Although Rousseau would most probably have disapproved, the Jacobins cited his work as thousands of heads deemed to contain insufficiently radical minds rolled down the guillotine chute. But devotion to Rousseau did not die with the end of the Terror. In September 1794, less than two months after Robespierre himself was guillotined, the French Assembly proclaimed Rousseau to be a “Prophet of Jacobinism,” and voted to have his remains reinterred in the Panthéon.
Originally intended to be a new Church of Saint Genevieve (the patron saint of Paris), the building that would become the Panthéon was completed just as the French Revolution was getting underway. As part of the seizure of all church property, the National Assembly confiscated the building just before it was to be dedicated and declared that it would henceforth be a “temple of the nation,” where the “great men” of the nation were to be interred and honored. (About a year later revolutionaries burned the relics and remains of St. Genevieve and tossed the ashes unceremoniously into the Seine.) In July 1791, Voltaire became the first of the great men to be reinterred in the Panthéon. Jean Paul Marat followed, after his assassination in 1793, only to have his remains ejected after he was later declared to be an “enemy of the revolution,” rather than a “great man.” In an effort to avoid such embarrassments in the future, in 1795 the Assembly passed a law providing that no one could be interred in the Panthéon until he had been dead for at least ten years.
But back to Rousseau. In October 1794 his remains were taken from the tomb on the Isle of Poplars and placed into a wagon for the thirty-mile journey to the Panthéon. A 12-horse team pulled the wagon, which also carried a statute of Rosseau, while the inhabitants of the villages where he wrote his most famous works walked along solemnly behind it, one of them carrying a copy his book “The Social Contract” on a velvet cushion. In the days leading up to the reinterment ceremony, public lectures praised him and throughout the country songs and plays were composed and performed in his honor.
Finally, on October 11, 1794, two hundred thirty-one years ago today, in a ceremony that one observer noted had a (perhaps ironic) “religious atmosphere,” the remains of Jean Jacques Rousseau were interred in the Panthéon. Rousseau’s remains were placed directly across from those of his former hero and philosophical rival Voltaire, who after reading Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality wrote, “No one has ever employed so much intellect to persuade men to be beasts. In reading your work one is seized with a desire to walk on all fours.”
The shutdown rages, ostensibly, but not many seem to notice. When will it end? I suppose when Chuck Schumer’s polling shows him pulling even with Ocasio-Cortez, now that he has stood up to the dreaded Trump. In other more significant news, a cease fire finally came to Gaza. It is bittersweet: good to have the remaining hostages returned, bad that Hamas still exists. Whether any of the remaining points of President Trump’s peace plan are ever implemented, remains to be seen. But memesters gave Trump credit for saving the lives that could be saved. Meanwhile, battles raged in Portland and Chicago. The Democratic Party and its judges came out foursquare for criminality, in what some see as a clarifying moment. And, oh yes–meme creators are not yet done with the sombrero. Sombreros may attain a permanent place in the panoply of memedom. So here goes:Okay then, sombreros:
Best yet… pic.twitter.com/Hrhr0MsZJh
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 5, 2025
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Rousseau - first modern 'Urban' philosopher.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2025 11:11 AM (/lPRQ)
What I imagine is happening with the wide-open borders and allowing any and all tribes into the West that the Devil is trying to put the band back together again.
I think that is why competing demonic ideas are collaborating - LGBT and Islam are working together for the same cause.
I'm surprised the Rapture Enthusiasts haven't picked up on this and made videos, book series and conferences.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 11:11 AM (a4flb)
What a wretched end.
Sitting on an island you spit across until you died.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2025 11:15 AM (/lPRQ)
Johnson was pissed that Schumer was going to refuse any votes until after the next "No Kings" protest. I think that is the reason, they are trying to gin up some serious disorder and blame it on Trump.
And if not just disorder, then maybe some pretext for something else
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 11:02 AM (rbvCR)
I'm guessing this "protest" will be a Black Block operation with the hope of getting a Kent State response that the Dims can ride into next year as well as November. And use it to get more of their demands.
Further, I expect the day time portion of this "protest" will be all peaceful for the MSM to broadcast and help project a false image/propaganda,
until the "mostly peaceful" part of the program starts after dark.
I just hope Trump's people have gamed this out properly.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 11, 2025 11:16 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2025 11:17 AM (/lPRQ)
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Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 11, 2025 11:19 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:20 AM (ZOv7s)
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Posted by: DaveA at October 11, 2025 11:24 AM (PMJuY)
@LeadingReport
BREAKING: Former National Security Adviser John Bolton is expected to be charged with federal crimes soon, per two federal officials.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 11:24 AM (mlg/3)
Great.
Let's just hope another Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani-like event doesn't take place at some point down the road.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 11:26 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 11, 2025 11:16 AM (iJfKG)
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Since Antifa is now a foreign terrorist organization, the leadership could we be picked up in advance of the event.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:28 AM (ZOv7s)
The lurch to the left wasn't invisible. In fact, they didn't even try to hide it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 11:28 AM (Q4IgG)
With a good pole and reel you could cast the compass.
I've caught walleye dinner and pike entertainment off an island that small in Voyageurs.
Posted by: DaveA at October 11, 2025 11:28 AM (PMJuY)
I’ll admit I can’t make head nor tails if that Venn diagram. Maybe Kamala is smarter than I am… depressing thought
Sombrero memes are hilarious
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 11, 2025 11:31 AM (i5Vkf)
Slacking here
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 11:33 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 11:34 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:36 AM (+f1g8)
Great."
I liked the little video by Melanie Phillips where she suggested that on Oct. 8 the USA should have told Qatar that if all the hostages were not returned healthy the next day, they would be held responsible and we would remove our military base in Qatar.
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 11:37 AM (7vIsy)
'until the "mostly peaceful" part of the program starts after dark.'
Does he legally have to rely on local law enforcement to arrest these 'protestors'?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 11:38 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 11, 2025 11:40 AM (wVcYX)
Sure, this is the guy we should follow.
*rolls eyes*
Posted by: Archimedes at October 11, 2025 11:40 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: olddog in mo
Are you like 70 years old or something?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 11:42 AM (mlg/3)
But as a young teen, I watched that movie many times just to ogle Shelley Fabares in a bikini.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 11:42 AM (Y1sOo)
Great."
I liked the little video by Melanie Phillips where she suggested that on Oct. 8 the USA should have told Qatar that if all the hostages were not returned healthy the next day, they would be held responsible and we would remove
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 11:37 AM (7vIsy)
FIFM
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 11, 2025 11:42 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 11:42 AM (y171U)
Yesterday:
1. Consider an issue or problem.
2. Resolve to understand via history, research, opinions, writings, and discernment.
3. Pose the Problem, Tradeoffs, and Solutions as a plan or strategy.
4. Gain support needed to implement above.
Today:
1. Criticize system failures.
2. Demonize a group that supports or work in the system.
3. Build Caste of the people in the system, using the system, or against the system.
4. Declare a Good vs. Evil Caste winner.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 11, 2025 11:43 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 11, 2025 11:45 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: avi at October 11, 2025 11:45 AM (R2iS+)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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*counts on fingers and toes*
No, not yet.
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 11:45 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:20 AM (ZOv7s)
So true...
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 11:46 AM (y171U)
But as a young teen, I watched that movie many times just to ogle Shelley Fabares in a bikini.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 11:42 AM (Y1sOo)
Hoedaddys watching the surf
Girls in bikinis
Mesmerizing bounce motions
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 11, 2025 11:46 AM (wVcYX)
I missed something basic.Why does qatar need F15s?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 11, 2025 11:48 AM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 11, 2025 11:49 AM (kUxzU)
@LeadingReport
BREAKING: Former National Security Adviser John Bolton is expected to be charged with federal crimes soon, per two federal officials.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 11:24 AM (mlg/3)
We get a Perp Walk? Please? Perp Drag by his feet? His mustache should protect him from steps.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 11, 2025 11:49 AM (S/Y4j)
Girls in bikinis
Mesmerizing bounce motions
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 11, 2025 11:46 AM (wVcYX)
And the grandest of these movies: Surf Nazis Must Die.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 11, 2025 11:50 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 11:24 AM (mlg/3)
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
Posted by: Zero Dark Thirty Raids, Perp Walks and Orange Jumpsuits at October 11, 2025 11:50 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 11, 2025 11:50 AM (kUxzU)
Also, Lenin could lean on Stalin for the boring bureaucratic stuff.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 11, 2025 11:51 AM (JY4ap)
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FWIW... Qatar "gifted" Trump's administration that 747 to refurbish as AF-1.
Also, the US has trained many Middle Eastern militaries, and sold them fairly advanced weaponry. Saudi Arabia has early model AWACS, F-15's and whatnot. Having another ME country familiar with our gear and tactics, especially if Iran continues to be an issue is probably on some minds.
It also counters China's influence in the region.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 11:51 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 11, 2025 11:52 AM (JY4ap)
_______________________________
It's a misrepresentation. In order to be categorized you have to hold convictions. I've come to the conclusion that a vast majority of "followers" in each category are merely doing what they are told to do, and disregarding any semblance of critical thought to form one's own path and belief structure.
Take Radical Islam as an example, assumed to portray Moral Absolutism. What a large portion of them are portraying is gullibility, hate and an easy target for manipulation. The same is true in all categories these days. Debate the facts with any of these Venn Diagram destinations, and you will find a vast majority of Lemmings unable to enunciate their own "beliefs". That's where the violence comes from...ego, outlet, frustration, and inadequacy with no path of release in refusing to face their own foibles.
Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2025 11:52 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 11, 2025 11:48 AM (lCaJd)
To make themselves more trouble than it's worth to invade. See: Switzerland.
"If you want peace, prepare for war."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2025 11:52 AM (Apzx6)
Posted by: Eromero at October 11, 2025 11:52 AM (CuubL)
Girls in bikinis
Mesmerizing bounce motions
****
That would be 'Girl Happy' starring Elvis Presley and co-staring Shelley Fabres along with her bikini.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 11:53 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 11, 2025 11:16 AM (iJfKG)
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Since Antifa is now a foreign terrorist organization, the leadership could we be picked up in advance of the event.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:28 AM (ZOv7s)
That's a good point. They should probably do just that.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 11, 2025 11:53 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:54 AM (+f1g8)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 11, 2025 11:56 AM (NTdv6)
Loved the mariachi meme, too!
Posted by: Paco at October 11, 2025 11:56 AM (mADJX)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at October 11, 2025 11:56 AM (33efi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 11:54 AM (+f1g
Agree.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 11, 2025 11:56 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Zero Dark Thirty Raids, Perp Walks and Orange Jumpsuits at October 11, 2025 11:50 AM (R/m4+)
Eh? No, if you have the drop on him, make a lot of noise. It makes the conspirators start to act up in ways that are easy to spot.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 12:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 11, 2025 12:01 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Damage done. Repairing the damaged will be difficult.
For today's children. Replacing the damaged teachers with undamaged is primary and goes doubly for administration.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 12:02 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Like having a bunch of recycle bins when it all goes to the same dump
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2025 12:02 PM (/lPRQ)
'Didn't Rousseau push the idea of the noble savage?'
Did we ever find one of those? All I've ever seen are the ignoble ones.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 12:04 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 11, 2025 12:05 PM (gm9Sb)
Now see in the modern world we'd pay Marie to take care of the children, but a modern Rosseau would then go off and spread it around a bunch of women of lose virtue...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 11, 2025 12:05 PM (sKqQm)
Guess that works in child raising as well
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 12:06 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin,
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The Qataris are building a facility at Mountain Home AFB in Idaho.
And it appears we will be building a deepwater port in Pakistan. (Baluchistan)
I am very skeptical of these new alliances.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 12:07 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 12:07 PM (fd80v)
When ideas and conflicts, and suggestions arise in the net, they are faster, more agile and more authentic than a poll that takes a month to frame, a month to gather, and is probably slanted to whoever paid for it anyways.
In a way it is an ongoing public meeting, as long as you can adjust for the trolls, self-appointed thought leaders, paid influencers, and bots.
It looks like it is the only way to scale up the "small group open democracy" that was possible in the West that has given us such freedom and success - that is also a type of open source governance that is anathema to the Europeans
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 12:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 11, 2025 12:08 PM (lepZb)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 11:42 AM (Y1sOo)
#metoo
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 11, 2025 12:08 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Eromero at October 11, 2025 11:52 AM (CuubL)
I prefer Leia Organa's Bismark-hairdo to Rousseau's "pan of strudels" look
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 12:09 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
I think it was Alexander Pope, but Rousseau leveraged it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 12:09 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: 18-1
Comment No. 1
Rousseau - first modern 'Urban' philosopher.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2025 12:10 PM (/lPRQ)
I liked the little video by Melanie Phillips where she suggested that on Oct. 8 the USA should have told Qatar that if all the hostages were not returned healthy the next day, they would be held responsible and we would remove our military base in Qatar.
Posted by: KT
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Looks like I repeated your news. Read that last night, it was an hyperbolic ZH lede and slept uneasy with it. I'm very displeased with these 'new deals'. Playing footsie with a people sworn to kill us is not a wise decision. It is not a dominant move. Very uncharacteristic.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 12:12 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 11, 2025 12:08 PM (lepZb)
He liked the French and loved the culture, especially the sophistication as a counterpoint to the English
He honored their commitment and financial support during the Revolutions
He admired the original drive for suffrage and the stated goals of increasing liberty in a stultifying bureaucracy
He loved the Rights of Man, and the promise of a new society - especially since Thomas Paine was the author, and who even cribbed a bit from Jefferson.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 12:13 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 12:13 PM (m6Eem)
'But as a young teen, I watched that movie many times just to ogle Shelley Fabares in a bikini.
#metoo'
Johnny Angel.
Johnny Angel.
Johnny Angel.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 12:14 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 12:15 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 11:37 AM
That might have happened if Trump was president. Then again, I doubt hamas would have attacked Israel if he had been president.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 11, 2025 12:17 PM (0N4FZ)
Rousseau was the ultimate outsider, he was protestant, middle-class, and foreign. Probably was considered incredibly disposable if he stepped wrong, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 12:20 PM (rbvCR)
'Then again, I doubt hamas would have attacked Israel if he had been president.'
They're evil shits. They would have done it anyway.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 12:21 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 11:24 AM (mlg/3)
We get a Perp Walk? Please? Perp Drag by his feet? His mustache should protect him from steps.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I want frog suits. Just because.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 11, 2025 12:21 PM (LjSYW)
...- that is also a type of open source governance that is anathema to the Europeans
Posted by: Kindltot
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Agreed. But adjusting for the trolls, self-appointed thought leaders, paid influencers, and bots is going to become more difficult. A way to filter inaccurate information must be developed.
Anecdotally, last night a 'new-nick' said that Xi had suffered a stroke. Big news. I searched 30 minutes on X; there were many statements but not one from any source remotely credible.
Could it have been new news possibly. If it was valid I think it would be a topic today.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 12:22 PM (+f1g8)
What the fuck do these people think POTATO chips are made out of?
It’s stuff like this that makes me think oh OK I get why Democrats win elections some time. Lol. We’re kind of a stupid people aren’t we?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 11, 2025 12:23 PM (5Yz+T)
And we didn't either. Until the Houthi's started messing with commercial shipping in the Red Sea. But that's another story.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 12:26 PM (Q4IgG)
What the fuck do these people think POTATO chips are made out of?
It’s stuff like this that makes me think oh OK I get why Democrats win elections some time. Lol. We’re kind of a stupid people aren’t we?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 11, 2025 12:23 PM (5Yz+T)
This checks out. Have you spent much time observing the shoppers in your grocery store?
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 11, 2025 12:27 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 12:28 PM (y171U)
Johnny Angel.
Johnny Angel.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 12:14 PM (fd80v)
I have the 45 in my collection from back then.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 11, 2025 12:28 PM (5xuJ/)
'This checks out. Have you spent much time observing the shoppers in your grocery store?'
Count the ones wearing pajamas. It's probably as much as 42%.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 12:29 PM (fd80v)
"If you want peace, prepare for war."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Iran is the potential troublemaker?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 11, 2025 12:31 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I want frog suits. Just because.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory,
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You get nothing. That's not who we are.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 12:32 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 12:33 PM (fd80v)
Absent from all of this is "Wisdom". You still need a transcendent authority or else you get Nietzsche's observation the most violent wins the argument.
That is why there is moral consideration and there must be a Good v Evil when its obvious that Evil has entered into the chat.
"Practical" systems always devolve into Communism and Tyranny because those who want to be the strongman are more violent than those who want to be left alone.
It takes moral clarity and point to objective morality as a basis for many conflicts.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 12:33 PM (a4flb)
Catch A Wave!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 11, 2025 12:35 PM (wVcYX)
'We get a Perp Walk? Please? Perp Drag by his feet? His mustache should protect him from steps.
I want frog suits. Just because.
You get nothing. That's not who we are.'
It's who I am.
I want them to plow through Merrick Garland's house in a tank.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 12:36 PM (fd80v)
What the fuck do these people think POTATO chips are made out of?
It’s stuff like this that makes me think oh OK I get why Democrats win elections some time. Lol. We’re kind of a stupid people aren’t we?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 11, 2025 12:23 PM (5Yz+T)
Maybe they thought it was made out of corn or wheat? They are called potato chips for a reason.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 11, 2025 12:36 PM (y171U)
Wouldn't bet that at a department store
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 12:36 PM (+qU29)
Are you talking about the 400#ers in the motor scooter with a keg sized container of puffed cheese-balls and a diet Mountain Dew stashed among mylar bag after mylar bag of comestibles from the snack aisle?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 12:37 PM (a4flb)
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The woman rummaging through the rack of little pies at Walmart, checking every. single. one. for the date. Went on for about 15 minutes. She'd put one in her cart, rummage around some more, take it out and put another in.
She fingered every box. Weirdo.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 12:38 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 12:40 PM (+qU29)
And the handcuffs and leg irons attached to battery cables?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 12:40 PM (a4flb)
It's probably a collector's item now.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 12:33 PM (fd80v)
Nah. Back then, 45's were pressed by the tens of thousands. We weren't an album generation, by and large. We bought the single for the song, not for the artist. 45s were around 69 cents, albums were around 4.00, and up. I have hundreds of 45's, a combination from me and my wife's collection. I digitized a little over 300 so far and have them on a thumb drive copy that is pugged into my car stereo, in my 57 Chevy and 06 Mustang GT.
Cool memories from the days of cruising Main St USA with your favorite girl. Innocent times, indeed. Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 11, 2025 12:41 PM (5xuJ/)
In a way this reminds me of Plato in the Republic wishing to throw out poets as they introduced ideas to people that distracted from the state's needs or dictates. Soulless and unimaginative and denigrating the individual.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 12:41 PM (yTvNw)
a “temple of the nation,”
Yes, exactly. They made the State into God. (Just like most pagans before them, where the king was literally or figuratively a god.)
Second, I've never much liked Rousseau OR Voltaire because they all came out of the group of enlightenment thinkers who thought their "reason" made them smarter than God. It's the beginning of the thing that becomes Progressivism. Marx took a bunch of his cues from it.
Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2025 12:41 PM (nSIj0)
Just like the Almond beverage is labeled "milk" ?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 12:43 PM (a4flb)
She fingered every box. Weirdo.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 12:38 PM (Q4IgG)
I caught a doctor friend of mine going thru all the bacon packages at the food store looking thru the little window for God knows what. I told him they are all the same Doc, just like assholes. Some bigger and browner, but all the same. He laughed and said yup, I was right.
Posted by: Assholes Wrapped In Plastic at October 11, 2025 12:44 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2025 12:45 PM (nSIj0)
There is no Antifa, there is no Antifa, there is no Antifa
Now repeat after me
There is no Antifa
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 12:45 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Insensitive Clod at October 11, 2025 12:49 PM (vjUC3)
Apparently it never entered into their mind the origin of Reason and the ability to think. What made Rousseau or Voltaire believe that they weren't mad, delusional or insane?
How could anyone posit that they were competitive with a transcendent, omniscient, infallible being? How did they convince themselves that their own reasoning was superior to all else and that they were better than the guy sitting naked in a puddle arguing with a chicken?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 12:50 PM (a4flb)
Damn interesting topic. Thanks.
Careful! A topic like this leads to so many rabbit holes to follow.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 12:51 PM (yTvNw)
Throw the switch and enough angry and pissed off Men of Action will bring that prophecy to fruition.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 12:52 PM (a4flb)
Just like the Almond beverage is labeled "milk" ?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Potato is just word to identify this bag from the bag labeled Doritos.
Just a word, no more no less.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 12:52 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 12:52 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2025 12:45 PM (nSIj0)
Naaa.
She is willing to adopt any culture.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 11, 2025 12:54 PM (2WIwB)
That was awesome!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 11, 2025 12:54 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: dreamingrobot at October 11, 2025 12:56 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 12:57 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 12:58 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 01:01 PM (+f1g8)
Too much bias in that field in the last 100 years.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 01:02 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Lex at October 11, 2025 01:03 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 01:05 PM (EYmYM)
Well, Girl Scout Cookies are not made out of Girl Scouts.
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 01:06 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Emily Litella... at October 11, 2025 01:08 PM (oftw2)
Well, Girl Scout Cookies are not made out of Girl Scouts.
Posted by: fd
I think Fred Sanford made Gorilla Cookies using Esther's face as the mold.
Posted by: Keebler Elf at October 11, 2025 01:11 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 11:42 AM (Y1sOo)
Eh, you could do a lot worse with your time than that.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 01:11 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:20 AM (ZOv7s)
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Posted by: Pope Leo Fagteenth, blessing an ice block at October 11, 2025 01:12 PM (TbWk/)
This tracks.
If you read Emile, it will become painfully obvious that Rousseau never had any serious relationships with actual children. It's like reading about what education should be like by someone who has been familiarized with children as an abstract concept but has never met one.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 11, 2025 01:15 PM (V9cMX)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 01:16 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Guy who checks the ingredients just to be sure at October 11, 2025 01:17 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 01:17 PM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Guy who checks the ingredients just to be sure at October 11, 2025 01:18 PM (vFG9F)
This tracks.
If you read Emile, it will become painfully obvious that Rousseau never had any serious relationships with actual children. It's like reading about what education should be like by someone who has been familiarized with children as an abstract concept but has never met one.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 11, 2025 01:15 PM (V9cMX)
Beat them until they learn their maths.
Posted by: Wackford Squeers, educational pioneer at October 11, 2025 01:18 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Beat It To Death at October 11, 2025 01:19 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 01:20 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: callsign claymore at October 11, 2025 01:22 PM (cft2r)
Ghana won't accept Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, so he's on our hands for a while.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 11, 2025 01:22 PM (oKXMA)
I am so tired of KA-G. I wish somebody else would take him.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 01:25 PM (looXz)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 11, 2025 01:22 PM (oKXMA)
Better find another place then. Wait too long and a judge will release him.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 11, 2025 01:25 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: creeper at October 11, 2025 01:26 PM (zFwIe)
Posted by: Lex at October 11, 2025 01:27 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Guy who checks the ingredients just to be sure
Maybe not, but there's a little of Mrs. Paul's DNA in every one of her fish sticks.
Posted by: It's Been Proved! at October 11, 2025 01:27 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Gitmo.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2025 01:28 PM (IDcT3)
After the hilarious video of an LEO shooting pepper spray directly into the air intake of an Antifa in an inflatable frog suit, there are now multiple Antifatards wearing them. That's at least as stupid as building a second identical Death Star after A New Hope. Maybe worse.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 11, 2025 01:28 PM (QZThv)
I thought they were discontinued after leftist Karens declared "Eskimo" is a racial slur in 2020.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 11, 2025 01:29 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 01:29 PM (+qU29)
Earlier this week the word was that they'd run out of Hawaiian judges and he really was going to CECOT this time. What happened?
Posted by: Ian S. at October 11, 2025 01:30 PM (QZThv)
Earlier this week the word was that they'd run out of Hawaiian judges and he really was going to CECOT this time. What happened?
Posted by: Ian S.
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I thought CECOT was out because he can claim that rival gangs will kill him, but it seems to me it should be back in. If Bukele makes some statement of assurance that CECOT is a safe place for all prisoners, that should be enough as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 11, 2025 01:33 PM (oKXMA)
And pushed down the stairs. "He slipped. And slipped again. And Again!"
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 11, 2025 01:34 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 01:34 PM (+qU29)
Better find another place then. Wait too long and a judge will release him.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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That's exactly what Judge Xinis is threatening to do.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 11, 2025 01:34 PM (oKXMA)
Instead of pepper spray, how about a Bic lighter and a can of spray carb cleaner?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 01:35 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ghetto Rousseau at October 11, 2025 01:35 PM (oyri5)
From what I had read, they decided Africa was inhumane (tell that to the people who think Wakanda is real) but since the rival gang he was afraid of was disbanded El Salvador was back on the menu.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 11, 2025 01:35 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 11, 2025 01:22 PM (oKXMA)
Maybe there is a school district in Leftyville they can send him to so he can corrupt the youthful while making children with lonely Karens like I did.
Posted by: Dr. Ian Roberts, Out To Stud at October 11, 2025 01:36 PM (R/m4+)
Who will star as Kilmar Abrego-Garcia in the Netflix movie?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 01:36 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Case at October 11, 2025 01:36 PM (9HFDU)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 01:41 PM (+qU29)
'Bet there is a deserted island Garcia could be dropped off that no one will know he is even there'
The Bikini atoll has probably cooled off enough by now.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 01:42 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 12:50 PM (a4flb)
Yep.
Also, where the heck did that image come from? LOL
Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2025 01:44 PM (nSIj0)
Posted by: GWB at October 11, 2025 01:44 PM (nSIj0)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
That John Leguizamo asshole.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 11, 2025 01:45 PM (LjSYW)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 01:34 PM
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 02:00 PM (+qU29)
...a transnational network of NGOs, foreign financiers, and ideological operatives quietly fueling what Seamus Bruner of the Government Accountability Institute called "Riot Inc.
...He traced the money, the messaging, and the movements, exposing how left-wing extremism has evolved from decentralized networks of anarchist collectives into a well-funded infrastructure with global ambitions. Among the various nodes and financiers
https://tinyurl.com/ywz23345
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 02:05 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 02:06 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 11, 2025 02:06 PM (Om+DK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 02:07 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 02:10 PM (+f1g8)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 11, 2025 02:15 PM (Om+DK)
...its not just Kirk. Nearly every right wing pundit relies on the same approach, most famously Ben Shapiro. He speaks at lightning speed not because he’s brilliant, but because it lets him cram as much nonsense as possible into a short window. That way, even if someone manages to debunk one of his claims, he can pivot instantly to another and pretend the previous point was never disproven. Then he declares victory.
They also lean heavily on non-sequiturs and begging the question. They’ll spin a long chain of “if this, then that” reasoning and suddenly drop a “so…here is the logical conclusion” as if they’ve proven something. The goal is to make the audience think a conclusion has been logically established, when it hasn’t. It’s a way to either exhaust their opponent into silence or bait them into getting emotional, at which point the pundit claims they’ve “won”...
Charlie Kirk was only an intellectual person to dumb people.
Posted by: LizLem at October 11, 2025 02:28 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Quite the mouth breather he is at October 11, 2025 02:32 PM (TbWk/)
Charlie may have used that gallop technique. He also used the Socratic method, and put them on the spot. When they couldn't answer him, that's on THEM, not him.
Also, the left constantly uses the propaganda technique of a straw man. They pretended he was a Hitler loving white supremacist racist homophobic nazi. And beat up that Charlie Kirk straw man.
The thing is... whether he was a genius or not, or hateful or not, DOESNT MATTER. No one deserves to get shot just for asking questions and opening a debate. No one.
Sorry to dump this... I see that posted on a friend's social media feed and it made me angry. This friend is nut dumb either, just blinded by TDS.
Posted by: LizLem at October 11, 2025 02:34 PM (gWBY1)
Sounds kinda ridiculous, but then again we had St. Floyd.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 11, 2025 02:44 PM (8hxDK)
I saw a video of Mr. Kirk on some podcast "debating" a half dozen young women, one of whom was actually pretty good herself and held her own for the most part. I think it was for an hour or so. It was more of a conversation, born I felt of a genuine compassion for these young ladies. It was respectful on both sides, maybe due to the lack of a large in-person audience. I'm not even sure that anyone changed their mind, but maybe they left with some questions regarding their choices made up to that point in their lives.
I don't know where I'm going with this, I probably need more coffee. I think Mr. Kirk had genuine compassion for the youth he "debated", it wasn't just a quest for clout and "gotcha" moments.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 11, 2025 02:52 PM (8hxDK)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 11, 2025 03:13 PM (Om+DK)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 03:16 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip
>In my experience, the smartest guy in the room is always the guy who just barely passed his GED on his third attempt. These people live in the woodwork.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 11, 2025 03:24 PM (Om+DK)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 03:37 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: LizLem at October 11, 2025 02:34 PM (gWBY1)
Be glad you only have to deal with this garbage via social media. I have to hear it in real time at work.
Thank God I work part-time.
I am looking for a WFH gig. Then my life will be complete.
Posted by: kallisto at October 11, 2025 03:39 PM (DeRoy)
But it’s way too flattering to the demorat bints and I certainly could have lived without getting a glimpse of Fauxcahontas panties.
Posted by: kallisto at October 11, 2025 03:45 PM (DeRoy)
Posted by: LizLem at October 11, 2025 04:03 PM (gWBY1)
🚨 Illinois Gov. JB PRITZKER says he is terrified of the Trump administration getting ahold of his state's voter rolls: "They want to be able to find voter fraud."
"They're calling for all these databases so they can look through them."
And that'ssssss...bad? lol.
Posted by: LizLem at October 11, 2025 04:03 PM (gWBY1)
🚨 Illinois Gov. JB PRITZKER says he is terrified of the Trump administration getting ahold of his state's voter rolls: "They want to be able to find voter fraud."
"They're calling for all these databases so they can look through them
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In other news, Willie Sutton demands improvements in financial privacy laws.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 04:05 PM (Q1uY4)
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."
Voltaire might have commenting on the importance of the divine to humanity, but his comment can also be read as saying people who reject God will necessarily create something to worship in His place, which is a (possibly unintentional) theme in Rousseau's work and certainly in today's nominally atheist Left.
Posted by: Cortillaen at October 11, 2025 06:34 PM (6kADi)
Stephen Maturin
Posted by: Big Paloota at October 12, 2025 11:53 AM (wNpBC)
Posted by: Big Paloota at October 12, 2025 12:11 PM (wNpBC)
The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
[Too opinionated this morning? Deal with it.]
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 Hortonville) 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. And equally cruel with the trolls.
3) Gosh darn it. No, you can't run with sharp objects.
4) A big Shout Out and Thank You to Annie for shepherding the Prayer Revival
5) Have a great weekend!
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: 9/9 – Pookysgirl asked for prayers as Pooky has a procedure to hollow out his prostate on 9/23. They are not sure of the long-term implications of his acute kidney injury, but his kidneys are recovering. God has worked miracles to keep Pooky with them in the past, as an answer to many, many prayers.
9/13 Update – Pookysgirl reported that Pooky is on the mend. His kidneys are recovering, he is sleeping better, he has been more confident interacting with the kids. Prayers of thanks! 9/11 – D sent an update for Susan, his wife, and her battle with cancer: Thank you, everyone, again for your prayers for Susan. Her cancer markers went down at the last Dr visit, but she is back to having abdominal pain that is making it hard to eat right. They are trying to get her weight up and thank God for the good days they do have. The really good news is that she is able to walk around again without the fear of falling over.
9/23 Update – The pain has started coming back, so they went to the hospital and found a cyst. They are trying to determine if it is infected. 9/13 – vmom deport deport deport asked for prayers for her daughter KTE to fully recover from the stomach bug that she has been suffering through. 9/18 – Taylor reported that WitchDoktor took his own life last week. 9/20 – Tonypete sent happy prayers for Will and Natalie, who were married on 9/19. May they continue to live God’s plan for themselves and remain as happy as they were on their wedding day. 9/20 – Accomack sent his thanks for the prayers for his wife. She was cleared of the parasites, but her liver has not returned to normal because of all the antibiotics. She has not been cleared to return to work, but she has insurance and union payouts, so this could go on for a while. 9/20 – Dash my lace wings asked for prayers for her mama. On 9/17, she fell and broke ribs. It was the second time in about 6 weeks, and much more painful than the last time.
9/27 Update – Thank you for your prayers. Her mother is recovering slowly. 9/20 – RedMindBlueState asked for prayers for the wife of a close friend. She is back in chemo for a recurrence of cancer. Please pray for her and her family. 9/21 – P asked for prayers for her brother, T, in New York. He already has stage 4 lung cancer. His car got totaled one night at 3 am, and when his wife was driving him to the insurance office the next day to report this, he felt so wobbly that she diverted to the ER, where they found out he’d had a stroke. 9/22 – C requested prayers for a friend whose mother passed away after years of dealing with dementia.
10/4 Update – The friend and his siblings are gathering at the family home today and the service will be in the next few days. The finality will probably hit him at that point. 9/27 – Retired Buckeye Cop wrote to thank the Horde for praying for his kid brother, “J”, after he lost his job back in June. A few weeks ago, J received two job offers. He accepted the job that offered $13K/year more pay and had a shorter commute. 9/27 – vmom deport deport deport asked for prayers for her husband’s swift recovery. His procedure was minor, but not quite as minor as expected. 9/27 – Sock Monkey requested prayers for his paster, who went to the ER with chest pains and slurred speech. The pastor is a young man, late 30s, and relatively fit. He has 3 young children with a 4th due in Oct. Please pray for his recovery and strength for his wife. He has been a tremendous blessing to the church. 9/27 – Joe Kidd posted a request for a friend, Bill, who has assumed sole responsibility for the care of his 90-year-old mother. (The original caretaker has fallen into alcoholism and was been removed from the premises. Please pray that she gains clarity and resolve to battle that demon.) And please pray that Bill’s path is made straight as he decides between taking early retirement or continuing to balance full time work with caretaking. Thank you and God bless. 9/27 – From about That Time asked for prayers for surgery on 10/1 to remove a growth. Please pray that it’s just a small disposable annoyance, as expected. 9/27 – Tonypete gave an update on the people from his church who were in an automobile accident earlier this year. Cheri is doing much better. While convalescing from the car crash, she fell and broke her hip, so she is recovering from that also. One of the passengers, Nick, had a heart episode during the wreck and died. He was his wife’s caregiver and she is now bereft. Prayers are still needed for all. 9/28 - Teresa in Fort Worth gave an update: It has been 1 year since Teresa started “down the cancer rabbit hole”. She sends her thanks for the prayers as they have buoyed her and her family through this year. She has been blessed to exceed the original 6-12 months predicted, by the grace of God – and the prayers of many people. Her next CT scan is in November, and the surgeon is pretty sure that her tumors will be small enough to remove/destroy.
10/7 Update – A recent CT scan shows lots of calcification (indicating tumor cell death), and the oncologist didn’t see any sign on the small tumors. The area where the largest tumor was now shows lots of calcification and the largest tumor has shrunk by almost 90%! Her next CT scan will be 11/3, and they assume they will be discussing surgery to remove the lobe of her liver, where the tumor is located. Timelines are uncertain, but she is hopeful that she will get to spend Christmas with her family at least one more time, if not more! Thanks to EVERYONE who has been praying on her behalf. 9/29 – toby928 asked for prayers for a brother named Joe, who is being crushed by grief. Joe’s wife is in a coma and will likely die in the next few days. 10/1 – Duke Lowell sent an update. He is home now, after 8 days in the hospital and every antibiotic known to man. He sent thanks for the prayers, and thanks to God for granting him another day in this glorious world He’s created. 10/2 – Bluebell passed along an update: grammie winger sends her gratitude for all the prayers – she feels they are working. On Oct 6 she will be starting a cancer treatment program because her doctors are “cautiously optimistic” that they can give her some more time. Monday she gets the port, followed by 6 hours of chemo infusion on Tuesday. The Rev is doing better because now he has some hope. Pleease pray for her as she starts this treatment program because in her words, “prayer changes things”. 10/4 – Legally Sufficient’s “Boss” will be undergoing intestinal surgery shortly. It looks scary so prayers for him and his medical team are appreciated. 10/4 – The Fabulous for safe travels as she travels to visit her oldest daughter who is about to be a mother of a baby girl. Prayers for the mom to be and her child. 10/4 – Skip requested prayers for his dad, who fell at church back in August, hitting his head. He fell again at home and has had back pain since then. He is going in for more tests on 10/8. 10/4 – Out Country is Screwed sent thanks for the prayers over the past year, during breast cancer treatments. The prayers have sustained, through surgery, chemo, and now through radiation. 10/4 – Random Dave would appreciate prayers from the Horde. He is one of the 5% of government workers that make the other 95% look bad, and he is trying to move to the private sector. He has found a good possibility to meet/exceed his pay and do an interesting job that is a good fit for his skills and interests. Praying that if it’s where God wants him, He will make it clear and the road smooth. 10/4 – DenverGregg asked for prayers for Ana, a lady from his church who is experiencing unemployment and mental illness, which tend to exacerbate each other. 10/4 – Longtime Lurker, Morgan, offers praise for financial blessings and petitions for safety in upcoming travel and coping with social isolation and loneliness, including finding a church home. Blessings upon Ace, the COBs, the other site works and all the blog lurkers and participants. 10/4 – Mrs. Leggy asked for prayers for a young girl who is suffering from leukemia and now has a horrible infection of the colon. Surgery may be required and because of her weakened condition, this could kill her. Thanks so very much! 10/6 – Inogame sent happy news about his wife and baby. The 20 week ultrasound was completed, and there is one baby girl with all the correct parts in the correct places. Mom and baby are doing well, though mom could use a nap or 20. 10/7 -CW is a long-time Horde member who could use prayers. His relationships with his son and his daughter have deteriorated recently, and his daughter has cut him off from the grandchildren. 10/8 – fourseasons asked for prayers for his/her brother-in-law, Chris, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He had another scan last weekend and there is another tumor. He is losing his vision and has lost his ability to speak. He will have surgery on 10/10, and the surgeon said he will probably lose the ability to walk. The family is devastated. Chris is a wonderful man and has always been healthy. For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:01 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 08:02 AM (6U1c2)
Posted by: the lower depths at October 11, 2025 08:03 AM (+b4rY)
[Too opinionated this morning? Deal with it.]
Every morning!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 11, 2025 08:04 AM (OLmg7)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 11, 2025 08:06 AM (kTd/k)
There have been some funny indeterminate squiggles floating around the internet as a result.
As well as some even more annoyed baristas.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 08:07 AM (6U1c2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 11, 2025 08:07 AM (OLmg7)
Posted by: Caffiend at October 11, 2025 08:07 AM (oftw2)
Continuing prayers will help.
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:07 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:08 AM (+qU29)
drop that nose ring in a bleach=filled ultrasonic sterilizer every day or two. 10-20 minutes ought to do the trick.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 08:10 AM (/iMjX)
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I'm guessing that E0 is used mostly by lawn equipment where the owner is tired of replacing fuel lines. High flow gasoline is not desirable when filling up small tanks.
The other is, the fuel station owner is using an older pump since E0 is not considered a high customer request.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025
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I've been going there for some years, since the Sniffle Scare days. Only in the last year has the pump been so consistently slow. I suspect the issue is as you say, that the pumps are old. I can't imagine the Indian or Middle Eastern ownership of this convenience store worrying about such piddling stuff as customer concerns about lawn equipment.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 08:10 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 08:10 AM (Q4IgG)
I wonder what would happen if someone were to draw a cross or Star of David.
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 08:11 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 11, 2025 08:11 AM (gbOdA)
drop that nose ring in a bleach=filled ultrasonic sterilizer every day or two. 10-20 minutes ought to do the trick.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 08:10 AM (/iMjX)
better yet entire nose
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 11, 2025 08:12 AM (gbOdA)
Diana was a completely and utterly selfish jerk last night. I was very tired and wanted nothing more than to fall asleep, but D was occupying my side of the bed.
She refused to move and when I tried to move her myself she passive-aggressively turned into an inert sack of cement. Eventually I shoved her over enough to get the minimum amount of room for me. Borzoi bitches (*shakes head*).
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 11, 2025 08:13 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 11, 2025 08:13 AM (EYmYM)
My mother passed away Wednesday during my visit to the hospice. I came in, sat down next to her, and she took in a deep breath. After that she gently faded away. She was about a month and a half away from 100.
I miss her terribly but I'm glad she's free.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:14 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 08:14 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 08:14 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 11, 2025 08:14 AM (u73oe)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 08:15 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 11, 2025 08:16 AM (u73oe)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 11, 2025 08:17 AM (u73oe)
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 08:17 AM (/iMjX)
this morning's cafecito is Santo Domingo brand, vacuum* packed in the Dominican Republic
(I buy whatever they have in stock at the bent&dent)
*of course the bent&dent gets the ones that have lost vacuum ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 11, 2025 08:18 AM (kHop/)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 08:18 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 08:18 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 11, 2025 08:18 AM (2NHgQ)
Linda actually laughed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 08:19 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 11, 2025 08:20 AM (kHop/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 08:22 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 08:23 AM (omVj0)
drop that nose ring in a bleach=filled ultrasonic sterilizer every day or two. 10-20 minutes ought to do the trick.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 08:10 AM (/iMjX)
Does the ring stay in the nose when dunked 10-20 minutes? Just askin'
I'm always trying to increase my knowledge.
Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 11, 2025 08:23 AM (Eymsi)
Was on my second Kindle Fire until a couple months ago. I mentioned to my Dad I was thinking of switching to a Samsung, so without asking he bought me this Galaxy Tab A9+.
No ads or walled Amazon garden, but it's very sluggish compared with the latest Kindle, for about the same price. Besides no Play Store on the Kindle I could always (until Kindle changes it next gen) side-load apps like Brave by just installing an apk file from apkpure.
The only way to get a Samsung tablet that performs as snappy as the Kindle costs like 500 bucks or more. I haven't researched other Android brands, any ideas on a sub $200 11" tablet with the same or better processors than the latest Kindle?
Also the speakers (4 of them!!) on this Samsung almost make the slow processors worth it. They wrap your head with stereo no matter how you hold the screen. So many trade-offs.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 11, 2025 08:23 AM (GYGpZ)
Watching parents go from self supporting to frail is hard to watch but we have to. My dad is 88 and just a few years ago thought 90s was a long way away.
Hope that makes sense
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:24 AM (+qU29)
My brother in law, Chris , is now recovering from surgery to remove brain tumors. He was talking last night which he hadn't been able to do before the surgery. Hopefully he will completely recover.
Thank you for the prayers.
Posted by: fourseasons at October 11, 2025 08:24 AM (3ek7K)
Here's something I've been praying on and studying on the last few weeks. In the wake of Charlie Kirk's murder and his wife Erika's publicized expression of forgiveness, it's good to ask what is the Christian's obligation to forgive, in various scenarios?
God's forgiveness is vastly different from man's forgiveness, and is offered freely (but with conditions) for whosoever shall believe in Christ's redemptive suffering, death, and resurrection.
An individual such as I, having not been directly transgressed against, probably have no standing to offer forgiveness or seek retribution, other than collectively in the form of state-administered justice system. My forgiveness is irrelevant, except perhaps in my own heart.
Erika Kirk, as a Christian, had the option to offer forgiveness (but wasn't obligated to do so in the absence of repentance by the murderer) and chose the gracious option.
I'd be interested to hear some of your thoughts re: this subject.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 08:24 AM (/iMjX)
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I'm so sorry for your loss, Eris. May your memories of her sustain you and may the Lord grant you peace knowing she had a long and fulfilled life. Nearly 100. Wow. G*d bless her.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 11, 2025 08:25 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: windbag at October 11, 2025 08:26 AM (eDMZF)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 11, 2025 08:26 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mick at October 11, 2025 08:26 AM (HFx9z)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 11, 2025 08:27 AM (XQo4F)
I wonder why the Google-Epic Games lawsuit decision doesn't affect Amazon not allowing the Play Store on their tablets. It seems like the same exact thing.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 11, 2025 08:27 AM (GYGpZ)
Watching parents go from self supporting to frail is hard to watch but we have to. My dad is 88 and just a few years ago thought 90s was a long way away.
Hope that makes sense
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:24 AM (+qU29)
Hiya Skip.
Your comment made perfect sense.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 11, 2025 08:27 AM (Eymsi)
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It's incredibly hard to witness. My father just turned 90. He has become so frail that it deeply hurts my heart seeing him now.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 11, 2025 08:28 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2025 08:28 AM (SnIJ6)
Sorry to hear that. My condolences.
Posted by: windbag at October 11, 2025 08:29 AM (eDMZF)
I'm always trying to increase my knowledge.
Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Misanthropic Hum
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Excellent question. I take my dentures out to clean them, but full immersion might save time. And be good for the soul as well.
I suppose the ring precludes the option of using the Navage™ system.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 08:31 AM (/iMjX)
None of that in central FL. Ain't seen fall colors since I left MI in 2019, and I'm stuck here now. Either I take care of my folks or some random Hatians and Nigerians who hate them will.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 11, 2025 08:31 AM (GYGpZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 11, 2025 08:32 AM (XQo4F)
And now she is back home with the Lord, resting comfortably for all of eternity.
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Matthew 5:4
Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2025 08:32 AM (SnIJ6)
I'm always trying to increase my knowledge.
Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Misanthropic Hum
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Excellent question. I take my dentures out to clean them, but full immersion might save time. And be good for the soul as well.
I suppose the ring precludes the option of using the Navage™ system.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 08:31 AM (/iMjX)
Soul cleansing is a good thing.
And here's a self-serving plug. I'll be back on the Monday ONT. So there. I'm done. Thanks for reading this far.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at October 11, 2025 08:32 AM (Eymsi)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 11, 2025 08:34 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:34 AM (+qU29)
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Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:34 AM (+qU29)
golly
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 08:37 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 08:37 AM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 11, 2025 08:37 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 08:38 AM (omVj0)
I am so sorry for your loss.
May she rest in peace and may perpetual light shine upon her.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 08:38 AM (6U1c2)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 11, 2025 08:39 AM (qBdHI)
This is the kind of weather that invites you to get outside and do something constructive. Fortunately, I have the strength of will to resist this and play with hobbies in my recliner.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 08:41 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 08:42 AM (gDlxJ)
Make it make sense.
Posted by: GigantorX at October 11, 2025 08:44 AM (x8k2o)
Continuing prayers will help.
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:07 AM (+qU29)
Is this a sort of cementlike bonelike filler? I knew somebody who had that, and it worked great.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 08:44 AM (aURVT)
Thanks, I was wondering how things went yesterday. He is a very nice man and I was--and am-praying for him.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 08:44 AM (iWbgM)
It might have been discussed already in the recent past.
My only suggestion is to have a candidate in mind for Black Friday.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 08:46 AM (6U1c2)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 08:48 AM (QGLzn)
...interesting.
Good days and bad, but steadily declining. We aim to keep her safe, loved, nourished and pain-free for however long we need to and can. Yesterday morning I found her awake walking around at 3:00 a.m. scared that everyone had died and she didn't know what to do. She kept repeating that, "I don't know what to do."
I sat with her and talked until her mind cleared and she was able to go back to bed.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 08:48 AM (/iMjX)
And yes, Skip, time is speeding up.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:48 AM (kpS4V)
You have my prayers.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 08:49 AM (Jj1OR)
What a lovely remembrance of her!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 08:50 AM (a9Uqu)
May you carry on her values and traditions. She raised you well, from what I see.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 11, 2025 08:50 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 11, 2025 08:53 AM (LjSYW)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:54 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 11, 2025 08:54 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 11, 2025 08:56 AM (LjSYW)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 11, 2025 08:57 AM (Zhjn8)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 11, 2025 08:57 AM (hlNLQ)
My grandmother was just a teenager when she had Mom and Mom was always amazed at how well she looked after her, teaching her manners and making sure she ate right, trying to make a pleasant home even during the Depression. They were very close too, as we were.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:58 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Eromero at October 11, 2025 08:59 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 11, 2025 08:59 AM (Zhjn8)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 11, 2025 08:39 AM (qBdHI)
The mom of a life long friend of mine lived to 107. Genetics are an amazing thing. My friend is 78, as am I, and hopes she lives a long life as well. Never can tell. Her dad died at the age of 48 when my friend was 7 years old. Hopefully, she takes after her mom. Her sisters all lived into their early 90's.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 11, 2025 09:00 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 11, 2025 09:01 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 09:02 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Sands of Time at October 11, 2025 09:02 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 11, 2025 08:39 AM (qBdHI)
One group that seems to have those genes are the Scots , especially the women. One branch of my ancestors had several who lived past 100. I don’t think I inherited it, however- don’t want to live to be 100 anyhow.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 11, 2025 09:03 AM (VKuJq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 09:03 AM (6jy2V)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 11, 2025 09:03 AM (hlNLQ)
I appreciate the Saturday morning coffee breaks MisHum
Posted by: 496 at October 11, 2025 09:05 AM (3CN/6)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:58 AM (kpS4V)
haha!
Hang in there.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 09:09 AM (aURVT)
Eventually I shoved her over enough to get the minimum amount of room for me. Borzoi bitches (*shakes head*).
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 11, 2025 08:13 AM (tgvbd)
I hear ya. My bulldog, Tank, left me enough room, but bunched up all the blankets so I had to contort myself into a corner of the bed that still had blanket.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 11, 2025 09:09 AM (h7ZuX)
Happy to hear your news.
I won't be at this month's MoMe, so I hope to see you in '26.
In the meantime, power on.
Posted by: Weak Geek at October 11, 2025 09:10 AM (Oo+d2)
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Prayers up from here, so sorry for your loss Eris. She had a good long run. As did my Dad when he passed earlier this year one month short of 89.
We were lucky to have them around so long but there is still a great empty spot in my heart that will take a long time to heal.
Posted by: Farmer at October 11, 2025 09:10 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:14 AM (kpS4V)
Oh, Eris. Blessings on you in your grief, and your mother for a life well lived.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 11, 2025 09:10 AM (h7ZuX)
It's time to play Name That Comedian
I went to a dating site for folks my age.
Carbon Dating
Posted by: TeeJ at October 11, 2025 09:11 AM (cMU4o)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 09:11 AM (aURVT)
I love you
Thank you
I forgive you
Please forgive me
It was a touching episode
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 09:12 AM (XMjOg)
“BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Dozens of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed…”
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 11, 2025 09:13 AM (VKuJq)
I find the modern way of job searching odd. He has been interviewed by AI several times. I suppose the AI goes through the list of questions and you either get them or not, but it's not as if the AI can say to itself, "I think I could work with this guy"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 09:14 AM (1Vo6X)
Posted by: vendette at October 11, 2025 09:15 AM (/LWBs)
Condolences and so glad you could be a comfort to your mom at the end. That feeling will stay with you. Before she passed my mother had been in an agitated delirium for hours. But when I held her hand, for one clear moment she realized I was there, her first born, and was comforted. That remains a blessed memory and I hope it will be for you.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 09:16 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 09:16 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Weak Geek at October 11, 2025 09:17 AM (Oo+d2)
Sounds like good advice!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 09:18 AM (1Vo6X)
*******
Thanks for the thoughtful response. I too consider the Lord's Prayer re: forgiveness. I think there is an element of let us forgive those who transgress against us in the same manner as you have forgiven us our transgressions. And I think that forgiveness can justly be offered commensurate with the level of repentance on the part of the offender.
Certainly the Christian is admonished not to harbor hate, anger, vengeance and festering resentment..
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 09:19 AM (/iMjX)
Condolences and so glad you could be a comfort to your mom at the end. That feeling will stay with you. Before she passed my mother had been in an agitated delirium for hours. But when I held her hand, for one clear moment she realized I was there, her first born, and was comforted. That remains a blessed memory and I hope it will be for you.
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 09:16 AM (yTvNw)
Thank you for this, JTB.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 09:20 AM (aURVT)
Many different ways to answer this question.
Transgressor Centered: Escape consequences.
Believer Centered: Rationalize yourself into peace. Withold justice.
Christ Centered: Glorify God in understanding that the sins are against God, and its God domain to administer justice, in this world through God's ordained agents, and eternally.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 09:20 AM (a4flb)
Overcast and kind of dreary here. I think it's finally set in that winter is on the way. I am not a fan. It is affecting my mood. Hoping the sunshine in Texas will be revitalizing.
Eris, sorry for your loss. A blessing that you were with her at the last moment.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 11, 2025 09:20 AM (t/2Uw)
A special prayer for OldDog in MO. He is a good man, even when he raises the Jolly Rodger on artificial lakes of Missouri and Illinois.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 11, 2025 09:20 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:24 AM (+qU29)
Yes. I think it's hard for them, too. I watched my mother renew her AAA membership this week (86, frail, broken, has had a stroke or two). I don't think she'll ever be in a position to drive again, but kudos for optimism?
I kept my mouth shut.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 11, 2025 09:21 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 11, 2025 09:21 AM (LjSYW)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 09:16 AM (yTvNw)
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{{{JTB}}}
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 09:21 AM (kpS4V)
I posted about this yesterday but it's good for a laugh.
Three guys went out for lunch to celebrate one of their birthdays in Woodstock NY about 12m from me. They showed up at the restaurant in a black SUV. The restaurant thought they were ICE and put out a warning. Protesters and police showed up and the restaurant closed for the day. The police interviewed the guys and lo and behold they were just celebrating a birthday. My county has descended into this kind of lunacy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 09:21 AM (pwtJC)
I ask for prayers for healing as he continues his fight. Thank you.
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 11, 2025 09:21 AM (Dk3G2)
May God bless all of His children this fine fall day.
And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 11, 2025 09:21 AM (kB9dk)
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 09:23 AM (pwtJC)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 09:23 AM (MyPTh)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at October 11, 2025 09:23 AM (fCX0I)
But I understand the need for independence. Imagine having to be nice to everybody because you might need to be driven to the corner store? Horrible way to live.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 09:24 AM (kpS4V)
I find the modern way of job searching odd. He has been interviewed by AI several times. I suppose the AI goes through the list of questions and you either get them or not, but it's not as if the AI can say to itself, "I think I could work with this guy"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 09:14 AM (1Vo6X)
Has he already graduated? My recent grad daughter found that while she had no job, she was practically a non-entity for firms, so finding a spot to work, even if PT and/or wildly out of the field (b/c the field may be overstuffed by 10 year degreed feds in science - ALL the Bio fields especially are just overwhelmed right now b/c of the government RIFs, so firms have their pick), but that is professional or license conferring helped. Once in that job for 2 months, it's like the world started opening up to her. She's still not in a lab sciences field, but for now, she's settled in and happy, and will look again next summer...or won't if she decides she likes this current field more than expected...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 11, 2025 09:24 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 11, 2025 09:25 AM (Dk3G2)
Just like my bachelor days. The circle is complete.
I sleep well. My wife is welcome to have the canine lump.
Posted by: Weak Geek at October 11, 2025 09:25 AM (Oo+d2)
Carbon Dating
From an engineering standpoint, that doesn't make sense. Living things are still absorbing carbon. Its the dead things that are measured with Carbon Dating.
Unless the comedian is a necrophiliac, and that is just sick and perverted.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 09:25 AM (a4flb)
I posted about this yesterday but it's good for a laugh.
Three guys went out for lunch to celebrate one of their birthdays in Woodstock NY about 12m from me. They showed up at the restaurant in a black SUV. The restaurant thought they were ICE and put out a warning. Protesters and police showed up and the restaurant closed for the day. The police interviewed the guys and lo and behold they were just celebrating a birthday. My county has descended into this kind of lunacy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 11, 2025 09:21 AM (pwtJC)
Maybe that restaurant needs to stop hiring illegals? Or be shut down for good.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 11, 2025 09:25 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 09:16 AM (+qU29)
The left can never be allowed back in power because the will be ruthless.
Posted by: Eromero at October 11, 2025 09:26 AM (LHPAg)
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A botanist's job search is monotony
'cause plants are all leafy and cottony
I no longer take the chance
to go shopping for plants
It's been several years since I've bought any.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 09:27 AM (/iMjX)
I find that funny. Hope they lost a lot of business
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 09:28 AM (+qU29)
Thanks for your input
Yes, he graduated in the summer and did work hard during the summer at the university seasonal greenhouses. He would like to do more research. I didn't realize things are so tough.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 09:29 AM (6jy2V)
Here's a long hug. And don’t forget...she's still there.
Posted by: creeper at October 11, 2025 09:30 AM (zFwIe)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 09:30 AM (6jy2V)
Posted by: Weak Geek at October 11, 2025 09:30 AM (Oo+d2)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 11, 2025 09:30 AM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 11, 2025 09:31 AM (hlNLQ)
Good morning and prayers up for all. Reading the request list, I'm always amazed at the deep troubles in the group, yet it always seems to remain joyful and supporting. I know I've found strength here- for one, it makes my problems (that I try not to dwell on) seem relatively insignificant. One of the things on my daily list of things to do is "maintain frame- be joyful, steadfast, and grateful." I watched "Falling Down" yesterday (at the Critical Drinker's recommendation). Kind of hit home regarding the path I could have taken after losing wife, job, etc. But the lesson is in Duvall's character versus Douglas's. Don't dwell in the dark, don't live in fear, love does not equal possession, that's dependency. Watch it if you haven't.
Posted by: Farmer Bob
Good morning, Sir! Sorry to miss you yet again next week.
I need to re-watch that movie for the reasons you've stated.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 11, 2025 09:31 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at October 11, 2025 09:33 AM (fCX0I)
It's time to play Name That Comedian
I went to a dating site for folks my age.
Carbon Dating
Posted by: TeeJ at October 11, 2025 09:11 AM (cMU4o)
Sounds like Rodney.
Provided some medical history to my prospective Medicare provider the other day. Got to a question that asked for immediate family status, including deaths and their causes. Mom and dad lived to 90 and 87, respectively. Older sister couldn't quite make it to her 60th birthday (something she eerily predicted a decade prior). Older brother could only manage 67 solar laps. Needed to take a moment after providing that info...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 11, 2025 09:33 AM (nbLIj)
I drive a big, black VW Atlas.
After Hurricane Sally ruined the roof on my house, I got word that the roofers would be re-shingling starting early the next morning. So, I got up that morning and I drove over to my house. I slowly drove down the street. Being Florida, all the roofers were Mexican, of course, and when they say my car, all of them stopped what they were doing and watched me approach. One guy looked like he was ready to jump off the roof and run. I got a good laugh out of it.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 09:34 AM (Y1sOo)
Thanks for your input
Yes, he graduated in the summer and did work hard during the summer at the university seasonal greenhouses. He would like to do more research. I didn't realize things are so tough.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 09:29 AM (6jy2V)
Between the feds firing instead of hiring, and doing a ton of that at NIH, CDC, FDA, Dept of Ag, Dept of Interior, etc, you have 10s of thousands of those degreed folks floating around PLUS no one being hired at fed gov (a huge former hiring place for a lot of life science folks). A new college grad, with the stigma employers already attach to them, really can't compete for entry level jobs with those with Masters and PHDs and 10 years of experience.
If you look at some of the underemployed fields based on major (aka working jobs that only needed HS degree vs their actual college degree), all the bio sciences are represented this year.
If I had advice, I'd have him search into fields illegals/H1-Bs previously did that now he can backfill...it will be a crappy pay, sh&tty field, but he'll be working and then more jumpable...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 11, 2025 09:35 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Weak Geek at October 11, 2025 09:25 AM (Oo+d2)
I did, too, but one of the dogs followed me there.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 11, 2025 09:35 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 09:36 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 11, 2025 09:21
Prayers up frm here tbodie. He sounds like a fighter who will beat this.
Posted by: Farmer at October 11, 2025 09:36 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 11, 2025 09:37 AM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at October 11, 2025 09:37 AM (FMtrg)
The cartels are still looking for researchers for improving their products. Not sure that they are advertising gigs in Monster, Indeed or LinkedIn though.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 09:38 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Weak Geek at October 11, 2025 09:25 AM (Oo+d2)
I did, too, but one of the dogs followed me there.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 11, 2025 09:35 AM (h7ZuX)
Love is love!
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 09:39 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: TeeJ at October 11, 2025 09:40 AM (cMU4o)
I asked my doctor to measure my liver in centimeters. He asked me why and I told him "I come from a family of long livers!"
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 09:41 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 09:43 AM (mnRhB)
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 09:44 AM (/iMjX)
You making the trek this year?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 11, 2025 09:44 AM (t/2Uw)
I will pray for FenelonSon
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 09:44 AM (mnRhB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 11, 2025 09:45 AM (sGHnN)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 11, 2025 09:46 AM (Dk3G2)
Posted by: JTB at October 11, 2025 09:46 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 09:47 AM (/iMjX)
Went to court, pled guilty and was sentenced to community service.
Leave the community.
Posted by: TeeJ at October 11, 2025 09:47 AM (cMU4o)
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 09:48 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 11, 2025 09:48 AM (AakUw)
Posted by: TeeJ at October 11, 2025 09:48 AM (cMU4o)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at October 11, 2025 09:48 AM (SkFif)
Not the best pay, but most are FT with benefits, and you start at level 1 and can advance (or our hospitals have training programs that then open up that can transfer you into lab work, albeit not plant lab work)...
And it's good resume build, and eventual good references if it goes well...
PS - My daughter considered this job (didn't like the normal 12 hour days vs 8 hour days) before entering another field.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 11, 2025 09:49 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: TeeJ at October 11, 2025 09:50 AM (cMU4o)
Went to court, pled guilty and was sentenced to community service.
Leave the community.
Posted by: TeeJ at October 11, 2025 09:47 AM (cMU4o)
163 - Dressed? Arrested
Posted by: TeeJ at October 11, 2025 09:48 AM (cMU4o)
I got arrested for drunk driving.
Went to court, pled guilty, and was sentenced to community service: Leave the community.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 09:52 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 09:52 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Weasel at October 11, 2025 09:57 AM (BBjH5)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 11, 2025 09:58 AM (hlNLQ)
and on longevity...
I took my Grandma in to get her state issued D at 100. The lady noticed her age and was amazed she was that old, Grandma was still pretty spry. Grandma just smiled and kinda shrugged...I don't know where the time went.
It was just hysterical. She lived a few more yrs, dying just short of her 104th birthday. RIP Grandma.
Posted by: Farmer at October 11, 2025 10:02 AM (55Qr6)
Started packing for the changeable Texas weather. So cool here but looks like Texas will be hot. But important stuff already packed and ready to go.
🤠❤️💃
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 11, 2025 10:03 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 10:03 AM (T5m6M)
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R.C. Sproul had an essay on forgiveness addressing an individual who said that he had prayed for God's forgiveness but didn't feel that God had forgiven him. Sproul pointed out that feeling forgiven is not the same as being forgiven and that God's forgiveness had already been granted via Christ on the cross. He called it arrogance for man to deem that forgiveness insufficient.
In a situation like that it may be more about forgiving yourself.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 10:06 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 10:11 AM (+hwtP)
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)
Eighteen missing after explosion at Tennessee munitions factory
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89d4zw8704o
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:12 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 11, 2025 10:13 AM (XQo4F)
I appreciate that. Thx.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 10:13 AM (+hwtP)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:14 AM (kpS4V)
I am sorry to hear this Eris. Often times our loved ones wait until we leave to pass away. It leaves a lot of guilt, but I am told it is they want our company and stay for us. I am glad you got the last hours with her, and she went peacefully.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 10:14 AM (rbvCR)
Florida parents reportedly ditched 16-year-old son on roadside with sack of guns: "You are the chosen one... good luck."
https://is.gd/Jujto0
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 11, 2025 10:16 AM (L/fGl)
You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
Australian Associated Press
Thu 9 Oct 2025 19.00 EDT
The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.
Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance Minds International.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 10:16 AM (fb0M4)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 10:16 AM (fb0M4)
Hamas recalls 7,000 fighters to reassert control over Gaza amid fears of renewed internal violence
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:17 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 10:19 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: QED Texan at October 11, 2025 10:19 AM (tSpjU)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:17 AM (aURVT)
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Possessed by demons of wrath. They must fight something.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)
FIFY
Posted by: Archimedes at October 11, 2025 10:21 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 11, 2025 10:21 AM (uWKK8)
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at October 11, 2025 10:22 AM (tSpjU)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 11, 2025 10:21 AM (uWKK
BZZZT
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:22 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 10:22 AM (fb0M4)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 10:03 AM (T5m6M)
That's an op.
Posted by: Eromero at October 11, 2025 10:22 AM (LHPAg)
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Well, fat, ugly, stupid, crazy, evil, dishonest, corrupt . . . She has everything!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 11, 2025 10:23 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Kingsman at October 11, 2025 10:23 AM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Eromero
I hope they find out what happened.
Those poor people killed and tgeir families
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 10:24 AM (fb0M4)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 10:22 AM (fb0M4)
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They are only part-time soldiers, spending the rest of their time running drugs, selling human slaves and running extortion rackets with international aid groups.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)
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From where?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 10:22 AM (fb0M4)
I don't see that question answered in the BBC article.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:24 AM (aURVT)
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From where?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October
They have to put the costumes back on.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 11, 2025 10:25 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 10:25 AM (fb0M4)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:25 AM (aURVT)
I H8 Fall
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 10:26 AM (+qU29)
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Greetings, FS ... Temp agencies are often used by large companies to "hire" employees ... The companies tell the agencies what type of persons they're looking to hire, let the applicants work several weeks for the company as a "temp", allowing the company to decide if the temp person is a good fit for full-time employment ... The experience of registering with a temp agency is great for a person's self-confidence because most agencies provide basic-skills testing ... Temp agencies make their money by charging companies above-and-beyond the temp employees' hourly rates, so it's in the best interest of the temp agency to find jobs for the people who register with them ... IOW, a temp agency would augment the job-searching your son is doing on his own ... Just a suggestion.
Posted by: Kathy at October 11, 2025 10:26 AM (zuKcR)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 10:26 AM (+qU29)
Netflix CEO Claims the Company Is Doing Its Job Right if People Believe the Content “Is Not Great” or “Think It’s Harmful”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 11, 2025 10:28 AM (L/fGl)
The grafting crews at the nursery I worked at were all Central American, and it was a continual struggle to find workers who had authentic papers.
Nurserymen have organizations that list membership, and there is generally a state certified nurseries list.
Nurseries for ornamentals are dependent on home building, but forestry nurseries are not so much.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 10:28 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Prayers for you and yours, Eris.
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at October 11, 2025 10:28 AM (tSpjU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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The parents:"We're driving to Idaho or Guam...and we're all out of Guam!"
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 10:28 AM (/iMjX)
Pope Bob also hailed journalists, calling them "a public good that we all should protect."
Sure, Bob...
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 10:30 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: misslurk'ette at October 11, 2025 10:30 AM (mLJwj)
In my mind, it's prep for crossing the river Styx.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 11, 2025 10:30 AM (n4GiU)
Thanks for the helpful information and suggestions .i will tell him.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 10:31 AM (UDARB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 11, 2025 10:31 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 11, 2025 10:31 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
We would “grandparent” sit for our friend’s Jack Russell. He was just like Diana—inert sack of cement—if he happened to got in bed ahead of us. And always on my side!
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at October 11, 2025 10:32 AM (tSpjU)
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at October 11, 2025 10:33 AM (tSpjU)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 10:34 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:34 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:17 AM (aURVT)
They were defective
Posted by: banana Dream at October 11, 2025 10:34 AM (3uBP9)
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From where?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October
They have to put the costumes back on.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 11, 2025 10:25 AM (t/2Uw)
I consider all Gazans to be Hamas. They'll have no problem regrouping and then planning their next atrocities.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 11, 2025 10:34 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 09:41 AM (/iMjX)
A bud of mine says he was at the VA and they decided from his body build he had to be tested for Fatty Liver Disease - and the blood test came back negative, so they decided to do a scan.
He said they were looking for "foie gras du soldat"
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 10:34 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 10:34 AM (Y1sOo)
I feel sorry for your dogs.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 11, 2025 10:35 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:17 AM (aURVT)
They were defective
Posted by: banana Dream at October 11, 2025 10:34 AM (3uBP9)
Nice!
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:35 AM (aURVT)
'Florida parents reportedly ditched 16-year-old son on roadside with sack of guns: "You are the chosen one... good luck."
He should have carjacked them and made them walk.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 10:36 AM (fd80v)
Why? They love their crates, often going into them during the day to take naps.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 10:36 AM (Y1sOo)
Tesla Angers Owners by Inserting Tron: Ares Ad Into In-Car Displays
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 11, 2025 10:37 AM (L/fGl)
Parting thought: I suspect muslims and commies mistake Christian willingness to forgive as weakness.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 10:38 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 11, 2025 10:38 AM (ycI94)
All chairs are his chairs.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 10:38 AM (dE3DB)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:17 AM (aURVT)
They were defective
Posted by: banana Dream
Well, they damn well better be!
- Big Hamas
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 11, 2025 10:38 AM (L/fGl)
Prayers offered for all who've asked and those known but to God.
Godspeed good people.
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 11, 2025 10:38 AM (144I4)
Sure, Bob...
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 10:30 AM (Y1sOo)
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God bless you!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)
'Parting thought: I suspect muslims and commies mistake Christian willingness to forgive as weakness.'
They absolutely do.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 10:39 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 09:41 AM (/iMjX)
A bud of mine says he was at the VA and they decided from his body build he had to be tested for Fatty Liver Disease - and the blood test came back negative, so they decided to do a scan.
He said they were looking for "foie gras du soldat"
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 10:34 AM (rbvCR)
A army buddy of mine had exceptionally large feet. The supply sergeant had to order him special boots. Sarge called him the Author after that.because his feet were Longfellows.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 11, 2025 10:39 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 10:34 AM (Y1sOo)
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Ah yes, the good old days. Then I found them on a chair in our room one night. They looked at me guiltily but my wife did not. Then, suddenly, they were on my bed! And not guilty at all. Gone now, sadly.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 11, 2025 10:40 AM (nK+DP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 10:40 AM (UDARB)
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 10:38 AM (/iMjX)
Time for forgiveness is over as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 11, 2025 10:41 AM (g8Ew8)
x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1976816933535465849
Posted by: gKWVE at October 11, 2025 10:41 AM (JY4ap)
Posted by: Kindltot
****
Welcome to the paté, pal!
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 10:42 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Weasel at October 11, 2025 09:57 AM (BBjH5)
Wait, there's a TXMoMe? Why didn't someone say anything? :-)
Yes, am rushing and will rush even more as the weekend ticks by. Finishing up some things and need to change the earl in the truck. Need to top off the windshield wiper fluid too.
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 11, 2025 10:42 AM (144I4)
New York City Sues Social Media Companies, Alleging They “Created a Youth Mental Health Crisis”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 11, 2025 10:42 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 10:42 AM (Y1sOo)
You have my prayers.
Posted by: vmom
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Doing as well as can be expected. Stent was placed in the iliac artery yesterday. Said no stairs or driving for a several days. LOL. I live in a quad level and no way staying on one floor.
Monday I go in for MRI. When CT scan found clogged artery they also saw some nodules on adrenal glands. Will learn more about what that entails next week.
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 10:44 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 10:45 AM (hoCmQ)
'The first time a 140-lb dog jumps up on your bed in the middle of the night and lands on your legs, you'll be a believer in crating them for the night, too.'
Have you thought about putting an invisible fence around your bed?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 10:45 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 10:42 AM (Y1sOo)
I've experienced that. And I really miss it.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 11, 2025 10:45 AM (g8Ew8)
She also climbs in bed next to me in the morning for about an hour before I wake up.
The pup. Not the M-I-L.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 10:48 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 10:48 AM (hoCmQ)
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We'll see who's laughing when you're lashed to a treadwheel, grinding corn for El Maximo Guerrero's tortillas, pal.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 11, 2025 10:48 AM (BI5O2)
I miss her, but she is with Dad and my sister now. She was ready to go. I believe the Lord told me to go and see her.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 10:48 AM (0aYVJ)
Minor rant re last thread: Pixy speaks of rare earth "reserves" in USA and other countries. Sorry, "reserve" is a term of art in resource extraction industry, and means a deposit that is sufficiently well delineated and the cost of its production can be accurately enough estimated that there is a reasonable assurance of a profit if production is undertaken. A reserve is a bankable asset. What exists is mostly "resources", meaning "we know there is some here, but we don't know how much, nor do we know how much it will cost to extract it." It takes a big commitment in time and money to make a resource into a reserve.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 10:48 AM (w+4n0)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 10:49 AM (hoCmQ)
Joe Cunningham
@JoePCunningham
1h
The rule of law specifically states when the government shuts down, OMB gets the power over appropriations. senate Democrats did this to themselves.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:49 AM (aURVT)
Jesus said,when you pray say,
Our Father which art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done, as in Heaven so in earth.
And give us day by day our daily bread,
forgive us our sins as we also forgive everyone
that is indebted to us.
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
This is Luke's recording of The Lord's Prayer in the book of Luke.
Posted by: Kingsman at October 11, 2025 10:50 AM (ehY6c)
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2025 10:50 AM (/iMjX)
I miss her terribly but I'm glad she's free.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 11, 2025 08:14 AM (kpS4V)
Oh my, Eris! How sad, but a long life indeed. Please accept my condolences.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 10:51 AM (w+4n0)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 10:45 AM (fd80v)
No, I have crates in the bedroom that work just fine.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 10:52 AM (Y1sOo)
But hey, y'all do y'all.
That being said...
One of the kiddos used to bring a blanket in and lay on the floor to watch TV.
The Late Great Stormy would join him there and they'd sometimes fall asleep together there,
which was fine.
If they wanted to sleep in the dog's space, eh, why not?
Stormy used to sleep beside our bed when she was younger but as she approached 29, she came to prefer her crate. Maybe it was like being in secure cave for her or something like that.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 11, 2025 10:53 AM (iJfKG)
That is to steer you away from the pedophiles, groomers, counselors and teaching staff in the Government School System brainwashing kids into an SSRI habit because of all of the anxiety of having to hate their parents, family, neighborhood, community and country and white straight Christian males.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 10:53 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 11, 2025 10:53 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:49 AM (aURVT)
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Trump gave Chuck a full week before acting, and now he's going to town.
Remember, Schumer is not the center of gravity, it is Dem senators who don't live in deep blue states. Only a handful need to peel away for this thing to end, and the longer it goes on, the more blame they will get for the jobs eliminated.
Schumer I'm sure is saying he'll now hold those jobs hostage as well, but that's just doubling down on failure. Those will never make it past the House and eventually reconciliation (which bypasses the filibuster) will happen.
In fact, I think they could have worked that but chose not to for exactly this reason. Schumer walked right into the trap.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 10:54 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
My daughter number one and I were able to see my mom before she passed. I had a few hours alone with her which was very meaningful. I miss her still, nearly 3 years later. She’s with my brother now. My dad is in his nineties and plugging away.
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at October 11, 2025 10:55 AM (tSpjU)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 10:54 AM (ZOv7s)
Bonchie calls it a trap, too:
Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
1h
Before the shutdown, I said that Democrats were walking into a trap. And not just any trap. A trap Trump shouted about from the rooftops. He literally told them, "Hey, that's a trap."
And they still walked right into it. That's on them.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 10:57 AM (aURVT)
Get food delivered etc.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 10:57 AM (cSByu)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 10:48 AM (w+4n0)
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Under Clinton and Obama, known resource-rich areas were designated "national monuments" in order to keep the US dependent on imports. The stuff is still there, and Trump is looking at unlocking it.
Not long ago a Clinton-era ban on logging roads was repealed. It was a typical 11th hour job, and of course Dubya just sat on his ass and did nothing.
That change will of course bring in new lumber and also mitigate forest fire danger and one can only wonder why it took this long to fix.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 10:57 AM (ZOv7s)
'In fact, I think they could have worked that but chose not to for exactly this reason. Schumer walked right into the trap.'
And all it took was an R president standing his ground.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 11, 2025 11:00 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 11:00 AM (cSByu)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 11, 2025 11:01 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 11:01 AM (+qU29)
I'm pissa a forgetness tho. Move on, put it behind you. Whaty done is done. Learn.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 11, 2025 11:02 AM (n4GiU)
Schumer I'm sure is saying he'll now hold those jobs hostage as well, but that's just doubling down on failure. Those will never make it past the House and eventually reconciliation (which bypasses the filibuster) will happen.
[ . . . ]
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 10:54 AM (ZOv7s)
Johnson was pissed that Schumer was going to refuse any votes until after the next "No Kings" protest. I think that is the reason, they are trying to gin up some serious disorder and blame it on Trump.
And if not just disorder, then maybe some pretext for something else
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 11:02 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 11:02 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 11:04 AM (+qU29)
This is the day we celebrate ignorant backwater people who thought they were the only ones in the known universe. Floating blissfully along on the back of a giant turtle drifting in some great cosmic stream.
Then some strangers claiming to be from the shells of distant turtles landed on theirs telling them they were not alone.
The strangers went back to their distant turtles and soon all those on those turtles knew how and where to find the new turtle, it's people, and resources to exploit.
Meanwhile, to those of the New Turtle, the people and lands of the other turtles were still unknown, alien, and mystical.
And this is how we know who discovered who.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2025 11:04 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Telemarketer at October 11, 2025 11:04 AM (XQo4F)
And if not just disorder, then maybe some pretext for something else
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 11:02 AM (rbvCR)
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Geriatric Boomers (but I repeat myself) are not capable of creating "serious disorder" unless there is a shortage of bathroom space.
If that was the plan, Schumer has made himself a byword for political ineptitude.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:05 AM (ZOv7s)
Criminals are criminals, right?
Why aren't the protesters screaming and yelling and running around with their cell cameras and throwing rocks, when Chicago PD is arresting criminals? Because it's dead certain that many of those arrested by the metros are illegal aliens.
Posted by: M. Gaga at October 11, 2025 11:08 AM (TJQqd)
Posted by: Skip
Oddly there is little difference in job performance from the Ivy League set.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2025 11:08 AM (/lPRQ)
Sure, Bob...
Posted by: one hour sober
I think he said INFORMATION is a public good; at least that's what vatican news reported.
Information, he stressed, is "a public good" that must be protected through responsible reporting and collaboration between citizens and journalists
He also says this, which by leftist standards is hate speech:
"the world needs free, rigorous, and objective information".
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 11:08 AM (U1FmN)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2025 11:04 AM (/lPRQ)
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The whole movement is a fascinating study in self-loathing. The people advocating for the "Indigenous" know literally nothing about it. It's all wishcasting and fantasy and they are equally ignorant of their own culture.
At its core it is pure nihilism, a desire to tear down with no idea of what is going to come after, only a vague notion that they will somehow feel better and be better off.
Nothing is more dangerous to a nation than prolonged prosperity. That stretch from 1948 to 1968 has had a really horrific hangover.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:10 AM (ZOv7s)
Nobody likes them. Nobody trusts them. Everyone resents them for holding them at gunpoint for a third or more of their paychecks, and giving them jack shit in return except for a dysfunctional regime with third world levels of corruption.
I hope the GOP understands this.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 11, 2025 11:11 AM (BI5O2)
And if not just disorder, then maybe some pretext for something else
Posted by: Kindltot at October 11, 2025 11:02 AM (rbvCR)
I'm guessing this "protest" will be a Black Block operation with the hope of getting a Kent State response that the Dims can ride into next year as well as November. And use it to get more of their demands.
Further, I expect the day time portion of this "protest" will be all peaceful for the MSM to broadcast and help project a false image/propaganda,
until the "mostly peaceful" part of the program starts after dark.
I just hope Trump's people have gamed this out properly.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 11, 2025 11:11 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: KT at October 11, 2025 11:13 AM (7vIsy)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 11, 2025 11:11 AM (iJfKG)
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Nixon was reelected in a landslide after Kent State.
The Dems are completely retarded.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 11, 2025 11:13 AM (ZOv7s)
He was specifically fluffing journalists coving the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 11:17 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 11:19 AM (GhIJO)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 11:17 AM (Y1sOo)
Practically none of whom are authentic journalists. Propagandists, more accurately.
What ever became of Michael Totten?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 11:19 AM (w+4n0)
None of this is true. That little Canadian piece of shit Neil Young does not reflect this country at that time. Hippies were a tiny, broadly hated minority.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 11, 2025 11:19 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 11, 2025 11:20 AM (Y1sOo)
Guess I need to wait and see what else is going on.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 11:22 AM (0aYVJ)
My stupid teacher forced me to watch Mr. Holland's Opus.
What a piece of crap. The cinematic equivalent of an old man beating off in front of a mirror.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 11, 2025 11:23 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 11:24 AM (w+4n0)
It's a welcome change from Francis' artless mis-speaks , and avoids the backlash that Benedict's bluntness brought on himself that eventually led to his ouster.
I think Pope Benedict is a saint, but I pray the Holy Spirit guides Pope Leo.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 11, 2025 11:24 AM (Wx316)
Every time you mention that place, it makes me think of Bad Santa.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 11, 2025 11:24 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 11:24 AM (w+4n0)
Safe travels, AOP.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 11:29 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 11, 2025 11:29 AM (0aYVJ)
Thanks! Shutting down the laptop, going to hit the tarmac.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 11:52 AM (w+4n0)
If he joins the estimated 17 million worldwide dead (Bret Weinstein) from the jab; another "Died Suddenly" corpse loaded with white amyloid clots,
I hope that Doctor goes to prison, along with the others who foisted the "Safe and Effective" and Ongoing mRNA scam upon us.
Don't forget that Congress and the Senate exempted themselves from the jab, plus other gubmint agencies...and the CEO of Pfizer.
Posted by: ju at October 11, 2025 12:48 PM (EgpoY)
Posted by: aaliassmithsmith at October 11, 2025 01:13 PM (yxnuV)
The national average pay for baristas is $27 per hour with benefits adding about another 10$
Amounting to $1080 per week, per year $54000
Posted by: aaliassmithsmith at October 11, 2025 01:19 PM (yxnuV)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 11, 2025 01:49 PM (LjSYW)
Daily Tech News 11 October 2025
Top Story
- Just when we were starting to worry about things getting boring again China has blocked exports of rare-earth elements to the rest of the planet. (MSN)
There are 17 rare-earth elements, used in electronics (particularly magnets) and chemistry, and China has shut off sales of 12 of them. China gained control of the market not because it has massive resources - Vietnam by itself has half the proven reserves of China - but because rare-earth elements are stinky and China didn't mind the smell.
Past tense, because a lot of China's rare-earth production these days comes from slave camps in Myanmar and not from China at all.
President Trump has announced a 100% tariff on all imports from China in response.
This is hardly the first time China has pulled this shit - the same thing happened in April. Which seems like hundreds of years ago, but trust me, it wasn't.
- And share prices in Australian mining companies are booming as a result, because Australia is currently the largest Western producer of rare-earth metals. (MSN)
Because the funny thing is that rare earth elements aren't all that rare. Vietnam, as I mentioned, Brazil, India, Australia, and the US itself all have millions of tons of reserves.
Tech News
- Meanwhile, China has cracked down on Nvidia AI GPU imports. (Tom's Hardware)
Okay. Not sure that anyone cares.
- The US Senate has passed a bill forcing American AI chipmakers to give priority to American customers. (Tom's Hardware)
Okay. Not sure that anyone cares.
- China banned the research company that discovered Huawei was violating US bans on using Taiwanese technology to make its chips. (Tom's Hardware)
Apparently China cares.
- And finally, a Singapore company denies that it helped smuggle $2 billion worth of Nvidia AI processors into China, a move now banned by both China and the US. (Tom's Hardware)
I'm sure they do.
- Intel's 18A (1.8nm) process node has entered production ahead of TSMC's 2nm node. (Tom's Hardware)
It's hard to precisely compare the two since products aren't shipping to consumers yet, but Intel's 18A process looks to be somewhere between TSMC's 3nm and 2nm - 20% denser than TSMC's 3nm but 20% behind the upcoming 2nm process.
But it certainly seems to be a leading-edge process and Intel is not repeating the years of 14nm+++.
- Amazon's Echo Show has abruptly turned into a billboard they expect you to pay for. (The Verge) (archive site)
At Amazon's hardware event last month, I asked Panay how ads fit into his mission to build products customers love. He said that if it's relevant, it's not an ad, "it's an add-on."
Translation: Fuck you."There are moments on the product where ads aren't always bad," he told me, explaining that if the customer is looking for something specific, and the ad gets them to that faster, it can be a good thing.
Translation: You're too stupid to know what's good for you anyway.My experience of these ads has not been that they're an "add-on." They're intrusive and annoying, showing me products I'm not even slightly interested in, such as elderberry herbal supplements, Quest sports chips, and tabletop picture frames. (Well, the last one might be an option if I remove the Show from my desk.) And, unlike some of the previous ad experiences on the Show, they cannot be turned off.
Translation: Cory Doctorow might be a filthy commie but he's not wrong. Well, he's still 100% wrong on the solution, but he has correctly identified the problem.I asked Amazon if they can be disabled, and spokesperson Lauren Raemhild replied via email, saying, "Advertising is a small part of the experience, and it helps customers discover new content and products they may be interested in. If customers don't like a suggestion, they can swipe to skip to the next screen card, or directly provide feedback by tapping the Information icon or pressing the screen."
Translation: No, seriously, fuck you.
- We're all about to be in wearable hell. (The Verge) (archive site)
No, no we're not. Normal people don't wear four smart watches and an AI ring at the same time.
(Honestly, this article reads like one of the drones that infested tech companies before they all got fired recently complaining My new job is so awful. Sometimes they expect me to get up in the morning.)
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: What about the spiders, you ask? Oh, they don't mind the smell.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tuna at October 11, 2025 04:04 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 11, 2025 04:06 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Tuna at October 11, 2025 04:09 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 11, 2025 04:10 AM (naiw2)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2025 04:13 AM (9LmFm)
There were strategic stockpiles of a great many things up until the 1990s, some of it clearly outdated. Mohair, and Quartz crystals for radios are probably no longer needed. Aerospace metals and things like that are a different matter.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 11, 2025 04:20 AM (tE2Wy)
pixy must be feeling better, the morning [evening for pixy] snark is getting back to its usual level.
Posted by: clarence at October 11, 2025 04:22 AM (UTVh+)
Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks, a delightful sliver of the most exceptional county on the planet.
May all effort from you on all days result in maximal benefit to you and most egregious heartburn for the leftwit fungi that plague us.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 11, 2025 04:28 AM (vFbHf)
Posted by: Molly k. at October 11, 2025 04:52 AM (y7aBV)
I looked back at Ace's post on creatine. Your body needs it, apparently. I can ask my doctor about it for me, but what brands are reliable, i.e., not Chinese crap, and how expensive is it? I guess it's available at Walmart in the supplements aisle?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 04:55 AM (omVj0)
I don't plan to feed them for an hour or so.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 04:56 AM (omVj0)
Morning!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 11, 2025 05:05 AM (lCaJd)
Rickb223, does your insomnia also leave you tired all the time?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 11, 2025 05:07 AM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 11, 2025 05:15 AM (sGHnN)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
Pretty much. I'm getting about five hours of sleep at one time. Then cat naps throughout the day. Then crash and sleep for two to three hours on Saturday and Sunday.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2025 05:15 AM (9LmFm)
BUT Intel would never overpromise and under-deliver~~! How dare you~!
* flounces *
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 05:22 AM (mlg/3)
/Jim Carrey mode
Coooorectoooo mundo ~!
Something something eco-nazi something something. And then something.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 05:24 AM (mlg/3)
The youngsters did well at the Vet's office during their annual check-up.
Frog seems to be stable at just under 13 pounds, and Margo at about 8.5 pounds.
And after a round of treats and brushings, we were forgiven for putting them through such indignities.
So now..a nice non-rushed final packing, and a plan to hit the road for Texas at around 8:00 this morning. Should stop in Meridian Ms late afternoon for the night.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 11, 2025 05:24 AM (a1415)
I started taking creatinine about a month ago.
I began at 5 grams a day, but I found some videos with Dr. Rhonda Patrick phd. (Not MD).
I am now at 20 grams a day and I feel like it has made my thinking a little more clear.
I am 76 and I think I am increasing muscle mass, my quads seem to be bigger, and the volume I lift is increasing. Delayed muscle soreness seems to have decreased a lot.
I get a powdered version called Raw from Sam's Club.
Posted by: Unbounded Rage at October 11, 2025 05:29 AM (79m0J)
Posted by: OkJohn at October 11, 2025 05:29 AM (NC/it)
I started taking creatinine about a month ago.
I began at 5 grams a day, but I found some videos with Dr. Rhonda Patrick phd. (Not MD).
I am now at 20 grams a day and I feel like it has made my thinking a little more clear.
I am 76 and I think I am increasing muscle mass, my quads seem to be bigger, and the volume I lift is increasing. Delayed muscle soreness seems to have decreased a lot.
I get a powdered version called Raw from Sam's Club.
Posted by: Unbounded Rage at October 11, 2025
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Do they sell it also at the Walmart stores? (I almost wrote "Walmart sores.") I'm not a Sam's club member.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:31 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Just Wondering at October 11, 2025 05:32 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:32 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: fluffy at October 11, 2025 05:37 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 11, 2025 05:38 AM (a1415)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2025 05:15 AM (9LmFm)
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So it's not as if you can even do something with those hours when you're not sleeping?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 11, 2025 05:40 AM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
Which never happens. Ever.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 05:41 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 11, 2025 05:42 AM (sGHnN)
I am reliably told that such behavior is unusually cruel and warrants a hairball on my pillow.
Posted by: fluffy at October 11, 2025 05:43 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:31 AM (omVj0)
Accordim* to their websites they do sell it:
https://tinyurl.com/469rjrpk
If you type in your zip code and pick your store, the site will show you what’s in stock near you.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 05:46 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
Not a lot. I get to sleep around 9:00 - 9:30 and wake up around 2:15 to 2:30.
Friday thru Monday I might fall back to sleep an hour or so before 7:00.
One Tuesday thru Thursday, I have to get up for work at 3:40 anyway. Then when I get to work, I cat nap for 30 to 45 minutes before I go in.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2025 05:47 AM (9LmFm)
When I don’t, it’s a full robot salad.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 05:47 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:32 AM (omVj0)
No. There's an extra "I" and an "n" in creatinine.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 11, 2025 05:50 AM (+XGk/)
https://tinyurl.com/469rjrpk
If you type in your zip code and pick your store, the site will show you what’s in stock near you.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025
***
I have to go to a big WM in the suburbs near my barber this morning for something else. I'll have a look.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:50 AM (omVj0)
The start singing at 4:am in the morning
Fellas, fellas tone down the orchestra.
I actually prefer the family of skunks which smellily walk
by the window.
Very pretty in mostly ghostly white.
Sku ks are handsome critters.
And generally well behaved...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2025 05:51 AM (TGPs7)
I really should get up at some point today
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 05:52 AM (+qU29)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 11, 2025 05:54 AM (tljrc)
The start singing at 4:am in the morning
Fellas, fellas tone down the orchestra. . . .
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2025
***
Somebody in one of the houses right next door to my apartment complex has an actual rooster. Darn thing starts his noise long before daybreak. Fortunately I have a building between him and me, so I only hear him when I go to work out. But for whoever lives right across the driveway, it must be damned annoying.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:55 AM (omVj0)
I am reliably told that such behavior is unusually cruel and warrants a hairball on my pillow.
Posted by: fluffy at October 11, 2025
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I'm trying to get them onto a five am -- five pm schedule. It's time now, though. I'm going in.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 05:57 AM (omVj0)
Muscles I didn’t even know I had are sore.
I expect I won’t feel normal again until Sunday.
On a different topic, Dad’s memorial service went very well. Had a few people give good eulogies, he got military honors with taps played and a flag presented.
That must be quite the job in the Army,
It was just a pair, a male bugler, and a female who presented the flag, “On behalf of the president…”.
She did well, but that must be a tough job for them to do all of the time,
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 05:57 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 06:00 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Fred Z at October 11, 2025 06:02 AM (PYMGX)
Creatine is what I meant, creatinine is what the tablet suggested and fool that I am, I just clicked it.
I mean, both words start and end with the same letters. So close enough?
Posted by: Unbounded Rage at October 11, 2025 06:03 AM (79m0J)
I mean, both words start and end with the same letters. So close enough?
Posted by: Unbounded Rage at October 11, 2025
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UR, I figured it was just an auto-pickle moment. Thanks for the info. Have you noticed any water-weight gain? I'm doing cardio now, but not lifting at present, though I want to start again.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:06 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 06:07 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 11, 2025 06:10 AM (WvZaB)
You go on Amazon or Walmart and there are dozens of brands, most you’ve never heard of besides Nature Made or Equate.
Most of it is made in India or China and you’ve got no clue what’s the stuff is really made of, or how consistent the quality is.
I keep hearing about this Methylene Blue now is ads and people talking about it around the web, but I’ve got no clue what’s it for?
The name sounds like a synthetic party drug from the movies, but apparently it’s all the rage now for whatever reason, like creatine, and all the pills for memory enhancement you see advertised everywhere.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 06:11 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 06:00 AM (+qU29)
Vertical is always my goal when I wake up in the morning.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 11, 2025 06:15 AM (Bi/XA)
"I keep hearing about this Methylene Blue now is ads and people talking about it around the web, but I’ve got no clue what’s it for?"
It's used to treat fish ich. You can buy it at a pet shop. Sort of a ivermectin for fish.
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 06:18 AM (vFG9F)
noun Biochemistry
a compound which is produced by metabolism of creatine and excreted in the urine.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 06:19 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 06:19 AM (WFtAr)
noun Biochemistry
a compound which is produced by metabolism of creatine and excreted in the urine.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 06:19 AM (aURVT)
Ewww.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 11, 2025 06:20 AM (Bi/XA)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 11, 2025 06:21 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 06:22 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 06:18 AM (vFG9F)
Yeah, I just looked it up finally while I was thinking about it.
Apparently in could do everything from detecting cancer, help people with poor blood oxygenation, to enhancing brain function, and finally you can squirt some in a fish tank to prevent fungal growth.
Quite the list.
At least it’s multipurpose.
It should be for $118 for an 8 oz. bottle (looked up a price on Amazon).
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 06:22 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 11, 2025 06:23 AM (CJ7TG)
noun Biochemistry
a compound which is produced by metabolism of creatine and excreted in the urine.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025
***
Something tells me I should go with the original.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:23 AM (omVj0)
https://tinyurl.com/pmanntpd
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2025 06:26 AM (WFtAr)
creatine, when metabolized (in the body), produces the compound creatinine
now here's creatine:
creatine
noun Biochemistry
a compound formed in protein metabolism and present in much living tissue. It is involved in the supply of energy for muscular contraction.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 06:27 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 06:29 AM (aURVT)
I may have agreed with on a few things back in 2003, but he long ago turned into a walking ego with a mustache.
He should’ve seen this coming if he was stash8ng away classified documents for his own personal use and profit.
Make an example of him.
A Northern Virginia jury might actually convict this one, but who knows since he turned into such a Trump hater.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 06:29 AM (6ydKt)
Born: 1995 (age 30 years), Kaliningrad, Russia
Albums: Moonlight
Genres: Classical, Alternative/Indie, Folk
Nationality: Canadian, Russian
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 06:30 AM (aURVT)
noun Biochemistry
a compound which is produced by metabolism of creatine and excreted in the urine.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025
***
Something tells me I should go with the original.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:23 AM (omVj0)
Seems like creatinine would be the more popular choice in the Castro district of SanFran.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 06:32 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 06:32 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 06:32 AM (vFG9F)
hahahahaha, fd
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 06:34 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 11, 2025 06:23 AM (CJ7TG)
Seems like everybody is leaving at 8.
Be careful though, I’ve heard Buc-ees can turn into a five hour thing easily,
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 06:35 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at October 11, 2025 06:36 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 11, 2025 06:38 AM (VmDLh)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 06:39 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 11, 2025 06:41 AM (a1415)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025
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I stopped at the one in Athens, AL, both going and returning on my Indiana trip. On the return, it was Sunday afternoon and the place was crawling like a kicked-over anthill. Took a little time. Since I wanted ethanol-free gas, I had to go to the far end of the long rank of pumps, 200-something, and it was a trek to the store and back, and then back again for my change. Plus a restroom visit.
Their E0 was about .60 more a gallon than regular. Worth it for the gas mileage bump -- though I didn't break even on the price increase % vs. the mileage %.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:41 AM (omVj0)
God forbid somebody buy some flavored concoction of water and nicotine for fun and prizes.
I don’t know how this country would survive without some new moral crusade every few years to stop somebody somewhere from doing something somebody else disapproves of.
And then they always go after the low-hanging fruit insetted of where the real problems are coming from.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 06:42 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 06:44 AM (+qU29)
Yay, Ozzies?
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 06:45 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
You're living through a moral crusade. Since 2020. Oh, right, not the right one you wanted. Caveat emptor.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 06:46 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 06:46 AM (vFG9F)
AFDC = Aid to Families with Dependent Children which became TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families which of course is enabled by an EBT = Electronics Benefit Transfer card so you can just swipe it at the cash register without any embarrassment or stigma while you mooch off the taxpayers to pay for your Ho Hos and grape Nehi.
Posted by: The More You Know at October 11, 2025 06:48 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: clarence at October 11, 2025 06:51 AM (UTVh+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 06:41 AM (omVj0)
They’ve probably got that figured out so that you can never get ahead, and to discourage anybody from using the stuff that hasn’t been fortified with corn.
Gotta keep those farmers in Iowa happy.
Never been in a Buc-ees.
Nearest one is a hundred miles away.
My brother loves some of their frozen foods, especially the jambalaya stuffed chicken.
He gets several things when he’s up that way.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 06:51 AM (6ydKt)
I said, "Fine, but what do I then do with the letters?"
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 11, 2025 06:52 AM (yjljJ)
AFDC = Aid to Families with Dependent Children which became TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families which of course is enabled by an EBT = Electronics Benefit Transfer card so you can just swipe it at the cash register without any embarrassment or stigma while you mooch off the taxpayers to pay for your Ho Hos and grape Nehi.
Posted by: The More You Know at October 11, 2025 06:48 AM (XQo4F)
Please stop.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 06:54 AM (aURVT)
E0 is usually 1¢ or socheaper than 90, so I get the E0. My Sorento’s cat and her sensors prefer the E0.
Posted by: Accomack at October 11, 2025 06:55 AM (+sNap)
I said, "Fine, but what do I then do with the letters?"
Ah, an oldie but still good. The first time I heard that one was ... damn, you reminded me I'm old.
Posted by: clarence at October 11, 2025 06:56 AM (UTVh+)
Is this about us?
Posted by: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union at October 11, 2025 06:57 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 06:46 AM (mlg/3)
Longer than that I think.
Seems like the Woke Crusade started right after Obama got re-elected.
That one is just starting to wane, but I think some of it will stick around for the rest of my life.
The longest war I’ve ever seen is the War on Drugs which started with Nixon. My entire life, and the problem just moves from one drug to another.
We’ve always got to learn hard lessons the hard way, I suppose.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 06:59 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Kingsman at October 11, 2025 07:02 AM (ehY6c)
Posted by: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union at October 11, 2025 06:57 AM (XQo4F)
haha.
Yes.
And the abolitionists, and this and that.
It’s all nothing new.
I’m sure some guy like me in first century Rome was complaining about all of Augustus’ new moral codes and morals enforcement while his daughter was sleeping with anybody she could sneak into the palace.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 07:02 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 07:04 AM (vFG9F)
E0 is usually 1¢ or socheaper than 90, so I get the E0. My Sorento’s cat and her sensors prefer the E0.
Posted by: Accomack at October 11, 2025
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A penny cheaper than even higher octane grades??? Which Federation planet is this??? Set course, and engage!
I've been gassing up on E0 at a discount store in the suburbs near my barber which has the E0 at 2.99/gal., about .30 cheaper than at the Exxon convenience store nearest me. And the latter's pump for the E0 seems always much is slower than for other grades -- 70 seconds to pump a gallon, opposed to about 10 for E10 regular. If I were to pump a near-complete tank, it would take me 15 *minutes* to fill up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 07:04 AM (omVj0)
🎓✨ Ridiculous Historic Moment in Missouri!
Meet Zachary Willmore, who made history as the first male student ever crowned Homecoming Queen at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri. 👑
Zachary said he wanted to represent inclusivity and self-expression, and the student body overwhelmingly supported him — a powerful reminder that confidence and authenticity never go out of style. 💛
The Hodge Twins
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2025 07:06 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Accomack at October 11, 2025
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I firmly believe, with no real evidence whatever, that the same is true for the Buick.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 07:06 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 11, 2025 07:06 AM (sGHnN)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2025 07:07 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 07:09 AM (aURVT)
“The long-term aspiration for Neuralink would be to achieve a symbiosis and a democratization of artificial intelligence, such that it is not monopolistically held in a purely digital form by governments and large corporations.”
Posted by: Don Black. Message: get in the groove at October 11, 2025 07:11 AM (AOsQT)
@hodgetwins
Wtf
Jeff Epstein
@JeffreyxEpstein
17h
Palantir's CEO, Alex Karp, wants to use drones to spray fentanyl-laced urine on those protesting the company's role in Gaza's genocide.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 07:13 AM (aURVT)
https://tinyurl.com/ycxemmkz
The shopping carts even have cup holders.
It’s a Publix, though, so you’ll pay about 20% more for the ambience.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 07:14 AM (6ydKt)
Pete Hegseth
@PeteHegseth
13h
Important clarification:
The U.S. military has a long-standing partnership w/ Qatar, including today’s announced cooperation w/ F-15QA aircraft. However, to be clear, Qatar will not have their own base in the United States—nor anything like a base. We control the existing base, like we do with all partners.
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 07:15 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 07:04 AM (vFG9F)
Only if you like your neighbor.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 07:18 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 11, 2025 07:18 AM (gbOdA)
When I was in basic training I do vividly remember Iranians were all over the place on base.
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 07:21 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 11, 2025 06:23 AM (CJ7TG)
I'm fortunate. I'll start y drive up around 9am Friday and be there around 11. Could almost just be a daytrip and save on hotel bills but I'd hate to do the drive home after a long day.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 11, 2025 07:25 AM (ExV1e)
Under Mimetic Theory that is true.
Madison Avenue has been proving that generations.
There is a reason why "influencers" exist outside of a means to serve the influencer's narcissism.
It used to be a thing when Millennials went house or car shopping they brought a posse to help them decide.
If you don't have an alpha in the group, choosing a place to go eat is an exercise in indecision.
In short, we don't know what we want, we are taught to desire.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 07:25 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: get in the groove at October 11, 2025 07:11 AM (AOsQT)
Lost me at the end.
I understand they want to open up AI to the masses, but I’m not sure how Neuralink is going to solve that problem.
AI might be in your brain, so to speak, but it’s still in binary code running through a chip in your head.
Does anybody want an AI in your head talking to you like Siri or HAL?
Seems like it would be exhausting and ripe for malfunction and mischief.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 07:27 AM (6ydKt)
Matthew 15:31
Posted by: Marcus T at October 11, 2025 07:29 AM (SnIJ6)
Posted by: fd at October 11, 2025 07:04 AM (vFG9F)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S1OvxfQ98c
Posted by: davidt at October 11, 2025 07:30 AM (i0F8b)
Those "environmentalists" are nothing more than typical leftist saboteurs who want, above all, to see this country fail. They don't give a crap how badly the Chinese destroy the environment, since they are Communists and beyond reproach.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at October 11, 2025 07:31 AM (Da7Vv)
I'm guessing that E0 is used mostly by lawn equipment where the owner is tired of replacing fuel lines. High flow gasoline is not desirable when filling up small tanks.
The other is, the fuel station owner is using an older pump since E0 is not considered a high customer request.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 07:31 AM (a4flb)
It would seem to me to interfere with people who constantly have that inner monologue.
And I don't know how it would help those who don't. It would be like a little demon sitting on their shoulder telling them what to do and there is no countering angel on the other.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 07:35 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 11, 2025 07:38 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 11, 2025 07:39 AM (hoCmQ)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 11, 2025 07:39 AM (O7YUW)
Haven't road tripped (did I just turn a noun into a verb?) in a year.
Looking forward to it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 11, 2025 07:40 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 07:25 AM (a4flb)
True.
It’s worse for some people, for whatever reason, especially the young and impressionable.
This a country where selling “Pet Rocks” was a thing for a few years.
I was too young for that fad, but I’ve often wondered if anybody walked out to a river bed, grabbed a rock and tried to pass it off as the real deal.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 07:41 AM (6ydKt)
Doctor, doctor help me please, I know you will understand
There's a time device inside of me, I'm a self-destructin' man
There's a red under my bed
And there's a little green man in my head
And he said, "You're not goin' crazy, you're just a bit sad
'Cause there's a man in ya, gnawin' ya, tearin' ya into two
Posted by: Ray Davies at October 11, 2025 07:41 AM (vFG9F)
Scroll through X, Rumble, or Telegram and you will see it in full display: Tucker Carlson peddling Kremlin talking points while fawning over Iran’s ayatollahs. Andrew Tate, the internet’s self-proclaimed alpha, ranting like a Qatari state propagandist and accusing Israel of “genocide” to content his new ‘ummah’ brothers and sisters who hated his Islamic conversion. Nick Fuentes saluting Hitler while pretending to be a patriot. Candace Owens playing the martyr every time her pro-Hamas “truths” are called out. Even the Hodgetwins and Myron Gaines now sneer that supporting Israel means “selling out to the globalists.”
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 07:43 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: clarence at October 11, 2025 07:45 AM (UTVh+)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 11, 2025 07:35 AM (a4flb)
If I’ve got to do it, I’d rather just talk to a computer like it’s Star Trek than talk to a voice in my head.
It’s too crowded in there already.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 07:46 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel at October 11, 2025 07:46 AM (XQo4F)
Red China Is Asshoe.
Posted by: Wonton Soup at October 11, 2025 07:50 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: ethan saunders at October 11, 2025 07:51 AM (ysKxY)
I have a better idea. I won't put your spy-device in my home at all. Problem solved.
Posted by: Halfhand at October 11, 2025 07:51 AM (NOKcj)
Posted by: Ray Davies at October 11, 2025 07:41 AM (vFG9F)
Sounds about right.
Imagine all the Email Notifications you’ll be getting.
It’ll be nice not to have to look on my phone to see Amazon reminding me I get Amazon Music and free Kindle books with Prime two or three times a week.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 07:51 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: The lawyers make us say this stuff at October 11, 2025 07:55 AM (XQo4F)
Posted by: ethan saunders at October 11, 2025 07:51 AM (ysKxY)
From the article it sounds like Amazon is A+B testing them, so you might not have gotten the ad version yet.
Could be yours hasn’t had the firmware updated yet, too.
As bad as the press Amazon is getting for putting ads all over devices that weren’t advertised as having ads all over them, they might stop doing it.
Kindles give you a choice when you buy them to get out of ads on the home screen by paying more.
Echo Shows should be the same way if they’re going to start inserting ads between pics of the kids.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 08:00 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 11, 2025 08:01 AM (kHop/)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 08:02 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 11, 2025 08:03 AM (Q4IgG)
No ads or walled Amazon garden, but it's very sluggish compared with the latest Kindle, for about the same price. Besides no Play Store on the Kindle I could always (until Kindle changes it next gen) side-load apps like Brave by just installing an apk file from apkpure.
The only way to get a Samsung tablet that performs as snappy as the Kindle costs like 500 bucks or more. I haven't researched other Android brands, any ideas on a sub $200 11" tablet with the same or better processors than the latest Kindle?
Also the speakers (4 of them!!) on this Samsung almost make the slow processors worth it. They wrap your head with stereo no matter how you hold the screen. So many trade-offs.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 11, 2025 08:21 AM (GYGpZ)
Powerline week in pictures
I need funnies
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 06:44 AM (+qU29)
heh
Thanks, Skip!
Posted by: m at October 11, 2025 08:23 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 11, 2025 07:14 AM (6ydKt)
I read that as ambulance...
Posted by: Boswell at October 11, 2025 08:28 AM (BGfwC)
I did. It wasn't complete corpo-speak/baffle-gab, though I suspect the author is used to having to translate ideas into baffle-gab in order to get C-level executive buy-in on any proposals.
Basically: Neuralink wants their technology for AI adopted widely so no one large player (or small group of large players) can control it.
This would probably end up being similar to how Ethernet (being an openly available standard) overtook the competing network technologies of Token Ring (IBM) or IPX (Netware).
Also: I remember using both of those "other" networks standards/topologies/hardware. The "Dang, I've gotten old" jokes go here...
Finally, to see corporate bafflegab lampooned very well, I give you "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Mission Statement":
https://youtu.be/GyV_UG60dD4
... And I've willowed myself by over 35 minutes. Yay.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 11, 2025 08:36 AM (O7YUW)
Count your blessings: it could be the morning call to prayer blasted out over loudspeakers at 0500.
Posted by: waepnedmann at October 11, 2025 12:44 PM (ddgee)
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 10, 2025 10:00 PM (ha1wR)
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Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2025 10:03 PM (cYBz/)
Mr. TiFW called earlier, and I wanted to know why he was calling me at 7:00 in the morning (it was dark outside).
Turns out, I had fallen asleep in bed, and it was 7:00 pm...🙄🙄🙄
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 10, 2025 10:04 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at October 10, 2025 10:04 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:05 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 10:05 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:05 PM (ynpvh)
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He could bowl with two balls at once.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 10:06 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 10:06 PM (mIUWe)
I'm weird. I actually like Manwich sloppy joes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:06 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:06 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 10:07 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:05 PM (ynpvh)
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He could bowl with two balls at once.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 10:06 PM (JkO4W)
Or four with BOTH hands...
Just the punchline: Walk with PRIDE man!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:07 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 10, 2025 10:08 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:05 PM (ynpvh)
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He could stop an entire dike from collapse.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 10:08 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 10:10 PM (QGLzn)
Took the family to the Arkansas Diamond mine probably 17 or 18 years ago...the younger one was a baby, and had the most fun; he found a mudhole and played in it the entire time. Afterwards we washed him off with a hose and dried him off.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:10 PM (ynpvh)
umm… everything I'm not buying now?
I mean seriously, who needs all that shit?
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 10, 2025 10:11 PM (lWPQK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:05 PM (ynpvh)
I'm thinking what kind of guitar or piano player he would be.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 10:11 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 10:11 PM (tubbA)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 10, 2025 10:12 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 10:12 PM (ULPxl)
Plant meat
107 Days, or How I Learned I Am Hated
The Federal Government, not even a pet Congresscritter
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 10, 2025 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 10, 2025 10:12 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 10:12 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Sovereign Eight-Fingered Citizen at October 10, 2025 10:13 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 10:13 PM (mIUWe)
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 10:13 PM (tubbA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:13 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 10, 2025 10:13 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: IS ROTH at October 10, 2025 10:14 PM (r0bEs)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 10:13 PM (mIUWe)
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Have you tried formaldehyde?
Posted by: China at October 10, 2025 10:14 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 10, 2025 10:14 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 10, 2025 10:14 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Russian Hands, Roman Fingers at October 10, 2025 10:14 PM (oftw2)
umm… everything I'm not buying now?
I mean seriously, who needs all that shit?
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 10, 2025 10:11 PM (lWPQK)
Not a large house...someone has to clean it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:14 PM (ynpvh)
Headed to Cleveland, TX tomorrow morning for a shooting competition for the spawn. Busy weekend.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 10, 2025 10:15 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2025 10:15 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 10, 2025 10:15 PM (8x6gM)
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 10:15 PM (tubbA)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 10:05 PM (QGLzn)
What did I do this time? 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 10, 2025 10:16 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 10:16 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:05 PM (ynpvh)
I'm thinking what kind of guitar or piano player he would be.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 10:11 PM (snZF9)
An eight-string guitar?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:16 PM (ynpvh)
"Six words to live by:
Stuff is overrated, health is underrated."
I think some of them are starting to get the message.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 10, 2025 10:16 PM (lWPQK)
Those stupid "Thin Oreos". What an, absolute, scam those are. Here's the board room marketing meeting in short:
Marketing: "No...you're still not getting it. We make them thin. Same circumference, but thin. People are stupid. A lot of our customers are just north of a lump of mud. They see the word "thin" or "slim" and think after two weeks of eating these Thin Oreos that the pounds will just melt off. But, they'll eat the whole package like normal."
CEO: "How does that benefit us?"
Marketing: "Half the materials to make a package. Half the cost. Lighter shipping weigh. Half the cost. New product. New suckers."
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 10:16 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Antique Wheels at October 10, 2025 10:16 PM (oftw2)
So that was you sitting in traffic...
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 10:16 PM (tubbA)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 10:10 PM (QGLzn)
He can't even thumb a ride...but at last he's not all thumbs.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:17 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: SimoHayek at October 10, 2025 10:17 PM (8wsga)
A boat.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:13 PM (/p+XQ)
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You guys are small-minded.
Posted by: China at October 10, 2025 10:17 PM (JkO4W)
Now, Mirror Alien Hand syndrome. That would be something.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 10:17 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 10, 2025 10:17 PM (NTdv6)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 10, 2025 10:15 PM (8x6gM)
We're you hiding from Mr. Hyde in an animal hide hide?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 10, 2025 10:17 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 10:18 PM (tubbA)
Piano.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 10:12 PM (a4flb)
Like the pianist in "The Fifth Element"...?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:18 PM (ynpvh)
38 cents per plate democrat fundraiser ticket
A tuba
A scooter
Property in Bangladesh
Pickleball gear
Golf clubs
Vintage AMC pacer
shit, would be here all night.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 10:18 PM (snZF9)
The big topic late last night on the ONT, was what was the first SUV.
Per AOP, it's NOT the International Travelall. I think he said it was the Jeep Universal, from the late 1940s.
My guess is that the first SUV was the Chevrolet Suburban.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:19 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 10, 2025 10:19 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 10:12 PM (ULPxl)
Whoa! It’s 72 here, going down to 67. But Sunday the low is 62!
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 10:19 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 10, 2025 10:20 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 10, 2025 10:15 PM (8x6gM)
I read that as "hiding Dr. Jeckyl"...sounds like something Mr. Hyde would do...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:20 PM (ynpvh)
Now, generally I would advise against this.
But Trump has that Annunaki DNA, so nothing is disturbing his genetic code...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 10, 2025 10:20 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 10, 2025 10:20 PM (naiw2)
And then there's the Rivian R1S, a/k/a the Richie Rich wagon.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:20 PM (/p+XQ)
I'm still not gonna buy that limited edition Katie Porter fleshlight.
I mean, I can probably just borrow one from a moron at a MoMe.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 10, 2025 10:20 PM (44PAK)
Posted by: nerdygirl
I see Hulu is going the way of the dodo. It's still on now but not much longer.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 10:21 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 10:21 PM (VKuJq)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 10:21 PM (dIske)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:21 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at October 10, 2025 10:22 PM (FMtrg)
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The Disney Star Wars Special Edition of Monopoly
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 10:22 PM (JkO4W)
I'm still not gonna buy that limited edition Katie Porter fleshlight.
I mean, I can probably just borrow one from a moron at a MoMe.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 10, 2025 10:20 PM (44PAK)
Why not Lena Dunham while you're at it?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:22 PM (ynpvh)
38 cents per plate democrat fundraiser ticket
A tuba
A scooter
Property in Bangladesh
Pickleball gear
Golf clubs
Vintage AMC pacer
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 10:18 PM (snZF9)
Not so fast on the AMC Pacer, have you seen the AMC Gremlin that the RoadKill guys dropped a Hemi into? That would be the kind of "Crazy Rich Guy" thing I could get into.
Posted by: a.moron at October 10, 2025 10:23 PM (X5Jzz)
A boat.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:13 PM (/p+XQ)
Damn right you're not buying a boat. You're buying a fucking pirate ship staffed with tall blonde chicks, every bourbon known to mankind, and yeah, we're crashing your frigging party.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 10:23 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:20 PM (ynpvh)
Ummm... "hiding Dr. Jeckyl" is $20, same as in town
Posted by: tankdemon at October 10, 2025 10:23 PM (8x6gM)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 10, 2025 10:24 PM (TGPs7)
Wife was on the couch... TV was on Roku with their default screen saver. I started pointing out the various Easter Eggs in it. Like the Back To The Future courthouse, ET on the bike, Jaws, Daily Planet building, etc.
She just looked at me like I was insane.
Am I insane? I mean... they're "right there."
I might need help.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 10:24 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: the lower depths at October 10, 2025 10:24 PM (+b4rY)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 10, 2025 10:24 PM (Hb59l)
1. Eastern Ukraine, including Kiev, has been hit hard with drone and missile attacks over the last few days. Lots of blackouts and loss of water, central heating plants down too. It's almost as if the Russians want to run everyone out of eastern Ukraine so they can take it over.
2. On the ground, things are looking grim for the Ukrainians. Too much front line and too few bodies to hold it. Two months ago the Russians punched a 10 mile salient into Ukrainian territory. The Ukrainians threw everything they had at it, trying to collapse it. After a tough few weeks, the Russians are pushing back and the salient is growing.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 10:25 PM (mIUWe)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at October 10, 2025 10:25 PM (JPZJe)
I imagine it's much like finding yourself in the middle of a zombie invasion.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:25 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
If I were to ever win the lottery you're hired as my financial advisor.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 10, 2025 10:25 PM (VVcrM)
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The Disney Star Wars Special Edition of Monopoly
Posted by: Cicero
But I'd pay a million dollars for the Moron Horde Monopoly Game.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:25 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 10:25 PM (tubbA)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 10:21 PM (dIske)
It is, from videos with audio I've seen. Also looks like Hawaii, given how fast the flow is (Hawaiian Lava runs hotter, so thinner and faster).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:25 PM (ynpvh)
I imagine it's much like finding yourself in the middle of a zombie invasion.
Posted by: qdpsteve
Headshots only.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:26 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:26 PM (/p+XQ)
The 1935 Chevrolet Suburban is regarded as the very first SUV in history while the Willys Jeep Station Wagon was the first SUV to feature Four-Wheel Drive (4WD) option in 1949. However, the 1984 Jeep Cherokee (XJ) is credited as the first SUV in the modern understanding of compact size SUVs
SUV history from suvradar.com. If we trust them.
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 10:26 PM (pZEOD)
I wouldn't buy a house where you can see the neighbor's houses.
Acreage baby! I want to look out the windows and see acreage that is mine.
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2025 10:27 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:25 PM (9LmFm)
________________________
Hah...you landed on Hobo Hunt Thruway. And, it's got a tent on it. Pay up.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 10:27 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 10:27 PM (VKuJq)
Why are you looking g for Easter Eggs during spooky season? Almost as bad as...
https://youtu.be/uuUVfPYtd4M
Posted by: tankdemon at October 10, 2025 10:27 PM (8x6gM)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 10:28 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 10, 2025 10:28 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:28 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:25 PM (9LmFm)
________________________
Hah...you landed on Hobo Hunt Thruway. And, it's got a tent on it. Pay up.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 10:27 PM (dIske)
Caught hiding a Hobo, go to Jail.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:28 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 10, 2025 10:29 PM (xcxpd)
Acreage baby! I want to look out the windows and see acreage that is mine.
Posted by: four seasons
XIT Ranch. (Ten In Texas) Covers ten counties.
Founded in 1885, the original XIT Ranch spanned 3 million acres.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:29 PM (9LmFm)
WOOF!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 10:03 PM (JkO4W)
Dough-eyed.
You know, Pastry faced.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 10:29 PM (rbvCR)
A bil would be enough to pay Parker Bros to create an Ace-Opoly game.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:28 PM (/p+XQ)
Lost your Cardboard Membership Card; Go Back 3 Spaces...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:30 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at October 10, 2025 10:25 PM (JPZJe)
Mittens for the win.
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2025 10:30 PM (gKDq2)
A boat.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:13 PM (/p+XQ)
Was going to say the same thing Steve, but was afraid it would offend boat owners in the Horde.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 10, 2025 10:30 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 10, 2025 10:24 PM (TGPs7)
Don't touch the Ariana Grande Donuts.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 10, 2025 10:30 PM (8x6gM)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 10:12 PM (ULPxl)
Whoa! It’s 72 here, going down to 67. But Sunday the low is 62!
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 10:19 PM (pZEOD)
75 here, dropping to 59 overnight. Woot!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 10, 2025 10:30 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:05 PM (ynpvh)
Oooh, Aahhhh! Do the Face-Hugger again!
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 10:30 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:30 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:28 PM (ynpvh)
_________________
Horde Walk > Boardwalk
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 10:31 PM (dIske)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 10, 2025 10:31 PM (NTdv6)
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Cargo bodies are the right height to cut the windshield pillars off as you go under - just before it decapitates you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 10:31 PM (KKMuu)
A good start...
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 10:31 PM (tubbA)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 10:27 PM (VKuJq)
Hot piece of brass went somewhere uncomfortable. While she was dancing around, she put a shot into the floor.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 10:31 PM (mIUWe)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 10:27 PM (VKuJq)
Rule #3 violation - Keep your booger hook off the bang switch until your sights are on the target.
Posted by: a.moron at October 10, 2025 10:31 PM (X5Jzz)
Acreage baby! I want to look out the windows and see acreage that is mine.
Posted by: four seasons
XIT Ranch. (Ten In Texas) Covers ten counties.
Founded in 1885, the original XIT Ranch spanned 3 million acres.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:29 PM (9LmFm)
Um, in Chinese that'd be pronounced Sheet...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:31 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:31 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 10:32 PM (tubbA)
I believe they're supposed to own a ranch that takes up major space throughout several *counties.*
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:33 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous!
I assumed that the married father of the children she is babysitting gave her the car because he is doing her.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 10, 2025 10:33 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 10, 2025 10:34 PM (naiw2)
I believe they're supposed to own a ranch that takes up major space throughout several *counties.*
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:33 PM (/p+XQ)
Is it a tri-county area?
Posted by: Dr. Doofenschmirtz at October 10, 2025 10:34 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:34 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:31 PM (/p+XQ)
BOAT = Bust Out Another Thousand
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2025 10:34 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous!
I assumed that the married father of the children she is babysitting gave her the car because he is doing her.
Posted by: nerdygirl
Like a screen door in a windstorm.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:34 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 10:34 PM (QGLzn)
The Pacer was designed to use a rotary engine that AMC was going to buy from GM. GM stopped developing it as it wasn't that economical and the gas crisis stopped the program. AMC had to put their existing sixes into it, initially.
Posted by: Pacing Myself at October 10, 2025 10:35 PM (oftw2)
Snark Place instead of Park Place
Sydney Sweeney cards instead of Community Chest cards
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 10:35 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 10, 2025 10:35 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 10:35 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 10:35 PM (tubbA)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 10:36 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:31 PM (/p+XQ)
BOAT = Bust Out Another Thousand
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2025 10:34 PM (gKDq2)
I heard the two best days in a boat owner's life are when he buys the boat...and sells the boat...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:36 PM (ynpvh)
Snatch her away from Travis and make her a Hordie.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:36 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 10:36 PM (EYmYM)
And it didn't look like the Autobahn either...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:36 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous!
I assumed that the married father of the children she is babysitting gave her the car because he is doing her.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 10, 2025 10:33 PM (0Htd1)
same
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 10, 2025 10:36 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2025 10:36 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:37 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2025 10:34 PM (gKDq2)
I heard the two best days in a boat owner's life are when he buys the boat...and sells the boat...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
If it flies, floats or fcks, rent it.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:37 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 10:34
And I really love my old pony. 😂
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 10:37 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: qdpsteve
This, too, is the sordid tale of Joe, Neilia, and Jill Biden.
Posted by: Babysitter, My Ass! at October 10, 2025 10:37 PM (oftw2)
Snatch her away from Travis and make her a Hordie.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:36 PM (/p+XQ)
Might not work; her net worth is estimated at $1.6billion...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:37 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:37 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 10:27 PM (VKuJq)
Ejected hot casing bounced off the side wall, off the floor and into her boot. She reacted. (Having once had a 9mm casing fall down my shirt, I can attest that they maintain temperature for a few rather unpleasant seconds.)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 10, 2025 10:37 PM (8x6gM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 10:37 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous!
I assumed that the married father of the children she is babysitting gave her the car because he is doing her.
Posted by: nerdygirl
Or the wife is doing her. Or both of them are doing her. Don't judge! Love is Love!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 10, 2025 10:38 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: tankdemon
+1
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:38 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: Mainah at October 10, 2025 10:39 PM (uKFWZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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I think it was hot brass down the front of the "chaps".
Posted by: buddhaha at October 10, 2025 10:39 PM (hYL69)
Posted by: tankdemon
+1
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:38 PM (9LmFm)
Yeah, always wear proper clothing at the range...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:40 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Joyenz at October 10, 2025 10:40 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 10:34 PM (QGLzn)
Watching a western today and got me curious as to how horses were actually maintained or what was necessary to maintain them back in the old west.
What learned kind of ruined what's portrayed in the movies,
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 10:40 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: buddhaha at October 10, 2025 10:39 PM (hYL69)
Yep you can watch it bounce off the wall, floor, into chaps, sizzzzzzzle.
Posted by: Mainah at October 10, 2025 10:41 PM (uKFWZ)
https://tinyurl.com/4hdtmkw5
Posted by: JM
That's why Matt Dillon never wore spaghetti straps.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 10:41 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:41 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:26 PM (/p+XQ)
(yoda voice)
I cannot teach him..the boy has no vision
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 10:42 PM (snZF9)
"We can still stand for truth, while viewing those who believe in falsehoods not as our enemies who must be vanquished, but instead as our fellow citizens who have lost their way and must be shown the light," Ramaswamy will say.
Nah, I'm good with the vanquishment. Our enemies are entirely disinterested in being "shown the light".
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 10, 2025 10:43 PM (1Nv0l)
I was 11 and thought, I've never seen a bigger car.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:43 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 10:43 PM (KKMuu)
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 10:43 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 10:44 PM (3uBP9)
If I saw someone dressed like that at the range, I'd leave immediately because I'd know that the ROs are f*ckups for allowing it. OK, maybe not immediately.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 10, 2025 10:44 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 10:43 PM (pZEOD)
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PURITAN!!!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 10:44 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:45 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 10, 2025 10:45 PM (Hb59l)
Posted by: tankdemon
______________________
Not sure, but it looks to me like the hot casing got her hopping around, and she still had her finger on the trigger, and fired one off towards the floor while jumping around.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 10:45 PM (dIske)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 10, 2025 10:45 PM (ha1wR)
Something about an attractive woman with an eyepatch...
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:45 PM (/p+XQ)
I watched it again and it was better the second time around.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 10:46 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:45 PM (/p+XQ)
_______________________
You know when they were growing up they had a Red Rider B-B gun.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 10:47 PM (dIske)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 10:28 PM (ynpvh)
Go to the barrel. Go directly to the barrel. Do not pass Sponge, do not collect $20...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 10, 2025 10:47 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:47 PM (/p+XQ)
Good evening, all.
I wasn't sure what that "I have a theory" and "I too have a theory" meant, so I went to see @playboyxae on X. Account suspended, hmmm.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 10:48 PM (oKXMA)
PURITAN!!!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 10
I prefer boring. And I really, really am.😂
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 10:48 PM (pZEOD)
That ONT wtf with the lava flowing, something about the perspective but I can't tell what is happening.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 10:49 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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She pulled the trigger while dancing to the hot brass.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 10:49 PM (KKMuu)
I was 11 and thought, I've never seen a bigger car.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:43 PM (/p+XQ)
Right? A wind gust would really toss it around. And it was a manual, too.
Posted by: Mainah at October 10, 2025 10:50 PM (uKFWZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 10:50 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 10:51 PM (EYmYM)
Seattle hospital reports a man entered the ER with 14 toy horses stuffed up his ass.
Doctors reported his condition is stable.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 10:51 PM (2WIwB)
:-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:51 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 10:52 PM (rbvCR)
Seattle hospital reports a man entered the ER with 14 toy horses stuffed up his ass.
Doctors reported his condition is stable.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 10:51 PM (2WIwB)
ISWYDT
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 10, 2025 10:52 PM (xcxpd)
Still not buying a Chevy
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 10:52 PM (2WIwB)
2. On the ground, things are looking grim for the Ukrainians. . . . After a tough few weeks, the Russians are pushing back and the salient is growing.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
How can this be!? The Algorethim constantly feeds me vids of every single Russkie soldier being slaughtered and not one! Ukie grunt being KIA.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2025 10:53 PM (cYBz/)
I’ve surmised back in the day, with horses, even 25 or 35 miles was a big deal. Getting up early and saddling up. 20 miles is a long day. They have to be fed and watered and cut loose to graze. They need grain when pushed hard. Horse shoes, maintenance, saddle sores.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 10, 2025 10:53 PM (ues3R)
Posted by: Willie Nailer
Pre-order your 2026 Stacked 'n' Packed Calendar now!
Posted by: G. Gordon Liddy at October 10, 2025 10:54 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 10, 2025 10:55 PM (pZoao)
We have to drive 100 miles to the nearest Walmart, McDonalds, etc.
Thank goodness we aren't riding horses, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2025 10:55 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Kindltot
She always kept an eye out for me - that's for sure.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2025 10:55 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Oddbob
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May he who has never felt the burn of a spent shell cast the first stone.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 10, 2025 10:56 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Common Tater
40 Miles A Day On Beans & Hay.
Actual book about the US Cavalry in the 1800's. On Amazon
The enlisted men in the United States Army during the Indian Wars (1866-91) need no longer be mere shadows behind their historically well-documented commanding officers.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:57 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 10:58 PM (VKuJq)
Thank goodness we aren't riding horses, lol.
Posted by: four seasons
You'd go once a month or every other month and it'd take almost a week.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:59 PM (9LmFm)
Can't tell what's going on in the tasing video either.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 10:59 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 10, 2025 10:59 PM (ja+o0)
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 10:59 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators
During a work range outing, one of our most prim women experienced a hot one down her blouse. Jumping and hooting and hollering commenced. She peeled that blouse off too and just stood there with a very nice lacy doubled barreled slingshot. And gave absolutely no shits about that state of undress either.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2025 11:00 PM (cYBz/)
196 If I saw someone dressed like that at the range, I'd leave immediately because I'd know that the ROs are f*ckups for allowing it. OK, maybe not immediately.
Posted by: Oddbob
I’d have to take a few photos first to document the outrage.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 11:01 PM (VKuJq)
I'd spend most of my riches judiciously - maximizing the number of elected and appointed officials I could bribe, blackmail or intimidate.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 11:01 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous!
I assumed that the married father of the children she is babysitting gave her the car because he is doing her.
Posted by: nerdygirl
One of my grandfathers was doing the sitter. Got an uncle younger than me out of it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 11:02 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2025 11:02 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 10:31 PM (/p+XQ)
Thoroughbred race horses. Nope, I am not buying haha.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 10, 2025 11:02 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Red Ball Express at October 10, 2025 11:03 PM (oftw2)
NEWS 40% of FBI agents in field offices in U.S. cities are now working on illegal alien crimes. Bureau-wide, counting all the field offices and units, it’s nearly one out of four.
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one out of four is 40%
new math?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 11:03 PM (KKMuu)
That ONT wtf with the lava flowing, something about the perspective but I can't tell what is happening.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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It makes my head hurt. That's not the margaritas.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 10, 2025 11:03 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Willie Nailer
At least they turned the hazard lights on.... after impact.
BTW, what language was that?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2025 10:53 PM (cYBz/)
Adding to our "this might be a dumb question" vibe, how did the Russians kidnap 35,000 Ukrainian children? Was there a boarding school the Russians raided in the first 24 hours or something?
Posted by: pookysgirl on vacation at October 10, 2025 11:06 PM (t7+wV)
Its more of an action movie though then a horror movie.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:06 PM (sKqQm)
one out of four is 40%
new math?
Posted by: Braenyard
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Agents in field offices in US cities is 40%
Bureau-wide ("field offices and units") is 25%?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 11:07 PM (oKXMA)
It being San Diego, there are some who show up in sandals. But shooting and surfing are hobbies not rarely combined here. One of my RSO crew is a surfer, such a long-time fixture at a particular beach that his name is on the old timer's monument there.
Surprised today when half the hockey locker room started talking about surfing - and not here, but in Peru and NZ. So hockey and surfing, also a thing. I know one of the indelible scars of my teenage-hood was hockey practice in the morning, followed by body surfing after, usually this time of year. Brutal. Amazing what humans can endure.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 10, 2025 11:07 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 10, 2025 11:07 PM (1Nv0l)
I assumed that the married father of the children she is babysitting gave her the car because he is doing her.
Posted by: nerdygirl
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I too had to put it down to that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 11:08 PM (oKXMA)
Adding to our "this might be a dumb question" vibe, how did the Russians kidnap 35,000 Ukrainian children? Was there a boarding school the Russians raided in the first 24 hours or something?
I was reading about the "refugees" early in the war. And it turned out about 1 in 6 fled to...Russia.
I suspect the Russians didn't abduct anyone.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:08 PM (sKqQm)
Something like a third of all violent crime in America is by non-citizens so the 40% is at least what you would expect.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:09 PM (sKqQm)
Said it tells a good compelling story, and tells the truth about Jim Crow for black people in the 1930s, yet still keeps the wokeness to a minimum.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 11:09 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Piper
Leotards for all.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 11:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 11:09 PM (viF8m)
(Having once had a 9mm casing fall down my shirt, I can attest that they maintain temperature for a few rather unpleasant seconds.)
Posted by: tankdemon
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Good excuse to be late.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 11:11 PM (oKXMA)
BTW, what language was that?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)
Sounded Russian to me.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 11:11 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 10, 2025 11:11 PM (144I4)
Its not woke, though it doesn't have any appealing white characters in it either.
There is a religious element to it that I haven't made up my mind as to what that part is trying to say...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 11:12 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: pookysgirl on vacation at October 10, 2025 11:06 PM (t7+wV)
If I understand it, a lot of them are ethnic Russian kids who got sent to Russia at the outbreak, and kids from overrun areas.
Honestly, though, I am hoping this is the first step in declaring a crisis in human trafficking which has been a terrible crime ongoing out of Ukraine and the other "south slav" and related areas
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 11:13 PM (rbvCR)
Its not woke, though it doesn't have any appealing white characters in it either.
There is a religious element to it that I haven't made up my mind as to what that part is trying to say...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:12 PM (sKqQm)
Is it a Peele movie?
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 11:14 PM (EYmYM)
It's also helping me avoid the temptation to seek satisfaction through violence. I've avoided it for 7 years but I felt my discipline fading. Strange though - people are always clutching pearls over violence, you would think that struggling to avoid it would get some consideration. Whatever. I just need to stay true and continue to use words to get a retraction of the lies she spread about my military service. I can't lose. It's simply a matter of when she'll do the right thing.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 11:14 PM (Ifu6F)
Posted by: Archer at October 10, 2025 11:14 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 11:15 PM (BI5O2)
Unless dad is very, very wealthy I'm sure mom is going to question giving the nanny a car.
Though, now that I think about it, I do remember a female co-worker who was going on vacation. I asked her about it and she told me she was going to the Caribbean "with family" but then she thought about it and explained not her actually family, she had been a nanny for another family and when they went to their beach house they just naturally invited her too all expenses paid...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:15 PM (sKqQm)
No, Sinners was not made/produced by Jordan Peele. And I liked Get Out, a lot. It was brilliant for him to make the villains Obama voters.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 11:15 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 11:16 PM (Ifu6F)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:16 PM (sKqQm)
What am I not buying? One of the food stamp "hauls" on X with a 250-lb, 28-year-old mom showing the chips, cookies, snak cakes, sodas, ramen, Kaboom, hot dogs, Season-all, donuts, woops some actual ground beef and a random piece of fruit.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 11:17 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 11:17 PM (/p+XQ)
That's why Matt Dillon never wore spaghetti straps.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 10:41 PM (L/fGl)
LOL!
Posted by: Joemarine at October 10, 2025 11:18 PM (y171U)
Being falsely accused of anything serious is traumatic. Hopefully therapy will help you get your life back on track.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 11:18 PM (EYmYM)
See, I got bonus points from the Wife because I'm so innocent I had to have her explain the meme to me.
No really. Innocent (wink)
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 11:20 PM (Ifu6F)
It is interesting to me that with Hollywood has petered out over the last 10 years or so. Even ignoring the political crap, the quality of the average movie has declined significantly. Poor direction, poor acting, and terrible, unoriginal scripts.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 11:22 PM (oKXMA)
It's also helping me avoid the temptation to seek satisfaction through violence. I've avoided it for 7 years but I felt my discipline fading. Strange though - people are always clutching pearls over violence, you would think that struggling to avoid it would get some consideration. Whatever. I just need to stay true and continue to use words to get a retraction of the lies she spread about my military service. I can't lose. It's simply a matter of when she'll do the right thing.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 11:14 PM (Ifu6F)
So you need a woman to admit she's wrong?
Whew.
Luck to you.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 10, 2025 11:22 PM (xcxpd)
What am I not buying? One of the food stamp "hauls" on X with a 250-lb, 28-year-old mom showing the chips, cookies, snak cakes, sodas, ramen, Kaboom, hot dogs, Season-all, donuts, woops some actual ground beef and a random piece of fruit.
I would love to hear Trump/Kennedy discuss changing the food program back to packages of food.
Sorry, if you aren't working you have plenty of time to cook some chicken and rice instead of giving your kids hot pockets.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:22 PM (sKqQm)
Let it go...and keep it off this blog.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 10, 2025 11:23 PM (n9ltV)
Yeah, and thanks for the wellness wish.
It's interesting that of the different types of lies known to Man, the Christian faith only thought one was serious enough to make the Top Ten List of Sins: Thou shall not bear false witness.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 11:23 PM (Ifu6F)
Posted by: Red Ball Express at October 10, 2025 11:03 PM (oftw2)
A former colleague, once stationed in Bad Tolz Germany (home of the SS officer training school) did a paper on the Germans use of rolling stock of their RR to haul Jews instead of supplies. He was able to interview several senior officers about it. Short answer, "We were ordered to." The really interesting part was their ability to work around rail disruptions due to sabotage and bombing.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 11:25 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 11:25 PM (Ifu6F)
_ZH
[That's kinky]
https://tinyurl.com/3fmrabmx
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 11:26 PM (KKMuu)
I would love to hear Trump/Kennedy discuss changing the food program back to packages of food.
Sorry, if you aren't working you have plenty of time to cook some chicken and rice instead of giving your kids hot pockets.
Posted by: 18-1
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I thought that was already happening. In fact, I saw some furious TikTokers raving about not getting "a Doctor Pepper with my dinner!" or their kid getting "a fucking cupcake." Saw a scene in a grocery store where a woman can't buy junk food with her EBT card. Was that something else?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 11:27 PM (oKXMA)
Cooking
Paying your taxes
Specific detailed courses in your government (eg what your mayor's powers are and what he/she has done since being elected)
On that latter point for example I remember in HS going American history from the Pilgrims to WWI four years in a row. And that's before they got into all the woke crap they have now
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:27 PM (sKqQm)
I would buy a modest house with outbuildings on a nice piece of property with plenty of open fields of fire and a massive arsenal.
Also, a really kitted up Toyota Tacoma, a Range Rover for the Missus, a couple of them gator type vehicles to patrol the property, a Bobcat with the snowplow blade, a few cattle dogs, a bunch of cats to patrol for mice and get skritches, a couple of small goats, and a pair of those really cool highland cows for the Missus.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 11:29 PM (0aYVJ)
Any of you early-rising Moon watchers take note. This morning and tomorrow will be about the highest you'll ever see the Moon in the sky.
The Moon is a harsh orbital mistress -- all sorts of complex precessions and stuff going on. 2025, around March, was a major lunistice (standstill), which means the Moon's orbital plane is the most inclined it can be to the earth's equator.
And right now, things are aligned so that it's about at max declination near enough to the full Moon, so you have a very bright Moon as high in the sky as it can ever be. The "lunar tropic" is at 28.7 degrees latitude now, which is about at Orlando. The Moon will directly overhead in Orlando. This means in Miami, the Moon will be *north* at transit, not south.
For me here at 34.7N, it will be over 83 degrees high. This will not happen again for 18.6 years.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 11:29 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 11:29 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:21 PM (sKqQm)
And way too much CGI.
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2025 11:29 PM (gKDq2)
It's a shawarma shop on the food court.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 11:32 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2025 10:55 PM (cYBz/)
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Depth perception is over rated.
Posted by: Peter Falk at October 10, 2025 11:33 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 11:25 PM (2WIwB)
Must've driven them nuts for any kind of inefficiency or.... *shudder*... backtracking.
Posted by: pookysgirl had a German father at October 10, 2025 11:35 PM (t7+wV)
Posted by: the way I see it
Me too. And I'd tell no one of my good fortune or charitable gifts.
True charity should be anonymous in my book. Even if some billionaire gives huge $$$$ to a hospital or such, it galls me that he feels the need to have his name plastered all over the place on it.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2025 11:36 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 11:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 10, 2025 11:38 PM (CHHv1)
... [in part]
I want to thank President Trump for his relentless pursuit of an end to the conflict in Gaza and the mediators—Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey—for their efforts, which have proven crucial to the successful outcome.
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That and now Qatar building an AF base on US soil.
This deal making is getting funky.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 11:38 PM (KKMuu)
Things (the Prop 50 vote) ire heating up here in CA.
FOr the past 2 or so weeks, Gov. Got Nuthin has been running an ad whining about how we need Prop 50 (here in CA) to restore the redistricting power to the politicians, so everyone in the US is assured of fair elections.
Naturally, everyone sees the problems with GN's logic.
Today, some-(Tom Steyer)-one has started running a rather shrill ad, showing Trump (mainly from the back, sometimes only parts) throwing food at a TV running a pro-Prop 50 ad.
Isn't Steyer the clown who ran neck-and-neck with fellow clown Deval Patrick? They both beat Kammie in the primary, but so what? Steyer lost.
Perhaps we can get Ahnold (already anti-Prop 50) to do a Terminator commercial, maybe catching Steyer and Patrick about to grab the $300million at stake, and run them off.
Any chance an ad fisking Steyer and Got Nuthin will run in about a week? The CA election is on 04 Nov, just over 3 weeks from now
Posted by: Arbalest at October 10, 2025 11:41 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)
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Boss told me this today. I did not quite believe him at first.
I honestly do not know what to make of this. Boss did say this, though; they are your allies for now, but it's never permanent. Capricious folks.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 11:42 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: the way I see it
Probably not taught anymore, but next to "animal husbandry, soap, glycerin, and explosives" it was one of the most practical classes there was.
Literally "Home Economics" balancing the checkbook with some hands on demonstrations / exercises - lookie here, you can literally bake a cake using mostly just flour so don't waste money on cake in a box mix shit ..
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 11:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2025 11:36 PM (cYBz/)
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So then the Cicero Family Foundation Community Rodeo Stadium shouldn't be a thing then?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 11:43 PM (4a+wk)
Posted by: the way I see it
Me too. And I'd tell no one of my good fortune or charitable gifts.
True charity should be anonymous in my book. Even if some billionaire gives huge $$$$ to a hospital or such, it galls me that he feels the need to have his name plastered all over the place on it.
Posted by: Tonypete
Only one I'd tell would be the IRS because I'm deducting that. F the government.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 11:46 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: raimondo at October 10, 2025 11:47 PM (yPZM8)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 11:47 PM (9LmFm)
not buying?
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That Biden's staff couldn't keep up with him......
Speaking of which....what has become of Raggedy lying DEI hire?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2025 11:48 PM (QGaXH)
Seriously, I have very mixed feelings about this. Well. not so much mixed, but more WTF! over!?
Well. Fuck. I think I need to go to bed.
Tomorrow me and the missus are driving up the hill to visit an old ghost town. Should be fun.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 11:48 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 11:48 PM (4a+wk)
Posted by: Red Ball Express
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Today, the British Army has more horses than tanks. Really.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 10, 2025 11:49 PM (hYL69)
Yep. Rent it if it flies, floats, or f..... er, you get the idea.
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 10:15 PM (tubbA)
Is that the male corollary to 'if it has wheels or testicles it'll give you trouble' ?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2025 11:52 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 10, 2025 11:53 PM (ja+o0)
Seriously, I have very mixed feelings about this. Well. not so much mixed, but more WTF! over!?
Well. Fuck. I think I need to go to bed.
Tomorrow me and the missus are driving up the hill to visit an old ghost town. Should be fun.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide
As seen elsewhere - Qatar bought a bunch of F-15 and included in the package pilot training (and probably the whole support system). Apparently Mountain Home will be the Base where they will training.
The "facility" will likely be something Qatar wants it's crews to have. Maybe it will be the biggest mosque and hookah bar in the state.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 11:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 11:54 PM (viF8m)
Haven't you always wanted a monkey?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 11:54 PM (viF8m)
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But not a real monkey cuz that's cruel
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 11:55 PM (4a+wk)
This deal making is getting funky."
They are not building an AF base in the U.S.
Qatar bought some of our military jets and we are housing and training some of their pilots on those planes at an existing AF base.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 10, 2025 11:55 PM (V362x)
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one out of four is 40%
new math?
Posted by: Braenyard
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Not every agent works out "field offices in... cities". Training duties, the bunch in DC AT Hq, etc. Using math - I know, I know - you could calculate the percentage of drones at HQ.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 10, 2025 11:57 PM (hYL69)
Home economics used to even be taught at the college level. When my mother went to Furman University in the early '50s, I think that was a required course for her degree program.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 11:58 PM (w6EFb)
Haven't you always wanted a monkey?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 11:54 PM (viF8m)
You reminded me of the episode of Just Shoot Me I watched today.
Finch told Elliot he couldn’t get laid in a monkey Whore house with a sack of bananas.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 11:59 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: ChrisP at October 10, 2025 11:59 PM (XHcB7)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 11:59 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 11:29 PM (0aYVJ)
Really, tell me more!
Posted by: Mo Hamed Hamed at October 10, 2025 11:59 PM (8hxDK)
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What? We missed a perfect opportunity to flog some extended warranties?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 12:01 AM (4a+wk)
Where the hell were you when I needed a lawyer who understood me?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 12:03 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 12:04 AM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: David Hogger at October 11, 2025 12:05 AM (oyri5)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 12:06 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 12:04 AM (/p+XQ)
1-800 Planes For Kids
Posted by: Diogenes at October 11, 2025 12:06 AM (2WIwB)
I don't know about Toyota anymore. We had an Echo as a commuter car for 15 years(?) Ran great, no issues. I'm bad on clutches and it never wore out.
But we bought a Toyota Highlander 2 years ago and its been a disaster. And stupid ergonomics - like no interior glow for dashboard controls, you have to look into the blinding overhead light to find the off switch, the navigation is anti-driver friendly with several "are you really sure" prompts. Something has changed at Toyota, as if they put someone's "niece" in charge of quality control.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 11, 2025 12:07 AM (9H22g)
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But where would you park the boat?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 12:07 AM (4a+wk)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 12:08 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: CA Token at October 11, 2025 12:14 AM (2+yws)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 12:07 AM (4a+wk)
Probably around one of the caribbean Islands I'll buy. I'll use it to get my mail.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 12:15 AM (snZF9)
Lately I've gotten a kick out of stressing Grok with bizarre questions. Keeps it agile
Re horse consumption.
Overall Eastern Front: Estimates suggest 500,000–1 million German horses perished between 1941 and 1945, based on replacement needs and captured animals
Stalingrad: The 6th Army entered with ~10,000–17,000 horses; most were eaten by troops over the 200+ day siege to stave off famine.
Broader retreats (e.g., 1943–1945): "Tens of thousands" of horses were slaughtered for meat across the front, per wartime accounts.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 11, 2025 12:15 AM (9H22g)
Horses died at a rate of ~10,000–20,000 per month in harsh seasons (winter/mud). Assuming 60–80% of non-combat losses (e.g., starvation/exhaustion) led to consumption (based on memoirs and Soviet reports of systematic slaughter), this yields:1941–1942: ~150,000 eaten
Estimated Total: 300,000–500,000 horses eaten by German troops on the Eastern Front. This is a conservative range; higher figures (up to 750,000) are possible if including partial consumption or indirect use (e.g., hides for boots)
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 11, 2025 12:19 AM (9H22g)
Will there be some friction when Muslim camel jockeys are dumped into cowboy country? Undoubtedly. Will there be violence? Maybe, but hopefully not.
Imagine the shrieking if the US government was paying for the new buildings, and moving the QAF in.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2025 12:23 AM (mIUWe)
Been there (millions tho not billions).
First thing you do is start an LLC
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 11, 2025 12:24 AM (9H22g)
Posted by: Ber
if you were to have momes, wouldn't that mean there would have to be some time where there was no mome happening?
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 12:25 AM (T/X0o)
Want a good deal on a slightly used F-35? Go see Trump Go see Trump Go see Trump! ;-)
Trump Worthington and his dog spot.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 11, 2025 12:26 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 12:29 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 12:30 AM (T/X0o)
Posted by: Berserker
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If you had a billion, wouldn't you have a minion to deal with your mail? Or an accountant?
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 11, 2025 12:33 AM (ja+o0)
was searching for a new cinnamon role recipe, yout tube showed some guy whose secrete recipe was getting pillsbury cinnamon rolls, putting two rolls of unseparated cinnamon rolls side by side, shoving into a bread pan, baking.
has to be the laziest motherfucker ever.
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 12:35 AM (T/X0o)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 12:29 AM (viF8m)
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Booked for tomorrow. And I'll be thinking about all the mooks on this blog trash-talking boats while the breeze blows, the waves splash, the sails flutter and the dolphins play.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 11, 2025 12:35 AM (4a+wk)
Posted by: Cicero
one word
dead calm
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 12:36 AM (T/X0o)
Posted by: Cicero
one word
thentheorcasgettherteartherudderoffboatsinks
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 12:39 AM (T/X0o)
Until now, there is no foreign military base on American soil - only "joint training programs" or facilities where foreign pilots might have a semi-permanent presence under a US training program.
https://tinyurl.com/3fmrabmx
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 12:39 AM (KKMuu)
Until now, there is no foreign military base on American soil - only "joint training programs" or facilities where foreign pilots might have a semi-permanent presence under a US training program.
https://tinyurl.com/3fmrabmx
Posted by: Braen
qatar is pretty bent we did not stop getting them bombed
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 12:40 AM (T/X0o)
Posted by: Berserker
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If you had a billion, wouldn't you have a minion to deal with your mail? Or an accountant?
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 11, 2025 12:33 AM (ja+o0)
I'm not sure about that. I'm not really built that way. Thats living like a stuffy rich dude. I don't see me saying "hobson, grab the keys to the pirate ship and get my junkmail". I think I would be hands on with a lot of things. I can see having an accountant. Not even sure I would have a landscaper. I think I would have fun with my custom hemi powered lawn tractor. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 12:41 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 11, 2025 12:43 AM (XV/Pl)
Perfect.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2025 12:44 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 12:25 AM (T/X0o)
Thats a good question.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 12:47 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 11, 2025 12:47 AM (ja+o0)
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 12:25 AM (T/X0o)
Thats a good question.
Posted by: Bers
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 12:48 AM (M1NWz)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 11, 2025 12:52 AM (Sco7b)
https://tinyurl.com/3fmrabmx
Posted by: Braen
Zero Hedge article. Go ahead, click on the comments. I dare you. On the other hand, ZH has predicted 354 of the last two stock market crashes.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 11, 2025 12:54 AM (mIUWe)
This worthless mook will be sitting in his backyard where the breeze blows, the birds sing, my dogs play, and I'm thanking G-d I'm not out on the ocean, which wants me fucking dead.
YMMV, obviously.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 11, 2025 12:57 AM (lWPQK)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 11, 2025 12:47 AM (ja+o0)
Well its also a symptom of what was my lifestyle since I was 18 up until just a few years ago, and I'm not actually sure I'm done with that yet anyway. I was kind of always responsible for me, and not so quick to hand things off to others Its a I can only depend on me kind of thing. I would make a lousy rich dude. To be honest, I couldn't live like trump, it would drive me crazy. If I had a shit ton of money I would just do what I always do, just on a larger scale.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 12:58 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2025 01:04 AM (TGPs7)
Thanks for the ONT, WD.
Posted by: scampydog at October 11, 2025 01:05 AM (41CYW)
Thanks for the ONT, WD.
Posted by: scampydog
Three more innings and the tickets count as BOGO!
Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2025 01:07 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Mis
hes a huge dick but training collars are not inherently bad or evil, however, not that theres any good excuse for why he shockd his dog when he did
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 01:07 AM (YPpbp)
Details of the Orca Behavior
Targeted Area: The behavior is concentrated in the Strait of Gibraltar and waters off the coasts of Spain, Portugal, and Morocco.
Primary Target: Orcas focus their activity on the rudder of slow-moving, medium-sized sailboats.
Origin: The behavior is believed to have originated with a single orca and then spread to three different groups, or "pods," of orcas.
Escalation: The incidents have become more frequent and intense, with hundreds of interactions recorded and several sailboats sunk. "
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 01:08 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: scampydog at October 11, 2025 01:08 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 11, 2025 01:09 AM (pi4LE)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at October 11, 2025 01:11 AM (s7tZ/)
Posted by: Pete Bog
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Just saw it went final - Mariners win. I don't follow like I used to either, but old habits - last two days have been like finding that old favorite shirt in the back of the closet.
Posted by: scampydog at October 11, 2025 01:12 AM (41CYW)
Escalation: The incidents have become more frequent and intense, with hundreds of interactions recorded and several sailboats sunk. "
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 01:08 AM (XeU6L)
Basically one of the bastards invented a new sport and others said oh thats so coool.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 01:12 AM (snZF9)
Sailors are advised to stay informed about orca sightings, avoid the area during peak months, and have a plan for rudder damage and potential sinking.
Escalation: The incidents have become more frequent and intense, with hundreds of interactions recorded and several sailboats sunk. "
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Dafuq are the humans doing? We're the intelligent species. We don't need to extinct all the orcas; just get rid of the ones that do this.
If you dog develops a taste for your children's flesh, you put the dog down. You don't give it space to be itself and tell your kids to stay in their rooms at dinnertime.
Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2025 01:13 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
He could bowl with two balls at once.
Posted by: Cicero
Kids these days and their no-thumb bowling balls. Learn to bowl like your father did, you ingrates!
Posted by: mikeski at October 11, 2025 01:17 AM (nhCoE)
Their bullshit lead off walks finally caught up with them.
Crazy and entertaining game.
Go Cubs.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 11, 2025 01:18 AM (VlF/O)
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True. My neighbors are responsible pet owners who successfully trained their dogs to *not bark unnecessarily* through use of "the barbeque collar" (they nicknamed it).
Their dogs are happy, friendly, and well-behaved. Not at all skittish or timid. Just really good, obviously beloved dogs!
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 01:19 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker
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We're back to pickleball...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 01:19 AM (XeU6L)
Which country has the largest fishing fleet?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2025 01:20 AM (mlg/3)
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Only a MAGA specist would say that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 01:21 AM (XeU6L)
"The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government. HUD will use available resources to help Americans in need."
People are asking if it's legal for this to be on a .gov website.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 01:22 AM (/p+XQ)
Founded in 1885, the original XIT Ranch spanned 3 million acres.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 10:29 PM (9LmFm)
It paid for the TX State Capitol, built in 1888.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 11, 2025 01:25 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 01:25 AM (KKMuu)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Don't tell 'em how tall it is.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 01:29 AM (KKMuu)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 11:21 PM (sKqQm)
It is bizarre to me because today’s writers should have built on the material they saw in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and thus be making some good quality movies now. That is far from the case. As if they refused to learn from the examples of those before them.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 11, 2025 01:29 AM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 01:32 AM (w+4n0)
Cooking
Paying your taxes
Specific detailed courses in your government (eg what your mayor's powers are and what he/she has done since being elected)
Schools suck, but we want to give them more to do???
And they should already be teaching government. Let’s try to fine tune that before teaching kids things the parents should be teaching them at home already.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 11, 2025 01:34 AM (c44Rp)
Their dogs are happy, friendly, and well-behaved. Not at all skittish or timid. Just really good, obviously beloved dogs!
Posted by: JQ
we have had professionally trained dogs that used training collars, and I have tried the shock so we wold be comfortable with the collars. it is not a violent shock, its what you get when you touch live wires.
It is also much more effective and not as violent as choke collars.
Not that there was any reason for that cumstain to shock his dog.
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 01:34 AM (hlt+o)
Posted by: Bers
If you were forced to become an animal, given the choice orcas the way to go
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 01:36 AM (hlt+o)
Paying your taxes
Specific detailed courses in your government (eg what your mayor's powers are and what he/she has done since being elected)
Schools suck, but we want to give them more to do???
And they should already be teaching government. Let’s try to fine tune that before teaching kids things the parents should be teaching them at home already.
Posted by: Co
those other classes are home ec, math
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 01:37 AM (hlt+o)
Courses in
- Civics
- Critical thinking
- History of western civilization, including the USA
...and if you want to throw in a class on daily living skills, that's fine too.
It would take time, but IMHO? We'd start to see the rot in young people's minds clear out after a while.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 01:38 AM (/p+XQ)
The strategic location of Pasni, situated just 70 miles from China's Gwadar Port and 100 miles from Iran’s Chabahar Port, has raised significant geopolitical concerns, particularly for India, which views the potential US presence as a direct challenge to its strategic interests in the Arabian Sea.
_Brave AI
Continued: https://tinyurl.com/rsedeht4
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 01:39 AM (KKMuu)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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10 hour drive day?
Posted by: scampydog at October 11, 2025 01:39 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Welcome to the USA.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 01:40 AM (KKMuu)
If you were forced to become an animal, given the choice orcas the way to go
Posted by: n
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Bah. I've seen the way that pandas live.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 01:42 AM (XeU6L)
SUV history from suvradar.com. If we trust them.
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 10:26 PM (pZEOD)
'35 Suburban was a depot hack. That's not a slur; it's a term of art, meaning a multi-passenger station wagon often used by hotel and resorts to pick up guests and their luggage at the railway station, In my book, 4-wheel drive is a defining feature of and SUV. I am wondering when Toyota 4Runner and Nissan Pathfinder first came out. Also compact SUV's, and built on truck frames, another defining feature.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 01:42 AM (w+4n0)
Whenever I let the dog out, there she is. I pick her up, pet her, give her love and affection. She has a cat house and an electric blanket there.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 11, 2025 01:43 AM (Sco7b)
Paying your taxes
Specific detailed courses in your government (eg what your mayor's powers are and what he/she has done since being elected)
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During my time Home Ec and Civics covered those bases.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 01:44 AM (KKMuu)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 01:47 AM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 11, 2025 01:40 AM (KKMuu)
Thank you! Hit the road about 10:00 AM, pulled in here at 2300. About 12 hours road time, about 700 miles. Roads good, traffic light, weather gorgeous. Saw a weird dead critter in a field just north of Vulcan, AB. About the size of an elk, has skinny horns with two tines, and it s coat was glossy black, no brown on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 01:47 AM (w+4n0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Once upon a time, a couple parts in the backbone of education/life.
Posted by: scampydog at October 11, 2025 01:51 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 01:58 AM (NWFLn)
Posted by: n at October 11, 2025 01:34 AM
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Heartily agree! I saw that vid. Ugh. What a $&*^&(* jerk!
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 02:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 02:06 AM (XeU6L)
No cooking. No menu-planning. No setting the table for company. None of the "soft" fun stuff.
Guess they didn't want to deal with burnt cookies and oven cleaning?
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 02:06 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 11, 2025 02:07 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 11, 2025 02:08 AM (0nHVk)
AOP - Safe travels.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 02:06 AM (XeU6L)
Thank you, Mike! I wonder if small explosives, like M80 firecrackers, dropped into the water would deter the orcas?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:09 AM (w+4n0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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heh. Reminds me of the scene(s) in Tremors when they tossed out dynamite.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 02:11 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 02:14 AM (/p+XQ)
Hope the rest of your trip is also lovely and without troubles!
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 02:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 02:11 AM (XeU6L)
Well, whales have very sensitive hearing. I expect underwater explosions would be painful to them. I guess there might be a hazard of enraging them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:15 AM (w+4n0)
Hope the rest of your trip is also lovely and without troubles!
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 02:15 AM (rdVOm)
Well, I saw the last of the daylight at Boulder, MT. But at least I haven't caused wear and tear to Idaho scenery by looking at it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:18 AM (w+4n0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:15 AM (w+4n0)
yeah, don't they also have the ability to communicate like a billion miles through the ocean to other whales? Thats all you need "hey guys, I got a a dude throwing firecrackers at me" lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 02:19 AM (snZF9)
Courses in
- Civics
- Critical thinking
- History of western civilization, including the USA
...and if you want to throw in a class on daily living skills, that's fine too.
It would take time, but IMHO? We'd start to see the rot in young people's minds clear out after a while.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 11, 2025 01:38 AM (/p+XQ)
Agree on the Civics. Been saying that for a long time. I'd pair that Critical Thinking course with Logic.
One of the hardest courses I ever took in college was Symbolic Logic.
An after thought would be to have a course on propaganda, what it is and how it works. Show Leni Riefenstahl, Al Gore, MSNBC/CNN and such to teach how one can be manipulated into believing bullshit. Pair that with Critical Thinking and Logic.
Posted by: RickZ at October 11, 2025 02:20 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Oh. Whoops! LOL.
Best, anyway!
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 02:21 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 11, 2025 02:21 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 02:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:25 AM (w+4n0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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heh. Reminds me of the scene(s) in Tremors when they tossed out dynamite.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 11, 2025 02:11 AM (XeU6L)
There was a lake behind my old house. One 4th of july somebody showed up with a bag full of block busters, or 1/4 sticks as they called them. We were taping rocks to them with duct tape and throwing them way out in the water. It was amazing how you felt the ground at the shoreline thump when they went off. You would see this flash well under the surface and them *thump*. I think thats when I realized how depth charges wrecked submarines.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 02:26 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 11, 2025 02:21 AM (0nHVk)
Yeah, car feels kind of empty without her. But I am making fewer pit stops.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:26 AM (w+4n0)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 11, 2025 02:27 AM (8x6gM)
Can't decided what, that I don't buy, to continue to NOT buy---
So many choices!!!
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 11, 2025 02:32 AM (WkeVZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:34 AM (w+4n0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:34 AM (w+4n0)
At least they didn't close them because of gay shit going on in the bathrooms like they did in some rest areas here.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 02:38 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: scampydog at October 11, 2025 02:40 AM (nWuvM)
Turns out, I had fallen asleep in bed, and it was 7:00 pm...🙄🙄🙄
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 10, 2025 10:04
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Hey TeresaFW,
yeah that drives me nuts when that happens.
Lately I'm a bit discombobulated in time and balance. Had emergency surgery for a detached retina last Fri. Drive into Berwyn for last surgery, 6 pm Fri night.
Then J drives home and back the next day. A great way to celebrate my 70th! Really it was cause prolly saved the eyesight in my right and dominant eye.
Has anyone heard from Grammie Winger recently? IIRC we share the same birthday, Oct 4 and are close in age, both born in IL.
Posted by: Farmer at October 11, 2025 02:43 AM (55Qr6)
Still, it was a little bit of money.
I stopped completely after one fateful weekend, 'sitting for my then-bf's brother: he had a 3yr old, a 2yr old, and a 6month old. Supposed to be "out for dinner and a movie" with his wife on a Friday night. They left at 4pm. "We'll be back by 10", he said. "Kids' dinner is in the fridge, just heat it up." OK.
10pm: - - - -
11pm: phone call. "Oh, we're having so much fun and it's been so long since we had a night to ourselves... be back by midnight."
Midnight: - - - -
1am: - - - -
2am: - - - -
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 02:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 11, 2025 02:38 AM (snZF9)
Well, it might be muzzloid truck driver gunking up the shitters. When I get home, I.m going take pictures of the shitter at Carmangay, and go see my MLA. You know, maintaining those places would be a perfect "community service" job for offenders who get sentenced to "community service" in lieu of jail time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:44 AM (w+4n0)
The Nobel Committee has decided to make the case for Trump’s war on Venezuela, giving its “Peace Prize” to Maria Corina Machado, a US govt-funded regime change activist who’s helped lead failed military coups, violent street riots, and has likely promised her country’s oil and mineral wealth to a consortium of MAGA aligned billionaires in exchange for financing her political arsonism. This icon of peace has even appealed to Benjamin Netanyahu to help her lead a military invasion of Venezuela.
Maria Corina Machado is a marionette for Marco Rubio, a creation of the CIA-sponsored Gusano Industrial Complex that has brought violent terror and siege to any Latin American country defying the Washington Consensus of privatization and austerity, and a would-be Pinochet in a skirt...
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Huh. When I recently referred to him as "the repulsive Max Blumenthal" I was reliably informed here by a prectibaly paranoid Moron that I only found him repulsive because I have been brainwashed by Netanyahu, and I want to shut down free speech for Netanyahu, and presumably say whatever I say for Netanyahu. NETANYAHU.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 11, 2025 02:48 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:48 AM (w+4n0)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 11, 2025 02:48 AM (BI5O2)
Can we we start a gofundme to buy Maria some helicopters?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:51 AM (w+4n0)
Posted by: scampydog at October 11, 2025 02:52 AM (nWuvM)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 02:53 AM (w+4n0)
Saturday morning: no bro/wife. No call. Baby has plenty of formula, and there's cereal. Plus a pack of hotdogs in the fridge for the toddlers' lunch.
Saturday afternoon: Phone call. "Oh, sorry, we got a room and overslept, haha. Be back by dinnertime.
Saturday evening: - - - -
Long story short:
The jerks didn't come back until Sunday evening! MFers, if I'd known they'd screw up MY WHOLE WEEKEND, I would've brought my fking homework with!
And then they didn't have *any* cash to pay me! "Write you a check...ok?"
NO! I don't have a bank account or a photo ID, how & where the hell am I supposed to cash it? UGH!
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
NETANYAHU.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 11, 2025 02:59 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 11, 2025 02:59 AM (BI5O2)
That's a strange way to spell "Fucking Trudeau".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 03:00 AM (w+4n0)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 11, 2025 03:07 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2025 03:07 AM (w+4n0)
So, A-holes never paid me. Cash, check, game tokens, NOTHING. For 3 kids, a whole weekend.
And then had the ballz to ask if I'd 'sit for them again, "just for a couple of hours"-- they actually had bf's parents do the asking this time. Like I was supposed to do it for The Fambly or whatever.
I happily informed bf's parents that I would never, ever, EVER 'sit for _____ again, even if he decided to pay me for last time (which he never did) and that he shouldn't bother asking again.
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 03:10 AM (rdVOm)
Oh. Maria is alright then! Thanks, Max!
And "the repulsive Max Blumenthal" is a succinct and accurate description of this creature.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 11, 2025 03:12 AM (naiw2)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 03:16 AM (+qU29)
20 Posts from Doug Ross Substack
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2025 03:19 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 03:20 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 11, 2025 03:21 AM (rdVOm)
Saturday morning they would have been picking up their little shits from CPS and probably explaining to a judge why they abandoned their children, if I was in the same situation.
Posted by: Reforger at October 11, 2025 03:28 AM (ayCt8)
Can anyone else update me?
Posted by: Farmer at October 11, 2025 03:45 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Adriane the TV Wasteland Critic . . . at October 11, 2025 03:56 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2025 03:59 AM (9LmFm)
Posted by: clarence at October 11, 2025 04:16 AM (UTVh+)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at October 11, 2025 10:16 AM (PQOq3)
Trust Fall Cafe
by Simon Needham
I could do this but balance and swinging seem gay. Uber Dog is a favorite of young women with dangerous necklines. The Devil's Eye cenote in Croatia.
Family photo. He'll get there eventually. Ducks take over the cats' bed. Taking your tortoise out for a drive. Good neighbors. Dog doesn't know which side of the road is the most fascinating. Best job: Doggy Day Care Bus Driver. Charging baby rhino is very light on his feet.
It’s Friday! 🎉 pic.twitter.com/enPrrQZahi
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) October 3, 2025
— G (@stevensongs) October 8, 2025
Our turn..🐢😅 pic.twitter.com/I8oKpMFrP1
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) October 9, 2025
Pranking furry frens..🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/PBPjAtkrJE
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) October 8, 2025
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 07:41 PM (+qU29)
Hello
Posted by: fourseasons at October 10, 2025 07:41 PM (3ek7K)
And showing absolutely no remorse for murdering someone.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 07:43 PM (pof/a)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 07:43 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: fd at October 10, 2025 07:44 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:44 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 07:44 PM (xrQwm)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 07:45 PM (OOFJi)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 10, 2025 07:45 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 07:45 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 07:45 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 07:47 PM (pof/a)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 07:47 PM (IBQGV)
Say, that's Amtrak's slogan, isn't it? "Relax. you'll get there eventually".
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 07:47 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Happy Feet-Happy Life at October 10, 2025 07:48 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 07:49 PM (kHop/)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:44 PM
LMAO!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 07:50 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 07:50 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 07:51 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: All God's critters just want love at October 10, 2025 07:51 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 10, 2025 07:51 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 07:52 PM (Wmg4n)
He's also got nerve considering his whole fucking shtick was "owning the libs". Another tapeworm winds its way into the heart of the GOP. Soooprise soooprise soooprise.
Sorry, I missed the last thread.
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 07:52 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 07:51 PM (EYmYM)
That boy ain't right.
Posted by: Hank Hill, purveyor of propane and propane accessories at October 10, 2025 07:52 PM (TbWk/)
Nants' ingonyama, bagithi Baba.
Sithi hu 'ngonyama!!!!
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 07:45 PM
Lady, it's Friday night on a long weekend. Can I catch a break?
Posted by: Cthulhu at October 10, 2025 07:52 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: All Hopped Up at October 10, 2025 07:52 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 07:52 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 07:53 PM (snZF9)
Exactly so. Who could fail to be charmed by the exultations of these joyous creatures.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 07:53 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 10, 2025 07:53 PM (fd80v)
I'm so eager to see that little bastard go away for life.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 10, 2025 07:54 PM (fd80v)
Very funny
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 10, 2025 07:55 PM (GhIJO)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 07:52 PM (+qU29)
You would need one of those apocalypse motorcycles with the flatbed sidecar.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 07:55 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 07:55 PM (xHY94)
Posted by: Sauron at October 10, 2025 07:56 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 10, 2025 07:53 PM (fd80v)
I imagine that their smell is saturating the place.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 07:57 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at October 10, 2025 07:57 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:57 PM (QGLzn)
Exactly so. Who could fail to be charmed by the exultations of these joyous creatures.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 07:53 PM (mADJX)
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That's the "It's Friday!" version. The "It's Monday" version has an Orca looming in the background holding a large net.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 07:59 PM (dIske)
The dog is thinking "this is a dumb game but it makes him happy so I'll go along with it."
Posted by: Oddbob at October 10, 2025 08:00 PM (3nLb4)
Anyhoo, he was a big Longhorn fan while I graduated from Oklahoma. This is the first year where we're not tangling.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 08:00 PM (yjljJ)
'I imagine that their smell is saturating the place.'
You're probably right. I just figured the closer they got the more they smelled them. I guess I have a lot to learn about how dogs smell.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 10, 2025 08:00 PM (fd80v)
I put the dog Ralphy out and she comes in. I give her love and affection.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 08:01 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 08:02 PM (xHY94)
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:53 PM (dGCAG)
After using "the base" to make his name and propel himself higher? We need that like Julius Caesar needed another friend.
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 08:02 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 08:03 PM (yjljJ)
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Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 08:00 PM (yjljJ)
Preach.
I'm sorry you are going through that.
Been there....
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 08:03 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
I'm all too aware. They stink on ice!
Posted by: Felix the Cat! at October 10, 2025 08:03 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
"My dog has no nose!"
"How does he smell?"
"Awful"
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 08:05 PM (yjljJ)
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 10, 2025 08:05 PM (OHBJg)
Later: "Hey, all this owning the libs stuff is getting kinda old, don't you fellow guys in khakis think? Also if we stop being so confrontational and oppositional,, maybe they'll stop shooting us. Didja ever think of that?"
Fucking Scarlett Johanssen, that's all this faggot is.
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 08:06 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:07 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: fd at October 10, 2025 08:08 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 08:09 PM (vWWqj)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:09 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Ben Had
Upstream of the cattle is the best drinking water.
Posted by: Poland Spring at October 10, 2025 08:09 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 08:10 PM (Sco7b)
After, youse! No, no. In da back seat. In da middle. An' we'll roll da windows down a little; ya know, in case it gets a little , whadda -ya- call, mephitic in here.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 08:10 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:11 PM (QGLzn)
Chris Mowrey@chrisdmowrey
the republican nominee in Virginia believes solar panels don’t work when it’s dark outside and windmills don’t work when “there’s no wind”.
Stunning levels of incompetence and garbage.
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I guess it's solar panels that need wind and windmills that need light.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 08:11 PM (L/fGl)
I do believe they will resist socialism/communism.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 10, 2025 08:12 PM (+4S8X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 08:12 PM (vWWqj)
Posted by: Corpse at October 10, 2025 08:12 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 08:14 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at October 10, 2025 08:16 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:16 PM (QGLzn)
I do believe they will resist socialism/communism.
Posted by: TecumsehTea
No, it was the hippies, the ELCA. Haven't been since Covid. But it was my cradle Lutheran wife who wanted to part ways with them. I need a new church home.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 08:16 PM (yjljJ)
It was all so alien.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 08:09 PM
Clearly you didn't visit Mass and Cass.
How was your journey into the Heart of Blueness?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 08:17 PM (Wnv9h)
Win win
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 08:17 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Hope Solo at October 10, 2025 08:17 PM (w6EFb)
The standard top round or bottom round cuts are just too damn thick.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 08:17 PM (8jn+t)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:18 PM (QGLzn)
Melania has been negotiating with Putin via back channels for several months since Alaska.
Both she and Trump should get Nobel Peace Prizes....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 08:19 PM (w6EFb)
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It's really gotten downgraded in the past 30 years.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 10, 2025 08:19 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:18 PM
In some respects, yes. But they try harder here.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 08:20 PM (Wnv9h)
Trump should just create his own peace prize and award it to himself and Melania. Hell, he just create his own Trump Prize to compete with the Nobels. The Trump Prize in physics, medicine, etc, etc.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 08:20 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:11 PM (QGLzn)
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"I see!" cried out the blind man as he pissed into the wind. "It all comes back to me now!"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 08:20 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 08:20 PM (iUXlD)
How was your journey into the Heart of Blueness?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 08:17 PM (Wnv9h)
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Boston Common was really only the rough spot, the city is amazingly neat clean. Mrs. F's childhood friend is an archeologist here the last 20 years and showed us a lot of odd historical sites. Dorchester Heights. Wandered all over North End. Had hot dogs for lunch at Castle Island. I asked for sauerkraut and thr guy gave me the look.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 08:21 PM (vWWqj)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 10, 2025 08:21 PM (0sNs1)
the republican nominee in Virginia believes solar panels don’t work when it’s dark outside and windmills don’t work when “there’s no wind”.
Chris, it says on your chart that you talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 08:21 PM (gKWVE)
When an anus is cancelled, it is as if it never existed. Popular with some religions.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 08:21 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 08:14 PM (mT+6a)
For my late Father, I'll hope for Detroit.
Toronto can't be eliminated fast enough. I'm unjabbed and was banned from the stadium. Screw them. This country doesn't deserve nice things.
One thing I loved about the Mariners was when Toronto played there. It was almost a home game with so many Canadians being there. Screw them now though.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 08:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 08:22 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 08:22 PM (vWWqj)
Here is my post from last night before they chose the Nobel Peace Prize winner:
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I'm betting that the selected winner will be María Corina Machado.
Posted by: Orson at October 09, 2025 11:19 PM (dIske)
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I was sure Trump didn't even get consideration. So, I chose the person whom I thought they might choose that I would find the least bit acceptable. Machado is a good egg (which she proved in her acceptance comments). But, more than that, she's fearless. She is confined to the country, unable to travel abroad. She is constantly under the threat of death. And, yet she's still plugging away after having won the primary of the opposition party. If Trump didn't get the award, I am satisfied that this woman did.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 08:22 PM (dIske)
Clapclapclap
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 08:20 PM
nurse's the clapper warranty replacement arrived today.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 10, 2025 08:22 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:22 PM (QGLzn)
I do believe they will resist socialism/communism.
Posted by: TecumsehTea
No, it was the hippies, the ELCA. Haven't been since Covid. But it was my cradle Lutheran wife who wanted to part ways with them. I need a new church home.
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I was going to laugh at that comment, but it's true. Lots of hippy-style theology at my parents' ELCA church. They do good things, but yeah, it's all hippy-dippy Jesus the Social Justice Classless Teacher. And the rainbow poster is the wrong one.
I escaped the ELCA after a period of wandering in the wilderness, could've been LCMS at one point. But I had to be me & take it a step further. I'm LDS now, and loving it!
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 10, 2025 08:23 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 08:23 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 08:23 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ben Had
Especially if there is a pissed off Lone Ranger nearby ...
Posted by: Adriane the TV Wasteland Critic . . . at October 10, 2025 08:23 PM (3ZUWJ)
The standard top round or bottom round cuts are just too damn thick.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 08:17 PM (8jn+t)
School me on this. I just took some random rounds and chucks and ran them through a slicer and got decent results. What am I doing wrong/right?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 08:23 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 08:23 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 10, 2025 08:23 PM (5xuJ/)
https://is.gd/T3J2Br
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From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 08:24 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 10, 2025 08:24 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 10, 2025 08:24 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Ben Had
I was getting worried. I couldn't find it anywhere, and last week I tried to make it with bottom round, and it was just too, too thick.
I wasn't happy with the outcome at all.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 08:24 PM (8jn+t)
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Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 08:00 PM (yjljJ)
Sorry for your loss. My brother would tell me "if anything ever happens to me you better get to the house lightning fast and clean my shit out, because she'll (his wife) will throw it out. I thought he was semi joking. He doesn't have junk. A small stash of nice guitars, a shit ton of tools, some other things, etc. Not a lot of stuff as a whole. To her everything is junk in her perfect little world. A few months ago she was saying what do I do with this stuff if anything happens to you (my brother). I said thats a not a problem, give me 2 days and would be like he was never here. She looks at me and says well thats my stuff too. I said well what would you do? She says, I would throw it out. (??!) I looked at my brother and he gave a look that could cut a diamond, as if to say, when I said get your ass here I fucking meant it. I can see a problem on the horizon. I told him "dude, you better update your will."
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 08:24 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:26 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 08:26 PM (KKMuu)
I know we treated them well because we hoped they in turn would treat our boys well, which they really didn't. But simple things like food, hot showers and guards that were strict but not brutal broke them all.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 08:26 PM (yjljJ)
I t'ink ya mean "affectation", dontcha? Har!
"Good one, Boss!"
"Bet ya didn't even t'ink I knew dat woid, did ya Beak?"
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 08:26 PM (mADJX)
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Posted by: Blutarski
My brother passed in June. Part of me wishes I had said no to his request that I be his executor. The other part of me realizes which sibling would have filled that role had I said no. I grit my teeth and remind myself that this too will come to a close and lifes will move on. You have my respect partner.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 10, 2025 08:28 PM (VVcrM)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:29 PM (QGLzn)
Also on Babylon Bee: Not too late, Trump hopes to win Nobel Prize in Literature for his Truth Social posts.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 08:29 PM (w6EFb)
'I know we treated them well because we hoped they in turn would treat our boys well, which they really didn't. '
They treated us better than the Russian prisoners.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 10, 2025 08:29 PM (fd80v)
Fucking Scarlett Johanssen, that's all this faggot is.
Posted by: ...
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If he's nailing Scarlett Johanssen he must have some game.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 08:30 PM (KKMuu)
The standard top round or bottom round cuts are just too damn thick.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 08:17 PM (8jn+t)
Damn, between that, the bacon, the taylor ham (that Mrs B is out getting as I type this) it's going to be a meat lover's MoMe.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 08:30 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:31 PM (QGLzn)
>>A little less hateful now.
Same with San Francisco.
Other than hate it less.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 08:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
If you ran them through a slicer, I'm sure you got them to the thickness you want. The grocery stores cut them to a different thickness that I just don't care for. I'll bring some of the extra thick if you're gonna be at the mome, but I'm just not a fan of the real thick stuff.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 08:33 PM (8jn+t)
Posted by: Lirio100 at October 10, 2025 08:35 PM (ky7/T)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 10, 2025 08:28 PM (VVcrM)
I guese I'm not the only moron going through shit. Wish I was.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 08:35 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 08:36 PM (5QYr4)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 08:30 PM (snZF9)
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Aren't they all?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 08:36 PM (IBQGV)
Nants' ingonyama, bagithi Baba.
Sithi hu 'ngonyama!!!!
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 07:45 PM
Lady, it's Friday night on a long weekend. Can I catch a break?
Posted by: Cthulhu at October 10, 2025 07:
At least someone appreciates me, even if they didn’t start to sing The Circle of Life.
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 08:37 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:37 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 08:26 PM (yjljJ)
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Killing their spirits with kindness.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 08:37 PM (IBQGV)
The Devil's Eye cenote in Croatia.
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The swimmer's not dissolving, so it's not a hot spring like at Yellowstone.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 10, 2025 08:38 PM (GVQFY)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:38 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 08:33 PM (8jn+t)
OK, got you. Won't be there. But I bet it will be amazing.
I got the slicer, when I won a raffle for a side of beef. Jerky was great. Next step is roast beef for sandwiches.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 08:38 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 08:35 PM (Sco7b)
My condolences for your losses, guys.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 08:39 PM (i24o9)
>>A little less hateful now.
Same with San Francisco.
Other than hate it less.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 08:32 PM (viF8m)
I'm actually fine now with the Yankees or Dodgers winning. Judge and Ohtani are amazing.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 08:40 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 08:39 PM (i24o9)
Thank you.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 08:41 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 10, 2025 08:43 PM (+4S8X)
Posted by: fd at October 10, 2025 08:43 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:38 PM
Yes! Is there anything you need me to bring? Just text me if I can do anything! Yay!
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 08:43 PM (Wmg4n)
Chris Mowrey@chrisdmowrey
the republican nominee in Virginia believes solar panels don’t work when it’s dark outside and windmills don’t work when “there’s no wind”.
Stunning levels of incompetence and garbage.
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I guess it's solar panels that need wind and windmills that need light.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Wut?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 10, 2025 08:44 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
My grandfather in Texas would "rent" German POWs to work his fields (my dad and uncle being in the service). He spoke something called Texas German which is kind of a patois of German and English. Anyhoo, at lunch he would sit in the fields and eat with the POWs and talk with them.
His neighbors accused him of being in the Bund. My grandmother never let German be spoken in the home. My dad didn't know any German.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 08:45 PM (yjljJ)
Posted by: Penicillin at October 10, 2025 08:45 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: Lirio100 at October 10, 2025 08:47 PM (ky7/T)
Would you say it's more than a feeling?
Posted by: fd at October 10, 2025 08:43 PM
C'mon, man, you're messing with my peace of mind.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 08:47 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
I don’t this game would work well with a bloodhound.
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 08:49 PM (Wmg4n)
Nice. Boston really is a great city when you get past all the Bostonians.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 08:49 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 08:50 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:51 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 10, 2025 08:51 PM (VVcrM)
Posted by: Land o'Lakes Maiden at October 10, 2025 08:51 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 10, 2025 08:52 PM (X61ke)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 08:32 PM (viF8m)
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*fistbump*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 08:53 PM (vWWqj)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 08:49 PM (Wnv9h)
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My college roommate was a dude from Braintree with a vast command of the Yiddish language. Way vaster than mine.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 08:54 PM (vWWqj)
Imagine that.
Get this, even Boston didn't allow people to take a deuce on the sidewalk while they were shooting up.
Or to do either.
How about San Francisco?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 08:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 08:21 PM (vWWqj)
I did portions of the Freedom Trail last April. Old Ironsides, Cobbs Cemetery, Old North Church, Paul Revere's House. This was around the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride, had a good time.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 10, 2025 08:55 PM (y171U)
A little less hateful now.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
[ ]Coming for the Springtime
[*]Not coming for the Springtime
Posted by: Adriane the TV Wasteland Critic . . . at October 10, 2025 08:56 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 08:56 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:57 PM (QGLzn)
I was teaching English and walking home one day. And there Christian music coming from a building. I peeked in. They saw me and invited me in.
I kept going back. They got me a Korean English bible. And got an extra big donation that week. During services, I would just read my Bible.
I always sat at the back. Things aren't like now. And it was South Korea. They don't it but I was security...
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 08:58 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 08:58 PM (viF8m)
Or to do either.
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Prudes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 08:58 PM (vWWqj)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 08:59 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:57 PM
*consults interwebz*
I did not know that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 09:00 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 09:00 PM (vWWqj)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 09:01 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Chicago retarded mayor Brandon Johnson at October 10, 2025 09:02 PM (NTdv6)
Not even remotely.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 08:58 PM
I'll trust your judgment. I've never set foot in P-town. Don't intend to, either.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 09:02 PM (Wnv9h)
Laura Loomer@LauraLoomer
Will the next 9/11 be done with F-15s?
I guess we are going to find out.
I just know I’m not voting in 2026.
We live in a Muslim country now.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 10, 2025 09:03 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Not So Sour Kraut at October 10, 2025 09:03 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 09:04 PM (vWWqj)
Friday, Oct 10, 2025 - 07:05 PM
Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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Stop fucking family farmers and ranchers.
Stop giving tax breaks to corporate farms.
Stop selling land to China.
It's not complicated.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 09:07 PM (KKMuu)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 08:14 PM (mT+6a)
Yes! My sister refuses to watch the game after what happened in the last one, she'd be a nervous wreck the entire time.
Posted by: Farquad at October 10, 2025 09:07 PM (CFMhl)
So, ya know, buy more ammo.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 07:44 PM (xrQwm)
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Leftists "Yes, elections have consequences. Very severe consequences when we lose."
Posted by: Chicago retarded mayor Brandon Johnson at October 10, 2025 09:10 PM (NTdv6)
Stop giving tax breaks to corporate farms.
Stop selling land to China.
It's not complicated.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 09:07 PM (KKMuu
Not to us.
But Western leaders are retards.
Except President Trump.
He rules!
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 09:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 09:01 PM
Very nice. Not sure why, but it reminds me a bit of Psalm 135.
https://youtu.be/vgaQV6PDsrs
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 09:10 PM (Wnv9h)
'His neighbors accused him of being in the Bund. My grandmother never let German be spoken in the home. My dad didn't know any German.'
My grandpa was going to name my dad Karl Friedrich but he was born in 1938 and my grandma worried that would draw the FBI's attention so she named him after my grandpa instead.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 10, 2025 09:11 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Mister Ghost
From what I've read about this it's not unusual at all. We sell billions of dollars of advanced fighters to countries. We bring the pilots here to learn to fly them. The Qataris don't own the land or manage the base. Belgians train at the same base. The Dutch train in New Mexico. It's really no big deal.
Still, Qataris. Eek!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 09:11 PM (yjljJ)
Provincetown isn't nearly as weird as it as made to be. Definitely has a weird section but it's not everything. I'm told even everyone who lives in San Francisco isn't gay.
And there are whales in Provincetown. Lots of them.
If you trust my judgement then go see the whales. It will make you smile.
It won't make you gay.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 10, 2025 09:12 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 10, 2025 09:13 PM (8x6gM)
Look... I... I just want to say... listen, you... I mean...
Ok you got me.
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 09:13 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at October 10, 2025 09:15 PM (oftw2)
Looks like the Circle of Life is just propaganda cover for apex predators who want to eat your kids.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2025 09:15 PM (JkO4W)
Attending high school in the Bog Lands of Southeastern Massachusetts, I remember DF talking about going to P Town and beating up the Gheys. But that was DF and he was a bit Laura Loomered in the head, so we just rolled our eyes at his crazyness.
I've been there, and enjoyed climbing the tower and the beaches and we managed not to see any men kissing that day.
It's a lot more Big G today, so what can you do...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 10, 2025 09:16 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Flying Off The Handle at October 10, 2025 09:16 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 09:17 PM (KKMuu)
The teenager told me that if I drove to the next store, 20 minutes away, they have four in stock. They did not have any. The job of retail is to make Amazon look good.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 10, 2025 09:17 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at October 10, 2025 09:15 PM (oftw2)
And some mustache styles became unpopular.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 09:17 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Nordisk Tidende
I had a great uncle Otto, Wilhelm and oddly Henry.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 09:18 PM (yjljJ)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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That's sad.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 09:20 PM (KKMuu)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 09:20 PM (FMcR5)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 09:22 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Henry Aldrich at October 10, 2025 09:22 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 10, 2025 09:24 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Paradise by the Dashboard Light at October 10, 2025 09:25 PM (fd80v)
On our way to CenTex. Currently stopped just east of Little Rock. Will spend the week at daughter's place until the MoMee.
Can't wait to see y'all!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 10, 2025 09:27 PM (TpnRl)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 10, 2025 09:27 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: BourbonChicken
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For truth.
But if you dig deep into Home Depot's website, you will find many things unexpected. You can order from a human or go to the store and make your order at customer service.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 09:28 PM (KKMuu)
' STOLE THIRD BASE
Posted by: nurse ratched
Hot date?'
Stop Right There!
Posted by: Paradise by the Dashboard Light at October 10, 2025 09:25 PM (fd80v)
I've only been listening to Meatloaf for the last three months when cleaning up stuff.
All 3 'Bat out of Hells' and 'Welcome to the Neihbourhood.'
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 09:28 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 09:29 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 09:29 PM (KKMuu)
Posted by: Nordisk Tidende at October 10, 2025 09:15 PM (oftw2)
Interesting story.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 10, 2025 09:30 PM (y171U)
Both my grandfathers, one from a Brandenburger family and one Pomeranian, wore the toothbrush mustache right through WWII. Nobody was going to tell them what to do with their mustaches. Between them, two tankers, two infantrymen, a cruiser sailor and a flyboy.
The toothbrush began as an American style. It was copied by fashionable young Germans.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 10, 2025 09:30 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Braenyard
___
I lurk more nowadays.
Boycott the Horde? Never.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 10, 2025 09:30 PM (TpnRl)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 10, 2025 09:31 PM (3ek7K)
I do five jars at a time because that's all the smoke can handle at once.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 09:33 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 09:33 PM (Ifu6F)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 09:33 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 10, 2025 09:35 PM (3ek7K)
Roger Stone@RogerJStoneJr
I hear no gnashing of teeth regarding Laura Loomer's announcement that she is leaving the party of Lincoln and Trump
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 10, 2025 09:35 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 09:37 PM (QGLzn)
What's in Texas? The meet? I'm in Dallas if anyone needs help. Got a heated pool and a guest room.
For emergencies text me at nine seven five two seven zero sixty-eight sixty-three.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 09:38 PM (Ifu6F)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 09:38 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 10, 2025 09:39 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 09:39 PM (Ifu6F)
https://youtu.be/FUQhNGEu2KA
Posted by: tankdemon at October 10, 2025 09:13 PM
I'll just leave this here.
https://youtu.be/WXsrH3cuDMA
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 09:40 PM (Wnv9h)
https://youtu.be/VmStqCXIgio?si=5ZdaWEHDtVnWAVsj
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 10, 2025 09:27 PM (lhenN)
Hot damn! The only thing better than blowing up Nazis in a movie is blowing up Commies.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 09:41 PM (mIUWe)
P-Town is certainly weird and unnatural and full of freakshows.
And I’m from Seattle.
Dude.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 09:41 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 09:42 PM (mT+6a)
Why do we give a shit about China?
Posted by: MAC V SOG at October 10, 2025 09:42 PM (P4Pk9)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 09:43 PM (QGLzn)
New York Post@nypost
Dan Rather questions Bari Weiss’ credentials for CBS role, says hiring is ‘dark day’ for network
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 09:43 PM (L/fGl)
There is weird shit everywhere. We live in a small town in Wyoming , population 2500 and there are several people who fly the queer flag and who you see walking around town with the shit signs. The rest of us laugh our asses off.
Posted by: fourseasons at October 10, 2025 09:44 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 09:47 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 09:48 PM (Ifu6F)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 09:52 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 08:38 PM
Yes! Is there anything you need me to bring? Just text me if I can do anything! Yay!
Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2025 08:43 PM (Wmg4n)
There may be another Cattle Round-up.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 09:53 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 09:53 PM (ULPxl)
_ZH
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 09:54 PM (KKMuu)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 10, 2025 09:54 PM (TpnRl)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 10, 2025 09:27 PM (TpnRl)
Going to miss seeing you guys. Have fun and take care
Posted by: javems at October 10, 2025 09:55 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Fenrisulven
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China is their master.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 09:56 PM (KKMuu)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 09:56 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: barbarausa at October 10, 2025 09:56 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 10, 2025 09:57 PM (TpnRl)
Friday, Oct 10, 2025 - 07:05 PM
Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
-------------
Stop fucking family farmers and ranchers.
Stop giving tax breaks to corporate farms.
Stop selling land to China.
It's not complicated.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 09:07 PM (KKMuu)
How much land *does* CHYna own, ag or other? How much do Billy Gates, Ted Turner and other local-ish asshoes own?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 09:57 PM (ULPxl)
Stop giving tax breaks to corporate farms.
Stop selling land to China.
It's not complicated.
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Braenyard, what would help also is to quit turning farmland into vast acres of solar eyesores and bird cuisinarts.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 10, 2025 10:00 PM (TpnRl)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 10:01 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 10:01 PM (mlg/3)
The Week In Woke
A Cultural Enrichment Agent illegally entered England by boat and decided to Enrich British Culture by threatening to murder Reform Party leader Nigel Farage.
Just as Farage had somehow learned of Khan's videos, Khan learned about Farage's video featuring him as an example of the kind of people the UK should be deporting. He quickly made a response on TikTok. Here's the video in which he threatens to kill Farage. "Delete the video. This not good my friend. You not know me. I gonna come to England. I gonna pop, pop, pop, murder." He also published another video in which he doubled down on his theat.Quick, give him a free apartment and lifetime of welfare before this Cancer Curer decides to go to another European country and threaten to kill people there.A subsequent TikTok post by Khan read: "I mean what I say" on an image of a GB News report about the threat against Mr Farage.Khan was stopped when he eventually crossed the channel. He was interviewed and denied any intention to kill Farage.In a police interview on 1 November last year, Khan said through an interpreter that he had attempted to come to the UK "10 times" and was in Dunkirk, France, when he recorded the video in which he is alleged to have made a threat to kill Mr Farage. Khan told police: "I come here because I want to live here. I want new life. I don't come here because I want to kill Nigel Farage." He also said that he had been smoking cannabis and was "high" at the time of posting the video.
As reading scores improve in red states thanks to the "Southern Surge" and their emphasis on scientifically-proven methods of reading instruction like phonics, they're falling in blue New England states. Red states raised the bar, whereas blue states just lowered standards.
Massachusetts public schools were the best in the nation, and the rest of New England wasn't far behind, writes Christopher Huffaker in the Boston Globe. Ten years ago, Massachusetts students "led the United States across ages, subjects, and most demographic groups, despite wide achievement gaps," on the Nation's Report Card. Students in the Deep South, who came from much poorer families, were at the bottom. Now test scores are falling in New England, rising in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama, he writes. While leaders of the "Southern Surge" focused relentlessly on improving reading instruction, New England schools were lowering expectations, Huffaker writes. To end the Massachusetts Malaise, leaders must "override the wishes of popular and powerful teachers unions, and, most of all, stop resting on their laurels." Karen Vaites and others have written about the Southern Surge in reading scores for months now, but it's an essay last week by Kelsey Piper, Illiteracy is a policy choice, that seems to have woken everybody up. "If you live where I do, in Oakland, California, and you cannot afford private education, you should be seriously considering moving to Mississippi for the substantially better public schools," wrote Piper in The Argument. No, Mississippi isn't cooking the books, Piper and Vaites write this week, also in The Argument. With far fewer resources than most states and far needier students, these deep South states are showing impressive progress. ... The "surge" states adopted comprehensive programs to train teachers in the "science of reading," adopt high-quality curricula and show teachers how to teach the curriculum well, Wexler writes.Expecting teachers union members to do their jobs well is racist or something, you Racists (or somethings). Huckster and flake Vivek Ramaswanay, the Guy Smiley of the Ganges, is now scolding the right for attempting to defeat the left and "own the libs." This guy always stunk of the rankest opportunism. He was always a phony and a flake. And he'll soon be calling us racists for wanting to restrict H1-B's for Indians.
Trump fans liked him in the primaries because he was the guy "running for the nomination" who was in fact never running for the nomination at all, but always praising Trump and basically running to be a Trump appointee. Raise your hand if you didn't see this coming. Now slap yourselves with the same hand, you Big Dummies. A leftwing jag who is very, very exercised by Right Wing Authoritarianism is almost as upset by the left's headlong pursuit of political suicide.The truth is, we face a hard choice ahead for our movement. It is a fork in the road. It is a fork in the road for the future of the conservative movement. And it's a hard question to ask ourselves: Is our goal to defeat the left, or is our goal to save the country? Last year, I believed these goals were one and the same. But going forward, I don't think they quite are.An Axios preview described his speech as "No more 'owning the libs': Ramaswamy pushes sharp break for GOP":
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Tuesday plans to call on the GOP to embrace a less overtly belligerent and oppositional posture, Axios has learned. According to his prepared remarks, Ramaswamy will say the conservative moment is at a "fork in the road" and urge them to abandon its fixation on "owning the libs" in favor of a less overtly confrontational posture. "We can still stand for truth, while viewing those who believe in falsehoods not as our enemies who must be vanquished, but instead as our fellow citizens who have lost their way and must be shown the light," Ramaswamy will say. "Not to berate them, embarrass them, and banish them -- but to pray for them, to talk to them, and to persuade them," he will add.
I saw Trump's Anti-Democratic Blitzkrieg open for Turgid Wrinkle Noodle at the Cow Palace in 1977. The left's long romance with "revolutionary violence" -- aka terrorism -- is actual insurrection, writes Glenn Reynolds.
During the 2010s [leftwing] sentiment swelled to a crescendo, but in the 2020s it has begun to wane. The popular outpouring of "antiracist" sentiment that characterized the "Great Awokening" has petered out, and with it has gone the feeling of overwhelming progressive cultural domination. Bari Weiss, who got run out of the New York Times for being insufficiently progressive, just got hired to run CBS News. Cancel culture is canceled. ... Meanwhile, the activist energy that powered the smaller, initial version off BLM in the mid-2010s is gone now. That generation of activists has largely gotten exhausted and/or aged out. When the Supreme Court killed Roe v. Wade and banned affirmative action in college admissions, there was no major grassroots pushback. All the grassroots energy on the left now is invested in the Palestine cause, which is basically harmless to Republicans. And the policy ideas that came out of the woke era mostly flopped. Black Americans did not like the country's brief experiment with anarchy in 2020, and became much more pro-cop, which put an end to "defund the police". The flood of illegal and quasi-legal immigrants that Biden allowed during his time in office ended up turning much of the country against immigration (at least temporarily). The trans movement is losing on key issues such as women's sports teams. But in response to all of these losses, progressives have failed to moderate their views [...] ...progressives have retreated to safe spaces where they still maintain the absolute cultural dominance that so intoxicated them in the 2010s -- universities, NGOs, a few companies, and the small social network Bluesky. There, they can wield some facsimile of the cancel-power they once enjoyed [...] Meanwhile, quietly and behind the scenes, progressives are still quietly pushing Democrats to support policies that no one outside the progressive bubble really likes. This kind of thing renders progressives extraordinarily ineffective against Trump's anti-democratic blitzkrieg. It's also probably a big part of what makes the Democratic party so incredibly unpopular.
As I said earlier: The Democrat-Antifa-Media Cult keeps making the case that political violence is acceptable if you're angry enough. I don't think they appreciate that we on the right are thisclose to agreeing wholeheartedly with them. And then won't that be fun for them? Last week, Cracker Barrell cut ties with the advertising firm "Prophet" which advised it "Go Woke, Get Stoked!"
We live in ugly times -- made uglier, and ever more violent, by the institutional left. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller didn't mince words this weekend: "There is a large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism in this country," he declared on X. "It is shielded by far-left Democrat judges, prosecutors and attorneys general. The only remedy is to use legitimate state power to dismantle . . . terror networks." Progressives like Stephen King shrieked "extremist!" in response, but example after example backs Miller's point. In Chicago on Saturday, a mob of protesters surrounded ICE agents on a routine patrol, ramming their vehicle and boxing it in with 10 cars to frustrate immigration enforcement efforts. Chicago officials allegedly ordered the city's police to stand down and not assist the federal agents -- even though one of the "protesters" was armed and shots were exchanged. Disturbed Staten Island teen seen bloodied on gurney as he's charged with murder for allegedly decapitating mom's boyfriend Armed resistance to US government officers executing the law, with police refusing to back them up? That was no accident. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker didn't condemn the violent resistance, but he did condemn the feds. ...
Sen. Charles Schumer openly threatened the Supreme Court, saying Kavanaugh would "pay the price" for overturning Roe v. Wade, shortly before Roske's assassination attempt. Democrat after Democrat openly called Trump a fascist, a dictator and a mortal threat to "our democracy" -- and two different people came close to killing him before the 2024 election. ... Democrats are forever telling conservatives their "rhetoric" could lead to violence. Apparently they meant violence from Democrats.
Cracker Barrel is ending its partnership with Prophet, the consulting firm behind its failed rebrand. The chain faced intense backlash after unveiling a new logo and redesigned stores that longtime fans said stripped away what they loved most about the brand. Cracker Barrel's restaurants, long known for their kitschy Americana décor, were recast in a style critics called drab and soulless. The uproar grew after the company dropped its iconic logo of an elderly man leaning on a barrel. A March press release said Prophet was hired to redesign Cracker Barrel restaurants and lead a new brand marketing campaign. At the time, the company said: "In collaboration with Cracker Barrel, they are focused on shaping a new brand vision that will enhance market share while preserving the company's unique heritage. This new strategy will inform brand communication, restaurant redesigns, brand marketing campaigns and a redefined employee value proposition." Separately, Prophet CEO Michael Dunn pledged $4 million in 2020 for the firm's DEI initiatives, saying the company would "bring in Black team members across every level of the firm," hire a DEI-specific recruiter and provide $4 million in pro bono work to social justice organizations, according to a 2020 blog post. Fox News Digital found no evidence that Prophet's DEI commitments were connected to Cracker Barrel's rebranding.Makes sense, right? Not to effeminate anti-Christian liberal extremist David French.
Now, a reminder: New York Times columnist David French explained, just over a month ago, that the controversy over Cracker Barrel's rebranding was an absurd fake crisis ginned up by right-wing idiots who were just pretending that something had gone wrong at the company. Along with the Sydney Sweeney thing, he concluded that we were watching some "completely frivolous and meaningless cultural disputes," examples of the way "right-wing media both mobilizes its base and bends political reality." If you believed that the Cracker Barrel rebranding was poorly done and would alienate the company's customers, you were falling for an invented reality that was completely meaningless and frivolous. Then Cracker Barrel fired a bunch of managers and its rebranding consultant, abandoned the rebranding, and apologized profusely, while its stock plummeted. If you listened to French, if you trusted the op-ed pages of The New York Times to explain the world to you, your understanding of the most basic outline of factual reality was flipped over, turned precisely upside down. He was only wrong about literally every single detail, completely missing what was happening, what it meant, and what would happen in the near future as a result of it. To listen to this idiot is to abuse your own mind, trapping yourself in the confines of an absurd house of ideological mirrors. He is inevitably wrong, completely wrong, reliably wrong to the point of absolute and unyielding madness. Now, the twist:David French, 2022: Churches are terrorist training centers, and churchgoing Americans are preparing to attack the country in a vast wave of right-wing insurrectionist violence. When you drive past one of the Lutheran terror cells, you're looking at the next 9/11, because here comes the Christian nationalist insurrection that they're prepping for in the pews.
They played a mental trick on you. pic.twitter.com/K97BFY1WYO
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) October 9, 2025
In Amsterdam a Christian woman is preaching. She is assaulted by a Turkish Muslim and dragged by the hair. pic.twitter.com/d3KbRW48Nu
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) October 9, 2025
Absolutely horrific
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 9, 2025
Woman recounts being brutally r*ped, beaten, and left for dead last year by an illegal Haitian who had a long criminal history.
Democrats shut down the government cuz they want to give this monster healthcare paid by your tax dollars pic.twitter.com/FAYW2wBmss
This is who calls you an "extremist" pic.twitter.com/weTPQGxjqW
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 27, 2025
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 10, 2025 06:38 PM (0N4FZ)
'Sanford and Son' was such a funny show.
NBC News...so much depressing crap.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:41 PM (Sco7b)
Pretty sure he did, got slapped down, and then went quite on the subject.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at October 10, 2025 06:43 PM (2XDjn)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:44 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 06:45 PM (ynpvh)
I nooded.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:44 PM (Sco7b)
I was out...just came in for a bit and read the content.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 06:45 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (KRtlO)
'Sanford and Son' was such a funny show.
NBC News...so much depressing crap.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:41 PM
My father was extremely racist. He did not care for non whites in any shape or form but he loved watching Sanford and Son and never missed an episode if he could help it In retrospect it was bizarre.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (0N4FZ)
This is Amsterdam, yes, but we have Charlie Kirk, etc.
If you are going into a public setting where you are likely to encounter a blue kook, please, make sure somebody has your back, preferably armed.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 06:47 PM (QGLzn)
At least they're being peaceful...for now.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 06:47 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (0N4FZ)
He was doing research.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:47 PM (i24o9)
David French is Jesus' Shift Manager
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:47 PM (KRtlO)
Huckster and flake Vivek Ramaswanay, the Guy Smiley of the Ganges, is now scolding the right for attempting to defeat the left and "own the libs."
This cocksucker needs to stay in his own h1b visa lane and shut the fuck up about 'owning' anyone.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 10, 2025 06:47 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Hide Your Children at October 10, 2025 06:47 PM (R/m4+)
Frederic Wertham warned us about David French
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:48 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: ace
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Let's discuss toe fungus.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 06:48 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: From about That Time at October 10, 2025 06:48 PM (n4GiU)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 06:48 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (KRtlO)
Eh, sometimes I have better things to do, like empty my shit bag.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 06:48 PM (ynpvh)
slackers all went home early
while i'm here working like a dog
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (KRtlO
And I read content. And commented using content.
Thanks for all of this...
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:48 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: David French, Nancy French, and "Turbo" at October 10, 2025 06:48 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 06:49 PM (+qU29)
I think if he WERE to be elected to office, he'd be better at it than most politicians, because he'd actually think about what he believes, rather than just spew what his donors tell him.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:49 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 06:45 PM (ynpvh)
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Hey, get in line, David!
Posted by: David French's wife's boyfriend number 2 at October 10, 2025 06:49 PM (YMay6)
The Nobel Committee has decided to make the case for Trump’s war on Venezuela, giving its “Peace Prize” to Maria Corina Machado, a US govt-funded regime change activist who’s helped lead failed military coups, violent street riots, and has likely promised her country’s oil and mineral wealth to a consortium of MAGA aligned billionaires in exchange for financing her political arsonism. This icon of peace has even appealed to Benjamin Netanyahu to help her lead a military invasion of Venezuela.
Maria Corina Machado is a marionette for Marco Rubio, a creation of the CIA-sponsored Gusano Industrial Complex that has brought violent terror and siege to any Latin American country defying the Washington Consensus of privatization and austerity, and a would-be Pinochet in a skirt.
Machado has spent years lobbying for US and EU starvation sanctions on her own country, resulting in waves of migration to the US, fueling the nativist resentment that gave rise to Trump. When Trump shipped Venezuelan migrants to a torture camp in El Salvador this year, Machado predictably sided with Trump, the main sponsor of her putchist career, over her countrymen...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 10, 2025 06:49 PM (TGPs7)
I want to laugh at and embarrass them. Shame is a motivating tool for change. And they should be ashamed all the time.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 06:50 PM (gDhA9)
I would still like to see Vivek govern Ohio.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 06:50 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 06:51 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: David French's Emergency Back-Up Bull "Toro" at October 10, 2025 06:51 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:51 PM (YMay6)
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Maria Corina Machado is a marionette for Marco Rubio, a creation of the CIA-sponsored Gusano Industrial Complex that has brought violent terror and siege to any Latin American country defying the Washington Consensus of privatization and austerity, and a would-be Pinochet in a skirt....
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 10, 2025 06:49 PM (TGPs7)
Gusano? Like it a worm?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 06:51 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:51 PM (YMay6)
She went to SDSU?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 06:52 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 10, 2025 06:52 PM (Dk3G2)
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The article cited does get points, I suppose, for calling us fans of Franco rather then Hitler. (Though I'm more of a Salazar guy.)
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 06:52 PM (s0JqF)
In 2015? Sure, toots. Pull the other one, m'kay?
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 06:52 PM (tubbA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2025 06:52 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: David French's Rainy-Day Bull "Mr. Sprinkles" at October 10, 2025 06:52 PM (KRtlO)
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Don't sell yourself short Ben Had, that is mighty close to the rapture
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:52 PM (YMay6)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 06:50 PM (a4flb)
Yup. Ohio Republicans aren't quite as bad as Pennsylvania Republicans, but that's not saying much.
They could use a non-politician who sometimes says shit that pisses off "the base."
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:53 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 06:51 PM (QGLzn)
Thank you for the heads up.
Melania rules.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:53 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 06:53 PM (pwtJC)
Thank you. Though I should admit it's a massive con, a way to write a post on wednesday and thursday so I have one less post on Friday night.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:53 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at October 10, 2025 06:53 PM (89Sog)
while i'm here working like a dog
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (KRtlO)
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THREE DAY WEEKEND! (but not for me, since we don't get Monday off.)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:53 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 06:54 PM (ynpvh)
. . .
>>>Raise your hand if you didn't see this coming. Now slap yourselves with the same hand, you Big Dummies.
I am glad people are embracing the cluestick on this guy finally. He made his money pumping and dumping a medical device/substance company, and is classical Indian snake oil salesman. I can't believe he had so many fooled.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:54 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2025 06:54 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: ace
My two guardian " work " dogs pretty much sleep all day. They're sleeping right now. Just sayin boss.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 10, 2025 06:55 PM (VVcrM)
Dr Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptists Seminary in Louisville, KY stated that he is friends with French.
In view of that revelation, I no longer care about anything Mohler has to say and his institution is considered Ichabod to me.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 06:56 PM (a4flb)
NBC News...so much depressing crap.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:41 PM (Sco7b)
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Comedy loses its effect when everyone on the show is a Big Dummy.
Wait a minute...NBC News isn't supposed to be a comedy?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:56 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2025 06:56 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:56 PM (YMay6)
Posted by: Department Of Equity And Compliance at October 10, 2025 06:56 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 10, 2025 06:56 PM (XMwZJ)
while i'm here working like a dog
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (KRtlO)
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THREE DAY WEEKEND! (but not for me, since we don't get Monday off.)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:53 PM (IBQGV)
4 day here, still busily working for that papier-mâché membership.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:56 PM (i24o9)
ace,
You are amazing. I would be nuts having to keep up with all the news like you do.
Thank you for all you do!
Enjoy your weekend!
Posted by: fourseasons at October 10, 2025 06:57 PM (3ek7K)
NBC News...so much depressing crap.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:41 PM (Sco7b)
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Comedy loses its effect when everyone on the show is a Big Dummy.
Wait a minute...NBC News isn't supposed to be a comedy?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:56 PM (IBQGV)
Well, MSNBC is parody...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 06:57 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:54 PM (i24o9)
Looks like he's basically unopposed for the R nomination for Gov.
If he's selling snake oil, it sure seems like he's got plenty of it left.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:57 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 06:57 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 06:57 PM (aURVT)
_EVERY ISLAMIST
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 06:58 PM (KKMuu)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:58 PM (YMay6)
Schitt's Creek has been on for 6 seasons and has produced 80 episodes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Julie Kelly told this story of David French giving some gay-ass speech to third grade Cub Scouts or something. He wore his full dress uniform including his dress saber and waxed poetic about the martial symbolism of each piece of his kit.
He was JAG officer in the rear eschelon for like two years and he's carrying on in front of Cub Scounts like he's John J. Rambo.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:58 PM (KRtlO)
I would still like to see Vivek govern Ohio.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 06:50 PM (a4flb)
If a guy can only be trusted to tell you what you want to hear, how can you trust him to govern when your back is turned?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:59 PM (i24o9)
You lazy dogs, get up and do some work like ace!
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 06:57 PM (QGLzn)
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*dogs wake up*
*dogs raise their heads slightly*
*dogs resume their slumbers*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2025 06:59 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 06:51 PM (QGLzn)
I want to be there next year. I'm taking care of the dog. He still has a lot of life in him.
Aside from when I was kid, I've never gone on vacation. I've only been outside the house overnight twice in 15 years.
NBC has a nice story of a 106 lady. I needed that.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:59 PM (Sco7b)
Governor of Maine, Janet Mills begins giving out what’s called “Boofing kits”
This allows drug addicts who have abused their veins so much that they can no longer insert needles to get a free taxpayer funded kit that gives them a tube and lube to do drugs through their anus
“A boofing kit — you've so thoroughly abused your veins that you can't get, and the boofing kit is a non-needle syringe with some lubricant that you put in your butt. It's called boofing.”
This is how Democrats run their cities and spend your money
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 10, 2025 06:59 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 06:57 PM (QGLzn)
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I've got two lazy cats staring at me right now.
If I tried to get them to do work, I'd start a riot...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:59 PM (IBQGV)
Its sort of my thoughts on false piety. I would much rather have some one fake it and say and do the right things but not be sincere (in other words, posing for whatever virtue there is in that) then to have them act out in some usual crappy manner.
Yeah, it would be nice to have sincerity since one can then build a framework of trust, but we can't have everything.
Fooling people has made better fools that if he didn't get to them.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 06:59 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 06:59 PM (pwtJC)
Dogs want to know what's in it for them BH.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 10, 2025 07:00 PM (VVcrM)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 07:00 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:54 PM (i24o9)
I think more of Babu down at the Gas N Go than Vivek.
Posted by: David Patel, Motel Owner at October 10, 2025 07:00 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:58 PM (KRtlO)
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My money is on the Cub Scouts...I think they could take him.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 07:01 PM (IBQGV)
Ramadingdong is probably better than anyone else you could get for Governor of Ohio.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 07:01 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 07:01 PM (WdMlw)
Ask the Claremont Institute about Jonah's "borrowing." he cribbed most of "Liberal Fascism" from their work on the subject and didn't even give them a thank-you. (Until later when they called him out.)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 07:01 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Great news! Had AOP done the gut work, he'd have installed a valve you could just turn yourself.
Posted by: Hose-A, Hose-B at October 10, 2025 07:02 PM (oftw2)
Schitt's Creek has been on for 6 seasons and has produced 80 episodes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:58 PM (XV/Pl)
"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds"
3 seasons. Only 10 episodes a season.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 07:02 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ben Had
Oh there will be comments.... just not appropriate nor found here.
BTW, I'm assuming Bob from NSA and other glowies will be directed to somewhere far away, right?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 07:02 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Department Of Equity And Compliance
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You guys get franking privileges?
You guys frank?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at October 10, 2025 07:02 PM (2XDjn)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:53 PM (IBQGV)
4 day here, still busily working for that papier-mâché membership.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:56 PM (i24o9)
No holiday for me, got earn money to pay for my blurred store receipt membership card.
Posted by: Beartooth at October 10, 2025 07:02 PM (kanec)
thank you! you're okay, you can knock off for the week.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 07:02 PM (KRtlO)
I'd like to take a 2x4 to that asshole's head...figuratively speaking...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 07:02 PM (ynpvh)
Fact: Pot is illegal in Dunkirk, France and the UK.
So, just to confirm, admission of a violation of the law is immaterial to immigration in the UK.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 07:03 PM (dIske)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (KRtlO)
I'm here. Sheesh. Just trying to wrap my head around the absolute shit-show surrounding us. It's disconcerting. The demons and jackals are in the wire.
Gonna scout mountain properties tomorrow.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 07:03 PM (0aYVJ)
>see a crime
>be a hero
>get stuck in PMITA Prison for five years
Consider the political establishment in NYC, and consider how it is in Europe except there it's Islamic.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 07:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: MkY at October 10, 2025 07:03 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: David Patel, Motel Owner at October 10, 2025 07:00 PM (R/m4+)
Seinfeld got Babu deported. Babu’s still wagging his finger in anger. He’s a bad man… a very very bad man
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (WdMlw)
Yeah, it would be nice to have sincerity since one can then build a framework of trust, but we can't have everything.
Fooling people has made better fools that if he didn't get to them.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 06:59 PM (a4flb)
I just think the guy got in over his head with some of this stuff. He didn't have prepared answers to all the questions, and when he tried to walk back some of the things for which he was being raked over the coals, I suppose he sounded insincere.
But here's the thing... EVERY POLITICIAN IS A LYING PIECE OF SHIT WHO TELLS PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, AND DOESN'T MEAN ANY OF IT.
All of them. I'd rather have one that occasionally steps on his dick, and isn't very good at unstepping on it.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (dGCAG)
Mohler may be sound on his theology, but he voted for Hillary.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (YMay6)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 06:57 PM (QGLzn)
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I've got two lazy cats staring at me right now.
If I tried to get them to do work, I'd start a riot...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:59 PM (IBQGV)
If cats could text you, they generally wouldn't...unless they were hungry...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 06:59 PM (pwtJC)
Sounds like a seen from "Alice's Restaurant 2: ICE Raid Boogaloo".
They weren't littering, were they?
Posted by: Arlo Guthrie, Group W at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (R/m4+)
>>"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds"
3 seasons. Only 10 episodes a season.
That's one of the big problems with productions is the time it takes to crank these suckers out has extended so long, that the kids from Stranger Things look like full grown adults now and it's as ludicrous as you imagine.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (XV/Pl)
Schitt's Creek has been on for 6 seasons and has produced 80 episodes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:58 PM (XV/Pl)
"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds"
3 seasons. Only 10 episodes a season.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 07:02 PM (Sco7b)
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I remember when a season was 22-24 episodes. Sure, many of them were "filler" episodes if there was a season-long story arc, but those could also be fun and interesting.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (IBQGV)
Huh. Imagine that. Maybe they shoulda messaged better and harder.
Posted by: Butch at October 10, 2025 07:05 PM (u5DQm)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 07:01 PM (XV/Pl)
That's certainly true, because it's either him or the Democrat.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 07:05 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (QGLzn)
Would he put maple syrup on french toast?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 07:05 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (QGLzn)
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I dunno.
An epic rant on ace's attempts to boil water could be hilarious.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 07:06 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, and Lauren Chapin at October 10, 2025 07:06 PM (oftw2)
.....
Then he ate her dog.
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 07:06 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (QGLzn)
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I dunno.
An epic rant on ace's attempts to boil water could be hilarious.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 07:06 PM (IBQGV)
shelving or cooking: which is more difficult...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (QGLzn)
______________________________
I'm still scarred by an Ace question months ago asking if Steakum can be used in making Lasagna.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM (dIske)
You're supposed to boil it? In what?
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM (KRtlO)
Pug,
Idaho is going to have a Qatar training facility soon. Hegseth announced it today.
I'm hazy on the details. I don't know if it will be near your AO.
Posted by: fourseasons at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM (YMay6)
County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.
https://archive.is/RvhQt
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 10, 2025 07:08 PM (cSByu)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (XV/Pl)
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They ARE full-grown adults now, I think. Which does make it weird.
The producers missed an opportunity to create a show exploring these kids really going through puberty and adolescence while also fighting demonic hellspawn from another dimension. Like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but a bit younger from the beginning.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 07:08 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 07:08 PM (KKMuu)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (QGLzn)
______________________________
I'm still scarred by an Ace question months ago asking if Steakum can be used in making Lasagna.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM (dIske)
https://tinyurl.com/sh6xbzzu
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 07:08 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 07:08 PM (EYmYM)
If you're not doing your own cooking, there is NO way to be healthy nowadays.
Read the ingredients on most anything. If you don't know what it is, don't eat it!
Posted by: MkY at October 10, 2025 07:09 PM (cPGH3)
.....
Then he ate her dog.
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 07:06 PM (v0R5T)
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And then the local Democrats nominated him for state AG
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 07:09 PM (YMay6)
You're supposed to boil it? In what?
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM (KRtlO)
--
Gotta a hobo skull handy?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 07:09 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM (ynpvh)
An induction cooker on a shelf could prove very sketchy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 07:09 PM (0aYVJ)
You're supposed to boil it? In what?
Posted by: ace
.....
sections of bamboo
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 07:10 PM (v0R5T)
I don't know why, but reading her recounting how she kept thinking, "Why does he keep beating me?" hit me particularly hard.
These people must be put down like the rabid animals that they are. There is no redemption for them. No recompense/retribution for the victim. Nothing short of death can serve as an adequate deterrent.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 07:10 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:11 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM (dIske)
https://tinyurl.com/sh6xbzzu
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 07:08 PM (ynpvh)
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That actually doesn't look too bad. I may have to give that a whirl and report back on my experience (assuming I survive)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 07:11 PM (IBQGV)
Then he ate her dog.
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 07:06 PM (v0R5T)
That is called a "prom date" in Haiti.
Posted by: Bill Clinton, Rapist Elected More Than Once at October 10, 2025 07:11 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM (dIske)
https://tinyurl.com/sh6xbzzu
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 07:08 PM (ynpvh)
lol
Still laughing at the (vegan?, maybe no carb) lasagna thread.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 07:12 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (XV/Pl)
I have watched a lot of DisneyChannel and Nick. I needed laughs and a few moments of happiness.
Comedies are easier and they can still do 20 some episodes a season.
But there were shows where the kids shot up overnight. On 'Coop and Cami' one kid was a kid in season one and literally 6 feet tall in season 2.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 07:12 PM (Sco7b)
Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Wyoming
Give me all I've go coming to me.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 07:12 PM (KKMuu)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (KRtlO)
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there's only so much insanity I can take in a day
I can dip my toe in a few times a day, but
the horror
the horror
Posted by: Don Black. Message: be groovy today at October 10, 2025 07:12 PM (AOsQT)
____________________________
Heh....nice link. Although, I'd point out that the recipe provided is their premium version in that they are recommending a jar of marinara sauce and not ketchup.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 07:12 PM (dIske)
Well...
Um...
If run by the Lutheran church I grew up in it would be one of the better organized and certainly well fed cell, I guess.
Really? A Lutheran terror cell?!
Posted by: Lirio100 at October 10, 2025 07:13 PM (ky7/T)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 10, 2025 07:13 PM (5yDGQ)
"Maine Access Points, a taxpayer-funded nonprofit based in Bangor"
/slow pitch across the plate...
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 07:14 PM (tubbA)
Ah'm the rootinest, tootinest, shootinest, loyalest Moron, north, south, east, annnnd west of the Pecos!
Posted by: Yosemite Gref at October 10, 2025 07:14 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: man at October 10, 2025 07:15 PM (tubbA)
If you're not doing your own cooking, there is NO way to be healthy nowadays.
Read the ingredients on most anything. If you don't know what it is, don't eat it!
Posted by: MkY at October 10, 2025 07:09 PM (cPGH3)
I eat Chipotle every day. I’m explosively healthy!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 07:15 PM (nrfI8)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 07:15 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:15 PM (QGLzn)
But there were shows where the kids shot up overnight. On 'Coop and Cami' one kid was a kid in season one and literally 6 feet tall in season 2.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 07:12 PM (Sco7b)
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King of the Hill played around with this idea. In the first couple seasons, Bobby Hill and his best friend Joseph Gribble were about the same size. Then Joseph came back after being away for a while and Bobby was the same size he's always been but Joseph had gone through a growth spurt into an awkward teenager.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 07:16 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 07:16 PM (GPa4z)
That would be a first step in curing his hobo hides, I'd imagine.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM
Tannic acid is first when you are curing hides.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 10, 2025 07:16 PM (0N4FZ)
.....
Then he ate her dog.
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 07:06 PM (v0R5T)
I don't know where this happened, but wherever it is, it's not a civilized place. If you live there, you have to get out RIGHT NOW.
A nation, state, or city that won't protect its citizens from someone like that has effectively nullified its right to exist as a legitimate government. All you need to know is "long criminal history."
There should be no such thing as a "long criminal history."
Period.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 07:16 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 07:04 PM (QGLzn)
I thought that was the point to his fasting posts.
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at October 10, 2025 07:18 PM (Dk3G2)
In these times of factual uncertainty and moral malaise, there is one source you can trust.
Me.
Posted by: Brian "Sex Machine" Stelter at October 10, 2025 07:18 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 10, 2025 07:19 PM (3ek7K)
That's the game: keep the illiterate and dependent. And the black people are not buying it any longer.
Posted by: Random PJ at October 10, 2025 07:19 PM (RRCAT)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 07:20 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 07:16 PM (IBQGV)
That was such a great show.
Dale ruled. And was ahead of his time.
We've all learned a lot of things the last 20 years.
I did see ST:TNG "Times Arrow" a few nights ago. I enjoyed. I compartmentalized Whoopi and just decided to enjoy it.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 07:20 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: fourseasons
Mountain Home AFB just below Boise.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 10, 2025 07:21 PM (VVcrM)
I, almost, let him continue out of a morbid curiosity. But, back then I wanted to get my security deposit back eventually.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 07:22 PM (dIske)
The new season of King of the Hill was great imo. 10 episodes. Hopefully they will do another season.
Bobby and Joseph are roommates.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 07:22 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM
Unless you specify a specific timezone, the wisdom of "It's 7pm somewhere." applies.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 10, 2025 07:22 PM (0sNs1)
Compartmentalizing current year Whoopi will be a big problematic. You're gonna need a pretty big compartment.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 07:23 PM (w6EFb)
A nation, state, or city that won't protect its citizens from someone like that has effectively nullified its right to exist as a legitimate government. All you need to know is "long criminal history."
There should be no such thing as a "long criminal history."
Period.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 07:16 PM (dGCAG)
Miami-Dade.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 07:23 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 07:23 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 07:23 PM (w6EFb)
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Not to mention a bigger starship.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 07:25 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM
Unless you specify a specific timezone, the wisdom of "It's 7pm somewhere." applies.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 10, 2025 07:22 PM (0sNs1)
And that was why everyone hated Wesley.
Sorry.
Have a happy night....
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 07:25 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: be groovy today at October 10, 2025 07:25 PM (AOsQT)
Porky on the Little Rascals was unemployed before age seven because he grew too big. Eugene Lee got to be taller than Spanky and that was all she wrote.
Posted by: It's Not Otay! at October 10, 2025 07:26 PM (oftw2)
The firemen just shook their heads.
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 07:26 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Good news, jim. If they used the same tube, I hope you told them to do the throat endoscopy first.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 07:28 PM (mADJX)
Porky on the Little Rascals was unemployed before age seven because he grew too big. Eugene Lee got to be taller than Spanky and that was all she wrote.
Posted by: It's Not Otay! at October 10, 2025 07:26 PM
No love for watching Annette Funicello grow on The Mickey Mouse Club?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 10, 2025 07:28 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: David Cuckshed French is a fucking worm at October 10, 2025 07:28 PM (TbWk/)
*dogs raise their heads slightly*
*dogs resume their slumbers*
*dogs fart silently *
At least mine would.
Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 10, 2025 07:29 PM (eB6bb)
I doubt they could safely generate a warp field around all that mass without blowing up the ship.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 07:29 PM (w6EFb)
At least mine would.
Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 10, 2025 07:29 PM
Your's do it silently?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 10, 2025 07:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 07:31 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: torabora at October 10, 2025 07:31 PM (HNN/P)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 07:31 PM (EYmYM)
'Twas never funny.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 07:32 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 07:32 PM (0aYVJ)
I think it was hilarious but I understand.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 07:33 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 07:34 PM (kHop/)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 07:31 PM (EYmYM)
'Twas never funny.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 07:32 PM (0aYVJ)
It was always a cringe borderline groomer sit com.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 07:34 PM (i24o9)
The Discreet Pharmacist:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hIKZ1gFeSQU
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 10, 2025 07:34 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 10, 2025 07:34 PM (eB6bb)
Yeah.... uh Kirk did that... and they killed him for it.
So... whut is that definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 07:35 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 07:35 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: TV Fax and Figgers at October 10, 2025 07:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 07:33 PM (EYmYM)
I fully admit that I am very, very picky about sitcoms. Even as a kid in the '80s, I hated most of them. Like anything, it's subjective. IMO, the best thing that ever happened was comedy shows with no laugh track.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 07:36 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 07:34 PM (kHop/)
Thanks, but I'll wait until after the hopefully successful reconnection surgery first. I hope I don't need an ileostomy bag...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 07:36 PM (ynpvh)
3 seasons. Only 10 episodes a season.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 07:02 PM (Sco7b)
I like that show. I love what they did with the ship's interior design and colors. Pike's quarters is epic. Dude got a fire pit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 07:38 PM (snZF9)
Prayers ascending, brother. Hang tough.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 07:38 PM (0aYVJ)
Perfect Strangers
Full House
Family Matters
Going Places
Posted by: TV Guide at October 10, 2025 07:39 PM (oftw2)
Prayers ascending, brother. Hang tough.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 07:38 PM (0aYVJ)
Muchisimas Gracias.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 07:39 PM (ynpvh)
You lonely little buddy?
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at October 10, 2025 07:40 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 07:41 PM (AEg6O)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 07:41 PM (+qU29)
Defeating the left does not save the country, alone, but the country and left - and US and the left, can't coexist, so fuck 'em
"Is our goal to defeat the axe murderer, or to balance.this month's bills, mow the lawn, and fold the laundry?"
Posted by: heya at October 10, 2025 07:41 PM (VczSh)
80's style sucked for sitcoms. Cheers only one i might watch again though I haven't.
The 90's was pretty good though. Wings, Just Shoot Me, Home Improvement , News Radio, King of Queens.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 07:44 PM (EYmYM)
In the words of Rick Sanchez, "Your boos mean nothing. I've seen what makes you cheer."
Posted by: Freaks in the freakshow at October 10, 2025 07:45 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (KRtlO)
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I'd just like to note the time stamp.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 07:45 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (KRtlO)
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I'd just like to note the time stamp.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 07:45 PM (krQz2)
Well, he was here until AFTER 7 p.m...
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 07:07 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 07:48 PM (ynpvh)
County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.
https://archive.is/RvhQt
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
Hmm. I went to the NYT story and it feels incomplete. They report this woman's claim uncritically that she had a first amendment right to stock a public library with groomer books. That doesn't seem accurate. So who exactly settled with her, why, and should they have?
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at October 10, 2025 08:28 PM (4DY5T)
Posted by: ace
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I rarely show up before 7PM local. That's 10PM for you effeminate easternmost.
Am I a Patriot or just lazy?
Posted by: buddhaha at October 10, 2025 09:46 PM (hYL69)
Posted by: Mister Ghost
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If they include a free fentanyl sample (of 10X fatal dose) I could get behind this.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 10, 2025 09:57 PM (hYL69)
He then sold his shares to State Street and Vanguard at inflated prices, which is how the CIA funded his campaign and inserted into the primaries as a younger MAGA alternative to PDT. But he can quote the Founders!
Me, too:
“The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men.”
― Samuel Adams
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at October 11, 2025 10:04 AM (NwgqX)
Posted by: David French at October 11, 2025 01:20 PM (m0WlR)
Hollywood Is Dying: One Third of All Hollywood Jobs Gone In Just Two Years
I've got a theory: Maybe it has something to do with Hollywood basically being Antifa Theater Kids now. Hollywood's big prestige drama for the fall is One Battle After Another which is expliclty pro-left-wing terrorism and anti-ICE. It never uses the word "Antifa" or "ICE," but its leftwing terrorist heroes are plainly Antifa, and the even Reichwing government agency they're blowing up and shooting at is plainly ICE. Sean Penn is part of this, you won't be surprised to hear. He plays, get this, an evil right-wing law enforcement official. Despite his insane levels of racism, apparently he's got a thing for darker-skinned minority women. (Oooh, maybe that's why he's so racist! Now that's some outstanding character psychology.) He used to have sex with a Virtuous Terrorist Minority Woman and had a Secret Racist Love-Child with her and, per Ethan Van Sciver, wants to erase all evidence of that. Van Sciver is being coy because he doesn't want to spoil everything but I think it's pretty clear he means that this evil Reichwing LEO wants to kill his former lover and his own child so that he can run for office in Texas or something. It's got real Four Quadrant Appeal!
If you work in entertainment, you probably heard some variation of this last year: "Survive 'til '25." Things have been bleak. In a recent article from The Wall Street Journal, the reporting goes as far as to call Los Angeles' production prospects "a disaster movie." The numbers are stark. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 100,000 people were employed in Los Angeles County's motion picture industry at the end of 2024. Two years earlier, that figure stood at 142,000. That's a loss of 42,000 jobs--nearly a third of the workforce--in just 24 months. The decline shows no signs of stopping. ... FilmLA, the official film office for the city and county, reported that on-location production was down 22% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year. Television production has been especially hard-hit. The region reached a peak of 18,560 annual shoot days in 2021. By 2024, that number had plummeted to just 7,716. It's a 58.4% decline in three years. Paul Audley, president of FilmLA, told NBC Los Angeles that 2024 was "the worst year on record, excluding COVID." The first quarter of 2025 looks even worse. Every major category of production, from television dramas to commercials, logged fewer shoot days compared to the year before. What's driving this collapse? Multiple factors have made this unemployment stew. We have not yet recovered from the WGA and SAG strikes. The streaming bubble has burst, with major companies pulling back on content spending after years of explosive growth. The fires uprooted many on the west side of the city, and rebuilding is slow, so some have opted to leave town.
My full statement to President Trump during the White's House roundtable on Antifa: Antifa is real. It's a real threat...Sustained political violence is not a 'both sides' issue. All of the violent protests I have covered just this year have been because of people on the Left. pic.twitter.com/AKy7NBjM3Q
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) October 8, 2025
An individual has been arrested for threatening to kill my wife, my four children, and me. He sent a letter to my home saying he hated our views and wanted us dead.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 10, 2025
He is being charged federally and faces prison time.
I want to thank President Trump, AG Pam Bondi, and the… pic.twitter.com/yRAw53QGOg
Fraudulent Documents Merchant and Hard-Left Activist Dan Rather has commented on CBS's hiring of Bari Weiss, claiming that her hiring, and not the attempt to rig the 2004 election with obviously fake "documents," is a "dark day."
"The American people will pay the price for this move, as will the journalists of CBS News who can no longer credibly serve as watchdogs because the ones they are meant to hold to account are signing their paychecks and hobnobbing with the president," the veteran journalist wrote. At one point, he warned, "It is a dark day in the halls of CBS News."
Last night I linked Critical Drinker's review of Good Boy, an independent movie about supernatural horror in which the hero is the family dog, and a very good boy indeed.
I've been flogging "Good Boy" all this week ever since we saw it on the weekend. I don't want to over sell it, but it is a very good movie Honestly, it does everything you'd want if you think about its premise. And yes, Indy is a very good boy. Definitely check it out if it's playing in your town. Posted by: naturalfake
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:40 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (LCzx5)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Jackson at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (VE6XX)
Las Vegas is attempting to take over led by Mark Wahlberg.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (LCzx5)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (kHop/)
Posted by: Weasel at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (gNJzN)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (LCzx5)
How much movie/television production has moved to Vancouver? Atlanta, Georgia? Czech Republic?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (IBQGV)
Kill the guilds, the networks, the studios, and all of their and the celebrities' tax breaks.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:44 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:45 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
And New Mexico & Texas.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (krQz2)
They also said they had no idea why it's R, unless it was just to convince parents this is not a movie like a superhero one that you can bring 7 years olds to watch...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
And New Mexico & Texas.
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Oklahoma has gotten some of that as well.
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:47 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:47 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:47 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at October 10, 2025 05:47 PM (89Sog)
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Oklahoma has gotten some of that as well.
Posted by: Crusader
I thought of Oklahoma as I hit "Post".
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:48 PM (9LmFm)
>>>Is that what you want? Think long and hard before answering.
It would seem like taking candy from a baby if they put out some Death Wish/Dirty Harry 2025 films like back in the day. Gratuitous nudity, low production quality, no-name actors.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 05:48 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:48 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:48 PM (/p+XQ)
She's a self-aggrandizing nobody. But apparently she doesn't toe the line enough for the CBS people. Maybe it's because she's a third of the age of their average viewer.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (rvwwT)
I ain't watching no movies where the dog dies. I'm still not 100% over Logan's death and I doubt I ever will be.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 05:50 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:46 PM (TN0g+)
Perhaps if they made some TikTok compilations of 'stars' sitting in their mansions deigning to speak to the little people about how tough things are and how they're forced to drive a two-year-old Bentley.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:50 PM (ExV1e)
He puts me in mind of the severed head in C.S. Lewis's novel, That Hideous Strength, which the villain of the story manipulates to utter barely intelligible words, attempting to pass it off as some sort of oracle; however, it's pretty obviously just a lifeless, disembodied head.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:50 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (xcxpd)
I won't watch those either
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 05:50 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 10, 2025 05:45 PM (wGqjj)
Tim Dillon was talking about that. All the companies that did tours of the "stars," they don't get any customers anymore, because... THERE AREN'T ANY STARS!
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (dGCAG)
Now I'm lucky to find a couple a year.
Their movies suck. Bad acting, bad directing, and HORRIBLE plots.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (sKqQm)
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While simultaneously 20 years older than the average CBS staffer. I think a lot of the MSM consists of 25 year-olds writing "news" for 65 year-olds.
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (TN0g+)
"CSI: Portland" didn't get many viewers, and "60 Minutes"'s audiences is 60% dead.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:47 PM (/p+XQ)
Not true. They have no dicks.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (snZF9)
https://themoviespoiler.com/
movies/one-battle-after-another/
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (gWBY1)
"Wait. No, not that."
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (/p+XQ)
Cute?
She's a slightly less hideous Katie Porter.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (dGCAG)
I ain't watching no movies where the dog dies. I'm still not 100% over Logan's death and I doubt I ever will be.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
I still to this day have not seen Old Yeller & Marley and Me.
After holding dogs in my arms while they passed, I have no desire to watch it on the screen.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (9LmFm)
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Ah, the NFL Model.
Posted by: Mmm Hmmm at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (qUkBO)
I hear the star was a real bitch to work with! - qdpsteve
Yeah, crapped all over the script, from what I heard.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:53 PM (mADJX)
"And now, here's Chris Evans's house..."
"Who??"
"And next door, there's Renate Reinsve's house."
"WHO??"
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:53 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (TN0g+)
Not unlike the Portland protesters. A bizarre mix of 20 something blue hairs, and 75 year old hippies.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:54 PM (dGCAG)
Oh look! The Eff.Bee.EYE (or maybe it was ICE) managed to find someone who made a death threat. Almost like they could have done that all along.
And Ran Dather isn't dead yet?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 05:54 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:54 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Josephistan at October 10, 2025 05:54 PM (G0Uu2)
I ain't watching no movies where the dog dies. I'm still not 100% over Logan's death and I doubt I ever will be.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
I still to this day have not seen Old Yeller & Marley and Me.
After holding dogs in my arms while they passed, I have no desire to watch it on the screen.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (9LmFm)
Exactly
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:54 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: The Merry Marching Penguin Majority at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (/p+XQ)
But even if they weren't a bunch of humorless Stalinists, they still have no talent. All of their output would still be mediocre pablum nobody wants, even if it weren't so morally objectionable.
They are creatively bankrupt.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (BI5O2)
Now I'm lucky to find a couple a year.
Their movies suck. Bad acting, bad directing, and HORRIBLE plots.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 05:51 PM (sKqQm)
Yeah, I stick to older movies and quality foreign films nowadays.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:56 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 05:56 PM (GYGpZ)
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 05:56 PM (s0JqF)
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 05:56 PM (AZf41)
"Who??"
"And next door, there's Renate Reinsve's house."
"WHO??"
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:53 PM (/p+XQ)
Heh.
And up next, the director of the new Marvel show on Disney+.....
"There's a new Marvel show?"
Yes! It's a spinoff, a prequel of sorts, of the last Marvel show, Captain Eggplant and the Giant Moth.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:57 PM (dGCAG)
I ain't watching no movies where the dog dies. I'm still not 100% over Logan's death and I doubt I ever will be.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:49 PM (xcxpd)
I have never seen Old Yeller for that very reason.
I saw Where the Red Fern Grows in the theater as a kid and I bawled. Any movie where the dog or the child dies is a no-go. I hate movies like that. Hate them.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 05:57 PM (0aYVJ)
Jesse Waters on 'The Five.'
Every year 'People' magazine passes up Greg Gutfeld for 'Sexiest Man Alive.'
I needed a laugh today.....
And that Emily Capagno....sp?....that is a hot woman...
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 05:57 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (kUxzU)
Humanity survived. Time marches on.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus
Radio plays ended because there was something to take it's place.
Not so now.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (mADJX)
I still to this day have not seen Old Yeller & Marley and Me.
After holding dogs in my arms while they passed, I have no desire to watch it on the screen.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM
I have never seen Old Yeller and I never want to watch it.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (AZf41)
That she is, and the biggest motor-mouth I've ever heard.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (BI5O2)
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Progs have no idea what a story is anymore. They just know about how they want you to think and feel.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:59 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (/p+XQ)
Ok, maybe that wasn't fair.
How's this: Bari Weiss looks like she could be Ruth Bader Ginsberg's daughter.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:59 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
AI is best poised to do well in places like art, video, music where if a mistake occurs, no biggie.
Not so good if AI is being used to code necessary components on aircraft. Pixy always has some good links and I think one of those was yesterday about code quality assurance.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (krQz2)
My recent DVD/BluRay purchases have been older movies. I just got Zulu, and I will be watching that one soon. I've never seen it, so it should be a treat.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (+r6b4)
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 06:00 PM (tOcjL)
Do they have commercials? I've gotten to the point that I can no longer tolerate commercials while I'm trying to watch something.
yes, alas.
Posted by: ace
Ace is right. YouTube has a ton of good content. I spend for the premium so no commercials. I watch a lot of things like MST3K, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (Vic Romano!!) and some older TV shows.
They have a director's cut of Legion: Exorcist III that was really good, much better than the theatrical release.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (yjljJ)
So, they're lying about that, too! Bastards!
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (Xarrj)
Not so now.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM (9LmFm)
Hollywood is ending because Americans are being trained to be unable to focus on anything for longer than 15 seconds.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (ExV1e)
I love those kind of films.
It's so much dumber than that. So. Much. Dumber.
John Nolte's review describes it as a 100% reverse discrimination Birth of a Nation. It's totally that. The big bad desperately wants to be KKK and he's killing a pure young flower of Antifa to get his members only hood.
I thought the father/daughter would both walk away from her drugged up dad and her ho mom's Weather Undeground past. Nope! That is not even close to the message of the film. Because of course.
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (gWBY1)
I predict in a few years a crew of 100 technicians will be able to crank out the equal of a current Marvel superhero epic for perhaps $5 million, which is two orders of magnitude less than is currently spent. And they will do it from the equivalent of a workstation in their mom's basement.
They won't have to go anywhere near Southern California to do so, either.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (mIUWe)
Astounded that the Neo Nazis did not look at all like what he was told they would look like.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (/lPRQ)
They're far away, get to take a junket on the studio's dime, and no one frowns at their sex parties with underage girls.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:55 PM (/p+XQ)
Ok, maybe that wasn't fair.
How's this: Bari Weiss looks like she could be Ruth Bader Ginsberg's daughter.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 05:59 PM (dGCAG)
Bari Weiss looks like what Charlie Brown would look like as a MTF tranny.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (i24o9)
Which is out of character for me. DisneyChannel family comedies are more my speed.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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If you did around, you will find Michael Caine talking about his experiences filming it. His first major movie and btw, the song, Men of Harlech, will stick with you.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (zhWvq)
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That would be amazing... six years ago, when it happened. Before the prosecutions.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:02 PM (krQz2)
Not so now.
Posted by: rickb223
If people are finding other ways to spend their time and money, then it stands to reason that something has in fact taken its place.
In my case it's Need For Speed: Heat, Fallout 4 with 900 mods, and a cute early access puzzler called Supraworld.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:03 PM (GYGpZ)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:03 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:04 PM (krQz2)
What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot? What have they got that I ain't got?
Courage
Posted by: Dan Rather at October 10, 2025 06:04 PM (63Dwl)
- Resurrection (Ellen Burstyn, 1980)
- No Deposit No Return
- Boston Strangler (Tony Curtis, from 196
I *do* want a copy of Eddington, because I've read the director of that one, Ari Aster, actually wanted to be fair to both sides of the COVID debate.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 06:04 PM (/p+XQ)
From Ammo Grrrl
A final legacy of my time here is one I am quite proud of. I noticed from reading the Ace of Spades site that he called his followers “morons” (which I would guess was an epithet thrown at them from the “approved” bloggers). And that he organized periodic “moron-meetups” in bars and restaurants to get to put faces to names and avatars. And I thought, “What a terrific idea to build Power Line’s brand!” Let’s do it for three days instead of just an evening!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 06:04 PM (zypyX)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 06:04 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (tOcjL)
Retribution for what, Tish? What could he be seeking retribution for?
Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (zhWvq)
Posted by: Her Assistant Pool Boy at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (+qU29)
You can only drink and screw so much.
Challenge accepted!!!
Posted by: quarkstud at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (TuuT8)
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He was our president for 4 years!
Posted by: Axeman
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*golf clap*
In retrospect, it seems strange that the Founding Fathers didn't put something in the Constitution about giving the "hook" to a President once they demonstrate that they flat out hate America and Americans.
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (xgR+o)
Nobody wants to see you ugly-crying.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (+qU29)
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They're just trying to generate some belief about the midterms.
It's all they can do, besides shut down government.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (eAAqq)
Last movie I saw in a cinema was Hulk. The Ang Lee one.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (GYGpZ)
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 06:05 PM (tOcjL)
Humans I don't care about. Dogs don't deserve to suffer.
Thanks for the update
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (xcxpd)
Do they have commercials? I've gotten to the point that I can no longer tolerate commercials while I'm trying to watch something.
I grew up with commercials so they don't bother me as much.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 06:08 PM (63Dwl)
Result: no Bojangles anywhere.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 06:08 PM (/p+XQ)
Being conservative requires one to believe in a longstanding status quo that never really existed, but can be attained once again by the complete subjugation of [insert subgroups of people here], and the relocation of wealth to "creators" (the already wealthy).
You think Maga read books? The best educated among them move their lips when they try to read truth social posts
It's worse: worse: “You can make excuses for it, but basically the film is an apologia for radical left-wing terrorism, that’s what it is,” said Ben Shapiro.
That's failed fucking screenwriter Ben Shapiro
I’m sorry, I can’t take MAGA seriously when they cry that they want Civil War over any basic left-wing policy like health care or cancelling student debt.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 10, 2025 06:08 PM (ycI94)
It's all they can do, besides shut down government.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (krQz2)
Is it true military aren't getting paid?
Who's idea was that?
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:08 PM (dGCAG)
What I don't get is why every film nowadays is produced by XXX Studio along with at least a half-dozen other production companies. Heck, it takes several minutes nowadays to roll the production company names using their individual animated logos. Another couple minutes to roll the names of the 38 associate producers and other varieties of producers. Credit lists are so long they must be listing all the janitors, gate guards, and the UberEats drivers that deliver lunch for everyone at the 250 special effects, animation, post-production, and other companies listed in the credits.
Weird.
Posted by: Gref at October 10, 2025 06:09 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 10, 2025 06:09 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:09 PM (zhWvq)
Gavin Newsome will try to take credit if it works.
Clownfish TV had a good vid recently about how bad it really is for the middle class in Hollywood. How screwed they all are. Especially animators. The streaming bubble blank check grift is bursting right at the time AI is taking over, and after a huge strike and pandemic, and LA is as literally on fire. All of it is brewing to the perfect storm.
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 06:09 PM (gWBY1)
Camps.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:10 PM (i24o9)
Sicilian, and a firecracker. Love her.
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 06:10 PM (gWBY1)
$180 million for Disney to make. That's a lot of blow and strippers.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:10 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 06:08 PM (63Dwl)
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Posted by: Alpo at October 10, 2025 06:10 PM (dGCAG)
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All industries suffer from the decisions of the people on the top of the heap.
We don't want what Hollywood keeps feeling compelled to put out there.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:11 PM (krQz2)
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Its still amazing to me that theft-by-signature ("cancelling student debt") is something they're so comfortable saying outloud.
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 06:11 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (eAAqq)
Yeah it sucks but the top of the pyramid is rotten, corrupt, perverted and evil. Sorry you work in that industry. If there's an easier way to get rid of the people at the top, sing out and tell it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 06:11 PM (xcxpd)
Ace is right.
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Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (yjljJ)
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Words never before seen at this site.
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 06:11 PM (s0JqF)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 06:11 PM (+qU29)
I got a new official AOSHQ position as Moron Dog Movie Reviewer from the boss!
Now I'll have to put a Gold Fire Hydrant in front of my home or something.
I wonder if this new position comes with dental?
Posted by: naturalfake at October 10, 2025 06:12 PM (iJfKG)
Nice strawman, asshole.
Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:12 PM (zhWvq)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:12 PM (nrfI8)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:12 PM (gKWVE)
Now? Hello? For the better part of a century.
Non-progs are tuning out of woke crap. Progs aren't a reliable market by themselves. Geographical efficiencies of working in socal with a centralized pool of workers aren't enough to offset the kafkaesque bullshit.
And that is domestically, foreign audiences are less enamored as they watch the West burn.
Watched a youtuber who does urbex (exploring abandoned shit ) in rural France last week. Good lord; dead factories, dying towns, and arabic even in bumblefuck. It's depressing. Depressing doesn't sell culture and western civ looks like ass to outsiders, be it the US or Europe.
Posted by: heya at October 10, 2025 06:12 PM (VczSh)
Same is said about the government RIFs before and after the shutdown and many morons are affected. It's the broad brush of the internet . It's been acknowledged here many times and morons empathize.
NYC is another example. I can't count the number of nuke nyc related comments there have been.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 06:13 PM (EYmYM)
Nobody wants to see you ugly-crying.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (wBaIH)
That song does hit me in the feels.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 06:13 PM (xcxpd)
From the Ethan Shriver review: If seeing Sean Penn Sodomized By His Own Gun is your thing...
Well, I mean, yes and no.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:13 PM (XV/Pl)
Nobody wants to see you ugly-crying.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 06:06 PM (wBaIH)
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The dog up and died.
He up and died.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:13 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Crusader
They write it off, Crusader! They just write it off!
Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 06:01 PM (ExV1e)
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I can focus on any
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (zypyX)
Posted by: The Passing Parade at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 06:15 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 10, 2025 06:15 PM (yjljJ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:15 PM (XV/Pl)
That's what replaced Hollywood. 80 hour interactive movies, which require far more participation, intelligence, attention spans, and generally give the customer more hours of entertainment per dollar spent.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (GYGpZ)
Remember that scene in Clerks where some extra is explaining to Dante about all the contractors working for some Mob don, and about the contractors working on the second Death Star?
Seems like more people should rewatch that scene.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (kHop/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (nrfI8)
Posted by: Pick Better Pets!! at October 10, 2025 06:17 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (kHop/)
word
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 06:17 PM (xcxpd)
Hollywood at least pretended to appeal to mass audiences, with regular action and family blockbusters. The combination of Trump and COVID really broke them. They thought they either had the public on their side, or it was their duty to sway the public, so they went full court press on woke, stalled out due to COVID, and by the time they were able to start up production again, they were completely out of touch with the moment and looked like even bigger assholes than normal.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 10, 2025 06:18 PM (ycI94)
In the last couple of weeks, my wife and I have become hooked on a YouTube channel called Flawless Cleaning Service where this English Chap cleans up the yards of elderly people.
It's better than anything on "TV" right now.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:18 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:18 PM (ZmEVT)
Seems like more people should rewatch that scene.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:16 PM (gKWVE)
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I'll bet an Imperial contract could be highly lucrative. That's what was on Lando's mind when he signed a deal with the Empire that led to the capture of Han, Leia, and Chewbacca.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:19 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: The Passing Parade at October 10, 2025 06:14 PM (oftw2)
I just got done watching an old Columbo where he solved the crime because the murderer neglected to re-rake the pebbles in the same meticulous pattern as the Japanese gardener…. Otherwise the perfect murder. Gotcha!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:19 PM (nrfI8)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:19 PM (Sco7b)
Emily Compagno's motor-mouth makes Kat's jaw drop and Tyrus fall out of his seat:
https://is.gd/T8xHSp
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 06:19 PM (w6EFb)
And my hours in the game are quite low compared to many others, who've also discovered a replacement for the silver screen.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:20 PM (GYGpZ)
Posted by: Ace at 05:40 PM
And that's why I'd rather watch old movies and television shows. That's before the Commies completely subverted the film industry.
Ironically, I just watched an old episode of The Saint dated 1962 in which Simon Templar assists the British War Office round-up a cell of Communist spies. Back then, it was just assumed that the Commies were the bad guys and a British audience would like to see them defeated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 10, 2025 06:21 PM (pJWtt)
Yes, I'm going to allow Lord Vader to alter the deal.
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at October 10, 2025 06:21 PM (ycI94)
Hollywood, with human actors in front of cameras and an army of support staff, is almost obsolete.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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It won't be long before people look back in awe at the amount of work and space that film-making required until some point in the first half of the 21st century. A smart urban planning department in L.A. would be looking at repurposing the studios and post-production facilities.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 06:21 PM (oKXMA)
The last episode (last week?) featured their discussion on violence becoming more pervasive and their take on causes. Kirn is more conservative but they always have a thoughtful discussion and it is always respectful.
I bring this up because Kirn has just written a movie that uses a fictional version of Covid and Nicole Shanahan is producing it. He talks about it in the episode and how movies have lost their ability to resonate with real life American experiences.
It's all very good. I subscribe to Taibi's Racket News and it comes with that.
Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at October 10, 2025 06:22 PM (th/4a)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 06:22 PM (wBaIH)
Since I took care of her so long, I know a lot of the movies just by osmosis.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:22 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:22 PM (XV/Pl)
Why DID LA become the film capital of the world? Good weather, lots of open land, low costs. It was a republican state for a long time, so good governance. All of that is no longer true - except the good weather.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (gDhA9)
Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (zhWvq)
And my hours in the game are quite low compared to many others, who've also discovered a replacement for the silver screen.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:20 PM (GYGpZ)
Taq, what is the term for 'infinite' games like No Man's Sky (which I had to google to learn about - never heard of it before). Infinite games?
Posted by: Gref at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (5rh/l)
If he had just died, well that was bad enough. But he UPPED first!
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (krQz2)
And then he'd lightly touch down
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (TN0g+)
Lately the dam broke and every one of the demented takes to social media to exclaim "Orange man bad!?"
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (ZmEVT)
Kill de wabbit! Kill de wabbit!
Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (zhWvq)
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Spear and magic helmet!
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 06:21
Thinking about that makes me think of the job losses involved when the synth came into its own. Even the worst disco music required a hefty orchestra. Brass sections, string sections. All replaced by synths.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (GYGpZ)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (17s+e)
He says yeah, AI is gonna knock him and his whole department out for good.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (uWKK8)
And my hours in the game are quite low compared to many others, who've also discovered a replacement for the silver screen.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:20 PM (GYGpZ)
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I have well over 1,000 hours in Skyrim and over 1,100 hours in Satisfactory, so I know what you mean.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (IBQGV)
I haven't seen a third person make this rant, but when that third person shows up - assuming the whole field isn't dead by then - I hope to say "ADA was for helping the disabled, not to be a job program, and AI will likely be a good deal more objective besides".
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (TN0g+)
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*waiting*
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And then he'd lightly touch down
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Whew!!
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (YMay6)
I've heard "open world" and "sandbox"
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:28 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Gref at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (5rh/l)
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Open world sandbox? I think that's the general term for games where just go in and do stuff.
There's usually a plot of some kind but it's easy to wander off script and just explore/build because it's fun.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:28 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 10, 2025 06:28 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:26 PM (ZmEVT)
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But his super hot wife was not
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:29 PM (YMay6)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:29 PM (ZmEVT)
Also at least one of those Jews was John Milius.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:29 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (gDhA9)
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#1 Reason: A continent away from Edison, whose royalties they were trying not to pay
And also not a factor.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:30 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (gDhA9)
And climate change will end that too!
Posted by: Greta Van Thundermug at October 10, 2025 06:30 PM (mIUWe)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:22 PM (XV/Pl)
DUCK SEASON!!
BAM!! Daffy’s bill blown off….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:30 PM (nrfI8)
Yeah that's the ticket...
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 10, 2025 06:28 PM (17s+e)
You know what would REALLY make those strikes more effective?
Have them right after the world shuts down from a plandemic.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (YMay6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (63Dwl)
Emily Compagno's motor-mouth makes Kat's jaw drop and Tyrus fall out of his seat:
https://is.gd/T8xHSp
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 06:19 PM (w6EFb)
Thank you for that.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 06:32 PM (+qU29)
And my hours in the game are quite low compared to many others, who've also discovered a replacement for the silver screen.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:20 PM (GYGpZ)
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I have well over 1,000 hours in Skyrim and over 1,100 hours in Satisfactory, so I know what you mean.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (IBQGV)
I replaced a lot of TV with video games for years. I don't even know how much time I had in skyrim. I walked and opened the entire map, then I did it again to make sure. Don't even mention fallout 3 and 4 lol.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 06:32 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 06:32 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 06:33 PM (aURVT)
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There is iron in your words for all morons to read.
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 06:33 PM (TN0g+)
They don't live long enough. That's the only thing wrong with them. -- Dumas
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 06:33 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Mm Hmm at October 10, 2025 06:33 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:27 PM (YMay6)
I've been told that the British actors (and I assume it's true for the Canadians and Australians, since they were British colonies, originally) just drift between acting jobs in the
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (pJWtt)
A true life tale probably.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (YMay6)
Posted by: Jeff Carter (@pointsnfigures1) at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (ZiwLX)
Posted by: Gref
It's tough to put NMS in a box. There really isn't a competitor in the sense that there's no other game that's you exploring and building in a literal fractal that's been turned into several quadrillion planets in 255 galaxies. It's a gorgeous, chill, one-title genre. I wish there was a competitor. In general, games like it are known as "Sandbox" games. Minecraft or Elite
angerous, or Empyrion:Galactic Survival, or Astroneer, or Space Engineers all are endless sandbox games. LEGO but on a computer.
But isn't, say, a roomful of pinball tables as a hobby also an endless game? There's no "You Win!" there, either.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (GYGpZ)
A dozen companies tried to get that Netflicks money. But most streaming services simply aren't worth it. And people are only going to have 2-3. Plus Pluto TV, Youtube, Tubi, Roku, Plex, Slingfree, are FREE. So why would I pay for more than 1-2 streaming services?
I pay for amazon prime (only for the free shipping), net flicks, apple, and peacock. And I'm a nut. I can't imagine how or why I'd pay for Hulu, Disney, Parmount, or Max. peacock rolls in at $6/mo., and I only have that because of the olym
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (gDhA9)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (JaGQD)
And my hours in the game are quite low compared to many others, who've also discovered a replacement for the silver screen.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 10, 2025 06:20 PM (GYGpZ)
Taq, what is the term for 'infinite' games like No Man's Sky (which I had to google to learn about - never heard of it before). Infinite games?
Posted by: Gref at October 10, 2025 06:25 PM (5rh/l)
No Man's Sky is Temu Elite: Dangerous. But same points can be made about Elite: Dangerous and probably more so for video game streaming.
I watch TopeRec stream DayZ from Poland. Dude can put in a few hours and the stuff is live, funny, action packed, suspenseful, and engaging. Then he'll put together some YouTube videos.
It's better than anything Hollywood is willing to put out.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (i24o9)
A true life tale probably.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (YMay6)
Hail Caesar!
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:34 PM (YMay6)
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Hail, Caesar
I loved that movie.
The Coens deliver a bean ball right to Hollywood communists!
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at October 10, 2025 06:07 PM (eAAqq)
No, I get it. Some of our friends are in the industry, mainly in indie projects. Though I hope that smaller companies will survive, it's still going to be horrible for anyone who's actually doing the work in films.
Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at October 10, 2025 06:36 PM (R3yzU)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Beartooth at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (kanec)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:31 PM (ZmEVT)
I quit Longmire 10 minutes into the first episode, when after a murder, he told Deputy Starbuck to check all the gun registrations. In Wyoming? I couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to watch any further.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (mIUWe)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (YMay6)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:38 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (mIUWe)
Yeah, I powered past that, but eyerolled hard.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 06:38 PM (i24o9)
Tom Hardy is a good example of doing it right.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 06:38 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:39 PM (ZmEVT)
I loved that movie.
The Coens deliver a bean ball right to Hollywood communists!
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 06:35 PM (krQz2)
The Josh Brolin character is awesome! A studio fixer, who goes to church, has a wife at home, apologizes for having to work late, turns down a huge pay raise to go work on the defense industry, and...
Puts up with all the crep all the prima donnas in town, solving their problems, and not letting them ruin what he considers a worthwhile industry.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 06:39 PM (dGCAG)
The Longmire actor also appeared as one of the bad guy agents in the Matrix movies…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:40 PM (nrfI8)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:40 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 06:40 PM (nrfI8)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 06:41 PM (YMay6)
>>Beat me to it
We all share the same mind here, it's simply who can smash the post button first.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 06:42 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (mIUWe)
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Proof that Hollywood has no idea what people are like outside LA/NY.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 06:42 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 10, 2025 06:42 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 06:42 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 10, 2025 06:43 PM (kUxzU)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 10, 2025 06:37 PM (mIUWe)
My buddy was acquainted with Craig Johnson. Buddy asked about how he liked the show, and the guy shrugged, and said they gave him a lot of money as a consultant, so he didn't care. He knew what he was getting into.
He's still writing, far as I know. Keeping true to his original theme.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 06:43 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 06:43 PM (ZmEVT)
The Sonoma County Department of Public Health's Interim Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith issued an order Monday requiring anyone entering certain healthcare facilities in the county to wear a mask. Facilities subject to the order include skilled nursing facilities, portions of long-term care facilities where nursing care is provided, acute and non-acute rehabilitation facilities, infusion centers, and dialysis centers, according to the order.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 06:44 PM (63Dwl)
The last episode (last week?) featured their discussion on violence becoming more pervasive and their take on causes. Kirn is more conservative but they always have a thoughtful discussion and it is always respectful."
I've always liked and respected Taibbi - I think he's the last honest journalist left in America.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 06:44 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Forest Lawn at October 10, 2025 06:44 PM (oftw2)
*********
As kids we often rode passed ALPO's main plant. There was a field with horses. Always different horses.
Posted by: Cosda at October 10, 2025 06:45 PM (NcLDt)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 10, 2025 06:43 PM
Yeah, there's a Nood but find the non TV version of Zulu. It has more scenes that enhance the movie that were cut due TV commercials.
Posted by: Beartooth at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (kanec)
Posted by: Evi L. Bloggerlady at October 10, 2025 06:46 PM (8yM+6)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 06:55 PM (gKWVE)
67 I recall seeing a photo of Sean Penn taken back during Hurricane Katrina. He was, as I recollect, trying to bail out a sinking boat with a red plastic cup. That is how I will always remember him.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:58 PM
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The tiny boat was overloaded by a film crew getting authentic footage of Sean Penn being a hero. I'm not making this up.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 10, 2025 06:56 PM (ES1Rb)
They don't believe you. Why should they? People are afraid to even ask about Red Lines lest they be slimed as a "glowie".
The "light switch" metaphor is a cope to Do Nothing (because the only assumed alternative is violence that will quickly spin out of control).
Are we really so unimaginative that we can't come up with actions between Do Nothing and Fire Everything?
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 09:18 PM (Ifu6F)
Same. I'm so sick of all the blatant lies and outrage porn intended to incite violence. It was radicalizing my radicalization which could lead to Global Thermonuclear Annihilation so I gave in today and just starting blocking every instigator in my feed. Now I can't feel my right hand
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 10, 2025 09:28 PM (Ifu6F)
The dog saves his boy from a rabid wolf in a brutal fight, is gravely injured; he develops signs of rabies, and his boy has to shoot Old Yeller.
Part of becoming a man, his dad tells him (iirc). Haven't seen it since I was 8 or so, and couldn't watch it again.
Posted by: Beverly at October 10, 2025 11:58 PM (Epeb0)
Health and BRAINZZZ GAINZZZ
Commenters kept telling me that diet soda was almost as bad, or as bad, as regular sugar water soda, and I kept not believing them.
A new study says that diet drinks with artificial sweeteners cause fatty liver disease -- a disease that 30% of the public has -- just like sugar water drinks do.I mean, it sounds so drastic, but I might have to give it a shot.
People could be at higher risk of fatty liver disease from both sugary sodas and diet drinks, a new study says. In fact, artificially sweetened drinks might pose a greater threat to liver health than sugary beverages, researchers reported Monday at the United European Gastroenterology's annual meeting in Berlin. The team also found that replacing these drinks with water significantly reduced people's risk of fatty liver disease.
... Fatty liver disease occurs when fat accumulates in the liver, which over time can cause liver damage. It's the most common chronic liver disease, researchers said, affecting more than 30% of people worldwide.I was diagnosed with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease -- i.e., Fatty Liver Disease because you're fat, not because you drink liquor -- five or six years ago. After I shed a bunch of weight, I went in for a follow-up, and had no more fatty liver disease. So it can be cured just by shedding fat. I don't know to what extent I have it now. I guess I have to get it checked again.
... Results show that drinking about nine or more ounces of artificially sweetened beverages every day was associated with a 60% increased risk of fatty liver disease. Likewise, drinking sugary beverages daily was associated with a 50% increased risk, researchers said. "Our study shows that low- or non-sugar-sweetened beverages were actually linked to a higher risk of (fatty liver disease), even at modest intake levels such as a single can per day," Liu said. Drinking water instead of an artificially sweetened beverage lowered a person's fatty liver disease risk by more than 15%. Likewise, replacing sugary beverages with water reduced people's risk by nearly 13%. ... On the other hand, artificially sweetened beverages might affect liver health by altering a person's gut microbiome, driving cravings for sweets and stimulating insulin secretion, Liu said.Via Instapundit, who says that we're probably close to a cure for obesity: scientists discover a switch controlling hunger.
Through the use of advanced fluorescence microscopy and single-cell imaging, researchers discovered that a protein called MRAP2 plays a key role in shaping how MC4R is positioned and behaves inside cells. Fluorescent biosensors and confocal imaging revealed that MRAP2 is essential for moving MC4R to the surface of cells, allowing it to more effectively send appetite-suppressing signals. This discovery reveals an additional layer of control in how hunger is regulated and could inspire new therapies that imitate or adjust MRAP2's activity to treat obesity and related metabolic diseases. Professor Heike Biebermann, project leader at CRC 1423 and co-lead author of the study from the Institute of Experimental Pediatric Endocrinology at Charité, notes that this international and interdisciplinary effort combined multiple experimental methods and perspectives to uncover key physiological and pathophysiological insights into appetite regulation with potential clinical impact.VodkaPundit: It's been six years since weed was legalized in Ohio and the damage report is in.
Green discusses the potency of today's weed. I remember reading about this when the Legalize Pot movement was really making strides. Pot growers had really cultivated the marijuana plant, just like we did with corn and grapes and wheat, making it produce far more "fruit" than it ever had in nature. I remember DEA agents warning people who thought it would be cool to just light up a J in the street: Today's pot is definitely not the pot you remember from 1977. It's basically an entirely new species. Green notes that 36 years ago, the pot in his area was prized across the country for having a super-strong THC content of 14-15%. Today, merely-average pot has a 21% TCH content.
A new Wright State University study showed that more than four out of 10 deadly car crashes included a driver with high levels of THC in their bloodstream. The study, just published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, reviewed data for 246 deceased Ohio drivers, and found an average THC blood level of 30.7 ng/ML -- 15 times the state's legal limit -- in 41.9% of dead drivers. Ohio is a fairly typical state in most regards, so I'd take that 42% as a good-enough approximation of trends in states with legal weed. Almost a dozen years have passed since legal weed first went on sale in Colorado and Oregon, so the numbers, high as they are (heh), don't surprise me. But the report is also frustrating in the context that it lacks. What percentage of fatal crashes involved weed before 24 states legalized recreational sales? The closest we get to that side of the issue is this item from the ACS writeup: "The rate of drivers who tested positive for THC did not change significantly before or after legalization (42.1% vs. 45.2%), indicating that legal status did not influence the behavior of those who chose to drive after use." The study only reaches back six years -- by which time medical marijuana, often a fig leaf for recreational use, had already been legal for four years. Prior to medical (and then recreational marijuana) becoming more widely available, there wasn't nearly as much testing -- making the data frustratingly incomplete.
Speaking of Mind-Expanding Drugs: I have some drugs to recommend.
Frogurt -- a name-brand grown and sold in Michigan -- tests at 41%. Something called Future #1 is up to 37% THC, and the Permanent Marker brand runs at an average of 34%. Back in the day, the hard-to-find 15% stuff was the much-sought-after "one-hit weed." The average pot today is 50% stronger. But for people willing to pay a little more, they can get stuff four times more powerful than much of anything your typical 1990 dorm-room smoker enjoyed behind the Redwood Curtain.
I've been craving some kind of nootropic since I first heard of them -- well, since I saw Bradley Cooper change his entire life by taking a fictional nootropic (brain-boosting drug) in Limitless. Months ago I saw Thomas DeLauer touting creatine as a nootropic. I also saw Rhonda Patrick talking about dosing herself with 20 grams of creatine when she wanted a mental boost. She claims it's like speed. I've tried speed -- well, Ritalin -- for the nootropic effect and I will say, no, it's not like speed. If you take speed, you know for a fact that your brain has been hit with a drug. It's potent stimulant that leaves no doubt you have been stimulated. Creatine's effect is more subtle. Note that weightlifters usually take around 5mg-10 grams per day (for the effect of boosting energy storage in cells). So 20 grams is a high dose. For the past couple of months, I've been trying to get at least 5-10 grams of creatine per day and sometimes trying to get 20 grams when I could remember to do it. Sometimes I would just have 5 g. Other days, ten. But I tried to hit 15-20. Based on my own N=1 study: I do notice significantly improved focus and ability to just churn out work when I get 20 grams of creatine. As I've started to notice the effects, I've been better about trying to make sure I get 15-20 grams consistently. My usual working day is 6 to 7 hours. I'm not saying I work efficiently for 6 or 7 hours. I do a lot of dicking around, a lot of scrolling through stories without ever bothering to post about them, and just wasting a lot of time. The amount of time-wasting I typically do is, well, embarrassing and just wildly sub-optimal. When I've got a good 15-20 grams of creatine, I work 4 and a half or five hours. I'm not really working better or harder, it's just that I don't waste as much time. No mid-day perusal of Busty Lesbian Porn. I'm more able to just say, "Here is the pile of stories I have to crank out, so let's get to it." I think that's a benefit. I haven't tried it with trying to work on that novel I've picked up and put down one hundred times before, but I'd like to. As you may know, creatine is cheap and legal and is well-tested and there are few negative effects. I've seen people say "Talk to your doctor first if you have kidney problems," and of course pregnant women and kids should probably not use it at all. This guy talks about possible health problems, including the possibility that low-quality producers may sell you powder containing a lot of dangerous heavy metals. One problem with it is possible GI distress. I don't know if this is a real problem or just one that Mac put into my head. Assuming it's a real danger, you probably don't want to just start on a 20 grams per day regimen and you wouldn't want to take 20 mg all in one sitting. Your GI system may need to build a tolerance for it. I built up to the 20 g over a couple of weeks and usually have 5 g per drink (coffee or diet soda, or, in the future, just water) for the first couple of hours of the day. Update: I had to go to Ikea earlier today so I drank two cups of coffee and took about 8 grams of creatine over an hour. I did in fact get a bout of Intestinal Urgency. I don't know if it was the coffee or creatine or just both at once. But I think Mac might be right. Or it could have been caused by eating Ikea Swedish meatballs early in the day and then doing the Ikea Death March for four hours. Back to post: It's not a wonderdrug. It's not the Limitless drug, unfortunately. (Damn I want to take that pill.) But I'm pretty sure there is a real benefit. The reason weightlifters and athletes use it is because it helps cells regenerate energy (ATP) during exercise. It also does this for brain cells. So maybe the better focus I'm experiencing is due to brain cells being able to regenerate ATP more quickly. I guess it just helps in recovery when you burn energy, including in your brain. Obviously I'm not a doctor and you should consult with your blah-blah before making any medical blah-blahs. But if you try it, let me know after four or six weeks if you think there are genuine BRAINZZZ GAINZZZ or if I'm just experiencing a placebo effect. Since I'm now in Joe Rogan mode: Say, pyramids are weird, right?!!?! The blocks are so big they only could have been moved by enslaved Bigfeet under the direction of Space Reptiles, right? So: Do you have any GAINZZZ? My own GAINZZZ: No real GAINZZZ, because I've had a lot of personal work I've had to do, but I also haven't regained the weight I lost during the fast. I'm counting that MAINTAINZZZ as GAINZZZ.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 04:36 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 04:36 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 04:37 PM (zjgNU)
After I shed a bunch of weight, I went in for a follow-up, and had no more fatty liver disease. So it can be cured just by shedding fat.
I'm NOT overweight and I was diagnosed with this. Supposedly it is unusual but not unheard of. I guess I could try to lose more weight and see if it goes away, but TBH I'm more focuses on strength training then losing weight.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 04:37 PM (sKqQm)
Does this Diet Coke make my liver look fat?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:37 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 04:37 PM (gKWVE)
Do they have commercials? I've gotten to the point that I can no longer tolerate commercials while I'm trying to watch something.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 04:38 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 04:36 PM (VE6XX)
Quitter.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:38 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 04:36 PM (VE6XX)
Quitter.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:38 PM (i24o9)
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Quitter > Splitter
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 04:38 PM (GBKbO)
I'm so accustomed to the taste of diet soda that I can't abide regular, sugared soda.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 04:39 PM (Riz8t)
Do they have commercials? I've gotten to the point that I can no longer tolerate commercials while I'm trying to watch something.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 04:38 PM (Riz8t)
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No commercials on my DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4Ks!
Just ordered the Italian 4K of Planet of the Vampires.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 04:39 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 04:39 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 04:39 PM (zKx5D)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 04:40 PM (mADJX)
Joe Rogan unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 10, 2025 04:40 PM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 10, 2025 04:41 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 04:41 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 04:41 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 10, 2025 04:41 PM (abIsI)
You've seen congealed bacon grease, right?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:41 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 04:42 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 10, 2025 04:42 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 10, 2025 04:42 PM (hlNLQ)
Not saying they're GAINZZZ-worthy, but lately I've been craving corned beef hash something fierce. I wish there was someone who sold it, where it's *not* from a can.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 04:42 PM (/p+XQ)
This was Willowed from last thread, but I was just reading. Melania has been in direct communication with Putin for a while since she had Trump give him her letter.
Her cause is negotiating to get children taken back to Russia returned and reunited with their Ukrainian families.
All the while since Alaska, FLOTUS has been negotiating with Putin.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (w6EFb)
You need to embrace the all natural goodness ofGeorgian Soda,
They have the best soda in the world, and some amazing flavors. Only the Georgians could make Tarragon soda actually tasty... And then there's amazing grape, mango, guava, but sadly no root beer or cream soda.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (TGPs7)
The very idea! Harrumpf.
Posted by: Totally Ethical Space Reptiles at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (PiwSw)
In fact, artificially sweetened drinks might pose a greater threat to liver health than sugary beverages, researchers reported Monday at the United European Gastroenterology's annual meeting in Berlin.
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Shit, Im gonna die. I drink about 3 sugar free drinks a day.
Guess I'm gonna have to change to water and tea
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (NtVYv)
Jesse Watters has taken to calling Pritzker "JB back ribs".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (1auJj)
I hate drinking water but I’m trying to drink seltzer or sparkling water as a compromise. My favorite used to be polar seltzer but they only sell cans now which is a hassle to store up
Another alternative is Trader Joe’s sparkling water with raspberry lime flavor that’s really good
But then again Diet Coke is soooooooog goooodddddd….
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (HYKHz)
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but you have to balance that with all the health benefits of inhaling fumes from burning leaves.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (krQz2)
Why do they call it Fatty Liver Disease?
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 04:44 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 04:44 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: javems at October 10, 2025 04:45 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at October 10, 2025 04:45 PM (1auJj)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 04:45 PM (OezEV)
Yeah.
Posted by: Shut Yo Fat Mouth at October 10, 2025 04:45 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 04:37 PM (sKqQm)
I currently weigh more than I did when I got married (17 years ago tomorrow).
I'm quite a bit slimmer than I was then due to muscle GAINZZZ.
Now, I wasn't weak at the time, but I've made a point of lifting and exercise that I didn't in 2008. I actually discovered I'd grown out of a shirt I haven't tried on in a year (or more) and didn't realize my arms had gotten that much bigger.
In fact, my wife and I both are slimmer than when we were married. And that's especially impressive for my wife who's given birth to our 4 children.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 04:45 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 04:45 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (abIsI)
Yeah.
Posted by: Shut Yo Fat Mouth at October 10, 2025 04:45 PM (R/m4+)
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It's like the first episode of Rocko's Modern Life.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (GBKbO)
Might all be bullshit, I dunno. Most everything is.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (BI5O2)
Not saying they're GAINZZZ-worthy, but lately I've been craving corned beef hash something fierce. I wish there was someone who sold it, where it's *not* from a can.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 04:42 PM (/p+XQ)
Get some deli corned beef and make your own hash, maybe with sautéed onions.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (ULPxl)
Yeah, we buttercups have just got to suck it up. There ain't no free lunch with sweet drinks of any sort.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (w6EFb)
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Rogan's teenage enthusiasm is what makes him endearing to me. He will ask exactly the question that 14-year-old me would have asked back in the day, like "So wait...you're saying that Tiger weighs 900 pounds and eats 20 pounds of meat a day...and you're walking in its enclosure and clipping its claws? What the hell man!?!?"
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (HYKHz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (/p+XQ)
I switched to plain club soda several years ago, and haven't missed the sugary crap at all. In fact, it now tastes nauseatingly sweet to me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 04:47 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (w6EFb)
Gosh, Obama's beard wife just built a garden that someone else took care of, and then made kids eat crap lunches at school. Although she did spend a lot of time bitching about being an American, so there's that.
Go figure.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 10, 2025 04:47 PM (urtE/)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 10, 2025 04:47 PM (hlNLQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 04:47 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 04:47 PM (qpyNK)
Fizzy water FTW. Three Bears has it cheap.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 10, 2025 04:48 PM (urtE/)
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They were leaning another direction but the Arbuckle estate threatened to sue.
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 04:48 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 04:48 PM (krQz2)
yes, alas.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:48 PM (KRtlO)
Every one of them tastes nasty to me in different ways.
Aspartame is the worst, but they're all bad.
I just don't really drink soda, and that's likely a VERY good thing.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 04:48 PM (zjgNU)
I can say this - my 3rd grade teacher (an awful, stupid ogress named Cochenauer) chugged Diet Coke like a parched nomad at an oasis. Probably a 12-pack a day. And she weighed as much as a forklift, so I guess it didn't help much.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:48 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM (wVcYX)
That alone will make many of the upcoming generation vote MAGA.
That was monumentally unpopular among the school kids, not that school lunch was anything to write home about before.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM (qpyNK)
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It took me several months of keto before I stopped missing /craving carbs altogether as most things have a carb free alternative now (even frenchie fries which I can make using almond flour and xanthan gum)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM (HYKHz)
Its all about diet.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM (4t3Ns)
I was given creatine as part of a TBI study. Part of the thesis was it had prophylactic value in terms of helping to prevent additional damage from future adverse events. They now believe it does have that effect, as well as a lot of other good impacts to the brain. One thing I learned is your body can only absorb a certain amount of creatine in a day, so they kept me between 5-10 grams based on body mass, etc.
BTW I only use creapure and that was used for the study. There is a lot of crappy Chinese and offshore creatine that is no bueno. Some in supposedly respected brands.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM (hvso3)
you need the higher dose for the BRAINZZZ effects. Weightlifters have been taking five grams per day forever without noticing cognition GAINZZZ.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM (3uBP9)
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If she had been chugging full calorie Coke, she would have weighed as much as 2 forklifts.
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM (TN0g+)
Hershey squirts is not a cool downside.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 10, 2025 04:50 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 10, 2025 04:48 PM (urtE/)
I'll have to check theirs out. I've been going with plain Kroger club soda so far.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 04:50 PM (qpyNK)
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Our President, Hardest Hit.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 04:50 PM (krQz2)
But they're not getting my Coke Zero unless they pry it from my liver-spotted cold dead hands.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at October 10, 2025 04:50 PM (9CBNQ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (ULPxl)
Hell yeah !
Even the canned corn beef with fresh cut potatoes is amazing. Cook it crispy on the edges. MMMM
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 10, 2025 04:50 PM (NtVYv)
yeah but I haven't had them in forever. I want to make homemade onion dip and have them with the pork rinds but I haven't done that yet. (Store-bought onion dip mix is high in carbs and kind of ruins the plan.)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM (hlNLQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (/p+XQ)
Sorry, no. I usually improvise when cooking! (Not so much with baking.) I used leftovers from a St Paddy's corned beef last time I made it. iirc I sautéed the onions in olive oil (and maybe some butter too) first, and then added the diced beef and taters. Probably frozen diced taters so they would cook faster. Good with eggs and other breakfast stuff.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM (ULPxl)
My dad, who was lean, had a Coke every day with lunch for at least 40 years. He lived to 93.
Posted by: huerfano at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM (98kQX)
But they're not getting my Coke Zero unless they pry it from my liver-spotted cold dead hands.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at October 10, 2025 04:50 PM (9CBNQ)
Pick alcohol back up over Coke Zero.
Bam, done.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM (GPa4z)
I can say this - my 3rd grade teacher (an awful, stupid ogress named Cochenauer) chugged Diet Coke like a parched nomad at an oasis. Probably a 12-pack a day. And she weighed as much as a forklift, so I guess it didn't help much.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
We had a neighbor in NY in the 80's that was addicted to Tab. She had cases piled to the ceiling of the stuff in her garage. She's dead now.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM (abIsI)
I switched to plain club soda several years ago, and haven't missed the sugary crap at all. In fact, it now tastes nauseatingly sweet to me. - Rodrigo Borgia
Switching to carbonated water helped get me off soda pop, too. I buy a box of Topo Chico every week. Imported from Mexico. It may be water from the tap outside the Tijuana bus station with fizz added, for all I know or care; I just really love the stuff.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM (mADJX)
you need the higher dose for the BRAINZZZ effects. Weightlifters have been taking five grams per day forever without noticing cognition GAINZZZ.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM
I always thought creatine was for dudes that lift I had no idea about the brain gains.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 04:52 PM (AZf41)
sorry to hear about the health problem. Glad you're recovering!
Dehydration is nothing to mess around with.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:52 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 10, 2025 04:52 PM (kTd/k)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM (KRtlO)
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And very, very likely, seed oils.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 04:52 PM (krQz2)
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I’m gonna give this a try next trip to supermarket instead of reaching for the diet coke by sheer force of habit, lol
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at October 10, 2025 04:52 PM (HYKHz)
Can't say that my brain is any less muddled, but I can work out like a mo-fo for a good 2 solid hours and my back, arms and chest are bigger now than when i wrecked. I'm a fair amount over 29.
Posted by: DBCooper at October 10, 2025 04:52 PM (78qeP)
My dad, who was lean, had a Coke every day with lunch for at least 40 years. He lived to 93.
Posted by: huerfano at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM (98kQX)
If you have a 8 oz Coke every day, that's probably not a big deal.
If you have a 2L of Coke every day, that's a problem.
The portion sizes of everything has changed from 1950 to today.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 04:53 PM (zjgNU)
That reminds me - I haven't been eating pork rinds lately.
My favorite is the salt-and-vinegar pork rinds, sprinkled with sriracha, and if you want a dip, just use a little sour cream. I usually just do the sriracha.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:53 PM (BI5O2)
I'm lucky my mother never "believed in" soft drinks. I never got a taste for them. As my brother-in-law once said, "Your mom RUINED you guys."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 04:53 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 04:53 PM (e7ATA)
I was given creatine as part of a TBI study. Part of the thesis was it had prophylactic value in terms of helping to prevent additional damage from future adverse events. They now believe it does have that effect, as well as a lot of other good impacts to the brain. One thing I learned is your body can only absorb a certain amount of creatine in a day, so they kept me between 5-10 grams based on body mass, etc.
BTW I only use creapure and that was used for the study. There is a lot of crappy Chinese and offshore creatine that is no bueno. Some in supposedly respected brands.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM (hvso3)
My youngest had a two concussions, back to back, and part of the recovery protocol was high(er) dose creatine
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at October 10, 2025 04:53 PM (3sXRv)
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but you have to balance that with all the health benefits of inhaling fumes from burning leaves.
Posted by: Axeman
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You oughta read the comments on that and the Ohio governor banning sale of THC laced food and candy due to kids, pets, and other people getting accidentally dosed.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 04:53 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 04:53 PM (hvso3)
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (TN0g+)
I've been a Rogan non-adopter, but I have been giving him a shot, mostly through binging on youtube shorts.
Then he went all Charlie Kirk conspiracy theory, and he lost me.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:53 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: cherries in season at October 10, 2025 04:54 PM (8ocT3)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM (KRtlO)
Powdered onion and cream cheese is pretty good.
Maybe add some smoked clams or a very small amount of liquid smoke (a little goes a long way).
If you don't have time, the Philadelphia brand "garden vegetable" cream cheese spread is pretty good, and only 2 grams of carbs.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 04:54 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 04:54 PM (krQz2)
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If your novel is a 1000+ page doorstopper, picking it up and putting it down 100 times in a row can lead to gainzzz right there...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 04:54 PM (IBQGV)
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but you have to balance that with all the health benefits of inhaling fumes from burning leaves.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (krQz2)
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The most compelling argument for legalizing (or "decriminalizing") pot was that enforcement was a joke. There was so much widespread defiance of the law that police and court resources were getting needlessly clogged up.
A bright side is that people may actually starting to understand that it's really not a great thing, and you probably shouldn't do it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 10, 2025 04:54 PM (ZOv7s)
I'm not big on carbonated water. Carbonated water (and soda, of course, which is carbonated) lowers the pH of your stomach and that's been bad for me since I turned 29. I need my stomach to have more acid, not less. Digestion starts to become a problem past age 29.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:55 PM (KRtlO)
Spent time with both my boys last weekend. Neither one of them drinks pop. They didn’t grow up with it, so I guess it’s not something they crave.
They do drink Monster though. Yuck.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 04:55 PM (W2Pud)
*******
Omg, every time I switch to something I think is super healthy I see shit like this in the news
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at October 10, 2025 04:55 PM (HYKHz)
He didn't say anything about Diet Coke. I already drink about four
12 oz diet cokes a day. Have done so for decades.
Posted by: javems at October 10, 2025 04:55 PM (8I4hW)
Oh I was thinking of trying that. So it does work?
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:55 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 04:53 PM (e7ATA)
Interesting. I'm trying to recall if I had seen anything about side effects, but might be thinking of something else. I've been looking at various 'alternative' options.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 04:55 PM (ULPxl)
Squat and Deadlift are stuck, but my Bench (after years of poverty) has broken out and I'm setting new PRs each cycle.
It's a funny world sometimes.
Posted by: browndog has arms too long to Bench effectively at October 10, 2025 04:55 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 04:53 PM (oKXMA)
Yeah, I drank soda as a child, but today I just don't have the taste for them.
It just seems like pointless calories to me and most of them are nasty and far too sweet.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 04:56 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at October 10, 2025 04:53 PM (3sXRv)
Hope you and the youngin are doing well.
They played around with my dose in the study, sometimes going with a higher amount early in the process. But now I’m around 6-7 grams a day.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 04:56 PM (hvso3)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 10, 2025 04:56 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 04:56 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 10, 2025 04:56 PM (hlNLQ)
And, speaking from someone who hasn't taken a prescription medication in nearly 50 years, has never had cause to use health insurance for any purpose, and hasn't had so much as the sniffles since fifth grade (when Nixon was President), I don't get the psyche that suggests ingesting lab created unnatural chemicals into one's body out of choice and not necessity.
But, you do you. I'll come to all your funerals, and I'll bring a date.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 04:56 PM (dIske)
yeah that's such a low level there's no conceivable danger.
I just need to get into the habit of drinking MOSTLY water and having a sodie pop once a day as a treat. Right now I'm drinking soda like I'm a five year old.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:57 PM (KRtlO)
And I needed it. Looking to lose another 15 pounds or so.
Posted by: Justin Hayward at October 10, 2025 04:57 PM (Y1sOo)
Finished the 3rd week "lifting heavy" which means as heavy as you can. Turns out I started way too low because I was worried about getting hurt, but I've been able to move up pretty steadily except for behind overhead tris.
I think low inflammation diet, ie no sugars, starches, grains, seed oils, processed food helps with not getting sore.
I'm kinda starting to like the weights, started it because after losing 35 lbs walking 5 miles a day, I quit losing. Grok said I got metabolically adapted. So now I lift push, pull, leg, rest with daily abs and then walk 3 and on rest 5. We'll see if it helps.
Not hopeful, but who the fuck knows, im trying and I do feel really good.
Posted by: dagny at October 10, 2025 04:57 PM (ILGo9)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 04:46 PM (ULPxl)
Hell yeah !
Even the canned corn beef with fresh cut potatoes is amazing. Cook it crispy on the edges. MMMM
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 10, 2025 04:50 PM (NtVYv)
I'm a fan of Mary Kitchen CBH. But I also bought some Hormel Corned Beef in a can as a test. I'll have to give the homemade CBH a try.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:57 PM (i24o9)
it's hard to get out of an ikea in less time if you're with a woman. All of a sudden you're spending an hour just in the candle section.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:57 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 04:58 PM (mADJX)
Now I only drink them when I go out to eat, which is very rare.
I do miss Sundrop, though...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 04:58 PM (IBQGV)
I just need to get into the habit of drinking MOSTLY water and having a sodie pop once a day as a treat. Right now I'm drinking soda like I'm a five year old.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:57 PM (KRtlO)
Are you channeling my dad's ghost right now?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 04:58 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 10, 2025 04:48 PM (urtE/)
I'll have to check theirs out. I've been going with plain Kroger club soda so far.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 04:50 PM (qpyNK)
It's Costco branded, 35-packs. We go through it like.... water.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 10, 2025 04:58 PM (urtE/)
I'm not big on carbonated water. Carbonated water (and soda, of course, which is carbonated) lowers the pH of your stomach and that's been bad for me since I turned 29. I need my stomach to have more acid, not less. Digestion starts to become a problem past age 29.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:55 PM (KRtlO)
Dude there is no way I could live without seltzer. I drink about a gallon a day. Flat water is basic-bitch bullshit, and it's beneath a man of my station (or yours).
As far as pH goes - that's easy. I have the occasional problem with it, and it's what causes chronic heartburn for most people without some underlying condition.
Just take a tablespoon or two of lemon juice before you eat dinner whenever it's bugging you, and it should clear it up in a few days.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:58 PM (BI5O2)
I am convinced that pot makes people stupid (yeah potheads, fight me. I will win any battle of wits since you all are impaired.)
And the second half about creatine and the limitless drug.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at October 10, 2025 04:58 PM (2XDjn)
sorry to hear about your loss.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:58 PM (KRtlO)
Oh I was thinking of trying that. So it does work?
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:55 PM (KRtlO)
Seconded the question.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:59 PM (i24o9)
So to replace my zero sugar zero calorie drinks, I'll need to drink water? So disappointing. Or maybe the diet soda people got fatter just because they think they can eat more since they drink Diet Soda.
"I'll have two Big Macs, a fish sandwich, a large fries, and a cherry pie and a Diet Coke."
Posted by: illiniwek at October 10, 2025 04:59 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 10, 2025 04:59 PM (DsA2n)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 10, 2025 04:49 PM (wVcYX)
Word.
Posted by: Zombie Natalie Wood at October 10, 2025 04:59 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 10, 2025 04:59 PM (705BX)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 10, 2025 05:00 PM (3nLb4)
Rep. Omar, her 5 husbands/brothers and immediate illegal family deeply devasted !!!!
Posted by: Jackson at October 10, 2025 05:00 PM (xl8DV)
Gingivitis is the cause of alzheimers it looks like. Floss,brush, multiple times a day.
Posted by: dagny at October 10, 2025 05:00 PM (ILGo9)
I'm also now eating yogurt every morning for breakfast. When I don't, my gut flora go on strike. I should never have let them unionize!
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:00 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 05:00 PM (hvso3)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 10, 2025 05:00 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:57 PM (KRtlO)
DH was addicted to Mountain Dew when I met him. Fizzy water cures that. Took a bit, but he nearly never has a pop.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 10, 2025 05:00 PM (urtE/)
yeah but I haven't had them in forever. I want to make homemade onion dip and have them with the pork rinds but I haven't done that yet. (Store-bought onion dip mix is high in carbs and kind of ruins the plan.)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:51 PM
Homemade onion dip is so good and I like it better than any package dip but the green onion package dip by Laura Scudders better than the Lipton onion soup dip.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 05:00 PM (AZf41)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:57 PM (KRtlO)
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Get a water bottle. Carry it with you everywhere and drink from it regularly. Refill often.
You can tell the military types because they always have something like that handy, and its huge. Staff meetings are funny because civilians might bring their mug of coffee and the vets are all toting at least a quart with them.
You know, in case it runs long.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 10, 2025 05:01 PM (ZOv7s)
my fix is to take Apple Cider Vinegar pills, but it would be better if I didn't have to do that.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 05:01 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:57 PM (KRtlO)
Do what I do. Look at every soda as empty calories that hurt all your GAINZZZ for a fleetingly small pleasure.
Do it enough and soda ("sodie pop") becomes unappealing. (Most of the time- I still can get caught by those machines that let your formulate your own coke... Orange Deamsickle Coke is the DEVIL, but thankfully I don't eat out enough to be a problem.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 05:01 PM (zjgNU)
I no longer believe any health studies until they have been replicated at least once by a different team. We've been whipsawed so much over the past 40 years due to bad science, worse journalist understanding of science, and a desire for a gotcha headline that I trust nothing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:01 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:02 PM (/p+XQ)
I take 1 gram a day which takes some of the load off the liver, which is meant to be a creatine regulator. Old people (like me at 77) waste away because the liver loses some of its ability to create creatine, and the body starts "digesting" the muscles and organs to get creatine from them. You die without creatine - the body has to have it. For me, one gram of creatine a day seems to work quite well at preventing old age wasting.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at October 10, 2025 05:02 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:00 PM (/p+XQ)
I wish I could like yogurt. Seems so handy, kinda fruity, healthy and all that. But it tastes rotten to me, so no go. I try it every few years, but really the only way I can eat it is if it is in tzaziki sauce. Even then, only a little.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 10, 2025 05:02 PM (urtE/)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 10, 2025 05:00 PM (3nLb4)
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Yep. I was reading book the other day where two characters are making a trek out into the badlands of New Mexico. The local sheriff brings a folding paper map. The out-of-towner wonders why he doesn't use a GPS tool. The sheriff points out that maps don't run out of power.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 05:02 PM (IBQGV)
And I needed it. Looking to lose another 15 pounds or so. - Justin Hayward
I'm sorry to hear about your wife. God rest her soul.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:02 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 05:03 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 05:03 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: dagny at October 10, 2025 05:03 PM (ILGo9)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 05:03 PM (hvso3)
I go into withdrawal if I try to go more than four or five days without a soda. The only thing that seems to ward it off is if I stick to sweet tea, which I know isn't much better for me at all.
Mtn Dew Baja Blast is literally addictive.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:03 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:55 PM (KRtlO)
Yes, I can definitely tell the difference, but I don't recall offhand what the effective dose was for me. Maybe 25 mg or 250 mg? Whichever is in the recommended dosage range.
Sometimes I have trouble with recalling words I want to use. The MB really makes a difference.
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 05:03 PM (e7ATA)
Posted by: ace
I always drink water with meals - always have. But in summer especially, I want something sweet, especially after working or biking.
I started grabbing a Japanese hard candy with the water on those days. (These are really just caramelized sugar, but there is one that I really like shaped like a cone.) It completely sates me even though it is like 1 tsp of sugar. They take a while to dissolve and I suck on it as I drink.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at October 10, 2025 05:04 PM (2XDjn)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 10, 2025 05:04 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:57 PM (KRtlO)
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Obligatory - IKEA Husbands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfrGDbu0dUA
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 05:04 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: MORE IDIOT THAN SAVANT at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (V3THU)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 05:02 PM (IBQGV)
I've used that argument with my two sons ... and get the same response.
Posted by: browndog has arms too long to Bench effectively at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (3sXRv)
Melania's announcement from the WH:
https://is.gd/M7Fx5L
So, Trump has been working the ME, and Melania has been working Putin.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (w6EFb)
yup. but commenters have been saying the same thing for years so I figured it was worth posting.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (KRtlO)
You can tell the military types because they always have something like that handy, and its huge. Staff meetings are funny because civilians might bring their mug of coffee and the vets are all toting at least a quart with them.
You know, in case it runs long.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 10, 2025 05:01 PM (ZOv7s)
Get a Kleen Kanteen 20 oz. insulated. Enough to keep you hydrated. Not too much to get warm and funky. Just the right amount that you are rinsing it out and refreshing it often. In the summer, especially with baseball, I'll bring a larger Kleen Kanteen insulted to refill.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (i24o9)
I'm no chemist, but, Lower pH is More Acid. Did you mean carbonated water raises pH?
Posted by: illiniwek at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (vbXSk)
I've also found I can enjoy hummus, but ONLY if (a) it's super-fresh and (b) it's mixed with spicy harissa. Love the greek cuisine at Luna Grill. I also enjoy their stuffed grape leaves.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (hlNLQ)
On a side note, I started a modified intermittent fasting due to my schedule. Kid still at home says he notices a difference and the pants/belt are looser. So I got that going for me.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (JkCto)
Sadly, for many, that understanding comes about 2 seconds before the fatal crash.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 05:06 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 05:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 05:06 PM (hil2i)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 10, 2025 05:06 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: dagny at October 10, 2025 05:03 PM (ILGo9)
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I've found that straws or squeeze bottles are the most efficient.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 10, 2025 05:06 PM (ZOv7s)
https://tinyurl.com/yhsw8td4
And, then there is the can of sardines a day diet. I do have sardines so I had them for breakfast yesterday. I noticed today that the arthritis has calmed down and I had more energy. So I'm going to keep at it for awhile and see how it goes. You want the either in water or olive oil. It increases your Omega 3s
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 10, 2025 05:06 PM (kUxzU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:07 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 05:03 PM (e7ATA)
Any notable side-effects to watch out for or preconditions to consider?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 05:07 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:57 PM (KRtlO)
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Pottery Barn. I started putting drink coasters on my eyes and singing Cody Johnson songs. That level of embarrassment was too much.
You have to have a strategy.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 05:07 PM (hvso3)
Posted by: Justin Hayward
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So you're saying the first 150 lbs is the hardest?
A lot like becoming a millionaire.
(Sorry, had to do it - a jokes a joke.
Deepest condolences on your loss. I know these casual comments often cover deep pain and I hope you and yours are doing OK.)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at October 10, 2025 05:08 PM (2XDjn)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 05:08 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: dagny at October 10, 2025 05:08 PM (ILGo9)
There's a hilarious story told by John Masters in his memoir, Bugles and a Tiger, when he served as an officer with a Gurkha regiment in India before and during WWII. Apparently, a Gurkha soldier escaped from a Japanese POW camp in Burma and made his way, after many weeks, back to India. When he reported to the CO of the post, the latter was flabbergasted, and wanted to know how he was able to find his way back. The soldier presented a torn, worn-out map - of the London tube.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:08 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 05:08 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 10, 2025 05:08 PM (705BX)
Joe Jackson's entire LP?
Cause, that is a good one.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:09 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:07 PM (/p+XQ)
Oh, that sounds good. I'll try that out, just to add a little variety.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 05:09 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 05:09 PM (rvwwT)
Then
Drinking water instead of an artificially sweetened beverage lowered a person's fatty liver disease risk by more than 15%. Likewise, replacing sugary beverages with water reduced people's risk by nearly 13%.
What the fuck man ?
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 10, 2025 05:09 PM (NtVYv)
Also if you look at the ingredients for fish sauce, it's basically liquefied anchovies.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:09 PM (/p+XQ)
It's expensive as fuck.
Posted by: Max Power at October 10, 2025 05:09 PM (Hucnr)
My doctor recommends 3 days on per week (4 days off)
It really does turn your urine blue
I'm taking capsules
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 05:10 PM (e7ATA)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 04:55 PM (KRtlO)
The pH of the stomach depends on what's in it. But Carbonated water has a pH of around 4, which may decrease or increase the pH of your stomach.
More acid means a lower pH. Less acid, or more base, means a higher pH.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 10, 2025 05:10 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (ExV1e)
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Yes, and hopefully other people will learn from that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 10, 2025 05:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:10 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 10, 2025 05:11 PM (705BX)
I'm taking capsules
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 05:10 PM (e7ATA)
Wouldn't it be green then?
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 05:11 PM (3uBP9)
Sweet.
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 05:12 PM (s0JqF)
Posted by: jwm at October 10, 2025 05:12 PM (6CqK2)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 05:06 PM (0aYVJ)
My first cardiologist told me to replace mayonnaise in tuna fish with yogurt. I'm pretty sure I laughed in his face. Actually, I did laugh in his face. I wasn't a fan of tuna fish to start with, so that mixture is right out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 05:12 PM (snZF9)
I might try again with higher doses in the future.
As far as GAINS go...I have cut about an hour out of my weekly 50 mile ride and a solid 45 minutes out of my 16 mile mt bike rides, over the past 3 months.
Feeling good.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:12 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 05:12 PM (hvso3)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 10, 2025 05:11 PM (705BX)
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Sometimes it's best NOT knowing how things we enjoy are made....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 05:12 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 10, 2025 05:09 PM (NtVYv)
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I like the studies that say doing X "reduces the risk of death."
Really? Total death risk goes down?
That's why I can't take any of this stuff seriously.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 10, 2025 05:12 PM (ZOv7s)
My doctor recommends 3 days on per week (4 days off)
It really does turn your urine blue
I'm taking capsules
Posted by: Emmie
Try putting it in the punch at a sorority pool party!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 05:12 PM (LCzx5)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:12 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 05:13 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 10, 2025 04:42 PM (hlNLQ)
Wow. That is really impressive.
I'm just trying to do 100 push-ups, and getting there is a lot of work!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 10, 2025 05:13 PM (n9ltV)
You are the wisest man on the internet. Hot sauce, picante, sriracha, its the way to go.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 05:13 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 10, 2025 05:13 PM (hlNLQ)
Posted by: headin' on out to the desert in my RV at October 10, 2025 05:14 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: dagny a
My doc says drink a metric shit ton of water if on creatine. As does the bottle. Or should
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 10, 2025 05:14 PM (JkCto)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:14 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:10 PM (/p+XQ)
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I started doing the apple cider vinegar in water thing, and saw a suggestion to use something bubbly, so about half the mixture is tonic water. Hardly notice the vinegar now.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 10, 2025 05:14 PM (ZOv7s)
A guy I worked with in the '70s was a former Mr Louisiana, and he was some built. BUT: He was always showing me a can of 'this new powder' and 'that new powder' and treated all that crap like candy.
I've never taken ANY of that crap and never will … and I'm healthier for it.
Posted by: Dr_No at October 10, 2025 05:15 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 05:15 PM (QGLzn)
Welcome to the 1980's.
JWM
Posted by: jwm at October 10, 2025 05:12 PM (6CqK2)
The shit in the 80's was pipe tobacco compared to today. recently a friend of mine said it best- "dude, if this shit was around when we were in high school we would have never graduated".
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 05:15 PM (snZF9)
I'm a prime example. I drink a ton of diet soda, but I do it to suppress the craving for carbs. I switched to a low-carb diet two years ago and lost 50 lbs in just a few months. I've maintained that weight loss despite drinking a massive amount of diet soda.
I'm sure it's still bad for me in some way, but... I'll believe it causes fatty liver disease when my doctor sees it.
Posted by: Caiwyn at October 10, 2025 05:15 PM (LM0nw)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:15 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 05:13 PM (QGLzn)
It's medicine!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 10, 2025 05:16 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 05:16 PM (hvso3)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 05:07 PM (i24o9)
I seem to recall that it's contraindicated for some condition, but I don't recall what. I'd have to scour YouTube to find the information I learned, and I'm at work right now.
Side effects are blue urine, blue tongue if you take it as a liquid, and it temporarily turns some of your organs blue (brain and ... heart, maybe? Only your coroner knows for sure.)
It supposedly helps make your mitochondria healthier and improves ATP production.
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 05:16 PM (e7ATA)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 05:13 PM (QGLzn)
It's medicine!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 10, 2025 05:16 PM (n9ltV)
Red wine is great with brownies.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 05:16 PM (ULPxl)
yes that's what I meant
I was told there would be no chemistry on this blog
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 05:17 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:17 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: moki at October 10, 2025 05:17 PM (wLjpr)
As far as pH goes - that's easy. I have the occasional problem with it, and it's what causes chronic heartburn for most people without some underlying condition.
Just take a tablespoon or two of lemon juice before you eat dinner whenever it's bugging you, and it should clear it up in a few days.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:58 PM (BI5O2)
Get yerself one of them newfangled Soda Streams and add a wee bit of lime juice, or lemon if that's your thing, to each glass. Gits yer acid over the course of the day, makes yer bubbly water tastier, and puts pep in yer step.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:17 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 05:17 PM (QGLzn)
That's the grief diet. Been on it twice and it is effective. Hope life gets a bit brighter for you soon. Sorry for your loss.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 10, 2025 05:17 PM (kUxzU)
Low calorie, no chemicals, none of that "poisonous" corn sugar, doesn't take up your fridge space etc., and no army of chemicals found in every soda on the shelf.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 05:17 PM (dIske)
I remember an episode of Simon and Simon where they are taking care of a rich girl and S&S's mom asked her if she would like a drink:
"A Perrier would be nice"
"I don't have Perrier, but I do have club soda"
"No thanks, it's just not the same"
"Of course not, dear. It just tastes the same"
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 05:17 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:17 PM (/p+XQ)
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Or as an apple pie substitute.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:18 PM (krQz2)
yes that occurred to me as well.
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 05:18 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 05:12 PM (snZF9)
I switched to avacado oil mayo. It's pretty good. A little more tangy than reg mayo
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 10, 2025 05:18 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:18 PM (mADJX)
Just about everything I bake gets a shot of Bourbon. Usually about 2x the Vanilla.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:18 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:18 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 10, 2025 05:19 PM (hlNLQ)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 05:19 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 05:19 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:18 PM (/p+XQ)
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Just the bourbon.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:19 PM (krQz2)
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Yeah, I just watched Miller's Crossing on YouTube. Ads weren't too bad.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 10, 2025 05:19 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 05:19 PM (hvso3)
Posted by: bicycle pants with a hole in the back
you know, for venting and stuff at October 10, 2025 05:19 PM (V3THU)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 05:19 PM (QGLzn)
when I had Intestinal Urgency I got lost and wound up walking through the same sections repeatedly.
"Just follow the signs," they lied
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 05:20 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 05:20 PM (LCzx5)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:21 PM (BG2Yo)
Creatine is brain food. In fact, they recommend increasing from 5 g daily for workouts to 15-30g to maintain cognition in seniors.
It does work for me. And I continue on the lonely road of being the smartest guy in the room.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 05:21 PM (wBaIH)
Sold!
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 05:19 PM (KRtlO)
As a side-effect, it boosts your memory.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 05:21 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:17 PM (/p+XQ)
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Or as an apple pie substitute. - Axeman
I still have most of a jar of apple pie whiskey, given to me by a friend whose family makes the stuff here in North Carolina (strangely, they never seem to remember to pay taxes on the stuff). As near as I can figure, it's corn liquor with a cinnamon stick in it. Absolutely delicious, and the smoothest 'shine I've ever had.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:21 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Candace Ovens at October 10, 2025 05:22 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: bicycle pants with a hole in the back
you know, for venting and stuff at October 10, 2025 05:19 PM (V3THU)
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That's where IVs come in. The Medical Group was notorious for getting smashed and then having a 'designated driver' hook everyone up so they could report for duty the next day.
A buddy of mine in the infantry had a picture of his squad playing console games while IV bags hung from the shelves around them. They loved their medic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 10, 2025 05:22 PM (ZOv7s)
It stains. If you use liquid, don't spill it. If you use capsules or tablets, don't let them get wet except for swallowing them. Don't pee your favorite undies. It comes off the porcelain in the toilet, fortunately, and only stains whatever else is sticking to the bowl.
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 05:22 PM (e7ATA)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 05:13 PM (QGLzn)
It's medicine!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 10, 2025 05:16 PM (n9ltV)
In 1 Timothy 5:23, Paul tells Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach. I point this out to my baptist brethren that the wine was not grape juice and was effective in managing some food-borne parasites. Oddly, white wine is better than red for some reason?!
Posted by: moki at October 10, 2025 05:22 PM (wLjpr)
Its like a connected magic marker!
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 05:22 PM (rvwwT)
yes that occurred to me as well.
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It would make sense for me, too. I don't really have a sweet tooth. Or I have an intermittent one, maybe. I'll go on a short streak of ice cream or if someone makes me cookies, but dessert's uncommon.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 10, 2025 05:23 PM (asXVI)
Congressional Democrats are privately preparing to hold their position in the shutdown standoff for several more weeks if Republicans do not agree to their health care demands – and not even a missed paycheck for US troops will force them to yield.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 04:16 PM (NpAcC)
I hope we don't fold but I have a sinking feeling we will...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 04:17 PM (VE6XX) ==
Very simple - the government has money. WE are stills ending it in. Trump just tells the Treasury to pay the troops. Democrats going to sue the president trying to pay the troops? LOL! Checkmate.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 10, 2025 05:23 PM (GZYu7)
Club soda and seltzer are *not* the same, and DO NOT taste the same. Club soda has salt in it. It sucks. I could just drink carbonated sea water like a fancy dolphin if that's what I wanted.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 05:23 PM (BI5O2)
Deepest condolences on your loss. I know these casual comments often cover deep pain and I hope you and yours are doing OK.)
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I'm doing okay. Thank you.
Seriously, though, I'm 6'4" and weighed in at 247 lbs. when she was admitted to the hospital. I lived on black coffee and cigarettes the 5 days she was in ICU. That killed about 10 pounds right there as my body was burning through its fat reserves.
After she passed, I still didn't eat much for another few weeks. Just nibbled here and there, but foods that I previously enjoyed suddenly didn't taste that good anymore. That killed another 15 pounds or so.
It was the ultimate in fasting, although obviously not by choice.
Although my appetite has improved a great deal since, I'm still only eating once per day because I don't want to start gaining the weight back.
But I'm drinking a lot of water to stay hydrated.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 10, 2025 05:24 PM (Y1sOo)
It does work for me. And I continue on the lonely road of being the smartest guy in the room.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 05:21 PM (wBaIH)
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Yeah, that's silly. Defeats the whole purpose of getting tight. My problem isn't my getting my brain to run, it's shutting the damn thing down for a few hours.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 10, 2025 05:24 PM (ZOv7s)
I had an attack of Intestinal Urgency at the local Lowes one day. They hid the bathroom way in the back somewhere. Almost made it.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:25 PM (mADJX)
when I had Intestinal Urgency I got lost and wound up walking through the same sections repeatedly.
"Just follow the signs," they lied
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 05:20 PM (KRtlO)
That's their gimmick. You have to walk the maze to get from entrance to exit, and if you need to go to the bathroom, you have to buy something from the salesperson you ask. Or at least it seems that way. Kinda brilliant in a torturous Scandi sense.
Posted by: moki at October 10, 2025 05:25 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Tuna at October 10, 2025 05:25 PM (lJ0H4)
But my gains really are gains. I've always been lean, but when I had to have a pint of blood every few weeks for hemochromatosis, well, a pint's a pound, and I struggled.
But my iron levels are back to normal!!! and it only took two years of no beef and no alcohol (sob), and I have put on four pounds. That's huge for me.
Posted by: Wenda at October 10, 2025 05:25 PM (f4cxU)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 05:25 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 10, 2025 05:25 PM (hlNLQ)
The most common side effects include a harmless blue-green discoloration of urine, skin, and feces.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 05:26 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Candace Ovens at October 10, 2025 05:22 PM (TN0g+)
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Actually, I could see Candace Owens as a prime candidate for thinking ingesting colloidal silver is a good idea. White guys can turn blue ingesting that stuff. I wonder what color she'd come out as.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 05:26 PM (dIske)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:26 PM (/p+XQ)
I saw a video a while back where the woman said that she uses sardines to control hunger. She'll think, "I'm hungry, but am I sardines hungry?" and damned if usually she wasn't.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:26 PM (ExV1e)
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Been to an IKEA twiced. Once with G'friend, once with self. First time, G'friend damned near had a panic attack in-store 'cos there's no way to see where the entrance/exit is. Never went back. Second time I went to get a couple of kitchen knives. I'm normally not claustrophobic, but I'll be damned if I didn't start experiencing the same symptoms G'friend displayed. That was my last visit - and I ain't ever goin' back.
Posted by: Dr_No at October 10, 2025 05:26 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: scampydog at October 10, 2025 05:26 PM (2bFN5)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 05:26 PM (rvwwT)
I believe you owe the layout of IKEA to Stew Leonard's.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:26 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 05:26 PM (dIske
I know a blue lady.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 10, 2025 05:27 PM (kTd/k)
re 259: so now we know the nic joe bden uses when he posts here
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 10, 2025 05:27 PM (CWTWj)
And I've kept it off. Despite my appetite coming back with a vengance while my nutritionist and trainer get my body to convert to more muscle.
My trainer said that he wouldn't be surprised if I actually gain weight with the amount of weights I'm lifting now and my high protein diet.
Gotta keep an eye on it though since my kidneys leak protein... stoopid Type 1.
Posted by: Defenestratus at October 10, 2025 05:27 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 05:16 PM (ULPxl)
Can never go wrong with wine and chocolate.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 05:27 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 05:28 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 05:29 PM (wBaIH)
My Baptist relatives usually say that wine back in those old Bible days was really only one step removed from Welch's grape juice, and, in any event, they had to mix a little alcohol with their water because the latter wasn't safe to drink otherwise.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:29 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side
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Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: scampydog at October 10, 2025 05:29 PM (2bFN5)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:29 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:21 PM (BG2Yo)
I have been in one once. It was not a pleasant experience.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 10, 2025 05:29 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 05:30 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: cherries in season at October 10, 2025 05:30 PM (8ocT3)
Wednesday is a 36 hour fast, followed by a OMAD Thursday with lots of protein, the Autophagy Fast started at noon Thursday and runs until sometime Tuesday.
I have a bad habit of drinking the 4C Energy drinks which are artificially sweetened. My luck that beverage of choice would be a contributor to fatty liver.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 05:31 PM (a4flb)
Creatine is not to be confused with creatinine, which I was doing.... :-) I was thinking why the hell does anyone want to take creatinine supplements....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 05:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 10, 2025 05:29 PM (n9ltV)
___________________
The absolute worst think about IKEA is when you actually buy some furniture there, get it home and try and put it together with the "semi-coherent" instructions, and the questionable counting process they use on furniture hardware. IOW, throw a couple extra screws in there...it will mess with their heads.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 05:32 PM (dIske)
I believe you owe the layout of IKEA to Stew Leonard's.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:26 PM (BG2Yo)
I had to look that up. I love a good grocery store, but just looking at that place gave me a panic attack - kinda like Jungle Jim's.
Posted by: moki at October 10, 2025 05:32 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:21 PM (BG2Yo)
I have been in one once. It was not a pleasant experience.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 10, 2025 05:29 PM (n9ltV)
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You should see the "In Case Of Fire" instructions...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 05:32 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: qdpsteve
And the bathrooms are very close!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 05:32 PM (LCzx5)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 05:32 PM (snZF9)
gnats local 678
Haw! Sorry, but modesty compels me to disavow that, er, honor.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:32 PM (mADJX)
Yay, gains!
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 05:32 PM (e7ATA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:18 PM (/p+XQ)
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Just the bourbon.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:19 PM (krQz2)
They're pretty easy to make. Get yourself a store bought crust, set it on the counter, pour a glass of scotch - or bourbon, if you're gay, and contemplate the crust while you enjoy your beverage.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:33 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: But sir...you've ALWAYS been here at October 10, 2025 05:33 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Weasel at October 10, 2025 05:33 PM (gNJzN)
Which is utter BS because Scripture is loaded with passages that discourage being "drunk with wine". If "one-step-removed" from Welch's was true, the amount of grape juice/wine necessary to get drunk would also clean out the GI.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 10, 2025 05:33 PM (a4flb)
It was a crazy cool place for its time...but if you didn't know about the shortcuts that were hidden throughout the store, you could spend hours in there.
Also, the Owner/Founder ended up getting busted for Tax Evasion.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:33 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:21 PM (BG2Yo)
I have been in one once. It was not a pleasant experience.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 10, 2025 05:29 PM (n9ltV)
Wife used to drag me to Ikea every now and then, with the promise of a good dinner and good booze afterward. I am glad that the nearest one where we are now is 6 hours away. And yet, a couple months ago, I found myself following her through Ikea, yet again.
Curse that woman!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 05:34 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve
I saw a joke or meme somewhere that said that the meatballs at IKEA are made from the people who get lost and never find their way out.
Btw, they're said to be quite good.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:34 PM (mADJX)
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But do they have a buffet?
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:34 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 10, 2025 05:34 PM (ghPbf)
But breaking my Pepsi addiction was the best thing I've done in my life, health-wise. Now I only kinda want it, rather than NEED to crave it.
I'm actually off the diet until after the holidays but then I'll be getting back onto it hardcore. Even so...I'm trying to avoid sugar.
And fake sugar.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:34 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:35 PM (/p+XQ)
The liquor stores around here would go out of business if the Baptists stopped patronizing them....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 05:35 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 05:35 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:35 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:36 PM (/p+XQ)
or DOT mandated random Drug testing program and you piss blue? Automatic Positive-Dilute. No questions-No Job
Posted by: DBCooper at October 10, 2025 05:36 PM (78qeP)
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 05:34 PM (TN0g+)
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They serve meatballs.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 05:36 PM (krQz2)
Yay, gains!
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 05:32 PM (e7ATA)
From the parking lot to the Old Main area? It's painful, isn't it?! One of my kids was caught on that during the heavy rains a few weeks back. It almost washed her away. Hope you are doing well!!
Posted by: moki at October 10, 2025 05:36 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 05:37 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 05:37 PM (pwtJC)
How does that old joke go? The Jews don't recognize Christ as something, and the Catholics don't recognize blah-blah. And the Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 05:37 PM (w6EFb)
Oh, I know. But I was not about to argue with my saintly old grandma about it (God rest her soul).
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 05:37 PM (mADJX)
*Jon Lovitz YAY! dance*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 05:38 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:35 PM (/p+XQ)
That is true but this was my cardiologist who forced me onto the diet. At the time, tubby Jewish guy.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 05:38 PM (xcxpd)
One of the hardest thing about dieting is avoiding sugar.
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I kind of hate sugar, at least in quantity. I barely touch the stuff, except in sparing amounts as an ingredient.
So the flip side of this is that if you don't eat sugar, and want to lose weight, it's really hard, because you're just naturally a fat bastard.
I decided to lose 20 pounds three months ago. I cut out hard liquor and beer. Just wine with dinner, now. I cut back pasta to once a week. Often I eat dinner without a carbohydrate dish at all, not even rice.
I've lost three pounds. One pound a month. All that's left is fasting I guess. But that ain't happening. I like to eat like a human. Just gotta start doing calisthenics I think.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 05:38 PM (BI5O2)
I DO remember SL being a Case Study in marketing.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:39 PM (BG2Yo)
My review: does NOT improve memory!
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 05:39 PM (KRtlO)
My review: does NOT improve memory!
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 05:39 PM (KRtlO)
lol
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 05:39 PM (i24o9)
Yup, there's creatine
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 10, 2025 05:39 PM (dE3DB)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 05:37 PM (w6EFb)
How do you get a Mormon to not drink all your beer on a fishing trip?
Invite two Mormons.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 05:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:39 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: ace at October 10, 2025 05:40 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: moki at October 10, 2025 05:36 PM (wLjpr)
Thanks, Moki!
I have to trudge uphill to the bus station to take the bus to my car in the economy parking lot.
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 05:40 PM (e7ATA)
RFK, Jr is big on methylene blue, I think.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 05:40 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 05:34 PM (0aYVJ)
They have the boobs. We have to follow.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 05:40 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at October 10, 2025 05:40 PM (et1vG)
YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.............
Posted by: Jackson at October 10, 2025 05:40 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 05:34 PM (0aYVJ)
They have the boobs. We have to follow.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 05:40 PM (i24o9)
It is known.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at October 10, 2025 05:41 PM (0aYVJ)
Turns out...the Refining of the Sugar might be the worst part of the sugar.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:41 PM (BG2Yo)
Enriched wheat flour (wheat, iron, niacin, thamin, riboflavin & folic acid), sugar, water, cane syrup, dextrose, rice syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, modified food starch (corn), extract flavoring, palm oil, glycerin, soy mono & digycerides, potassium sorbate, salt, Red dye 40, yellow dye 5, blue dye 1,
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 05:41 PM (dIske)
I DO remember SL being a Case Study in marketing.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:39 PM (BG2Yo)
Lol, I don't know when Ikea was founded, (used my computer, found 1943, feel kinda dumb that I am currently typing on a computer that can look that up and I say the aforementioned) I think it's interesting that SL was studied as a means of marketing. I wonder what the overall conclusion was?
Posted by: moki at October 10, 2025 05:41 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Emmie at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (e7ATA)
Posted by: moki at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (LCzx5)
Enriched wheat flour (wheat, iron, niacin, thamin, riboflavin & folic acid), sugar, water, cane syrup, dextrose, rice syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, modified food starch (corn), extract flavoring, palm oil, glycerin, soy mono & digycerides, potassium sorbate, salt, Red dye 40, yellow dye 5, blue dye 1,
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 05:41 PM (dIske)
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 05:42 PM (/p+XQ)
_______________________
nope
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (dIske)
Posted by: moki at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (dIske)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 05:43 PM (dIske)
Tootsie Roll.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 05:44 PM (i24o9)
This:
Enriched wheat flour (wheat, iron, niacin, thamin, riboflavin & folic acid), sugar, water, cane syrup, dextrose, rice syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, modified food starch (corn), extract flavoring, palm oil, glycerin, soy mono & digycerides, potassium sorbate, salt, Red dye 40, yellow dye 5, blue dye 1,
is a single piece of black licorice.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 05:44 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 05:32 PM (dIske)
The wife bought a few small shelf units and roll around cabs for her office that looked like they could have come from an IKEA, but she got them online. She opened it all up and asked if I would put it together. She hands me a small allen wrench and a small stamped wrench from sheet metal and says "this came with it". I looked at the huge pile of allen head screws. I blinked at her and said throw that crap out. I went to the garage and grabbed my allen sockets, a real wrench and my milwaukee battery powered ratchet which I call " The Zoomer" and buzzed it all together in no time. I would have been in hell if I didn't have those level of tools. The amount of screws were endless.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 05:44 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: sven at October 10, 2025 05:48 PM (MUJd1)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 05:50 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: epador at October 10, 2025 05:50 PM (sRIeR)
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More lobbyists, politicians, and domestic terrorists (BIRM thrice) with barrels of blood on their hands -- and guilty of conspiracy to commit mass murder.
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 05:54 PM (OgBtj)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 10, 2025 06:11 PM (1t14o)
Grok sez:
Contrasting with Harmful Sweeteners: Unlike aspartame or sucralose, which some research ties to liver toxicity, microbiome disruption, and elevated NAFLD risk (potentially aligning with the LNSSB findings), stevia's plant-based compounds (e.g., steviosides) appear liver-friendly in most contexts. One outlier mouse study noted elevated liver enzymes and general damage from high-dose stevia, but it didn't link to fat accumulation or NAFLD specifically.
In summary, while the article highlights risks from certain non-sugar-sweetened drinks, stevia stands apart as unlikely to contribute to fatty liver—and potentially beneficial. If you're using stevia-sweetened products, moderation is still wise, and consult a doctor for personalized advice, especially with liver concerns. If this isn't the exact article you meant, feel free to share a link or details for a deeper dive!
Posted by: Skunky Choom at October 10, 2025 06:58 PM (rRp5g)
Posted by: Chunk at October 10, 2025 07:57 PM (K2iv3)
not peer reviewed, so it's definitely garbage.
and even peer reviewed studies are usually garbage.
especially when the findings contradict the bulk of studies and claim arti-sweeteners are actually WORSE than actual fructose slurp.
and especially when the writer is a chink who would seriously love to see more obesity in the west.
Posted by: juicer at October 11, 2025 01:22 PM (dzmt1)
Posted by: juicer at October 11, 2025 01:27 PM (dzmt1)
OMB Director Vought: "The RIFs (Reductions in Force) Have Begun"
The mass layoffs of Democrat Deep Staters begins.
President Donald Trump's administration on Friday afternoon announced that it has begun firing federal workers, OMB Director Russ Vought wrote on X. "The RIFs have begun," Vought posted, on day 10 of the government shutdown, referring to reduction-in-force plans that the White House has long contemplated. "Can confirm RIFs have begun and they are substantial," an OMB spokesperson told POLITICO. "These are RIFs not furloughs." It's unclear how many people were laid off, and Vought provided no further details. But an administration official granted anonymity to discuss the layoffs said they hit agencies including: Interior, Homeland Security, Treasury, EPA, Commerce, Education, Energy, HHS and HUD. And Vought's post appears to follow through on a threat to inflict more political pain on Democrats. Trump on Thursday said his administration would target programs backed by Democrats. "We're only cutting Democrat programs, I hate to tell you, but we are cutting Democrat programs," the president said during a Cabinet meeting. "We will be cutting some very popular Democrat programs that aren't popular with Republicans, frankly." ... In a memo to agencies two weeks ago, OMB instructed Trump administration officials to prepare to carry out reduction-in-force -- or RIF -- plans during the shutdown, targeting employees who work for programs that are not legally required to continue or clash with Trump's policy priorities.I don't know if this is the bargaining chip we've imagined it is. The Democrats will just demand that the layoffs be undone as their payment for ending the shutdown. Active duty military personnel deployed in war zones will begin missing their paychecks this week. Or, as Charles Schumer says, "Every day (of the shutdown) gets better for us."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is drawing fire from Republicans after declaring that "every day gets better for us" Democrats during the government shutdown, which dragged into its ninth day Thursday. "Democrats couldn't care less whether military families miss a paycheck tomorrow. In an interview posted this morning, the Democratic leader said, 'Every day gets better for us,'" Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) fumed on the Senate floor. "This isn't a political game. Democrats might feel that way, but I don't know of anybody else that does," he declared. "The longer this goes on, the more the American people realize that Democrats own this shutdown." Thune cited a new Morning Consult poll that showed Democrats are getting more blame for the shutdown. The poll showed 43 percent of voters blamed Republicans for the shutdown while 38 percent blamed Democrats, but the number of respondents who blamed Democrats was up 6 points compared with an earlier poll. Thune made his comments in response to Schumer's comments in an interview with Punchbowl in which he asserted: "Every day gets better for us."Stop all welfare payments and pay the military instead.
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Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 03:38 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 03:38 PM (o1u+L)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 03:38 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:39 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 03:39 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 03:38 PM (oKXMA)
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Somebody out-bladed the blade....
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:39 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:39 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: The Lower Depths at October 10, 2025 03:40 PM (+b4rY)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 03:40 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 10, 2025 03:40 PM (0N4FZ)
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They really are pricks, aren't they?
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:40 PM (krQz2)
(rubs hands, waits for TikToks with crying brats)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 03:41 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:41 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers at October 10, 2025 03:41 PM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:42 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 03:42 PM (o1u+L)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 03:42 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 03:42 PM (c44Rp)
Keep going. Hopefully the shut down will last all of 2025-2026.. 2027 too.
Posted by: Buddy Going To Shut You Down at October 10, 2025 03:42 PM (R/m4+)
Somebody out-bladed the blade....
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:39 PM (krQz2)
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Indeed, whatever The Blade had in his Ctrl-C memory waiting to be Ctrl-V'd in shall have to wait for another thread.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 03:42 PM (oKXMA)
OK.
What RIFs?
I would like to hear about details from OMB.
Til then, I'll file it under "pronouncements with no evidence," because I'm not hearing any caterwauling from Our Frontline Bureaucracy Heroes Who Are In This Together With Us All During These Troubling Times.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett, Biggest Lefty On The Beach at October 10, 2025 03:40 PM (R/m4+)
I like it. It is usually a bit rich to make a meal of it though. That might be the sherry.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (i24o9)
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The objective is pain.
Make Democrat client groups suffer because that is what they've tried to do to Trump and his supporters for years.
Clean CR or nothing. Also, those jobs ain't comin' back.
Democrats are more likely to demand more Medicaid spending on illegals than trying to keep their low run help in the federal government employed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (3uBP9)
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As they have no sensory apparatus, they won't turn until they hit the wall.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (krQz2)
True. But rehiring them after they've been formally fired is a bigger ask than just the usual furlough bullshit where it's only temporary.
Plus, it's not "the Democraps" that must agree to end the shutdown. It's what -- another 7 of them -- that needs to be peeled off to get to 60. I think the more pain the GOP inflicts on the Dum's main constituencies, the easily it will be to find this 7.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:41 PM (77rzZ)
Huh? Two threads I have been in have been promptly nooded.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:44 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 03:44 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:39 PM (krQz2)
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Indeed, whatever The Blade had in his Ctrl-C memory waiting to be Ctrl-V'd in shall have to wait for another thread.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 03:42 PM (oKXMA)
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This Blonde gets it ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (iFTx/)
Plus, it's not "the Democraps" that must agree to end the shutdown. It's what -- another 7 of them -- that needs to be peeled off to get to 60. I think the more pain the GOP inflicts on the Dum's main constituencies, the easily it will be to find this 7.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
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Democrat voters are going to be screaming to end the shutdown before more get fired.
Democrat donors are going to screaming that it go on until illegals get preferred reimbursement rates at hospitals from Medicaid.
Trump will just keep weakening the Democrat Party institutionally as they bicker amongst themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (i24o9)
Play commie games. Win commie prizes.
Vote for Democrats? #learntocode?
Posted by: setnaffa at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (h+GW/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,
He misspelled boobage
Posted by: Kratwurst at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (qc6QX)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (GPa4z)
Been there and missed paychecks during clinton and the shut downs then.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (/p+XQ)
And the cartels are funneling money to the DNC.
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (o1u+L)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 03:44 PM (Riz8t)
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Trump is walking around naked and firing the first people in each group that fail to praise his fine new suit.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (mP0Kj)
Plus, it's not "the Democraps" that must agree to end the shutdown. It's what -- another 7 of them -- that needs to be peeled off to get to 60. I think the more pain the GOP inflicts on the Dum's main constituencies, the easily it will be to find this 7.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
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Democrat voters are going to be screaming to end the shutdown before more get fired.
Democrat donors are going to screaming that it go on until illegals get preferred reimbursement rates at hospitals from Medicaid.
Trump will just keep weakening the Democrat Party institutionally as they bicker amongst themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (GBKbO)
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Yea, but who blinks first?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (3uBP9)
Be nice if it were, but that's not what I'm seeing. I'm on furlough, because I took the buyout from Elon, so I'm considered "nonessential." I'm supposed to be paid until my retirement date at the end of December, but on furlough, I don't get paid. Seems a bit like a bait and switch deal. I may or may not get the missing pay when they open up again. Who knows?
But the people on furlough are the DA interns, and anyone who is already on LWOP or admin leave. The managers are all still working. I don't see that changing.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (urtE/)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (wBaIH)
In what world is that a smart thing for a Democrat Senator to say?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: qdpsteve
If I understand the analysis by multiple reports on the internets, the DNC is not at the top of the pyramid but somewhere on the side. Soros groups provide the seed-money, NGOs and others scooped up Fed grants and international funding, then dispersed funds back and forth with some of it being sent to the DNC. They may be the controlling institution, but they're not at the top.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 03:47 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 03:44 PM (Riz8t)
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I've read that the list starts with people on furlough in six agencies (DHS, Education, HHS, Treasury, HUD and Energy).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Beartooth at October 10, 2025 03:47 PM (8kRSk)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (iFTx/)
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Not Trump.
He shut down the government for 35 days against his own party in his first term.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 03:44 PM (Riz8t)
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Trump is walking around naked and firing the first people in each group that fail to praise his fine new suit.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (krQz2)
He needs to bring them in front of a Board, with him on it.... where he could ask them a couple questions then tell them...
You're Fired... hell... televise it!
Why does this seem familiar???
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 03:47 PM (mP0Kj)
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Charles Schumer says, "Every day (of the shutdown) gets better for us."
I think Shroomer probably has to shave off his handlebar moustache daily, lest he be caught curling the ends of it.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Kingsman at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (HTa/G)
In what world is that a smart thing for a Democrat Senator to say?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (tT6L1)
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Chuck Schumer has always been a bad politician and caucus leader.
The only reason he got any clout as good at his job was because Mitch did it for him.
Fighting his own battles, Chuck puts cheese on uncooked hamburgers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (URO9T)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (GBKbO)
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Yea, but you didn't think there would be a shutdown at all this time, and you like this movie called Propenis, so ....
I won't make predictions like this because politics is hard enough to predict, let alone when you're dealing with insane degenerates like the Democraps.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (iFTx/)
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Easy.
"The answer is no. This is your albatross, and it will grow heavier until you take it off your neck. There will be no rehirings - period. Ever. There will only be more layoffs until you break. I'm holding a folder with 50,000 more names. You wanna find out what those names are?"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (L/fGl)
Let them eat cheeseburger tartare!
Posted by: Chuck Schumer at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:42 PM (i24o9)
I know what this means today, but after years of playing MMORPGs in the early aughts, my brain can only read "Looking for Group"
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 03:49 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (i24o9
Begun, the RIFs have?
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 03:49 PM (o1u+L)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (GBKbO)
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Not to mention grill chef.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:49 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (iFTx/)
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Not Trump.
He shut down the government for 35 days against his own party in his first term.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:47 PM (GBKbO)
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That I know. I mean between Dum voters and Dum donors.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:49 PM (iFTx/)
Yea, but you didn't think there would be a shutdown at all this time, and you like this movie called Propenis, so ....
I won't make predictions like this because politics is hard enough to predict, let alone when you're dealing with insane degenerates like the Democraps.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (iFTx/)
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Republicans are afraid of shutdowns because the NYT will blame them for it.
Democrats aren't afraid of shutdowns because the NYT covers for them and they get everything they want.
If the NYT cover doesn't matter and Democrats lose instead of gain, there's no incentive for the tactic anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:50 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Unceldave at October 10, 2025 03:50 PM (E+1ea)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 03:50 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at October 10, 2025 03:50 PM (p4uAH)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:50 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 03:51 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:49 PM (iFTx/)
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Their voters don't matter.
Their donors are all the Democrat Party cares about.
Nancy Pelosi would feed a tranny and AWFL party to alligators in the desert personally before she told the SF monied class to fuck off.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:51 PM (GBKbO)
And he picked a good time to have it - any negative economic impacts will be forgotten by next summer, and any real spending cuts he gets out of it will help the economy in some small measure
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 03:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 03:50 PM (dIske)
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What's a motto?
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:51 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 03:51 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:39 PM (iFTx/)
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Too late. I'm already all out...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 03:52 PM (IBQGV)
Keep going. Hopefully the shut down will last all of 2025-2026.. 2027 too.
Posted by: Buddy Going To Shut You Down at October 10, 2025 03:42 PM (R/m4+)
This guy gets it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:52 PM (i24o9)
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at October 10, 2025 03:50 PM (p4uAH)
Oh noes, *800* whole points! *faints*.
Posted by: Thrawn at October 10, 2025 03:52 PM (9Ovst)
The welfare payments seem likely the easiest target to turn off...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 03:52 PM (sKqQm)
Yes, but then they'll sign the CR and have to let go of their $1.5T in demands...so Rs win fully...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 03:52 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (s0JqF)
And, not only would I hold mass firings of thousands at a time over their heads, but once a deal was announced, and before the vote is taken - even if it's a 5 minute span - 50,000 get fired anyway as a final fuck-you-note.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (Ch4Qk)
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (ZmEVT)
What expeditionary forces do we have deployed now?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:39 PM (iFTx/)
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Too late. I'm already all out...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 03:52 PM (IBQGV)
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Yes, but my comment was a double entendre: "fucks" both as in "I don't give any" and "fucks" as in "reduction in gov't fucks" (ie, employees).
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (0N4FZ)
The GOP can rightly tell everyone they voted to keep government open and Democrat voted against it.
The counter proposal nonsense is just that, nonsense, because the floor votes have been held to open government and Democrats refuse to do so.
People don't care about the long winded "reasons" Democrats are giving for the shutdown. For the average voter, this is simple, votes were held, the GOP said, "keep government open" and Democrats are saying, "no" but, here's the reason why, blah blah blah blah.
People stop listening after "no."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 03:51 PM (Q4IgG)
Essential doesn't get them paid - they already are essential...finding 2025 unused appropriations, or possibly the 2025 tariff money (not sure how that works) would...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Joe Mama at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (2sMLA)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (s0JqF)
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They can only do it when they have to prioritize funding. It gets worse as the timeline goes on.
None of us have the accounting insight into when they were going to happen, but the reason the RIFs are starting now instead of Day 1 of the shutdown is because of that funding progress.
As detailed in the Antifediciency Act that gives the president authority to prioritize payments to keep the government solvent.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (GBKbO)
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at October 10, 2025 03:50 PM (p4uAH)
Oh noes, *800* whole points! *faints*.
Posted by: Thrawn
They're eating people in the Superdome!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (o1u+L)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (51+s6)
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith
-1.70% and still up 7% YTD. The horror. The horror...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 03:55 PM (o1u+L)
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (s0JqF)
No, it doesn't go into effect for 30-60 days. All that is sent out are the notices that start the clock...in 29 days, they can be rescinded like they never happened...or not...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 03:55 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (BI5O2)
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I always wondered what would happen when a president who spent his whole life negotiating with unions would face a similar situation in Washington. The big difference is that dragging out the Union negotiation in private life meant lost personal money. In the public arena, the personal risks are minimal, and the targets of those RIFs are obligated to prove their worth. Which is problematic from their perspective.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 03:55 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Joe Mama at October 10, 2025 03:56 PM (2sMLA)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 03:56 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (0N4FZ)
They fixed the glitch
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 03:56 PM (3uBP9)
Apparently Trump said something about China and tariffs and the weenies are all "OMG, what are we gonna do without cheap sh*t from China?" again.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 10, 2025 03:57 PM (3nLb4)
Nice that they let us know that this is the "It's Not Happening" phase of this story.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:57 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 03:57 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 03:55 PM (tOcjL)
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I think the notices started going out before Democrats shut down government. President Trump isn't stupid, He played the "here are the consequences if you do this" card. Democrats didn't believe him.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 10, 2025 03:57 PM (tT6L1)
It turns it into a game, where only the public suffers - those without savings to ride it out, those who need gov. services, etc.
I wish someone would take a stand - maybe demand that any compensation be only 1/2 pay for time off or something.
I private industry, a shutdown means no pay!
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at October 10, 2025 03:57 PM (2XDjn)
He shut down the government for 35 days against his own party in his first term.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:47 PM
But...but...the left...TACO...*
*which will happen long after "fetch".
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 03:58 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 10, 2025 03:58 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: We have escaped orbit at October 10, 2025 03:58 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at October 10, 2025 03:58 PM (L9Ewk)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 10, 2025 03:58 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (tOcjL)
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Well, the 160th SOAR was flying last night... training at Knox. Flew over the house at ~500 feet, balls to the wall. I'd presume there is "some" funding laying around otherwise they'd not be up here.
But... that was last night, so....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 03:59 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Joe Mama at October 10, 2025 03:56 PM (2sMLA)
Of they passed legislation that says they continued to get paid .
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 03:59 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Joe Mama
Stop paying them until they balance the budget.
No, better-- require they kick in 10% of all personal assets every year unless budget is balanced.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at October 10, 2025 04:00 PM (2XDjn)
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There is no cannibalism in the Royal Navy!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 04:00 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (GBKbO)
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Yea, but who blinks first?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:46 PM (iFTx/)
Well, as we all know "Trump Always Chickens Out" like when he chickened out and bombed Iran, and when he chickened out and sent the National Guard after a judge said he can't.
So OBVIOUSLY Trump must be the one chickening out.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 04:01 PM (zjgNU)
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https://tinyurl.com/3pjwjvr4
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:01 PM (BI5O2)
If we do not pay the military, but they are still held to their contracts, is that not indentured servitude?
13th Amendment anyone? Is not Congress therefore taking a Civil Right under Cover of Law?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 04:01 PM (mP0Kj)
@RNCResearch
Democrat Rep. Gwen Moore absurdly claims "Republicans own most of the media."
MOORE: "I appreciate CNN, but I'll tell you ... [Democrats] are hard pressed to get our message out.
https://tinyurl.com/zr4cby2w
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 04:02 PM (NpAcC)
It's Hayward. And I can assure you that I am still very much alive. It's John Lodge who passed.
And I Know He's Out There Somewhere.
Posted by: Justin Hayward at October 10, 2025 04:02 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at October 10, 2025 04:03 PM (lYfsf)
That's why the FNM flocked to center-left Bari Weiss right?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 04:03 PM (sKqQm)
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But what about the EIEIOs?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 04:04 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 10, 2025 04:05 PM (dtajH)
Vancouver board apologizes to TGD2S community for allowing Harry Potter event at local park
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The Godless, Dickless 2-Sexed?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:05 PM (BI5O2)
It's second only to the Left blaming America for anything negative happening in the rest of the world.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 04:06 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
MILCON and civil works are still working and getting paid as they funded through project funds and placement.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 04:06 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring!
Nor buggery!
HarRUMPh!
Posted by: Admiral Rachel Levine at October 10, 2025 04:06 PM (2sMLA)
Posted by: Accomack at October 10, 2025 04:07 PM (4qMiv)
Vancouver board apologizes to TGD2S community for allowing Harry Potter event at local park
Pat, I'd like to buy a vowel....
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 10, 2025 04:07 PM (PiwSw)
Letitia James Smooths Things Over By Sending Trump Heartfelt 'Sorry I Maliciously Prosecuted You' Card
buff.ly/8rVxCkq
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 04:07 PM (3uBP9)
And remarkably, she stays beautiful as she ages, without any PS (as far as I can tell).
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 04:07 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 04:07 PM (Riz8t)
You know what the fun part of demands on the part of the people feeling the pain are? Saying no.
Sure, we need ICE and the military to get paid but, otherwise, fuck 'em.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:08 PM (ExV1e)
Pat, I'd like to buy a vowel....
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 10, 2025 04:07 PM (PiwSw)
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Trans-Gender Demisexual 2-Spirit community?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 04:08 PM (IBQGV)
They should give them all a citizenship test. Or one of those 1800s grammar school tests, and fire anyone who flunks.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at October 10, 2025 04:08 PM (2XDjn)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 04:09 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Going deep. Out.
70% give R credit for it.
Most people are not against the shutdown.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 04:10 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (i24o9)
https://youtu.be/31HaTbWONmQ
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:10 PM (ExV1e)
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That's what I voted for
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 10, 2025 04:10 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at October 10, 2025 04:10 PM (cHNrw)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 04:11 PM (9LmFm)
If the answer is "we have a list of 2.8m federal employees in an Excel sheet, and a random number generator is firing them at a rate of 1 per minute," I'm fine with that approach.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:11 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring!
Nor buggery!
HarRUMPh!
Posted by: Admiral Rachel Levine
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When I was a kid, I thought this was just a joke and Monty Python was just talking about cannibalism.
Only as an adult did I realize the joke was that they were referring tto sodomy.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at October 10, 2025 04:11 PM (2XDjn)
I suppose I shouldn't be gleeful, my own job might end up cut since we get a slice of funding from NOAA. But I'm old. I might have to work like mad for a bit to sell this property and buy something in a more affordable state in the event but I feel like I'd be okay with that change although I'm not going to quit to make the change happen.
Posted by: PaleRider at October 10, 2025 04:11 PM (kdHU2)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 10, 2025 04:11 PM (vbXSk)
And remarkably, she stays beautiful as she ages, without any PS (as far as I can tell).
anymore, who knows, you never see anybody untouched
but yeah she's beautiful, way hotter than kate whats her name
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 04:11 PM (Ez3Tb)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 10, 2025 04:13 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (GPa4z)
I'd like to see an Amendment that the military pay appropriation must be completed before any civilian pay appropriation. Also, no permanent, automatic appropriations.
No money for Congress, no money for their staffers, no money for judges, until the troops get paid.
We could add Border Patrol and ICE to the list.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:13 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different
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Nah man. These goldbricking, featherbedding, flibberdicks are just setting up to claim "pain and suffering" and demand double time for all the time off.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at October 10, 2025 04:14 PM (2XDjn)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 04:14 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: gov'theretohelp at October 10, 2025 04:14 PM (PfnFb)
A huge Own Goal by Schumer, no?
The Left, led by AOC, will demand ritual seppuku.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 10, 2025 04:14 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:45 PM (i24o9)
https://youtu.be/31HaTbWONmQ
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:10 PM (ExV1e)
lol, thanks
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:14 PM (i24o9)
If the answer is "we have a list of 2.8m federal employees in an Excel sheet, and a random number generator is firing them at a rate of 1 per minute," I'm fine with that approach.
I don't understand this attitude. We're not going to eliminate the entire Federal work force, so why wouldn't you want to get rid of the takers and keep the makers?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 04:14 PM (Riz8t)
No money for Congress, no money for their staffers, no money for judges, until the troops get paid.
We could add Border Patrol and ICE to the list.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Exactly. Defense never takes a backseat to congress
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 04:14 PM (9LmFm)
The only thing stopping the Rs in congress from breaking down spending bills by dept is a lack of will to do so.
Do the VA budget, then the DoD budget, and so on.
When you get to budgets that are just handouts to Dems, then you can offer significant cuts or just let them end...like HUD or the DoE...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 04:15 PM (sKqQm)
This is a military town, so it makes good business sense to keep your customers happy in exchange for forgoing a week or two of interest.
I don't know what all is involved... likely just showing that Uncle Sam has been direct-depositing your military paycheck would be enough.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 04:15 PM (qpyNK)
Supremes need to shut down all this really blatant Judicial over reach.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 04:15 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at October 10, 2025 04:15 PM (cHNrw)
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 04:15 PM (TN0g+)
Democrats say even missed paychecks for US troops won’t be enough to end shutdown alone
Congressional Democrats are privately preparing to hold their position in the shutdown standoff for several more weeks if Republicans do not agree to their health care demands – and not even a missed paycheck for US troops will force them to yield.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 04:16 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 04:16 PM (63Dwl)
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Tenure, time in grade, position.
If there are two people doing the same job and one's been there 10 years and the other 20, the one with 10 years is canned. Assuming one stays.
I'm hoping both get canned and the job abolished. Abolishing jobs is what keeps people from coming back after a RIF... as there's no job to come back to.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 04:16 PM (Q4IgG)
Except maybe the non-English speaking illegal alien truck drivers getting CDL's from California. FFS!
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 10, 2025 04:16 PM (vR0VG)
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Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 04:16 PM (krQz2)
Congressional Democrats are privately preparing to hold their position in the shutdown standoff for several more weeks if Republicans do not agree to their health care demands – and not even a missed paycheck for US troops will force them to yield.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 04:16 PM (NpAcC)
I hope we don't fold but I have a sinking feeling we will...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 04:17 PM (VE6XX)
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Sees all the assets of every Domestic Terrorist Organization starting with the Soros', the DNC, the Democrat-Communist Party, & all of their members ... and pay the military & air traffic controllers instead.
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 04:17 PM (6O/Zk)
Congressional Democrats are privately preparing to hold their position in the shutdown standoff for several more weeks if Republicans do not agree to their health care demands – and not even a missed paycheck for US troops will force them to yield.
Lefty levels of concerns:
Lefty elites > Government workers > Illegals >>>>>> Military members.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 04:17 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 04:17 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 10, 2025 04:17 PM (kUxzU)
I don't understand this attitude. We're not going to eliminate the entire Federal work force, so why wouldn't you want to get rid of the takers and keep the makers?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 04:14 PM (Riz8t)
Next to none of them are makers; most of the makers are private contractors, because fed employees are drones and CHUDS. Some number of them are necessary overhead, but making the case that they are "makers," is fucking laughable, and they could be easily replaced.
But to put it more simply: I hate the federal government and I don't care to hear any of their whining and special pleading.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:17 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 04:17 PM (6O/Zk)
Supremes need to shut down all this really blatant Judicial over reach.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 04:15 PM (mP0Kj)
Is it the same bint who tried to block them from coming in at all? Odds she's got an underpaid cleaning lady and/or landscaper living in her house?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 04:17 PM (ULPxl)
I'm thinking of the Machiavelli quote to the effect that gold won't always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can always get you gold.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 04:17 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 10, 2025 04:18 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Crusader
theyre going to be fine
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 04:18 PM (8TNiP)
It was be a strategic mistake to do so...but every R leader previously has.
Let the government shut down until the next budget year...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 04:18 PM (sKqQm)
Letitia James Smooths Things Over By Sending Trump Heartfelt 'Sorry I Maliciously Prosecuted You' Card
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 04:18 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (/lPRQ)
Portland, Chicago, ...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:18 PM (ExV1e)
Its a pool boy named Jose...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 04:18 PM (sKqQm)
It might be that u work for the government. Spit ballin.
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at October 10, 2025 04:19 PM (s9EN2)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 10, 2025 04:19 PM (vR0VG)
nobody wants illegals for domestics, inside the house, the do not know what to do
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 04:19 PM (W27yd)
Should have used live ammo
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 04:19 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 04:20 PM (W2Pud)
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"3 YEARS OR BUST!"
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 04:20 PM (6O/Zk)
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at October 10, 2025 04:20 PM (s9EN2)
What about all the 17 intelligence agencies?!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 04:21 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at October 10, 2025 04:20 PM (s9EN2)
More, I would think. They're sitting at home with nothing better to do, right?
Not that most of them do a lot at work, but...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 04:21 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at October 10, 2025 04:20 PM (s9EN2)
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"I ain't watchin' it, if I ain't gettin' paid for it!"
-Assistant to the Undersecretary of Internal Monitoring of Weevils, EPA
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 04:21 PM (GBKbO)
I hope we don't fold but I have a sinking feeling we will...
Posted by: It's me donna
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omg if we give (more) free healthcare to illegal aliens I'll vomit.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 04:21 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (s0JqF)
There's lots of 'experts' online who've provided explanations of how the system works and when things can happen. Given that most of us wouldn't even know where to begin looking, it's understandable to have taken them at their word.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:22 PM (ExV1e)
Should have used live ammo
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 04:19 PM (VE6XX)
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This is the way.
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 04:22 PM (6O/Zk)
Start with Germany... and Japan... and S. Korea (we don't need to be there, the S. Koreans would kick the holy shit out of the North).
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 04:23 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 10, 2025 04:23 PM (5yDGQ)
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (o1u+L)
He won the 2016 Republican primary pretty much on that issue. Cuz he was the only one who said close the border and deport.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:23 PM (ExV1e)
Leftovers are going to be excellent, once the flavors get to meld.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:23 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (s0JqF)
There's lots of 'experts' online who've provided explanations of how the system works and when things can happen. Given that most of us wouldn't even know where to begin looking, it's understandable to have taken them at their word.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:22 PM (ExV1e)
I guess we're supposed to... 'Trust the Plan'?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 04:24 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 04:23 PM (mP0Kj)
While that is true, North Korea is China's mad dog.
It's not North Korea we're worried about, in either SK or Japan.
So I'm opposed to removing our troops from there.
But Germany? Get them all home now.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 04:24 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Rando Calrissian at October 10, 2025 04:25 PM (FqkvB)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 04:25 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 04:25 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 04:25 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (mlg/3)
So what happened at noon to spark the market-wide selloff? It wasn't very big and, no doubt, it'll recover in a few days. Was it just big money trying for a scary headline over the weekend?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:25 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Rando Calrissian at October 10, 2025 04:25 PM (FqkvB)
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Roughly 95% of whom are loyal Democrat voters and donors.
Who may have something to say to Chuck Schumer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 04:24 PM (mP0Kj)
The white hats are on it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:26 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 04:26 PM (ULPxl)
Who may have something to say to Chuck Schumer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
Still not tired.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 04:26 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: SimoHayek at October 10, 2025 04:26 PM (8wsga)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 03:54 PM (mlg/3)
So what happened at noon to spark the market-wide selloff? It wasn't very big and, no doubt, it'll recover in a few days. Was it just big money trying for a scary headline over the weekend?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:25 PM (ExV1e)
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1. Normal selloff behavior.
2. Rumblings of new tariffs with China.
The idea that every day is up in a bull market is silly, of course.
The idea that the stock market is the economy is also silly.
GDP being 3.9% positive in Q2 is a better, though still not perfect, indication of where the economy is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 04:27 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 04:27 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Rando Calrissian at October 10, 2025 04:25 PM (FqkvB)
Rylo Ken: MOar!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:27 PM (i24o9)
I mean, seriously... 30% of my team got the axe out of nowhere last very recently. Good, hardworking people who showed up on time and busted their asses for the firm every day, got shown the door unceremoniously because a bean counter in Chicago wanted to reduce headcount before Q4 - and didn't much care who it was.
It's making my job much harder and I'm having to put in a lot of overtime standing in the breach - like everyone else who didn't get voted off the island.
This is life.
But my heart is supposed to weep for the goldbricking professional sundials in government who only move a muscle to beat off on the job or shit in the hallways. It is to laugh...
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:28 PM (BI5O2)
But then, why would they?
Posted by: Seamus Moon at October 10, 2025 04:29 PM (Ab/3c)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 10, 2025 04:29 PM (vR0VG)
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Read between the lines -
Make the Switch to E-Dues today and use a credit card, debit card, or bank draft - American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
They're getting theirs.
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Social Security
"A beneficiary cannot receive a benefit verification letter from the telephone receiver or by walking in through their local Social Security office. And that burdens a lot of our recipients."
Beneficiaries can still access their verification letter online and through the Social Security Administration's automated phone system, the agency says. But during the shutdown, in-person support for the letters is suspended, and when recipients call in to speak with a field office representative, they can't get help with their letter.
But they CAN get their verification letters.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 10, 2025 04:29 PM (NFX2v)
But my heart is supposed to weep for the goldbricking professional sundials in government who only move a muscle to beat off on the job or shit in the hallways. It is to laugh...
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:28 PM (BI5O2)
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Would anyone expect you to bitterly cry and change your voting behaviors based on the news that a manufacturing plant three states over shut down?
No?
Why would anyone expect the same from the government doing something similar?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 04:29 PM (GBKbO)
It's making my job much harder and I'm having to put in a lot of overtime standing in the breach - like everyone else who didn't get voted off the island.
This is life.
But my heart is supposed to weep for the goldbricking professional sundials in government who only move a muscle to beat off on the job or shit in the hallways. It is to laugh...
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 04:28 PM (BI5O2)
This is the way of the private sector. Always has been.
Welcome to the party, pals.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:29 PM (i24o9)
I hope we don't fold but I have a sinking feeling we will...
Posted by: It's me donna
History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of man
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 04:29 PM (63Dwl)
2. Rumblings of new tariffs with China.
The idea that every day is up in a bull market is silly, of course.
The idea that the stock market is the economy is also silly.
GDP being 3.9% positive in Q2 is a better, though still not perfect, indication of where the economy is.
Posted by: TheJames
its the over representation of short term retail traders
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 04:29 PM (D9KJo)
Which might give us some short term pain but I think we have some reserves of our own in the USA. Coal ash is full of toxic mineral trash but those can be extracted by citric acid at manageable temperatures and pressures.
Alberta Oil Peon is better informed on this.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 04:30 PM (gKWVE)
-Assistant to the Undersecretary of Internal Monitoring of Weevils, EPA
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 04:21 PM (GBKbO)
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Beau Biden died fighting for Weevils in a foreign land, H8Rs!
"Beau's Died Everywhere, Man ..."
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 04:30 PM (3GXGk)
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"3 YEARS OR BUST!"
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 04:20 PM (6O/Zk)
>>>
Election Day 2025 is November 4.
Posted by: mrp at October 10, 2025 04:30 PM (rj6Yv)
This could, potentially weed out a huge number of lefties from the government.
Time is NOT on the side of the Dems on this.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 04:30 PM (gDhA9)
Like ICE, the military, Federal LE, FAA, etc.
All it takes is an EO. And the judges that issue a TRO to stop funding those? That would be, interesting.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 04:31 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 10, 2025 04:29 PM (vR0VG)
Carousel Day? Anyone 30% over the poverty line gets the axe.
You whine about it, and it becomes literal.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:31 PM (i24o9)
This could, potentially weed out a huge number of lefties from the government.
Time is NOT on the side of the Dems on this.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 04:30 PM (gDhA9)
Hmm...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 04:32 PM (ULPxl)
But to put it more simply: I hate the federal government and I don't care to hear any of their whining and special pleading.
It might be that u work for the government. Spit ballin.
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team
I used to. I'm not sure why that means you should simply flail about without thinking about the best way to accomplish a task, but u do u.
Yes, that's pretty obvious.
But my heart is supposed to weep for the goldbricking professional sundials in government who only move a muscle to beat off on the job or shit in the hallways.
No, you're supposed to use your head in thinking about the best way to improve the government.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 04:32 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 04:33 PM (VE6XX)
Alberta Oil Peon is better informed on this.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 04:30 PM (gKWVE)
Large rare earth mine was closed years ago in Calif due to 'environmental concerns'.
Mitigate.... open the F'er back up.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 04:33 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 04:33 PM (VE6XX)
If I was on the Trump team, I would float fake polls saying dems are winning, then sit back and enjoy the RIFs. Have some fun with it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:34 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2025 04:34 PM (AOsQT)
AI "recruiters" are found to be useless at sifting out fake AI "job applicants" so humans are starting to involve themselves in recruiting again. Also as Pixy noted earlier this morn, AI slop code is trash such that companies need to hire humans to fix it.
Oh, and I can easily see governments locking AI server farms out of the electrical grid.
Back to drawing cartoon catgirls and grammar-checking prose, like in 2023.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 04:34 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 04:34 PM (3GXGk)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle
.......
They would be expected to produce, fail, then get fired within two weeks.
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 04:34 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 04:35 PM (3uBP9)
That’s not happening. The speaker and majority leader told them to reopen or this would happen. The only negotiation they’ve mentioned is a vote on a one year extension for the Obamacare subsidies, which is apparently kryptonite for all the weak ass Republican Congressmen
Posted by: Vengeance at October 10, 2025 04:35 PM (SEVUm)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:35 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 04:35 PM (i24o9)
too late
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2025 04:35 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Jim Cramer - Investment Pro and Media Personality at October 10, 2025 04:36 PM (v0R5T)
The costs would involve some math.
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at October 10, 2025 04:36 PM (s9EN2)
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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 10, 2025 04:36 PM (NFX2v)
Well, hell, just read this on Hot Gas. Melania and Putin have been in communication for a while since she had Trump deliver that letter.
Melania is getting some of the children taken back to Russian back to their families in Ukraine.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2025 04:36 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 04:36 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: DaveA at October 10, 2025 04:36 PM (PMJuY)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
MILCON and civil works are still working and getting paid as they funded through project funds and placement.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2025 04:06 PM (/lPRQ)
While it is true that USACE works for a living instead of taking money directly from Congress, that only applies to the civilians, I believe. The active duty aren't being paid that way. I'm pretty sure they aren't furloughed, either, and they are not subject to a RIF, while the civilians are subject to RIF. But of course the working folks never get the straight story until they are shown the door.
I signed a contract stating that I would be paid through December, but I'm not being paid. That's the government system in a nutshell.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 10, 2025 04:36 PM (urtE/)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 04:37 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 10, 2025 04:39 PM (gm9Sb)
I believe (not certain, but I believe) that video is AI. Someone linked it in the morning thread.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:40 PM (ExV1e)
Military and civilians in overmanned billets are usually given the option to retire early, if they have the time in.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 10, 2025 04:41 PM (LmiMn)
But then, why would they?
Posted by: Seamus Moon
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They don't even have to do that. Look up talking filibuster. Takes about a month of the Senate being in session.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 04:43 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 04:23 PM (mP0Kj)
The South Korean military could kick the holy shit out of the North. The South Korean Parliament would welcome them with open arms.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:44 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 04:45 PM (QGLzn)
Sure, I'm just not used to the Dow, S&P, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 all showing almost exactly the same trend line. All down... okay, whatever, but at exactly the same rate? Weird.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 04:47 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Black JEM at October 10, 2025 05:05 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 10, 2025 05:37 PM (EYmYM)
Cultural Enrichment Agents Are Arrested in Boston for Cultural Enriching Multiple Police Officers
So much wonderful third-world barbarism and the endless cultural enrichment we're suffering.
Remember when Democrats pretended, for four hours on January 6th 2021, that they were Rilly Rilly Opposed to Violence Against Cops? For four blissful hours, violent riots were not the voice of the voiceless.
Thirteen people were arrested Tuesday night in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest that turned violent on the Boston Common and left four police officers injured, including some with broken bones, according to officials. Protesters "turned on police" at approximately 6:50 p.m. when they began to move from the Common to the area of Tremont and Winter streets, Boston Police said. "At that time, protesters turned on police, kicking a marked cruiser, assaulting officers, blocking traffic, and setting off devices causing red smoke in the air," Boston Police spokesman Sgt. Det. John Boyle said in a Tuesday night statement.
Protesters scuffle with officers at Chicago anti-ICE demonstration Eight men and five women were placed under arrest. No one had been booked as of shortly before 9 p.m. Four police officers were injured in connection with the incident. Two officers were taken to local hospitals for treatment. Police have preliminary reports of officers with broken bones, but all injuries are considered non-life-threatening, Boyle said. "Another night of violence against police officers in Boston tonight," said Larry Calderone, president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association. "Our officers were attacked, assaulted and sent to the hospital with injuries. Completely despicable and totally unacceptable. We were outnumbered and understaffed for the event," he continued.
A judge set "high bail" for the pro-Palestinian invaders and brigands. According to the media.
Two more protesters charged in the outburst of violence during a pro-Palestine march and rally Tuesday have been held on $10,000 bail. A number of others were held on $7,500 and $5,000.This is "high bail"? January 6th "paraders" were held in solitary confinement pre-trial and some were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The high bail amounts are the latest as public officials respond to the chaotic protest Tuesday that left a Boston Police officer with a broken nose and likely in need of reconstructive surgery. Osama El Khatib, 26, of Watertown and Styx Hatch, 19, of Boston were both held on $10,000 bail.Osama, huh? Always remember that bail bondsmen only expect you to put up 10% of the cost of the bond, with them fronting the rest. (Their fee is that 10%, which you don't get back). So basically this is $1000 fine. So high a fine for Osama!
Wow this bail is so high I can't even believe it.
Two other defendants were held on $7,500 including: Atlanta Carrig-Braun, 24 of Boston; Haley Macintyre, 24, of Dorchester. Held of $5,000 bail were Madeline Weikel, 27 of Watertown; Jacob Pettigrew, 22 of Malden, and Gabrielle Smith, 28 of Cambridge.
In a statement Wednesday, Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden condemned the violence. "These defendants were not in court today because they were protesting," Hayden said. "They were in court because they committed crimes. If you assault police and commit other offenses you're going to be arrested and prosecuted, period.Pro-Palestinian "protesters" did damage estimated at $400,000 to statues and other property at Case Western University. Although the school's president promised the jihadists would be prosecuted, in fact, they were let go with no criminal prosecution. They were, however, required to pay for the damage they caused. Well, not even all of it. They were required to pay the school $350,000 for the $400,000 in damage they caused, and then they would be set free with no jail and not even a criminal record that would jeopardize their precious "student" visas. And these entitled foreign savages are still complaining that they're being mistreated.
[T]hey made a plea deal which meant they would have no criminal record at all so long as they paid for the cost of the cleanup.These babies are getting off easy and still whine that they are being punished too harshly. They really expect to walk away from this with zero consequences so long as they pay back the cost of the cleanup. But why should the school continue to allow students who broke the law and defaced the campus to study there? At least one of them is in trouble at another school after Case Western filed a complaint about him. Again, he acts like this is shocking behavior and not bare minimum consequences for his behavior.
The 11 Case Western Reserve University students and activists indicted for pro-Palestinian vandalism on campus last year have paid more than $350,000 in restitution to the university to clear their names. The payments are part of a legal agreement with the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office under the pre-trial diversion program. If all stipulations are met, the defendants' criminal records will be cleared... Three of the students still face expulsion via university conduct proceedings running parallel to the legal case... Mullin-Vanneste said he was offered his diploma in exchange for "full cooperation," meaning identifying the people involved in the incident. "When I rejected this, they shut down negotiations completely. It doesn't seem to just be about policy or accountability. This is about making an example of us to stifle any dissent, and about silencing the movement for Palestine."
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: RUReadingthis at October 10, 2025 02:31 PM (aQ25I)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 02:32 PM (jydDI)
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Should probably move to a country that really values what you have to say: North Korea.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:33 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: t-bird at October 10, 2025 02:33 PM (ReYtg)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 02:34 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 02:34 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Leftists Everywhere at October 10, 2025 02:36 PM (HNN/P)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 10, 2025 02:36 PM (eB6bb)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 02:36 PM (W2Pud)
Our attempt to speak is met with assassinations.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 02:36 PM (W2Pud)
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"That's just hyperbole."
-leftist who thinks Kirk's death was regrettable but understandable and probably because he was anti-Israel in secret
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:36 PM (GBKbO)
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Should probably move to a country that really values what you have to say: North Korea.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:33 PM (GBKbO)
They just reopened Palestine... I hear its nice this time of year.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (mP0Kj)
Violent, ignorant, entitled children who are convinced of their own righteousness and brilliance.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (mP0Kj)
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Lots of constructions jobs opening up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (mP0Kj)
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Lots of constructions jobs opening up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (GBKbO)
Over / Under on how long this 'Peace deal' lasts?
Hell... they still have hostage bodies don't they?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:38 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 02:39 PM (RHGPo)
Hell... they still have hostage bodies don't they?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:38 PM (mP0Kj)
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No idea.
But I did see that signatories to the Abraham Accords agreed to rebuild Gaza.
Meaning that Saudi Arabia will have more to say in infrastructure jobs than Hamas' leadership.
That's not nothing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:39 PM (GBKbO)
Then increase tuition.
Every time damage is done, increase tuition.
This is an easy problem (pogrom)to solve.
Posted by: torabora at October 10, 2025 02:40 PM (HNN/P)
Michelle Wu needed your brothers in blue to protect her mcMansion
priorities, guys...priorities
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 02:40 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 10, 2025 02:40 PM (NcvvS)
On June 7, 1999, the FBI placed Osama bin Laden on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list,
fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/osama-bin-laden
This was after the Kenya embassy bombing(s) and before the USS Cole.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:40 PM (gKWVE)
Now: So some cops got hurt at a mostly peaceful protest. I mean, its part of the job and people's tensions are high you know?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:41 PM (sKqQm)
No sympathy here.
Posted by: torabora at October 10, 2025 02:41 PM (HNN/P)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 02:42 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:42 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at October 10, 2025 02:42 PM (JaGQD)
If only they waited to have their protest on Wednesday, they would have gotten the news that Trump brokered a peace deal in Gaza.
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 10, 2025 02:43 PM (F7PeC)
*strikes will be kinetic *
Posted by: torabora at October 10, 2025 02:43 PM (HNN/P)
Supposedly they were all turned over.
The NYT bemoaned this as HAMAS "losing all its leverage against Israel"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:43 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 02:43 PM (LCzx5)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 10, 2025 02:43 PM (QGLzn)
Posted by: SMOD
WAAAH! No FAIR!
x.com/gatewaypundit/status/1976637957068001543
Posted by: Senator John Thune at October 10, 2025 02:43 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 10, 2025 02:43 PM (5Yz+T)
last time I checked, Candace Owens was flapping her unstoppable yap about CK being secretly anti-Israel, his notorious letter to Bibi notwithstanding...
and I wondered: Candace, you claim Erica was as much your dear friend as was Charlie. Is this how you treat your friends who are grieving widows? Her husband's corpse is barely cold and you are using him to profit off page views and stirring up a bunch of dummies to boot
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 02:44 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:44 PM (gKWVE)
So in 2006 someone thought Osama would be a great name for their kid.
Wonder what his parents thought of 9/11?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 02:32 PM
Preach it!
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA & Cuck-CCP) at October 10, 2025 02:44 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 02:39 PM (RHGPo)
wait wait wait!
This is the 'it begins' guy's job to tell us this.
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 10, 2025 02:44 PM (F7PeC)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 02:45 PM (Q4IgG)
"Students"? That's a lot of dough... follow the money!!!!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 02:45 PM (LCzx5)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:45 PM (gKWVE)
Russ Vought@russvought
The RIFs have begun.
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The world, as we know it, has ended.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 02:45 PM (L/fGl)
But I did see that signatories to the Abraham Accords agreed to rebuild Gaza.
Meaning that Saudi Arabia will have more to say in infrastructure jobs than Hamas' leadership.
That's not nothing.
Posted by: TheJame
what is most important is how to figure out how to stop the next hamas from getting invented.
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:45 PM (XFfHw)
Oh, and I do vaguely recall someone losing custody of his kid for naming him Adolf Hitler. This is the same isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:45 PM (sKqQm)
I don't get too upset about Candace Owens turning nuts for Qatari Qash, there are a lot of corrupt, stupid people out there.
Its her fans and audience that bother me. Why on earth would you even watch this contradictory nutjob??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:45 PM (dfIr7)
So in 2006 someone thought Osama would be a great name for their kid.
Wonder what his parents thought of 9/11?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:44 PM (sKqQm)
I know there the no math rule here but dude come on.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 10, 2025 02:45 PM (5Yz+T)
Posted by: Math at October 10, 2025 02:46 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: SMOD
Um, the Rif Mountains have been around for millions of years.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:46 PM (77rzZ)
363 Another annoying thing about the Amazon Jack Ryan series…. In it, James Greer is a committed Muslim who kneels to pray 5 times a day and it’s portrayed as virtuous. That is NOT in the Clancy books…. Why do they do that???
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 02:42 PM (lepZb)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 02:46 PM (lepZb)
Didn't they remake this with Sarah Michelle Gellar in the same role?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:47 PM (mP0Kj)
So in 2006 someone thought Osama would be a great name for their kid.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:44 PM
Who names their kid Styx?
Posted by: Rush at October 10, 2025 02:47 PM (0sNs1)
Forget "Osama." Who in blazes names their kid "Styx?"
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:47 PM (77rzZ)
Wait a minute here...this is math. On this very blog.
I demand my AoS membership fees back!
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:47 PM (sKqQm)
If somebody were actually pro-Palestinian, they'd be anti-Hamas. These people are just pro-Hamas.
Maybe somebody already addressed this -- why don't US police use water cannons like in other countries? Seems to be an effective method.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 10, 2025 02:47 PM (tAAke)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 10, 2025 02:48 PM (0sNs1)
At this point, Honeycakes, it is no longer a choice between this and something you like better. The fact that we are here, at this point of the discussion, is that you have two choices, this or nothing.
Please make your choice quickly and I apologize for being unclear about your available options.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 02:48 PM (rbvCR)
Shouldn't they be dancing in the street over the peace in the Mideast news.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 02:48 PM (NpAcC)
It's really something -- and I think a recent phenomena in the USA -- that there are so many deranged violent women in these radical leftwing groups. Yes, I know it's not uncommon in other countries (the Red Guards were full of women), but I don't think we've seen this scale of female violence in the USA before.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 02:49 PM (iFTx/)
So in 2006 someone thought Osama would be a great name for their kid.
Wonder what his parents thought of 9/11?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:44 PM (sKqQm)
Um.....
- Math
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 02:49 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:45 PM (XFfHw)
There are pictures of the 'returning' Palis.... long line of military age males.... not a single woman or child in the pics.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:49 PM (mP0Kj)
By the press. By Democrats. Was it ever invoked by the president?
Because, if he DOES invoke it, there is the possibility of being jailed without possibility of bail. You don’t get a phone call. Or an attorney, none of that stuff.
How did they get away with that for 6 January “defendants”? A curious incuriousness on the part of so many.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 10, 2025 02:49 PM (psViZ)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:47 PM (mP0Kj)
I thought I read 28 dead 20 alive ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 02:49 PM (VE6XX)
Is this about her sharing the screen grabs of text messages that he wrote and tpusa verified?
Yeah she did that, now wait for every other secret antiemite to start sharing those.
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:49 PM (XFfHw)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 10, 2025 02:49 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Rush at October 10, 2025 02:47 PM (0sNs1)
hahahaha! Poo Styx!!
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 02:49 PM (rbvCR)
ok, i said it. happy now?
Posted by: gnats local 678
You forgot the all caps and the exclamation point, thus:
BOOBS!
Be better.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:50 PM (77rzZ)
You suck as an American institution.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 02:50 PM (wBaIH)
what is most important is how to figure out how to stop the next hamas from getting invented.
Posted by: n
Can't be done. there are more muzzies.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2025 02:50 PM (LCzx5)
Posted by: R
Dual citizens?
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:50 PM (XFfHw)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 02:50 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 02:51 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 10, 2025 02:51 PM (rJ48h)
The parents who named a son REO Speedwagon and a daughter Cheap Trick.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 10, 2025 02:51 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Miss Lindsay - Chief Flouncer at October 10, 2025 02:51 PM (5xuJ/)
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Impossible task. There will never not be a group of murders Arabs looking to kill Jews.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 10, 2025 02:51 PM (5Yz+T)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:42 PM (dfIr7)
It's all context-specific. If you're an elderly Vietnamese guy and brush the back of your hand on a cop's body armor you get your head smashed in, never recover, and die in the hospital. If you're part of a politically protected class you get a slap on the wrist and chump change bail.
Posted by: It always just depends at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (TbWk/)
ok, i said it. happy now?
Posted by: gnats local 678
You forgot the all caps and the exclamation point, thus:
BOOBS!
Be better.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:50 PM (77rzZ)
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Bulg Bellows BOOB Better!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 02:51 PM (2WIwB)
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"We can't reform the ACA because it'll mean that poor people will pay more for insurance. 2013 insurance premiums are higher than what people will pay even without the COVID subsidies. Anyone who wants to change the ACA at all is the devil and just wants poor people to die."
-same dude, probably
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (GBKbO)
Thank Life magazine for that. It is now seemingly inexplicably attached to going after civil rights protesters in the 1960s. Democrats in action
Posted by: Common Tater at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (psViZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Bulg
The only thing I know about Styx, you don't want to cross him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (L/fGl)
could be that they are retards, there was a story some time ago about a non-english speaking woman who had to be warned off naming her daughter Vagina
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (63Dwl)
The parents who named a son REO Speedwagon and a daughter Cheap Trick.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 10, 2025 02:51 PM (NcvvS)
I know more than one Cinch and Tyke and Chance.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (QsMb/)
Established in 1980, Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC (AES), proudly holds certification as a SBA Women-Owned small business and stands at the forefront of the energetics industry. We are dedicated to the development, manufacture, handling, and storage of high-quality energetic products utilized in both defense and commercial markets.
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OK.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (tAAke)
We now have our first social media persona of the arrested Nazi hippies on the Common.
Styx Hatch, person, age 19.
"Styx Hatch (Person)
Award-Winning Activist:Styx received the Connecticut VOICE Honors Commitment to Youth Initiatives Award in 2024 for their advocacy work.
School Activities:They are a member of their high school's Equity Squad and participate in school arts programs.
Advocacy: Styx has spoken at the West Hartford Pride Rally and promotes the arts as a safe space for self-discovery and support.
Personal Identity:Styx came out as nonbinary at age 14."
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Everyone of them will have an equally 'amusing' life story. But there are no fairies & there's no Antifa.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (NFX2v)
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They're rioters. Let's call things what they are.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:53 PM (krQz2)
Yeah she did that, now wait for every other secret antiemite to start sharing those.
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:49 PM (XFfHw)
oh she brought the receipts
good for her
doesn't change the sad fact that she is coming apart at the seams
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 02:53 PM (dCxaZ)
The most violent "scuffle" since WW2.
Even worse than the 1/6 insurrection/scuffle.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 10, 2025 02:53 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 10, 2025 02:53 PM (0sNs1)
The parents who named a son REO Speedwagon and a daughter Cheap Trick.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 10, 2025 02:51 PM (NcvvS)
Sadly, Twisted Sister never made it past the third grade.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 02:53 PM (2WIwB)
good for her
doesn't change the sad fact that she is coming apart at the seams
disagreeing with you does not mean she's coming apart at the seems
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:53 PM (M1NWz)
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"Beware of the Queen of Spades."
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:54 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: gnats local 678
So you read my book, or at least the cover.
Posted by: Wendy "Hitler's Furies" Lower at October 10, 2025 02:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 02:54 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Wally at October 10, 2025 02:54 PM (7CamO)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 10, 2025 02:54 PM (5Yz+T)
Posted by: n
I knew a girl in college from Canada, who was named "Regina," like the capital of Saskatchewan. She once said, "Guess what all the boys called me."
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:54 PM (77rzZ)
and this is words right out of her mouth: The White House sent Charlie to get Candace to settle down about Brigitte Macron
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 02:54 PM (dCxaZ)
Good, can we start out with a few hundred Federal judges that need to be fired? The country would be better off without them.
Posted by: Case at October 10, 2025 02:55 PM (9HFDU)
The parents who named a son REO Speedwagon and a daughter Cheap Trick.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 10, 2025 02:51 PM (NcvvS)
Sadly, Twisted Sister never made it past the third grade.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 02:53 PM (2WIwB)
Is she the one who ran away with Butthole Surfer?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:55 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Going For the Brass Ring! at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM
He can break your bones.
Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 10, 2025 02:55 PM (0sNs1)
Don't know anyone named Cinch or Tyke, and the only Chance I've known was called that because he hated his first name & his middle name was Chancellor.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 10, 2025 02:55 PM (NcvvS)
A normal "Studies" student would have to sell an awful lot of coffee to come up with that kind of money.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 02:55 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 10, 2025 02:55 PM (5Yz+T)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 02:56 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:53 PM (M1NWz)
oh, no you are 100 per cent wrong about that
and it is very clear that since you also are in disagreement with me, you also are experiencing mental health issues
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 02:56 PM (dCxaZ)
What part of FULL COOPERATION don't you understand?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 02:56 PM (9LmFm)
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Better than Judas Priest Jones, or something.
"Hey, Judas, thanks for that."
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:56 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:57 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 02:57 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at October 10, 2025 02:57 PM (s9EN2)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:57 PM (M1NWz)
River?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:57 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 10, 2025 02:58 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 02:56 PM (9LmFm)
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The cooperation part.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:58 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 02:58 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 02:54 PM (wBaIH)
After Arthur Wellesley? Arthur Conan-Doyle?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 02:58 PM (rbvCR)
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Formerly Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC (AES) at October 10, 2025 02:58 PM (Y1sOo)
and this is words right out of her mouth: The White House sent Charlie to get Candace to settle down about Brigitte Macron
Posted by: kallis
yeas, so the texts are from internal discussions which she was not involved in and were shared with insiders with her.
truth is a bitch
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:58 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 10, 2025 02:52 PM (CWTWj)
Orwell called this in 1984 too. "It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers−out of unorthodoxy."
It's dogma among the right, especially the Christian right, that men need women to civilize them. I don't think that's true. Consider that they are the mass baby-murders and the genital mutilators. Women need men to civilize and contain them. Otherwise we get what we're seeing now in terms of rampant cultural degeneration.
Posted by: Toxic femininity is celebrated instead of curbed at October 10, 2025 02:58 PM (TbWk/)
If he was born with 1 arm, you could name him Def Leppard.
Posted by: Wally at October 10, 2025 02:54 PM (7CamO)
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You don't need your arms to hear.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:59 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:57 PM (M1NWz)
River?
Posted by: R
named for her
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:59 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 10, 2025 02:59 PM (5Yz+T)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:59 PM (gKWVE)
"When I rejected this, they shut down negotiations completely. It doesn't seem to just be about policy or accountability. This is about making an example of us to stifle any dissent, and about silencing the movement for Palestine."
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So he won't get his degree, but based on the hyphenated name, daddy will be providing his living expenses until death anyway.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (0U5gm)
106 Where do "students" come up with $350K-$400K to pay for the damages?
A normal "Studies" student would have to sell an awful lot of coffee to come up with that kind of money.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 02:55 PM
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The same foreign governments that were paying their tuition?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (tAAke)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:57 PM (M1NWz)
River?
Posted by: Romeo13
Both, according to Wikipedia. A nymph, and one of the rivers of the Greek underworld.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (77rzZ)
High bail? Don't make me laugh. Hell, I paid more than that for m'boys in connection with infractions that weren't even violent.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:59 PM (gKWVE)
I knew a Cain
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:53 PM (M1NWz)
Your Sympathies have already been noted.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 02:54 PM (wBaIH)
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You know who else was named Adolph?
Oh.... wait.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (NcvvS)
"Atlanta Carrig-Braun" is kind of an intriguing name, so I looked her up. CBS News says she's 20 years old, Boston Herald says she's 24.
Which is more reliable?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (sKqQm)
Oh.... wait.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (krQz2)
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Eichman?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (VE6XX)
And Seth. There is a conflicted name
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 03:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at October 10, 2025 03:01 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 10, 2025 03:01 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: gar
yeah, you have been immune to understanding my position
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:01 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (5Yz+T)
Did he own a fried chicken restaurant? And did he make a mean fried fish sandwich?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:59 PM (gKWVE)
I knew a Cain - It's me donna
You know, I think Beelzebub Smith would be a cool name.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 10, 2025 03:01 PM (0sNs1)
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Mr. and Mrs. Marx.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (krQz2)
you want to carry the banner for Candace Owens and white knight for her and do all the things to validate whatever tf you believe about her...knock yourself out
that's all I got
this really isn't at the top of my list of things to get torqued about
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 03:03 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (mADJX)
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Might as well go all in and have Mephistopheles as the middle name.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 03:03 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 02:53 PM (M1NWz)
Your Sympathies have already been noted.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (BG2Yo)
Can't spell oven without "n"
Posted by: Or Candace for that matter at October 10, 2025 03:03 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (ewjUl)
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Except no one wants a hatch that styx.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:03 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at October 10, 2025 02:57 PM
I'll keep an eye out for one.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:03 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 10, 2025 02:54 PM (wBaIH)
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You know who else was named Adolph?
Oh.... wait.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (krQz2)
Guy who started Coors beer?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 03:03 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:03 PM (M1NWz)
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NBC10 Boston
Suffolk Assistant District Attorney Olivia Izzi asked for $5,000 bail, but Treseler went even higher, setting bail at $7,500, noting that (Haley) McIntyre (age 24, of Dorchester) had just been before the court about a year earlier on a disturbing the peace charge.
Treseler took particular exception to defense attorney Kylah Clay's argument that MacIntyre shouldn't be banned from Boston Common because 'they' need to attend classes at Emerson. He said he has no problem with 'them' attending classes, but said 'they' can walk around the Common. 🤣
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (BG2Yo)
Jimmy Kimmel mocks Kristi Noem on-air while laughing off Antifa as an “entirely imaginary organization.”
“You understand there’s no Antifa. This is an entirely imaginary organization. There is not an Antifa. This is no different than if they announced they rounded up a dozen Decepticons.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (63Dwl)
This is about power- their power over you.
They can never be let back into power again. Ever. Because what they did last time, will be nothing compared to what they will do next time.
This should motivate ever single person to get off their asses and vote.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (GH9Yd)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (krQz2)
It's actually common in property-damage cases that the prosecution agrees to a no-jail plea (or even dropping the charges altogether) that includes full or close to full restitution. The property owner who was damaged almost always prefers this outcome, because he gets money to repair.
That even happens in cases involving assault, at least back in the old days when my dad was a criminal defense lawyer. Guys would get into a fight, one would get the worst of it, and the other guy would pay $x and the prosecutor would drop it.
I think in many states there are even new rules requiring an attempt to make it about restitution rather than jail time.
For these motherfuckers, though? I would throw them out of the fucking country. But the prosecutors might not have had much of a choice.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Kratwurst at October 10, 2025 03:06 PM (36bTp)
Posted by: gar
indeed, which is why you gunned up, went to gaza
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:06 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 03:06 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:02 PM (mADJX)
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Might as well go all in and have Mephistopheles as the middle name. - "Perfesser" Squirrel
Beelzebub M. Smith. Why, that's a crackerjack name!
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:06 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 10, 2025 03:06 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (63Dwl)
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He needs a new title: Antifa Expert Jimmy Kimmel.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:06 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM
Yea, she went full Alex Jones, never go full Alex Jones. Bye Candy.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:06 PM (ewjUl)
“You understand there’s no Antifa. This is an entirely imaginary organization. There is not an Antifa. This is no different than if they announced they rounded up a dozen Decepticons.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (63Dwl)
Too bad for Jimmy no one watches him...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 03:07 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 03:07 PM (fsolL)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (3uBP9)
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Yeah, but who names their sausages?
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:07 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:07 PM (77rzZ)
Know what else is imaginary? Ratings. Imagine you have some. Better brush up the resume tubby. Because your contract aint getting renewed.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:07 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:06 PM (M1NWz)
Keep hiding until your fellow followers make it safe for you to come out and comment without an alias.
You are no different than any other Brown Shirt.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:07 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 10, 2025 03:07 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 03:08 PM (fsolL)
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at October 10, 2025 02:57 PM
I'll keep an eye out for one. - Minnfidel
Haw!!!
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:08 PM (mADJX)
That is why Obama got it and not Trump....
What a joke..........
Posted by: Jackson at October 10, 2025 03:08 PM (xl8DV)
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Formerly Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC
They moved part of their factory to Kentucky.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 03:08 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 03:05 PM (3uBP9)
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Yeah, but who names their sausages?
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:07 PM
The same people who name their mash Monster.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 10, 2025 03:08 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:06 PM (mADJX)
*kicks pebbles*
Posted by: Isembard Perinaceous Freely at October 10, 2025 03:09 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: Or Candace for that matter at October 10, 2025 03:03 PM (TbWk/)
Well, there is no N in "blood libel" but I am not sure what the term is for "encouraging accusations of blood libel" You could use that as a sock next time so you don't have to mince around making "suggestions"
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 03:09 PM (rbvCR)
Dudes, dude, I beg of you. Remember when you all said "the fastest way to make fascists is to accuse everyone that they are fascists"?
Yeah, think on that.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 03:09 PM (rbvCR)
You are no different than any other Brown Shirt.
Posted by: gar
I've been here since obama , using nics, you're saying nics is wrong?
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:09 PM (M1NWz)
How much $$$ did these paid viewers get ???
Posted by: Jackson at October 10, 2025 03:09 PM (xl8DV)
That is why Obama got it and not Trump....
What a joke..........
Posted by: Jackson at October 10, 2025 03:08 PM
Meh. Who cares. Libs love awards. Look at tall the phreaking award shows they have, like one a month to tell eachother how awesome they are. They invented participation trophies. Nobody really cares. Yassir Arafay won one FFS.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:10 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:10 PM (/p+XQ)
That is why Obama got it and not Trump....
What a joke..........
Posted by: Jackson at October 10, 2025 03:08 PM (xl8DV)
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It must fry their fritters to hear the new laureate praise Trump.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 10, 2025 03:10 PM (WvZaB)
Her contract may be better than his.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 10, 2025 03:11 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 03:11 PM (dfIr7)
What a joke..........
Posted by: Jackson at October 10, 2025 03:08 PM
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It devalued it when they gave it to Obama.
Obama is going to be side note almost everywhere but in the history of corruption.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:11 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:11 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:11 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:11 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 10, 2025 03:11 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:12 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 03:11 PM (dfIr7)
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And the other half swear they are the same thing as the organization that fought the Nazis in Germany.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:12 PM (krQz2)
Wait. Was he unbound?
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:12 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:11 PM
Funny or cool enough. She dedicated it to the people of Venezuela and Trump. Lefty heads gonna splode.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:12 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:12 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:12 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:11 PM (ewjUl)
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No. It starts with "ew".
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:12 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Toxic femininity is celebrated instead of curbed at October 10, 2025 02:58 PM (TbWk/) "
In the real world, it goes both ways; men need women, and women need men. that's the natural order of things.
Imbalance in either direction goes badly.
/ my0.02
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 03:13 PM (kHop/)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:11 PM (/p+XQ)
And I read the guy dedicated it to Trump.
Afternoon. Late to the show today but I've been drunk on Bryce Harper's sweet, sweet tears since late last evening.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 10, 2025 03:13 PM (LxER7)
I'm also reading that the 'deadline' for Nobel noms was back in January. So I say, push for 2026 if that floats your boat. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:13 PM (/p+XQ)
Know this, however. Apparently, "Styx" is a female name in their world.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 03:13 PM (dIske)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 03:13 PM (W2Pud)
No. It starts with "ew".
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:12 PM
LOL. I read it as You Joo!
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:14 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at October 10, 2025 03:14 PM (s9EN2)
Posted by: gar
it is sad there was a time you would have had something clever, now crashing out with ad hominem
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:14 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:14 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 03:14 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at October 10, 2025 03:14 PM (s9EN2)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:12 PM (ewjUl)
They were excited till this.. It really harshed their mellow
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 03:14 PM (VE6XX)
My favorite Gold Age Comic
And the other half swear they are the same thing as the organization that fought the Nazis in Germany.
They love to post pictures of soldiers in WW2 fighting Germans and saying "they were antifa too!" or something like that.
Never mind that Mac Zwbienski from Queens would break off a foot they kicked antifa ass so hard, hated communism, and opposed everything these fay twerps stand for
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 03:14 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 03:15 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 03:09 PM (rbvCR)
Don't have to suggest anything. The quasi-closeted anti-Semites are doing it themselves. Blood-libeling is what Jew haters do to Jews, you see. But then they retreat behind "just asking questions."
Posted by: Don't get drawn into their filthy stupidity at October 10, 2025 03:15 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:06 PM (mADJX)
*kicks pebbles* - Isembard Perinaceous Freely
Now, now, that's a nice name, too, Mr., er, I.P. Freely.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:15 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:15 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:12 PM (ewjUl)
They were excited till this.. It really harshed their mellow
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 03:14 PM (VE6XX)
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Maduro is a Chinese cutout in China's efforts to undermine America.
That the Nobel committee decided to put a thumb in his eye probably says more about the worldwide opinion of China than anything else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 03:15 PM (GBKbO)
>>11 Case Western Reserve University students and activists indicted for pro-Palestinian vandalism on campus last year have paid more than $350,000
So each of them paid $31,818.18? Really?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 03:16 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 03:14 PM
Yep. She's mort to me. Adios Candy.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:16 PM (ewjUl)
@RapidResponse47
The line at this food bank is filled with military families who have no idea when they'll get their next paycheck — all because of Chuck Schumer and Democrats.
Democrats should be ashamed of themselves, but that'd require them to have shame in the first place. Pathetic cowards.
https://tinyurl.com/4d6khm5h
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 03:16 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:16 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:16 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:07 PM (77rzZ)
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I think you're thinking of Propenis ... and he's shacked up with someone else on this blog. Just saying ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:16 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:16 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:17 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Crusader at October 10, 2025 03:14 PM (TN0g+)
Nah, she's 100% a grifter whose only allegiance is to the folks who will pay her...when normies stopped doing that, she started spouting the more outrageous stuff that more radicals (and likely more foreign governments/"other payers with interests in making the R party look bad any way possible") wanted her to do...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 03:18 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:18 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 03:16 PM (oKXMA)
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Hopefully they took out student loans
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 03:18 PM (GPa4z)
So each of them paid $31,818.18? Really?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 03:16 PM (oKXMA) "
willing to bet that it came to them laundered through several NGOs ... might even be us taxpayers, through usaid ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 03:18 PM (kHop/)
Nice. I have more than a couple R2Rs in the basement...finding tape has become the biggest issue with those.
Although Rhino recently announced a R2R re-issue campaign.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:19 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 10, 2025 03:01 PM (0sNs1)
Mr. and Mrs. Schicklgruber?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 03:19 PM (zjgNU)
Hakeem Jeffries is a piece of shit. That is all. - qdpsteve
Message received. Situation normal. Over and out.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:19 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
Side 1 of that LP is Peak MJ. And I have never come across a bad pressing of that one. Truly the pinnacle of Quincy Jones career, imo.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:20 PM (BG2Yo)
She was kinda leaning that way while at Shapiro's network and they booted her. She had some great stuff to say about black/white interactions and grievances in the past but really has lost her way, which is sad.
Tucker is just a grifter, he changes tracks every time he starts to lose audience.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 03:20 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:18 PM (77rzZ)
____________________________
Oh? I always thought it was just a river where you paid some tall morbid dude a couple plug nickels to get a boat to Secaucus, NJ (aka Purgatory)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 03:20 PM (dIske)
Peaceful protesters on Jan6 got years
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 03:20 PM (+qU29)
Right!!! as said by Nipsey Russell.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 10, 2025 03:20 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:20 PM (i24o9)
Acoustic Sounds also has an R2R line that's slowly growing, and includes titles such as the White Stripes' Elephant. Think I'll stick to their SACDs.
What R2Rs do you have, if you don't mind telling me? Do any work?
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:21 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 03:21 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Dumb As Dirt at October 10, 2025 03:21 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Comrade
why is anybody making Manhattan clam chowder?
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:22 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:22 PM (/p+XQ)
It really is just stew, I figure the name came because it has clams in it and the chef figured that's what you always call clam soup.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 03:23 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 03:20 PM (dIske)
Almost every natural feature was accompanied by a divine personification in Greek mythology.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 03:23 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:06 PM (mADJX)
*kicks pebbles* - Isembard Perinaceous Freely
Now, now, that's a nice name, too, Mr., er, I.P. Freely.
Posted by: Paco at October 10, 2025 03:15 PM (mADJX)
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I always wondered what "I. P." stood for.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 03:24 PM (IBQGV)
I have at least 4 that have been serviced in the last 4 years or so...don't recall the models that are down there right now. I know there are 2 Akai and at least one Teac and a Pioneer maybe?
And yeah, Off the Wall influenced LPs clear into the late 80s. It was THE sound people chased for about a decade.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:24 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:24 PM (77rzZ)
Democrats should be ashamed of themselves, but that'd require them to have shame in the first place. Pathetic cowards.
https://tinyurl.com/4d6khm5h
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 03:16 PM (NpAcC)
Senate passed the defense bill... all it needs is a Signature and Military gets paid.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: gar
he's a brownshirt too, according to jpost
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:25 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 03:20 PM
There's a Mr. Glen Beck holding on line three.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:26 PM (ewjUl)
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Two Democrats, same night:
Raskin: We can’t have people prosecuting the person who prosecuted them, that would be an endless cycle of prosecutorial vengeance.
Jeffries: When Democrats retake power, we’re going to seek prosecutorial vengeance.
Get your stories straight, guys.
https://tinyurl.com/zr4cby2w
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 03:26 PM (NpAcC)
Homer is sentenced to row the river. Of course when they show it, they blasted "Lady" as well.
Homer responds "this truly is hell!!!" ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:26 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 03:27 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:24 PM (77rzZ)
Can't be that ratio because I can't think of a single bean stew and some are barely more than a little liquid and beans.
I'm thinking it's likely the amount of meat in the soup makes it a stew.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 03:27 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 03:00 PM (0U5gm)
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I bet Case Western Reserve "reviews" his case six months from now and re-admits him for his final semester and gives him his diploma.
I put reviews in quotation marks because that's the intention as we speak.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 03:27 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: Minnfidel
Needs more corned beef.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 03:21 PM
Damn, now I am hungry for corned beef hash with eggs.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:27 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:27 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:28 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:28 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 03:29 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)
*******
There's no appropriations attached. Congress was laying out priorities for next year.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 03:29 PM (NpAcC)
Oh, dude...shipping those things is a nightmare. Pretty much have to build a crate for them.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:29 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
Ah, thanks. That makes sense.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Skip
She got married and had a couple of kids. Maybe her husband turned her.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:30 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:30 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Romeo13
I think the House passed an Omnibus (1 whole package). It probably can't be split up for Defense-only to be approved by itself, it would need a new House vote (which probably wont' happen as they have gone home already).
It's the Senate trying to blame House Republicans for "military doesn't get paid!" BS.
Posted by: Scott_T at October 10, 2025 03:30 PM (2waQ7)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 03:29 PM
My guess, someone is paying her. They have to be as her clicks must me declining due to it. Pretty on the outside, ugly inside.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 03:31 PM (ewjUl)
Side 1 of that LP is Peak MJ. And I have never come across a bad pressing of that one. Truly the pinnacle of Quincy Jones career, imo.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:20 PM (BG2Yo)
Mumbledy years ago, that was a big hit with the kids. A local HS was having a dance. Some of the HS girls pulled me up through the girls' bathroom* window, to sneak me into the dance.
When I got into the dance, Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough was the song that was playing. I'd forgotten that memory, until I reheard that song last year after not hearing it for decades.
*Yes, I was old enough to appreciate the magnificence and significance of that place.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:32 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Min
arguing over paying is not going to differentiate crazy from non-crazy now that Israel has started buying influencers
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:32 PM (M1NWz)
Although I never hear anything about Mila Kunis anymore, and I think Catherine Zeta-Jones is now in the witness protection program. :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:33 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:33 PM (BG2Yo)
It really is just stew, I figure the name came because it has clams in it and the chef figured that's what you always call clam soup.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 03:23 PM (dfIr7)
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I like Manhattan Style, but I think of it as a soup.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:33 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)
*******
There's no appropriations attached. Congress was laying out priorities for next year.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 03:29 PM (NpAcC)
Wow... can't believe they did that... talk about stuck on stupid. I thought it was the Defense Appropriations act...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 03:33 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:34 PM (/p+XQ)
The Bass line on that one is amazing.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:33 PM (BG2Yo)
Yep. That's how I stumbled across it. Now it is in my playlist.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:34 PM (i24o9)
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Trophies are meaningless. That's why we don't even want one.
Posted by: Cleveland Browns at October 10, 2025 03:34 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: qdpsteve
I think Mila turned out to be a pretty decent person. Heard some good stories about her many years ago. But that may have been pre-Trump, so who knows.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:35 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:35 PM (BG2Yo)
It really is just stew, I figure the name came because it has clams in it and the chef figured that's what you always call clam soup.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 03:23 PM (dfIr7)
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I like Manhattan Style, but I think of it as a soup.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 03:33 PM (krQz2)
I make it thicker than most, I think. Not watery enough to call it a soup.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:35 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:35 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:34
I liked that album and I haven't thought about it in forever and it reminds me of JR High dances.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 03:36 PM (BvTfc)
Then their 'retraction' sounded as if the entire FBI had guns to their heads. So now I have no idea what kind of people they are.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:36 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Bulg
didn't she and ashton go in hard for the costar that got sentenced for rape
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:36 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 03:37 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: garrett
Do you get a lot of Basque cuisine up where you are? I hear good things about that.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:37 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 03:38 PM (o1u+L)
It is reference quality and the Mastering is so good that there is almost an unlimited level of detail on a clean copy.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:38 PM (BG2Yo)
IMHO it's even better than Thriller.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:38 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 03:38 PM (o1u+L)
I am well-passed the point of pleasantries, but sadly most aren't.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 03:39 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2025 03:40 PM (UDARB)
Not really. Up until recently, we could only be relied on for world class steak. Anything else was almost always a compromise. In recent years there has been a bit of a surge in quality food options. But prior to that, most everything was coming to all the restaurants from Sysco.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 03:40 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 03:40 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett, Biggest Lefty On The Beach at October 10, 2025 03:40 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 03:38 PM (o1u+L)
I am well-passed the point of pleasantries, but sadly most aren't.
Posted by: Comr
maybe suggest bibi not found the next hamas
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:40 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: n at October 10, 2025 03:41 PM (M1NWz)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
It gets overshadowed by Thriller, I think, which is understandable but very unfortunate.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at October 10, 2025 03:43 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 10, 2025 03:44 PM (/p+XQ)
Posted by: Here we go at October 10, 2025 03:48 PM (ccG6d)
After my morning coffee, I had a movement for Palestine.
Posted by: Joe Mama at October 10, 2025 03:52 PM (2sMLA)
Posted by: Here we go
I think you meant college credentialed womyn.
Posted by: Joe Mama at October 10, 2025 03:53 PM (2sMLA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 10, 2025 03:55 PM (KKMuu)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 04:03 PM (dfIr7)
If they want their transcripts, say "we have no record of this student ever attending this college."
See, they don't have to pay a dime for the damages they caused, we'll just take back the degrees and keep the fees they paid in compensation.
I don't actually think that is unfair.
When I was in college, a student put soap into the school fountain, which then proceeded to suds up. They caught the kid, and he had to pay to clean the fountain, AND was placed on academic probation. And nobody batted an eye.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 04:03 PM (gDhA9)
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I've not been able to eat Manhattan Clam Chowder since the mid-seventies and a rather disgusting comic in a Mad Magazine. They explained the difference between New England Clam Chowder and Manhattan Clam Chowder with a stage prop. It was a used feminine hygiene product. The MC explaining the difference was a vampire.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 04:09 PM (dIske)
In September, the U.S. military attacked a Venezuelan speedboat carrying 11 people. Machado insisted to The Sunday Times that Trump was right to bomb the boat.
“I totally support his strategy,” Machado said. “And I’ve said on behalf of the Venezuelan people that we are very grateful. I think it is the right thing to do. It’s courageous. It’s visionary.”
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at October 10, 2025 04:12 PM (gDhA9)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 10, 2025 05:48 PM (wGqjj)
Posted by: M. Gaga at October 10, 2025 05:52 PM (TJQqd)
The campus is saturated with foreign students, both undergraduate and graduate. Many are from places that HATE America.
Posted by: Linda S Fox at October 11, 2025 10:45 AM (7Rs+y)
Ilya Shapiro: Impeach the Dangerous, Soft-on-Political-Assassinations Judge Who Gave the Man Who Planned to Murder Three Supreme Court Justice Just 8 Years in Prison
And remember -- Biden judge Deborah Boardman premised giving this would-be triple Supreme Court assassins a sentence far below federal sentencing guidelines because he decided in the past couple of years that he's Akshually a Woman, and Boardman, to stick it to Trump and the conservative justices he plotted to kill, "reasoned" that if he wouldn't be allowed to serve his sentence in women's prison he should get a lesser sentence.
This is straight-up incitement to leftwing transgender assassination, letting transgender killers -- who have murdered children and adults recently -- that Love Is Love, as long as you kill the right people. Ilya Shapiro is usually pretty milquetoast but he sees this as the winking approval of left-wing assassins that it is. (By the way, "assassin" can mean either a killer or an attempted killer. It is correct to call this man an assassin.)Via John Sexton. Sexton quotes another jurist on the need for impeachment.
Judge Deborah Boardman's lenient sentencing of Nicholas Roske--the man who plotted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh--represents not merely poor judgment but a fundamental breach of judicial responsibility. She should be impeached. I don't say this lightly--and I've never before called for the impeachment of a federal judge. This constitutional mechanism exists to preserve the rule of law from genuine abuses of power, not to punish decisions we disagree with. But when a judge's conduct reveals a disregard for her constitutional duty--and actively endangers the federal judiciary individually and collectively--we must consider the remedy the Framers provided. Roske wasn't a confused protester or an online provocateur. He traveled cross-country with a gun and burglary tools, arriving at Justice Kavanaugh's home in the middle of the night on June 8, 2022, prepared to kill him. He confessed that he acted out of anger over the Court's likely reversal of Roe v. Wade. Were it not for his last-minute hesitation, the United States would have faced its first targeted killing of a Supreme Court justice. Yet Judge Boardman imposed an eight-year sentence, far below federal guidelines and lenient even by the standards of some nonviolent offenses. Such a response to a premeditated assassination attempt on a sitting justice cannot be squared with the seriousness of the crime or the need to deter political violence. The record also suggests that Judge Boardman's leniency was influenced, at least in part, by ideological sympathy. In her sentencing remarks, she cited Roske's mental-health struggles and his alleged transgender status as mitigating factors, noting that one of President Trump's executive orders would affect Roske's ability to receive gender-transition medical care. However sincere her concern, the courtroom is not the place for identity-based indulgence. A judge's duty is to apply the law evenhandedly, not to validate the defendant's self-expression. This case reinforces the growing perception that America has a two-tiered justice system. Conservatives are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for political trespasses--some January 6 defendants were sentenced to more than 20 years--while left-wing violence is rationalized or excused. Had a Trump supporter armed himself to kill Justice Sonia Sotomayor, does anyone think the sentence would have been as light? Judicial legitimacy depends on the assurance that the law applies equally, regardless of a perpetrator's ideology. If a conservative justice's would-be assassin is treated as a victim rather than a criminal because his politics or gender identity align with progressive narratives, then equal protection of the law is a hollow promise. To call for impeachment here is to reaffirm that justice must be blind.
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Judge Boardman's conduct is doubly alarming against a backdrop of escalating political violence. The assassination of Charlie Kirk; the texted desire for the death of a political rival by Jay Jones (the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general); and the rise in ideologically motivated intimidation on and off campus reveal the thinning line between rhetoric and violence. Judges should serve as bulwarks against that trend, not its enablers. If the law means anything, it must mean that political violence--against anyone, for any cause--is met not with sympathy, but with justice. I've defended judicial independence my entire career. But independence is not impunity. When empathy eclipses duty and identity politics intrudes into the courtroom, judicial independence is corrupted.
In a year of preposterous district court decisions, this one takes the cake: Boardman gave a slap on the wrist to someone who planned and attempted the worst sort of political terrorism, it seems, because of her ideological sympathies. The decision is so potentially corrosive to our civic peace that Congress would be right to consider impeachment proceedings against Boardman... What Boardman did in the Roske sentencing is different in kind from simply bending the law to rule against a disfavored party; she seems to have openly excused political violence on ideological grounds. She did this both in her substantive sentencing decisions and in her given justifications at sentencing... At sentencing, Boardman reportedly was concerned about whether Roske would be placed in a women's prison and given hormone replacement. She wondered openly whether Roske's claimed transgender status should affect his sentence, and why, three years after the fact, Roske is actually a threat to the public. She observed, in the end, that she was "heartened that this terrible infraction has helped the Roske family accept their daughter for who she [sic] is." Boardman even speculated that Roske's terrorism was seeded in the challenges he had being transgender in a religious family. The left-wing terrorist became the real victim once he announced he was a "she."...The government is appealing this sentencing. But it will first be reviewed by the left-leaning Fourth Circuit. Here's the problem: If the Fourth Circuit affirms, then the next appeal is, of course, to the Supreme Court. Justice Kavanaugh will be pressured to recuse himself because he was the target of this psychopathic assassin. And the assassin planned to kill two other justices -- Coney-Barrett and Alito, if memory serves. Conservative justices do recuse themselves when they have a conflict. (Left-wing justices do not.) So that will mean the case will be decided by the three "conservative" justices who weren't targeted -- including the liberal Roberts -- and his three left-wing allies.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:35 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Beartooth at October 10, 2025 01:35 PM (kanec)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:36 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 01:36 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 01:36 PM (xcxpd)
The past 30 years have shown that it's very much the latter.
Sorry, but we need a better mechanism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:36 PM (GBKbO)
I'm right here, you know.
-- Elena Kagan
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:37 PM (77rzZ)
The past 30 years have shown that it's very much the latter.
Sorry, but we need a better mechanism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:36 PM (GBKbO)
I hear good things about hot tar...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (xcxpd)
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"I get no respect! No respect!"
-feathers
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (MNCvZ)
Long John Silver’s just ditched its fish logo — because fried chicken has taken over fast food
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:39 PM (EPFoG)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:39 PM (zjgNU)
country club memberships expire.
Posted by: John Thune at October 10, 2025 01:40 PM (abIsI)
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In that case, just let Thomas decide.
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 10, 2025 01:40 PM (s0JqF)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (RHGPo)
I have not had LJS on... over a decade? I liked the fried clams.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:40 PM (EPFoG)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:40 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 01:41 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (MNCvZ)
Just don't ask why you're being pulled over. They'll drag you out of the car and beat the shit out of you.
Posted by: Unquestioning obedience is demanded! at October 10, 2025 01:41 PM (TbWk/)
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"Nothing Will Happen Guy, please pick up the white courtesy phone..."
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at October 10, 2025 01:41 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:41 PM (krQz2)
On the other hand, that Justice very much wants to stay alive (presumably).
So I think the Justice has a *right*--a duty, even--to be on the panel to decide the criminal's fate, since the Justice's own life--as well as the lives of his fellow Justices--is in the balance.
I don't see the conflict of interest here.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 01:42 PM (IBQGV)
Long John Silver’s just ditched its fish logo — because fried chicken has taken over fast food
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (RHGPo)
Ironically, Long John Silver's has the best chicken of all the fast food places. (It's at least arguable vs. Chic-fil-a). So I guess that makes sense.
Incidentally, I was shocked to discover that White Castle has the best fish sandwish of all the fast food places.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:42 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (RHGPo)
I have not had LJS on... over a decade? I liked the fried clams.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:40 PM (EPFoG)
My favorite fast food and they closed all of them around me once Pepsi sold them.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:42 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (RHGPo)
Replace it with a rooster?
Posted by: Long John's Big Cocks at October 10, 2025 01:42 PM (TbWk/)
Transport the convict to prison via Pinochet Helicopter Service.
At Pinochet, We Love To See You Fly!™
Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 10, 2025 01:42 PM (wtvvX)
And the assassin planned to kill two other justices -- Coney-Barrett and Alito, if memory serves.
I have discussed the matter with my colleagues and consulted the Magic 8-Ball of Wisdom. We have decided that I shall rule on the basis of the planned assassination of Justice ACB, she shall rule on the basis of the planned assassination of Justice Alito, and he shall rule on the basis of the planned assassination of me. Consequently, no conflict exists. -- Justice KavKav
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:43 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2025 01:43 PM (kHop/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:40 PM
Are you sure they are clams?
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:43 PM (ewjUl)
On the other hand, that Justice very much wants to stay alive (presumably).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 01:42 PM (IBQGV)
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Definitely a conflict of interests.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:43 PM (krQz2)
Long John Silver’s just ditched its fish logo — because fried chicken has taken over fast food
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (RHGPo)
the bigger story is that LJS is still around.
that's a name i've not heard in a long time...
Posted by: Dark Helmet at October 10, 2025 01:43 PM (nXhwP)
x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1976338771005387068
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 01:43 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:43 PM (EPFoG)
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"Nothing Will Happen Guy, please pick up the white courtesy phone..."
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at October 10, 2025 01:41 PM (AOsQT)
Nothing is going to happen.
(Sorry, I was on the other line.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:43 PM (zjgNU)
Accused: "Your honor, I think I should get a reduced sentence because I an transgender.
Judge Orson: "Alright. Prove that to me. Cut your dick off."
Accused: "You don't think I will? Ok...(cuts it off)"
Judge Orson: "Bailiff, arrest that man for littering."
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 01:44 PM (dIske)
I was upset when Popeye's removed the fish filet from the menu.
the shrimp were just meh though
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 01:44 PM (dCxaZ)
/hangs head in shame
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:39 PM (zjgNU)
Don't worry, kid. Once you get a few seasons under your belt, you won't make little mistakes like that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:44 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM
It was replaced with the Ficken.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:44 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:44 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 10, 2025 01:44 PM (XvL8K)
I really want some beer battered fish and chips now.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:44 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:43 PM (ewjUl)
They were some sort of breaded mollusk matter.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:45 PM (EPFoG)
because he decided in the past couple of years that he's Akshually a Woman
So much for equal rights.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 01:45 PM (9LmFm)
Long way home but the weekend is coming
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 01:45 PM (xatjc)
Even they won't stop fucking me. Sigh.
Posted by: The Chicken at October 10, 2025 01:45 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: John Thune at October 10, 2025 01:40 PM (abIsI)
In fairness to John Thune, the House impeaches, the Senate holds the trial.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:45 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:39 PM (EPFoG)
No, that dude most certainly does NOT pass.
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 01:45 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at October 10, 2025 01:45 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 10, 2025 01:46 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:42 PM (EYmYM)
It's a 40 minute drive to our closest LJS (until they finish remodeling the one that's only 15 minutes away.)
We only go to that one once a year on International Talk Like a Pirate Day. It's my favorite made-up holiday.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:46 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 10, 2025 01:44 PM (XvL8K)
they should partner with taco bell and really OWN the colonoscopy prep market...
-_-
Posted by: Dark Helmet at October 10, 2025 01:46 PM (nXhwP)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:45 PM
Mmmmm mollusk matter!
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:46 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:44 PM (EYmYM)
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Saw some brits on X complaining that fish and chips isn't fish and chips without ... ¯\_(:/)_/¯
mushy peas.
Which is stupid, because it's not Fish, Chips and Mushy Peas. But it seemed to be a solid flank of Brits that hate American style fish and chips.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:46 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 10, 2025 01:44 PM (XvL8K)
Always a bit greasy, but good.
You know, I thought of hush puppies the other day. Hush Puppies are the peak of 'man, I have not had that in forever!' You go out and get some and every time it is like 'they're all right.' You remember them as being far better than they are.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:47 PM (EPFoG)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 01:38 PM (RHGPo)
_____
I had no idea they were still around. Haven't seen one in ages, and I travel a lot.
Meh on the logo change. Strikes me as another desperate rebrand like we just saw with Cracker B. If everyone is pimping fried chicken, isn't there a competitive advantage in pimping something different?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 01:47 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 10, 2025 01:47 PM (nXhwP)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
And my wedding anniversary. Too bad my wife and I didn't know that when we said our vows.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:47 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:46 PM (zjgNU)
(Oh, this "remodel" meant tear down the old one and build a new one, so it's been gone for 1.5 years now.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:47 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
That's what I been sayin' but muthafuckas don't listen!
Posted by: Upgrayedd at October 10, 2025 01:48 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:46 PM (krQz2)
They did make me like malt vinegar on my fried chicken though. Never have used it on my fries.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:48 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:47 PM (77rzZ)
It's also the wedding anniversary of the guy who created the holiday!
With his ex-wife.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:48 PM (zjgNU)
The consistency of oyster, with a mushroomy flavor coloring bathing in butter and garlic.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:48 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Case at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (9HFDU)
Person admits to thinking about doing a bad thing?! Where's my guillotine?!
Maybe(?) some good info/analysis from Reddit?
Isn't abandonment not an attempt? Every state, plus the feds, seem to have a different definition of attempt. Virginia needs a significant step. Turning herself in before it had been accomplished would likely be counted as a withdrawal.
Withdrawal is a defense to conspiracy, but not attempt at the federal level. There is no question she satisfied a substantial step.
Voluntary withdrawal and self-reporting are grounds for a downward departure or variance, which is what appears to have happened here. It's asking a lot to go lower when the target was also a judge, but 8 years seems steep given the facts and her obvious need for mental help.
“Hey, if you have a lucid moment, realize you need mental help, and stop, you might salvage a lot of a normal life,” would save more lives than an unwaverable maximum sentence.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (ycI94)
Number of times: 69
Heh
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
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It's hard out there for a pimp.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 01:47 PM (BI5O2)
Usually an impeached Leftist judge just gets elected to Congress.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (EYmYM)
Support nonviolent or we will kill you!
Also, we will sell your children into s*x slavery, they won't last long and they will die in terror and horror. We love it.
Posted by: Progtard Fuckwit at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (oyri5)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (EPFoG)
Posted by: Always check that oil temp at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:47 PM (EPFoG)
I have them at least annually and my experience is not mirroring yours. Hush puppies are amazing.
(I'd prefer corn fritters over hush puppies, though.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:50 PM (zjgNU)
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Definitely a lefty weapon, moron (non-hoard).
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:50 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 01:50 PM (ynpvh)
They also make the best Chicken Sandwich.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (hfcRv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Mussel Bound at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (oftw2)
It looks like an oyster but its not.
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (UjdFS)
Number of times: 69
Heh
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Somebody has WAY too much time on his hands. Slow law day?
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (EPFoG)
I think they or Taco Bell were sold because they took out all the Taco Bell /LJS combo stores and just left the Taco Bell.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:43 PM (ewjUl)
They were some sort of breaded mollusk matter.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:45 PM (EPFoG)
Now I am going to have to make Manhattan clam chowder for lunch.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (i24o9)
Any rational political party would force Jay Jones entirely from public life, along with Madmani, and the squad. Trevor Noah would be fired, as would Kimmel. The rectification should be done, and encouraged by both parties.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (GzARA)
I really like fish & chips but outside of UK it's hard to find good, authentic versions
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (iFTx/)
There was a guy who did it in my hometown in the Rocky Mountains. Good stuff, but he got busted for running coke out of the place after less than 2 years. Bummer.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Minnfidel
A-balone!
Posted by: Mussel Bound at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (oftw2)
Why so crabby? I won't flounder on the issue though.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Case at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (9HFDU)
They probably kept the guy in a SHU or other segregated unit for that reason. Chomos and kid killers don't do well in gen pop.
Posted by: Prison is a scary place. Don't go. at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (0U5gm)
Yeah, I said it, fuckwits.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (EPFoG)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:46 PM (krQz2)
They did make me like malt vinegar on my fried chicken though. Never have used it on my fries.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:48 PM (EYmYM)
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Yeah, it was F&C at Cooks of Ireland that got me deep into malt vinegar.
Penn Station offers it for their fries. It's the only think I get on my fries, there.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (krQz2)
Number of times: 69
Nice....
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (ycI94)
Number of times: 69
Heh
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Somebody has WAY too much time on his hands. Slow law day?
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (77rzZ)
___
Well, I didn't count them one by one. Search for any word on any thread, and it'll tell you how many times the word appears on the page.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
Step aside. Crab Balls!
Posted by: Dirty Dick's Crab House at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (oftw2)
I really like fish & chips but outside of UK it's hard to find good, authentic versions
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (iFTx/)
There was a guy who did it in my hometown in the Rocky Mountains. Good stuff, but he got busted for running coke out of the place after less than 2 years. Bummer.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (BI5O2)
He was putting coke in the batter.
Posted by: Kept them coming back for more at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (EPFoG)
Posted by: Minnfidel
A-balone!
Posted by: Mussel Bound
No one scall opscape the mollusk puns!
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Always check that oil temp at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (TbWk/)
And close scene for LJS ad featuring oil-soaked food-adjacent matter.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Minnfidel
A-balone!
Posted by: Mussel Bound
No one scall opscape the mollusk puns!
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (77rzZ)
you're being a bit shellfish with your puns...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 01:54 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:51 PM (EYmYM)
Wow, I had no idea, but it appears the LJS was sold to "Four Oak Partnership" in 2022 and is no longer part of YUM! Brands.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:54 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at October 10, 2025 01:55 PM (AOsQT)
Used to be the best thing on their menu, but... not so much lately.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 01:55 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Charlie, the Tuna at October 10, 2025 01:55 PM (F7SWO)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 10, 2025 01:55 PM (GPa4z)
That must have been REALLY good stuff.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 01:55 PM (gKWVE)
Yeah, I said it, fuckwits.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (EPFoG)
Someone had to.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:55 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:48 PM (EYmYM)
malt vinegar on fries is sooo good. especially natural cut when they get to soak up the vinegar...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 10, 2025 01:56 PM (nXhwP)
There are way too many judges across this country that give lenient sentences. I wish they all could be impeached, but they all know they are safe.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 01:56 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (0U5gm)
We do pretty good beer battered version. FiL likes doing it in a cajun-style, cornmeal-based fish fry, which is good, too, for a change of pace.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:56 PM (i24o9)
how did we get from impeaching judges to comparing fast food fish offerings?
in under 100 comments
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at October 10, 2025 01:57 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:52 PM (i24o9)
Manhattan Clam Chowder is an abomination.
Tomato sauce with clams? What is wrong with New York?
(Answer: A LOT)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:57 PM (zjgNU)
Whenever I see filet-o-fish mentioned, I think of Oliver Willis. I think Ace made the connection many years ago, but I don't even remember why (aside from Willis a fat disgusting Lefty retard). Maybe that's enough.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 10, 2025 01:57 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Minnfidel
A-balone!
Posted by: Mussel Bound
No one scall opscape the mollusk puns!
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (77rzZ)
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I don't like the puns, but it won't make me an anemone.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:57 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 01:57 PM (gKWVE)
how did we get from impeaching judges to comparing fast food fish offerings?
in under 100 comments
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at October 10, 2025 01:57 PM (AOsQT)
leftists judges are cheap, easy, and fattening?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:53 PM (EPFoG)
Japanese eat a lot of cooked fish too.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (zjgNU)
I had outstanding fish and chips in Dover, (not Delaware).
when I returned stateside I visited the local Brit-owned pub to repeat the experience. It didn't work.
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (dCxaZ)
in under 100 comments
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at October 10, 2025 01:57 PM (AOsQT)
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We're efficient.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (krQz2)
Used to be the best thing on their menu, but... not so much lately.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 01:55 PM (dfIr7)
Never had a filet o fish but I bet you would get the mouth burns just like with the apple pie fresh out of the fryer.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (QsMb/)
Not changing the fry oil often enough is another, gives it a nasty taste
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (dfIr7)
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Now do praying within line of sight to an abortion clinic.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 01:57 PM (gKWVE)
Tempura for fish, shrimp, veggies...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 01:41 PM (0U5gm)
Several of the rogue judges are trying to interfere with Trump and team's efforts at 'purging all of the deep state seditionists from federal positions and trying to prevent the bankruptcy' and in fact could themselves be seen as deep state seditionists. It would be nice if the congresscritters would make themselves useful and drop the entire federal judiciary outside SCOTUS.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (ULPxl)
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Because of the lack of mushy peas?
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (krQz2)
FBI got warrants to tap the phones of Senators. What Judge signed off on that? Clearly they had no intent to protect even basic liberties.
A Judge who signs a bad warrant, is taking a Civil Right under Cover of Law, and should be prosecuted as such.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (dCxaZ)
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Now do praying within line of sight to an abortion clinic.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (oSeBJ)
Especially SILENT praying, like that gal arrested in the UK...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (oZ3Fs)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:56 PM (i24o9)
That’s how all catfish is fried down here. Have about 5 catfish joints around me . If I can’t get the beer battered today I’ll settle on some fried catfish.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (EYmYM)
in under 100 comments
Posted by: Don Black
Mayor McCheese declared Mcdonaldland a sanctuary jurisdiction?
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (77rzZ)
Tomato sauce with clams? What is wrong with New York?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:57 PM (zjgNU)
It is an abomination only for people with no taste buds.
Ever had Cioppino?
You have not lived until you've had a good Cioppino.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: The Hail I Identify as Mary play at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (TbWk/)
Its actually quite good, but its not chowder. The flaw is in the name, its like calling pizza a cake.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (dfIr7)
Japanese do fried well. Tempura is very good.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 10, 2025 02:00 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (dCxaZ)
Why was it lent? I'm not gonna return it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:00 PM (ynpvh)
How about that? Boardman is also the judge who tried to block Trump's birthright citizenship EO.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 02:00 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (EYmYM)
It's pretty good with halibut. A bit dryer than with catfish, but tasty.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:00 PM (i24o9)
corrupt libtard judges are a dime a dozen, whereas a good filet o fish is hard to locate, my lad
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 02:00 PM (dCxaZ)
Judge Kagan ruled Obamacare was constitutional after writing Obamacare.
I don't want to hear a single right leaning judge EVER recuse themselves.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:00 PM (sKqQm)
I give you exhibit A. (Start at about 1:05)
"The whole world is watching". How original.
https://is.gd/ds5NuG
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:01 PM (Riz8t)
They should serve it on Fridays. Although I can't stand the sweet rolls.
Has anyone tried their steak nuggets yet? Somehow I expect they taste like disappointment and regret.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:01 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Brad Hamilton at October 10, 2025 02:01 PM (QsMb/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:00 PM (ynpvh)
All food is only lent.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 02:01 PM (dGCAG)
Yeah, we know that you know it's a coup. Get on with it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 02:02 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:02 PM (dfIr7)
x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1976641276440121529
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:02 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Axeman
100% true! It even LOOKS better, with better batter/crust and bread: https://tinyurl.com/bdfpmhpr
True fish and chips without the bread is still better, and more expensive chains have slightly better sandwiches, but the Whaler is the best value.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 10, 2025 02:02 PM (ycI94)
Ever had Cioppino?
You have not lived until you've had a good Cioppino.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (i24o9)
Fist bump
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 02:02 PM (QsMb/)
I don't know what the prospects of appealing a sentencing decision actually are though. I think it's far more likely they decline to review, not because they agree with the sentencing or its reasoning (i would expect something along the lines of "we find this sentence to be ridiculously lenient, and the judge is bad and should feel bad, but we won't/can't change it because of partiality/conflict of interest" if not in the denial itself, then in a concurrence), than that they take the case and let it stand.
Posted by: tintex at October 10, 2025 02:03 PM (Yf6Vn)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 10, 2025 01:57 PM (zjgNU)
It is an abomination only for people with no taste buds.
Ever had Cioppino?
You have not lived until you've had a good Cioppino.
*cough*
Posted by: Frutti di Mari at October 10, 2025 02:03 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:00 PM (ynpvh)
All food is only lent.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 02:01 PM (dGCAG)
lol
Wife is into these vids of some tiny chick who does eating competitions and challenges. All I can think of is potential plumbing problems, and it is off-putting, even though the lady seems nice enough.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:03 PM (i24o9)
You have not lived until you've had a good Cioppino.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (i24o9)
That's not what the Italians call trans surgery, is it?
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 02:03 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Perhaps we can compromise with "pie".
Posted by: Chicago Deep Dish at October 10, 2025 02:04 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:04 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: mikeski pronounced it wrong at October 10, 2025 02:04 PM (UKYKn)
But to me it is just another example and I am unable to gin up outage just because the thug intended to kill elite SCOTUS appointees rather than normal folks.
Posted by: PaleRider at October 10, 2025 02:04 PM (kdHU2)
You have not lived until you've had a good Cioppino.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (i24o9)
That's not what the Italians call trans surgery, is it?
No, that's Choppo di Weinero.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:04 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Halfhand at October 10, 2025 02:05 PM (NOKcj)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:56 PM (i24o9)
That’s how all catfish is fried down here. Have about 5 catfish joints around me . If I can’t get the beer battered today I’ll settle on some fried catfish.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (EYmYM)
my dad also used crappie in the cajun/mexican batter for the fish fry. would use that and plain batter for the catfish too.
man, those were good days.
then there was the neighborhood wild game feast...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 10, 2025 02:05 PM (nXhwP)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:06 PM (i24o9)
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Now do praying within line of sight to an abortion clinic.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (oSeBJ)
If the SMAHHHHRRRT people think it's all BS why do they get so upset about such things?
Would a (normal) parent be sad or angry if the kid told the parent that Santa Claus wasn't going to bring that parent any presents???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 02:06 PM (ULPxl)
x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1976641276440121529
So the air force vet is saying guys on the ground in ICE are cowards?
Does he want ICE agents to detain invaders from a KC-135 Stratotanker?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:06 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:06 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 10, 2025 02:04 PM (kdHU2)
It’s not the specific person but the office which is the enhancement. I don’t have a problem with that.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:06 PM (EYmYM)
You have not lived until you've had a good Cioppino.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (i24o9)
That's not what the Italians call trans surgery, is it?
No, that's Choppo di Weinero.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:04 PM (Riz8t)
slicing the old geoduck...so to speak, molluscally.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:06 PM (ynpvh)
in under 100 comments
Trump, Putin and the Jews must be afraid of something being released, and are distracting us! Release the Epstein files, too!!!
(And, speaking of crazy Jew-hating Lefties, I hope we have a thread today on Hasan Piker shocking his dog lol)
Posted by: Deranged Leftist Apologist at October 10, 2025 02:06 PM (ycI94)
Yes, and their onion rings are very good, too, although sadly not at all locations any more.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: the way I see it
Yep. I always check the label when I buy canned fish products. "Product of Spain," fine. "Product of Norway," fine. "Product of China," not fine, back on the shelf.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (77rzZ)
man, those were good days.
then there was the neighborhood wild game feast...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 10, 2025 02:05 PM (nXhwP)
During the bluegill spawn, we'd catch hundreds as a group of neighborhood kids, then clean them en masse. Someone's Mom would then fry them up. Those were the days.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:02 PM (dfIr7)
I loved their fish tacos. There was an LJS/A and W combo in Montrose, CO. Would stop there any time I was down that way.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (dGCAG)
Back when I was still working, it was obvious that Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) would one day garner a Nobel. I know someone else who thought he was going to get it. He must be disappointed.
https://is.gd/7g2Kb4
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (Riz8t)
in under 100 comments
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Because we've discussed the former 100 times in the last 9 months but the latter perhaps once or twice in that same time frame?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Shoefly the Boxing Mule at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (ufJfM)
Trespassing in the People's House is worth 4 years in prison, but trying to actually assassinate three senior members of the government is only worth 8?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
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I'd rather have Gumbo.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:06 PM (krQz2)
You can and should have both.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (i24o9)
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"I'm getting a mate?!"
-Gumby
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (GBKbO)
FBI got warrants to tap the phones of Senators. What Judge signed off on that? Clearly they had no intent to protect even basic liberties.
A Judge who signs a bad warrant, is taking a Civil Right under Cover of Law, and should be prosecuted as such.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (mP0Kj)
Not to let judges off the hook at all but when they approve warrants they typically go off the sworn affidavit of the officer. As we keep finding out, the cops lie their asses off on these things, provide poorly-sourced or nonexistent information, or give them testimony of a paid CI as if it's gospel truth. So while judges need to be held accountable for their sloppy rubber-stamping, there need to be felony false statement and perjury charges for the cops who present the applications.
Posted by: Corruption and turtles all the way down at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (TbWk/)
Let's take fish, bread it...then put it in more bread.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (sKqQm)
Yes, and their onion rings are very good, too, although sadly not at all locations any more.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (EXyHK)
Not many locations locally...there is one close to where my wife is buried, but it's a KFC/Long John Silver...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tintex
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I doubt that. Federal sentencing guidelines set downward departure criteria for the entire circuit and that would enshrine trannyism as a reason for a softer sentence. Remember, Scotus can always simply Grant cert, Vacate the lower level court decision, and Remand to the lower court to get it right. Aka GVR.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:03 PM (i24o9)
The mukbang vids are the ones I can't watch. People intentionally gorging themselves, and sometimes throwing up, or at least gagging.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:58 PM (oSeBJ)
If the SMAHHHHRRRT people think it's all BS why do they get so upset about such things?
Would a (normal) parent be sad or angry if the kid told the parent that Santa Claus wasn't going to bring that parent any presents???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 02:06 PM (ULPxl)
I don't even think it's about God or disbelieving.
I think it's using the power of the State to crush dissent from party doctrine. The praying is the topic at hand, but not the actual goal.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: BurtTC
I think fish tacos are kinda disgusting. Don't know why.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (77rzZ)
man, those were good days.
then there was the neighborhood wild game feast...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 10, 2025 02:05 PM (nXhwP)
During the bluegill spawn, we'd catch hundreds as a group of neighborhood kids, then clean them en masse. Someone's Mom would then fry them up. Those were the days.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (i24o9)
I always thought crappie was a terrible name for a fish...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:10 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Always check that oil temp at October 10, 2025 01:49 PM (TbWk/)
Correct. It needs to be hot enough to put an entire public "housing estate" at risk, or don't even bother.
("housing estate" is what they call "the projects" over there, and at one time a major cause of UK fires was cheap electric "chip pots" that didn't have thermostats.)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 02:10 PM (qpyNK)
I always figured it should be “not unusual at all” if not routine. I bet it is only a handful. Congress has long abdicated their duty. They shouldn’t be confirming many of these clowns in the first place, but that is a different issue, maybe.
Very sad state of affairs and entirely unnecessary
Posted by: Common Tater at October 10, 2025 02:10 PM (usFPI)
Its actually quite good, but its not chowder. The flaw is in the name, its like calling pizza a cake.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (dfIr7)
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Correct. I like the cream version better, but it's a much heavier concoction. More like a full meal than a soup or appetizer. The NY version is better as an appetizer, which is how I view soup.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 02:10 PM (iFTx/)
Agreed. People who pray to God aren't praying to the state or Moloch.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:10 PM (sKqQm)
Let's take fish, bread it...then put it in more bread.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (sKqQm)
that's not as crazy as biscuits and gravy.
let's take dry flour (biscuit) and cover it with wet flour (gravy)...
-_-
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 10, 2025 02:10 PM (nXhwP)
Back when I was still working, it was obvious that Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) would one day garner a Nobel. I know someone else who thought he was going to get it. He must be disappointed.
https://is.gd/7g2Kb4
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (Riz8t)
Al Gore for inventing the internet?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Corruption and turtles all the way down at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (TbWk/)
These were Senators... no way the Judge did not know that, and thus should have really taken a good look at the predicate reason for the warrants...
And it was... Election Interference?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:00 PM (ynpvh)
All food is only lent.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 02:01 PM (dGCAG)
transient
Posted by: Just passing through! at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (TbWk/)
*cough*
Posted by: Frutti di Mari
While in Kosovo, tons of the NATO staff would go to a local Italian base on Friday for their frutti di mare lunch. My American predecessors (farm boys from Iowa) went, and described it to me as being served "a bed of pasta, topped with a pile of whatever a net dragged up off the bottom of the ocean." They weren't impressed.
Posted by: Military Moron at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (Riz8t)
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Man... my grandmother used to make an awesome Gumbo. All the seafoods in it.
*drools*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (Q4IgG)
Since there are no penalties to avoiding the political risk why would they?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
that sounds like an Aussie or Canucki sentence term
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (dCxaZ)
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I don't even think it's about God or disbelieving.
I think it's using the power of the State to crush dissent from party doctrine. The praying is the topic at hand, but not the actual goal.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (oSeBJ)
Oh, definitely. It just seems to me that some of the idiots get very *agitated* about something which they claim doesn't exist.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Columbo's Gumbo at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (4DY5T)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 01:59 PM (mP0Kj)
Not to let judges off the hook at all but when they approve warrants they typically go off the sworn affidavit of the officer. As we keep finding out, the cops lie their asses off on these things, provide poorly-sourced or nonexistent information, or give them testimony of a paid CI as if it's gospel truth. So while judges need to be held accountable for their sloppy rubber-stamping, there need to be felony false statement and perjury charges for the cops who present the applications.
Posted by: Corruption and turtles all the way down
Most the the 'judges' signing search warrants like the Mar A Lago POS are actually magistrates who are non lifetime tenured judges to handle misdemeanors, search and arrest warrants, etc. Long time ago prior to 1968, they were called Commissioners.
"Magistrate judges are appointed by a majority vote of the federal district judges of a particular district and serve terms of eight years if full-time, or four years if part-time, and may be reappointed." From wiki.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 10, 2025 02:04 PM (kdHU2)
It’s not the specific person but the office which is the enhancement. I don’t have a problem with that.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:06 PM (EYmYM)
It's because this is an offense not just against them, but is also an act of insurrection against the United States. Also historically that is the kind of thing that starts civil wars.
In merrye olde England, attacking the King and his top level Officials was what merited being drawn and quartered, in order to discourage the practice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (ULPxl)
probably because seafood doesn't have any?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Well, fish. So a different female sex organ.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Doesn't Matter at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (JCLJi)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (i24o9)
Having it for lunch. Big Easy frozen Chicken and Sausage gumbo. Just have to add some Uncle Ben’s microwave rice. Taste just like the Southwest Louisiana style gumbo I’m used to .
No okra !!
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:13 PM (EYmYM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY0IfTSHsHk
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (Riz8t)
______
There's a new Tron?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 02:13 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: BurtTC
I think fish tacos are kinda disgusting. Don't know why.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (77rzZ)
I use to have that opinion, even as a lover of fish, until I had good ones. Most offerings do not measure up. It's gotta be fresh fish, with a blackened, mild whitefish being best.
Most joints just throw in some deep-fried, breaded fish or shrimp of unknown provenance, throw on some day old veggies and some cream of some young guy only The Blade would eagerly anticipate.
They don't do the genre justice.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:13 PM (i24o9)
Trespassing in the People's House is worth 4 years in prison, but trying to actually assassinate three senior members of the government is only worth 8?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
The justice system, isn't.
I love those Euro countries though, where someone is convicted of murder, gets a 30 year sentence, and is out in 10.
Third world shitholes.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 02:13 PM (dGCAG)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY0IfTSHsHk
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (Riz8t)
______
There's a new Tron?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 02:13 PM (iFTx/)
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I hear the movie that comes with the soundtrack isn't worth it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:13 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:00 PM (ynpvh)
All food is only lent.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 02:01 PM (dGCAG)
transient
Posted by: Just passing through! at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (TbWk/)
The "transients" in my neighborhood seem to stick around...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:13 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (pzbAv)
Posted by: Corruption and turtles all the way down at October 10, 2025 02:08 PM (TbWk/)
These were Senators... no way the Judge did not know that, and thus should have really taken a good look at the predicate reason for the warrants...
And it was... Election Interference?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (mP0Kj)
"So you're saying some Brit poofter named Christopher Steele told you that Donald J Trump paid Russian hookers to pee-pee on a bed...?"
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (ULPxl)
The idea of assassinating Kav or Trump is not just to kill that guy, but to deny the whole of the electorate their choice by killing the person doing what the electorate wants and terrorizing other pols into not doing what the populace wants as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (sKqQm)
Pretty much everyone is crapping on it, even the fish.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (W2Pud)
No different than crab. Just don’t get China raised catfish.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (EYmYM)
Johnson signed a ridiculous executive order creating “ICE-Free Zones” to ban federal agents from using city-owned properties and property of unwilling private owners as staging areas for immigration enforcement.
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (Riz8t)
review i saw today said that tron was proof that AI needed to hurry up and destroy hollywood...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (nXhwP)
Posted by: Max Power at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Stop ruining my childhood! at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Common Tater
The first one was Samuel Chase, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:15 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (W2Pud)
Says the hummus purveyor.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:15 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:15 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
A fish thread with boobs? So, mermaids?
https://tinyurl.com/33v2m8jj
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 10, 2025 02:15 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (77rzZ)
Word. Les tacos au poisson sont dégoûtants
Posted by: Polka will never die at October 10, 2025 02:15 PM (ilW4z)
It is junk fish, bottom feeder with a weird texture. But if you bread it in cornbread in small parts and fry it up, its actually good. The only way that its really edible though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:15 PM (dfIr7)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY0IfTSHsHk
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (Riz8t)
______
There's a new Tron?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 02:13 PM (iFTx/)
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I hear the movie that comes with the soundtrack isn't worth it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:13 PM (GBKbO)
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I'm still reeling from the stench of Superman ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 10, 2025 02:16 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Stop ruining my childhood! at October 10, 2025 02:14 PM (TbWk/)
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The first Tron is a plodding, visually inventive fantasy that follows very basic tropes very closely.
The second Tron is a visually spectacular fantasy that follows very basic tropes very closely while having an awesome soundtrack.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:16 PM (GBKbO)
I always figured it should be “not unusual at all” if not routine. I bet it is only a handful. Congress has long abdicated their duty. They shouldn’t be confirming many of these clowns in the first place, but that is a different issue, maybe.
Very sad state of affairs and entirely unnecessary
Posted by: Common Tater
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G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, March 11, 2010, on charges of accepting bribes and making false statements under penalty of perjury; Convicted by the U.S. Senate and removed from office, December 8, 2010.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 02:16 PM (WDjG6)
@MariaCorinaYA
4h
"This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!"
In Spanish, she called him "El Presidente Trump." That needs to go on a red sombrero he's wearing and be an AI meme!
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 02:16 PM (gWBY1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY0IfTSHsHk
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (Riz8t)
Neither are most of the viewers reviewing in on the IMDB.com. One word popped up the most frequently:
Souless.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 10, 2025 02:16 PM (/HDaX)
so wall street is mad he got peace in gaza??/
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 10, 2025 02:16 PM (nXhwP)
Ah yes, i'm obviously not a lawyer or an expert. I think you nailed the likely course this takes then (unless the 4th CCA surprises us and disposes of the matter themselves)
Posted by: tintex at October 10, 2025 02:17 PM (Yf6Vn)
Fifteen in 250 years.
Eight convicted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:17 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
I mentioned Adam Kinzinger.
Although there's long been rumors that he's been out and about on Grindr, so he might be more into cod.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:17 PM (gKWVE)
so wall street is mad he got peace in gaza??/
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 10, 2025 02:16 PM (nXhwP)
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Dude was saying yesterday that the stock market is lower than it was under Biden.
Dude is a moron who likes eating shit pebbles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:17 PM (GBKbO)
The second Tron is a visually spectacular fantasy that follows very basic tropes very closely while having an awesome soundtrack.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:16 PM (GBKbO)
I do not regard the opinions of illiterate assholes.
Posted by: Back to a shticky situation at October 10, 2025 02:17 PM (TbWk/)
In Alaska, McDonalds has the "Denali Mac", which is a Big Mac with two QP patties.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 10, 2025 02:17 PM (qpyNK)
Now: Oh my Gaia the stock market went down today - obviously we are in a depression!
Posted by: The left at October 10, 2025 02:17 PM (sKqQm)
Because they are disgusting. You bite in expecting taco and get trout
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:17 PM (dfIr7)
When, the Posse Commitatus Law, is just that, a Law passed in 1878.
Rule it illegal? one thing.... Unconstitutional? uhhhh...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:18 PM (mP0Kj)
They should have paid extra to get Daft Punk to do the soundtrack again. Mistake.
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 02:18 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 02:12 PM (W2Pud)
Can I have yours?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 10, 2025 02:18 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (77rzZ)
The trick is, if you're going to pick her up after work, have her go home and shower real good.
Then it doesn't taste like a fish taco anymore.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 02:18 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:18 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
I mentioned Adam Kinzinger.
Posted by: gKWVE
There's no way I'm motorboating Adam Kinzinger.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 10, 2025 02:18 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:15 PM (dfIr7)
Catfish, if properly cared for and prepared should be mild and and maybe a little sweet. Excellent choice for fish tacos.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:18 PM (i24o9)
Hat tip, hide her scented soaps and body washes.
Posted by: Some moron that knows at October 10, 2025 02:19 PM (sKqQm)
I mentioned Adam Kinzinger.
Although there's long been rumors that he's been out and about on Grindr, so he might be more into cod.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:17 PM (gKWVE)
If I had to guess, I'd say he's a powerbottom.
Posted by: Raw muscle glutes at October 10, 2025 02:19 PM (TbWk/)
He claims that the founding fathers would have been aghast at the idea of one state sending troops to another state.
They literally wrote concerns about one state invading another.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:19 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Back to a shticky situation at October 10, 2025 02:17 PM (TbWk/)
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Ouch, baby. Very ouch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:19 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 10, 2025 02:20 PM (YlWIZ)
so wall street is mad he got peace in gaza??/
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 10, 2025 02:16 PM (nXhwP)
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Dude was saying yesterday that the stock market is lower than it was under Biden.
Dude is a moron who likes eating shit pebbles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:17 PM (GBKbO)
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Profit-taking. It was bound to happen after the yuge run in the past month. And the Dow being down 1.3% is not a "crash" nor even a correction. It's barely more than noise.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 02:20 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:18 PM (i24o9)
Agree. If you want a large catfish taco just order a Catshish PoBoy😀
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:20 PM (EYmYM)
It is junk fish, bottom feeder with a weird texture. But if you bread it in cornbread in small parts and fry it up, its actually good. The only way that its really edible though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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US Farm raised or from managed ponds is fine, most of the stuff sold in restaurants if not specified as US Farm Raised is Asian crap from places like the Mekong in China. River catfish take on the stream characteristics which is why they are often called mudfish in the North.
Walmart is one place where you can get US Farm raised catfish both unbreaded filets which are fine with lemon pepper like most fish or breaded.
In some places, Kroger sells breaded catfish for deep or air frying along with hush puppies from US farm raised fish--Delta Pride brand.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 02:20 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (dfIr7)
Me too
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 10, 2025 02:16 PM (sKqQm)
^^^^ This
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 02:20 PM (iFTx/)
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And maybe something to do with a new threat of tariffs on China.
But yeah, roughly 1% drop? So much worse than the 20% Biden lost in October of 2022.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (jydDI)
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (gWBY1)
See where this goes, Democrats?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (/6hiI)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Some moron that knows at October 10, 2025 02:19 PM (sKqQm)
Perhaps, but I'd rather she soap it up than just spray it with parfoom.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:22 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:22 PM (EYmYM)
I accidentally bought Tron: Legacy on DVD a few years ago at a yard sale. It says “Tron” in huge letters and “Legacy” in tiny text. But it was only a buck, and turned out to be fun.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 10, 2025 02:22 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (gWBY1)
Hmm. May have to consider those in a pinch. Typically not a fan of battered/fried in fish tacos.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:22 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:22 PM (krQz2)
He claims that the founding fathers would have been aghast at the idea of one state sending troops to another state.
They literally wrote concerns about one state invading another.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:19 PM (dfIr7)
So when Washington sent troops in to stop the Whiskey Rebellion... uhhh...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:22 PM (mP0Kj)
Used to have a fish fastfood chain around here (PNW) called Skippers. Loved that place. Good food. Reasonable price.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 10, 2025 02:22 PM (IifOV)
Rule it illegal? one thing.... Unconstitutional? uhhhh...
Posted by: Romeo13
All that does is prevent active duty troops from arresting people without an Insurrection/martial law being invoked. It is not a general limitation of deployment of national guard troops by the Commander in Chief of federalized militias.
Both TROs (IL and OR) are going to get overturned.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 02:23 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 10, 2025 02:22 PM (EXyHK)
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I paid too much for the 3D edition because I wanted to see it in 3D.
I've never owned a 3D TV. Maybe one day I'll get a projector that can do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:23 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
I only get mine with the fresh cream pie filling. 😔
Posted by: David French at October 10, 2025 02:23 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (dfIr7)
Bridges is on my Boycott list. I can’t understand him these days anyway.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:23 PM (EYmYM)
Discuss.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Different genres, no? Comedy vs. crime/horror?
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:24 PM (77rzZ)
The Mermaid Inn in NYC has very good fish tacos. I had them last week.
I like catfish too. But here again, it has to be quality and prepared right.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 02:24 PM (iFTx/)
See where this goes, Democrats?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (/6hiI)
That's exactly where they want it to go. They don't need it pointed out.
Posted by: Yes Virginia they really do want us dead at October 10, 2025 02:24 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (gWBY1)
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Stan's does a good fish taco.
Non-franchise place in GR called Twisted Rooster had the *best* fish tacos I ever ate before it went out of business.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:24 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (gWBY1)
a place nearby has excellent fish tacos, made with mahi-mahi
dressed with pineapple salsa and pickled peppers of the heat you prefer
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 02:24 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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For fast food, I would agree.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 02:24 PM (WDjG6)
Discuss.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Different genres, no? Comedy vs. crime/horror?
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:24 PM (77rzZ)
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Hammer started in comedy, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:24 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Romeo13
He was an old white slave owner! His opinions on the Constitution don't matter!
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at October 10, 2025 02:24 PM (ycI94)
They were good. I always associated them with Sizzlers for some reason even though Sizzler was sit down.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:24 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 02:24 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Catfish is fine. Mahi-Mahi is king, especially fresh-caught.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:25 PM (i24o9)
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It's just a half a pound.
Posted by: Axeman
Do McDonald's in metric countries have quarter kilograms?
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:25 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:25 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (Q4IgG)
Halibut is good in fish tacos and ceviche.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 02:25 PM (QsMb/)
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It's just a half a pound.
Posted by: Axeman
Do McDonald's in metric countries have quarter kilograms?
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:25 PM (77rzZ)
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You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in Paris, France?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:25 PM (GBKbO)
"Sure, I'll rule that as long as you claim to be trans killing a Supreme Court justice is ok!"
No, I don't think Kagan would do that.
Posted by: SimoHayek at October 10, 2025 02:25 PM (8wsga)
Both TROs (IL and OR) are going to get overturned.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 02:23 PM (WDjG6)
It just amazes me that the Supreme Court immediately squashed all lawsuits about taking away rights during Covid, by saying they would not intercede during a crises...
Yet... lower courts are now interceding during a Crises.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 10, 2025 02:26 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 02:26 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:26 PM (krQz2)
Back when I was still working, it was obvious that Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) would one day garner a Nobel. I know someone else who thought he was going to get it. He must be disappointed.
https://is.gd/7g2Kb4
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 02:07 PM (Riz8t)
Al Gore for inventing the internet?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:11 PM (ynpvh)
Al Gore gets a lot of crap for many things - and deservedly so. However, several people who know something about the history of the internet, like Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn and Marc Andreessen, say that Al Gore actually did a lot to make the modern internet possible, especially from a legislative funding and sponsoring perspective.
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 10, 2025 02:26 PM (F7PeC)
María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader recently awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, has been an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, describing him as the "biggest opportunity we've ever had"for regime change in Venezuela.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 10, 2025 02:26 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:25 PM (i24o9)
Like that they had to change the name of that species of Dolphin.
No one would consider eating Flipper.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:27 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I'll probably regret this, but what do they call it?
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:27 PM (77rzZ)
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Yep, that’s what I figured. That should be the score for last year, not the entire history of the Republic.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 10, 2025 02:27 PM (usFPI)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 02:26 PM (RHGPo)
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Ann Coulter alleged in one of her books that McCain's dealings were all above board. But he took the bullet so that the Keating scandal would be bipartisan.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:27 PM (krQz2)
@MariaCorinaYA
4h
This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 02:28 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I'll probably regret this, but what do they call it?
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:27 PM (77rzZ)
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They call it a Royale with cheese. A Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it le Big-Mac.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:28 PM (GBKbO)
@MariaCorinaYA
4h
Este inmenso reconocimiento a la lucha de todos los venezolanos es un impulso para concluir nuestra tarea: conquistar la Libertad.
Estamos en el umbral de la victoria y hoy más que nunca contamos con el Presidente Trump, el pueblo de los Estados Unidos, los pueblos de América Latina y las naciones democráticas del mundo como nuestros principales aliados para lograr la Libertad y la democracia.
Venezuela será libre!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 02:28 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 02:21 PM (Q4IgG)
Buxton, near hatterass has a place for build your own fish tacos with blackened red snapper. it's to die for...
and if the weather breaks, i think i know where i'm going this weekend...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 10, 2025 02:28 PM (nXhwP)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I'll probably regret this, but what do they call it?
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:27 PM (77rzZ)
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Depends on who "they" are.
A significant group of people might call it "a quarter pounder with cheese in Paris, France"
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:29 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 02:29 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 02:29 PM (VE6XX)
The professional critics have been giving it mostly 1 star. Apparently the script is so incoherent they don't realize it's a Stunning And Brave Girlboss Fantasia of the type they'd normally clap like trained seals for.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 02:29 PM (2ocoG)
Apologists. Al Gore was just one of many politicians involved in the WWW. Though I would agree that his words were changed to make it seem worse.
He said ‘ He helped create the internet’
He didn’t say invent.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:29 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:28 PM (GBKbO)
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What do they call a Whopper?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 10, 2025 02:30 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:30 PM (sKqQm)
The professional critics have been giving it mostly 1 star. Apparently the script is so incoherent they don't realize it's a Stunning And Brave Girlboss Fantasia of the type they'd normally clap like trained seals for.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 02:29 PM (2ocoG)
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I suspect that Disney offered reviewers...incentives to be positive, but the bloom is off the rose and no one really cares about Disney's incentives anymore.
"Oh...I can interview whoever is starring in the new Marvel tv show? Some actor I've never heard of?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:30 PM (GBKbO)
Ah yes, i'm obviously not a lawyer or an expert. I think you nailed the likely course this takes then (unless the 4th CCA surprises us and disposes of the matter themselves)
Posted by: tintex
It gets weird but federal sentencing law passed in the 80's requires appellate courts to consider excessive downward departures. If a sentence is within the guidelines, then it is presumptively ok. But either upward or downward departures from that sentence range requires a district judge to put the reasons into the opinion in writing for appellate review if needed. US is appealing the sentence and the large downward departure stated reason appears primarily due sex change which to this point has never been AFAIK allowed as a reason in federal sentencing. Saying your sorry might get you a low end of the range, but not a downward departure. So it appears the judge is trying to introduce a new characteristic for downward departures. It has been awhile but there is a category for various departures based on family/personal reasons---none of those, to my knowledge apply to difficulties a troon might face in prison.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 02:30 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 02:29 PM (VE6XX)
... and even if it didn't, you could use it just for the hal ib ut.
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 02:31 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:28 PM (GBKbO)
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What do they call a Whopper?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 10, 2025 02:30 PM (WvZaB)
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I don't know. I didn't go into Burger King.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 02:31 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at October 10, 2025 02:31 PM (s9EN2)
Well the thread is floundering
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 02:30 PM (sKqQm)
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Where before it sword.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:31 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:29 PM (77rzZ)
I done wut I could.
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 02:31 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:09 PM (77rzZ)
Only ever had shark tacos, here.
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 02:31 PM (UnA8+)
@MariaCorinaYA
4h
This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 02:28 PM (aURVT)
In Season 2 of Amazon's Jack Ryan, the CIA was trying to help a liberal female politician defeat the corrupt, conservative (?!!) leader of Venezuela(??!!!). Machado is the real-life analogue to their protagonist, except that she's a conservative. And of course, Maduro is liberal. That season was like a bizzarro version of what is actually happening.
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 10, 2025 02:32 PM (F7PeC)
"That Liberty be victorious" sounds more like what I'd be aiming for.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:32 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 10, 2025 02:32 PM (5xuJ/)
Well it's not like you need to remind us to breathe either.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 02:33 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:33 PM (EYmYM)
"But we offered them gift baskets! And pre-viewing of Wonder Man!"
--Disney
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:34 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:34 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 10, 2025 02:32 PM (F7PeC)
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Yeah, they pretty well went off the rails, there. The third season made more sense, but their travel times between locations were way too short.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 10, 2025 02:34 PM (WvZaB)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 02:34 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 10, 2025 02:32 PM (F7PeC)
The Handmaid’s Tale.
It’s Hollywood
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:34 PM (EYmYM)
Yet... lower courts are now interceding during a Crises.
Posted by: Romeo13
Very old public safety precedents like Jacobson v. Mass (mandatory vaxx even though he had immunity). Lots of old epidemic based state and local laws from the 19th and early 20th century that became superpowered under Covid.
Want to change that, get rid or change those old state laws allowing quarantines, mandatory house or camp arrest, mandatory vaxxes, etc.
Most of the actual tyranny came from states, not the feds so much although they funded the vaxx and shoveled a lot of money to states to allow them to do it.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 02:35 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 10, 2025 02:35 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 02:34 PM (3uBP9)
What about fish boobs?
(HashtagMonsterRomance)
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 02:36 PM (UnA8+)
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It's frustrating.
All the TRO's and whatnot are not stopping things, but the delays give the opposition time to hide / protect the people or deeds that are being investigated or the admin is trying to stop.
If I knew I had days/weeks/months to stop doing something bad, would I stop today?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 02:36 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Romeo13
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They have ruled it: not a crisis.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:36 PM (krQz2)
They should have fuckin’ shotguns.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (EXyHK)
(HashtagMonsterRomance)
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 02:36 PM (UnA8+)
Mermaids really do smell like fish down there.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 10, 2025 02:32 PM (F7PeC)
I watched that season and thought it was awful. John Krasinski shoulda stuck with The Office. He’s not convincing at all as a tough guy…. And that Jack Ryan is not at all Clancy’s version in his books who’s a bookish guy (I know former Marine) who gets thrust into the action sequences reluctantly
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (lepZb)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 02:37 PM (RHGPo)
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RIFfing is Fundamental.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 02:38 PM (krQz2)
(HashtagMonsterRomance)
Posted by: XTC
That Sea Monkey Queen in the comic-books ads was hawt.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:38 PM (77rzZ)
Yeah I don't get trying to turn him into an action hero, he's an analyst.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 10, 2025 02:38 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 02:39 PM (EYmYM)
I had a sunscreen for my car and my wife was trying to fold it up and was having a problem. I explained, "you just fold it up, like a taco" [makes the universal taco hand sign] and she immediately got it. Then we had this big beach shade thing, a big tarp with rigid spring poles in it and I was trying to fold it, failing at it, and she explained, "like a taco" and BAM! I got it.
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 02:39 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 02:39 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 10, 2025 02:39 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 02:39 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 02:39 PM (3uBP9)
I have no idea why they left, they were always packed.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at October 10, 2025 02:39 PM (JaGQD)
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 02:40 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 02:41 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 02:42 PM (lepZb)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 10, 2025 02:34 PM (3uBP9)
What about fish boobs?
(HashtagMonsterRomance)
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 02:36 PM (UnA8+)
https://youtu.be/XZ3OPifyQZ8
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2025 02:44 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 10, 2025 05:50 PM (wGqjj)
CIA Operative Abigail Spanberger Doubles Down on Supporting the Child-Murder-Supporting AG Candidate and Letting Class III Sex Offenders Masturabate In Front of Little Girls In Girls Locker Rooms
The left-wing CIA Operative who is totally Not Racist refused to even look at Winsome Earl-Sears during the debate. Not a single glance. Not a single answer to a question. Not a single acknowledgement that there was another human being on the dais with her.
You know, usual left-wing "In this house..." racism. Of course she refused to withdraw her endorsement of Cop Killing Enthusiast Jay Jones, running to be Virginia's top law enforcement official.Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears came out swinging against what she called former Rep. Abigail Spanberger's dodges on calls for fellow Democrat Jay Jones to drop out of the attorney general contest after texts envisioning the murder of a Republican leader came to light. Throughout the debate, Spanberger mostly declined to make eye contact with Earle-Sears and ignored her when she was interrupted. Earle-Sears repeatedly addressed Spanberger directly during both women's answers but did not receive any direct responses in return. Early on, Earle-Sears interrupted Spanberger, asking her to give a direct answer. The Democrat told the moderators she was "aware of these messages" and that they were "absolutely abhorrent." "I denounced them when I learned of them and I will denounce them every chance I get," Spanberger said, as Earle-Sears interjected once more to attempt to press for a straight answer. "I didn't hear an answer on [the Jones] question," co-moderator Deanna Albrittin told Spanberger.Why do we still allow left-wing propagandists to "moderate" debates? The "moderators" attempted to draw a comparison between Spanberger's refusal to call on Jones to withdraw, and Winsome Earl-Sears' backing of Trump. They actually equated Spanberger's endorsement of Jones with Trump's much-abused statement that Liz Cheney wouldn't be so quick to send men to die in wars if she had to face enemy rifles herself. The left-wing moderators demanded she be more forceful in denouncing Trump.
Since Earle-Sears had already called for Jones to drop out, the moderators asked her instead about President Donald Trump's stated "hate" for political opponents after the murder of Charlie Kirk. Earle-Sears later turned to Spanberger and admonished her for refusing to give a yes-or-no answer on Jones, asking whether it would take Jones "pulling the trigger" to actually condemn what he had said about then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah.That exchange below. Note that the CIA Operative stares ahead and even S M I R K S as Earl-Sears asks what it would take for her to disavow Jay Jones.
WINSOME EARLE-SEARS: 'What Would it Take [Jay Jones]? Pulling the Trigger?'
— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) October 9, 2025
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican candidate for governor, questioned Abigail Spanberger why she hasn’t asked Jay Jones to drop out of the race of state attorney general. pic.twitter.com/2zMnN31aUj
In the latter regard, moderator Tom Schaad asked Spanberger whether transgender girls born male should be able to use female bathrooms and be on co-ed sports teams. "Nothing is more important to me than their safety and their experience in schools," Spanberger said, before offering a lengthier answer that also cited her experience as a former federal agent investigating crimes against children. "That work, in part, has earned me the endorsement of the Police Benevolent Association," she said. Schaad reiterated the question, saying there had been no direct answer, and later attempted to ask whether Spanberger would rescind an executive order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin laying out a bathroom policy along biological lines. "My opponent will not answer the question because she voted for men nude in girls' locker rooms," Earle-Sears later said.
🚨🚨Abigail Spanberger DOES NOT ANSWER whether or not she will let boys back into women’s bathrooms.
— Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) October 10, 2025
NEVER FORGET the Loudoun County incident. @DailyCaller
pic.twitter.com/xdVaFPqHT6
A prolific sex offender is accused of exposing himself to women and children in girls' locker rooms at public schools and community centers in Virginia while claiming to be a transgender woman. Richard Cox, a 58-year-old, balding pervert on the highest level of the sex offender registry, appeared in court in Arlington on Thursday and repeatedly insisted he is now a woman and demanded the prosecutor be ordered to stop misgendering him.Even the liberal judge refused to put up with this pervert's bullshit:
However, the judge declined to do so -- noting how dozens of horrified witnesses had seen he was physically still a male when he stripped naked and touched himself in local public locker rooms. In one case, Cox -- whose lengthy rap sheet of sex crimes stretches more than 30 years -- was accused of spying on women while naked in changing rooms shared by a high school that allows people to use bathrooms based on their chosen gender identity.He also was witnessed snapping pictures of the schedule for girls gymnastics -- so he knew when the little girls would be in the lockers.
One disturbed mother also said she and her 5-year-old daughter went to use a public women's locker at a school after a swim class when she saw Cox touching himself while nude in a shower stall with the curtain open, WJLA reported.I'm a woman, bro. Seriously bro I'm a lady, why can't you believe me bro?
Another woman said she and her two daughters, ages 5 and 6, were at the Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center for a gymnastics class when they found Cox naked in the girls' locker room there. A 17-year-old lifeguard who worked at one of the Arlington pools said she witnessed Cox naked in a school locker room -- as did other women who testified at the hearing. The hairy pervert also had child pornography on his phone -- and a schedule for children's gymnastic classes at the Barcroft gym, a detective testified. The same detective found children's swimming lesson schedules for rec centers in neighboring Fairfax County -- where he has also been seen lurking around children, according to the outlet.
Cox is a Tier III sex offender -- the most serious type, which requires a lifetime registration, according to court documents. He was first placed on the registry in 1998, records show. He was arrested in December for allegedly spying on women while naked in the female changing rooms at Arlington's swimming center, which shares facilities with Washington-Liberty High School. Arlington Public Schools allows people to use locker rooms and bathrooms of their choice based on their chosen gender identity.
UNBELIEVABLE. Registered s*x offender Richard Cox has been charged with 22 s*x crimes after he allegedly exposed himself to women and young girls at Arlington Schools and local rec centers.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 18, 2025
Parents in Arlington are demanding that the school change bathroom policies which allowed… pic.twitter.com/FbUdSjFfIt
'My daughter and I walked into the locker room… Richard Cox was naked… the school told me he’d been coming for months.'
— Winsome Earle-Sears (@winwithwinsome) August 22, 2025
This is the direct result of SICK policies the school board defended, and that Abigail Spanberger voted to impose nationwide. pic.twitter.com/SyULYD6iLQ
New emails obtained in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveal emails "Riki Cox" sent to an Arlington School Board member late last year. According to Arlington police, prosecutors, and Arlington school staff, "Riki Cox" is an alias that registered sex offender Richard Cox used late last year. Late last year, the Arlington County Public Schools (APS) pool staff allowed Cox, a biological male, to use female locker rooms at two high schools that have pools open to the public outside of school hours because Cox claimed he was a transgender woman. APS's policy allows people to use bathrooms and locker rooms based on their gender identity if they so choose. ... According to an email obtained in the FOIA, "Riki Cox" sent an email to Arlington School Board Member Kathleen Clark on October 28, 2024. Cox told Clark that if people complained of a transgender person using the female-designated showers at APS, the complainers should be invited to use single locker rooms, and Cox wanted to know where Clark stood on the issue before Cox cast his vote. ...Spanberger also had her "Biden Moment," babbling nonsensically:
According to the public records request, Clark responded to Cox and touted her work for queer and transgender advocacy, and asked Cox questions about the incident. Cox then followed up with Clark on October 31, 2024, writing that he was offended by pool staff at Washington Liberty High School. "They literally asked me how much longer I was going to be in the shower, and directed other patrons to use the individual changing room while I was in the full locker room," he wrote. "This is again sending the message that a transgender person is a freak and I guess not normal and beautiful like everyone else. There are anti-discrimination laws on both the Federal, State, and County levels including in the Schools to prevent this kind of animosity. Are you going to increase the training of the Washington Liberty Pool staff and/or change their policies to be welcoming or inclusive, or should I be voting for someone else."
Clark responded to Cox on October 31, 2024, "Based on the information that you provided in your first email, I suspect that the locker room etiquette found in bullet #3 of the APS Aquatics Update email shown in the screenshot below was an issue. I hope that you did not experience transphobic statements from the staff. You should be able to use the showers and changing rooms that you are most comfortable using."
🚨WINSOME SEARS GETS HER TRUMP MOMENT🚨
— Walter Curt (WCdispatch_) October 10, 2025
As Spanberger rambled on and on in one of her completely incoherent answers
Sears said what we were all thinking:
“You don’t even know what you’re saying.”
You think Spam wants round two after this?! 🤣 pic.twitter.com/wQNYOzUvUc
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:10 PM (iFTx/)
Hello
Posted by: fourseasons at October 10, 2025 12:10 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 12:10 PM (W2Pud)
Why do we allow any of these shitbags to run for office?
This particular cvnt is ugly on her outside, too.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 12:13 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 10, 2025 12:13 PM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 10, 2025 12:14 PM (4RqQB)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 12:14 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Mossad Took My Cheese at October 10, 2025 12:14 PM (zUe/H)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 12:14 PM (BG2Yo)
Maybe you should consider a woman-suit made out of real women.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 12:14 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 12:14 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 12:14 PM (uWKK8)
As for the Democrat, that's Brent Spiner wearing a wig.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 12:15 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 12:15 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 10, 2025 12:15 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: huerfano at October 10, 2025 12:15 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 12:15 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 12:15 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 12:16 PM (GF5oC)
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 12:15 PM (dGCAG)
OMG. I will never unsee that.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 12:16 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 12:16 PM (ewjUl)
Was he a school employee? Parent? What legitimate business would he have in the girls' locker room in a school?
This is just insane he's been allowed to roam around freely, preying on women (and children) like this.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 12:17 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 10, 2025 12:17 PM (epDlF)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 10, 2025 12:17 PM (4RqQB)
But even now, even today, Spanberger doesn't care. She'll gleefully sacrifice her daughters on the altar of Leftism.
And the twisted part is that she'd get MORE street cred from Dems for it.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 12:17 PM (oSeBJ)
"You would allow a Tier 3 sex offender, one who is required to be on a sex offender registry for the rest of his life, to go into girl's locker rooms whenever he wishes, for as long as he wishes, and if he so chooses, to masturbate there. What the actual f*** is wrong with you?"
Probably won't happen, but it should.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 12:17 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 12:17 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 12:17 PM (2ocoG)
That is the province of the white Suburban Wine Mom.
I just wish someone in VA RNC would get Ms. Sears to a hairstylist and book an appt for her at Sephora for a make-up consultation.
looks matter
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:17 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 12:15 PM (i24o9)
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In a more civilized era he would have "disappeared."
We do not live in that era.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 12:18 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 12:18 PM (QsMb/)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 12:16 PM (ewjUl)
His parents named him Richard Cox. He never stood a chance of not becoming a pederast.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 12:18 PM (dGCAG)
After the D's retake the Presidency, and restore Our Democracy, Spanberger will have Winsome Earl-Sears executed for treason.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 10, 2025 12:18 PM (xTIDn)
I think Spanberger is sympathetic because she is also balding. Look at that part, whoa!
Posted by: Vengeance at October 10, 2025 12:18 PM (4RqQB)
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 10, 2025 12:14 PM (4RqQB)
That's fair. Give her a bass as a test.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 12:19 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 12:16 PM (ewjUl)
His parents named him Richard Cox. He never stood a chance of not becoming a pederast.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 12:18 PM (dGCAG)
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"I don't get it."
-Peter File, of London
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 12:19 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: It's me donna
She has a D after her name. Seriously. That's it. No more information is required.
Well, also OrangeManBad. Obviously.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 12:19 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: NCKate at October 10, 2025 12:19 PM (4bYb7)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2025 12:19 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:19 PM (Cs66U)
Was he a school employee? Parent? What legitimate business would he have in the girls' locker room in a school?
This is just insane he's been allowed to roam around freely, preying on women (and children) like this.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 12:17 PM (IBQGV)
Maybe $ can get the few decent Eff.Bee.EYE agents (or I guess agents from other agencies) to look in to the NoVa schools for sex trafficking, because it's sure starting to look like they're running a side business...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 12:19 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 10, 2025 12:19 PM (0gZLS)
Posted by: Ace at October 10, 2025 12:20 PM (RApA5)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 12:20 PM (ewjUl)
“For background, I have worked with Turnout.org in SF in my role as Co-Chair of one of the Equality & Belonging groups at Gap Inc.,” she wrote. “We put together a transgender/non-binary competency training for our E&B teams last year to help educate folks on how to be supportive for their children and an ally to the community . . . my expectation is that our community and school system are inclusive.”
Posted by: beckster at October 10, 2025 12:20 PM (I7J98)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 10, 2025 12:20 PM (WnwRO)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 12:20 PM (2ocoG)
TGIF
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 12:20 PM (xatjc)
I think part of the reason we are seeing momentum to the GOP isn't because the GOP is going great things (putting aside Trump and MAGA). The GOP still licks ass.
Part of the reason is that normal people -- even classical Democraps -- are finally seeing how lunatic insane the current Democrap party is. This is not the party of JFK or Clinton or even Obama. It's a criminal organization of the most degenerate perverts, radicals, junkies, flunkies, and sex pests in the country.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:21 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 12:17 PM (2ocoG)
Hey!
Posted by: Dick Trickle at October 10, 2025 12:21 PM (y9ksN)
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I think Spanberger is sympathetic because she is also balding. Look at that part, whoa!
Posted by: Vengeance at October 10, 2025 12:18 PM (4RqQB)
They really could be "separated at birth" siblings.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 12:21 PM (dGCAG)
This is the same crowd that at 4 months gestation gleefully and proudly go on TikTok to announce they are killing their baby that day.
that swallowed Tylenol by the bucketful while pregnant, to prove OrangeManBad wrong
these are not rational pyrsyns, nor are they motivated by a human being's number one priority, that of Survival
that's why they are dangerous, they have nothing to lose. Their TikTok cred means more to them than actual, you know, living.
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:21 PM (dCxaZ)
Dude's giving off serious Silence of the Lambs vibes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 12:21 PM (kgE5c)
So this perv Richard Cox hangs out in the girls' locker room for hours at a time.
Seriously, what does he do for a living? I'm guessing Social Security Disability for something like anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder?
Posted by: Climatista at October 10, 2025 12:21 PM (oKXMA)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 12:21 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (4RqQB)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 12:20 PM (ewjUl)
Back in the day the cops would have also administered a beating for these very actions.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (QsMb/)
Posted by: cpurick at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (lNjg1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (Cs66U)
2021_Virginia_gubernatorial_election#Polling_3
Always interesting to try and compare apples to apples on polling.
Roughly this time last cycle, in 2021, was when the polling for the VA gubernatorial election started to tighten, taking a certain D win into uncertainty.
But...polling (spit).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (pwtJC)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:21 PM (iFTx/)
But enough about the Biden family.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (i24o9)
Dude's giving off serious Silence of the Lambs vibes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 12:21 PM (kgE5c)
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The cops should start digging up his basement RIGHT NOW.
No telling what dark secrets are lurking down there.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (IBQGV)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (ewjUl)
Why hasn’t a single FATHER stepped up to protect their daughters? Really? Not a single one?
Says more about the fathers than it does about the pervert sex offender.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (W2Pud)
Who says the universe doesn’t have a sense of humor?
Posted by: Common Tater at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (0gZLS)
"However, the judge declined to do so -- noting how dozens of horrified witnesses had seen he was physically still a male when he stripped naked and touched himself in local public locker rooms."
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So then what, exactly, is the left's criteria for judging between what they deem real trannies and fake trannies?
I thought all they had to do was claim that they're tranny, and there's an end of it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (XvL8K)
Sock off
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 12:23 PM (oKXMA)
I believe parents of both sexes have shown up at school board meetings to protest the policy
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:23 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Accomack at October 10, 2025 12:23 PM (pQ7Rb)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 12:24 PM (xatjc)
Posted by: Climatista at October 10, 2025 12:21 PM (oKXMA)
Clitoral elephantiasis. It's the size of a penis!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 12:24 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Case at October 10, 2025 12:24 PM (9HFDU)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 12:24 PM (0U5gm)
@AdamJSchwarz
·
4h
Reporter: Why didn’t Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Nobel committee chair: We only give the award to people of courage and integrity.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at October 10, 2025 12:24 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 12:24 PM (kgE5c)
I'm not entirely joking - a strong undercurrent on Bluesky now is Leftist revenge fantasies about what will happen When We Retake Power.
I would not rule out mass executions.
I mean, you already have elected Democratic officials announcing that every member of ICE will be prosecuted if then win.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 10, 2025 12:24 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM
Had two uncles that were cops. Absolutely they would have. Same with wife or kid beaters. They would take them out to the garage for a "talking to".
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 12:25 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: pookysgirl learned a lot in those three years at October 10, 2025 12:25 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 10, 2025 12:25 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 10, 2025 12:25 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 10, 2025 12:25 PM (4RqQB)
Posted by: Mark My Words at October 10, 2025 12:25 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 10, 2025 12:25 PM (WHfpM)
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:23 PM
Why, yes, they did. We noticed.
Posted by: The Biden DoJ at October 10, 2025 12:25 PM (kgE5c)
Says more about the fathers than it does about the pervert sex offender.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (W2Pud)
Because the last one who did was arrested for terrorism.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 12:25 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 12:25 PM (i24o9)
This is again sending the message that a transgender person is a freak and I guess not normal and beautiful like everyone else.
Yep
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (63Dwl)
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I immediately thought the same thing when I saw its picture.
I also didn't know what Spanberger looked like. That's the definition of "mousy."
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (qBdHI)
I believe parents of both sexes have shown up at school board meetings to protest the policy
Posted by: kallisto
When fathers show up, they tend to get arrested.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2025 12:24 PM (xatjc)
Meh, politics is downstream of culture. Q-E-D!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 12:13 PM (ULPxl)
Look, Latin! That's what I love about this place, the erudition and respect for the classics!
Posted by: Even our vulgarity is classy as fuck at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (4RqQB)
This is such a clear choice, you don't need to watch. Either you support the maga authoritarian takeover of the Republic or you don't. The AG failed to join the lawsuit on the illegal withholding of grants and cost the state billions already.
I can’t understand why Trump/GOP slept on this race with so much in the balance. You would think Musk would support Sears whose only issue is trans hate that musk loves.
They "slept on it" because it's clear the GOP had no chance of winning the governor's mansion this year
You were spot on. Sears was insufferabale. And call me woke, but I think it’s wildly sexist to make Spanberger answer for Jay Jones’ actions. They’re NOT running mates.
My take: A bit of a train wreck for Spanberger (who I support). She should have been better prepared for the Jay Jones question and really lost on the boys in girls locker room questions. I’m not sure it will matter in the election but I’m disappointed.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (ycI94)
Says more about the fathers than it does about the pervert sex offender.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM
Yep. If it were my kid exposed to this POS jail would be a luxury for him.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (0U5gm)
that shows their commitment to the cause, to risk arrest in defense of their daughters
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (dCxaZ)
I thought that was Jame Gumb. I scrolled right past, thinking ace was making a funny.
Posted by: Mossad Took My Cheese at October 10, 2025 12:27 PM (zUe/H)
Was he a school employee? Parent? What legitimate business would he have in the girls' locker room in a school?
This is just insane he's been allowed to roam around freely, preying on women (and children) like this.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 12:17 PM (IBQGV)
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The Sex Offender registry is mostly a useless collection of outdated residences. The registries are maintained with all the customary competence and diligence as any other gov't agency.
Some states' registries are better than others. But a lot of the reporting is voluntary and susceptible to fraud. It's usually only after one of these perverts commits another sex crime that people learn a sex offender was living 25 feet from a school.
NY is actually pretty good at it. I don't know how good VA is.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:27 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 12:27 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 10, 2025 12:26 PM (ycI94)
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Fascism = the government spending less directly on the private sector in public/private partnerships.
Got it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 12:27 PM (GBKbO)
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Agree. How it can even be that anybody would vote for this Spanberger disaster is beyond me. Degeneracy writ large vs. normal America. What's to decide?
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 10, 2025 12:27 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 10, 2025 12:27 PM (4RqQB)
Posted by: No, I am to-tal-ly HU-man! at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM (fBn29)
I wondered that when that pervert in Vancouver BC was going into Asian salons and demanding that the women there wax his balls, and suing the salon if they refused.
Did not one of these women have husbands or boyfriends?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:29 PM (Cs66U)
You halfwit (and I'm being generous). She's not answering for his actions. It's a simple test of HER human decency, and she failed it miserably.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 12:29 PM (Riz8t)
Friday’s cover features Trump’s silhouette filled with the faces of those held captive, beneath the headline “HE’S BRINGING THEM HOME.”
https://tinyurl.com/49dc5e6y
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 12:29 PM (aURVT)
I believe parents of both sexes have shown up at school board meetings to protest the policy
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:23 PM (dCxaZ)
For which I can only assume they were swiftly escorted from the premises by the board's pet pigs, er, law enforcement officers for their exercise of free speech and petitioning their government for the redress of grievances.
Posted by: But but but THEIR OATHS at October 10, 2025 12:29 PM (TbWk/)
If done properly, the straw would be used for cleanup on the receipts side of the Woodchipper.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 12:29 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2025 12:29 PM (pwtJC)
They would have roasted today’s crazy school board members, teachers, et al, over a roaring fire spit for even half this shit. They did not put up with it, Mama bear and her cubs, do not mess with mama bear.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 10, 2025 12:30 PM (0gZLS)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 10, 2025 12:30 PM (fBn29)
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I believe parents of both sexes have shown up at school board meetings to protest the policy
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:23 PM (dCxaZ)
The father whose daughter was raped by a junior pervert, showed up at a Loudon County school board meeting to complain. The fcking pigs on site ran to *tackle* him to arrest him.
Not much left short of *types* *deletes* style options.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 12:30 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2025 12:19 PM (ULPxl)
Weren't they the ones taking girls for abortions without informing their parents? Shades of ACORN.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 10, 2025 12:30 PM (lFFaq)
Yeah it will act just like her, kill anyone to protect itself.
HAL has more humanity than most Dem politicians.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:30 PM (Cs66U)
Posted by: Josephistan at October 10, 2025 12:31 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
when you end up arrested and in the clink, please don't ask any of us n***as to bail you out, because no assistance for you will be forthcoming
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:31 PM (dCxaZ)
Broken record. These people are insane and evil.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 12:31 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 10, 2025 12:31 PM (17s+e)
they were just "following orders"
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:32 PM (dCxaZ)
Did you see Shoe on Head's latest video? "Female Gooners Must Be Stopped?" It's about women's romance books being absolutely crazy, with women in sexual (and graphic) relationships with minotaurs, demons, orcs, etc. She mentioned that cosplayers, furries, and the authors of the books have been grabbed and groped at cons by horny middle-aged gooner women lol.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 10, 2025 12:32 PM (ycI94)
Why hasn’t a single FATHER stepped up to protect their daughters? Really? Not a single one?
Says more about the fathers than it does about the pervert sex offender.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 12:22 PM (W2Pud)
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Fathers have. And some were arrested or harassed or treated like they were the crazy ones. I think the best way fathers can protected their daughters in today's world is not that different from how fathers (and mothers) have always protected daughters (and sons): by repeatedly drumming it into their heads that there are sick, dangerous people in the world, you must avoid them at all costs, and you must protect yourself at all times. I got a version of this speech many times as a kid.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:32 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Part of their behavior is strategic provocation. If any guy flattened him, he'd be thrilled. Now he's the victim, he gets to have the guy arrested and prosecuted. Further, the troon will sue and win. Next, the leftie politicians will demand laws to enshrine troons as a protected class.
None of this is an accident or just the behavior of wackos. It's entirely on purpose.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 12:32 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 10, 2025 12:32 PM (IifOV)
While we allegedly have power we need to fill counseling offices and prisons with the transgenders. The transgenders have no place in lawful society. Give them counseling to overcome their sickness or give them prison. Do NOT accept or coddle them. Period.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at October 10, 2025 12:33 PM (TEv5h)
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Are you retarded? It’s long been SOP to make Republicans publicly disavow anyone, everything, and anything, regardless of how tenuous the connection might be.
This is how the game is played. I suggest you start paying attention.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 10, 2025 12:33 PM (0gZLS)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee
They want to die on the illegal alien hill too. It's uncanny. Not even the ones already in prison can be deported, those should be gimmes. They all have to be allowed to stay because, reasons.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 10, 2025 12:33 PM (WnwRO)
Minotaur Milking Fantasy is a Right!
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 12:33 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 10, 2025 12:34 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:34 PM (Cs66U)
Sounds like Scogg is an acolyte of this process.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 12:34 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Part of their behavior is strategic provocation. If any guy flattened him, he'd be thrilled. Now he's the victim, he gets to have the guy arrested and prosecuted. Further, the troon will sue and win. Next, the leftie politicians will demand laws to enshrine troons as a protected class.
None of this is an accident or just the behavior of wackos. It's entirely on purpose.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 12:32 PM (mlg/3)
It's like the foreign swine who filmed that little girl with the hatchet or whatever in Britain who was protecting her little sister.
Posted by: Mossad Took My Cheese at October 10, 2025 12:34 PM (zUe/H)
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 10, 2025 12:34 PM (lWPQK)
BTW… if you squint a little, Abigail Spanberger looks a little like this Richard Cox creep… she just spent more on her hair at a salon
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (lepZb)
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (aURVT)
When my niece was about 13 she was curious about gays and Suzy dutifully joined the PFLAG movement to support her. Then the little tyke dated a black kid after high school and Suzy was so enthralled by that (that kid was awesome, military family) she expected our dad to flip out. He didn't.
Niece married a femme boy teacher that she can lord over while mom lives with our 45 yo nephew that plays video games all day and night.
Posted by: DanMan at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
That’s a chickenshit answer. Either fathers protect their daughters from perverts or they don’t.
Going to meetings is chickenshit.
Drag the asshole out of the shower by his hair and beat the shit out of him. Again and again and again.
That’s how this stops.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (Cs66U)
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2m
🚨 BREAKING: OMB Director Russ Vought announces a federal REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE has begun during the shutdown — and Democrats are panicking.
“The RIFs have begun,” Vought says
Here we go.
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Well...I guess things are finally moving there.
And the Senate is gone for a week.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (GBKbO)
I can't hear that phrase now without envisioning the Brian Blessed clip from Critical Drinker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCWZxtvLkDE
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
In other news, when Putin says the Nobel Committee has lost credibility for not giving it to Trump, yeah you have no credibility.
Also Trump has cancelled a meeting "saying strange things are going on in China".
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 12:36 PM (rvwwT)
BTW… if you squint a little, Abigail Spanberger looks a little like this Richard Cox creep… she just spent more on her hair at a salon
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (lepZb)
The Bobbitt approach to help his full conversion would probably be the play by any concerned citizen who wondered if he just didn't have the funds to finish becoming the girl he always wanted to be...probably would be effective in more ways than expected...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 10, 2025 12:36 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 10, 2025 12:36 PM (O7YUW)
None of this is an accident or just the behavior of wackos. It's entirely on purpose.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 12:32 PM (mlg/3)
The guy who does something goes to prison, gets financially ruined, maybe or maybe not makes it out alive. Cannot support his family for the time he is imprisoned, and his family barely gets to see him during the time that he is in prison. The troon gets to walk around free. So maybe the tough-talking keyboard vigilantes need to think about who actually wins in this situation instead of posturing.
Posted by: HERP DERP JUST BEAT EM UP at October 10, 2025 12:36 PM (TbWk/)
None of this is an accident or just the behavior of wackos. It's entirely on purpose.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 12:32 PM (mlg/3)
Everything old is new again.
(pictures the psycho in Dirty Harry paying the black dude to beat him to a pulp)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 10, 2025 12:37 PM (/HDaX)
Did you see Shoe on Head's latest video? "Female Gooners Must Be Stopped?" It's about women's romance books being absolutely crazy, with women in sexual (and graphic) relationships with minotaurs, demons, orcs, etc. She mentioned that cosplayers, furries, and the authors of the books have been grabbed and groped at cons by horny middle-aged gooner women lol.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 10, 2025 12:32 PM (ycI94)
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I haven't seen her video, but I'm aware of the phenomenon of outright bestiality exploding in the woman's "romance" category. They have an entire fucking genre for it, called "Monster Romance." On the one hand, I kinda get it -- how many men have lusted after hot female aliens and monsters like vampires and succubi? But women's monster romance is different; they are literally fucking animals that bear little resemblance to humans.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:37 PM (iFTx/)
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I once bought a nice blue dress there!
Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at October 10, 2025 12:37 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM (xTIDn)
He targeted muslims. No boyfriends and husbands/fathers were as likely to beat/kill them as him.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 10, 2025 12:37 PM (lFFaq)
We certainly accept that it's truly what they believe. I'll even accept that it will be very difficult (too difficult?) to prevent, and ultimately I want a few catastrophic Blue area failures to A: concentrate Blue retards and B: serve as a reminder for normies of the failures of Leftist policies.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 10, 2025 12:37 PM (ycI94)
And make it clear that other freaks will get the same treatment.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 10, 2025 12:37 PM (OPGS/)
The blast was reported just before 8 a.m. local time at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant at the Hickman-Humphreys County line, west of Nashville.
Nineteen employees were inside the building at the time, and every one remains unaccounted for, Humphreys County EMA Director Odell Poyner told WKRN.
https://tinyurl.com/3v7cn5py
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (9LmFm)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCWZxtvLkDE
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
That's BRIAN BLESSED.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee
They want to die on the illegal alien hill too. It's uncanny. Not even the ones already in prison can be deported, those should be gimmes. They all have to be allowed to stay because, reasons.
Posted by: Stu Podaso
The same strategy as television and newspapers. Your market is shrinking, so go left to try and hold onto your most loyal customers. See also, go woke go broke.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (0U5gm)
They are really into Rape Fantasy. Bernie Sanders tried to warn us.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 10, 2025 12:36 PM (O7YUW)
DO it. I'll say something to top it and you won't look so bad. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee
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Donors and alphabet people. Identity politics is an ugly mix of things you cannot speak about coalition partners lest they withdraw their support.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (WDjG6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCWZxtvLkDE
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
That's BRIAN BLESSED.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (/HDaX)
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King of the Gungans!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (gm9Sb)
HAL has more humanity than most Dem politicians.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:30 PM (Cs66U)
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So does Skynet.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (IBQGV)
Fathers have. And some were arrested or harassed or treated like they were the crazy ones. I think the best way fathers can protected their daughters in today's world is not that different from how fathers (and mothers) have always protected daughters (and sons): by repeatedly drumming it into their heads that there are sick, dangerous people in the world, you must avoid them at all costs, and you must protect yourself at all times. I got a version of this speech many times as a kid.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:32 PM (iFTx/)
They also have their psyscho ex-wives whisking away their sons to California to chop their dicks off and pump them full of estrogen, and they can do absolutely nothing to stop it no matter how hard or how long they fight it.
Posted by: It's always dad's fault. And maybe Methodists. at October 10, 2025 12:39 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 10, 2025 12:37 PM (/HDaX)
"Anyone can tell I didn't touch him. He looks too good." Dirty Harry
Posted by: Josephistan at October 10, 2025 12:39 PM (y9ksN)
From the photo of the facility...they aren't finding much but pieces and DNA.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 12:39 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Dirk Manley at October 10, 2025 12:39 PM (Je6Mg)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 10, 2025 12:39 PM (XV/Pl)
He was arrested in December for allegedly spying on women while naked in the female changing rooms at Arlington's swimming center, which shares facilities with Washington-Liberty High School.
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There's a reason that individuals of this sort used to get stomped.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 10, 2025 12:39 PM (hf+Z7)
Now? Catherine the Great has nothing on these 'beings' who want to yiff Fluffy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:40 PM (Cs66U)
Well said.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2025 12:40 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 12:40 PM (F75UF)
You mean school teachers?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (Cs66U)
"Schoolboy Milking Farm" is now #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Posted by: Not really, but it could happen at October 10, 2025 12:40 PM (TbWk/)
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That's not even the union right? Isn't that like the "party and events" wing of the union?
IDK
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 10, 2025 12:40 PM (c4Igw)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 10, 2025 12:36 PM (O7YUW)
DO it. I'll say something to top it and you won't look so bad. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (snZF9)
I vote AGAINST.
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 12:40 PM (aURVT)
I guess they have Rosemary's Baby in their spank bank then
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:40 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: bill
They can always transfer to ICE! I would, but my grade is too high (GS-13), military technicians are prevented from temporary transfers, and I'm too close to retirement.
Posted by: Military Moron at October 10, 2025 12:41 PM (ycI94)
Going to meetings is chickenshit.
Drag the asshole out of the shower by his hair and beat the shit out of him. Again and again and again.
That’s how this stops.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (W2Pud)
Maybe.
I guess I don't see how the father going to prison and his daughter being fatherless for years protects her.
Beating up these perverts isn't going to turn out well, in some jurisdictions, like this one, where a pro-Groomer lunatic is probably going to be governor.
Probably the best thing the father could do is move his family to a saner, safer place.
Posted by: Mossad Took My Cheese at October 10, 2025 12:41 PM (zUe/H)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 12:36 PM (rvwwT)
China has just restricted all export of rare earth metals and manufactures by third party countries to the US.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 12:41 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at October 10, 2025 12:41 PM (2ex43)
None of this is an accident or just the behavior of wackos. It's entirely on purpose.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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That is when the carbombs and sniping begins. Ultimately, almost everyone is touchable if the motivation is there.
If you destroy dispute resolution by legal means, then people will do the unthinkable covertly.
See also favela justice.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 12:42 PM (WDjG6)
The same strategy as television and newspapers. Your market is shrinking, so go left to try and hold onto your most loyal customers. See also, go woke go broke.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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The local rag (acquired and destroyed by Gannett) ran a front page article on some shithead who is urging Guardsmen to 'Obey their conscience' rather than orders.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 10, 2025 12:42 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
when you end up arrested and in the clink, please don't ask any of us n***as to bail you out, because no assistance for you will be forthcoming
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:31 PM (dCxaZ)
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None of yooz haz da Blade's back? Say it ain't sooooooo ....
I actually don't get involved in that shit. It's not my thing and there seems to be a hidden code that everyone obeys. Some of the cosplayers are not only OK with substantial contact, but they encourage it. Others are more "look but don't touch." I couldn't figure it out even if I wanted to. Some wear badges that state what their preference is.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:42 PM (iFTx/)
the old decrepit coven had roofie'd her with satan juice
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:43 PM (dCxaZ)
No just defend your daughter.
Make sure you tell your daughter that daddy can’t lay a finger on the bad man because that might put him in jail. Tell her she just needs to put up with it for a little while longer while the system tries to correct it.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 12:43 PM (EYmYM)
They provide many of the rioters for Antifa (Trantifa), and they are increasingly providing the assassins.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 10, 2025 12:43 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 10, 2025 12:36 PM (rvwwT)
Is XI mort ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 12:43 PM (VE6XX)
This is a given. Not just today. Always. Teach your kids to handle a firearm and get them training in martial arts which helps build discipline. But there is a point in life where your kids are too young and need your help. That’s where the rubber is going to meet the road. Because at some point people like this will meet one of those people, and he will regret the day he was born, probably on the way to meet his maker, that he doesn’t believe, but soon will.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 12:44 PM (8NQQX)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:42 PM (iFTx/)
Dare I ask:
why are you even there?
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:44 PM (dCxaZ)
You mean school teachers?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (Cs66U)
"Schoolboy Milking Farm" is now #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Posted by: Not really
Damn it! Where were all these sexed-up teachers when I was a kid?
Posted by: Detective Harrison Yates at October 10, 2025 12:44 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:44 PM (Cs66U)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 10, 2025 12:44 PM (1Cdp9)
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That's not even the union right? Isn't that like the "party and events" wing of the union?
IDK
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 10, 2025 12:40 PM (c4Igw)
Is this the group that cold calls for donations to the policeman's fund but you never can find them on Charity Navigator?
Posted by: moki at October 10, 2025 12:45 PM (wLjpr)
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His parents named him Richard Cox. He never stood a chance of not becoming a pederast.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2025 12:18 PM
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Dick H. Cox.
The H stands for Hydraulics.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 10, 2025 12:45 PM (hf+Z7)
Heard reports that he suffered a stroke...no idea on his condition, though.
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 12:45 PM (BG2Yo)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:37 PM (iFTx/
Bear. 1976.
Canadian literature at its finest. Won the Candian Governor-General's Award for English fiction (whatever that is).
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 10, 2025 12:46 PM (zUe/H)
That’s how this stops.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (W2Pud)
How does a dad losing his family for thirty years help his family?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 12:46 PM (oSeBJ)
Here's a nice story about a school bus driver who helped a wondering toddler:
https://tinyurl.com/3npbfey8
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2025 12:46 PM (lzASq)
So this perv Richard Cox hangs out in the girls' locker room for hours at a time.
Seriously, what does he do for a living? I'm guessing Social Security Disability for something like anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder?
Posted by: Climatista at October 10, 2025 12:21 PM (oKXMA)
Oh, come on.
That can NOT be his real name.
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 12:46 PM (UnA8+)
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A laudable exception, https://www.wbrz.com/mobile/cleanStory.cfm?n=124742
The first paragraph tells the abbreviated story.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 10, 2025 12:46 PM (XeU6L)
Why is it a given the father goes to prison? If the guy is naked and fondling himself in front of the daughter and gets the shit beaten out of him, I think the chances of a conviction is slim.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 12:46 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Strokes by some rumors. What Kindltot posted is factual. And the Chinese economy continues to implode is another meanwhile the EU is getting deluged with cheap Chinese goods.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 12:46 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (BG2Yo)
They're called bodice rippers for a reason. And IIRC in some surveys the rape fantasy tops the list for women.
Posted by: You mean they don't REALLY want nice guys? Huh. at October 10, 2025 12:47 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 10, 2025 12:47 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Detective Harrison Yates at October 10, 2025 12:44 PM (ycI94)
Nope.
Rape is rape.
We don't get to condemn male teachers for touching female students and then get all butthurt that we weren't groped by our female teachers.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 12:47 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:48 PM (Cs66U)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 10, 2025 12:48 PM (EoANm)
@bennyjohnson
An individual has been arrested for threatening to kill my wife, my four children, and me. He sent a letter to my home saying he hated our views and wanted us dead.
He is being charged federally and faces prison time.
I want to thank President Trump, AG Pam Bondi, and the Department of Justice for immediately acting and saving my family. We are forever grateful.
Left-wing violence is exploding with copycats appearing everywhere. It is the greatest threat to our country today, targeting people for simply speaking the truth.
Let me be absolutely clear: We will not be silenced. We will not back down. We will not break. You lit a fire that cannot be put out.
Charlie Kirk taught us to go on offense. That is exactly what we will do. We will work harder, speak louder, and grow stronger.
We will continue to move TPUSA’s mission forward. For Charlie.
Thank you for your strong leadership
@POTUS, @AGPamBondi and
@TheJusticeDept
https://tinyurl.com/32b4ntjd
Posted by: redridinghood at October 10, 2025 12:48 PM (NpAcC)
What about fathers?
Billboard Chris has been detained, threatened with arrest, and actually arrested just for walking around holding a sign and linking stories on X.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 12:48 PM (oKXMA)
Depends on the jurisdiction.
I would not want to take my chances in Portland's county.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 10, 2025 12:48 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Anna Puma
If the honeypot is Anna Chapman, it's not a bad way to go: https://tinyurl.com/bdfzras6
Fang fang is a distant second: https://tinyurl.com/mrkfew8m
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 10, 2025 12:48 PM (ycI94)
Spamberger wasn't displaying racism towards Sears by not looking or interacting with her. She was ANGRY with her for not rolling over on the topic. You married guys here know how that works. If you upset your better half, they will go out of their way not to look at you or interact, ESPECIALLY IF THEY KNOW THEY ARE WRONG ABOUT SOMETHING.
Spamberger had her posterior handed to her and she was angry about it. It shows, even in the photos above.
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 12:49 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2025 12:49 PM (Cs66U)
What would it take for you to take extra judicial action?
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 12:50 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 12:46 PM (WDjG6)
stroke . . . Coup . . . There are reports that the PLA has been patrolling all the major cities for half a year, too. Xi kicking out may bring the other power centers into play to catch what can be caught.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2025 12:50 PM (rbvCR)
Not sure if you have kids. I do. Daughters. I caught a guy leering at my daughter when she was maybe 12. I walked over and asked him what the fuck he was looking at and if he had a problem. He walked away. But had he done anything, in the heat of the moment I would have beat the ever loving shit out of him. Yea, what you say is true. But when/if you have kids and it happens in real time it's different.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 12:50 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: whig
Becoming almost impossible for the average to above average person in our surveillance state. Our lives have been documented for decades on databases, and now those DBs are being tied together. I'd be surprised if the IC agencies don't have a 'push-button' tracker/locator for every American. And that tech is going to be available to states and municipalities in the next few if it isn't already. Go legal the legal routes; lawfare isn't a one-way street.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 12:50 PM (mlg/3)
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Not once.
But I really dig redheads so I guess that makes up for all the others in the monster genre.
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 12:50 PM (o1u+L)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 10, 2025 12:50 PM (1Cdp9)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 10, 2025 12:51 PM (gm9Sb)
That is correct. "Transgenders" are not normal. They are men and women with mental disorders.
There are anti-discrimination laws on both the Federal, State, and County levels including in the Schools to prevent this kind of animosity.
This is the fucking problem right here. He's right that there are laws on the books to grant protection to these freaks. SCOTUS case Bostic v Clayton County being the prime one that probably all others are based on. That needs to be overturned asap and "transgenderism" needs to be declared a mental disorder, not some "identity" worthy of protection under the law.
Bostic summary: https://bit.ly/4koOhY4
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 10, 2025 12:51 PM (P5BPp)
... not to worry, as Spanberger will retire to her plantation after the election
Posted by: SMOD at October 10, 2025 12:51 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: the way I see it
In Virginia, where this is going on, a father complained about his daughter being raped by one. Guess who is in legal trouble? Not the rapist.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 12:51 PM (0U5gm)
Well...I guess things are finally moving there.
And the Senate is gone for a week.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 12:35 PM (GBKbO)
Political Ex-Lax
Posted by: moki at October 10, 2025 12:52 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 10, 2025 12:50 PM
Bruce Jenner?
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 10, 2025 12:52 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2025 12:52 PM (jtjbl)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
Look up an old sci fi book by James Gunn--Kampus. It proposed just such a dystopia. Some of Ben Bova's books also hinted at it. Gunn, I think was an English professor moonlighting at times writing sci fi and fantasy.
The Witching Hour has some interesting short stories including one about beer with some interesting features.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 12:52 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 12:52 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 12:52 PM (8NQQX)
Posted by: Orson at October 10, 2025 12:49 PM (dIske)
Concur.
And that's almost exactly what happened with Youngkin when Northam said parents should have absolutely no say in what happens in the classroom.
Will it move the needle? Maybe, but probably not enough.
Spanberger's going to absolutely clean up in NoVa. I anticipate the race being called by 1930 on election day.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 12:52 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 12:53 PM (WDjG6)
That was perfect. Perfectly worded and enunciated; and perfectly timed!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 12:53 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (BG2Yo)
The BlueSky userbase is currently in active REVOLT because the staff banned Rape Porn.
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 12:53 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 12:53 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:37 PM (iFTx/
*decidedly does not raise hand*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 12:54 PM (i24o9)
I had a team leader name SGT Richard Dickerson. Caught him looking at porn on a government computer while stationed in Germany. Busted him down to E4. He appealed it, and I remember the O6 reading some website stuff in the file, and assuming "dicke titte" must have something to do with his name. Dickerson started to correct him (he was married to a German and spoke it well), but then stopped. I (who also knew German) chimed in that "dicke" just mean "fat", because he was searching for fat titties lol.
Posted by: Military Moron at October 10, 2025 12:54 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 12:51 PM (0U5gm)
I understand the risk. I don’t understand using it to calculate whether you would defend your daughter or not.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 12:54 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:37 PM (iFTx/
Bear. 1976.
Canadian literature at its finest. Won the Candian Governor-General's Award for English fiction (whatever that is).
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 10, 2025 12:46 PM (zUe/H)
_____
Yup. And that was an actual bear. They really do choose the bear over the guy!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:55 PM (iFTx/)
And he's been going into girls bathrooms and chocking the chicken for months? Why is he still breathing?
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 12:55 PM (2WIwB)
@russvought
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24m
The RIFs have begun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 12:52 PM (GBKbO)
LFG!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 12:55 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 12:50 PM (mlg/3)
Yep. I often comment to my wife that I bet every single house in our neighborhood has a ring camera… whenever I leave the house even without my phone (like to take a run which I do regularly) I’m constantly on camera. I know because our ring camera shows and records every single person that walks on the sidewalk out front…. I think it’d be impossible for me to do anything covertly….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 12:55 PM (FNvF+)
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SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM
Horrible SPAM! Terrible SPAM!
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 12:55 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at October 10, 2025 12:50 PM (1Cdp9)
Even the right-leaning ones are f***ing insane.
If they weren't, they'd accept being men and try to actually act masculine.
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 12:55 PM (UnA8+)
Obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thJgU9jkdU4
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 10, 2025 12:56 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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FWIW, GOP campaign insiders disagree with your analysis. They moved several million into Sears campaign this week and this is likely to increase the amount. Also seeing GOP pols showing up.
It will hinge on turnout and campaign management at this point about the same as Youngkin.
Also some indications that the shutdown is not really playing out how Dems thought it would and missing paydays next week is likely to increase that pressure rather than inspire bureaucrats to vote.
I think that is why Thune doesn't want Trump to unleash Vought right now.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 12:56 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 12:55 PM (i24o9)
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Oh, no...
Dedicated partisans embedded in the federal government who help fund the Democrat Party and enforce its whims out of alignment with the will of the people will get mad and vote harder in response.
Probably shouldn't have done it and just tried to win their votes instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 12:56 PM (GBKbO)
Always Dodging Accountability.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at October 10, 2025 12:56 PM (ZJb5v)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 12:51 PM (0U5gm)
I understand the risk. I don’t understand using it to calculate whether you would defend your daughter or not.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 12:54 PM (EYmYM)
In the moment? Or at a considerable chronological distance from the act. It matters.
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 12:57 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 12:53 PM (WDjG6)
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So you're saying: E's Gunn.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 12:57 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:42 PM (iFTx/)
Dare I ask:
why are you even there?
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 12:44 PM (dCxaZ)
___
I go every year. It's Comic Con. Sadly the show is more focused now on Marvel/DC and video-game bullshit, but I've always been into fantasy and sci-fi.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:57 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 12:54 PM (EYmYM)
Because after you defend her today, you won't be there to defend her for the next 30 years.
You'll be gone, but the threat won't be. It'll just have moved to another freak show.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 12:57 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 10, 2025 12:57 PM (kdHU2)
Choosing the bear wasn't metaphorical.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 12:57 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: SimoHayek at October 10, 2025 12:57 PM (97rfX)
I think that is why Thune doesn't want Trump to unleash Vought right now.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 12:56 PM (WDjG6)
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Pretty consistent polling results showing that people just kind of blame DC in general for the shutdown while no one actually seems to care that much about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 12:57 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Pendulating Richard at October 10, 2025 12:57 PM (oyri5)
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 12:57 PM (aURVT)
In a blue district?
Good luck finding a jury that won't bury you.
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 12:58 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 12:56 PM
We still have some Vought F-4 U Corsair's in the livery? Sweet!
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 12:58 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 12:58 PM (GBKbO)
You'll be gone, but the threat won't be. It'll just have moved to another freak show.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 12:57 PM (oSeBJ)
Pish-posh. Girls without fathers grow up to be peefectly well-adjusted.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 10, 2025 12:58 PM (zUe/H)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 10, 2025 12:55 PM (FNvF+)
If you cant' go to the target, get the target to come to you.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 12:59 PM (2WIwB)
Pretty much every leftwing person I know personally, read, or heard on TV made exactly this argument between 2004-2008, often targeted at Dick Cheney
The chickenhawk argument is always there because it has *some* validity to it - would people be so quick to call for violence if they themselves had to answer the call?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 12:59 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: the way I see it at
My defense of my children is that I would not live in a place that allowed perverts in locker rooms or restrooms. I in fact have turned down job offers in places like Virginia for that very reason.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 12:59 PM (0U5gm)
Democrats never lost their taste for having slaves. That was half the point of the Biden open border.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 12:59 PM (2ocoG)
@Breaking911
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4m
DEVELOPING: Multiple deaths, at least 19 people unaccounted for after massive explosion at explosives factory in Hickman County, Tenn.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (mlg/3)
And it makes sense for AWFLs that are finding the dating market collapsing and ten or more women fighting for every top 10 percent of males with the attributes they want.
And I think that is by design. A dysfunctional society in the West promotes dysfunctional politics where we are arguing about some grotesque pervert being able to get his pedo jollies by bothering teenage girls.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (WDjG6)
I suspect that Spanberger's treatment of Black Woman Winsome Sears as a nonperson-
is not going to go over well with black voters.
Ole Spanny would've paid more attention to a dog and shown more politeness than she did to Sears.
It was a studied insult to negate Sears humanity.
Hell, I'm not black and even I was pissed off over her lack of common courtesy.
Welp, Black Voters of Virginia, if you want someone who doesn't not see you as human and due less acknowledgement than a dog, Spanberger is your gal.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (iJfKG)
GS12s standing in bread lines. GS9s rushing Starbucks for the last application.
Posted by: bill in arkansas
SEATTLE - Starbucks is laying off nearly 1,000 workers in Seattle and Kent, according to the Washington State Employment Security Department.
The company announced 974 non-retail workers will be affected by layoffs starting December 5, 2025. A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) was submitted to state officials on Oct. 9.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Leo DiCaprio at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (QJ2Hs)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (uWKK8)
Like I said I don’t understand this thought process. Tell your daughter that she just has to accept some guy whacking off in front of her because daddy might get in trouble.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (EYmYM)
I think that is why Thune doesn't want Trump to unleash Vought right now.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 12:56 PM (WDjG6)
I hope that this is true. I also agree that trumpeting 'FINALLY, someone's fucking the Government back,' would make things harder for Sears in VA.
I also hope I'm wrong. I was wrong about Youngkin. I was wrong about Trump in 2016. I was wrong about him winning in 2024.
A lot of things I've been damn near certain of simply have not come to pass.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
Why wait? The Fox News Decision Desk now projects Spanburger has won the Virginia Governor's race!
Posted by: Fox News at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (ycI94)
DEVELOPING: Multiple deaths, at least 19 people unaccounted for after massive explosion at explosives factory in Hickman County, Tenn.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (mlg/3)
I saw a picture... No one survived that...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 01:01 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at October 10, 2025 12:56 PM (ZJb5v)
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A popular topic over in X right now--in certain circles--is "Suicidal Empathy".
This is largely a woman's trait and a female-prominent society is susceptible to it.
You have two types of rebellion to it: Traditional men and criminals, who are all about personal power anyway.
Playing a Motte and Bailey game associated "toxic" with "masculinity". ("We were just talking about masculinity in a *toxic* form!") Made female-ism reenforced all this mal-empathy.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:01 PM (krQz2)
Pirate (strong and brave)
Rich guy (duh rich)
Vampire (why is this one here?)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 01:01 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
The 70s and 80s were an amazing time, by comparison. Girls were a bit more welcome to playful touching, and returning it, in my experience.
See the documentary, Dazed and Confused.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:01 PM (i24o9)
"Here's a nice story about a school bus driver who helped a wondering toddler:"
Thank you, that helped my blood pressure come down. I needed the reminder that not everything out there is soaked in evil.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 10, 2025 01:02 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Military Moron at October 10, 2025 12:54 PM (ycI94)
Bit of an aside,
I had a Sergeant Sergeant when I was stationed in Germany. Supply Sergeant. Heck of a great NCO and a good man. He taught this young 2LT a lot.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 01:02 PM (2WIwB)
@Breaking911
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4m
DEVELOPING: Multiple deaths, at least 19 people unaccounted for after massive explosion at explosives factory in Hickman County, Tenn.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
The owners of that plant had a previous deadly explosion at an ammo plant in 2014. Tennessean dot com has that info in a story.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:02 PM (WDjG6)
US President Donald Trump said Friday he no longer feels the need for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this month, slamming Beijing for hostile trade practices and threatening "massive" tariffs.
In a lengthy and unexpected Truth Social post, Trump railed against China imposing export controls on rare earth minerals -- a critical component in modern technology.
"Some very strange things are happening in China! They are becoming very hostile," Trump said in the post, which he sent as he headed for a medical check-up at a military hospital near Washington.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 01:02 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 10, 2025 12:59 PM (0U5gm)
And that’s fine. But what if it happens where you have decided to move? Just move again?
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:02 PM (EYmYM)
Pirate (strong and brave)
Rich guy (duh rich)
Vampire (why is this one here?)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 01:01 PM (sKqQm)
hahahahaha
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:02 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: Just got here at October 10, 2025 01:02 PM (Eb25o)
That's certainly a place where you'd kind of expect that.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 01:03 PM (2ocoG)
I had a Sergeant Sergeant when I was stationed in Germany. Supply Sergeant. Heck of a great NCO and a good man. He taught this young 2LT a lot.
Posted by: Diogenes
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How to surf for pron on secure networks?
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:03 PM (WDjG6)
I like the meme with a group of Middle Earth elite women holding a "Orc refugees welcome" sign standing in front of a beautiful Gondor-esque city in picture 1, and the same women crying holding a "we don't feel safe" sign in front of a burnt out city in picture 2...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 01:03 PM (sKqQm)
You can't be serious that no man in the great state of Virginia knows how to handle this before the bodies start stacking up?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 10, 2025 01:03 PM (Hx0tZ)
DEVELOPING: Multiple deaths, at least 19 people unaccounted for after massive explosion at explosives factory in Hickman County, Tenn.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (mlg/3)
I saw a picture... No one survived that...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 01:01 PM (VE6XX)
Yikes!
https://youtu.be/VY-MSQ4_G0Y
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:03 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (mlg/3)
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I'm gonna go with "accident" for now. I mean, it is an explosive factory after all. Not exactly the safest working environment even under optimal conditions.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 10, 2025 01:04 PM (IBQGV)
@Breaking911
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4m
DEVELOPING: Multiple deaths, at least 19 people unaccounted for after massive explosion at explosives factory in Hickman County, Tenn.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Sorry, I was filling out W-2s and employment forms.
It begins.
* huff *
Posted by: So It Begins Alternate Guy, First Day on the Job at October 10, 2025 01:04 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (EYmYM)
I don't understand your false choice.
Why are my only two options 'tell her to accept it,' or 'beat the everloving fuck out of him'?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:04 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 10, 2025 12:34 PM (gm9Sb)
You know who else was a Corporal.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:04 PM (ExV1e)
Also the title of Gad Saad's upcoming book.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2025 01:04 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Max Power at October 10, 2025 01:04 PM (Hucnr)
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:05 PM (aURVT)
See the documentary, Dazed and Confused.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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From what I read of Western history, these things move in cycles in society--overly loose leads to overly tight which leads to loosening again of societal restraints.
I think we are at the end of the loosening point in our cycle.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:05 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Homeschoolers at October 10, 2025 01:05 PM (Eb25o)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:00 PM (EYmYM)
I don't understand your false choice.
Why are my only two options 'tell her to accept it,' or 'beat the everloving fuck out of him'?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:04 PM (oSeBJ)
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Tangentially:
It seems like people think that Democrats just want them to have a worse life:
https://x.com/charlotteeffect/status/
1976294450294067377
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:05 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: 18-1
The whole bite on the neck thing invites erotic interpretations. It shows up with the three female vampires to want to drink Jonathan Harker's blood in the novel Dracula.
Posted by: Prof. Higgins at October 10, 2025 01:05 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:03 PM (i24o9)
They say "and the building is a total loss" but looking at that video, you say "what building?"
It reminds me of that explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas a few years back. Big Bada Boom.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 01:06 PM (uWKK8)
Why are my only two options 'tell her to accept it,' or 'beat the everloving fuck out of him'?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:04 PM (oSeBJ)
You're right. There is no choice.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:06 PM (i24o9)
- A. Spanberger
Posted by: Gref at October 10, 2025 01:06 PM (5rh/l)
I can't hear that phrase now without envisioning the Brian Blessed clip from Critical Drinker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCWZxtvLkDE
I never realized how much better things would sound if Brian Blessed shouted them.
He had about 5 minutes of screen time in Prince of Thieves as Robin's father but I think he had the most memorable scene besides Alan Rickman. Completely outshone Costner.
Posted by: Nelly at October 10, 2025 01:06 PM (cHLus)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:04 PM (oSeBJ)
IYKYK
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 01:07 PM (o1u+L)
Why are my only two options 'tell her to accept it,' or 'beat the everloving fuck out of him'?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:04 PM (oSeBJ)
You’re the one with the false choice. You have said it’s either physically defend your daughter and end up in prison for 30 years or do nothing and let it continue.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:07 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Max Power at October 10, 2025 01:04 PM (Hucnr)
So, the opposite of Gavin Newsom.
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:07 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: Max Power at October 10, 2025 01:07 PM (Hucnr)
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 01:07 PM (o1u+L)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:28 PM
I'm going off the grid. No more Franchises, no more botox, no more "Hey, oh, lets clone another goat," and certainly no more sexual harassment lawsuits, what's wrong with saying "Hey, nice tits." When did that go out the window?
YouTube: https://bit.ly/48VOVKm
Posted by: Uncle Ben Lewis at October 10, 2025 01:07 PM (P5BPp)
Why are my only two options 'tell her to accept it,' or 'beat the everloving fuck out of him'?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
Exactly! She could join in!!!
Posted by: Transtifa Weirdo Groomers at October 10, 2025 01:08 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: 18-1
The whole bite on the neck thing invites erotic interpretations. It shows up with the three female vampires to want to drink Jonathan Harker's blood in the novel Dracula.
Posted by: Prof. Higgins at October 10, 2025 01:05 PM (77rzZ)
And then there's the "I vant ... to suck ...."
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:08 PM (aURVT)
https://tinyurl.com/3nmhe3by
Code of Virginia
§ 18.2-387. Indecent exposure.
Every person who intentionally makes an obscene display or exposure of his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 10, 2025 01:08 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Prof. Higgins at October 10, 2025 01:05 PM (77rzZ)
The entire subtext of Bram Stoker's Dracula was repressed sexuality in the late Victorian era. This idea that all that women needed was a little bite to go completely over to the dark side - That's why it was so popular.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 01:08 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Prof. Higgins at October 10, 2025 01:08 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Every tranny ever all the time at October 10, 2025 01:08 PM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Prof. Higgins at October 10, 2025 01:08 PM (77rzZ)
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The Invisible Man when he's trying to not be seen?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (GBKbO)
I also hope I'm wrong. I was wrong about Youngkin. I was wrong about Trump in 2016. I was wrong about him winning in 2024.
A lot of things I've been damn near certain of simply have not come to pass.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
A lot of the polling out there is purposely done to scare off donors, volunteers, and demoralize supporters of GOP. If a poll has a 'media' partner, it is most assuredly junk. Reliable polls do political polls as a loss leader to get other business rather than getting money from the media for narrative supporting polls.
And Fox has the worst polling record, btw, of any of the media polls consistently. And that is because their director of polling operations is a hard core Dem leftist and has been since the Obama years. That is one among many reasons never to trust Fox/Murdoch outlets for any news.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (hdK5G)
I agree but the entire point is they are not . What do you do?
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 01:01 PM (sKqQm)
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Can have elegance, but still overwhelmingly strong and powerful.
The elegance corresponds to the side of the woman who wants emotional refinement. The power and even his ability to entrance appeals to a woman's inner need to submit.
Anyway, that's my shot.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (c44Rp)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 12:45 PM (BG2Yo)
This is the 3rd time in the past 12 months that he's been reported to have suffered a stroke. Once I believe they even said that he was dead.
Until they introduce someone else as Dick-tater of de Chinee, view these reports with skepicism.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:10 PM (ExV1e)
They aren't.
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 01:07 PM (o1u+L)
Be better.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:10 PM (i24o9)
----
my takeaway from this is, somebody thought it was a good idea to add a dramatic musical soundtrack to footage of death and destruction
makes the video 'better'
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at October 10, 2025 01:10 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Prof. Higgins at October 10, 2025 01:08 PM (77rzZ)
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The Invisible Man when he's trying to not be seen?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (GBKbO)
___________
I go as THE BLADIEST BLADE OF ALL BLADES
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
https://x.com/charlotteeffect/status/
1976294450294067377
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:05 PM (GBKbO)
Well.
Because they don't.
That's what socialism IS - it's a world in which we're all equally miserable.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:10 PM (oSeBJ)
A female immigrant veteran VOC who worked her way up from poverty and at one point was director of a homeless shelter
or...
A white "former" CIA agent.
but not letting them see the party each belongs to. They'd almost all pick the former...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 01:10 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (c44Rp)
That'll happen!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:11 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 10, 2025 01:11 PM (hdK5G)
Posted by: mishdog at October 10, 2025 01:11 PM (Mfik9)
https://tinyurl.com/3nmhe3by
Code of Virginia
§ 18.2-387. Indecent exposure.
Every person who intentionally makes an obscene display or exposure of his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 10, 2025 01:08 PM (O7YUW)
They won't, which is why this is edging toward DIY LE.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:11 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 01:11 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 12:15 PM (uWKK
If he got a Senate seat out of VA, and kept it for 1-2 terms, I’d be good with that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
The Baldest Bald of all Balds?
Bald choice, sir.
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: Prof. Higgins at October 10, 2025 01:08 PM (77rzZ)
And which costume invites the most hungry woman gropes? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:10 PM (i24o9)
Moi?
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM (o1u+L)
I can't hear that phrase now without envisioning the Brian Blessed clip from Critical Drinker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCWZxtvLkDE
I never realized how much better things would sound if Brian Blessed shouted them.
He had about 5 minutes of screen time in Prince of Thieves as Robin's father but I think he had the most memorable scene besides Alan Rickman. Completely outshone Costner.
Posted by: Nelly at October 10, 2025 01:06 PM (cHLus)
Brian Blessed played the exact same character in every movie he was in - but he was always hilarious! He was fabulous in the 1st Season of Blackadder. I think every line he had in that season was shouted.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Every tranny ever
You ain't got the balls to do it.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM (9LmFm)
Pirate (strong and brave)
Rich guy (duh rich)
Vampire (why is this one here?)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 01:01 PM
Then there's women's girlboss fiction, which Disparu from Friday Night Tights has called "Clit-Lit(erature)".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM
I would help a buddy take his little sister trick-or-treating. I wouldn't wear a costume, and I would tell people who asked that I was the Invisible Man, but the costume only works if you pay no attention to me. Thanks for ruining it. That used to get a chuckle or two from the neighbors.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Hubba hubba at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM (Eb25o)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
---
We thought you was turned into a horny-toad.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 12:10 PM (iFTx/)
The slow blade penetrates the shield.
Posted by: Gurney Halleck at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (c44Rp)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:10 PM (oSeBJ)
Almost. It's a world where everyone except the chosen and connected are equally miserable.
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (o1u+L)
Posted by: Every tranny ever
You ain't got the balls to do it.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM
Umm...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (kgE5c)
Busy morning, just finished reading JJ's Morning Report in which the following was quoted:
"Chicago’s Confederate Mayor, Brandon Johnson, was asked Wednesday if he would want an illegal alien deported if that illegal had raped his wife. The insurrectionist refused to answer."
---------
BREAKING: Shitcago Mayor's Wife Files For Divorce. Film at 11:00 ...
[h/t Wifey of ShainS]
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (eft2R)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (c44Rp)
And the Dems rabid hate of Trump.. I'm seeing it here in CA where that horrible gerrymandering bill seems to be winning... It's the hate for Trump that is fueling it...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Max Power
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I was assured earlier by someone else that she came off like an angry black lady.
Candidate imagery is in the eye of the beholder much like beauty, etc. It ain't objective because it rests with your own psychological definitions of what is strong and weak.
And that in turn rests on a person's socialization, being influenced by media and infotainment, and the endless chatter from political spin teams.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Tom Servo
He was great as Augustus in "I, Claudius."
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:14 PM (77rzZ)
Great video on Fox about a pizza delivery gal that messed up the order and wa clearly having a bad day. The customer who was a pastor said, it's OK, and he and his kids prayed with her. The driver was in tears. It was touching.
Posted by: Leo DiCaprio at October 10, 2025 01:14 PM (ewjUl)
It seems to work for the CBC...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 01:14 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: mishdog at October 10, 2025 01:11 PM (Mfik9)
Not the same for law.
A senior associate is typically someone who isn't making partner for whatever reason, and you'd typically not even be considered for partner until year 8 or so. May be different at smaller places, or in individual cases, but not uncommon in general.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 10, 2025 01:14 PM (zUe/H)
I had a Sergeant Sergeant when I was stationed in Germany. Supply Sergeant. Heck of a great NCO and a good man. He taught this young 2LT a lot.
Posted by: Diogenes
=====
How to surf for pron on secure networks?
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:03 PM (WDjG6)
***
Heh.
This was wwwaaayyy before the internet. My German phone had a cloth covered cord. Found a swastika on the bottom of it.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 10, 2025 01:14 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Or she is relying on the Dems' vote manufacturing networks. There's a reason why Dems look completely horrible on record yet manage to win.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2025 01:14 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Prof. Higgins at October 10, 2025 01:08 PM (77rzZ)
And which costume invites the most hungry woman gropes? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM (i24o9)
________
A $3500 custom suit with a Patek while getting out of a Lamborghini?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:14 PM (iFTx/)
The elegance corresponds to the side of the woman who wants emotional refinement. The power and even his ability to entrance appeals to a woman's inner need to submit.
It's how they are portrayed. Most are rich, powerful, handsome, charming...dangerous and alluring, and something to be tamed.
The loser vampires from What We Do In The Shadows aren't quite as lusted over.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 10, 2025 01:14 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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He took over Flash Gordon along with Max von Sydow at the end.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Max Power
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I was assured earlier by someone else that she came off like an angry black lady.
She should be a shoo-in then for the angry black woman vote
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (c44Rp)
That'll happen!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:11 PM (aURVT
Let’s hold the election anyway just to make sure.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (c44Rp)
1st season of Blackadder was pretty poor.
In the second season Atkinson had a character he could work with and then went on to make 2 more great seasons
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Every tranny ever
You ain't got the balls to do it.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 01:12 PM
Umm...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Win/win. Either he does & he does, or he doesn't and he doesn't.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (9LmFm)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Chiswick! Fresh horses!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (sKqQm)
____
The Paolo?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Max Power
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I was assured earlier by someone else that she came off like an angry black lady.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (WDjG6)
barbarausa cited opposition cartoons that depicted Winsome that way.
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:16 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:07 PM (EYmYM)
I've never said 'do nothing.'
I've said 'beating the everloving fuck out of him isn't really helping your daughter for any of the days to the right of this one.'
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:16 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM
Whoopi?
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:16 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM
The logic checks out.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2025 01:16 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
Where are the Moms? Scream rape and let the cops determine if it was a credible threat or not.
Posted by: EveR at October 10, 2025 01:16 PM (Z/h4+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (c44Rp)
That'll happen!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:11 PM (aURVT
Let’s hold the election anyway just to make sure.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (c44Rp)
Demoncrat in VA : "ABORTIONS! YAAAAAAAAAAY!"
*wins election*
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 01:16 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:16 PM (EYmYM)
289 there are already cartoons being circulated by Indivisible Virginia showing Winsome as an "angry black woman" from the debate, like all of a sudden that isn't a good thing?
A friend speculates that since it wasn't widely shown, the object was to get good clips for commercials, and Spannberger's wooden refusal to answer on Jones has started making the rounds.
Posted by: barbarausa at October 10, 2025 10:54 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:17 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 10, 2025 01:10 PM (oSeBJ)
Almost. It's a world where everyone except the chosen and connected are equally miserable.
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (o1u+L)
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"Something something equal in misery and slavery something something unequal in prosperity and liberty."
/[At the risk of crossing multiple memes:]
-- Shit Some Old Dead White Dude Once Said, Vol. II
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 01:17 PM (GH5++)
Posted by: garrett at October 10, 2025 12:38 PM (BG2Yo)
The BlueSky userbase is currently in active REVOLT because the staff banned Rape Porn.
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 12:53 PM (UnA8+)
Why am I not surprised.
Posted by: They're freaky over there at October 10, 2025 01:17 PM (TbWk/)
Over the last 10 or so years the Dems have given up an pretense of playing moderate or even competent in a neutral sense. It is fascinating
Clinton got smacked in '94 for campaigning as a moderate and governing as a leftist but if you believe the vote totals over the last decade the left AND moderate voters in blue areas are all fine with corruption, incompetence, and absurdly leftwing ideas.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2025 01:17 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Gref at October 10, 2025 01:17 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:14 PM (iFTx/)
I said costume, not every day wear.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:17 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 01:17 PM (o1u+L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:09 PM (c44Rp)
That'll happen!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:11 PM (aURVT
Let’s hold the election anyway just to make sure.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (c44Rp)
Demoncrat in VA : "ABORTIONS! YAAAAAAAAAAY!"
*wins election*
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 01:16 PM (UnA8+)
this
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:17 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: the way I see it
Being against child genital mutilation also puts off Democrat voters.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 10, 2025 01:18 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: m
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Referring to Interruptions. Stronger candidates feel free to interrupt weaker ones if they wish plus the opposition cartoons indicate that is already a thing among the Dems.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:18 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 12:53 PM (UnA8+)
This is what they call "burying the lede"
Posted by: ... at October 10, 2025 01:18 PM (o1u+L)
Posted by: barbarausa at October 10, 2025 01:18 PM (enw9G)
Not some dilettante officer like Buttigieg.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (9LmFm)
This truth table ain't truthing out.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM (i24o9)
311 308 iow, they are going to focus on interruptions by an unhinged Trumpster, which the clips will counter well, with questions unanswered by the spook (and she's white, so I can call her that as a former CIA whattchit)
Posted by: barbarausa
I think that is a stupid move if they plan that. It plays into Sears hands by being countered by that Spanberger supporter sign about water fountains.
Spannberger is a candidate of the whole move to identity politics by Dems which like coalitional politics, requires juggling different constituencies--if she denounces the unhinged AG candidate, she loses angry blacks and true believer leftists, if she denounces troons, she loses the alphabet vote and the true believer leftists. That makes her vulnerable to anything like being accused of racism, supporting murder, and males in female locker rooms in schools. Majority of voters hate that shit so she has to lie and dissemble about her true positions.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 11:07 AM (WDjG6)
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM (aURVT)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:14 PM (iFTx/)
I said costume, not every day wear.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:17 PM (i24o9)
______
"The sock in the pants usually works for me"
-- A Friend
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Moron Analyst
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Muzzies. The ironic thing is that Muzzie women are the ones that take charge of that whole hideous procedure.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at October 10, 2025 12:56 PM (ZJb5v)
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A popular topic over in X right now--in certain circles--is "Suicidal Empathy".
This is largely a woman's trait and a female-prominent society is susceptible to it.
You have two types of rebellion to it: Traditional men and criminals, who are all about personal power anyway.
Playing a Motte and Bailey game associated "toxic" with "masculinity". ("We were just talking about masculinity in a *toxic* form!") Made female-ism reenforced all this mal-empathy.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:01 PM (krQz2)
Ayup, and one of several reasons why our society/culture is circling the drain.
Posted by: Let's you and him fight at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (WDjG6)
"Fly, my Hawkmen!!"
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM (0bjKf)
Exodus 15:2
Posted by: Marcus T at October 10, 2025 01:20 PM (Oy+3b)
"The sock in the pants usually works for me"
-- A Friend
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM (iFTx/)
If you got the room, I guess.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:20 PM (i24o9)
Busy morning, just finished reading JJ's Morning Report in which the following was quoted:
"Chicago’s Confederate Mayor, Brandon Johnson, was asked Wednesday if he would want an illegal alien deported if that illegal had raped his wife. The insurrectionist refused to answer.
BREAKING: Shitcago Mayor's Wife Files For Divorce. Film at 11:00 ...
[h/t Wifey of ShainS]
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at
If Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered...
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 01:21 PM (QsMb/)
Posted by: barbarausa
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Did not say you did. It was someone else who I don't care to name.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:21 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: barbarausa at October 10, 2025 01:18 PM (enw9G)
I know that, barbarausa! That's why I'm quoting you!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:21 PM (aURVT)
He was resurrected much quicker than qdpsteve (i.e., pdq -- SWIDT?) ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 01:21 PM (GH5++)
-- A Friend
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM
Pro tip. Put the sock in the front.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:21 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Gandalf at October 10, 2025 01:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Max Power
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I was assured earlier by someone else that she came off like an angry black lady.
She should be a shoo-in then for the angry black woman vote
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (VE6XX)
The current thing is hood rat/ratchet. Angry black lady is SOOOO 18 months ago.
Posted by: Dat maff ain't maffin, unnuhn! at October 10, 2025 01:22 PM (TbWk/)
I keep misreading your nic as "babirusa," a wild pig of Indonesia.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:22 PM (77rzZ)
Had an uncle by marriage named Sargent. He was an E-5 in Vietnam.
Also had a cadre sergeant in AIT named Minor. So he was SGT Minor. For a brief moment I wondered if I had missed a rank when learning them in basic. He may have end up being SGT Major Minor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 10, 2025 01:22 PM (PSEDc)
I am sus.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell
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Yep. Poor dude playing Flash had Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed, Max von Sydow, Topol, and hot chicks to take the movie away from his lead.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (QsMb/)
-- A Friend
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM
Pro tip. Put the sock in the front.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:21 PM (ewjUl)
lol
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (zUe/H)
I am sus.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (xcxpd)
You may have a leftist infestation.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (i24o9)
The little girls who society says are not worthy of protection, but the nasty old men creeping on them are worthy.
When I’m a grandmother, if some pervert pullls that shit on my granddaughter, I will gladly go to jail protecting those little girls.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (W2Pud)
oh, right. NoVA banned dodgeball as too violent. Knew a substitute coach fired after on game.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: ShainS
Sorry, the whole Elric thing was my fault. Somebody posted that Ace was tired of Elric's shtick, and I took it wrong. It did lead to an interesting discussion of shticks, however.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)
Thanks, didn't mean to sound accusatory. I know I was talking about it, and wanted to clarify if I'd been misread.
Posted by: barbarausa at October 10, 2025 01:24 PM (enw9G)
I am sus.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (xcxpd)
Your church's security org is gay and retarded. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Posted by: Forget it Mark. It's Washington Town. at October 10, 2025 01:24 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 01:13 PM (VE6XX)
Behold! The power of propaganda, the algorithm, and low IQs.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:24 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)
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I mostly just didn't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:24 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:14 PM (iFTx/)
I said costume, not every day wear.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:17 PM
How about some older Levi's hiking boots and an F250?
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:25 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
Better call Cartman's hippie removal service.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 10, 2025 01:25 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 01:15 PM (9LmFm)
This truth table ain't truthing out.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
Either it's a he with balls and he whacks himself or it's a she and she doesn't have balls.
I need to slow down and come up with better jokes.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 10, 2025 01:25 PM (9LmFm)
I am sus.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Silly and unserious security then. They failed on the most basic level, identification of obvious threats.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:25 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:25 PM (EYmYM)
Winsome seems likable but doesn't have a strong stage presence.
Posted by: Max Power
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That was my impression. She doesn't exactly blow people off the screen.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 01:25 PM (oKXMA)
-- A Friend
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM
Pro tip. Put the sock in the front.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:21 PM (ewjUl)
lol
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (zUe/H)
Salami optional.
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 01:25 PM (UnA8+)
Thanks for pointing it out. I will look for it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2025 01:25 PM (LIvrk)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 10, 2025 01:25 PM (oKXMA)
But enough about Kamala Harris...
Posted by: XTC at October 10, 2025 01:26 PM (UnA8+)
LOL!
(I participated in a Brit blog years ago, on which there were several Barbaras from the UK, so I was the one from over here.)
Posted by: barbarausa at October 10, 2025 01:26 PM (enw9G)
I am sus.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Silly and unserious security then. They failed on the most basic level, identification of obvious threats.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:25 PM (WDjG6)
Yeah, they're grouping in the Boogaloo Bois in the same bucket at Pro-Pali terrorist groups.
I'm sending a clarification email but if this is their policy, I'm gonna have to have a long serious talk with my pastor.
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Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 10, 2025 01:26 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (W2Pud)
The right of trial by jury is that palladium of civil liberty and the only safe guarantee for the life, liberty and property of the citizen.
Posted by: TX Declaration of Independence, 1836 at October 10, 2025 01:26 PM (c44Rp)
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 01:21 PM (QsMb/)
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Great Memory!
“Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer?”
* Dukakis proceeds to answer in wonky emotionless inhuman droid bot mode *
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 01:26 PM (GH5++)
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (WDjG6)
And they even dubbed his voice! Couldn't catch a break.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 10, 2025 01:26 PM (0bjKf)
Posted by: Bulg
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Reminds me of the old joke where a controversial character with an illness is told people are praying about him--he replies, "Which way?"
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Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (WDjG6)
Ornella Muti a/k/a Princess Aura. GotDAYUM.
Posted by: Affixed my heterosexuality in stone for all time at October 10, 2025 01:27 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: the way I see it
Bewitched Dick Sargeant was gay.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:27 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2025 01:25 PM
That was my sock BTW. Forgot to change it.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:27 PM (ewjUl)
The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize dedicated her award to President Trump this morning.
María Corina Machado @MariaCorinaYA
This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
X: https://bit.ly/4h6dl6a
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 10, 2025 01:27 PM (P5BPp)
-- A Friend
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:19 PM
You're about to become a Comiconvict - aren't you?
Posted by: Boswell at October 10, 2025 01:27 PM (BGfwC)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)
*detects Bulg* oWo
Posted by: What's this? at October 10, 2025 01:28 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)
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I mostly just didn't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:24 PM (GBKbO)
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Ain't no such thing as bad publicity, yo!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators
With that name, is it any wonder Dick Cox is a perv?
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 10, 2025 01:28 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell
Even if they didn't--Queen soundtrack would probably have overpowered his dialogue.
Posted by: whig at October 10, 2025 01:28 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:24 PM (GBKbO)
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Ain't no such thing as bad publicity, yo!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:28 PM (iFTx/)
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I did consider something unconsiderable, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:28 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (W2Pud)
The right of trial by jury is that palladium of civil liberty and the only safe guarantee for the life, liberty and property of the citizen.
Posted by: TX Declaration of Independence, 1836 at October 10, 2025 01:26 PM (c44Rp)
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Those who make Criminal Justice impossible will make Vigilant Justice inevitable.
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 01:28 PM (GWALS)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:28 PM (c44Rp)
I am sus.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (xcxpd)
You may have a leftist infestation.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:23 PM (i24o9)
At some level, looks like it. I'm now wondering if the information we're getting is slanted and contaimnated.
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Also had a cadre sergeant in AIT named Minor. So he was SGT Minor. For a brief moment I wondered if I had missed a rank when learning them in basic. He may have end up being SGT Major Minor.
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Had a CO named Dipshit. Commander Dipshit. Or, wait, maybe that was just what the crew called him.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:29 PM (ExV1e)
SAD!
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Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:29 PM (77rzZ)
* Dukakis proceeds to answer in wonky emotionless inhuman droid bot mode *
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 01:26 PM (GH5++)
All death penalties are irrevocable, at least once carried out.
Posted by: Unless you have enough gold for a resurrection spell at October 10, 2025 01:29 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 01:29 PM (63Dwl)
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
X: https://bit.ly/4h6dl6a
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 10, 2025 01:27 PM
It's as if thousands of lefty heads simultaneously exploded.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:30 PM (ewjUl)
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AWFLs just can't give a black lady that "strong empowered woman" thing.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:30 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 01:28 PM (xcxpd)
Whig said it best. That security mission is compromised by political actors. Seek alternative arrangements if you can't right that ship.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:30 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2025 01:28 PM (c44Rp)
I bet they'll try to find a way to give one to hamas. That's who they really want to honor.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 10, 2025 01:30 PM (QsMb/)
It's as if thousands of lefty heads simultaneously exploded.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:30 PM (ewjUl)
They were so celebrating Trump's "loss"
Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2025 01:31 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 01:31 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 01:29 PM
In his case there's also no such thing as good ratings in the 25-55 demographic.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 10, 2025 01:31 PM (ewjUl)
Wait...that's a thing that can happen!?!?!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 10, 2025 01:31 PM (ycI94)
"I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!" she wrote on X.
I like her. And Trump will be even more eligible for the prize in 2026.
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 01:31 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2025 01:29 PM (63Dwl)
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I'll counter: There's no such thing as Jimmy Kimmel.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:31 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Seems like he's also a chupacabra denier.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:32 PM (77rzZ)
ace is tired of Elric's dick???
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 01:31 PM (dCxaZ)
garrett hardest hit
Posted by: All those shared Vespa moments, lost... at October 10, 2025 01:32 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 10, 2025 01:28 PM (xcxpd)
Whig said it best. That security mission is compromised by political actors. Seek alternative arrangements if you can't right that ship.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:30 PM (i24o9)
Well we just hired local Sheriff type to provide a uniformed presence in the lobby, so that's more help. But this stinks and I'm about to make a bigger stink about it.
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Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)
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At the risk of repeating myself YET once again:
"My primary raison d'être and schtick here is to speak hyperbolically and carry a big schtick."
Posted by: ShainS -- The All-American Halftime Show Celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom at October 10, 2025 01:32 PM (GWALS)
Posted by: the way I see it
Bewitched Dick Sargeant was gay.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:27 PM (77rzZ)
Yes and as a coincidence was born with the name Richard Cox.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:32 PM (EYmYM)
......
Did she yell at you to "
Posted by: wth at October 10, 2025 01:29 PM (UjdFS)
"Choke your chicken!"
"With MY hand, numbnuts!"
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:32 PM (i24o9)
ace is tired of Elric's dick???
Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 01:31 PM (dCxaZ)
____
[Makes "call me" gesture]
-- Pete Bootyjuice
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:32 PM (iFTx/)
"I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!" she wrote on X.
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 01:31 PM (gWBY1)
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I was assured that Trump is an international laughing stock.
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:32 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Affixed my heterosexuality in stone for all time at October 10, 2025 01:27 PM (TbWk/)
Rumor has it that there might be a film or two in which she is not fully clothed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:33 PM (ExV1e)
Wait...that's a thing that can happen!?!?!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
I think it was just speculation as to why Elric hadn't posted in a while.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:33 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Axeman at October 10, 2025 01:32 PM (krQz2)
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Blow up 3-4 cartel boats, and see if people still laugh at you!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:33 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: LizLem at October 10, 2025 01:33 PM (gWBY1)
"I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!" she wrote on X.
I like her. And Trump will be even more eligible for the prize in 2026.
Posted by: LizLem
Weird. When I searched for 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, the Google summary didn't mention that at all, just:
Machado dedicated the prize to the Venezuelan people, stating, "I hope you understand this is a movement, this is an achievement of a whole society".
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 10, 2025 01:34 PM (ycI94)
I'll be in my bunk for awhile.
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We mainly use strong male presence, many who open carry, near the entrance and parking lot.
There are other considerations in the works, but that is about the extent of our deterrence plan.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 10, 2025 01:34 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Affixed my heterosexuality in stone for all time at October 10, 2025 01:27 PM (TbWk/)
Rumor has it that there might be a film or two in which she is not fully clothed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:33 PM (ExV1e)
____
That is probably true of all or almost all of the European sexpots of that era
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 10, 2025 01:34 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: the way I see it
Bewitched Dick Sargeant was gay.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:27 PM (77rzZ)
Yeah, he always came off that way.
Put me off the show.
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Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2025 01:31 PM (dCxaZ)
You know how the gay ewoks are...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 10, 2025 01:35 PM (EPFoG)
I'll be in my bunk for awhile.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 10, 2025 01:34 PM (abIsI)
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Senate won't be back for more than a week as well.
As the federal government continues to spend $17.5 billion a day and Trump is required by the Antideficiency Act to find savings in order to keep core functions of the government running.
Hell, why not fire the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and demand that interest rates on new bonds be 0% to save a few hundred billion as well?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 10, 2025 01:35 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 10, 2025 01:35 PM (ExV1e)
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Cheers to Tim and Gwen Walz
The governor and first lady rolled up their sleeves and publicly received their COVID-19 and flu vaccines on Wednesday. I was reminded of the importance of leaders promoting and protecting public health while seated among a trio of ill-informed vaccine naysayers at a wedding last weekend. You know the type: They’ve rarely cracked a book since college, but they confidently claim to have done their own medical research into vaccine safety. My seatmates proudly claimed to take their medical cues from formerly brain-worm-infected Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Fortunately, here in Minnesota we have an elected leader who turns to and trusts scientists at our world-class medical institutions. Walz is not only taking the vaccines himself, but he’s also fighting to ensure we continue to have access to the shots.
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Wait...that's a thing that can happen!?!?!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
I think it was just speculation as to why Elric hadn't posted in a while.
Posted by: Bulg at October 10, 2025 01:33 PM (77rzZ)
Yeah, I never located anything in the form of "official" admonishment. I think someone was just getting up on their soap box.
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Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 10, 2025 01:36 PM (ycI94)
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Considering the geography might want to make sure local Sheriff type isn't the sort to swing the doors wide open and hand the tranny gunman extra magazines.
Posted by: Badge =/= on the side of good at October 10, 2025 01:36 PM (TbWk/)
And if you refuse the vaccines Walz will have you shot with paintballs.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 10, 2025 01:37 PM (EYmYM)
Can't figure out why.
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@ClayTravis
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The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize dedicated her award to President Trump this morning.
María Corina Machado
@MariaCorinaYA
4h
This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:40 PM (aURVT)
María Corina Machado
@MariaCorinaYA
4h
This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:41 PM (aURVT)
María Corina Machado
@MariaCorinaYA
4h
Este inmenso reconocimiento a la lucha de todos los venezolanos es un impulso para concluir nuestra tarea: conquistar la Libertad.
Estamos en el umbral de la victoria y hoy más que nunca contamos con el Presidente Trump, el pueblo de los Estados Unidos, los pueblos de América Latina y las naciones democráticas del mundo como nuestros principales aliados para lograr la Libertad y la democracia.
Venezuela será libre!
Posted by: m at October 10, 2025 01:44 PM (aURVT)
The culture starts to cope, too. I can tell you of 3 things young women in a local high school are doing: going off-campus for lunch and using those bathrooms. Wearing menstrual pads (not tampons) in case of accidents. Going without water period to get through the day. Reported problems of dehydration.
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