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Dog Counterfeiters Club Cafe

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LIFEHACK: the easy way to carry two dogs.

They're trying to discover the Cuteness quark.

Lazy day.

Cat defends his stray dog friend from another dog.

Eagle stretching his wings before take-off.

Doggie rickshaw service.

Baby elephant wants to say Hi, but Mama elephant says no.

Slacklining across mountain peaks.



Dog sees people exchanging little bits of paper for food. So he gets something that looks like a little scrap of paper and tries to buy some food!

And he's not the only one who tries it!

This dog is a little heart-thief:

Posted by: Ace at 07:46 PM




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1 Huh. No comments.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 16, 2022 07:47 PM (yQpMk)

2 I was expecting to be #25.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 16, 2022 07:47 PM (yQpMk)

3 Trifecta?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 16, 2022 07:47 PM (yQpMk)

4 Puppehs!!!!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 16, 2022 07:48 PM (2xlV3)

5 I'll summon The Others.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 16, 2022 07:48 PM (yQpMk)

6 Go Trump! Fewer Cabinet departments: 2? 4?

Posted by: Holy Crap at November 16, 2022 07:49 PM (glGDV)

7 That's a beautiful picture!
Thanks Ace!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 16, 2022 07:49 PM (LfS9Q)

8 Defund EPA,

Posted by: Holy Crap at November 16, 2022 07:49 PM (glGDV)

9 Commie lawyers who threw Molotov cocktails at police car disbarred:

https://tinyurl.com/msbbha4m

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 16, 2022 07:50 PM (bW8dp)

10 Defund Ukraine

Posted by: wth at November 16, 2022 07:51 PM (v0R5T)

11 th?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2022 07:51 PM (Wnv9h)

12 Mar A Largo Raid found nothing... oops.... no sinister nuke secrets https://tinyurl.com/mt2k55xm

Posted by: richard mcenroe at November 16, 2022 07:51 PM (8fxF+)

13 O/T from the Sidebar:

"Blackstone? Blackstone!? The leftwing ESG investor?
Was Trump "bought" by Schwarzman?"

I think you're thinking of BlackRock, Ace -- not Blackstone, but perhaps the latter is also one of the investment firms in on the WEF/ESG agenda?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 16, 2022 07:52 PM (K3TEc)

14 What a awesome photo

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2022 07:52 PM (xhxe8)

15 ShainS, yes you're right, sorry. got that wrong.

Posted by: ace at November 16, 2022 07:53 PM (C1Zwz)

16 https://youtu.be/mh4RpdFBoUA

This is the story about the America soldier meeting a Japanese kid after the war, more or less.

Posted by: Puddleglum

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 16, 2022 07:53 PM (sAmhv)

17 counterfeit dogs are either hyenas or badgers....

https://youtu.be/-yWnt6ODxcc

Fatal Attractions-Hyena....

easily one of the funniest episodes

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 07:54 PM (Lzpvj)

18 Those doggies with leaves have better economic sense than Brandon

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 16, 2022 07:54 PM (5rBf5)

19 Looks like the founders of Blackstone have traditionally been Republicans (though who can say if they're our kind of Republican). Schwarzman is a long-time R donor, and the other founder was Nixon's commerce secretary.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 07:55 PM (eYoxG)

20 Chinese Dragon gang brawl breaks out at 100-person party inside Tokyo skyscraper
https://tinyurl.com/5vxkb73f

There were having a party because one of them just got out of prison in August, as they were all members of the gang known as Chinese Dragon.

The party got started at around 6 p.m., but it only took about half an hour for things to turn thuggish. At some point, a brawl broke out, with a group of about 10 men throwing fists at each other inside the posh establishment. The police were called, but by the time they arrived most of the members of the party had fled the scene, leaving overturned tables, smashed glasses and beer bottles, and a broken door behind. Only one person from the party who remained behind was hurt, a man in his 20s who'd suffered light injuries, but the presence of unaccounted-for bloodstains suggests some of those who'd made their escape before the cops showed hadn't gone home unscathed.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at November 16, 2022 07:55 PM (MFZ8i)

21 Nyah!

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 07:55 PM (luw22)

22 Possible crossing of the threads. I'm currently reading 'Japan at War: An Oral History'.
https://tinyurl.com/2792wmzc
Posted by: Mike Hammer

I loved that book although it is very sad. Bloodlands sad. I felt sorry for the Japanese school girls forced to build the balloon bombs. Of course, I like Japanese school girls.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 07:55 PM (FVME7)

23 Remember as kids walking on train rails seeing who could go farthest, there 3 or 4 inches wide

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2022 07:55 PM (xhxe8)

24
This weekend we bought a chest freezer and today we went to Costco to buy stuff to fill it. Steaks, pork ribs, stew meat for soups, sausages, chicken, trout and salmon. Should hold us for a while.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2022 07:56 PM (MoZTd)

25
"I woke up with a lump on my head the size of my head."

Who said it and in what movie?

Hint: 1946

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 16, 2022 07:56 PM (kRGzM)

26 The only time I've seen that particular view of the Milky Way was far out at a calm sea, at midnight and no running lights were on.
It was awesome!

Posted by: gourmand du jour, sunny and cool at November 16, 2022 07:56 PM (jTmQV)

27 The Pacific doesn't get the respect that Band of Brothers does, but it's a very good series nonetheless.
Posted by: Archimedes

I think that among the reasons the Nazis are more popular than the Japanese in popular WWII media is

1) The Nazi fights were in and for places that people had heard of and cared about like Paris instead of other side of the world unknowns like Tarawa and Peleliu.

2) The fire and movement of Market Garden or the Bulge is more exciting than the long, hard slog of digging Japanese out of caves, tunnels, and entrenchments.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 07:56 PM (FVME7)

28 Rain, the Thunderstorm rescue... https://tinyurl.com/2czfvqdj

Posted by: Richard Sean McEnroe at November 16, 2022 07:57 PM (8fxF+)

29 Looks like this Peter G Peterson fellow only had one issue, being a budget hawk. Looks like it too, the dour face of a stereotype of an accountant.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 07:58 PM (eYoxG)

30 Beautiful picture!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 16, 2022 07:58 PM (tBR6g)

31 Hadrian, Delilah says thank you as that diet sounds good to her.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2022 07:58 PM (qiGrE)

32 I nominate that cat to be minority senate leader.

Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2022 07:58 PM (0OP+5)

33 Animals are way smarter than most humans can appreciate

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2022 07:59 PM (xhxe8)

34 Also The Pacific is tainted by the assumption that the Americans were racists against the Japanese. Plus it does not follow one group over a relatively short period of time, instead it is many stories spanning the years of the Pacific campaign.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 07:59 PM (luw22)

35 "Commie lawyers who threw Molotov cocktails at police car disbarred:"

Nice! I'll be honest, after reading the article I cried.

Posted by: Bosk at November 16, 2022 07:59 PM (ZVuYy)

36 I so enjoy photos of the Milky Way. Thank you!

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 16, 2022 07:59 PM (Rbu5d)

37 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2022 07:56 PM (MoZTd

Are you feeling better, Hadrian?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 16, 2022 07:59 PM (5rBf5)

38 Evening.

https://cdrsalamander.substack.com/p/ chaos-is-a-ladder-opportunity-in

Chaos is a Ladder: Opportunity in the High North

Posted by: Modern Progressive at November 16, 2022 08:00 PM (pTZA2)

39
The floppy ears are what we call "bonnets". One of the more charming stages of puppydom.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2022 08:00 PM (MoZTd)

40 I think only seen Pacific 1 time through. Not shown like BoB often.

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2022 08:00 PM (xhxe8)

41 Having had personal experience with Blackstone, they ain't conservative.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at November 16, 2022 08:01 PM (H1bCu)

42 27 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 07:56 PM (FVME7)

Eh to those who understand the artistry of the logistics needed to rock the Pacific was a harder climb than EUtopia....

but to each their own.

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:01 PM (Lzpvj)

43 Baby elephant looks malnourished 🙁.

Posted by: runner at November 16, 2022 08:01 PM (V13WU)

44 Stretching eagle shouldn't be pulling a muscle. Good on him.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 16, 2022 08:01 PM (eGTCV)

45
Are you feeling better, Hadrian?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 16, 2022 07:59 PM (5rBf5)

_________

No. It's settled into frank bronchitis, which I haven't had in years.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2022 08:01 PM (MoZTd)

46 35 Posted by: Bosk at November 16, 2022 07:59 PM (ZVuYy)

I suggest we all start to decry this miscarriage of justice...

the bimbettes got less time for using destructive devices which BATF was "oddly silent on" than paraders.

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:02 PM (Lzpvj)

47 O dark thirty comes early
Everyone I hope has a great evening

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2022 08:02 PM (xhxe8)

48 Sad Japan World War II?

Grave of the Fireflies. If you are depressed do not watch this movie. Heck even if you are feeling okay do not watch this movie. This movie, emotion wise, is like playing Russian Roulette with five loaded cylinders.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:02 PM (luw22)

49 Of stupid Progtard sock!

*Ahem*

The Pacific War had great big naval and air battles that are super interesting.

Posted by: Robert at November 16, 2022 08:02 PM (pTZA2)

50 Ugh. I'm not ready for the Trump/DeSanguination War.

I've stated where I stand on it, multiple times; but it's all for naught if the dead weight in the GOP isn't cleared out in the next two years.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 16, 2022 08:02 PM (tp+tP)

51 This weekend we bought a chest freezer and today we went to Costco to buy stuff to fill it. Steaks, pork ribs, stew meat for soups, sausages, chicken, trout and salmon. Should hold us for a while.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2022 07:56 PM (MoZTd)

---------

Somebody here (I'm thinking maybe SMH) recommended getting freeze-dried meats for the future Starveflation after bugs & tree bark are the only approved & mandated foods. Went shopping and wow, exceedingly pricey.

Have a friend who has his own freeze-drier, and those are quite pricey too -- but that seems the best & most economical way to go in the long run.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 16, 2022 08:03 PM (K3TEc)

52 So should I put all my hard money into leaves or tulips? Or tulip leaves?

Posted by: lowandslow at November 16, 2022 08:03 PM (qH6FZ)

53
Hadrian, Delilah says thank you as that diet sounds good to her.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2022 07:58 PM (qiGrE)

_________

Ha! She's so fat she's on a diet of green beans.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2022 08:03 PM (MoZTd)

54 34 Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 07:59 PM (luw22)

It is easy to forget that the Japanese were never racist, totally moral, and made friends wherever they went....

//Your Kids' Dipshit Perfesser

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:03 PM (Lzpvj)

55 I own "The Pacific" on DVD. I think it's very well done. The racist angle is incidental. All you have to do is go back and look at GI training films from the Pacific theater, watch one for about 5 minutes. The racism angle worked both ways as the Japanese certainly considered themselves superior to all other races, even other Asians. Many still do.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, sunny and cool at November 16, 2022 08:03 PM (jTmQV)

56 Schwarzman's history of supporting R candidates seems a bit incoherent. Presently he is clearly leaning away from Trump and towards McConnell's, but this may primarily be due to what he hears from the media and in social circles. He seems like a squishy sort of Republican, not because he has intrinsically left-wing views, but because he doesn't have clear right-wing ones that he holds in confidence.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:04 PM (eYoxG)

57 From earlier: Not gonna lie, I don't think I would take the Hardcore Twitter Challenge. Not for something lame like 2020s social media, anyway. This part of Space Daddy's master plan may backfire; he's spent most of his career doing things that the best and the brightest would jump through hoops for because it's dramatically changing the world in real time, but can the same be said of Twitter? I'm not so sure. Time will tell I suppose.

Posted by: CppThis at November 16, 2022 08:04 PM (UewuT)

58 50 Posted by: Dr. T at November 16, 2022 08:02 PM (tp+tP)

since we already know we have lost 2024, I suggest getting a headstart on why we are doomed in 2028....

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:04 PM (Lzpvj)

59 Grave of the Fireflies. If you are depressed do not watch this movie. Heck even if you are feeling okay do not watch this movie. This movie, emotion wise, is like playing Russian Roulette with five loaded cylinders.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:02 PM (luw22)

It's not *that* depressing.

It's interesting that it's somewhat about the director and his sister and the guilt he carried with him after she died.

Posted by: Robert at November 16, 2022 08:05 PM (pTZA2)

60 42 27 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 07:56 PM (FVME7)

Eh to those who understand the artistry of the logistics needed to rock the Pacific was a harder climb than EUtopia....

but to each their own.
Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:01 PM (Lzpvj)

D-Day is ultimately a big gamble as military operations go. I think outside of some incredibly lucky events like the Battle of Midway, the Pacific doesn't have as much potential for true military defeat/disaster on a campaign level.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:05 PM (eYoxG)

61 9 Commie lawyers who threw Molotov cocktails at police car disbarred:

https://tinyurl.com/msbbha4m
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 16, 2022 07:50 PM (bW8dp)

Finally!

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 16, 2022 08:06 PM (Rbu5d)

62 Also, every company I've ever worked for had a "don't talk shit on social media" clause in the contract. Twitterheads who poke the angry bear and get mauled only have themselves to blame--quite literally, seeing as how they built their own trap.

Posted by: CppThis at November 16, 2022 08:07 PM (UewuT)

63 since we already know we have lost 2024, I suggest getting a headstart on why we are doomed in 2028....
Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:04 PM

2036 is when David Hogg will be eligible to run for President.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 16, 2022 08:07 PM (a3Q+t)

64 Sven

But yeah the Japanese never called prisoners logs and tried to replace their blood with seawater or raped and murdered over 300,000 in an obscure place called Nanking...

Imperial Japanese Army soldier Hello Kitty is the friend of natives.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:08 PM (luw22)

65
No. It's settled into frank bronchitis, which I haven't had in years.
Posted by: Hadrian

That sucks. BTDT too many times.
Prayers up.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 16, 2022 08:08 PM (LfS9Q)

66 sven, two years is along time with a lotta water under the bridge. I'm not writing 2024 off yet.

Hope you are feeling better and recovering, good Sir.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2022 08:08 PM (qiGrE)

67 From earlier: Not gonna lie, I don't think I would take the Hardcore Twitter Challenge. Not for something lame like 2020s social media, anyway. This part of Space Daddy's master plan may backfire; he's spent most of his career doing things that the best and the brightest would jump through hoops for because it's dramatically changing the world in real time, but can the same be said of Twitter? I'm not so sure. Time will tell I suppose.
Posted by: CppThis at November 16, 2022 08:04 PM (UewuT)

I don't know if it will totally fail - you can certainly reduce expenses to a non insane level and destaff the drones and relocate to a non insane state and get it to the point that just as a free to enter chat room it is now it will have its uses. I remember using it for news on fires and hurricanes because the regular news is so bad.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:08 PM (eoQWY)

68 24
This weekend we bought a chest freezer and today we went to Costco to buy stuff to fill it. Steaks, pork ribs, stew meat for soups, sausages, chicken, trout and salmon. Should hold us for a while.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2022 07:56 PM (MoZTd)

Good for you! Glad to hear it.

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 16, 2022 08:09 PM (Rbu5d)

69 No. It's settled into frank bronchitis, which I haven't had in years.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Is the doctor any help?
I'll pray for you to get well.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 16, 2022 08:10 PM (5rBf5)

70 Robert

Cosplay as one of the characters at a con. See how many people you trigger.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:10 PM (luw22)

71 bwahahahahahahah! check out the video on ewetoob that Crash Test Goat just posted. dude totes taunted and humiliated a Houston motorcycle cop.

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 16, 2022 08:10 PM (3CCua)

72 60 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:05 PM (eYoxG)

I must have a fundamental misunderstanding of the orders of probability for initial assaults when delivered amphibiously....

I'll put it this way, there was a lot more chance of running for the Italy from Normandy than there was for swimming to China from Tarawa.

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:11 PM (Lzpvj)

73
Good for you! Glad to hear it.
Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 16, 2022 08:09 PM (Rbu5d)

__________

Meat prices are pretty low right now, so we thought we'd get while the getting was good. And Costco ribeyes don't taste like they were carved from a yak.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2022 08:11 PM (MoZTd)

74 58 50 Posted by: Dr. T at November 16, 2022 08:02 PM (tp+tP)

since we already know we have lost 2024, I suggest getting a headstart on why we are doomed in 2028....
Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:04 PM (Lzpvj)

In 2028 the Ds won't have incumbency and the existing deals between the oligarchs may have begun to show signs of strain. It's not necessarily a great year, but has much better odds of being favorable than 2024.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:11 PM (eYoxG)

75 Speaking of downer movies - i watched "la bete humaine" by Jean Renoir (story by Emile Zola) from 1938. True classic, influential in creating the film noir genre, which is why i watched it. Good film right up to the point where the main character, who you empathize with, strangles the girl he loves to death for no real reason and then hurls himself to his death off a speeding train. The End.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 16, 2022 08:11 PM (trdmm)

76 since we already know we have lost 2024, I suggest getting a headstart on why we are doomed in 2028....
Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:04 PM (Lzpvj)


There are a lot of good reasons to slit your wrists, no need to focus only on politics

Posted by: Kindltot at November 16, 2022 08:12 PM (xhaym)

77 D-Day is ultimately a big gamble as military operations go. I think outside of some incredibly lucky events like the Battle of Midway, the Pacific doesn't have as much potential for true military defeat/disaster on a campaign level.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:05 PM (eYoxG)

Well neither really had that much chance of failure. I think the only amphibious invasion of WWII that failed was the first attack on Wake in 1941. Everyone did their utmost to get on shore and stay there and if it was dicey they didn't pull the trigger in the first place.

But Japan had no chance to win their part of it, the production difference was just too much. It was just a matter of time even with Europe getting most of the resources.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:12 PM (eoQWY)

78 66 Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2022 08:08 PM (qiGrE)

Thanks, I am okay not really in pain so much as just drained.

The number one priority has to be truing the vote and returning the race to "votes" not barely backed "ballots."

Yes the fight will be hard and uphill both ways, any republican who is not clearing voter rolls and narrowing the window for fraud needs replaced.....

ANY of them.

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:12 PM (Lzpvj)

79 oldcat, my first exposure to twitter was the attack on Mumbai. People were helping people in real time and were able to alert the Chabad. I was awed at how many lives were saved. Then it turned into a New Delhi sewer.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2022 08:13 PM (qiGrE)

80 trangles the girl he loves to death for no real reason and then hurls himself to his death off a speeding train. The End.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 16, 2022 08:11 PM (trdmm)

So, French. All that was missing at the end was a clown with a red balloon, running down a beach - for no reason whatsoever.

Posted by: Boswell at November 16, 2022 08:13 PM (+Cgut)

81 51...Have a friend who has his own freeze-drier, and those are quite pricey too -- but that seems the best & most economical way to go in the long run.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 16, 2022 08:03 PM (K3TEc)

You can dehydrate and then vacuum seal meats.
https://youtu.be/AxgJbScesLE

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 16, 2022 08:13 PM (Rbu5d)

82 >>>Slacklining across mountain peaks.

Slacklining... Is that another word for dumbassing?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 16, 2022 08:14 PM (gv7Yb)

83 74 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:11 PM (eYoxG)

They have elected two brain dead cognitively impaired pols who barely campaigned....

either the American voter is literally dumber than tapeworms and immune to pain response or if we true the vote we knock their dicks in the dirt.

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:14 PM (Lzpvj)

84 Tom Servo

Real life crime in pre-WWII Japan. She kills her lover and cuts off his balls to keep so no one else could ever have him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:14 PM (luw22)

85 Cats are observant and smart, and if you push the wrong buttons, fearless and out-of-control.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 08:14 PM (KAi1n)

86 72 60 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:05 PM (eYoxG)

I must have a fundamental misunderstanding of the orders of probability for initial assaults when delivered amphibiously....

I'll put it this way, there was a lot more chance of running for the Italy from Normandy than there was for swimming to China from Tarawa.
Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:11 PM (Lzpvj)

There's not really a make-or-break everything depends on this amphibious assault in the Pacific. The Battle of Midway was a game-changer for the Pacific campaign, but imagine that D-Day fails? Could add years to the Reich's lifespan.

That the battles are bloody doesn't necessarily change how much danger any given battle presents to the overall campaign.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:15 PM (eYoxG)

87 sven, my county voted 75% R for the last several cycles so I have to find other ground to fight on.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2022 08:16 PM (qiGrE)

88 oldcat, my first exposure to twitter was the attack on Mumbai. People were helping people in real time and were able to alert the Chabad. I was awed at how many lives were saved. Then it turned into a New Delhi sewer.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2022 08:13 PM (qiGrE)

That sort of thing is still happening - one of the first people that got a picture of the "Russian" rocket into Poland and identified it as probably Ukrainian was on a Twitter like site in Europe. A lot of info is exchanged there, some good some bad.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:16 PM (eoQWY)

89 The Allies certainly tried to lose at Anzio.

Dieppe did fail.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:16 PM (luw22)

90 64 Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:08 PM (luw22)

to this day the Japanese are beloved by the Koreans, the Chinese, the Filipinos, the Vietnamese, the Khmer, the Laotians, the Singaporese, the Indonesians and everyone else nearby...

the Japanese even sent kindly grandmothers called "comfort women" to help assuage their hosts' fears during the war....

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:16 PM (Lzpvj)

91 Now that I think about it, I only had three kinds of teachers growing up:

1.) A few old guys who sorta taught math, because women usually can't, and they just wanted to coach sports

2.) A couple of younger guys who were obvious sex criminals

3.) A whole shitload of bitter lesbian hags

Type #1 only exists in high schools. It's no wonder that elementary schools are so focused on chopping off Johnny's wee-wee, these days. We gave these deranged weirdos the run of the roost.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 16, 2022 08:16 PM (oINRc)

92 Clown with a red balloon - ROFL! So true!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 16, 2022 08:17 PM (trdmm)

93 83 74 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:11 PM (eYoxG)

They have elected two brain dead cognitively impaired pols who barely campaigned....

either the American voter is literally dumber than tapeworms and immune to pain response or if we true the vote we knock their dicks in the dirt.
Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:14 PM (Lzpvj)

We can't really true the vote, at least not in enough places for 2024, and so are relying on them to be overconfident and screw up or start infighting.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:17 PM (eYoxG)

94 Real life crime in pre-WWII Japan. She kills her lover and cuts off his balls to keep so no one else could ever have him.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:14 PM (luw22)

"The last Samur...yi-yi-yi!"

Posted by: Boswell at November 16, 2022 08:17 PM (+Cgut)

95 The little Jacky-boys on the stick are so cute. Such a weird and tenacious breed!

Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 08:18 PM (Zzbjj)

96 The number one priority has to be truing the vote and returning the race to "votes" not barely backed "ballots."

Yes the fight will be hard and uphill both ways, any republican who is not clearing voter rolls and narrowing the window for fraud needs replaced.....

ANY of them.
Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:12 PM
That right there is what happened in Florida and Ohio.

Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2022 08:18 PM (0OP+5)

97 89 Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:16 PM (luw22)

I think Dieppe if not failure by design was definitely a ready made cautionary tale....

at the end of the day large scale amphib ops are a sporty swiss watch level of intricacy endeavor.

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:18 PM (Lzpvj)

98 If there are 99 balloons, the clown is German.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:18 PM (luw22)

99 85 Cats are observant and smart, and if you push the wrong buttons, fearless and out-of-control.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 08:14 PM
Berserkers.

Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2022 08:19 PM (0OP+5)

100 Clown with a red balloon - ROFL! So true!
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 16, 2022 08:17 PM (trdmm)

Ha! I knew you'd get that, Tom!

Posted by: Boswell at November 16, 2022 08:19 PM (+Cgut)

101 The Pacific Theater in WWII was different, inasmuch that the Japanese truly fought, both on offense and defense, with a savagery and beyond limits of Chivalry or Honor as those words were understood by Western forces.

Fighting to the Death or such, wasn't unknown in the Western militaries, but instances tended to be exceptions, and tended not to end in suicidal charges. Additionally, though far from perfect, most Western militaries did accept surrenders, and trusted that their surrender would result in more or less honorable treatment. Japan? Surrender was worse than death, and the surrender of an enemy was accepted only with the deepest contempt for the surrendered, and resultant cruel and inhumane treatments.

MUCH more outright HATE on the Pacific Battlefields, like it or not, that's what was.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 16, 2022 08:20 PM (e6UQI)

102 Speaking of downer movies - i watched "la bete humaine" by Jean Renoir (story by Emile Zola) from 1938. True classic, influential in creating the film noir genre, which is why i watched it. Good film right up to the point where the main character, who you empathize with, strangles the girl he loves to death for no real reason and then hurls himself to his death off a speeding train. The End.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 16, 2022 08:11 PM (trdmm)

Jean Renoir was Pierre Auguste Renoir's son .

Posted by: polynikes at November 16, 2022 08:20 PM (pAYE7)

103 77 D-Day is ultimately a big gamble as military operations go. I think outside of some incredibly lucky events like the Battle of Midway, the Pacific doesn't have as much potential for true military defeat/disaster on a campaign level.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:05 PM (eYoxG)

Well neither really had that much chance of failure. I think the only amphibious invasion of WWII that failed was the first attack on Wake in 1941. Everyone did their utmost to get on shore and stay there and if it was dicey they didn't pull the trigger in the first place.

But Japan had no chance to win their part of it, the production difference was just too much. It was just a matter of time even with Europe getting most of the resources.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:12 PM (eoQWY)

The difference between the success or failure of D-Day just comes down to the Germans being in the right position or not. The campaign hinged on its success so failure would have meant massive delays.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:20 PM (eYoxG)

104 73...Meat prices are pretty low right now, so we thought we'd get while the getting was good. And Costco ribeyes don't taste like they were carved from a yak.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2022 08:11 PM (MoZTd)

The culled animals (b/c drought, feed prices, etc) are now making it to stores. The prices are going to go up up up (imo) next year.

We get half a beef every year from a farmer a few miles from us. It's amazingly tasty stuff. You may want to look into that, if you are able.

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 16, 2022 08:20 PM (Rbu5d)

105 There's not really a make-or-break everything depends on this amphibious assault in the Pacific. The Battle of Midway was a game-changer for the Pacific campaign, but imagine that D-Day fails? Could add years to the Reich's lifespan.

That the battles are bloody doesn't necessarily change how much danger any given battle presents to the overall campaign.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:15 PM (eYoxG)

D-Day had no real chance of failing. Utah was a walkover, and the British beaches were miles inland. Omaha might have been evacuated but because it was in the center advancing forces would have likely joined all the beaches fairly quickly. The US air cover and naval gunfire would and did limit the freedom of action of the Germans.

Both the Sicily and Italian invasions had large German armored attacks that made it scary for a bit, but the weight of metal ended up blunting and stopping the attacks. A similar one in Normandy would have had even less chance with the bocage terrain working for us.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:20 PM (eoQWY)

106
Finally!
Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 16, 2022 08:06 PM (Rbu5d)

I hate George Floyd and his religious violent bastard followers. I'm surprised though, I thought they'd get govt positions

Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 08:21 PM (Zzbjj)

107 67 I don't know if it will totally fail - you can certainly reduce expenses to a non insane level and destaff the drones and relocate to a non insane state and get it to the point that just as a free to enter chat room it is now it will have its uses. I remember using it for news on fires and hurricanes because the regular news is so bad.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:08 PM (eoQWY)

This is a good point; if he wants to move the company out of Commiefornia (a very smart move) it would make sense to do something like this, because the ones with marketable skills are likely to not go along with the relocation unless they get a lot more than 3 months' extra pay out of the deal. Also, the ones more likely to back away from openly promising to work long hours tend to be olders, have families, etc. which again means more cost and reluctance to move.

Still think it's risky.

Posted by: CppThis at November 16, 2022 08:21 PM (UewuT)

108 Oh Jesus Christ....

25 Sheriff's recruits in LA just got motored down....

https://tinyurl.com/2p9cxn5m

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:21 PM (Lzpvj)

109 My Senior English teacher on the first day. " I have just returned from teaching at Kenyatta College in Africa and if you don't want to learn- Get Out. This was in 1968.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2022 08:21 PM (qiGrE)

110 MUCH more outright HATE on the Pacific Battlefields, like it or not, that's what was.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 16, 2022 08:20 PM (e6UQI

Even though Germany thought themselves the Master race the Pacific was the real race war.

Posted by: polynikes at November 16, 2022 08:21 PM (pAYE7)

111 Military production during World War II

https://bityl.co/Fgz6

The numbers on our GDP vs everyone else is more staggering than our war material production.

The Axis was doomed as soon as we entered the war.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 16, 2022 08:21 PM (yQpMk)

112 The difference between the success or failure of D-Day just comes down to the Germans being in the right position or not. The campaign hinged on its success so failure would have meant massive delays.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:20 PM (eYoxG)

We knew where the Germans were. If they had massed at Normady we'd have invaded somewhere else. Airpower made redeployment for them difficult, slow, and caused many losses.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:22 PM (eoQWY)

113 Jean Renoir was Pierre Auguste Renoir's son .
Posted by: polynikes at November 16, 2022 08:20 PM (pAYE7)

This is why this is the "smart blog" right here...I would have never known that.

Posted by: Boswell at November 16, 2022 08:22 PM (+Cgut)

114 The talons on that eagle will mess you up!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 16, 2022 08:22 PM (PGWwh)

115 The Pacific War had great big naval and air battles that are super interesting.
Posted by: Robert

Aircraft carrier v. aircraft carrier battles are.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 08:22 PM (FVME7)

116 > You can dehydrate and then vacuum seal meats.
___________

Did 2lbs of beef jerky a week or so ago. Cut thin, marinate overnight and put in a dehydrator for about 6 hours.

Good for months. Unrefrigerated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 16, 2022 08:23 PM (Q4IgG)

117 83...either the American voter is literally dumber than tapeworms

No need to get personal.

Posted by: Tapeworms at November 16, 2022 08:23 PM (Rbu5d)

118 Anzio was that bold stroke that could have opened up the Italian campaign. Except instead of pushing inland - firstest with the mostest - the Allies decided to consolidate the beach head which allowed the Germans to marshal the armor that almost drove the invasion back into the sea.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:24 PM (luw22)

119 Posted by: Tapeworms at November 16, 2022 08:23 PM (Rbu5d)

You shouldn't be abused like that!

Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 08:24 PM (Zzbjj)

120 D-Day had no real chance of failing. Utah was a walkover, and the British beaches were miles inland. Omaha might have been evacuated but because it was in the center advancing forces would have likely joined all the beaches fairly quickly. The US air cover and naval gunfire would and did limit the freedom of action of the Germans.

Both the Sicily and Italian invasions had large German armored attacks that made it scary for a bit, but the weight of metal ended up blunting and stopping the attacks. A similar one in Normandy would have had even less chance with the bocage terrain working for us.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:20 PM (eoQWY)

D-Day was highly likely to succeed on the actual day of because of very successful intelligence and deception operations. Not the same as the lucky break at Midway, but it's easy to imagine a scenario where a slight reveal of information or happenstance changes how D-Day went.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 08:24 PM (eYoxG)

121 Cats are observant and smart, and if you push the wrong buttons, fearless and out-of-control.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 08:14 PM
Berserkers.
Posted by: Eromero
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My theory is that their nervous systems are just slightly underdamped. A random slight perturbation can tip it into chaotic oscillation. This is especially true of Siamese males.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 08:24 PM (2eKfM)

122 'night

I'll be up around 0300, lurking about.

https://youtu.be/5-tqtgQFcHc

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 16, 2022 08:25 PM (sAmhv)

123 108 Oh Jesus Christ....

25 Sheriff's recruits in LA just got motored down....

https://tinyurl.com/2p9cxn5m
Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:21 PM (Lzpvj)
Needs thorough investigation.

Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2022 08:25 PM (0OP+5)

124 101 Posted by: Jim at November 16, 2022 08:20 PM (e6UQI)

Eh the American Marine, Soldier, and Sailor once properly understanding of Japanese intent was quite capable of matching his savagery....

"Oh Tetsuo you refuse to take prisoners and do not want to be a prisoner....game on!"

https://youtu.be/wkj9h76Rb_Q

"tetsuo you in there?"

HAI

FWOOOM

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:25 PM (Lzpvj)

125 “D-Day had no real chance of failing“

At the time, Ike thought it had every chance of failing.

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at November 16, 2022 08:25 PM (9X60i)

126 Back to work tomorrow. Up at 0400 and into warmer clothes and heartier chow. Mucho cafe.

Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2022 08:26 PM (0OP+5)

127 Slacklining across mountain peaks.

How soon before he needs his next hit? The nice thing is he'll only ever make one mistake.

Posted by: t-bird at November 16, 2022 08:26 PM (CaJIi)

128 Currently watching college students make something called “gilk” which is Gatorade + milk

Posted by: Perfessor Squirrel at November 16, 2022 08:27 PM (kr+bA)

129 Two cop cars and road guards as escorts.

And this mini-van just accidentally veers and hits these recruits?

Sorry this smell really bad.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:27 PM (luw22)

130 The difference between the success or failure of D-Day just comes down to the Germans being in the right position or not. The campaign hinged on its success so failure would have meant massive delays.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead!

Interesting Arado 234a reconnaissance flights over Normandy 15 minute video. SPOILER ALERT! Too little too late.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YqmEG_qY9Cg

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 08:27 PM (FVME7)

131 Cats can also be incredibly loving and loyal. Nothing against the doggehs, but the kittehs is where I am.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 08:27 PM (KAi1n)

132 129 Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:27 PM (luw22)

"Impaired driving" also note they are not releasing details on the driver.

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:28 PM (Lzpvj)

133 How soon before he needs his next hit? The nice thing is he'll only ever make one mistake.
Posted by: t-bird
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'He died the way he would have wanted'.

Yeah, twisting and writhing in the air, as he fell to his death in a jagged rock mountainside.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 08:29 PM (2eKfM)

134 Anzio was that bold stroke that could have opened up the Italian campaign. Except instead of pushing inland - firstest with the mostest - the Allies decided to consolidate the beach head which allowed the Germans to marshal the armor that almost drove the invasion back into the sea.
Posted by: Anna Puma

"But, but, but, I'm the youngest four star evah! I can't be incorrect!!"
-- GEN Mark Clark

Posted by: Tonypete at November 16, 2022 08:29 PM (LsEU/)

135 If Hitler would have been woken sooner and Rommel not at a wedding , D-Day may have been a bit more difficult. Hitler thought any attack was going to be preceded by a feint so did not act immediately.

Posted by: polynikes at November 16, 2022 08:29 PM (pAYE7)

136 Cats are observant and smart, and if you push the wrong buttons, fearless and out-of-control.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 08:14 PM (KAi1n)

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I knew there was a reason I highly-identified with cats.

/Seriously, I always admired their Independence

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 16, 2022 08:29 PM (K3TEc)

137 Cats can also be incredibly loving and loyal. Nothing against the doggehs, but the kittehs is where I am.
Posted by: SFGoth
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I get where you are coming from, but...wasn't there something about an infected bite a while back?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 08:30 PM (95EcE)

138 If D-Day at Normandy was such a shoe-in, Eisenhower would not have written a speech for it failing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:30 PM (luw22)

139 25 Sheriff's recruits in LA just got motored down....

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Apparently, the 22 year old driver is in custody and the MSM is suggesting it was just a DUI. Hasn't been identified.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 08:31 PM (FVME7)

140 Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:27 PM (luw22)

Niccolino Locche- possibly the best defensive boxer ever....

Guy looked like he was clowning the opponents

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:31 PM (Lzpvj)

141 139 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 08:31 PM (FVME7)

I suppose....

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:31 PM (Lzpvj)

142 It's also quite possible that the Tesla engineers who looked at Twitter's code base concluded that it's a huge steaming pile of dog poop and beyond saving, which would invalidate the argument that carrot-and-sticking key staff into jumping ship will end poorly.

Posted by: CppThis at November 16, 2022 08:32 PM (UewuT)

143 138 If D-Day at Normandy was such a shoe-in, Eisenhower would not have written a speech for it failing.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:30 PM (luw22)

Exactly.

Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 08:33 PM (Zzbjj)

144 Apparently, the 22 year old driver is in custody and the MSM is suggesting it was just a DUI. Hasn't been identified.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice!

Was he turning his life around?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 16, 2022 08:33 PM (LsEU/)

145 “D-Day had no real chance of failing“

At the time, Ike thought it had every chance of failing.
Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at November 16, 2022 08:25 PM (9X60i)

I understand his nerves, but we really weren't running close to the edge at all.

The planners, and Monty, did lots of work to make it so that it could not fail. The upping of the scale to 5 division front made it so that the Germans just couldn't attack the whole front and wipe it out. Turns out 6" and 12" guns are great anti-tank weapons. The question then was the race between adding troops over the beaches and them adding troops overland. Rail interdiction and airpower meant that units could only travel by night by road, and much of the support trucks were lost to air attacks.

We even lost one of the artificial harbors to a storm and we still managed to out-reinforce the Germans. Then we had the job of rooting them out of the bocage which took about a month or two.

Now if you want to see crazy hairbrained scemes, look at the German attack on Norway in the face of of the RN in 1940. And even that was pulled off.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:33 PM (eoQWY)

146 Tales of the Peter Tares in New Guinea

The plywood derby winners had just sunk several daihatsu barges and recovered prisoners. Below decks the medic is tending to them when one suicides by hidden grenade.

The PT crews after would club any surviving Japanese unconscious with boathooks before taking them aboard.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:34 PM (luw22)

147 If D-Day at Normandy was such a shoe-in, Eisenhower would not have written a speech for it failing.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:30 PM (luw22)

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Absolutely correct. Hitler was convinced it was a feint and the real invasion was coming at Calais. Had they reacted quickly and moved those resources south, it would have been dicey at best.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 16, 2022 08:34 PM (u73oe)

148 The college gilk experiment continues…the first milk they tried was expired…now it’s mad chemists in action!

Posted by: Perfessor Squirrel at November 16, 2022 08:35 PM (kr+bA)

149 It's also quite possible that the Tesla engineers who looked at Twitter's code base concluded that it's a huge steaming pile of dog poop and beyond saving,
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WTF is it with 'coding' anyhow. Why is it necessary that a settled system be the subject of *constant* 'coding'? If all of the complex embedded systems out there required babysitting constant coding, the world would come to a halt.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 08:35 PM (rmVXY)

150 You can dehydrate and then vacuum seal meats.
https://youtu.be/AxgJbScesLE

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 16, 2022 08:13 PM (Rbu5d)

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Thanks!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 16, 2022 08:35 PM (K3TEc)

151 Mark Clark on a PT boat, only time I was hoping for friendly fire from the destroyers...

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:35 PM (luw22)

152 Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 16, 2022 08:34 PM (u73oe)

As the daughter of a Screaming Eagle, I'm glad Hitler believed Patton would attack from Calais.

Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 08:36 PM (Zzbjj)

153 24 year old Gang banging felon was found not guilty in an alleged road rage shoot out where an off duty sheriff was shot and killed. He fled the scene at the time of course.

I hope all those jurors the worst of luck,

Posted by: polynikes at November 16, 2022 08:37 PM (pAYE7)

154 The PT crews after would club any surviving Japanese unconscious with boathooks before taking them aboard.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Sounds reasonable.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 08:37 PM (rmVXY)

155 As the daughter of a Screaming Eagle, I'm glad Hitler believed Patton would attack from Calais.
Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 08:36 PM (Zzbjj)

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I’m glad too!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 16, 2022 08:37 PM (u73oe)

156 ..Eh the American Marine, Soldier, and Sailor once properly understanding of Japanese intent was quite capable of matching his savagery...."Oh Tetsuo you refuse to take prisoners and do not want to be a prisoner....game on!" https://youtu.be/wkj9h76Rb_Q.
"tetsuo you in there?" HAI! FWOOOM! Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:25 PM (Lzpvj)

(minor punctuation edits for clarity)

Sven, indeed, correct. I was in 4th grade, appx 1967. Unabridged version of Gualalcanal Diary in the bookmobile. Vivid photos of U.S. tanks sporting the severed heads of Japanese soldiers, adorning the front fenders of the tanks, tied to the headlight housings. Meant to send terror to the Japanese soon to be overrun by said tanks. Yep, U.S. forces could exchange the savageries. And that's one huge reasons the U.S. forces HATED the Japanese. It turned our "civilized" guys into unholy savages, and we did NOT have the cultural tools to deal with those degrees of darkness, especially in the post-war civilian world.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 16, 2022 08:37 PM (e6UQI)

157 Was he turning his life around?

If that was his attempt at a U-turn, hate to see him going in reverse.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:38 PM (luw22)

158 WTF is it with 'coding' anyhow. Why is it necessary that a settled system be the subject of *constant* 'coding'? If all of the complex embedded systems out there required babysitting constant coding, the world would come to a halt.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Because recruiters and jack-ass universities are incentivized to muddle the definition. * insert a stream of profanities here *

* insert more profanities *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 16, 2022 08:38 PM (IyrhE)

159 Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 16, 2022 08:37 PM (u73oe)

Your father, too? Or grandfather?

Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 08:38 PM (Zzbjj)

160 Can you vacuum meat seals?

Posted by: torabora at November 16, 2022 08:39 PM (Y274z)

161 153 Posted by: polynikes at November 16, 2022 08:37 PM (pAYE7)

It's not jury nullification when we do it!

//Donkey

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:39 PM (Lzpvj)

162 Your father, too? Or grandfather?
Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 08:38 PM (Zzbjj)

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No, I was saying I was glad for your dad too. My uncle was a Marine in the South Pacific campaign from Guadalcanal to Iwo.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 16, 2022 08:40 PM (u73oe)

163 Absolutely correct. Hitler was convinced it was a feint and the real invasion was coming at Calais. Had they reacted quickly and moved those resources south, it would have been dicey at best.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 16, 2022 08:34 PM (u73oe)

Look at the records of how long it took the Germans to move troops in France in 1944. We had massive air interdiction blocking rail and road transit, and all troops moving south lost many supplies and support weapons to air attacks. That's why the deception was planned in the first place.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:40 PM (eoQWY)

164 Because recruiters and jack-ass universities are incentivized to muddle the definition. * insert a stream of profanities here *

* insert more profanities *
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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I strongly suspect that most of the Twitter employees spent their time in the cafes, sipping lattes, and not doing anything meaningful, if anything at all.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 08:41 PM (wQZYr)

165 I was an Army medic. I was fully qualified on the M-16, just like every other Soldier. I am not sure when medics became combatants, but I do believe that the shit corpsmen and medics saw in the Pacific in WW2 played a big part of that change in policy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 16, 2022 08:41 PM (UQUAY)

166 I absolutely love those elephant videos

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 16, 2022 08:41 PM (+y2AL)

167 SoCal drunk driver in a van? 85% chance it's a Mexican, 14% chance it's a Guatemalan, 1% chance it's Paul Pelosi

Posted by: Wally at November 16, 2022 08:41 PM (hhV2L)

168 For every bomb that fell on Normandy, two fell in Pas de Calais area before the invasion.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:41 PM (luw22)

169 No, I was saying I was glad for your dad too. My uncle was a Marine in the South Pacific campaign from Guadalcanal to Iwo.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 16, 2022 08:40 PM (u73oe)

And thanks.

Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 08:42 PM (Zzbjj)

170
Poland has always been at war with Ukraine.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 16, 2022 08:43 PM (xhaym)

171 I don't think Paul Pelosi would be caught dead driving a mini-van. Maybe caught in the back with a hammer up his hoo-hoo but never driving.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:43 PM (luw22)

172 Meat Seals sounds like a shitty garage thrash metal band that me and a few of my friends would like.

While drinking beer.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 16, 2022 08:43 PM (UQUAY)

173 156 Posted by: Jim at November 16, 2022 08:37 PM (e6UQI)

My now deceased retired USAF Flight Surgeon Psychiatrist told me of a unit that had to be left on an island guarding "vital supplies for a year" to be allowed to calm the hell down enough to go home....

they were ramped up to be part of the door kicking on Olympic.

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA473544.pdf

Interesting piece on demobilization....

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:44 PM (Lzpvj)

174 Meat Seals sounds like a shitty garage thrash metal band that me and a few of my friends would like.
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Ah. I saw Club open for Meat Seals, Ottawa, 1979.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 08:45 PM (wQZYr)

175 Krystal Ball wants to know why all those FBI informants didn’t stop January 6

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Gosh, Krytal, it's because they weren't there to stop it; they were there to create it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 08:45 PM (FVME7)

176 Commie lawyers who threw Molotov cocktails at police car disbarred:

https://tinyurl.com/msbbha4m
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 16, 2022 07:50 PM (bW8dp)

And why were they not slowly dismembered, and the severed pieces cooked in boiling oil before their very eyes?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2022 08:46 PM (34iys)

177 Krystal Ball wants to know why all those FBI informants didn’t stop January 6

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Gosh, Krytal, it's because they weren't there to stop it; they were there to create it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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A question which answers itself.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 08:46 PM (/1cnq)

178 And why were they not slowly dismembered, and the severed pieces cooked in boiling oil before their very eyes?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The stench.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 08:47 PM (/1cnq)

179 Shirtless Darrow sentencing statement....

https://youtu.be/hEzFoH0SNm8

The show is over I guess....

6 consecutive LWOPs, 700+ years consecutive on the other 70 charges.

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:47 PM (Lzpvj)

180 Michelle Obama Refuses To Endorse Biden…

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Damn mega MAGA maniac!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 08:48 PM (FVME7)

181 My now deceased retired USAF Flight Surgeon Psychiatrist told me of a unit that had to be left on an island guarding "vital supplies for a year" to be allowed to calm the hell down enough to go home....

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:44 PM (Lzpvj)

I always thought that the 'insta-return' of the Vietnam era was a mistake. The sailing across the Pacific in WWII probably gave the troops a lot of time to decompress and adjust attitudes before hitting the US.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:49 PM (eoQWY)

182 https://tinyurl.com/Vegan-engaged-in-Arson-Fraud

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:49 PM (Lzpvj)

183 I get where you are coming from, but...wasn't there something about an infected bite a while back?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Yeah, and they were out-of-control. It wasn't a planned, thought-out thing.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 08:49 PM (KAi1n)

184 Mini van drivers used to be docile.
Alas. No more.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, sunny and cool at November 16, 2022 08:50 PM (jTmQV)

185 I don't think Paul Pelosi would be caught dead driving a mini-van. Maybe caught in the back with a hammer up his hoo-hoo but never driving.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:43 PM (luw22

Drivingwitha hammer in your anus would be challenging.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 16, 2022 08:50 PM (eGTCV)

186 Van drivers docile? Let me tell you a story...

Posted by: Sammy Johns at November 16, 2022 08:51 PM (hhV2L)

187 Just noticed - beautiful picture up top.

I can actually see the Milky Way from my new place much of the time. I think this is the first permanent homesite of mine where that is possible.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 16, 2022 08:52 PM (LsEU/)

188 One of my daughters is soon going to be giving birth, even while I'm supposed to do all the logistical work for Thanksgiving at my parents. Hmmmmmm...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 16, 2022 08:52 PM (gObbq)

189 Well time to work on some model kits.

Airfix has released a new tool 1/24 scale Spitfire Mk IV. Comprises over 400 parts. Has a complete Merlin engine along with main wing spar and wing ribs.

Luckily I have no urge to build anything in 1/24 scale.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:52 PM (luw22)

190 Germany is lucky it lost D-Day or it would've been nuked.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 08:53 PM (KAi1n)

191 6 consecutive LWOPs, 700+ years consecutive on the other 70 charges.
Posted by: sven

If he does half of that, I'd be satisfied.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 08:53 PM (FVME7)

192 I always thought that the 'insta-return' of the Vietnam era was a mistake. The sailing across the Pacific in WWII probably gave the troops a lot of time to decompress and adjust attitudes before hitting the US.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:49 PM (eoQWY)

The Navy held open slots for re-enlisting vets, my step mom's first husband was Army in Europe and found he didn't really fit coming home, he re-enlisted in the Navy for a hitch.
From what I could gather part of his problem was that he didn't really fit before the war either, but that is another issue

Posted by: Kindltot at November 16, 2022 08:55 PM (xhaym)

193 I get where you are coming from, but...wasn't there something about an infected bite a while back?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Yeah, and they were out-of-control. It wasn't a planned, thought-out thing.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 08:49 PM (KAi1n)

It doesn't always look it for the plush pillow type but cats are very high strung animals. One of mine, Gus, once gave me a bad bite when I caught him off guard out back and ran inside. He did feel bad enough to come back and watch me at the door afterward while I squeezed blood out of the wounds just in case.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:56 PM (eoQWY)

194 "It's no wonder that elementary schools are so focused on chopping off Johnny's wee-wee, these days. We gave these deranged weirdos the run of the roost."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 16, 2022 08:16 PM (oINRc)


Back in my day I think the school board and administration made it policy that single women teachers were pushed into elementary schools. I'm pretty sure 99% of the middle and high school female teachers were married. This was the 70's and 80's.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 16, 2022 08:56 PM (qH6FZ)

195 175 Gosh, Krytal, it's because they weren't there to stop it; they were there to create it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 08:45 PM (FVME7)

It does rather come off like the start of one of those 'expanding brain activity' means, eh? Begin with "why didn't they stop it?" and go through several levels of "alphabet soup regularly does this sort of thing in other countries" before landing on "it was an op all along"

Posted by: CppThis at November 16, 2022 08:57 PM (UewuT)

196 I love the baby elephants and their mamas. Animals are something! My spotted kitty has gotten aggressively protective of me, he has started to do this deep growl when J tries to talk to me and gets between us. Not sure what is going on in that kitty brain.

Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2022 08:57 PM (ZdaMQ)

197 Agents from the U.S. Air Force and FBI recently raided homes in Clark and Lincoln counties in an investigation of a man who operates a website about the top-secret military base known as Area 51, a spokesman said Wednesday.

https://tinyurl.com/br5nhhwz

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 16, 2022 08:58 PM (0Z1GH)

198 "We had massive air interdiction blocking rail and road transit"

We were using B-17s and B-24s for tactical bombing runs. Frankly, we could've just said screw the invasion and bombed Germany back into it's pre-Christian heritage.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 08:58 PM (KAi1n)

199 The Navy held open slots for re-enlisting vets, my step mom's first husband was Army in Europe and found he didn't really fit coming home, he re-enlisted in the Navy for a hitch.
From what I could gather part of his problem was that he didn't really fit before the war either, but that is another issue
Posted by: Kindltot at November 16, 2022 08:55 PM (xhaym)

In the Civil War that happened with a lot of the 3 year volunteers that didn't re-enlist in 64 (mostly easterners). A lot found themselves missing it and wanting to be in at the end and it gave a shot of veteran expertise for the close out campaigns.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:58 PM (eoQWY)

200 Sorry this smell really bad.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:27 PM (luw22)

Driver not drunk.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2022 08:59 PM (34iys)

201 Back in my day I think the school board and administration made it policy that single women teachers were pushed into elementary schools. I'm pretty sure 99% of the middle and high school female teachers were married. This was the 70's and 80's.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 16, 2022 08:56 PM (qH6FZ)

The prettiest teachers I had were 3rd and 5th in a catholic school - the Nuns were the enforcement there. Yes in Jr High and High they were older (40s +) and married to boot since this was before Ms was in vogue.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 09:01 PM (eoQWY)

202 200 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2022 08:59 PM (34iys)

I'm just a really bad driver!

//Dude with ACAB and BLM bumper stickers

Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 09:01 PM (Lzpvj)

203 I always thought that the 'insta-return' of the Vietnam era was a mistake. The sailing across the Pacific in WWII probably gave the troops a lot of time to decompress and adjust attitudes before hitting the US.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:49 PM (eoQWY)

I had not thought of that. Steaming back from Europe or Okinawa gives the guy a chance to smoke, think, sleep.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 16, 2022 09:01 PM (UQUAY)

204 The Pacific, namely the Battle off Samar for anyone interested. Recent(?) video about the discovered wreck of the USS Johnston. Guy who went the nearly 4 miles down and photographed much of it made some 3d model or digital and 3d showing all the hits she took- post mortem analysis.She’s lying upright with much of the stern blown off. I didn’t catch it last Saturday til after the hobby thread ended.

https://youtu.be/kcUYuVA9Rfs

Posted by: Rex B at November 16, 2022 09:04 PM (/J7WI)

205 @179 The show is over I guess....

6 consecutive LWOPs, 700+ years consecutive on the other 70 charges.

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He has nothing to worry about. I have been informed that Judge Sullivan will be hearing the appeal.

Posted by: junior at November 16, 2022 09:04 PM (PTw5h)

206 " I always thought that the 'insta-return' of the Vietnam era was a mistake."
They call it post traumatic syndrome disorder for a reason.
Emotionally it's gotta be like going from Mach 1 to a dead stop in 3 seconds.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, sunny and cool at November 16, 2022 09:04 PM (jTmQV)

207 Agents from the U.S. Air Force and FBI recently raided homes in Clark and Lincoln counties in an investigation of a man who operates a website about the top-secret military base known as Area 51, a spokesman said Wednesday.

*********

X-Files is becoming more of a real life documentary than sci-fi with each passing day

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger, Now With 67% More Secession at November 16, 2022 09:05 PM (VTu1l)

208 Apparently, the 22 year old driver is in custody and the MSM is suggesting it was just a DUI. Hasn't been identified.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

And the article itself says:

"The sheriff said a field sobriety test on the driver was negative."

Which is just horrible wording. Was he negative for sobriety, then?

Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2022 09:05 PM (P1f+c)

209 Doggie rickshaw service.

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In one of the Sherlock Holmes stories I read as a kid, Holmes and Watson take a "dog cart" to the scene. I thought it horrible that they had dogs pull them! Turns out a dog cart was a carriage designed to transport dogs with the hunters. Often they had the passenger seats arranged back to back and the dogs were put in the space created under the seats behind their legs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 09:07 PM (FVME7)

210 Germany is lucky it lost D-Day or it would've been nuked.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 08:53 PM (KAi1n)

Absolutely. I always am amused by current conventional wisdom that nukes wouldn't be used in the European fronts due to racism. Anybody who read about the firebombing of Dresden and the other city bombings shows we weren't playing nice with the German cities.

Although the Soviets likely would have gotten there soon enough - They were in Warsaw in August 44 or so. The Invasion of South France went in then too.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 09:07 PM (eoQWY)

211 160 Can you vacuum meat seals?
Posted by: torabora at November 16, 2022 08:39 PM (Y274z)

No need, we eat them raw!

Posted by: Eskimos at November 16, 2022 09:08 PM (Rbu5d)

212 Aircraft carrier v. aircraft carrier battles are.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 08:22 PM

The decimation of the battleships at Pearl Harbor pretty much guaranteed the replacement of the black shoes by the brown shoes. The Pacific would have been much different, at least for the first 2-3 years, had that not been the case.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 16, 2022 09:09 PM (a3Q+t)

213 Won't say ace has a "strawman" in the sidebar as I sure, I've seen people make the arguments he's talking about, but what needs to be said on the subject is that on both the small and large scale Trump didn't stab us in the back for the interests of the megadonors who roundly despise us. In that sense he was his own man.

Whatever his fuckups, he continually tried to keep the promises he made during his campaign, and he did not sell out his own voters by calling them extreme or racist or terrorists, as is the usual GOP megadonor bitch way.

The argument is that it remains to be seen what ***anyone else*** who takes money from megadonors decides to do for that money once they have the power and means to do it.

Posted by: ... at November 16, 2022 09:09 PM (CR5NG)

214 In one of the Sherlock Holmes stories I read as a kid, Holmes and Watson take a "dog cart" to the scene. I thought it horrible that they had dogs pull them! Turns out a dog cart was a carriage designed to transport dogs with the hunters. Often they had the passenger seats arranged back to back and the dogs were put in the space created under the seats behind their legs.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 16, 2022 09:07 PM (FVME7)

Cesar Milan used to recommend backpacks carrying water or even a pull cart for energetic dogs that are too rambunctious on walks. Giving them a 'job' calms them down and burns energy.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 09:10 PM (eoQWY)

215 160 Can you vacuum meat seals?
Posted by: torabora at November 16, 2022 08:39 PM (Y274z)

**********

We enjoy it. Just be sure to use the brush attachment. The way it stimulates the skin is very relaxing.

Posted by: Meat Seals at November 16, 2022 09:10 PM (xxG/v)

216 and found he didn't really fit coming home, he re-enlisted in the Navy for a hitch.
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This was (and by extension, remains) a huge problem.

I came straight back to school after the service, and the entire world had changed. They generally had Vets share rooms in the dorms.

My roommate set about simulating his hooch. I had no problem with that at all, but it was a sign certain that he wasn't 'adjusting' well. One day he just disappeared. Later, his BIL came by and packed up his stuff. I have no idea what became of him.

About a month later, I went by to see my advisor and told him I was leaving. The campus atmosphere was intolerable. This was a common experience for Vets.

I've mentioned before that I do volunteer work here. Watch the video, it's short:
https://tinyurl.com/2dzubexg

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 09:10 PM (esps4)

217 Trump didn't stab us in the back for the interests of the megadonors who roundly despise us. In that sense he was his own man. ----

He did commute the sentence of Rubashkin who was one of the biggest employers of illegal immigrants. I think that though was at the recommendation from Jared if I had to guess.

Posted by: polynikes at November 16, 2022 09:13 PM (pAYE7)

218 The show is over I guess....

6 consecutive LWOPs, 700+ years consecutive on the other 70 charges.
Posted by: sven at November 16, 2022 08:47 PM (Lzpvj)

Needless to say, he will appeal, because his lawyer was a damned fool.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2022 09:13 PM (jlM3h)

219 https://tinyurl.com/2dzubexg

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 09:10 PM (esps4)

God bless you, Mike

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 16, 2022 09:13 PM (5rBf5)

220 "I woke up with a lump on my head the size of my head."

Who said it and in what movie?

Hint: 1946
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 16, 2022 07:56 PM (kRGzM)
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Fetterman. I didn't know he was born in 1946. Was he in a movie?

Posted by: bluebell at November 16, 2022 09:14 PM (pTb/Z)

221 The argument is that it remains to be seen what ***anyone else*** who takes money from megadonors decides to do for that money once they have the power and means to do it.
Posted by: ... at November 16, 2022 09:09 PM (CR5NG)

I agree with that. This is largely why I think we are without side in DC. We really have no team at all
there.

Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 09:14 PM (Zzbjj)

222 Luckily I have no urge to build anything in 1/24 scale.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 16, 2022 08:52 PM

Think of the dioramas you could build with 1/24-1/25 scale cars, though.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 16, 2022 09:14 PM (a3Q+t)

223 I think Ace's larger point is politicians aren't "bought" by donors. Open borders donors didn't buy Mitch McConnell. They donated to McConnell because he was already open borders.

Posted by: Wally at November 16, 2022 09:14 PM (SEmGF)

224 and found he didn't really fit coming home, he re-enlisted in the Navy for a hitch.
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Same here. Got out at 24 to go to college full time and felt entirely disconnected from my fellow students. Spoiled punks.

Reenlisted.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 16, 2022 09:15 PM (Dc2NZ)

225 The decimation of the battleships at Pearl Harbor pretty much guaranteed the replacement of the black shoes by the brown shoes. The Pacific would have been much different, at least for the first 2-3 years, had that not been the case.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 16, 2022 09:09 PM (a3Q+t)

I'm playing a insanely detailed Pac War computer game (1 day per turn, every ship and cargo ship and plane, named captains and pilots...) and I tried to make the battleships play a part early on in 1942 and their lack of AA and escorts makes them very vulnerable to torpedo attacks from the excellent IJN air forces off the carriers. I lost 2 more in addition to PH and had a few beaten up off Australia. I did get some back where 2 British carriers off E Australia caught 2 IJN BBs on a raid and sank them both with biplane swordfish torpedoes.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 09:16 PM (eoQWY)

226 223 I think Ace's larger point is politicians aren't "bought" by donors. Open borders donors didn't buy Mitch McConnell. They donated to McConnell because he was already open borders.
Posted by: Wally at November 16, 2022 09:14 PM (SEmGF)

If that's what he's saying I disagree. Most politicians don't have strong beliefs on most issues. The campaign donation though generally just buys you access, not the favor. Purchases of favors happens later.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 16, 2022 09:16 PM (eYoxG)

227 I think that though was at the recommendation from Jared if I had to guess.
Posted by: polynikes at November 16, 2022 09:13 PM (pAYE7)

The immortal one. If Trump is elected, the Kushners must stay home.

Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 09:16 PM (Zzbjj)

228 Fetterman. I didn't know he was born in 1946. Was he in a movie?

Posted by: bluebell at November 16, 2022 09:14 PM (pTb/Z)

Plan 9 from Outer Space.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 09:17 PM (eoQWY)

229 Needless to say, he will appeal, because his lawyer was a damned fool.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2022 09:13 PM (jlM3h)

Prosecute and jail the lawyer for malpractice.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 09:18 PM (eoQWY)

230 I always thought that the 'insta-return' of the Vietnam era was a mistake. The sailing across the Pacific in WWII probably gave the troops a lot of time to decompress and adjust attitudes before hitting the US.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 16, 2022 08:49 PM (eoQWY)

Used to have long talks with my guys when deployment was coming to an end. Making them know that they were going to go into culture shock, and IT WAS NORMAL. To give it some time, and if needed, talk to the older Salty Dogs who had been through it a few times.

Also used to talk to my boarding team guys... about the LEGAL differences between where we were going (San Diego), and how we could act while deployed.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 16, 2022 09:19 PM (oHd/0)

231 I've mentioned before that I do volunteer work here. Watch the video, it's short:
https://tinyurl.com/2dzubexg

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 09:10 PM (esps4)
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I do remember this. I'm glad you're still working there. May God bless all your efforts, looks like a fine organization.

Posted by: bluebell at November 16, 2022 09:19 PM (pTb/Z)

232 Posted by: Wally at November 16, 2022 09:14 PM

Right, and it's not hard to see why a big globalist business would donate to DeSantis just like it's not hard to see why they would donate to Trump before him. Consider the alternative.

Furthermore, the donor class is entirely cynical. They want to donate to winners. Hillary's donor sheet may have been farther to the right than the Republican Senate caucus.

Posted by: Funkotron at November 16, 2022 09:21 PM (dV6hr)

233 And the Waukesha killer won't face the death penalty in prison either like Dahmer. The inmates will probably make him King.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 16, 2022 09:21 PM (qH6FZ)

234 night all

Posted by: CN at November 16, 2022 09:22 PM (Zzbjj)

235 And I did watch the video, Mr. Hammer. It's a worthy place.

Posted by: bluebell at November 16, 2022 09:22 PM (pTb/Z)

236 After seeing J.J.'s Morning Report picture, I've decided to rewatch "Bread and Circuses". There are a lot of Original Series episodes I haven't seen since I was a kid, and this is one.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 16, 2022 09:24 PM (Dc2NZ)

237 I've mentioned before that I do volunteer work here. Watch the video, it's short:
https://tinyurl.com/2dzubexg

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 09:10 PM (esps4)

Outstanding, sir.

Got a little misty, just now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 16, 2022 09:24 PM (UQUAY)

238 I've mentioned before that I do volunteer work here. Watch the video, it's short:
https://tinyurl.com/2dzubexg

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 09:10 PM (esps4)

Fetterman was never the same after Crazy Horse smashed him and his troopers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 16, 2022 09:26 PM (UQUAY)

239 Woops. Cut/paste fail.
Belay the last comment.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 16, 2022 09:27 PM (UQUAY)

240 23 Remember as kids walking on train rails seeing who could go farthest, there 3 or 4 inches wide
Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2022 07:55 PM (xhxe

And little Timmy, who is in the Guiness Book of World records for walking on train tracks, is buried at Forrest Lawn Cemetary...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 16, 2022 09:28 PM (oHd/0)

241 He did commute the sentence of Rubashkin who was one of the biggest employers of illegal immigrants. I think that though was at the recommendation from Jared if I had to guess.

Posted by: polynikes at November 16, 2022 09:13 PM (pAYE7)

Not exactly a deathblow, and I say that as someone who is extremely sensitive to being backstabbed by people he votes for.

Posted by: ... at November 16, 2022 09:29 PM (CR5NG)

242 My dad was battalion surgeon in the 8th mechanized. He never talked about it but I heard the nightmares. RIP Capt Jack

Posted by: free tibet at November 16, 2022 09:30 PM (MMzVU)

243 Id and Ibid walk into a bar....

Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 09:34 PM (KAi1n)

244 *looks at watch*

third shift is late.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 16, 2022 09:35 PM (UQUAY)

245 Every time I see Denise Richards out driving, I pull over and wait until she's a couple blocks away before I rejoin traffic. But shooting at her is just nuts.

Posted by: gp's Chocolate Covered Ballot Drops at November 16, 2022 09:35 PM (24fqN)

246 So I'm sitting here and Mrs D says to me, "If the rule is I before E except after C, then why do we have 'weird'?

I need more beer.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 16, 2022 09:35 PM (anj39)

247 My family is super cool... I always knew that, but then we got separated - for real, geographically - for a couple years.

Gay. Sad.

But now we're back together, and much as I missed them, I didn't realize how much I missed them until I got back in the mix.

If any of you scumbags haven't called your mom in a few days, you should get on it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 16, 2022 09:36 PM (oINRc)

248 "I need more beer."

Bier.

Posted by: gp's Chocolate Covered Ballot Drops at November 16, 2022 09:37 PM (24fqN)

249 So I'm sitting here and Mrs D says to me, "If the rule is I before E except after C, then why do we have 'weird'?

I need more beer.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 16, 2022 09:35 PM (anj39)

Right? I before E except after C, or when followed by G.

Still does not explain weird.

Weird, man.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 16, 2022 09:38 PM (UQUAY)

250 Let's all talk about that Bitch MITCH

Mr. Fancy pants got himself all REEEEE-Elected

30 pieces of silver paid in full.

So the republican (small r) is now in bed with the left...

Trump better hire a small army for 2024.

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 16, 2022 09:39 PM (J00IM)

251 160 Can you vacuum meat seals?
Posted by: torabora

For freezing, yes. For shelfing, no... in both versions.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 16, 2022 09:39 PM (IyrhE)

252 248 "I need more beer."

Bier.
Posted by: gp's Chocolate Covered Ballot Drops at November 16, 2022 09:37 PM (24fqN)


Good catch.
As it turns out, I'm working on an actual Hofbrau.
Ist gerschmect!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 16, 2022 09:40 PM (anj39)

253 So I'm sitting here and Mrs D says to me, "If the rule is I before E except after C, then why do we have 'weird'?

I need more beer.
Posted by: Diogenes

Because if it was wierd, it would follow the rule, and that wouldn't be weird.

Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2022 09:40 PM (P1f+c)

254 If any of you scumbags haven't called your mom in a few days, you should get on it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 16, 2022 09:36 PM (oINRc)

did my Mom call you or something?

Jeez.

You're right, though. Been a bit since I talked to Mom.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 16, 2022 09:40 PM (UQUAY)

255 If any of you scumbags haven't called your mom in a few days, you should get on it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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A rather old TV commercial, by Bear Bryant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hq9wfYb13U

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 09:42 PM (95EcE)

256 Because of all the war and veterans' issues talk here, being a difficult kind of emotion (and my service had no issues), I'm going to post this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4D7rT4WLHE

Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 09:42 PM (KAi1n)

257 Well, honestly, I still like Lilo & Stitch.
I know, Disney.
But it's some funny stuff.
The bit in the adoption center is, to me, hilarious.
"Well, we thought it might be a dog and we thought it was dead!"
And then, the piece at the end where Stitch is proven to have had his adoption papers purchased, that was really nice.
Yeah.
I still like that movie.

Posted by: LenNeal at November 16, 2022 09:42 PM (U11/V)

258 If any of you scumbags haven't called your mom in a few days, you should get on it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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I haven't talked to my mom in well over a year.

She wants nothing to do with me, so...

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 16, 2022 09:42 PM (0Z1GH)

259
Right? I before E except after C, or when followed by G.

Still does not explain weird.

Weird, man.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at November 16, 2022 09:38 PM (UQUAY)

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I blame the Welsh.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2022 09:42 PM (Qzn2/)

260 It's a heinous lie.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 16, 2022 09:42 PM (oINRc)

261 Ist gerschmect!

Es schmeckt!

Sorry, that probably makes me a Nazi Nazi.

Posted by: t-bird at November 16, 2022 09:43 PM (CaJIi)

262 I joined the Army to get away from my mom...didn't quite work out that way.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 16, 2022 09:43 PM (0Z1GH)

263 "If the rule is I before E except after C, then why do we have 'weird'?

Onomatopoeia

Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 09:43 PM (KAi1n)

264 If any of you scumbags haven't called your mom in a few days, you should get on it.

Would if I could but she's not with us anymore. Love ya, Ma.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 16, 2022 09:44 PM (Xrfse)

265 "Well, honestly, I still like Lilo & Stitch."

I went to see it at the opening because it had old fashioned cartoon watercolor backgrounds or something.

Posted by: gp's Chocolate Covered Ballot Drops at November 16, 2022 09:44 PM (24fqN)

266 Won't say ace has a "strawman" in the sidebar as I sure, I've seen people make the arguments he's talking about, but what needs to be said on the subject is that on both the small and large scale Trump didn't stab us in the back for the interests of the megadonors who roundly despise us. In that sense he was his own man.

Whatever his fuckups, he continually tried to keep the promises he made during his campaign, and he did not sell out his own voters by calling them extreme or racist or terrorists, as is the usual GOP megadonor bitch way.

The argument is that it remains to be seen what ***anyone else*** who takes money from megadonors decides to do for that money once they have the power and means to do it.
Posted by: ... at November 16, 2022 09:09 PM (CR5NG)
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Last night Trump pointed out the primary difference between his perspective & motivation vs. virtually all other pols ("Hello, 'I'm With Her' Hillary): it's not HIS campaign, it's OUR campaign -- and HE'S WITH US.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 16, 2022 09:45 PM (K3TEc)

267 262 I joined the Army to get away from my mom...didn't quite work out that way.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 16, 2022 09:43 PM (0Z1GH)

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She joined the Army too?

That's hardcore.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2022 09:45 PM (Qzn2/)

268 In 2016 Trump won the primary and by doing so set an entirely new course for the Republican nominee. It was his America First policies that became the coe of the Republican platform. This was the difference between Trump and every Republican nominee that came before him since Reagan. Traditional big dollar donors were forced to accept his platform.

Traditionally, candidates run on the platform of the donors. Trump flipped the script. Why is anyone surprised some of them don't want that to happen again?

>>Trump became the Republican Party's presumptive nominee in early May, when both of his rivals dropped out of the race. Trump self-funded much of his primary run, but he has said he will not rely as heavily on his own money for the general election, when he will face the Democratic nominee.

https://tinyurl.com/yckphwf3

The argument about funding is in the primary not the general. Trump is still the outsider candidate. Nothing has changed.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 16, 2022 09:45 PM (ZLI7S)

269 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2022 09:42 PM (95EcE)

Ohhhh, I love that ad. I'm going to show that ad to my boss... That's perfect, Jewish-mom manipulation. Can't be beaten.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 16, 2022 09:46 PM (oINRc)

270 "262 I joined the Army to get away from my mom...didn't quite work out that way.
Posted by: SMH"

You would probably not be shocked at how many dumb fuckers join the military because, I quote, "I'm tired of everyone telling me what to do."

Posted by: LenNeal at November 16, 2022 09:46 PM (U11/V)

271 I haven't talked to my mom in well over a year.

She wants nothing to do with me, so...
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 16, 2022 09:42 PM (0Z1GH)

You still need to call. Mine's been gone since 1978 and I still remember the last night.

Posted by: free tibet at November 16, 2022 09:47 PM (YWLil)

272 250 Let's all talk about that Bitch MITCH
Mr. Fancy pants got himself all REEEEE-Elected
30 pieces of silver paid in full.
So the republican (small r) is now in bed with the left...
Trump better hire a small army for 2024.

Posted by: Nightwatch
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His father-in-law is going to name a boat after
Senator Tidy Bowl.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ Donald Trump is the heartbeat of MAGA at November 16, 2022 09:48 PM (Q3Fh/)

273 She joined the Army too?

That's hardcore.
Posted by: Cicero
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No...the Army sent me back to where I enlisted from, Hawaii, where my parents lived at the time.
Which is why I got kicked out of the Army less than two years later.
I figured the Army lied to me, so I wanted nothing more to do with it. I was 18 and pissed at the world.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 16, 2022 09:48 PM (0Z1GH)

274 -
"America does better when its leaders are rooted in today and tomorrow, not today and yesterday,"
-
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Obviously someone who comes out tomorrow as a polyamorous future-sexual would be superior to anyone espousing ideals from more than five minutes ago.

Posted by: irright at November 16, 2022 09:49 PM (NTUk0)

275 You still need to call. Mine's been gone since 1978 and I still remember the last night.
Posted by: free tibet
___

Sorry, no can do.

She was plain as day. I will abide by her wishes.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 16, 2022 09:49 PM (0Z1GH)

276 SMH, if your mom won't pick up the phone, you can't help that. Sorry that's the way it is

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 16, 2022 09:50 PM (oINRc)

277 Good point about schwarzman in side bar.

I am not a fan of ignore complicated stuff and wait until it blows up. Head on, out in the open. With fair perspective. Let people decide for themselves.

Posted by: Shiggz (defective slave) at November 16, 2022 09:52 PM (KtKHF)

278 Mom died way too early.

Posted by: free tibet at November 16, 2022 09:53 PM (YWLil)

279 So I'm sitting here and Mrs D says to me, "If the rule is I before E except after C, then why do we have 'weird'?

I need more beer.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 16, 2022 09:35 PM (anj39)

It's only right and just that the word "weird" itself should be weird.

Posted by: Robert at November 16, 2022 09:54 PM (tZ/jl)

280 I went solo, with no backup into The Balkans in 1993, because of Francis Fukuyama. Was this truly The End Of History? I wanted to check out this claim for myself, emerging from a failed career of Soviet Studies. I learned after getting blown up and shot in the head that No, it's not. There will never be any end to History as long as one single human being is on Planet Earth.
I stayed away for 22 years. I went back solely to try to put a coffin nail in my nightmares, it was a hope that retracing my steps would corrupt the ideation.
I got busted within 10 minutes of disembarking, and now I'm right back where I started, like CandyLand, and everyone is just as justifiably scared of me as they were back in the day, but I'm even more awful as many more people other than me are now invested.

Posted by: LenNeal at November 16, 2022 09:54 PM (U11/V)

281 ONT is up, a bit early. New thread - NOOD

Posted by: gdgm+ at November 16, 2022 09:54 PM (1FoCx)

282 I remember the last words my father told me in person and the last words he ever told me on the phone.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2022 09:56 PM (KAi1n)

283 Trump isn't going to save us from Mitch. We need to start doing things for ourselves. Nobody is coming to save us and we will be unlikely to win in 2024.

We need to start digging into Mitch's finances and acquaintances.

Posted by: Shiggz (defective slave) at November 16, 2022 09:56 PM (KtKHF)

284 We need to start digging into Mitch's finances and acquaintances.
Posted by: Shiggz (defective slave)

You mean his wife being part of the biggest CCP family shipping biz ain't enough?
Do tell, then.

Posted by: Your Betters at November 16, 2022 09:57 PM (cPGH3)

285 When in doubt, whine more.

Posted by: When you quit, you are still you, and you are still there. at November 16, 2022 09:57 PM (NTUk0)

286 Next MoMe should be in Kentucky...

Bring some of those cute Tiki-Torches aflame with a Chi-Com Flag zipped tied to the pole...

The locals will think that some fun...

HELL we should invite MITCH after all....GOOD KENTUCY MANNERS don't ya think.

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 16, 2022 10:01 PM (J00IM)

287 Scientists create a vaccine for FENTANYL that stops you from getting 'high' on potent opioid that kills 200 Americans a day.
https://mol.im/a/11431733

"Illicit versions of the drug 'are largely sourced from Mexico via China', with experts pointing out that the southern border crisis is the main way they are trafficked into America."

No, 'are largely sourced from China via Mexico ...'
The Chinese make it and smuggle it into the USA mainly via Mexico.
Also "illicit version" implies a different drug or molecule and not just 'illegally sourced' or bootleg, which is what the article meant.
I guess editors don't exist any longer or, if they do, they are pretty useless. BTW this would be labeled 'disinformation' by CNN.

Posted by: Ciampino - does "illicit" imply illegal or different? at November 16, 2022 10:03 PM (qfLjt)

288 There is no doubt in my mind that

MITCH sucks Chuck's Colostomy bag.

Gross on that....But stranger things than fiction in the swamp these days....who is to say.

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Posted by: Cynthia Garcia at November 17, 2022 08:44 AM (dme47)

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Posted by: XTC at November 17, 2022

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