Humpday Cafe

Northern Georgia mountains
by @joe_tatum_photograhy

Another terrible week I can't wait to see the end of.

Speaking of, I'm taking off Friday for Veterans Day. Not that I am a veteran, I just want the day off. I'll be posting stuff but it will be open threads and silly stuff.

I'll put up a debate thread at 8:00.

Street dogs show their gratitude for bringing them food.

The parking lot was filled and this was the only space left.

This is a large fish. I could make several fishandwiches from this fish.

A rat?! Nah bro I'm just here for the kibble.

Help! I'm being pursued by a wild, fluffy mob!

Stealth smoocher.

Norbert the Dog's eyes light up when he realizes he's getting a second treat. Norbert is a therapy dog. Whatever it is he's supposed to cure, I'm claiming I have it. I need some of Norbert's healing.

In Australia they swirl in the opposite direction.

Dog demands attention.

Best bird.

Saving an elk from a mudhole.

Three men save a little kangaroo stuck in a lake. The little kangaroo shakes their hands afterwards. But to be honest, given how ornery these things are, I think the kangaroo is actually debating whether or not he's required to punch them.

Speaking of: This video is ancient, but-- man saves his dog from a kangaroo by challenging it to a fist-fight, and winning.

This is Peruvian dunes....and he is good at this!

I would like to do sand surfing! pic.twitter.com/jrVmlbFGq6
— Figen (@TheFigen_) November 8, 2023

Best puppy costume so far pic.twitter.com/MitEMu8jKG
— Puppies 🐶 (@PuppiesIover) November 8, 2023

pic.twitter.com/M4d0Fm40RQ
— Puppies 🐶 (@PuppiesIover) November 7, 2023

Newzealand have some of the most amazing waterfalls 😱 pic.twitter.com/TCGwb9c0fG
— Fact check (@FactCheckByNeel) November 4, 2023

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:33 PM

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1 first

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 08, 2023 07:34 PM (sMkAM)

2 First loser

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 08, 2023 07:34 PM (NtVYv)

3 I nooded

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 08, 2023 07:35 PM (sMkAM)

4 Where is Newzealand?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at November 08, 2023 07:36 PM (8sMut)

5 V

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at November 08, 2023 07:36 PM (8sMut)

6 Good evening everyone
A bit worried in my condition will get to my leaves, and they are piling up

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 07:36 PM (fwDg9)

7
Street dogs show their gratitude for bringing them food.

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Nice video ruined by a shitty song overlay.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at November 08, 2023 07:38 PM (gwFMs)

8 A previous cafe post had a video of a bull elk hauling a** thru a field. Well a woman in CO got trampled to death by one of those today. Weird way to go.
Have a nice day off, ace!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 08, 2023 07:38 PM (MeG8a)

9 Glad you're taking a day off, Ace. You deserve it. Hopefully it will be a nice day and you can get outside for a long walk and forget we exist.

Posted by: bluebell at November 08, 2023 07:39 PM (pTb/Z)

10 Norbert is a cute dog. Looks like a stuffed animal

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 08, 2023 07:39 PM (NtVYv)

11 Street dogs show their gratitude for bringing them food.

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Nice video ruined by a shitty song overlay.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at November 08, 2023 07:38 PM (gwFM

Didn’t watch it. Were they playing Nickleback?

Posted by: Drive by at November 08, 2023 07:41 PM (MNhXM)

12 is it true vic died ? read some rumblings earlier this week.

Posted by: chango butt at November 08, 2023 07:41 PM (3b35n)

13 How does Dune Boy get to the top of the dune?

Looks like fun...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 08, 2023 07:41 PM (R/m4+)

14
A debate thread! Great! We can discuss the solutions proposed by the finest minds in the GOP for healing the wounds scarring this great nation. I can't wait to bask in the rays of their wisdom.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2023 07:42 PM (MoZTd)

15
Where is Newzealand?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

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Across the river from Oldzealand.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2023 07:43 PM (MoZTd)

16 It's Hump day and I ain't got no hump. I wanna hump.

Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

17 @12

>> is it true vic died ? read some rumblings earlier this week.

Haven't seen him in a while, heard the same rumblings.

Hopefully he's on G-d's front porch, sitting in a gilded rocker and drinking some top-shelf brown.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 08, 2023 07:44 PM (XV/Pl)

18 >>>Nice video ruined by a shitty song overlay.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

yeah these people ruin a lot of videos with their terrible, terrible music.

Posted by: ace at November 08, 2023 07:45 PM (KRtlO)

19 I'll be posting stuff but

BUTT STUFF??

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 08, 2023 07:45 PM (7Nfzc)

20 thanks, bluebell!

I don't want to be away from commenters, just the news. Also, I really have to finish Phase 3 of the shelving situation at some point. This is getting absurd.

Posted by: ace at November 08, 2023 07:46 PM (KRtlO)

21 @14

>>I can't wait to bask in the rays of their wisdom.

Tonight will be DeSanti's opportunity to lift his sagging poll numbers and rise above the pack.

If he plays his cards right, he'll take an elevator right to the top.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 08, 2023 07:46 PM (XV/Pl)

22 Oh no, I hope that's not true about Vic. He has taken time off before, I remember.

Posted by: bluebell at November 08, 2023 07:46 PM (pTb/Z)

23 This years Veterans Day public observance at Arlington National Cemetery will be on Saturday, 11th November at 11:00 in the amphitheater. Don't forget.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 08, 2023 07:47 PM (voHIS)

24 pic look familiar ! I think it was on the ONT !

Posted by: runner at November 08, 2023 07:47 PM (V13WU)

25
Nice video ruined by a shitty song overlay.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

__________

It could have been worse. But no, let the video speak for itself.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2023 07:48 PM (MoZTd)

26 I'm taking off Friday for Veterans Day. Not that I am a veteran, I just want the day off.

—————

You’ve just pretty much guaranteed that something big will happen on Friday.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 08, 2023 07:48 PM (u73oe)

27 8 A previous cafe post had a video of a bull elk hauling a** thru a field. Well a woman in CO got trampled to death by one of those today. Weird way to go.
Have a nice day off, ace!
Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 08, 2023 07:38 PM (MeG8a)

Grandma got run over by a... Bull elk?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 07:48 PM (xaFKb)

28 I don't want to be away from commenters, just the news. Also, I really have to finish Phase 3 of the shelving situation at some point. This is getting absurd.
Posted by: ace at November 08, 2023 07:46 PM (KRtlO)
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Very nice of you to say but I predict that with that shelving update, it will soon get to the point that you do want to be away from us.

In other words, hope that Garrett and JackStraw don't see that comment. And for heaven's sake don't bring up c-r-o-c-s.

Posted by: bluebell at November 08, 2023 07:48 PM (pTb/Z)

29 I also have to finish "Halloween Party" so I can watch the movie version "Haunting in Venice" on Hulu.

Posted by: ace at November 08, 2023 07:49 PM (KRtlO)

30 Would love to try the sand skiing... just not on MY skis!

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 07:50 PM (xaFKb)

31 >>Speaking of, I'm taking off Friday for Veterans Day. Not that I am a veteran, I just want the day off. I'll be posting stuff but it will be open threads and silly stuff.

My company has now elevated Veterans day to a mandatory company holiday, so I gots that day off.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 08, 2023 07:50 PM (XV/Pl)

32 A previous cafe post had a video of a bull elk

The North American elk (Cervus canadensis) are more correctly yclept wapiti.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 08, 2023 07:50 PM (a3Q+t)

33 I also have to finish "Halloween Party" so I can watch the movie version "Haunting in Venice" on Hulu.
Posted by: ace at November 08, 2023 07:49 PM (KRtlO)
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Hey, maybe you can finish The Hound of the Baskervilles while you're at it!

Posted by: bluebell at November 08, 2023 07:50 PM (pTb/Z)

34 >>>You’ve just pretty much guaranteed that something big will happen on Friday.

not usually a problem. the problem isn't when news happens, it's when news doesn't really happen, but I still have to fill up the blog.

Posted by: ace at November 08, 2023 07:50 PM (KRtlO)

35 Elderly American arrested in Panama after gunman filmed shooting dead two eco protestors blocking highway

trib.al/MdSUM2W

Whoops!

Whoopsie!!

Don't block the highway, dipshits.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 08, 2023 07:51 PM (/RHNq)

36 My company has now elevated Veterans day to a mandatory company holiday, so I gots that day off.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 08, 2023 07:50 PM (XV/Pl)

REALLY want to thank this Veteran?

Punch a Politician. Either party, does not matter.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 07:51 PM (xaFKb)

37 30 Would love to try the sand skiing... just not on MY skis!
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 07:50 PM (xaFKb)

I would be more likely to try sand skiing than snow skiing. In my second round of 29, though, I'm not thinking of trying either one.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2023 07:52 PM (OX9vb)

38 @36

>>Punch a Politician. Either party, does not matter.

I now live in the sticks of Pa, the possibility of me running into a random politician is very low.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 08, 2023 07:52 PM (XV/Pl)

39 Sorry for the real news but it's topical...

Adam Milstein @AdamMilstein 1h
Computer science professor Loay Alnaji, 50, has been identified as the man who allegedly killed Paul Kessler with a megaphone knocking him to the ground

https://tinyurl.com/bdx7kpnj
Daily Mail coverage, of course, and not domestic; click the photos IMAGE to go to the DM report.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 07:53 PM (krqg6)

40 REALLY want to thank this Veteran?

Punch a Politician. Either party, does not matter.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 07:51 PM (xaFKb)
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Hmmm. Maybe the government could meet their recruitment quotas if they allowed veterans to punch any politician of their choice when they leave the service.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 08, 2023 07:53 PM (BpYfr)

41 Posted by: Sharkman at November 08, 2023 07:51 PM (/RHNq)

Yup... Po Po would not clear the road... welcom to Vigilanteville.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 07:54 PM (xaFKb)

42 not usually a problem. the problem isn't when news happens, it's when news doesn't really happen, but I still have to fill up the blog.
Posted by: ace at November 08, 2023 07:50 PM (KRtlO)
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"Slow news day" = "Blogger's worst nightmare"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 08, 2023 07:54 PM (BpYfr)

43 Hmmm. Maybe the government could meet their recruitment quotas if they allowed veterans to punch any politician of their choice when they leave the service.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 08, 2023 07:53 PM (BpYfr)

Make it a pay per view event, we could balance the budget.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 07:55 PM (xaFKb)

44 Under the Misty Mountains Dwarves dig for their treasures

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 07:56 PM (fwDg9)

45 We can discuss the solutions proposed by the finest minds in the GOP for healing the wounds scarring this great nation.
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Justin beat them to it:

Candice Malcolm @CandiceMalcolm 2h
Trudeau, once again with his "All Lives Matter" schtick

CPAC @CPAC_TV 8h
"All of us as political leaders need to do everything we can to get back to bringing people together, to listen to each other," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says as he addresses antisemitism and Islamophobia in Canada amid the Israel-Hamas war.

PM Justin Trudeau comments on antisemitism and Islamophobia in Canada
[Canadian Parliamentary Access Channel not your CPAC!]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 07:56 PM (krqg6)

46

Gannett's new Taylor Swift reporter was announced Monday by its outlets the Tennessean and USA Today.

Veteran journalist Bryan West, a two-time Emmy Award-winning TV producer and "passionate Swiftie," was the "standout choice from a pool of hundreds of applicants" in the nationwide job search that went viral when it was announced earlier this year, per the outlets.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 08, 2023 07:56 PM (63Dwl)

47 Elderly American arrested in Panama after gunman filmed shooting dead two eco protestors blocking highway
trib.al/MdSUM2W
Whoops!
Whoopsie!!
Don't block the highway, dipshits.
Posted by: Sharkman at November 08, 2023 07:51 PM (/RHNq)

Good. The Old Fart had enough and figured oh well.

Bust A Cap In Dat Ass...More Please.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 08, 2023 07:57 PM (R/m4+)

48 "Speaking of, I'm taking off Friday for Veterans Day. Not that I am a veteran, I just want the day off. I'll be posting stuff but it will be open threads and silly stuff."

A lot of good men, and women have served so you can mock and verbally punch people in the dick who deserve it. Many of them are here in the comments. Some, I can guarantee you are lurking. Enjoy the day and clear your head. Tune out the garbage.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 08, 2023 07:58 PM (voHIS)

49 I would be more likely to try sand skiing than snow skiing. In my second round of 29, though, I'm not thinking of trying either one.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2023 07:52 PM (OX9vb)

Yeah... I've been skiing for.... shit... 50 years. Sometimes up to 30 days a season (season pass for the win).

So... its a bit different... /smile

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 07:58 PM (xaFKb)

50 I'm a veteran and I'm working on Veteran's Day 8 am to 11 pm, at the Schizo House.

I don't think I've ever taken Veteran's Day off, even a single time.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 08, 2023 07:59 PM (/RHNq)

51 Has to be a female dog running from the "spider"

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 07:59 PM (fwDg9)

52 I was yclept by a wapiti once, carved a big ol' frown on my forearm.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 08, 2023 08:00 PM (xhaym)

53
Veteran journalist Bryan West, a two-time Emmy Award-winning TV producer and "passionate Swiftie,"

_________

My gaydar hit the max and burned out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2023 08:00 PM (MoZTd)

54 Gannett's new Taylor Swift reporter was announced Monday by its outlets the Tennessean and USA Today.

Veteran journalist Bryan West, a two-time Emmy Award-winning TV producer and "passionate Swiftie," was the "standout choice from a pool of hundreds of applicants" in the nationwide job search that went viral when it was announced earlier this year, per the outlets.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 08, 2023 07:56 PM (63Dwl)
*****
And he uses he/him in his bio.
The Swifties will love him

Posted by: redridinghood at November 08, 2023 08:01 PM (NpAcC)

55 nooDebate

Posted by: DaveA at November 08, 2023 08:01 PM (FhXTo)

56 I want to see some personal trainer advertise "the kangaroo method", based on their diet and exercises, because damn...those things always look ripped.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 08, 2023 08:02 PM (NCgXW)

57 Where is Newzealand?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Still crying and whining about the referees costing them the Rugby World Cup Final Game on 10/28, which they lost to South Africa by 1 point. Boo hoo!!!

Posted by: Sharkman at November 08, 2023 08:02 PM (/RHNq)

58 Taylor Swift or as I like to call her, the Chiefs Yoko.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 08, 2023 08:02 PM (u73oe)

59 Gannett's new Taylor Swift reporter was announced Monday by its outlets the Tennessean and USA Today.

Veteran journalist Bryan West, a two-time Emmy Award-winning TV producer and "passionate Swiftie," was the "standout choice from a pool of hundreds of applicants" in the nationwide job search that went viral when it was announced earlier this year, per the outlets.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 08, 2023 07:56 PM (63Dwl)
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I'm not sure which is worse--the fact that "Taylor Swift reporter" is an actual job, or the fact that a nationwide search went viral to find the right candidate.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 08, 2023 08:02 PM (BpYfr)

60 55 nooDebate
Posted by: DaveA at November 08, 2023 08:01 PM (FhXTo)

I'll stay down here then....

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:03 PM (xaFKb)

61 So... its a bit different... /smile
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 07:58 PM (xaFKb)

Yeah--nothing wrong with old peoples skiing and riding motorcycles and the like, but it's best not taken up later in life when the reflexes have slowed. Different if you've been doing it forever.

*not saying you're old, Romeo13, but I might be...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2023 08:03 PM (OX9vb)

62
I'll stay down here then....
Posted by: Romeo13

________

Sounds sound

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2023 08:04 PM (MoZTd)

63 It will be Lefttalking points debate/ defending
No thanks

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:05 PM (fwDg9)

64 The big fish is just a trick of perspective. The fish is about 3 ft. away and the diver is about 25 ft. behind it.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 08, 2023 08:05 PM (XMwZJ)

65 If you run out of content, we can always do romance/monster movie title mashups that also contain a politician's name, like "When Harry Reid Met Godzilla".

Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 08:07 PM (vFG9F)

66 *not saying you're old, Romeo13, but I might be...
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2023 08:03 PM (OX9vb)

When I was in my late 30's, I was up skiing at a local place by myself, and ran into my Dad's best friend. They had skied together in the 50's, but Mom made Dad quit (and hated his friend, he was divorced and a BAD INFLUENCE).

But... he was in his late 60's, and skied smooth as butter... Skied with him that afternoon and decided that he was what I wanted to be if I had to grow up.

So, yeah, still skiing.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:07 PM (xaFKb)

67 >>>In Australia they swirl in the opposite direction.

Something is being obscured. Unless it's that easy to make a perpetual motion machine.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 08, 2023 08:08 PM (klJTj)

68 Yeah...no on the joey. They roll back on that tail and one of those legs just disemboweled you.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 08, 2023 08:08 PM (uSHSS)

69 >>Skied with him that afternoon and decided that he was what I wanted to be if I had to grow up.

Divorced and a bad influence?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 08, 2023 08:09 PM (ZLI7S)

70 Or "The Blob and Carol and Ted and Alice".

Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

71 Oh, yeah.

I forgot there was a literal debate tonight despite #14 Hadrian hitting me over the head with it earlier.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:09 PM (krqg6)

72 Can read how bad it was tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:10 PM (fwDg9)

73 I don't care about the debate. I already know who I'm voting for.

Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 08:11 PM (vFG9F)

74 Divorced and a bad influence?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 08, 2023 08:09 PM (ZLI7S)

*snort

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2023 08:12 PM (OX9vb)

75
Furnace got replaced today. The old one was 16 years old and we knew it was on its last legs. The only things left to break down now are the upstairs AC and the well pump.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2023 08:12 PM (MoZTd)

76 69 >>Skied with him that afternoon and decided that he was what I wanted to be if I had to grow up.

Divorced and a bad influence?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 08, 2023 08:09 PM (ZLI7S)

According to Mom, all my Dad's old Friends were bad influences. But Mr. Roberts... who was divorced, drank a lot, skied and road motorcycles... oh, and sailed sailboats... was the worstest.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:12 PM (xaFKb)

77 5pm in early november should not be this dark.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 08, 2023 08:13 PM (KAi1n)

78 77 5pm in early november should not be this dark.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 08, 2023 08:13 PM (KAi1n)

Cold snap coming through soon too... expect snow in the Mountains.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:13 PM (xaFKb)

79 >>According to Mom, all my Dad's old Friends were bad influences. But Mr. Roberts... who was divorced, drank a lot, skied and road motorcycles... oh, and sailed sailboats... was the worstest.

I can relate.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 08, 2023 08:14 PM (ZLI7S)

80 Cold snap coming through soon too... expect snow in the Mountains.
Posted by: Romeo13

I'm not in the mountains.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 08, 2023 08:15 PM (KAi1n)

81 R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Elon Musk is considering removing hashtags from X/Twitter social media site

Catturd ™ @catturd2 59m
#GreatIdea

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:15 PM (krqg6)

82 We had our first wolf sighting at our place late last night. Sadly, the bunny didn't make it.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 08, 2023 08:17 PM (x7plP)

83 Was supposed to get plumbing parts but no call, and wondering if got the right parts for existing tub tile holes

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:17 PM (fwDg9)

84 "Elon Musk is considering removing hashtags from X/Twitter social media site"

He's going to get pounded for that.

Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 08:17 PM (vFG9F)

85 Trailer for a Thanksgiving-themed slasher flick:

https://tinyurl.com/Thanksgiving-Slasher-Flick

Pretty intense.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 08, 2023 08:18 PM (/RHNq)

86 Tonypete, I did not know there are wolves in TN.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2023 08:18 PM (OX9vb)

87 Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer
EXCLUSIVE: This is one of the most damning screenshots I have archived from the Twitter account of Dawn Marie Engoron, the wife of Judge Arthur Engoron, the Leftist judge who is overseeing President Trump’s Civil Fraud trial in NYC.

On October 30, 2023, while the trial was taking place, she tweeted, “Pleading the 5th won’t save Trump family members in Judge Engoron’s courtroom.”

She would know I guess… since her husband is Judge Engoron.

This appears to be an admission by the Judge’s wife that Judge Engoron has already decided how this trial will go.

There needs to be a MISTRIAL.

This is truly unethical and Judge Engoron needs to recuse himself.
https://tinyurl.com/yv74dmk8

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:19 PM (krqg6)

88 Sounds sound
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2023 08:04 PM

But is it prudent?

Posted by: zombie George H. W. Bush at November 08, 2023 08:20 PM (a3Q+t)

89 He's going to get pounded for that.
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F#cking right.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:23 PM (krqg6)

90 Tonypete, I did not know there are wolves in TN.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Oh yeah! Being smack up against a monster state wildlife area doesn't hurt either. The neighbors one street over had a bear sighting last week too. Never a dull moment around here for animal sightings. We actually have an elk season too. I haven't seen any though.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 08, 2023 08:23 PM (x7plP)

91 Evening, Horde. Cheers to everyone who's up for friendly conversation, in the thread south of the debate thread.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at November 08, 2023 08:25 PM (hBG3V)

92 despite #14 Hadrian hitting me over the head with it earlier.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:09 PM

Wait, I thought Hadrian was seventh. He's dropped down, and is now #14 amongst the Commentariat??

Nevertheless, either #7 or #14 is up there in very rarified territory, significantly about the Emerald Membership class.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 08, 2023 08:25 PM (a3Q+t)

93 One would think it's mistrial territory but remember it's a Kangaroo Court and probably protected while it lasts.

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:27 PM (fwDg9)

94 Greetings, Barkingmad59!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 08, 2023 08:27 PM (OX9vb)

95 >>>A rat?! Nah bro I'm just here for the kibble.

lol
What a pitiful display.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 08, 2023 08:28 PM (klJTj)

96 good selection of videos tonight

Posted by: DB - at November 08, 2023 08:29 PM (geLO8)

97 Is this your wife and one of your dogs, Hadrian?

https://tinyurl.com/2r65ftax
5 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:30 PM (krqg6)

98 was watching E Michigan @ Toledo but Toledo is too much team- they were up 21-0 in the 1st quarter when I bailed

not interested in watching a rout

Posted by: DB - at November 08, 2023 08:31 PM (geLO8)

99 Sand surfing looks like it could be warmer but guy still looks well covered up

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:31 PM (fwDg9)

100 Comment #14!!!!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:31 PM (krqg6)

101 > "Elon Musk is considering removing hashtags from X/Twitter social media site"

why

Posted by: DB - at November 08, 2023 08:32 PM (geLO8)

102 On twitter is video of a man in Panama who got sick and tired of Climate Protestors blocking the road, so he just walked up and shot two of them. YOU GO GRANDAD!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 08, 2023 08:33 PM (S6gqv)

103 Why? For the planet. Think of the bits that will be saved.

Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 08:34 PM (vFG9F)

104 99 Sand surfing looks like it could be warmer but guy still looks well covered up
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:31 PM (fwDg9)

As pristine as that sand looks... no tracks.. I bet the wind blows through there pretty well....

Sandstorms suck.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:34 PM (xaFKb)

105 "YOU GO GRANDAD!
Posted by: Tom Servo"

Somebody has to make those nuts afraid to pull that shit.

Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 08:36 PM (vFG9F)

106 My guess in Peru he might be up a few miles in altitude

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:36 PM (fwDg9)

107 Sand dunes in Peru: Huacachina
https://tinyurl.com/26wm4yta

Posted by: DB - at November 08, 2023 08:38 PM (geLO8)

108 Check out this oasis in the dunes

https://tinyurl.com/3asdyamn

Posted by: DB - at November 08, 2023 08:40 PM (geLO8)

109 DB neat find, would be nice to see it.

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:41 PM (fwDg9)

110 In Memoriam:
Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories
Chess; one of the oldest games that is still around today. Although no one knows the exact location where the game came from there seems to be a consensus that the game originated in India more than 1300 years ago. Over the course of the centuries, chess has become the undisputed queen of all board games. It has been subject to more exhaustive analysis and it has had more books and articles written about it than all the rest of the board games put together. It was once calculated that- on a worldwide basis, an average of more than one book a day is published on some aspect of the game or another! In more than one country chess is regarded as the national game. Those who play at the elite levels can earn large sums in prize money and receive many special privileges. They are considered just as much as a celebrity as baseball and basketball players in the United States or the best soccer players in Europe or South America.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:42 PM (krqg6)

111 17 Hopefully he's on G-d's front porch, sitting in a gilded rocker and drinking some top-shelf brown.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

One of the most depressing divorce-revenge posts I have ever read was Vic’s discussing his ex “selling” him his favorite chair at a substantial premium. Not sure I understand the level of animosity he faced. I very much wish him peace, wherever he might be tonight.

Posted by: EveR at November 08, 2023 08:42 PM (LdQWo)

112 Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories
The modern game of chess, however, bears little relation to the original game invented in India. That game was called chaturanga, a Sanskrit word that literally means “four limbs”. This word refers to elephants, horses, chariots and foot soldiers, the four components of an army in those days. From India, the game made its way to Persia, where it was known as chatranj. Persia was later invaded by the Arabs who quickly took this new game and became the first people to study and play it in a scientific way. After the Moors (as the Arabs were known in Europe) had conquered Spain, they introduced the game there and from Spain chess spread north into France. It was very popular among the Vikings, who may well have learned the game from the Persians, with whom they had trade links. The Vikings were probably responsible for introducing chess into much of northwest mainland Europe and into the British Isles.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:42 PM (krqg6)

113 Midnight at the oasis,

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:42 PM (fwDg9)

114 As the game spread from the Middle East to Europe, the names and character of the pieces and moves were changed to adapt to the different cultures. The Persian “shah” acquired the name “king” and shahmat (translated: “the shah is helpless”

, became checkmate. The “vizir” –or counselor- who occupied a position next to the shah, became the queen. Elephants and their use as instruments of war were practically unknown in Europe; the piece underwent several changes until it eventually became the modern bishop. This is not so strange as it may appear at first: in the Middle Ages, bishops often combined their religious duties with more warlike behavior. It was easy to identify the original horse with the knight who fought on horseback. The baidag (foot solider) has remained more or less unchanged as the pawn. The last piece, the original chariot, has become the modern castle or rook, but how this metamorphosis took place remains something of a mystery. Some experts seem to think the rook symbolizes the howdah on the back of the elephant (from which the archer’s arrows were loosed). If that is true, it was the chariot that somehow became the modern bishop.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:43 PM (krqg6)

115 In its early form, chess was a slow and ponderous game, particularly in its opening phases, but toward the end of the Middle Ages important changes were made in the rules governing the moves of the queen and bishop. The queen, formerly the humble counselor with severely limited powers, became the most versatile and influential piece on the board. The powers of the bishop were also considerably increased and pawns were allowed to move two squares instead of one on the opening move. These changes not only increased the tempo of the game, they also changed the entire strategy. The opening moves became much more important for they now had a more decisive effect on the outcome of the game. The end of the 15th Century marked the completion of these changes. Since then, the game has in effect remained unchanged.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:43 PM (krqg6)

116 Sandstorms suck.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:34 PM

Sandworms, too. Ya hate 'em, right?

Posted by: Beetlejuice at November 08, 2023 08:43 PM (a3Q+t)

117 116 Sandstorms suck.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:34 PM

Sandworms, too. Ya hate 'em, right?
Posted by: Beetlejuice at November 08, 2023 08:43 PM (a3Q+t)

Welll....

Posted by: Muadib at November 08, 2023 08:45 PM (xaFKb)

118 Vic's passing came up a few weeks ago, wasn't surprised but didn't think him not posting for a bit as happened before expected it.

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:45 PM (fwDg9)

119 I seem to recall that most of the violent Saint Floyd Riots in 2020 stopped almost immediately after Kyle Rittenhouse ventilated the two p3d0s and de-forearmed that one dood.

Perhaps the Panama event will get some of these fuckheads to realize that blocking people's access to life can cause their own lives to end abruptly.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 08, 2023 08:45 PM (/RHNq)

120 Tried watchin a couple minutes of the debate... turned my stomach.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:45 PM (xaFKb)

121 Nevertheless, either #7 or #14 is up there in very rarified territory, significantly about the Emerald Membership class.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 08, 2023 08:25 PM (a3Q+t)
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Around here, that's the equivalent of "laminated cardboard" status...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 08, 2023 08:45 PM (BpYfr)

122 Tried watchin a couple minutes of the debate... turned my stomach.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:45 PM (xaFKb)
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Wonder how many Morons will peek in, tune out, and join us back here on the Cafe thread...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 08, 2023 08:46 PM (BpYfr)

123 Wonder how many Morons will peek in, tune out, and join us back here on the Cafe thread...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 08, 2023 08:46 PM (BpYfr)

Hi. I am here.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Baby Steps to the Abyss at November 08, 2023 08:47 PM (T/Lqj)

124 Brought up way long ago on a Chess Thread in the USAF we came up with a 4 player chess game, board was 3 boards in a + patter, one center 1/2 added to each side.
Found out there are thousands of variations of chess, but maybe we did invent a new one.

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:48 PM (fwDg9)

125
Hi. I am here.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Baby Steps to the Abyss

________

The current wait time is 40 minutes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2023 08:49 PM (MoZTd)

126 Perfesser. I came back the PDT vs DeSantis crap is starting up again and PDT isn't even at the debate. Too tedious.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 08, 2023 08:50 PM (2NHgQ)

127 Tomorrow I will read how the debate was a Leftist talking point bore.

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:50 PM (fwDg9)

128 122 Tried watchin a couple minutes of the debate... turned my stomach.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:45 PM (xaFKb)
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Wonder how many Morons will peek in, tune out, and join us back here on the Cafe thread...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 08, 2023 08:46 PM (BpYfr)

Pretending to have a "debate" between a pack of also rans that no one cares about is just perfect for where we are.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 08, 2023 08:50 PM (S6gqv)

129 It was very popular among the Vikings, who may well have learned the game from the Persians, with whom they had trade links. The Vikings were probably responsible for introducing chess into much of northwest mainland Europe and into the British Isles.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:42 PM (krqg6)
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I assume the Vikings were also responsible for the development of the Swedish Bikini Chess Team...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 08, 2023 08:52 PM (BpYfr)

130 122 Tried watchin a couple minutes of the debate... turned my stomach.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:45 PM (xaFKb)
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Wonder how many Morons will peek in, tune out, and join us back here on the Cafe thread...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 08, 2023 08:46 PM (BpYfr)

Yeah... now I'm cooking dinner and watching a DVD of 'Tales of the Golden Monkey'.... so bad, it's good.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:52 PM (xaFKb)

131 Perfesser. I came back the PDT vs DeSantis crap is starting up again and PDT isn't even at the debate. Too tedious.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 08, 2023 08:50 PM (2NHgQ)
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Yeah, I peeked in, saw the direction of the comments (T v. D) and came back here...

Those threads tend to deteriorate quickly into tedious mental masturbation sessions...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 08, 2023 08:53 PM (BpYfr)

132 Found out there are thousands of variations of chess, but maybe we did invent a new one.
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:48 PM (fwDg9)

Used to play a variant we called Schizo in College and Navy Nuc School.

Two boards, you play white on one, black on the other, alternating moves.... if you take an opponents piece, you can place it on your next move, on any open square. Really fast game.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 08, 2023 08:55 PM (xaFKb)

133 Brought up way long ago on a Chess Thread in the USAF we came up with a 4 player chess game, board was 3 boards in a + pattern, one center 1/2 added to each side.
Found out there are thousands of variations of chess, but maybe we did invent a new one.
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I should have included a link as it has a photo that wasn't initially visible in Nitter.

I don't know if a Western variant [the pieces are Western] or if a representation of the Indian game but it looks interesting -- like four half teams versus each other!
https://tinyurl.com/2f8rukux

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 08:55 PM (krqg6)

134 >Those threads tend to deteriorate quickly into tedious mental masturbation sessions...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

you don't like the armchair wisdom?

Posted by: DB - at November 08, 2023 08:55 PM (geLO8)

135 See sex worker Suzanna Gibson did lose, by about 900 votes

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:56 PM (fwDg9)

136 135 See sex worker Suzanna Gibson did lose, by about 900 votes
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She really blew it.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 09:00 PM (krqg6)

137 Spock was always playing that 3 D chess and kicking everyone's ass.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 08, 2023 09:00 PM (R/m4+)

138 Jeepers.

November 2024 is going to be a shitshow.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 has a BABY! at November 08, 2023 09:02 PM (WNvEU)

139 🐘 🏹 ♟️

Just checking out some emojis.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 09:03 PM (krqg6)

140 The current wait time is 40 minutes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 08, 2023 08:49 PM (MoZTd)

*looks at ticket*

#135268

Loudspeaker, "Now calling number 14."

Crud.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Baby Steps to the Abyss at November 08, 2023 09:04 PM (T/Lqj)

141 Better turn this off, was up well over a hour in middle of last night.
Hope everyone has a peaceful evening

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 09:04 PM (fwDg9)

142 November 2024 is going to be a shitshow.
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And that's just here!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 09:04 PM (krqg6)

143 Nawfalus @Nawfalus 18h Replying to @archeohistories
Indus valley meaning Pakistan today, at the Abbasid court in the eight century it is documented it was played, the queen was the Grand vizir equivalent of the prime minister who had then more power than the calife aka king or cheikh hence cheikh is dead (cheikh mate)

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 09:05 PM (krqg6)

144 Goodnight, Skip.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 09:06 PM (krqg6)

145 And that's just here!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6

I may need to find my way out to Buffalo sooner rather than later. Any chance of a cuppa cofeve?

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 has a BABY! at November 08, 2023 09:07 PM (WNvEU)

146 *looks at ticket*

#135268

Loudspeaker, "Now calling number 14."

Crud.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Baby Steps to the Abyss at November 08, 2023 09:04 PM

Come sit over here by me. We'll dial up some Klingon opera in the holodeck.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 08, 2023 09:09 PM (a3Q+t)

147 Ok. How about "Breakfast At Pelosi's" ?

Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 09:12 PM (vFG9F)

148 And a Russian lady replying in Cyrillic alphabet says, "We see chess and checkers in the frescoes of ancient Egypt the same" according to DDG [Google??] translate.

I know they had the peg boardgame Jackals and Hounds; and there's the Viking boardgame Hnefatafl.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 09:13 PM (krqg6)

149 Ok. How about "Breakfast At Pelosi's" ?
Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 09:12 PM (vFG9F)

A paper bowl of pills washed down with a bottle of Ensure?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Baby Steps to the Abyss at November 08, 2023 09:14 PM (T/Lqj)

150 I confidently predict the name of Ace's Disney thread tomorrow - because the Irish Times has come up with one of the most perfect entertainment headlines ever:
"The Marvels review: The Marvel Cinematic Universe disappears up its own Black Hole."

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 08, 2023 09:16 PM (S6gqv)

151 "paper bowl of pills washed down with a bottle of Ensure?
Posted by: Pug Mahon"

See my #65.

Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 09:18 PM (vFG9F)

152 Didn't the Chinese invent "GO" about 10,000 years ago?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 08, 2023 09:21 PM (63Dwl)

153 I may need to find my way out to Buffalo sooner rather than later. Any chance of a cuppa cofeve?
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No problem. And I've got two empty bedrooms if you need a place to stay visiting your Toronto friend [I recall you saying] if you're in the neighbourhood -- 15 minutes from the airport.

Or did you mean a permanent move to Buffalo? Then there's Kris and browndog [sp??] too.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 09:21 PM (krqg6)

154 139

Well that is curious.

Have not seen these since the (ZX;ZX;ZX;;Z;X?@%%^??{}{}{) way back some decades ago

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 08, 2023 09:24 PM (UsQA1)

155 You're right -- it is Chinese. I mistakenly thought Japanese because I first learned of it as a teen at a Japanese cultural pavilion in Toronto.

"The game of Go originated in China in ancient times. It was considered one of the four essential arts of a cultured Chinese scholar in antiquity and is described as a worthy pastime for a gentleman in the Analects of Confucius. It reached Korea by the 5th century, in the 7th century it had reached Japan."

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 08, 2023 09:24 PM (krqg6)

156 124 Brought up way long ago on a Chess Thread in the USAF we came up with a 4 player chess game, board was 3 boards in a + patter, one center 1/2 added to each side.
Found out there are thousands of variations of chess, but maybe we did invent a new one.
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:48 PM (fwDg9

I got a four way chess board. Sucks that I haven't played in years as I have known few players, much less three.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at November 08, 2023 09:27 PM (8sMut)

157 135 See sex worker Suzanna Gibson did lose, by about 900 votes
Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2023 08:56 PM (fwDg9)

That stupid phrase needs to GO.

See WHORE Suzanna Gibson did lose, by about 900 votes

FIFY

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at November 08, 2023 09:29 PM (8sMut)

158 Wanna thank a veteran?

Hire one.

Americans do not want to do this because Americans prefer virtue signaling.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at November 08, 2023 09:30 PM (8sMut)

159 See my #65.
Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 09:18 PM (vFG9F)

Sleepless in the Night of the Living Dead

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Baby Steps to the Abyss at November 08, 2023 09:31 PM (T/Lqj)

160 LAST!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Baby Steps to the Abyss at November 08, 2023 09:36 PM (T/Lqj)

161 "Sleepless in the Night of the Living Dead
Posted by: Pug Mahon,"

That's the spirit!

Posted by: fd at November 08, 2023 09:47 PM (vFG9F)

162 Hell yes I'm off on Friday...

NAVY CORPSMAN ROCK!!

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 08, 2023 09:50 PM (UsQA1)

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