St. Patty's Day 2025 Overnight Open Thread [Doof]

Howdy to all ye Hordeluns, and a Happy St. Patty's Day to ya! If yas aint drunk yet, we'll try to fix that for ya. Step inside the O'EnnTee - but watch out for pinchin' if ya don't has any green on ya!

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~~Saturday Night~~ St. Patty's Day Joke

A man stumbles up to the only other patron in the pub and asks if he could buy him a drink. “Why of course,” comes the reply. The first man then asks “Where are you from?” “I’m from Ireland,” replies the second man. The first man responds “You don’t say, I’m from Ireland too! Let’s have another round to Ireland.” “Naturally,” replies the second man. Curious, the first man then asks “Where in Ireland are you from?” “Dublin,” comes the reply. “I can’t believe it,” says the first man. “I’m from Dublin too! Let’s have another drink to Dublin.” “Of course,” replies the second man. Curiosity again strikes and the first man asks “What school did you go to?” “Saint Mary’s,” replies the second man. “I graduated in ’67.” “This is unbelievable!” the first man says. “I went to Saint Mary’s and also I graduated in ’67!” About that time, in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar. “What’s been going on?” he asks the bartender. “Nothing much,” replies the bartender. “Just the O’Malley twins are drunk again.”

Bonus joke from The Gipper

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Throwback to a great Ronald Reagan joke from St. Paddy's Day 1987!🇺🇸🇮🇪☘️ pic.twitter.com/HMuZhn2AmV
— Frank LaRose (@FrankLaRose) March 17, 2025

OK - one more!

Flynn was reminiscing about the first time he took his son Paddy out for a drink. They went to the local pub, which is only two blocks from their home. Flynn got him a Guinness. Paddy didn't like it - so Flynn drank it. Then Flynn got him a Smithwick's, Paddy didn't like it either, so Flynn drank it. It was the same with the Harp and the Murphy's. By the time they got through the Irish whiskey, Flynn could hardly push the stroller back home.

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St. Patrick's Day Traditions

Chicago is well known for its tradition of dying the river green

Here are some other Unusual St. Patrick’s Day Traditions Around The World

Strange St. Patrick’s Day Traditions In The United States
1. New London, Wisconsin
In New London, leprechauns crawl around the city and change all the signs to “New Dublin” for the day — even on the highway.
2. Portland, Maine
Talk about a rude awakening: the Paddy’s Day Plunge of Portland, Maine, involves jumping into the freezing Atlantic Ocean at 5:30 a.m.
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5. Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs is the home of the world’s shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which takes place on “The Shortest Street in Everyday Use in the World,” as it was named by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not in the 1940s. Bridge Street, which is only 98 feet long, hosts the hour-long parade, which includes Elvis impersonators, a Blarney Stone kissing contest and various other performances.
Unusual St. Patrick’s Day Traditions In The Rest Of The World
6. Montserrat
This Caribbean island, home to a sizable Irish Catholic population since the 17th century, is the only place in the world outside of Ireland where St. Patrick’s Day is a public holiday.
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9. International Space Station
How “international” are we talking here? Because apparently, St. Patrick’s Day isn’t only earthbound. In 2013, a Canadian astronaut wore green, took a photo of Ireland from space and posted a video of him singing “Danny Boy.”

Hit the link to read the rest.

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Legend!

never let them know your next move pic.twitter.com/HynV5lHGMK
— NO CONTEXT HUMANS (@HumansNoContext) March 17, 2025

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DJ McDoof - As Requested by The Horde Version

Last night's ONT yielded many great suggestions for music to be featured here on St. Patrick's Day.
You ask - I deliver!

Rory Gallagher

Van Morrison

Ally the Piper and Mia Asano

The Dubliners

The Pogues

Lots more great stuff out there. Please add some suggestions in the comments!

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by ~~Orange~~ Green Man ~~Bad~~ Good.

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Comments, questions, suggestions, or emotional outbursts? Pipe down and have another drink!

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1 Hey Yoooo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 17, 2025 09:51 PM (LdsRU)

2 Early

Posted by: easy the elder at March 17, 2025 09:51 PM (QU+QE)

3 I will be very disappointed if any of you are sober.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 17, 2025 09:52 PM (Vqx30)

4 They're always after me lucky charms.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2025 09:53 PM (vYDwg)

5 Busy day at work, but I was able to fit in getting a RealID, which apparently you need to fly starting in May.

Without it, you will need to have a passport to fly anywhere withing the US.

Imagine that, Americans now need Transit Papers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 17, 2025 09:55 PM (XV/Pl)

6 Good evening, Horde. I trust you all are displaying the reasonableness and sobriety for which our cohort is legendary.

Posted by: PabloD at March 17, 2025 09:55 PM (bYWVt)

7 Why do we never hear about anything being old-fangled?

Posted by: mindful webworker - tipping permitted at March 17, 2025 09:55 PM (h7Ym/)

8 Only the coolest Hordelings knew to get here early

Posted by: Doof at March 17, 2025 09:55 PM (H1VRO)

9 *adjusts green derby hat*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2025 09:55 PM (vYDwg)

10 Imagine that, Americans now need Transit Papers.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 17, 2025 09:55 PM (XV/Pl)

You need to see Rick.

Posted by: Peter Lorre at March 17, 2025 09:56 PM (vYDwg)

11 Sorry I'm late, I got caught in an Irish traffic jam.

http://tiny.cc/bdqd001

Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2025 09:57 PM (9DiZn)

12 Food!

Posted by: Bulg at March 17, 2025 09:57 PM (77rzZ)

13 I didn't know they put the Montserratians back. How's the volcano?

Posted by: gKWVE at March 17, 2025 09:57 PM (gKWVE)

14 I've never met an Irishman I didn't like.

I've also never met an Irishman.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 17, 2025 09:58 PM (17l0u)

15 Sorry I'm late, I got caught in an Irish traffic jam.

Funny, I was in a Chinese fire drill.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2025 09:58 PM (vYDwg)

16 Food!
Posted by: Bulg at March 17, 2025 09:57 PM (77rzZ)

O'Glub!

Posted by: Doof at March 17, 2025 09:59 PM (H1VRO)

17 Just finished some corned beef and cabbage and potatoes.

I even read the content and watched most of the two bonny lasses on their instruments.

Reagan was great, as always!

Posted by: SimoHayha at March 17, 2025 09:59 PM (qXL9c)

18 Happy Orange Day!

Posted by: Bulg at March 17, 2025 09:59 PM (77rzZ)

19 Lots more great stuff out there. Please add some suggestions in the comments!

Now is the time on ONT when we dance!

https://youtu.be/MVKMnPMYQHM

Or 1:11 into the song is the time when we dance.

Posted by: o'mikeski at March 17, 2025 09:59 PM (DgGvY)

20 O’Glub? I like it!

Posted by: Bulg at March 17, 2025 10:00 PM (77rzZ)

21 Sorry I'm late, I got caught in an Irish traffic jam.
http://tiny.cc/bdqd001
Posted by: tankdemon

Well, ain't that the sheep.

Posted by: o'mikeski at March 17, 2025 10:00 PM (DgGvY)

22 O'Bama ain't Irish

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 17, 2025 10:00 PM (17l0u)

23 Erin go braless!

Posted by: Bulg at March 17, 2025 10:01 PM (77rzZ)

24 Wearing green and watching The Quiet Man on one of the movie channels.

Mmmm....Maureen O'Hara.

Posted by: Dr. T at March 17, 2025 10:01 PM (jGGMD)

25 I'll be at the Caps game tomorrow night to see Alex O'Vechkin. He will score 8 goals so he breaks Gretzky's record in front of me

Posted by: Doof at March 17, 2025 10:03 PM (H1VRO)

26 >>> 11 Sorry I'm late, I got caught in an Irish traffic jam.

http://tiny.cc/bdqd001
Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2025 09:57 PM (9DiZn)

I ran into the same thing a few miles west of Craig, CO many years ago... there were several horse riders and maybe a dozen doggehs, about 50-50 aussies and a breed a didn't recognize, guiding the sheeps down the road.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 17, 2025 10:03 PM (Vqx30)

27 Wearing green and watching The Quiet Man on one of the movie channels.

Mmmm....Maureen O'Hara.
Posted by: Dr. T

yep. McClintock is on now. Maureen O'Hara looks pretty damn good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 17, 2025 10:03 PM (dR6yv)

28 Good evening morons y gracias doof

The corned beef was lovely this year, hope yours was too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 17, 2025 10:03 PM (RIvkX)

29 An American, a Russian, and an Irishman were out at the pub in London. The Russian sneers and says that in Russia, Vodka is so cheap they only have to pay 2 Rubles a bottle.

The American snorts and says that in Wisconsin, good beer is so cheap it's only a dollar a bottle. They both look at the Irishman.

The Irishman says he's not sure about that, but in Ireland, whiskey is so good that they pay you to drink it and not only that, he said, they'll even get you laid as part of the bargain!

The Russian and American cannot believe it.

"You get all the whiskey and sex you want and they pay you for it? Have you ever had this happen yourself?" the American demands.

"Well no," the Irishman says. "But it happens for my sister all the time!"

Posted by: SimoHayha at March 17, 2025 10:04 PM (qXL9c)

30 Good evening morons y gracias doof

The corned beef was lovely this year, hope yours was too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 17, 2025 10:03 PM (RIvkX)

Yes indeed. It was great. As were the pickleback shots.

Posted by: Doof at March 17, 2025 10:05 PM (H1VRO)

31 Officially changing my nick. Somebody tell my laptop.

(Apparently, I can’t have an apostrophe in my nick.)

Posted by: OGlub at March 17, 2025 10:05 PM (77rzZ)

32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDb3eGkCpI4

Posted by: Paulyester at March 17, 2025 10:05 PM (Lc7Pb)

33 My kitty fell asleep in my lap and now is fiercely growling at something in her dream.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 17, 2025 10:05 PM (Vqx30)

34 Doof! Cheers, bro. *clink*

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 17, 2025 10:05 PM (mH6SG)

35 "Well no," the Irishman says. "But it happens for my sister all the time!"
Posted by: SimoHayha

Ha!

.....one "ha" only, o'mikeski.

Posted by: o'mikeski at March 17, 2025 10:06 PM (DgGvY)

36 Evening, ONT Horde. Enjoying a shot of Evan Williams Bourbon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2025 10:07 PM (MqtqS)

37 Officially changing my nick. Somebody tell my laptop.
(Apparently, I can’t have an apostrophe in my nick.)
Posted by: OGlub

I has one.

It's just a dumb vertical apostrophe, though, not a smart curly one.

Posted by: o'mikeski at March 17, 2025 10:07 PM (DgGvY)

38 What's this about no apostrophes in nics?

Posted by: mindful o'webworker at March 17, 2025 10:07 PM (h7Ym/)

39 Doof! Cheers, bro. *clink*
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 17, 2025 10:05 PM (mH6SG)

Back at ya, McDeal!

Posted by: Doof at March 17, 2025 10:07 PM (H1VRO)

40 I didn't know they put the Montserratians back. How's the volcano?
Posted by: gKWVE at March 17, 2025 09:57 PM (gKWVE)

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know, but I'm a gonna go, when the volcano blows.

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (NMT5x)

41 When I went to college, i received a bouquet of 24 roses on St Patrick's day, with a card that read, "We're sorry you're not Irish." No name on the card, by the way. For the next five years, I received two dozen roses every St. Patrick's day, with the same card, covering undergrad and grad school.

It wasn't until I was married and home from overseas for a complicated pregnancy that my mom told me she and my dad did that, because... "I wasn't Irish and would never properly celebrate St. Patrick's day."

Mom and Dad were teetotaling Southern Baptists, so I have no idea why they thought up this rather epic troll.

Posted by: moki at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (wLjpr)

42 there's always Uí-Glub

Posted by: gKWVE at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (gKWVE)

43 Thanks for a special St. Patrick's Day ONT, Doof!

Great content, as usual.

Cheers!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (rxCpr)

44 Works for me.

Posted by: f'd at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (vFG9F)

45 My beer drinking days are long gone, but I wish you all a safe and happy St. Patrick's Day -- my parents' Anniversary.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (PUylJ)

46 Lots of apostrophe wasting going on around here.

You think apostrophes grown on tree's?

Posted by: O'Bama at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (17l0u)

47 An Irish dude once saved my dad with a broke down car on a dark Friday night, and they became fast friends.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

48 test

Posted by: Helena Hand'basket at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (Vqx30)

49 Ok....

Posted by: Helena&Hand'basket at March 17, 2025 10:09 PM (Vqx30)

50 Lots more great stuff out there. Please add some suggestions in the comments!

Folk tunes across continents!

https://youtu.be/vArBMoP_qKk

Posted by: o'mikeski at March 17, 2025 10:09 PM (DgGvY)

51 Good evening, Horde. Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Posted by: scampy o'dog at March 17, 2025 10:09 PM (41CYW)

52 Ha!

Posted by: Hel'na Handba&ket at March 17, 2025 10:10 PM (Vqx30)

53 Thanks for a special St. Patrick's Day ONT, Doof!

Great content, as usual.

Cheers!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (rxCpr)

I smartly cobbled it together before I started drinking

Posted by: Doof at March 17, 2025 10:10 PM (H1VRO)

54 32 Posted by: Paulyester at March 17, 2025 10:05 PM (Lc7Pb)

That's a good one.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2025 10:11 PM (9DiZn)

55 That O'Doof.

Better than O'Doyle.

Posted by: O'Bama at March 17, 2025 10:11 PM (17l0u)

56 Erin go nyah!

https://tensor.art/u/727481333235843246

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:11 PM (Ocj/H)

57 Sad to learn the lead singer in Dropkick Murphy's has TDS.

Will no one think of the children?

Posted by: RickZ at March 17, 2025 10:11 PM (gKDq2)

58
Y'all are making me thirsty. I had a power outage, fled to Starbucks for a while and had coffee, got insanely buzzed, now I'm back at home and it's raining and I don't feel like going out and I don't have anything to drink in the house. Well, water and lemonade and milk and that sort of thing, but you know, nothing to drink and I could use something of the relaxing influence.

Jim Sunk New Dawn, you sipping bourbon? My cousin with Lou Gehrig's disease used to tell us to pour it down her G-tube.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 17, 2025 10:11 PM (lCaJd)

59 I've had some ampersand credits that I traded for apostrophes. Here's some if you need 'em.
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

Posted by: f'd at March 17, 2025 10:11 PM (vFG9F)

60 There's an apostraphy tree?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:12 PM (Ocj/H)

61 Nope, can’t get the nic “O’Glub” to work for me. I don’t have that Miklos Hungarian magic, I guess.

Posted by: OGlub at March 17, 2025 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

62 They're always after me lucky arms.

Posted by: Michelle O'Fields at March 17, 2025 10:13 PM (i0F8b)

63 Erin go rowr!

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 17, 2025 10:14 PM (NMT5x)

64 62 LOL

Posted by: OGlub at March 17, 2025 10:14 PM (77rzZ)

65 I guess I’ll just revert to the old duck theme:

O’QUACK!

Posted by: OGlub at March 17, 2025 10:16 PM (77rzZ)

66 It's okay to drink fine Kentucky Bourbon on the Irish celebration day, isn't it?

If it's not, well, too late.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 17, 2025 10:16 PM (y5Bkh)

67 They're magically dicklickshious

Posted by: Sandra O'Fluke at March 17, 2025 10:16 PM (NMT5x)

68 Will RFK Jr be lynched if he bans the green dyes used for green beer, and green rivers in horrid Blue Cities?

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2025 10:16 PM (aBgBM)

69 Talk about green being lucky. tonight's Powerball jackpot is worth $185.7 million cash*

*Before taxes

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:16 PM (Ocj/H)

70 67 LOL

Posted by: OGlub at March 17, 2025 10:17 PM (77rzZ)

71 I should probably mention that it should be spelled Paddy. In Ireland, Patrick is shortened to Paddy, Patricia is shortened to Patty.

Yes, I'm being petty about Patty and Paddy.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2025 10:17 PM (9DiZn)

72 Ampersands rule!

Posted by: O'Doof at March 17, 2025 10:18 PM (H1VRO)

73 Was that sausage biscuit checkers?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2025 10:18 PM (63Dwl)

74 Music is fine and by including Bono of U2, you have included the number one record seller from Ireland. You left out #2.

Posted by: Either Padraigin Ni Bhraonain at March 17, 2025 10:18 PM (G5+As)

75 Why do we never hear about anything being old-fangled?
Posted by: mindful webworker

WHAT????

Posted by: Miklos, attempting to use ear trumpet at March 17, 2025 10:18 PM (I8gAO)

76 "You're a right Paddy Patty."

Said no one ever to Rosie O'Donnell

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:18 PM (Ocj/H)

77 Cheers!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (rxCpr)

I smartly cobbled it together before I started drinking
Posted by: Doof at March 17, 2025 10:10 PM (H1VRO)
* * * *
That was great thinking ahead on your part! So... you started this a couple days ago? (wink)

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 17, 2025 10:19 PM (rxCpr)

78 Irishman walking along the street, sees a big brawl going on in an alley. So he taps a man on the shoulder, and says “excuse me, is this a private fight, or can anyone join?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2025 10:19 PM (T+ixL)

79 Yes, I'm being petty about Patty and Paddy.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2025 10:17 PM (9DiZn)
====

We'll throw you a pity party.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 17, 2025 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

80 Evening everyone, thx Doof, great selections.
Years ago got tickets to see The Pogues at the Roseland Ballroom on St Patty's Day which was a Friday night. On Wed I was in court with another attorney who was going to see them Thurs. He said Shane McGowan fell off the stage last night in Boston and broke his knee. He figured the shows would be cancelled and Friday morning he came in and said the Thursday show was cancelled, but there was nothing on the website about Friday. Three friends and I got a limo drove to NYC. The Pogues came on stage pushing Shane out in a wheelchair with a big cup of whiskey in the cup holder. They blew the place away. Told my friend when I saw him Monday and he was pissed

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2025 10:20 PM (bVN1m)

81 I am OGlub, Master of the Universe!!!!

Unless ZOD shows up…

Posted by: OGlub at March 17, 2025 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

82 So when is St. Pancake's Holy Day of Flattening?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:20 PM (Ocj/H)

83 Oops. Apostrophes rule!

Posted by: O'Doof at March 17, 2025 10:20 PM (H1VRO)

84 Music is fine and by including Bono of U2, you have included the number one record seller from Ireland. You left out #2.
Posted by: Either Padraigin Ni Bhraonain at March 17, 2025 10:18 PM (G5+As)

Slim Whitman?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 17, 2025 10:20 PM (KfFMd)

85 On this day that the Irish view as holy, we treat it as an excuse for drunken excess.
I shall drink to their offense.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at March 17, 2025 10:21 PM (elaR+)

86 Well done Doof!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 17, 2025 10:21 PM (W/lyH)

87 Monday, President Donald Trump named Michael Flynn to the United States Military Academy’s board of visitors, along with Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas); Maureen Bannon, David Bellavia; and retired major general Dan Walrath.

The president also named Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville,
Charlie Kirk and former deputy national security adviser Dina Powell, among others, to the Air Force’s board of visitors.

Trump confirmed Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy; Sean Spicer; Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas); and Walt Nauta, to sit on the Naval Academy’s board of visitors.

The boards are effectively advisory panels and can weigh in on curriculum, teaching, finances and other matters, with members nominated by Congress and the president.
_Politico

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 17, 2025 10:21 PM (LdsRU)

88 Must I wear green if I am of Irish descent and named Patrick?

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at March 17, 2025 10:22 PM (elaR+)

89 82 St. Rachel Corrie Day. The weather’s always kinda flat that day.

Posted by: OGlub at March 17, 2025 10:23 PM (77rzZ)

90 Busy day at work, but I was able to fit in getting a RealID, which apparently you need to fly starting in May.

Without it, you will need to have a passport to fly anywhere withing the US.

That's because of states giving drivers licenses to illegals. The airlines would prefer not to deal with illegals, so now there's this requirement.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 17, 2025 10:23 PM (wItF4)

91 >>> 88 Must I wear green if I am of Irish descent and named Patrick?
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at March 17, 2025 10:22 PM (elaR+)

Does it fitz you?

Posted by: Hel'na Handba&ket at March 17, 2025 10:23 PM (Vqx30)

92 Slim Whitman?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

No, even cuter-Enya.

Posted by: Eithne Padraigin Ni Bhraonain at March 17, 2025 10:23 PM (G5+As)

93 So when is St. Pancake's Holy Day of Flattening?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:20 PM (Ocj/H)

She should have been on our anti-compressants.

Posted by: Big Pharma at March 17, 2025 10:24 PM (MqtqS)

94 And Hugh O'Neill's birthday 🍀🐍💚

Posted by: L - No nic, and his daughter at March 17, 2025 10:24 PM (NFX2v)

95
Pretty Patty pilfered petty Paddy's potty.

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 17, 2025 10:25 PM (NMT5x)

96 Wait, it can't be the ONT. It's still light out!
Happy St. Patricks/ 3rd amateur day!

Posted by: Some Rat at March 17, 2025 10:25 PM (+VovS)

97
BBC Breaking News
@BBCBreaking
Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105

Posted by: Don Black, Keeper of the Okapi at March 17, 2025 10:27 PM (AOsQT)

98 Does it fitz you?
Posted by: Hel'na Handba&ket

Yes it do

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at March 17, 2025 10:27 PM (elaR+)

99 I could be in Butte Montana, I am here,worn out from moving all our stuff from Colorado to Idaho. Could not done it without our sons. They are such good men. Me and the Missus are truly blessed.

I am relaxing with a glass of bourbon. Back to work tomorrow.

Oh, and our elderly kitty seems to like the new digs. Did really well on the ten hour drive.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, punching the iPad screen like a chimp at March 17, 2025 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)

100 That's because of states giving drivers licenses to illegals. The airlines would prefer not to deal with illegals, so now there's this requirement.
Posted by: Ian S.

I believe under joey they could fly if they provided their arrest warrant as proof of ID. (for reals)

Posted by: Some Rat at March 17, 2025 10:28 PM (+VovS)

101 62 They're always after me lucky arms.
Posted by: Michelle O'Fields at March 17, 2025 10:13 PM (i0F8b)

You know you're on the MI-6 watch list if you type in "my little" into the search engine and the first suggestion is not "pony" but "Armalite".

Posted by: The Osprey at March 17, 2025 10:28 PM (MqtqS)

102 Nope, can’t get the nic “O’Glub” to work for me. I don’t have that Miklos Hungarian magic, I guess.
Posted by: OGlub

TIL that while Pixy has allowed us to use "smart quotes" and "smart apostrophes" in the comment box, they still don't work in nicknames.

O’Glub has a fancy curly one. O'Glub should work, if copy-paste doesn't change it for a curly one.

Posted by: o'mikeski at March 17, 2025 10:28 PM (DgGvY)

103 Posted by: Don Black, Keeper of the Okapi

Even that weird cute little critter is Irish today! O'kapi

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 17, 2025 10:29 PM (NMT5x)

104 Well, having watched The Quiet Man, I looked up O'Hara on Wikipedia. It says she supported every Republican from Eisenhower to Bush, and wouldn't indulge in her sex symbol status because, in her words, she'd rather be thought a prude than a whore.

And now I'm in love.

Posted by: Dr. T at March 17, 2025 10:30 PM (jGGMD)

105 97
BBC Breaking News
@BBCBreaking
Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105

Posted by: Don Black, Keeper of the Okapi at March 17, 2025 10:27 PM (AOsQT)

RIP, Group Captain Hemingway. You and your mates did a splendid job.

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2025 10:30 PM (aBgBM)

106 Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105
Posted by: Don Black, Keeper of the Okapi at March 17, 2025 10:27 PM (AOsQT)

A pity, what he lived to see the country he saved become.

Posted by: Dr. T at March 17, 2025 10:32 PM (jGGMD)

107 Godspeed Captain Hemingway

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at March 17, 2025 10:32 PM (elaR+)

108 Two all beef Paddies walk into a bar...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2025 10:33 PM (63Dwl)

109 Erin go nyah!
Posted by: Anna Puma

https://youtu.be/lQUOdP9KkYg

Posted by: o'mikeski at March 17, 2025 10:33 PM (DgGvY)

110 I have a mix of Irish and Cuban.
Yet I married a brunette.
Couldn't find a redhead that wanted me.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at March 17, 2025 10:34 PM (elaR+)

111 Maureen O’Hara is buried in Arlington. Wife of a US General.

Posted by: OGlub at March 17, 2025 10:35 PM (77rzZ)

112 Anyway, GNight, All. Now I can die in my sleep with a new nic.

Posted by: OGlub at March 17, 2025 10:36 PM (77rzZ)

113 Ally the Piper is kinda hot.
But I like the redhead piper in this better: http://tiny.cc/miqd001
(I like the other two pipers, too.)

Posted by: GWB at March 17, 2025 10:36 PM (x4LL+)

114 >>>I have a mix of Irish and Cuban.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale

I'm picturing you yelling O'Lucy! in a Cuban accent.

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 17, 2025 10:37 PM (NMT5x)

115 Maureen O’Hara is buried in Arlington. Wife of a US General.
Posted by: OGlub at March 17, 2025 10:35 PM (77rzZ

Here you go, Bulg: paste this into your sig line: O'Glub

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2025 10:38 PM (MqtqS)

116
I'm picturing you yelling O'Lucy! in a Cuban accent.
Posted by: haffhowershower

Lucy was hot.
I wouldn't have cheated on her like Desi did.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at March 17, 2025 10:38 PM (elaR+)

117 My corn beef and cabbage turned out fine. Off to the market tomorrow to see if any excess corn beef is on sale. The door on my deep freeze will still close, so I'll have room.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 17, 2025 10:39 PM (KfFMd)

118 >>> 117 My corn beef and cabbage turned out fine. Off to the market tomorrow to see if any excess corn beef is on sale. The door on my deep freeze will still close, so I'll have room.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 17, 2025 10:39 PM (KfFMd)

I have a little bit left over, so it will become corned beef hash this weekend.

Posted by: Hel'na Handba&ket at March 17, 2025 10:40 PM (Vqx30)

119 ach laddy had forgotten had a tin of corned beef in the larder.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:40 PM (Ocj/H)

120 110 I have a mix of Irish and Cuban.
Yet I married a brunette.
Couldn't find a redhead that wanted me.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at March 17, 2025 10:34 PM (elaR+)

Some of the most enticing Irish lasses are brunette.

https://tinyurl.com/mthb3j6t

Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2025 10:41 PM (9DiZn)

121 Well done Doof!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 17, 2025 10:21 PM (W/lyH)

Medium rare Doof is better

Posted by: O'Doof at March 17, 2025 10:42 PM (RFPHU)

122 And I shall return O'Mikeski's gift of music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IL2SVeB9Q

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:42 PM (Ocj/H)

123 Was just scanning X, a whole lot is going on tonight, but there’s also way more crap info floating around than usual.
3 carriers are headed to the Mideast (no they’re not), the Houthi sunk a US warship (no they didn’t), an Iranian spy ship was sunk (maybe, maybe not no confirmation), and Israel has finally given up on endless negotiations and is bombing the hell out of Gaza again. Oh wait that part is true.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2025 10:42 PM (T+ixL)

124 Corned beef hash, fried on the flat top with a poached egg on top, slathered with Tapatio.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 17, 2025 10:43 PM (RIvkX)

125 Tom Servo

Iran now has an 'aircraft carrier.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:43 PM (Ocj/H)

126 Top of the ONT to all!

Trollmaster Trump is my favorite Trump.

Posted by: Iris at March 17, 2025 10:43 PM (bOJ2I)

127 Well, I've got an ancestress straight outta County Cork, maiden name of Kelley, so I can absolutely claim Irish ancestry, but her dear mother's maiden name was Armstrong, and that combined with all the other Scots-Irish on me da's side makes me feel as though I ought not. I'm more Orangeman than native Irish by blood, although I can absolutely claim it.
Great, great grandmother on my mother's side.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 17, 2025 10:44 PM (Vvh2V)

128 Ally the Piper is kinda hot.
But I like the redhead piper in this better: http://tiny.cc/miqd001
(I like the other two pipers, too.)
Posted by: GWB at March 17, 2025 10:36 PM (x4LL+)

Ally the Piper is more than kinda hot.

Posted by: O'Doof at March 17, 2025 10:44 PM (RFPHU)

129 Good evening Horde. Thanks Doof for the ONT.

Busy times...

Posted by: TRex at March 17, 2025 10:44 PM (IQ6Gq)

130 Mis Asano is en fuego.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 17, 2025 10:44 PM (l3YAf)

131 Some of the most enticing Irish lasses are brunette.

https://tinyurl.com/mthb3j6t
Posted by: tankdemon

She's 1/4 snow Mexican.
Canadian for you innocent types.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at March 17, 2025 10:45 PM (elaR+)

132 Iran now has an 'aircraft carrier.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:43 PM (Ocj/H)

Monogram had better get the plans to model it before it sinks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2025 10:46 PM (MqtqS)

133 Good evening Horde. Thanks Doof for the ONT.

Busy times...
Posted by: TRex at March 17, 2025 10:44 PM (IQ6Gq)

Trying to raise your glass with those short arms?

Posted by: O'Doof at March 17, 2025 10:46 PM (RFPHU)

134 Posted by: GWB at March 17, 2025 10:36 PM (x4LL+)

There's a pretty lady on YouTube called The Snake Charmer who is Indian and Scottish, or at least combines the music of each. She maybe be fully ethnically Indian, but born in Scor6.

At any rate, it"s fun music! Scots pipes and Indian drumming.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 17, 2025 10:47 PM (Vvh2V)

135 Quake action in S.F.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2025 10:47 PM (KAi1n)

136 We just had a little quake.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 17, 2025 10:47 PM (RIvkX)

137 Neighbor *fistbump*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 17, 2025 10:48 PM (RIvkX)

138 Hold that fist steady!

Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2025 10:49 PM (KAi1n)

139
The airlines would prefer not to deal with illegals, so now there's this requirement.
Posted by: Ian S.

=============

I wonder why. Just give us your money, get on the machine, and get off when we land.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 17, 2025 10:49 PM (lCaJd)

140 Quake action in S.F.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2025 10:47 PM (KAi1n)

I preferred Doom.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 17, 2025 10:50 PM (l3YAf)

141
Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105
Posted by: Don Black, Keeper of the Okapi

=============

RIP.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 17, 2025 10:50 PM (lCaJd)

142
Smelly chick hatch closing and undocking coverage has started here at NASA+:

https://tinyurl.com/28ox3tk8

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 17, 2025 10:50 PM (w6EFb)

143 Quake action in S.F.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2025 10:47 PM (KAi1n)

I preferred Doom.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

I never played Quake, lotsa Doom though.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2025 10:51 PM (KAi1n)

144 Iran now has an 'aircraft carrier.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:43 PM (Ocj/H)

I wonder how they say “Sitting Duck” in Farsi.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2025 10:51 PM (T+ixL)

145 An Irishman's been drinking at a pub all night. When he stands up to leave, he falls flat on his face. He tries to stand one more time, but to no avail. Again, he falls flat on his face. He figures he'll crawl outside and get some fresh air and maybe that will sober him up. Once outside, he stands up and, sure enough, he falls flat on his face. The Irishman decides to crawl the two blocks to his house.

When he arrives at the door, he stands up and falls flat on his face. He manages to crawl through the door and up the stairs into his bedroom. When he reaches his bed, he tries one more time to stand up. This time, he pulls himself upright but he quickly falls right into bed. He is sound asleep as soon as his head hits the pillow.

He awakens the next morning to his wife standing over him, "So, you've been out drinking again!"

"Why do you say that?" he asks innocently.

"Mick at the pub called. You left your wheelchair there again."

Posted by: Grump928(c) blurts at March 17, 2025 10:51 PM (Q91V2)

146 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 17, 2025 10:51 PM (Zz0t1)

147 A game that could not be made today?

Duke Nuke'm

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:51 PM (Ocj/H)

148 Iran now has an 'aircraft carrier.'

I heard they have a sub now, ha.

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 17, 2025 10:52 PM (NMT5x)

149 A game that could not be made today?

Duke Nuke'm
Posted by: Anna Puma

NARC

Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2025 10:52 PM (KAi1n)

150 Doof. Nicely done. It's my wedding anniversary and our song is Into the Mystic.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 17, 2025 10:53 PM (Zz0t1)

151 w6EFb)

143 Quake action in S.F.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2025 10:47 PM (KAi1n)

I preferred Doom.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

I never played Quake, lotsa Doom though.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2025 10:51 PM (KAi1n)

I always liked Quisp. He had a spaceship.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2025 10:54 PM (T+ixL)

152 That's because of states giving drivers licenses to illegals. The airlines would prefer not to deal with illegals, so now there's this requirement.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 17, 2025 10:23 PM (wItF4)

RealID was made the law back in, like, 2005. It just got deferred over and over again.

I’m sure it won’t apply to illegals. They’ll continue to fly on their immigration court-issued papers.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 17, 2025 10:54 PM (l3YAf)

153 they finally did finish Duke Nukem Forever. it was baaad

Posted by: gKWVE at March 17, 2025 10:55 PM (gKWVE)

154 On March 20th Assassin's Creed: Shadows drops like a radioactive turd in the punchbowl.

March 21st to erase the prior day's disaster, Rachel Zegler's own radioactive self hits the cinemas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:56 PM (Ocj/H)

155 Tammy, the Armstrongs were a border reiver clan. That they wound up in Norther Ireland indicates they also were the type that wouldn't stand down.

My Irish ancestors had the name Carlos.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 10:56 PM (D7oie)

156 Morrison's follow up to "Into The Mystic", "Into The Septic", was much less successful.

Posted by: Musikologist at March 17, 2025 10:57 PM (G5+As)

157 My Irish ancestors had the name Carlos.

Black-Irish thanks to parts of the Spanish Armada wrecking upon their shores.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:58 PM (Ocj/H)

158 Happy Anniversary Sponge & Kelli....you picked a fine day to tie the knot!

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 17, 2025 10:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

159 133
Trying to raise your glass with those short arms?
Posted by: O'Doof at March 17, 2025 10:46 PM
***
Nah. Easier to just lay down under the taps and open wide.

Oh Dino boy, the taps, the taps are callin'.
A keg of Harp is waiting just for ye.

Posted by: TRex at March 17, 2025 11:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

160 Dang fine Erin go Brae musical smorgasbord Doof.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * slow dancing at March 17, 2025 11:01 PM (SaMN7)

161 Happy Anniversary, Sponge.

Posted by: scampy o'dog at March 17, 2025 11:01 PM (41CYW)

162 This is a post from from the official account of the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Farsi
Are you ready for Ash Wednesday?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 17, 2025 11:02 PM (RIvkX)

163 Happy Anniversary Sponge & Kelli....you picked a fine day to tie the knot!
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 17, 2025 10:59 PM (IQ6Gq

**********

Thank you. She picked it not realizing it's significance. I appreciate her making it easy for me to remember.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 17, 2025 11:02 PM (Zz0t1)

164 Black-Irish thanks to parts of the Spanish Armada wrecking upon their shores.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 10:58 PM (Ocj/H)

It was a fast reach across to Spain, a surprising amount of trade went on, and smuggling. Also a lot of Irish fought for Spain, off and on again.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 11:03 PM (D7oie)

165 Mazel tov Sponge and Mrs. Sponge

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 17, 2025 11:03 PM (RIvkX)

166 46 Lots of apostrophe wasting going on around here.

You think apostrophes grown on tree's?
Posted by: O'Bama at March 17, 2025 10:08 PM (17l0u)

----

I stand corrected. Thank you! Now I will ponder whether the mistake was due to fatigue or senility.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 17, 2025 11:04 PM (zYzyY)

167 Happy Anniversary, Sponge.
Posted by: scampy o'dog at March 17, 2025 11:01 PM (41CYW

***********

Thanks!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 17, 2025 11:04 PM (Zz0t1)

168 Congrats sponge

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at March 17, 2025 11:04 PM (elaR+)

169 Mazel tov Sponge and Mrs. Sponge
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 17, 2025 11:03 PM (RIvkX)

**********

Thanks!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 17, 2025 11:04 PM (Zz0t1)

170 Thank you all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 17, 2025 11:06 PM (Zz0t1)

171 Apparently, the last invasion of Britain happened at Bristol when a small French diversionary force of regular soldiers and convicts landed there to distract the British while the French invaded Ireland.

The invasion of Ireland was called off but the Black Legion did land and was soundly defeated by a capable British woman named Jemimah and a scratch British force.

The leader of this Black Legion was an Irish American who hated the British.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 11:07 PM (Ocj/H)

172 Happy Anniversary, Sponge!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2025 11:07 PM (MqtqS)

173 Himself introduced me to the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem better than 50 years ago. We've picked up tons of Irish music since then. After a while, I had a revelation: the Irish use music as part of their war against Britain. A good half of the Wolftones' repertoire is anti British. A lot of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem are anti British. Name any prominent Irish group and they have anti British songs. (Real groups, not made up ones like Irish Women and Celtic Storm.)

Posted by: Livia Augusta at March 17, 2025 11:09 PM (xoECP)

174 21 years and counting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 17, 2025 11:09 PM (Zz0t1)

175 Scientists have cured pancreatic cancer in patients with vaccine. to bad rfk ,jr doesn't believe in vaccines and dump is shutting down the program to use the money on tax cuts for the rich.

Posted by: raimondo at March 17, 2025 11:11 PM (9zWKs)

176 The alleged history behind my name is that they were on the losing side of a clan war so they fled to the UK for a while (100 years or so), then eventually came back to Ireland under a different name.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at March 17, 2025 11:12 PM (elaR+)

177 We really need a vaccine to cure stupidity.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 11:12 PM (Ocj/H)

178 It is a curious thing that Maureen O'Hara was spanked in a number of her films. Why this might be is unclear to Count O'rlock.

Also, my current...condition dates from the Fifteenth Century - would that make me "old-fangled"? I will say that they are a nuisance, with flossing being next to impossible, and dentists being short in supply here in Wallachia.

Posted by: Count O'rlok at March 17, 2025 11:13 PM (Wl9BE)

179 ONT Joke from 17 years ago:

Irishman's First Drink With His Son
===========================
While reading an article last night about fathers and sons, memories came flooding back to the time I took me son out for his first pint. Off we went to our local pub only two blocks from the cottage. I got him a Guinness. He didn't like it, so I drank it.

Then I got him a Kilkenny's, he didn't like that either, so I drank it.

Finally, I thought he might like some Harp Lager? He didn't. I drank it.

I thought maybe he'd like whiskey better than beer so I tried a Tullamore Dew. Nope!

In desperation, I had him try that rare Redbreast, Ireland's finest. He wouldn't even smell it.

What could I do but drink it?

By the time I realized he just didn't like to drink, I was so freakin' shit-faced I could hardly push his stroller back home!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Dissolution of The Autopen Empire at March 17, 2025 11:13 PM (pkm6L)

180 *ONT Joke from 17 7 years ago:

Posted by: ShainS -- The Dissolution of The Autopen Empire at March 17, 2025 11:13 PM (pkm6L)

181 Sponge, may you two have many more.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 11:13 PM (Ocj/H)

182 Shain laddy, were'n you drunk when ya poste'd that?

Well good laddy!

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 11:14 PM (Ocj/H)

183 Raimondo is a test case of what happens when someone gets all his information from the Meidas Touch podcast

Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 11:16 PM (D7oie)

184 It is a curious thing that Maureen O'Hara was spanked in a number of her films. Why this might be is unclear to Count O'rlock.

Also, my current...condition dates from the Fifteenth Century - would that make me "old-fangled"? I will say that they are a nuisance, with flossing being next to impossible, and dentists being short in supply here in Wallachia.

Posted by: Count O'rlok at March 17, 2025 11:13 PM (Wl9BE)

--------------

Was at The Gym last weekend and while on the rowing machine for an hour, a TV was showing an Me.TV old episode (before my time, but I'd heard about it) of "Wagon Train."

Surprisingly, at the end, after a young mid-20s woman seduces a 17-year-old cowboy for an ulterior motive -- they both get a good spanking over the knee by the wagon train boss.

I thought: "there's no way that an old man spanking a young woman over his knee" could ever be depicted today.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Dissolution of The Autopen Empire at March 17, 2025 11:17 PM (pkm6L)

185 Well Raimondo is 'touched'

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 11:17 PM (Ocj/H)

186 I was reading a little bit about Red 40 and it replaced Amaranth, aka Red 2, after health issues with it were raised in '76.

The odd thing though is Amaranth comes from an edible plant.

With many things the dose does make the poison but...are people consuming more of whatever the problematic substance is eating it as a dye versus a grain?

Of course either way...why the hell do we so broadly dye food anyway? I doesn't affect the taste or smell. I remember when there were no red M&Ms and...they were just as enjoyable as now.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 17, 2025 11:17 PM (t0Rmr)

187 Watched the new Wolf Man movie with Julia Garner.
It's good old fashioned horror, not woke or artsy.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 17, 2025 11:20 PM (MyPTh)

188 Happy Anniversary Sponge & Kelly!

Posted by: Iris at March 17, 2025 11:20 PM (bOJ2I)

189 So the “pancreatic cancer vaccine” is just an mRNA-based immunotherapy for people who already have pancreatic cancer. The same application of mRNA technology that has been explored for over a decade.

They’re really committed to redefining the word vaccine.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 17, 2025 11:20 PM (l3YAf)

190 (nitpick)

Sponge and the FIRST!!! Lady ;P

Posted by: Hel'na Handba&ket at March 17, 2025 11:21 PM (Vqx30)

191 They’re really committed to redefining the word vaccine.

So apparently anyone can be a woman, and any drug can be a vaccine.

I think Orwell had something to say about this...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 17, 2025 11:22 PM (t0Rmr)

192 143 Quake action in S.F.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2025 10:47 PM (KAi1n)

I preferred Doom.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

I never played Quake, lotsa Doom though.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2025 10:51 PM (KAi1n)

I always liked Quisp. He had a spaceship.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2025 10:54 PM (T+ixL)

I enjoyed Commander Keen more.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 17, 2025 11:23 PM (VNX3d)

193 Used to watch "Irish girl" Diane Jennings a lot more than lately, her topics being reactions to stuff &c.

But, this being St Pat's, I thought I'd give her a try:

7 Things That Will OFFEND Irish People! ☘️

https://youtu.be/JykcHSFd35M

Learn all the silly, quirky ways the Irish can be irked.

Call it St Patty's while guzzling your just-poured Guiness.

Posted by: mindful o'webworker - not Irish, but married to at March 17, 2025 11:23 PM (h7Ym/)

194 7 Things That Will OFFEND Irish People!

Having spent time in MA, having their birthright stolen from them by grifters and illegals is NOT one of those things.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 17, 2025 11:25 PM (t0Rmr)

195 I thought: "there's no way that an old man spanking a young woman over his knee" could ever be depicted today.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Dissolution of The Autopen Empire

PronHubHampster is your uncle.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 17, 2025 11:25 PM (/lPRQ)

196 Sooo, an American, an Englishman, and an Irishman sit down at a bar. Out of nowhere a fly lands in each one of their beers. The Englishman looks at his beer with a frown and pushes it away. The American picks out the fly, tosses it, and starts drinking his beer. The Irishman picks the fly out of his beer, holds it up and yells "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT YE BASTARD".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2025 11:27 PM (VwHCD)

197 Surprisingly, at the end, after a young mid-20s woman seduces a 17-year-old cowboy for an ulterior motive -- they both get a good spanking over the knee by the wagon train boss.

Wait this made her not want to do it?

Posted by: Anastasia "Ana" Steele at March 17, 2025 11:27 PM (t0Rmr)

198 More spankin' less prankin'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 17, 2025 11:28 PM (LdsRU)

199 Having spent time in MA, having their birthright stolen from them by grifters and illegals is NOT one of those things.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 17, 2025 11:25 PM (t0Rmr)

Yep.

Also, don’t go into a Boston Irish bar and order an Irish Car Bomb. You’d think they’d have a sense of humor about it.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 17, 2025 11:28 PM (l3YAf)

200 Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 10:56 PM (D7oie)

Yep, Border Reivers for sure. My father's side is almost all such. Graham, Kerr, Rutherford, Maxwell, Eliot, and more, all figure in the family tree.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 17, 2025 11:29 PM (Vvh2V)

201 Thanks Tensor, what everyone wants to see - a three-legged gamer chick.

Not

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 11:30 PM (Ocj/H)

202 OUT YE BASTARD".
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2025 11:27 PM (VwHCD)
🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 17, 2025 11:31 PM (Vvh2V)

203 I remember when there were no red M&Ms and...they were just as enjoyable as now.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 17, 2025 11:17 PM (t0Rmr)

Red M&Ms? Luxury! When I was a lad, M&MS came in only one color, grey, and they were gravel-flavored to boot!

Posted by: A Yorkshire Man at March 17, 2025 11:31 PM (KfFMd)

204 I know of an oncology professor who has developed an actual vaccine that effectively treats melanomas, and it's not mRNA. It's cheap to produce and the side effect is that his patients don't come down with respiratory viruses. The problem is that it's cheap to produce and actually works without making patients sicker than they would be without treatment.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FCIJmacFaqs

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at March 17, 2025 11:32 PM (Sf2cq)

205 204 I mean the problem for Big Pharma is ....

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at March 17, 2025 11:32 PM (Sf2cq)

206 Watched the new Wolf Man movie with Julia Garner.
It's good old fashioned horror, not woke or artsy.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte

That one had an interesting take on the way that the lycanthrope manifests itself - completely the opposite of what we've grown accustomed to from the Lon Chaney and American Werewolf in London depictions. I'm still a sucker for the practical effects from "Dog Soldiers." That one had to have one of the best elevator pitches in cinema: It's "Zulu" in the Scottish woodlands, but with werewolves. I also love that the besieged military platoon accepts what their eyes tell them and don't waste time debating what the threat is - they just proceed to kicking ass.

Posted by: Count O'rlok at March 17, 2025 11:33 PM (Wl9BE)

207 Thanks Tensor, what everyone wants to see - a three-legged gamer chick.

Tri-boobs > Tri-pod

Posted by: Anastasia at March 17, 2025 11:33 PM (t0Rmr)

208 Red M&Ms? Luxury! When I was a lad, M&MS came in only one color, grey, and they were gravel-flavored to boot!
Posted by: A Yorkshire Man at March 17, 2025 11:31 PM

Behold. Jots.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2025 11:34 PM (4p0Xq)

209 193 Used to watch "Irish girl" Diane Jennings a lot more than lately, her topics being reactions to stuff &c.

But, this being St Pat's, I thought I'd give her a try:

7 Things That Will OFFEND Irish People! ☘️

https://youtu.be/JykcHSFd35M

Learn all the silly, quirky ways the Irish can be irked.

Call it St Patty's while guzzling your just-poured Guiness.

Posted by: mindful o'webworker - not Irish, but married to at March 17, 2025 11:23 PM (h7Ym/)

She offends me by hectoring me in her Irish accent! You want American visitors to Ireland to give a try at a few Irish words? How about you try to speak in a 'Murican accent (take your pick, sweetie) and not bitch about what you don't like in your travels thru 'Murica? I used to watch her videos several years ago because she was easy on the eyes. Her schitck has worn out.

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2025 11:35 PM (aBgBM)

210 Hot chick playing the bagpipes. Yea baby!

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2025 11:35 PM (4p0Xq)

211 Yep, Border Reivers for sure. My father's side is almost all such. Graham, Kerr, Rutherford, Maxwell, Eliot, and more, all figure in the family tree.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 17, 2025 11:29 PM (Vvh2V)

George MacDonald Fraser wrote The Steel Bonnets which is a historical account of the Border Reivers

It is worth looking at.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 11:35 PM (D7oie)

212 Evenin'

youtu.be/6sMZ2bUv9Q4

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 17, 2025 11:36 PM (sAmhv)

213 I think that I picked up this joke here...

Two Irishmen walk out of a bar

Posted by: Mike O'Hammer at March 17, 2025 11:37 PM (XeU6L)

214 Red M&Ms? Luxury! When I was a lad, M&MS came in only one color, grey, and they were gravel-flavored to boot!
Posted by: A Yorkshire Man at March 17, 2025 11:31 PM (KfFMd)

Flavor? Bah, you were lucky! We had to imagine gustatory sensation as we were too poor for your fancy flavor. And we were better for it!

Posted by: Another Yorkshireman at March 17, 2025 11:38 PM (l3YAf)

215 If yer a true Yorkshire man, they would be Smarties and not M&Ms.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 11:39 PM (Ocj/H)

216 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Hello, Jim SND! 😘😘😘

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 17, 2025 11:39 PM (SRRAx)

217 206 Watched the new Wolf Man movie with Julia Garner.
It's good old fashioned horror, not woke or artsy.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte

That one had an interesting take on the way that the lycanthrope manifests itself - completely the opposite of what we've grown accustomed to from the Lon Chaney and American Werewolf in London depictions. I'm still a sucker for the practical effects from "Dog Soldiers." That one had to have one of the best elevator pitches in cinema: It's "Zulu" in the Scottish woodlands, but with werewolves. I also love that the besieged military platoon accepts what their eyes tell them and don't waste time debating what the threat is - they just proceed to kicking ass.

Posted by: Count O'rlok at March 17, 2025 11:33 PM (Wl9BE)

Terrific movie. Takes some wild twists and turns. They are set-up-well and suddenly out of nowhere, BAM!

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2025 11:39 PM (aBgBM)

218
Was that another little quake just now?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 17, 2025 11:41 PM (lCaJd)

219 My Great Grandmother still had her Irish brogue. Came here in 1903 or 1904 I believe. She also had a shileighleigh (sp) that she would use if you were out of line. She was a character though. Funny lady, but if you pissed her off, you were going to have a bad day. But she had a heart of gold.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2025 11:45 PM (4p0Xq)

220 And my comments in 204 and 205 are a retort to any trolls who insist that we should never distinguish between helpful vaccines and harmful injectables.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at March 17, 2025 11:45 PM (Sf2cq)

221 I had a high school teacher who would dress in orange on St. Patrick's Day to tweak the Catholic teachers.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at March 17, 2025 11:46 PM (Sf2cq)

222 Most of Tesla’s $7.1 billion in net income last year doesn’t even derive from selling electric vehicles, solar panels or battery storage. Some $2.8 billion came from the sale of regulatory credits to other auto makers that need to comply with government EV mandates. As EV mandates have increased, so have Tesla’s profits from such credit sales.

Tesla made another $1.6 billion in interest income on cash and short-term investment holdings. Democrats can thank the Biden inflation for allowing companies to earn higher interest on their cash holdings. In addition, Tesla recorded nearly $600 million in book income from price appreciation in its bitcoin holdings, but this is akin to an unrealized capital gain.

Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2025 11:46 PM (GITLP)

223 Posted by: Count O'rlok at March 17, 2025 11:33 PM (Wl9BE)

Yeah, it had some good original ideas. Could have been scarier.

Dog Soldiers is epic. Should rewatch

Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 17, 2025 11:47 PM (gan3m)

224 I have very little Irish ancestry. Lots of Celtic though, (Welsh and Scottish). Still, had a Guiness and made cornbeef and cabbage. All good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 17, 2025 11:47 PM (sAmhv)

225 Well Raimondo is 'touched'
Posted by: Anna Puma

Not the good kind of touched, either.

https://youtu.be/Rpx_PcZjByY

Posted by: o'mikeski at March 17, 2025 11:48 PM (DgGvY)

226 Ann Barnhardt had a post about St Patrick in her typical know-it-all way.

Hint: they weren't snakes.
https://bit.ly/they-werent-snakes

Posted by: mindful o'webworker - all the beer in the house is Mexican at March 17, 2025 11:49 PM (h7Ym/)

227 Smelly Chick and co are suited up, strapped in, leak checked and ready to undock. Undocking will be in about an hour.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 17, 2025 11:49 PM (w6EFb)

228 An interesting comment I just read on a youtube video:

I once had a Pentagon historian tell me that "we don't know" is never good enough for companies or the government, and that "if I were honest", then I'd just go with the predominant hypothesis, even if it's wrong, rather than say that we simply don't know. That helped me to confirm that we are led by the least of us. Nature rewards "doing human" - not being honest and factual. According to our betters, the intellect is only there to serve the will. It's only to be used to get you what you want - so long as what you want is not merely "truth" in the abstract.

Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2025 11:50 PM (0HaGk)

229 Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 11:35 PM (D7oie

Read it before I vwas even a teen! I also like Albions Seed, csnt remember the author, but he devoted a section to the Reivers, and Jim Webb, the Senator, wrote one called Born Fighting that is fabulous.

One of my cousins has some old documents from some event where a group of relatives, though not direct descendents, was being transported for some reason, and among the complaints was that they couldn't be told or beaten into doing anything but drink, come to blows, fornicate or play upon the fiddle.

My mother read it, rolled her eyes and said, 400 years later, nothing changed! 🤣

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 17, 2025 11:50 PM (Vvh2V)

230 The Iranian Navy's aircraft carrier, aka, INS Coral Reef.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 17, 2025 11:50 PM (QP75Q)

231 5 Busy day at work, but I was able to fit in getting a RealID, which apparently you need to fly starting in May.

Without it, you will need to have a passport to fly anywhere withing the US.

Imagine that, Americans now need Transit Papers.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I skipped that when I renewed my driver's license. I'm not planning any long trips that require flights. Guess I'll get one when/if needed. I hate it though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 17, 2025 11:53 PM (sAmhv)

232 My mother was born in Ireland and the family came over right before WW2. My grandmother spoke in the Irish and when she got angry she went into Gaelic. We were horrible kids and would rile my grandma up just to hear her curse us in Irish

Posted by: Megthered at March 17, 2025 11:55 PM (wCr+o)

233 Man, I drank a green bushwhacker that was topped with Lucky Charms marshmallows.

F*cked me right up!

I think I paid my St. Paddy's Day tax. Off to bed.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at March 17, 2025 11:56 PM (tOso8)

234 I didn't feel another jolt. Grrrr. After Loma Prieta, it's all been downhill.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2025 11:56 PM (KAi1n)

235 Jennings: "I used to watch her videos several years ago because she was easy on the eyes. Her schitck has worn out.
Posted by: Gref"

Sadly, this is so.

Posted by: mindful o'webworker - real rock is better than sham rock at March 17, 2025 11:57 PM (h7Ym/)

236 Mind blower > Trump should identify as a female. Liberals would have to either accept him as the first female president, or admit the absurdity of gender ideology.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2025 11:57 PM (BLpWt)

237
Why is it that everyone is hammering on the "smelly" chick? Do you imagine that the guy smells any better?

I remain hopeful that both with come to Biden's mansion in Wilmington, drop trou, and leave a steaming mound of shit on his lawn -- coiled, no seams, and tapered at both ends.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 17, 2025 11:58 PM (IP+zj)

238 An Irishman won The Players Championship in Florida on St Patrick's Day. Rory McElroy. Well, an Ulsterman anyway. Close enough.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 18, 2025 12:01 AM (sAmhv)

239 I remain hopeful that both with come to Biden's mansion in Wilmington, drop trou, and leave a steaming mound of shit on his lawn -- coiled, no seams, and tapered at both ends.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 17, 2025 11:58 PM (IP+zj)

That is oddly specific.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2025 12:01 AM (MqtqS)

240
Why the ominous pause, kiddos?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2025 12:01 AM (IP+zj)

241 think that I picked up this joke here...

Two Irishmen walk out of a bar
Posted by: Mike O'Hammer at March 17, 2025 11:37 PM (XeU6L)

It might have been me. My joke went like this, Two Irishmen walk past a bar.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 18, 2025 12:01 AM (dJimA)

242
Hot chick playing the bagpipes. Yea baby!
Posted by: Minnfidel

It's a long way to the top.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2025 12:02 AM (63Dwl)

243
That is oddly specific.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It might have been from a Cheech and Chong bit. It certainly was not original by me.

My brother would know the source.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 18, 2025 12:04 AM (IP+zj)

244 "Smelly Chick" is a moniker of sincere affection, not derision.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 18, 2025 12:04 AM (w6EFb)

245 226 Ann Barnhardt had a post about St Patrick in her typical know-it-all way.

Hint: they weren't snakes.
https://bit.ly/they-werent-snakes
Posted by: mindful o'webworker - all the beer in the house is Mexican
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The things one learns hanging around this place.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 12:04 AM (LdsRU)

246 Two Irishman walk into a bar & said "Ow! me head!".

Posted by: Adriane the Chapeau Critic . . . at March 18, 2025 12:05 AM (tcomi)

247 "Smelly Chick" is a moniker of sincere affection, not derision.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone
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Smelly Cat, I wrote the song.

Posted by: Phobe Buffay at March 18, 2025 12:07 AM (XeU6L)

248 coiled, no seams, and tapered at both ends.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 17, 2025 11:58 PM

Strangely specific, but approved

Posted by: a dude in MI at March 18, 2025 12:07 AM (+I6Y/)

249 Trump should identify as a female. Liberals would have to either accept him as the first female president, or admit the absurdity of gender ideology.
Posted by: rickb223

Logical consistency is unneeded for Liberal thought.

Bill Clinton, white, was the first Black president.

Barack Obama, half or so, was the first Black president.

If they ever get a 100% Black dude elected, he will also be the first Black president.

Posted by: o'mikeski at March 18, 2025 12:07 AM (DgGvY)

250 Astronauts have described the smell of the ISS as a combination of antiseptic, garbage, and BO.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 18, 2025 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

251 5 Busy day at work, but I was able to fit in getting a RealID, which apparently you need to fly starting in May.

Without it, you will need to have a passport to fly anywhere withing the US.

Imagine that, Americans now need Transit Papers.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 17, 2025 09:55 PM (XV/Pl)

Yeah, about that. Last year they told us we had to get Real ID before December, because they wouldn't accept any other ID after the first of the year.

Turns out, they keep pushing it back because too many people decided not to bother doing it.

And illegals fly all the time without it - they are exempt from that "rule".

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 18, 2025 12:14 AM (SRRAx)

252 250 Astronauts have described the smell of the ISS as a combination of antiseptic, garbage, and BO.
Posted by: Publius
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So, until we find a planet with ample water off worlders will stink.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 12:14 AM (LdsRU)

253 Undocking goes streamed in 23 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/live/uEVGE2Az_i8

Posted by: Ciampino - see, we're creative at March 18, 2025 12:16 AM (KjLnc)

254 I would have pressed charges.
Tesla owner confronts vandal drawing hate symbol on his Cybertruck

https://mol.im/a/14509025

Posted by: Ciampino - see at March 18, 2025 12:21 AM (KjLnc)

255 I would have pressed charges.
Tesla owner confronts vandal drawing hate symbol on his Cybertruck

https://mol.im/a/14509025
Posted by: Ciampino - see at March 18, 2025 12:21 AM (KjLnc)
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the country:

https://tinyurl.com/n8ujdyuc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 18, 2025 12:25 AM (copfg)

256 Smelly Chick and co are suited up, strapped in, leak checked and ready to undock. Undocking will be in about an hour.

The leak check was crucial, I'm sure.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 18, 2025 12:25 AM (mH6SG)

257 Moon dust had a particular smell. They described as gun powder and welding fumes. Some people will have a strong sort of allergic reaction to it.

And it turns out that coming back in from spacewalks in LEO produces a similar burned smell. They think it's ozone being produced when they return to the O2 atmosphere somehow. Polycyclic aromatics also contribute to the burnt smell.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 18, 2025 12:26 AM (w6EFb)

258 Dad says he has plans for me.

Something about populating a whole planet.

Says he's going to need a lot more volunteers.

Any fellow gametes out there interested?

Posted by: Elon Musk's Sperm X4357D2025 at March 18, 2025 12:27 AM (QB+5g)

259 Guess what?

"Unmanned" flights airline does it again!

https://tinyurl.com/e7h9sx66

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 18, 2025 12:28 AM (copfg)

260 Youngbloods frontman Jesse Colin Young passes away at 83

https://mol.im/a/14508909

Posted by: Ciampino - another one at March 18, 2025 12:28 AM (KjLnc)

261 I sure do hope those two abandoned astronauts make it back with zero problems. They've earned it.

I'm undocking from the blog now and heading for a soft landing.

https://youtu.be/2jbZrocd6vs

G'nite, y'all. Happy landings.

Posted by: mindful webworker - undocking at March 18, 2025 12:32 AM (h7Ym/)

262 I've actually held a jar actual "moon dust" in my hand.

Materials weenies had a contract to develop a simulant so it could be manufactured for a vehicle test bed.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at March 18, 2025 12:35 AM (QB+5g)

263 Moon dust had a particular smell. They described as gun powder and welding fumes. Some people will have a strong sort of allergic reaction to it.

And it turns out that coming back in from spacewalks in LEO produces a similar burned smell. They think it's ozone being produced when they return to the O2 atmosphere somehow. Polycyclic aromatics also contribute to the burnt smell.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 18, 2025 12:26 AM (w6EFb)

One would think that if Moon dust was so strong smelling, that running the air from a container through a gas chromatograph might reveal something.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2025 12:36 AM (MqtqS)

264 Astronauts have described the smell of the ISS as a combination of antiseptic, garbage, and BO.
Posted by: Publius

So...basically Biden's whitehouse.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2025 12:36 AM (VwHCD)

265 Youngbloods frontman Jesse Colin Young passes away at 83
-----------------
I occasionally reference the Youngbloods 'The Wine Song'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r0O0LKPZTw

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2025 12:36 AM (XeU6L)

266 I remain hopeful that both with come to Biden's mansion in Wilmington, drop trou, and leave a steaming mound of shit on his lawn -- coiled, no seams, and tapered at both ends.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 17, 2025 11:58 PM (IP+zj)

Media reports assure me that the stranded astronauts were very pleased to have a longer-than-expected stay and they appreciate Biden and think Trump is icky.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at March 18, 2025 12:37 AM (Sf2cq)

267 Impact of unfiltered sunlight and solar/cosmic radiation might well create free radicals in the polymers making up the space suits, and those free radicals would then react with O2 once the space walkers were back onboard.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2025 12:39 AM (MqtqS)

268 ARE WE THERE YET? ARE WE THERE YET?
ARE WE THERE YET? ARE WE THERE YET?
ARE WE THERE YET? ARE WE THERE YET?

Posted by: Suni, strapped in and anxious at March 18, 2025 12:41 AM (h7Ym/)

269 Is it green?
PepsiCo's buys controversial 'health drink' for $2 BILLION

https://mol.im/a/14508681

Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic fiber is nonsense at March 18, 2025 12:41 AM (KjLnc)

270 262 I've actually held a jar actual "moon dust" in my hand.

Materials weenies had a contract to develop a simulant so it could be manufactured for a vehicle test bed.
Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic
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The original astronauts would take trinkets with them then share them with waitresses and friends.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 12:42 AM (LdsRU)

271 A lab I worked in at KSC was the Flight Crew Training building used during Apollo. IT had a "mysterious" washer type set up poking out of the wall in one corner. One day some old-timer Apollo guy came by reliving his past and said, "Hey, this is where they cleaned the spacesuits, that the washer hookup right there!"

Said the ladies that worked there would take cellophane tape and stick it on the suits that came back from the moon and give them away to friends and such.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at March 18, 2025 12:42 AM (QB+5g)

272 DOGE agents are accused of 'breaking into' US Institute of Peace

https://mol.im/a/14509207

Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic fiber is nonsense at March 18, 2025 12:43 AM (KjLnc)

273 Israel ENDS ceasefire with Hamas

https://mol.im/a/14509389

Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic fiber is nonsense at March 18, 2025 12:45 AM (KjLnc)

274 Still 20 minutes until the undocking.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 18, 2025 12:45 AM (mH6SG)

275 Media reports assure me that the stranded astronauts were very pleased to have a longer-than-expected stay and they appreciate Biden and think Trump is icky.
Posted by: Emmie
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You missed the tape of them personally thanking Musk and President Trump for the rescue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 12:45 AM (LdsRU)

276 Yeah, about that. Last year they told us we had to get Real ID before December, because they wouldn't accept any other ID after the first of the year.

Turns out, they keep pushing it back because too many people decided not to bother doing it.

And illegals fly all the time without it - they are exempt from that "rule".
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 18, 2025 12:14 AM

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I've read that the May deadline isn't hard and fast either...TSA is going to "start enforcement" then but they are being vague about what that actually means. It's very possible that for some period of time they will let people with noncompliant IDs through with a warning. Because they know that despite all the delays there will be absolute chaos at airports if they bar noncompliant people from flights.

Posted by: Bigsmith at March 18, 2025 12:45 AM (1Au9i)

277 273 Israel ENDS ceasefire with Hamas

https://mol.im/a/14509389
Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic
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Master of understatement you are.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 12:46 AM (LdsRU)

278 Kind of sad news when the Intuitive Machines probe did another crappy landing. The first American robotic vehicle was trapped on-board and couldn't get out to explore.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at March 18, 2025 12:46 AM (QB+5g)

279 My father's side of the family all came from Scotland or England. Mom's mother was a Kelly and her father was a Carroll - Irish through and through. But someone on Mom's side of the family was Black Irish, so my 23 and Me results cam back with a 1.2% amount from West Africa 😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 18, 2025 12:48 AM (SRRAx)

280 Biden exempted them from all rules. Things change.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 12:48 AM (LdsRU)

281 278 Kind of sad news when the Intuitive Machines probe did another crappy landing. The first American robotic vehicle was trapped on-board and couldn't get out to explore.
Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic
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Maybe pick a spot with less soft dust.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 12:50 AM (LdsRU)

282 RedWire did the cameras on both of them and also on the Blue Ghost.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 12:51 AM (LdsRU)

283 If Trump can handle a massive surge in popularity he could kill of the TSA airport scanning scam.

That would guarantee his placement on Mt. Rushmore.

But where would a bunch of psychotic mall cops find a job?

Maybe at the new FEMA camps for the terminally brainwashed.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at March 18, 2025 12:52 AM (QB+5g)

284
Calling out the stats: Sunni and Butch completed 4576 orbits, for 121 million miles travelled.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 18, 2025 12:54 AM (w6EFb)

285 You missed the tape of them personally thanking Musk and President Trump for the rescue.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 12:45 AM (LdsRU)

The media tells us what we are seeing. The astronauts may appear to be thanking Trump and Musk, but they don't really mean it.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at March 18, 2025 12:55 AM (Sf2cq)

286 I think Trump is making Americans less interested in wanting to be loved by other peoples & nations. Good thing too, because wanting to be loved by foreign peoples and their leaders is a dangerous disease.

I think we're developing scar tissue about not being loved (ICC; UN; EU; you-name-it).

Posted by: mnw at March 18, 2025 12:56 AM (NLIak)

287
The Firefly Blue Ghost was a smashing success, making up for IM's shitting the bed. The sun is setting on Blue Ghost, mission over. They've put the lander in "monument mode" they called it. Eternal watch on the Moon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 18, 2025 12:56 AM (w6EFb)

288 Twins joke is great. Laughed out loud. Literally.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at March 18, 2025 12:57 AM (M0+fP)

289 Yikes. The vocal fry/uptalk from these two ladies is rather annoying.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 18, 2025 12:57 AM (mH6SG)

290 I don’t want to be loved. I wanted to be respected and feared.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at March 18, 2025 12:58 AM (M0+fP)

291
If Trump can handle a massive surge in popularity he could kill of the TSA airport scanning scam.

That would guarantee his placement on Mt. Rushmore.

But where would a bunch of psychotic mall cops find a job?

Maybe at the new FEMA camps for the terminally brainwashed.
Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic

=============

The TSA is under DHS. Kristi Noem needs to get on it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 18, 2025 12:58 AM (lCaJd)

292 PepsiCo's buys controversial 'health drink' for $2 BILLION
Posted by: Ciampino

The Paolo's health drink does not come so cheap.

That is, how you say, the dual entendre.

Posted by: Paolo at March 18, 2025 12:58 AM (DgGvY)

293 Judge goes ballistic at Trump lawyer over deportation flight

https://mol.im/a/14509161

Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic fiber is nonsense at March 18, 2025 12:59 AM (KjLnc)

294
I was reading and watching some stuff about the IM-2 mission. There hasn't been anything official, but some people are putting together what they think happened. Some people even independently monitor the telemetry signals!

Anyway, somebody I was watching thinks one of the landing legs broke. There were problems with the terminal landing guidance system, he thinks. He made the case the lander still had horizontal velocity when the legs touched the surface, and sort of jobbed in the surface and broke.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 18, 2025 12:59 AM (w6EFb)

295 Rory Gallagher was a phenom, and his mates weren't to shabby either.

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at March 18, 2025 01:00 AM (fY84s)

296 I don’t want to be loved. I wanted to be respected and feared.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at March 18, 2025 12:58 AM (M0+fP)

This!!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2025 01:00 AM (VwHCD)

297 I loved it when he kicked the South Africa ambassador out.

Back to Joburg, big boy!

Posted by: mnw at March 18, 2025 01:01 AM (NLIak)

298 Judge goes ballistic at Trump lawyer over deportation flight

https://mol.im/a/14509161

Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic fiber is nonsense at March 18, 2025 12:59 AM (KjLnc)

Well then, the judge can go fuck himself, and when he's done, he can go fuck himself again.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2025 01:02 AM (VwHCD)

299 Pepsico will change the for cheap, bleed out money from the company and toss the husk aside.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 01:02 AM (LdsRU)

300 Prediction; they will either delay RealID again for flights. Or it will be revoked soon after it goes live. Imagine millions of people showing up for flights and being told they can’t board. You don't have a real ID.

Chaos will ensue. And the entire idiocy will be scrapped.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at March 18, 2025 01:02 AM (M0+fP)

301 DOGE agents are accused of 'breaking into' US Institute of Peace

https://mol.im/a/14509207
Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic fiber is nonsense at March 18, 2025 12:43 AM (KjLnc)

We have an institute of peace? Where the hell have they been the last 80 years?

Fire them on principle.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 18, 2025 01:04 AM (l3YAf)

302 The problem with the green dye in the Chicago River is... it looks exactly like an algae bloom.

Posted by: mnw at March 18, 2025 01:04 AM (NLIak)

303 Iirc realid was originally supposed to go live in 06 or something. Here we are 20 years later. If that’s not the perfect metaphor for government inefficiency I don’t know what is.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at March 18, 2025 01:04 AM (M0+fP)

304 publius

I think that is what happened on the first one.

It's not supposed to have horizontal velocity when it lands.

They had to hot wire another instrument on board during flight to act as a altimeter because someone goofed and missed that "Remove Before Flight" tag.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at March 18, 2025 01:05 AM (QB+5g)

305
If I were Trump, I'd tell the DoJ lawyers, who ever is arguing before that judge, to stand down. I'll represent my own self as POTUS.

ANd have that podunk judge brought into the Oval Office and he can hold his little podunk court right here.

Okay, big boy, hold my ass in contempt. You and what fucking army.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 18, 2025 01:05 AM (w6EFb)

306 Iirc realid was originally supposed to go live in 06 or something. Here we are 20 years later. If that’s not the perfect metaphor for government inefficiency I don’t know what is.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Cali's high-speed rail at March 18, 2025 01:05 AM (DgGvY)

307 Anyway, somebody I was watching thinks one of the landing legs broke. There were problems with the terminal landing guidance system, he thinks. He made the case the lander still had horizontal velocity when the legs touched the surface, and sort of jobbed in the surface and broke.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 18, 2025 12:59 AM (w6EFb)

They should make the legs out of the same thing they make the black box out of.

Posted by: Thanks, I'll be here all week! at March 18, 2025 01:05 AM (l3YAf)

308
Dragon has now undocked and is moving away.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 18, 2025 01:06 AM (w6EFb)

309 Nytol

Posted by: mnw at March 18, 2025 01:07 AM (NLIak)

310 It's better to be landing in the ocean than to become part of the stratosphere.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at March 18, 2025 01:09 AM (QB+5g)

311 I wonder how many Leftist womyn have found this web-site?

And how many score 5/5?

https://igotstandardsbro.com

"Female Delusion Calculator"

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2025 01:10 AM (Ocj/H)

312 Close that spaceship hatch cover. Were you born in a barn?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2025 01:10 AM (Aqu9a)

313 Well, they are on their way. Godspeed. G'nite all.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 18, 2025 01:11 AM (mH6SG)

314 They're showing command center not the space ship.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 01:12 AM (LdsRU)

315 "Mission Control to Capricorn One, you are go for de-orbit."

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2025 01:13 AM (Ocj/H)

316 It took me almost 4 months to get a real id appointment and I had to drive to practically the Virginia state line from south Charlotte. DMV here is absolutely insane.

Posted by: NCKate at March 18, 2025 01:13 AM (4bYb7)

317 "Change into your sweats and jammies"

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2025 01:14 AM (Aqu9a)

318
That's about it. Deorbit will be around 5PM EST tomorrow. A little more than a day left until they're back on terra firma.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 18, 2025 01:15 AM (w6EFb)

319 No more movies, I'm hitting sack. Thanks for the pleasant evening. See y'all tomorrow.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 18, 2025 01:16 AM (LdsRU)

320 312 Close that spaceship hatch cover. Were you born in a barn?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2025 01:10 AM (Aqu9a)
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It only gets closed 10 minutes before re-entry.

Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic fiber is nonsense at March 18, 2025 01:16 AM (KjLnc)

321 Astronauts have described the smell of the ISS as a combination of antiseptic, garbage, and BO.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 18, 2025 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

So like the Senate office building, but without the jizz or Ben Gay.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 18, 2025 01:18 AM (l3YAf)

322 I wonder how many Leftist womyn have found this web-site?

And how many score 5/5?

https://igotstandardsbro.com

"Female Delusion Calculator"
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2025 01:10 AM (Ocj/H)

Wow, I’m a 5/5 bags of cat food! What a catch!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 18, 2025 01:21 AM (l3YAf)

323 The storms' death toll stands at 42.
RIP

Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic fiber is nonsense at March 18, 2025 01:22 AM (KjLnc)

324 Well, watched the Dragon undock and move away from the ISS. I expect it will be some time before the big rocket burn, so I am off to the rack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2025 01:23 AM (MqtqS)

325 5/5?

You're not of this planet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2025 01:23 AM (Ocj/H)

326 Man is set on fire in Times Square as police hunt for arsonist on the loose

https://mol.im/a/14504519

Posted by: Ciampino - NYC requires flameproof attire at March 18, 2025 01:24 AM (KjLnc)

327 Astronauts have described the smell of the ISS as a combination of antiseptic, garbage, and BO.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 18, 2025 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

So like the Senate office building, but without the jizz or Ben Gay.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 18, 2025 01:18 AM (l3YAf)

So we should sent a janitorial crew from the Senate office building to the ISS to clean?

A window washer to clean the windows and solar panels?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 18, 2025 01:25 AM (VNX3d)

328 Well, an Ulsterman anyway. Close enough.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 18, 2025 12:01 AM (sAmhv)

Whooboy.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 18, 2025 01:26 AM (Vvh2V)

329 Remember this genius torching Tesla chargers? Pictures.
Woke activist's attempt to torch Tesla charges ends in painful agony

https://mol.im/a/14508281

Posted by: Ciampino - NYC requires flameproof attire at March 18, 2025 01:26 AM (KjLnc)

330 Astronauts have described the smell of the ISS as a combination of antiseptic, garbage, and BO.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 18, 2025 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

So like the Senate office building, but without the jizz or Ben Gay.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 18, 2025 01:18 AM (l3YAf)

So we should sent a janitorial crew from the Senate office building to the ISS to clean?

A window washer to clean the windows and solar panels?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 18, 2025 01:25 AM (VNX3d)

Just not the cleaning lady from that art museum.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2025 01:27 AM (Aqu9a)

331 We all need this:
Cat Shaped Back Scratcher, Funny Basswood Cat Wooden Back Scratcher 48cm, Novelty Back Scratcher for Men, Cat Back Scratcher for Instant Relief from Itching Body Relaxation Long Handle for Cat Lover

https://a.co/d/dvU808n

Posted by: Ciampino - NYC requires flameproof attire at March 18, 2025 01:29 AM (KjLnc)

332 Trump deploys US Navy destroyer with guided missiles to southern border for intriguing new mission

https://mol.im/a/14506147

Posted by: Ciampino - NYC requires flameproof attire at March 18, 2025 01:32 AM (KjLnc)

333 301 DOGE agents are accused of 'breaking into' US Institute of Peace

https://mol.im/a/14509207
Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic fiber is nonsense at March 18, 2025 12:43 AM (KjLnc)

We have an institute of peace? Where the hell have they been the last 80 years?

Fire them on principle.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

LoL! The US Institute of Peace. I first noticed it when I was working at the State Department. A new shiny building was built right along 23rd St in DC. Not far from the Lincoln Mem and near DoS. I'm pretty sure they don't want DOGE in there because, well, the same reason USAID didn't want DOGE in there building.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 18, 2025 01:33 AM (sAmhv)

334 Wichita, KS St Patrick Church vandalized

https://tinyurl.com/3ahzazhf

And on another note:
And why is there going to be a Satanic worship service at the state capital anyway?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2025 01:36 AM (5j5M8)

335 So we should sent a janitorial crew from the Senate office building to the ISS to clean?

A window washer to clean the windows and solar panels?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 18, 2025 01:25 AM (VNX3d)

Send the guy who mucks out Lindsey Graham’s catamite pit. Or the team that drains the Fetterlump.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 18, 2025 01:37 AM (l3YAf)

336 Hi Horde, I have been watching Irish movies and sipping on a Jameson's.

Got here just in time to read a few Bers zingers and I am still laughing.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 18, 2025 01:41 AM (0nHVk)

337 >>>So like the Senate office building, but without the jizz or Ben Gay.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

>Soon to marketed as the Crew No. 9 cologne by Coco Chanel.

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at March 18, 2025 01:47 AM (fY84s)

338 Got here just in time to read a few Bers zingers and I am still laughing.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 18, 2025 01:41 AM (0nHVk)

Ok, have another.

Mr McGowan left his house in the morning for his job in the local brewery as he he did for the last 30 years. Later in the afternoon there was a knock at his door, and his wife answered. There were a couple of his coworkers standing there, and they said Mrs McGowan we have terrible news, there was an accident at the brewery. Your husband slipped and fell into one of the large vats of beer and drowned. Mrs McGowan says oh my god, was it quick? One of the coworkers said, well, not really, he climbed out 3 times to pee.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2025 01:52 AM (VwHCD)

339 It took me almost 4 months to get a real id appointment and I had to drive to practically the Virginia state line from south Charlotte. DMV here is absolutely insane.
Posted by: NCKate
---------

I had to spend THREE hours at local DMV to renew my license.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2025 01:53 AM (XeU6L)

340 Institute of peace just screams grift

Posted by: a dude in MI at March 18, 2025 01:57 AM (+I6Y/)

341 Play this trick on Mom

https://x.com/TheDupreeReport
/status/1901876004458475923

Posted by: Ciampino - well dogs like it at March 18, 2025 02:05 AM (KjLnc)

342 Institute of Peace Grant recipients here:
http://tiny.cc/p8rd001

It's all grad student/post-Doc BS.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2025 02:13 AM (XeU6L)

343 LOL, Bers!!!

Thanks for the laugh before I head to sleep.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 18, 2025 02:22 AM (0nHVk)

344 Astronauts have described the smell of the ISS as a combination of antiseptic, garbage, and BO.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 18, 2025 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

So like the Senate office building, but without the jizz or Ben Gay. Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 18, 2025 01:18

Now there's a nominee for Quote of the Week.

Posted by: Farmer at March 18, 2025 02:54 AM (55Qr6)

345 Institute of Peace Grant recipients here:
http://tiny.cc/p8rd001
It's all grad student/post-Doc BS.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2025 02:13

It hurts my brain to even read the project's titles, let alone the summarries. I think reading the whole paper would make me insane.

Posted by: Farmer at March 18, 2025 03:06 AM (55Qr6)

346 263 Moon dust had a particular smell. They described as gun powder and welding fumes. Some people will have a strong sort of allergic reaction to it.

----

Is that the aroma of ... green cheese?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 18, 2025 03:17 AM (fDRWy)

347 71 I should probably mention that it should be spelled Paddy. In Ireland, Patrick is shortened to Paddy, Patricia is shortened to Patty.

Yes, I'm being petty about Patty and Paddy.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2025 10:17 PM (9DiZn)

And then there's:

paddy wagon
noun North American English informal
a police van.
ORIGIN
early 20th century: paddy from Paddy, perhaps because formerly many American police officers were of Irish descent.

Posted by: m at March 18, 2025 03:35 AM (CQE5S)

348
Is that the aroma of ... green cheese?
Posted by: JM in Illinois

Wensleydale !!!

Posted by: Wallace and Gromit. . . at March 18, 2025 03:36 AM (tcomi)

349 Morning, insomaniacals,

I'm up ahead of the alarm again and trying to fortify myself for another long day's slog. Workout, work, interview with another candidate for my job, grocery this evening, dinner, bed. What an exciting prospect.

The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are . . . well, Stirling the big black is here with me. Dagny has taken to napping under my desk. I don't *think* she's sick; she eats, plays with Stirling, etc. She just doesn't seem to like me, or humans in general, that much. I guess I'm not up to her standards for a human servant.

What's goin' on? Looks like Trump is thundering ahead with his agenda?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 18, 2025 03:43 AM (omVj0)

350 298 Judge goes ballistic at Trump lawyer over deportation flight

https://mol.im/a/14509161

Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic fiber is nonsense at March 18, 2025 12:59 AM (KjLnc)

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Mark Levin said, on his radio program, that an oral court order has been found to have no force of law.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 18, 2025 03:43 AM (vbta8)

351 Judge goes ballistic at Trump lawyer over deportation flight

https://mol.im/a/14509161

Posted by: Ciampino - prebiotic fiber is nonsense at March 18, 2025

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Mark Levin said, on his radio program, that an oral court order has been found to have no force of law.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 18, 2025

***
When asked about this or any judge, Trump should simply say, "Who elected him?" and go on to a new topic. ("He's issued his order. Now let him enforce it" is something to hold as a backup.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 18, 2025 03:49 AM (omVj0)

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