Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - August 6, 2025 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.

[Top photo: Pimp Squirrel]

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In case you missed it, Perfessor Squirrel let us know on Sunday that he is stepping down from hosting the prestigious, internationally acclaimed, stately, and illustrious Sunday Morning Book Thread. In case there was any doubt, the comments showed what a good steward he has been.

The last Book Thread by Oregon Muse was December 26, 2021. Weasel-san filled in for the first edition of 2022 before All Hail Eris filled in.

On February 20, 2022, Perfessor Squirrel stepped across the virtual threshold from being a regular commenter to being a regular contributor. He stepped onto the Ace of Spades stage and introduced himself:

The Sunday Morning Book Thread is what first convinced me to become a regular commenter here at AoSHQ. I started out on the Book Thread and then joined in commenting on other threads. OregonMuse started posting pictures of other Moron libraries, so I sent him a picture of my own, just on the off chance that it would be featured someday. I was absolutely blown away when I saw it on the Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Perfessor stepped into big shoes. He honored Book Thread traditions and added his own touches. He put a lot into the prep and writing and themes each week. He didn't just write the Book Thread but he lived it.

I bought a dozen books this week. They're all over a thousand pages each so I was only able to get through half of them (mostly because I was finishing up the dozen I bought the week before). But here's insight and commentary that ties them all together and unconsciously proves that I remember what I read and am able to relate it to things I read years ago. By the way, what are you reading?

Maybe not a direct quote, but directionally faithful...

He treated commenters with respect, even when their reading preferences were wildly different than his personal preferences. He maintained and cultivated a community of Morons. He wore a purple pimp hat. The Horde is better for his wisdom and labors.

This is not a funeral. He remains among the living, so I have the privilege to say, "On behalf of the Horde, thank you Perfessor." We look forward to continuing to cross paths in the comments. You are always welcome to make guest appearances as an alumni contributor (at least for the Hobby Thread and Wednesday ONT). Best wishes in your world beyond Ace of Spades. These pants are for you.

PS. I still have no idea how MisHum managed eight years doing ONTs five nights a week. Ironman. Still among the living as well. Maybe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger?

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Wholesome content:

The one with the lamp just finished me off.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/r3sEDLhkEC
— Stu thats all you get🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@Boldyboy1975) August 6, 2025

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TRex knows what you're thinking. "Old school Batman is great, but I'm more sympathetic to the Michael Keaton type of Batman. Wouldn't it be cool to have a modern Batmobile? You know, the one that looks like a more modern high tech batmobile?"

The ONT has you covered. A street legal replica is going up for sale at an auction on September 21. No reserve!

Click on the pic for more photos and auction info.

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Apparently disappearing is a thing in Japan: Disappearing to Start a New Life - The Phenomenon of Jōhatsu

Every year, nearly 100,000 Japanese people voluntarily disappear to get rid of their past and start anew. Men, women, entire families try to start a new life under another identity, as stowaways. This phenomenon, which we call "evaporation," or jouhatsu.

A story goes like this: a man named Norihiro is fired and loses his job as an engineer but, covered with shame, prefers not to tell his family. Every morning, he puts on his shirt and tie, kisses his wife goodbye and heads to his office. With no place to go, he spends the day in his car, sometimes staying late to appear as if he is drinking with his co-workers.
The days pass, he no longer receives any salary. He can no longer continue to lie to those close to him, and rather than face this terrible situation, he resolves to disappear without a trace. Norihiro is a jouhatsu, one of the many evaporated people who choose to let go of their past out of a feeling of shame or dishonor.

Most individuals disappear without any real preparation. Many are men who leave their wives and children behind without warning, claiming that everything is going well before disappearing without a trace. Others prepare more and call on "moving" companies that offer logistical assistance to the jouhatsu, going so far as to temporarily house them in secret locations.
Every year, hundreds of people use their services, paying substantial sums of money, sometimes to flee with their entire family. If the number of disappearances is increasing, it is also because the right to disappear is respected. Japanese legislation considers that individuals are officially "absent" after seven years of disappearance: their marriage is dissolved, their inheritance opened.

Anyone familiar with this?

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Welcome to Jurassic Pork 🦕🥟🦖#Delicious #Dinosaur #Dumplings pic.twitter.com/T2oAJ2sb03
— Marshall Julius (@MarshallJulius) July 28, 2025

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I respect this manifestation of petty.

Dealership Repos Customer's Car, She Responds by Taking Dealership's Name

After a Kia dealership repossessed a customer's car, she found a legal loophole that let her take the dealer's name, according to Court News Ohio. The Ohio woman had her Kia K5 repoed while she was at work despite being approved for the loan. When Tiah McCreary learned that the name "Taylor Kia of Lima" wasn't registered in Ohio, she registered it in her name and is now in a legal battle with the dealership's owners and the company that serviced her loan.

I would not call this a "legal loophole" though. There is no loophole. Even if she doesn't prevail, the process is the punishment. You go girl.

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The End is Near!!

The universe may start dying in just 10 billion years, alarming new model predicts

A new paper has predicted that the universe's expected lifespan is drastically shorter than once thought -and that the cosmos will start to die in just 10 billion years.

This is only one possible theory, however, and nobody really knows when the universe will end.

Oh. Nevermind.

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The Pittsburgh Police Scanner:

The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh!

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Joe Cocker for the big ONT finish:

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1 A squirrel??

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 10:00 PM (snZF9)

2 This ONT is PUNCTUAL.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 10:00 PM (hY4dx)

3 Top 5

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 06, 2025 10:00 PM (Lo97M)

4 Hello, Horde! 😊❤️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 06, 2025 10:01 PM (SRRAx)

5 Boobs are fun and should be enjoyed as often as possible.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 06, 2025 09:56 AM

From earlier today, I'm nominating this for top 10 quotes of the week.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 06, 2025 10:02 PM (55Qr6)

6 Wait.

Is this the a Book Thread, or what?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 10:03 PM (hY4dx)

7 Yay HORDE!
Hi y'all! Hey Mr. Rex!🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 06, 2025 10:04 PM (L9kkv)

8 Joe Cocker is wrong. You cannot leave your hat on indoors. Especially in the military.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 06, 2025 10:04 PM (ZAN7R)

9 Is this the a Book Thread, or what?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

I hope not. I already took my pants off

Posted by: gKWVE at August 06, 2025 10:04 PM (sDWtc)

10 My thanks to the Perfessor. He did a great job with the book thread.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 06, 2025 10:05 PM (ZAN7R)

11 A new paper has predicted that the universe's expected lifespan is drastically shorter than once thought -and that the cosmos will start to die in just 10 billion years.

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Pfft.

Anyone who knows anything knows that the universe, start, finish and middle, has existed in timelessness forever.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 10:05 PM (hY4dx)

12 2 This ONT is PUNCTUAL.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 10:00 PM
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Damn right.

Posted by: TRex - ceteris paribus at August 06, 2025 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

13 Oh, no more book thread squirrel? Bummer.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 10:05 PM (snZF9)

14 When one universe ends, another begins.

Posted by: runner at August 06, 2025 10:05 PM (g47mK)

15 Squirrel Nur Zippers...I didn't think anyone remembered them...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 06, 2025 10:06 PM (L9kkv)

16 Horde trivia. lin-duh came up with the purple pimp hat.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 10:07 PM (HFcKg)

17 7 Hi y'all! Hey Mr. Rex!🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 06, 2025 10:04 PM
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Good evening! Your usual table awaits.

Posted by: TRex - table cleaning at no extra charge at August 06, 2025 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

18 On those animal tracks, I didn't see the wild cameltoe.

Posted by: RickZ at August 06, 2025 10:07 PM (gKDq2)

19 Squirrel did great with the Book Thread

Posted by: gKWVE at August 06, 2025 10:07 PM (sDWtc)

20 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 06, 2025 10:08 PM (cYBz/)

21 If T-Rex wasn't such a nice guy he'd have eaten that squirrel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 10:08 PM (nEGV+)

22 Oh my!
Thanks Perfessor...
You'll be missed good man!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 06, 2025 10:08 PM (L9kkv)

23 TRex,

WOW!

THANK YOU!

I am so honored and blessed by God to be among the Moron Horde.

COBs do come and go and we are blessed to have our ONT crew carry on the torches lit by the COBs that came before them.

I do look forward to returning to the Sunday Morning Book Thread in the future.

Keep reading!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 10:09 PM (IBQGV)

24 That Tony Moon guy is based. One of the Roof-Top Koreans during the L.A. Rodney King Riots.

Posted by: RickZ at August 06, 2025 10:10 PM (gKDq2)

25 Those pot stickers are a thing of beauty!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 06, 2025 10:10 PM (SRRAx)

26 For a second, I thought the Perfesser had taken over the ONT!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 06, 2025 10:11 PM (S/Y4j)

27 *** We look forward to continuing to cross paths in the comments.
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Absolutely, yer better not cut and run.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 10:11 PM (nEGV+)

28 For a second, I thought the Perfesser had taken over the ONT!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 06, 2025 10:11 PM (S/Y4j)
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Funnily enough, I had the same reaction.

Or Huggy Squirrel turned traitor.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 10:13 PM (IBQGV)

29 >>COBs do come and go and we are blessed to have our ONT crew carry on the torches lit by the COBs that came before them.

I didn't comment much on your threads but I read them. You did a great job.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2025 10:13 PM (viF8m)

30 Too bad you couldn't hold on for a few more weeks, Perfessor. Sarah Hoyt has a monster book coming out and she'd like help in marketing. The Sunday Book Thread would be a perfect place for it.

Maybe CBD or JJ would be interested in having her on to discuss her book on their podcast.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 06, 2025 10:13 PM (0eaVi)

31 I didn't comment much on your threads but I read them. You did a great job.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2025 10:13 PM (viF8m)
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Thank you!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 10:15 PM (IBQGV)

32 COBs do come and go and we are blessed to have our ONT crew carry on the torches lit by the COBs that came before them.

Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!
Hey! We didn't get a huzzah! from that guy in the corner!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 10:15 PM (iU+/7)

33 Thanks for the dandy Wednesday Night ONT, TRex!

Great tribute to Perfessor Squirrel. It will be exciting to see what the next chapter holds. And Perfessor is in our prayers for a rich and abundant future.

Pittsburgh scanner -- it's the best!

Loved the zoomer pups video. What a scream! Used to have Labs, so... yep. Very true!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 06, 2025 10:16 PM (kB9dk)

34 >>> 30 Too bad you couldn't hold on for a few more weeks, Perfessor. Sarah Hoyt has a monster book coming out and she'd like help in marketing. The Sunday Book Thread would be a perfect place for it.

Maybe CBD or JJ would be interested in having her on to discuss her book on their podcast.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 06, 2025 10:13 PM (0eaVi)

CBD should ask her to say "moose and squirrel".

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 10:16 PM (ULPxl)

35 I always had to catch the book thread later but it was / has been the most on topic thread on this blog. Thank you Perfessor for a labor of love.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 10:16 PM (HFcKg)

36 Perfesser, Do you still play LOTRO?

Posted by: davidt at August 06, 2025 10:17 PM (i0F8b)

37 The End is Near!!
A new paper has predicted that the universe's expected lifespan is drastically shorter than once thought -and that the cosmos will start to die in just 10 billion years.
This is only one possible theory, however, and nobody really knows when the universe will end.

The Pittsburgh Police Scanner
Mt. Washington. Boggs Ave. Caller said that she along with her four friends all took marijuana edibles and they're all annihilated right now.

These were adjacent posts in the ONT.

Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: mikeski at August 06, 2025 10:17 PM (DgGvY)

38 Soldiers under arms (MP for example) properly wear headgear indoors

Posted by: Common Tater at August 06, 2025 10:17 PM (wKLSC)

39 1995 Batman logo - hands grabbing the bazingas.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 10:17 PM (iU+/7)

40 On those animal tracks, I didn't see the wild cameltoe.
Posted by: RickZ at August 06, 2025 10:07 PM (gKDq2)

Or Sasquatch or Big Mike

Posted by: Beartooth at August 06, 2025 10:18 PM (8wKVG)

41 ...the cosmos will start to die in just 10 billion years.

Crap. Well, I guess there's no point in starting that new diet now.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 06, 2025 10:19 PM (/y8xj)

42 Perfesser, Do you still play LOTRO?
Posted by: davidt at August 06, 2025 10:17 PM (i0F8b)
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No, I decided to give it up for now. My hard drive was running quite low on space.

MMORPGs are HUGE games (often 150GB or more). Not worth it if you don't play them often.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 10:19 PM (IBQGV)

43 Good evening, dear Horde!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 06, 2025 10:19 PM (D6+4s)

44 What you lot goin' on about then?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 06, 2025 10:19 PM (AOsQT)

45 Now the haters are saying Sydney Sweeny's German Shepherd is a notsee beast.

Daisy the delightful Belgian Malinois says the German Shepherd is pretty cute, even if it's only a German Shepherd.

Good evening, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the roomies at August 06, 2025 10:20 PM (fbQVn)

46 177 TRex

Thank you sir🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 06, 2025 10:20 PM (L9kkv)

47 Wienermobile > Batmobile

Discuss

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 10:20 PM (hY4dx)

48 A new paper has predicted that the universe's expected lifespan is drastically shorter than once thought -and that the cosmos will start to die in just 10 billion years.
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Our own sun will have burned itself out (more or less--it's complicated) in 5 billion years or so.

What's the worry? We'll be long gone by then.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 10:20 PM (IBQGV)

49 Good time to take a minute and thank all the COBS that give so much.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 10:21 PM (HFcKg)

50 I can think of some politicians that need jouhatsu.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 06, 2025 10:21 PM (W/lyH)

51 Wienermobile > Batmobile

Discuss
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 10:20 PM (hY4dx)
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Hmmm. We'd need to set up a true test of performance on the race track. I'd pay to see that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 10:21 PM (IBQGV)

52 Dearest Ben Had! October is coming!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 06, 2025 10:21 PM (D6+4s)

53 41 ...the cosmos will start to die in just 10 billion years.

Crap. Well, I guess there's no point in starting that new diet now.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 06, 2025 10:19 PM (/y8xj)

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It sounds like a long time but blink and you're already 5 billion years in.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 10:22 PM (hY4dx)

54 Evening all,

We have two SpaceX events in the morning. I'm posting them early since I need to get to bed early tonight.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - KF-02 (Project Kuiper)
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 7, 2025
Launch Time: 10:01 a.m. EDT (1401 UTC, 16:01 CEST)

https://youtu.be/XKUf6CEAYvo

Spacex/NASA - SpaceX Crew-10 - Undocking
International Space Station ISS - Space Affairs Live
August 7, 2025
Undocking: 12:05 p.m. EDT (1605 UTC, 18:05 CEST)

https://youtu.be/0kVd-dVBD28

Posted by: Joyenz at August 06, 2025 10:22 PM (sPQoU)

55 Good time to take a minute and thank all the COBS that give so much.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 10:21 PM (HFcKg)
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Amen!

Let's hoist a tankard or two to the mighty senior COBs that keep this place running.

Like Kermit the Frog on The Muppet Show, they tamp down the insanity.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 10:22 PM (IBQGV)

56 Very fun content, TRex!

And the advice on the legal loop hole, almost like you are a…nah, nevermind. 😂

Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 10:23 PM (tHSRx)

57 46

Gosh...how did I fk that up?! Jeez...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 06, 2025 10:23 PM (L9kkv)

58 CBD should ask her to say "moose and squirrel".

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 10:16 PM (ULPxl)

She says she speaks with an accent, but I doubt it's Russian.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 06, 2025 10:24 PM (0eaVi)

59 The crazy dog video cracked me up
good catch

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 06, 2025 10:24 PM (AOsQT)

60 Finally got to see the content, TRex! Had to turn JavaScript off, then back on...

Great job!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 06, 2025 10:24 PM (D6+4s)

61 Ladyl. HELLO sunshine. Soon

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 10:24 PM (HFcKg)

62 Three very drunk guys by the dumpster. Sounds like a Hallmark movie.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 06, 2025 10:24 PM (L/fGl)

63 56 Very fun content, TRex!

And the advice on the legal loop hole, almost like you are a…nah, nevermind. 😂

Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 10:23 PM
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Thanks! I know what you were going to say. A dinosaur with a small brain.

Posted by: TRex - don't forget the short arms at August 06, 2025 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

64 it's amusing to watch people who harass Jewish students, carry water for hamas, celebrate 7/10 atrocities, and carry "From the river to the sea.." signs, accuse Sidney Sweeney of being a nazi ...for wearing jeans in an ad..very amusing...

Posted by: runner at August 06, 2025 10:25 PM (g47mK)

65 Wienermobile > Batmobile

Discuss
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 10:20 PM (hY4dx)

Are you talking green Wienermobile?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 06, 2025 10:25 PM (0eaVi)

66 The greyhound finding his footing in that alcove bench was very graceful.

All that Batman stuff was lame.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 06, 2025 10:25 PM (RDv4Q)

67 Not soon ENOUGH, Ben Had!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 06, 2025 10:26 PM (D6+4s)

68
Anyone familiar with this?

__________

I thought I read that after the Texas City disaster after the war, there were some few people who took the opportunity presented by the chaos to vanish.

It's probably much more difficult nowadays to disappear and set up a new life elsewhere. The government has more ways of keeping track of you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 10:26 PM (kkTda)

69 8 Joe Cocker is wrong. You cannot leave your hat on indoors. Especially in the military.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 06, 2025 10:04 PM (ZAN7R)

If your name is Kim Basinger, you can absolutely leave your hat on. Take off the rest though.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 06, 2025 10:26 PM (p4nXC)

70 >No, I decided to give it up for now.

Sorry to hear it.

In case you missed it, we have until the end of August to transfer characters for free to the new 64bit servers, at which time all the 32bit servers will be closed. Details at lotro.com.

Posted by: davidt at August 06, 2025 10:27 PM (i0F8b)

71 >>> 58
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She says she speaks with an accent, but I doubt it's Russian.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 06, 2025 10:24 PM (0eaVi)

Portuguese, but it sounds a bit like Russian (especially if you've only heard movie accents), thus the running joke at her place.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 10:27 PM (ULPxl)

72 Ok, I''m bad.

I was watching the Mean Joe Greene video and I thought it would be hilarious if at the end, instead of MJG throwing his jersey, he threw the empty coke bottle at the kid. That would be a twist.

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 06, 2025 10:27 PM (144I4)

73 ***
Thanks! I know what you were going to say. A dinosaur with a small brain.
Posted by: TRex - don't forget the short arms at August 06

I was going to retort big tail, but thought that might be rude.

Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 10:27 PM (tHSRx)

74 If Huggy the Squirrel isn't on the street corner, who's gonna keep the book bitchez in line?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 06, 2025 10:27 PM (kpS4V)

75 64 it's amusing to watch people who harass Jewish students, carry water for hamas, celebrate 7/10 atrocities, and carry "From the river to the sea.." signs, accuse Sidney Sweeney of being a nazi ...for wearing jeans in an ad..very amusing...

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Must be sad. The zeitgeist has turned 180 degrees but they haven't noticed that they no longer have relevance or power.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 10:27 PM (hY4dx)

76 The British series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a Johatsu-like construction. I really enjoyed it. Left his clothes at the seaside, seemingly drowned, but didn't. Good acting, Leonard Rossiter was brilliant and surrounded by a great cast of character actors. Three seasons, started in 1976.

Posted by: Called His MIL A Hippopotamus at August 06, 2025 10:28 PM (G5+As)

77
1939 Cadillac Series 79, if I can't have my '49 Ford, I'll take it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 10:29 PM (7p3Wl)

78 And the chick who snatched up that dealers name was clever. I'll bet she can get more than the cost of her repo'd car for it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 06, 2025 10:29 PM (RDv4Q)

79 12 2 This ONT is PUNCTUAL.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 10:00 PM
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Damn right.
Posted by: TRex - ceteris paribus at August 06, 2025 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

Tempus Fugit ... Famous Fugit

Posted by: Mayor Shinn at August 06, 2025 10:29 PM (TTAGa)

80 Portuguese, but it sounds a bit like Russian (especially if you've only heard movie accents), thus the running joke at her place.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 10:27 PM (ULPxl)

I've never heard her speak. I've only interacted through e-mail and comments with her. I do know she's mentioned an accent. I'd never think a Portuguese accent would sound Russian, you'd think more Latinate.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 06, 2025 10:29 PM (0eaVi)

81 The Thomas Crown Affair is available on Amazon. The 1968 version. Kinda entertaining. Chess scene took a week to film.

Posted by: runner at August 06, 2025 10:30 PM (g47mK)

82 Now the haters are saying Sydney Sweeny's German Shepherd is a notsee beast.

That's just stupid. Everyone knows that the real nazis of the dogworld are those yappy little dachshunds.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 06, 2025 10:31 PM (0Htd1)

83 Women leaving hats on is acceptable protocol. Men niet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 10:32 PM (7p3Wl)

84 Dobermans. Real bitches.

Posted by: runner at August 06, 2025 10:32 PM (g47mK)

85 Only 10 Billion years left?! I better finish that bathroom tile.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 06, 2025 10:32 PM (rvwwT)

86 Waves to Ladyl ...

Posted by: browndog chewed his platform shoes at August 06, 2025 10:32 PM (TTAGa)

87 83 Women leaving hats on is acceptable protocol. Men niet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 10:32 PM
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What about squirrels?

Posted by: TRex - stay with the theme at August 06, 2025 10:33 PM (IQ6Gq)

88 82 Now the haters are saying Sydney Sweeny's German Shepherd is a notsee beast.
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Is good. The more they bitch about her the better she gets.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 10:33 PM (7p3Wl)

89 Coke 1915 was the prototype buttplug.
The pattern has been followed ever since.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 06, 2025 10:34 PM (/lPRQ)

90 Only 10 Billion years left?! I better finish that bathroom tile.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 06, 2025 10:32 PM (rvwwT)
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That's barely enough time to get started on my TBR pile...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 10:34 PM (IBQGV)

91 Ladyl waves to Browndog!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 06, 2025 10:35 PM (D6+4s)

92 ***
What about squirrels?
Posted by: TRex - stay with the theme
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If they have AoS certified exemption, is OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 10:35 PM (GYoMn)

93 She says she speaks with an accent, but I doubt it's Russian.

As noted above, Portuguese. But if you’ve ever heard her say “moose and squirrel” at a convention it is uncannily close to the cartoon.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 06, 2025 10:35 PM (EXyHK)

94
Is good. The more they bitch about her the better she gets.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _

__________

Every time they complain, her chest grows an inch.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 10:35 PM (kkTda)

95 87 83 Women leaving hats on is acceptable protocol. Men niet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 10:32 PM
***
What about squirrels?
Posted by: TRex - stay with the theme at August 06, 2025 10:33 PM (IQ6Gq)

If they're just walking around, sure. If they choose to jump around, they have to lose it before they land like a superhero. Must preserve the disguise, you know.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 06, 2025 10:35 PM (S/Y4j)

96 Bragging rites, the TXMoMe has had CBD, Mis Hum, Weird Dave, Weasel, Perfessor Squirrel , TRexand and Doof all in the same place at the same time. Guest contributors Pete Bog and Piper are included.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 10:35 PM (HFcKg)

97 A new paper has predicted that the universe's expected lifespan is drastically shorter than once thought -and that the cosmos will start to die in just 10 billion years.
____________________________
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but continental drift will complete (again) in about 250 Million years forming the new all encompassing land mass of Pangaea Ultima.

So, you know, hold onto something...oh, and let's get to work on our border walls (all four sides)...I don't want any of those French just walking in like they own the place (provided there are any French left by then)

Posted by: Orson at August 06, 2025 10:36 PM (dIske)

98 Ha! They said I was insane getting a 20 billion year mortgage! Well, who’s crazy now?

Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at August 06, 2025 10:37 PM (cduTK)

99 I was watching the Mean Joe Greene video and I thought it would be hilarious if at the end, instead of MJG throwing his jersey, he threw the empty coke bottle at the kid. That would be a twist.
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 06, 2025 10:27 PM (144I4)

Somebody did that parody commercial. Can't remember who did it, though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 06, 2025 10:37 PM (0eaVi)

100 96 Bragging rites, the TXMoMe has had CBD, Mis Hum, Weird Dave, Weasel, Perfessor Squirrel , TRexand and Doof all in the same place at the same time. Guest contributors Pete Bog and Piper are included.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 10:35 PM (HFcKg)

There is nothing, simply nothing, like the Texas Mome!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 06, 2025 10:38 PM (D6+4s)

101 64 it's amusing to watch people who harass Jewish students, carry water for hamas, celebrate 7/10 atrocities, and carry "From the river to the sea.." signs, accuse Sidney Sweeney of being a nazi ...for wearing jeans in an ad..very amusing...

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Must be sad. The zeitgeist has turned 180 degrees but they haven't noticed that they no longer have relevance or power.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 10:27 PM (hY4dx)

I don't agree that they no longer have power. But it's clearly on the wane. Hopefully it continues to fade.

Posted by: Otto Pen at August 06, 2025 10:38 PM (sJHOI)

102 Posted by: Called His MIL A Hippopotamus at August 06, 2025 10:28 PM (G5+As)

Every time he mentioned her, you saw a hippo bounding across Africa.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 06, 2025 10:38 PM (0eaVi)

103 >>> 96 Bragging rites, the TXMoMe has had CBD, Mis Hum, Weird Dave, Weasel, Perfessor Squirrel , TRexand and Doof all in the same place at the same time. Guest contributors Pete Bog and Piper are included.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 10:35 PM (HFcKg)

This year will be the *tenth consecutive* TX MoMee.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 10:38 PM (ULPxl)

104 97 I don't want any of those French just walking in like they own the place (provided there are any French left by then)

Posted by: Orson at August 06, 2025 10:36 PM
***
Will save CBD the trouble of a flight home then...

Posted by: TRex - le long walk at August 06, 2025 10:39 PM (IQ6Gq)

105 Can't wait to see you, Helena Handbasket!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 06, 2025 10:39 PM (D6+4s)

106 96 Bragging rites, the TXMoMe has had CBD, Mis Hum, Weird Dave, Weasel, Perfessor Squirrel , TRexand and Doof all in the same place at the same time. Guest contributors Pete Bog and Piper are included.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025

And we all look exactly like you think we do!

Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 10:40 PM (IUV3m)

107 I could have used that track chart two winters ago. Found some tracks I knew were feline, but seemed too big for a barn cat (too wide).

It turned out to be a Lynx, which I got a look at the following day. Apparently, the geniuses in upstate NY released about 90 of them into the wild the year before, and no one considered that Lynx have HUGE territories (something like 800 sq. miles). So, they were exploring bordering states, including my homestead.

Posted by: Orson at August 06, 2025 10:40 PM (dIske)

108 This year will be the *tenth consecutive* TX MoMee.
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Maybe Ace will repel out of a helicopter on disco night.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 06, 2025 10:41 PM (kpS4V)

109 Joe Cocker is wrong. You cannot leave your hat on indoors. Especially in the military.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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You should, if you're under arms, that is, you have a gun or sword.
Think of the song and use your imagination.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 06, 2025 10:41 PM (rDpR/)

110 LadyL!!!

There will be several beverages consumed.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 10:42 PM (ULPxl)

111 I know that squirrel...I hear he's a professor...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 06, 2025 10:42 PM (xcxpd)

112 110 LadyL!!!

There will be several beverages consumed.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 10:42 PM (ULPxl)

For certain-sure!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 06, 2025 10:43 PM (D6+4s)

113 >>> 108 This year will be the *tenth consecutive* TX MoMee.
----

Maybe Ace will repel out of a helicopter on disco night.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 06, 2025 10:41 PM (kpS4V)

I thought Ewoks dropped from trees.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 10:43 PM (ULPxl)

114 I'm sorry you're stepping down, Perfessor. Thanks for your time on the book thread.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 06, 2025 10:43 PM (xcxpd)

115 Our long national nightmare is over.

Thank you, Sydney.

https://tinyurl.com/5h592p45

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2025 10:43 PM (viF8m)

116 I am so honored and blessed by God to be among the Moron Horde.
COBs do come and go and we are blessed to have our ONT crew carry on the torches lit by the COBs that came before them.
I do look forward to returning to the Sunday Morning Book Thread in the future.
Keep reading!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 10:09

And the Horde was honored and blessed by your contributions my dear Mr Squirrel. Thanks for all you've done and we look forward to your continued participation here.

God bless you, folks like you make AOS what it is...well and that Ace guy contributes too.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 06, 2025 10:43 PM (55Qr6)

117 I'm guessing Russiagate and related inquiries will take some time to "line up" the Grand Jury and evidence, and that Pencil Neck will be the first charge.

Posted by: Fastly Strokewater at August 06, 2025 10:44 PM (H/u99)

118 Every time he mentioned her, you saw a hippo bounding across Africa.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

And we all know how dangerous a hippo is in both water and on land.

Posted by: Sunshine Biscuits at August 06, 2025 10:44 PM (G5+As)

119 I will tellyou that Cow Horse Queen has the floor to give a recap of these ten years.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 10:44 PM (HFcKg)

120 Really enjoyed the Joe Cocker video. That dude had an amazing voice. An awful lot of the great ones from my youth are gone now.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 06, 2025 10:45 PM (Lo97M)

121 Our own sun will have burned itself out (more or less--it's complicated) in 5 billion years or so.

What's the worry? We'll be long gone by then.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Only 5 billion?!? Won't someone think of our two-hundred-million-times-great grandchildren?!?

Posted by: mikeski at August 06, 2025 10:45 PM (DgGvY)

122 >>> 119 I will tell you that Cow Horse Queen has the floor to give a recap of these ten years.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 10:44 PM (HFcKg)

Uh oh.

It wasn't me! You can't prove anything!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 10:47 PM (ULPxl)

123 Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2025 10:43 PM (viF8m)
_________________________

Man, I gotta tell ya. I did the Greek life thing in college, and I can't remember any of the sororities looking that good. Not even after an entire evening of adult libations.

Posted by: Orson at August 06, 2025 10:49 PM (dIske)

124 The squirrel pants are a hoot

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 06, 2025 10:49 PM (w3u3d)

125 Portuguese, but it sounds a bit like Russian (especially if you've only heard movie accents), thus the running joke at her place.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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It's the "jz' sound, which is common in Slavic languages.

Otherwise, it sounds like Castilian Spanish to me.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 06, 2025 10:50 PM (rDpR/)

126 Alpha Chi Omega
- > Find Your Forever
---

there are no fat girls in this video

https://tinyurl.com/mv2w9exe

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 10:50 PM (GYoMn)

127 And the chick who snatched up that dealers name was clever. I'll bet she can get more than the cost of her repo'd car for it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
==

New car every year. Top of the line. Alll options. No docs fees. Fed and State taxes by dealer.

Sweeten the pot for the Dealer - they get first bid at buyback. All taxes and fees again by dealer.

... Fully transferble until the last living heir to Queen Elizabeth dies.

They can take and dissolvebefore the first vehicle is delivered.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 06, 2025 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)

128 And the squirrel still has his hat on....

Posted by: The Grateful at August 06, 2025 10:51 PM (IQ6Gq)

129 the cosmos will start to die in just 10 billion years.

Not my problem. Even if it's over in 10 million years, not my problem. Even if it over in 1000 years, not my problem...

And technically, if its over in the year 2100, still not my problem.

Posted by: Meatloaf at August 06, 2025 10:51 PM (ynpvh)

130 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 06, 2025 10:51 PM (icvE4)

131 Japanese culture is interesting but repulsive. A society where losing your job brings so much shame that it makes sense to disappear and start over under a new identity, even if it means abandoning your wife and children, is trash. Verdict: not nuked enough.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 06, 2025 10:51 PM (CzMNg)

132 >Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2025 10:43 PM (viF8m)
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Thank you. I enjoyed that clip very much.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 06, 2025 10:53 PM (AOsQT)

133 115 Our long national nightmare is over.

Thank you, Sydney.

https://tinyurl.com/5h592p45
Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2025 10:43 PM (viF8m)

God, I miss being in college...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 06, 2025 10:53 PM (xcxpd)

134 131 Japanese culture is interesting but repulsive. A society where losing your job brings so much shame that it makes sense to disappear and start over under a new identity, even if it means abandoning your wife and children, is trash. Verdict: not nuked enough.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 06, 2025 10:51 PM (CzMNg)

But extra cute, super adorable dogs!

Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 10:53 PM (IUV3m)

135 68- It's probably much more difficult nowadays to disappear and set up a new life elsewhere. The government has more ways of keeping track of you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 10:26 PM

Unless you're an illegal migrant!

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 06, 2025 10:53 PM (rbKZ6)

136 Man, I gotta tell ya. I did the Greek life thing in college, and I can't remember any of the sororities looking that good. Not even after an entire evening of adult libations.
Posted by: Orson at August 06, 2025 10:49 PM

Washington State University in 19mumble mumble. The KKGs were hawt!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 06, 2025 10:53 PM (W/lyH)

137 Good night, friends!

Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 10:53 PM (IUV3m)

138 >>Man, I gotta tell ya. I did the Greek life thing in college, and I can't remember any of the sororities looking that good. Not even after an entire evening of adult libations.

We had one. It was an Animal House type look. All the girls were impecably dressed, hair, make up, they must have spent more on their look than they did on tuition.

We were on the other end of the social spectrum.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2025 10:54 PM (viF8m)

139
It wasn't me! You can't prove anything!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 10:47 PM (ULPxl)

Uhhhh... I think it WAS you, and I gave pictures!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 06, 2025 10:56 PM (D6+4s)

140 Every time they complain, her chest grows an inch.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That's God punishing her enemies.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 06, 2025 10:57 PM (0Htd1)

141 Evening, TRex and ONT Horde! Back from Wing Nite. I prefer the original Batmobile.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2025 10:57 PM (kaqWV)

142 And we all know how dangerous a hippo is in both water and on land.
Posted by: Sunshine Biscuits at August 06, 2025 10:44 PM (G5+As)

Blood will flow!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 06, 2025 10:57 PM (0eaVi)

143 Wife and I had the pleasure of meeting the Perfessor in Texas a few years ago. very much a gentleman, which is weird, when you think about it.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, Got a Ton of Boring Stories at August 06, 2025 10:58 PM (0aYVJ)

144 Squirrel Nur Zippers...I didn't think anyone remembered them...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 06, 2025 10:06 PM (L9kkv)

Trou Macacq is a wonderful song

Posted by: Kindltot at August 06, 2025 10:58 PM (rbvCR)

145 A story goes like this: a man named Norihiro is fired and loses his job as an engineer but, covered with shame, prefers not to tell his family.

He should become a male stripper, like in The Full Monty. Although in Japan, I guess it would be the full Noriko.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 06, 2025 11:00 PM (MZ+PY)

146
And we all know how dangerous a hippo is in both water and on land.
Posted by: Sunshine Biscuits

________

We talking about Lizzo or Stacey Abrams?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 11:01 PM (kkTda)

147 Please bring back the Chess problems. Those were vert enjoyable to figure out.

That's my one request.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at August 06, 2025 11:01 PM (89Sog)

148
A story goes like this: a man named Norihiro is fired and loses his job as an engineer but, covered with shame, prefers not to tell his family.

___________

We knew of someone like that, the husband of a noted Borzoi breeder. He lost his job and pretended he was still employed until all their money ran out, at which point he shot himself.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 11:04 PM (kkTda)

149 I finally put away my chess board with the last problem on it, covered in dust, a few months ago.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 06, 2025 11:04 PM (EXyHK)

150 I am not seeing why the heifer who didn't pay her car note is a heroine for harassing the company who were not paid for their property.

Also, speaking of the Book Thread ( great to see you Perfesser!) and disappearing, Thomas Perry has a great series about a woman who helps people disappear. The Jane Whitefield series. Haven't read the last 2 but thoroughly enjoyed the first several.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 06, 2025 11:04 PM (Ezs10)

151 My brother had an apartment on Boggs Ave for a while. It was fine 25 years ago. Not now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 06, 2025 11:04 PM (dR6yv)

152 Portuguese, but it sounds a bit like Russian (especially if you've only heard movie accents), thus the running joke at her place.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 10:27 PM (ULPxl)

I worked with a Brazilian lady (I am Sicilian she used to say) who I would ask to say "moose and squirrel". It was she who made me realize that Gru from Despicable me has a Portuguese accent

Posted by: Kindltot at August 06, 2025 11:04 PM (rbvCR)

153 If we are setting up a monthly Book Thread schedule I can volunteer! Maybe get one semi-permanent Nerf Herder (with keys, demi-platinum membership) and lots of Special Guests. Very special. Inside helmet special.

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at August 06, 2025 11:05 PM (xvXg6)

154 One thing I miss is OM's Who Dis pics. I believe it was he who posted a pic of Irene Ryan (Granny Clampett). A very attractive lady, she was.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, Got a Ton of Boring Stories at August 06, 2025 11:06 PM (0aYVJ)

155 And the chick who snatched up that dealers name was clever. I'll bet she can get more than the cost of her repo'd car for it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 06, 2025 10:29 PM (RDv4Q)

I think they call that "cybersquatting". She needs a good beating.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2025 11:06 PM (kaqWV)

156 God, I miss being in college...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 06, 2025 10:53

Yes, me too Mark. Those were some good times...growing up was at times fun and sometimes bewildering.

What I don't miss are the dreams I had for yrs about a final the next day for a class I didn't know I had all semester. Just mentioned that to someone the other day and they had the same. Loads of folks have.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 06, 2025 11:06 PM (55Qr6)

157 Yes! Let Sabrina do the book thread!

Tell CBD you're interested. He's looking for volunteers.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 06, 2025 11:07 PM (kpS4V)

158 152 It was she who made me realize that Gru from Despicable me has a Portuguese accent

Posted by: Kindltot at August 06, 2025 11:04 PM
***
And the Minions are a mix of gibberish and words from all different languages. French and Japanese especially. Banana!

Posted by: TRex - definitely not stealing the moon at August 06, 2025 11:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

159 96 BenHad
No brag, just fact🤪
I love you all....and these guyz too!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 06, 2025 11:08 PM (L9kkv)

160 134 131 Japanese culture is interesting but repulsive. A society where losing your job brings so much shame that it makes sense to disappear and start over under a new identity, even if it means abandoning your wife and children, is trash. Verdict: not nuked enough.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 06, 2025 10:51 PM (CzMNg)
______________________________

Picture this. 6'6" white guy walking down Omotesando Str. in Tokyo. I felt like I was in the zoo. Easily a full foot taller than the average resident. People stopped and stared. Others walked right along side me so others could snap photos. I had a wonderful time. Great food...excellent shops...friendly demeanor (perhaps a bit stand offish). But, wow, while we would take someone a little eclectic with a grain of salt and not make a scene...they go out of their way to point, stare and follow. Kind of creepy in a sheltered sort of way.

Posted by: Orson at August 06, 2025 11:08 PM (dIske)

161
God, I miss being in college...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 06, 2025 10:53

__________

The only good years of school I had were 6th, 12th and my senior year. Everything else was awful.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 11:08 PM (kkTda)

162
Every year, nearly 100,000 Japanese people voluntarily disappear to get rid of their past and start anew. Men, women, entire families try to start a new life under another identity, as stowaways. This phenomenon, which we call "evaporation," or jouhatsu.

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I don't blame him that he run and hid
But the meanest thing he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me Sue.

Posted by: Boy Named Sue at August 06, 2025 11:09 PM (QwK6F)

163 We talking about Lizzo or Stacey Abrams?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
--------

It's been a while, but the mention of Stacey Abrams triggers the Stephen Maturin quote:

'The most unromantic beast that ever urged its squat thick bulk across the face of the protesting earth'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2025 11:09 PM (XeU6L)

164 >>> 157 Yes! Let Sabrina do the book thread!

Tell CBD you're interested. He's looking for volunteers.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 06, 2025 11:07 PM (kpS4V)

Yes please.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 06, 2025 11:10 PM (ULPxl)

165 First time I went to Mass in Macau it knocked my socks off. Portuguese absolutely sounds Slavic. Brazilian Portuguese is much softer.

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at August 06, 2025 11:12 PM (TJHJC)

166 I am not seeing why the heifer who didn't pay her car note is a heroine for harassing the company who were not paid for their property.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 06, 2025 11:04 PM (Ezs10)

I don't either. If she was approved for a loan, then why didn't she pay the dealer. Usual the money goes straight to them. Worked that way when I bought a car last year. Maybe there's something else we don't know.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 06, 2025 11:14 PM (0eaVi)

167 150 I am not seeing why the heifer who didn't pay her car note is a heroine for harassing the company who were not paid for their property.

According to the story, that's not what happened. She was approved for a loan, allowed to take the car off the lot, then the decided it didn't have enough info to make the loan, so the dealership repossessed the car a month later. No other details about the circumstances of the repossession are stated, though the story maybe implies the car was repossessed without notice. The details may matter. I'm ambivalent at present.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 06, 2025 11:15 PM (CzMNg)

168
I don't blame him that he run and hid
But the meanest thing he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me Sue.
Posted by: Boy Named Sue
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Merits a little more:

Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down, but to my surprise,
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2025 11:16 PM (XeU6L)

169 A night time book thread and I have been working to much to read a page all week

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 11:17 PM (+qU29)

170 Classy Freddie Blassie, HOF manager and wrestler, wrestled for years in Japan, taking the title from their beloved champion, leaving him a bloody mess. He was despised throughout the country, but people also were awed and feared him. Folks would follow him from a distance, he would hide around the corner of buildings, then jump out to scare them.

Posted by: Mr. Saito at August 06, 2025 11:18 PM (G5+As)

171 You know what you never saw? Batman backing the Batmobile into the Batcave so he and Robin could jump in and tear out onto the road.

I also always wondered how they changed clothes while sliding down the Batpole.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 06, 2025 11:19 PM (eStot)

172 TRUTH NOW@sxdoc . 5h
WOW They Finally Woke Up!
Don’t Screw Around With Our DNA !

HHS Says mRNA Vaxxes More Dangerous Than Traditional, Robert F. Kennedy Jr Halts $500M in mRNA Funding
...
The department is moving to invest in better solutions that mimic natural immunity. Traditional methods like whole-virus vaccines offer proven durability unlike mRNA

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 11:19 PM (cEVKd)

173 @Orson, my nephew is about your size and went to college in Hong Kong. Got a job right away stocking shelves.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 06, 2025 11:20 PM (eStot)

174 According to the story, that's not what happened. She was approved for a loan, allowed to take the car off the lot, then the decided it didn't have enough info to make the loan, so the dealership repossessed the car a month later. No other details about the circumstances of the repossession are stated, though the story maybe implies the car was repossessed without notice. The details may matter. I'm ambivalent at present.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 06, 2025 11:15 PM (CzMNg)

If she hadn't been dinged for a loan payment over the course of that month, she should have called the dealer and asked, "wazzup?"

My guess is that there is something hinky about her financial situation in general, and that's why the lender got cold feet.

Maybe should should have set her sights a little lower, and shopped for a ten year old car, for a lot less money.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2025 11:21 PM (kaqWV)

175 If she hadn't been dinged for a loan payment over the course of that month, she should have called the dealer and asked, "wazzup?"

My guess is that there is something hinky about her financial situation in general, and that's why the lender got cold feet.

Maybe should should have set her sights a little lower, and shopped for a ten year old car, for a lot less money.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2025 11:21 PM (kaqWV)

She may not have even had a payment due within the first 30 days. That's not uncommon.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 06, 2025 11:22 PM (CzMNg)

176 Granted Japan is a large island, but it is a Island so how far can you go?

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 11:22 PM (+qU29)

177 173 @Orson, my nephew is about your size and went to college in Hong Kong. Got a job right away stocking shelves.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 06, 2025 11:20 PM (eStot)
_____________________________

Heh...my cousin (taller and quite a bit wider than I) married a woman from China, and went back to visit her family. He enjoyed it very much, but he was made to feel like an oddity (which, arguably, he is). He said that the local police used to follow him around (obviously because he was an American), but also for crowd control.

Posted by: Orson at August 06, 2025 11:23 PM (dIske)

178 Classy Freddie Blassie, HOF manager and wrestler…

Is this the same guy who had at least one hit on the Doctor Demento show? (Hard to believe the Doctor is only now retiring.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 06, 2025 11:23 PM (EXyHK)

179
We knew of someone like that, the husband of a noted Borzoi breeder. He lost his job and pretended he was still employed until all their money ran out, at which point he shot himself.

---------

See? At least he had a plan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 11:23 PM (dDmld)

180 133 115 Our long national nightmare is over.

Thank you, Sydney.

https://tinyurl.com/5h592p45
Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2025 10:43 PM (viF8m)

God, I miss being in college...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 06, 2025 10:53 PM (xcxpd)

I HAD A BLAST! Independently, not in Greek life. I lasted a whopping 2wks, to my father's dismay, at a well known Deep South university. I had my own room because I told him dorm life was horrible and I could not study. All I remember is the girls all going wild during rush. Discussing they went out with a, "Pike" who drove a Porche." I was bewildered, and could have pledged Tri Delta or something (my aunt). Then my weird friend left and so did I. Had 2yrs of community college prior, and just did not get the deal of Greek life.

Drove home, about 3hrs, and I hope I called my parents to warn them, but probably not. My father was dismayed and said, "You lost 20% of tuition money doing this." I said, "That's not too bad, Daddy."

I did finally finish and become a RN elsewhere. This involved moving out of state and more $$$. Surprised he did not offer a dowry to anyone. Loved my husband.

It is a wonder I lived another day.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 06, 2025 11:24 PM (6PCLE)

181 A belated thanks to The Perfessor and his contributions. Well done.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 06, 2025 11:25 PM (mH6SG)

182 I HAD A BLAST! Independently, not in Greek life. I lasted a whopping 2wks, to my father's dismay, at a well known Deep South university. I had my own room because I told him dorm life was horrible and I could not study. All I remember is the girls all going wild during rush.

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But the pillow fights. What about the pillow fights?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 11:26 PM (dDmld)

183 Now, Dr. X (Dick Beyer) had a completely different experience in Japan than Blassie. Dr. X also defeated the Japanese champ, but did so honorably and did not cheat. He was revered in Japan right up until his death. Dr. X was awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, which is their highest civilan award for a foreigner. The band Blondie were big Dr. X fans.

Posted by: Professor Toru Tanaka at August 06, 2025 11:26 PM (G5+As)

184 I also always wondered how they changed clothes while sliding down the Batpole.

I expect at least one, and probably several, issues of the comic illustrated the mechanics of how this was accomplished in detail.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 06, 2025 11:28 PM (EXyHK)

185 Otherwise, it sounds like Castilian Spanish to me.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 06, 2025 10:50 PM (rDpR/)

Portuguese speakers generally understand Spanish, though it sounds dull. Spanish speakers do not understand Portuguese, and often cannot understand Portuguese accented Spanish because there are simply too many phonemes for a Spanish speaker to get his head around. Especially the variety of voiced labio-palate consonants and nasal diphthongs. Spanish is a formalized language that was developed to unite the Iberian peninsula under Castile, whereas Portuguese is a vulgate Latin that kinda 'growed' the way that English did.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 06, 2025 11:28 PM (rbvCR)

186 I also always wondered how they changed clothes while sliding down the Batpole.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 06, 2025 11:19 PM (eStot)

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I suppose you also wondered who upgraded the Batcomputer to Windows ME.

Whoever he was, HE'S FIRED

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 11:29 PM (dDmld)

187 Japan is quite a bit smaller than California

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 11:29 PM (+qU29)

188 There's 'johautsu' and then there is Kazuko Fukuda.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 06, 2025 11:29 PM (xXxgc)

189 Thought the Batmobile was on a turntable, like the old railroad roundhouse.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 11:29 PM (cEVKd)

190 178 Classy Freddie Blassie, HOF manager and wrestler…

Is this the same guy who had at least one hit on the Doctor Demento show? (Hard to believe the Doctor is only now retiring.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

"Pencil-Necked Geek" was a hit Blassie recording. That one?

Posted by: WWF Lore at August 06, 2025 11:29 PM (G5+As)

191 You go to da box, you know, two minutes, you feel shame, den you get out.

Posted by: Archer at August 06, 2025 11:30 PM (IDphi)

192 "Pencil-Necked Geek" was a hit Blassie recording. That one?

That is the one I remember.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 06, 2025 11:31 PM (EXyHK)

193 We knew of someone like that, the husband of a noted Borzoi breeder. He lost his job and pretended he was still employed until all their money ran out, at which point he shot himself.
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See? At least he had a plan.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 11:23

Cicero, may I sincerely say it is sick f*ckers like you that make me keep coming back and laugh out loud. TY

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 06, 2025 11:31 PM (55Qr6)

194 Ok. You all are getting way to smart for me now....
I better move on. Some other Moron can take my usual table, but understand it's tippy, so bring a matchbook for one of the feet.
Good night sweet Horde.

“O bed! O bed! Delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.” ― Thomas Hood

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 06, 2025 11:32 PM (L9kkv)

195 You know what you never saw? Batman backing the Batmobile into the Batcave so he and Robin could jump in and tear out onto the road.

I also always wondered how they changed clothes while sliding down the Batpole.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 06, 2025 11:19 PM (eStot)

They didn't need to back in. There was a huge circular plate in the floor that rotated. They pulled in, the plate rotated, and the car was now oriented the right way for launch. Hmm, I wonder if I got room in the garage for one of those.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 11:33 PM (snZF9)

196 181 A belated thanks to The Perfessor and his contributions. Well done.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 06, 2025 11:25 PM
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Mr. Deal!! Good evening.

Posted by: TRex - been a while at August 06, 2025 11:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

197 But the pillow fights. What about the pillow fights?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 11:26 PM (dDmld)

Nah. I was a fake hippie in dress style. Very long hair with very little make-up. Cool clothes. This other deal did not compute.

The same year my aunt and grandmother asked if I wanted to be a debutante. I am pretty sure I did not say, "Oh, hell no!" to these Southern ladies, but I was thinking it and said, "No, thank you." Bless them.

I was not cut out for females in large numbers. At all. Somehow my parents put up with me, even during my dingbat years of horror. I loved them enough I did not mess up too badly.

The letters I sent home are hilarious.Mother saved them. One talked about "everyone having sexual tension!" I had no idea what on earth I was talking about, and heaven knows they did not read this at dinner as my youngest brother was only 5yrs old! I think I was yapping about a patient in the health clinic who was depressed over a boyfriend. I am glad she saved them.

I was completely unhinged but a good girl at the same time. The envelopes show them ripped opened by my father in a frenzy. I know he was thinking, "Oh, what fresh hell is this?"

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 06, 2025 11:35 PM (6PCLE)

198 And the Minions are a mix of gibberish and words from all different languages. French and Japanese especially. Banana!
Posted by: TRex - definitely not stealing the moon at August 06, 2025 11:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

My wife is Korean. I once took her to the airport for a flight with two of her childhood friends. At one point they started a tussle over a suitcase, pulling it back and forth, squabbling over whether it would fit in an overhead space.

"they are Minions" I said to myself watching the chaos, trying to neither start laughing or shake my head in horror.
we are so lucky none of them had explosives training.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 06, 2025 11:36 PM (rbvCR)

199 Alpha Chi Omega, featured at the start of that video, was my mother’s sorority and my sister’s. My mother helped found the chapter at then Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas. She brought it from Brenau College in Georgia, which she attended her freshman year. My sister later joined that same chapter at Texas Tech University.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 06, 2025 11:36 PM (pzV54)

200 BTW

Thanks T for the animal and bat IDs 🦬🐷🐾🦖(TRex)🐞...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 06, 2025 11:37 PM (L9kkv)

201 They didn't need to back in. There was a huge circular plate in the floor that rotated. They pulled in, the plate rotated, and the car was now oriented the right way for launch. Hmm, I wonder if I got room in the garage for one of those.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Wouldn't be hard to build a turntable. I'm sure AOP has all the parts on hand. And definitely the brain to put it together.

Posted by: Turn, Turn, Turn... at August 06, 2025 11:37 PM (G5+As)

202 The universe may start dying in just 10 billion years, alarming new model predicts

*********

Oh my goodness! That really gave me a start. I thought you said 10 million years!!!

Whew.

Posted by: muldoon at August 06, 2025 11:37 PM (poXs5)

203 ""I also always wondered how they changed clothes while sliding down the Batpole.""

The bigger question is why didn't bat girl have a pole. If anybody should have been on a pole it was her.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 11:38 PM (snZF9)

204 192 "Pencil-Necked Geek" was a hit Blassie recording. That one?

That is the one I remember.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 06, 2025 11:31 PM (EXyHK)
________________________________

I used to listen to the Dr. Demento radio show every Sunday night, and Freddie Blassie tunes were a regular installment...along with Prof. Tom Lehrer, Barnes & Barnes (Fish heads song), Ray Stevens, Ogden Edsl etc.

Posted by: Orson at August 06, 2025 11:38 PM (dIske)

205 On the animal tracks chart, the Dickfor was missed.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at August 06, 2025 11:40 PM (elaR+)

206 10 million, 10 billion, all in due time.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 06, 2025 11:40 PM (pzV54)

207 I had multiple people say to me, "Dave you got to hear this song, this is you". I'm not sure what they were tying to say, but they were right.

Posted by: javems at August 06, 2025 11:41 PM (8I4hW)

208 You scared the wits out of me with the Pimp Squirrel pic and the ode to the Perfessor. I didn't know he retired from the book thread. I'm just happy that he just retired from it and nothing else. THANK YOU, PERFESSOR, FOR YEARS OF READING ENJOYMENT!

6:40AM here at our northern Israel vacation home. Gotta go out. One post for now. Have a look at Bad Blue's Substack Top 20. Mainly one topic. People need to be hanged - starting yesterday:

https://tinyurl.com/mj9cnrz6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 06, 2025 11:42 PM (NGwt8)

209 204 Barnes & Barnes (Fish heads song)
Posted by: Orson at August 06, 2025 11:38 PM
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The fish heads song made an appearance in last Saturday's Hobby Thread. The theme was fishing.

Posted by: TRex - waiting for a bite at August 06, 2025 11:43 PM (IQ6Gq)

210 I'd liked to have seen Cat Woman on the pole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 06, 2025 11:44 PM (dR6yv)

211
See? At least he had a plan.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 11:23 PM (dDmld)

___________

Well, it was even more tragic. The wife, having lost everything, was injured in a car accident, became addicted to pain killers. I'm not sure she's still alive.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 11:44 PM (kkTda)

212 Thanks for the ONT, TRex. Bats - I see Bacardi in several. Cheers to you, Perfessor. Thanks for so many years of great content.

Posted by: scampydog at August 06, 2025 11:45 PM (msGYL)

213 I'd liked to have seen Cat Woman on the pole.

The Horde in chorus, "which one?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 06, 2025 11:45 PM (xXxgc)

214 I assumed thete was a change room in the middle of the top room where the bat pole started and the garage where it ended

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 11:46 PM (+qU29)

215 Might depend on the speaker, their accent or personal quirks and pronunciation, but I've never found Portuguese to resemble Russian (pretty good background in both).

The "soft" Brazilian Portuguese might be mostly a carioca accent (Rio), which adds "shh" endings to many words. Though continental Portuguese does pronounce some consonants "harder", and trills their "r"s (at least some speakers).

But this reminds me of one of the few actual headaches I've ever suffered. It was well into a brief whirlwind int'l trip with little sleep, which probably contributed.

Our group was leaving a lusophone African country, the regime's #2 was there to see the delegation off, and a poor miserable TASS TV crew was there, no translator. Friendly guys. Offered to give them a rough simultaneous translation for the regime thug. We all laughed at the situation, they loved it. But after, on the plane, headache. Still one of my favorite little episodes.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 06, 2025 11:46 PM (U/Byj)

216 212 Thanks for the ONT, TRex.
Posted by: scampydog at August 06, 2025 11:45 PM
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You're welcome Doggo. Thanks for stopping in.

Posted by: TRex - getting sleepy at August 06, 2025 11:47 PM (IQ6Gq)

217 Wouldn't be hard to build a turntable. I'm sure AOP has all the parts on hand. And definitely the brain to put it together.
Posted by: Turn, Turn, Turn... at August 06, 2025 11:37 PM (G5+As)

Problem with a turntable is all the wasted space. Even if all you do is raise and rotate the small footprint of garage floor under the car, you still have to have room to swing it. That means your parking bay has to be as wide as it is deep, with nothing impinging on it.
Locomotive roundhouses had a pivoting section of track, which coul be lined up with large number of radially-disposed bays where the locos were berthed. More efficient use of floor space.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2025 11:47 PM (kaqWV)

218 I'd liked to have seen Cat Woman on the pole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 06, 2025 11:44 PM (dR6yv)

I would have liked to see her on my frigging pole. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 11:48 PM (snZF9)

219 Neumar. Hands down.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 06, 2025 11:48 PM (dR6yv)

220 Japan is quite a bit smaller than California

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 11:29 PM (+qU29)
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/waves hello

https://tinyurl.com/39u762f2

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 06, 2025 11:48 PM (NGwt8)

221 I have to get up in 5 hours, too late for a Melatonin, but a shot of Scotch?

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 11:49 PM (+qU29)

222 Kindltot, yep, a one-way membrane between Spanish and Portuguese. When I was in Brazil I noticed all the Chileans and Argies just spoke Spanish to locals and there was no issue. Other direction? Nope. Blank stares. The Brazilian novelas (prime time soap operas), which were at the time the best in the world, had Spanish subtitles. The Mexican novelas on Brazilian TV, nothing (as I recall).

Posted by: rhomboid at August 06, 2025 11:51 PM (U/Byj)

223 too late for a Melatonin, but a shot of Scotch?

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 11:49 PM (+qU29)
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Alcohol can also act as a stimulant.

Hot milk.

OK, yuck!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 06, 2025 11:51 PM (NGwt8)

224 there are no fat girls in this video

https://tinyurl.com/mv2w9exe

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 10:50 PM (GYoMn)

Those look like the sorority girls at my college.

Posted by: Emmie at August 06, 2025 11:51 PM (FMtrg)

225 Tried to find a state about Japan's size, New Mexico is a bit smaller, California a bit bigger.
But imagine California starting 1/2 of WWII invading the Pacific Ocean countries?

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 11:52 PM (+qU29)

226 Can't think of one that deserves the honor of being shot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 06, 2025 11:53 PM (cEVKd)

227 WNBA

"God didn't make those little green dildos,
It don't rain in Indianapolis in the summer time...."

Posted by: Roger Miller at August 06, 2025 11:53 PM (smrJR)

228 I just had an interesting thought. I was wondering how the election would have turned out if Tulsi had been the democrat instead of Harris.

I think she couldn't have been worse than Kamala and probably would have done better. I still, however, think DJT was unstoppable this time around.

Posted by: 496 at August 06, 2025 11:56 PM (52+rt)

229 Cary Grant, Arsenic and Old Lace.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 06, 2025 11:56 PM (tT6L1)

230 Problem with a turntable is all the wasted space. Even if all you do is raise and rotate the small footprint of garage floor under the car, you still have to have room to swing it. That means your parking bay has to be as wide as it is deep, with nothing impinging on it.
Locomotive roundhouses had a pivoting section of track, which coul be lined up with large number of radially-disposed bays where the locos were berthed. More efficient use of floor space.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2025 11:47 PM (kaqWV)

I just want them for the harleys. Pain in the ass backing them into the garage. One is a full dresser, its 780 pounds by itself. Backing that one up is a real bastard.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 11:56 PM (snZF9)

231 REPORT:

Angel Reese Clears the air after her viral paycheck comparison with WNBA Reporters 💵

After her comment — “Y’all make $1,400 a week… I make $1,400 in 7 days” — made waves online, Reese clarified that her statement was misleading and didn’t reflect what she actually said. “They twisted it,” she posted. “Let me be clear. Y'all make $1400 a week, I make $200 a day".

😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 11:57 PM (iU+/7)

232 "God didn't make those little green dildos,
It don't rain in Indianapolis in the summer time...."
Posted by: Roger Miller at August 06, 2025 11:53 PM (smrJR)

Dill dough. Te-ray-sa's money that bought Jon Carry's yacht.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2025 11:58 PM (kaqWV)

233 A say 8 foot round turntable should be doable

Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 11:59 PM (+qU29)

234
I'd liked to have seen Cat Woman on the pole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 06, 2025 11:44 PM (dR6yv)

Julie Newmar was about 6' tall, and a trained dancer.

Posted by: Arbalest at August 06, 2025 11:59 PM (FlRtG)

235
Angel Reese Clears the air after her viral paycheck comparison with WNBA Reporters 💵

After her comment — “Y’all make $1,400 a week… I make $1,400 in 7 days” — made waves online, Reese clarified that her statement was misleading and didn’t reflect what she actually said. “They twisted it,” she posted. “Let me be clear. Y'all make $1400 a week, I make $200 a day".

😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 11:57 PM (iU+/7)

(yoda voice)
yeeeuus, school of higher learning that one is.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 11:59 PM (snZF9)

236 her comment — “Y’all make $1,400 a week… I make $1,400 in 7 days” — made waves online, Reese clarified that her statement was misleading and didn’t reflect what she actually said. “They twisted it,” she posted. “Let me be clear. Y'all make $1400 a week, I make $200 a day".

😂😂😂
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 11:57 PM (iU+/7)

She doesn't make shots and she is overpaid, also Stoopid.

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 07, 2025 12:00 AM (WF/xn)

237 Julie Newmar was about 6' tall, and a trained dancer.

Posted by: Arbalest at August 06, 2025 11:59 PM (FlRtG)

She was exquisite.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 07, 2025 12:00 AM (snZF9)

238
I'd liked to have seen Cat Woman on the pole.

I saw Cat Women of the Moon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 07, 2025 12:00 AM (63Dwl)

239 there are no fat girls in this video

https://tinyurl.com/mv2w9exe

Those yellow outfits are hideous. They are just going to have to do their dance routines again without them on...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2025 12:01 AM (t0Rmr)

240 If we take standard marxist thought why are the girls in the WNBA paid at all to play a game? Their are dignity canals to clear and gold mines in the tundra to dig.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2025 12:03 AM (t0Rmr)

241 Wow, plenty of content! Love the doggos especially!

Thanks, TRex.

Thanks also to Perfessor Squirrel! I have more books than I'll ever get around to reading, thanks to various inheritances. Maybe should dust off the shelves & send a picture someday. Lots of dry, technical reads but also a few classics.

Posted by: JQ at August 07, 2025 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

242 In high school, I used to listen to Dr. Demento on the radio on Sunday evenings. I had a couple of friends who also listened, and sometimes we'd record the show and listen to it later. Before that, there was a somewhat odd kid down the block whose family had a bunch of records by Tom Lehrer, Spike Jones, and Allan Sherman among others.

Posted by: PabloD at August 07, 2025 12:05 AM (134SI)

243 That video was filled with nice looking young ladies

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2025 12:05 AM (+qU29)

244 Well after midnight so should do my daily suduko then just lay here until the alarm goes off.

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2025 12:07 AM (+qU29)

245 Car spindle in the center of the disk with ball bearings around the perimeter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2025 12:11 AM (cEVKd)

246 Speaking of cats, I've got one sore left hand right now. It's a stray that's in the process of taking up with us. Been several weeks. Well, this afternoon I went to feed him some cat treats. The smell really excited him, and he bit the hand that fed him so eager to get his chompers on them.

Well, knowing that cat bites are little needles that inject some nasty bacteria deep under the skin, I figured I just go to urgent care -- it was too late to go to my regular doc.

Wrote me a script from Augmentin (AMox-clav). I'm glad I did. This sucker is swollen and sore like a mofo.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2025 12:12 AM (w6EFb)

247 When I think of hand injuries and possible infections, I think of my father in the late '80s. He was replacing a bearing on a grain dryer, working in some nasty rotten grain shit (it had rained and we the little bit of whatever was still in the bottom). He punctured the heel of his hand -- didn't bleed and he didn't think anything of it.

That was a Friday afternoon. By Saturday afternoon, it was getting sore. By Sunday afternoon, it was really sore, and really red. My mother told him lets go to the ER. He said, naw, not for something dinky like this, I'll just to the doc in the morning.

Well, he got there at around 9AM. It was funny. As my father told it, the doc came in, looked at his hand, and just sort of mumbled to himself, "Mmmmm-hmmmm......yep." He picked up a wall phone to the desk and told whoever it was to meet him up front....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2025 12:13 AM (w6EFb)

248 It will (hopefully!) stay cool tomorrow. My truck is full of bagged mulch & I need to unload it before going to help a friend pick up her much-needed new lawnmower... Girls gotta help each other when the men get old & sick!

Ugh. Hate getting up *early* LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 07, 2025 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

249
So, Daddy was just sitting there, and the doc walks back in. Huh?

Doc said, matter of factly, well, let's go, I'm taking you to the hospital.

Daddy was like "Wait, what! I'm not ready, I need to clean up and shave....what about the car?"

Doc said, "You're about *this close* to losing that hand if not your lower arm, now get your ass in the car with me. He ended up having a the receptionist take him, because something else came up, but he was going to drive my father to the hospital himself. He told the receptionist to shoot Daddy if protested or tried anything.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2025 12:16 AM (w6EFb)

250 Today I picked blackberries and made another batch of jam, and then I cut up apples for the fruit dryer.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 07, 2025 12:17 AM (rbvCR)

251 Holy moly, publius! Glad your daddy had a great doc!

Posted by: JQ at August 07, 2025 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

252 Glad that YOU had the sense to go to urgent care, publius!

Posted by: JQ at August 07, 2025 12:19 AM (rdVOm)

253
That resulted in maybe 4 days in the hospital. The infection had gotten in the tendon sheaths of his wrists. They had to open his arm up from the middle of his hand about half way up toward his elbow.

It was a mess. They were worried he was going to lose function in his hand, and had to do physical therapy for a good while.

That's what raging infection can do when it gets out of control

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2025 12:21 AM (w6EFb)

254 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 07, 2025 12:22 AM (bss/y)

255
About 80% of cat bites that break the skin -- their little teeth penetrating will get infected. It's some nasty bacteria, the name I forget. Cat bites are notorious for this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2025 12:22 AM (w6EFb)

256 Greetings Everyone

Just jumping in to say Bronson Caves parking lot is also the jumping off point for the Hollywood Sign / Mt Lee hike which I've done several times, most recently this past April or May. Got soaked by a very uncharacteristic for L.A. late spring rain!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 07, 2025 12:23 AM (QGaXH)

257 Pasteurella ? SP ?

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 07, 2025 12:25 AM (WF/xn)

258 Pasteurella, that's it

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 07, 2025 12:27 AM (WF/xn)

259 Did someone say Julie Newmar? Stupifyin'

https://youtu.be/QPzvv2v2keI

Posted by: mindful webworker - weapon of mass construction at August 07, 2025 12:27 AM (fbQVn)

260 >> Pasteurella, that's it

That's it!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2025 12:27 AM (w6EFb)

261
I meant to type that 80% of cat bites that penetrate more than a bit will get infected. And it can get nasty pretty quickly. So, the antibiotics ASAP are the standard thing for any cat bite.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2025 12:29 AM (w6EFb)

262 I knew a guy, passed away now that was mauled by a mountain lion, the infection almost killed him. They had to take skin from his thigh to put his scalp back on. It was pretty hnarly

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 07, 2025 12:29 AM (WF/xn)

263 Cat bites are notorious for this.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2025 12:22 AM (w6EFb)

Taxoplasmosis?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 07, 2025 12:32 AM (bss/y)

264 Grandma Aspirin Factory made blackberry jam from all the berries the grandkids would pick. So damn good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 07, 2025 12:32 AM (dR6yv)

265 Anyone familiar with this?

Sounds like bullshito.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 07, 2025 12:34 AM (mlg/3)

266 >>>I think of my father in the late '80s. He was replacing a bearing on a grain dryer, working in some nasty rotten grain shit (it had rained and we the little bit of whatever was still in the bottom). He punctured the heel of his hand -- didn't bleed and he didn't think anything of it.
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Pressurized, aerosol, antiseptic is the ticket. There were several to choose from in the 80s. Zee Brand, they catered to corporate, was my initiation, then a brand by Mexana but slowly they went away until the last one, Dermoplast First Aid, it must be First Aid. They have three cans that are similar but First Aid is the one.

The contained antiseptics are Benezethonium & Benzocaine. -Benzocaine is an antiseptic. Can't find it on the can but the propellant is usually butane, which is also an antiseptic.

But the nut is the pressure and the use of the spray disregarding the directions. Take that puncture & force it open then put the nozzle directly on the hole & spray, spay till the medicine 'hits the spot' (the bottom) - you'll know it went it hits.

This technique not only cleans the wound it disinfects at the same time. Works on slices, dices, paper cuts all small injuries. Bandage optional

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2025 12:46 AM (cEVKd)

267 Spray can was included in all first aid kits on my trucks and help was instructed and motivated to use is liberally.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2025 12:48 AM (cEVKd)

268 55 Good time to take a minute and thank all the COBS that give so much.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 10:21 PM (HFcKg)
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Amen!

Let's hoist a tankard or two to the mighty senior COBs that keep this place running.

Like Kermit the Frog on The Muppet Show, they tamp down the insanity.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 10:22 PM (IBQGV)

:::raises mug in a toast:::

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at August 07, 2025 12:49 AM (0lzjf)

269 Cat claws and teeth are not at all clean or sanitary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2025 12:50 AM (cEVKd)

270 Well after midnight so should do my daily suduko then just lay here until the alarm goes off.
Posted by: Skip
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Fake it until you make it.
No matter if your brain is running like a hamster on a wheel loaded with cocaine, keep your eyes closed. At worst, rest that way (eyes closed) is about 60% as effective as real sleep. At best, you may well doze off -and not realize it.
- part-time insomniac

Posted by: buddhaha at August 07, 2025 12:52 AM (rDpR/)

271 And to you, Perfessor, thank you -and bless you, wherever your path is headed next.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at August 07, 2025 12:53 AM (0lzjf)

272 About 80% of cat bites that break the skin -- their little teeth penetrating will get infected. It's some nasty bacteria, the name I forget. Cat bites are notorious for this.
Posted by: publius

When I used to rehab wildlife, it was known.
Cats pierce, dogs crush. If we got in a bunny or squirrel or bird that had been cat bit, it was usually a put down. Dogs were a little more unsure.

But the piercing action was either fatal, or the resulting infection would be.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2025 12:56 AM (iU+/7)

273 Two observations: Japanese culture and the quirks thereof is a very good example that overcrowding leads to bizarre behavior in living creatures. There used to be studies showing that but they have been much more hidden since "the elites" decided that stuffing the peasants together was the best for "the elites". The other is that hating and blaming Jews for everything is kind of the core belief of Nazism like believing in Jesus is the core belief of Christianity. If you irrationally hate the Jews...you might be a Nazi...

Posted by: azjaeger at August 07, 2025 12:57 AM (3/XaG)

274 This technique not only cleans the wound it disinfects at the same time. Works on slices, dices, paper cuts all small injuries. Bandage optional
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2025 12:46 AM (cEVKd)

Thanks for that recommendation. I put my Amazon order in for two cans.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 07, 2025 01:01 AM (4REz7)

275 Hey Horde, just catching up on the events of the day. Locally, our brave lesbian governor threatens to gerrymander Massachusetts again. I can't remember the last republican congressman from this state.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 07, 2025 01:07 AM (0nHVk)

276 I might have to make room in my hiking pack for a can of that Dermoplast...

Posted by: PabloD at August 07, 2025 01:07 AM (ux+px)

277 Brazilian Portuguese sounds like backwards Swedish to me.

Posted by: mot at August 07, 2025 01:09 AM (fIPNY)

278 Speaking of Dr. Demento, for some reason the other day I thought of the Pink Burrito song "For to Keep It Clean." Found it on Youtube and it turns out that the band was R. Crumb's jug band. I never connected it, but he's the cartoonist who did the "Keep On Truckin'" cartoons with the guy who you could see the sole of one foot. So that got me down an Internet rabbit trail, and it turns out someone did a documentary of his family that took about ten years, and they were (unsurprisingly) batsh*t weird. Believe it or not, it appears he's the sanest one. I am curious, and it won all kinds of awards, but I really don't want to see it.

https://tinyurl.com/55z5f8yk

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 07, 2025 01:13 AM (eStot)

279 244 Well after midnight so should do my daily suduko then just lay here until the alarm goes off.
Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2025 12:07 AM (+qU29)

FFS, Skip, go to the doc. Get a prescription. Go the hell to sleep. You are probably very close to becoming psychotic. Next stop is the funny farm.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 07, 2025 01:14 AM (1Gsou)

280 225 Tried to find a state about Japan's size, New Mexico is a bit smaller, California a bit bigger.
But imagine California starting 1/2 of WWII invading the Pacific Ocean countries?
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 11:52 PM (+qU29)

Japan is about the size of MT.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 07, 2025 01:17 AM (ZAN7R)

281 Thanks for that recommendation. I put my Amazon order in for two cans.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Be sure and put the nozzle right up to the wound. It's the force of the spray that does the job. It's not around the area, it's focused on that one spot. Splatter will be more than you want anyway.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2025 01:19 AM (cEVKd)

282 Today we gave the funeral home the go ahead for the obituary for Ciampino.

https://tinyurl.com/CiampinoLorenzo

Posted by: Joyenz at August 07, 2025 01:20 AM (sPQoU)

283 Italian is bad enough, Portuguese is out of sight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2025 01:21 AM (cEVKd)

284 I second tcn in AK - sleep deprivation is no fun. I went through several months where I got maybe 3 hours per night at best, and it's a miracle I was able to function. Trazodone was a life-saver, and it was easy to taper off once I decided I didn't need it any longer.

Posted by: PabloD at August 07, 2025 01:23 AM (ux+px)

285 Hey Horde, just catching up on the events of the day. Locally, our brave lesbian governor threatens to gerrymander Massachusetts again. I can't remember the last republican congressman from this state.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

So the governor of a state with nine Democrat representatives and zero Republican representatives, is going to gerrymander the districts to give more of the districts to the Democrats?

I think her escalator is missing a few stairs.

Posted by: mikeski at August 07, 2025 01:26 AM (DgGvY)

286 I can’t imagine backward Swedish, but I have heard Brazilian Portuguese: on satellite from Brazil. Odd sounding, easier to read than listen to. I had to translate portions of a Brazilian Portuguese PhD dissertation for my own PhD work. Not too hard from a passible knowledge of Spanish and good understanding of French, plus a little Latin. Plus I knew what it was trying to say, when it ought to use the subjunctive, and what the equations meant, etc.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 07, 2025 01:28 AM (pzV54)

287 Heh, the refrain sung in the background of Monster Mash is: "wahoooh, tennis shoe"

A neat bit of music trivia... ;-)

Posted by: As not seen on TV at August 07, 2025 01:30 AM (Wwk0f)

288 Crumb...
I am curious, and it won all kinds of awards, but I really don't want to see it.
https://tinyurl.com/55z5f8yk
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 07, 2025 01:13

We watched it, really enjoyed it. But then Jules and I have a weird sense of humor I think.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 07, 2025 01:31 AM (55Qr6)

289 1992 Batman is best Batman symbol.

Posted by: polynikes at August 07, 2025 01:34 AM (VofaG)

290 I can’t imagine backward Swedish

Is that anything like reverse cowboy?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2025 01:34 AM (iU+/7)

291 1992 Batman is best Batman symbol.
Posted by: polynikes

It's like two hands grabbing meat curtains.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2025 01:36 AM (iU+/7)

292 Couple more hours to go

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2025 01:40 AM (+qU29)

293 Couple more hours to go
Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2025 01:40

Skip, what job are you doing today? Is it much of a drive?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 07, 2025 01:48 AM (55Qr6)

294 Tara Bull@TaraBull808

British Mother Alleges S*xuaI AssauIt by Parasail Operator During Mid-Air Ordeal in Tunisia

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 07, 2025 01:57 AM (TGPs7)

295 Well, it is midnight here, and I have become sleepy. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2025 02:01 AM (0ASg7)

296 Tara Bull@TaraBull808

British Mother Alleges S*xuaI AssauIt by Parasail Operator During Mid-Air Ordeal in Tunisia
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 07, 2025 01:57 AM (TGPs7)

In other news rain is wet. . . .

I mean, really, what did she expect? People are so naive when it comes to muzzies, it's just un-frickin'-believable.

Posted by: RickZ at August 07, 2025 02:13 AM (gKDq2)

297 Well bedtime prep is completed and the alarm is set, sweet dreams Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 07, 2025 02:25 AM (0nHVk)

298 Last!

Posted by: Reforger at August 07, 2025 02:37 AM (h5TUr)

299 Could someone tell me why republicans are keeping a crew in Washington to block Trumps recess appointments? Why isnt Trump shouting about it?

Posted by: AnnaS at August 07, 2025 02:38 AM (ANuwa)

300 But not least.

Thune does not like Trump. He is of the body. He only does things with or for Trump when he has to.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2025 02:59 AM (PB44O)

301 1 1/2 to wakeup

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2025 03:29 AM (+qU29)

302 Thune does not like Trump. He is of the body. He only does things with or for Trump when he has to.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2025 02:59

Yes indeed. I suspect these senators think of themselves as demigods. They are there for term after term and presidents are an occasional irritant that comes and goes.

It would be better to go back to state legislatures choosing them. At least they would have to advance the state's interests rather than their own on occasion.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 07, 2025 03:39 AM (55Qr6)

303 298 Last!
Posted by: Reforger at August 07, 2025 02:37 AM (h5TUr)

nuh-uh

Posted by: m at August 07, 2025 04:27 AM (aURVT)

304 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 07, 2025 04:31 AM (aURVT)

305
US military officer arrested in Texas - tried to leak data on Abrams tanks to Russia

The detainee is 22-year-old Taylor Adam Lee. According to investigators, the soldier tried to contact representatives of Russian intelligence and pass data that poses a threat to national security.

He now faces criminal charges for espionage and treason.
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Obama's not president anymore sonny.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2025 04:37 AM (PB44O)

306 It would be better to go back to state legislatures choosing them. At least they would have to advance the state's interests rather than their own on occasion.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 07, 2025 03:39 AM (55Qr6)

Instead of Senators being voted for people demanding they bring home the bacon, we'll have Senators under marching orders from profligate state legislatures to bring home the bacon and plug holes in state budgets.

If that's "advancing the state's interests", no thanks.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 07, 2025 06:40 AM (vm8sq)

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