Finally Friday Cafe

Route 66, Monument Valley, AZ

Cats are opposed to the surveillance state.

Rosie O'Donnell said The View is cancelled?!?!

A coyote was separated from his pack so he made friends with the neighborhood dogs. That's not a great situation for a coyote so they brought him to a refuge and gave him a friend.

Rescuing and rehabbing an injured owl.

A dog helps a sloth named Chuey heal up after being electrified by a power line.

Bear cub takes a dip in your hot tub.

Poppy the baby pygmy hippo goes for her first swim.

Solving the most perplexing mystery in history: What football game were they watching in Die Hard?

Guitar and parrot perform "Sultans of Swing."

Goat knows how to entice a lady.

Mild violence caution on this clip from Steve Inman: A goat shows that he's no fan of influencers or selfies. Ask permission before you photograph someone else for your stupid TikTok feed!

This guy has filled his house with secret doors and secret rooms. He's either young at heart, or a serial killer.

Flipping each other off.

A new dog moved in next door.

No matter the size,cats will be cats..🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/YhPQYFGGL7
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 11, 2025

Oregon has a tradition: The Squishing of the Squash.

Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2025 07:30 PM (+qU29)

2 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 15, 2025 07:32 PM (GhFyc)

3
Back to 90's music...

how about Matthew Sweet? Ever hear of him?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 07:32 PM (yI1fK)

4 Those cats are up to no good

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2025 07:34 PM (+qU29)

5 Video

Posted by: Accomack at August 15, 2025 07:35 PM (4WaNv)

6
Mr. Zeus (Soyara's Dragon King) was Winners Dog for a point at today's Rocky Mountain Hound Association show. He's on 9 of the 15 points he needs for his championship.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 07:35 PM (kkTda)

7 Time to get your kicks.

Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at August 15, 2025 07:35 PM (cduTK)

8 guys, I have a fan ! just loves my commentary about Russia/Ukraine!

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 07:36 PM (g47mK)

9 Route 66, Monument Valley, AZ

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When we drove that way more than twenty years ago our daughter and baby granddaughter were with us. Never to be forgotten.

Posted by: Decaf at August 15, 2025 07:36 PM (unUNN)

10 Awwww.
The dog and dolphin reminds me of a.day in Sinop Turkey walking on the beach of the Black Sea and a family of dolphins came by. They slowly swam around me a couple of times. I was about waist deep. It was a real special moment.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 15, 2025 07:37 PM (2WIwB)

11 This guy has filled his house with secret doors and secret rooms. He's either young at heart, or a serial killer.
----
Those aren't mutually exclusive.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 15, 2025 07:40 PM (IBQGV)

12 It's wild that the government sold Monument Valley to the indians so they build some crummy dam.

Posted by: wat at August 15, 2025 07:40 PM (Dk542)

13 Today was National Relaxation Day. Hopefully you all did something you find relaxing. If not, I hope I've planted an idea!

Posted by: Harvey W. at August 15, 2025 07:40 PM (0sNs1)

14 Dog can hurt a dolphin.

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 07:40 PM (g47mK)

15 The dog swimming with the dolphin, trying to get it can only be in Australia.

Posted by: Decaf at August 15, 2025 07:41 PM (unUNN)

16 Wife and I have been on that road. Route 66. But it was more toward high noon. Still, very impressive.

Posted by: MAK, Nobody Reads my Comments at August 15, 2025 07:43 PM (0aYVJ)

17
You could get the wrong idea about big cats from that video. Maybe the hiker in Tennessee who picked up a rattlesnake saw a video about adorable snakes.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 15, 2025 07:43 PM (ES1Rb)

18 Is NOT Route 66

(US 163)

Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at August 15, 2025 07:44 PM (SZLGr)

19 >>The dog and dolphin reminds me of a.day in Sinop Turkey walking on the beach of the Black Sea and a family of dolphins came by. They slowly swam around me a couple of times. I was about waist deep. It was a real special moment.

Heaven for me would be a beach like that and my Goldens and dolphins. And a lot of tennis balls.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 07:44 PM (viF8m)

20 That Rosie O'Donnell link was much better than I was expecting.

And none of the sexual temptations of that jolly hearted little minx.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.2% at August 15, 2025 07:44 PM (jvJvP)

21 Major predators on primates are big cats. Deep in our back brains, we remember this. So do the cats, even the ones curled up on the sofa.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2025 07:45 PM (rbvCR)

22 Saw "Barbarian" on HULU last week,

That guy's house is the Pee-Wee Herman version of Barbarian's endless tunnels and special rooms under his house.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2025 07:45 PM (iJfKG)

23 >>Dog can hurt a dolphin.

Not likely.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 07:46 PM (viF8m)

24 And none of the sexual temptations of that jolly hearted little minx.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.2% at August 15, 2025 07:44 PM

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Cora Segal at August 15, 2025 07:46 PM (0sNs1)

25 Today I made peach cobbler, and apple crisp for a potluck.

My kitchen smells heavenly.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2025 07:46 PM (rbvCR)

26 Trappist 1-d has been imaged. It's the Marslike in the "habitable zone" of that system around the flare star.
To no surprise, 1-d is an irradiated airless wasteland, like Mars if Mars only showed one hemisphere to its star forever.
But at least they got readings.
1-e is more hopeful.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 15, 2025 07:47 PM (gKWVE)

27 As to the big cats, afaik snowleopards and cheetahs don't attack humans.
You'd think pumas wouldn't either since they're also technically small cats like cheetahs.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 15, 2025 07:49 PM (gKWVE)

28 >>> This guy has filled his house with secret doors and secret rooms. He's either young at heart, or a serial killer.

Last room shown was a bedroom.
The actual last room was the dungeon.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 15, 2025 07:51 PM (/lPRQ)

29 so, AI is good for something. Stupid somethings, but it is good at it -- Trump and Putin in Ak

https://tinyurl.com/m92dt3sr

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2025 07:51 PM (rbvCR)

30
Ace probably listened to Natalie Merchant on his long car rides, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 07:51 PM (yI1fK)

31
Quick, trivia!

Where did Natalie Merchant originate (band) from?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 07:53 PM (yI1fK)

32 Would like to see more of doggie flying

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2025 07:53 PM (+qU29)

33 It's been reported a few times that a pack Wii send out a decoy coyote to get the dog in pack attack distance,

And the friendly little Barky gets eaten.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2025 07:53 PM (iJfKG)

34 10000 Maniacs

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2025 07:54 PM (iJfKG)

35 AI is good for a lot of things. Like supersonic rockets and shit.

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 07:55 PM (g47mK)

36 AI is good for a lot of things. Like supersonic rockets and shit.
Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 07:55 PM (g47mK)

and driving people insane.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2025 07:56 PM (rbvCR)

37 My guess is that woman was never seen again

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2025 07:58 PM (+qU29)

38 Bear gets in my hot tub I'm draining all the water, doing a complete clean job, and bathing it in chlorine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 07:58 PM (ytrLb)

39 My wife tells me there is a movement of leftists to not buy any more than necessary this week (16th-20th). I haven't seen this. But doesn't that mean we should splurge?

Posted by: Eeyore at August 15, 2025 07:59 PM (s0JqF)

40 Is NOT Route 66

(US 163)
Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at August 15, 2025 07:44 PM (SZLGr)

Yep. The closest Route 66 gets to Monument Valley as the crow flies is a little less than 120 miles.

Posted by: Old Innkeeper at August 15, 2025 08:00 PM (/HDaX)

41 6 -- Congratulations to you, Her Majesty, and Mr. Zeus.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at August 15, 2025 08:00 PM (981gi)

42 /sock off

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 15, 2025 08:00 PM (/HDaX)

43 Wii = will

Who knew?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2025 08:00 PM (iJfKG)

44 And in other news, I got my brand new high visibility vest today.

The Japanese make the best HVV's in the business.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 15, 2025 08:00 PM (XV/Pl)

45 35 AI is good for a lot of things. Like supersonic rockets and shit.
Posted by: runner

Making based songs to trigger people without the need for finding artists that will record it. For example, two of my favorite AI songs:

https://tinyurl.com/5epe67dj
https://tinyurl.com/2sxs82uh

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 15, 2025 08:01 PM (ycI94)

46 38 Bear gets in my hot tub I'm draining all the water, doing a complete clean job, and bathing it in chlorine.
Posted by: Braenyard

That's a bit harsh.

Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at August 15, 2025 08:01 PM (gKWVE)

47
And the friendly little Barky gets eaten.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 15, 2025 07:53 PM (iJfKG)

A friend of mine, her dog had puppies and she had them in between her garage and her house, in a breezeway and a coyote came slinking around and tried to lure the mother dog away and the pack was in the grapes waiting, they moved the puppies in the garage after that.
Those things are sneaky.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 15, 2025 08:02 PM (77W69)

48 https://tinyurl.com/5epe67dj
https://tinyurl.com/2sxs82uh
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 15, 2025 08:01 PM (ycI94)

yeah! this has been in the making since...*googles* IBM 7030 !

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 08:03 PM (g47mK)

49
Why would anyone rescue a coyote? They are dangerous vermin.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 15, 2025 08:04 PM (VWtfl)

50 Soothsayer, I still got"Tricky" going on in my head.

How do I turn it off?

Posted by: Minuteman at August 15, 2025 08:04 PM (47/pr)

51 49
Why would anyone rescue a coyote? They are dangerous vermin.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 15, 2025 08:04 PM (VWtfl)

I didn't want to say it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 15, 2025 08:05 PM (77W69)

52 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 15, 2025 08:07 PM (77rzZ)

53
How do I turn it off?
Posted by: Minuteman

Listen to Funky Cold Medina

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 08:07 PM (yI1fK)

54 Rescue a coyote, they eat yo roadrunner.

Posted by: Eromero at August 15, 2025 08:08 PM (LHPAg)

55 My question: How well did it go?
Putin: We're all getting laid tonight!!

Posted by: SMOD at August 15, 2025 08:08 PM (gosXu)

56 Dolphins are nice, but nobody serenaded any belugas today?

Posted by: Whale Of A Dad at August 15, 2025 08:10 PM (G5+As)

57 Soothsayer, I still got"Tricky" going on in my head.

How do I turn it off?
Posted by: Minuteman at August 15, 2025 08:04 PM

May I be of assistance?

Posted by: 1-800-Kars-4-Kids at August 15, 2025 08:10 PM (0sNs1)

58 53
How do I turn it off?
Posted by: Minuteman

Listen to Funky Cold Medina
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 08:07 PM (yI1fK)
Mambo # 5

Posted by: Eromero at August 15, 2025 08:10 PM (LHPAg)

59 I was surprised to hear Rosie O'Donnell has fans. Imagine what kind of psychos they must be.

Posted by: fd at August 15, 2025 08:11 PM (vFG9F)

60 Coyotes are taking a beating wherever wolves are reintroduced. The Coyotes filled the wolf niche when they were mostly eradicated. Now wolves are back and they're having their way with the Coyotes.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 15, 2025 08:12 PM (BbZ1G)

61 Or, perhaps, the Mr. O'Spades-recommended Beatles?

Posted by: 1-800-Kars-4-Kids at August 15, 2025 08:12 PM (0sNs1)

62 "Soothsayer, I still got"Tricky" going on in my head.

How do I turn it off?
Posted by: Minuteman at August 15, 2025 08:04 PM"

Get your kicks
On route
Sixty Six

Posted by: fd at August 15, 2025 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

63 44 And in other news, I got my brand new high visibility vest today.

The Japanese make the best HVV's in the business.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Congrats! So, you got hired for the flagman position?

Posted by: Stop/Go at August 15, 2025 08:13 PM (G5+As)

64 Oh, and the elk are pissed that the wolves are back too.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 15, 2025 08:14 PM (BbZ1G)

65 I also would like to build a house with secret safe rooms and tunnels etc. but not a fun house.

I drew up blueprints for a secret safe room in my prior home but never got around to start the build. If I would have built it though I would have never moved.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:14 PM (VofaG)

66 "The Japanese make the best HVV's in the business.
Posted by: Thomas Bender"

They have special pockets for cell phones and used panties and stuff.

Posted by: fd at August 15, 2025 08:15 PM (vFG9F)

67 Yay Friday!

Have a great weekend, Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2025 08:16 PM (qB1ye)

68 @63

>>Congrats! So, you got hired for the flagman position?

Yes!! Got my custom flag with aluminum shaft and comfort grip with the vest.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 15, 2025 08:16 PM (XV/Pl)

69 Funky Cold Medina is tight

Posted by: Accomack at August 15, 2025 08:16 PM (+Bkka)

70 57; it was 1-877 ...

... jus' sayin' ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2025 08:17 PM (qB1ye)

71 Granny wouldn't let me build my secret safe room for my Double Naught Spyin'. Said she needed the space to put up jams and jellies.

Posted by: Jethro Bodine at August 15, 2025 08:17 PM (G5+As)

72 Wolves keep the elk moving which prevents over grazing.

Posted by: Accomack at August 15, 2025 08:17 PM (+Bkka)

73 my best Earworm Solvent is "Linus & Lucy"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2025 08:18 PM (qB1ye)

74 Thanks Soothsayer.

I'm all right now.

Posted by: Minuteman at August 15, 2025 08:18 PM (47/pr)

75
You are correct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybJ6fS7ruuo

Posted by: 1-877-Kars-4-Kids at August 15, 2025 08:19 PM (0sNs1)

76 Trump is a billionaire married to one of the most beautiful and elegant women on the planet. He has a beautiful and productive family. He's almost 80 years old. He could be doing anything and he decided to try and save this country and pretty much the world. It almost cost him everything and he still keeps going.

There aren't that many unique people who come along. Trumps is one.

If it makes me a cultist to think he is one of the most remarkable leaders this country has ever had I'll wear that badge with pride.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 08:19 PM (viF8m)

77 Elk is a moose in Scandinavia.

Posted by: Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit at August 15, 2025 08:20 PM (G5+As)

78 Today I made peach cobbler, and apple crisp for a potluck.

My kitchen smells heavenly.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2025 07:46 PM (rbvCR)

I like peach cobbler . I love blackberry cobbler.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:21 PM (VofaG)

79 I got "What's Goin' On" stuck in my head.

All I'm doing is grilling steaks with Wifey.

.....

Can't complain.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2025 08:21 PM (EctuH)

80 I would welcome a thread where we all get to dump on the Beatles.

Posted by: Bulg at August 15, 2025 08:22 PM (77rzZ)

81 If it makes me a cultist to think he is one of the most remarkable leaders this country has ever had I'll wear that badge with pride.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 08:19 PM

Nein! He's zee wurst!

Posted by: Bavarian sub-Forum of Democratic Undergroumd at August 15, 2025 08:22 PM (0sNs1)

82 Beethoven >>>>>>> Beatles

Posted by: Bulg at August 15, 2025 08:23 PM (77rzZ)

83 Und ve should know!

Posted by: Bavarian sub-Forum of Democratic Undergroumd at August 15, 2025 08:24 PM (0sNs1)

84 What makes it a "cobbler"? That's a guy that makes/repairs shoes.

Posted by: Buster Brown Lives In a Shoe at August 15, 2025 08:24 PM (G5+As)

85 Cobbler > Pie > Cake

Posted by: toby928 at August 15, 2025 08:24 PM (KqX5L)

86 If it makes me a cultist to think he is one of the most remarkable leaders this country has ever had I'll wear that badge with pride.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 08:19 PM (viF8m

Did your kit come with the fez?

Mine didn't. I'm still schlepping around in an orange robe and a damn cabela's cap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2025 08:24 PM (EctuH)

87 Putin can still see Russia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2025 08:24 PM (x/72w)

88 Did your kit come with the fez?

Mine didn't. I'm still schlepping around in an orange robe and a damn cabela's cap.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2025 08:24 PM

The KISS Destroyer boots are the best part of the uniform. They make you like seven feet tall.

Posted by: toby928 at August 15, 2025 08:25 PM (KqX5L)

89 Is NOT Route 66

(US 163)
Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at August 15, 2025 07:44 PM (SZLGr)

Yep. The closest Route 66 gets to Monument Valley as the crow flies is a little less than 120 miles.
Posted by: Old Innkeeper at August 15, 2025 08:00 PM (/HDaX)

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

True, Route 66 is the road past Flagstaff. We came from there on the way to Utah.

Posted by: Decaf at August 15, 2025 08:25 PM (unUNN)

90 I would have made blackberry cobbler, but I don't want to hang around with a bunch of people trying to tease blackberry seeds out of their teeth for the rest of the evening.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2025 08:26 PM (rbvCR)

91 Cobbler > Pie > Cake
Posted by: toby928 at August 15, 2025 08:24 PM (KqX5L)

After contemplating your proposition , I’m going to have to agree.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:26 PM (VofaG)

92 867 5309

Posted by: Eromero at August 15, 2025 08:26 PM (LHPAg)

93
I would welcome a thread where we all get to dump on the Beatles.
Posted by: Bulg

In Putin's Russia Beatles dump on you!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2025 08:26 PM (63Dwl)

94 would have made blackberry cobbler, but I don't want to hang around with a bunch of people trying to tease blackberry seeds out of their teeth for the rest of the evening.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2025 08:26 PM (rbvCR)

Worth it !

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:26 PM (VofaG)

95 KISS stinks. Faggots.

Posted by: Bulg at August 15, 2025 08:26 PM (77rzZ)

96 Putin can still see Russia.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2025 08:24 PM (x/72w)

Trump can not see.

Get it? Get it? Haaaaa.

Seriously, where's my fez?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2025 08:27 PM (EctuH)

97 The KISS Destroyer boots are the best part of the uniform. They make you like seven feet tall.
Posted by: toby928 at August 15, 2025 08:25 PM (KqX5L)

You got boots?

Whose arm do you gotta rip off and eat in public to get boots?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2025 08:28 PM (EctuH)

98 I don't know if Trump is in the same class as say Napoleon, Caesar, or I dare say even Hitler, but he's damn sure the greatest President in my lifetime. Reagan was ok but this guy is kicking butt.

Posted by: fd at August 15, 2025 08:28 PM (vFG9F)

99 >>Did your kit come with the fez?

Can't do it without the fez on.

https://tinyurl.com/yudpmty6

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 08:29 PM (viF8m)

100 If cobbler is so great, why don't kids want it on their birthday?
No, they want a genuine Carvel ice cream cake from your participating Carvel dealer. Cookie Puss, Fudgie the Whale, and a bag of our Flying Saucers. That's what kids want.

Posted by: Tom Carvel, Creator of Cookie-Puss at August 15, 2025 08:29 PM (G5+As)

101 Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 08:29 PM (viF8m)

Noice.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2025 08:29 PM (EctuH)

102 Boston Cream Pie is a cake and Cheese Cake is a pie.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:30 PM (VofaG)

103 Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday
Today i-is Friday, Friday (Partyin')
We-we-we so excited
We so excited
We gonna have a ball today

Posted by: Piper at August 15, 2025 08:30 PM (p4NUW)

104 "I would welcome a thread where we all get to dump on the Beatles.
Posted by: Bulg"

Let's rock and roll!

Posted by: The Dung Beatle at August 15, 2025 08:30 PM (vFG9F)

105 102 Boston Cream Pie is a cake and Cheese Cake is a pie.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:30 PM (VofaG)

I think cheese cake it technically a tart....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2025 08:31 PM (EctuH)

106 I don't know if Trump is in the same class as say Napoleon, Caesar, or I dare say even Hitler, but he's damn sure the greatest President in my lifetime. Reagan was ok but this guy is kicking butt.
Posted by: fd

He'a not. And that's not a bad thing. Why he's not? He follows the law. Napoleon, Caesar & Hitler broke or made their own laws.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 15, 2025 08:31 PM (p+RwZ)

107 Reagan was great, but it was a different time.

Trump is the bull in a China shop that we need.

Posted by: Bulg at August 15, 2025 08:32 PM (77rzZ)

108 I was a huge KISS fan.

Then I turned 13.

Then I discovered Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper (the band), Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest. Then Scorpions (when they were still dark), Iron Maiden, Saxon.

Then on to Megadeth, Testament, Exodus. And, yeah, Metallica (before Cliff died).

Posted by: MAK, Nobody Reads my Comments at August 15, 2025 08:33 PM (0aYVJ)

109 He'a not. And that's not a bad thing. Why he's not? He follows the law. Napoleon, Caesar & Hitler broke or made their own laws.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 15, 2025 08:31 PM (p+RwZ)

Trump has the luxury of passive aggression.

None of those three could have pulled off malicious compliance against their domestic enemies, they'd just get murdered.

Earlobe scars not withstanding.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2025 08:33 PM (EctuH)

110 Everyone has their opinion but Reagan continues to be my pick for greatest President in my life time by a wide margin.

I will say though that I think Trump 2.0 is kicking ass and has over three years left to close the gap.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:33 PM (VofaG)

111 Putin slipped it to Biden, good.
Surprised Trump with the invite to Russia.

@sentdefender . 45m
White House officials state that the luncheon between the U.S. and Russian delegations has been cancelled, adding that President Trump will immediately return to Washington.
---

If I had a TV I'd turn it on to hear him on Hannity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 08:33 PM (ytrLb)

112 Holy crap! Tenderloin pan seared medium rare in beef tallow is wonderful! Light Montreal seasoning.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 15, 2025 08:34 PM (p+RwZ)

113 *fistbump* JS!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2025 08:35 PM (qB1ye)

114 Trump has a great sense of tempo.

He smashes when it's time to smash (and no one else thinks it is), and he abides when it's time to abide (and etc etc etc).

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2025 08:35 PM (EctuH)

115 I love that y’all are completely ignoring my Friday song lyrics.

Posted by: Piper at August 15, 2025 08:35 PM (p4NUW)

116 I think cheese cake it technically a tart....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2025 08:31 PM (EctuH)

I think a tart requires a citrus fruit or at least a fruit base.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:35 PM (VofaG)

117 Heh! Found out one of the TDS infected guys in my shop is thinking of fleeing to Europe to escape #BADORANGEMAN. I used to work with this guy. He's slightly to the right of Stalin. He filters every aspect of human existence through his politics. He's 65. I recall Jesse Kelly saying that this age bracket has been feeding on the poison that is the MSM there whole lives, hence they are usually the most extreme in there views. Obviously excepting the fine morons here. But even my very conservative 86 year old Dad still insists on watching the news. He can rarely finish it. The news is awful. It's like a muscle memory with him though.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 15, 2025 08:35 PM (qKYfj)

118 That said, I really like Ace Frehley. He is cool as hell, and a great musician.

Posted by: MAK, Nobody Reads my Comments at August 15, 2025 08:35 PM (0aYVJ)

119 Did he sell Alaska back?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2025 08:35 PM (x/72w)

120 I would welcome a thread where we all get to dump on the Beatles.

Great idea.

Posted by: Said nobody, ever at August 15, 2025 08:35 PM (mH6SG)

121 Is NOT Route 66

(US 163)
Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at August 15, 2025 07:44 PM (SZLGr)

Yep. The closest Route 66 gets to Monument Valley as the crow flies is a little less than 120 miles.
Posted by: Old Innkeeper at August 15, 2025 08:00 PM (/HDaX)

Yeah, sometimes I'll be driving somewhere and see a sign... not an official road sign, but some business referring to Rte 66, and I'll think "that's weird, Rte 66 makes some very unusual twists and turns." To the point where it damn near covers everywhere in the west.

Except it doesn't.

Posted by: Shemp at August 15, 2025 08:36 PM (IrYHD)

122 Luncheon cancelled ?? But what about the halibut ? give it to the journalists ??

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 08:36 PM (g47mK)

123 106 I don't know if Trump is in the same class as say Napoleon, Caesar, or I dare say even Hitler, but he's damn sure the greatest President in my lifetime. Reagan was ok but this guy is kicking butt.
Posted by: fd
-------------

Bringing down the Soviet was no small thing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 08:36 PM (ytrLb)

124 Those who disparage the Beatles are Anti-Liverpudlianite. That's a Hate Crime!

Posted by: Hair! Bed! Peace! at August 15, 2025 08:36 PM (G5+As)

125 The cancelled the luncheon for the halibut?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2025 08:37 PM (x/72w)

126
I love that y’all are completely ignoring my Friday song lyrics.
Posted by: Piper

I thought it was just your Tourettes acting up again.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 08:37 PM (yI1fK)

127
If I had a TV I'd turn it on to hear him on Hannity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

You can watch here:

https://streamfare.info/fox_news_2

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 15, 2025 08:37 PM (63Dwl)

128 Shit. Go away, stooge.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 15, 2025 08:37 PM (IrYHD)

129 "Why he's not? He follows the law. Napoleon, Caesar & Hitler broke or made their own laws.
Posted by: rickb223 "

He has changed history, if no way else but by keeping Hillary from becoming president. It wasn't supposed to happen like this. Will it make any difference in the long term? Will the USA continue on a path to prosperity, or finally completely fall to the loony left? Who the fk knows if PDT will be remembered as a pivotal person.

Posted by: fd at August 15, 2025 08:37 PM (vFG9F)

130 Maybe Putin gave him some intel on our "allies" in Europe...

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 08:37 PM (g47mK)

131 Am I too old to run away?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2025 08:38 PM (cYBz/)

132 Or Uke bank accounts in Switzerland and Bahamas...

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 08:38 PM (g47mK)

133 >>*fistbump* JS!

I keep telling Elvis he should have found you. He wants to keep on going after he wears me out on our walks.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 08:38 PM (viF8m)

134 Bringing down the Soviet was no small thing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 08:36 PM (ytrLb)

The Economy Reagan created is an aberration but now it’s what people expect as a normal baseline.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:38 PM (VofaG)

135 >>>I think a tart requires a citrus fruit or at least a fruit base.
Posted by: polynikes
----

Good legs and nice hair.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 08:38 PM (ytrLb)

136 I think cheese cake it technically a tart....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 15, 2025 08:31 PM (EctuH)

It is a custard. Fine for those who like flan.

I make tartlets by lining cupcake pans with rough pastry shells, fruit and jam

Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2025 08:39 PM (rbvCR)

137 "Light Montreal seasoning"

what's in that?

Mrs E had a container years ago labeled "Canadian Steak Seasoning" that was pretty good, but it is long gone ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2025 08:39 PM (qB1ye)

138 That’s where Forest Gump ran I think.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 15, 2025 08:40 PM (9c0bR)

139
The Rolling Stones
Route 66
https://youtu.be/Q131ZJ6YkG0

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 08:41 PM (AOsQT)

140 I have driven into Monument Valley at sunset, and no picture comes close to it.

Posted by: Eddie Baby at August 15, 2025 08:42 PM (s19xO)

141 Posted by: Kindltot at August 15, 2025 08:39 PM (rbvCR)

Yes a custard pie same as Key lime whic]h would be closer to a tart than cheese cake.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:43 PM (VofaG)

142 what's in that?

Mrs E had a container years ago labeled "Canadian Steak Seasoning" that was pretty good, but it is long gone ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Salt, black pepper, red pepper, garlic, sunflower oil & paprika.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 15, 2025 08:43 PM (p+RwZ)

143 Eighteen seconds of Trump and Putin after the presser.

https://tinyurl.com/2cuahzy5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 08:43 PM (ytrLb)

144 Trump let's thst Puten guy walks all over him because Trump is be stewped!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogerstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 15, 2025 08:43 PM (ibfWm)

145 "Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she would nominate President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize if he successfully ends the war in Ukraine without ceding territory to Russia, as reported by The New York Post."

---

I'll nominate Hill C. for a Nobel if she jumps into the nearest volcano.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 15, 2025 08:44 PM (8sydA)

146 Route 66? Road trip!

Posted by: Tod Stiles (Martin Milner) at August 15, 2025 08:44 PM (wVcYX)

147 140 I have driven into Monument Valley at sunset, and no picture comes close to it.
Posted by: Eddie Baby

Why? The top pic shows that there's no fast food, or even a bowling alley. What's there to do?

Posted by: Need Some Action at August 15, 2025 08:45 PM (G5+As)

148 those are all good things!

thx rickb!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 15, 2025 08:45 PM (qB1ye)

149 That’s where Forest Gump ran I think.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 15, 2025 08:40 PM (9c0bR)

And every douchebag stops, and walks out into the middle of the road to get their picture taken.

So far I've resisted the urge to run them over.

So far.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 15, 2025 08:45 PM (8sydA)

150 Years ago the neighbor had free range chickens. Haha, what he had was a drive up window for the coyotes to have chicken mcnuggets.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 15, 2025 08:46 PM (dxWFK)

151 I have driven the route pictured above on a large American-made motorcycle. I felt iconic AF.

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 08:46 PM (AOsQT)

152
We park in a driveway and we drive on a parkway.

And with that my stockpile of pointless non-profundities is exhausted.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2025 08:46 PM (Tv15w)

153 John Ford loved him some Monument Valley,

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:46 PM (VofaG)

154 And every douchebag stops, and walks out into the middle of the road to get their picture taken.

So far I've resisted the urge to run them over.

So far.
Posted by: BurtTC

Bring back monster old school Caddies with Longhorn hood ornaments on them.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2025 08:46 PM (cYBz/)

155 That place looks like one of my old screen savers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2025 08:46 PM (x/72w)

156
Neither Trump nor Reagan accepted the conventional thinking of the time. In the late 70s, the foreign affairs establishment said the Soviets would be around for a long time and we had to learn to live with them. Recently, the economists have said that every tariff is the same as Smoot-Hawley.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 08:47 PM (kkTda)

157 Bring back monster old school Caddies with Longhorn hood ornaments on them.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2025 08:46 PM (cYBz/)

I'll take a Lincoln with chandeliers for headlamps.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 15, 2025 08:48 PM (8sydA)

158 Increase the tariffs and eventually do away with the income tax.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2025 08:49 PM (x/72w)

159 We park in a driveway and we drive on a parkway.

And with that my stockpile of pointless non-profundities is exhausted.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2025 08:46 PM (Tv15w)

I call them Deep Thoughts.

I could have never trained for a second and still could have done just as well as the guy who came in last place in the Olympic 100 meter dash.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:50 PM (VofaG)

160 Bring back monster old school Caddies with Longhorn hood ornaments on them.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2025 08:46 PM (cYBz/)

I have a set of those on my fireplace mantel currently. Thought about mounting them on my 4x4 Ranger for the trip out of California, but decided against it...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 15, 2025 08:50 PM (nbLIj)

161 That music on the cat video...I can play that on my accordion.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 15, 2025 08:50 PM (3ImbR)

162 Tonypete seems hundreds of thousands of Japanese do it.

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2025 08:50 PM (+qU29)

163 153 John Ford loved him some Monument Valley,
Posted by: polynikes

When you've seen one old movie set, you've seen them all. I'd rather visit the Cleaver House, or Rancho Rutherford.

Posted by: Larry Mondello at August 15, 2025 08:51 PM (G5+As)

164
Well, the Brewers were down 8-1 and have now made it 8-8.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 08:51 PM (kkTda)

165 I could have never trained for a second and still could have done just as well as the guy who came in last place in the Olympic 100 meter dash.
Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 08:50 PM (VofaG)
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Hell yeah!

Posted by: eric Cartman, Special Olympian at August 15, 2025 08:51 PM (0aYVJ)

166 The big rock on the right is called Brigham's Tomb.

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 08:51 PM (AOsQT)

167
Actually, now up 9-8.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 08:52 PM (kkTda)

168 Tonypete seems hundreds of thousands of Japanese do it.
Posted by: Skip

Damn! I missed this business opportunity.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2025 08:52 PM (cYBz/)

169
Bring back monster old school Caddies with Longhorn hood ornaments on them.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2025 08:46 PM (cYBz/)

I'll take a Lincoln with chandeliers for headlamps.

Posted by: BurtTC

I'd settle for a souped-up heavy duty truck sporting one of those full lane-wide augers used to chew up and throw snow in the mountains.

"Wood Chipper to Go-Go-Go!" would be a great business name

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2025 08:52 PM (Tv15w)

170 You remember that one western that wasn't filmed in Monument Valley?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2025 08:52 PM (x/72w)

171 Yeah, sometimes I'll be driving somewhere and see a sign... not an official road sign, but some business referring to Rte 66, and I'll think "that's weird, Rte 66 makes some very unusual twists and turns." To the point where it damn near covers everywhere in the west.

Except it doesn't.
Posted by: Shemp at August 15, 2025 08:36 PM (IrYHD)

I took the leg from Kingman to Seligman that passes through Peach Springs. At one point, you could see the west end of the Grand Canyon off in the distance near Peach Springs and it looked like something out of Blade Runner.

That and the Burma Shave signs...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 15, 2025 08:53 PM (/HDaX)

172 And every douchebag stops, and walks out into the middle of the road to get their picture taken. Posted by: BurtTC

Dealey Plaza awaits your swift justice.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 15, 2025 08:53 PM (wAogl)

173 Well, the Brewers were down 8-1 and have now made it 8-8.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 08:51 PM (kkTda)

they're doing it for Bob.

*dabs bourbon behind each ear*

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 15, 2025 08:53 PM (0aYVJ)

174 A beautiful pic of Monument Valley, but why do the photographers always shoot straight down the damn road? It's very static. Maybe they think they're making it more "monumental" but it'd be more visually interesting if they stepped a ways off to one side or the other.

That said, I wanna go there!

Posted by: tankascribe at August 15, 2025 08:53 PM (NtoJk)

175 >>>I could have never trained for a second and still could have done just as well as the guy who came in last place in the Olympic 100 meter dash.
~~~~~

Pretty sure even Ace could have beaten the Australian break dancer.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 15, 2025 08:54 PM (3ImbR)

176 You remember that one western that wasn't filmed in Monument Valley?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2025 08:52 PM (x/72w)

Open Range. Alberta.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 15, 2025 08:55 PM (0aYVJ)

177
I could have never trained for a second and still could have done just as well as the guy who came in last place in the Olympic 100 meter dash.

Posted by: polynikes

PN, holding forth on his (multiple) Olympic experiences -- "Well, yeah, I COULD have been there, but what was the point? I already knew what my finishing position was going to be."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2025 08:55 PM (Tv15w)

178 John Ford loved him some Monument Valley,
Posted by: polynikes

Oddly, John Ford defined the mythology of the American West as much as Buffalo Bill.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 15, 2025 08:55 PM (wAogl)

179 I would lose an arm petting all those kitties.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 08:55 PM (D1XPg)

180 I remember the Reagan years. They were special and Reagan was a fantastic president for his time. He did amazing things and I would never slight him.

We live in far different times. The intel community is finally being forced to surface and Americans are going to be forced to deal with it.

Trump did that.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 08:55 PM (viF8m)

181 Posted by: IrishEi at August 15, 2025 08:54 PM (3ImbR)

Pop and Lock ace!!! Pop and Lock !!!!

Posted by: morons cheering on ace at August 15, 2025 08:55 PM (VofaG)

182
I thought it was just your Tourettes acting up again.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August

I should not have laughed. But I did.

Posted by: Piper at August 15, 2025 08:56 PM (p4NUW)

183 Hell yeah! Posted by: Eric Cartman, Special Olympian

For the Win!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 15, 2025 08:58 PM (wAogl)

184 Posted by: IrishEi at August 15, 2025 08:54 PM (3ImbR)

Pop and Lock ace!!! Pop and Lock !!!!

Posted by: morons cheering on ace at August 15, 2025 08:55 PM (VofaG)

And hurry! Chang is dying out there!

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 15, 2025 08:58 PM (0aYVJ)

185 I make tartlets by lining cupcake pans with rough pastry shells, fruit and jam
Posted by: Kindltot

Be careful with tartlets. Dealing with them leads to suicide.

Posted by: zombie Jeffrey Epstein at August 15, 2025 08:59 PM (DgGvY)

186 Hell yeah! Posted by: Eric Cartman, Special Olympian

For the Win!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 15, 2025 08:58 PM (wAogl)

One time I wish I was a South Park fan so I could get that post .

Posted by: morons cheering on ace at August 15, 2025 08:59 PM (VofaG)

187 In the late 70s, the foreign affairs establishment said the Soviets would be around for a long time and we had to learn to live with them

More-intelligent observers understood that this was laughable.
Instead some floated the possibility that the USSR might mount a preemptive strike in its death throes; others felt (this was the 1970s) that the US was in worse shape and would collapse first.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 15, 2025 08:59 PM (gKWVE)

188 Full house tonight again for the Bananas at Rate Field in Chicago. About 15,000 watching on Youtube. Also carried on ESPN2.

Posted by: Banana Ball at August 15, 2025 09:00 PM (G5+As)

189
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, night
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, night
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, night
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, night

Gonna keep on dancin' to the rock 'n' roll
On Saturday night, Saturday night
Dancin' to the rhythm in our heart and soul
On Saturday night, on Saturday night

Too soon?

* gives obtuseness gauge a sharp rap / needle pins at MAX *

Yeah, I guess so.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2025 09:00 PM (Tv15w)

190 No former President will have cleaned up the government as Trump has.

The biggest thing they have in common is zero fucks given for spending deficits.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:00 PM (D1XPg)

191 Posted by: gKWVE at August 15, 2025 08:59 PM (gKWVE)

Sounds like the people that knew all along Roe v Wade would be overturned.

Posted by: morons cheering on ace at August 15, 2025 09:01 PM (VofaG)

192 Off sock.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 09:02 PM (VofaG)

193 Trump is on Hannity now.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 09:02 PM (viF8m)

194 193 Trump is on Hannity now.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 09:02 PM (viF8m)

The one person Hannity can't talk over.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:03 PM (D1XPg)

195 There’s a hotel on the Rez in Monument Valley.

The View Hotel.

Every room has an unobstructed view of the valley. It is expensive. But worth a night. Bring a cooler with ice and beer and sit on your private deck and watch the sun set behind you, the rocks change color and the stars come out.

It is surreal.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 15, 2025 09:03 PM (lvWtb)

196 Monument Valley is spectacular but there is little camping available there per se. It is a reservation, so it is spending a small fortune on the hotel there, which is splendid I’m sure, but. I managed to find a spectacular area nearby that is accessible (and free) by using a good topo map of the region and the ole noggin’.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2025 09:04 PM (Kjgfl)

197 I admit, I thought the US would collapse before Roe-v-Wade being overturned.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 15, 2025 09:04 PM (gKWVE)

198 Trump is on Hannity now.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 09:02 PM (viF8m)

Eeeww!

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, being too literal at August 15, 2025 09:04 PM (0aYVJ)

199 Solving the most perplexing mystery in history: What football game were they watching in Die Hard?

I loved watching that. Nice work, Autist!

Posted by: t-bird at August 15, 2025 09:05 PM (9MWCZ)

200 >>>watch the sun set behind you
~~~~~

So Mom was right! Some people DO have eyes in the back of their heads!!!

Posted by: IrishEi at August 15, 2025 09:07 PM (3ImbR)

201 It is surreal.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 15, 2025 09:03 PM (lvWtb)
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Torrey, Utah. Spectacular. Way moar cheaper.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 15, 2025 09:07 PM (0aYVJ)

202
Cliff Dwellers Lodge and Restaurant, AZ. The night sky view is humbling.

https://cliffdwellerslodge.com/

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 15, 2025 09:07 PM (Tv15w)

203 In the late 70s, the foreign affairs establishment said the Soviets would be around for a long time and we had to learn to live with them
———

No, it’s way better than that. They were saying this about a month before they collapsed, in 1991

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2025 09:07 PM (Kjgfl)

204 It's Friday, which means it's

"Almost Saturday Night"

https://youtu.be/05OMFvtgNRs

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 09:07 PM (AOsQT)

205 197 I admit, I thought the US would collapse before Roe-v-Wade being overturned.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 15, 2025 09:04 PM (gKWVE

My entire church service applauded for a full minute during the Sunday service following the ruling.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:07 PM (D1XPg)

206 There’s a hotel on the Rez in Monument Valley.

The View Hotel.

Every room has an unobstructed view of the valley. It is expensive. But worth a night. Bring a cooler with ice and beer and sit on your private deck and watch the sun set behind you, the rocks change color and the stars come out.

It is surreal.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I left Seattle for the Southwest. One theme shines through: this place is a church shaped by God's hand.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 15, 2025 09:08 PM (wAogl)

207 what's in that?

Mrs E had a container years ago labeled "Canadian Steak Seasoning" that was pretty good, but it is long gone ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Salt, black pepper, red pepper, garlic, sunflower oil & paprika.
Posted by: rickb223

Badia brand carries "Canadian", Grill Masters has "Montreal".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 15, 2025 09:10 PM (/lPRQ)

208 Opening visual from Electraglide in Blue isn't it?

Posted by: Plaid at August 15, 2025 09:12 PM (APj/I)

209 I've been stuck in a viewing loop consuming documentaries about wildland fire fighters, Hot shots and smoke jumpers.

Crazy boys.

Highly recommend watching Only the Brave about the Granite Mountain Hot Shots. Bring a tissue.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:13 PM (D1XPg)

210 There is an unpaved scenic loop road thru the Valley. The Navajo run cattle in there. Please drive carefully, because the cows are the same color as the landscape, and it is excellent camouflage.

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 09:13 PM (AOsQT)

211 Salt, black pepper, red pepper, garlic, sunflower oil & paprika.
Posted by: rickb223

Badia brand carries "Canadian", Grill Masters has "Montreal".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Borrowing from the morning art thread...
No New Mexican Hatch Chiles. Not seasoning.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 15, 2025 09:14 PM (wAogl)

212 Trump's on Hannity
No PayWall

https://tinyurl.com/3m2buvtm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 09:15 PM (ytrLb)

213 Steak Seasoning-
1. salt
2. black pepper

Posted by: Eromero at August 15, 2025 09:17 PM (LHPAg)

214 The Preznit likes ketchup on his steak.

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 09:18 PM (AOsQT)

215
AlaBAMA,

My oldest son works for the US Forest Service. They are fighting several wildfires out here in SW Wyoming and Utah.

Right now he's up at 4 a.m. and gets home at 10 p.m.

He's lost 10 lbs the past two weeks and is exhausted.

It's his job and we are so proud he is out there serving our country.

People who fight fires are heros.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:19 PM (3ek7K)

216 Steak seasoning (optional) -

3. Butter

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 15, 2025 09:19 PM (/HDaX)

217 Steak seasoning (optional) -

3. Butter

4. Mandatory: hatch red Chiles

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 15, 2025 09:21 PM (vHY58)

218 215
AlaBAMA,

My oldest son works for the US Forest Service. They are fighting several wildfires out here in SW Wyoming and Utah.

Right now he's up at 4 a.m. and gets home at 10 p.m.

He's lost 10 lbs the past two weeks and is exhausted.

It's his job and we are so proud he is out there serving our country.

People who fight fires are heros.
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:19 PM (3ek7K)

That is amazing!! They definitely are hero's and often unsung heroes at that. Give him all our best and we'll throw up prayers for their safety!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:21 PM (D1XPg)

219 Chuck Berry is quite important in music history, but carrying a guitar in a gunny sack is sub-optimal.

Posted by: Guitar Center at August 15, 2025 09:22 PM (G5+As)

220 People who fight fires are heros.
Posted by: four seasons

Lived all my life in the Western US. This is true.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 15, 2025 09:22 PM (wAogl)

221 Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder.

Posted by: davidt at August 15, 2025 09:23 PM (i0F8b)

222 I like how Trump made sure Putin saw all our cool-ass planes.

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 09:23 PM (AOsQT)

223
AlaBAMA,

Thank you. Son is married with four young children and he does his job for all of us.

We all are blessed that everyone in our country are not pussies.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:23 PM (3ek7K)

224 We all are blessed that everyone in our country are not pussies.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:23 PM (3ek7K)

Starts with the parents raising boys to be men!

Well done.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:24 PM (D1XPg)

225 Chuck Berry is quite important in music history, but carrying a guitar in a gunny sack is sub-optimal.
Posted by: Guitar Center

For the Win!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 15, 2025 09:25 PM (wAogl)

226 Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder.
Posted by: davidt

That I think is 'adobo'. Popular with Puerto Ricans.

I go with kosher salt on rare to blue steak.
Just to see it twitch.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 15, 2025 09:26 PM (/lPRQ)

227 four seasons,

Prayers of thanks and protection for your boy. Such a proud mama you must be.

Thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 15, 2025 09:26 PM (qJ19H)

228 Salt, black pepper, red pepper, garlic, sunflower oil & paprika.
Posted by: rickb223

Badia brand carries "Canadian", Grill Masters has "Montreal".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Dadly, I have all the ingredients by themselves. Just don't know the ratios.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 15, 2025 09:28 PM (p+RwZ)

229 Chuck Berry was the host of The Gong Show, and a CIA assassin.

Seen it in a documentary once.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 15, 2025 09:28 PM (0aYVJ)

230 How do I turn it off?
Posted by: Minuteman at August 15, 2025 08:04 PM

TURN THE KEYS OFF!!!!
CLOSE THE MISSILE COVER!
RUN!!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 15, 2025 09:28 PM (2WIwB)

231 229 Chuck Berry was the host of The Gong Show, and a CIA assassin.

Seen it in a documentary once.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 15, 2025 09:28 PM (0aYVJ

That's Dave Berry, silly.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:29 PM (D1XPg)

232
nurse,

Thank you. Most of us here on Ace are proud of our children. Like your son he is a Marine and they don't stop protecting us.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:29 PM (3ek7K)

233 Heh. We formed a club in college called "The Society of Semi-Famous Artists". You knew you were actually famous
"when your name is an answer on The Gong Show."

Boy, that takes me back...

Posted by: tankascribe at August 15, 2025 09:31 PM (NtoJk)

234 Carnivore Crack

Crispy, salty, buttery, and dangerously addictive—this simple treat is pure carnivore heaven. Think of it as bacon candy, but without sugar or carbs. Just rich browned butter fused with crunchy, smoky bacon bits, frozen into a crackable sheet of savory bliss. The best part? It’s ridiculously easy to make and perfect for sharing… or not sharing.

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter (or salted, just reduce added salt later)
10–12 slices thick-cut bacon, cooked until crispy and crumbled
Pinch of salt (optional, to taste)
Instructions

Cook the bacon – In a skillet over medium heat, cook bacon until crispy. Transfer to a paper towel–lined plate to drain, then break into small pieces.
Brown the butter – In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Continue cooking until golden brown with a nutty aroma, about 5–7 minutes. Keep an eye on it so it doesn’t burn.
Combine – Stir the crumbled bacon into the browned butter. Taste and add a pinch of salt if needed.
Freeze – Pour the mixture onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, spreading evenly.
Set – Freeze for about 1 hour, or until completely solid.
Break & enjoy – Remove from freezer, break into irregular “crack”

Posted by: rickb223 at August 15, 2025 09:31 PM (p+RwZ)

235 231 229 Chuck Berry was the host of The Gong Show, and a CIA assassin.

Seen it in a documentary once.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 15, 2025 09:28 PM (0aYVJ

That's Dave Berry, silly.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:29 PM (D1XPg)

Halle Berry. See, "Swordfish."

Posted by: davidt at August 15, 2025 09:33 PM (i0F8b)

236 212 Trump's on Hannity
No PayWall

https://tinyurl.com/3m2buvtm
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 09:15 PM (ytrLb)

Thanks for the link.

Posted by: joemarine at August 15, 2025 09:33 PM (y171U)

237 Heh. We formed a club in college called "The Society of Semi-Famous Artists". You knew you were actually famous
"when your name is an answer on The Gong Show."

Boy, that takes me back...
Posted by: tankascribe at August 15, 2025 09:31 PM (NtoJk)
---
Gene Gene the Dancin' Mochine!

Kind of surprised my ma let me watch that show, to be honest.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 15, 2025 09:33 PM (0aYVJ)

238 235 231 229 Chuck Berry was the host of The Gong Show, and a CIA assassin.

Seen it in a documentary once.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 15, 2025 09:28 PM (0aYVJ

That's Dave Berry, silly.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:29 PM (D1XPg)

Halle Berry. See, "Swordfish."
Posted by: davidt at August 15, 2025 09:33 PM (i0F8b)

Dingle Berry.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:34 PM (D1XPg)

239
We watched the Gong Show and laughed our asses off.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:34 PM (3ek7K)

240 Posted by: rickb223 at August 15, 2025 09:31 PM (p+RwZ)

Bacon Brittle.

Sounds like a lot of work just to get your Daily Recommended Allowance of Bacon.

Posted by: RickZ at August 15, 2025 09:34 PM (gKDq2)

241 you're both wrong

Chuck Barris

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 09:34 PM (AOsQT)

242 Speaking of Chuck Barris and The Gong Show, Sam Rockwell was friggin' outstanding in "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind."

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at August 15, 2025 09:36 PM (0aYVJ)

243 That movie about Chuck Bariss was really pretty good.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

Sam Rockwell was perfect for it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:38 PM (D1XPg)

244 Heh. Horde mind.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:38 PM (D1XPg)

245 Chuckie, Chuckie, Chuckie..."

Posted by: The Unknown Comic at August 15, 2025 09:39 PM (i0F8b)

246 The Popsicle Twins got Chuck Barris in some trouble.

Posted by: Milton DeLugg at August 15, 2025 09:39 PM (G5+As)

247 The Gong Show >>> America's Got Talent >>> Democrat National Convention

More talent on The Gong Show.

Posted by: RickZ at August 15, 2025 09:39 PM (gKDq2)

248 I just remember the unknown comic with the paper bag on his head.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:40 PM (D1XPg)

249 The Gong Show cast was always high as a kite, especially Barris.

Posted by: davidt at August 15, 2025 09:40 PM (i0F8b)

250 you're both wrong

Chuck Barris
Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 09:34 PM (AOsQT)
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'Twas a joke. In one of the long, weird veins of AOS jokes, wherein one makes a reference to someone who has a similar name, but is, in fact, not the person implied.

Don't make me summon Ben Roethlisberger.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, Friday Night You Guys! at August 15, 2025 09:40 PM (0aYVJ)

251 The Gong Show cast was always high as a kite, especially Barris.
Posted by: davidt at August 15, 2025 09:40 PM (i0F8b)

It was the '70s. Peruvian Marching Powder started getting popular.

Posted by: RickZ at August 15, 2025 09:42 PM (gKDq2)

252 OK
I honestly thought wtf
carry on...

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 09:44 PM (AOsQT)

253

It used to be fun watching network tv. So many silly shows to watch after a long work day. It seems to me most stuff today is serious or one sided.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:45 PM (3ek7K)

254 The Popsicle Twins episode is on YouTube.

Not that I watched it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:46 PM (D1XPg)

255 CNN: Putin got to stand next to Trump and gave up nothing. Trump is a total failure.

I cannot despise these people of enough.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 15, 2025 09:46 PM (9vYpt)

256
I'm amazed we had Putin on American soil. Progress is being made.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:48 PM (3ek7K)

257 I'm amazed we had Putin on American soil. Progress is being made.
Posted by: four seasons
===

And he got into The Beast with Trump... anything could have happened.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 15, 2025 09:49 PM (/lPRQ)

258 Speaking of fire fighters

I hope he doesn’t kill me.

Please pray for DBCooper. He had surgery today.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 15, 2025 09:49 PM (qjkZ2)

259 It used to be fun watching network tv. So many silly shows to watch after a long work day. It seems to me most stuff today is serious or one sided.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:45 PM (3ek7K)

When I was a teenager, Thursday night was awesome: Magnum PI followed by Simon and Simon.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, Friday Night You Guys! at August 15, 2025 09:50 PM (0aYVJ)

260
IAB,

That was something we never thought we would see.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:50 PM (3ek7K)

261 I'm amazed we had Putin on American soil. Progress is being made.
Posted by: four seasons
===

And he got into The Beast with Trump... anything could have happened.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Hell, Trump went and visited Kim Jong Il in Nork.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 15, 2025 09:50 PM (p+RwZ)

262

DBCooper,

Get well soon!

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:51 PM (3ek7K)

263 And he got into The Beast with Trump... anything could have happened.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 15, 2025 09:49 PM (/lPRQ)

Hopefully not a Rule 34 thing...

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, Friday Night You Guys! at August 15, 2025 09:52 PM (0aYVJ)

264 Ugh. Another young girl, 14, drowned this evening around 7pm. Lifeguards go off duty at 5pm. We've had fierce rip tides for the past couple of weeks and warnings are posted everywhere. It's heartbreaking.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 15, 2025 09:52 PM (3ImbR)

265 Four seasons, yet another person thanking your son. My brothers as Boy Scouts were both pressed into service--they were camping when fires burst out, and the forest rangers called on them. I was so proud.

Posted by: Wenda at August 15, 2025 09:53 PM (4k3J4)

266 GW had Vlad as a guest on his ranch down in Texas, tooled around in his pickup truck with George driving.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2025 09:53 PM (Kjgfl)

267 Trump ran a hard deal. Only gave up the most distant of the Alaskan Aleutian islands, in exchange for Russia's agreement to send Zelensky to Guantanamo.
😜

Posted by: mindful webworker - Alaska wild salmon is great stuff. at August 15, 2025 09:53 PM (8xONj)

268 Is the Meeker fire contained? The haze has been considerable recently but has improved

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2025 09:54 PM (Kjgfl)

269 It used to be fun watching network tv. So many silly shows to watch after a long work day. It seems to me most stuff today is serious or one sided.

Posted by: four seasons

Battle of the Network T's and A's was my favorite.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 15, 2025 09:54 PM (cYBz/)

270 You don't have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 09:55 PM (viF8m)

271 Putin has seen a lot of Presidents come and go.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:55 PM (D1XPg)

272 GW had Vlad as a guest on his ranch down in Texas, tooled around in his pickup truck with George driving.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2025 09:53 PM (Kjgfl)

Wasn't that the one where Bush and Putin were photographed holding hands?

Posted by: RickZ at August 15, 2025 09:56 PM (gKDq2)

273 It isn’t well known, but the Forest Service requires every visitor to have a shovel and a bucket, and they can indeed press you into firefighting duties in an emergency.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2025 09:56 PM (Kjgfl)

274 273 It isn’t well known, but the Forest Service requires every visitor to have a shovel and a bucket, and they can indeed press you into firefighting duties in an emergency.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2025 09:56 PM (Kjgfl

Free shovels?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 15, 2025 09:57 PM (D1XPg)

275
Wenda,

That's great. It is a learning experience for people.

A lot of the fires out here were because of lightening. However, people who ignite the fires should be shot. They don't give a hoot about the destruction not only of land, but of people's lives and livelihoods.

Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 09:58 PM (3ek7K)

276 GW had Vlad as a guest on his ranch down in Texas, tooled around in his pickup truck with George driving.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2025 09:53 PM (Kjgfl)

Wasn't that the one where Bush and Putin were photographed holding hands?
Posted by: RickZ

Neked with bottles of mineral water and Men's Health magazines?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 15, 2025 09:58 PM (/lPRQ)

277 Wasn't that the one where Bush and Putin were photographed holding hands?
Posted by: RickZ at August 15, 2025 09:56 PM (gKDq2)
~~~~~

Yeah. And Bush looked into Putin's eyes and "saw his soul. I trusted him."

Posted by: IrishEi at August 15, 2025 09:58 PM (3ImbR)

278 ONT is nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 15, 2025 09:59 PM (bss/y)

279 ONT is nood!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 15, 2025 09:59 PM (lUFok)

280 Ont Nood

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 15, 2025 09:59 PM (KkdUn)

281 Being banned on X hits hard at Cafe time.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 15, 2025 10:02 PM (n4GiU)

282 Is the Meeker fire contained? The haze has been considerable recently but has improved
Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2025 09:54 PM (Kjgfl)

It's contained near Meeker, but is still heading south and west. It's a big one. Getting closer to Rifle.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, Friday Night You Guys! at August 15, 2025 10:03 PM (0aYVJ)

283 Liberal Eco-Nuts are still lost in the middle of no where since must Americans reject their Ideas

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 15, 2025 10:44 PM (FLiOE)

284 The Popsicle Twins got Chuck Barris in some trouble.

Well, yea. That was the entire intent.

Posted by: clarence at August 15, 2025 11:02 PM (qA0BY)

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