Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Irwin Lighthouse, Storm Raging
John Wilson Carmichael

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 A widow-maker of a night.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 18, 2025 09:30 AM (PuEEC)

2 Just in time for Hurricane Erin.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 18, 2025 09:31 AM (0nHVk)

3 "Excuse me, Captain, but you're not allowed to anchor there."

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:32 AM (R256O)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 18, 2025 09:32 AM (GYt5+)

5 The sea was angry that day.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 09:32 AM (wVcYX)

6 The sharks were hungry that day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

7 Gimme shelter!

Posted by: Jagger/Richards at August 18, 2025 09:33 AM (G5+As)

8

Those cabin boys are gonna need a LOT of comforting...

Posted by: Cap'n Ned at August 18, 2025 09:33 AM (ZglHl)

9 And there's aliens shooting freaking laser beams from the sky. Or is that supposed to be lightning?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 18, 2025 09:33 AM (u4Nk5)

10 Surf's up!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2025 09:33 AM (RIvkX)

11 Like an old man, trying to send back soup in a deli.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 18, 2025 09:34 AM (XQo4F)

12 About to go meet the Deep Ones.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 09:34 AM (UnA8+)

13 6 The sharks were hungry that day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

Not for long.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:34 AM (R256O)

14 That boat is gonna need a shitload of Flex Seal

actually, I would hang this
I dig the 'stormy sea' genre

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 09:34 AM (AOsQT)

15 Cowabunga!
Surf's up!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

16 Seems risky for the bird to fly so low in such mayhem.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 18, 2025 09:35 AM (u4Nk5)

17 Compelling.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at August 18, 2025 09:35 AM (6qf1m)

18 At least the UV Index is low.

Posted by: Beyond The Pale at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (G5+As)

19 Reminds me that CBD hasn't posted one of his favorite artists in a long time.

JMW Turner

That said I'm in the minority as I don't like his later style where viewing his paintings is like looking through dirty scratchy plexiglass. The Houston museum has one of his that is not in that style and it's great.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (EYmYM)

20 Ahoy!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

21 And yet when storms arise, only the Lord can calm the raging storms.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 09:36 AM (ctrM5)

22 Nothing from me today.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at August 18, 2025 09:37 AM (0sNs1)

23 Yeah, yeah... the boat crashed. But imagine the bubbleguts of the lighthouse keeper stuck out there in that rickety thing on popsicle sticks, expected to keep the lights on.

Posted by: red speck at August 18, 2025 09:37 AM (0Id0S)

24 Now would be a good time to explain the difference between "flotsam" and "jetsam."

Except all the commenters here are intellectual powerhouses in no need of having that distinction explained.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:38 AM (R256O)

25 Not even Phil Swift would go boating in a storm like this.

Posted by: Flex Tape Is Awesome! at August 18, 2025 09:38 AM (G5+As)

26 I like the modern lifeboat innovation where it's just a big ball you get in and it's kept upright like a Weeble.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:38 AM (EYmYM)

27 They're gonna need a bigger boat.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

28 That’s one helluva storm.

No thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (pzN/K)

29 That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
when the "Gales of November" came early.

Posted by: G. Lightfoot at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (XQo4F)

30 would not hang

every time I would look at it I would feel sad for the crew of the ship

Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (aBgBM)

31 Now would be a good time to explain the difference between "flotsam" and "jetsam."

Except all the commenters here are intellectual powerhouses in no need of having that distinction explained.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:38 AM (R256O)

Flotsam and Jetsam is an underrated metal band. Saw them in Denver some years ago.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (PSEDc)

32 26 I like the modern lifeboat innovation where it's just a big ball you get in and it's kept upright like a Weeble

You can't knock us down

Posted by: Nadler at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (HcoTw)

33 I walked that beach just yesterday! Out shelling.

Posted by: Jim "Swiftie" Comey at August 18, 2025 09:40 AM (PuEEC)

34 Cool painting, though. Shows how terrifying the sea can be.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 09:40 AM (PSEDc)

35 5 The sea was angry that day.
Posted by: Count de Monet

It appears the sea is a few orders of magnitude beyond "angry".

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 18, 2025 09:40 AM (Vc3uE)

36 I wonder what the sea is like in the hurricane happening now.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:40 AM (EYmYM)

37 I'd wager that even Muldoon can't shoehorn "fresnel lens" into a limerick.

Posted by: The Lonely, Old, Lighthousekeeper at August 18, 2025 09:40 AM (G5+As)

38 This is definitely art. Would hang.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2025 09:41 AM (N1tpc)

39 Yeah, yeah... the boat crashed. But imagine the bubbleguts of the lighthouse keeper stuck out there in that rickety thing on popsicle sticks, expected to keep the lights on.
Posted by: red speck at August 18, 2025 09:37 AM

"Aye: though we hunted high and low,
And hunted everywhere,
Of the three men's fate we found no trace
Of any kind in any place,
But a door ajar, and an untouched meal,
And an overtoppled chair."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:41 AM (dPfyF)

40 No way I'd sit still in weather like this to be painted; good dogs hate storms. Just assume I was there in spirit.

Posted by: The Dog at August 18, 2025 09:41 AM (PuEEC)

41 31 Now would be a good time to explain the difference between "flotsam" and "jetsam."

Except all the commenters here are intellectual powerhouses in no need of having that distinction explained.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:38 AM (R256O)

Flotsam and Jetsam is an underrated metal band. Saw them in Denver some years ago.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (PSEDc)

=======

Entertaining chapter in The Return of the King as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 09:42 AM (GBKbO)

42 I'm a light house. Your call.

Posted by: Just the punchline at August 18, 2025 09:42 AM (XQo4F)

43 It's probably too late for some Dramamine.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

44 Now would be a good time to explain the difference between "flotsam" and "jetsam."

Posted by: tankdemon

You mean the Sea Witch's pet eels in Disney's Little Mermaid? They looked pretty identical to my kid eyes.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 18, 2025 09:43 AM (u4Nk5)

45 The light house keeper was lonely. He was Fresnel lens.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:43 AM (EYmYM)

46 Less than 3 months until the 50th anniversary of the Wreck of You-Know-Who.

Posted by: Tales of Gitche Gumee at August 18, 2025 09:43 AM (G5+As)

47 A classic:

https://youtu.be/xacdDrylrek

Posted by: German Coast Guard at August 18, 2025 09:44 AM (XQo4F)

48 This is about Hurricane Erin... isn't it?

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2025 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

49 Oooooh, me likey. Marine catastrophe is a wonderful category of painting, and this is well done.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM (Riz8t)

50 Lord, please protect North Carolina.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM (LHPAg)

51 48 This is about Hurricane Erin... isn't it?

This is about climate change. How dare you.

Posted by: Greta at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM (HcoTw)

52 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:41 AM (dPfyF)

I always thought that was a creepy poem.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM (L5An7)

53

Floatzum and Jetsam were the other 2 hobbits who abandoned the quest and moved in together down south. They were subsequently eliminated from the tale...

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM (ZglHl)

54 If you unintentionally let unbalanced cargo containers slip off a ship is that jetsam?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:47 AM (EYmYM)

55 Watch out for Ruben the Rutan.

Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living at August 18, 2025 09:48 AM (Euor7)

56

The Rectum of Ella Fitzgerald...

Sing along, you know you want to...

Posted by: Elderly Git at August 18, 2025 09:48 AM (ZglHl)

57 The Lighthouse keeper is prolly scared as well.

Just boarded my boat on the way in to downtown. Thankfully, the wind is calm as are the seas. Sun is coming up. It’s 58, heading for a high of 72 today. Cloudy. I wish it would rain.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 09:49 AM (JWncN)

58 Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:47 AM (EYmYM)

Nope. That's flotsam. Jetsam is intentional.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2025 09:50 AM (L5An7)

59 I dunno, nothing Muldoon likes more than a challenge ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2025 09:50 AM (ppG5b)

60 You know what this scene needs?

Ghost mermaids and gay sex.

Posted by: Robert Eggers's the Lighthouse at August 18, 2025 09:50 AM (t0Rmr)

61 Hate to be traveling in steerage.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:51 AM (Q4IgG)

62 I always thought that was a creepy poem.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2025 09:46 AM

It is. But, creepy subject matter.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:51 AM (dPfyF)

63
Five passengers set sail that day, on a three hour tour

a three hour tour

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 09:52 AM (AOsQT)

64 Just boarded my boat on the way in to downtown. Thankfully, the wind is calm as are the seas. Sun is coming up. It’s 58, heading for a high of 72 today. Cloudy. I wish it would rain.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 09:49 AM

Started out cloudy here, but sunny now. 65, on the way to a high of 69 after yesterday's 90. It should be a nice cool first half of the week. I'm looking forward to Autumn.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 09:53 AM (dPfyF)

65 Nope. That's flotsam. Jetsam is intentional.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2025 09:50 AM (L5An7)

But I thought flotsam was ship wreckage.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:53 AM (EYmYM)

66 Is that Bodhi surfing in the lower right corner?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:53 AM (R256O)

67 Flotsam and Jetsam is an underrated metal band. Saw them in Denver some years ago.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo at Werk at August 18, 2025 09:39 AM (PSEDc)

Did they play their hit "Gone Down For the Last Time"?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 09:54 AM (ExV1e)

68 Did they play their hit "Gone Down For the Last Time"?

I wish I heard that song earlier

Posted by: Michael Douglass at August 18, 2025 09:54 AM (t0Rmr)

69 Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the waters . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

70 Did they play their hit "Gone Down For the Last Time"?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 09:54 AM (ExV1e)

Lot of Brides choose that for their wedding song.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (EYmYM)

71 > Less than 3 months until the 50th anniversary of the Wreck of You-Know-Who.
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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of this historic maritime tragedy and to pay tribute to the 29 lost mariners, open water swimmers will carry on their legacy with a 17-stage, 411-mile relay swim from where the Edmund Fitzgerald lies in Lake Superior to Detroit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

72 65 But I thought flotsam was ship wreckage.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:53 AM (EYmYM)

Unless it was purposely jettisoned, it is not jetsam.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (R256O)

73 I wish I heard that song earlier
Posted by: Michael Douglass at August 18, 2025 09:54 AM (t0Rmr)

I got it but man you dug deep for that one.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:56 AM (EYmYM)

74

I got it but man you dug deep for that one.

See that's the great thing about this place. I can go deep with a sock and someone will get it...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 09:57 AM (t0Rmr)

75 70 Lot of Brides choose that for their wedding song.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (EYmYM)

I am soooo happy I was not trying to drink anything while reading that.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:57 AM (R256O)

76 Unless it was purposely jettisoned, it is not jetsam.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (R25

Yeah I get that but it's not ship wreckage either.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 09:57 AM (EYmYM)

77 There are so many small details that make this painting so effective and emotional. The beacon trying to warn vessels but they are overcome by the power of the ocean. The bits of wreckage, heavy wood and cordage broken and tossed like toys, the tiny bit of red in the lower corner, perhaps as the ship's ensign goes under. The bits of blue sky showing through the storm clouds is so realistic and adds to the power of the storm by contrast. And Carmichael captured the look and color of water crashing against a shoal. You can hear the roar of wind and water. It is a frightening scene wonderfully portrayed. Check out Carmichael's other seascapes, some calm, some stormy. They are all excellent.

Chosen by accident as hurricane Erin approaches shore? I think not!

Posted by: JTB at August 18, 2025 09:57 AM (yTvNw)

78 It looks like a giant lobster attacking a giant lobster trap.

Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2025 09:59 AM (98kQX)

79 This painting could use a flyin' green dildo. Just above and to the right of the lighthouse would be good

Posted by: flyin' green dildo at August 18, 2025 09:59 AM (EFZgU)

80 You just have to pitch Jonah overboard to still the storm. Do I have to think of everything?

Posted by: Captain Sailing To Tarshish at August 18, 2025 09:59 AM (G5+As)

81 Just boarded my boat on the way in to downtown. Thankfully, the wind is calm as are the seas. Sun is coming up. It’s 58, heading for a high of 72 today. Cloudy. I wish it would rain.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2025 09:49 AM

Started out cloudy here, but sunny now. 65, on the way to a high of 69 after yesterday's 90. It should be a nice cool first half of the week. I'm looking forward to Autumn.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I miss fall. Our overnight low is higher than y'alls daily high. 😔

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM (p+RwZ)

82 80 You just have to pitch Jonah overboard to still the storm. Do I have to think of everything?
Posted by: Captain Sailing To Tarshish at August 18, 2025 09:59 AM (G5+As)

=======

Goldberg got chucked long ago.

This storm is because of Todd.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM (GBKbO)

83 You guys know more about flotsam and jetsam than me which is kind of embarrassing because I wired for Tokio Marine for 8 years though I didn't handle marine claims.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM (EYmYM)

84 "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.” He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here” (Matthew 12:38–41).

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM (ctrM5)

85 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of this historic maritime tragedy and to pay tribute to the 29 lost mariners, open water swimmers will carry on their legacy with a 17-stage, 411-mile relay swim from where the Edmund Fitzgerald lies in Lake Superior to Detroit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

A commemoration with a high chance of tragedy. Let's do it!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 10:01 AM (g8Ew8)

86 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of this historic maritime tragedy and to pay tribute to the 29 lost mariners, open water swimmers will carry on their legacy with a 17-stage, 411-mile relay swim from where the Edmund Fitzgerald lies in Lake Superior to Detroit.

Sounds like the Dwellers Below are hungry again...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2025 10:02 AM (t0Rmr)

87 Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

Didn't it happen in November?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:03 AM (EYmYM)

88 the ocean is a lot bigger and deeper than humanity

but humanity says: "HOLD MY BEER"

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 10:03 AM (dCxaZ)

89 No love here for Bulwer-Lytton?

"It was a dark and stormy night."

Posted by: Pete in Texas at August 18, 2025 10:03 AM (BHrzb)

90 Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM (p+RwZ)

You got to be tough or crazy to live in Texas. Or maybe a little of both.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:05 AM (EYmYM)

91 Didn't it happen in November?
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:03 AM (EYmYM)

Yes. But who wants to go swimming in the Great Lakes during November?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 10:06 AM (g8Ew8)

92 REALLY like this one

Posted by: American Hawkman at August 18, 2025 10:06 AM (9VDxG)

93 the ocean is a lot bigger and deeper than humanity

but humanity says: "HOLD MY BEER"
Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2025 10:03 AM (dCxaZ)

I'm considering starting a GFM for an attempt to swim across the Atlantic. I reckon if I can raise enough I'd drive out to the coast, wade in about knee deep and call it a failure. Something like that could propel me to a Senate seat.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 10:06 AM (ExV1e)

94 Goldberg got chucked long ago.

This storm is because of Todd.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 10:00 AM

Effin' Todd....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:06 AM (dPfyF)

95 89 No love here for Bulwer-Lytton?

"It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas
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Some artists are drawn to the dramatic differences in storms to paint; others to write about it.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:06 AM (ctrM5)

96 "It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas

"In the distance the lighthouse gleamed dimly through the shrouded gloom."

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (WfBjo)

97 > Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 09:55 AM (Q4IgG)

Didn't it happen in November?
Posted by: polynikes
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November 10, 2025.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (Q4IgG)

98 "It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas

"In the distance the lighthouse gleamed dimly through the shrouded gloom."
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM

And then the murders started...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (dPfyF)

99 Hoping for this kind of weather for Greta and her Gaza Flotilla.

Posted by: Biden's Gaza Pier Pressure at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (G5+As)

100 Didn't it happen in November?
Posted by: polynikes
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November 10, 2025.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (Q4IgG)

Someone should warn them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (ExV1e)

101 It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas

"In the distance the lighthouse gleamed dimly through the shrouded gloom."
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (WfBjo)

Inside laid the corpse of the lighthouse keeper.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (EYmYM)

102 That'll buff out, no problem.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (+OnsA)

103 Ghost mermaids and gay sex.

Some actors will do anything to distance themselves from the Twilight movies.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (BHrzb)

104 Masterful painting. Would hang. Close to the lavatory.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (/vPt3)

105 There is a bird in the painting. At least I think it's a bird.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:09 AM (EYmYM)

106 That'll buff out, no problem.
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (+OnsA)

Your Dad has an excellent set of tools?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:10 AM (wVcYX)

107 Nice, polynikes!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:10 AM (WfBjo)

108 That ship is goin' down faster than Cap'n Ned comforting a cabin boy.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 18, 2025 10:11 AM (GTqXr)

109 It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas

"In the distance the lighthouse gleamed dimly through the shrouded gloom."
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (WfBjo)

Inside laid the corpse of the lighthouse keeper.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (EYmYM)

Tucked in the shadows lies the still-vibrating shape of a green dildo.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 10:11 AM (g8Ew8)

110 Some actors will do anything to distance themselves from the Twilight movies.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (BHrzb)

I like the A Thousand Years song a lot and then found out it was the Twilight theme song. Oh well.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:11 AM (EYmYM)

111 105 There is a bird in the painting. At least I think it's a bird.
Posted by: polynikes

Hope it's not a gannet. Don't fancy them at all. They wet their nests!

Posted by: Penguin Pete at August 18, 2025 10:12 AM (G5+As)

112 99 Hoping for this kind of weather for Greta and her Gaza Flotilla.
Posted by: Biden's Gaza Pier Pressure
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I really hate the whole pseudo protest movement of the left paid for secretly by shady assholes.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:12 AM (ctrM5)

113 It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Pete in Texas

"In the distance the lighthouse gleamed dimly through the shrouded gloom."
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 18, 2025 10:07 AM (WfBjo)

Inside laid the corpse of the lighthouse keeper.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:08 AM (EYmYM)

Tucked in the shadows lies the still-vibrating shape of a green dildo.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 10:11 AM (g8Ew

Nancy Drew and the Clue of the Green Dildo

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:13 AM (wVcYX)

114 MSNBC will rebrand as MS NOW (My Source News Opinion World), losing its name and logo. The rebranding decision reverses a previous statement that MSNBC would keep its name. The change comes as Comcast's NBCUniversal spins off cable networks into a new company.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:13 AM (RHGPo)

115 MSNBC has announced it will rename itself
MS-NOW. So there’s that.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:14 AM (9c0bR)

116 108 That ship is goin' down faster than Cap'n Ned comforting a cabin boy.
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I rate that statement as both fake and gay--but more gay than fake.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:14 AM (ctrM5)

117 Holy jinx Batman. Lol.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:14 AM (9c0bR)

118 Wonder if the lighthouse keeper has decent wi-fi out there. Maybe Elon can hook him up with Starlink, if he survives.

Posted by: Amazon Deliveries Problematic, Also at August 18, 2025 10:14 AM (G5+As)

119 Beautiful. Would hang.

Do gays buy up lighthouse in England, too, or is that just an American oddity?

I'd hate to think this has been converted into a bugger dungeon.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 10:15 AM (f1Xuy)

120 >>>There is a bird in the painting. At least I think it's a bird.

Posted by: polynikes

>That's a disguise. It's the sniper's spotter.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 10:15 AM (/vPt3)

121 > MSNBC has announced it will rename itself
MS-NOW. So there’s that.
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Soon to be MS-WAS

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 10:15 AM (Q4IgG)

122 MS-NOW

Menstruating Society - Non Orgasmic Women?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:15 AM (wVcYX)

123 Looks like a portal to Narnia.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:15 AM (kTd/k)

124 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

.. its not like this hasn't been mentioned before

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (RHGPo)

125 Nancy Drew and the Clue of the Green Dildo
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:13 AM

At least it isn't the Hardy Boys. I'd have some questions about that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (dPfyF)

126 114 MSNBC will rebrand as MS NOW (My Source News Opinion World), losing its name and logo. The rebranding decision reverses a previous statement that MSNBC would keep its name. The change comes as Comcast's NBCUniversal spins off cable networks into a new company.
Posted by: SMOD
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NBC did not want the backsplash on its name as MS NOW goes down the ratings toilet My guess is their average viewer nowadays is 70 now. Last year it was something like 68 or so. CNN's was 69. Fox was a sprightly 61 or so.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (ctrM5)

127 MSNBC has announced it will rename itself
MS-NOW. So there’s that.
---------
Soon to be MS-WAS

Or possible MS-BYE.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (Riz8t)

128 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

.. its not like this hasn't been mentioned before
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM

We've all considered that, but I don't think it's going to help your marketing, guys.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:17 AM (dPfyF)

129 There is a bird in the painting. At least I think it's a bird.
Posted by: polynikes
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What color is it?

Posted by: flyin' green dildo at August 18, 2025 10:17 AM (EFZgU)

130 Microsoft Sends 60 Day Warning To Windows 10 Users

Microsoft is offering an extended support program for remaining Windows 10 users to subscribe to continued security updates and app support.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:18 AM (RHGPo)

131 If I were Sweeney, I wouldn't take the BL money. Bad for her image. If you're a chick selling sex appeal, you don't need everybody joking that you have a dong.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 10:18 AM (f1Xuy)

132 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

.. its not like this hasn't been mentioned before
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM

We've all considered that, but I don't think it's going to help your marketing, guys.

The key to successful marketing is to avoid having the target think "Hey, I'm being manipulated!". Bud Light seems to have real difficulty with that concept.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 10:18 AM (Riz8t)

133 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

.. its not like this hasn't been mentioned before
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (RHGPo)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE TAPPING ALSO REFERS TO OPENING A KEG OF BEER!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2025 10:19 AM (wVcYX)

134 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

.. its not like this hasn't been mentioned before
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:16 AM (RHGPo)

Only way is having Sydney drinking a Bud Light and two gay guys going ' eeewwww do you see what's she's drinking? Disgusting'

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:19 AM (EYmYM)

135 Tap Sydney Sweeny? I mean OK. If I have to.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:20 AM (9c0bR)

136 Nancy Drew and the Clue of the Green Dildo
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:13 AM

At least it isn't the Hardy Boys. I'd have some questions about that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

The Hardly Boys have raging clues.

https://tinyurl.com/4pwynsze

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 18, 2025 10:21 AM (u4Nk5)

137 According to press reports, the U.K. Office of Communications (“Ofcom”

has issued a provisional notice under the Online Safety Act alleging a contravention by 4chan and indicating an intention to impose a penalty of £20,000, plus daily penalties thereafter.

4chan is a United States company, incorporated in Delaware, with no establishment, assets, or operations in the United Kingdom. Any attempt to impose or enforce a penalty against 4chan will be resisted in U.S. federal court.

Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:21 AM (RHGPo)

138 Tap Sydney Sweeny? I mean OK. If I have to.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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I'd tap that

Posted by: flyin' green dildo at August 18, 2025 10:22 AM (EFZgU)

139 If Bud Light sponsoring MMA didn't help then nothing will save the image.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:22 AM (EYmYM)

140 The US state with the largest number of lighthouses is Michigan.

Posted by: The Massive Ore Boat at August 18, 2025 10:22 AM (G5+As)

141 If Bud Light really wants to rehabilitate their image, they should show the corporate suits bowing down to Trump and licking his boots.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 10:23 AM (Riz8t)

142 If I was tapping Sydney Sweeney, I figure she's a smooth pilsner, - not a stout, although stouts can also be very fulfilling.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 10:23 AM (/vPt3)

143 130 Microsoft Sends 60 Day Warning To Windows 10 Users

Microsoft is offering an extended support program for remaining Windows 10 users to subscribe to continued security updates and app support.
Posted by: SMOD

I have a dedicated scanning computer for photos and memorabilia that I have no intention whatsoever to convert to Windows 11. That particular system keeps getting worse--latest is that you cannot keep apps bought from the Microsoft store from updating automatically. And the awful attempts to force people to backup to Azure rather than locally.

All so that Microsoft can hoover up more of your information to hawk on the open market and destroy what is left of the tatters of privacy that people have.

Linux is the way or even the less desirable Macs.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:23 AM (ctrM5)

144 Show some fuckin' gross tranny drinking a Coors alone at the end of the bar, while a bunch of manly dudes are swarming Sweeney trying to buy her another BL.

Then some tagline like "Bud Light... It's The Real Thing."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2025 10:24 AM (f1Xuy)

145 The Hardly Boys have raging clues.

https://tinyurl.com/4pwynsze
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 18, 2025 10:21 AM

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:25 AM (dPfyF)

146 Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2025 10:23 AM (Riz8t)

IIRC Trump and Trump Jr both came to BL defense but it didn't help.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:25 AM (EYmYM)

147 Soon to be MS-WAS

Morning Mika and Rachel Madcow hardest hit.

Posted by: This Ship Be Sinkin'! at August 18, 2025 10:25 AM (G5+As)

148 Bud could have Sydney Sweeny naked in an ad wearing a maga hat. And I’m still never buying their swill again.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:26 AM (9c0bR)

149 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Oh Lord! Your sea is so big and my lighthouse is so small...
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:26 AM (2WIwB)

150 137 According to press reports, the U.K. Office of Communications (“Ofcom” has issued a provisional notice under the Online Safety Act alleging a contravention by 4chan and indicating an intention to impose a penalty of £20,000, plus daily penalties thereafter.

4chan is a United States company, incorporated in Delaware, with no establishment, assets, or operations in the United Kingdom. Any attempt to impose or enforce a penalty against 4chan will be resisted in U.S. federal court.
Posted by: SMOD at August 18, 2025 10:21 AM (RHGPo)

Nobody even f***ing cares about 4chan anymore, it's old news.

The real trolls and raiders sort the Gemeralds from the Coal on Soyjak.Party

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:27 AM (UnA8+)

151 The Irwin Lighthouse, Storm Raging
John Wilson Carmichael

I like this painting and, yes, I'd hang it though it somehow reminds me of Maureen McGovern belting out, "There's got to be a morning after," which became quite tiresome on the airwaves.

Also, maybe a hint that wind turbines at sea (the Atlantic Ocean) will be a problem whether fixed or floating. (What are there, about seven in operation for how much time, planning, money? Nah, shutdown the green 'investment' scams.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 10:27 AM (NFX2v)

152 Bud Light Considers Tapping Sydney Sweeney To Rehab Tarnished Image

I'm betting that lots of people have considered tapping Sydney Sweeney.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM (ExV1e)

153 Hubbymayhem, the truck driver, has declared that the driver from India who killed 3 people deserves the death penalty.
I kinda agree.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM (2J/Lj)

154 IIRC Trump and Trump Jr both came to BL defense but it didn't help.
Posted by: polynikes
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Some types of damage to branding can never wash off. Using a twink to sell beer to guys was never going to work. I think the stupid wokester marketing exec responsible for Bud Light is now working for one of the sportsball leagues where I have no doubt, a similar show of stupid woke signalling will surface.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM (ctrM5)

155 Microsoft Sends 60 Day Warning To Windows 10 Users

Microsoft is offering an extended support program for remaining Windows 10 users to subscribe to continued security updates and app support.

Posted by: SMOD

"We demand you stop using the somewhat functional windows 10, and immediately switch to the bug-ridden windows 11."

11 is probably the worst version they have ever put out. It literally opens windows and tabs randomly and is a huge memory hog.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM (0U5gm)

156 Speaking of Bud… saw some polling data that the yuuutes are not drinking anymore. Everyone is drinking less but young people particularly are drinking way less than their counterparts did in previous generations. All those micro breweries that popped up during the millenial craft beer craze aren’t going to be around for much longer. Same with wine bars.

Part of it is health reasons, peeps realizing drinking isn’t good for you. And weed.

It’s an interesting societal shift.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:30 AM (9c0bR)

157 Bud could have Sydney Sweeny naked in an ad wearing a maga hat. And I’m still never buying their swill again.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:26 AM (9c0bR)

I'm betting that advertisement would still be a hit though.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 18, 2025 10:31 AM (g8Ew8)

158 Nobody even f***ing cares about 4chan anymore, it's old news.

The real trolls and raiders sort the Gemeralds from the Coal on Soyjak.Party
Posted by: XTC
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I think the massive hack leak showing the location of posters and admin names damaged 4 chan's street cred.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:31 AM (ctrM5)

159 I couldn't boycott Budweiser because I never drank it. If given a choice between Bud and nothing, I's rather have nothing. In Texas, as far as I can see, Bud is a brand for aspiring Mexican alcoholics who plan to slap the the esposa around later in the evening.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 10:31 AM (guCHD)

160 The art...

Yep that's A lighthouse! And that is definitely a storm situation. Title checks out👍!

Those boats are in a whole world of shit right there now.

I like this. Thanks CBD!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 18, 2025 10:32 AM (2J/Lj)

161 think the stupid wokester marketing exec responsible for Bud Light is now working for one of the sportsball leagues where I have no doubt, a similar show of stupid woke signalling will surface.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM (ctrM5)

Male and trans NFL cheerleaders has to be the stupidest thing ever but the NFL is like crack to a lot of otherwise conservative and boycott wiling people.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (EYmYM)

162 I honestly don't know if I've ever purchased a beer because of an ad.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (kTd/k)

163 I couldn't boycott Budweiser because I never drank it. If given a choice between Bud and nothing, I's rather have nothing. In Texas, as far as I can see, Bud is a brand for aspiring Mexican alcoholics who plan to slap the the esposa around later in the evening.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 10:31 AM

Concur. The RMBS Dad brewed his own beer. I got used to having real beer from a young age. Bud, and most others, never did it for me.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (dPfyF)

164 156 Part of it is health reasons, peeps realizing drinking isn’t good for you. And weed.

It’s an interesting societal shift.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:30 AM (9c0bR)

It ages you, and they want to hold onto their youth for as long as possible.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:34 AM (UnA8+)

165 The other famous Bible shipwreck was the destruction of the ship the Apostle Paul was on when he was on his way to Rome, under bonds. It is a parable/allegory for our time. The 276 occupants were warned to stay aboard until the ship crashed on the rocks. This happened in our time in 1988. All churches went apostate and we were warned to get out. The End Of The Church Age. Satan took his seat there.

Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at August 18, 2025 10:34 AM (G5+As)

166 I honestly don't know if I've ever purchased a beer because of an ad.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM

I haven't, but I did give a tip o' the hat and a chuckle to the folks who named "Another IPA".

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:35 AM (dPfyF)

167 It surprises me that the Budlight tranny hasn't disappeared yet.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:35 AM (kTd/k)

168 I couldn't boycott Budweiser because I never drank it. If given a choice between Bud and nothing, I's rather have nothing. In Texas, as far as I can see, Bud is a brand for aspiring Mexican alcoholics who plan to slap the the esposa around later in the evening.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2025 10:31 AM

Concur. The RMBS Dad brewed his own beer. I got used to having real beer from a young age. Bud, and most others, never did it for me.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (dPfyF)
***

In college I bought what was on sale. After a tour in the Army in Germany, bier became the standard. Especially the helles lagers.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (2WIwB)

169 Male and trans NFL cheerleaders has to be the stupidest thing ever but the NFL is like crack to a lot of otherwise conservative and boycott wiling people.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (EYmYM)

Yep. The nfl is just playing now. They know “real manly men” will never give up their sportsball. So hey let’s put some tranny cheerleaders for them to watch. They’ll seethe and complain but they’ll never stop sending money.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (9c0bR)

170 aspiring Mexican alcoholics who plan to slap the the esposa around later in the evening.

Si mon! Ja ja ja ja

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (WDJ9Z)

171 "We demand you stop using the somewhat functional windows 10, and immediately switch to the bug-ridden windows 11."

11 is probably the worst version they have ever put out. It literally opens windows and tabs randomly and is a huge memory hog.
Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:29 AM

Resistance is futile.

Posted by: Microsoft Borg, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Big Penguin, Inc. at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (0sNs1)

172 The fed's could prohibit beer ads on network/cable and nobody would care nor would sales suffer/change.

I think Social Media carries more influence (SWIDT) than ads on the tube.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (Q4IgG)

173 That male cheerleader for the Minnesota Vikings is repulsive.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (kTd/k)

174 167 It surprises me that the Budlight tranny hasn't disappeared yet.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:35 AM (kTd/k)

Even other troons don't like Dylan.

He got cast in some show with another troon, and THAT troon has made it clear that even they find Dylan creepy and don't want to be anywhere near him.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (UnA8+)

175 I have a dedicated scanning computer for photos and memorabilia that I have no intention whatsoever to convert to Windows 11.

If MSoft wanted me to upgrade...

- no required login
- allow me to set up the desktop as I choose
- no copilot
- no recall

They won't do that so I won't upgrade.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (ExV1e)

176 "We demand you stop using the somewhat functional windows 10, and immediately switch to the bug-ridden windows 11."

11 is probably the worst version they have ever put out. It literally opens windows and tabs randomly and is a huge memory hog.
Posted by: Thomans Paine
========
I keep one current version of Windows on a dual boot machine simply to do taxes. Another serves as a dedicated scanner for media, etc. and since the drivers for those will never be ported to Windows 11, it shall stay Windows 10 until it dies or the digitization project is finished.

I keep a very old Win 7 and even Windows XP simply to host stat and math programs that are far too expensive to upgrade to current versions (not that the new ones have added much worthwhile anyway).

If you do have older Windows versions, Legacy Update website is your friend to download as many of the updates necessary that are no longer available at Microsoft. If you must use one of these to go online for anything other than legacy drivers, Panda Antivirus or Clam AV for Windows are lightweight protectors.

Hitman is a decent malware protector for older computers as well all the way down to XP versions.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (ctrM5)

177 I think the Miller lite Taste Great Less Filling campaign did sell a lot of beer.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:38 AM (EYmYM)

178 169 Yep. The nfl is just playing now. They know “real manly men” will never give up their sportsball. So hey let’s put some tranny cheerleaders for them to watch. They’ll seethe and complain but they’ll never stop sending money.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (9c0bR)

More like they'll never give up their crippling gambling addiction.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:38 AM (UnA8+)

179 Ever noticed they don't advertise Ever Clear?

Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 10:38 AM (W3T6M)

180 honestly don't know if I've ever purchased a beer because of an ad.
-

Few if any people see an ad and think oh I gotta go buy that thing. It’s all subconscious. You see a million ads Bud or whatever and your brain just goes oooh Bud I know that thing, I’ll buy it. You don’t know you’re doing it but you are. It’s why ads like that exist.

And not just beer. Coke and Nike works the same way.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:38 AM (9c0bR)

181 Beautiful painting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2025 10:39 AM (bss/y)

182 That lighthouse looks to be in serious trouble.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:39 AM (vm8sq)

183 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE TAPPING ALSO REFERS TO OPENING A KEG OF BEER!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2025 10:19 AM

One of our alumni!

Posted by: Tappa Kegga Bru at August 18, 2025 10:39 AM (0sNs1)

184 Ever noticed they don't advertise Ever Clear?
Posted by: pudinhead

Don't need to. Every teenaged kid knows all about it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:40 AM (p+RwZ)

185 >>I honestly don't know if I've ever purchased a beer because of an ad.

If you ever watch Jaws again take a close look at the beer Quint drinks. It's Narragansett.

There is a local print ad campaign around here honoring the 50th anniversary of Jaws that has a photo of Quint with the tag line "Honor The Man Crush The Can". I confess, I bought a six pack cause it made me laugh.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:40 AM (viF8m)

186 That male cheerleader for the Minnesota Vikings is repulsive.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (kTd/k)

I think they have two now. Have to say their female cheerleaders are probably the least attractive in the league. I'm sure that was also intentional.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:40 AM (EYmYM)

187 Yes; Definitely a maritime painter. I like it.!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 10:40 AM (2GCMq)

188 179 Ever noticed they don't advertise Ever Clear?
Posted by: pudinhead at August 18, 2025 10:38 AM (W3T6M)

Are they even still together? That one song got horribly overplayed.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2025 10:41 AM (VoAdT)

189 If the male cheerleaders come out of the dressing room with excessive bulges, we will know they are just BSing us.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:41 AM (2WIwB)

190 I have a WIN10 desktop nearing the end of its service life. Do I replace it with a WIN11 box, or do I get one of those sexy super-fast gaming laptops I've heard about?

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:41 AM (AOsQT)

191 169 Male and trans NFL cheerleaders has to be the stupidest thing ever but the NFL is like crack to a lot of otherwise conservative and boycott wiling people.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:33 AM (EYmYM)

Yep. The nfl is just playing now. They know “real manly men” will never give up their sportsball. So hey let’s put some tranny cheerleaders for them to watch. They’ll seethe and complain but they’ll never stop sending money.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:36 AM (9c0bR)

Not in my case. I haven’t seen a football game since Super Bowl LIV. For this and other reasons.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 18, 2025 10:41 AM (vm8sq)

192 I believe the cheerleaders in question are not tranny, just ghey. And fa-bu-Lous!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (9c0bR)

193 173 That male cheerleader for the Minnesota Vikings is repulsive.
Posted by: Northernlurker

🤣

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (NFX2v)

194 If MSoft wanted me to upgrade...

- no required login
- allow me to set up the desktop as I choose
- no copilot
- no recall

They won't do that so I won't upgrade.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I've found the biggest problem with very old hardware is browsers, security software, and sometimes mechanical issues (usually centered on power supplies, motherboard capacitors, and hard drives) especially on corporate brand builds.

Replacing a power supply on an old Lenovo Core computer 2010 era so that my wife can use it at school as a dedicated powerpoint machine.

Hopefully it did not kill the memory or the motherboard when it died on startup.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (ctrM5)

195 also does anyone understand the white streak in the art, upper left?

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (AOsQT)

196 Don't know if this is a spoof site or not, but

12 #NFL TEAMS WILL REPORTEDLY HAVE MALE CHEERLEADERS ON THEIR CHEERLEADING SQUAD THIS SEASON.

• #Vikings
• #Ravens
• #Rams
• #Saints
• #Eagles
• #49ers
• #Patriots
• #Titans
• #Colts
• #Chiefs
• #Buccaneers
• #Panthers

https://tinyurl.com/y3jphhbm

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (p+RwZ)

197 More like they'll never give up their crippling gambling addiction.

Posted by: XTC

Gambling is the only thing keeping sportsball going.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (0U5gm)

198 190 I have a WIN10 desktop nearing the end of its service life. Do I replace it with a WIN11 box, or do I get one of those sexy super-fast gaming laptops I've heard about?
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:41 AM (AOsQT)

Next thing I'm getting is a mini-PC just powerful enough to run emulation of 6th Gen consoles (Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube).

Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to like video games, that's not hard-ass enough.

Whatever. I'm tired of trying to be hard-ass enough.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (UnA8+)

199 Used to hunt crocodiles?

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (aDC+n)

200 also does anyone understand the white streak in the art, upper left?
Posted by: Don Black

Path of the signal flare?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (p+RwZ)

201 also does anyone understand the white streak in the art, upper left?
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (AOsQT)

I think it's supposed to be lightning.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:44 AM (EYmYM)

202 Don't know if this is a spoof site or not, but

—

They’re telling conservatives we know you’re addicted and will never leave us. And we will rub your faces in shit, make you eat it and come begging for more.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:44 AM (9c0bR)

203 Looks like capsized ships of democrats in the sea of America.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:44 AM (snZF9)

204 >>also does anyone understand the white streak in the art, upper left?

moonbeam

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:44 AM (viF8m)

205 also does anyone understand the white streak in the art, upper left?
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (AOsQT)

I was interpreting that as lightning.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 18, 2025 10:45 AM (2J/Lj)

206 This happened in our time in 1988. All churches went apostate and we were warned to get out. The End Of The Church Age. Satan took his seat there.
Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at August 18, 2025 10:34 AM (G5+As)

THE GATES OF HELL LIE WAITING AS YOU SEE! THERE’S NO PRICE TO PAY, JUST FOLLOW ME! I CAN TAKE YOUR LOST SOUL FROM THE GRAVE! JESUS KNOWS YOUR SOUL CANNOT BE SAVED. CRUCIFY YOUR SO CALLED LORD, HE SOON SHALL FALL TO ME, YOUR SOULS ARE DAMNED YOU GOD HAS FELL TO SLAVE FOR ME ETERNALLY….

HELL AWAITS!!!

Posted by: Slayer at August 18, 2025 10:46 AM (vm8sq)

207 Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to like video games, that's not hard-ass enough.

Whatever. I'm tired of trying to be hard-ass enough.
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (UnA8+)

I don't know who you are talking to because though I'm not a gamer I feel you're in a blog room full of gamers.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:46 AM (EYmYM)

208 Gambling is part of it for sure. But I still see lots of people wearing “their” team jerseys. Or “their” team flags flying or license plate covers or what have you.

And people say marketing doesn’t work? Au contraire mon frere.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:46 AM (9c0bR)

209 That male cheerleader for the Minnesota Vikings is repulsive.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 18, 2025 10:37 AM (kTd/k)

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

Please tell me that it's Tampon Tim.

Like to me if you must ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 10:46 AM (eefgT)

210 Don't know if this is a spoof site or not, but

12 #NFL TEAMS WILL REPORTEDLY HAVE MALE CHEERLEADERS ON THEIR CHEERLEADING SQUAD THIS SEASON.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (p+RwZ)

Will they demand the pronoun queerleaders?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:47 AM (snZF9)

211 190 I have a WIN10 desktop nearing the end of its service life. Do I replace it with a WIN11 box, or do I get one of those sexy super-fast gaming laptops I've heard about?
Posted by: Don Black
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Depends on whether you like to build one out or simply use it until it drops. Laptops, other than the expensive Framework models, are throwaways when they break--you can upgrade a desktop if you start with a very good power supply, keyboard, and peripherals.

Store bought desktop brands are more like throwaway laptops at the low end--at the high end, you can get some decent build quality from a few makers focusing on gaming. Most flexibility is from building it your self as you can choose every component. Choosing quality ones over lowest cost bidder shit on power supplies, memory, motherboards, and peripherals allow for longer use and upgrades as necessary.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:48 AM (ctrM5)

212 The Vikqueens cheerleaders are crime against nature.

Some time ago, I suggested the NFL set up a cable channel like 'Red Zone' dedicated to cheerleaders only.

This is what we fucking get.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2025 10:48 AM (/vPt3)

213 12 #NFL TEAMS WILL REPORTEDLY HAVE MALE CHEERLEADERS ON THEIR CHEERLEADING SQUAD THIS SEASON.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:42 AM (p+RwZ)

Will they demand the pronoun queerleaders?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:47 AM

"Ha! Gaaaaaaay!!!!!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:49 AM (dPfyF)

214 And John Wilson Carmichael wasn't a bad looking guy if I picked the correct portrait.:

https://tinyurl.com/33jej4fn

There is another Victorian photo or daugerrotype (sp) were he is older and weather beaten but all those Victorian photos make many people look rather stiff and plain . Still good looking.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 10:49 AM (2GCMq)

215 NFL became Taylor Swift obsessed. Real manly men complained and the nfl said fuck off. What did real manly men do? Continued watching and buying $175 jerseys. There is a certain poetry to how the NFL keeps beating these people and yet they come back asking for more every year. If I were an owner I’d double down as well, must be fun watching it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:50 AM (9c0bR)

216 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM (viF8m)

217 211 Store bought desktop brands are more like throwaway laptops at the low end--at the high end, you can get some decent build quality from a few makers focusing on gaming. Most flexibility is from building it your self as you can choose every component. Choosing quality ones over lowest cost bidder shit on power supplies, memory, motherboards, and peripherals allow for longer use and upgrades as necessary.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:48 AM (ctrM5)

A long time ago, I Ship-of-Theseus'd a store-bought machine into one with none of the original parts left except the ZIP drive.

I don't really have the space for a desktop, these days, though. My living quarters are rather limited.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM (UnA8+)

218 Next thing I'm getting is a mini-PC just powerful enough to run emulation of 6th Gen consoles (Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube).

Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to like video games, that's not hard-ass enough.

Whatever. I'm tired of trying to be hard-ass enough.
Posted by: XTC
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If you can, get the mini units with external power supply bricks--keeps heat out of the smaller enclosure ensuring power supply longevity/ease of replacement and keeping more heat out of the small interior space.

Backing off cutting edge hot cpus and very fast memory is another.

Unless you simply want to throw it away after about 2-3 years and buy a new one.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM (ctrM5)

219 I've found the biggest problem with very old hardware is browsers, security software, and sometimes mechanical issues (usually centered on power supplies, motherboard capacitors, and hard drives) especially on corporate brand builds.

Once I retire I'll have, I believe, one program incompatible with Linux. It's a video game I enjoy. I'll be sad to give it up but, once my Win10 box is no longer viable, or they stop supporting Win10, give it up I shall.

I will not use Win11. Period. Presumably that means that I will not use any subsequent windows either. So be it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2025 10:52 AM (ExV1e)

220 Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to like video games, that's not hard-ass enough.

Whatever. I'm tired of trying to be hard-ass enough.
Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 10:43 AM (UnA8+)

I have stacks of boxes and tubs of games, systems, and accessories going back to before the original NES. The day I got married I was on my knees in tux 1/2 hour before having to be at the church playing legend of Zelda on the NES. My mother yells "what the hell are you doing, you need to get to the church". I said I'm saving hyrule. She looks at me for a moment and yells Fuck hyrule, you have to get to the church. lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:52 AM (snZF9)

221 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM (viF8m)

To be fair, when 98% of the fbi is dedicated to fighting white supremacy, there’s no much time left for solving actual crimes.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:52 AM (9c0bR)

222 And they don't do the male cheerleaders like they do in college. In the NFL it seems they do the same pom pom routines as the females. They aren't lifting and throwing the female cheerleaders around in gymnastic routines . They really are rubbing the noses of the base fans into dog shit.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:53 AM (EYmYM)

223 My cousin was drafted this year by The Raiders, otherwise I'd have zero interest in The NFL.

I grew up in Las Vegas, and back then they said (of course before it became the fastest growing city for at least a few decades) that it could never support a professional sports franchise -- because there were too many other distractions and things to do for residents and visitors.

Now they have an NHL team, an NFL team, and a MLB team -- and I've heard talking heads predicts soon an NBA team (Jerry Tarkanian's UNLV Runnin' Rebels aside).

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 18, 2025 10:53 AM (/uk1N)

224 >>#NFL TEAMS WILL REPORTEDLY HAVE MALE CHEERLEADERS ON THEIR CHEERLEADING SQUAD THIS SEASON.

If they were old school male cheerleaders, then it would probably be fine. Not anything new or odd. However, in the clips I've seen, it's like drag - they are moving just like the female cheerleaders (hip swings and thrusts, etc.). These teams made that choice -- to be gayyyyy.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 10:54 AM (GbwPZ)

225 Linear power supplies are best power supplies.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 10:54 AM (0sNs1)

226 These teams made that choice -- to be gayyyyy.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 10:54 AM (GbwPZ)

I thought the constant patting each others asses in tight pants made them gay. 😀

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (9c0bR)

227 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.

Posted by: JackStraw

Not to put too fine a point on it, but the longer a body is in the water, the harder it is to identify it.

Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (0U5gm)

228 Now that my favorite NFL player has become.the backup QB in Kansas City, I'm annoyed when I check the web for the preseason reporting and half of it is about Swift. WTF???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (2WIwB)

229 And they don't do the male cheerleaders like they do in college. In the NFL it seems they do the same pom pom routines as the females. They aren't lifting and throwing the female cheerleaders around in gymnastic routines . They really are rubbing the noses of the base fans into dog shit.
Posted by: polynikes

Yeah. They ain't tossing girls like in college.

Now, they're just tossing salads.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (p+RwZ)

230 >>It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.

Unless he/she died while paddle-boarding on MV, and the body was taken out to sea, then back to RI...

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (GbwPZ)

231 This is how an asshole travels to the US for a meeting with the President of the United States

https://x.com/GeorgePapa19/status/
1957452015719604587

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (AOsQT)

232 I don't really have the space for a desktop, these days, though. My living quarters are rather limited.
Posted by: XTC

If seriously limited in space, consider the Framework laptop series--these are designed to allow upgrading and replacement even of screens and motherboards as available.

Otherwise a throwaway gaming cube might work well if you don't want bleeding edge stuff--those get up to the price of a Framework laptop if you start adding peripherals like external gpus and a top of the line cpu/memory etc.

Not really for gaming but Apple, to its credit with its new M series chips actually is making some excellent mini cube desktop systems that are also portable if you had to do it.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (ctrM5)

233 216 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.
Posted by: JackStraw

If it was only a Portugee, no one cares.

Posted by: Seamus From Dublin at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (G5+As)

234 Not to put too fine a point on it, but the longer a body is in the water, the harder it is to identify it.
Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (0U5gm)

Dental records ,DNA still the go to. I'm guessing homeless person with no record.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (EYmYM)

235 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:52 AM (snZF9)

LOL. Good for mom! I think I'd like your mother if she is still around.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (2GCMq)

236 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM

It takes time to sort things out when your drowning in information.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (0sNs1)

237 >>Not to put too fine a point on it, but the longer a body is in the water, the harder it is to identify it.

True. But it's not like people go missing without report in the ocean around here all that often. It's not like the body floated in from Portugal.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (viF8m)

238 218 Next thing I'm getting is a mini-PC just powerful enough to run emulation of 6th Gen consoles (Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube).

Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to like video games, that's not hard-ass enough.

Whatever. I'm tired of trying to be hard-ass enough.
Posted by: XTC

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This is one of the major reasons I bought a Steam Deck.

Not the same thing, but I can even run PS3 games on it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

239 LOL. Good for mom! I think I'd like your mother if she is still around.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (2GCMq)

She was an original, thats for sure.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:58 AM (snZF9)

240 This is how an asshole travels to the US for a meeting with the President of the United States

https://x.com/GeorgePapa19/status/
1957452015719604587
Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM

What, no Adidas track suit? He's letting down the whole gopnik community.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2025 10:58 AM (dPfyF)

241 your = you're

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 10:58 AM (0sNs1)

242 >>This is how an asshole travels to the US for a meeting with the President of the United States

No red carpet for you.
If you want to be treated like a statesman, act like a statesmen, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 10:58 AM (GbwPZ)

243 There have been many lives lost because of illegals who can't read signs and don't know the rules. Whoever is hiring them needs to go to prison.
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If you want to know why Trump hasn't gone Attila the Hun on employers yet over I-9 and e-verify?
Because several states will drop the hammer on employers if they cooperate with ICE.

Currently, the admin is litigating Illinois' laws banning employers from using ANY method to verify citizenship.
And the law requires employers to notify the state--in advance--of an immigration raid.
That they must notify the state if ICE requests a records review.
There's a whole lot of other BS like that.

Which IL is arguing isn't preempted by federal immigration law b/c it's state employment law.
There are similar laws in other states.
That they can punish employers for following federal law, in effect.

They are all going to lose. They know it. Their arguments are weak AF. They are just milking the clock in hopes of something.

By this time next year, we should have at least 3, maybe 5 circuits with rulings that these laws are unconstitutional.

At that point, Trump will unleash the hounds.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 10:59 AM (tlI68)

244 This is how an asshole travels to the US for a meeting with the President of the United States

https://x.com/GeorgePapa19/status/
1957452015719604587

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (AOsQT)

Dude thinks he's on vacation.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 10:59 AM (snZF9)

245 As a fella who tends to hold onto things until the wheels finally fall off, I was more than a little disturbed when my IT buddy told me years ago that PCs, whether desktops or laptops, were disposable. To plan and budget on replacing them every 3 - 5 years.

He's not wrong.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 10:59 AM (wVcYX)

246 216 It's now been more than a week since a body washed ashore on my neighborhood beach and the body still hasn't been identified. You'd think they could get to the bottom of that mystery inside a week.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2025 10:51 AM (viF8m)

An chance it is Harold Holt?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (R256O)

247 Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (AOsQT)

I predicted a week ago he going to sabotage any deal presented no matter how positive. Just like the PLO always did. I'm hoping Trump says take a deal or no more aid. Not a cent.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (EYmYM)

248 Which IL is arguing isn't preempted by federal immigration law

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I’m so old I remember when scotus said the exact opposite when Arizona tried to enforce its own immigration laws.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (9c0bR)

249 Nood

Posted by: tankdemon at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (R256O)

250 Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025

I think that's one of those times mom was right. Probably better to say that than "please hurry along now, dear!"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (2GCMq)

251 Once I retire I'll have, I believe, one program incompatible with Linux. It's a video game I enjoy. I'll be sad to give it up but, once my Win10 box is no longer viable, or they stop supporting Win10, give it up I shall.

I will not use Win11. Period. Presumably that means that I will not use any subsequent windows either. So be it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Have you checked out crossover from Codeweavers. They are kind of like Wine plus. The other way is go to something like virtual box or a win 10 container. Takes more hardware to support that but does let you run stuff.

I am considering that so that I can get rid of some of my old dedicated computers but I will have to do a dedicated build. Microsux is making it hard to dual boot with their UEFI booting shim signature screwup problems along with Secure Boot/TPM.

Posted by: whig at August 18, 2025 11:00 AM (ctrM5)

252 >>There have been many lives lost because of illegals who can't read signs and don't know the rules. Whoever is hiring them needs to go to prison.

Might have to extradite them first.
Yes, a lot of these foreign drivers are employed by foreign trucking firms who are flouting other laws, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (GbwPZ)

253 The Z has to keep it going. The wheels come off for him if it doesn't.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (0sNs1)

254 I mean, the guy's wearing a f***ing t-shirt, FFS

no respect

we need to cut ourselves loose of this clown

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (AOsQT)

255 At that point, Trump will unleash the hounds.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2025 10:59 AM (tlI6

I'm waiting for him to unleash the Rhodesian mercenaries.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (snZF9)

256
I think the NFL is about to learn a Bud Light lesson.

In our house, watching football was a family activity. Adults, kids everybody having a good time watching the Cowboys play. Very family friendly.

But, now if i had young kiddos. Do I want them exposed to a bunch of trannies prancing around?

No, I do not.

I don't mind explaining the rules of football to the little niblets. I have no desire explaining the mental illness of sexually confused lunatics.

I would simply not watch.

I suspect a lot of parents are going to feel the same way.

But, we'll see.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2025 11:01 AM (iJfKG)

257 Not to put too fine a point on it, but the longer a body is in the water, the harder it is to identify it.
Posted by: Thomans Paine at August 18, 2025 10:55 AM (0U5gm)

Dental records ,DNA still the go to. I'm guessing homeless person with no record.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2025 10:56 AM (EYmYM)

I'm guessing airliner stowaway, fell from the landing gear compartment when it opened.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2025 11:02 AM (wVcYX)

258 If they were old school male cheerleaders, then it would probably be fine. Not anything new or odd. However, in the clips I've seen, it's like drag - they are moving just like the female cheerleaders (hip swings and thrusts, etc.). These teams made that choice -- to be gayyyyy.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2025 10:54 AM (GbwPZ)

Not sure about any of the others, but the Ravens have had dudes among their cheerleading squad since their inception in the 90s. They're the old school type who lift up the ladies and use megaphones. At least that's what I recall from when I used to pay attention.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2025 11:02 AM (wkXwO)

259 Supposedly Mr. Singh, the Florida driver, caused the collapsed an 88 year-old bridge in Arkansas by driving a 38 ton truck over it, when the sign said 6 ton maximum.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2025 11:02 AM (0sNs1)

260 Z has stolen billions for himself. Why not just quit and go live a life of luxury? Whats an extra billion going to do for you? You’ll never spend it in 10 lifetimes.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:03 AM (9c0bR)

261 think the NFL is about to learn a Bud Light lesson.

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The NFL has been far far left for about 10 years. The lesson they learned is sportsball addicts will give us money no matter what we do.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 18, 2025 11:05 AM (9c0bR)

262 238 This is one of the major reasons I bought a Steam Deck.

Not the same thing, but I can even run PS3 games on it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at August 18, 2025 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

I kind of suck at getting PS3 ISOs to work in RPCS3.

Posted by: XTC at August 18, 2025 11:05 AM (UnA8+)

263 If MSoft wanted me to upgrade...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I was wary of Win11, but have found that the BillGatesisms can be thwarted. I have no login, custom desktop, and no copilot nor recall. It takes some work.

How to Set Up Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account
http://bit.ly/4fGwJ93

Stop Windows Spying
https://youtu.be/VU9L0udNV9M

Stop Windows Spying with hosts file
https://youtu.be/IJr2DcffquI

9 Windows settings EVERY user should change NOW!
https://youtu.be/j70UOLVO4I4

How to disable Copilot in Windows 11
http://bit.ly/4fJ8uab

How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop
http://bit.ly/45FEQOu

There's more. I've been working up a page about all that, but haven't posted it yet. H/t Morons who posted tips.

Posted by: mindful webworker - how to strangle Win11 in the cradle at August 18, 2025 11:07 AM (L05+f)

264 173 That male cheerleader for the Minnesota Vikings is repulsive.
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Can't dancing gays dance like Fred Astaire, or do they have to dance like unpopular girls who are trying way to hard to make the dance squad?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 18, 2025 11:32 AM (Dv3i1)

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