The Puppy In the Plastic Bubble Cafe

Sad, shut-down dog in the last cage at the shelter is so happy to finally have a visitor.

Mother duck parades back and forth to get the attention of people, because her nine ducklings have fallen through the cracks of a storm drain. (It has a nice ending.)

I posted this ages ago: Orphaned baby kangaroo and orphan baby wombat become inseparable besties.

Orphaned baby bear makes a friend. Eventually.

A dog that got lost and wandered 240 miles from his home is so excited when his owners drive 20 hours to pick him up from a distant shelter.

One of the greatest, rev-you-up TV openings of all time. I think this is an edit of the opening of the original TV movie, mixed with the opening of the TV series that would follow.

Such bountiful natural* splendor. * Cite?

Top ten dogs of the week. #3 will shock you!!!

ZeFrank on the wonders of bats. Bonus: Bauhaus doing Bela Lugosi's Dead at Coachella.

Dog got himself stuck on a roof but a guy goes out to make a kinda-dangerous rescue.

Beautiful dog pogos in excitement on adoption day.

People are afraid of this pittie but he just wants to make frenz.

For Sea Otter Awareness week: Ruby the sea otter.

Service dog drop-out -- he got too excited and jumped up to greet new people -- is now just a pet, but he tries to be helpful.

The Crufts Kennel Club holds an agility contest specifically for rescue dogs.

And how did they do?

They did their best.

Bubble-puppy finally leaves the bubble:

Posted by: Ace at 07:36 PM

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1 Huh

Posted by: ... at September 26, 2025 07:37 PM (E0p3T)

2
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 26, 2025 07:38 PM (tljrc)

3 Puppies!

Posted by: Piper at September 26, 2025 07:38 PM (pZEOD)

4 Good Evening.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at September 26, 2025 07:40 PM (LjSYW)

5 If you have never seen " Red Dog" you have missed a truly good dog story.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 07:44 PM (kurEY)

6 Nood'd

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at September 26, 2025 07:45 PM (LjSYW)

7 Oodles of noods

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 07:46 PM (8z6SV)

8 Yay, sidebar, "You can stick your pal ess tine up your whole!@

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 26, 2025 07:47 PM (YlWIZ)

9 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2025 07:48 PM (+qU29)

10 And it’s the end of SEA OTTER AWARENESS WEEK.

And I didn’t get a sea otter. Not even one.

*pouts*

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 26, 2025 07:48 PM (1WD7A)

11 Bats!! We have bats!!! O frabjous day!!!!!

That's a fantastic bat video, Ace. On behalf of the hundreds and hundreds of chiroptophiles that visit here, thank you!!!!

Posted by: Duncanthrax, a mid-tier AoSHQ commenter, according to Grok at September 26, 2025 07:49 PM (0sNs1)

12 nurse, I haven't gotten a Yak so far this year.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 07:50 PM (kurEY)

13 >>>10 And it's the end of SEA OTTER AWARENESS WEEK.

I added one, sorry for the oversight.

Posted by: ace at September 26, 2025 07:50 PM (KRtlO)

14 That Japanese video of the stuffed animals playing the xylophone is not exactly Imagine Dragon's Radioactive video.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 26, 2025 07:50 PM (rbvCR)

15 BabylonBee: New Report Indicates Only 3 People In Jan 6 Crowd Were Not FBI Agents

Posted by: SMOD at September 26, 2025 07:50 PM (GITLP)

16 It's a shame Bauhaus couldn't make it stick. I saw them when they toured my city 2005 too. They did well with their set list and there was no obvious tension in the band.
Apparently they admitted that Murphy / Love & Rockets are just two different kinds of band and decided to split before they got in a brawl like the Police did.
But I thought the tension is what made Bauhaus better than Murphy or L&R.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 26, 2025 07:51 PM (gKWVE)

17 >>Such bountiful natural* splendor. * Cite?

Sensing a thing here today.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 26, 2025 07:51 PM (viF8m)

18 So sad to see shelter pets

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2025 07:51 PM (+qU29)

19 passion of lovers
youtu.be/QEwFv2dGu00

Posted by: gKWVE at September 26, 2025 07:52 PM (gKWVE)

20 Yaks have gotten much exposure this year. Even when they've been waxed and buffed.

It's hasn't been a yak lustre year.

Posted by: Duncanthrax, a mid-tier AoSHQ commenter, according to Grok at September 26, 2025 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

21 Marimba frog is intense.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at September 26, 2025 07:54 PM (6Qpsc)

22 Alex Clark@yoalexrapz

Having gone through two traumatic deaths in one year, I can confidently say that the worst part, by far, is having to throw the flowers away once they’ve wilted.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 26, 2025 07:55 PM (TGPs7)

23 Ace!

Thank you! Monterrey Bay Aquarium is on my bucket list. And they have a surrogate program to rehab abandoned otters and release them back into the wild.

It’s really cool.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 26, 2025 07:55 PM (ueXh5)

24 From the preceding thread: I could not help noticing that Sasha Lowerson, the "surfer 'girl'" actually looks like Nancy Mace.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2025 07:55 PM (s0JqF)

25 Kangaroos and wombats are fine, but how come the bandicoot never gets any coverage?

Posted by: Paco at September 26, 2025 07:56 PM (mADJX)

26 A Bauhaus link: This is why Ace is the Galactus of Bloggers...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 26, 2025 07:56 PM (TGPs7)

27 25 Kangaroos and wombats are fine, but how come the bandicoot never gets any coverage?
Posted by: Paco at September 26, 2025 07:56 PM (mADJX)

It crashed.

Posted by: There's a throwback for you at September 26, 2025 07:56 PM (TbWk/)

28 It took 20 hrs to drive 240 miles?

Posted by: Mel Gibson at September 26, 2025 07:57 PM (EYmYM)

29 Pizza night.

Posted by: Eromero at September 26, 2025 07:57 PM (LHPAg)

30 End of sea otter awareness week? I guess I just wasn't, er, aware.

Posted by: Paco at September 26, 2025 07:57 PM (mADJX)

31 Sad, shut-down dog in the last cage at the shelter is so happy to finally have a visitor.
_______
Those clips always upset my wife. I point out to her that our last two dogs were rescues, but she answers "I want to adopt them all."

Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2025 07:57 PM (s0JqF)

32 28 It took 20 hrs to drive 240 miles?
Posted by: Mel Gibson at September 26, 2025 07:57 PM (EYmYM)
You ever take directions form somebody who could only say 'arf'?

Posted by: Eromero at September 26, 2025 07:58 PM (LHPAg)

33 Isn't that the truth, Skip?

been sayin' for years, if I hit the big powerball, or even any improbably large sum, I would buy a few hundred acres and just have a few hundred rescue dogs to spoil rotten.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 26, 2025 07:59 PM (ppG5b)

34 Duncanthrax, please note the difference between first and beloved.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 07:59 PM (kurEY)

35 BabylonBee: New Report Indicates Only 3 People In Jan 6 Crowd Were Not FBI Agents
Posted by: SMOD at September 26, 2025 07:50 PM (GITLP)

How many people were in the capitol that day?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2025 07:59 PM (zZu0s)

36 That Kangaroo will become a criminal, I am sure

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2025 07:59 PM (+qU29)

37 You almost got me with the bat crap. Shut it off before I could get rabies.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at September 26, 2025 07:59 PM (oftw2)

38 River Otters are gregarious and generous creatures who will sometimes lead friendly humans to their hidden caches of jewelry and gold.

Posted by: River Otter Facts at September 26, 2025 07:59 PM (vFG9F)

39 Pennsylvania Man With Emotional Support Alligator Banned From Walmart...

NBC

This isn't even the strangest part of the story. The alligator is in what appears to be a knitted dress. The man is a Reverend and keeps a Komodo Dragon at home with his five kids...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 26, 2025 08:01 PM (TGPs7)

40 A dog that got lost and wandered 240 miles from his home is so excited when his owners drive 20 hours to pick him up from a distant shelter.

Dat maff ain't maffin'

Posted by: D /r = t at September 26, 2025 08:01 PM (TbWk/)

41 anyone mention this? off topic but ok: seen at msm or like that:

A judge has ordered the deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to either Algeria or Syria, citing alleged false statements on his green card application. The ruling sparked criticism from advocates who argued that Khalil was targeted for his pro-Palestinian activism. Immigration Judge Jamee Comans ruled that Mahmoud Khalil’s I‑485 statements showed a lack of candor and willful misrepresentation of material facts.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 26, 2025 08:02 PM (CWTWj)

42 >> So sad to see shelter pets

Sometimes they end up on the couch next to you.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 26, 2025 08:02 PM (viF8m)

43 River otters want to eat your face. Sea otters want to steal your board.

Posted by: Oso loco at September 26, 2025 08:03 PM (ILafk)

44 38 River Otters are gregarious and generous creatures who will sometimes lead friendly humans to their hidden caches of jewelry and gold.
Posted by: River Otter Facts

Sea Otters will hold hands when they sleep so they don't float away from each other. It's so cute! We call them Happy Meals!

Posted by: Friendly Neighborhood Orcas at September 26, 2025 08:04 PM (Xr4QU)

45
Orphaned baby bear makes a friend. Eventually.

Link goes to wombat and roo.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 26, 2025 08:04 PM (63Dwl)

46 Maybe I should wander away from home and get taken to a shelter. Some nice people might find me.

Posted by: Or they'd phenobarb me at September 26, 2025 08:04 PM (TbWk/)

47 Once had a dog show up. Tired and hungry the pup ate and slept for two days but there was no doubt this dog was on a mission to somewhere.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:05 PM (kurEY)

48 nyc otters will jump turnstyles and hijack ubers

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 26, 2025 08:05 PM (CWTWj)

49 29 Pizza night.
Posted by: Eromero at September 26, 2025 07:57 PM (LHPAg)

Yum! We had shawarma. But I think we might make pizza tomorrow.

Posted by: Piper at September 26, 2025 08:05 PM (Wmg4n)

50 39 Pennsylvania Man With Emotional Support Alligator Banned From Walmart...

NBC

This isn't even the strangest part of the story. The alligator is in what appears to be a knitted dress. The man is a Reverend and keeps a Komodo Dragon at home with his five kids...
Posted by: Mister Ghost

OH! I'M SORRY! I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA!

Posted by: Randy Marsh at September 26, 2025 08:05 PM (Xr4QU)

51 JackStraw, Elvis is a testament to that.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:06 PM (kurEY)

52
It's a good thing Steve Austin broke every bone in his body but his face was untouched.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 08:06 PM (n7CIX)

53 >> but his face was untouched.

He had the bionic eye, though.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 26, 2025 08:08 PM (w6EFb)

54
Once had a dog show up. Tired and hungry the pup ate and slept for two days but there was no doubt this dog was on a mission to somewhere.
Posted by: Ben Had

Lassie Come Home

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036098

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

55 250 miles is some wandering

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2025 08:08 PM (+qU29)

56 Yum! We had shawarma. But I think we might make pizza tomorrow.
Posted by: Piper at September 26, 2025 08:05 PM (Wmg4n)
I instantly thought of The Knack when I read that.

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

57 Yes he is Ben Had.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 26, 2025 08:08 PM (viF8m)

58 i fixed the baby bear makes a friend video.

Posted by: ace at September 26, 2025 08:09 PM (KRtlO)

59 I would buy a few hundred acres and just have a few hundred rescue dogs to spoil rotten.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 26, 2025 07:59 PM (ppG5b)

That gigantic ranch in Wyoming sounds about right for 78 million. Get Ben Had to be the boss. Put a house a mile from everything. Run fiber optic or use starlink.

Heaven.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2025 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

60 Six million dollar man in 1973 equates to how much now? Don't think ABC could afford him.

Posted by: Cold Hard Facts at September 26, 2025 08:09 PM (oftw2)

61 Red Dog made a 3,000 mile journey.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:09 PM (kurEY)

62
The Sherrill woman running for governor of NJ has another problem. Her husband is now caught up in the cheating scandal.

Spread the news far and wide.

Posted by: fourseasons at September 26, 2025 08:10 PM (3ek7K)

63 but his face was untouched.

He had the bionic eye, though.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 26, 2025 08:08 PM (w6EFb)

To be honest, I'd prefer the bionic eye to the bionic ear.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2025 08:10 PM (zZu0s)

64
End of sea otter awareness week? I guess I just wasn't, er, aware.
Posted by: Paco

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

You otter have been.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 08:10 PM (n7CIX)

65
The Sherrill woman running for governor of NJ has another problem. Her husband is now caught up in the cheating scandal.

Spread the news far and wide.

Posted by: fourseasons

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

I wonder if he has an intern. Just casually throwing that out there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 08:12 PM (n7CIX)

66 nurse,bring your sea otter flag back to Texas this year.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:13 PM (kurEY)

67 56 Yum! We had shawarma. But I think we might make pizza tomorrow.
Posted by: Piper at September 26, 2025 08:05 PM (Wmg4n)
I instantly thought of The Knack when I read that.
Posted by: Eromero at September 26, 2025

Mm m m my shawarma!

Posted by: Piper at September 26, 2025 08:13 PM (Wmg4n)

68
anyone mention this? off topic but ok: seen at msm or like that:

A judge has ordered the deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to either Algeria or Syria

===========

Yes, that might have even been last week, or earlier this week. Has it happened yet? I want to know when that punk is out of the country.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 08:14 PM (n7CIX)

69 You got your kangaroo on my wombat!

You got your wombat on my kangaroo!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 26, 2025 08:14 PM (i24o9)

70 66 nurse,bring your sea otter flag back to Texas this year.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:13 PM (kurEY)
Does it have 'Come And Take It' embroideryed 'pon it?

Posted by: Eromero at September 26, 2025 08:14 PM (LHPAg)

71 I wonder if he has an intern. Just casually throwing that out there.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Probably a Coldplay fan.

Posted by: Kiss Cam at September 26, 2025 08:14 PM (oftw2)

72
So sad to see shelter pets

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

I can't watch those videos. I just read ace's headlines and breathe a sigh of relief at the happy ending.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 08:14 PM (n7CIX)

73
There was this stupid story the lefty idiots were pushing about Trump and Melania in the chopper when they landed back at the WH after than UN incident. Trump was seen through the windows "wagging his finger at Melania!", and she was "shaking her head". The bully Trump was berating his wife. Hell, he might've been about to hit her or something.

Well, guess what, according to "forensic lip readers", thank you Daily Mail, he was pissed off. Not at her, but at the UN escalator thing. You note she lurched forward a bit when it abruptly stopped.

He was apparently very pissed about that, and was going on about it with her. You can probably thank Melania for keeping Trump from launching an air strike against the UN.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 26, 2025 08:15 PM (w6EFb)

74 Baby bear is too cute but will turn into a 450 pound cute

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2025 08:15 PM (+qU29)

75 I wonder if he has an intern. Just casually throwing that out there.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Former Navy so, Sum Yong Guy.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 26, 2025 08:15 PM (cYBz/)

76 Arthur the King was a pretty good dog movie. Based on a true story.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 26, 2025 08:16 PM (EYmYM)

77 If 7-Up was bottled at the United Nations, would that make it the UNcola?

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 08:17 PM (8z6SV)

78
Lee Majors is 86, now. Lindsay Wagner is 76.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 26, 2025 08:17 PM (w6EFb)

79 Yum! We had shawarma. But I think we might make pizza tomorrow.
Posted by: Piper at September 26, 2025 08:05 PM (Wmg4n)

If kale or cauliflower is involved in either of those, I swear to God...

Posted by: Food blasphemy at September 26, 2025 08:18 PM (TbWk/)

80 19 shelter rescues found a forever home here over the years
My last two boys are 13 now.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:18 PM (kurEY)

81 Earlier there was talk about Sinclair/Nexstar vs Kimmel: "violence solves problems."

Maybe so, but I'd also bet that the life expectancy of a destructive leftist is much shorter in the state of Florida than it is in California.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 08:19 PM (8z6SV)

82 A Golden Oldie... Two Democrats Stuck On An Escalator...

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

Posted by: davidt at September 26, 2025 08:19 PM (i0F8b)

83 Nice.

>>@EricLDaugh

>>🚨 BREAKING: The FBI has just FIRED agents who were photographed kneeling during the 2020 George Floyd riots, per AP.

>>GREAT WAY to end off the week - MORE trash being taken out.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 26, 2025 08:21 PM (viF8m)

84 Well, for a brief moment, Virginia had a 14-0 lead on FSU. It's now tied up. 5 min to halftime.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 26, 2025 08:22 PM (Xr4QU)

85 This isn't even the strangest part of the story. The alligator is in what appears to be a knitted dress. The man is a Reverend and keeps a Komodo Dragon at home with his five...err...four...errr...three kids...
Posted by: Mister Ghost

Posted by: Diogenes at September 26, 2025 08:22 PM (u6/wt)

86 64 End of sea otter awareness week? I guess I just wasn't, er, aware.
Posted by: Paco

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

You otter have been.

- Blonde Morticia

Otter nonsense! I was too busy looking at Yak videos.

Posted by: Paco at September 26, 2025 08:23 PM (mADJX)

87 Now let's not let this NJ gubernatorial aspirant/dips**t get too dirtied up too early. It's NJ. Where replacing a detonating Dem nominee - too late to do so lawfully - is a thing. Remember the Senate race years back. And the mindless tribal Dem voters elect them (narrator: they'd vote for a box of old TIME magazines if it were the Dem nonimee)

October surprises, not September scandals.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2025 08:23 PM (U/Byj)

88 Paco. Well done.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:24 PM (kurEY)

89 All of my dogs and cats have been either strays or from the shelter . They all have been mixed breed too except for a Basenji we got from a shelter. That dog was super smart .

Posted by: The way I see it at September 26, 2025 08:24 PM (EYmYM)

90 All of my dogs and cats have been either strays or from the shelter . They all have been mixed breed too except for a Basenji we got from a shelter. That dog was super smart .
Posted by: The way I see it

Could it solve the Rubik's Cube? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 08:26 PM (8z6SV)

91 Thought the FBI kneelers were fired a while ago? There's so much human debris to be swept out of DOJ and FBI (and DOD/services), would be a substantial mission to do little more in the next 3 years.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2025 08:27 PM (U/Byj)

92 >>@EricLDaugh
>>🚨 BREAKING: The FBI has just FIRED agents who were photographed kneeling during the 2020 George Floyd riots, per AP.
>>GREAT WAY to end off the week - MORE trash being taken out.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 26, 2025 08:21 PM (viF8m)
~~~~~

This has made my day!

Posted by: IrishEi at September 26, 2025 08:28 PM (3ImbR)

93 In (dis)honor of the Floyd kneelers recently made unemployed:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Your_Feet_or_on_Your_Knees

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 08:28 PM (8z6SV)

94 rhomboid, Good evening, good sir. May I pour you a limoncello from your recipe?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:29 PM (kurEY)

95 BREAKING: The FBI has just FIRED agents who were photographed kneeling during the 2020 George Floyd riots, per AP.

Defund the Agents!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 26, 2025 08:29 PM (JkO4W)

96 In honor of the end of Sea Otter Awareness Week, I leave you with with this oldie but goodie.

https://youtu.be/nQTX0ED_U6k

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 26, 2025 08:30 PM (Wnv9h)

97 Often get tawnies in my yard. They are nocturnal.

Finally managed to hand feed a young one, she gaped at me in fear so I shoved a bit of meat into her mouth.

Tawny on my back fence: https://tinyurl.com/ahe3fynj

Posted by: Bruce of Newcastle at September 26, 2025 08:31 PM (lcNYh)

98 Bowing down to a common criminal
Good

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2025 08:31 PM (+qU29)

99 21-14, FSU. Virginia coughed the ball up, again. FSU made them pay.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 26, 2025 08:34 PM (Xr4QU)

100 All of my dogs and cats have been either strays or from the shelter . They all have been mixed breed too except for a Basenji we got from a shelter. That dog was super smart .
Posted by: The way I see it at September 26, 2025

***
Most of my cats have been mixed breeds from shelters or were "found" cats. Marie-Antoinette the smart black cat was a mixed medium-hair, as is Stirling now. The Siberians (one a found cat, in a parking lot, no less) were purebreds, including little Dagny now. The Siberians were all smart, but either prickly or sickly. Dagny is the healthiest and most normal Siberian yet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 26, 2025 08:34 PM (cCu74)

101 Ben Had that's very nice of you. So did you make some? Meyers may be key to it all. Have never used Lisbon or Eureka (or Santa Teresas, as in Italy).

Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2025 08:36 PM (U/Byj)

102 As I recall, at least one, possibly more, of the ridiculous kneeling agents looked like she couldn't jog two blocks if someone's life depended on it. You know, as it might, some time.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2025 08:37 PM (U/Byj)

103 In 20 days a group of Morons will be sated with food, drink and range time and enjoying each other's company.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:37 PM (kurEY)

104 Linda Hamilton turned 69 today.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 08:38 PM (8z6SV)

105 I'll never forget El Rushbo talking about the bleeding hearts nursing a seal back to health and then releasing it into the ocean....only to be eaten by a killer whale.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at September 26, 2025 08:38 PM (ekM0A)

106 Most of my cats have been mixed breeds from shelters or were "found" cats. Marie-Antoinette the smart black cat was a mixed medium-hair, as is Stirling now. The Siberians (one a found cat, in a parking lot, no less) were purebreds, including little Dagny now. The Siberians were all smart, but either prickly or sickly. Dagny is the healthiest and most normal Siberian yet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

Same with mine, except 1 Maine Coon and now the Savannahs. Most of my dogs have been purebreds, though, to include the current. Shiba Inu, but he is a rescue Shiba. Crazy smart, but he is quirky. Like almost all Shibas. lol.

Posted by: Piper at September 26, 2025 08:39 PM (Wmg4n)

107 In 20 days a group of Morons will be sated with food, drink and range time and enjoying each other's company.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:37 PM (kurEY)
~~~~~

I'd love to make one of your MoMe's Ben. Some day.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 26, 2025 08:40 PM (3ImbR)

108 In 20 days a group of Morons will be sated with food, drink and range time and enjoying each other's company.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:37 PM (kurEY)
~~~~~

I'd love to make one of your MoMe's Ben. Some day.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 26, 2025 08:40 PM (3ImbR)

109 rhomboid, I have been using your recipe for 3 years but only in the last two years have I been able to use Meyers lemons.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:40 PM (kurEY)

110 Trump calls on Russiagate architect Lisa Monaco, the former Deputy Attorney General who was recently stripped of her clearances, to be fired from Microsoft, which has contracts with the U.S. government.

[She's known to her acquaintances as Pudgy, I think.]

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 08:40 PM (FZs2o)

111 Trump just said he'd be ordering release of all materials including classified relating to Amelia Earhart.

Considering how the JFK and RFK file release completely changed the picture as to that history, totally erasing accepted investigative findings, this could be big.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 26, 2025 08:41 PM (U/Byj)

112 Biden Judge Michael Nachmanoff, overseeing Comey’s case, was HIRED by and worked under Comey in 1995-96 & 2002!

Should this force a RECUSAL?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 08:43 PM (FZs2o)

113 Trump calls on Russiagate architect Lisa Monaco, the former Deputy Attorney General who was recently stripped of her clearances, to be fired from Microsoft, which has contracts with the U.S. government.

Donnie Two Scoops is settling all of the family business.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 26, 2025 08:43 PM (JkO4W)

114 Virginia has tied it up. 21-21.

Team USA is proving once again that the Ryder Cup is not there thing. Europe leads Day 1 by 3 points. Still got a couple of more days to right the ship. Europe always seems to want this more.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 26, 2025 08:44 PM (Xr4QU)

115 IrishEi, I.look forward to that day.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:44 PM (kurEY)

116 111 Trump just said he'd be ordering release of all materials including classified relating to Amelia Earhart.

I have some of her luggage.

Posted by: Sam Brinton at September 26, 2025 08:46 PM (oftw2)

117 Good evening, Horde. Visiting junior in Charlotte for a few days. Fun trip so far.

Posted by: scampydog at September 26, 2025 08:46 PM (9RHNH)

118 you got that right, Aetius!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 26, 2025 08:47 PM (ppG5b)

119
Here's how much the American left has changed: Rod Blagojevich thinks they're now insane.

Rudi Giuliani and Blago are on an X space right now talking about these idiot commies who are taking over Chicago and New York. Blago tells Giuliani to move to Florida and run for mayor, and he calls Hillary "Killary."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 08:47 PM (n7CIX)

120 History, we are living in the saving of the Republic.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:47 PM (kurEY)

121 OMG,
Per CBS more than 85 climate experts say Energy Department report on greenhouse gases is "full of errors"

That is like, you know, 86 or 89 experts! I hadn't realized there was such a groundswell.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 26, 2025 08:48 PM (rbvCR)

122 Oh man, the first pictures from the protest in downtown Des Moines have hit Reddit. There's some good stuff here!
https://tinyurl.com/2rx9y63d

First picture has a sign talking about stopping Trump's "extreme right" agenda. Who's link is at the bottom of the sign? Those rational moderates over at The Party for Socialism and Liberation.

2nd has some twink with a Guy Fawkes mask on the back of his head?

3rd has a literal pitchfork

But the 4th is my favorite. The dude on the right...let me see if I can zoom in for everyone: https://shorturl.at/AYAFv

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 26, 2025 08:48 PM (ycI94)

123 I am loving this wrecking ball President

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2025 08:49 PM (+qU29)

124 First picture has a sign talking about stopping Trump's "extreme right" agenda. Who's link is at the bottom of the sign? Those rational moderates over at The Party for Socialism and Liberation.

With their totally grassroots mass-produced and professionally made signs.

Posted by: Wouldn't know grassroots if it grew in their gaping asses at September 26, 2025 08:51 PM (TbWk/)

125 Were the Amelia Earhardt files lost?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 26, 2025 08:53 PM (Ginmk)

126 Bunch of Cultural Marxists wanting foreigners to join their fight

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2025 08:53 PM (+qU29)

127 First picture has a sign talking about stopping Trump's "extreme right" agenda. Who's link is at the bottom of the sign? Those rational moderates over at The Party for Socialism and Liberation.

With their totally grassroots mass-produced and professionally made signs.
Posted by: Wouldn't know grassroots if it grew in their gaping asses
------------
Organic.

Posted by: Like Velveeta at September 26, 2025 08:54 PM (9RHNH)

128 After blowing the lid off the Earhardt files, the Trump admin is going all-in on solving the mystery of Bigfoot!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 08:54 PM (8z6SV)

129 Went down in the Pacific in her suitcase

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2025 08:55 PM (+qU29)

130 125 Were the Amelia Earhardt files lost?
Posted by: Boss Moss

She was eaten along with Joe's Uncle Bosie during the war. A big pot of stew, it was.

Posted by: With Carrots at September 26, 2025 08:56 PM (oftw2)

131 Trump before the Supreme Court
Victory 20
Pending 03
Withdrawn 02
Dismissed 01

Data as of September 26, 2025. Sourced by NBC News.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 08:56 PM (FZs2o)

132 Braenyard it should but not in DC, he will be tje Commissar Judge to set Comey free

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2025 08:57 PM (+qU29)

133 In 20 days a group of Morons will be sated with food, drink and range time and enjoying each other's company.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 26, 2025 08:37 PM

Counting the days!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 26, 2025 08:57 PM (Wnv9h)

134 Well way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2025 08:58 PM (+qU29)

135 Who wants to bet the last transmission of Earhardt went like this...

"Roger Amelia. How's it going?"
"I'm getting really sick of you, Tom."
"What? What did I do this time?"
"The towels, the mess..."
"You said it was all okay a week ago, you're used to it--"
"Never mind. I'm fine."
"No you're not. Let's talk."
"I'm FINE."
"Let's talk--"
"I'm FINE."
"Hey wait, your plane looks like it's going into a tailspin!"
"I'm FINE!"

*end transmissions*

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 08:58 PM (8z6SV)

136
But the 4th is my favorite. The dude on the right...let me see if I can zoom in for everyone: https://shorturl.at/AYAFv
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 26, 2025 08:48 PM (ycI94

It’s like he is staring right back at us!

Posted by: Piper at September 26, 2025 08:58 PM (OoFl2)

137 In 20 days a group of Morons will be sated with food, drink and range time and enjoying each other's company.
Posted by: Ben Had at September

And ponies!

Posted by: Piper at September 26, 2025 09:00 PM (OoFl2)

138 In fact, studies have shown that it doesn't matter how many misspellings occur in the interior of a word. If the first letter is right and the length is right, you'll blip right over the misspelled word and read it as the right one.
====

Perennial excuse of bad spellers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 26, 2025 09:00 PM (lkBjo)

139 "128 After blowing the lid off the Earhardt files, the Trump admin is going all-in on solving the mystery of Bigfoot!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 08:54 PM (8z6SV) "

eh, at least that ~~would~~ might be real science instead of political bs.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 26, 2025 09:01 PM (ppG5b)

140 In 20 days a group of Morons will be sated with food, drink and range time and enjoying each other's company.
Posted by: Ben Had at September

And ponies!
Posted by: Piper at September 26, 2025 09:00 PM

And guns. Lots of guns.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 26, 2025 09:02 PM (Wnv9h)

141 sock_rat_eez, I personally would like to know if Bigfoot preferred Timex watches or Rolex.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 09:03 PM (8z6SV)

142 Perennial excuse of bad spellers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 26, 2025 09:00 PM (lkBjo)

i thought autocorrect was the perennial excuse.

( and rightly so)

Posted by: The way I see it at September 26, 2025 09:03 PM (EYmYM)

143 thk u fr the fsh.

Posted by: Eromero at September 26, 2025 09:03 PM (LHPAg)

144 @bennyjohnson

MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey:

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:04 PM (FZs2o)

145 MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey:

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:04 PM (FZs2o)

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass,

Posted by: The way I see it at September 26, 2025 09:05 PM (EYmYM)

146 MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey:
Posted by: Braenyard

Oh no! Please, whatever you do, if you support Comey, please don't resign or retire! That would just destroy me, and all my plans!!! Nooooo!!!

Posted by: Br'er Trump at September 26, 2025 09:05 PM (ycI94)

147 @bennyjohnson

MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey:

Donny Two Scoops getting the trash to take itself out.

Good.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at September 26, 2025 09:07 PM (89Sog)

148 MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey:

Posted by: Braenyard

STOP!! I can't vote any harder or more often for PDJT. You've convinced me!!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 26, 2025 09:07 PM (cYBz/)

149 @ 136
yup, got the fibbie Genuine Right Wing sunglasses, dark polo shirt, is he wearing Genuine Right Wing Protestor khaki shorts too?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 26, 2025 09:08 PM (ppG5b)

150 MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey:

LITERALLY SHAKING!

Posted by: Good riddance to bad hamaneggers at September 26, 2025 09:08 PM (TbWk/)

151 MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey:

Place your bets in the race to the prosecutor's office. Track shoes optional.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 26, 2025 09:10 PM (YlWIZ)

152 The Spaniards are escorting Dread Pirate Thunberg's fleet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 26, 2025 09:10 PM (Ginmk)

153 qdps, we can only hope they might get such useful data ...

speaking as a life-long Casio G-Shock wearer, myself ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 26, 2025 09:11 PM (ppG5b)

154 Boss Moss, are they launching an inquisition??

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 09:11 PM (8z6SV)

155 LOL, Tonypete!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 26, 2025 09:12 PM (ppG5b)

156 154, we gotta hope!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 26, 2025 09:13 PM (ppG5b)

157 Matthew Miller@matthewamiller . Sep 25

The Justice Department we have long known is dead.
As in many authoritarian states, it now exists as an arm of the government to punish the president’s enemies, regardless of the law. A tragedy for the country with lasting implications, even if this case is dismissed.
_ _ _

Richard Grenell@RichardGrenell . Sep 26

You worked for Anthony Blinken.

Blinken put U.S. sanctions on people who stood up to George Soros at the direction of George Soros.

Vera and Don Blinken (your boss’ parents) gave million$ to the Open Society to use data as a weapon.

Don’t lecture anyone - ever - about using the government as a weapon. You were the weapon’s mouthpiece

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:13 PM (FZs2o)

158 But the 4th is my favorite. The dude on the right...let me see if I can zoom in for everyone: https://shorturl.at/AYAFv
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 26, 2025 08:48 PM (ycI94)

Hey, that's Clint Howard!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 26, 2025 09:13 PM (/HDaX)

159 154 Boss Moss, are they launching an inquisition??
Posted by: qdpsteve

We'll know when they bring out the rack and the Comfy Chair.

Posted by: Unexpectedly at September 26, 2025 09:14 PM (oftw2)

160 157; that, too, is what I voted for!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 26, 2025 09:16 PM (ppG5b)

161 Tom Servo, what did you do ??!

Posted by: runner at September 26, 2025 09:16 PM (g47mK)

162 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons!

(carefully removes sock, before hitting "post")

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2025 09:16 PM (o46Y5)

163 MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey:

Posted by: Braenyard

Strip their security clearances the second they do!

Evening all.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 26, 2025 09:17 PM (PFH6n)

164 152 The Spaniards are escorting Dread Pirate Thunberg's fleet.
Posted by: Boss Moss
--------

How far the great have fallen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:17 PM (FZs2o)

165 Matthew Miller@matthewamiller . Sep 25

The Justice Department we have long known is dead.
As in many authoritarian states, it now exists as an arm of the government to punish the president’s enemies, regardless of the law. A tragedy for the country with lasting implications, even if this case is dismissed.

Go fuck yourself.
_ _ _

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at September 26, 2025 09:18 PM (LjSYW)

166 Evenin’, All. Happy Friday night!

Posted by: Bulg at September 26, 2025 09:18 PM (77rzZ)

167 Hey, AOP!

Posted by: Bulg at September 26, 2025 09:19 PM (77rzZ)

168
Kennel dogs got their nails and feet trimmed, mats removed, a quick grooming and their water buckets rinsed and refilled. They were all very cooperative, God love them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2025 09:19 PM (UG8Qf)

169 This isn't even the strangest part of the story. The alligator is in what appears to be a knitted dress. The man is a Reverend and keeps a Komodo Dragon at home with his five kids...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 26, 2025 08:01 PM (TGPs7)

Ordained by the Close Cover Before Striking School of Divinity?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2025 09:20 PM (o46Y5)

170 150 MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey:

LITERALLY SHAKING!
Posted by: Good riddance to bad hamaneggers

I see. So, the DoJ and FBI have been mostly populated by pussies. Good to know. Explains quite a bit actually.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 26, 2025 09:20 PM (Xr4QU)

171
MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey

_________

There is nothing more fungible than a lawyer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2025 09:21 PM (UG8Qf)

172
I notice the DOJ and FBI functioned just fine for the Mar-a-Lago raid.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2025 09:22 PM (UG8Qf)

173 America does not have enough layers ??

Posted by: runner at September 26, 2025 09:22 PM (g47mK)

174 Lawyers! not layers ! or was it liars ? lol

Posted by: runner at September 26, 2025 09:23 PM (g47mK)

175 173 America does not have enough layers ??
Posted by: runner at September 26, 2025 09:22 PM (g47mK)
Like an onion?

Posted by: Eromero at September 26, 2025 09:23 PM (LHPAg)

176 Komodo dragons are probably one of the most dangerous animals on the planet. If not the most dangerous.

Posted by: runner at September 26, 2025 09:24 PM (g47mK)

177 Yum! We had shawarma. But I think we might make pizza tomorrow.
Posted by: Piper at September 26, 2025 08:05 PM (Wmg4n)

If kale or cauliflower is involved in either of those, I swear to God...
Posted by: Food blasphemy at September 26, 2025 08:18 PM (TbWk/)

Is there a civilized name for "shawarma"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2025 09:24 PM (o46Y5)

178 America does not have enough layers ??
Posted by: runner

No. They killed millions of them. That's why eggs were so expensive.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 26, 2025 09:25 PM (PFH6n)

179 President Trump says "I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank."
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Donald, do you really believe that those Ramadams are going to lease land to you for the casino and resort?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:25 PM (FZs2o)

180 Driving into work tonight, I drove under the Bridge of Sorrows (an overpass along I-395 in NoVA). It's where plucky resistance fighters wage war against BADORANGEMAN. They hang banners and wave flags. Tonight someone hung up a banner saying 'EPSTEIN'. Not as many Ukraine flags up this time around.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 26, 2025 09:25 PM (Xr4QU)

181 Braenyard, it's all a misunderstanding. Trump is upset that the West Bank won't help him refinance the Tower in NY. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 09:26 PM (8z6SV)

182 Hi, Piper! Shawarma is yummy.

Posted by: Bulg at September 26, 2025 09:28 PM (77rzZ)

183 Driving into work tonight, I drove under the Bridge of Sorrows (an overpass along I-395 in NoVA). It's where plucky resistance fighters wage war against BADORANGEMAN. They hang banners and wave flags. Tonight someone hung up a banner saying 'EPSTEIN'. Not as many Ukraine flags up this time around.
Posted by: Puddleglum

I wish they would give a straight answer when asked "why didn't Joe Potato release them in the four years he was president?"

Posted by: rickb223 at September 26, 2025 09:28 PM (PFH6n)

184 MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey.

Oh-No!

Anyway...

Posted by: davidt at September 26, 2025 09:28 PM (i0F8b)

185 Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says NATO has basically declared war on Russia.
---------

Lavrov reminds me of old school Soviet Russian.
Like he's Brezhnev lover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:29 PM (FZs2o)

186 Meanwhile, more bad news for Comey.

He was just walking on the beach and saw a formation of shells that read "don't drop the soap."

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 09:31 PM (8z6SV)

187 Heh.
Comey has hired Patrick Fitzgerald to represent him.

Fitzgerald of Valerie Plame, Scooter Libbey, and Rod Blagojevich fame. Birds of a feather.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 26, 2025 09:33 PM (3ImbR)

188 Is there a civilized name for "shawarma"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 26, 2025 09:24 PM (o46Y5)

chicken tacos with spicy ranch dressing

Posted by: Kindltot at September 26, 2025 09:33 PM (rbvCR)

189 You go girl! I'd go. I've got nothing really holding me here.

Alyssa Carson: The 23-Year-Old Who Dreams of Becoming the First Human on Mars

Alyssa Carson, a 23-year-old American space enthusiast, is making headlines as she trains with NASA and other space agencies to become one of the first humans to set foot on Mars. Since childhood, she’s been part of various space programs and simulations, including the Advanced PoSSUM Space Academy, showing her deep commitment to space exploration.

While the claim that she’s “not coming back” is speculative, Carson has expressed willingness to be part of long-duration Mars colonization missions — where returning to Earth may not be initially possible. Her journey symbolizes the bold human spirit pushing the boundaries of exploration and science.

https://tinyurl.com/22965a3d

Posted by: rickb223 at September 26, 2025 09:36 PM (PFH6n)

190 150 MSNBC reports officials at the DOJ and FBI “can no longer function” and are set to resign as a result of the indictment of James Comey:

LITERALLY SHAKING!
Posted by: Good riddance

Hey! Good opportunity for a forgotten mystery song selection! https://tinyurl.com/5n77mwst

I couldn't remember rhe band's name, but always a favorite of mine.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 26, 2025 09:36 PM (ycI94)

191 Lavrov reminds me of old school Soviet Russian.
Like he's Brezhnev lover.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:29 PM (FZs2o)
---
The Ukraine thing is interesting. At first we had cartoonishly bad NAFO propaganda insisting the Russians were desperately cannibalizing appliances for computer chips. Also that their goal was to drive to the Vistula, but the plucky Ukrainians stopped them.

So I looked to other commenters, and they seemed to be more grounded. Less hyperbole, actual discussions of tactics, logistics and such.

But now I'm coming to realize that those guys aren't "realists" so much as Russian shills/self-loathing Americans who hate Trump and just want Russia to win for some odd reason. Maybe they're being paid.

Trump asked for a cease fire, and we were told Zelenskyyy was the delusional obstacle. But now the Russians are acting like they already won, so Trump is making life painful for them, pushing NATO to reopen arsenals and actually spending their own money for a change.

Now Russia is crying. I thought they had the upper hand? It's all so confusing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 09:36 PM (ZOv7s)

192 Giorgia Meloni@GiorgiaMeloni

I extend thanks to the opposition parties and exponents who, taking up the wise words of President Mattarella - to whom we are grateful - invited the Flotilla activists to accept the proposed alternative solutions and in particular to deliver the aid to Cyprus, to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

At this stage, it is vital to work to ensure the safety of those involved and not to go along with those who claim that the objective of the initiative must be to force an Israeli naval blockade. A choice that would be extremely dangerous.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:37 PM (FZs2o)

193 Boobs! Like that chick on the earlier thread.

Posted by: Bulg at September 26, 2025 09:37 PM (77rzZ)

194
Heh.
Comey has hired Patrick Fitzgerald to represent him.

Fitzgerald of Valerie Plame, Scooter Libbey, and Rod Blagojevich fame. Birds of a feather.
Posted by: IrishEi

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

Well, I thought Scooter Libby got shafted.

But anyway, I hope Comey has to hock a house to pay for his legal services.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 09:37 PM (n7CIX)

195 Fitzgerald of Valerie Plame, Scooter Libbey, and Rod Blagojevich fame. Birds of a feather.
Posted by: IrishEi at September 26, 2025 09:33 PM (3ImbR)
---
When I need a good defense attorney, I turn to a washed-up prosecutor.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 09:37 PM (ZOv7s)

196 Well, I thought Scooter Libby got shafted.

But anyway, I hope Comey has to hock a house to pay for his legal services.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 09:37 PM (n7CIX)
---
Dubya, like all Establishment Republicans, screws over his underlings to curry favor with the Dems.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 09:39 PM (ZOv7s)

197 No. They killed millions of them. That's why eggs were so expensive.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 26, 2025 09:25 PM (

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2025 09:39 PM (zZu0s)

198
https://tinyurl.com/22965a3d
Posted by: rickb223

===========

Well... okay. I'm not one bit sure that humanity's future is on some planet other than Earth, but I suppose we have to go buzzing around and see if we can survive elsewhere. It's in our DNA to fafo.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 09:41 PM (n7CIX)

199 113 Trump calls on Russiagate architect Lisa Monaco, the former Deputy Attorney General who was recently stripped of her clearances, to be fired from Microsoft, which has contracts with the U.S. government.

Donnie Two Scoops is settling all of the family business.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 26, 2025 08:43 PM (JkO4W)

Maybe let Microsoft know that they could quietly be debanked if she does not find other employment. Like at a hooters or someplace

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 26, 2025 09:41 PM (OA79/)

200 Alyssa Carson: The 23-Year-Old Who Dreams of Becoming the First Human on Mars

While the claim that she’s “not coming back” is speculative, Carson has expressed willingness to be part of long-duration Mars colonization missions — where returning to Earth may not be initially possible. Her journey symbolizes the bold human spirit pushing the boundaries of exploration and science.

Posted by: rickb223

Didn't we already see this film ala 'Silent Running'?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 26, 2025 09:42 PM (cYBz/)

201 Bananas playing tonight in the Astros ballpark.

Posted by: Yellow Peril at September 26, 2025 09:42 PM (oftw2)

202 Defense is optional tonight. 28-28 VA/FSU.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 26, 2025 09:42 PM (Xr4QU)

203 At this stage, Comey's defense plan is entirely:

- Coming out as trans
- Claiming diplomatic immunity as a citizen of Unicornitopia
- Answering every charge with "I know you are but what am I??!!"
- Offering blowjobs to every jury member who votes not to convict

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 26, 2025 09:43 PM (8z6SV)

204 I extend thanks to the opposition parties and exponents who, taking up the wise words of President Mattarella - to whom we are grateful - invited the Flotilla activists to accept the proposed alternative solutions and in particular to deliver the aid to Cyprus, to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:37 PM (FZs2o)
---
That is actually a pretty slick move.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 09:43 PM (ZOv7s)

205 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 09:36 PM (ZOv7s)

Putin lied to Trump and made Trump look foolish after their Alaska meeting . Big Putin mistake.

Posted by: the way I see it at September 26, 2025 09:44 PM (EYmYM)

206 Hmm, I wonder why the Patriarchate of Jerusalem would be on Cyprus?

Oh well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2025 09:45 PM (zZu0s)

207 Bananas playing tonight in the Astros ballpark.
Posted by: Yellow Peril

I've got two friends there. They posted on Facebook that it was Banana Ball Time!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 26, 2025 09:45 PM (PFH6n)

208 Hmm, I wonder why the Patriarchate of Jerusalem would be on Cyprus?

Oh well.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Because Jerusalem is full of icky Joos.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 26, 2025 09:46 PM (PFH6n)

209 Hmm, I wonder why the Patriarchate of Jerusalem would be on Cyprus?

Oh well.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2025 09:45 PM (zZu0s)
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It's a transshipment point. The fleet sails to Cyprus, where the Patriarchate takes possession of the relief aid and distributes it through its own channels, which are far more transparent than Hamas and will actually help people.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 09:48 PM (ZOv7s)

210 198
https://tinyurl.com/22965a3d
Posted by: rickb223

===========

She could talk Musk into it but not sure it would be a trip to Mars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:50 PM (FZs2o)

211 Odds are Musk wants to be the first man on Mars.

Posted by: davidt at September 26, 2025 09:51 PM (i0F8b)

212 Didn't we already see this film ala 'Silent Running'?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 26, 2025 09:42 PM

Can you hear me...?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 26, 2025 09:51 PM (Wnv9h)

213
So the 2WAY gang says that Kamala is screwing her political future with her book, blaming a bunch of people and whatever. They point to articles in the Washington Post in which some dimly identifiable "source" contradicts her and turns the blame back on her.

How does this hurt her except in her ability to gather a team and some donors? Her supporters don't care which ex-chief of staff she shafted. They don't make intricate linkages in some WaPo insider story.

South Carolina Black women will fling themselves on her. She has supporters who watch her drunken interviews and exclaim how elegant and poised she is, and what a great president she would have made.

I've been wondering about that for the past week. ONT is almost here!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 09:51 PM (n7CIX)

214 When BananaBall played in Seattle, the First Pitch was a First Fish and they tossed a salmon over the plate.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 26, 2025 09:51 PM (mT+6a)

215 She could talk Musk into it but not sure it would be a trip to Mars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:50 PM (FZs2o)
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Musk's kid will be the first born on Mars.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 09:51 PM (ZOv7s)

216 Virginia scores, 35-28 over FSU, 4th QT.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 26, 2025 09:52 PM (Xr4QU)

217 Odds are Musk wants to be the first man on Mars.
Posted by: davidt at September 26, 2025 09:51 PM (i0F8b)

He already secured his name in the history books.

Posted by: the way I see it at September 26, 2025 09:52 PM (EYmYM)

218 Musk's kid will be the first born on Mars.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 09:51 PM (ZOv7s)

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It's cold as hell.

Posted by: Cracker Barrel at September 26, 2025 09:52 PM (Q1uY4)

219 Phooey

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 26, 2025 09:52 PM (Q1uY4)

220 When BananaBall played in Seattle, the First Pitch was a First Fish and they tossed a salmon over the plate.
Posted by: nurse ratched

😂😂😂 THAT sounds like Banana Ball.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 26, 2025 09:53 PM (PFH6n)

221 South Carolina Black women will fling themselves on her. She has supporters who watch her drunken interviews and exclaim how elegant and poised she is, and what a great president she would have made.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 09:51 PM (n7CIX)
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They follow the media, which tells them who to support. They will now tell her Kamala is toxic, and they will obey.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 09:53 PM (ZOv7s)

222 It's cold as hell.
Posted by: Cracker Barrel at September 26, 2025 09:52 PM (Q1uY4)
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In fact, it is!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 09:54 PM (ZOv7s)

223 Red Sox win! Playoff bound after a "re-build" year. Loving it.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 26, 2025 09:54 PM (vV6n9)

224
Didn't we already see this film ala 'Silent Running'?
Posted by: Tonypete

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No. It was The Martian. And it does not end well: The sleek 23-year-old Alyssa Carson becomes Jessica Chastain.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 09:54 PM (n7CIX)

225
The first "man" on Mars is likely to be one of those Optimus robots.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 26, 2025 09:55 PM (w6EFb)

226 >>>South Carolina Black women will fling themselves on her. She has supporters who watch her drunken interviews and exclaim how elegant and poised she is, and what a great president she would have made.

I've been wondering about that for the past week. ONT is almost here!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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You and TJM.
I still have hopes for SC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2025 09:57 PM (FZs2o)

227 She was eaten along with Joe's Uncle Bosie during the war. A big pot of stew, it was.
Posted by: With Carrots

With all of GW Bush's squadron.
But it was the Japanese that ate them.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 26, 2025 09:57 PM (/lPRQ)

228 I can't say Stirling leaped with excitement when I met him at the shelter. But he nailed his audition for sure: purring, bumping us with his head, rolling on his side for petting, and making no noise other than that purr. It's as if his mother (who passed away early in his life, so that the humans at the shelter basically raised him) taught him, "You only get one chance to impress a potential human servant. So make it your best!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 26, 2025 09:57 PM (cCu74)

229 I'd be willing to do a one way trip to Mars right now but they are at least a decade away to even make an attempt . I'd be too old by then.

Posted by: the way I see it at September 26, 2025 09:57 PM (EYmYM)

230 Well, I thought Scooter Libby got shafted.
But anyway, I hope Comey has to hock a house to pay for his legal services.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 09:37 PM (n7CIX)
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Me too. Fitzgerald is a creep.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 26, 2025 09:58 PM (3ImbR)

231 230 Well, I thought Scooter Libby got shafted.
But anyway, I hope Comey has to hock a house to pay for his legal services.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 09:37 PM (n7CIX)

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I thought the Communist Workers Union keeps a fund for that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 26, 2025 09:59 PM (Q1uY4)

232 No. It was The Martian. And it does not end well: The sleek 23-year-old Alyssa Carson becomes Jessica Chastain.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 26, 2025 09:54 PM (n7CIX)
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Better than Anne Hathaway's butch cut in "Interstellar."

One of my daughters asked me to watch it with her. She loved the time distortion thing, but I put my liver to the test just to ge through it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 09:59 PM (ZOv7s)

233 I'd be willing to do a one way trip to Mars right now but they are at least a decade away to even make an attempt . I'd be too old by then.
Posted by: the way I see it at September 26, 2025 09:57 PM (EYmYM)
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They'll fly counter-rotation, so you'll be younger when you get there than when you left.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 26, 2025 10:00 PM (ZOv7s)

234 I'd be willing to do a one way trip to Mars right now but they are at least a decade away to even make an attempt . I'd be too old by then.
Posted by: the way I see it

I'm too old if we left tomorrow. With a two year travel time, I'd be eligible to collect social security when we got there.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 26, 2025 10:03 PM (PFH6n)

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