Quick Hits

Apologies for the low-quality blogging today. I'm under the weather and just trying to finish up so I can go to bed early.

The BBC was caught stitching together Trump's statements before January 6th to falsely show him as encouraging an insurrection.

Whistleblower Alleges BBC Doctored Trump January 6 Speech in Panorama Episode
A former BBC adviser's internal report accuses the broadcaster of splicing unrelated segments from Donald Trump's January 6, 2021, Ellipse rally speech in its October 25, 2024, Panorama episode 'Trump: A Second Chance?' to misleadingly imply he incited the Capitol riot. The edit combined an early call to march peacefully with a later reference to fighting electoral challenges, paired with pre-speech footage of supporters. The claims, detailed in a 19-page memo sent to BBC executives, have triggered a White House inquiry and criticism from UK politicians including Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, who call for defunding the BBC.

The Telegraph:

The BBC "doctored" a Donald Trump speech by making him appear to encourage the Capitol Hill riot, according to an internal whistleblowing memo seen by The Telegraph.
A Panorama programme, broadcast a week before the US election, "completely misled" viewers by showing the president telling supporters he was going to walk to the Capitol with them to "fight like hell", when in fact he said he would walk with them "to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard".
The "mangled" footage was highlighted in a 19-page dossier on BBC bias, which was compiled by a recent member of the corporation's standards committee and is now circulating in government departments.
The dossier said the programme made the US president "'say' things [he] never actually said" by splicing together footage from the start of his speech with something he said nearly an hour later.
It claimed senior executives and the BBC's chairman had ignored and dismissed a string of serious complaints raised by the corporation's own standards watchdog.
Donald Trump Jr, the president's eldest son, accused the BBC of dishonesty and "fake news".
He reposted The Telegraph's story on X, writing: "The FAKE NEWS 'reporters' in the UK are just as dishonest and full of s--- as the ones here in America!!!!"
The Telegraph will soon publish other excerpts of the memo, which accuse the BBC's Arabic service of bias over its coverage of the war in Gaza, and accuse the corporation of "effective censorship" of its coverage of the transgender debate.
The document raises serious questions about the culture at the BBC, how it affects impartiality and how managers including Tim Davie, the director-general, are accused of turning a blind eye to evidence of bias.
The spliced together version of Trump's comments aired by Panorama made it seem that he said: "We're gonna walk down to the Capitol and I'll be with you and we fight. We fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell, you're not gonna have a country anymore."
In reality, the first part of Trump's speech: "We're gonna walk down to the Capitol and I'll be with you," came 15 minutes into the speech. The second half of the sentence that was aired by Panorama, "and we fight. We fight like hell..." came 54 minutes later.
Fifteen minutes into the speech, Trump actually said: "We are gonna walk down to the Capitol and I'll be with you. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."
It was completely misleading to edit the clip in the way Panorama aired it. The fact that he did not explicitly exhort supporters to go down and fight at Capitol Hill was one of the reasons there were no federal charges for incitement to riot.
That was not the end of Panorama's distortion of the day's events.
The Conservatives have demanded an immediate investigation into how the Panorama documentary was allowed to be broadcast.
Nigel Huddleston, the shadow culture secretary, said: "These are extremely concerning revelations that could seriously undermine the brand and reputation of the BBC.
"The BBC licence fee is justified on the basis of impartiality and trust.
"There can be no justification for this kind of deliberate manipulation and the spreading of misinformation. "This is not the first time that evidence of bias at the BBC has emerged, but it is one of the most stark and alarming examples to date.
"Licence-fee payers deserve an immediate explanation and apology from the BBC and a thorough investigation into this scandal must take place."
The most damaging disclosures involve a one-hour Panorama special called Trump: A Second Chance? that was broadcast in October last year.

As well as altering Mr Trump's words, the documentary also showed flag-waving men marching on the Capitol in Washington DC on Jan 6 2021 after the president spoke, which "created the impression Trump's supporters had taken up his 'call to arms'". In fact the footage, was shot before Mr Trump had even started speaking.
The report said Panorama's "distortion of the day's events" was so egregious that viewers would ask: "Why should the BBC be trusted, and where will this all end?"

NEW: BBC ‘doctored’ Trump speech on Jan 6, internal report reveals

The Telegraph reveals that the corporation edited footage to make it seem like President Trump was encouraging the Capitol riot.

See for yourself: pic.twitter.com/tyvJoFXK8M
— James Spiro (@JamesSpiro) November 3, 2025

'They've clearly changed the intention behind Donald Trump's words...'

Home and Security Editor @MarkWhiteTV on breaking revelations that the BBC edited footage of Donald Trump's speech ahead of the Capitol riots, and whether it raises questions about impartiality. pic.twitter.com/9aeRhJ056c
— GB News (@GBNEWS) November 3, 2025

Houston has a three hour TSA line right now. Democrats have to end these shutdowns. Ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/qJA8EWNB38
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 3, 2025

Some of the footage that CBS chopped out of its 73 minute interview with establishment left-wing hag Norah O'Donnell:

🚨 HOLY SMOKES! President Trump DROPS THE MIC on 60 Minutes

CBS: James Comey, John Bolton, Letitia James indicted...is that political retribution?!

TRUMP: "You know what? You know who got indicted? The man you're looking at. I got indicted - and I was INNOCENT. And here I am,… pic.twitter.com/AobXlahBea
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 3, 2025

"I've been working too hard", says CBS's Norah O'Donnell, rather than admitting the D.C. streets are safer under Trump pic.twitter.com/T6CaTa6bxp
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) November 3, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 06:20 PM

Comments

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1 Feel better

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at November 03, 2025 06:21 PM (82u07)

2 Ace.. Do you take vitamin D and Zinc ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 03, 2025 06:22 PM (VE6XX)

3 I'm under the weather and just trying to finish up so I can go to bed early.

==

Time Change

Posted by: runner at November 03, 2025 06:22 PM (g47mK)

4 Appreciate you. I was sick last week naw naw on the working. Rest

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at November 03, 2025 06:23 PM (82u07)

5 Norah O’Donnell should have accepted Ace’s pudding back in 2010.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2025 06:23 PM (nAs10)

6 Sue the BBC. England's slander laws are far less stringent than the US ones. Maybe he can settle for a couple hundred mill and the rights to Doctor Who to save that shows corpse from further sodomy.

Posted by: Bete at November 03, 2025 06:23 PM (LX4y3)

7
Ace,

Never any low quality blogging from you. You rock everyday!!

Posted by: fourseasons at November 03, 2025 06:24 PM (3ek7K)

8 Norah Odonnel wears even more makeup than Katie Perry if that's even possible

Posted by: avi at November 03, 2025 06:24 PM (ieodf)

9 The BBC is nothing but pure shite. Why people watch their garbage is beyond me.

Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Savile at November 03, 2025 06:25 PM (R/m4+)

10 Take care of yourself. Ace. Have you been to the doctor lately? Lots of people need what you do here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2025 06:25 PM (PFs9e)

11
Those of you out West, check it out, you'll see the nice big beaver looming large on the horizon. 97% full Beaver.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 03, 2025 06:25 PM (w6EFb)

12 11 So, a thong is involved then?

Posted by: Bete at November 03, 2025 06:25 PM (LX4y3)

13 "7
Ace,

Never any low quality blogging from you. You rock everyday!!

Posted by: fourseasons at November 03, 2025 06:24 PM (3ek7K)"

I approve this message!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2025 06:26 PM (kHop/)

14 3 hour TSA line? Why? Someone is playing games. I worked at two fed agencies, TSA and FAA, and was essential personnel as a watchstander. Any shutdown, I was at work at TSA or FAA HQS anyway. TSA at the airports must be the same. There is simply no reason for this.

Posted by: RobertM at November 03, 2025 06:26 PM (btIS/)

15 I'd just have a little voice audio player in my pocket for these interviews,

[takes player out, hits play]

" ... I don’t really care, Margaret ... "

[hits rewind, puts player back in pocket]

Posted by: banana Dream at November 03, 2025 06:27 PM (3uBP9)

16 Houston has a three hour TSA line right now.
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I'm sure some of you won't agree at all, but its my assertion that much of airline travel is simply corporate and government malfeasance. IF you're flying for fun, good for you! But if you're flying for "business", I'm already giving you the side-eye. What is it about YOUR presence at the other location you're flying to that is so precious and so specific that a ZOOM call or phone call or series of emails couldn't be just as good of an option?

Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2025 06:27 PM (TN0g+)

17 In response to Comey's motion to dismiss because of selective prosecution, prosecutor Lindsey Halligan publicly submitted emails and handwritten notes from Comey showing he believed he was going to work for Hillary, he knew the Russia crap was a hoax and his top aide was leaking.

He just might be screwed.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2025 06:28 PM (viF8m)

18 This deceitful manipulation of recorded video speeches is exactly the same stunt that the treasonous shitmaggot Doug Ford, Premier of shithole Ontario, did with Ronald Reagan's speech on the matter of tariffs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 06:28 PM (npFr7)

19 You've been sick for three weeks it's time to take Ivermectin and eat some red meat with buttered mashed potatoes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2025 06:28 PM (FVOLT)

20 So-called "low-quality" blogging here beats other sites.

So say we all.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 06:29 PM (0sNs1)

21 [O/T:]
🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸
@Real_RobN

Here it is:

Remember when the blood-sucking Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to hunt down the American taxpayer?

It’s official:

Internal Revenue Service agents are now detailed to the Department of Homeland Security under an agreement between DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The purpose is to provide additional immigration enforcement manpower. These agents have been authorized under Title 8 of the U.S. Code to hunt down and apprehend criminal illegal aliens for civil violations of immigration law.

The Secretary of Homeland Security: @Sec_Noem

“Instead of using Biden’s 87,000 IRS agents to take more money from Americans, I’ve directed them to help taxpayers save money — by assisting ICE in rounding up criminal illegal aliens for deportation."

https://is.gd/kG0xd7

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 03, 2025 06:30 PM (vpMYb)

22 Ace, try the mustard root poultice again

Posted by: Don Black at November 03, 2025 06:30 PM (AOsQT)

23 Ace, some good Texas brisket will cure what ails ya.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 06:30 PM (0sNs1)

24 > Apologies for the low-quality blogging today.

Still better than any other site.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 03, 2025 06:31 PM (1Nv0l)

25 Ace, get well sooner …

Posted by: Adriane the Careful to be as Positive as Possible Critic. . . at November 03, 2025 06:31 PM (3ZUWJ)

26 Sue the BBC. England's slander laws are far less stringent than the US ones. Maybe he can settle for a couple hundred mill and the rights to Doctor Who to save that shows corpse from further sodomy.
Posted by: Bete at November 03, 2025 06:23 PM (LX4y3)

Not just Doctor Who. Their entire back catalog, both radio and TV shows. There is gold in there, and taking the rights away from BBC would deny them a significant source of income.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 06:32 PM (npFr7)

27 ***Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, who call for defunding the BBC.
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That's the other side of the street.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2025 06:32 PM (FVOLT)

28 Has anyone suggested eels for Ace yet?

Posted by: That one guy who always suggests eels. at November 03, 2025 06:32 PM (3uBP9)

29 If the poultice doesn't help, consider blood-letting.

Posted by: Don Black at November 03, 2025 06:33 PM (AOsQT)

30
Ordered the smoked turkey today from our butcher.

Yum yum.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 03, 2025 06:33 PM (3ek7K)

31 17 Unless the case is held in a blue state.

Posted by: Bete at November 03, 2025 06:33 PM (LX4y3)

32 Ace, I'm sorry if you got what my family got. I didn't know cold viruses could travel through the series of tubes that is the internet.

Posted by: pookysgirl, hacking up a lung at November 03, 2025 06:33 PM (Wt5PA)

33 3 hour TSA line? Why? Someone is playing games. I worked at two fed agencies, TSA and FAA, and was essential personnel as a watchstander. Any shutdown, I was at work at TSA or FAA HQS anyway. TSA at the airports must be the same. There is simply no reason for this.
Posted by: RobertM at November 03, 2025 06:26 PM (btIS/)

Find out who is responsible, and whip them bloody.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 06:34 PM (npFr7)

34 Put an onion on your belt, I hear its the style of the time.

Posted by: Cray Cray at November 03, 2025 06:34 PM (EES2L)

35 Local schools have a sales tax increase on the ballot tomorrow (SPOLOST) to increase funding even more for our under-performing district. A parent group has been fighting hard against it so it might fail but I'm expecting the LIV's to approve it then spend the next 5 years bitching about our high sales tax.

Posted by: Ripley at November 03, 2025 06:34 PM (PTDkx)

36
Speaking of sick, I've got the damned shingles again. It's the TNF blocker I take for the damned RA. And the RA itself, due to the immune system messing up, causes a higher risk.

This is the *5th* time I've had it in my lifetime. It always like the facial nerves, this time on my right temple. The antivirals usually tamp it down, and it's just one lesion, and not too painful, but it's a bitch.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 03, 2025 06:34 PM (w6EFb)

37 I'm so old, I remember when Rush Limbaugh referred to Nora O'Donnell as "she of the drinkable bathwater".

It was mockery at the time, but understandable at some point in the last millenium.

Posted by: Memorious Miklos at November 03, 2025 06:34 PM (0Cvnr)

38 LMAO...who else wants to see Trump apply the UK's own Online Safety Act of 2023 and have the UK government fine the BBC a percentage of their revenue for the violations?

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2025 06:35 PM (dIske)

39 We flew from SLC to ATL via IAH in September, round trip. It was pretty non-painful. This was before the shart-down, though. I think flying early in the morning is helpful as well. Or not. what do I know? I don't fly very often. And it's usually when there are no other options available.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at November 03, 2025 06:35 PM (0aYVJ)

40 If the poultice doesn't help, consider blood-letting.
Posted by: Don Black at November 03, 2025 06:33 PM (AOsQT)

A hot iron is never misplaced.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 06:36 PM (npFr7)

41 >>Has anyone suggested eels for Ace yet?

that's old school, latest technique is leeches

Posted by: DanMan at November 03, 2025 06:36 PM (8uzBS)

42 Feel better Ace.
Norah must chisel the makeup off at the end of broadcasts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 03, 2025 06:36 PM (Sm0sq)

43 Norah O'Donnell was such a beautiful young person.
Being a drunken shrew wears a person down.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2025 06:36 PM (FVOLT)

44 He just might be screwed.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2025 06:28 PM (viF8m)

will James Comey serving time in a federal pen be a valuable use of state monies and personnel time in preventing his recidivation? I am not convinced either way, but I am willing to carry on and do the accounting after the sentence is completed.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2025 06:36 PM (rbvCR)

45 Perhaps Norah could go do some work while she's surveying the streets.

You know, street work.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 03, 2025 06:36 PM (5yDGQ)

46 Red wine and red meat, ace.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2025 06:37 PM (E6fZE)

47 "14 3 hour TSA line? Why? Someone is playing games. I worked at two fed agencies, TSA and FAA, and was essential personnel as a watchstander. Any shutdown, I was at work at TSA or FAA HQS anyway. TSA at the airports must be the same. There is simply no reason for this.

Posted by: RobertM at November 03, 2025 06:26 PM (btIS/) "

Because they're all demonrats seems the likeliest, in solidarity with their comrades in the Free S#i7 Army

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2025 06:37 PM (kHop/)

48 Trump should sue the venerable BBC. Discovery would be a hoot.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at November 03, 2025 06:37 PM (yjljJ)

49 3 hour TSA wait >>>>> 3 hour cruise

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 06:38 PM (0sNs1)

50 Has anyone suggested eels for Ace yet?

No, I don't think eels blogging would be any better. Worse, probably.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 03, 2025 06:38 PM (3nLb4)

51 What are you apologizing for? This was a red letter day.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at November 03, 2025 06:39 PM (jYRYu)

52 Because they're all demonrats seems the likeliest, in solidarity with their comrades in the Free S#i7 Army
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2025 06:37 PM (kHop/)

Why would TSA agents not be part of the Free Shit Army? Betcha many of them are double-dipping into the EBT, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 06:39 PM (npFr7)

53 >>>I am willing to carry on and do the accounting after the sentence is completed.
Posted by: Kindltot
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You are a great American.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2025 06:39 PM (FVOLT)

54 >> 3 hour TSA line? Why? Someone is playing games

Probably a sick-out. Tired of working without pay. Not that TSA agents actually work when they are on the job.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at November 03, 2025 06:40 PM (0bjKf)

55 The BBC has been a Propaganda Ministry for decades

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2025 06:40 PM (+qU29)

56 Eels don't surf!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2025 06:40 PM (kHop/)

57 Red wine and red meat, ace.
Posted by: Ben Had

Specify FRESH meat

He got the Hobo jerky supply

Posted by: Medically Miklos at November 03, 2025 06:40 PM (0Cvnr)

58 No, I don't think eels blogging would be any better. Worse, probably.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 03, 2025 06:38 PM (3nLb4)

If you had an electric hovercraft, you could fill it with electric eels.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 06:41 PM (npFr7)

59 good point AOP!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 03, 2025 06:41 PM (kHop/)

60 Be sure to tap your GAS meters before reading further:

"I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple
other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue."

-- Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 06:41 PM (0sNs1)

61 Eels don't surf!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

No?

Behold my hovercraft

Posted by: Moderately Magyar Miklos at November 03, 2025 06:41 PM (0Cvnr)

62 >>will James Comey serving time in a federal pen be a valuable use of state monies and personnel time in preventing his recidivation? I am not convinced either way, but I am willing to carry on and do the accounting after the sentence is completed.

The evidence Halligan provided today is slam dunk proof. Only question is will a Virginia jury ignore it.

The must have been convinced they were going to get away with it. They weren't even trying to cover their tracks.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2025 06:42 PM (viF8m)

63 Moonshine will clear that right up

Posted by: jsg at November 03, 2025 06:42 PM (VM+VC)

64 BBC is traitorous, pedophile-loving, woman-hating, asshole.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 03, 2025 06:42 PM (u82oZ)

65 Wife and I are not sure what to do about Thanksgiving this year. Elder son will be with his fiancé's family, and younger son will be covering shifts for his married colleagues, so they can be with their families. He says it's about the money, but he is also just a really great guy.

We would like to go to the Oregon coast, but the weather gets pretty iffy in November.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at November 03, 2025 06:42 PM (0aYVJ)

66 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2025 06:42 PM (SRRAx)

67 to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue."

-- Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com
Posted by: Duncanthrax

When you go from Doing the Vogue to Planking

Posted by: Miklos, recaller of Popular Fads at November 03, 2025 06:43 PM (0Cvnr)

68 46 Red wine and red meat, ace.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2025 06:37 PM (E6fZE)

That's the ticket!

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 03, 2025 06:43 PM (CueAq)

69 If the poultice doesn't help, consider blood-letting.
Posted by: Don Black at November 03, 2025 06:33 PM (AOsQT)

Cupping first. I am a fan of cupping.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2025 06:43 PM (rbvCR)

70 "Apologies for the low-quality blogging today. I'm under the weather and just trying to finish up so I can go to bed early."

Good lord. Are you kidding with that? Go to bed, get better.
I promise not to pull any letters ponytails until you're 100/

Although I've always wanted to try running with scissors, so ...

Posted by: Fen at November 03, 2025 06:43 PM (IPVPZ)

71 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas

Well Howdy!

Posted by: The Entire Horde in Unison at November 03, 2025 06:43 PM (0Cvnr)

72 ...after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue."

But the Teen Butt Sex staff is still employed, right?

Posted by: Oddbob at November 03, 2025 06:44 PM (3nLb4)

73 -- Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 06:41 PM (0sNs1)

Faggot or tranny? You decide.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 06:44 PM (npFr7)

74

Hah. Schumer is threatening to sue Trump over the 60 minutes interview where Trump said he was a basket case and a Kamikaze pilot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 03, 2025 06:44 PM (w6EFb)

75 ( Glares at auto correct )

ette's ponytails

Posted by: Fen at November 03, 2025 06:44 PM (IPVPZ)

76 I tried reading the Bee Buh Cee after hearing about the mass stabbing. After 10 seconds I wanted to stick hot needles in my eyes. I’d get better quality journalism from Aktuelle Kamera or Neues Deutschland.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 06:45 PM (vwL3N)

77 The admin should declare the UK a enemy of free speech and an anarcho-tyrannical government. This special relationship is bogus.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 03, 2025 06:45 PM (mlg/3)

78 The olde Black Draught is good fer what ails ya!

Posted by: Zombie Porter Wagoner at November 03, 2025 06:46 PM (oftw2)

79 Faggot or tranny? You decide.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 06:44 PM (npFr7)

Both can be correct

Posted by: jsg at November 03, 2025 06:46 PM (VM+VC)

80 Are there any TV interviewers who are NOT middle-aged women with straggly hair that makes their long faces look even longer?

Posted by: Wenda at November 03, 2025 06:46 PM (wwMOU)

81 Fen

I translated it. AI is a mess.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 03, 2025 06:47 PM (u82oZ)

82 Ace, hope you get some rest and are feeling better.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 03, 2025 06:47 PM (y171U)

83 Publius,
I couldn't do the antiviral. I took a homeopathic remedy and ivermectin. I'm down to dome tingling in my ear but can use DMSO on it now. It's a hard virus to kill and the steroids I take affect my immune system. Hope yours is under control soon.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 03, 2025 06:48 PM (0vX/r)

84 Ramen Chili soup will fix you up, ace.

Get better soonest!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 03, 2025 06:48 PM (wVcYX)

85 Is anyone surprised the BBC is tampering with videos to make fake news? I'm surprised they didn't call Trump a dirty Jew

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at November 03, 2025 06:48 PM (wBaIH)

86 Get better soon, Ace!

Posted by: FINGERS at November 03, 2025 06:48 PM (C8ve7)

87 50 Eels blogging much more welcome than snakes.

Or Mabe Galor.

But I repeat myself.

Posted by: Bete at November 03, 2025 06:49 PM (LX4y3)

88 Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas

Blessings to you in abundance. Your gift at the MoMeet was very nice. Thanks!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 03, 2025 06:49 PM (u82oZ)

89 We would like to go to the Oregon coast, but the weather gets pretty iffy in November.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at November 03, 2025 06:42 PM (0aYVJ)

If you like storms, that is a wonderful time to go. It is usually in the 60's day and night, and when the wind is too high there is a lot to do in the towns, especially the north coast from Astoria to Tillamook or Seaside. It is crab season too.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2025 06:49 PM (rbvCR)

90 Both can be correct
Posted by: jsg at November 03, 2025 06:46 PM (VM+VC)

Going by his photo, this is true. So light in the loafers, he could sashay across a quarter section of new-fallen snow, and leave nary a footprint.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 06:50 PM (npFr7)

91 AOP,

I caught you posting about the audio amp a little late. You may have looked all this up but the package you describe is a TO220-27. A couple of complied make audio amps with the package. ST Micro is likely as they have two that run on 12VDC.

As far as swapping chips I would take the good unit and cut the leads off of the "chip" a couple of mm above the board and then hit with the soldering iron and grab with some needle nose to pull the remaining lead out being careful not to lift any board traces. (don't get the board too hot). Clean up the via with a solder sucker.

On the bad board with the good chip, I would either cut the chip out if there was enough lead before the bend or solder from below and pull each lead out individually.

Posted by: pawn at November 03, 2025 06:50 PM (sPsWv)

92 Eels don't surf!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez
They are nosing into the gerbil game, so, you know, watch out in muddy water.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2025 06:51 PM (LHPAg)

93 Norah O'Donnell should have just accepted rhe pudding years ago.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2025 06:51 PM (Wnv9h)

94 OR coast is supposed to get hit with a heavy rain (pineapple express) with king tides around the 10th. That's from the latest Ryan Hall video.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 03, 2025 06:52 PM (0vX/r)

95 >> Hope yours is under control soon.

Thanks. Usually, it's just annoyance -- always in the facial dermatomes, though, and that's a risk for eye involvement and some other really bad never complications (see Tic Douloureux, for instance).

So, knock on wood.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 03, 2025 06:52 PM (w6EFb)

96 Well the wife has joined the ranks of Thosr Who Won't Stand Up For Me. I guess I'm destined to become a Monster no mater how hard I try.

So Im off the to rifle range. Least I can do is ensure my kills are clean and merciful. This alternate earth sucks. You can't even cook sardines right.

Posted by: Fen at November 03, 2025 06:53 PM (IPVPZ)

97 77 The admin should declare the UK a enemy of free speech and an anarcho-tyrannical government. This special relationship is bogus.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 03, 2025 06:45 PM (mlg/3)

I'd go for State putting the UK at Level 3: Reconsider travel, due to the threat of arbitrary detention, crime, and terrorism.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 06:55 PM (vwL3N)

98 Nothing will happen to the BBC.

*someone had to say it! ;-)

Hell, the BBC could have said yes they did that due #BADORANGEMAN!! Most of the ruling caste in Europe has that anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2025 06:55 PM (sAmhv)

99 On the bad board with the good chip, I would either cut the chip out if there was enough lead before the bend or solder from below and pull each lead out individually.
Posted by: pawn at November 03, 2025 06:50 PM (sPsWv)

Thanks! I think we are on the same page. These chips are some Chinesium product, but probably a knockoff of some other outfit's work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 06:55 PM (npFr7)

100 73 -- Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 06:41 PM (0sNs1)

Faggot or tranny? You decide.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 06:44 PM (npFr7)

Embrace the power of the word "and".

***Sheesh, it's like I don't know you people***

(Side note - "Yes" would also be an acceptable answer)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2025 06:55 PM (SRRAx)

101 96 Well the wife has joined the ranks of Thosr Who Won't Stand Up For Me. I guess I'm destined to become a Monster no mater how hard I try.

You are a MONSTER and a DEMON and will be SWEPT AWAY.

Posted by: Red Guards at November 03, 2025 06:55 PM (vwL3N)

102 If you like storms, that is a wonderful time to go. It is usually in the 60's day and night, and when the wind is too high there is a lot to do in the towns, especially the north coast from Astoria to Tillamook or Seaside. It is crab season too.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2025 06:49 PM (rbvCR)

That is our tentative plan. We have been on the coast several times in the summer months over the years, but we've always wanted to watch a winter storm roll in. We would take the truck, because it's 4wd, and we would pack accordingly, but it could be really fun.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at November 03, 2025 06:55 PM (0aYVJ)

103 We would like to go to the Oregon coast, but the weather gets pretty iffy in November.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at November 03, 2025 06:42 PM (0aYVJ)

Storm watching along the Oregon coast is a big deal. Catching a storm is a great experience as the breakers smash into cliffs.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 03, 2025 06:57 PM (kanec)

104 Miklos - I must confess, I made paprikash on Saturday, but I was too lazy to make nokedli. So I just fried some Israeli couscous in lard. It wasn't the real thing, but it was pretty good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 03, 2025 06:57 PM (BI5O2)

105 the cats still don't understand standard time.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2025 06:58 PM (rbvCR)

106 35 Local schools have a sales tax increase on the ballot tomorrow (SPOLOST) to increase funding even more for our under-performing district. A parent group has been fighting hard against it so it might fail but I'm expecting the LIV's to approve it then spend the next 5 years bitching about our high sales tax.
Posted by: Ripley at November 03, 2025 06:34 PM (PTDkx)

About 5% of voters will show up to approve the tax hike on everyone else...if it's anything like bond issue elections in TX.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 06:58 PM (vwL3N)

107 I would think the BBC would be calling President Trump a Fascist

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2025 06:59 PM (+qU29)

108 Is this the medical complaints thread? Yay.

I'm enjoying my treatment for actinic keratosis. The topical ointment has done its work. With enthusiasm. I can't bear direct sunlight, so I go out shopping after dark. My scalp and forehead feel like a four-alarm sunburn. I endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: mrp at November 03, 2025 06:59 PM (rj6Yv)

109 Expecting honest reporting from either CBS or the BBC is a fool's errand.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 03, 2025 07:00 PM (9ipOP)

110 If you saw Trump's interview on 60 Minutes last night you saw O'Donnell try to tell Trump that China and Russia weren't conducting nuclear tests as Trump said they were.

>>@SenTomCotton
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>>After consultations with Director Ratcliffe and his team, they have confirmed to me that the CIA assesses that both Russia and China have conducted super-critical nuclear weapons tests in excess of the U.S. zero-yield standard. These tests are not historic and are part of their nuclear modernization programs.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2025 07:00 PM (viF8m)

111 That is our tentative plan. We have been on the coast several times in the summer months over the years, but we've always wanted to watch a winter storm roll in. We would take the truck, because it's 4wd, and we would pack accordingly, but it could be really fun.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at November 03, 2025 06:55 PM (0aYVJ)

The state camping site is the best resource for finding campgrounds and waysides. It is mostly where you want to go. I can mostly suggest not eating at Yachats since they have a municipal tourist tax to finance their sewage system expansion, which is a shame since it is a lovely little town otherwise.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2025 07:01 PM (rbvCR)

112 Oh joy! MORE Senator Cornyn propaganda in the mail today, assuring me that he is SO TOTES A TRUMP BACKER!!!!

It's time to go home, Senator. To wherever in DC you live now.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 07:01 PM (vwL3N)

113 The state camping site is the best resource for finding campgrounds and waysides. It is mostly where you want to go. I can mostly suggest not eating at Yachats since they have a municipal tourist tax to finance their sewage system expansion, which is a shame since it is a lovely little town otherwise.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2025 07:01 PM (rbvCR)

You're in OR, right?

I got Salem out of the way on my list of state capitols years ago fortunately. The only place I want to see in OR in the worst way is Crater Lake. Any advice...if any, that is?

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 07:03 PM (vwL3N)

114 NaCly Dog, how's my favorite Grok-promoted 1120 doing?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 07:03 PM (0sNs1)

115 It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have license to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

Posted by: Lord Comey at November 03, 2025 07:05 PM (qxb1H)

116 Teresa, the strength of the Lord and the Horde are with you in your upcoming trip on the road to health.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2025 07:05 PM (E6fZE)

117 I'm enjoying my treatment for actinic keratosis. The topical ointment has done its work. With enthusiasm. I can't bear direct sunlight, so I go out shopping after dark. My scalp and forehead feel like a four-alarm sunburn. I endeavor to persevere.
Posted by: mrp at November 03, 2025 06:59 PM

So, a rare instance of slapping of hot iron not proving efficacious?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 07:06 PM (0sNs1)

118 James Comey was the lead prosecutor who brought charges against Martha Stewart in a 2003 insider trading investigation. Stewart was convicted in 2004 for lying to federal investigators and served five months in prison, though she maintains she was not guilty of the underlying insider trading itself. The case became a high-profile example of a celebrity being prosecuted by a prominent federal prosecutor, and it drew public attention to Comey's role as a rising legal figure.

What comes up must come down as I was taught in physics or something. Good enough. Consequences of action. Comey needs to pay.

Posted by: L - No nic. Another fine day. at November 03, 2025 07:06 PM (NFX2v)

119 I got Salem out of the way on my list of state capitols years ago fortunately. The only place I want to see in OR in the worst way is Crater Lake. Any advice...if any, that is?
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 07:03 PM (vwL3N)

I'll put in my .02, and I've never been there. The best description I've read about Crater Lake is a WWII account where a P-38 squadron flew inside and went round and round. I bet it was noisy in there.

Posted by: mrp at November 03, 2025 07:06 PM (rj6Yv)

120 AOP I have the data sheets for three of the chips. They are on the net. They all have different pinouts. If you can trace out which pin is ground, there are more than one, I can tell you which one it is. I'm betting on it being a TDA7389A from STMicro.

Odds are all these chips are fabbed in China.

Posted by: pawn at November 03, 2025 07:06 PM (sPsWv)

121 I find it odd that a broadly disliked GOP Senator would seek to align himself with Trump ahead of an election year. It's almost as if Cornyn thinks Trump is popular, which is impossible because Trump is a maniac and a total loser. President Biden was a whirlwind of dynamic vitality who went from strength to strength, and no Senators would even go near him.

It's weird.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 03, 2025 07:06 PM (BI5O2)

122 mrp, if you see her talk to SnailRacer about this.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2025 07:06 PM (E6fZE)

123 I endeavor to persevere.
Posted by: mrp at November 03, 2025 06:59 PM (rj6Yv)

I suggest cursing. That always helps.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at November 03, 2025 07:07 PM (0FiOo)

124 35 Local schools have a sales tax increase on the ballot tomorrow (SPOLOST) to increase funding even more for our under-performing district. A parent group has been fighting hard against it so it might fail but I'm expecting the LIV's to approve it then spend the next 5 years bitching about our high sales tax.
Posted by: Ripley at November 03, 2025 06:34 PM (PTDkx)

About 5% of voters will show up to approve the tax hike on everyone else...if it's anything like bond issue elections in TX.
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 06:58 PM (vwL3N)

And about 93.5% of that 5% are employees of the school district.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 03, 2025 07:08 PM (wVcYX)

125 Fuck Cornyn with a rusty cattle prod. I want to see Paxton send him.to obscurity.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2025 07:09 PM (E6fZE)

126 Cornyn is trying to outrun his "bi-partisan" gun-control bill, and his dissing of the state GOP when it censured him for same.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 07:09 PM (0sNs1)

127 Is this the medical complaints thread? Yay.

I'm enjoying my treatment for actinic keratosis. The topical ointment has done its work. With enthusiasm. I can't bear direct sunlight, so I go out shopping after dark. My scalp and forehead feel like a four-alarm sunburn. I endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: mrp at November 03, 2025 06:59 PM

I am dealing with super cataracts. I have some sort of thumbprints on my eyeballs they said were map dot things that have to be scraped off my eyes before I can start cataract surgery. I had the first one done Friday morning.

It was weird I was awake for the whole thing. They wheeled me into the room with a huge a$$ microscope and the doctor put a thing on my eye to hold it open and took a tiny metal scraper and ran it over my eyeball, it felt odd but not painful. I see him tomorrow to get the *band aid* contact off of my eye and I go back on the 14th to have the other eye done.

Once all of that is done and healed then I can have my eyes mapped again and start the fight with medicare to get cataract surgery approved.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 03, 2025 07:09 PM (0N4FZ)

128 Duncanthrax

I have been through a few bumps, but doing OK now.

I consider that entire Grok writeup to be a superlative send up of what you want AI to do. Even if I wrote my own FITREP again, I could not improve on what you wrote. You are a subtle satirist, building up before the harrowing downfall of 1110 to 1120.

Grok actually got everything wrong, by confusing me with someone else.

Anyway, Mega kudos for your writing skills. You had me laughing. But it was a touching tribute if I believed any of it. So thank you. I did let a friend read it. They were impressed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 03, 2025 07:10 PM (u82oZ)

129 AOP I have the data sheets for three of the chips. They are on the net. They all have different pinouts. If you can trace out which pin is ground, there are more than one, I can tell you which one it is. I'm betting on it being a TDA7389A from STMicro.

Odds are all these chips are fabbed in China.
Posted by: pawn at November 03, 2025 07:06 PM (sPsWv)

Good guess! It is a YD7389A, from YD. Yao Dog?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 07:10 PM (npFr7)

130 That is our tentative plan. We have been on the coast several times in the summer months over the years, but we've always wanted to watch a winter storm roll in. We would take the truck, because it's 4wd, and we would pack accordingly, but it could be really fun.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at November 03, 2025 06:55 PM

Ahem.

Have you not paid attention to the end of my "Posted by" moniker?

"Eat the cheesecake, Buy the Yarn" became my new personal motto when I was given 6 months to a year to live last October. Tomorrow isn't promised to ANY of us, and none of us are getting any younger.

Figure out what you want to do, and go do it! And shell out the slightly bigger bucks and stay in a really nice room in a really nice hotel, and go to a fancy restaurant and get the pr8me rib and the lobster AND a decadent desert.

Realistically, the older we get the less we will be able to do, just because our bodies will wear out. So do all of those things NOW, while BOTH of you are still here and able to enjoy them!

I am already making plans for MY "Bucket List Year #2: Electric Bugaloo", because I am still here and still able to do it!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2025 07:11 PM (SRRAx)

131 32 Ace, I'm sorry if you got what my family got. I didn't know cold viruses could travel through the series of tubes that is the internet.
Posted by: pookysgirl, hacking up a lung at November 03, 2025 06:33 PM (Wt5PA)

I got a cold last week, first time I've been sick since before COVID, so about six years. Mr. Dmlw! blamed it on the TXMoMe, but he is wrong! Probably picked up this nastiness at the local grocery store.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 03, 2025 07:11 PM (zYpTz)

132 >>@HansMahncke
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>>Wow. Notorious Fake News operative from the New York Times, Michael Schmidt, texted Comey to give permission to Comey’s leak conduit, Dan Richman, to leak details about “dinner,” presumably Comey’s conversation with Trump. Comey gave the go-ahead. He's been caught dead to rights.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2025 07:11 PM (viF8m)

133 I lived in London during the early to mid 80s. The BBC was comically biased then. I mean I actually laughed at some of their reporting. Had to pay for it as well.

Posted by: javems at November 03, 2025 07:11 PM (8I4hW)

134
When you get to be 29, every thread is a medical complaint thread.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 03, 2025 07:13 PM (w6EFb)

135
Bruce Dern is still alive.

A friend of John Wayne, appearing in several films with him, including "The Cowboys" and "War Wagon".

I think his best roll was as stroke-ridden Joe Kennedy in "Chappaquiddick"

Posted by: Auspex at November 03, 2025 07:13 PM (BjaNL)

136 Once all of that is done and healed then I can have my eyes mapped again and start the fight with medicare to get cataract surgery approved.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 03, 2025 07:09 PM (0N4FZ)

I'm in the midst of the same thing. They scraped off the surface, which was fine during, but hurt like hell for three days after. Would have been nice to have some pain control. Then she lasered off an anomaly, which likewise felt fine during and then hurt like hell after. Next up: cataract surgery. I still can see shit. Makes knitting a positive agony.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at November 03, 2025 07:13 PM (0FiOo)

137 Pug Mahon, I got the slaw recipe from Sunday, thank you!

Funny thing is, I despise fennel and didn't remember tasting it in the slaw, and now I know why. I'll also be subbing cabbage.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 03, 2025 07:13 PM (zYpTz)

138 Texas Senator John Cronyn greatly prefers picante sauce made in New York City!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 03, 2025 07:13 PM (wVcYX)

139 Joel Robinson was a stoned Bruce Dern. Prove me wrong.

Posted by: fd at November 03, 2025 07:14 PM (vFG9F)

140 I am still here and still able to do it!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2025 07:11 PM (SRRAx)

And I, for one, am damned glad you are, dear.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at November 03, 2025 07:14 PM (0FiOo)

141 Aargh! The laundry dryer is doing a piercing squeak, once every revolution of the drum.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 07:14 PM (npFr7)

142 *can't* see shit. Apparently can't type, either.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at November 03, 2025 07:15 PM (0FiOo)

143 I test drove Cataract, but bought a Rincoln!

Posted by: We Tu Lo! at November 03, 2025 07:15 PM (oftw2)

144 6 Sue the BBC. England's slander laws are far less stringent than the US ones. Maybe he can settle for a couple hundred mill and the rights to Doctor Who to save that shows corpse from further sodomy.

Posted by: Bete at November 03, 2025 06:23 PM (LX4y3)

I'm not surprised by the BBC; their just their own Gov't propaganda mouthpiece, and so many in their Gov't hate their own people, hate us, and HATE Trump...

Posted by: Hall & Oates at November 03, 2025 07:16 PM (ynpvh)

145 125 Fuck Cornyn with a rusty cattle prod. I want to see Paxton send him.to obscurity.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2025 07:09 PM (E6fZE)

Amen

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 07:16 PM (vwL3N)

146 I believe the trail down to Crater Lake is closed for a couple of years for maintenance. The drive around the lake is spectacular but it seems to go on for ever. It has a nice lodge overlooking the lake. Ate lunch there once but a bit spendy as was expected. Definitely worth a trip.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 03, 2025 07:16 PM (kanec)

147 141 Aargh! The laundry dryer is doing a piercing squeak, once every revolution of the drum.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 07:14 PM (npFr7)

Try kicking it.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at November 03, 2025 07:16 PM (0FiOo)

148 143 I test drove Cataract, but bought a Rincoln!

Posted by: We Tu Lo! at November 03, 2025 07:15 PM (oftw2)

What kinda colon was that?

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at November 03, 2025 07:16 PM (ynpvh)

149 147 141 Aargh! The laundry dryer is doing a piercing squeak, once every revolution of the drum.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 07:14 PM (npFr7)

Try kicking it.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at November 03, 2025 07:16 PM (0FiOo)

Rub some dirt on it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 03, 2025 07:17 PM (ynpvh)

150 >>Apologies for the low-quality blogging today. I'm under the weather and just trying to finish up so I can go to bed early.

Is it low quality or just laser focused to only transmit the most essential of signals?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2025 07:17 PM (XV/Pl)

151 141 Aargh! The laundry dryer is doing a piercing squeak, once every revolution of the drum.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Laundry Pair belongs on back porch with couch and refrigerator.

Posted by: Zeke from down the Holler at November 03, 2025 07:17 PM (oftw2)

152
Bruce Dern could play one hell of a twisted psychopathic sicko type villain.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 03, 2025 07:17 PM (w6EFb)

153 I got Salem out of the way on my list of state capitols years ago fortunately. The only place I want to see in OR in the worst way is Crater Lake. Any advice...if any, that is?
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 07:03 PM (vwL3N)

Depends on where you are coming from. I was proposing to drive a friend up the Gorge to The Dalles, and go south on Hwy 97 through Dufur (stop there at the hotel) and on south to Bend or La Pine, then to Crater Lake and take a full day there, and then either go across to Medford and from there to Crescent City and up 101, or up I-5. That is a long road trip, and you may want to take a full week and miss a lot

if you want to see central Oregon, going up the Gorge and down 97 to Crater Lake is a three day drive one way
I don't know if there is a best time to see Crater lake.
While in the area there is the Newberry Volcanic Monument and in the opposite direction is Klamath Falls and Klamath Lake. Or book a room at Kahneeta Hot Springs Resort, I haven't been there since I was 12 but the website looks nice

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2025 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

154 Really, though, the contrast of Biden & Trump one after the other is pretty damned striking. It's like chiaroscuro. Or like watching Frida Kahlo quarterback the first half of a Chiefs game while Mahomes warms up for the second.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 03, 2025 07:18 PM (BI5O2)

155 126 Cornyn is trying to outrun his "bi-partisan" gun-control bill, and his dissing of the state GOP when it censured him for same.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 07:09 PM (0sNs1)

BUT HE SUPPORTS TRUMP NINETY NINE PERCENT OF THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Cornyn mail propaganda at November 03, 2025 07:18 PM (vwL3N)

156 151 141 Aargh! The laundry dryer is doing a piercing squeak, once every revolution of the drum.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Laundry Pair belongs on back porch with couch and refrigerator.

Posted by: Zeke from down the Holler at November 03, 2025 07:17 PM (oftw2)

Maybe there's room next to the cars...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 03, 2025 07:18 PM (ynpvh)

157 Texas Senator John Cronyn greatly prefers picante sauce made in New York City!
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 03, 2025 07:13 PM

Just when I thought I couldn't dislike His Smarminess anymore, you've caused me to increase it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 07:18 PM (0sNs1)

158 I am very happy all y'all voted for the 5% schrool increase this year so all of us teachers going to Applebees to be doing happy hour wit our new raise going into our directs deposit to celebrates!

Posted by: Shemekia Jackson Brawley, Public School Teacher Union President at November 03, 2025 07:18 PM (R/m4+)

159 I'm in the midst of the same thing. They scraped off the surface, which was fine during, but hurt like hell for three days after. Would have been nice to have some pain control. Then she lasered off an anomaly, which likewise felt fine during and then hurt like hell after. Next up: cataract surgery. I still can see shit. Makes knitting a positive agony.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at November 03, 2025 07:13 PM

I was told there would be pain and I have had zero pain, absolutely nothing. It feels like my normal dry eye but there is no pain at all. They gave me a prescription for hydrocodone that I said I did not want because I have bad reflux and I just puke those things up if I take them. I think it may just be me because when I left the eye surgery place they said I had better start taking my pain pills 4 hours after I left there when the anesthetic started wearing off.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 03, 2025 07:19 PM (0N4FZ)

160 141 Aargh! The laundry dryer is doing a piercing squeak, once every revolution of the drum.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 07:14 PM (npFr7)

Try kicking it.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at November 03, 2025 07:16 PM (0FiOo)

If only he knew a local handyman mechanical genius with All The Tools who could tear it down, rewire it, hotrod it, and give it new life.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 03, 2025 07:19 PM (wVcYX)

161 Called Cornyn's office and told them it was nice he showed up.once every 6 years

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2025 07:20 PM (E6fZE)

162 if you want to see central Oregon, going up the Gorge and down 97 to Crater Lake is a three day drive one way
I don't know if there is a best time to see Crater lake.
While in the area there is the Newberry Volcanic Monument and in the opposite direction is Klamath Falls and Klamath Lake. Or book a room at Kahneeta Hot Springs Resort, I haven't been there since I was 12 but the website looks nice

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2025 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

Cool. There is something to be said for on the ground intel vs. just looking at websites : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 07:20 PM (vwL3N)

163 Sorry you are sick, Ace. I hope you get your humours in balance soon.

Posted by: bluebell at November 03, 2025 07:20 PM (79pEw)

164 ace needs someone to stimulate his chakras !

Posted by: Algore at November 03, 2025 07:21 PM (g47mK)

165 Nora O'Hago needs to be fired. Hopefully Ms Weiss will get right on it.

Posted by: Indy Bill at November 03, 2025 07:22 PM (zZ5GU)

166 Ace, try the mustard root poultice again
Posted by: Don Black

and some eye of newt.

Posted by: Dookie Howser, M.D. at November 03, 2025 07:22 PM (UjdFS)

167 bluebell, not sure which address to email you. Would you email me, please.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2025 07:23 PM (E6fZE)

168 Aargh! The laundry dryer is doing a piercing squeak, once every revolution of the drum.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It is probably the bearing surface the drum rides on. First check the drum belt to make sure it is not slipping and squealing, then make sure the tensioning pulley is OK, but it is probably the bearing surface at the door. Also check the back.

I once found a butter knife in the ducting in the back in my Dad's machine. It is odd what gets where when tumbled around a lot. If you have something stuck to the drum, it should be obvious when you lever the top back open

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2025 07:23 PM (rbvCR)

169 Nood. Café.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2025 07:23 PM (0sNs1)

170 Aargh! The laundry dryer is doing a piercing squeak, once every revolution of the drum.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Throw a live grenade in there. It'll be quieter after that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 03, 2025 07:24 PM (I7yoD)

171 Aargh! The laundry dryer is doing a piercing squeak, once every revolution of the drum.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Probably a cat stuck in there.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 03, 2025 07:24 PM (0N4FZ)

172 105 the cats still don't understand standard time.
Posted by: Kindltot at November

My entire crew just told me I was an hour late and what the heck is even wrong with me? Look outside! It is dinner time o’clock!

Posted by: Piper at November 03, 2025 07:24 PM (OoFl2)

173
"Eat the cheesecake, Buy the Yarn" became my new personal motto when I was given 6 months to a year to live last October. Tomorrow isn't promised to ANY of us, and none of us are getting any younger.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2025 07:11 PM (SRRAx)

That's the spirit. My oncologist once told me don't you dare to lose weight. Boy did I follow her advice, LOL. No problem in the end though. I pick and choose but still get the good stuff.

Posted by: javems at November 03, 2025 07:24 PM (8I4hW)

174 when I left the eye surgery place they said I had better start taking my pain pills 4 hours after I left there when the anesthetic started wearing off.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Grind opiates, add water, use syringe to boot it. Works great, no digestive upset. People who routinely use opiates learn this.

Posted by: Cooter Brown at November 03, 2025 07:24 PM (oftw2)

175 Throw a live grenade in there. It'll be quieter after that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 03, 2025 07:24 PM (I7yoD)

Except for that boom, of course... : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 07:26 PM (vwL3N)

176 bluebell, not sure which address to email you. Would you email me, please.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2025 07:23 PM (E6fZE)
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Will do!

Posted by: bluebell at November 03, 2025 07:27 PM (79pEw)

177 bluebell, Thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2025 07:29 PM (E6fZE)

178 Cool. There is something to be said for on the ground intel vs. just looking at websites : )
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 07:20 PM (vwL3N)

If you are really trendy you can stay at the McMenamin's Edgefield hotel in Troutdale, and if you are not really trendy but you like nice places you can stay at the Balch Hotel in Dufur.
If you like competing with rich idiots you can stay at Hood River instead.

Edgefield is a really nice place, last time I was there, same thing with the Balch. Edgefield is windy in the winter.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2025 07:33 PM (rbvCR)

179 "If you like competing with rich idiots you can stay at Hood River instead."

I will take this as a warning...

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 07:36 PM (vwL3N)

180 Ace, take care of yourself.
“Get some rest. If you haven’t got your health, then you haven’t got anything.”

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at November 03, 2025 08:27 PM (1VZax)

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