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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - December 7, 2025 [Doof]
A Date Which Still Lives in Infamy December 7 is Pearl Harbor Day. If Joe Biden were still POTUS, he'd likely try to quote the famous speech from FDR and say something like "December 7, 1941 - a date which - you know the thing!" We do know the thing. But do you know that the original line from FDR was "a date which will live in world history"? If you didn't, you do now! FDR’s “Day of Infamy” Speech - Crafting a Call to Arms
In the early afternoon of December 7, 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt was just finishing lunch in his oval study on the second floor of the White House, preparing to work on his stamp album, when his telephone rang. The White House operator announced that Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox was on the line and insisted on talking with him. Roosevelt took the call. The Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, just before 8 a.m. Hawaii time, Secretary Knox told the President. Harry Hopkins, a top aide who was with Roosevelt at the time, could not believe the report. But Roosevelt did. "It was just the kind of unexpected thing the Japanese would do. At the very time they were discussing peace in the Pacific, they were plotting to overthrow it," he said. *** Roosevelt decided to go before Congress the next day to report on the attack and ask for a declaration of war. In early evening, he called in his secretary, Grace Tully. "Sit down, Grace," he said. "I'm going before Congress tomorrow, and I'd like to dictate my message. It will be short." Short it was. But it was to become one of the most famous speeches of the twentieth century, giving birth to one of the most famous phrases of the century. "Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in world history," he began as Tully took down the words, "the United States was simultaneously and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." Biographer Nathan Miller recalls: "He inhaled deeply on his cigarette, blew out the smoke, and began dictating in the same calm tone he used to deal with his mail. He enunciated the words incisively and slowly, carefully specifying each punctuation mark and new paragraph. Running little more than five hundred words, the message was dictated without hesitation or second thoughts." Tully typed up what Roosevelt had dictated, and the President went to work on this first draft by hand. On draft No. 1, Roosevelt changed "a date which will live in world history" to "a date which will live in infamy," providing the speech its most famous phrase and giving birth to the term, "day of infamy," which December 7, 1941, is often called. A few words later, he changed his report that the United States of America was "simultaneously and deliberately attacked" to "suddenly and deliberately attacked." At the end of the first sentence, he wrote the words, "without warning," but later crossed them out. Thus that first historic sentence—the one that is usually quoted from the speech—was born: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."Check out the whole thing. Interesting to read more about the speech-writing process.
How many of you remember his kid-friendly show from Saturdays back in the day?
Or how about "no runs, no drips, no errors"?
Throw up a hand if you can remember when Johnny Bench was out there spraying Krylon on every fucking object he encountered.
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) November 30, 2025
pic.twitter.com/EwhCGbY9gi
----- Also - Happy 69th Birthday to "Larry Legend"
Commercials were better back then, too.
DUDE, REALLY?!?
According to the arrest report, Voke told deputies he would place his phone with the camera exposed on the floor of a bathroom stall, aiming it toward adjacent stalls in an attempt to record unsuspecting male victims. He stated the videos involved adults only.Wow. Just wow.
Seeds of native plants destined for national parks are sitting in a warehouse instead of being grown in fields. And across the West, National Park Service staff won’t know which birds are breeding in the parks this spring. Both of these problems stem from a deluge of grant cuts that halted nonprofit conservation work with the Interior Department earlier this fall. It all started on the morning of Sept. 23, when emails began landing in the inboxes of at least six environmental nonprofit organizations. By the end of the day, 30 federal awards worth $3.5 million had vanished from one organization alone, including several from the Park Service, according to Melanie Gisler, southwest branch director for the Institute of Applied Ecology. The only reason given was that each project no longer “effectuates the priorities” of the federal government, Gisler told SFGATE. Other groups, including the Institute for Bird Populations and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, received similar notifications that day — halting long-term bird counts in national parks across the West and other bird studies. The Institute for Bird Populations received no explanation beyond the same vague language about the administration’s priorities; Bird Conservancy of the Rockies declined to comment.Thus endeth the "just the facts" portion of the article. Now let's let the bias flow!
Online, Doug Burgum, the Interior secretary, attributed the changes to a cost-cutting initiative by the Department of Governmental Efficiency, or DOGE. “@Interior saved American taxpayers MILLIONS of dollars today by cutting nearly 80 grants for wasteful environmental groups,” he wrote in a post on X, resharing a news article accusing the groups of doing diversity, equity and inclusion work with federal funds. Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary, and DOGE amplified the message. But these environmental groups dispute that assessment: Simply put, they were growing plants and counting birds. “None of the grants we were working on involved [diversity, equity, inclusion and justice],” Gisler said. “It was on-the-ground conservation work.” The organization did make an action plan for a more diverse and inclusive workplace in 2021. Rodney Siegel, the executive director of the Institute for Bird Populations, said they did not have an explicit DEI policy. “I have no idea what they are referring to,” he said. Federal agencies, including the Park Service, regularly work with nonprofit partners to do important work like monitoring wildlife populations or replanting burned areas. The Interior Department provides the funding, and in turn, groups like the Institute for Applied Ecology plan and execute the details with even more contractors: in this instance, crews collecting seeds, replanting them in fields, growing them and harvesting even more seeds. Federal funds prop up work that otherwise wouldn’t get done by limited Park Service staff.How dare the funding get cut! Lemme see if I get this right. Just because an organization has a DEI plan in place and places importance on DEI things - doesn't mean the WORK is DEI-related. Did I do that right? Oh, and check out the whole article to get the author's super objective take on how "important" this work is.
Anyway, apologies for the lengthy blockquotes there. The article just really bugged me so I figured I'd see if it bugs you too.
Those same Louboutin boots made another appearance when Melania thanked the Presidential and First Lady correspondence volunteers, travel volunteers, and Executive Residence staff. This time she wore them with a grey melange Ralph Lauren double-faced wool shirt jacket, the same dark brown cashmere turtleneck, and tailored brown leggings—effortless, polished, and ready for anything. This is Melania’s magic: letting the season take center stage while she glows quietly beside it. It’s understated glamour we’d all love to channel at our own holiday open houses—practical enough for wrangling kids (or Secret Service), yet pretty enough to turn heads at the punch bowl.
The National Christmas Tree Lighting was pure enchantment under the Ellipse lights. Melania wore a timeless double-breasted coat from Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2017-2018 Airspace Collection. Some critics might call it “safe” (pish-posh—haters gonna hate), but it was festive without fuss. She stood there radiating that megawatt smile, every inch the gracious hostess.
Friday, Melania visited patients and their families at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., reading stories to the children. If that’s not the spirit of the season wrapped in wool, I don’t know what is. She wore a striking black calf-hair Nour Hammour Althea belted coat with Christian Louboutin Kate 100 Red Lizzy pumps—a pop of holiday red.
And just when we thought we’d reached peak fabulous, Melania attended an intimate evening performance by Andrea Bocelli in the East Room. She glided in wearing a black Valentino tulle-trimmed, scalloped silk-crepe midi dress paired with Roger Vivier Trompette patent-leather pumps with metal buckles—sleek sophistication personified.
Whew, what a whirlwind week for our First Lady. Whether you’re decking your own halls or simply daydreaming over eggnog, take a page from Melania’s book: keep it classic, keep it kind, and always add a dash of dazzle ------ Thanks, Piper!
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Posted by: mindful webworker - how to act when space patrol stops you at December 07, 2025 10:00 PM (yqA/D)
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Posted by: gKWVE at December 07, 2025 10:02 PM (Vx/J/)
-- Editors of Vogue, American Vogue, Elle, Glamour, Marie Claire, etc. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at December 07, 2025 10:03 PM (cYBz/)
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Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 07, 2025 10:06 PM (6a+uk)
Seattle is having a "Pride Match" during the soccer World Cup on on June 26, which is the Friday of "Pride Weekend" in Seattle.
The two teams playing?
Iran and Egypt.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 07, 2025 10:06 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: scampydog at December 07, 2025 10:06 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Piper at December 07, 2025 10:06 PM (OoFl2)
Daughter and her hub brought us a nice tree today. A little over six feet, balsam. They got it set up for us. Actually remembered this year to put the tree skirt over the stand before putting the tree in. Waiting for it to fall before drinkorating it.
Having a firebomb in the house is not my favorite part of Christmas. But it's pretty, and fresh, and we've got it watered, so with any luck it won't be too crispy by Christmas morning. Or Epiphany, when we take it down… if it survives that long.
Posted by: mindful webworker - baby, how you jingle my bells at December 07, 2025 10:07 PM (yqA/D)
https://shorturl.at/syTHq
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 07, 2025 10:07 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: scampydog at December 07, 2025 10:07 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 07, 2025 10:08 PM (9ipOP)
The Contemporary Era committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame elected Jeff Kent for induction in 2026 with 14 votes among the 16 members. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens got less than 5 votes each.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2025 10:08 PM (tgvbd)
It's so nice to read about an old-fashioned traditional depraved pervert with no political agenda for a change.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 10:08 PM (8DR9B)
Boot season. My favorite.
Posted by: scampydog at December 07, 2025 10:06 PM (41CYW)
_________
Yum
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2025 10:09 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: scampydog at December 07, 2025
Thank you! Me too! It’s on my Christmas list. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at December 07, 2025 10:10 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 07, 2025 10:07 PM
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Thank you! Guaranteed to see that in post content before the end of the month!
Posted by: TRex - kindler gentler dino at December 07, 2025 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://shorturl.at/syTHq
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Let's not forget about this for the Dino Christmas. https://tinyurl.com/ysxv42ak
Posted by: scampydog at December 07, 2025 10:11 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 07, 2025 10:11 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 07, 2025 10:11 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: mindful webworker - baby, how you jingle my bells at December 07, 2025 10:07 PM (yqA/D)
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For about four years, we used to go to a local tree farm, cut our own tree, and buy the commemorative ornament.
But we eventually went to an artificial one, due to allergens related to mold and stuff. The nice thing is that one can plan out the lights and ornaments in exacting detail, since it's the same tree as last year.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 07, 2025 10:12 PM (ZOv7s)
I do have to call fake news on the Andrea Bocelli performance in the East Room, since we all know that Trump demolished it for his vanity ballroom!
Because he destroyed everything with "East" in the name, amirite?
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 07, 2025 10:12 PM (v23vE)
I had ulterior motives. If memory serves, one year ago today was your first night hosting an ONT. Figured maybe I should delegate some work to ya to help mark the occasion. Happy anniversary, brother!
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 10:12 PM (BBMJX)
Glided? Such a nice contrast from DOKTOR Jill Biden clomping into the room wearing fishnets and hooker shoes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 10:13 PM (8DR9B)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 10:08 PM (8DR9B)
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I like that he only spied on adults. He's a perv, but he has standards!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 07, 2025 10:13 PM (ZOv7s)
I hope you wore a tie tonight (even a clip on).
Piper is here after all🙂.
I'm in my best jeans...
All kidding aside, thanks Piper for making the Sunday ONT classy. I always look forward to this!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 07, 2025 10:13 PM (3pxDZ)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 07, 2025 10:13 PM (y171U)
Love the fashion, Piper. Thank you!
Posted by: Iris at December 07, 2025 10:13 PM (bOJ2I)
I do have to call fake news on the Andrea Bocelli performance in the East Room, since we all know that Trump demolished it for his vanity ballroom!
Because he destroyed everything with "East" in the name, amirite?
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 07, 2025
Everyone wore hard hats in the construction zone.
Posted by: Piper at December 07, 2025 10:13 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Thanks, Piper and Doof at December 07, 2025 10:14 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Piper at December 07, 2025 10:14 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Doof
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Sneaky. Taking advantage of a tail wagging friendly. Thanks for the ONT and the shout out.
Posted by: scampydog at December 07, 2025 10:14 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Piper at December 07, 2025 10:15 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 10:15 PM (8DR9B)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 07, 2025 10:13 PM (y171U)
Be more specific
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 10:15 PM (BBMJX)
Posted by: Oddbob at December 07, 2025 10:16 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Piper at December 07, 2025 10:17 PM (OoFl2)
Which clause of the Constitution makes counting birds a function of the federal government?
Posted by: Oddbob at December 07, 2025 10:16 PM (3nLb4)
_________
Interstate Commerce?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2025 10:17 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 07, 2025 10:17 PM (sAmhv)
Big Don hosts the Kennedy Center honors:
https://is.gd/L4pl9U
FOX ran a clip of him giving a impromtu presser on the red carpet there. He kept going and going, answering all the questions. He loves that.
Poor Melania was having to stand next to him while he was going on and on. You could see the look on her face, "Wrap it up, honey!" He'd start to walk off, then someone would hit him with another question, and he'd have to go off on that. I half expected Melania to just whop him.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 07, 2025 10:18 PM (w6EFb)
The Good and Plenty Clause?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 10:18 PM (8DR9B)
Posted by: scampydog at December 07, 2025 10:11 PM
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Now THAT's some serious holiday shopping. Well done Doggo! I know JUST the place for it!!
Only 1-4 week lead time (depending on quantity!)
Posted by: TRex - large scale dino is BACK! at December 07, 2025 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Oddbob at December 07, 2025 10:18 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 07, 2025
Everyone wore hard hats in the construction zone.
Posted by: Piper at December 07, 2025 10:13 PM (OoFl2)
LOL, ma'am!
In case anyone didn't get the joke, take a look at the expanded view of the WH at https://bit.ly/4iFKl5S - the East Room is nowhere near the construction area, although the First Lady's office and the Calligraphy Office took it in the shorts.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 07, 2025 10:18 PM (v23vE)
Nurse would make that calculation in 0.1 sec. Then plug the mugger anyway.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 07, 2025 10:18 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 07, 2025 10:13 PM (y171U)
Be more specific
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 10:15 PM (BBMJX)
All from Jax Florida
Posted by: Joemarine at December 07, 2025 10:19 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Oddbob at December 07, 2025 10:16 PM (3nLb4)
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Apparently there are no state-funded bird-counters and the bird-watcher societies don't have internet access or something.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 07, 2025 10:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: The Great Poof at December 07, 2025 10:20 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 07, 2025 10:21 PM (3pxDZ)
Posted by: The Great Poof at December 07, 2025 10:20 PM (oftw2)
'Hi, Gene.'
'Hi, Frank.'
Posted by: RickZ at December 07, 2025 10:21 PM (gKDq2)
Listening to Windham Hill winter solstice CDs and reading a biography of US Grant.
My mini Christmas tree is up high on a table and safe from feline predation and hijinks (hopefully). The theme is Yetis.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 07, 2025 10:21 PM (kpS4V)
Jeebus. Jill was a hot mess.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 10:22 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 07, 2025 10:22 PM (vL98c)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 10:22 PM (8DR9B)
I hope you wore a tie tonight (even a clip on).
Piper is here after all🙂.
I'm in my best jeans...
All kidding aside, thanks Piper for making the Sunday ONT classy. I always look forward to this!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 07, 2025 10:13 PM (3pxDZ)
Howdy COMM! No tie. Jeans and a comfy lightweight quarter zip. Not exactly up to Piper's Sunday standards!
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 10:23 PM (BBMJX)
Posted by: Green Grass and High Tides at December 07, 2025 10:23 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: LASue at December 07, 2025 10:23 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: PabloD at December 07, 2025 10:23 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: scampydog
***********
$16,0000? Wow, that is quite the gift from you to Dino...doubt his will be as generous. But thank you!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 07, 2025 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq)
Nurse would make that calculation in 0.1 sec. Then plug the mugger anyway.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
Why, thank you, Mr Harris. I appreciate that
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 10:24 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: mindful webworker - baby, how you jingle my bells at December 07, 2025 10:07 PM (yqA/D)
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For about four years, we used to go to a local tree farm, cut our own tree, and buy the commemorative ornament.
But we eventually went to an artificial one, due to allergens related to mold and stuff. The nice thing is that one can plan out the lights and ornaments in exacting detail, since it's the same tree as last year.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 07, 2025 10:12 PM (ZOv7s)
I had some type (I lost its tag long ago, otherwise I'd share) of dwarf pine tree in my back yard in CO that was a wonderful thick cone shape, so it got lights every year. Very nice when there was snow.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 07, 2025 10:24 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 07, 2025 10:13 PM (y171U)
Be more specific
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 10:15 PM (BBMJX)
All from Jax Florida
Posted by: Joemarine at December 07, 2025 10:19 PM (y171U)
Ding ding - winner! One week of ampersand privileges to you.
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 10:24 PM (BBMJX)
She was probably quite attractive in her day. Problem is that that day was fifty years ago and she's the only one who doesn't know it.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 07, 2025 10:24 PM (3nLb4)
@DrunkRepub
Dec 6
There’s a common mistranslation in the Bible that states that Eve was formed from Adam’s rib. If you look at the original Hebrew though it was actually his McRib, and Adam begged her to order her own. But she claimed she wasn’t hungry and just wanted some of his.
Dec 6, 2025 · 8:07 PM UTC
Posted by: Kindltot at December 07, 2025 10:25 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: whig's phone at December 07, 2025 10:25 PM (WDjG6)
1. Are we having a white elephant exchange, and
2.Is the ugly Christmas sweater contest still on?
Thanks!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 07, 2025 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 10
You are fine, I am in pjs. lol.
Posted by: Piper at December 07, 2025 10:26 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 07, 2025 10:21 PM (kpS4V)
Ron Chernow? Got it in my to be read pile.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 07, 2025 10:26 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 07, 2025 10:26 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 07, 2025 10:27 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: The Great Poof at December 07, 2025 10:20 PM (oftw2)
Maybe it's the acoustics.
Posted by: davidt at December 07, 2025 10:27 PM (Q+gd/)
Because they eat wheat, right? It all makes sense now.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 07, 2025 10:27 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: The Great Poof at December 07, 2025 10:20 PM (oftw2)
Maybe it's the acoustics.
Posted by: davidt at December 07, 2025 10:27 PM (Q+gd/)
Sushi delivery
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 07, 2025 10:27 PM (xcxpd)
1. Are we having a white elephant exchange, and
2.Is the ugly Christmas sweater contest still on?
Thanks!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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1. Working out the details.
2. Absolutely!
Posted by: scampydog at December 07, 2025 10:28 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Green Grass and High Tides at December 07, 2025 10:23 PM (oftw2)
I like watching Youtube reaction videos of youngsters first time listening to GG&HT.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 07, 2025 10:28 PM (y171U)
Seattle is having a "Pride Match" during the soccer World Cup on on June 26, which is the Friday of "Pride Weekend" in Seattle.
The two teams playing?
Iran and Egypt.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 07, 2025 10:06 PM (xTIDn)
Will the teams fans have a counter march? News at 11.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 07, 2025 10:28 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 07, 2025 10:26 PM (y171U)
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Yup! It's so good I can't do my usual speed read. You want to savor it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 07, 2025 10:29 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 07, 2025 10:29 PM (3pxDZ)
Posted by: Oddbob at December 07, 2025 10:16 PM (3nLb4)
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Apparently there are no state-funded bird-counters and the bird-watcher societies don't have internet access or something.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 07, 2025 10:20 PM (ZOv7s)
iirc Mrs E. participates in the annual birb-counting festivities that various bird-watching clubs do, but I guess those don't count because they don't have the proper EXPERTS!!! doing the counting.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 07, 2025 10:29 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: whig's phone at December 07, 2025 10:25 PM (WDjG6)
We took pictures of the Monk Parakeets in Garland yesterday and Mrs. E entered the sighting in her Audubon log. I kinda think they were self-deporting.
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2025 10:29 PM (LHPAg)
Hiya Nurse R!!👋
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 07, 2025 10:30 PM (3pxDZ)
Posted by: Oddbob at December 07, 2025 10:27 PM (3nLb4)
Actually, the wheat they don't eat also affects the interstate pricing. That was covered in Wickard v Fillburn
Posted by: Kindltot at December 07, 2025 10:30 PM (rbvCR)
🙄
Posted by: mindful webworker - hot rod to Clarksville at December 07, 2025 10:31 PM (yqA/D)
Help me out here. Which clause of the Constitution makes counting birds a function of the federal government?
Posted by: Oddbob
Jim Crow law
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 07, 2025 10:31 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 07, 2025 10:26 PM (y171U)
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Yup! It's so good I can't do my usual speed read. You want to savor it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 07, 2025 10:29 PM (kpS4V)
When I got to the end, where Grant is rushing to finish his autobiography and then his funeral afterwards, I got quite emotional reading it. Chernow really brings it.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 07, 2025 10:32 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: mindful webworker - ip ip urray at December 07, 2025 10:32 PM (yqA/D)
"They" say "Never meet your heroes." They are wrong. Johnny Bench was one of the most gracious people I have ever met.
Posted by: Crusader at December 07, 2025 10:33 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Case at December 07, 2025 10:33 PM (G1OIb)
Runner-up was Jill.
Mooch carried "No Taste" triumphantly across the finish line.
Posted by: Ju at December 07, 2025 10:33 PM (EgpoY)
1. Are we having a white elephant exchange, and
2.Is the ugly Christmas sweater contest still on?
Thanks!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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1. Working out the details.
2. Absolutely!
Posted by: scampydog at December 07, 2025 10:28 PM (41CYW)
To prepare for #1, use Yule Tide detergent. Turns any solid sweater into a Christmas sweater.
Yule Tide; Not just super clean, but super Christmasy!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 07, 2025 10:33 PM (S/Y4j)
Howdy, love! You and the girl dog all snuggled up and roasty toasty?
I broke down and ordered an electric blanket off Amazon today. It will be nice to preheat the bed and then open the window.
The salty sea air is awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 10:33 PM (mT+6a)
Doof, you are doing a fantastic job as well!
Posted by: moki at December 07, 2025 10:33 PM (wLjpr)
https://tinyurl.com/437va2xn
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 10:34 PM (4pFA9)
Posted by: Eromero
There's a large colony of monk parakeets living in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. They are thought to have originated from escapes from a shipment of boids from Kennedy Airport in the 60s. There are Gothic entrance spires and they have colonized it despite the cold winters.
Posted by: Bird Is The Word! at December 07, 2025 10:34 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 07, 2025 10:34 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: LASue at December 07, 2025 10:35 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Piper at December 07, 2025 10:35 PM (OoFl2)
Yeah, I was just looking at Paul Stanley. Damn, he's a corpse. Peter Criss, I wouldn't have recognized -- who is that decrepit old guy, I wondered. Gene Simmons is the best looking of the bunch, but that ain't saying much.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 07, 2025 10:36 PM (w6EFb)
She should be on the covers of Vogue and Paris Match and all the other mags that are 250 pages of ads and 50 pages of bullshit.
But nope, they shun the prettiest, classiest, stylish First Lady since Jackie, who also happens to be a successful immigrant (a class of people they pretend to hold in high regard), all because she is married to their Orange Nazi Antichrist.
It seems their minds have never progressed beyond the Mean Girl cliques from high school.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 07, 2025 10:36 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Case at December 07, 2025 10:33 PM (G1OIb)
How about using Boise State's blue field. Give the visiting teams and foreign viewers something new to wonder about the US.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 07, 2025 10:36 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 10:37 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Piper at December 07, 2025 10:37 PM (OoFl2)
youtu.be/U2aDoXcepoo
I was trying find a video of the late great Dave Parker and his amazing throw to Gary Carter in the '79 all star game, coupled with the 'This Week in Baseball ' theme. Couldn't find it. So, I improvised.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 07, 2025 10:37 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Not Planning To Watch at December 07, 2025 10:38 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: moki at December 07, 2025 10:33 PM (wLjpr)
Thank you. Need any Club ONT restroom tokens?
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 10:38 PM (BBMJX)
Good evening everyone. Fitting recomendation given the date. Drachiniffel has a very good ewetoob post on how the battleships were righted after the attack. Footings were cast, some of which are still present today, and multiple winches were used to roll the ships back onto their keels. Very interesting.
You can find the videohere: https://youtu.be/zGGnt7xDFok?si=dPpudoQvssRprUPl
The Salvage of USS Oklahoma - Ultimate American Ingenuity. This recovery required the intricate use of winches for the righting operation
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 07, 2025 10:38 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 07, 2025 10:36 PM (S/Y4j)
I vote NO! Soccer sucks balls, and I do not want my commute to work interrupted.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 59 year-old awkward guy at December 07, 2025 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 10:39 PM (dyewR)
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What a pathetic sham our media is. They should hire Piper and make an honest report.
youtube.com/watch?v=oE56g61mW44
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 10:39 PM (4pFA9)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 07, 2025 10:40 PM (sKqQm)
Not being a victim = priceless.
And Melania is sofa king hot.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
She'd be hot in sack cloth and ashes, or the equivalent of a Sears going out of business clothing sale.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 07, 2025 10:40 PM (QVmho)
Who thought it would be a good idea to bring in foreign mobs of violent, racist, nationalist soccer fans?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2025 10:41 PM (tgvbd)
Seattles new mayor Katie could just lose the games for Seattle. She is a big defund the police supporter and crime is getting really bad again. It was actually improving under Bruce Harrel.
Oh well.
Still. The new waterfront is absolutely beautiful. Really.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 10:41 PM (mT+6a)
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I watched that live as a kid--epic moment in All Star history! Gary Carter was the best catcher not named Johnny Bench.
Posted by: Crusader at December 07, 2025 10:41 PM (Cjcf6)
In case you are wondering, JK:E is decent if you're a fan of the anime, and not great if you aren't.
Posted by: pookysgirl needs Monday to get here at December 07, 2025 10:42 PM (Wt5PA)
His daughter was there and accepted the medal for him.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 07, 2025 10:43 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: This Place Is Addictive at December 07, 2025 10:44 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
First Christmas after we moved back here to Oklahoma, our three pre-teen young'n's went out to the overgrown west pasture with rancher Bob (RIP, you great old cowboy) and he cut a tree the kids chose. Huge. It barely fit through the double doors of the old house, and only fit in height because we'd taken out the old rotting suspended ceiling; still scraped the underside of the peaked roof. Filled about a third of the room. Surprised it didn't have an owl or a possum in it. I'm sure Bob was chuckling all the way back to the house.
Glad our daughter made a much more sensible choice for us this year. Presents won't get lost under it.
Posted by: mindful webworker - ip ip urray at December 07, 2025 10:44 PM (yqA/D)
Thank you. Need any Club ONT restroom tokens?
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 10:38 PM (BBMJX)
Yo are so sweet! Naw, I'm grandma old now, so I'm heading to bed! You give that token to one of the other young ladies who will be sticking around!!
Posted by: moki at December 07, 2025 10:44 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at December 07, 2025 10:44 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 59 year-old awkward guy at December 07, 2025 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: PabloD at December 07, 2025 10:45 PM (GALGA)
Also, they had a open seat there for Ace Frehley at the ceremony, I just read.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 07, 2025 10:45 PM (w6EFb)
We took pictures of the Monk Parakeets in Garland yesterday and Mrs. E entered the sighting in her Audubon log. I kinda think they were self-deporting.
Posted by: Eromero
There is a huge honking colony of them in Duncanville,TX. They live in the neighborhood just North of the police station and hang out in the city park adjacent to the police station and city hall. Very pretty birds. They would fly in an almost formation to steal french fries from the pidgeons at the Dairy Queen.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 07, 2025 10:46 PM (QVmho)
What kind of a sicko keeps count of birds f**king? I'm glad Trump is putting an end to that disgusting fetish.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 07, 2025 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 07, 2025 10:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2025 10:41 PM (
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Has Seattle even recovered from the WTO Conference riots ("Battle of Seattle") in '99? It's stupid for cities to play on the world stage for bs prestige.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 07, 2025 10:47 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 07, 2025 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
You never heard of "the birds and the bees"?
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 10:47 PM (BBMJX)
I looked around. There were no tree numbers, no row numbers and no landmarks. Being well past my smart-aleck teen years, I just said, "Okay, Dad." We wandered farther into the farm. The farm was about a hundred acres and was almost flat.
We repeated this performance three or four more times, until Dad said, "You know, I think I liked that first one best." We hiked back towards the parking lot until we were standing in front of what might, or might not, have been the original tree. "Is this it?" he asked.
I looked around. I saw nothing but near identical trees. "Yes," I said. "Yes, it is." Dad nodded in satisfaction. We sawed the tree down and carried it to the checkout station.
Dad has been gone ten years now. I miss him.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 07, 2025 10:48 PM (4mmkh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 07, 2025 10:49 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Fugitive From Board of Mental Health at December 07, 2025 10:49 PM (oftw2)
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The same people that will fight over soccer teams won't fight over the *gutting* of their country.
Soccer sucks. It has always been a sport for people who can only afford a single ball for 20 kids to be entertained. Its the stupidest idea ever that human beings are evolved to the point we are but soccer insists "Don't use your hands!".
Posted by: Crusader at December 07, 2025 10:49 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: This Place Is Addictive
..........................
He's retired now.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 07, 2025 10:50 PM (sAmhv)
That prompts me to think of "missing rocker" formation of some sort. The empty chair should have a guitar, boots, and the big hair draped over it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 07, 2025 10:51 PM (w6EFb)
Glad our daughter made a much more sensible choice for us this year. Presents won't get lost under it.
Posted by: mindful webworker - ip ip urray at December 07, 2025 10:44 PM (yqA/D)
Just to clarify, the aforementioned landowner is not the Rancher Bob, gracious host of TXMoMes. (I hope, anyway.)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 07, 2025 10:52 PM (v23vE)
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Ace *made* Kiss. Ace was the member of Kiss that was "cool" and could play. During the middle '70s, Ace gave Kiss street cred.
Posted by: Crusader at December 07, 2025 10:52 PM (Cjcf6)
Very interesting stuff, even to someone whose nautical experience is mostly limited to paddling an inflatable canoe.
Posted by: PabloD
He makes it make sense for me. I stumbled onto him following a thread of steam power innovations that led to the union pacific's Big Boy. Really enjoyed his explanation of how the fire contrrol computer for the big naval guns was developed as an outcome of overcoming the camo paint patterns on the ships to get length resolution witth speed.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 07, 2025 10:53 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: BifBewalski
We steer clear of Duncanville for obvious reasons.
Posted by: The Merry Marching Penguin Majority at December 07, 2025 10:53 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Pug Mahon,
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Soccer is a good sport. For Europeans.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 10:54 PM (4pFA9)
You put $35 of lead into a perp who is going to hurt you gravely or kill you in order to get to the $20 in your wallet.
Posted by: GWB at December 07, 2025 10:55 PM (JTFb1)
Here's something to cheer you up, Doofmeister:
https://tinyurl.com/54zy8zpa
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 07, 2025 10:55 PM (uQesX)
I love those McDonalds commercials with Bird and Jordan. They somehow made the two of them more human, personable.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 07, 2025 10:56 PM (DK5Sh)
Just looking at pictures of Melania at the Kennedy Center shindig.
She's just a stone-cold fox. Drop-dead gorgeous. And one classy dame as they used to say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 07, 2025 10:56 PM (w6EFb)
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy made it to Lake City, FL after a grueling drive on I-10 through bad weather. They'll get down to Orlando tomorrow.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2025 10:56 PM (tgvbd)
The two teams playing?
Iran and Egypt.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
So, the winning team celebrates by throwing the gay men from the losing team off a roof?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 07, 2025 10:57 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 10:54 PM (4pFA9)
It's the only approved nationalism on the continent.
Everything else and you're a bigoted racist.
Posted by: RickZ at December 07, 2025 10:57 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 07, 2025 10:38 PM (QVmho)
I first read that as wenches.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 07, 2025 10:58 PM (2WIwB)
She's just a stone-cold fox. Drop-dead gorgeous. And one classy dame as they used to say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 07, 2025 10:56 PM (w6EFb)
_________
More lovely than Big Mike?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2025 10:58 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Bulg at December 07, 2025 10:58 PM (77rzZ)
Guess how non-National Parks handle counting migrating bird species. That's right, they get volunteers to do it. I used to live near a State Sanctuary called Hawk Mountain (actually foothills called the Blue Mountains)...It is a main migration path of Eagles, Peregrines, Hawks etc. Every year they contact local colleges and high schools and pull in many more people than they need to count migrations. Doesn't cost the state of Pa a plug nickel.
Posted by: Orson at December 07, 2025 10:59 PM (dIske)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 07, 2025 10:47 PM (sKqQm)
Does Tom Hanks think the narco-boat terrorists are innocent fishermen?
Posted by: Joemarine at December 07, 2025 10:59 PM (y171U)
Posted by: nerdygirl
We can only hope.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 10:59 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 10:15 PM (8DR9B)
Ahem. That's "The Oak Behind the Plate." The best ever catcher in baseball.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 07, 2025 11:01 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
Correct. Our rancher Bob & his wife lived here on Rancho Webworko for many decades, raised their three kids here, ran his cattle and helped keep up the place. Absolute salt of the earth, with a sense of humor that would make you think. He died earlier this year, and the mrs in the Fall. Their family and ours were friends and associates for generations. Miss 'em a lot.
Posted by: mindful webworker - savor every day at December 07, 2025 11:01 PM (yqA/D)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 11:01 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: nerdygirl
A perfectly good Space Needle available too.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 07, 2025 11:02 PM (2WIwB)
You put $35 of lead into a perp who is going to hurt you gravely or kill you in order to get to the $20 in your wallet.
Posted by: GWB at December 07, 2025 10:55 PM (JTFb1)
Net net, the perp comes out financially ahead in the transaction. Doesn't he?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 07, 2025 11:04 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Bench was wonderful, but Yogi had 10 World Series rings.
Posted by: Yoo-Hoo at December 07, 2025 11:04 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2025 11:05 PM (tgvbd)
— Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery
Posted by: Bulg at December 07, 2025 11:07 PM (77rzZ)
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On a day trip saw a national trail marker and ex n I decided to take a hike. Following the marker deeper into the woods we got to a spot that was marked in all four directions. Oh. Picked one direction and stuck to it - can't see the sun to well amongst tall pines and they all look alike. Lost. totally lost.
We kept on course and all of a sudden it was like déjà vu or a rabbit running over your grave. I know this place, we're going this way. She resisted because it was off course but it was too familiar, it was all over me. Then we came to the clearing. The clearing where we had our keggers. Home.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 11:07 PM (4pFA9)
Posted by: GWB at December 07, 2025 10:55 PM (JTFb1)
Net net, the perp comes out financially ahead in the transaction. Doesn't he?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 07, 2025 11:04 PM (0CU3H)
Three rounds of .50 BMG should take down any perp.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 11:08 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Yoo-Hoo, One Of The All-time Greats at December 07, 2025 11:08 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Yoo-Hoo at December 07, 2025 11:04 PM (oftw2)
The mid-century Yanquis never really had any competition. The Reds and other teams, did.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 07, 2025 11:08 PM (uQesX)
Funny thing about the Blade Runner premise. I've been watching videos about AI and robots and reading about the ethical and social questions they're bringing. We may not have the flying cars and Japan-esed culture of the movie's early 21st Century, but the treacherous androids seem to be coming right along on schedule.
PS: We would have had flying cars by 2015, if Doc and Marty hadn't gone back and messed up the timeline.
Posted by: mindful webworker - where we're going, we still need roads at December 07, 2025 11:08 PM (yqA/D)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 11:09 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: JML at December 07, 2025 11:10 PM (EtRph)
Where the F*#K is my jet pack?
Posted by: PabloD at December 07, 2025 11:10 PM (GALGA)
Amazon shutting down 7 warehouses in Canuckistan. 1700 jobs eliminated.
How’s that elbows up going, eh?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 07, 2025 11:11 PM (SQJLY)
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Where the F*#K is my jet pack?
Posted by: PabloD at December 07, 2025 11:10 PM (GALGA)
Where's my fcking Mr. Fusion???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 07, 2025 11:11 PM (ULPxl)
I'm always so jealous of your location...
I'm guessing listening to the ocean doesn't suck...
Yeah, me and girldog are snuggled in. Hope so for you and Krazy Kat🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 07, 2025 11:11 PM (3pxDZ)
Posted by: Yoo-Hoo at December 07, 2025 11:04 PM (oftw2)
The mid-century Yanquis never really had any competition. The Reds and other teams, did.
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The Big Red Machine was the last National League team to win back to back...until LA won this very season. That says a lot about the level of competition.
Posted by: Crusader at December 07, 2025 11:11 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: GWB at December 07, 2025 10:55 PM (JTFb1)
Net net, the perp comes out financially ahead in the transaction. Doesn't he?
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Or troubled gravely.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 11:12 PM (4pFA9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 07, 2025 11:12 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 07, 2025 11:13 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:13 PM (2GVsD)
Just looking at pictures of Melania at the Kennedy Center shindig.
She's just a stone-cold fox. Drop-dead gorgeous. And one classy dame as they used to say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Smoky eyes, style, and beauty everywhere. And the boots...damn those boots.
Posted by: scampydog at December 07, 2025 11:14 PM (41CYW)
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Ha! It really is SF disco tinsel. Twiki the robot didn't send chills down your spine?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 07, 2025 11:14 PM (kpS4V)
Seattle is having a "Pride Match" during the soccer World Cup on on June 26, which is the Friday of "Pride Weekend" in Seattle.
The two teams playing?
Iran and Egypt.
I wonder if they have been told of this. And if they understand. "Pride? Yes, we have pride. We are proud country"
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 07, 2025 11:16 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Yoo-Hoo at December 07, 2025 11:04 PM (oftw2)
IMO, two different eras. Fewer teams/games for Yogi, plus no playoffs. And early on in his career, no night games.
Posted by: RickZ at December 07, 2025 11:17 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 07, 2025 11:18 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:19 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:19 PM (2GVsD)
First season was good. Of the second, we will not speak.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 07, 2025 11:20 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: mindful webworker - where we're going, we still need roads at December 07, 2025 11:08 PM (yqA/D)
We had flying cars. The Waterman Arrowbile almost made production in 1937. The 1949 Taylor Aerocar actually saw a few production built and sold. Actor Bob Cummings owned one. I saw an extant example at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale a few years ago.
But they never really took off. Reason being, the design compromises necessary to make a flying car/roadable airplane are such that you wind up with a beast that is neither a very good car, nor a very good airplane, yet costs more than a good car and a good airplane combined.
If you had a personal VTOL aircraft that could safely operate out of a suburban driveway, why would you need a car at all? Just flit from place to place.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 11:20 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 07, 2025 11:20 PM (SQJLY)
Posted by: raimondo at December 07, 2025 11:21 PM (HlF98)
Posted by: Joemarine
I think his son is one of their junkie customers.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 07, 2025 11:22 PM (0Htd1)
Anything other than a wedding ring on guys is gay.
Posted by: Bulg at December 07, 2025 11:22 PM (77rzZ)
The FAA would have a budget ten times that of NASA. And a Ralph Nader AI bot shilling for Morgan&Morgan.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:22 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:22 PM (2GVsD)
Isn't that Morgan & Morgan & Morgan now? I think they're in the jewelry business.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 07, 2025 11:24 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
A .50 cal projectile.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 07, 2025 11:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Amazon shutting down 7 warehouses in Canuckistan. 1700 jobs eliminated.
How’s that elbows up going, eh?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 07, 2025 11:11 PM (SQJLY)
Well, as much as I'd like to to blame the Federal Liberalscum for that, all 7 centers are in Quebec, and they closed them rather than deal with the union. Happened in January of this year.
Good on amazon for sticking it to the unions.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 11:24 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Ray Charles at December 07, 2025 11:24 PM (GpefC)
Posted by: You Were The Crumple Zone at December 07, 2025 11:25 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:25 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 11:26 PM (4pFA9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:25 PM (2GVsD)
Same as upthread.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 07, 2025 11:26 PM (uQesX)
Here's hoping the Iranian and Egyptian fans hang around for the Seattle Pride Parade two days after the match.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 07, 2025 11:26 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: raimondo at December 07, 2025 11:21 PM (HlF9
Lots more golf courses, with 22 holes. The extra three are yuge, luxurious holes to use as mass graves for Commies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 11:27 PM (npFr7)
I was assured by many publications that Mike was the Second Coming of Jackie Kennedy.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 07, 2025 11:27 PM (xTIDn)
Thank you Doof for consistently excellent content!
We finished the outdoor lights this evening which was a relief because it was getting cold outside. 58F! Brrrrrr!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 07, 2025 11:27 PM (QGaXH)
The anti-fada will be lit!
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:27 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Wouldn't need FAA. Put Musk's software in the planes, punch in your destination. Software work out the logistics.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 11:29 PM (4pFA9)
Good luck with that Canada.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:29 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Walmart did that too - closed a store in Quebec about 10 yrs ago due to the employees voting to unionize.
Posted by: scampydog at December 07, 2025 11:29 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Megthered at December 07, 2025 11:30 PM (kmh+J)
He’s just like that simpleton he played in that dumb movie. Except, a box of chocolates is useful.
Posted by: Bulg at December 07, 2025 11:30 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: whig's phone
The better question would be what requires it?
Here known constitutional scholar BO would note counting birds is one of the few "positive rights".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 07, 2025 11:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 07, 2025 11:18 PM (uQesX)
Just got to it. Funny. Although it being from NPR, of course they continue to say "her".
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 11:31 PM (BBMJX)
Posted by: Yoo-Hoo Spokesmodel at December 07, 2025 11:31 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 07, 2025 11:27 PM (QGaXH)
It actually warmed up a tiny bit here today, went from about 2F to maybe 12F. And late in the afternoon, I could see a nice Chinook arch building in the southwest, so it may be mild tomorrow. It's forecast to be, at any rate.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 11:31 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:31 PM (2GVsD)
Good night; its been a blast as usual!
"Sleep: nature’s way of saying ‘you’re done for today."
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 07, 2025 11:32 PM (3pxDZ)
The George Pal War of the Worlds just finished and now it has selected The Andromeda Strain.
Got to watch out for those microbes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:32 PM (2GVsD)
We finished the outdoor lights this evening which was a relief because it was getting cold outside. 58F! Brrrrrr!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 07, 2025 11:27 PM (QGaXH)
You're welcome. Appreciate the kind words.
58F is cold to you? I'd still be playing golf. In shorts!
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 11:33 PM (BBMJX)
Posted by: raimondo at December 07, 2025 11:33 PM (HlF98)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Blackie Oh!
Posted by: Camelot Revisited at December 07, 2025 11:34 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:34 PM (2GVsD)
I am as proud of our First Lady as I am of our President.
And very excited that on my next National Park visit I can buy the senior citizen lifetime pass. Hope I get my money's worth.
Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at December 07, 2025 11:35 PM (TFeiv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 11:29 PM (4pFA9)
I expect that if such personal flying machines ever become a reality, automated control will be mandatory for congested areas. Maybe have a few designated "free flying zones" outside the cities where owners can use manual controls to fly for fun. Like they have designated zones now for aerobatic flying.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 11:35 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 11:35 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 11:36 PM (rdVOm)
Vietnamese dude nails it: "There's only about 2 million of us here in the US... we never ask anyone to bow down or speak our language."xcancel.com/EricLDaugh/status/1997…
"Why the F does this mayor in Somalian Minnesota have to speak their language, and apologize for those crooked-a** pirates?! Since when do we have to do that?"
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 11:37 PM (4pFA9)
That’s practically Hawaiian shirt weather for me.
Posted by: Bulg at December 07, 2025 11:38 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: pawn at December 07, 2025 11:39 PM (70YV/)
We don't deserve either of them.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 07, 2025 11:41 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 11:42 PM (mT+6a)
I’m worried.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 11:35 PM (mT+6a)
Nope. Also radio silence from haffhourshower for a month or so. Worried indeed.
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 11:42 PM (BBMJX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 11:43 PM (mT+6a)
wtf was that?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 11:42 PM (mT+6a)
Doggo alerted me to the bilge
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 11:43 PM (BBMJX)
Do you have contact with stateless? Please ask if he’s ok.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 11:44 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 11:45 PM (4pFA9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 11:43 PM (mT+6a)
Hopefully before Christmas. Going in tomorrow to get another Holter monitor put on me for 24 hours. Mostly, I think, just to have current data on my heart rhythms. No new outbreaks of arrhythmias that I am aware of. I feel up to travel, OK.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 11:46 PM (npFr7)
Got to watch out for those microbes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:32 PM (2GVsD)
Need me some squeeeezzzeeee!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 07, 2025 11:46 PM (2WIwB)
Me being the nut I am about this stuff, I was fascinated by the following. They boys at the NIST have answered the question about "What time is it on Mars" to the microsecond level of precision commensurate with atomic clocks and all that. It's a general relativistic framework and well, it ain't romper room arithmetic. Here's the paper, if interested:
https://is.gd/hcyBtS
In short, on average clocks on the Martian reference "aeroid" (equivalent of earth's geoid) will tick about 477 microseconds faster than clocks on earth's reference geoid (that atomic clocks tick with). That rate will vary by +/- 277 us over the Martian year.
And digging in the paper, there will be an error of about 100 ns per day, due to unmodeled other effects. They aren't modelled, 'cause they're too damn complicated, but they'll get there.
This type of thing will be very crucial for a Solar System Positioning System and solar system internet that are on the drawing board.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 07, 2025 11:47 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 11:47 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Megthered at December 07, 2025 11:30 PM (kmh+J)
Or maybe they found another body double. I wonder what grim fate the last one had. I'm
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 07, 2025 11:48 PM (znQHQ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 07, 2025 11:49 PM (77rzZ)
The Steelers beat the Ravens in Baltimore. They now lead the worst division in the NFL, the AFC North!
Yay!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 07, 2025 11:49 PM (sAmhv)
A college professor calling action to kill all Whites > a Cinnabon girl calling randoms a word (Cinnabon fires worker after viral video of her harassing Somali couple)
@DOGE__news . Dec 6
“We [professor says] have to exterminate white people off the face of the planet to solve this problem.”
https://tinyurl.com/bddndc76
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 11:50 PM (4pFA9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 11:52 PM (mT+6a)
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I don't see the issue. If it was my Mrs. BD, she would just say that she put it on her card. No math required!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 07, 2025 11:52 PM (JtnUz)
Posted by: Bulg at December 07, 2025 11:52 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Tell him to get his ass back here.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 11:53 PM (4pFA9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 07, 2025 11:54 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 07, 2025 11:55 PM (mT+6a)
We got all worried once before, but it turned out he was *takin' care of bidness* and didn't have time to spend here.
Again, I hope that's all it is this time too.
{{{Stateless}}} Hope you can make it to the ClubONT Christmas Party next Saturday!
You too, {{{Halfhourshower}}}! C'mon back, y'hear?
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 11:55 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 11:56 PM (4pFA9)
Posted by: Bulg at December 08, 2025 12:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 11:31 PM (BBMJX)
Yeah. Notice they have no comment section so people can laugh in their faces and say "it's him, not her," perverts.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 08, 2025 12:01 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:02 AM (rdVOm)
https://tinyurl.com/bdew7mcv
Posted by: Braenyard
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Ewww. Spring outfit - from 3 years and a lot of calories ago.
Posted by: scampydog at December 08, 2025 12:02 AM (41CYW)
C3@C_3C_3 . 11h
Ilhan Omar just called Stephen Miller a Nazi on National TV.
Remember…
They don't kill you because you're a Nazi.
They call you a Nazi so they can kill you.
This is an incitement of violence
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I don't understand why she's not in jail or Somalia.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 08, 2025 12:02 AM (4pFA9)
Thank you Doof for consistently excellent content!
We finished the outdoor lights this evening which was a relief because it was getting cold outside. 58F! Brrrrrr!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
Just went inside. 73F...
Gonna go back outside to warm up in the infamous 321.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 08, 2025 12:02 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 11:36 PM (rdVOm)
He? It's throwing a fit because Reggie's with Barry right now and R has no place to put his mouth.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 08, 2025 12:03 AM (uQesX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1ooe4KDzMo
Posted by: Ian S. at December 08, 2025 12:04 AM (ciXcx)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at December 08, 2025 12:06 AM (77rzZ)
He’s just like that simpleton he played in that dumb movie. Except, a box of chocolates is useful.
Posted by: Bulg
Chocolate?
I thought all he had was a soccer ball and coconuts he couldn't figure out how to open.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 08, 2025 12:07 AM (/lPRQ)
The recent clip where he's accepting some Friend of Gays award and says "We're the United States of Ameri-got-it" indicates that whatever they're giving him it's not helping his brain.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 08, 2025 12:07 AM (ciXcx)
Critical race theory in one picture.
https://tinyurl.com/bdew7mcv
Posted by: Braenyard
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Ewww. Spring outfit - from 3 years and a lot of calories ago.
Posted by: scampydog
Daywear!
Posted by: Wendy Burger at December 08, 2025 12:09 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 08, 2025 12:09 AM (mT+6a)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Twiki was in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) (which I knew by cultural osmosis even though I've never seen it). What Weasel linked was Planet Outlaws (1953) with Buster Crabbe. Only watched ten minutes, but I don't think it had a Twiki.
Twiki is also a Perl-based structured wiki application, according to Professor Wikipedia. 🤖
Posted by: mindful webworker - the more you know, the less you know at December 08, 2025 12:10 AM (yqA/D)
One young actor committed suicide after claiming Hanks molested him and Hanks had a really weird hobby of posting pictures of lost little kids clothes and making up stories about what happened to those kids on twitter before people found out about it and he deleted all those posts.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 08, 2025 12:11 AM (sKqQm)
I always thought that movie would've been funnier if, at the end of the movie when he was delivering those packages he salvaged, one of the people said "OMG, my GPS unit and satellite phone! I wondered what happened to that package!"
Posted by: PabloD at December 08, 2025 12:12 AM (GALGA)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:13 AM (rdVOm)
I remember when a big political point in the 2012 election was Mittens arguing Russia was still our enemy and Obalala and the FNM calling him a bigot stuck in a cold war mindset.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 08, 2025 12:13 AM (sKqQm)
Over 20,000 Pounds Of Cocaine Seized By US Coast Guard
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6yeLNNVa4A
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 08, 2025 12:14 AM (4pFA9)
Posted by: 18-1
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Yeah, *somebody* should tell the Dims that "The nineteen-eighties called, and they want their foreign policy back"
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:16 AM (rdVOm)
Unknowable of course, but seems unlikely. The actual surrender decision was forced on the military (esp. the Army) by the emperor. Selection of cities was to produce shock by erasing whole cities with a single bomb. This didn't work on the military, no surprise. Whether it "worked" on Hirohito et al is unknown, but at a minimum it was an excellent rationale for surrender - and was specifically cited as such in the radio address.
But both A-bomb target cities had military significance, Hiroshima by far the most. It is estimated that Hiroshima bombing killed up to *20K* military personnel. It destroyed the HQ and many related personnel of the 2nd General Army, responsible for defense of Kyushu, which Japan correctly assessed as the target of the US' first invasion effort.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 08, 2025 12:17 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Bulg at December 08, 2025 12:18 AM (77rzZ)
Johnny Bench also hawks emu oil..."won't stink!"
https://youtu.be/_-AyRC-yMRQ
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 08, 2025 12:20 AM (ynpvh)
@StockSavvyShay , 13h
Lutnick just said U.S. needs a real nuclear arsenal & power capacity to anchor its future strength
• $VST grid generation
• $CCJ uranium supply
• $VRT power & cooling
• $CEG nuclear baseload
• $OKLO micro-nuclear edge
• $EOSE long-duration storage
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Don't think Lutnik was reccomending these stock but StockSavvy was saying this is where the boom will be.
Small form nuclear reactors knocking down windmills all over America.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 08, 2025 12:21 AM (4pFA9)
Only if you join me here at the end of the bar.
You are such a dear. Thank you for taking care of us morons.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 08, 2025 12:21 AM (mT+6a)
Over 20,000 Pounds Of Cocaine Seized By US Coast Guard
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6yeLNNVa4A
Posted by: Braenyard
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Life lessons - Harry Chapin's 30,000 pounds of bananas better than 20,000 lbs of cartel. https://tinyurl.com/bdedmzxe
Posted by: scampydog at December 08, 2025 12:25 AM (41CYW)
"Assuming coverage at Equal-weight (from Overweight previously). Increasing price target to $425 (from $410)."
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Tesla closed at $455 today.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 08, 2025 12:26 AM (4pFA9)
Posted by: Megthered at December 07, 2025 11:30 PM (kmh+J)
Its pre embalming.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 08, 2025 12:28 AM (snZF9)
I'm having a Peppermint Patty. Kind of a sweet drink, but my tummy can't handle a Margarita this late, LOL
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
Just read something JD Vance told about Trump a while back. JD and Marco and a third guy whom Vance didn't name for soon to be apparent reasons were in the Oval Office with Trump discussing some big problem.
Trump got distracted by their shoes, telling them they all had shitty shoes. He calls someone in to bring him a shoe catalog and buys all of them 4 pairs of good shoes.
He's asks their sizes. Marco was 11.5 JD was 13. The other guy was a size 7. Trump looks at him, shakes his head, and says you can tell a lot about a guy by the size of his shoes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 08, 2025 12:29 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg at December 08, 2025 12:33 AM (77rzZ)
58F is cold to you? I'd still be playing golf. In shorts!
Posted by: Doof at December 07, 2025 11:33 PM (BBMJX)
I was being a little facetious- we were in shirt-sleeves. But it doesn't get much colder than that at night. Maybe lo 40's at night for a few weeks but warms right up once the sun is out.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 08, 2025 12:34 AM (QGaXH)
It's important for people to see well enough to not trip over anything and having white lights mixed in will help with that. (plus, I can see better during cleanup time!)
So, here's what my day was mostly like:
tinyurl.com/3deexb9n
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:34 AM (rdVOm)
Do what's inside of you
https://youtu.be/GLdz6zfJMDI
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - if you don't watch out it will stick to you at December 08, 2025 12:35 AM (yqA/D)
Posted by: PabloD at December 08, 2025 12:36 AM (GALGA)
That’s practically Hawaiian shirt weather for me.
Posted by: Bulg at December 07, 2025 11:38 PM (77rzZ)
OMG! I hit a noirve! Da noirve! (In my best Moe/Curly or Bugs voice)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 08, 2025 12:38 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
That’s practically Hawaiian shirt weather for me.
Posted by: Bulg at December 07, 2025 11:38 PM (77rzZ)
OMG! I hit a noirve! Da noirve! (In my best Moe/Curly or Bugs voice)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 08, 2025 12:38 AM (QGaXH)
It'll be nice tomorrow: sunny and 76°F for the high.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 08, 2025 12:42 AM (ynpvh)
Stateless, Haffourshower and BC, you best get your asses to the Christmas party on Saturday night, JQ has knocked herself out with the decor.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 08, 2025 12:44 AM (0nHVk)
That’s practically Hawaiian shirt weather for me.
Posted by: Bulg at December 07, 2025 11:38 PM (77rzZ)
Nice, light jacket or sweatshirt. Can do things without working up a sweat.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 08, 2025 12:46 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 08, 2025 12:46 AM (0nHVk)
Ooooo, a *real* tree! They smell soooooo good...
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 08, 2025 12:49 AM (4pFA9)
I was merely wishing a good night to the sleepyheads what left...
Will keep playing some mellow tunes, if anyone's still around.
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Gonna go back outside to warm up in the infamous 321.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 08, 2025 12:02 AM (/lPRQ)
South Florida? Hawaii? Or not in US?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 08, 2025 12:51 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:52 AM (rdVOm)
Gonna go back outside to warm up in the infamous 321.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 08, 2025 12:02 AM (/lPRQ)
Oh wait - 321 Area code. I grew up in the 305. 321 was parents final AC.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 08, 2025 12:52 AM (QGaXH)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1ooe4KDzMo
Posted by: Ian S.
................................
I went back in time and remembered I had hair. I enjoyed that!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 08, 2025 12:55 AM (sAmhv)
I was merely wishing a good night to the sleepyheads what left...
Will keep playing some mellow tunes, if anyone's still around.
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
I'm good for awhile. Tree is done, the little manger thing is in place, my mother's 125+ year old Santa ornament is in place up near top. They say it isn't over til the fat lady sings, the tree isn't done til that old ass santa is in place. Its was her rule, once that sucker is on there you don't go near the tree, you don't shake it, you don't try to add more ornaments, you don't frigging breath on it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 08, 2025 12:55 AM (snZF9)
NUCLEAR 101: Microreactors can be used to power military bases, disaster recovery efforts, or remote locations where traditional infrastructure doesn’t exist.
Learn more: bit.ly/2BwsYQR
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 08, 2025 12:57 AM (4pFA9)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 08, 2025 12:58 AM (QGaXH)
Top ornament was always *last* at our house, too. Usually one of those fancy molded glass spires, but sometimes a star topper. Not sure what happened to the angel topper, guess it got lost or broken...
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 08, 2025 12:59 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:06 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 08, 2025 01:07 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 08, 2025 01:11 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:11 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
Space Coast
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 08, 2025 01:14 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 08, 2025 01:14 AM (sAmhv)
Top ornament was always *last* at our house, too. Usually one of those fancy molded glass spires, but sometimes a star topper. Not sure what happened to the angel topper, guess it got lost or broken...
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 12:59 AM (rdVOm)
This isn't a topper. Its a 3 inch tall santa, german made, most likely very late 1800's. The angel tree toppers don't seem to last around here. I think I'm on my 3rd one. They gradually get all kinds of burnt up on the inside from all the bulbs in there. I DO actually have the one my parents had when they first got married, so probably from the very late 50's. Its a star shape, and each point is one of those old world colored screw in bulbs, but I think it shorted out, so I'm going to rewire it. I keep promising myself to do it, but then I forget, and during the tree routine I think shit, I never did it. Although, I'm a little ahead of schedule, so maybe I'll burn through it and get it done and stick it on one of the smaller trees. Now, where did I put that damn thing....
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 08, 2025 01:16 AM (snZF9)
*slides a beer down the bar*
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Thank you JQ.
Enjoying one IRL too.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 08, 2025 01:16 AM (QGaXH)
I think that's why Mom let us have "our own" ornaments to hang-- to limit the amount of visual chaos on the tree-- Mom would put on all the other "regular" ornaments and she didn't rearrange anything (afaik, lol).
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Small form nuclear reactors knocking down windmills all over America.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 08, 2025 12:21 AM (4pFA9)
Time for USA to annex Saskatchewan and Alberta. Oil, gas, coal, and a fuckton of uranium and potash. Sask may also have large lithium potential from brine wells (exploration ongoing), and also some Helium.
Way to do it? Make an offer to buy: 100,000 greenback dollars to every adult Canadian citizen normally resident in Alberta or Saskatchewan, if an annexation vote passes by simple majority. Even those who voted against annexation get the payment, should the vote pass. If they are dead set against becoming Americans, the hundred G's should ease their migration into the rump of Canada.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2025 01:18 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
Space Coast
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 08, 2025 01:14 AM (/lPRQ)
Spent a fair amount time in Cocoa Beach on business at various times.
Parents final resting place is in Palm Bay.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 08, 2025 01:20 AM (QGaXH)
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Oh, I misread. Wow, what a special ornament!
Do send a picture to TRex-- did you see the hobby thread yesterday? Pictures of Horde ornaments requested.
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:23 AM (rdVOm)
Finishes beer. Belches. Wipes mouth on sleeve....
Shambles out door....heads home to do some California dreamin......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 08, 2025 01:25 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 08, 2025 01:26 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2025 01:28 AM (npFr7)
Stumble safely!
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:26 AM (rdVOm)
Hic! Giggles contentedly.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 08, 2025 01:29 AM (QGaXH)
The bottom third of the tree was always reserved for the boys and their constant re arranging of the decorations.
You never have a pretty tree when you have kids. Or a cat.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 08, 2025 01:30 AM (uc5g7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2025 01:31 AM (npFr7)
I am on *the other side* of the jet stream. Unseasonably warm temps (high 50Fs daytime) and gusty wind, rain on & off...
Another week of this, then back to 20s & 30s.
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:33 AM (rdVOm)
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 08, 2025 01:34 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 08, 2025 01:35 AM (1zOXE)
Do send a picture to TRex-- did you see the hobby thread yesterday? Pictures of Horde ornaments requested.
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:23 AM (rdVOm)
Hmm,I can do that. I also got a really cool Hallmark star trek ornament from star trek TOS. It would need no explanation.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 08, 2025 01:37 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 08, 2025 01:38 AM (1zOXE)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Yep!
No children of my own, but cats changed the way I decorated LOL. No more tinsel. No glass ornaments near the bottom. (or *at all* when tiny kitten would climb the tree). Forced me to expand the collection of wooden and plastic ornaments, they did.
Kitten would eat the ribbon, too. No more ribbon! Bows only, for a while.
There was this one big jingle-bell that I'd hang on the lowest branch for Tramp, the Big Kitty. She'd be on her back, under the tree, and just reach up to swat it from time to time. Lazy girl, haha.
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: a dude in MI at December 08, 2025 01:45 AM (+I6Y/)
I thought she'd try to wiggle out of it, but no, she pranced around when I put that thing on her. And shake her head just to make it jingle.
She was the Best.
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
C3@C_3C_3 . 11h
Ilhan Omar just called Stephen Miller a Nazi on National TV.
Remember…
They don't kill you because you're a Nazi.
They call you a Nazi so they can kill you.
This is an incitement of violence
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I don't understand why she's not in jail or Somalia.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 08, 2025 12:02 AM (4pFA9)
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MEMRI @MEMRIReports
13h
#ICYMI: Chicago Islamic Scholar Mohammad Nusairat: Islam Is Not Meant to Coexist with Other Religions, But Rather to Remove Their Oppression; It Is the Only Way to Justice.
https://tinyurl.com/337snk3h
הבא להורגך, השכם להורגו
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 08, 2025 02:05 AM (MXrgX)
""#ICYMI: Chicago Islamic Scholar Mohammad Nusairat: Islam Is Not Meant to Coexist with Other Religions, But Rather to Remove Their Oppression; It Is the Only Way to Justice.""
So when is trump going to start handing out letters of marque and get this fucking show on the road.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 08, 2025 02:12 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 02:19 AM (rdVOm)
Screw moneyball and baseball strike and the DH.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 08, 2025 02:21 AM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2025 01:28 AM (npFr7)
Warmed up here to 22 F, but that 21 mph wind is a real deal breaker. Imma keep the wood stove running all night.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 08, 2025 02:23 AM (6Bc88)
Windy here in middle of Idaho too, but not as cold as normal. Pellet heater is on, and I pray power stays on.
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 02:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2025 02:40 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 08, 2025 02:12 AM (snZF9)
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When the President and the government are ready to constitutionally ban every shade and flavor Islam.
Or when the war begins.
Whichever comes first.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 08, 2025 02:41 AM (MXrgX)
Posted by: m at December 08, 2025 03:34 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2025 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)
"The Democrats and the national media want you to believe that two “fishermen” survived a first strike on their drug-laden speedboat and were then floating in the water helplessly like Rose and Jack at the end of “Titanic,” and we gunned them down as helpless victims and in violation of the Geneva Conventions. "
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2025 03:47 AM (7RYym)
Posted by: m at December 08, 2025 03:49 AM (RuTUS)
https://tinyurl.com/4vmf6wyr
Me. I only like him because he looks good with his shirt off. Bwhahaha
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2025 03:51 AM (7RYym)
Posted by: m at December 08, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)
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