Overnight Open Thread [01/12/2026]

Mt. Baldy (Mount San Antonio) is probably 15 miles from Rancho Cucamonga, and one can see the peak from Interstate 15. It's also 10,000 feet high and will kill you without any effort at all!

Like these three knuckleheads: Bodies of three hikers recovered from Mt. Baldy amid harsh weather. Really? Harsh weather in December on a tall mountain? Who knew!

Nature never makes any blunders; when she makes a fool she means it.

-- Josh Billings

It isn't difficult to prepare oneself for most eventualities. Sure, that Chinese missile strike on Los Angeles might put you in a bit of a pickle, or the massive earthquake that shakes half the mountain down on your head will probably cut into your clubbing that night, but for most days? Appropriate footwear, appropriate clothing, water and a bit of food, and a good map in case your phone dies.

Personally, I like being armed, but in California that might get you arrested.

Oh...you might want to check the weather report too!

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The current hysterical news cycle is dominated by a failing attempt to portray Renee Good as some sort of paragon of loving motherhood and sweetness and light. It is the typical trivialization of the human condition that the left is fixated by, and it is an indicator of just how evil they are. Apparently because Good had stuffed animals in her car and had children, she was incapable of trying to run down an ICE officer. Obviously that makes no sense, but is also reminds me of the socialist view of humanity, that we are all just one thing, and completely interchangeable.

Well, the Aufseherinnen (female guards) in the Nazi concentration camps mostly led normal lives before they became unspeakably evil. One thing does not prevent the other.

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Sorry, but I watched this, so you have to also. I will not suffer alone.

This man says if you are a Trump supporter you should not eat sushi, Mexican food or celebrate Cinco de Mayo,

"Find some German food"pic.twitter.com/yX97Z61YA1
— Defiant L's (@DefiantLs) January 12, 2026

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Thief snatched 'beloved' walrus penis from famed NJ restaurant Donkey's Place -- and owner needs help getting it back

What's the big deal? It's not like it's an otter penis or a penguin penis!

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The world's leading expert on European wasps walks into a record shop.
He asks the assistant, “Do you have European Vespidae Acoustics Volume 2? I believe it was released this week.”
The assistant checks the computer and then says, “Certainly. Would you like to listen before you buy it?”
The expert replies, “Of course!”
The assistant hands him a pair of earphones and puts the record on a turntable near the counter, and turns it on.
The expert listens for a few moments and says to the assistant, “I'm terribly sorry, but I am the world's leading expert on European wasps and this is not accurate at all. I don't recognize any of those sounds. Are you sure this is the correct recording?”
The assistant checks the turntable. “Yes, sir,” he says. “This is the European Vespidae Acoustics Volume 2. Let me skip ahead to the second track.”
Again the expert listens for a few moments and then says to the assistant, “This just can't be right! I've been an expert in this field for 43 years and I still don't recognize any of these sounds.”
The assistant apologizes and lifts the needle to the next track. As soon as the track starts playing, the expert throws off the headphones. “This is outrageous false advertising! I am the world's leading expert on European wasps and no European wasp has ever made a sound like the ones on this record!”
The manager of the shop overhears the commotion and walks over. “What seems to be the problem, sir?”
The expert turns to him, red-faced and fuming. “This is an outrage! I am the world's leading expert on European wasps. Nobody knows more about them than I do. There is no way in hell that the sounds on that record were made by European wasps!”
The manager glances down and notices the problem instantly. “I'm terribly sorry, sir. It appears we've been playing you the bee side.”

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America!

Man Turns Tiny Shop Into Automated Factory, Producing $3M Products Per Year

Hell Yes!

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[Hat Tip: Diogenes]
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Posted by: LRob in OK at January 12, 2026 10:12 PM (47diA)

2 2nd

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 12, 2026 10:12 PM (47diA)

3 3rd

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 12, 2026 10:12 PM (47diA)

4 SPONGE!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 12, 2026 10:13 PM (ULPxl)

5 ONT, yay!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 10:14 PM (n4Qav)

6 Willowed, but of course.

A little boy with diarrhea tells him mom he needs Viagra.

His mom asks him, "why on earth do you need that?"

Little boy replies. "Isn't that what you give dad when his shit won't get hard?"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:14 PM (u/kd+)

7 Damn, too.late... Sorta like the ONT :-)

Posted by: buddhaha at January 12, 2026 10:14 PM (4YokX)

8 Oh right, it's CBD. Well he does the Food Thread, so it still counts.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 12, 2026 10:14 PM (ULPxl)

9 That would have made more sense if... oh nevermind.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 12, 2026 10:14 PM (ULPxl)

10 The GREATEST Awk! An awk like the world has never seen. Tremendous. Believe me.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 12, 2026 10:14 PM (RwpW/)

11 Sorry, but I watched this, so you have to also. I will not suffer alone.

No. No, I don't think I will.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

12
Hello degeneratives and normal people.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (3ek7K)

13 Nice music tonight, CBD! Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA)

14 That dude in the video is gayer than Liberace's hair stylist.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (COQGW)

15 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (SRRAx)

16 I see Big Penguin has decided to make its presence known on the ONT...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (ESVrU)

17 Sure everybody wants ground walrus penis in the coffee until they get ground walrus penis in their coffee.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (gbOdA)

18 Sorry, but I watched this, so you have to also. I will not suffer alone.

I shan't. I wonder if anyone has asked the idiot if he believes that all non-European persons are in the country illegally.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (ExV1e)

19 That gum-cracking, head-bobbing twink needs to be fired from a trebuchet, holding a bag of angry vipers (aren't they always angry?).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 12, 2026 10:16 PM (kpS4V)

20 Sorry, but I watched this, so you have to also. I will not suffer alone.

No. No, I don't think I will.

Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)
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I only made it about 2/3 of the way through the video.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2026 10:16 PM (ESVrU)

21 And the joke is good, too.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 12, 2026 10:17 PM (47diA)

22 WTH? You didn't go with On Top Of Old Baldy, all covered with snow?!

Posted by: GWB at January 12, 2026 10:17 PM (vQt6o)

23 The gay dude in that video is, like, insufferable, OMG. I hope his husband beats him regularly.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 10:17 PM (n4Qav)

24 No. No, I don't think I will.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

It's not a choice...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 10:17 PM (n9ltV)

25 Dude
You are wearing your dead sisters pink sweater Mom put up in the closet in 89.
She catches you and your ass is grass.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:18 PM (gbOdA)

26 Stroud is not doing well

Posted by: gKWVE at January 12, 2026 10:18 PM (W1UhJ)

27 Evening, folken. There's a while yet before I will feel like going to bed, so here I is.

The common thread among the three videos? I not only am familiar with them all, I love them all.

Has Iran fallen yet? Has the media lost interest in Renee Good? I suppose one is as likely to happen as the other.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2026 10:18 PM (wzUl9)

28 Willowed
482 True story. Friend of mine is a multiple time world champion Sunfish sailor. Even has a rig named after him.

Sailors will race anything that floats. We're kinda stupid competitive that way.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 10:07 PM (

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I admire that. Something about doing the most with the least to show your skill. Good for him!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 12, 2026 10:18 PM (lrMw0)

29 No. No, I don't think I will.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

It's not a choice...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 10:17 PM (n9ltV)
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A weekend in The Barrel is preferable to watching that video.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ESVrU)

30 23 The gay dude in that video is, like, insufferable, OMG. I hope his husband beats him regularly.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 10:17 PM (n4Qav)

That is what he wants!

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:19 PM (gbOdA)

31 Gay dude is channeling Jm J Bullock. And the gum smacking is just nasty.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 10:19 PM (n4Qav)

32 JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President JD Vance is urging Trump to pursue diplomacy with Iran’s Islamic regime, calling a “real negotiation” on its nuclear program the smartest move.

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

33 So... I've been in the Pacific Ocean, off Monterey, in the winter. The water's not much colder than summer. Especially if you have a wet suit, and don't swim with otters, seals or other shark bait.

The surf will kill you in an instant if you're not paying attention.

I've got broken ribs to attest to it.

Hiking in the mountains... you'd have to be retarded not to read the weather ahead of time. You've got literally days to figure shit out.

And yea... weather's a bitch. There, here, or ---> over there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 10:19 PM (NwnyJ)

34 Serious question. All these cities & states that claim "sanctuary cities", why are all of the elected officials not brought up on sedition charges? According to their oaths of offices, they all swore to uphold the constitution and laws of the country.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026
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I’ve pondered this generally for a while. Generally, I’m not sure there is any teeth in this oath taking business. The courts probably defanged that long ago, there is no legal mechanism, it’s just merely performative art.

Maybe someone with a longer institutional memory like Whig might have some insight on oath taking and whether historically it had teeth. I know the commies had a lot of heartburn with it in the 1950s. The founders certainly thought it important.

As a practical matter I think we’ll see some movement on this front, from several directions. The large city model is in trouble, all of them.

They’ve learned how to make bank on illegal aliens, that much is clear.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 10:20 PM (NqWk4)

35 I look at "men" *spit* like that head bobbing thing in the video and consider how in 1944, guys his age were launching from flattops in the Pacific as the sun was setting to find the Japanese fleet knowing that they wouldn't have enough fuel to get back to their carrier so they would be ditching in the sea. At night. And they went anyway.

And I wonder what happened to this country that it could produce such crud as the video "guy."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:20 PM (COQGW)

36 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 12, 2026 10:20 PM (w3u3d)

37 Sailors will race anything that floats. We're kinda stupid competitive that way.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 10:07 PM (

When Mrs D and i were dating we'd go park along the Columbia River and watch the submarine races.
IYKWIMAITTYD.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

38 Since it isn't a choice, I went up and watched it.

That person is pathetic.

He can also get bent! In a bad way for him/her/it.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 12, 2026 10:21 PM (47diA)

39 JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President JD Vance is urging Trump to pursue diplomacy with Iran’s Islamic regime, calling a “real negotiation” on its nuclear program the smartest move.
Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

Well, the WSJ has been such a paragon of honest reporting over the years. I guess I'll just have to abandon hopes for Vance.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:21 PM (ExV1e)

40 ---
I only made it about 2/3 of the way through the video.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2026 10:16 PM (ESVrU)

You got further than I did ... yeesh, that was painful.

Posted by: moki at January 12, 2026 10:21 PM (wLjpr)

41 Thanks for the girthy Monday Night ONT, CBD!

AR-15s are awesome, and rightfully so! (see what I did there?)

And thanks for the reminder to consider safety when sashaying about in the wintertime on tall mountains. Sad that such reminders are needed, but that's our world today.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 12, 2026 10:22 PM (kB9dk)

42 Gay dude is channeling Jm J Bullock. And the gum smacking is just nasty.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 10:19 PM (n4Qav)

Just from the picture he makes Jim J Bullock look like Lee Marvin.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

43 I'll just have to abandon hopes for Vance.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:21 PM (ExV1e)

The full story is "try diplomacy...first."

A bit different.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 10:24 PM (n9ltV)

44 Has the media lost interest in Renee Good"

Seems so. I note the tale of woe has been bounced from the "front" pages...

Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:24 PM (XuXeR)

45 So I was valuing and buying companies in 96 thru 99.
In Dec of 96 (Sat or Sun the 20th) I was sent to Rancho to decide if we would buy a company by 12/31.
So we get off the plane on that Sat or Sun and drive to meet the owner and we walk around the place. Around 6 he takes us to his favorite place for dinner.
A JoJos that closed in about 89 and was reopened as a local place.
I put a 50 on the bar and told the bartender to puts a chilled vodka on the bar whereever I walked by.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:25 PM (gbOdA)

46 I'm not getting suckered into watching some twink looking fairyboy with tears in his eyes. Nope.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 12, 2026 10:25 PM (BSdIE)

47 Doesn't David Frum still work at WSJ?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)

48 Overnight Open Thread

Always appreciate the clever ways CBD names his ONTs.
😜

Posted by: mindful webworker - overthinking things as usual at January 12, 2026 10:25 PM (z2cM0)

49 There, here, or ---> over there"

"Here, there, or everywhere. ."

Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:25 PM (XuXeR)

50 There is a really nifty winery in Rancho Cucamonga that I used to spend an afternoon at when I was working down that way.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

51 Ahoy, morons.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 12, 2026 10:26 PM (Xb07I)

52 Sad that such reminders are needed, but that's our world today.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 12, 2026 10:22 PM (kB9dk)

It's embarrassing. When I hike in the summer in places that don't have winter weather all year, I still check the weather, bring supplies, and dress for the worst.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 10:26 PM (n9ltV)

53 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 12, 2026 10:27 PM (sAmhv)

54 32 JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President JD Vance is urging Trump to pursue diplomacy with Iran’s Islamic regime, calling a “real negotiation” on its nuclear program the smartest move.
Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

WSJ does not even know what color suit JD wore today.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:27 PM (gbOdA)

55 39 JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President JD Vance is urging Trump to pursue diplomacy with Iran’s Islamic regime, calling a “real negotiation” on its nuclear program the smartest move.
Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

Well, the WSJ has been such a paragon of honest reporting over the years. I guess I'll just have to abandon hopes for Vance.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:21 PM (ExV1e)

Exactly. I don't believe them. At all.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 12, 2026 10:27 PM (JOjZr)

56 32 JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President JD Vance is urging Trump to pursue diplomacy with Iran’s Islamic regime, calling a “real negotiation” on its nuclear program the smartest move.
Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

This is the kind of bullshit rumor mongering I was talking about last thread. Since when does any VP have any say in foreign policy decisions? The story is ridiculous. At worst they’re playing a good cop bad cop routine.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2026 10:27 PM (QkvGw)

57 This man says if you are a Trump supporter you should not eat sushi, Mexican food or celebrate Cinco de Mayo,

"Find some German food"pic.twitter.com/yX97Z61YA1

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Somebody better round up this foreign interloper and clap him in irons. He's clearly not any kind of American.

He doesn't even know that our magnificent King, Imperator Americanus and Defender of the Faith Donald I, is ethnically Scottish.

We eat Revenge Haggis here. Pack up your foreign slop and take it to the camp. They're hungry in there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2026 10:27 PM (BI5O2)

58 Has the media lost interest in Renee Good"

Seems so. I note the tale of woe has been bounced from the "front" pages...
Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:24 PM (XuXeR)

Their most loyal NPCs have her nobility indelibly imprinted in their cerebral hard drive. Everyone else either doesn't care or has seen way too many videos proving the media's version of events false. No reason to continue when they can ramp up the hysteria about impeaching Noem, or whatever the next big thing will be.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:28 PM (ExV1e)

59 > Sailors will race anything that floats.
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Us "boy racers" with our HP cars will do the same.

Don't GAF if it's rice, gas, ethanol, diesel... 102... whatever.

Does it have a "loud peddle?" Let's go.....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 10:28 PM (NwnyJ)

60 There is a really nifty winery in Rancho Cucamonga that I used to spend an afternoon at when I was working down that way.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

I know that place. Right at the junction of the 60 and the 15.

The cabernet had nice tannin levels with an assertive topnote of car exhaust.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:28 PM (COQGW)

61 Mount San Antonio"

Meh. I've been to San Antonio. That's not San Antonio.

Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:28 PM (XuXeR)

62 Yay, ONT!

Only thing that comes to mind as a theme for the three songs is opening with an immediately recognizable riff.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 12, 2026 10:29 PM (lUFok)

63 I'll save it for the MR
the ONT is supposed to be a happy occasion

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2026 10:29 PM (ZxPkt)

64 It's embarrassing. When I hike in the summer in places that don't have winter weather all year, I still check the weather, bring supplies, and dress for the worst.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 10:26 PM (n9ltV)

Beret, Gauloises pack rolled up in Hanes T, Engineer Boots, Leather Jacket, Tight Blue Jeans.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:29 PM (gbOdA)

65 They’ve learned how to make bank on illegal aliens, that much is clear.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 10:20 PM (NqWk4)

Some of the legal variety appear to be quite the fraud ATM, too.

Not to mention all the NGOs and religious organizations that seem to be making bank bringing them in, setting them up for welfare, and then enabling the fraud.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 12, 2026 10:29 PM (6ydKt)

66
Tonight's game is a disappointment
both teams seem equally inept

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)

67 >>I admire that. Something about doing the most with the least to show your skill. Good for him!

He was a ridiculously good sailor when we were young. Had the privilege of crewing for him in some bigger boat races. We usual won or finished near the top but it had nothing to do with me.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (viF8m)

68 Meh. I've been to San Antonio. That's not San Antonio.
Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:28 PM (XuXeR)

Sometimes, when you get a real hard freeze, the river walk will hump up like that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (ExV1e)

69 We got a new guy at work who is that gay. Luckily he stays in his office with the door closed most of the time.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (VCgbV)

70 50 There is a really nifty winery in Rancho Cucamonga that I used to spend an afternoon at when I was working down that way.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

Sieta Once

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (gbOdA)

71 On Friday, Pooky needed a USB drive to download a BIOS update (that fixed his problem, yay) and couldn't find one in the house, so he grabbed our music one from our car.

Since we don't have our usual music, I've been listening to the local classic rock station, and was today when I went to get my blood drawn.

And this station can play some pretty obscure songs I've never heard of before, like... "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits.

All this to say, GET OUT OF MY MINIVAN, CBD!

Posted by: pookysgirl already lives with one paranoid person at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (Wt5PA)

72 It’s too late baby

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (ZwdAr)

73 "JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President JD Vance is urging Trump to pursue diplomacy with Iran’s Islamic regime, calling a “real negotiation” on its nuclear program the smartest move."

You mean the nuke program that went splodey here a few months ago? That nuke program.

Does anyone even pay attention to these statements?

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (G+z4C)

74 Always appreciate the clever ways CBD names his ONTs.

Posted by: mindful webworker - overthinking things as usual at January 12, 2026 10:25 PM (z2cM0)

Well, I could have called it "Ivan Albright Retrospective: 2026," so perhaps you should count your blessings!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (n9ltV)

75 This man says if you are a Trump supporter you should not eat sushi, Mexican food or celebrate Cinco de Mayo,
"Find some German food"
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I'm an American. I will eat whatever food I like. Fcuk you if you don't like that.

Posted by: JQ at January 12, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

76 Following one or other of those links and then hopping around... I see one of Mamdani's city officials got busted by ICE? and he *DEMANDS* they release the crook! Or else what, timwalz? You'll cry harder?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 12, 2026 10:31 PM (ULPxl)

77 The full story is "try diplomacy...first."

A bit different.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 10:24 PM (n9ltV)

Trump to Ayatollah: Step down please.

Ayatollah: Die yaknee dog!

Trump: Nuke 'em! See JD, I tried Negotiating.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 10:31 PM (2WIwB)

78 pretty obscure songs I've never heard of before, like... "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits"

*looks at CD collection. Whimpers*

Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:31 PM (XuXeR)

79

Tennessee Tuxedo will not fail!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2026 10:31 PM (pkeXY)

80 I attribute a lot of this to cell phones. Comms. In the before times, it was understood what you got was what you brought along, get sideways in remote areas you were on your own. There are still seriously remote places and you won’t see anybody for days, especially off trail or off season.

Now? They call emergency dispatch or the Ranger station. “We’re tired, and all out of Pringles. Come get me”

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 10:32 PM (NqWk4)

81 Dire Straits Sultans of Swing is an awesome jam…. That song has been near the top of my playlist for years. That guitar work never gets old…

Dire Straits also contributed the awesome Money for Nothing which played constantly on the radio when I was in college… great tune and back in the day they didn’t censor the lyric “… that little faggot he’s a millionaire” heh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 10:32 PM (xT8gx)

82 We usual won or finished near the top but it had nothing to do with me.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (viF8m)

Yup. I had a sailing buddy in college who was a national champion. I just did what he said. No thinking or skill involved.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 10:32 PM (n9ltV)

83 ... obscure songs ... like... "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits.
Posted by: pookysgirl already lives with one paranoid person at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (Wt5PA)

Obscure. I'm not sure that I believe that you're 29.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:32 PM (ExV1e)

84
"And this station can play some pretty obscure songs I've never heard of before, like... "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits"

How to say you are truly younger than 29 without giving your age

Posted by: moki at January 12, 2026 10:33 PM (wLjpr)

85 I didn’t make it more than a second thru that video of the homo. Sorry

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 10:33 PM (NqWk4)

86 Sometimes, when you get a real hard freeze, the river walk will hump up like that."

Air is too clear to be SA.... plus, needs more tourists.

Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:33 PM (XuXeR)

87 GET OUT OF MY MINIVAN, CBD!

Posted by: pookysgirl already lives with one paranoid person at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (Wt5PA)

;-)

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 10:33 PM (n9ltV)

88 We got a new guy at work who is that gay. Luckily he stays in his office with the door closed most of the time.

Regular sized office or smaller, like closet sized, office?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 12, 2026 10:33 PM (lUFok)

89 Regular sized office or smaller, like closet sized, office?"

Locker sized?

Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:34 PM (XuXeR)

90 2000
Eat food on the new cultures taking over your country
2026
You are not allowed to participate in the rich food cultures of your oppressors

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:34 PM (gbOdA)

91 I'm an American. I will eat whatever food I like. Fcuk you if you don't like that.

Posted by: JQ at January 12, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

Bingo.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 10:34 PM (n9ltV)

92 482 True story. Friend of mine is a multiple time world champion Sunfish sailor. Even has a rig named after him.

Sailors will race anything that floats. We're kinda stupid competitive that way.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 10:07 PM (

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I admire that. Something about doing the most with the least to show your skill. Good for him!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 12, 2026 10:18 PM (lrMw0)

I can't wait to see sailors racing while riding dolphins. Not only does speed and distance count, but whether you get bucked off.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 12, 2026 10:34 PM (S/Y4j)

93 ""Sorry, but I watched this, so you have to also. I will not suffer alone.""

Scientific inquiry- What...the fuck.....was that?? It has 2 eyes, a nose, a mouth, no doubt doesn't make noise when it farts, and speaks gibberish.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 12, 2026 10:34 PM (snZF9)

94 I mean, this is a playoff game, and the 2 teams have 13 points between them in the 4th quarter

one TD, the rest FGs

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2026 10:35 PM (ZxPkt)

95 I’m not big on sushi or Cinco de Mayo but a lot of Mexican food may as well be considered American like pizza and American Chinese food.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 12, 2026 10:35 PM (6ydKt)

96 Air is too clear to be SA.... plus, needs more tourists.
Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:33 PM (XuXeR)

The tourists are all dead on the mountain. CBD mentioned that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:35 PM (ExV1e)

97 JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President JD Vance is urging Trump to pursue diplomacy with Iran’s Islamic regime, calling a “real negotiation” on its nuclear program the smartest move.
Posted by: Don Black

Don't bother. They'll renege before the sigs are dry and mock you on international broadcasts.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 12, 2026 10:35 PM (/lPRQ)

98 24 No. No, I don't think I will.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

It's not a choice...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
........................................................
youtu.be/urBpdyFCZmo

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 12, 2026 10:35 PM (sAmhv)

99 Obscure. I'm not sure that I believe that you're 29.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:32 PM (ExV1e)

What, you think I'm 28? 😁

Posted by: pookysgirl, young whippersnapper at January 12, 2026 10:35 PM (Wt5PA)

100 69 We got a new guy at work who is that gay. Luckily he stays in his office with the door closed most of the time.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 12, 2026 10:30 PM (VCgbV)

Kahkis and a french blue button down?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:35 PM (gbOdA)

101 I can't wait to see sailors racing while riding dolphins. Not only does speed and distance count, but whether you get bucked off.

PRO TIP: They like it when you play the kithera.

Posted by: Arian at January 12, 2026 10:36 PM (COQGW)

102 I’m not big on sushi or Cinco de Mayo but a lot of Mexican food may as well be considered American like pizza and American Chinese food.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 12, 2026 10:35 PM (6ydKt)

Most things which Americans think of as Mexican food are Tex-Mex.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:36 PM (ExV1e)

103 I look at "men" *spit* like that head bobbing thing in the video and consider how in 1944, guys his age were launching from flattops in the Pacific as the sun was setting to find the Japanese fleet knowing that they wouldn't have enough fuel to get back to their carrier so they would be ditching in the sea. At night. And they went anyway.

And I wonder what happened to this country that it could produce such crud as the video "guy."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:20 PM (COQGW)

***

This twink would never survive basic training.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 10:37 PM (2WIwB)

104 35 I look at "men" *spit* like that head bobbing thing in the video and consider how in 1944, guys his age were launching from flattops in the Pacific as the sun was setting to find the Japanese fleet knowing that they wouldn't have enough fuel to get back to their carrier so they would be ditching in the sea. At night. And they went anyway.

And I wonder what happened to this country that it could produce such crud as the video "guy."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:20 PM (COQGW)

Well, many of those brave young men didn't leave behind issue from their genes.

The ones who didn't go are the fathers/grandfathers of these pathetic examples of manhood.

Who thankfully will not be passing along their genes, either.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 12, 2026 10:37 PM (SRRAx)

105 Regular sized office or smaller, like closet sized, office?
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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He's definitely out of the closet...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 12, 2026 10:37 PM (VCgbV)

106 Now the Kneelers need 2 fieldgoals.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 10:37 PM (9cHSL)

107 Never heard of Colter Wall before. I think I'll find some of his tunes for the hacienda. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 12, 2026 10:37 PM (47diA)

108 I'm planning on taking micro spikes and an ice axe into the Sierras, in July. Those guys are morons. Surprised you don't need a permit on Baldy. CA loves them some permits.

Posted by: mot at January 12, 2026 10:37 PM (fIPNY)

109 ...were morons.

Posted by: mot at January 12, 2026 10:38 PM (fIPNY)

110 Has the media lost interest in Renee Good"

Seems so. I note the tale of woe has been bounced from the "front" pages...
Posted by: man

That story spoiled faster than milk left out on the counter all day.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:38 PM (u/kd+)

111 Be Good

hahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:38 PM (gbOdA)

112
Well, the WSJ has been such a paragon of honest reporting over the years. I guess I'll just have to abandon hopes for Vance.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026

----

I was a 30+ year WSJ Subscriber, but they're dead to me. But I do like Kim Strassel.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 12, 2026 10:38 PM (d8kiQ)

113 44 Has the media lost interest in Renee Good"

Seems so. I note the tale of woe has been bounced from the "front" pages...
Posted by: man
...............................
They read the same polls the democrats do.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 12, 2026 10:39 PM (sAmhv)

114 My grandfather actually won a submarine race.

He was in the same squadron as Nimitz.

Both were LTs at the time.

Posted by: no one at January 12, 2026 10:39 PM (qFwJc)

115 JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President JD Vance is urging Trump to pursue diplomacy with Iran’s Islamic regime, calling a “real negotiation” on its nuclear program the smartest move.
Posted by: Don Black

He can't be that frigging stupid. It has to be bullshit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 12, 2026 10:40 PM (snZF9)

116 Air is too clear to be SA.... plus, needs more tourists.
Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:33 PM (XuXeR)

The tourists are all dead on the mountain. CBD mentioned that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:35 PM (ExV1e)

They started out yelling "Remember Old Baldy - Don Rickles!"

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 12, 2026 10:40 PM (S/Y4j)

117 Well, here we sit, in NE Texas, on a Monday. The First Lady has lost her dad. He appears to have gone sometime Sunday. We had some friends do a wellness check and he was in the bedroom on the floor.

He wasn't a good father, was incredibly selfish and didn't really do for anyone but himself, but he was her dad. Honor thy mother, honor thy father. And she did. There should be no regrets.

God Bless you all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 12, 2026 10:40 PM (+x87d)

118 What, you think I'm 28? 😁
Posted by: pookysgirl, young whippersnapper at January 12, 2026 10:35 PM (Wt5PA)

But for certain unhappy stories of your recent life, I'd have assumed no more than 19.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:40 PM (ExV1e)

119 Most things which Americans think of as Mexican food are Tex-Mex.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:36 PM (ExV1e)

Yup. It’s ubiquitous in our culture.
Any grocery store in the country can get you a Mexican-type meal frozen or homemade.

It’s like asking Americans to give up bugers and fries at this point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 12, 2026 10:40 PM (6ydKt)

120 Has the media lost interest in Renee Good"

I would have thought that Mark Ruffalo's pin he was wearing at the Golden Globes would have given the story a few more days of legs.

I guess wearing a pin just isn't enough anymore.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:40 PM (COQGW)

121 Our new mayor, Helena Moreno, got inaugurated today, with -- get this -- Kamala Harris visiting to swear her in. Not too surprising. Helena interned for Hillary once upon a time and is probably a dyed-in-the-wool Dem. At least she's attractive and we won't have to look at that frog-faced Latoya the Destroya on TV anymore.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2026 10:41 PM (wzUl9)

122 We got a new guy at work who is that gay. Luckily he stays in his office with the door closed most of the time.
-----

A few years ago at another company we got a gay admin. He was under 6 foot tall, fat, and ordinary. He proceeded to fill his office (which us agents would be walking in and out of on a couple of times a week basis) with.....Audrey Hepburn pictures.

He was fired in less than a week. Not because of the pictures, but because he was a defiant prick who couldn't get along with anyone normal.

Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at January 12, 2026 10:41 PM (Cjcf6)

123 And I wonder what happened to this country that it could produce such crud as the video "guy."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:20 PM (COQGW)

In my years in the Army, I served with a dozen men and women who were gay. Half of them were kicked out of the Service. Of the others , two were what I would call average troops. The final four I would absolutely want on my team in any future war. Sharp soldiers, smart, and trustworthy. And they kept their proclivities to themselves and it never showed up on duty.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 10:41 PM (2WIwB)

124 Rosa Parks was a plant. The whole thing was a set up. It's all part of the big lie.
It could be that DeepState and commies coexist.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2026 10:41 PM (DK41a)

125 Mark Ruffalo has to have one of the more punchable faces out there.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 10:42 PM (n4Qav)

126 I find it hard to believe that Vance would give such idiotic advice. If he did I find it even harder to to believe Trump would take it…. Marco needs a 1001st job, new Shah of Iran

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 10:42 PM (xT8gx)

127 Here comes that giant poodle dog, big as a blimp, with a rhinestone collar..

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 12, 2026 10:42 PM (jc0TO)

128 We had insufferable little faggots back in the '40s. Unfortunately, they will always walk among us. But back then, they didn't let them join the Army.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2026 10:42 PM (BI5O2)

129 You too, Sponge...

Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:43 PM (XuXeR)

130 Well, here we sit, in NE Texas, on a Monday. The First Lady has lost her dad. He appears to have gone sometime Sunday. We had some friends do a wellness check and he was in the bedroom on the floor.

He wasn't a good father, was incredibly selfish and didn't really do for anyone but himself, but he was her dad. Honor thy mother, honor thy father. And she did. There should be no regrets.

God Bless you all.
Posted by: Sponge

I am so sorry to hear that. My deepest condolences to the First Lady, you & your daughter.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:43 PM (u/kd+)

131 God Bless you all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 12, 2026 10:40 PM (+x87d)

dude you are having a rough time

Prayers

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:43 PM (gbOdA)

132 Our new mayor, Helena Moreno, got inaugurated today, with -- get this -- Kamala Harris visiting to swear her in. Not too surprising. Helena interned for Hillary once upon a time and is probably a dyed-in-the-wool Dem. At least she's attractive and we won't have to look at that frog-faced Latoya the Destroya on TV anymore.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2026 10:41 PM (wzUl9

Did Kamala leave a C-note on the bar and tell them to pass her a cold vodka every time she walked by?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 12, 2026 10:43 PM (TVOOe)

133 Pick 6?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 10:43 PM (9cHSL)

134 >>Yup. I had a sailing buddy in college who was a national champion. I just did what he said. No thinking or skill involved.

It's kind of waning around here these days but when I was in my yute it seemed like every other person around here was a national or world champion sailor. Or an oyster farmer. Or an artist who painted sailboats.

Still have the oyster farmer neighbors.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 10:44 PM (viF8m)

135 Diogenes, I had similar experiments during my times. A few were obnoxious and wanted to a. be noticed as gay and b. get thrown out. I had a young woman I "thought" swung toward the girls, but it turned out she did NOT! I can't explain why I thought so about her.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 12, 2026 10:44 PM (47diA)

136 I find it hard to believe that Vance would give such idiotic advice. If he did I find it even harder to to believe Trump would take it…. Marco needs a 1001st job, new Shah of Iran
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 10:42 PM (xT8gx)

But the WSJ reported it. They wouldn't... let's be nice and say "be mistaken"... would they? I bet they've got anonymous sources who confirmed all of this. It's just got to be true.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:45 PM (ExV1e)

137 Our new mayor, Helena Moreno, got inaugurated today, with -- get this -- Kamala Harris visiting to swear her in. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2026
*
Did Kamala leave a C-note on the bar and tell them to pass her a cold vodka every time she walked by?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 12, 2026

***
I wouldn't be at all surprised.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2026 10:45 PM (wzUl9)

138 JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President JD Vance is urging Trump to pursue diplomacy with Iran’s Islamic regime, calling a “real negotiation” on its nuclear program the smartest move."

Call me a bit optimistic but I thought a couple of B-2 Spirits ended the negotiations back a few months ago?

Somebody correct me if I am wrong.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 12, 2026 10:45 PM (G+z4C)

139 {{{Sponge and the FIRST! Lady}}}

Posted by: pookysgirl, giving e-hugs at January 12, 2026 10:45 PM (Wt5PA)

140 Deepest condolences to the First Lady!🙏🙏

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 12, 2026 10:45 PM (VCgbV)

141 Back around 1995 I climbed Mount Baldy with a coworker in the summer. It was more like a hike… the path we took to the summit didn’t require any special skills or equipment… just a long uphill hike… beautiful scenery

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 10:45 PM (xT8gx)

142 115 JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President JD Vance is urging Trump to pursue diplomacy with Iran’s Islamic regime, calling a “real negotiation” on its nuclear program the smartest move.
Posted by: Don Black

He can't be that frigging stupid. It has to be bullshit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 12, 2026 10:40 PM (snZF9)

Could explain what Tucker was doing at the WH today, if that’s true. Somebody mentioned it on a thread earlier.

Why negotiate at all?
Let the protests play out, take advantage if the opportunity arises.

Watch and see if the Iranian street negotiates the mullahs out of existence.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 12, 2026 10:46 PM (6ydKt)

143 I see Crew 11 now has an undocking and landing in the Pacific scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. The feeds on Space Affairs' EweTube channel start at 4:40 PM EST, Jan 14, and 2:40 PM EST, Jan 15.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 12, 2026 10:46 PM (S/Y4j)

144 Has the media lost interest in Renee Good"

I would have thought that Mark Ruffalo's pin he was wearing at the Golden Globes would have given the story a few more days of legs.

I guess wearing a pin just isn't enough anymore.
-----

Who is Mark Ruffalo?

Yeah, I get it--I'm "supposed" to know. But I know who Leo DiCaprio is, and I know who Brad Pitt is, and I know who Sidney Sweeney is, and I know who Jennifer Lawrence is, and I know who Billy Bob Thorton is. Why does Mark Ruffalo imagine that I give a crap who he is?

Renee Good wasn't good, and was a failed human being because nobody called her out on her bullshit decisions that started long before she decided what she really needed in life was a "wife" and an occupation that involved harassing heavily armed men with a legal mandate. RIP, but I don't want to hear another thing about her.

Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at January 12, 2026 10:46 PM (Cjcf6)

145 Prayers Sponge.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

146 Sack fumble touchdown.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 10:47 PM (9cHSL)

147 Meet Mattel’s autistic Barbie doll — who carries a fidget spinner, avoids eye contact

And cousin Dave who gets the Medicaid contract to be her aids and cashes in on $145k a year to drive he to Chik Fil A thrice weekly.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:47 PM (gbOdA)

148 I shall endeavor to cross-post less shit from X

it seems the only demonstrably true posts are the funny dog videos

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2026 10:47 PM (ZxPkt)

149 Sorry to hear about your FIL, Sponge.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 12, 2026 10:47 PM (SRRAx)

150 {{{Sponge and family}}}

Posted by: JQ at January 12, 2026 10:48 PM (rdVOm)

151 {{{Sponge}}}

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 12, 2026 10:48 PM (ULPxl)

152 Gary Larson loved penguins

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2026 10:48 PM (QkvGw)

153 94 I mean, this is a playoff game, and the 2 teams have 13 points between them in the 4th quarter

one TD, the rest FGs
Posted by: Don Black
......................................
I can't speak for the Texans, but the Steelers are a mediocre team who accidentally won a shitty division. They're losing right now. They'll lose next week if they win tonight. They're not winning tonight. A typical Tomlin team. Meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 12, 2026 10:49 PM (sAmhv)

154 He wasn't a good father, was incredibly selfish and didn't really do for anyone but himself, but he was her dad. Honor thy mother, honor thy father. And she did. There should be no regrets.

God Bless you all.
Posted by: Sponge

There is a strange grief when a challenging parent dies. But no regrets when you did your best to care for them. Condolences to you both.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 10:49 PM (n4Qav)

155 When Mrs D and i were dating we'd go park along the Columbia River and watch the submarine races.
IYKWIMAITTYD.
Posted by: Diogenes

Did that on Shore Road in Brooklyn, almost right under the Verrazano. With comely Norwegian lasses.

Posted by: Nordic Interiors at January 12, 2026 10:49 PM (oftw2)

156 Renee Good wasn't good, and was a failed human being because nobody called her out on her bullshit decisions that started long before she decided what she really needed in life was a "wife" and an occupation that involved harassing heavily armed men with a legal mandate. RIP, but I don't want to hear another thing about her.

Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at January 12, 2026 10:46 PM (Cjcf6)

She was good, but she wasn't good, she was bad, but how can she be bad if she was good, but she was bad...Norman coordinate...Norman...norman...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 12, 2026 10:49 PM (snZF9)

157 Who is Mark Ruffalo?

I'm told that he played the Hulk in some comic book movies. Having never seen a Hulk movie I can't confirm.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:49 PM (COQGW)

158 Rosa Parks was a plant. The whole thing was a set up. It's all part of the big lie.
It could be that DeepState and commies coexist.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2026 10:41 PM (DK41a)

Now we have plant-human hybrids, along with the lizard-human hybrids like Zuckerberg and Newsome?

All I can say is not to piss off a skunk-human hybrid.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 12, 2026 10:49 PM (S/Y4j)

159 Most things which Americans think of as Mexican food are Tex-Mex.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Wet Burrito is Dutch - Beltline Bar in Van Rapids, Michigan.

Used have this "Mexican Seafood"* place where I used to live many years ago. I think it was creole appropriated by some Portuguese guy because everybody knows Mexico has no seafood or it would be on the Taco Bell menu.

* Actually really good stuff.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 12, 2026 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)

160 Who is Mark Ruffalo?

I'm aghast. Mark Ruffalo is a professional pretender. And he has completed High School. If someone with that kind of gravitas is not your moral compass... I just don't know what to say.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 10:50 PM (ExV1e)

161 It could be that DeepState and commies coexist.
——-

The commies ARE the deepstate, so yeah that tracks.

Dad told me the entire psych eval for Diesel boat submarine service in the 1940s at the physical was everyone waited on benches and was seen one at a time by a shrink in his office. You went in, sat down and he asked “Do you like girls?”. I guess they had it pretty well figured out

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 10:50 PM (NqWk4)

162
They'll lose next week if they win tonight. They're not winning tonight. A typical Tomlin team. Meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

____________

buT NinEteEn WiNnInG season!

Posted by: Yinzers everywhere at January 12, 2026 10:51 PM (t2vGZ)

163 152 Gary Larson loved penguins
Posted by: Tom Servo

All well-adjusted people with above average intelligence love penguins. It's the miscreants, cretins, and losers who don't.

Posted by: Mighty Clouds of Joy at January 12, 2026 10:51 PM (oftw2)

164 >>When Mrs D and i were dating we'd go park along the Columbia River and watch the submarine races.
IYKWIMAITTYD.

I have no idea what you're talking about. If I wasn't sailing I was usually helping little old ladies cross the street.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)

165 All well-adjusted people with above average intelligence love penguins. It's the miscreants, cretins, and losers who don't.

Don't listen to him, people. He's a paid operative of Big Penguin.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:52 PM (COQGW)

166 All well-adjusted people with above average intelligence love penguins. It's the miscreants, cretins, and losers who don't.

I can't say I love penguins, I've never eaten any.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 12, 2026 10:52 PM (lUFok)

167 Treasury Sec. Bessent tells
@christopherrufo
one of the many shocking fraud stories out of MN: "One of the Somali fraudsters tried to bribe a juror with $120,000. As it turned out, she had been given $200,000 to bribe the juror and she skimmed $80,000."

https://tinyurl.com/3snmzvsd
(TheBlaze on X with video)

Hilarious.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 12, 2026 10:53 PM (6ydKt)

168 Didn't she attend the school for communist rabble rousers?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 10:53 PM (9cHSL)

169 Hollywood is swarming with dickheads like Ruffalo… they fell bass ackwards into an entertainment career acquiring more money and fame than their talent ever deserved. Deep down they know their success in that random industry was an accident of fate and as a result they’re incredibly insecure and they harbor tons of guilt for their success… so to make themselves feel better they virtue signal constantly on the fad of the moment… they’re shallow idiotic people

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 10:54 PM (xT8gx)

170 167 Treasury Sec. Bessent tells
@christopherrufo
one of the many shocking fraud stories out of MN: "One of the Somali fraudsters tried to bribe a juror with $120,000. As it turned out, she had been given $200,000 to bribe the juror and she skimmed $80,000."

LOL. That's some funny shit right there.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:54 PM (COQGW)

171 *checks intertubes*

Winner of the Steelers-Texans game will visit the Patriots next week.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 12, 2026 10:54 PM (ULPxl)

172 Texans up 17-6 with the ball & 7:30 to go. It's essentially over.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 12, 2026 10:54 PM (UVyKP)

173 I only made it about 2/3 of the way through the video.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
----
I felt obligated to check out the content.
I had a glancing interaction with the San Francisco Opera 45 or so years ago. If you dumped that guy into that crew, he would be stage director in a week.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 12, 2026 10:54 PM (4YokX)

174
Didn't she attend the school for communist rabble rousers?

Posted by: Boss Moss

___________

That would be, actually, the case.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 10:55 PM (t2vGZ)

175 Tomorrow is Gregory Peck Day on the Movies! Channel. The Boys From Brazil is included, and I've never seen it, though I've read the novel a couple of times.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)

176 162
They'll lose next week if they win tonight. They're not winning tonight. A typical Tomlin team. Meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

____________

buT NinEteEn WiNnInG season!
Posted by: Yinzers everywhere
.......................................................
Heh! Well, I'm a Yinzer expat. Also, I've seen this before. Tomlin era Steelers is the definition of insanity.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 12, 2026 10:55 PM (sAmhv)

177 That gum-cracking, head-bobbing twink needs to be fired from a trebuchet, holding a bag of angry vipers (aren't they always angry?).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 12, 2026 10:16 PM (kpS4V)

Correction: He needs to be fired from a trebuchet IN a bag of angry vipers.

Posted by: GWB at January 12, 2026 10:56 PM (vQt6o)

178 Highlaner Folk School. TN.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 10:56 PM (9cHSL)

179 Has the media lost interest in Renee Good"

Seems so. I note the tale of woe has been bounced from the "front" pages...
Posted by: man at January 12, 2026 10:24 PM (XuXeR)

Just go away, Renee
We won't see thee blocking streets no more
The fuck around and find out
may seem like a surprise
to the unwise....

Posted by: The Right Banke at January 12, 2026 10:57 PM (nbLIj)

180 'Bout time I burrowed into bed. Until the Tech Thread, then!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2026 10:57 PM (wzUl9)

181 Wall Street Journal is old and gay. They've spent the last year talking down this economy. Being unsuccessful at that they are now looking to the future by trying to cut JD off at the knees.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2026 10:57 PM (DK41a)

182 For anyone interested, there are just eight shopping days until Cheese Lovers Day on January 20. Don't let it sneak up on you this year.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:58 PM (COQGW)

183 Too bad… I root for the old guys in that young man’s game so I’d have liked to see Aaron Rodgers win one for us old guys. But I didn’t expect it so I’m not surprised they’re gonna lose… wonder if he’ll come back for one more year or hang up the cleats… probably retire; it’s time

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2026 10:58 PM (xT8gx)

184 Good Riddance, Renee.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 10:58 PM (n4Qav)

185 Penguins. Why did it have to be penguins?

Posted by: Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man at January 12, 2026 10:58 PM (D0HYP)

186 Goodnight Bobby. Thanks for all the music and memories.

https://tinyurl.com/mpecc7mp

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)

187 Sure the Somali fraud is kind of funny but the entire illegal fraud is killing people.
Fake truck drivers.
No license or insurance.
Stealing ER services and killing Americans.

50k gun violence deaths haha
I bet illegals kill 2x that.

But hey, we have cheap roofs and dead nursing students.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 11:00 PM (gbOdA)

188 Matt Ridley
@mattwridley
·
Follow
"By treating Islam as a racial identity rather than an ideology, Western media strips millions of people of their ability to reject it.

Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at January 12, 2026 11:00 PM (Cjcf6)

189 I am fucked
I need an 8 to win $1000 in the game tonight

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 11:01 PM (gbOdA)

190 JUST IN: The Wall Street Journal reports Vice President JD Vance is urging Trump to pursue diplomacy with Iran’s Islamic regime, calling a “real negotiation” on its nuclear program the smartest move

"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can ~~find a rock~~ move your task force into position.

Posted by: Chuck C at January 12, 2026 11:01 PM (D0HYP)

191 The Steelers are done, which for me means the NFL season is done. At least with the Pirates, the season is done by June. Watching a replay of 6 hour sportcar race at the F1 track in Abu Dhabi. I really like endurance racing. Got a few of them this time of year.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 12, 2026 11:02 PM (sAmhv)

192 "This man says if you are a Trump supporter you should not eat sushi, Mexican food or celebrate Cinco de Mayo, ..."

This "man".

Doubt.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 12, 2026 11:02 PM (O7YUW)

193 Follow
"By treating Islam as a racial identity rather than an ideology, Western media strips millions of people of their ability to reject it.
Posted by: Crusader, Realtor at January 12, 2026 11:00 PM (Cjcf6)

We all have agency
We all have the right to accept or deny

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 11:02 PM (gbOdA)

194 Condolences to Sponge and family! prayers for you!

Posted by: Iris at January 12, 2026 11:03 PM (bOJ2I)

195
The Steelers think making the postseason is the equivalent of winning the Super Bowl.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 11:03 PM (t2vGZ)

196 Who's up for a little trivia?

In the US there are listed 1,003 Sanctuary jurisdictions for illegal immigrants (cities, counties, and states). Your question is thus:

How many of these jurisdictions self-proclaiming Sanctuary status allowed a referendum vote by residents to sanctify that status?

Posted by: Orson at January 12, 2026 11:03 PM (dIske)

197 now a 0 and I need an 8 to win

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 11:04 PM (gbOdA)

198 0?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 11:04 PM (9cHSL)

199 Steelers are moving in the wrong direction.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 11:05 PM (9cHSL)

200 Islam is an ideology. Its not a race. Its never been a race. Their own "belief system", which is bullshit because they believe in nothing other than them winning, asserts that all of the world belongs to Islam. "All of the world" means that Islam is race-agnostic. Us white and brown and black Americans, and our friends the native Americans in the United States, to them, are Islamic and subject to their bullshit.

Posted by: Crusader at January 12, 2026 11:06 PM (Cjcf6)

201 198 0?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 11:04 PM (9cHSL)

Shotgun
100 to buy a number
at the score for a winner
24 and 6 is a zero

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 11:06 PM (gbOdA)

202 Pick 6.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 11:07 PM (9cHSL)

203 CORRECT. The answer is zero. Only one jurisdiction has even approached a referendum process on the issue, and that is Takoma Park, Maryland. Takoma Park had a referendum vote back in 1990 (originally to allow illegal immigrants to vote in local elections) It very narrowly passed.

Cities like Chicago had council members request a referendum vote. But in all cases, it was promptly shot down by other council members.

BUT....we need to protect the Democracy....right Democrats?

Posted by: Orson at January 12, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)

204 Never heard of Colter Wall before. I think I'll find some of his tunes for the hacienda. Thanks, CBD.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 12, 2026 10:37 PM (47diA)

Colter's father, Brad Wall, was the conservative Premier of Saskatchewan who broke the stranglehold that the socialist NDP had on that Province for decades.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 11:07 PM (8zz6B)

205 >>> Chaos Erupts as Hundreds of Somalis Storm ICE Operation at Strip Mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota

As I noted before, the need a quick reaction force to cordon off these areas, load them into trucks, and expedite deportation as enemy combatants....

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 12, 2026 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)

206 I hope it doesn't involve Pittsvurgh scoring.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 11:08 PM (9cHSL)

207 This is an absolute paddling.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 12, 2026 11:08 PM (gKWVE)

208 now 6 is the winner I need a 2

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 11:08 PM (gbOdA)

209 Rosa Parks was a plant. The whole thing was a set up. It's all part of the big lie.

What was the set up? That for the court case the plaintiffs picked someone sympathetic? That's good lawyering, not a set up.

Posted by: Chuck C at January 12, 2026 11:09 PM (D0HYP)

210 Missed a call from BIL today. Don't know if it was a butt-dial or not-- when he uses the relay (deaf) service, caller ID shows his phone #, not the relay #.

Expected him to then text, but no. Hoping the call was a goof!

Posted by: JQ at January 12, 2026 11:09 PM (rdVOm)

211 He wasn't a good father, was incredibly selfish and didn't really do for anyone but himself, but he was her dad. Honor thy mother, honor thy father. And she did. There should be no regrets.

God Bless you all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 12, 2026 10:40 PM (+x87d)

Well, condolences going out to you, regardless.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 11:10 PM (8zz6B)

212 Islam is an ideology. Its not a race.
++++

But they most definitely have an internal racial hiarchy.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 12, 2026 11:10 PM (/lPRQ)

213 "One of the Somali fraudsters tried to bribe a juror with $120,000. As it turned out, she had been given $200,000 to bribe the juror and she skimmed $80,000."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:54 PM (COQGW)

I have to admit I'd have to ask the judge (if I were the juror who turned him in) "Ummm, do I get to keep any of that as a reward? Not the $120,000 he tried to give me, but the $80,000 he kept for himself?"

Posted by: GWB at January 12, 2026 11:11 PM (vQt6o)

214 Thanks, AOP.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 12, 2026 11:12 PM (47diA)

215 Sorry I'm late, I was looking for my rapid growth formula. IbthinknI left it near the penguin pool.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 12, 2026 11:12 PM (x2NDD)

216 JQ, can you have the moose out front tell BiL that Idaho is closed for the winter?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 11:12 PM (n4Qav)

217 Oh thank heavens
Avalanche hockey game just started the 2nd

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2026 11:12 PM (ZxPkt)

218 Point of order - they aren’t “immigrants”, that refers to foreigners who have legal status, having gone through the port of entry and the rest of it.

The usual suspects like to claim “no human is illegal” but that is not the case. They fall into lots of categories but they don’t belong here and they are not immigrants. In recent years illegal aliens is not sufficient to describe. The 9/11/2001 hijackers were largely “visa overstays” - but most accurately described as unlawful enemy combatants

In order to solve a problem it is important to accurately identify and describe the problem.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 11:12 PM (NqWk4)

219 124 Rosa Parks was a plant. The whole thing was a set up. It's all part of the big lie.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2026 10:41 PM (DK41a)

Yeah! Keep those coloreds off the buses with good white folk!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 11:12 PM (n9ltV)

220
Islam is an ideology. Its not a race.

__________

And definitely not a religion. The proof in the pudding is the zeal with which otherwise Christophobic anti-religious hate bigots defend it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 11:13 PM (t2vGZ)

221 Judicial Theatre.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 11:13 PM (9cHSL)

222 Wall Street Journal is old and gay.
-----

True. And let's ponder that for a moment. A publication whose mission includes something like "Let's tell people the state of Wall Street" somehow decided..................."Well...perhaps we could focus on other things...and give them the raw Wall Street stats without (real) commentary afterwards."

That's a HELL of a lot of nerve.

Its also a great example of why suing companies board of directors is the most under-used strategies for investors. This is basic level stuff. The Board should have reeled in the Wall Street Journal a very, very, long time ago. All of these once-great companies who let *bullshit* get in the way of their money should have their Boards of Directors sued out of existence.

Posted by: Crusader at January 12, 2026 11:14 PM (Cjcf6)

223 Just got back from the produce aisle. What'd I miss?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 12, 2026 11:16 PM (nbLIj)

224 How many of these jurisdictions self-proclaiming Sanctuary status allowed a referendum vote by residents to sanctify that status?

Posted by: Orson at January 12, 2026 11:03 PM (dIske)

Uh, zero?

Posted by: Emmie at January 12, 2026 11:16 PM (FMtrg)

225 Yeah! Keep those coloreds off the buses with good white folk!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 11:12 PM

That wasn't the point, I don't think. She wasn't just a put upon woman who had had enough, as the media wanted to portray it. She was NAACP and, I think but don't quote me, a commie.

Btw, not defending seg, just noting.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 12, 2026 11:17 PM (jc0TO)

226 > Thief snatched 'beloved' walrus penis

Penis *bone*, not a penis sensu stricto. A baculum in fancy Latin doctor-speak, or an oosik to Alaska Natives.

They're big enough to use as a club, no kidding.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 12, 2026 11:18 PM (IG3/x)

227 New Lada sales were down 24.4% in 2025, according to russki media.

News you probably can't use.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 12, 2026 11:18 PM (U/Byj)

228 LOL, BarelyScaryMary!

It's been much warmer than usual here so far. We've only had a couple of "hit and melt" snows, when most winters there's snow on the ground for a least a couple of consecutive weeks, plus some of a few days here and there.

BIL said he was going back to AZ. Then, came back to his abandoned trailer (it was actually still there in S. Idaho after 2 weeks!) to grab some stuff he'd forgotten.. and I was able to hold him off from driving up here at Christmas.

He then said he was going to Colorado (don't know the reason) and that's the last I heard, at end of December.

Posted by: JQ at January 12, 2026 11:18 PM (rdVOm)

229 As I recall, Lovecraft featured giant penguins in At the Mountains of Madness. It’s a great story but those monsters are never not funny.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 12, 2026 11:18 PM (EXyHK)

230 Many are saying Iran is not Muslim. I have never met an Iranian that was anything but a Muslim.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2026 11:18 PM (DK41a)

231 I know the Rosa Parks thing was a milestone, but when I rode the short bus to school, I wanted to sit in the back.

Posted by: Governor Tim Walz at January 12, 2026 11:19 PM (oftw2)

232 Just to acknowledge that this made me larf at the end of the last thread ... which I just read:

469 A little boy with diarrhea tells him mom he needs Viagra.

His mom asks him, "why on earth do you need that?"

Little boy replies. "Isn't that what you give dad when his shit won't get hard?"
Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:12 PM (u/kd+)

Most excellent joke ...

Posted by: browndog shakes out his coat at January 12, 2026 11:19 PM (3sXRv)

233 When Mrs D and i were dating we'd go park along the Columbia River and watch the submarine races.
IYKWIMAITTYD.
Posted by: Diogenes
-----
I crewed ( i.e. mostly ballast, "pull.on this sheet when I tell you", and ducking the main sail boom) for a buddy with a San Juan racing in SYSCO (not the condiment company). The courses were always between the I5 and Glenn Jackson Bridges.

In my misspent youth, we watched the submarine races on the Monongahela. Up periscope!

Posted by: buddhaha at January 12, 2026 11:20 PM (4YokX)

234 >>>That wasn't the point, I don't think. She wasn't just a put upon woman who had had enough, as the media wanted to portray it. She was NAACP and, I think but don't quote me, a commie.

Btw, not defending seg, just noting.
Posted by: toby928(c)
---

She was more than a member she was an operative. The whole thing was a set up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2026 11:21 PM (DK41a)

235 Nobody ever got to vote on hardly any of this shit.

Anything inconvenient however, should the taxpayer get a case of the ass on something, gets shot down by the corrupt judiciary. Social issues too. California twice voted down homosexual “marriage” is my understanding. The usual suspects went judge shopping, and found a homosexual judge who thought it was fine.

Judges decided the taxpayer citizen is on the hook for illegal aliens in the public schools. Plyler.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 11:22 PM (NqWk4)

236 On think that I really appreciated about the old Civil Rights Movement was that they knew they would have to suffer consequences for their civil disobedience and accepted it. In many cases, that was the plan. To, as MLKjr put it, fill the jails to cost money and make their complaint visible.

The current protesters don't expect anything but praise for their "crimes".

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 12, 2026 11:22 PM (jc0TO)

237 JQ, I followed the drama of BiLs abandoned trailer. Glad he packed off to Colorado. You have enough on your plate I think, to not need him around.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 11:22 PM (n4Qav)

238 One thing

FMF

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 12, 2026 11:22 PM (jc0TO)

239 In my misspent youth, we watched the submarine races on the Monongahela. Up periscope!
Posted by: buddhaha

Was it near the confluence of the Allegheny, forming the Ohio?

Posted by: I Love Using Confluence In A Sentence at January 12, 2026 11:23 PM (oftw2)

240 She was more than a member she was an operative. The whole thing was a set up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2026 11:21 PM

It was well planned.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 12, 2026 11:23 PM (jc0TO)

241 I followed the drama of BiLs abandoned trailer. Glad he packed off to Colorado. You have enough on your plate I think, to not need him around.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Oh, yeah! That's why I'm desperately hoping that today's phone call was unintentional. I haven't texted back, don't want to open a door!

Posted by: JQ at January 12, 2026 11:25 PM (rdVOm)

242 Dire straits. Basel Switzerland.
Sultans of swing.

Rocking virtuoso. No finer.

Posted by: Derak at January 12, 2026 11:25 PM (HXUed)

243 > . As it turned out, she had been given $200,000 to bribe the juror and she skimmed $80,000."

LOL. That's some funny shit right there.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 12, 2026 10:54 PM (COQGW)

Old one: a man decides that he's going to try to take some of his fortune with him, so he gets $3 million in cash and gives an envelope containing $1 million each to his doctor, his priest, and his lawyer, with instructions to throw the envelope in his grave when he dies.

After the funeral, the three are in a bar having a drink.

The priest says "I have a confession to make. Our orphanage needs a new roof, a new furnace, and many other repairs, so I threw in only $700,000".

The doctor says "I, too, have a confession. As you all know, I volunteer one of the year in a clinic in Africa. It was in desperate need of a new X-ray machine, so I threw in only $500,000".

The lawyer says "Gentlemen, I am shocked. Shocked! I threw in a check for the full amount."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 12, 2026 11:26 PM (IG3/x)

244 IIRC, the Rosa Park arrest was the start of the Montgomery bus boycott, which was always part of the plan.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 12, 2026 11:26 PM (jc0TO)

245 On think that I really appreciated about the old Civil Rights Movement was that they knew they would have to suffer consequences for their civil disobedience and accepted it. In many cases, that was the plan. To, as MLKjr put it, fill the jails to cost money and make their complaint visible.

The current protesters don't expect anything but praise for their "crimes".
-----

MLK was a flawed human, but preached about the "quality of one's character".

Not a single black activist since then has uttered any assertion that one's character was more important than the color of their skin.

Posted by: Crusader at January 12, 2026 11:27 PM (Cjcf6)

246 I used to have to go to a carnival sideshow to see The Bearded Lady. Now, I just go to Walmark.

Posted by: Savvy Consumer at January 12, 2026 11:28 PM (oftw2)

247 Know your timwalzes:
https://shorturl.at/EarMk

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 12, 2026 11:29 PM (ULPxl)

248 That guy set back homo tolerance by a 100 years.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 11:29 PM (KDPiq)

249 If anyone wants an oosik of his very own:

https://www.alaskafurexchange.com/oosik.shtml

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 12, 2026 11:29 PM (IG3/x)

250 Jm J. Bullock is still alive at 70. A miracle of modern medicine, for sure.

Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at January 12, 2026 11:30 PM (oftw2)

251 Was it near the confluence of the Allegheny, forming the Ohio?
Posted by: I Love Using Confluence In A Sentence
----
Nope.
Upstream, near Kennywood. Incidentally, one of the best nonetheless (old fashioned) amusement parks. Three great wooden Rollercoasters.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 12, 2026 11:31 PM (4YokX)

252 Hello Horde,

I appreciate your ongoing support of the blog while I’ve been doing whatever I’ve been doing that has kept me away.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 12, 2026 11:33 PM (GTUth)

253 If anyone wants an oosik of his very own:

https://www.alaskafurexchange.com/oosik.shtml
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 12, 2026 11:29 PM (IG3/x)

I'll bet they go for a very stiff price.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 11:33 PM (8zz6B)

254 the iranians i met were 'muslim' but thought the hajj was a superstitious joke.
pakistanis and bangladeshis took it seriously

Posted by: gKWVE at January 12, 2026 11:34 PM (gKWVE)

255 fashioned) amusement parks. Three great wooden Rollercoasters.
Posted by: buddhaha

Only coaster I ever went on is The Cyclone on Coney Island when I was 15. 70 now and never road on another since.

Posted by: Not The Amusement Park Type at January 12, 2026 11:35 PM (oftw2)

256 I'll bet they go for a very stiff price.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--------

Sure they do... they're so hard to find.

Posted by: JQ at January 12, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)

257 I wonder if thermite can be knitted into pink sweaters?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 11:35 PM (8zz6B)

258 Evenn’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 11:36 PM (77rzZ)

259 rode

Posted by: Not The Amusement Park Type at January 12, 2026 11:36 PM (oftw2)

260 Post
Conversation
SightBringer
@_The_Prophet__
⚡️This is the terminal breakdown.

Iran’s currency collapse is the final non-kinetic phase transition before irreversible regime fragmentation. This is an extinction-level internal systems failure.

Full Coherence Analysis:

1. The currency has entered full reflexive death spiral

•Domestic trust is zero
•International convertibility is zero
•Sovereign backing capacity is zero

2. Structural implications:

•All imports halt immediately (fuel, food, medicine)
•Black market becomes the only functioning economy
•The regime loses control over prices, payrolls, logistics, and loyalty

Posted by: Crusader at January 12, 2026 11:36 PM (Cjcf6)

261 Know your timwalzes:
https://shorturl.at/EarMk

Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Lol. We are Morons and not Imbeciles. It should be on a t-shirt.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 11:37 PM (n4Qav)

262 the iranians i met were 'muslim' but thought the hajj was a superstitious joke.
pakistanis and bangladeshis took it seriously
Posted by: gKWVE at January 12, 2026 11:34 PM (gKWVE)

Well, the Persians were originally Zoroastrian. Why they worshipped Zorro, I don't know, but it's right there in the name.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)

263 My swag on the common thread among those three tunes:
Aren’t they all in the same key?

Posted by: Insensitive Clod at January 12, 2026 11:38 PM (h60a/)

264 If anyone wants an oosik of his very own:

https://www.alaskafurexchange.com/oosik.shtml
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 12, 2026 11:29 PM (IG3/x)

I'll bet they go for a very stiff price.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 11:33 PM (8zz6B)
-
No. That's a phallusy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2026 11:40 PM (xC2Ng)

265 251: Conneaut Lake Park (NW Pa) used to have an old wooden roller coaster. The new owners of the property tore it down after a fire. It was an 'accident'. The locals have doubts. The new owners want mcmansions, not amusement parks, albeit one that was quietly disappearing. Sad. I have fond memories of Conneaut. Parts of the park were still usable but it was pretty much on its way out. Time marches on.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 12, 2026 11:40 PM (sAmhv)

266 Correction:
Dire straits
Sultan of swing.
Alchemy live.

Take your pick. Out of this world.

Posted by: Derak at January 12, 2026 11:41 PM (HXUed)

267 Wrong.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 11:41 PM (9cHSL)

268 Post
Conversation
Square profile picture
The Babylon Bee
@TheBabylonBee
Tucker Carlson Heads To Iran To Put Down Protests https://buff.ly/w77C3PE

Posted by: Crusader at January 12, 2026 11:42 PM (Cjcf6)

269 >>> 252 Hello Horde,

I appreciate your ongoing support of the blog while I’ve been doing whatever I’ve been doing that has kept me away.
Posted by: Pete Bog at January 12, 2026 11:33 PM (GTUth)

What *have* you been up to?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 12, 2026 11:44 PM (ULPxl)

270 Alchemy Live is one of the 5 most valued DVDs I own. Most of the world already agrees how good most bands were in their prime live in concert. But people sleep on Dire Straits, especially before they ruined themselves with the "Money For Nothing" stuff.

Alchemy Live is incredible. It settles arguments.

Posted by: Crusader at January 12, 2026 11:45 PM (Cjcf6)

271 Many are saying Iran is not Muslim. I have never met an Iranian that was anything but a Muslim.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2026 11:18 PM (DK41a)
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Come on over and meet our daughter in law's father. Or just pay a visit to one of several Jewish Iranian communities in Israel, NA or EU.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2026 11:45 PM (xC2Ng)

272 It was actually a good day for me. Yes, a very rare sighting but thought I'd mention it.

Iran: if Seal Team Six pops in and blows away the entire Iranian government, yes, that is good.

But the Iranians are moslems. They not only want despots and strongmen, they can't survive without them.

The problem is not Iran. The problem is Islam.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 12, 2026 11:47 PM (CHHv1)

273 Only coaster I ever went on is The Cyclone on Coney Island when I was 15. 70 now and never road on another since.
Posted by: Not The Amusement Park Type
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If you ever decide to take the plunge, do.it right: Cedar Point (near Toledo) in Ohio.
Last time I.was there they had 14 or 15 coasters..I know they have more now.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 12, 2026 11:47 PM (4YokX)

274 Kithara:

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

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 12, 2026 11:48 PM (qGDNl)

275 Just read that Scott Adams has been moved to a hospice.

I will miss much of his intelligence and wit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2026 11:48 PM (xC2Ng)

276 Did the Second Amendment Foundation and the Illinois State Rifle Association just randomly pick Otis McDonald for their lawsuit that eventually resulted in the Supreme Court decision McDonald v. City of Chicago, or was that a set up too?

Posted by: Chuck C at January 12, 2026 11:49 PM (D0HYP)

277 If you ever decide to take the plunge, do.it right: Cedar Point (near Toledo) in Ohio. Last time I.was there they had 14 or 15 coasters..I know they have more now.
Posted by: buddhaha

I loved them there as a kid but now they make me nauseous.

Alas, I've grown old.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:49 PM (cYBz/)

278 In his prime, Scott Adams was hilarious and insightful. He will be missed.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 12, 2026 11:50 PM (CHHv1)

279 Just read that Scott Adams has been moved to a hospice.

I will miss much of his intelligence and wit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog

Poor man. May he have comfort and peace .

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 12, 2026 11:51 PM (n4Qav)

280 271 Many are saying Iran is not Muslim. I have never met an Iranian that was anything but a Muslim.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2026 11:18 PM (DK41a)
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Come on over and meet our daughter in law's father. Or just pay a visit to one of several Jewish Iranian communities in Israel, NA or EU.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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Doesn't disprove my point.
It's a long way from USA to Israel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2026 11:51 PM (DK41a)

281 I hope it is not too late to acknowledge that in addition to being the egg man, I am indeed the walrus.

Goo ku ku chu. (Which is Inuit for hung like a walrus)

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 12, 2026 11:52 PM (GTUth)

282 Many are saying Iran is not Muslim. I have never met an Iranian that was anything but a Muslim.

Posted by: Braenyard

I know a couple of Iranians that are Chaldean Catholic. I imagine there aren't too many though. They've been hounded for years.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:52 PM (cYBz/)

283 Skateaway

https://tinyurl.com/ypxsjtbu

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 11:54 PM (viF8m)

284 I know a couple of Iranians that are Chaldean Catholic. I imagine there aren't too many though. They've been hounded for years.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 11:52 PM (cYBz/)
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Also Bahais and Zoroastrians.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2026 11:55 PM (xC2Ng)

285 35 I look at "men" *spit* like that head bobbing thing in the video and consider how in 1944, guys his age were launching from flattops in the Pacific as the sun was setting to find the Japanese fleet knowing that they wouldn't have enough fuel to get back to their carrier so they would be ditching in the sea. At night. And they went anyway.

And I wonder what happened to this country that it could produce such crud as the video "guy."

Tolerance happened. There have always been guys like that. But they learned to keep it under control unless they were around other guys like themselves. Now they let it fly, insist on being as public as possible.

Posted by: Azjaeger at January 12, 2026 11:55 PM (3/XaG)

286 Conneaut Lake Park (NW Pa) used to have an old wooden roller coaster. The new owners of the property tore it down after a fire. It was an 'accident'. The locals have doubts. The new owners want mcmansions, not amusement parks, albeit one that was quietly disappearing. Sad. I have fond memories of Conneaut. Parts of the park were still usable but it was pretty much on its way out. Time marches on.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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I remember that one... Blue Streak, wasn't it? I also remember throwing bread to.all the carp.over at Pymatuning and watching them almost crawl.over one another to get to it. I heard that they killed off all the carp there awhile back.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 12, 2026 11:55 PM (4YokX)

287 During the reign of the Shah, the muslims in Iran were mostly pretty secular. Women dressed in fashionable clothes, and did not wear the hijab.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 12, 2026 11:56 PM (8zz6B)

288 A wooden roller coaster I grew up riding was in Norfolk, at Ocean View Amusement Park, right on Chesapeake Bay.

The coaster is most famous for being the 'star' of a tv movie, starring Mike Conners, called, funny enough, 'Death Of Ocean View Park' (1979).

The amusement park was closed/sold, the coaster was old, so taking it down in a movie seemed like a good idea.

On a Friday morning, after slats had been cut and all the charges had been set, the button was pushed. Crowds watched as there was a huge explosion and once the smoke cleared, there stood that rickety dangerous roller coaster, a big fuck you. The crowd cheered.

Over the weekend, they cut more wooden slats, redid the explosives and on Monday did the whole thing again. This time, once the smoke cleared, the roller coaster still stood but ever so slowly collapsed with great dignity.

A sad end to one of the great wooden roller coasters.

Posted by: RickZ at January 12, 2026 11:56 PM (gKDq2)

289 What *have* you been up to?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 12, 2026 11:44 PM (ULPxl)

I’d like to say I’ve cured cancer and solved the unified field theory.

I’d like to say that. Regrettably I’ve mostly been waiting to unleash my entire arsenal of Walrus jokes.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 12, 2026 11:59 PM (GTUth)

290 Over the weekend, they cut more wooden slats, redid the explosives and on Monday did the whole thing again. This time, once the smoke cleared, the roller coaster still stood but ever so slowly collapsed with great dignity.

A sad end to one of the great wooden roller coasters.
Posted by: RickZ at January 12, 2026 11:56 PM (gKDq2)

The roller coaster at Dollywood has two great humps in it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 12:00 AM (8zz6B)

291 Via GP:

Progressives in California have been pushing for a new ‘billionaire tax’ and even though it hasn’t passed yet, the state is already suffering massive financial consequences.

As in every other time in history, wealthy people hear talk like this and they pack up and leave.

It has been estimated that California has lost upwards of a trillion dollars in the last month alone.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 12:00 AM (Cjcf6)

292 Telegraph Road

https://tinyurl.com/2s3wnw9p

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m)

293 There's an amusement park on Hwy. 93 north of Coeur d'Alene, Silverwood, that has a huge wooden coaster.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 12:03 AM (8zz6B)

294 I remember that one... Blue Streak, wasn't it? I also remember throwing bread to.all the carp.over at Pymatuning and watching them almost crawl.over one another to get to it. I heard that they killed off all the carp there awhile back.
Posted by: buddhaha

Yep, The Blue Streak! I must have rode that hundreds of times. There was also a large arcade room that I spent LOTS of time and quarters in. Nice little park. Not Cedar Point or Geauga Lake (or Kennywood) but nice. Conneaut Lake is the only natural lake in the state. The rest are resevoirs.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 13, 2026 12:03 AM (sAmhv)

295 Just listened to the flaming twat. He and his "husband" went out to eat? And now he's trying to say some shit about Trump fans not wanted the "melting pot" or who knows what. He couldn't be whiter, more useless, or more affected. What a perfect waste of oxygen. Who makes a video while chewing gum, anyway?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 13, 2026 12:04 AM (6Bc88)

296 292 Telegraph Road

https://tinyurl.com/2s3wnw9p
Posted by: JackStraw

A great song. One of my favorites. Absolutely sublime!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 13, 2026 12:04 AM (sAmhv)

297 The wooden coaster of my youth was Thunder Road at Carowinds on the NC/SC border. What fun times. They tore it down some years ago to build a water park.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 12:05 AM (n4Qav)

298 Who makes a video while chewing gum, anyway?
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 13, 2026 12:04 AM (6Bc8

Maybe it's not gum...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 12:05 AM (8zz6B)

299 Tolerance happened. There have always been guys like that. But they learned to keep it under control unless they were around other guys like themselves. Now they let it fly, insist on being as public as possible.
Posted by: Azjaeger at January 12, 2026 11:55 PM (3/XaG)

Then, of course, they get upset when the rest of us find them worthless and offensive. Poor babies. Moms must have dropped them on their heads.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 13, 2026 12:06 AM (6Bc88)

300 Gabriel Yerushalmi@Defensa_Israel . 2h

Trump just posted the following: "From now on, any country that does business with #Iran you will pay a 25% tariff on any business you do with the US of America."
"This order is final. Thank you for your attention"
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Read yesterday, Germany is Iran's biggest trading partner.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 12:06 AM (DK41a)

301 Maybe it's not gum...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 12:05 AM (8zz6B)

Then I don't want to know, buddy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 13, 2026 12:06 AM (6Bc88)

302 There's an amusement park on Hwy. 93 north of Coeur d'Alene, Silverwood, that has a huge wooden coaster.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Tremors! Woooo!

Posted by: JQ at January 13, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

303 I like the Dilbert panel where everyone is wiped out on the floor in the hall, the secretary had replaced the coffee supply with de-caff for her convenience. “Must. Find. Antidote!”

Posted by: Common Tater at January 13, 2026 12:07 AM (NqWk4)

304 Just listened to the flaming twat. He and his "husband" went out to eat?
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I'm pretty easy going, but you don't get to be THAT far "out" and have a "husband" and still maintain my respect. I'll take your money. But I won't think of you the same, nor should I.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 12:07 AM (Cjcf6)

305 This video just dropped about five minutes ago. Brigitte Calls Me Baby

https://youtu.be/t9rEZzMN0YU

Posted by: tankdemon at January 13, 2026 12:08 AM (x2NDD)

306
Idiot: IQ 0 - 25
Imbecile: 25 - 50
Moron: 50 - 75

That used to be the "retard" scale years ago. The standard IQ tests couldn't differentiate

Then that terminology because hateful and politically incorrect.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 13, 2026 12:09 AM (w6EFb)

307 Twitter says Israeli jets have taken off to attack Iran.

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 12:10 AM (Cjcf6)

308
So that means morons are the smartest of retards.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 13, 2026 12:10 AM (w6EFb)

309 There's an amusement park on Hwy. 93 north of Coeur d'Alene, Silverwood, that has a huge wooden coaster.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Been there a couple of times. Thinking about it, both times riding my bike. They have a pretty good water ride side. The second time, we learned, and did the water stuff first and then dried out in the afternoon. First time, the opposite. Riding back to the motel in Moscow was... uncomfortable.. inside an Aerostitch.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 13, 2026 12:10 AM (4YokX)

310 I may make migas in the morning just to pass off the twink and his husband.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 12:10 AM (n4Qav)

311 Post
Conversation
Israel Army
@Israelarmyviews
The war has begun.

Fighter jets have taken off to attack Iran
Image

Posted by: Crusader at January 13, 2026 12:11 AM (Cjcf6)

312 >>>What's the big deal? It's not like it's an otter penis or a penguin penis!

Like you people with your own walrus penis collection get to judge.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 12:11 AM (dK+Kv)

313
Pixy didn't like my use of the bracket there with numbers somehow and cut off a sentence.

The standard IQ tests back in the day couldn't differentiate an IQ of below 50, so they called those "submorons" sometimes. You needed a special test to differentiate between imbeciles and idiots.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 13, 2026 12:13 AM (w6EFb)

314 Cretins had to be in there somewhere too

Posted by: Common Tater at January 13, 2026 12:15 AM (NqWk4)

315 Brothers In Arms

https://tinyurl.com/2t5huw4j

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 12:15 AM (viF8m)

316 If there really are Israeli jets heading towards Iran, I'd expect the moolahs to start shrieking about lobbing missiles at teh Joos. Will they be able to follow through?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 13, 2026 12:16 AM (ULPxl)

317 Posted by: Crusader at January 12, 2026 11:36 PM (Cjcf6)

Best Rick and Morty episode when Rick over threw the intergalactic government by changing the currency value to 0.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 12:16 AM (KDPiq)

318 The standard IQ tests back in the day couldn't differentiate an IQ of below 50, so they called those "submorons" sometimes. You needed a special test to differentiate between imbeciles and idiots.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 13, 2026 12:13 AM (w6EFb)

https://tinyurl.com/2b3nt6kp

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 12:17 AM (8zz6B)

319 If there really are Israeli jets heading towards Iran, I'd expect the moolahs to start shrieking about lobbing missiles at teh Joos. Will they be able to follow through?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 13, 2026 12:16 AM (ULPxl)

Maybe job #1 for the jets is to take out the missile launchers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 12:18 AM (8zz6B)

320 Where do everyday nitwits and knuckledraggers fit into the scale?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 13, 2026 12:19 AM (n4Qav)

321 So if I voted for Trump, that means I don't get to eat sushi? Let's play that game libs. You don't get electricity, water, beef, gasoline... There are many more industries that are dominated by conservatives. You also want to deny our dollars to the owners of these restaurants and they are likely to have voted for Trump themselves, because small business owners lean conservative.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 13, 2026 12:20 AM (qtBQt)

322 @IsraelWarRoom
23m
🚨 The man accused of setting fire to Mississippi’s largest synagogue admitted he targeted the building because of its “Jewish ties,” according to federal authorities.

During an interview with law enforcement, the suspect referred to the synagogue as the “synagogue of Satan.”

Two Torahs kept in the library were destroyed, and five Torahs from the sanctuary are being evaluated for smoke damage
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This wasn't in my news feed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 12:20 AM (DK41a)

323 Who makes a video while chewing gum, anyway?
Posted by: tcn in AK

Flaming narcissistic twats.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 13, 2026 12:21 AM (vzcgi)

324 Hey, I think I deduced tonight's common theme or leetmotive of the three musical selections: they're good songs.

But, that performance of Paint It Black: who are those children? Babyrock?

Posted by: mindful webworker - older than you'd think at January 13, 2026 12:22 AM (z2cM0)

325 The news about jets and strikes on Iran ignores Napoleon’s advice about interrupting when your enemy is making a mistake.

I hope they are smuggling in crates of guns and ammo but I’m a little skeptical of claims of the dreaded joos doing things

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 13, 2026 12:22 AM (GTUth)

326 The man accused of setting fire to Mississippi’s largest synagogue admitted he targeted the building because of its “Jewish ties,” according to federal authorities.

Are there any synagogues without Jewish ties?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2026 12:23 AM (8zz6B)

327 , so they called those "submorons" sometimes

Is that a new AOSHQ membership level?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 13, 2026 12:23 AM (vzcgi)

328 Two seconds for ick video appears to be my limit. In that time I noted the chewing gum, teeth in his sneer and his pink sweater and nerd glasses.

My mind said nope and that was it. He could have said something important. I couldn't do it.

G'nite, mates.

https://tinyurl.com/ymn37edy

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 13, 2026 12:24 AM (WONhk)

329
Hmmph. A "cretin" came from French, in the Alps region and was used to describe someone suffering from what came to be called "cretinism", which was due to severe iodine deficiency, which caused thyroid problems in infants leading to severe mental retardation and growth.

It was originally used as a term of pity. Another example of the euphemism treadmill. IOW, they called them "cretins" to be nice, but it became a pejorative. Like "retard".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 13, 2026 12:24 AM (w6EFb)

330 327 , so they called those "submorons" sometimes

Is that a new AOSHQ membership level?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 13, 2026 12:23 AM (vzcgi)

Raimondo and Mary Cloggenstein hardest hit....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 13, 2026 12:26 AM (S/Y4j)

331 Ok, I *finally* watched the entire twink-video...

**barf**

Its mother didn't teach it to chew with its mouth closed--gross! And it needs to spit its gum out before giving a speech-- who could even take *that* seriously?

Have another toke, twink, and get the hell out of my face.

Posted by: JQ at January 13, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

332 320 Where do everyday nitwits and knuckledraggers fit into the scale?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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It's according to their athletic ability.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 12:28 AM (DK41a)

333 Check that. I just turned on Bloomberg. Apparently the professorial guy who believes that the rebellion has been quelled, William Roebuck, EVP of the Arab Gulf States Initiative says Israel is sitting this one out. WITHOUT EVIDENCE!!!!

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 13, 2026 12:28 AM (GTUth)

334 326 The man accused of setting fire to Mississippi’s largest synagogue admitted he targeted the building because of its “Jewish ties,” according to federal authorities.

Are there any synagogues without Jewish ties?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Where is that on the retard scale?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 12:30 AM (DK41a)

335 EVP of the Arab Gulf States Initiative says Israel is sitting this one out. WITHOUT EVIDENCE!!!!
Posted by: Pete Bog
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Another fool. The govt. has satellites that can read the numbers on a license plate. They know what's going on in Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 12:32 AM (DK41a)

336 Another fool. The govt. has satellites that can read the numbers on a license plate. They know what's going on in Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 12:32 AM (DK41a)

I think the job title tells you what he can see.

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 13, 2026 12:35 AM (GTUth)

337 In the mid-eighties, I had acquaintances in the sat-com industry. After watching a news report of the Chernobyl disaster and laughing at the blurry photos, one of them told me, and I quote:

"We can see a kopek on the ground in the middle of Red Square, and tell you which side is up."

Posted by: JQ at January 13, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

338 @amuse@amuse
1h
ICE WATCH: White liberal women aren't just training to use their cars as lethal weapons, they're training with ACTUAL lethal weapons at the gun range explaining their intent is to kill 'MAGA'.
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https://tinyurl.com/5xr8993w

If a conservative posted shit like that he'd be investigated.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 12:37 AM (DK41a)

339 Is that a new AOSHQ membership level?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 13, 2026 12:23 AM (vzcgi)

Raimondo and Mary Cloggenstein hardest hit....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Their cards are made out of oatmeal.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2026 12:38 AM (XeU6L)

340 That homo eating sushi is the closest he’ll ever be to being straight.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 13, 2026 12:38 AM (KDPiq)

341 Those three hikers on Mt. San Antonio, were hiking the Devil's Backbone trail. There's a section of about 200 feet, you slip, you die. That's after or before the horizontal knife-edge ridge of about 200 yards you have to traverse. That 200 ft "trail" is eroded and practically non-existent from all the foot traffiic, it's traversing a steep headwall, and the hand chains are useless. One slip, you die. Hiking the Devil's backbone in December is folly, the trail is muddy and wet with snow.. And people do it every weekend.

Posted by: John A. Fleming at January 13, 2026 12:39 AM (V9cVz)

342
Conversation
Israel Army
@Israelarmyviews
The war has begun.

Fighter jets have taken off to attack Iran
Image
Posted by: Crusader

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"Account based in South Asia" Probably India. Reliable?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 12:40 AM (Jxa0O)

343
Fox News

The Pope has made another statement about something.

I didn't read it, I don't know if it's good or critical.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 13, 2026 12:40 AM (3ek7K)

344 That homo eating sushi is the closest he’ll ever be to being straight.
Posted by: Opinion fact
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Comment of the Week!!!!

Posted by: JQ at January 13, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)

345 Re: the guy who set the synagogue on fire; at least you can’t blame it on his family. His own father called the police and turned him in.
The way he looks and the things he said had the feel of schizophrenia.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 13, 2026 12:42 AM (QkvGw)

346 Re: the guy who set the synagogue on fire; at least you can’t blame it on his family. His own father called the police and turned him in.
The way he looks and the things he said had the feel of schizophrenia.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 13, 2026 12:42 AM (QkvGw)

Is it just me, or does it seem like the violent schizos are always animated by leftist causes?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 13, 2026 12:43 AM (dK+Kv)

347 Sang this song with my roommate at a kegger...she had a great voice, mine is ok. Boyfriend and future husband was in the crowd but we were on a break. Love this song!

The best time for music. It was everywhere and every weekend and we thought it would last forever.

Still have a blast listening. A real nite nite, Morons and 'ettes.

https://tinyurl.com/w3jf6j27

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 13, 2026 12:44 AM (WONhk)

348 I had a feeling that particular synagogue fire wasn't an outside job. Although I would have guessed an accident.
The city just doesn't seem like a big center of antisemitism. if it had happened in, oh, NYC or Boulder I might be more suspicious.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 12:45 AM (gKWVE)

349
Just read that Scott Adams has been moved to a hospice.

I will miss much of his intelligence and wit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog

Poor man. May he have comfort and peace .
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

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

He's in hospice, in his home. He started a few days ago and the deterioration from day to day is stark. It's interesting, he originally said he wasn't going to go this way, but now he's hanging on and hanging IN to the end.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 12:45 AM (Jxa0O)

350 >>>That wasn't the point, I don't think. She wasn't just a put upon woman who had had enough, as the media wanted to portray it. She was NAACP and, I think but don't quote me, a commie.

Btw, not defending seg, just noting.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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She was more than a member she was an operative. The whole thing was a set up.
Posted by: Braenyard
++

Old joke, got to hear it from a master,

Hawaiian / Asian getting on bus in Deep South saw sign,
"Negros sit in the back".

"That is not fair. Those are the best seats".

Heard it a couple times in Hawaii decades ago... Those guys love to talk story.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 12:45 AM (/lPRQ)

351 George Washington, yea that guy, wrote one of the most famous letters in American history about religious tolerance to the Jewish community in Newport, Rhode Island. The Touro Synagogue is still standing.

The letter is worth reading.

https://tinyurl.com/3jvsuj59

Posted by: JackStraw at January 13, 2026 12:46 AM (viF8m)

352 does it seem like the violent schizos are always animated by leftist causes?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

These days? Yeah. "The worst are full of passionate intensity"

Posted by: gKWVE at January 13, 2026 12:47 AM (gKWVE)

353 Well time for bed. None of those reports of an attack on Iran are solidly sourced or confirmed yet, could be a false alarm. Guess we’ll see in the morning.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 13, 2026 12:49 AM (QkvGw)

354
"Account based in South Asia" Probably India. Reliable?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

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

Also a Community Noted post that "North Korea has shot down two American fighter jets."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 13, 2026 12:50 AM (Jxa0O)

355 Seems like we're getting a lot more mental illness. Stop smoking all the crazy shit!!

Posted by: NCKate at January 13, 2026 12:51 AM (uQzkA)

356
God, I hope the regime doesn't hang on. Every single one of those protestors they can identify will be tortured and executed.

I read something about some of the protesters disabling street cameras. They have those and use those to methodically identify everyone they can.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 13, 2026 12:51 AM (w6EFb)

357 •Black market becomes the only functioning economy
•The regime loses control over prices, payrolls, logistics, and loyalty
Posted by: Crusader

Uncle Sam's Green Beanies should be bringing in guns, ammo, and green backs... For weeks now.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 13, 2026 12:52 AM (/lPRQ)

358 Info/ disinfo, coming from every direction. Gots to love the innertubenets, LOL

https://youtu.be/yeZNfo1zvdU

Posted by: JQ at January 13, 2026 12:52 AM (rdVOm)

359 @amuse@amuse
1h
ICE WATCH: White liberal women aren't just training to use their cars as lethal weapons, they're training with ACTUAL lethal weapons at the gun range explaining their intent is to kill 'MAGA'.
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https://tinyurl.com/5xr8993w

If a conservative posted shit like that he'd be investigated.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 13, 2026 12:37 AM (DK41a)

Damn, somebody needs a .308 right in the fucking skull.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 13, 2026 01:10 AM (snZF9)

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