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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - January 6, 2026 [Doof]
Epiphany is a Christian feast celebrating the revelation of Jesus Christ to the world. It is connected to the Magi’s visit from the East. Christians use the day to celebrate how Jesus came not just for Israel but for all nations.OK. Who Were the Magi That Visited Christ?
The Three Wise Men, also known as the Magi or the Three Kings, are figures mentioned in the Bible in the Gospel of Matthew. They are said to have visited the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem, bringing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The Bible does not specify the number of Wise Men; the idea of three Wise Men likely comes from the fact that three gifts are mentioned.Any mention of the Wise Men reminds me of this gem from Gary Larson
Five Years Ago Today
Thousands of Americans paid the price for political failures they did not create. Since January 6, 2021, Nancy Pelosi spent over 3 years and nearly $20 million in taxpayer funds on her partisan Select Committee, producing a scripted TV spectacle to fabricate an “insurrection” narrative and pin all blame on President Trump. Video and audio recordings, including unaired HBO footage from her own daughter, show Nancy Pelosi repeatedly acknowledging responsibility for the catastrophic security failures - admitting “We have totally failed” and “I take full responsibility” for not having the National Guard pre-deployed, despite intelligence warnings and President Trump’s offers of troops that were ignored under her leadership as Speaker. The Democrats masterfully reversed reality after January 6, branding peaceful patriotic protesters as “insurrectionists” and framing the event as a violent coup attempt orchestrated by Trump - despite no evidence of armed rebellion or intent to overthrow the government. In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies to hunt down dissenters, all while Pelosi’s own security lapses invited the chaos they later exploited to seize and consolidate power. This gaslighting narrative allowed them to persecute innocent Americans, silence opposition, and distract from their own role in undermining democracy.
We here at AOSHQ know Nancy Pelosi was responsible
Please do NOT retweet Nancy Pelosi admitting full responsibility for not calling the National Guard on January 6th. 5 years ago TODAY
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) January 6, 2026
Would be a shame if this went Viral on 𝕏 pic.twitter.com/WPBLqDFzL8
AOC died that day or something along those lines
5 years ago, Rep. AOC was nearly r*ped and kiIIed by Trump voters inside the Capitol on January 6
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 6, 2026
1 problem: She wasn't in the building pic.twitter.com/mcnF3Yw4Hh
For those who are good at math
Timely reminder that Alec Baldwin alone has killed more people by himself than all Trump supporters combined did on January 6th at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/oO4kOMbxk4
— Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) January 5, 2026
THIS IS HOW THEY STOLE IT‼️
— RealAF Patriot (@RealAF_Patriot) January 5, 2026
Trump just posted this on Truth Social. pic.twitter.com/iGg4nmaCYm
Here's another great video about the 2020 steal
How did Joe Biden receive the MOST VOTES IN AMERICAN HISTORY with 81 million, all while losing 18 of 19 bellwether counties and winning only 16% of counties overall?
— Farm Girl Carrie 👩🌾 (@FarmGirlCarrie) December 28, 2025
Here is the answer 👇🏼@realDonaldTrump
pic.twitter.com/C89Of95k5r
3. Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
Carefully framed photos make Plymouth Rock seem historically grand, but visitors are often surprised by how small and anticlimactic it is in person. Set below street level and behind a railing, the site feels more symbolic than impressive, with the surrounding urban setting dampening the sense of historic awe.
Can confirm. Underwhelming. ----- I recently discovered this site (streetartutopia.com) and featured it on a previous ONT. Hope you enjoy it too! When Artists Play With Nature (8 Photos)
Funny Snow Sculptures (10 Photos)
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - On the twenty-sixth day of Christmas, my true love... went broke... at January 06, 2026 10:03 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Half Dozen at January 06, 2026 10:03 PM (EYvpB)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 06, 2026 10:03 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:04 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: mindful webworker - repeatedly at January 06, 2026 10:05 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: The Howard (Horwitz) Brothers at January 06, 2026 10:05 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 10:05 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 06, 2026 10:06 PM (jvxGE)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 10:06 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:07 PM (/sySz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: TRex - unwise dino at January 06, 2026 10:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:09 PM (+HNx/)
Proof of their wisdom.
Posted by: mindful webworker - they knew Herod was a creep at January 06, 2026 10:09 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:09 PM (/sySz)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)
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Antiochus Epiphanes had the best epiphanies. It was right there in his name.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:10 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 10:10 PM (/TlUl)
Great reminder on the J6 "riot" and I am glad to see the White House pushing back on the media myth.
That final shot says it all!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 06, 2026 10:10 PM (kB9dk)
Packed up and ready to go
Heard of some grave sites out by the highway
A place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire off in the distance
I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in a ghetto
I've lived all over this town
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey
I ain't got time for that now
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 10:11 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:11 PM (/sySz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:09 PM (+HNx/)
It is about the size of a large duffel bag and it is encased in what looks like a concrete sewer section with some iron railing bars.
There are, however, some decent restaurants and bars up the hill in the town of Plymouth.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
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*spock voice*
Highly improbable, Captain.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:12 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)
Cornhenge. I'm surprise the tops aren't brown.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 06, 2026 10:12 PM (uQesX)
Someday, today will be a national holiday
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 06, 2026 10:06 PM (jvxGE)
With a candlelight vigil!
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)
Carefully framed photos make Plymouth Rock seem historically grand, but visitors are often surprised by how small and anticlimactic it is in person. Set below street level and behind a railing, the site feels more symbolic than impressive, with the surrounding urban setting dampening the sense of historic awe.
Can confirm. Underwhelming.
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Been there, seen it. More like Plymouth Paving Stone.
I was expecting something on the scale of Morro Rock
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:13 PM (QGaXH)
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I prefer the rock in Copenhagen. At least it has a cute mermaid statue stuck to it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:13 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: RandomDave at January 06, 2026 10:14 PM (aJQbY)
Niagara Falls was better than expected.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)
You just wait until Independence Day this year, when the embedded giant stone George Washington emerges to stomp the fuck out of corruptocrats across the land.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 06, 2026 10:14 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:07 PM (/sySz)
I wouldn't say that last thing! Still can't believe nobody realized we had switched assignments on Sunday. Content status - unread.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: P.T.Barnum at January 06, 2026 10:14 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:07 PM (/sySz)
* * * *
Well, bless his heart!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 06, 2026 10:15 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 06, 2026 10:15 PM (NwnyJ)
AOL still exists?!
Posted by: RandomDave at January 06, 2026 10:14 PM (aJQbY)
I couldn't believe it either. But then I asked Jeeves to be sure.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 10:16 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:07 PM (/sySz)
Based Doof.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 06, 2026 10:16 PM (6ydKt)
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We will all take careful note - none of them are in California. You want the real McCoy come visit Yosemite, or our beaches, or our Redwoods or see the Golden Gate in person....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:16 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:16 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Javems at January 06, 2026 10:17 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Ol' Codger at January 06, 2026 10:17 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 10:17 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 06, 2026 10:18 PM (MZ+PY)
Didn't you say you were looking forward to my diabolical level themes? Care to take a crack at tonight's??
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
Way I figure they probably had a whole caravan as a) they were important muckity-mucks of some kind, and b) people generally traveled in large numbers because you were likely to get robbed and murdered by bandits if you didn't.
Posted by: No not a Dodge Caravan at January 06, 2026 10:18 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:07 PM (/sySz)
and he still has both hands and can walk ok..?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:18 PM (QGaXH)
Key West the town is meh but it is one of the more scenic drives in the country. The Florida Keys are lovely.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 06, 2026 10:19 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Doof at January
I know you wouldn’t, you are far too much of a gentleman for that. It’s how people know I made the whole thing up!
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:19 PM (/sySz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:19 PM (+HNx/)
It isn't Ronald Reagan, but shares his initials.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 10:16 PM (/TlUl)
OK. I see you.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)
To be fair, the US side is trashy, and the “falls” … meh
The Canadien side is much better, with the “horseshoe falls” being spectacular
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 06, 2026 10:20 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: LRob in OK
Could we reckon a noiter?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 06, 2026 10:20 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: The Pickled Earl at January 06, 2026 10:21 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:09 PM (+HNx/)
It has 1620 carved into it but the rock is so insignificant anyone could have just picked a random rock and done that. I doesn't seem large enough to have served as an easily identifiable landmark which was is original use if I remember correctly. (debatable)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:21 PM (QGaXH)
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From a worldwide perspective and not just those overhyped in the US, I'd have to put Paris, France at the very top of the list. It is a smelly, dirty, trash laden, rude, and unsafe place to go. Every single public park has a full layer of trash every where you turn. The pick pockets are out in force in every single public area, and they work in teams of 3 to 6.
The City of Lights is an absolute shithole and majorly overhyped.
Posted by: Orson at January 06, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:21 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)
Hey, I got it, after about half a dozen obvious hints.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 10:21 PM (/TlUl)
and he still has both hands and can walk ok..?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK
I was kidding, he would never in a bazillion years say anything like that. Doof, while a little crazy out there on the dance floor, is absolutely a gentleman to all.
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:21 PM (/sySz)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: RandomDave
Of course. And comments on here practically every night. Currently residing in Arizona.
Oooohhhh. You said AOL!
Never miiind.
🙄
Posted by: mindful webworker - AOL, AOP, whatever it takes at January 06, 2026 10:22 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 06, 2026 10:22 PM (9SHqx)
Posted by: No not a Dodge Caravan at January 06, 2026 10:18 PM
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It doesn't technically specify dinosaur presence either. That means dino attendance is a possibility.
Posted by: TRex - hark the herald dinos sing at January 06, 2026 10:22 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 06, 2026 10:14 PM (ULPxl)
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I like where you're going with this...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 10:10 PM (/TlUl)
I'm not saying it was aliens, but...
Posted by: Giorgio "The Hair" Tsoulokos at January 06, 2026 10:23 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:21 PM (/sySz)
You're too kind. I did admit to MoMe butt squeezing earlier today, so not always a gentleman!
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:23 PM (QMAsf)
May as well leave the little tree up, too. It all goes out to the barn at the same time.
Posted by: JQ at January 06, 2026 10:23 PM (rdVOm)
Cornhenge. I'm surprise the tops aren't brown.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 06, 2026 10:12 PM (uQesX)
I found the Corn Palace disappointing. Ditto Wall Drug - poor man's version of South of the Border.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:23 PM (QGaXH)
List. . ..
However, not to be missed:
Largest ball of twine
Muffler Man
Car Henge
Spam Museum
Wall Drug
etc
Posted by: Tonypete at January 06, 2026 10:23 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 10:23 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come
Key West in the dry season smells of dumpster juice and the side streets are covered with brown muck when the juice dries.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 06, 2026 10:24 PM (IX8iX)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 10:25 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:25 PM (47diA)
You just wait until Independence Day this year, when the embedded giant stone George Washington emerges to stomp the fuck out of corruptocrats across the land.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Rushmore Rumble!
Posted by: Dexter's Laboratory at January 06, 2026 10:25 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: TRex - hark the herald dinos sing at January 06, 2026 10:22 PM (IQ6Gq)
Donkey / dino -- those Biblical translations are confusing!
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)
Didn't you say you were looking forward to my diabolical level themes? Care to take a crack at tonight's??
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
51 OK, I see you.
Let some other Morons try to figure it out before we make the final reveal.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 10:26 PM (/TlUl)
That's how I see it if Herod were a Bronx guy.
Posted by: GWB at January 06, 2026 10:26 PM (ajRBT)
BREAKING:
The crew of the Iranian-linked sanctioned oil tanker Bella 1 have posted pictures of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter chasing the now Russian-flagged oil after it escaped off the Venezuelan coast.
The ship is now sailing between Scotland & Iceland, trying to reach Russia
X image: https://bit.ly/4sz3qeI
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 06, 2026 10:26 PM (P5BPp)
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Just another explicable miracle.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 10:27 PM (Puq9y)
I got interested in the theories about the Star of Bethlehem this time. If we take "star" to mean "signs in the skies", or certain striking astronomical alignments, there are a few that happened around the Year Zero.
The slickest one, IMHO, happened around 2 BC (the year -1, using current astronomical year numbering and Julian calendar). It was a sequence that went like this.
Sept of 3 BC. Triple conjunction of Jupiter with Regulus in Leo sequence. Jupiter is the king of planets, Regulus is the king star. Then, come June 17, -1, there was a striking conjunction of Jupiter and Venus. There has never been a closer conjunction of the two since, the discs almost touched. They would've appeared in the sky as one very bright object, even with binoculars.
The come August of -1. 4 planet conjunction in Leo. Jupiter, Mars, Mercury very close in Leo, with a near "new" Venus nearby. Crescent Moon near as well.
To ancient astrologer types, all that would've screamed "birth of a great king".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 06, 2026 10:27 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 06, 2026 10:22 PM (9SHqx)
Speaking of MoMe butt squeezing
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:27 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 06, 2026 10:14 PM (ULPxl)
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I like where you're going with this...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
Stomp, or kick 100-300 miles out into the ocean?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 06, 2026 10:27 PM (S/Y4j)
We went in February of 2003, after visiting our son in Germany. Paris was beautiful. Clean. Not very many tourists.
Rude, yes. But we also had nice interactions with the natives.
You couldn't pay me to go there now, but I'm so glad we got to go. I imagine it's a lot different in the summer.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 06, 2026 10:27 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 06, 2026 10:28 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Cover the Earth-SW at January 06, 2026 10:28 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA)
We made a 2nd visit to Rushmore in 2024. ...They had a very nice non-woke patriotic evening show. Had an ice cream in the cafeteria remembering the scene in North by Northwest where Eve Marie Saint (sigh...) shoots Cary Grant in the Mount Rushmore cafeteria.....but I think that was shot on a set.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:28 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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There's also chicken shit everywhere.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 06, 2026 10:28 PM (Lo97M)
Funny Snow Sculptures (10 Photos)
Heh, Pixar's "Cars."
I thought it might have a mystery click to Gary Numan's song. Too obvious?
Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2026 10:28 PM (nhCoE)
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Which Herod? The Herods were the George Formans of the ancient Levant.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:29 PM (+HNx/)
https://bit.ly/okla-blue-whale
🐋🤠
Posted by: mindful webworker - Moby Dick's country cousin at January 06, 2026 10:29 PM (dESj/)
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See: Arthur C. Clark's short story "The Star."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 06, 2026 10:29 PM (NwnyJ)
Lived on the other side of the bay. Brought my sailboat up one summer and my slip was at the marina just to the east.
We'd drive by and laugh at the tourists seeing it for the first time, you could practically hear them thinking WTF?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 10:29 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 06, 2026 10:20 PM (TTAGa)
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If you tell Canadians you didn't go to the Canadian side they lose their everlovin minds.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)
Great reminder on the J6 "riot" and I am glad to see the White House pushing back on the media myth.
That final shot says it all!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 06, 2026 10:10 PM (kB9dk)
Hello, LS! I'd like to once again acknowledge your politeness and enthusiasm. (Don't tell anyone, but you get 3 for 1 Club ONT restroom tokens).
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:31 PM (47diA)
They have names! Melchior, Caspar and Balthasar
Eastern traditions say that there were 12, like apostles
Various art works have 2, 4 or even 8 travelers
"Revelation of the Magi" puts the number at dozens.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 06, 2026 10:31 PM (a4flb)
Niagara Falls was better than expected.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Going over Niagara Falls in a barrel >> Falling out of Washington's nostril in a barrel
Posted by: mikeski feels dizzy at January 06, 2026 10:31 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 06, 2026 10:31 PM (IX8iX)
Posted by: No not a Dodge Caravan at January 06, 2026 10:18 PM
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It doesn't technically specify dinosaur presence either. That means dino attendance is a possibility.
Posted by: TRex - hark the herald dinos sing at January 06, 2026 10:22 PM (IQ6Gq)
There might be a picture somewhere.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:32 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 06, 2026 10:32 PM (d8kiQ)
Just say you didn't want to lose your guns going into Canada and lose your drugs when returning to the States.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 06, 2026 10:32 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)
We've got one covered under a build-over just outside of Cleo Springs, OK. I think you call ahead to get inside. The tour is brief.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:33 PM (47diA)
I was kidding,
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:21 PM (/sySz)
As was I.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:33 PM (QGaXH)
We went in February of 2003, after visiting our son in Germany. Paris was beautiful. Clean. Not very many tourists.
Rude, yes. But we also had nice interactions with the natives.
You couldn't pay me to go there now, but I'm so glad we got to go. I imagine it's a lot different in the summer.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 06, 2026 10:27 PM (nz1sK)
I was at school in Paris in 85. It was magical - and I only had one rude encounter (with a waiter at a cafe near the Eiffel Tower) during the entire semester. Like you, there is not enough gold in Fort Knox to convince me to visit now.
Posted by: moki at January 06, 2026 10:34 PM (wLjpr)
AOC has rape fantasies
Washington D.C. is full of fags.
Bad combination - must be why she wants more swarthy, high T foreigners entering the country.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 06, 2026 10:34 PM (a4flb)
Do with that information whatever you like.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 10:34 PM (/TlUl)
We'd drive by and laugh at the tourists seeing it for the first time, you could practically hear them thinking WTF?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 10:29 PM (viF8m)
Visited it only once, just 2 or 3 years ago. Could not believe how much of a letdown it is.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
Sounds like Maryland.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 06, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)
Old and Busted
"No Sleep Til Tokyo"
New Hotness
https://youtu.be/kwoUay_imF0?si=ewe0KiS2Y9KdlGPZ
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 06, 2026 10:35 PM (f0sNM)
Posted by: RandomDave
I think one of my brothers uses it for email.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)
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Good. I don't feel so weird about my Earthlink email address.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:35 PM (+HNx/)
See: Arthur C. Clark's short story "The Star."
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Kaboom that killed billions.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 10:36 PM (pkeXY)
I distinctly remember the first time I saw it. I was expecting a large boulder cause Plymouth Rock! I have a bigger rock in my front yard.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
Probably the best places to visit are national parks and state parks. One that I enjoyed was Mesa Verde National Park.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)
Do with that information whatever you like.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 10:34 PM (/TlUl)
Interesting. Did they ever do a duet?
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)
BREAKING:
Wall Street Journal reports that Russia has sent a submarine and other naval assets to try to stop the U.S. from boarding and seizing the Iranian-linked and sanctioned crude oil tanker Bella 1, which recently became the Russian-flagged vessel Marinera.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 06, 2026 10:37 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Florida Peasant
So does my back yard....
Now Mackinac Island -
The aroma of horse piss running in the gutters greets you at the ferry docks and the streets are covered with road apples. Fortunately the smell is the worst at the docks (and stables) because that is where all the horses go. And street sweepers are always doing their thing shoveling horse poop. So, if you don't pay attention and step in a road apple, at least it will be fresh.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Babylon Bee went there, back in '22:
AOC Lays Wreath At Her Grave On January 6th
Politics · Jan 6, 2022 · BabylonBee.com
BRONX, NY - United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visited Woodlawn Cemetery this morning to grieve in quiet dignity at her own grave on the 1-year anniversary of her death on January 6.
Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2026 10:37 PM (nhCoE)
When I drove through from Buffalo several years ago they must have asked five times if I had any guns in the car.
Texas plates I’m guessing,
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 06, 2026 10:38 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: RandomDave
I think one of my brothers uses it for email.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)
Good. I don't feel so weird about my Earthlink email address.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:35 PM (+HNx/)
I think a cousin of mine still has a compuserve address.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 06, 2026 10:38 PM (sAmhv)
When You, O Lord were baptized in the Jordan / the worship of the Trinity was made manifest / for the voice of the Father bore witness to You / and called You His beloved Son. / And the Spirit, in the form of a dove, / confirmed the truthfulness of His word. / O Christ, our God, You have revealed Yourself / and have enlightened the world, glory to You!
Posted by: Bigsmith at January 06, 2026 10:39 PM (1Au9i)
.....
Karl Marx's grave
.....
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Do people go there to piss on it?
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 10:39 PM (0Htd1)
Still in the no clue section, especially if not familiar with the bands.
I tried. Need participation trophy and all I get is a video of AOC pretending to be raped while not in the building. Acting coy. "Oh, yes, horseface, that's what was on everyone's mind."
Love the recording of Pelousi, sloshed and slurring behind her mask. Nasty.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 06, 2026 10:40 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 10:39 PM (0Htd1)
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Some people have.
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:40 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: RandomDave
I think one of my brothers uses it for email.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)
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Good. I don't feel so weird about my Earthlink email address.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:35 PM (+HNx/)
I thought I was the only one still using Earthlink.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:41 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:32 PM
***
Absolutely. That counts as definitive proof!! Thank you!
Posted by: TRex - photogenic dino at January 06, 2026 10:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: P.T.Barnum at January 06, 2026 10:14 PM (oftw2)
Actually . . . .
P.T. Barnum charged a dime for people to see 'The Great Egress'. The door opened onto the street and P.T. Barnum was a dime richer because no one knew what an egress was, thinking it was more of his crazy shit.
Posted by: RickZ at January 06, 2026 10:41 PM (gKDq2)
AOL still exists?!
Posted by: RandomDave at January 06, 2026 10:14 PM (aJQbY)
____________
Her Majesty's primary account is on AOL. She has about 16000 e-mails she's hoarding.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 06, 2026 10:42 PM (Df91n)
Interesting. Did they ever do a duet?
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)
Not that I know of, but I did hear Bowie wanted Elvis to record Golden Years.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 10:42 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
Probably the best places to visit are national parks and state parks. One that I enjoyed was Mesa Verde National Park.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)
Highly recommend Mesa Verde. They had an excellent museum when we were there in the mid-1980's.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:43 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: The Grateful at January 06, 2026 10:43 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: TRex - artistic dino at January 06, 2026 10:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
When I drove through from Buffalo several years ago they must have asked five times if I had any guns in the car.
_________
"Yeah, and I'm here to conquer the country."
"We surrender."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 06, 2026 10:44 PM (Df91n)
Still in the no clue section, especially if not familiar with the bands.
I tried. Need participation trophy and all I get is a video of AOC pretending to be raped while not in the building. Acting coy. "Oh, yes, horseface, that's what was on everyone's mind."
Love the recording of Pelousi, sloshed and slurring behind her mask. Nasty.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 06, 2026 10:40 PM (WONhk)
Not even close! Free Club ONT restroom token for trying. Don't tell Dino about me giving them away. We haven't really settled on who's in charge of them now that Doggo ran away.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:44 PM (QMAsf)
The Magi were astrologers that were descendants of the wise men that were saved by Daniel when he properly interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar's dream, when they could not.
The Wise Men showing up at Bethlehem was a form of payback for doing them a major solid.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 06, 2026 10:45 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:45 PM (47diA)
The aroma of horse piss running in the gutters greets you at the ferry docks and the streets are covered with road apples. Fortunately the smell is the worst at the docks (and stables) because that is where all the horses go. And street sweepers are always doing their thing shoveling horse poop. So, if you don't pay attention and step in a road apple, at least it will be fresh.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Thanks. I actually wanted to go there, based on photos, during lilac season. Then I saw the expensive hotel rooms, some which look like they were designed by Warhol on acid,and I was, nah.
We'd ferry over there and regret and nope! I've been to a lot of places but not in the USA or the NE much. Always wanted to see Oregon and Washington but will hope the lunatics will breed out or it will get better. Son said the Panhandlers in both Seattle and Portland were bad, and this was years ago.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 06, 2026 10:45 PM (WONhk)
The worst encounter I had in Paris was at a train station where they would not allow me to use the restroom. The public restroom.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 06, 2026 10:46 PM (nz1sK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrvtuvYQK-8
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at January 06, 2026 10:46 PM (J9q9v)
Wall Street Journal reports that Russia has sent a submarine and other naval assets to try to stop the U.S. from boarding and seizing the Iranian-linked and sanctioned crude oil tanker Bella 1, which recently became the Russian-flagged vessel Marinera.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
Big Whoop.
Have our Coast Guard cutter host a Chyna AND Somali flag!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 10:46 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)
My mother might have been the last Web TV subscriber until they closed shop. Got her a laptop and tried to walk her through Yahoo and other email apps. She couldn't grok it and just did phone and email to keep in touch...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 06, 2026 10:47 PM (nbLIj)
"Yeah, and I'm here to conquer the country."
"We surrender."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
If they surrender to you then you have to take care of them.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 10:47 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Solutus at January 06, 2026 10:48 PM (KhJWo)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:48 PM (47diA)
Posted by: LRob in OK
Yes indeedy.
How else would the whale have swum there?
😃
I did go by the whale once long ago, before it was rehabbed. Was about ready for the Florence, Oregon treatment.
https://youtu.be/V6CLumsir34
Posted by: mindful webworker - thar she blows at January 06, 2026 10:48 PM (dESj/)
If you believe that happened I have a Nigerian Prince I want you to talk to.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 10:49 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: The Grateful
Agreed - what I found crazy about Yosemite was the crowds were gone if you hiked a mile or so up out of the valley. On most hikes, my son and I didn't see another person after we walked an hour or two.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 06, 2026 10:49 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: ... at January 06, 2026 10:49 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Otto Zilch at January 06, 2026 10:49 PM (Ws2ua)
Or maybe this is a first world problem?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2026 10:50 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: nerdygirl
In the unlikely event I ever go there I will toss a urinal cake down there.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 10:51 PM (/lPRQ)
Key West in the dry season smells of dumpster juice and the side streets are covered with brown muck when the juice dries.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)
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Had a memorable stay there in the 80s. Driver's window smashed in a parking lot. An acquaintance recommended lodging that turned out to be for gay men. NTTAWWT, friendly guests, just not my cup of tea. I checked out in an hour. I'll never forget the Oasis Guest House
For a while, I wondered how that acquaintance looked at me
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 06, 2026 10:51 PM (VmoTc)
Posted by: Surly bartender Miklos at January 06, 2026 10:51 PM (f/3mU)
I did go by the whale once long ago, before it was rehabbed. Was about ready for the Florence, Oregon treatment.
https://youtu.be/V6CLumsir34
Posted by: mindful webworker
Huge chunks of whale blubber fell everywhere.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 10:51 PM (pkeXY)
Spinless Little Liberal with Stick Arms: NO BLOOD FOR OIL
Spinless Little Liberal with Stick Arms: Before Venezuela takeover screaming about High Gas and Oil prices and the Trump needs to do something NOW !!!!!!
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at January 06, 2026 10:52 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: Malcolm X, formally Malcolm Twitter. at January 06, 2026 10:52 PM (MZ+PY)
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See: Arthur C. Clark's short story "The Star."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 06, 2026 10:29 PM (NwnyJ)
That wasn’t speculation: it was atheist Clarke’s blatant attack on Christianity.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 06, 2026 10:53 PM (sCPLh)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 10:53 PM (KDPiq)
The Bella 1 is moot now. And this explains why they didn't bother to seize it. It was empty, and they knew the Marduro grab was soon to happen, so why bother.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 06, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
Are they trying to trick us into thinking it's carrying spaghetti sauce instead of oil?
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 10:53 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:53 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Good
keeps forever
Might need those one day
Posted by: Surly Prepper Miklos at January 06, 2026 10:54 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Doof at January
You squeezed a butt? It was Nurse’s, wasn’t it? Well joke is on you because SHE squeezed MINE!
Scandal!
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:54 PM (/sySz)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 06, 2026 10:55 PM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: Opinion fact
You paid for the Basement Tour?
Posted by: Miklos' Big Adventure at January 06, 2026 10:55 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 06, 2026 10:55 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Doof at January
It's Ok
I owe you one
Posted by: Blushing Miklos at January 06, 2026 10:56 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:57 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 06, 2026 10:55 PM (MZ+PY)
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Getting nauseous fifty years later...and thanking my immune system
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 06, 2026 10:57 PM (VmoTc)
Posted by: Solutus at January 06, 2026 10:48 PM (KhJWo)
Yes. That whole album features great guitar work from Bill Duffy. I'd like to say a lot more about that, but I can't until the theme is revealed.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:57 PM (QMAsf)
Gents, don't use your military service as a political prop. It's disgraceful. And these are fricken OFFICERS. Unbelievable.
I blame their respective branch's NCOs for raising them wrong.
Posted by: Fen at January 06, 2026 10:58 PM (ciYHQ)
...
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Wife made us go there for lilac season. Stayed two nights in an Indian casino, two nights on island... She loved it. She even paid for expensive dinner at the Grand hotel.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 10:58 PM (/lPRQ)
The only part I wanted to see was where John Wayne got kilt. Nobody knew.
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Did you at least get to see Pee Wee Herman's bike?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 10:58 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:45 PM (47diA)
You might have better luck if you go in May or Sept when the families with kiddies are in school....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:58 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 06, 2026 10:58 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf)
That was where I saw my first horseshoe crab, so that was exciting
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 10:58 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 06, 2026 10:59 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:59 PM (47diA)
Scandal!
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 10:54 PM (/sySz)
Yes. It was Nurse. I'm not surprised she squeezed yours. She's generous with her squeezes.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 10:59 PM (QMAsf)
For a while, I wondered how that acquaintance looked at me
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 06, 2026 10:51 PM (VmoTc)
I like Key West as a day trip for museums and some gardens, but I do like Islamorada as the place to actually stay. You can’t do short term rentals on Key West, so you are pretty much stuck in a hotel unless you know someone with a house.
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 11:00 PM (/sySz)
Posted by: Fen at January 06, 2026 11:00 PM (ciYHQ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I had an old netzero email account that went back to the late nineties, I believe. It went kerplooey and couldn't be fixed, so I had to open a new account through Yahoo. I pray that Her Majesty doesn't have the same thing happen and have to change the emails for all of her online sites.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 11:00 PM (0Htd1)
I was unaware that there were any hotels in Key West that didn't cater to gay men! 😂
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2026 11:01 PM (Ezs10)
I blame their respective branch's NCOs for raising them wrong.
Posted by: Fen at January 06, 2026 10:58 PM (ciYHQ)
They're being paid and coached by the DNC.
Posted by: ... at January 06, 2026 11:01 PM (E0p3T)
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Because hey shut up.
Posted by: Pitch Meeting Guy at January 06, 2026 11:01 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 11:01 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)
To be fair, the US side is trashy, and the “falls” … meh
The Canadien side is much better, with the “horseshoe falls” being spectacular
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 06, 2026 10:20 PM (TTAGa)
_____________________________
Have you been there recently? The US side, while no paradise is now safer than the Canadian side. And, there's a good chance you will not get a hotel room on the Canadian side because they are all reserved out by the Canadian govt. for immigrants. It's estimated that there are between 5,000 and 10,000 asylum seekers stacked in motels on the Canadian side of the border at Niagara Falls at any given time....and everything that comes with that.
Posted by: Orson at January 06, 2026 11:01 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:01 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:59 PM (47diA)
I did not know that. Thank you.
Posted by: Fen at January 06, 2026 11:02 PM (ciYHQ)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Reminds me of my Utterly Unrepentant Redneck friend Nelson from Big LA (Lancaster, SC)
"Before you die, be sure have 'em put one o' them toilet biscuits in your mouth. Because I will be pissing on yore grave"
Posted by: Miklos ascribes to this theory of communication at January 06, 2026 11:02 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 06, 2026 10:55 PM (MZ+PY)
I saw it but refused to kiss it. I ain't stoopit.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 06, 2026 11:02 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 06, 2026 10:45 PM (WONhk
Land at PDX, stay the night at one of the airport hotels, get your rental, and drive to Astoria, and down 101 to Florence, then east to Eugene, and from there to Bend, and from there to The Dalles or Hood River, and then back back down to Portland by way of the Gorge. Ocean, Forest, Mountains, Desert, Gorge.
Miss Portland, Eugene and Salem. Unless you want to.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Just big enough for a street taco carry out concession stand.
Is the lease available?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 11:03 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
As we were being taken by bus to an area of cliff dwellings, a group of wild horses got on the road and ran in front of the bus.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 11:03 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:03 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
*relationship unclear*
Posted by: Miklos admits confusion at January 06, 2026 11:03 PM (f/3mU)
Miss Portland, Eugene and Salem. Unless you want to.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)
Thanks. Someday...
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 06, 2026 11:04 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Miklos, cineaste at January 06, 2026 11:04 PM (f/3mU)
_________
"Yeah, and I'm here to conquer the country."
"We surrender."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
You could tell them you were the scouting party sent ahead by Trump.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2026 11:05 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Fen at January 06, 2026 11:05 PM (ciYHQ)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 06, 2026 11:04 PM (WONhk)
Do it next summer. They are probably going to close it for cleaning in 2027.
If you decide to do it, I will give you some ideas of what to visit
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 11:06 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
They put that museum into another museum years ago.
Posted by: Miklos Fodor on 20 Dollars a Day (same as in town) at January 06, 2026 11:06 PM (f/3mU)
Showing just the rock is disingenuous. If you're a history buff, the the historic section of Plymouth is good stuff. Not overhyped.
Posted by: Orson at January 06, 2026 11:06 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 11:00 PM (/sySz)
Gorgeous there! Loved it!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 06, 2026 11:07 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Piper at January 06, 2026 11:07 PM (/sySz)
Posted by: Jake Blues at January 06, 2026 11:07 PM (EXyHK)
*relationship unclear*
Posted by: Miklos admits confusion
His new wife. My sister died 10 years ago.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:07 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 11:07 PM (47diA)
Cornhenge. I'm surprise the tops aren't brown.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 06, 2026 10:12 PM (uQesX)
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Steer clear of Love Canal. Hooker Chemical warned everyone right in the Deed to the property, "Do no dig here" but the government said, "Hold my beer!" and built a school on the site. Oopsie.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 06, 2026 11:08 PM (1kYfW)
Miss Portland, Eugene and Salem. Unless you want to.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)
Excellent trip.
If it's summertime, when you get to Astoria and take an extra day or two and go north up around the Olympic peninsula. Then back to Astoria and continue.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2026 11:09 PM (2WIwB)
I've had this dumb discussion so many times. The town I live in was first charted by Verrazano in 1524. The high water marks haven't changed other than erosion.
I've had actual morons tell me that the ocean rose differently in other areas. Ok skipper.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Miklos at January 06, 2026 11:09 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 11:07 PM (47diA)
Damnit. Too slow on the draw.
Posted by: Fen at January 06, 2026 11:09 PM (ciYHQ)
Steer clear of Love Canal. Hooker Chemical warned everyone right in the Deed to the property, "Do no dig here" but the government said, "Hold my beer!" and built a school on the site. Oopsie.
Posted by: JM in Illinois
Sounds like a Quincy, M.E. episode.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:10 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 11:10 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 06, 2026 11:10 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 06, 2026 11:11 PM (sAmhv)
I was unaware that there were any hotels in Key West that didn't cater to gay men! 😂
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2026 11:01
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LOL! You're the kind of travel advisor I needed!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 06, 2026 11:11 PM (1kYfW)
Sorry
Posted by: Miklos
Thanks. I've always wondered though...is he still officially my brother in law ?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:12 PM (pkeXY)
The bottom layer was so anoxic that the grass I put down when I first filled it 4 years ago was still there buried in the bottom layer of dirt. I get to start all over again. yay!
I repotted three peaches that I sprouted from pits this spring, and of course I broke the trunks on two of them trying to get them out of the pots. They have good roots so I am optimistic that I haven't killed them yet.
if I did, I have more pits to sprout.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2026 11:12 PM (rbvCR)
The theme has to do with the albums each of those tracks come from. There is a commonality to those albums.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 11:13 PM (QMAsf)
Maybe even after then, there's a good chance my guess will be wrong.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 11:13 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Billy Goat Grill?
Avoid Chicago and you can't go wrong.
Posted by: Miklos Fodor on 20 Cheeburgie a Day, NO COKE at January 06, 2026 11:13 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
It depends.
Do you like him?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 06, 2026 11:13 PM (gDlxJ)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2026 11:14 PM (2WIwB)
Bandon is awesome. It's our favorite OR coastal town. Pretty based as well, I think. Far enough away from the Portland-Eugene-Astoria-Seaside shit show.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 06, 2026 11:14 PM (0aYVJ)
My best friends now live just down the road in Marathon. Nice place.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 11:14 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Only your Probate Judge can tell you
Posted by: Miklos been through that at January 06, 2026 11:14 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Orson at January 06, 2026 11:01 PM (dIske)
Having lived in the area for 45 years ... I'm pretty familiar with both sides, as the "ex" and I had a cottage up on the Canadien lakeshore.
That said, I haven't crossed the border sine COVID, and I'm never going to again. So if the powers that be have fucked over the more aesthetic side ... good on 'em.
Fuck Canadien and US Customs. The Canadiens for what they tried, and mostly accomplished during COVID. The US for treating citizens like criminals when declaring at a customs booth.
Posted by: browndog bristling at January 06, 2026 11:15 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:15 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:59 PM (47diA)
I did not know that. Thank you.
Posted by: Fen at January 06, 2026 11:02 PM (ciYHQ)
It is actually much more complicated than that. All service members are first obligated for 8 years upon signing their contract... if you are active for 4 and get out, the next 4 years you are in the Individual ready reserve, subject to call back, AND can be (but they don't) prosecuted under the UCMJ.
If you serve 20 years in the Navy as enlisted, you enter the 'Fleet Reserve', and are paid a retainer... which we all call retirement pay... but it does not legally become retired pay until you reach the age of 60.
If you are in the Fleet Reserve, you 'can' be made subject to the UCMJ, by being recalled... or lose that 'retainer' pay.
So yeah, question is legally complicated.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 06, 2026 11:16 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: The Grateful at January 06, 2026 10:43 PM (IQ6Gq)
Which one is better against Bugs Bunny: Yosemite Sam or Black Jacque Chirac
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 06, 2026 11:16 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 11:14 PM (viF8m)
I'm partial to Big Pine, and Bahia Honda ...
Posted by: browndog bristling at January 06, 2026 11:16 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: King Leka-Mikos Zogu I, Rightful King of All the Albanias at January 06, 2026 11:16 PM (f/3mU)
I'll probably come back later and lurk...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 11:16 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 06, 2026 11:08 PM (1kYfW)
_____________________
I'd like to see a monorail system encompass Plum Island (foreign animal disease research center). Everyone gets to wear a hazmat suit, fake alarms going off non-stop with the intercom system periodically saying "Ooops."
Actually, it's supposed to be closed down. But, it isn't. There's still stuff going on there.
Posted by: Orson at January 06, 2026 11:17 PM (dIske)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 06, 2026 10:12 PM (uQesX)
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Steer clear of Love Canal. Hooker Chemical warned everyone right in the Deed to the property, "Do no dig here" but the government said, "Hold my beer!" and built a school on the site. Oopsie.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 06, 2026 11:08 PM (1kYfW)
Y'all missing the meaning of my comment.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 06, 2026 11:17 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
Just lovely.
In related news: Russia has a new weapon (Satan-2?) that they think makes a nuclear exchange winnable. Doesn't matter if they're right, what matters is they BELIEVE they are right.
The concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), which has kept the world safe for 60 years, is no longer on the table.
Posted by: Fen at January 06, 2026 11:18 PM (ciYHQ)
Posted by: King Leka-Mikos Zogu I, Rightful King of All the Albanias at January 06, 2026 11:16 PM (f/3mU)
AAawww! *Kicks rock*
Posted by: Jim Belushi, I'm Funny too, you guys! at January 06, 2026 11:18 PM (0aYVJ)
Also in Hyde Park is FDRs mansion. Inside supposedly is Abraham Lincoln's actual log cabin.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 11:18 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Diogenes
Military dive school there.
Frogmen.
They breath through their ears.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 11:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Maybe even after then, there's a good chance my guess will be wrong.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 11:13 PM (/TlUl)
Go ahead and make your guess now!
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 11:19 PM (QMAsf)
Mannix was Albanian. And much better hair than Belushi.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 06, 2026 11:19 PM (w6EFb)
My too. I like it quieter at least where I'm living. No place is that far a drive.
I've been going to the Keys since the 80s. Sadly, like everywhere it's grown a lot and a lot of the charm has disappeared. Still great but boy howdy was it fun back then.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 11:20 PM (viF8m)
Shit, Mannix was Armenian. Never mind......
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 06, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)
There was nobody there.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
"Where have all the flowers gone..."
Posted by: Miklos is informed that flowere-in-hair thing was a thing about then at January 06, 2026 11:20 PM (f/3mU)
Goodnight gents. Be kind to each other.
Posted by: Fen at January 06, 2026 11:20 PM (ciYHQ)
There was nobody there.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:15 PM (pkeXY)
Was there three years ago. The hotel manager told me to have my car parked in the lot by 8pm because that's when he locked the gate.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2026 11:21 PM (2WIwB)
Looked at Plymouth Rock at least 20 years ago. Small, drab, unremarkable. There was also a big wet spot on the rock, like somebody pissed on it, possibly for luck.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 06, 2026 11:21 PM (qsezt)
https://tinyurl.com/ystmf7u2
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 11:21 PM (Puq9y)
It is actually much more complicated than that. All service members are first obligated for 8 years upon signing their contract... if you are active for 4 and get out, the next 4 years you are in the Individual ready reserve, subject to call back, AND can be (but they don't) prosecuted under the UCMJ.
It was 6 years back in the 70's. I got out in 1975 but didn't get my discharge paper until 1977.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:21 PM (pkeXY)
Real name Krekor Ohanian
The -ian on the name should have been a clue
Posted by: Miklos "Dick" Harpootlian at January 06, 2026 11:22 PM (f/3mU)
I did not like Vienna, but loved Salzburg, possibly my favorite city in Europe. We were there in 2012 or so and it was not crowded. Took a train and boat to Hallstatt for the day and it was lovely. Interesting grave yard or charnel house...sort of creepy. Church was beautiful. The Alps were right there and we ate on the lake in a nice restaurant. I think in early May before tourists. Loved it!
At the time I felt totally safe shopping alone in Salzburg and wandering around, but this was pre-barbarian invasions. Probably not the same now, thanks to too many tourists and diversity.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 06, 2026 11:23 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: The Grateful at January 06, 2026 10:43 PM (IQ6Gq)
Which one is better against Bugs Bunny: Yosemite Sam or Black Jacque Chirac
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 06, 2026 11:16 PM (S/Y4j)
Ya know... weird thinkin on it.... I grew up 2 hours from Yosemite.... my Dad actually worked there between WW2 and Korea... I've been there probably 100 times over the years, even skiied Badger Pass a bunch of time...
Never seen Yosemite Sam anywhere around there. Did that Long Eared Galoot finally get him?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 06, 2026 11:23 PM (mP0Kj)
Oh, there's some pirates. Bing. No more pirates.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 06, 2026 11:23 PM (w6EFb)
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See: Arthur C. Clark's short story "The Star."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 06, 2026 10:29 PM (NwnyJ)
That wasn’t speculation: it was atheist Clarke’s blatant attack on Christianity.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 06, 2026 10:53 PM (sCPLh)
He was also a gay pedo
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 06, 2026 11:23 PM (EOjZq)
Avoid Chicago and you can't go wrong.
Posted by: Miklos Fodor on 20 Cheeburgie a Day, NO COKE at January 06, 2026 11:13 PM (f/3mU)
I don't even remember the name . Is that it?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 11:23 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Solutus at January 06, 2026 11:24 PM (KhJWo)
Real name Krekor Ohanian
The -ian on the name should have been a clue
Posted by: Miklos "Dick" Harpootlian
I used to work for Sarkes Tarzian.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:24 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 11:25 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: King Leka-Mikos Zogu I, Rightful King of All the Albanias at January 06, 2026 11:16 PM (f/3mU)
Probably. But Captain Lou Albano may be the second.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 06, 2026 11:25 PM (HOMRD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 11:25 PM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Jim Belushi, I'm Funny too, you guys! at January 06, 2026 11:26 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Solutus at January 06, 2026 11:24 PM (KhJWo)
Yup. He produced all 3 of those albums.
The Cult album Electric was a completely re-recorded version of many songs that originally had a different feel - more like their previous album Love. Rubin convinced them to scrap them and record the raw sounding songs that became the Electric album.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 11:26 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 11:10 PM (KDPiq)
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If you ever get to Morocco, be sure to visit Casablanca for a meal at Rick's Cafe Americain to get some real disappointment.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 11:26 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2026 11:26 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: No one at January 06, 2026 11:26 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Solutus at January 06, 2026 11:24 PM (KhJWo)
Looks like I was late again, you beat me to it.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 11:27 PM (/TlUl)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
SHUT. UP.
Posted by: Miklosomali al-Nur Daycare and Pharmaceutical Distributors at January 06, 2026 11:27 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 06, 2026 11:27 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: No one at January 06, 2026 11:28 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Solutus at January 06, 2026 11:24 PM (KhJWo)
Looks like I was late again, you beat me to it.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 11:27 PM (/TlUl)
I could tell you knew it when you said same initials as Ronald Reagan.
Free Club ONT restroom tokens to you both!
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2026 11:28 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Never made first string at UNLV, though
Posted by: Jerry T at January 06, 2026 11:28 PM (f/3mU)
The original Billy Goat Grill, the one practically underground, is one of my favorite stops when I visit Chicago. Just a nice old-school bar and good simple burgers.
And yes, it looks just like the skit.
I have never been to any of the other locations.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 06, 2026 11:28 PM (EXyHK)
If you ever get to Morocco, be sure to visit Casablanca for a meal at Rick's Cafe Americain to get some real disappointment.
Posted by: Cicero
There's not even any gambling going on!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:29 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: No one at January 06, 2026 11:26 PM (qFwJc)
Parking lot too ...
Posted by: Joni Mitchell at January 06, 2026 11:29 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Bulg at January 06, 2026 11:29 PM (77rzZ)
Y'all missing the meaning of my comment.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 06, 2026 11:17 PM (uQesX
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I guess I did. I was focused more on the second sentence. Places to see -- "These are not among them."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 06, 2026 11:30 PM (+r0A9)
Note Somali pirates don't get a full bada bing, bada boom, or even a bada bing, just a little bing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 06, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Cicero
Unter Neue Management
Try ze schnitzel, schweinhund
Posted by: Major Strasser at January 06, 2026 11:32 PM (f/3mU)
I knew his personal chef when I lived in San Diego. Very good chef. But all he apparently wanted to eat were tofu pups. So she’d make amazing food for his staff and microwave fake hot dogs for him.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 06, 2026 11:32 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 11:10 PM (KDPiq)
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If you ever get to Morocco, be sure to visit Casablanca for a meal at Rick's Cafe Americain to get some real disappointment.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at Ja
If you need your illusions crushed even more, be sure to try Harry's in Venice. And be the only fools who abide by their dress code.
Posted by: LASue at January 06, 2026 11:32 PM (mFhj8)
Try ze schnitzel, schweinhund
Posted by: Major Strasser at January 06, 2026 11:32 PM (f/3mU)
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Great. I never learned the words to La Marseillaise.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 11:33 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 06, 2026 11:33 PM (/TlUl)
https://x.com/realRick_AUS/status/2008384127255425368?s=20
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 06, 2026 11:34 PM (ZTJjv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
A little Bing here
A little Bing there
And things go
Everywhere!
Posted by: Miklos need an illustrator for a new childrens' book at January 06, 2026 11:35 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Legally, no. If either of you passed on without a will, the other wouldn't be anywhere in the "next of kin" list for inheritance, as far as I know. (And as far as duckduckgo knows.)
Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2026 11:35 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: LASue at January 06, 2026 11:32 PM (mFhj
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Harry's Bar was the scene of one of the most uncomfortable drinking stops I ever spent.
Also, $36 Bellinis.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 11:35 PM (+HNx/)
---Fox
Aw, pity pawty at the UN. Donald gonna lose sleep over this.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 11:38 PM (Puq9y)
That's has to be it because I remember walking down concrete stairs.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 06, 2026 11:38 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:39 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Solutus at January 06, 2026 11:39 PM (KhJWo)
---Fox
Aw, pity pawty at the UN. Donald gonna lose sleep over this.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 11:38 PM (Puq9y)
I'm waiting for the visa revocations for all furriners at the UN and its supporting frauds.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 06, 2026 11:40 PM (S/Y4j)
Even affordable.
But that was when the French had francs, and I had US Dollars.
Posted by: Tales of a misspent Miklosian Youth at January 06, 2026 11:40 PM (f/3mU)
The left is so busy being angry they can't meme.
https://tinyurl.com/2tz3vurs
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2026 11:40 PM (viF8m)
Grease, the base of the food pyramid.
The big ball of twine in Kansas is really disappointing.
Posted by: HogWildforIslam with a side of bacon at January 06, 2026 11:41 PM (T5Vfs)
I'm waiting for the visa revocations for all furriners at the UN and its supporting frauds.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 06, 2026 11:40 PM (S/Y4j)
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The Presidential GTFO Decree
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 11:41 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Bulg at January 06, 2026 11:41 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at January 06, 2026 11:42 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Someone remembers!
And I hated Judy Garland. As much as she hated me.
Posted by: Bing Crosby at January 06, 2026 11:43 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 11:43 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Fen
Winning a nuke war means your weapon (1) is undetectable, and (b) causes no lasting environmental damage, fallout, etc.
If you only have (1) and not (b), glassing the entire USofA while turning the surface of the planet into the Fallout computer game isn't a win, unless you're insane.
And if you're that insane, getting your own country glassed at the same time isn't a loss, as long as you, personally, survive in your bunker full of c-rations. Which would be "winning" a nuclear "exchange." Pooty might be nuts, but he's not that nuts.
Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2026 11:45 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: HogWildforIslam
You have to go the right one.
There are a lot of lyin' Biggest ball of Twine sumbitches out there.
Posted by: Crazy Mikos' Non-Stop Tzampotli Family Fun Park and Themed Elvis bar and Wedding Chapel at January 06, 2026 11:45 PM (f/3mU)
Shirley is at it again. 1,200 medical transport company vehicles that haven't move in a year.
In Minnesota.
The corruption goes deeper and deeper.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2026 11:45 PM (2WIwB)
I realize he wrote his own Bible,and had some loopy ideas about religion, but otherwise I loved his house and gardens. His bed was between his library and bedroom; and he invented a cool reading table or bookstand...I need one, as I never read just one book at a time.
I impressed my husband by knowing the answers to questions like a nerd on the tour. Sometimes I surprise him! Loved the dining room as well.
Were there in the spring and the flower gardens were gorgeous. Loved the vegetable gardens and learning of all the flowers,vegetables and fruit he brought to the US. A busy man.
We'd take little trips from DC when we could. Horse country in VA is beautiful. The people were sort of snotty when they heard my Southern accent, but that never stops me. It's not the twangy kind but refined and they can bite me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 06, 2026 11:45 PM (WONhk)
So, umm, assuming that is close to true.
You are sitting on a NJP for being disrespectful to civilian leadership etc. and you puplically pop off and double down before the current action is incomplete...
Looks like a recall and detention is technically the proper action.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2026 11:46 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Cicero
Have not visited Gina Lollobrigida's resting place.
Must reserve judgement.
Posted by: Miklos is non-judgemental on this topic, skeeter bites can be OK too at January 06, 2026 11:48 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2026 11:49 PM (pkeXY)
A bit more advice. Should you ever want to stay in Paris, you will want to avoid Le Marais. The 3rd arrondissment, I think, but don't quote me.
I mean, don't literally avoid it, but it's the gay section of Paris. No big deal during the day, it isn't like Castro Street in San Frsncisco, no debauchety or anything...but a lot of the hotels do advertise as gay friendly.
It's got great shops and it's worth visiting, just maybe stay somewhere else!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2026 11:49 PM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2026 11:52 PM (8zz6B)
Remember Drudge?
Remember when he was a go to aggregator?
With so much big news happening I had forgotten he existed. Never crossed my mind to check.
Posted by: Robert at January 06, 2026 11:53 PM (DQOyS)
The corruption goes deeper and deeper.
Posted by: Diogenes
I think the corruption is infinite.
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Take away the corruption and the entire public funding edifice collapses. It is the backbone of the public sector.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 06, 2026 11:53 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Bulg at January 06, 2026 11:53 PM (77rzZ)
Back in 1995 or so I had to go to DC so I took a road trip into Richmond, down to Charlottesville and William & Mary and then back up the Blue Ridge highway I think it was. Went to the Natural Towers park and relaxed for an afternoon, visited Culpeper.
Don’t remember exactly where it was but a big bookstore in a dilapidated barn or something near a famous battlefield.
Beautiful country and great food. My hotel room in Mount Vernon faced a Krispy Kreme and I could look out the window and just see when the sign lit up. This was back before they went national.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 06, 2026 11:55 PM (EXyHK)
Also sing the words to the Deutschlandlied - the first stanza of the lyrics, not the third, as the wimps switched to after the Great Unpleasantness in the 40s. Guess it was the "Von der Maas bis an die Memel, von der Etsch bis an den Belt" part that was a little uncomfortable, given, um the recent history and all.
Russkis just kept the melody and 90% of the lyrics, adding some religious references that of course were unimaginable under You Know Who. Extemely Russian melody, ponderous and powerful.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 06, 2026 11:55 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Azjaeger at January 06, 2026 11:55 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Ah
This one is clever
Communists-Public Money-Communists
Posted by: Funding designed be M.C. Escher at January 06, 2026 11:55 PM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2026 11:56 PM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 06, 2026 11:56 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 06, 2026 11:57 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 06, 2026 11:57 PM (3ek7K)
- - - > conclusion: About 20% of all global oil tankers are used to smuggle crude oil from countries under international sanctions, with 10% of these ships carrying Venezuelan oil. With Maduro out and the U.S. taking control of the Western Hemisphere, we suspect the dark fleet tanker industry will be dramatically hit - bad news for China's "teapot" refineries.
_ZH
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 06, 2026 11:57 PM (Puq9y)
Went to the Billy Goat Bar in Chiraq at my last hockey tournament with the old DC team (2007?). It was fine, just a burger joint, perfect for lunch. Probably ordered a cheeseburger, but didn't hear any "cheeseburgee cheesburgee".
Posted by: rhomboid at January 06, 2026 11:58 PM (U/Byj)
Muffler Man
Car Henge
Spam Museum
Wall Drug
etc
Posted by: Tonypete at January 06, 2026 10:23 PM (cYBz/)
Cadillac Ranch, just outside Amarillo is fun.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2026 11:59 PM (8zz6B)
And beyond that, the nuke stuff in NM, and then Pacific War museum in Fredericksburg.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 07, 2026 12:00 AM (U/Byj)
I think the Islamo nutjobs are the only ones crazy enough to think they could win a nuclear war. Destroy everything in a blaze of glory, and then they all get their virgins.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 07, 2026 12:00 AM (w6EFb)
The instructor had no patience for training and ruined what should have been a beautiful day for flying. Jerk
.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 12:01 AM (d8kiQ)
You can’t see Esther any more, she’s been hidden somewhere. Too bad.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 12:02 AM (Iwxrf)
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imagining...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 12:02 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: pookysgirl, staying close to the bathroom at January 07, 2026 12:02 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Bulg at January 07, 2026 12:02 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at January 07, 2026 12:04 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 496 at January 07, 2026 12:04 AM (HIHJq)
If you can't take them or just don't want to, talk to your Dr about EZETIMIBE. It's an anti-cholesterol drug that acts differently from statins, acting in the gut to reduce dietary cholesterol absorption. I take one 10 mg tablet a day, and it keeps my Dr from nagging me.
The only possible side effect that I see is an occasional bout of the Hershey squirts, but that could also be due to too much grease for my gall-bladder-less digestive system to handle.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 07, 2026 12:05 AM (oyafG)
pookysgirl,
Something going around here in Wyoming.
Eight of us and we have all been lining up to use the bathrooms.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 07, 2026 12:05 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 06, 2026 11:57 PM (3ek7K)
A little thanks. My sister did manage to give me her flu and it came with laryngitis. I have no voice right now.
Posted by: Joyenz at January 07, 2026 12:05 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 07, 2026 12:06 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: rhomboid
FUN FACT
The Soviet (now Russian) national anthem was written under pressure from Stalin during WWII by Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov.
After Stalin, Mikhailov was required to change the lyrics to remove references to Stalin.
Then again after the end of the USSR. Because no USSR.
Them one more time after, when Putin decided to to re-adopt it as the Russian anthem.
Guy had to write Politically Correct words for his own music four times.
Posted by: Miklos so notes at January 07, 2026 12:07 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 07, 2026 12:07 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 07, 2026 12:05 AM (3ek7K)
Hope both your families feel better soon!
Posted by: Joyenz at January 07, 2026 12:08 AM (2F0/Y)
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I was just talking with my youngest about how i took them to see the mermaid mummy down on the Seattle waterfront. Similar scary, ugly face (Google has images of it). What I didn't know was that my daughter went back to school after that and told all her friends that mermaids are real because she saw one.
Posted by: 496 at January 07, 2026 12:08 AM (52+rt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 12:02 AM
Or maybe somebody activated the Ancient Indian Mummy Curse and she walked out on her own.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 07, 2026 12:08 AM (6Avps)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 06, 2026 10:33 PM (47diA)
Sod houses were commonplace on the prairies of the Canadian West in the early days of settlement. Farmers had ploughs, and a horse and a plough could cut a lot of sod in a day. Lay the sod like bricks for the 4 walls, and roof over with poles and thatch, and you could have a snug home built in a few days. Sod walls fifteen inches thick provide good insualtion against the cold of winter. I had the opportunity to look through a small "soddie" at a park near Calgary, and it was cozy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 12:09 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
MEK MEK MEK
Posted by: spinster goats at January 07, 2026 12:09 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 06, 2026 11:55 PM (EXyHK)
My great-great something grandfather, a French Huguenot carpenter, once owned the land in Richmond where the capitol is built. He also invented some type of tables, and did well until he didn't & died in deb.Mid-1700's, I think. There's a Presbyterian church in NC that he built. At some point he moved from NC to MS and then Texas.
My family is a mix of some wealthy and mostly farmers. We never saw any of the wealth! One of my great-grandfather's was a handsome lady's man. After birthing 5 kids my great-grandmother found a note from one of his lady friends in his jacket, and threw all of his clothes and stuff into the front yard and left him. Instead of a divorce, she lived a life of a widow. He went on to Louisiana to marry again and a bigamist when he died. Have seen a photo of him.
My mother has been into genealogy since the early 80's and spends her time correcting family trees and getting into arguments on Ancestry.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 07, 2026 12:10 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Miklos
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Hey, a guy's gotta' eat.
And keep his head about these things.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 12:13 AM (Puq9y)
"The Future is certain, according to Marx and Lenin.
Today is what it is.
Is is only the past that keeps changing."
Posted by: Anti-Commieklos at January 07, 2026 12:14 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Bulg at January 07, 2026 12:16 AM (77rzZ)
And keep his head about these things.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends
And over the course of about 50 years!
Part time is better than nothing
Posted by: Miklosov, Ancient Slavonaut Theorist at January 07, 2026 12:16 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 06, 2026 10:53 PM (QGaXH)
Used to visit Pt. Roberts frequently while a student at UBC in Vancouver.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 12:17 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 12:18 AM (snZF9)
Reading about this Satan II missile, I don't see how it's some sort of game-over "winnable" nuclear weapon. If it works, and the last test launch was a big failure, I think, and does everything they say, it's not any big game changer.
It would be a formidable weapon, able to evade defenses, and all that. But if they launch 'em, we'd know about it, and respond in kind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 07, 2026 12:19 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
I would like to know where that is.
Posted by: Miklos asks nicely at January 07, 2026 12:19 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Had an aunt that was a librarian - spent her time researching and rewriting family history.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 12:19 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 07, 2026 12:19 AM (3ek7K)
A bit more advice. Should you ever want to stay in Paris, you will want to avoid Le Marais. The 3rd arrondissment, I think, but don't quote me.
I mean, don't literally avoid it, but it's the gay section of Paris. No big deal during the day, it isn't like Castro Street in San Frsncisco, no debauchety or anything...but a lot of the hotels do advertise as gay friendly.
It's got great shops and it's worth visiting, just maybe stay somewhere else!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2026 11:49 PM
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Now, that's a fine recommendation. I like the part about great shops and visiting, the gays don't matter to me. The only time I've been to Paris was on a business trip for the Feds. Stayed in a tiny room near the Embassy on the government budget. But I think I've still got some miles in me as a private citizen. And I'll stay somewhere else. Thank you.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 12:21 AM (n8AfI)
Reminds me of a gentleman of my acquaintance-
Sir Peter Wilfred Giles Graham-Moon, 5th Baronet (24 October 1942 – 6 February 2023) was a British aristocrat, rally driver, and pub landlord best known for a sensational 1992 tabloid scandal involving his infidelity and his wife's dramatic revenge.
Posted by: Miklos has met interesting people at January 07, 2026 12:22 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 12:24 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Miklos asks nicely at January 07, 2026 12:19 AM (f/3mU)
Concord, NC
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 07, 2026 12:26 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 12:09 AM (8zz6B)
Add a round door and you got an authentic hobbit hole.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 12:26 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 06, 2026 11:45
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I believe Robert Duvall owns a big ranch in Virginia horse country. Hard to see his name without thinking of his role in "Lonesome Dove".
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 12:26 AM (n8AfI)
Beautiful melody, quoted by Tchaikovsky in the 1812 Overture - alternating with La Marseillaise.
Oh Canada has a decent melody, but insipid lyrics.
We should sing the whole Star Spangled Banner, the second stanza is great.
Other than the conflict between the 4th stanza and that pesky First Amendment, the Battle Hymn of the Republic would be better, though.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 07, 2026 12:29 AM (oyafG)
How did they make the wheel turn at a 90° to the others?
https://tinyurl.com/3jadvhwe
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 12:30 AM (fKTed)
Posted by: Miklos has no desire for any unnecessary head-bangings at January 07, 2026 12:33 AM (f/3mU)
I believe Robert Duvall owns a big ranch in Virginia horse country. Hard to see his name without thinking of his role in "Lonesome Dove".
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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I learned only yesterday that Duvall played Boo Radley in 'To Kill AMockingbird'. How could I not know this?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 12:34 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Miklos likes to find places like that at January 07, 2026 12:34 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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If that's your criteria, add Hyder AK. There used to be a ferry but when the mine closed, the ferry stopped. Got to go through Stewart. BC to get there.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 07, 2026 12:35 AM (oyafG)
The tune of the Star Spangled Banner was a a drinking song (with other lyrics).
Which explains why non-drunk people have a hard time singing it.
Posted by: Miklos with beer in the cheap seats at January 07, 2026 12:37 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Miklos likes to find places like that at January 07, 2026 12:34 AM (f/3mU)
You're welcome. It's Rocky River Presbyterian Church, as I just looked myself. Great whatever granddaddy built the pulpit, baptismal and the interior pews and design.
This church is now the liberal denomination of Presbyterians, not the one we grew up in (PCA). My mother and some cousins did visit 20yrs ago along with others.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 07, 2026 12:39 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
The wise man is aware of what he does not know
Posted by: Socrates (actually Miklos, but still) at January 07, 2026 12:39 AM (f/3mU)
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That makes sense: that it should be sung by a *group*, because so very few *individuals* possess the vocal range to sing all of it!
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 12:41 AM (rdVOm)
I learned only yesterday that Duvall played Boo Radley in 'To Kill AMockingbird'. How could I not know this?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 12:34 AM
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It was his first role in a movie and a small one, though important. And it was a black and white movie, which may have been before your time. :-)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 12:42 AM (0iJDD)
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
I'm watching Erin Brockovich with some people. If like to find a final, decisive debunking of this case. Got a hangnail? Call Erin!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at January 07, 2026 12:44 AM (lCaJd)
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 12:41 AM (rdVOm)
Hey, JQ.
What I find interesting is that other countries know the words to our anthem. Canadians sang the words with Americans at a hockey game when the mic went off for the singer.
Have seen youtubes of Brits and others watching this and are amazed that they also recognize the melody and some lyrics...yet say that no other country's anthem comes to mind. It made me proud to see them watching with such interest. It's a powerful song for a powerful country.
This July 4th is going to be awesome!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 07, 2026 12:45 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 12:46 AM (0iJDD)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 07, 2026 12:47 AM (WONhk)
Get the cure for what's ailin' you
https://youtu.be/I5FbGceqUaY
G'nite, y'all. 💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - life comes at you fast at January 07, 2026 12:49 AM (dESj/)
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JM
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Ha. I wish.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 12:50 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 12:52 AM (rdVOm)
This July 4th is going to be awesome!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Well...God Save the King/Queen is to the same tune as My Country, 'Tis of Thee (USA version)
Posted by: Moderately Musical Miklos at January 07, 2026 12:52 AM (f/3mU)
How did they make the wheel turn at a 90° to the others?
https://tinyurl.com/3jadvhwe
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 12:30 AM (fKTed)
I would hazard a guess they added some sort of PTO to the rear axle, with a clutch that engaged when the spare tire was jacked down all the way. Or they simply could have used an electric motor.
There was a similar gadget from the early 1950's. Hydraulic rams forced small conical rollers down under the front of the rear tires, lifting them off the ground. The rollers spun on axes parallel to the front-rear axis of the car, and when the rear wheels turned, the rollers would move the rear of the car sideways. Worked like bevel gears.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 12:52 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: JM
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Ha. I wish.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc
My baby pictures are Daguerrotypes.
Posted by: Moderately Musical Miklos at January 07, 2026 12:55 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Moderately Musical Miklos at January 07, 2026 12:55 AM (f/3mU)
I lost my birth certificate when i dropped it, and the clay tablet broke.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 12:57 AM (8zz6B)
382 And it was a black and white movie, which may have been before your time. :-)
Posted by: JM
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Ha. I wish.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 12:50 AM
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I say some things because I'm getting the feeling I'm pretty much the senior geezer in these parts. ;-)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 12:58 AM (BydOW)
Nite nite!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
In New Orleans, it means Carnival Season begins
Whey dat King Cake?
Posted by: Mardi Gras Miklos at January 07, 2026 12:58 AM (f/3mU)
Right you are!!!
Posted by: fourseasons
Berserker is always right
Or else
Posted by: Miklos has no desire for any unnecessary head-bangings at January 07, 2026 12:33 AM (f/3mU)
I doubt I'm always right. I just don't give a shit and just say what I'm thinking. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 12:59 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Shit like that lost you the lawsuit
Posted by: Miklos Ea-nāṣir at January 07, 2026 01:01 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 01:01 AM (XeU6L)
I would hazard a guess they added some sort of PTO to the rear axle, with a clutch that engaged when the spare tire was jacked down all the way. Or they simply could have used an electric motor.
There was a similar gadget from the early 1950's. Hydraulic rams forced small conical rollers down under the front of the rear tires, lifting them off the ground. The rollers spun on axes parallel to the front-rear axis of the car, and when the rear wheels turned, the rollers would move the rear of the car sideways. Worked like bevel gears.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 12:52 AM (8zz6B)
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Thank you for the clear explanations. You are a marvel!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 01:02 AM (BydOW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I'm not that old, but I'm starting to feel like mine was written on papyrus.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
When I talk stupid, and anybody notices, I claim stream of unconsciousness
Posted by: Miklos, drinking like James Joyce, or more and betterer at January 07, 2026 01:04 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 01:04 AM (8zz6B)
They should pay us to view Plymouth Rock.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 07, 2026 01:06 AM (0nHVk)
I get down there at least once a year.
Have you eaten at the Ire Island Eats, at 43rd St. across from the Home Depot?
If you haven't get your buddies to take you there for some absolutely fantastic locally sources Caribein chow. And it's pretty cheap considering what you are getting.
Posted by: pawn at January 07, 2026 01:08 AM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: Miklos
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My fallback excuse is brain damage.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 01:10 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Miklos, drinking like James Joyce, or more and betterer at January 07, 2026 01:04 AM (f/3mU)
I don't drink enough to blame it on booze. At most I'll do one slightly large shot glass at night and sip it. Medicinal purposes, lol. Although I do usually dedicate it to something. Lost friends, or some accomplishment, new guitar, or like tonight to the delta dudes who smoked maduro's little piss ant body guards.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 01:10 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 07, 2026 01:12 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 07, 2026 01:12 AM (0nHVk)
Bottom of the core sample.
Yep
That explains a lot
Especially Uncle Archie (I think he spelled it Archean)
Posted by: Miklos has a liver that is still rock hard at January 07, 2026 01:12 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 01:10 AM (XeU6L)
Thats my excuse when people ask how I ended up with Mrs B. I say she has brain damage. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 01:13 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Reforger at January 07, 2026 01:13 AM (gKsV+)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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I'm always sorry to see the Christmas decorations come down, and especially the window candles going away.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 01:14 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Reforger
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Six for me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 01:15 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 07, 2026 01:12 AM (0nHVk)
Happy new years to you too. I would just go big and burn the things until the end of january. Tis the season and shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 01:15 AM (snZF9)
It's time to undrinkorate, isn't it? Sad..
My outdoor lights will remain until weather improves. May as well leave the timer "on" until then. I like the pretty colors. Need some cheer at this dreary time of year.
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Tip-
Never let on that you can say or pronounce "cognition" if there are cops around
Kinda ruins it
Posted by: Full Mental Miklos at January 07, 2026 01:15 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 01:14 AM (XeU6L)
My tree is still blazing in eternal glory.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 01:16 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Opinion fact
For most people, History started when they were born.
Posted by: Miklos quotes Rush Limbaugh at January 07, 2026 01:18 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 07, 2026 01:12 AM (KDPiq)
The dead sea was only sick?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 01:19 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 01:22 AM (8zz6B)
Well, well, if this is true, 'splains everything.
Apparently Madame Vice-president of Venezuela was having discussions with us all last year. Negotiations of a sort.
So, she's the one who sold out Maduro. So, the deal was. You play ball with us on the oil and no more Chicoms and shit, and you stay in power. On our terms. This explains a lot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 07, 2026 01:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2026 01:14 AM
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Seconded. Mom always enjoyed decorating, and it was fun for us kids to help her. Un-decorating was more like work, leaving us with a bag of trash rather than a beautiful room.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 01:24 AM (CyXH3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
*Tssss-boom*
He'll be here all week
Posted by: Miklos Dangerfield, I gotta tell ya at January 07, 2026 01:24 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm)
I camped out in the Florida keys way back in the late 70's, before I met my hubs. I went with a female co-worker and a guy that I went to high school with (non-romantic partner), we had a blast down there, I would imagine that it has changed greatly since that time.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 07, 2026 01:26 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
She is also the step-daughter of Carlos the Jackal.
She knows how step-daddy ended up.
Posted by: Miklos with finger on tip of nose at January 07, 2026 01:26 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm)
Put a secure lock on it, and it could be used for things other than files...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 01:27 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Wink and nod... Yep!
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)
My neighbor (RIP) has a 5kw home generator going at an estate sale Friday morning... We'll see. I expect competition to be harsh.
Posted by: Reforger at January 07, 2026 01:33 AM (gKsV+)
That kind of freaked me out so I checked on it with Grok:
"No, Delcy Rodríguez is not the stepdaughter of Carlos the Jackal (Ilich Ramírez Sánchez). Her father was Jorge Antonio Rodríguez, a Marxist activist who died in 1976. The claim is a false rumor from some blogs."
Posted by: pawn at January 07, 2026 01:35 AM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Wink and nod... Yep!
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)
You put your weed in there. lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKOc6hXMDhc
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 01:35 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 01:37 AM (Puq9y)
Mom. And my grandmothers.
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)
Definitely. My mother loved christmas. It was her favorite time of the year. Granny had the huge christmas eve dinner.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 01:39 AM (snZF9)
Justice Department Sues Arizona and Connecticut for Failure to Produce Voter Rolls
“This Department of Justice has now sued 23 states for failing to provide voter roll data and will continue filing lawsuits to protect American elections,” said @AGPamBondi.
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Looks like we might have an honest election coming down the pike.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 01:40 AM (Puq9y)
Read about the kidnapping of William Niehous if you are interested.
Posted by: pawn at January 07, 2026 01:40 AM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: Reforger at January 07, 2026 01:41 AM (gKsV+)
Posted by: pawn
Grok reports what Grok is told.
Venezuelan defectors have confirmed this.
Everything Carlos did was obscured and falsified.
Shall I tell you about Carlos the Jackal's time in Hungary?
Grok that and get back
Posted by: Miklos does not lie for hits or clicks at January 07, 2026 01:41 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: pawn at January 07, 2026 01:35 AM (Rmqfl)
Having Jorge Antonio Rodriguez as her actual father does not necessarily rule out her being Jackal's stepdaughter. If old Jorge croaked, and his widow married the Jackal, then Delcy would become his stepdaughter. But clearly, they ran in the same crowd. Unlikely a Marxist activist would not be familiar with old Carlos.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 01:43 AM (8zz6B)
They were firemen from Texas, because they had come from afar.
Posted by: waepnedmann at January 07, 2026 01:44 AM (wDa+/)
Posted by: Reforger
Sounds like a keeper
Posted by: Miklos knows how much girlfriends cost, wives must be exponential at January 07, 2026 01:44 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 07, 2026 01:45 AM (AuX+r)
Unless proof has been provided, this statement is 100% pure internet bullshittium.
That is all.
Posted by: Five past the end of time at January 07, 2026 01:47 AM (G+z4C)
I think that Trump's approval rating is about to climb a few notches after forcing Tim Walz out in Minnesota, if they prosecute him it will rise even higher. Can this country please rid ourselves of being governed by absolute imbeciles?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 07, 2026 01:48 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07
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There were six of us kids and our parents got tired of us waking up too d*** early on Christmas Day. It only takes one to get us started. So they started taking us to grandma's house and Christmas Eve, telling us that Santa came while you were gone. End of early rising. Big dinner Christmas Day
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 01:48 AM (njd+I)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 07, 2026 01:50 AM (njd+I)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2026 01:50 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 01:50 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends
The hell you will
Posted by: the Winter Conference of Hawaiian Judges, shakin' our Legal Grass Skirts at January 07, 2026 01:52 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Miklos knows how much girlfriends cost, wives must be exponential at January 07, 2026 01:44 AM (f/3mU)
I don't know if I'm the keeper or the kept.
Regardless I should go to bed. Work shifted me to dayshift so now I have to do shit I hate, like set an alarm and depend on coffee to wake up. I have to be to work in 8 hours.
Good night all.
Posted by: Reforger at January 07, 2026 01:54 AM (gKsV+)
So after living there for a while I noticed that one house had what appeared to be a Christmas tree with lights on it that sat inside the rear sliding glass door. I could never be sure and it really wasn't any of my business so I really didn't check it out.
One day, there was a dog in her backyard I had never seen before and it managed to dig a tunnel under her side fence and escape. I hopped on my bike and managed to grab the dog in her side yard. I knocked on the door to giver her the dog back and she asked me to come in.
Sure enough, there was a Christmas tree set up , I think it was summer because it was hot.. I mentioned it to her and she said she "Just LOVES Christmas" and asked me if I wanted any Christmas cookies. She said she celebrates Christmas all year. I glance around and noticed that the whole place was extensively decorated for Christmas. She live there alone and adopted dogs to keep her company.
She brought a big plate of home made Christmas cookies out from the kitchen. NO WAY!
Posted by: pawn at January 07, 2026 01:55 AM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Fk that! Pay *me* a million or two, so I can pay the GD nursing home for hubby-- after we worked our asses off to have a retirement which we won't get to enjoy together. Grrrrr!
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard
Seems high
Denmark subsidizes each Greenlander to the tune of about 12-14k each in USD. 56,000 or so Greenlanders. Your math may vary.
There have been US military on Greenland since 1941 (and pre-Pearl Harbor).
A million per seems high.
Also, Danish law prohibits Greenlanders from doing their traditional main job of hunting and killing whales.
Small, beautiful whales, really the best
Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at January 07, 2026 02:00 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Braenyard
..........................................
Let me guess? Bitcoin is there preference?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 07, 2026 02:01 AM (sAmhv)
Yes, of course. The same as me...and you.
But tell me a story, I really do like stories and I've got a few that go against the accepted narrative but I know it the truth because I was there and saw the shit going down with my own eyes and paid a dear price for it.
I'm not screwing with you.
What's the story?
Posted by: pawn at January 07, 2026 02:02 AM (Rmqfl)
Unless proof has been provided, this statement is 100% pure internet bullshittium.
That is all.
Posted by: Five past
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You may be right, but you're an out of towner, a drifter passing through, having no credibility, only profanity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 02:03 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 02:05 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Is that you , cooth? Come on, don't be shy!
Posted by: Time to wrap up a loose end? at January 07, 2026 02:08 AM (G+z4C)
_NY Post
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 02:09 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 07, 2026 02:11 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 07, 2026 02:13 AM (sAmhv)
I'm not screwing with you.
What's the story?
Posted by: pawn
Which story?
I am far too old to engage in bullshit v. bullshit games. I do like to hear other peoples' stories. A History degree...it changes a man.
Posted by: Mainly Accurate Miklos at January 07, 2026 02:13 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
I never read comments anywhere, just here, and thats only because after 2 decades of this place with the shit ton of funny shit I have read here over the years its all I need. I'm not an internet surfer. JJ's morning report is all I need for news, and ONT for the funnies. I'm good.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 07, 2026 02:17 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 02:19 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)
“This Department of Justice has now sued 23 states for failing to provide voter roll data and will continue filing lawsuits to protect American elections,” said @AGPamBondi.
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It's a good first step, but what happens when they refuse, stall, miss deadlines because someone "spilled coffee on the server," etc?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 07, 2026 02:22 AM (AV9Wq)
With all due respect, I was asking to hear the story of CTJ's unvarnished hijinks that you mentioned earlier.
You said you believed this Delcy woman was his step daughter.
Posted by: pawn at January 07, 2026 02:24 AM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: Braenyard
Apparently at Bluesky, each commenter has a thousand voices screaming in their own individual heads.
Kudos the the burden on-taker who reports from DU.
That must be wearing as well as amusing.
Posted by: Midnite Miklos and his Band of Soul (with girl dancers (can you dig it?) at January 07, 2026 02:25 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 07, 2026 02:22 AM (AV9Wq)
-
FIFY
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 07, 2026 02:26 AM (sdclT)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Why... why... they'll be *held in contempt!* Maybe even *censured* (can a state be censured?)
And, and, they'll receive Sternly Worded Letters!
Yeah, that's the ticket...
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)
It's a good first step, but what happens when they refuse, stall, miss deadlines because someone "spilled coffee on the server," etc?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
---
We're going to find out whether she's as Straw thinks she is or the bad choice others thinks she is.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 02:35 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: pawn
Oh that
I did say step-daughter, but maybe daughter, I can't go as far as that *cough Obarky's real father cough*.
Carlos (for short) was a Revolutionary Comrade and associate of Delcy's father. Who died.
Carlos married the widow for a time, circumstances unclear, then skedaddled to Hungary. The wife/step-daughter did not accompany him. Carlos was quite the ladies man.
Posted by: Midnite Miklos and his Band of Soul (with girl dancers (can you dig it?) at January 07, 2026 02:37 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep.
I'm thinking that some state S.O.S.'s need to be arrested and charged. Otherwise, it's just more kabuki.
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah, that's the ticket...
Posted by: JQ
Do I get paid extra if I write Sternly Worded Letters in ALL CAPS?
pls help
I need to send my job application to Sen. Graham TOMORROW
Posted by: Miklos might enjoy a do-nothing job if it pays OK at January 07, 2026 02:39 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 02:44 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Miklos might not enjoy that job, regardless of GS-14 or whatever at January 07, 2026 02:47 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: pawn at January 07, 2026 02:47 AM (Rmqfl)
Stomach is churning at the thought of all the fraud at every fk'ing level of gubmint. Ugh.
---Your pal, JQ The Fellow Chump
Posted by: JQ at January 07, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delcygate
Posted by: pawn
Ah
Wikipedia
If this is your Trusted Source, adieu, monsieur
Good Night, Sleep Tight, and additional pleasant dreams to you
Posted by: Miklos disregards at January 07, 2026 02:51 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: JQ
Hey-
Cheer up, Old Chump!
I just got a daycare license, a CDL, and a Child Food Vendor permit in your name.
Without even knowing your name!
What a country!
Posted by: Miklosov Smirnov at January 07, 2026 02:54 AM (f/3mU)
Frankly I don't trust anyone.
That is why I come here, to get educated in stuff I don't know about and try and shine a little light on what might be going on with stuff I do know about.
No disrespect meant for the Mighty Miklos, keeper of deep mysteries and boundless humor.
Posted by: pawn at January 07, 2026 02:56 AM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: pawn
I didn't come here for an argument!
Posted by: Monty Miklos-Python at January 07, 2026 02:59 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 03:00 AM (Puq9y)
Please tell
You have my attention
Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Miklos at January 07, 2026 03:04 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Braenyard
Try telling Darleen that
How many times did I pay her car title loan?
She don't even consider such things
Posted by: Miklos does what a man can within a budget at January 07, 2026 03:07 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 03:08 AM (Puq9y)
She don't even consider such things
Posted by: Miklos does what a man
---
My ex. We were at a couselor, he being told I was a tight wad. Added up, - all in agreement on the activity and the amts - When he put together the amount I spent on her a week. She didn't speak to me for a week. Then it got worse.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 03:16 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ bing! at January 07, 2026 03:17 AM (Puq9y)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 07, 2026 03:18 AM (0nHVk)
The Japaese market sells silver by th gram.
Posted by: Braenyard
My current hash could be read as Fuck cubed me and U.
Could be
Posted by: Miklos remains stubbornly optimistic at January 07, 2026 03:21 AM (f/3mU)
Served us well, now hangs its head
Posted by: A. E. Housman as paraphrased by Miklos at January 07, 2026 03:30 AM (f/3mU)
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Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2026 03:54 AM (Ia/+0)
I hate hate hate being rushed.
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