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Ladies And Gentlemen, Hobos and Tramps. Cross-Eyed Mosquitoes and Bow-Legged Ants. I come Before You To Stand Behind You And Tell You All About ONT!
Howdy everyone! Welcome to meme Friday. This first one struck me because you guys should see the ones I don't post.
Fido Friday:My food!
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 6, 2026
Boss move
Choose two
Shoot your shot. You never know
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 8, 2026
It was a long helicopter ride
I can see it
Not creepy at all
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 8, 2026
Tonight's pun
Funny cuz it's true
Hillbilly dew
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 6, 2026
Cellmates
Coffee
Snow White as a child
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 6, 2026
I am woman, watch me climb
Modern proverb
Casual friends
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 6, 2026
I walk 2 miles a day. I can relate
Gen X
Life at my house
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 6, 2026
Handcrafted with like
It's true you know
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Eric Swalwell at January 09, 2026 10:00 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 09, 2026 10:00 PM (SRRAx)
I will pay, you will pay, he/she/it will pay, we will pay, you will pay, they will pay.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 09, 2026 10:00 PM (MPaMF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 09, 2026 10:00 PM (JkO4W)
Hello, Teresa!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 09, 2026 10:01 PM (EEvvy)
--
When politicians pop off with this bullshit they should be taken at their words and treated accordingly.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 09, 2026 10:01 PM (/lPRQ)
https://x.com/prontoyyc/status/
2009814956015813003
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 10:02 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 09, 2026 10:03 PM (lUFok)
@nypost
·
1h
Judge blocks Trump admin from freezing $10B in child care, social services funding to five blue states https://trib.al/RCXg2dn
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 10:03 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: buddhaha at January 09, 2026 10:04 PM (a+u3Q)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 09, 2026 10:04 PM (tcsrY)
If you don't want dog poo on your shelves, then give the shawties some help.
Posted by: gKWVE 5'8 at January 09, 2026 10:04 PM (gKWVE)
I also like that Goldie makes no bones about the filthy commies.
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 09, 2026 10:05 PM (jvxGE)
Posted by: davidt at January 09, 2026 10:06 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 09, 2026 10:06 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2026 10:06 PM (KC3Wn)
spoiler: it was a bad idea and the military warned the Politburo as much.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 09, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 09, 2026 10:06 PM (tcsrY)
I talk to myself in my head a lot. That wouldn't count.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 09, 2026 10:08 PM (n4Qav)
Oh yeah, arrest warrant for inappropriate behavior with twin boys on a set.
No Googling, take a guess...
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 09, 2026 10:08 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 09, 2026 10:09 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 09, 2026 10:09 PM (Xb07I)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2026 10:06 PM (KC3Wn)
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Maybe, but you still can't bring it on the bus.
Posted by: The Bus Driver at January 09, 2026 10:09 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 09, 2026 10:10 PM (1nXHW)
Posted by: Moonbeam at January 09, 2026 10:10 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 09, 2026 10:11 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:12 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 09, 2026 10:12 PM (n4Qav)
That GenX pic. I was hoping for a 'Bladerunner' dystopian future. Decker's apartment was fantastic, flying cars would be cool, and sex bots would have there uses. Lots and lots of uses. Alas, not to be.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 09, 2026 10:12 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 09, 2026 10:00 PM (JkO4W)
I didn't know Curtis Sliwa was into memes.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 09, 2026 10:12 PM (1nXHW)
No? Maybe it was just a meme - or a bad dream.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 09, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: TRex - Friday night dino at January 09, 2026 10:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
@amuse 27m
MINNEAPOLIS: Massive anti-ICE march chants “F-ICE! F-ICE!” outside the Canopy Hilton in Minneapolis, where ICE Watch agitators mistakenly believe ICE agents are staying.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 09, 2026 10:13 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here
Not Ray Romano?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 09, 2026 10:13 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:12 PM (t9juj)
Internal monologue? Do that all the time. Doing it right now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 09, 2026 10:14 PM (SRRAx)
At his arraignment:
"I thought she was Twenty-Something".
Posted by: Tonypete at January 09, 2026 10:15 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 09, 2026 10:12 PM (n4Qav)
Fair guess, but no. Our accused pedo was in a couple of Revenge movies early in his career, was briefly in the hottest show on tv (iirc) then wound up playing a reporter on another big show.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 09, 2026 10:15 PM (w/O5Q)
I imagine PDJT being present with a checklist of possible targets in Caracas
"...What's this 'Museum of Hugo Chávez all about? It houses his remains, you say? Well, let's just give that one a checkmark, too!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 09, 2026 10:15 PM (xG4kz)
@amuse 27m
MINNEAPOLIS: Massive anti-ICE march chants “F-ICE! F-ICE!” outside the Canopy Hilton in Minneapolis, where ICE Watch agitators mistakenly believe ICE agents are staying.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 09, 2026 10:13 PM (mlg/3)
Protesting against the cold weather? Ok...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 09, 2026 10:15 PM (mP0Kj)
But I sure would have been here sooner if I'd remembered that it's WeirdDave Friday Meme ONT!
Yay.
Posted by: mindful webworker - what does it all meme? at January 09, 2026 10:16 PM (htxYa)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:13 PM
I don't have that, or maybe I don't have that all the time. I mean, if I am thinking about saying something, I hear it.
Mostly it's just pictures and ideas in my head.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:16 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 09, 2026 10:16 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:17 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 09, 2026 10:17 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:17 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 09, 2026 10:18 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here
I Googled. Don't recognize him.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 09, 2026 10:18 PM (VGKh4)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 09, 2026 10:18 PM (1nXHW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Do you hear your own voice?
Have you ever taped yourself and the played it back? Because I didn't think I sounded that way.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2026 10:18 PM (KC3Wn)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 09, 2026 10:18 PM (ScJGb)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 09, 2026 10:18 PM (w/O5Q)
Who?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:12 PM (t9juj)
Do you have an inner voice? A % of the population does not have one.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 09, 2026 10:18 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: tankdemon
Sorry you were late - see #37.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 09, 2026 10:19 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 09, 2026 10:20 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Joemarine at January 09, 2026 10:18 PM
I don't think so, but how would I understand what this is supposed to mean if I didn't have it? Maybe I have it as much as anyone but everyone else thinks more of it.
It's like asking a blind man about color.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:20 PM (t9juj)
Have you ever taped yourself and the played it back? Because I didn't think I sounded that way.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2026 10:18 PM (KC3Wn)
Played guitar for 50 years... not well... but...
Fun to put the microphone through the speakers sometimes, to find out how OTHER people hear you.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 09, 2026 10:20 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Just The Guy Who Will Do It, Too! at January 09, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)
Now I just wait until a nice tall man walks by and I ask them if I can "borrow their height".
Works every time 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 09, 2026 10:20 PM (SRRAx)
I can never decide which is my favorite. I do know I'm sad when I get to the end...
Thank you sir😛!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 09, 2026 10:20 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: The Emergency Room Doctor at January 09, 2026 10:21 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 09, 2026 10:21 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
Build it, and he will cum?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 09, 2026 10:21 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 09, 2026 10:21 PM (ScJGb)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 09, 2026 10:18 PM (w/O5Q)
Without looking, is he the ginger bearded guy from the 90's TV show "Thirtysomething"?
Posted by: Joemarine at January 09, 2026 10:21 PM (y171U)
@amuse 27m
MINNEAPOLIS: Massive anti-ICE march chants “F-ICE! F-ICE!” outside the Canopy Hilton in Minneapolis, where ICE Watch agitators mistakenly believe ICE agents are staying.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 09, 2026 10:13 PM (mlg/3)
Protesting against the cold weather? Ok...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 09, 2026 10:15 PM (mP0Kj)
I'm surprised they did start some fires in the street to keep warm. Wait, that would cause Globull Warming, and would need to be extinguished by a water drop or three.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 09, 2026 10:21 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:21 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 09, 2026 10:21 PM (znREB)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 09, 2026 10:19 PM (cYBz/)
Yes, my shoulders dropped when I saw that. Good one.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 09, 2026 10:22 PM (1nXHW)
Posted by: Randy Newman at January 09, 2026 10:22 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 09, 2026 10:22 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 09, 2026 10:22 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:23 PM (t9juj)
1. You can always find a buyer. Then worm my way into some major corporation that pays on commission a percentage of sales, and coast professionally until I retire.
2. You can see real name, origin, weight, description and real age of something. Then I subcontract that out to the Federal Govt. intelligence agencies for a disgustingly obscene price....for adversarial and vetting purposes. (Bonus: best wingman ever in any bar)
Posted by: Orson at January 09, 2026 10:23 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 09, 2026
***
I watched one episode of it, a dream setup where the main characters were cast as Rob and Laura Petrie and friends from Dick Van Dyke. That was fun. But whenever I peered at other episodes, "whiny" seemed a good word for it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:23 PM (wzUl9)
Porn really has ruined the minds of GenX / Millennials hasn't it.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 09, 2026 10:24 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: mindful webworker - well, there was ONE thing ... at January 09, 2026 10:24 PM (htxYa)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)
Me too.
But, lying in bed, I sleep a couple of hours, wake for an hour, then drift into weird dreams, then sleep another hour or so. then repeat, until I have to get up at 0600.
But. it works. I do not suffer from insomnia. But, based on my dreams, I may have some neuroses.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 09, 2026 10:24 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:12 PM (t9juj)
Well, whose voice are you hearing, Toby? I think they are normal. Now I am confused. Should I hear Yoko's voice? Sam Elliot's?
Sometimes mine cracks jokes and we laugh and laugh all alone.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 10:24 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 09, 2026 10:24 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 09, 2026 10:25 PM (1nXHW)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 09, 2026 10:25 PM (n4Qav)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:25 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 09, 2026 10:25 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: TRex - well behaved dino at January 09, 2026 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
Like ace is easy because we have his voice from the podcast.
Others I assign random voices.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Piper at January 09, 2026 10:26 PM (Wmg4n)
A very strange week. Interesting way to start the new year
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 09, 2026 10:26 PM (ScJGb)
Why not just provide a link? Why play this stupid fucking click bait bullshit?
You know what, who cares. Piss on it.
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (C1NyB)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (n4Qav)
Where am I supposed to choose two?
Why am I supposed to choose two?
This has added stress to my last few minutes.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Piper at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:12 PM (t9juj)
Do you have an inner voice? A % of the population does not have one.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 09, 2026
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I can't imagine *not* hearing my inner voice. It's part of how I write, to imagine my characters talking, and sometimes to plan the words of what I am going to write. (Other times the words just come out and surprise me.) Are there really people who cannot "hear" their own thoughts?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)
*smacks forehead* Historic injustice of victim blaming. TdA murderous gang members are now victims in Portland. If the left every gets control of the Federal government anytime soon I am confident they will suddenly stop being so sensitive.
Posted by: Pineapple Upside Down Cake at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Like Homer Simpson
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Timothy Busfield? Has he actually been in anything in the last thirty something years?
Posted by: tankdemon
"Field of Dreams" as the "You're gonna be foreclosed on!" a-hole brother of the real life a-hole woman playing Costner's wife.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 09, 2026 10:28 PM (xG4kz)
"You lose 100% of the shots you don't take!"
**********
Also love the "Born to be alive" video - disco was a fun time!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 09, 2026 10:28 PM (SRRAx)
Porn really has ruined the minds of GenX / Millennials hasn't it.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 09, 2026 10:24 PM (gKWVE)
I'm guessing twins because child actors on a set. To be fair, shakedowns happen, buuuut:
“I don’t remember those boys,” he said. “No, I don’t. I don’t actually, I don’t remember it, if it happened. I don’t remember overtly tickling the boys ever, but it wouldn’t be uncommon for me.” -T Busfield
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 09, 2026 10:28 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 09, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 09, 2026 10:29 PM (VGKh4)
Like ace is easy because we have his voice from the podcast.
Others I assign random voices.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:26 PM
I do that but I don't think that is what the internal monolog people mean.
Btw, I read JJS as Gilbert Gottfried. Jack Straw is, of course, Don Johnson.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:29 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: Piper at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (Wmg4n)
Book characters, I will read in famous people/actor voices. People on the blog are just random, generic voices. Unless i have heard their actual voice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: UW Huskies T-shirt Owner at January 09, 2026 10:29 PM (HTCU3)
spoiler: it was a bad idea and the military warned the Politburo as much.
Posted by: gKWVE
They were eyeing up Iran's oil fields too. Maybe they figured taking Afghanistan would put them a bit closer.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 09, 2026 10:30 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: mindful webworker - well, there was ONE thing ... at January 09, 2026
***
Yeah, alternate choices. Such as, I got drafted or signed up for the Navy during Vietnam, but wound up studying and working with computers in Germany, then went into the field when I got out. Made a *lot* of money much earlier in my life and was able to retire earlier. Maybe moved and lived in different climates and places.
Lots of possibilities.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:30 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)
I can see it being a useful trait for a writer. Alas, I only do bad haiku. My head is more like the infinite monkeys.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 09, 2026 10:31 PM (n4Qav)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:23 PM (t9juj)
Anendophasia (not having an inner voice, or the "voice in your head").
Aphantasia (inability to voluntarily create mental images).
The latter is fascinating....try this quick self-test. Close your eyes and try to picture a bright red apple.
Can you see its color, shape, shine, stem, or any details vividly?
Or is it just a blank/dark screen, a vague"knowing" of what an apple is, or maybe concepts/words instead?
Posted by: Joemarine at January 09, 2026 10:31 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Piper at January 09, 2026 10:31 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 09, 2026 10:32 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 09, 2026 10:06 PM (tcsrY)
I apologize a lot, does that count?
Posted by: moki at January 09, 2026 10:32 PM (wLjpr)
Not that it makes what he allegedly do ok.
I guess that girl yelling at her bf is wanting a ring. I can see why he won't give her one as she seems a bit unstable.
The girl who is sleeping with all of those animals,well, it made me both itch and smell them. But in my own voice, toby.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 10:32 PM (WONhk)
Why not just provide a link? Why play this stupid fucking click bait bullshit?
You know what, who cares. Piss on it.
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (C1NyB)
Dafuq? You have a nice night. Sounds like you had a great afternoon.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 09, 2026 10:33 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Did It Today-Now Banned From Food Lion at January 09, 2026 10:33 PM (oftw2)
The latter is fascinating....try this quick self-test. Close your eyes and try to picture a bright red apple.
Can you see its color, shape, shine, stem, or any details vividly?
Or is it just a blank/dark screen, a vague"knowing" of what an apple is, or maybe concepts/words instead?
Posted by: Joemarine at January 09, 2026 10:31 PM
Boy928 had me do that when we were talking about all this. Yeah, no problem seeing it. I can rotate and zoom in. Add colors, bad spots, worm holes, etc.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:33 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:33 PM (wzUl9)
"You lose 100% of the shots you don't take!"
**********
Also love the "Born to be alive" video - disco was a fun time!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 09, 2026 10:28 PM (SRRAx)
You also lose 100% of the 10mm sockets you ever own.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 09, 2026 10:34 PM (1nXHW)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 09, 2026 10:06 PM (tcsrY)
Only after near death experiences, which I haven't had (thankfully) for decades as I am now boring. She retired when I got married.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 10:34 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
----
the electric violinist
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 10:34 PM (ZxPkt)
Thirrysomething was a big deal back in the day. Bunch of Yuppies. I didn't get it.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
That show and the movie "The Big Chill" were and remain prime targets for purging from our society. Insufferable jerkwads from top to bottom in both.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 09, 2026 10:34 PM (xG4kz)
Best of all, I get to go through it all again showing it to MiladyJo. When she's finished with the dishes.😏
The little girl with all the critters was amazing.
Posted by: mindful webworker - lots of critters tonight!! at January 09, 2026 10:34 PM (htxYa)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls,
Don't recognize the name. Looked him up. That guy was in 'Field of Dreams'. Played the BiL of Costner's character.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 09, 2026 10:34 PM (Kdi1r)
Yeah, whatever, he still looks ridiculous in his silk kimono.
Posted by: Zombie General McArthur at January 09, 2026 10:34 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work
Brezhnev's mind was mush as of autumn 1979. He was Biden-tier.
The people making the decisions were KGB (Andropov), the Party, and the diplomatic corps (Gromyko). I'd say the military too but they were outmaneuvered.
I think you are probably right that the Soviets were looking at revolutionary Iran and thinking that the mullahs weren't going to last against the Tudeh and other leftist parties. The US under Carter obviously was a joke.
It turned out that the mullahs had Khomeini who was even more ruthless than the commies, who as I mentioned were run by a pants shitter at the time.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 09, 2026 10:35 PM (gKWVE)
The video footage I've seen of the Minneapolis shooting seems to be from more than one event. One vantage shows lots of cars and another shows few cars. One shows the ICE agent alongside the charging/fleeing SUV and another shows him in front of it. One has the taunting "wife" and in another there do not seem to be any non uniformed people nearby.
What is going on? I'm so confused. Are there false AI videos being disseminated?
Posted by: Emmie at January 09, 2026 10:35 PM (FMtrg)
I'm telling you, this subject is like a blind man grasping color to me.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:36 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: Art For the (M)asses at January 09, 2026 10:36 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 09, 2026
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I always try to picture book characters as actors I'm familiar with, and sometimes as people I've actually known.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:36 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 09, 2026 10:36 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)
How do you read silently to yourself? I am baffled.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 10:36 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: screaming in digital at January 09, 2026 10:37 PM (IONGM)
Posted by: Issac Newton at January 09, 2026 10:37 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)
I have many inner voices. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 09, 2026 10:38 PM (snZF9)
I'm telling you, this subject is like a blind man grasping color to me.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:36 PM (t9juj)
When you read this, whose voice is in your head?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 10:38 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 09, 2026 10:38 PM (NG46o)
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 10:39 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 10:38 PM
Your voice is kind of generic, but I have a mental image of you. It's a little cartoonish.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:40 PM (t9juj)
How do you read silently to yourself? I am baffled.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026
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Then I'm "hearing" the voices of the characters as they speak, or picturing what they are doing in narration. In non-fiction, it's tougher, but I'm still trying to picture the people involved.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:40 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Chatterbox (1979) at January 09, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)
I clearly remember a Christmas gift for one grandmother, a huge embroidered iris picture (she was a master gardner and bred or something iris). I was weeping as I had to finish it to have it framed. In the end it was beautiful and now in my mother's bedroom, to be mine someday. Now that I have the time I get nothing much done. But 2026 is going to be different!
I think my husband used to just figure this was part of the holidays and get me another glass of wine.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 10:41 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Zombie Al Davis at January 09, 2026 10:41 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: screaming in digital at January 09, 2026 10:37 PM (IONGM)
I hear, "nice going, dickhead" in Slider's (Top Gun) voice.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 10:42 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026
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Christy, for some reason -- and don't be offended -- I picture you as looking like, and having the voice of, actress Katy Mixon. She was a regular on the Mike and Molly sitcom with Mellissa McCarthy. She seems like she'd be a fun person!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:43 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Jerral Wayne Jones' interior monolog at January 09, 2026 10:44 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 09, 2026 10:44 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Kratwurst at January 09, 2026 10:44 PM (fcDpY)
Posted by: browndog would never at January 09, 2026 10:45 PM (3sXRv)
Who knew my inner voice could sound so much like my mother?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:23 PM (t9juj)
Anendophasia (not having an inner voice, or the "voice in your head").
Aphantasia (inability to voluntarily create mental images).
The latter is fascinating....try this quick self-test. Close your eyes and try to picture a bright red apple.
Can you see its color, shape, shine, stem, or any details vividly?
Or is it just a blank/dark screen, a vague"knowing" of what an apple is, or maybe concepts/words instead?
Posted by: Joemarine at January 09, 2026 10:31 PM (y171U)
I can do it without closing my eyes. While typing and staring at the screen here. I wonder what they call that shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 09, 2026 10:46 PM (snZF9)
Your voice is kind of generic, but I have a mental image of you. It's a little cartoonish.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:40 PM (t9juj)
Ha! Don't forget the sexy Southern accent! I sound and looked a bit like Jean Smart in Designing Women when I was a RN (same 80's hair at the time). Granted, the male patients in the hospital who told me this were drugged. One drugged man said Kathleen Turner.
A very elderly nurses aide said an old actress called Alice Faye. I had to look her up.
So put them all together for my cartoon.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 10:46 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 09, 2026 10:46 PM (zUe/H)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 09, 2026 10:46 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
must... resist... urge... to... post... The Police . . .
Posted by: gKWVE at January 09, 2026 10:47 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 09, 2026 10:47 PM (1nXHW)
I don't know, she looks like she could be a little stabby.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
She's too dumb to figure out how to use birth control, and she thinks he should commit to her?
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 09, 2026 10:47 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:48 PM (t9juj)
https://youtu.be/pE_Q0ohfeyE
There's someone in my head, but it's not me.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 09, 2026 10:48 PM (1nXHW)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 09, 2026 10:49 PM (NG46o)
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She's too dumb to figure out how to use birth control, and she thinks he should commit to her?
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 09, 2026 10:47 PM (0Htd1)
Heh. I think he should probably find a friend with benefits, or even a girlfriend, with less issues.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 09, 2026 10:49 PM (ULPxl)
That is startling close to the image, maybe a bit closer to that Kiss My Grits actress, but with different hair. Straight, combed down, not bangs but angles. And silver.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:50 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 09, 2026 10:44 PM (cxFcK)
There are also reports that the Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has resigned. Also unconfirmed.
Posted by: Dr. T at January 09, 2026 10:50 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Kratwurst at January 09, 2026 10:44 PM (fcDpY)
The judges would have accepted a "Chorlotte" sock for thst post.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 09, 2026 10:51 PM (1nXHW)
@ZoomerHistorian
is very common amongst the Ottoman soldiers.
The Jannisary homosexual practice doesn't explain why was homosexuality common among native Turks, and among the Turkish nobility, even among Pashas and Sultans. But Islam explains it. Islamic oral traditions are very similar in nature
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 09, 2026 10:51 PM (MPaMF)
She wants to get pregnant, so he has to marry her.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 09, 2026 10:51 PM (NG46o)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026
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I do that too, toby. Of course, other times I have memory voices of people I've known, or of lines from TV shows and movies. It's amusing sometimes to pull up when I'm lying in bed and realize the various directions my thoughts have gone, one sparking another.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls
Get the rope. The lying piece of shit knows damn well. I hate pedophiles.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 09, 2026 10:52 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 09, 2026 10:46 PM (snZF9)
Me, too! Oh, lawsie!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 10:52 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: UW Huskies T-shirt Owner at January 09, 2026 10:52 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 09, 2026 10:53 PM (NG46o)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Ah yes. This brings to mind to one the excitement and danger of the one last time knowing that tomorrow, you're breaking up with her.
By phone.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 09, 2026 10:53 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 09, 2026 10:53 PM (tgvbd)
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25m
🚨 BREAKING: MINNEAPOLIS POLICE SURRENDER TO ANTI-ICE RIOTERS AFTER OFFICERS ATTACKED
They have now RUN AWAY and ABANDONED the area which has been TAKEN OVER by leftist anarchists
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Chatterbox (1979) at January 09, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)
Hold on a sec. They talk, now?!?!??
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 10:54 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: UW Huskies T-shirt Owner at January 09, 2026 10:52 PM
At least Oregon scored a touchdown. As one of you wags noted, Alabama's only touchdown was at LAX.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:54 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 09, 2026 10:54 PM (NG46o)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2026 10:55 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Mike Pence at January 09, 2026 10:55 PM (HTCU3)
My real-life voice sounds more like that guy down by the river what asks me for money. Kind of a phlegmy baritone.
Just kidding. I've heard my voice recorded, and it sounds like Bill Murray's. Now, if only I had his talent.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 09, 2026 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 09, 2026 10:55 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Chatterbox (1979) at January 09, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)
Hold on a sec. They talk, now?!?!??
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 10:54 PM
It's a monologue. Guys aren't listening.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:55 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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must... resist... urge... to... post... The Police . . .
Posted by: gKWVE at January 09, 2026
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Sting's mother fussed over him too?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)
So put them all together for my cartoon.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 10:46 PM (WONhk)
Alice Fay ... you can talk to me all day. She was all sorts of fun: song and dance actress. Married to Phill Harris: band leader, actor, southern raconteur
Posted by: browndog would never at January 09, 2026 10:56 PM (3sXRv)
They have now RUN AWAY and ABANDONED the area which has been TAKEN OVER by leftist anarchists
Posted by: Don Black
Insurrection Act and send in the Marine 1st Expeditionary Force with no ROE.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2026 10:56 PM (KC3Wn)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 09, 2026 10:56 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 09, 2026 10:57 PM (MPaMF)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 10:57 PM (X+xvk)
They have now RUN AWAY and ABANDONED the area which has been TAKEN OVER by leftist anarchists
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)
No no. It's a great town, really.
Posted by: Lileks at January 09, 2026 10:57 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 09, 2026 10:57 PM (1nXHW)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 09, 2026 10:09 PM (Xb07I)
Good to see you here, Walter! Locked and loaded?
We put your name in for Territorial Governor of Minnesota once Trump cancels Statehood.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2026 10:58 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Beltone Bob at January 09, 2026 10:58 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 10:54 PM
Either that, or spit ping pong balls.
Posted by: Or smoke, too at January 09, 2026 10:58 PM (uQesX)
They have now RUN AWAY and ABANDONED the area which has been TAKEN OVER by leftist anarchists
Posted by: Don Black
Insurrection Act and send in the Marine 1st Expeditionary Force with no ROE.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2026 10:56 PM (KC3Wn)
Let them wind themselves up juuust a little more, so other states think they can get away with it too.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 09, 2026 10:58 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:58 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: Chatterbox (1979) at January 09, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)
Hold on a sec. They talk, now?!?!??
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 10:54 PM
Chatterbox
*runs away*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 09, 2026 10:58 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Chatterbox (1979) at January 09, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)
Hold on a sec. They talk, now?!?!??
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 10:54 PM
It's a monologue. Guys aren't listening.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:55 PM (t9juj)
Maybe it's a soliloquy?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 10:59 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Chatterbox (1979) at January 09, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)
Hold on a sec. They talk, now?!?!??
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 10:54 PM (wVcYX)
Oh, since antiquity:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_loquens
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 09, 2026 10:59 PM (NG46o)
Posted by: rickb223
In my most pleasant dreams, I am rifle-butting blue haired fatties and soy-boys in the face without end.
I'm a simple man with simple needs.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 09, 2026 10:59 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 09, 2026 10:09 PM (Xb07I)
Good to see you here, Walter! Locked and loaded?
We put your name in for Territorial Governor of Minnesota once Trump cancels Statehood.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2026 10:58 PM (8zz6B)
I thought Marco Rubio was slated with that job, along with all his others.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 09, 2026 10:59 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 09, 2026
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True, OE. If I have a character with an accent, Russian, say, who leaves out articles when he speaks English ("I went to house to get car"), I "hear" him talk, and that is definitely not my voice.
I think what they mean by "voice" in fiction is a distinctive way of putting things into words. Rex Stout's Archie Goodwin, who narrated the Nero Wolfe mysteries, certainly had a distinctive voice and way with words.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:59 PM (wzUl9)
Hoosiers are now dragging the lifeless bodies of Ducks around the coliseum
Posted by: Don Black
The thing is, Indiana isn't trying to run the score up. It's just that Nike State left there defense in Eugene. The Hoosiers are just running the ball in the 4th Qt. Nothing fancy. And yet, they're still scoring.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 09, 2026 10:59 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 10:50 PM (t9juj)
Nope, not super straight, highlighted blonde, and all the same length 4" below shoulders. It is naturally wavy/curly, but I set it on hot rollers after I wash it and tada! done! til next time!
In HS and college, when it was to my waist, to get it to behave I slept with a fruit cocktail can on top of my head (pony tail on top, then wrapped around the can). Had duct tape on the edges. Classy!
This was so normal for me to try to get it straight there is a photo of me in my swimsuit with baby brother by the pool, taken by our aunt. I guess church the next day because I rarely dated.
I should blow up the photo for the gallery downstairs to confuse our sons and grands someday. Maybe photo shop a bone vs the can like Pebbles Flintstone.
Others were ironing their hair straight and my mother said no. She said no to a lot of things and I mostly behaved.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 11:00 PM (WONhk)
Do you guys talk to your guardian angel?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 09, 2026 10:06 PM (tcsrY)
___________
Every day:
O holy Guardian Angel, my dear friend and solicitous guide on the dangerous way of life, to you be heartfelt thanks for the numberless benefits which have been granted me through your love and goodness and for the powerful help by which you have preserved me from so many dangers and temptations. I beg of you, let me further experience your love and your care. Avert from me all danger, increase in me horror for sin and love for all that is good. Be a counselor and consoler to me in all the affairs of my life, and when my life draws to a close, conduct my soul through the valley of death into the kingdom of eternal peace, so that in eternity we may together praise God and rejoice in His glory. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 09, 2026 11:00 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026
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I keep losing track of the mustard seed that serves me as a conscience.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 11:00 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 09, 2026 11:00 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 10:57 PM (X+xvk)
Allegedly, she had to break state voting system security laws, which she says was to *prevent* records from being destroyed. So she's in state prison, and Polesucker's crew is refusing to turn her over to the feebs. I certainly hope there's some fed investigatin' going on as they've been making noises about this for a while.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 09, 2026 11:01 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at January 09, 2026 11:01 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
It's pure misery, isn't it?
Posted by: George Costanza at January 09, 2026 11:01 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 09, 2026 11:02 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Beltone Bob at January 09, 2026 10:58 PM (oftw2)
I now hate you and will build a potato voodoo doll for you tomorrow when I have time.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 11:02 PM (WONhk)
@nicksortor
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11m
🚨 BREAKING: RIOTERS NOW BREAKING INTO BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS
Windows broken and rioters have ENTERED
Tim Walz is MIA.
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 11:03 PM (ZxPkt)
I'm not changing my cartoon until I meet you.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 11:03 PM (t9juj)
@nicksortor
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11m
🚨 BREAKING: RIOTERS NOW BREAKING INTO BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS
Windows broken and rioters have ENTERED
Tim Walz is MIA.
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 11:03 PM (ZxPkt)
Did they cross state lines???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 09, 2026 11:04 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell
I know what you mean Rosie.
Posted by: Mike Pence at January 09, 2026 11:04 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 10:59 PM (wzUl9)
Then are they talking first person narrative only? Omniscient narrator as well? Because each character should have a "voice," not just the author.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 09, 2026 11:04 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 09, 2026 11:04 PM (8AONa)
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8m
🚨 BREAKING: Leftist rioters have BROKEN INTO and begun LOOTING down Minneapolis hotels
Minneapolis Police have PULLED OUT
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what do you steal from hotels? Furniture? Bedding? Those little bars of soap?
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 11:04 PM (ZxPkt)
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I'm not changing my cartoon until I meet you.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 11:03 PM (t9juj)
TX MoMee XI.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 09, 2026 11:05 PM (ULPxl)
I'd like to have had that "mistake detector" thingy and maybe the "alternate timeline" thingy. The other choices, nah...
The traffic-stopped relationship seemed very romantic (if not a bit red-flaggy) and I'm glad they got together.
Screaming date/GF annoys me. Jeepers. Dude deserves it, if they've been together a whole year. Doubt that brief vid was the *only* time she's come uncvnted at him.
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026 11:05 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Don Black
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Or cheering it on.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 09, 2026 11:04 PM
His wife opened the bedroom windows.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 11:05 PM (t9juj)
@nicksortor
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11m
🚨 BREAKING: RIOTERS NOW BREAKING INTO BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS
Windows broken and rioters have ENTERED
Tim Walz is MIA.
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Hey, there's a position to be filled. Ali Khameini should submit a resume.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 09, 2026 11:06 PM (+HNx/)
Well, it is playoff football season after all. Gots to gets a new TV.
Posted by: Tis the Season at January 09, 2026 11:06 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 09, 2026 11:06 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 11:06 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Javems at January 09, 2026 11:07 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 09, 2026 11:07 PM (ULPxl)
What a crazy week! From Maduro being nabbed to pink haired fat women who are, indeed, revolting.
And thanks to whomever posting the fat woman rioter last night hitting the ground then staggering up for more before hauled off in cuffs. They probably had to hazmat her down in the shower.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 11:07 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 09, 2026 11:07 PM (NG46o)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 09, 2026 11:07 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at January 09, 2026 11:01 PM (HTCU3)
Orangemanbad 24/7. Yuge and magnificent in your peabrain.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 09, 2026 11:07 PM (n4Qav)
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 11:07 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 11:04 PM (ZxPkt)
Towels, of course.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 09, 2026 11:09 PM (uQesX)
Minneapolis Police have PULLED OUT
How hard is it to break into a business whose door is always open?
And what are they looting? Stale bagels and cereal from the continental breakfast?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 09, 2026 11:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 11:07 PM (ZxPkt)
Did you ever think that maybe God was talking to you after all?
Posted by: browndog knows Philly's best at January 09, 2026 11:10 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 09, 2026 11:10 PM (gKWVE)
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8m
🚨 BREAKING: Leftist rioters have BROKEN INTO and begun LOOTING down Minneapolis hotels
Minneapolis Police have PULLED OUT
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what do you steal from hotels? Furniture? Bedding? Those little bars of soap?
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 11:04 PM (ZxPkt)
....................
I just remembered that we had a stop there once, near the Mall of America? Our hotel. It was super cold and sort of creepy even back then. I guess we were going to Canada as I have no idea what I was doing there (which is pretty normal when I travel).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 11:11 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Javems at January 09, 2026 11:07 PM
They could win the NFC East.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 11:11 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 11:11 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Don Black
Towels, of course.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Yeah. Because they don't have matchbooks or ashtrays anymore.
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026 11:12 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Javems at January 09, 2026 11:07 PM
They could win the NFC East.
Posted by: toby928(c)
Or AFC North.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 09, 2026 11:12 PM (Kdi1r)
Posted by: Elmer Fraud at January 09, 2026 11:12 PM (w/O5Q)
Sometimes I have to tell the voices in my head to shut up because I can't hear anyone.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 09, 2026 11:12 PM (RIvkX)
MN creates new riotin' month!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 11:11 PM (WONhk)
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Odd, they don't look French to me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 09, 2026 11:12 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Javems
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Winning without cheating. Who'dathunk it?
Posted by: Jim Harbaugh, Asshole at January 09, 2026 11:13 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 09, 2026
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I'm not sure exactly what they do mean, and I'm not sure they do either. Certainly in first person the narrator's "voice" is the first thing you notice.
Yes, ideally the other characters should have distinctive ways of speaking, maybe favorite phrases or curses or other tags. It depends on how long your story is, I guess. Something like Steinbeck's East of Eden has lots of room to explore various voices, the characters' ways of looking at the world. A short story like Hemingway's "The Killers" doesn't have that room, and you have to suggest their differences in a short space.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 11:13 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 11:13 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 11:04 PM (ZxPkt)
Towels, of course.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 09, 2026 11:09 PM (uQesX)
The Minnesota Nice rioters tidy up and empty the trashcans. Smooth out the bedcovers. That sort of thing.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 11:13 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 11:14 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 09, 2026 11:14 PM (GhIJO)
Welp. I have to get up early tomorrow as the bossy baby is coming to order me around when she's not smiling and being sweet. Her siblings and parents will be skiing. They are lucky we like babies and I wonder sometimes if they know how lucky they are.
Try to behave, Morons.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 11:16 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 11:13 PM (wVcYX)
Now, how about the Rent-A-Riot groups? Scorched earth is ok, because they were bussed in.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 09, 2026 11:16 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 09, 2026 11:16 PM (UXPSq)
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 11:04 PM (ZxPkt)
Big-screen TV's, and mini-bars?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2026 11:17 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 11:17 PM (t9juj)
Not really. I kept expecting one of the humans to pick up the AI canister and pitch it out of a window.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 11:17 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: "The Voice Of God" at January 09, 2026 11:18 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 09, 2026 11:19 PM (NG46o)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 11:19 PM (wzUl9)
Hoosiers are now dragging the lifeless bodies of Ducks around the coliseum
Posted by: Don Black
Love it!
I will cheer them on for the National Title. Good for them!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 11:19 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 09, 2026 11:16 PM (UXPSq)
iirc, Traditionally the body is crowd surfed through a mosh pit and yeeted into the Great Beyond.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 09, 2026 11:20 PM (w/O5Q)
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They all belonged to unions and learned to do as they were told.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 09, 2026 11:20 PM (MPaMF)
Sometimes I have to tell the voices in my head to shut up because I can't hear anyone.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 09, 2026
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"I can't come in to work because the voices told me to stay home and clean all the guns today"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 11:21 PM (wzUl9)
One of the most amazing thing about reading vintage science fiction is how optimistic most of the dystopias were. Yeah, there’s been no progress and everything sucks, but you can take your honeymoon on the moon. Sure, there was a civilization-destroying apocalypse but we’ve got hovercars and holographic movies.
They assumed that even in the face of extreme entropy, progress would continue, which is contradictory to say the least.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 09, 2026 11:21 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 09, 2026 11:21 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: The Angel of Death in a Festive Hat at January 09, 2026 11:22 PM (t9juj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Exactly, Wolfus! Haha. After "5 pregnancy scares" you'd think the dude would start wearing condoms-- IF he was gonna stick around for more of her abuse...
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
MSP / PDX Feed
https://youtu.be/7b5RAIMMO9U
MSP
https://youtu.be/QD7vHwe5yNo
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 09, 2026 11:23 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 09, 2026 11:23 PM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 09, 2026 11:23 PM (s61Oz)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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If Khomeini were dead there would be internet service or telecommunications.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 09, 2026 11:23 PM (MPaMF)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 09, 2026 11:24 PM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 09, 2026 11:23 PM (Ezs10)
I'm pretty sure you're right because I think it was dipshit Frey yammering about peacefulness afterwards.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 09, 2026 11:24 PM (ULPxl)
The "Let's get ready to rumble!" ring announcer voice guy is Michael Buffer. Still kicking at age 81. He trademarked the phrase and it generated over $400 million for him.
No such luck with my inner voice.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 11:24 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Upside down in Revolution Square
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 09, 2026 11:25 PM (RIvkX)
I'm guessing they don't live in Minneapolis.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 09, 2026 11:26 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Exactly, Wolfus! Haha. After "5 pregnancy scares" you'd think the dude would start wearing condoms-- IF he was gonna stick around for more of her abuse...
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026
***
A good test or flag in early dating stages is to see how your partner-to-be treats waiters and clerks and staffers. If he or she acts like a little dictator, that's a warning. If he/she is well-mannered and appreciative of what they are doing for him/her, that's a good sign.
Something tells me Miss Five Scares would be in the former class.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 11:26 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 09, 2026 11:24 PM (Ezs10)
Walter popped in briefly upthread. Hope he and thathalfrican and Minnfidel are all good. And any other MN Morons too!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 09, 2026 11:26 PM (ULPxl)
"...What's this 'Museum of Hugo Chávez all about? It houses his remains, you say? Well, let's just give that one a checkmark, too!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 09, 2026 10:15 PM (xG4kz)
The mausoleum of Chavez is the Cuartel de la Montaña, which was originally built as the Military academy in the 1900's, then became a headquarters building, and in the 80's was converted into a museum.
Chavez used it as a headquarters during the 1990 coup, and it was later used both as headquarters for the "Bolivarian Militia" and as Chavez' tomb and museum.
The Bolivarian Militia was the "fifth branch" of the Venezuelan military, a sort of national guard or like Noriega's "Dignity Batallions"
Posted by: Kindltot at January 09, 2026 11:26 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don Black
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Or cheering it on.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 09, 2026 11:04 PM
His wife opened the bedroom windows.
Posted by: toby928(c)
THAT'S THE SIGN! It's go time!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2026 11:26 PM (KC3Wn)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 09, 2026 11:26 PM (n4Qav)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026
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I keep losing track of the mustard seed that serves me as a conscience.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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These posts send me back immediately to "The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut." Samuel Clemens chasing his shrunken conscience around the room, attempting to bludgeon it, had me shrieking.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 11:27 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at January 09, 2026 11:01 PM (HTCU3)
I bet the stress creaking of any chair you're sitting in is louder.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 09, 2026 11:27 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Exactly, Wolfus! Haha. After "5 pregnancy scares" you'd think the dude would start wearing condoms-- IF he was gonna stick around for more of her abuse...
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
At least switch to No Deposit No Return mode.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 09, 2026 11:27 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 11:27 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 09, 2026 11:23 PM (MPaMF)
If comms are really disrupted, Khameini could be dead, and the IRGC will carry on with their brutality anyway, out of a sense of self-preservation, if nothing else. If they surrender to the people, they are dead, and justifiably so.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2026 11:28 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Tom Servo
72 hour rule. I heard he hot out yesterday with his family.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2026 11:28 PM (KC3Wn)
Posted by: browndog
I have heard That voice twice.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2026 11:29 PM (KC3Wn)
Mamata Banerjee The WET FINALLY DID IT
Modi Tehran Khamenei
https://tinyurl.com/4x7n5sfm
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 09, 2026 11:30 PM (MPaMF)
They assumed that even in the face of extreme entropy, progress would continue, which is contradictory to say the least.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 09, 2026
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To be fair, in Larry Niven's Known Space cycle, the later stages with hyperlight travel to various colony and alien planets take place several *hundred* years after the devastation of the Man-Kzin Wars, not twenty years later. There'd be time for civilization to recover. One generation or even two is pretty short for that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 11:30 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Hate to say it, but her boyfriend is nailing her Mom. That's why he's texting her all the time.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 11:30 PM (X+xvk)
Time I headed off to dream of eclectic sheep. [sic] A good night to all!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 11:32 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Hate to say it, but her boyfriend is nailing her Mom. That's why he's texting her all the time.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 11:30 PM (X+xvk)
Whoa. [/Keanu Reeves voice]. I think you're right!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 09, 2026 11:33 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026
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I've occasionally been in the position where I *wanted* to do that. Not often, and nothing ever came of it, but boy, I wanted to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 11:34 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 09, 2026 11:35 PM (jc0TO)
I have no idea why my Guardian Angel hasn't quit by now. But I appreciate him all the more.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 09, 2026 11:35 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 09, 2026 11:36 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026
***
I've occasionally been in the position where I *wanted* to do that. Not often, and nothing ever came of it, but boy, I wanted to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 11:34 PM (wzUl9)
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From this moment, I will hear "Stacy's Mom" whenever Wolfus posts.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 09, 2026 11:36 PM (n4Qav)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 09, 2026 11:37 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
***
Hate to say it, but her boyfriend is nailing her Mom. That's why he's texting her all the time.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 11:30 PM (X+xvk)
After the first pregnancy scare is the time for this talk. Ring or walk.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 09, 2026 11:37 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 09, 2026 11:37 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Joemarine
One? I have the entire squirrel panel.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 09, 2026 11:38 PM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Duuuude.
NOW it makes sense. LOL!
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026 11:39 PM (rdVOm)
@0hour1 2h
AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI may have been shot fleeing to the airport by a military coup.
Several accounts are posting it I will keep you all updated.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 09, 2026 11:39 PM (mlg/3)
Don't listen to those Kel-Tec 57 shills.
I really like my church gun. I'm taking it to the range tomorrow.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 09, 2026 11:40 PM (xcxpd)
When the Shah was overthrown in 1979, Iranian communists/socialists played a key part (as did communist-adjacent President Jimmy "Preparation H" Carter.)
The Islamists quickly rolled up the secular revolutionaries and filled their prisons with them.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 09, 2026 11:40 PM (hZ1gu)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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But the State of Colorado did destroy those voting records, in clear violation of the law, didn't they? If that's correct, there is no legitimate reason the Feds aren't investigating it.
Similarly, the Herculean efforts by Fulton County, Georgia, to hide any and all ballot records from the 2020 elections should be under an electron microscope, as should that corrupt sack of crap Brad Raffensperger.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 11:41 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 11:30 PM (X+xvk)
After the first pregnancy scare is the time for this talk. Ring or walk.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 09, 2026 11:37 PM (xcxpd)
I did not watch that video, so I will not render an opinion. I did sell my old Jeep this evening, and there is a gun show this weekend. Serendipity, or what?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2026 11:41 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Really?? at January 09, 2026 11:41 PM (kgFPv)
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at January 09, 2026 11:42 PM (UWRAE)
Good.
And.
Hard.
Posted by: Really?? at January 09, 2026 11:41 PM (kgFPv)
They are short one Good.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2026 11:44 PM (8zz6B)
MSP / PDX Feed
https://youtu.be/7b5RAIMMO9U
MSP
https://youtu.be/Er_oCViywlw
PDX
https://youtu.be/OgOeZZzBU2Y
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 09, 2026 11:44 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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These days, there really is no excuse at all for ANY "pregnancy scare".
I mean, c'mon... There are so many forms of BC now, and they're *all* OTC. No embarrassment of asking a clerk or pharmacist for them; affordable enough; male or female versions... choices galore.
If you're religious enough to be against BC? Then, you ought to be "religious enough" to abstain outside of wedlock.
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026 11:45 PM (rdVOm)
Don't listen to those Kel-Tec 57 shills.
I really like my church gun. I'm taking it to the range tomorrow.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo
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There is a ewetube video doing the usual tests of .22 magnum vs 5.56 at six foot. Very interesting.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 09, 2026 11:45 PM (MPaMF)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 09, 2026 11:45 PM (s61Oz)
Posted by: Really?? at January 09, 2026 11:45 PM (kgFPv)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 09, 2026 11:45 PM (n4Qav)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 09, 2026 11:47 PM (s61Oz)
Posted by: browndog
I have heard That voice twice.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2026 11:29 PM (KC3Wn)
........................................
Came back for a minute before reading before bed.
I clearly heard in my head, "Uh, oh" when my bf/future husband and I really met and talked for hours at a party. I guess it was my voice in my head...but a pretty weird thought...and the only time I thought this meeting anyone.
I was outside getting some fresh air at a large kegger, and he walked out the back door as I turned to see who it was.
I told him I had a bit of the spins, and that fresh air was the cure when he walked over to me. I'm not sure why he was out there, too.
I knew him but thought this the moment I saw him. Not in fear, but that life was fixin' to change. It did. Rather strange, eh?
Good night and have a wonderful weekend!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 09, 2026 11:47 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr
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No, no, no!
The Barack Obama Wastewater Treatment Plant and Medium Security Prison must be left in all its glory, so that the good people who supported that Marxist asshat have to endure that architectural abomination for the rest of their miserable lives.
An abomination from the Obama nation! I like the sound of that!
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 11:49 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2026 11:49 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 09, 2026 11:49 PM (s61Oz)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 09, 2026 11:49 PM (cxFcK)
I mean, c'mon... There are so many forms of BC now, and they're *all* OTC. No embarrassment of asking a clerk or pharmacist for them; affordable enough; male or female versions... choices galore.
If you're religious enough to be against BC? Then, you ought to be "religious enough" to abstain outside of wedlock.
Posted by: JQ
Should have stuck with Catholic BC.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 09, 2026 11:50 PM (/lPRQ)
Scratched a few other chores off the old "to do" list also, so it was a pretty good day overall.
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026 11:50 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
You have a different gun for church? I stick with my old tried, true and dependable G19, but...
* considers using the " I need a church gun dear" on Mrs. Sock *
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 09, 2026 11:52 PM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 09, 2026 11:52 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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???
The only BC that's approved as Catholic, is only "approved" because it doesn't work.
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026 11:52 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 09, 2026 11:53 PM (s61Oz)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 09, 2026 11:54 PM (n4Qav)
Posted by: JQ
Must be regional - oral only.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 09, 2026 11:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2026 11:57 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I only took down the outdoor stuff today, because it was nice out there and plenty dry for storage. Indoor lights and little tree are still up and lit, LOL.
Maybe tomorrow... depends how I feel. Been battling the blues a lot lately.
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)
That's it. That's all I got.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 09, 2026 11:58 PM (2WIwB)
I have never heard anyone expound on how, precisely, the Mayor has the power to negate American law, or the Constitution and the protections guaranteed therein. He's a freaking MAYOR. What am I missing?
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 11:58 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Really?? at January 09, 2026 11:45 PM (kgFPv)
The Iranian protesters have forgotten to send out press releases to the major news outlets, breaking with the usual color revolution procedures.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 09, 2026 11:58 PM (rbvCR)
All lined up and ready for the lawn tractor to haul them out front.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 09, 2026 11:59 PM (MPaMF)
* considers using the " I need a church gun dear" on Mrs. Sock *
Posted by: Sock Monkey
I had a Taurus CIA. 6 shot .357 mag snub barrel, totally enclosed hammer. Stainless Steel. It sat in an Uncle Mike's suede inside the pocket holster. It was sweet. Had to get rid of it after a divorce. They quit making them later that year. If I ever see one or a Ruger Speed Six in a pawn shop, it'll be mine no questions asked.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 10, 2026 12:00 AM (KC3Wn)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 11:58 PM (X+xvk)
Well, he a musloid, and a Commie, and a fag. Chances are he's not too bright.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 10, 2026 12:01 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 10, 2026 12:01 AM (s61Oz)
Never really thought about what my inner voice sounds like. It's just thoughts.
Many moons back, I read someone saying that the angels can't read our minds. They can guesstimate what we may be thinking, of course, but only by clues and experience with us. All these years, I'd just assumed they were painfully aware of my thoughts, but perhaps we have to speak them aloud for the local spirits to hear.
Still assume that the Father and the Son know everything I think. For which I constantly apologize and hope all that forgiveness stuff is for real.
https://youtu.be/1SiylvmFI_8
G'nite, y'all. See you in the Saturday threads.
Posted by: mindful webworker - voices I'd like to hear at January 10, 2026 12:04 AM (htxYa)
I have never heard anyone expound on how, precisely, the Mayor has the power to negate American law, or the Constitution and the protections guaranteed therein. He's a freaking MAYOR. What am I missing?
Posted by: Sam Adams
I like his new housing tsar's flex. City going to take housing, and charge people 30% of their monthly salary to live there. Someone making $5k a month, rent will be $1500 a month.
I pay $1200 a month for a custom 3/2/2 on 12 acres.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 10, 2026 12:04 AM (KC3Wn)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 10, 2026 12:04 AM (0Htd1)
All lined up and ready for the lawn tractor to haul them out front.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 09, 2026 11:59 PM (MPaMF)
I hoed the last of the weeds in the front yard/driveway today. Looks pretty good. There is a vast jungle of weeds in the side yard, and out back. Might go to the local rental yard, and see if I can rent a gas powered walk-behind weed whacker on wheels. An hour with one of those could knock 'em all down.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 10, 2026 12:05 AM (8zz6B)
Maybe tomorrow... depends how I feel. Been battling the blues a lot lately.
Posted by: JQ
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I have to take the outdoor lights down tomorrow. I actually leave a string of lights across the fireplace mantle year round. That, and a small, black Christmas stocking full of coal, nailed to the wood on one side of the fireplace, with "Naughty" embroidered on it in gold.
It amuses me.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 12:05 AM (X+xvk)
I have never heard anyone expound on how, precisely, the Mayor has the power to negate American law, or the Constitution and the protections guaranteed therein. He's a freaking MAYOR. What am I missing?
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 11:58 PM (X+xvk)
He thinks he is on a mission from (a false) god. People don't matter.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 10, 2026 12:05 AM (S/Y4j)
Maybe tomorrow... depends how I feel. Been battling the blues a lot lately.
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)
If the colorful lights make you happy, leave 'em up, JQ.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 10, 2026 12:06 AM (n4Qav)
AOP! Crossbows and incendiaries ready on the parapets. Peaceful enough for now but who knows what happens next. Chauvin was arrested in four days. It'll be interesting to see how crowds behave as this drags into weeks and months. Same goes for local and state politicians.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 10, 2026 12:06 AM (Xb07I)
@Julio_Rosas11 1h
BREAKING: Minneapolis Police, including Chief Brian O’Hara, were just chased down and attacked by anti-ICE rioters while escorting a squad car out of the protest area.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 10, 2026 12:09 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 10, 2026 12:04 AM (KC3Wn)
Just paid off my mortgage.
Huge pay raise.
Sigh...
Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2026 12:09 AM (2WIwB)
72 hour rule.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 10, 2026 12:10 AM (KC3Wn)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Haha, yep! I had the little tree up until sometime in March last year. Needed extra Christmas while hubby was so *out of it* and went into nursing home.
Plus-- every day has presented some sort of Christmas Gift since Trump returned to office!
Lil bro & I will greet each other with "Merry Christmas!" every phone call, no matter what time of year now.
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 12:11 AM (rdVOm)
BREAKING: Minneapolis Police, including Chief Brian O’Hara, were just chased down and attacked by anti-ICE rioters while escorting a squad car out of the protest area.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Good way to get shot.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 10, 2026 12:11 AM (KC3Wn)
I pay $1200 a month for a custom 3/2/2 on 12 acres.
Posted by: rickb223
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Under what law, under what authority, is the city going to "take" the housing? If you were telling me you were going to "take" my property, you'd be fixing to be on the receiving end of some significant airmail of the ballistic variety.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 12:12 AM (X+xvk)
I have never heard anyone expound on how, precisely, the Mayor has the power to negate American law, or the Constitution and the protections guaranteed therein. He's a freaking MAYOR. What am I missing?
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 09, 2026 11:58 PM (X+xvk)
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He creates the law.
Uses the police to arrest you if you don't comply.
You go to court to prove it unconstitutional.
He moves on to the next thing.
You are bankrupted by the legal process.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2026 12:13 AM (2WIwB)
Probably why I went into cello playing. Complex musical harmonic architectures are clear as day.
I think in internal symphonies, I guess. Or maybe "dynamically evolving cathedrals, navigated by sonar in the dark."
But dammit, the translation of the things I can think is an absolute bear.
Posted by: Piercello at January 10, 2026 12:14 AM (NRGJj)
Posted by: Sam Adams
They'll place a fine on you, foreclose on the property, turn off services, and wait for you to leave.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 10, 2026 12:15 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: rickb223
Next pistol is a revolver for Mrs. Sock. She has a G19 but recently she struggles to rack the slide. I put a slide assist on which helps but she's definitely a candidate for a revolver.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 12:15 AM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 12:12 AM (
That is what it will take.
Only not one guy.
You need a couple hundred to go along with
Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2026 12:16 AM (2WIwB)
Iran is facing its most serious internal crisis in decades as reports and videos circulating online claim elements of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have begun surrendering or refusing orders, amid nationwide protests targeting the Supreme Leader’s authority. Demonstrators, emboldened by signs of division within the security forces, have poured into the streets demanding accountability and retribution for years of repression, while clashes and defections reportedly spread across multiple cities. Although Tehran denies any breakdown in command, the growing volume of evidence and eyewitness accounts suggests a dangerous fracture at the heart of the regime, raising fears that Iran may be approaching a decisive and unpredictable turning point.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 10, 2026 12:16 AM (KC3Wn)
Melted PK9 in pocket holster.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2026 12:17 AM (2WIwB)
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"fears"
Posted by: Methos at January 10, 2026 12:19 AM (vSvIl)
Uses the police to arrest you if you don't comply.
You go to court to prove it unconstitutional.
He moves on to the next thing.
You are bankrupted by the legal process.
Posted by: Diogenes
You get the ACLJ, and sue for deprivation of rights under color of law. You sue for damages + legal fees + punitive, "knock this shit off" award. You force the courts to take a position, and force it all the way up.
Let's rip the masks off, and get this party started. Ace said it yesterday. They WANT this party.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 12:19 AM (X+xvk)
I could be wrong but city ordinances are made by the city council. The mayor might have a vote but he doesn't have unilateral power. That said, in Mamdani's case. a majority of his city council is in lockstep with him.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 12:20 AM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 12:15 AM (vzcgi)
Mrs. Desert ended up getting a S&W 686 in .357Mag after she could no longer rack a slide reliably. Turns out she is an artist with a revolver.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 10, 2026 12:23 AM (ZJK9S)
Melted PK9 in pocket holster.
Posted by: Diogenes
Stoopid phone.
Keltec PK9
Eff me! Had to type that four friggin times.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2026 12:25 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr
You have no appreciation of East German Chic!?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 12:25 AM (Kdi1r)
I could be wrong but city ordinances are made by the city council. The mayor might have a vote but he doesn't have unilateral power. That said, in Mamdani's case. a majority of his city council is in lockstep with him.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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A city council can't just strip you your rights to life, liberty or property. If they could, Seattle and Portland would be fully Communist, with zero private property allowed.
That said, one way or another, CommieCrats are absolutely determined to start the Second Civil War.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 12:27 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 12:20 AM (vzcgi)
Yup.
The council is frightened to death about opposing the new Marxist icon. Cowards and fools.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2026 12:28 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Is *that* what it's called? Ugh. Not a fan.
Obastard's "Monument To The Destruction Of Decency" is truly an eyesore.
Maybe someone can crash a very large drone into it or something...
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Ha! Love the descriptive! Although I'm not certain that even the East Germans could have conceived such a monstrosity.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 12:30 AM (X+xvk)
Melted PK9 in pocket holster.
Posted by: Diogenes
Stoopid phone.
Keltec PK9
Eff me! Had to type that four friggin times.
Posted by: Diogenes
I Googled melted PK9 and a bunch of Pokémon game forums came up. You had me scratching my head.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 12:30 AM (vzcgi)
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
It would be a perfect place for a huge mural of George Floyd.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 10, 2026 12:31 AM (8zz6B)
Ask me about a bandit’s masquerade.
Posted by: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at January 10, 2026 12:31 AM (EXyHK)
That said, one way or another, CommieCrats are absolutely determined to start the Second Civil War.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 12:27 AM (X+xvk)
Sure they can.
They pass a new resolution and dare you to challenge it. And in Seattle they have already started.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2026 12:32 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yes.... And a HUGE lightning rod....
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 12:30 AM (vzcgi)
I was thinking, "Melted PK9? Maybe God threw a lightning bolt for the sin of not carrying a 1911 in Church."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 10, 2026 12:33 AM (8zz6B)
Maybe tomorrow... depends how I feel. Been battling the blues a lot lately.
Posted by: JQ at January 09, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)
I haven't took down shit. Inside is still christmas in all it's glory. Maybe by the end of the month. This tree...this frigging tree..
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 10, 2026 12:34 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 12:30 AM
Ha.
Sorry mate.
I try to proof what I write but just got a new phone and it's smarter than I am.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2026 12:34 AM (2WIwB)
That said, one way or another, CommieCrats are absolutely determined to start the Second Civil War.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 12:27 AM (X+xvk)
Sure they can.
They pass a new resolution and dare you to challenge it. And in Seattle they have already started.
Posted by: Diogenes
All it takes for them to piss off that one guy who can build a killdozer or worse. Fortunate for the commies people with that skillet choose not to live where the commies rule
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 10, 2026 12:35 AM (/lPRQ)
That said, one way or another, CommieCrats are absolutely determined to start the Second Civil War.
Posted by: Sam Adams
City governments usual game plan is to sick the 1200lb guerrilla more commonly referred to as the inspector. Their intent is death by 1000 cuts.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 12:37 AM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 10, 2026 12:35 AM (/lPRQ)
But he can rent it out. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 10, 2026 12:37 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Check out early Hillary. She was killing the East German Border Guard look in Bill's first term.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2026 12:38 AM (2WIwB)
Under what law, under what authority, is the city going to "take" the housing? If you were telling me you were going to "take" my property, you'd be fixing to be on the receiving end of some significant airmail of the ballistic variety.
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Islamic law. That's what they voted for.
They are going to get it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 10, 2026 12:39 AM (MPaMF)
Oh yeah, arrest warrant for inappropriate behavior with twin boys on a set.
No Googling, take a guess...
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 09, 2026 10:08 PM (w/O5Q)
Dick Van Dyke...?*
*only cause we were trashing him the other day....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 10, 2026 12:39 AM (QGaXH)
Sorry mate.
I try to proof what I write but just got a new phone and it's smarter than I am.
Posted by: Diogenes
I was actually disappointed. My hillbilly self was expecting something real cool that I would then want.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 12:39 AM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Diogenes
Yep.
I am in no way saying I condone Bill Clinton's conduct.
But I get it.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 12:40 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 12:37 AM (vzcgi)
Just tell some of the thug class of illegals that the "inspector" is a spy for La Migra. problem solved.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 10, 2026 12:40 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 12:41 AM (X+xvk)
He's a freaking MAYOR. What am I missing?
Posted by: Sam Adams
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He's ignorant and deluded. With any luck, Harmeet Dhillon will help him to achieve clarity.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 10, 2026 12:41 AM (mNvUf)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
****
Please, Almighty God, let it be so.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 12:44 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 12:45 AM (UXPSq)
All this city-level commie shyte will fail. It may even be a Democrat whose face is eaten by a leopard who will be the plaintiff in some key cases.
When it fails, the commies will blame it all on Big Oil, MAGA, corporate greed, and white supremacy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 10, 2026 12:46 AM (mNvUf)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 12:45 AM (UXPSq)
My marshmallow stick won't quite reach. waaah!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 10, 2026 12:47 AM (8zz6B)
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Cancer tends to grow if not dealt with aggressively.
Posted by: Methos at January 10, 2026 12:49 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 12:45 AM (UXPSq)
I feel bad their isn't an AC130 flying overhead.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 10, 2026 12:51 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 10, 2026 12:41 AM (mNvUf)
Snake Plissken would be way more effective..
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 10, 2026 12:56 AM (snZF9)
Time out for play! So I picked up a dead flower stalk & started poking it through the pickets, teasing him with it. Oh, my-- those razor-sharp claws-- better a flower stalk than my tender flesh, to get slashed by him!
It was a good afternoon & we had some fun.
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)
Simply, a portion of the top front of the lawnmower was cut away allowing it to 'breathe'. Very effective.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 10, 2026 12:57 AM (MPaMF)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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That's what they want, they voted for it.
Let it burn.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 10, 2026 12:59 AM (MPaMF)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 12:45 AM (UXPSq)
I feel bad their isn't an AC130 flying overhead.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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THIS.
I wonder how Mrs. Walz feels about the smell of napalm in the morning....
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 01:00 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 10, 2026 01:02 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 12:45 AM (UXPSq)
My marshmallow stick won't quite reach. waaah!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
****
I love this site.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 01:02 AM (X+xvk)
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I hope she does get to smell it. And I hope she hates it.
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 10, 2026 01:03 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 01:04 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 10, 2026 01:03 AM (bss/y)
Logical thinking wasn't on the curriculum at the Learing center.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 10, 2026 01:04 AM (n4Qav)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Is *that* what it's called? Ugh. Not a fan.
Obastard's "Monument To The Destruction Of Decency" is truly an eyesore.
Maybe someone can crash a very large drone into it or something...
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
Brutalism is the architectural 'style.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 10, 2026 01:04 AM (bss/y)
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Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake.
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 10, 2026 01:06 AM (MPaMF)
These people are fucking creepy. How does anyone fucking follow this shit and think it's genuine?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 10, 2026 01:07 AM (bss/y)
Oh, and Obama's "library" is eight stories of baked turd. Just like his legacy.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 01:07 AM (X+xvk)
Oh, and Obama's "library" is eight stories of baked turd. Just like his legacy.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 01:07 AM (X+xvk)
Remember the Mythbusters episode where they tried to find out if you could 'polish a turd.' They did it with lion poop, iirc. Jamie made this high polish, beautiful marble looking ball.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 10, 2026 01:09 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 01:10 AM (UXPSq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 10, 2026 01:11 AM (bss/y)
Maybe someone can crash a very large drone into it or something...
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
Brutalism is the architectural 'style.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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The important thing to know is the ratio of DEI hires to straight people.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 10, 2026 01:12 AM (MPaMF)
@nypost
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1h
Judge blocks Trump admin from freezing $10B in child care, social services funding to five blue states https://trib.al/RCXg2dn
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 10:03 PM (ZxPkt)
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Why are we sending money to child care providers (a lot of them fake) instead of directly to the parents? Same for education, give the parents money and let them decide where to take them to school. I bet you will see a ton of legit exclusive but cost competitive school options when the parents have a choice. Same with child care.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 10, 2026 01:14 AM (qtBQt)
@nypost
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1h
Judge blocks Trump admin from freezing $10B in child care, social services funding to five blue states https://trib.al/RCXg2dn
Posted by: Don Black at January 09, 2026 10:03 PM (ZxPkt)
Trump needs to start giving these judges the finger.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 10, 2026 01:16 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2026 01:17 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 10, 2026 01:18 AM (0nHVk)
Why are we sending money to child care providers (a lot of them fake) instead of directly to the parents? Same for education, give the parents money and let them decide where to take them to school.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
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I am FAR from having this figured out, but it sure seems as though we love institutions more than individuals. It may have zero to do with how we fund daycare and public education, but I still don't get why insurers won't cover the far-cheaper home health aides but instead force you to dump your ailing loved ones in a crummy "home." I tried to figure this out once, and someone told me to follow the money.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 10, 2026 01:20 AM (mNvUf)
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)
I don't believe GUV has any business subsidizing "child care" at all.
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 01:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at January 10, 2026 01:24 AM (4rWc3)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 01:26 AM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 01:28 AM (X+xvk)
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Given what's happened in the last decade, I would expect them to be easily spotted since they would probably be handing out pride flags and trannie comic books in Farsi.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 10, 2026 01:32 AM (+HNx/)
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We may have some, but I would assume the bulk are Israeli.
Posted by: Methos at January 10, 2026 01:34 AM (vSvIl)
Where I worked, it was like this:
Employee only = $X
Employee +1 = $2X
Employee + 2 or more = $2.5X
Why not a (somewhat) reduced rate for EACH person?
People with 6 children should've been paying "Employee + 7" assuming they were married...
Why do the singles or childless need to subsidize the heavily-populated families? Don't they get a big enough break from other sources?
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
Simply, a portion of the top front of the lawnmower was cut away allowing it to 'breathe'. Very effective.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 10, 2026 12:57 AM (MPaMF)
I built one of those maybe 20 years ago. Still have it, and ran it last Summer to clear some heavy thistles. It does yeoman work. Will even gnaw through small saplings if I feed it slowly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 10, 2026 01:38 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 10, 2026 01:38 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Joe Biden just reached back, pulled one from his underpants, and started sucking on it. And he never even broke eye contact with the Queen.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 01:39 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Berserker
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Just like obastard did. The precedent has been set. Right?
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Cicero
I'm not thinking agents I'm thinking assets. Something bought and paid for.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 10, 2026 01:44 AM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 10, 2026 01:38 AM (0nHVk)
Talking to Canadian friends, car guys, who have been there, the vintage cars are mostly junk. They have been bondo'ed up and painted over countless times, and the engines and running gear have been replaced with parts from old Ladas or Russian tractors. They basically keep them going for the tourist trade.
But there is no denying the skill of those shops that do keep them going as reasonable facsimiles of what they used to be. When the Commies finally fall, a savvy investor should buy a big shop in Havana, stock with quality tools and equipment, and hire those guys to do custom restorations on cars shipped in from North America, using quality parts and materials from the North american market.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 10, 2026 01:50 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 10, 2026 01:52 AM (MPaMF)
In addition to his other talents, Musk is one helluva world-class troll.
Posted by: Not a lawyer, don't play one on the net at January 10, 2026 01:54 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 10, 2026 01:59 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Diogenes
They have been known to settle tribal disputes by blowing up their opposition's car. With the owner inside of the car.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 10, 2026 02:00 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 10, 2026 02:02 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 10, 2026 02:04 AM (X+xvk)
I'll call it a 'win'
F it all Friday!
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
I am kind of sleepy, Horde, but I am going to enjoy a chocolate bar and finish up my glass of Johnny Walker Black, which was a Christmas gift.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 10, 2026 02:10 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 10, 2026 02:11 AM (0nHVk)
I mean: a 'main' list and a 'contingency' list. Either/or stuff.
"If it's nice out, I'll do this. If it's raining, I'll do that."
"If the check arrives, I'll pay bills. If not, I'll mop the laundry room."
Stuff like that?
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)
I mean: a 'main' list and a 'contingency' list. Either/or stuff.
"If it's nice out, I'll do this. If it's raining, I'll do that."
"If the check arrives, I'll pay bills. If not, I'll mop the laundry room."
Stuff like that?
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)
I wing it. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 10, 2026 02:14 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:20 AM (rdVOm)
I know that I could do this on my phone, but I choose not to. I want to be prepared for the end times, lists only in my head.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 10, 2026 02:21 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)
So you see the beauty of my plan? lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 10, 2026 02:22 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 09, 2026 10:34 PM (1nXHW)
Welcome brothers to the sixth dimension.
Posted by: 1/2 sockets in a time/sace warp at January 10, 2026 02:22 AM (fRCJ2)
My plans get blown up all the time, so *change* is the only constant... often times it feels like I'm just spinning my wheels.
Feels good to knock out the "list" items! There's always something to do and I don't always feel like doing anything at all. Frustrating. So, there's the contingency list for lazy days: do a load of laundry; vacuum/mop; start the truck if it hasn't been driven for a while... on and on.
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bers
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YES!
When in doubt, pick up a guitar & play it... Right?
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
I mean: a 'main' list and a 'contingency' list. Either/or stuff.
"If it's nice out, I'll do this. If it's raining, I'll do that."
"If the check arrives, I'll pay bills. If not, I'll mop the laundry room."
Stuff like that?
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)
Well...it's nice here 99 days out of 100 so.....there's that.
All the Christmas stuff is down and put away...sigh!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 10, 2026 02:38 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 10, 2026 02:46 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 10, 2026 02:47 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 10, 2026 02:47 AM (0nHVk)
Same here...good night everyone...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 10, 2026 02:49 AM (QGaXH)
As long as I can keep that heater running! *knock wood*
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bers
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YES!
When in doubt, pick up a guitar & play it... Right?
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
Ah, so you definitely see the beauty of my plan. lol
If all else fails, play guitar. I think from the very early 80's up to the early 2000's I probably played 5 hours a day. Then after that who knows. Some days when I got home, or if I was home for the day the guitar was always in my hands. Even now, if I'm posting anything here at a rate of maybe a few times per hour, there's a guitar in my hands and I don't risk reaching over it to get to the keyboard. So yeah, if I forget to do something, its the guitar. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 10, 2026 02:54 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at January 10, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
No. Kids are cheap to insure. Adults are expensive. And I have no idea what breaks you think big families get.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 10, 2026 03:02 AM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 10, 2026 03:05 AM (KAi1n)
“Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.”— Some Old White Guy
Posted by: Zombie Detroit at January 10, 2026 03:15 AM (XvXeK)
Weirdly I don't think in words either. I think I think more in images . . . or I feels more like quasi-spatial relationships.
I dunno.
Posted by: pjungwir at January 10, 2026 03:18 AM (noE7F)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Extra tax exemptions. School meals. SNAP/EBT if income level permits.
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Sunday go to meetin’ gun, knife, watch (family heirloom pocket watch, razor in my sock, flashlight, IFAK, oakwood cane. Sitting behind door on the led of the pew at the back of the chapel.
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ITS PIXY TIME
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George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)