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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 09:49 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 06, 2026 09:49 PM (H/suN)
Posted by: French Jeton at February 06, 2026 09:49 PM (j0T5y)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 06, 2026 09:49 PM (H/suN)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 09:50 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 06, 2026 09:51 PM (byWhc)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 06, 2026 09:52 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 09:53 PM (L6F6A)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 06, 2026 09:53 PM (RIvkX)
What deviltry is this? Have I fallen into an alternate universe? Is it aliens? Can I blame Trump?
Posted by: mindful webworker wonders allowed at February 06, 2026 09:54 PM (kqXjy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 06, 2026 09:54 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 09:55 PM (L6F6A)
Of course.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 06, 2026 09:56 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 09:57 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 06, 2026 09:57 PM (byWhc)
No, I voted for Trump in 2020, not Biden. Biden invites every degenerate rat-diddler from the third world into our country, dominoes continue to fall from there.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 09:58 PM (L6F6A)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 06, 2026 10:01 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 06, 2026 10:01 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: RandomDave at February 06, 2026 10:01 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 10:02 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 06, 2026 10:03 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Augusto Pinochet at February 06, 2026 10:03 PM (L6F6A)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 06, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 06, 2026 10:04 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 06, 2026 10:05 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 06, 2026 10:05 PM (7iG4c)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 06, 2026 10:06 PM (SRRAx)
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Twins I presume, who have perfected their craft over avoiding a childhood's worth of getting out of shit.
Posted by: Methos at February 06, 2026 10:06 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Augusto Pinochet at February 06, 2026 10:03 PM (L6F6A)
I heard that happiness is seeing Lubbock in my rear-view mirror.
Maybe Mack Davis was a little bit full of himself. What with his skin-tight blue jeans.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 06, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 06, 2026 10:09 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Pug Mahon,
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My eldest is there now, he loves it.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 06, 2026 10:10 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 06, 2026 10:10 PM (dhHpw)
What deviltry is this? Have I fallen into an alternate universe? Is it aliens? Can I blame Trump?
Posted by: mindful webworker wonders allowed at February 06, 2026 09:54 PM (kqXjy)
A wizard is never early or late, he always arrives precisely when he intends.
On rare occasions, that means early.
Posted by: Methos at February 06, 2026 10:10 PM (vSvIl)
A comparable vitamin tablet chewed would taste awful. If a little kid found these berry gummies he would eat the whole bottle for sure. I think they are sort of dangerous in that sense.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 06, 2026 10:10 PM (srX5Y)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 06, 2026 10:10 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Really?? at February 06, 2026 10:11 PM (4iIP5)
Also, hate to admit it, but can't figure the Domino's one.
Maybe the commenters will clue me in.
But overall, thanks for another great collection, WD.
Posted by: mindful webworker the half-witty at February 06, 2026 10:12 PM (kqXjy)
Did he say shit during covid or nah?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 06, 2026 10:12 PM (zZu0s)
Good for him. I hope he's enjoying the money--he's got to be raking at this point.
But. Good God. He's now at the point that IF he were provided a check with right number of zeros, He'd read *anything*. The thingy he read was cringe-worthy. He's read anything at this point, so long as the money is right.
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026 10:13 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Javems at February 06, 2026 10:13 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 06, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)
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Who?
Posted by: Englebert Humperdink at February 06, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
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My eldest is there now, he loves it.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at February 06, 2026 10:10 PM (VCgbV)
I was merely referring to an old Mack Davis song. The punchline being him returning to Lubbock. It's a nice song. This coming from a metal-head.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 06, 2026 10:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Really?? at February 06, 2026 10:11 PM (4iIP5)
"Starts with C and we all love it."
My guess is Cock.
And this Tweet came out when Lord Peter Mandelson was being revealed in Epstein files.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 10:15 PM (lpTXP)
* presume he's talking about outside in Minneapolis.
Posted by: Rex B at February 06, 2026 10:15 PM (GI9/m)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 06, 2026 10:16 PM (/HDaX)
It is no secret that I have a sweet tooth. Last year while traveling I needed to replace my 55+ vitamin pills and all the local supermarket had were gummies.
I will never buy vitamins that taste good again.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 06, 2026 10:16 PM (EXyHK)
>> Good for him. I hope he's enjoying the money--he's got to be raking at this point
Intertubes say his net worth is 1/4 of a billion dollars.
He more than likely just does these things just to do the things because he has nothing else to do.
Probably got paid a few million to do the introduction.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 06, 2026 10:17 PM (XV/Pl)
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Breaking Bad
Posted by: Methos at February 06, 2026 10:17 PM (vSvIl)
How about snowman making. Trashcan lid downhill. Snowball dodge.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 06, 2026 10:18 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 06, 2026 10:16 PM (/HDaX
If he'd stay away from Norma and her cherry pie, maybe Nadine wouldn't be so dramatic.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 10:19 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: mindful webworker does the high jinx at February 06, 2026 10:20 PM (kqXjy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 06, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 06, 2026 10:20 PM (dhHpw)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 06, 2026 10:20 PM (cwGMH)
Luxury! My parents gave us a spade and told us to dig up our own minerals.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 06, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)
Rhymes with Berkeley Hunt.
Posted by: gKWVE played Planescape once at February 06, 2026 10:20 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Oddbob at February 06, 2026 10:21 PM (Fs0KI)
Also NBC; hey everyone tune in to cheer on Team USA go for gold.
Posted by: Really?? at February 06, 2026 10:22 PM (4iIP5)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 06, 2026 10:22 PM (dhHpw)
How about snowman making. Trashcan lid downhill. Snowball dodge.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 06, 2026 10:18 PM (cwGMH)
Smear the queer in a foot of snow. Good Lord, I loved being a Wyoming boy back in the day. Best way to rid one of bullies is to sack up and knock their dicks in the snow.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 06, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 06, 2026 10:23 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 06, 2026 10:15 PM (0aYVJ)
"Baby, baby, don't get hooked on me. Cause I'll just use you then I'll set you free..."
Posted by: Joemarine at February 06, 2026 10:23 PM (y171U)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 10:24 PM (L6F6A)
Posted by: Really?? at February 06, 2026 10:24 PM (4iIP5)
Posted by: Case at February 06, 2026 10:24 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: Methos
Ah, okay. Never saw it. Still don't get it.
[Checks DDG image search to see if there's a meme I recognize]
Nope, still don't get it. But, now, also don't care, so…
🤔
Posted by: mindful webworker does the high jinx at February 06, 2026 10:25 PM (kqXjy)
" Now, as it says in Exodus 20:30, when the Lord made Olympic athletes, he did say unto them, " Go forth, and be the baddest m*th*rf*ck*rs on the face of the Earth!""
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 06, 2026 10:25 PM (aMrr2)
Posted by: Oddbob at February 06, 2026 10:26 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Javems at February 06, 2026 10:13 PM (zFsEm)
Oh, hey, that's right. I can't wait to go watch people do sports I don't care about! Do they have basketball too?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 06, 2026 10:26 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 10:02 PM (lpTXP)
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21 The bowtie goes at the jowls, definitely, like a Chipendale dancer.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 06, 2026 10:03 PM (jc0TO)
And the winner is . . .
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 10:26 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 06, 2026 10:27 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Really?? at February 06, 2026 10:27 PM (4iIP5)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 06, 2026 10:27 PM (cwGMH)
Women's double luge is probably marginally better, but would be dramatically improved if they had to wear women's beach volleyball bikinis.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 06, 2026 10:28 PM (Riz8t)
Also NBC; hey everyone tune in to cheer on Team USA go for gold.
Posted by: Really?? at February 06, 2026 10:22 PM (4iIP5)
Didn't think of it that way.
But, yeah, don't give a shit about the Olynpics. At all. And boy did I use to love them. But not propaganda. That's where I draw the line.
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 10:29 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Because this was the UK I thought C stood for something else.
Rhymes with Berkeley Hunt.
Posted by: gKWVE
These were the only two possibilities I came up with.
Alternatively, WeirdDave is just punking us.
Posted by: mindful webworker the slow but steady at February 06, 2026 10:29 PM (kqXjy)
Posted by: Weirddave at February 06, 2026 10:29 PM (df/te)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 10:30 PM (L6F6A)
Another One Bites the Dust, by Queen
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 06, 2026 10:30 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Crusader
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He's a good actor but he's always been berry berry Liberal.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 10:31 PM (OuTdY)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 06, 2026 10:31 PM (ESVrU)
Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame quarterback whose strong arm led to passing records for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders and affable personality made him a beloved figure, has died at the age of 91.
Jurgensen spent the majority of his 18-year career in Washington, joining the team in 1964 in a surprise quarterback swap that sent Norm Snead to Philadelphia. Jurgensen would make four of his five Pro Bowls in Washington while leading the NFL in passing three times, and his 31 passing touchdowns in 1967 remain a single-season franchise record.
Did you notice what's wrong above ^^^?
Sonny Jurgensen played for the Washington REDSKINS. Not the "Commanders" as they claimed, and not the "Washington Football Team". And yet, ALL of the media reports pretended he played for the "Commanders". He never played a single down for the Washington Commanders. The US media is quite happy re-writing history all for the name of political correctness.
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026 10:31 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 06, 2026 10:31 PM (guCHD)
I realize it's winter, but a high temp tomorrow is 14 F. with (and this is the part that made me blink) 30 to 40 mph winds into Sunday with and gusts possibly reaching 55 mph. That, apparently, puts the windchill down around -35 F.
Posted by: Orson at February 06, 2026 10:32 PM (dIske)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 06, 2026 10:32 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 10:32 PM (OuTdY)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 06, 2026 10:32 PM (gKWVE)
Yeah, I'm a Texas gal -
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 06, 2026 10:23 PM (SRRAx)
Oh. I thought for a minute you were the Freightliner type.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 06, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Oddbob
Déjà vu?? I swear somebody made this same comment when that onion complaint meme was posted previously.
Was it you? 😜
Posted by: mindful webworker the slow but steady at February 06, 2026 10:34 PM (kqXjy)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 10:34 PM (L6F6A)
And I did buy that pie tin of 9 different cheese cakes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 10:34 PM (OuTdY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2026 10:34 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Really?? at February 06, 2026 10:34 PM (4iIP5)
And I did buy that pie tin of 9 different cheese cakes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 10:34 PM (OuTdY)
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There's no such thing as too much cheesecake.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 06, 2026 10:35 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 06, 2026 10:32 PM (gKWVE)
Did Jesus ever build Sonny a hot rod?
Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 10:35 PM (L6F6A)
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I'd vote for him to serve three more terms. I used to care about the rule of law. The Democrats taught me that doesn't matter any longer.
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026 10:35 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 06, 2026 10:35 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 06, 2026 10:31 PM (ESVrU)
Can't help you there. I have been reading one book for 2 weeks now. At least I do not move my lips when reading. On the plus side, it's a very fun read. The author is very good at the craft.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 06, 2026 10:36 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 06, 2026 10:04 PM (cwGMH)
Into the trash can.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2026 10:36 PM (8zz6B)
Was it you? 😜
Nope. Guess I'm not the only who grew up with food guilt.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 06, 2026 10:36 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 06, 2026 10:31 PM (ESVrU)
__________________________
That sounds like a job for Marty Feldman....Get the shovel.
Posted by: Orson at February 06, 2026 10:37 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 06, 2026 10:36 PM (0aYVJ)
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That's always a plus. I love to read books like that (which is what I've been doing), but then I feel sad when the book is over. So sometimes it's nice to slow down and take one's time to savor the experience.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 06, 2026 10:37 PM (ESVrU)
Sonny Jurgensen played for the Washington REDSKINS. Not the "Commanders" as they claimed, and not the "Washington Football Team". And yet, ALL of the media reports pretended he played for the "Commanders". He never played a single down for the Washington Commanders. The US media is quite happy re-writing history all for the name of political correctness.
Try growing up a Colts fan. We get to go to Canton and learn all about how Johnny Unitas played for Indianapolis.
Posted by: Weirddave at February 06, 2026 10:37 PM (df/te)
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For starters, because we tend to give performers the benefit of the doubt. Once they sell their credibility down the road, we aren't nearly as forgiving.
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 06, 2026 10:38 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Rex B at February 06, 2026 10:38 PM (GI9/m)
Made it home
Posted by: Skip at February 06, 2026 10:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 06, 2026 10:39 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 06, 2026 10:18 PM (cwGMH)
Ice fishing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2026 10:39 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 06, 2026 10:40 PM (srX5Y)
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Yes, he never played a down for Indy.
After the failure of the upcoming Super Bowl half time show, its going to get a lot easier to get movement from the NFL.
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026 10:40 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Skip at February 06, 2026 10:41 PM (Ia/+0)
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I'd vote for him to serve three more terms. I used to care about the rule of law. The Democrats taught me that doesn't matter any longer.
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026 10:35 PM (Cjcf6)
THATS what I'm talkin' about.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 06, 2026 10:44 PM (YlWIZ)
Or so says the weather people.
Posted by: Case at February 06, 2026 10:44 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026 10:40 PM (Cjcf6)
Considering everybody who the NFL executives listen to will be singing the praises of the halftime show (greatest performance in the history of man!!!) they honestly won't even know if it is a failure.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 10:45 PM (L6F6A)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 06, 2026 10:45 PM (7iG4c)
Posted by: Oddbob
4500 with the bucket of sauce.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 06, 2026 10:46 PM (/lPRQ)
I made you one:
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/Your paragraph text.png
Posted by: Weirddave at February 06, 2026 10:46 PM (df/te)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 06, 2026 10:47 PM (WUel5)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 06, 2026 10:47 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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One of the worst cases of literary post-partum depression I have experienced was finishing the 'Master and Commander' series.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 06, 2026 10:48 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 06, 2026
***
This might be Mac's funniest and most famous, "Hard to be Humble":
"Oh, Lord, it's hard to be humble
When you're perfect in every way. . . .
Some folks say that I'm egotistical;
I don't even know what that means.
I think it has something to do with the way
I fill out my skin-tight blue jeans!"
The other tune has a lyric, "I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas, in my rear view mirror."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 10:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026 10:49 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 06, 2026 10:37 PM (ESVrU)
In my field, land survey, reading legal documents can be tedious. So, I read them carefully. Very dry. I have to refocus a lot.
It's nice to read something that paints a picture. Tolkien, McMurtry, Lamour, Saberhagen. And the one I'm reading now. I might mention it in the next book thread.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 06, 2026 10:49 PM (0aYVJ)
For another, they gave me headphones and asked what type of music I wanted. I said, classical. Little did I know they would be playing - not sure if it was Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War, or Siege of Gondor.
https://youtu.be/lB8F852qJsU
https://youtu.be/HJ2LsScW6Ns
Followed by Ride of the Valkyries. Brahms's Lullaby it was not. Moreover, the music was occasionally interrupted with medical ads, of all things. Trapped in that tube, supposed to lie still, and I wanted to object loudly.
Then there were the breathing instructions.
"Take a deep breath."
"Now let it all out."
"Don't breathe."
[Enormously loud and annoying screeching for a few seconds]
"Breathe normal."
My internalized English schoolmarm forced me to complain afterward. Breathe normally!
Do you have any idea what a powerful magnetic field does to the brain?
Also, do you have any idea what a powerful magnetic field does to the brain?
Wandering off to hang out with my lovely bride. BBL probably.
Posted by: mindful webworker has a heart full of soul at February 06, 2026 10:49 PM (kqXjy)
Obviously the bow tie goes up top. Below is where the belt to his pants go.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 06, 2026 10:31 PM (guCHD)
Does the giraffe wear his pants on his front legs, or his back legs, or both?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 06, 2026 10:50 PM (dhHpw)
Time flies.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026
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Like its predecessor, TNG is classic, timeless, and still watchable.
For some reason I tend to fall asleep over Deep Space Nine. Maybe it's the dim lighting in all the scenes, or maybe the show is a little slower-paced than its forebears.
Never have seen enough of Voyager and Enterprise to tell much about them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 06, 2026 10:52 PM (dhHpw)
Need another reason not to watch the Olympics?
Posted by: Joemarine at February 06, 2026 10:52 PM (y171U)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 06, 2026 10:50 PM (dhHpw)
Is giraffe meat good eatin'?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2026 10:52 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Back legs.
The real question ya gotta ask is where the minotaur girl wears her bra.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 06, 2026 10:52 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 10:52 PM (OuTdY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 06, 2026 10:50 PM (dhHpw)
Both. Anything else would be assymetrical and would make my brain hurt.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 10:53 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Rex B at February 06, 2026 10:53 PM (GI9/m)
My small-town high school had a radio station, and "Hard To Be Humble" was one of the most requested songs.
KYDZ, Cody, Wyoming.
RIP, Biff Beck
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 06, 2026 10:54 PM (0aYVJ)
"Duet" in season one (which otherwise sucks as a season)
"In The Pale Moonlight" much later.
"And they came back - covered in blood. But they felt clean! because they WERE clean"
"It's a faaaake"
Posted by: gKWVE at February 06, 2026 10:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 06, 2026 10:48 PM (XeU6L)
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I've never read those, but I think I can understand. You read countless adventures of heroism and excitement, terror and wonder, and then it eventually just...ends.
And now you don't quite know what to do next...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 06, 2026 10:54 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: raimondo at February 06, 2026 10:54 PM (Cgw3G)
Posted by: Rex B at February 06, 2026 10:58 PM (GI9/m)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 10:58 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Rex B at February 06, 2026 10:58 PM (GI9/m)
Minnesota Retard.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 06, 2026 10:59 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Leutonian Supremacist at February 06, 2026 11:00 PM (oftw2)
For another, they gave me headphones and asked what type of music I wanted. I said, classical. Little did I know they would be playing - not sure if it was Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War, or Siege of Gondor.
https://youtu.be/lB8F852qJsU
https://youtu.be/HJ2LsScW6Ns
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1. Hope the report goes well. Glad the magnets didn't pull out any screws or things.
2. Doing a repetitive thing, and the sweet girls looked like cheerleaders, I jibed them about the elevator music. The response was, what do you like? Coltrane, I responded. They were ecstatic. These innocent young cheerleaders were John Coltrane fans.
People, there is hope.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 11:00 PM (OuTdY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)
The first season's female wardrobe was atrocious, like they were emulating the 1960's go-go dancer look.
And I never liked/enjoyed Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar). Her dying made the series better. Addition by subtraction.
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 11:00 PM (gKDq2)
But one thing I notice is the FNM tilting to cover some of the most outrageous bits like ritual cannibalism and it makes me wonder if this is an intentional media strategy. Get people riled up about things that didn't happen and then argue none of it happened.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 06, 2026 11:00 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:01 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 06, 2026 11:01 PM (gKWVE)
Hard to believe that it was written by the same guy who wrote maybe the second* most maudlin song ever: In the Ghetto.
* Seasons In the Sun, of course
Posted by: Oddbob at February 06, 2026 11:01 PM (Fs0KI)
Hard to believe that it was written by the same guy who wrote maybe the second* most maudlin song ever: In the Ghetto.
* Seasons In the Sun, of course
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Mac Davis didn't write or record "Seasons In the Sun".
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026 11:03 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 11:04 PM (lpTXP)
Worf
Data
Geordi
But the show was honestly generally terrible. Much better effects then TOS but it didn't have TOS's charm
Also, large parts of the show made no sense. A warship sent to explore unknown parts of space...with kids onboard?!? They got rid of money between TOS and TNG and...it had no effect on anyone really? And everyone is equal but Picard has a massive vineyard in France? And on and on...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 06, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)
The Heroes and Icons channels runs all the "cannon" Star Treks every night from 8PM - 1AM, TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise. I put Enterprise in there as cannon, but that's debatable. I'll go with it, I guess.
Anyway, I've decided the best characters of the old post TOS bunch were Elim Garak from DS9 and The Doctor from Voyager.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026 11:04 PM (w6EFb)
And I never liked/enjoyed Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar). Her dying made the series better. Addition by subtraction.
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026
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You mean the miniskirt they had Counselor Troi wear? Or was that later, before they actually evolved her a real uniform?
They were still feeling their way, trying to see how they could be different from the old show. I didn't mind that. The characters were growing with each episode and the series often gave us stories of a kind we hadn't seen before.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:05 PM (wzUl9)
They try to continue the pattern of the first Greenland movie but it just gets more and more absurd.
Oddly I like both the leads - Butler and Baccarin but the plot is just too dumb.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 06, 2026 11:05 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Crusader
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I didn't write 'I Write the Songs'.
Posted by: Barry Manilow at February 06, 2026 11:06 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 06, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)
The best Star Trek character overall is, ears down, Quark.
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 11:06 PM (gKDq2)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at February 06, 2026 11:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Recall an earlier one with Obama as a witch doctor. A Pacific islander witch doctor....
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 06, 2026 11:07 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Rex B at February 06, 2026 11:07 PM (GI9/m)
Posted by: publius
I liked Ezri Dax but I don't know if that's because I hated Jadzia's smugface that much for six years. Maybe Ezri needed the leadin.
Nana Visitor could actually act, making Kira Nerys awesome.
And Gul Dukat, omfg.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 06, 2026 11:08 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026 11:04 PM
Pretty much. Andrew Robinson as Garak was a wonderful character. DS9 was my favorite Star Trek. It was not so tedious. Maybe that isn't the best word. But the characters were compelling.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 11:08 PM (lpTXP)
Wow. Just saw the end of the opening ceremony. The Olympic Flame, such as it is, is ridiculously small. It reminded me of the Spinal Tap Stonehenge monument that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler at February 06, 2026 11:09 PM (xverI)
Hard to believe that it was written by the same guy who wrote maybe the second* most maudlin song ever: In the Ghetto.
* Seasons In the Sun, of course
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Mac Davis didn't write or record "Seasons In the Sun".
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026
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I think Oddbob meant that "Seasons" was the No. 1 most maudlin pop song, and "In the Ghetto" from Davis was No. 2. ("Seasons" was sung by one Terry Jacks, whoever he was, and written by Rod McKuen. I think.)
"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro, and "Teddy Bear " by Red Sovine, are probably my worst two pop or country songs as far as maudlin goes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:09 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 06, 2026 11:00 PM (sKqQm)
Now the far left kooks are trying to tie Howard Lutnick to Epstein because they both signed a contract in 2012 to acquire a stake in an advertising company.
They are so desperate to continue the narrative to hurt Republicans.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 06, 2026 11:10 PM (y171U)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026
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Like so many actors in their Klingon or Cardassian makeup, Robinson was hard to recognize. He played the nutcase Dirty Harry is hunting in the first of that film series, long long ago, and he guested as villains on the Quinn Martin shows of the '70s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:11 PM (wzUl9)
That was not my meaning. The asterisk next to "second" was to footnote why it was second and not first.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 06, 2026 11:13 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 06, 2026 11:13 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: 18-1
There is a textbook on effective propaganda - variation of the ol strawman - heavily press false flag ludicrous claims, prove them wrong / unsubstantiated ---> everything our opposition says is lies!
Same textbook shows the best propaganda is the truth - repeat only the truth that benefits your cause (lies of omission).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 06, 2026 11:13 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 11:14 PM (OuTdY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 06, 2026 11:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: docweasel at February 06, 2026 11:14 PM (BE0s7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:16 PM (wzUl9)
This Epstein (died in '24) was an author and professor who had been a media favorite to talk about the JFK assassination.
Ghislane, as far as I can tell, had no presence outside of contact for Jeffrey Epstein at the time so if Edward Epstein was inviting her he was really inviting Jeffrey Epstein and...why would you want that?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 06, 2026 11:16 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 06, 2026 10:48 PM (XeU6L)
I have the whole run, but I can't read more than two in a row. You can always read them over since they are so well written
Posted by: Kindltot at February 06, 2026 11:16 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 06, 2026 10:04 PM (cwGMH)
Thanks hon!
Posted by: Ann Coulter at February 06, 2026 11:18 PM (YJgg/)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 11:08 PM (lpTXP)
DS9 had great character interactions with each other and good characters to start with. You had O'Brien and Bashir always off on some big holosuite adventure, quark and rom, quark and odo, jake and rom, sisko and jake, sisko and dax, worf, the dabo chick, the dude who sat at bar for 7 seasons and never said a word, etc etc. That goes a long way when it comes to making a good series. Babylon 5 had that, and B5 was great. DS9 also had sisko, who wasn't a pushover. He was no picard, who thought everything could be solved over a nice cup of earl grey.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 06, 2026 11:18 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Rex B at February 06, 2026
Maxine Waters's wig, or Rosa de Lauro's hair.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 06, 2026 11:19 PM (S/Y4j)
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Its borderline watchable at best.
Picard isn't Kirk. He's older, and demonstrably more indecisive. Nobody watched TNG and thought to themselves "I want to grow up and become Picard".
Data isn't Spock. Its not even close. There was no path forward for Data to become anything other than a sympathetic android. Spock was brilliant, and half-human.
No woman other than Uhura was in the regular command circle of the original Star Trek. TNG had all sorts of female "feelings" characters "Picard" regularly relied on. That crew was soft.
But the dagger for the TNG is...the Ferengi. It all became fake and gay the moment those horrible characters appeared. They were a thousand times more effeminate than the Romulans and the Klingons. In what universe would the Ferengi even matter?
And EVERY SINGLE Star Trek vehicle that came after the original was similarly handicapped. "Captain" Kate? Bite me.
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026 11:19 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:09 PM (wzUl9)
Along with "Brand New Key" by Melanie and "Playground In My Mind" by Clint Holmes.. ugh..
Posted by: Joemarine at February 06, 2026 11:19 PM (y171U)
Couldn’t she just go Minoan style? (If you know, you know.)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 06, 2026 11:19 PM (dhHpw)
Mark Lenard holds the trifecta of playing a Romulan, Vulcan, and Klingon, the Vulcan being Sarek, Spock's father of course.
Jeffrey Combs played a bunch as well, total of 9 characters, including Weyoun (the perfect amoral toady), and Shran in Enterprise.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026 11:19 PM (w6EFb)
Da fuq outta here with that shit. Raifucko.
Posted by: Really?? at February 06, 2026 11:19 PM (4iIP5)
I have the whole run, but I can't read more than two in a row. You can always read them over since they are so well written
Posted by: Kindltot
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Perhaps I will. My copies were all from the library.
Posted by: Barry Manilow at February 06, 2026 11:20 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 06, 2026 11:16 PM (rbvCR)
Can't tell you how many times I've read the Horatio Hornblower series, from Midshipman to Admiral of the Fleet.
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 11:20 PM (gKDq2)
@TheKevinDalton 18m
Anti-ICE protest in Perris, California turns violent when a vehicle waving a Mexican flag hits a fellow protester, sending them cartwheeling into the air, and then flees the scene.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 06, 2026 11:21 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:16 PM (wzUl9)
I always enjoyed his interactions with Quark. That was always fun
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 11:22 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026
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There was a crossover, where the actual doctor who had developed and programmed the Emergency Medical Program for starships like Voyager appears on the station -- played by Robert Picardo. The directors have chosen Julian, DS9's doctor, to be the model for a new long-range program. Sisko asks the doctor/programmer who he used as the model for the existing setup, and he says, "Myself, of course!"
The real, physical doctor turns out to have an eye for the ladies, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:23 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Midnight Rambler at February 06, 2026 11:09 PM (xverI)
Mrs B said it reminded her of the gravity drive engine in Event Horizon. Although, she described it as "the big ball in a room on a ship that was killing everyone". I knew what what she meant.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 06, 2026 11:23 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: RickZ
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I learned about Hornblower from my father. Have them all. I felt a bit disloyal reading Patrick O'brian..
Posted by: Barry Manilow at February 06, 2026 11:23 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 06, 2026 11:23 PM (rbvCR)
Anti-ICE protest in Perris, California turns violent when a vehicle waving a Mexican flag hits a fellow protester, sending them cartwheeling into the air, and then flees the scene.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 06, 2026 11:21 PM (diia5)
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Really?? at February 06, 2026 11:23 PM (4iIP5)
I always enjoyed his interactions with Quark. That was always fun
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026
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Including the adventure where they crash land on a planet, and have to work together to get to a mountaintop so they can send a help message.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:24 PM (wzUl9)
“Roses for Mama” has entered the chat.
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I know "mauldin" has a meaning, but the single worst recording at a "popular" song is...."Head Over Heals" by Alannis Morisette.
Good God man, that song is AWFUL, and the harmonica solo takes it over the top. That song is an abomination.
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026 11:24 PM (Cjcf6)
Anti-ICE protest in Perris, California turns violent when a vehicle waving a Mexican flag hits a fellow protester, sending them cartwheeling into the air, and then flees the scene.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 06, 2026 11:21 PM (diia5)
That just broke my Schadenfreude Meter.
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 11:24 PM (gKDq2)
[Grump]
Posted by: Kindltot at February 06, 2026
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The dog ate the butterfly.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:25 PM (wzUl9)
Participants: Teams representing various state bodies and major industrial sites, such as the Ministry of Fisheries and the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex, are competing.
I wanted to see if the Olympic committee booted them out of the competition like they did Russia (since NK sent soldiers to fight the Ukrainians). But, they could have competed if they had someone who qualified.
Posted by: Orson at February 06, 2026 11:25 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 06, 2026 11:26 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Really?? at February 06, 2026 11:26 PM (4iIP5)
Anti-ICE protest in Perris, California turns violent when a vehicle waving a Mexican flag hits a fellow protester, sending them cartwheeling into the air, and then flees the scene.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 06, 2026 11:21 PM (diia5)
¡Ay caramba!
But anyway....
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 11:26 PM (lpTXP)
I always enjoyed his interactions with Quark. That was always fun
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026
Londo and G'Kar
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 06, 2026 11:28 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Barry Manilow at February 06, 2026 11:23 PM (XeU6L)
I think dad read them all in Saturday Evening Post, or at least the initial ones. O'Brian is a great writer who had an ear for language and poetry and really liked people, and it showed. Those books are worth reading for that reason alone.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 06, 2026 11:28 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Barry Manilow at February 06, 2026 11:23 PM (XeU6L)
I didn't like the movie with that wooden Gregory Peck.
The best Hornblower 'movies' I've seen were on A&E early in the 2000s. Really good stuff if you can find them. I think they did three or four two-hour, with commercials, movies. Fine acting and naval battle scenes.
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
Robert Picardo's Doctor had some of the best channeling of Bones "Dammit, I'm a doctor, not a fill-in-the-blank". They said he got the role when he was auditioning for the part and ad-libbed in, "I'm a doctor, not a night light" for a scene.
One of the funniest Voyager episodes, early last season I think, was when the Doctor's "holo matrix" had to be hidden in Seven of Nines Borg brain implants for some reason -- they were captured by some aliens who outlawed holograms.
Anyway, Doctor ends up taking over control of Seven. Jerry Ryan did an hilarious job of channeling the Doctor's character. Funniest line, Seven gets back in control and is furious at the Doctor, "You became sexually aroused in my body!".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026 11:28 PM (w6EFb)
@TheKevinDalton
21 year old Columbian illegal immigrant kills a man during a police pursuit in Placentia, California
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 06, 2026 11:29 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 06, 2026
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Aw, I kinda liked "Brand New Key," even with Melanie's off-key (pun intended) voice. "Playground" never resonated with me, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 06, 2026 11:29 PM (dhHpw)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 06, 2026 11:28 PM (Cqx++)
When the walls fell.
Oh wait, . . .
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 11:30 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 06, 2026 11:31 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: raimondo at February 06, 2026 11:31 PM (Cgw3G)
Posted by: Barry Manilow at February 06, 2026
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I read a lot of the Hornblowers when I was in my teens and twenties. Lieutenant Hornblower still chills me when I think of its sharp portrait of the paranoid, clearly-mad captain.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:31 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Sisko punching Q in the face in a boxing ring was hilarious!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 06, 2026 11:31 PM (byWhc)
Need another reason not to watch the Olympics?
Posted by: Joemarine at February 06, 2026 10:52 PM (y171U)
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Of course - he called the entire continent pussies to their faces and they sat and took it. Europe is so over.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 06, 2026 11:32 PM (UVyKP)
Funny that DS9 comes up as a topic tonight. I was just watching a Youtube review of the latest episode of the execrable Starfleet Academy and apparently it uses Benjamin and Jake Sisko as a plot point. I thought the Jake character was a huge missed opportunity. He could have been 1000% more interesting if they had written him not as a kid who sometimes got into a little kid-like trouble but as a genuinely bad kid. A real JD, a mirror universe Wesley, involved in all kinds of crime and trouble on the station, that Sisko had to deal with.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 06, 2026 11:33 PM (Fs0KI)
In other news I got in a fight today with an Indian off shore customer service deekhaid (I am still trying to master dikhead in Aussie).
Speaking of Aussie, in a brief tangent, I was getting my hair done this morning,and heard his accent from the next chair and got briefly excited, mate. Then I discovered HE was getting foil highlights like me and figured he must be gay and lost interest.
The Indian off shore customer service had all sorts of static & music and a bad accent.I told him to turn the volume down.
One item was stolen by USPS,who I blame. Then the idiot hung up on me.
If you give really bad ratings on the survey they call you right back. I hope he gets that new killer bat virus.
I got another Indian. A kind woman who couldn't say my name to save her life, but did send me, at no bloody charge she said & there better not be, a new half of what I ordered & someone stole.
This is how part of my day went. In reality it was only about 30min but it felt like hours. Otherwise things are good and we might get some snow next week.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 06, 2026 11:33 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: raimondo at February 06, 2026 11:34 PM (Cgw3G)
Posted by: Black JEM at February 06, 2026 11:34 PM (UVyKP)
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
I have these all on DVD. There were 4 episodes in a mini series, then 2 or 4 more episodes filmed later. Need to watch again. It was an excellent show.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 06, 2026 11:35 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Black JEM at February 06, 2026 11:32 PM (UVyKP)
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That speech was one of my favorite things to watch. The expressions on the spectators was priceless. The best thing about it was the Europeans expected the same old platitudes and patronizing nonsense about "working together" and "participation trophies"...and JD just unloads like someone left the seat up at Wellesley College. Glorious.
Posted by: Orson at February 06, 2026 11:37 PM (dIske)
Granted I don't plan to ever ride a subway ever again in life...and I have in NYC and different cities in the UK and Europe... she would be a welcome change to me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 06, 2026 11:38 PM (WONhk)
"We're here in the shadow of the great monument to Simon Bolivar, the great liberator. It's right up here, the great liberator of Latin America. And he's a hero, right?"
"We now have a new great liberator, Donald Trump,... President Trump almost miraculously overthrew a regime, the Chavez-Maduro regime, which had been entrenched for over 25 years."
Nobody, he added, "thought that we could ever remove them and he did it without an invasion. Just one military strike. Boom. It was done."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 11:38 PM (OuTdY)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026 11:28 PM (w6EFb)
That was a great episode. Adding Seven of Nine really improved that series. She had a good character arc and it added a bunch of story line possibilities. I liked how she was like a big sister to the little girl Naomi Wildman.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 06, 2026 11:39 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Black JEM at February 06, 2026
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Bobby Russell, the writer of "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" and other hits, had a fun little single in the late '60s called "Saturday Morning Confusion." Not as much wordplay in that one, but painting a solid picture of a happy family.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:39 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)
Granted I don't plan to ever ride a subway ever again in life...and I have in NYC and different cities in the UK and Europe... she would be a welcome change to me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 06, 2026 11:38 PM (WONhk)
She's not robbing or setting people on fire. As long as she picks up after her horse, I don't care.
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 11:40 PM (gKDq2)
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Go for it r man.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 06, 2026 11:41 PM (XeU6L)
Granted I don't plan to ever ride a subway ever again in life...and I have in NYC and different cities in the UK and Europe... she would be a welcome change to me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 06, 2026
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She's not robbing or setting people on fire. As long as she picks up after her horse, I don't care.
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026
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Are the ceilings in the subways high enough for someone to ride a horse without ducking? I rode one of the subway lines back in '98 on my visit to NYC, but I can't recall.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:42 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:44 PM (wzUl9)
6h
The "Experts" said that if I hit 50,000 on the Dow by the end of my Term, I would have done a great job, but I hit 50,000 today, three years ahead of schedule — Remember that for the Midterms, because the Democrats will CRASH the Economy!
_PDJT
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 11:44 PM (OuTdY)
Need another reason not to watch the Olympics?
Posted by: Joemarine at February 06, 2026 10:52 PM (y171U)
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I will watch bits of it and this ticks me off. Euro-weenies don't know what to do with real men. And a Marine on top of being JD Vance "I don't really care, Margaret, do you?"
VP Vance is high on my list of men I might marry someday (if I wasn't already married, olde, and he wasn't already married).
I have known one person on earth with eyes like his and I will fight people who say he wears eyeliner. He does not.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 06, 2026 11:47 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Crusader at February 06, 2026 11:03 PM (Cjcf6)
Read it again. Nobody said he did. It was Jacques Brel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2026 11:49 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 06, 2026 11:49 PM (dhHpw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:42 PM (wzUl9)
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Yes, but I don't think the horse would like the subway train car, especially in NYC.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 06, 2026 11:49 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 11:38 PM (OuTdY)
Alex Krainer (I know, who?) speculates that Trump moved to take Maduro to forestall a regime change move, probably by the Euros, to install Maria Machado -- who they just gave a Nobel for neither winning an election or actually creating peace.
He also thinks that Maduro was in on it, since it took so little time, and it appears that a lot of the anti-air defense gear was parked in garages at the time.
Machado would have been a disaster, and caused a civil war. Delcy Rodriguez is doing impressive things about political prisoners and might be doing more than the Colombians to muzzle the cartels.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 06, 2026 11:50 PM (rbvCR)
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Go for it r man.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Hmm, interesting. The classic 'White Savior' complex.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 06, 2026 11:52 PM (byWhc)
Is it possible to Make Star Trek Great Again?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)
Kind of hard. You'd need to really throw out all of the movies. Throw out everything... I'd say after DS9.
Go back to basics. Planet/species of the week. Good stories, no politics beyond moral problems.
Good actors.
Oh and execute Kurtzman.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2026 11:52 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 11:42 PM (wzUl9)
The horse would have a problem with stairwells.
But on most platforms, she'd be fine. They're plenty tall. You're going down a full stairwell, a good 20 feet, or more. Unless she had some sort of huge steed, I don't see a problem.
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 11:53 PM (gKDq2)
No, that starship has sailed.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 06, 2026 11:49 PM (dhHpw)
Crash landed on Dune. No survivors.
From either.
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2026 11:54 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 06, 2026 11:19 PM (y171U)
"Brand New Key" isn't maudlin, FFS. It's a double-entendre bawdy song about fucking.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2026 11:55 PM (8zz6B)
Ya Hoooo.
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Machado would have been a disaster, and caused a civil war. Delcy Rodriguez is doing impressive things about political prisoners and might be doing more than the Colombians to muzzle the cartels.
Posted by: Kindltot
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There's a lot going on between VZ and US.
Trump wants it to be organic, He's a master.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 11:59 PM (OuTdY)
In my reading I was convinced we'd be robbed so I took precautions. My men could not wear jeans nor running shoes. Well, the little Paris men wore jeans and tees without collars (mine stood out in polo shirts).And running shoes. My men were not happy with me. We stood out as we are all blonde.
We took the subway to a lot of places. I had index cards to know which stop to get off and not look like a tourist. My guy and I once got into an argument as we pretended to be French and not stand out to the thieves. Our youngest whispered to me that we were argue whispering in English.
I knew enough French to get by, from HS, and knew how to scream, "Call police, I am being robbed!" at the time.
Even in HS the boys were over 6' so we had no issues with the French.
Years later, standing in line to Marie Antoinette's childhood home in Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace, my stupid men whispered that "no wonder the Germans won" as some men of Europe are so tiny. If you are from Europe and tiny but a Moron, please forgive me. Je suis désolé. (continued)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 07, 2026 12:00 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Azjaeger at February 07, 2026 12:04 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Archer at February 07, 2026 12:04 AM (wvc0i)
Posted by: Azjaeger at February 07, 2026 12:04 AM (3/XaG)
RuPaul was more relaxed in his own skin.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2026 12:06 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 07, 2026 12:07 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)
Star trek Strange New Worlds was actually pretty good. The ship itself is the nicest I ever saw in any trek. The did a hell of a job with it. If you haven't seen it its worth checking out. No slouches in the cast.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2026 12:07 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 06, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)
It's dead, Jim.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 07, 2026 12:08 AM (dK+Kv)
That’s retarded speculation imo. Super retarded.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 07, 2026 12:09 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 07, 2026 12:09 AM (cwGMH)
So go ahead and give me yours.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2026 12:12 AM (rbvCR)
He uncle rode his horse in the school looking for her.
Calling to her as he rode down the halls and up and down the three flights of stairs.
Melanie, oh, Melanie, where are you?
She was so embarrassed.
Finally some of the women teachers told him he must leave.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 07, 2026 12:13 AM (OuTdY)
I grew up with Star Trek TOS. Watched a few later series whenever I could, but various jobs interfered too much to really follow any of them. Love the concepts, though.
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)
My husband walks very fast and was known, before his back issues, to be seen running through the parking lots of Publix in FL, just because he ran.
There was a courtyard and our windows opened to this. I was upstairs on the 3rd floor putting on mascara when I heard a loud crash. Thought a busboy dropped a tray.
My guy appeared about 15min later with a red bump on his head & a bloody lip. In his rush to get the Paris map, he crashed head first into thick glass doors in the lobby. Woke to many French people concerned above him, and leaped up and carried on.
Our sons did not hear this. I did not know. He could have been whisked off like Princess Diana in one of those goofy siren ambulances and we would have never seen him again.
He tells me the story. I ask if he is ok & he said yes so we carry on (he possibly had a mild concussion). We leave the hotel and see his facial imprint on the glass door and we all collapse laughing in the lobby like loons when we see it. The man behind the desk wondered about us all.
His bump is in photos.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 07, 2026 12:14 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: publius
Wrong direction. It's really time for making new shows. The Expanse, for all it's problems, was a pretty sci-fi show.
I think Taylor Sheridan, what ever you think of his stuff, has the road map. Make things people want to see, get control over it, and force execs to bow and scrape before you. Ronald D. Moore seemed like he was going to branch out like that in the 00's but I haven't seen a thing from him recently.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 07, 2026 12:15 AM (diia5)
Just read that SpaceX has now announced no more Dragon flights from Pad 39A -- all Dragon flights including the next Crew-12 will be from the Pad 40 complex at the Cape. They're going to be concentrating on Starship (and Falcon Heavy) launches from 39A going forward.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 07, 2026 12:16 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 07, 2026 12:19 AM (cwGMH)
I want the NFL to suffer for inflicting a shitty left wing trans-more-than-friendly anti-ICE asshole named Bad Bunny on their audience.
There is a deliberately counter programmed alternative to the "official" Superbowl Bad Bunny halftime show
It is airing on the TV networks Daily Wire+, TBN, Real America’s Voice, The National News Desk, CHARGE!, NTD.com, and OAN News.
You can also watch it on Turning Point USA accounts on X, YouTube, and Rumble, or directly as AMERICANHALFTIMESHOW.COM
Big feature is Kid Rock, mostly country artists.
For those with Dish, TBN is Chan 260, Real.Americas Voice is Chan 219, CHARGE! is on Chan 290, and OAN is on Chan 212. It's going to be timed to the actual halftime, so it'll end before the game resumes
If we can get enough people (especially sat and cable where they are tracking exactly what you're watching) to switch only during halftime, the message will be heard when advertisers want money back because of reduced eyeballs.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 07, 2026 12:21 AM (pk60q)
There's a certain poetry to that.
Were I a woman and competing against her, I'd put a lawn chair up at the top of the hill where she could see me and wear a fake moustache.
Posted by: Orson at February 07, 2026 12:22 AM (dIske)
Posted by: publius
Wrong direction. It's really time for making new shows. The Expanse, for all it's problems, was a pretty sci-fi show.
I think Taylor Sheridan, what ever you think of his stuff, has the road map. Make things people want to see, get control over it, and force execs to bow and scrape before you. Ronald D. Moore seemed like he was going to branch out like that in the 00's but I haven't seen a thing from him recently.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
I really liked The Expanse. I never read the books (though I may at some point), I thought the show was very engrossing. Enough to keep my very short attention span interested. I'm a SciFi fan boy anyway.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 07, 2026 12:23 AM (byWhc)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 07, 2026 12:09 AM (cwGMH)
So go ahead and give me yours.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2026 12:12 AM (rbvCR)
You think Europe was preparing to back a coup for Machado?
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 07, 2026 12:24 AM (cwGMH)
There's a certain poetry to that.
Were I a woman and competing against her, I'd put a lawn chair up at the top of the hill where she could see me and wear a fake moustache.
Posted by: Orson at February 07, 2026 12:22 AM (dIske)
I wonder if she is pumped full of testosterone?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 07, 2026 12:24 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 07, 2026 12:25 AM (byWhc)
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one minute, eight seconds of joy?
https://tinyurl.com/2w5t4vc3
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 07, 2026 12:25 AM (OuTdY)
Seems far fetched and would require a level of real politik. Still, speculation that might fit the facts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2026 12:27 AM (bss/y)
We must make certain that no American is offended by ridicule and mockery and that everybody gets a participation trophy.
When did America become a bunch of thin-skinned, slack-jawed whiners? Fuck you!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 07, 2026 12:28 AM (WUel5)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 07, 2026 12:23 AM (byWhc)
Expanse was great in the first couple of seasons, then it went weird and bad.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2026 12:28 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 06, 2026 11:50 PM (rbvCR)
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Everything I've read suggests that the defenses were deployed, up, running, and very stupidly dependent upon the standard radar and civilian infrastructure (electrical grid). Once the radar was taken out, and the power sources taken down (by drones)...the Russian air defense units were scraps of useless pieces of machinery.
Posted by: Orson at February 07, 2026 12:29 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 07, 2026 12:32 AM (8zz6B)
The VZ transition is going slowly enough that it's not shocking the citizens. It's well orchestrated.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 07, 2026 12:35 AM (OuTdY)
I really liked the Expanse as well. I stumbled on it and actually binge-watched the first few seasons. Was disappointed with the abrupt ending.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 07, 2026 12:38 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 07, 2026 12:23 AM (byWhc)
Expanse was great in the first couple of seasons, then it went weird and bad.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 07, 2026 12:28 AM (bss/y)
Yeah it lost me somewhere along the way, probably when it went weird and bad like you said, and somehow I lost the plot.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2026 12:40 AM (snZF9)
Diosdado Cabello hides and sleeps in the Spanish Embassy...He knows that his arrest is a matter of time...It only comes out at dawn...The worst thing is that he was captured by the FBI and Sebin, the same police that he used for years to sow terror in Venezuela.
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Venezuela@usembassyve . Feb 4
The final objective is that we want to reach a transition phase in which we have a friendly, stable, prosperous Venezuela. - @SecRubio - January 28, 2026
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Andrés Eduardo@andreseduardog_ .12h
Some conditions that María Corina Machado sets to hold free elections in Venezuela:
-Open the electoral registry for Venezuelans abroad.
-Audit the identification system so that only Venezuelans can vote. She remembers that more than 10,000 Venezuelan passports were delivered to Islamic extremist agents.
This process could take 9 to 10 months once started.
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Easy peasy/steady Eddie
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 07, 2026 12:42 AM (OuTdY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 07, 2026 12:42 AM (dhHpw)
"A newly introduced bill in Springfield would significantly increase how much Illinois electric vehicle owners pay each year to register their cars, pushing the total annual cost from about $251 to more than $470."
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 12:44 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 07, 2026 12:24 AM (cwGMH)
Alex Krainer does, though he only has the experience of growing up in Yugoslavia at the wrong time, and living in Venezuela.
If Venezuela wound up being torn up from an ongoing civil war, maybe brining Colombia and the FARC in, the US would have a septic sore at our belly that we can't ignore and will be worse than Vietnam to calm down.
Maduro was a in a weak position, and was chosen to take Chavez' place, and I suspect was run by his generals and the cartels, as well as the Cubans. Once he is nabbed, then Rodriguez, who is truly one of the power elite families in Caracas can operate. She is also an insider in the Oil industry. She doesn't have to be good, she just has to want the best for Venezuela. From what I have heard, this is who she is.
I don't know about all the air defense equipment, but I saw truck mounted batteries destroyed in a garage in a tiktok clip, where they were not able to engage targets even before they got blowed up.
It is speculation, and it fits some of the data points that are hard to account for
Posted by: Kindltot at February 07, 2026 12:47 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 07, 2026 12:42 AM (dhHpw)
Yes. I was being lazy and sleepy.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 07, 2026 12:48 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Then there was that time (I was 8, I believe) where my craving for candy overcame my knowledge of effects - so I got into the medicine cabinet and ate an entire box of Ex-Lax. I was old enough to know better, but I remember this anytime someone comes up.with the idea that kids are just smallish adults. They aren't and you can't trust their impulse control.
When I got caught with the empty box and all the foil wrappers my mother called the doctor. He told her to go to the drugstore and get charcoal tablets. Crushed them up and I had swallow that with a little water. I had some diarrhea, but not life threatening.
I think of this story every time I hear crap like giving school.kids the vote. Given the results, I think 18 as the voting age is a failure. I'm all for raising it to 25, which is when the frontal lobes are completely developed. It's also where car insurance rates start coming down. Actuarial history doesn't lie.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 07, 2026 12:50 AM (pk60q)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 07, 2026 12:53 AM (dhHpw)
"A newly introduced bill in Springfield would significantly increase how much Illinois electric vehicle owners pay each year to register their cars, pushing the total annual cost from about $251 to more than $470."
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 12:44 AM (N8ZBc)
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Heh...it was only a matter of time. The State loses the fuel tax from EV owners, so they had to make up a new cost to re-acquire that money. It's funny because a lot of EV owners could give a shit about the environment, and bought one to avoid paying for gas, and the attached taxes. Oops. I read the bill, they are also playing around with a mileage tax currently proposed to be 1.2 cents per mile. So if you go 20,000 in a year, the payment is about the same as the increase on registration. BUT, once a tax like that shows up, it never goes away, and it always increases.
Still, the total fuel tax you pay for IC cars well exceeds this new EV cost.
Posted by: Orson at February 07, 2026 12:55 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Kindltot
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 07, 2026 12:57 AM (OuTdY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 07, 2026 12:59 AM (+HNx/)
Yup. Now I wonder what the 2026 registration for my internal-combustion car will be. Last year it was $153. For all I know, it might have got jacked up too. This state is too broke to exist.
Dreading the 2026 prop tax too.
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 12:59 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Case at February 07, 2026 01:02 AM (E7+ue)
I guess bad bunny was busy.
Posted by: Really?? at February 07, 2026 01:04 AM (4iIP5)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 07, 2026 01:07 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 07, 2026 01:08 AM (dhHpw)
Spit.
Posted by: Really?? at February 07, 2026 01:09 AM (4iIP5)
Posted by: Case at February 07, 2026 01:02 AM (E7+ue)
I'm not watching the stupid bowl. I never gave a shit, but sometimes I would bend an ear to watch the silly new commercials, or the half time show, but since those have sucked for years I just don't bother with any of it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2026 01:15 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 01:17 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: raimondo at February 07, 2026 01:19 AM (Cgw3G)
Lol.
It’s all so silly.
Posted by: Really?? at February 07, 2026 01:22 AM (4iIP5)
Posted by: raimondo at February 07, 2026 01:22 AM (Cgw3G)
I am watching the Super Bowl, it is my home team playing there. I fully expect to lose, Seattle has a better team and I am sure that they remember the Malcolm Butler interception, so go Seattle, enjoy your time. I am hosting a small halftime party for neighbors who don't want to watch bad bunny. We have enough bad bunnies in our neighborhood in the spring and summer.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 07, 2026 01:25 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Really?? at February 07, 2026 01:25 AM (4iIP5)
Posted by: gp
>My interest in sportsball really went into the tank when the networks stopped filming female cheer-leading squads. Apparently it's no longer empowering and is misogynistic. WTF?
There should be a redzone channel just for cheerleaders.
I'll still watch because of the gathering of family and friends. And food and drink. And I do like the game, but I hate everything else about the league and the broadcast.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 07, 2026 01:26 AM (WUel5)
youtube.com/watch?v=TvKoh-cCn28&t=9145
(PS: defendant is guilty as all hell.)
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 01:27 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 07, 2026 01:27 AM (OuTdY)
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Oui. And I never felt so unfettered and alive.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 07, 2026 01:28 AM (+HNx/)
It's 42F here, currently. Rain forecast for tomorrow night. Was just gorgeous out yesterday, 60 degrees & sunny! Thought today would be more of the same, so put-off my project. Mistake.
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 07, 2026 01:30 AM (dhHpw)
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 01:30 AM (N8ZBc)
If I had been in the jury, I would have shouted a warning.
Resulting in mistrial? Contempt of court?
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 01:35 AM (N8ZBc)
AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes@AISafetyMemes 14h
"you point it at website and it just... tries to break in... fully autonomous with no human needed"
"it stole the entire user database, all by itself, in 90 minutes"
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chiefofautism@chiefofautism . Feb 6
CLAUDE CODE but for HACKING
its called shannon, you point it at website and it just... tries to break in... fully autonomous with no human needed
i pointed it at a test app and it stole the entire user database, created admin accounts, and bypassed login, all by itself, in 90 minutes
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 07, 2026 01:38 AM (OuTdY)
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Oh, great... I'm so glad every f'ing thing is online now! I feel so secure.
/s
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2026 01:42 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 01:43 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gp
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You're right. I shall not despair.
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)
Michael Nicolls@michaelnicollsx , 15h
We are hiring for many critical engineering roles to develop the technologies for AI satellites in space at our facilities in Austin and Seattle. Solar, process, automation, manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, optics, software... come build space data centers with great engineers at @SpaceX @Starlink
We are also hiring elite engineers at our new 230 MeV cyclotron facility in Florida, where we are bringing single-event radiation testing in house to accelerate development across all SpaceX vehicles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 07, 2026 01:48 AM (OuTdY)
I can feel the brain cells dying, but I get stuff done quicker.
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 01:48 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)
No doubt. I don't mind watching the women. Not the dudes, I call them ice fags. I refuse. I used to like watching katarina witt, for obvious reasons, lol.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2026 01:49 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Case at February 07, 2026 01:49 AM (E7+ue)
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 01:50 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
>That is the most rigged sport ever. They completely destroyed any appeal when they instituted the three point shot.
Just a bunch of jack wads throwing up 24' bombs. Almost no coaching or plays or rules. Officiating sucks, just lame.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 07, 2026 01:52 AM (WUel5)
Michael Nicolls@michaelnicollsx , 15h
We are hiring for many critical engineering roles to develop the technologies for AI satellites in space at our facilities in Austin and Seattle. Solar, process, automation, manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, optics, software... come build space data centers with great engineers at @SpaceX @Starlink
We are also hiring elite engineers at our new 230 MeV cyclotron facility in Florida, where we are bringing single-event radiation testing in house to accelerate development across all SpaceX vehicles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 07, 2026 01:48 AM (OuTdY)
If they got harley engines I'm golden. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2026 01:52 AM (snZF9)
Just a bunch of jack wads throwing up 24' bombs. Almost no coaching or plays or rules. Officiating sucks, just lame.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 07, 2026 01:52 AM (WUel5)
My friend calls it ghetto throw ball. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2026 01:53 AM (snZF9)
I don't want to fix her. But there is no way I would tell her my real name.
Posted by: Butch at February 07, 2026 01:56 AM (98xTj)
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
Anthropic CEO:
Software engineering will be completely obsolete in 6-12 months…
27 seconds
https://tinyurl.com/3m3cn9dx
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 07, 2026 01:58 AM (OuTdY)
Posted by: Berserker
40-odd minutes of Harlem Globetrotters showmanship, followed by 2-3 minutes of a boring free-throw competition to decide the winner.
Posted by: mikeski at February 07, 2026 01:59 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at February 07, 2026 02:00 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
>How about you change the rules; you get one point for a 24' shot, you get two points for anything inside of 15' and you get three points for a dunk or anything inside of the paint?
Let's raise the bucket to 11'.
The game has gone retard in reverse.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 07, 2026 02:02 AM (WUel5)
You can think of it like how 'computer' used to be a job that humans had. You would go and get a job as a computer where you would do calculations. They had entire skyscrapers full of humans....20, 30 floors of humans...just doing calculations. Now, that entire skyscraper of humans doing calculations can be replaced by a laptop with a spreadsheet. That spreadsheet can do vastly more calculations than an entire building full of human computers
So, you think about it: what if only some of the cells in your spreadsheet were calculated by humans? That would be much worse than if all of the cells in your spreadsheet were calculated by the computer. And so, really what will happen is the pure AI, pure robotics corporations or collectives will far outperform any corporations that have humans in the loop. It will happen very quickly
_Elon Musk
https://tinyurl.com/2h7cuyaj
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 07, 2026 02:03 AM (OuTdY)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 07, 2026 02:06 AM (0nHVk)
"It will happen very quickly"
We approach The Singularity.
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 02:08 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 07, 2026 02:11 AM (0nHVk)
Big bro & I both got ice skate for Christmas one year, and Dad took us out to a frozen pond by Grandma's house. Hilarity ensued!
Dad could skate well. Big bro did alright. My ankles were too weak, even with the hard leather boots. These were not the dual-bladed "beginner" skates, oh no... but I had as much fun as possible, trying to imitate Peggy Fleming.
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)
I think we have some shit here that requires prune juice, cobs
Posted by: gKWVE at February 07, 2026 02:19 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Berserker
Solo male figure skating? Fags.
Doubles figure skating? Some of the lifts they get to do? "Go directly to third base. Do not pass go. Do not spend $20, the same as in town."
Posted by: mikeski at February 07, 2026 02:21 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at February 07, 2026 02:22 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2026 02:22 AM (snZF9)
Doubles figure skating? Some of the lifts they get to do? "Go directly to third base. Do not pass go. Do not spend $20, the same as in town."
Posted by: mikeski at February 07, 2026 02:21 AM (VHUov)
Yeah, the pairs and the ice dancing takes some strength. Some of those dude seriously toss those chicks and they have to land that shit. I don't mind watching that, but yeah, solo dudes are ice fags. No dude with a man card blessed by odin would get on the ice and behave like that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2026 02:26 AM (snZF9)
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Only if it actually works.
Otherwise, it will pretty much be the mother of all bubbles bursting.
Posted by: Methos at February 07, 2026 02:27 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Methos at February 07, 2026 02:30 AM (vSvIl)
Sorry I'm way late for a great content filled ONT.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at February 07, 2026 02:38 AM (KaHlS)
I get a big kick out of using AI, glad to have free access to it, but I wouldn't invest in it personally. Looks like a bubble to me.
I can definitely see why pretty much any business has to seriously consider using it, since their competitors surely will.
Posted by: gp at February 07, 2026 02:39 AM (N8ZBc)
Yeah. Once people are obsolete, what's the point of competition? What's the point of doing anything?
You're The Best! But nobody else is around to GAF.
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah. Once people are obsolete, what's the point of competition? What's the point of doing anything?
You're The Best! But nobody else is around to GAF.
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)
Skynet will be around. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 07, 2026 02:58 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at February 07, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
Um, no.
Baseball is the national sport for a reason. Everywhere we have exported it has become a valuable asset. Look to Japan for that, among others.
Hockey keeps most kids out of slam, such as my spawn. That is a valuable thing for the community and for the world in general.
No sports means no learning to win gracefully and lose gracefully. You end up with self-absorbed ghetto assholes. I don't think thug-ball basketball qualifies as anything but a disaster, but that says more about those who choose to play it than the sport itself.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 07, 2026 03:03 AM (I40wl)
Ugh.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at February 07, 2026 03:21 AM (MmTZZ)
Posted by: m at February 07, 2026 04:05 AM (8NTVk)
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