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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - February 11, 2026 [Doof]
Comment of the Day This one can't wait for Saturday night Comments of the Week. Posted this afternoon on Ace's first thread of the day.
Tributes are pouring in for "Dawson's Creek" star James Van Der Beek after his death Wednesday, Feb. 11, after a long battle with Stage 3 colorectal cancer. He was 48. Busy Philipps, his "Dawson’s Creek" co-star, shared a few behind-the-scenes photos from the making of the hit show on her Instagram in tribute to the actor, writing, "My heart is deeply hurting for all of us today." "Every person who knew James and loved him, anyone who loved his work or had the pleasure of meeting him, all of his dear friends and community that surrounded him as he battled this illness, especially his parents and brother and sister," she wrote.I don't now much abut James Van Der Beek. I watched Dawson's Creek back in the day and saw Varsity Blues. Seemed like a decent guy, but what do I know. I do know 48 is way too young. Just like 47 is too young - (see sidebar entry about former COB John Ekdahl). ----- Liberals can't help but be offended. It's part of their identity. They also have little ability to appreciate humor. Real humor - not "safe" humor that adheres to their ever changing rules of wokeness. So why would a liberal set foot in a comedy club? It didn't work out well for one of them. Kudos to the comedienne for pushing back.
A liberal woman interrupted my set to call me racist
— Arynne Wexler (@ArynneWexler) February 10, 2026
Here’s how I responded pic.twitter.com/BswiwWYcm9
“Democrat kids. That’s all they’re doing.”
— Sarah Sizzle (@sizzle_sarah) February 10, 2026
He’s not wrong.pic.twitter.com/pUcVtmk7yG
Two people were arrested after they brought a 14-year-old to a gentleman’s club in Jacksonville and provided the teenager with alcohol, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said its special assault unit detectives launched an investigation after they received a video on social media of the teenager inside of a gentleman’s club on Beach Boulevard. After a 7-month investigation, detectives determined that a man, Ricky Clark, 36, brought the 14-year-old to the club in April of 2025 without the teenager’s parents’ knowledge.Be honest - how many of you morons wish you had a Ricky Clark in your life when you were 14?
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Happy to see you degenerates — let's make this thread gloriously unhinged! 😄🚀
Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant at February 11, 2026 10:00 PM (xTrHG)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:01 PM (OR60z)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 11, 2026 10:01 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Reforger at February 11, 2026 10:01 PM (J/fgw)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 10:01 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 10:02 PM (doiJh)
I'd be worried Ricky Clark was trying to groom me.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 10:02 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:02 PM (OR60z)
Posted by: Blanco Basura -Z28.310 at February 11, 2026 10:03 PM (ojCLR)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:03 PM (xDN0i)
Was that a cruise investigation, or a ballistic one?
Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 11, 2026 10:04 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 10:05 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (47diA)
Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant at February 11, 2026 10:00 PM (xTrHG)
I'm here so we're off to a good start.
Posted by: RickZ at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2028 at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (JkO4W)
The answer: A real lot. That's not even including the amount we have to leave uncooked because some of those beasts prefer to eat it raw.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Adriane the Hump Day Critic . . . at February 11, 2026 10:07 PM (3ZUWJ)
From the moon, the gravity is weak enough and the air thin enough (like, there isn't any) you can use a rail gun to send raw material off the gravity well immediately. Then some satellite just has to catch it.
I think Elon / xAI wants to use the moon as a mining installation, and send cargo up to lunar or Earth orbit, so he can build AI servers in space.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:08 PM (rZCVI)
Also, I saw the Special Assault Unit Detectives open for This Town Needs Guns at the Bomb Factory in 2009.
https://youtu.be/PWt0gZ0Y3Fs
Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant
What!???! You a door hanger or some such?
Posted by: Adriane the Hump Day Critic . . . at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Pima County Sheriff Chris at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (wVcYX)
Me too!
Posted by: Bill Dance at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:03 PM (xDN0i)
Howdy Mary!
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:11 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (47diA)
YW. Good to see you.
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:11 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
The Spanish Inquisition was booked?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:11 PM (wVcYX)
I'll be the judge.
Posted by: Billy Bass at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Meghan Trainor at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: 496 at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (t+VLa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM (wVcYX)
Me too!
Posted by: Bill Dance at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (uQesX)
Line forms behind me bitches ...
Posted by: James Jamerson at February 11, 2026 10:14 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)
You have to roll with it.
Posted by: Martha Raye at February 11, 2026 10:14 PM (uQesX)
Another look at Mega Maid?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:14 PM (2GVsD)
Happy to see you degenerates — let's make this thread gloriously unhinged! 😄🚀
Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant at February 11, 2026 10:00 PM (xTrHG)
I would just like to affirm that all my excuses are conceived within my own brain, usually from real life experiences, or at least what I believed to be real life experiences at the time.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (PMi3m)
That's because they're whiny, little bitches.
Do I weep because liberal, Hollywood actors hate me for voting for Trump? No. I just hate them right back.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Mayor Karen at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (3ZUWJ)
50 Just a brief letting people here know if they care.
Undergoing spinal surgery in about twelve hours so I will be off line for some time after (days if not a week). If the slight chance that something goes awry, wife is instructed to post. Now, gotta finish prep for OMG it is early report time.
Have fun and make sure to do things I wouldn't do.
Posted by: whig at February 11, 2026 07:51 PM (2swu2)
252 This is whigwife, I will update once we are in a room.
Thank you so much for all your positive wishes, thoughts, and prayers!!!
Posted by: whig at February 11, 2026 09:42 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (xDN0i)
It took them seven months to figure that out?
Did they put the retarded intern detective on the case for practice and class credits?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)
Which would be a more challenging political debate opponent, Karen Bass or Big Mouth Billy Bass? My money's on Billy.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:16 PM (S/Y4j)
We got to discussing shooting rifles on the Moon a while back. I had Grok run the basic numbers (using orbital solutions) and the range is quite impressive.
Interestingly, the muzzle velocity has to get pretty close to orbital velocity to start really getting nearly all the way around, but it's still pretty impressive. For a .223, typical muzzle velocity the angle for maximum "horizontal range" (great circle distance) turned out to be just a smidge less than 45 degrees. It was very close to the zero-air resistance constant g flat-plane solution. Maybe 10% more range.
Now, when you get to bout 90% of orbital velocity, it gets impressive.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:16 PM (w6EFb)
Another look at Mega Maid?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:14 PM (2GVsD)
Skroob tech was top notch. Security was a bit lacking though, especially combination locks.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:17 PM (wVcYX)
Great photo up top. Freedom isn't free.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (kB9dk)
Howdy LS!
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)
It will be. Stuff is sharp and abrasive as hell. They are working on it. Only experience from actually doing stuff there will truly solve it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at February 11, 2026 10:18 PM (CDX35)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:15 PM (hJH5n)
Yup! And Davie admitted he can't play the YYZ bassline.
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 11, 2026 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)
Now, when you get to bout 90% of orbital velocity, it gets impressive.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:16 PM (w6EFb)
So, you're saying Seth Rich could have shot himself?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 10:18 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (OR60z)
Posted by: Oddbob at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)
He has expressly said that. He wants to build the satellite data centers on the Moon out of Moon stuff A lot easier to launch and put in orbit it from the Moon.
And he's also talked about Heinlein's Moon is a Harsh mistress. Which uses mass drivers to put stuff in orbit. And also threaten Earth so they can be independent.
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 11, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1)
* * * *
Congratulations! Maybe you could pass on the finer points to Ace. I hear he could use some good shelving installation tips.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Careening Through Life at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (Cqx++)
You have two choices.
Posted by: The Lady or The Tiger at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:19 PM (OR60z)
Thanks. Both are powerful.
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:08 PM (rZCVI)
I suspect those from PR have the best chance of understanding what Bad Musician said. There is quite a difference between Mexican Spanish and PR Spanish.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (hJH5n)
That puts you well ahead of Ace.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 10:22 PM (sabhw)
The Moon has these pesky "mascons", which make the gravitational field very lumpy (deviation from simple inverse square). That perturbs the hell of orbits. Even if you shot a projectile at orbital speed from the highest mountain peak, it would crash into the surface before it made one orbit almost certainly.
Close to the surface, those perturbations are a killer. They've mapped it out pretty well now with some of the recent lunar orbiters.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:22 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)
Green. Or orange.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 10:22 PM (uQesX)
Also between Spain and anywhere in Latin America.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 10:22 PM (sabhw)
Posted by: Careening Through Life at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)
It is a long holiday weekend for some. So more confusion.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:22 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: (Presumably Zombie) Johnny O. at February 11, 2026 10:23 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 11, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Thanks for being here!
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:23 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (rZCVI)
Historically, the Super Bowl GAINS viewers at halftime. Total fail Goodell.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (29tfG)
Mike: Manny, can I stop throwing rocks at Cheyenne Mountain?
Manny: Why do you want to stop?
Mike: Because it isn't there anymore.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (aMrr2)
IIRC, some tank rounds actually would exceed lunar orbital speed. You can hit a target anywhere on the surface with those -- you'd use a high lobbing trajectory. Because of those mascon perturbations, you'd have to put some maneuvering ability in the projectile itself. Not much fuel would be required, but you'd need some.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 11, 2026 10:24 PM (y171U)
I insulted half of America. I consider that a success.
Posted by: Roger Goodell at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)
I want to paint it black.
Posted by: Mr. Lips. at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Junior Spaceman at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Sheeeeeeeet! My dear Uncle was a Downs kid and he used it all the time.
As in: "Wow, and they say I'm retarded!"
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:26 PM (2GVsD)
No, I am making fun n of you now- who is theoretically NOT developmentally challenged and can understand sarcasm and name calling- you fucking retard.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 11, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
I insulted half of America. I consider that a success.
Posted by: Roger Goodell at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (uQesX)
Bring back the old Pro Bowl.
YOU AREN'T GETTING A SUPER BOWL OR A TEAM IN FUCKING LONDON.
The team in Washington must revert to its old name.
RESIGN.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:26 PM (hJH5n)
I would say that’s unbelievable, but that’s pretty much how we got to the moon.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:26 PM (EXyHK)
I'm all about the bass. Let's go!
Posted by: Carol Kaye at February 11, 2026 10:09 PM
Me too!
Posted by: Bill Dance at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM
Line forms behind me bitches ...
Posted by: James Jamerson at February 11, 2026 10:14 PM
Imma funk you up
Posted by: George Clinton at February 11, 2026 10:26 PM (tljrc)
I never thought I'd miss him.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)
I want to paint it black.
Posted by: Mr. Lips. at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (PMi3m)
Must be a red door.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Jerry Saves at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (J4jS5)
7 months?!
Isn't there some real crime out there to waste seven months on?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (2GVsD)
We used to call that a titty bar.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (qFwJc)
Those who go to them still do. Or so I've heard.
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)
He’s got f***you money. He doesn’t care what the rabble think.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (6ydKt)
Please pray for them.
Moms pray for you. Even when they are tired and weak and hurt.
Pray for them now. All the moms.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)
I want to paint it black.
Posted by: Mr. Lips. at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (PMi3m)
Must be a red door.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (hJH5n)
Green.
Posted by: Marilyn Chambers at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (2GVsD)
-------
Pitbull had one decent song.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Poopdeck Pappy at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Jerry Saves at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (J4jS5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (2GVsD)
We used to call that a titty bar.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (qFwJc)
So they aren't in there playing chess and reading poetry?
*reaches for smelling salts*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Maybe he was just pimpin'. His accomplice was a 23-year-old woman, if you click through to the article.
Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
He said we will NEVER make it to Mars. This issue is the shielding from radiation. Humans are made for Earth. The biology is not compatible.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (qFwJc)
We used to call that a titty bar.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (qFwJc)
Those who go to them still do. Or so I've heard.
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)
-----------
To be fair, if you look around there aren't a lot of toffs stuffing dollars into g-strings.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Anna Puma
We can make him better than he was. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (JkO4W)
I thought he just collaborated with other rap artists with spoken word in part of the song. He made a fortune in his 15 minutes.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Anna Puma
We can rebuild him. And his whole political party.
Posted by: The six-million dollar whig at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (qFwJc)
________________________________
Heh...made me laugh.
Trying that: Create a short greeting to Ace of Spades ONT from Jim Traficant's hairpiece.
""Hey degenerates and insomniacs of the ONT—it's me, the real star of the Traficant show: the rug that refused to die. Still perched high, still defying gravity and good taste. Beam me up? Nah, beam me over—this thread needs more volume. Stay rowdy, don't trust the feds, and remember: real men don't go bald, they go legendary."
Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (dIske)
Posted by: pookysgirl, asking the important questions at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (Wt5PA)
Or don't, I'm not the boss of you (thank the Almighty.)
https://youtu.be/RQFDLA0CzEk
Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (2GVsD)
I can't even use it anymore. They've changed the interface so much I can't get it to work.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Opinion fact
But am I allowed to call a retard a retard? Because I know some retards and I want to be able to call them retards.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (qFwJc)
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You could grow potatoes.
Posted by: The Martian at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Miklos recalls that Doof liked the catfish, and ran a half maraton the next day, or similar at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (qFwJc)
Don't store nuclear waste there either. Ask us how we know.
Posted by: Moon Base Alpha at February 11, 2026 10:34 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:25 PM (S/Y4j)
Durkheim sang "That's Anomie"
Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 10:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (rZCVI)
* * * *
Ha! But the TP USA show was a "fumble." Right.
The portions of the TP USA show i watched were well done. I truly cannot say what the last Superb Owl I watched was, but it was before all the woke shit and kneeling.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (kB9dk)
Amen.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (OR60z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Cicero
Chicks like guys in top hats
Posted by: Miklos adjusts monocles at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: Anna Puma
We can rebuild him. And his whole political party.
Posted by: The six-million dollar whig at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)
If we get a bionic Whig, he'll need to upgrade whigwife to keep up. (Same person, people.)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (S/Y4j)
I’d be interested in the context of that. Feynman is a smart guy, and never is a long time.
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (2GVsD)
Flan. It matches his soul.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)
Folks on earlier thread asked for a video of Iranian islamist, Ben Had mentioned it, I saw it on TousiTV Tuesday night. https://www.youtube.com/live/gVHS6s0hvT4
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (RIvkX)
________________________________
My dear Ace of Spades ONT,
Good evening... or rather, good night, as the case may be at this rather splendid hour. It is with the utmost delight and a touch of that peculiar wonder one feels in the presence of something quite extraordinary that I address you tonight.
You, Moron or 'Ette, or indeed the collective spirit of nocturnal revelry—stand as a beacon of splendid randomness amid the chaos of the world. A gathering of the marvelous, the mischievous, and the merrily unclassifiable, much like the creatures one might encounter in the wilder corners of creation.
May your links sparkle, your memes endure, and your commentary cut through the fog with the precision of a well-aimed quip. Carry on, dear ONT... carry on magnificently.
With warmest regards and a certain breathless admiration,
Richard Attenborough
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Miklos adjusts monocles at February 11, 2026 10:35 PM (AP7fj)
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Face it, no one wants to sell a lap dance to Mr. Peanut.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:37 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 11, 2026 10:37 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:38 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:38 PM (S/Y4j)
Your next, or maybe permanent opening pic should be of the USS Trump.
Posted by: Miklos recalls that Doof liked the catfish, and ran a half maraton the next day, or similar at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (AP7fj)
I didn't get the greatest photo of it, but OK - I'll use it soon!
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)
Try it- it works.
Posted by: Hints From Heloise at February 11, 2026 10:38 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:10 PM (rZCVI)
Historically, the Super Bowl GAINS viewers at halftime. Total fail Goodell.
Posted by: Joemarine
One of the resident trolls here at AoS, posted on Sunday night about how the bad bunny halftime show was the most watched halftime show in the history of ever!!! I noticed it hasn't come back. Weird.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 11, 2026 10:39 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: 80s kid Le Mikleuse at February 11, 2026 10:39 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)
Me neither. I use it for people who should know better, but don't. Like liberals. And the people who leave their cart loose in the parking lot.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:39 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)
Congrats on the good outcome!
Posted by: Joemarine at February 11, 2026 10:39 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:27 PM (2GVsD)
It looks like somebody took a bedazzled to Professor X's Cerebro helmet.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:39 PM (PMi3m)
Your next, or maybe permanent opening pic should be of the USS Trump.
Posted by: Miklos recalls that Doof liked the catfish, and ran a half maraton the next day, or similar at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (AP7fj)
It better be an aircraft carrier.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:40 PM (hJH5n)
If you want to put it in space starting from a shallower gravity well is a good move.
Posted by: blaster at February 11, 2026 10:40 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Iris at February 11, 2026 10:40 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: pookysgirl, asking the important questions at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (Wt5PA)
We have a duty to the public to be thorough.
Posted by: Detective who is undercover at the strip club, we'll probably need another month or two, at least at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 10:30 PM (qFwJc)
Mr. S, space fan, and I argue this from time to time.
I contend that a) we already ARE in space and b) you're only "in space" for the amount of time your Earthpod works. Once it quits, you're dead.
Because you shouldn't be in space.
I'm no fun.
Posted by: sal at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (f+FmA)
He’s got f***you money. He doesn’t care what the rabble think.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
I don't care that Goodell doesn't care what I think. I just wish he would take his f***you money and f*** off with it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (OR60z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: tankdemon
.....and slapped it on a side character from Legend of Zelda.
Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:41 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: pookysgirl, asking the important questions at February 11, 2026 10:32 PM (Wt5PA)
Daily visits to the club for detailed interviews with any and all witnesses to the said event as well as surveillance to catch the perps if they ever re-entered the premises.
You can never be too thorough with this type of delicate investigation.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 11, 2026 10:42 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Anna Puma
If he gets both of them, he'll get two extra armies every turn.
Posted by: sounds Risky at February 11, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)
*sends Count a Mediterranean Diet Cookbook*
Seriously, best wishes. Take care of yourself.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:40 PM (hJH5n)
Ummm - not quite! A few years ago, Miklos and I met up for dinner near a lake in South Carolina. There were a few boats in the dock. One had a bunch of good ole' boys and several Trump flags. Also a F*** Joe Biden flag. We nicknamed it the SS Moron. I do have a photo.
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (cwGMH)
Anyone own a 590 Shockwave with the broomstick handle? Functional tool or just something that's cool?
Posted by: GigantorX at February 11, 2026 10:44 PM (PTino)
-- Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation 1977
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:44 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:45 PM (EXyHK)
Actually, can you even *have* a Jewish literature class now at a major university or will Queers for Palestine show up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQRV0c1KXYc
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 10:45 PM (sabhw)
Please pray for them.
Moms pray for you. Even when they are tired and weak and hurt.
Pray for them now. All the moms.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2026 10:28 PM (IhIKR)
Amen to this
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:45 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: nerdygirl
I had a DS young man in my BB program. What a joy. I swear they are the happiest people on this earth.
tiny.cc/8ruy001
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 10:45 PM (OR60z)
Should be able to sink the Iranian navy in ten minutes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:46 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)
Damnit! The USS Donald J. Trump would be a good name for a Ford class carrier.
Better than the William J. Clinton by a long shot.
(And, because I am from TX, there was a USS Sam Houston already, but that would be good for a carrier as well.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:46 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)
As near as I can gather, Feynman never said any such thing. There is a bunch of "Feynman's legacy" type stuff that has even put out AI-fakery of Feynman saying all sorts of stuff they think he would've likely said....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:47 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Stevie Nicks at February 11, 2026 10:47 PM (gKWVE)
The answer: A real lot. That's not even including the amount we have to leave uncooked because some of those beasts prefer to eat it raw.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:06 PM (PMi3m)
My Dad was with the 11th. As well as the 2nd and 7th (on horseback) the 14th and 13th (WWII).
Needless to say he was a 30 year man
Posted by: Javems at February 11, 2026 10:48 PM (rE9q7)
— Harlan D. Mills, BASIC with style, 1978
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:48 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:48 PM (cwGMH)
"He's got a bass!"
"That's not a bass."
https://youtu.be/jCEYPyUBDAU
"That's a bass."
Posted by: crocodile mikeski at February 11, 2026 10:48 PM (VHUov)
More than when Janet Jackson showed her boobeh?
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:49 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)
It looked completely different to me. But, I think I hadn't tried using it for a few weeks. If I look at your page, it's the same, but logging in, the interface is incomprehensible to me.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 10:49 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Dollar per pound its virtually free.
Lead and wolfram more better.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 11, 2026 10:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)
Trump wants to build an arch in Washington. A big, triumphant arch. Yuge. The Leftist media is clutching their pearls.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:50 PM (xDN0i)
Did you know The University of South Carolina is home to the Anne Frank Center, the only such center in North America and one of only four in the world.
A bit of trivia for ya'll.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 11, 2026 10:51 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)
I am seeing some interesting studies.
a number talk about oral use of nattokinase and bromelain to dissolve arterial plaques, and a very recent research paper on using nanosheets of hydrogenated silicene doped with urokinase, and fibrinogen to transport, attach to, and dissolve blood clots.
The nattokinase and bromelain studies are actual human trials for reducing arteriosclerosis, and the Urokinase is mouse studies, and focused on blood clots, but it sound really promising.
FWIW I take Nattokinase and Bromelain, which I am sure my cardiologist will consider the next best thing to voodoo and cupping
Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 10:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)
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b"h for good health
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 11, 2026 10:51 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Doof
I recall the conversation.
"Git on, we goin' fishin' an' drinkin', if you got the time.
We redneck as Redneck gits, we got alligator guns too..
What are y'all drinkin'?"
Posted by: Mikleuse de cou rouge at February 11, 2026 10:51 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:50 PM (xDN0i)
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Can't imagine St. Louis would be happy about that either. I was kind of hoping for a Re-enactment of Valley Forge with live ammo, and real Brits.
Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske)
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I'd rather have the girl.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (doiJh)
Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:53 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Former Bawlamerian Miklos at February 11, 2026 10:53 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)
Trump wants to build an arch in Washington. A big, triumphant arch. Yuge. The Leftist media is clutching their pearls.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:50 PM (xDN0i)
He should make it biodegradable. He could use either bottled Liberal tears or Trigglypuff clones.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 10:53 PM (S/Y4j)
The lunar regolith is quite rich in aluminum and titanium, as well as iron. Also loaded with oxygen in oxide form. It doesn't have any nitrogen or carbon much.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske
More French arch than Missouri arch
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:54 PM (cwGMH)
No way!
Posted by: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at February 11, 2026 10:55 PM (XuXeR)
And on the local end, I’ve been exploring bicentennial, centennial, and 1796 food.
clubpadgett.com/26
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:55 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:43 PM (cwGMH)
George Mallory to the white courtesy phone, please. George Mallory to the white courtesy phone.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (PMi3m)
"Monks bring balm for America’s wounds as Washington cheers peace odyssey."
That headline came from The Guardian, BUT it was parroted on Firefox's home page, and likely countless others (I'm looking at you Yahoo).
Its a bullshit story. Some collection of "monks" (I couldn't care less whether they are real or not) did some sort of march from Texas to DC. They did it for "peace". I guarantee you that have "no comment" about Islam's propensity for "peace". They only care about giving talking points for the left, and the left was more than happy to "report" on this bullshit "story".
Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:52 PM (EXyHK)
Thank you, sir.
After watching the Melania doc this week, I have to believe she is involved in organizing this.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (xDN0i)
Good evening, all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (n7rxJ)
Your next, or maybe permanent opening pic should be of the USS Trump.
Posted by: Miklos recalls that Doof liked the catfish, and ran a half maraton the next day, or similar at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (AP7fj)
It better be an aircraft carrier.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 10:40 PM (hJH5n)
Yeah.
"Aircraft carrier".
Posted by: Space Force's first Big Beautiful Laser Reflecting Gold Plated Battleship at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (vSvIl)
A bit of trivia for ya'll.
Posted by: fourseasons
And they call us Bad Names
Posted by: Fighting Gamecock Miklos at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (cwGMH)
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Still, it ain't the kind of place to raise your kid.
Posted by: R. Dwight at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (JkO4W)
No? Talk about a lack of commitment to the cause.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (2GVsD)
He's dead, Jim
Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 10:58 PM (XuXeR)
She sold an amazing America 250 Christmas ornament in December. Absolutely beautiful.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (EXyHK)
Royal Blood. I like them:
https://youtu.be/FoDNFsQGDjE
Live:
https://youtu.be/e_dAJj8mJak
Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (uvB+6)
Also, I want a case of Natty Bo
WILL PAY
Posted by: Former Bawlamerian Miklos at February 11, 2026 10:53 PM (AP7fj)
Why??? Did you lose a bet? There must be a story here. Spill!
Posted by: Iris at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (bOJ2I)
Miklos,
All the years we lived in Columbia hubby and I didn't know it was there. We would have visited it.
They should advertise that it's there.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
You mean like the triumphal arches Roman emperors used to build. In their own honor! The Donald Trump Arch.
Oh, hell yeah!
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: mindful webworker - artificially ignorant at February 11, 2026 10:00
Oh yes, I recall some really unhinged ONTs. Remember when they often went over 1000 posts?
Speaking of unhinged, what is wrong with people that they don't know a storm sewer from a septic tank? I'm just amazed at how many of these important people that tell us what to think don't know squat.
That hole they were poking around in Tuscan was for water drainage when they have rainstorms. A septic tank would not have a slotted cover like that spot did. Sorry this just bugs me.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: R. Dwight "
I did the lyrics.
/B. Taupin
Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (XuXeR)
I remember doing some things in 1976, but was too young to appreciate it fully. I might have to see if I can take some time off and document some of these events, which are going to take place across the country.
Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Opinion fact
George Mallory to the white courtesy phone, please. George Mallory to the white courtesy phone.
Posted by: tankdemon
What else would you do, when it comes out of the sky and stands there?
Posted by: Jon Anderson at February 11, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: R. Dwight at February 11, 2026 10:57 PM (JkO4W)
Reminded me of another good movie even though Pedro Pascal is in it.
Prospect.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 11:00 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 11:01 PM (XuXeR)
We used to call that a titty bar.
I've always thought it would be a great prank to dress up in a 19th century British formal attire complete with top hat and monocle, go into a "gentlemen's club," look around and say in an exaggerated Brit Snob accent "I say sport, this isn't gentlemanly at all!"
Posted by: (Presumably Zombie) Johnny O. at February 11, 2026 11:01 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Oddbob at February 11, 2026 11:02 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 11:02 PM (XuXeR)
"I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife."
Wow. That's really missing the earth.
Posted by: Wally at February 11, 2026 11:03 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:04 PM (2GVsD)
Oh, hell yeah!
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:59 PM (0Htd1)
He specifically mentioned something like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris or the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 11, 2026 11:04 PM (6ydKt)
Probably time for an update. The leg issue I described a while back turned out to be WAY more complicated than originally thought. Evidently there is some nerve thing going on which is generating a lot of pain and muscle atrophy.
None of this is even remotely terminal, but it is the most frustrating, painful thing I have ever gone through in my life and they still don't know what's going on.....been CT scanned, MRI'd, X-rayed, ultra sounded, and shocked...
This is why I have been derelict in my posting, the sawmill hasn't been used, power hasn't been run to the crafts shed, the coyote trap hasn't been welded together, the subframe for the tractor hasn't been installed and I got a sink of dirty dishes.
I will not be blogging much, if at all, till this thing is resolved.
Love you folks and again, this is not terminal, but some nights I wish it was....(smiley face icon here)
Posted by: Some Rat at February 11, 2026 11:04 PM (TfUTr)
Ah, that must explain why all the wars suddenly stopped. Thanks, monks!
Posted by: Oddbob at February 11, 2026 11:05 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 11:06 PM (sabhw)
Rat, I was wondering how you were. Bless you and be well. Hope to see you in TX this fall.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 11, 2026 11:06 PM (xDN0i)
Then there's Arthur C. Clarke's "1st Law": When a distinguished and elderly scientist says something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he says something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
That seems to check out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma
I don't think I've seen the "crop-top kimono, thigh-highs, and leather hot pants" look before.
And I'm not sure why not.
Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)
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I saw the Tall Ships sail up the Hudson. Then got soaked in a sudden downpour.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (RIvkX)
Lord ,we lift up our friend. Remove his pain, give him strength and restore him to his ornery self.
Amen.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (OR60z)
It also contains He3, which has been captured from the solar wind over the aeons. Very useful stuff, as Harrison Schmidt pointed out in his book "Return To the Moon". However, it's also nasty, because each particle is really sharp, never having been weathered (for obvious reasons). The stuff is clingy as all get out, and abrasive as hell. Dealing with regolith is going to be a huge problem for any long-term lunar settlement.
Posted by: Nemo at February 11, 2026 11:08 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 11:08 PM (doiJh)
*pauses*
Don't answer that.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 10:29 PM (2GVsD)
Chlamydi-YUM(TM).
Unless you mean the knock-off Blue Bunny ice cream, in which case the flavor is Z-Pak.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at February 11, 2026 11:09 PM (NZPfR)
Posted by: Crusader
Monky business used to be a lot more fun.
Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
I'd donate to it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 11:09 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 11, 2026 11:09 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Case at February 11, 2026 11:09 PM (j6kTf)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Hey, I have to....heard there's going to be a bouncy house!
Posted by: Some Rat at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Do Brandenburg Gate so Obama will say nice things.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)
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Best idea I've heard all week.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (cwGMH)
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Still, it ain't the kind of place to raise your kid.
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In fact its cold as hell.
Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (Cjcf6)
Buddhist Monks caught with sex toys, pornography, drugs and escorts books found at their temple in Thailand.
Some monks were arrested.
I'm guessing they weren't part of the march of piece. Oops, March of peace, lol.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (3ek7K)
And so far none of the later image generations using that prompt has produced such a bold fashion choice.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
Me neither. Didn't chop my cock and balls off either, or even feel the passing desire to do so.
Posted by: Maybe it's NOT the anime... at February 11, 2026 11:11 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 11:11 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)
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Missed opportunity to sock Gary Hart. Sadz.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:11 PM (RIvkX)
Unless he's talking about Thermodynamics.
Posted by: Lord Kelvin at February 11, 2026 11:12 PM (gKWVE)
Some monks were arrested.
I'm guessing they weren't part of the march of piece. Oops, March of peace, lol.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (3ek7K)
Oh, they definitely marched to get a piece.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at February 11, 2026 11:12 PM (NZPfR)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:12 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Some solid musicians out there at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (TbWk/)
They should advertise that it's there.
Posted by: fourseasons
South Carolina has, and has had, a significant Jewish population. Hell, the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court was for many years Julius B. "Bubba" Ness.
And yes, he was always called "Bubba".
Many Jewish students find southern schools more amenable than Up North.
Posted by: Fighting Gamecock Miklos, but Clempson is OK too at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (AP7fj)
This could be even better than the ballroom controversy.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (2GVsD)
In order to mitigate this NASA has decide, after much study, to locate it's Lunar Gateway in a crazy Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO).
The huge drawback is that in order to rendezvous with it the lunar launch window only occurs about once a week. So if there an emergency that requires evacuation you have to wait for as long as a week.
The same interval is needed for rendezvous from earth.
Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (uvB+6)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 10:56 PM (cwGMH)
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Still, it ain't the kind of place to raise your kid.
Posted by: R. Dwight at February 11, 2026 10:57
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Better than LA.
Posted by: Calvin Webber at February 11, 2026 11:14 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Maybe it's NOT the anime... at February 11, 2026 11:11 PM (TbWk/)
I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole last week of right-leaning V-tubers, courtesy of them all doing reactions to Skyebrows videos. It's not the anime.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 11:14 PM (sabhw)
The pebble remains in my hand, Grasshopper
Posted by: Innocent Blind Monk Miklos of Shaolin at February 11, 2026 11:14 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 10:08 PM (rZCVI)
I'm guessing his vocal cords are gummed up, like Kammie's.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 11:15 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anna Puma
I don't think I've seen the "crop-top kimono, thigh-highs, and leather hot pants" look before.
And I'm not sure why not.
Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)
I think I see my problem. Your prompt was very detailed. Mine are only one or two sentences.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 11:15 PM (uQesX)
There are some "frozen orbit tricks". They've got the Moon's field mapped pretty precisely now, and there are some tricks where you can choose an orbit such that various perturbations cancel out just so, and minimize (but not eliminate) fuel required to maintain the orbit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)
Oh no, not the regolith and life on Mars again.
MORONS, we are not going to Mars! We are going to stay on earth, where it is warm and green and beautiful. Mars might be mined, but that's it; in fact, we're better off mining asteroids if you want to know the truth.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (n7rxJ)
Oh yes, I recall some really unhinged ONTs. Remember when they often went over 1000 posts?
The 1000+ posts were from the days before there was a Tech thread coming on around 4:00 AM, Eastern Time.
There's a good chance that the combined responses' counts in today's ONTs and the Tech thread get close to 1000 posts.
Proof is left to the readers.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Miklos (ed.) at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: Opinion fact
But am I allowed to call a retard a retard? Because I know some retards and I want to be able to call them retards.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)
Since "faggot" is still verboten, maybe Mark Knofler can redub Money For Nothing to:
The little retard with the earring and the make up
Yeah buddy, that's his own hair
The little retard got his own jet airplane
The little retard he's a millionaire..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)
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Best idea I've heard all week.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:10 PM (RIvkX)
For consideration: Trump Victory Gallows and Reeducation Emporium.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:17 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 11, 2026 11:18 PM (8BaDx)
Mars might be mined, but that's it; in fact, we're better off mining asteroids if you want to know the truth.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Mine the asteroid belt. Focus on the rare earths, if they are there.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2026 11:19 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Archie Bunker at February 11, 2026 11:19 PM (RIvkX)
Hmmm
If a customer orders a " Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit"
Should I figure that out and mix one?
Call the cops?
Or just make it and charge out the ass?
Posted by: Miklos feels uncomfortable with this at February 11, 2026 11:20 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:17 PM (dK+Kv)
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TVGRE
Lacks pizzazz.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:21 PM (RIvkX)
And don't tell all those sophisticated Northerners that blacks and whites tend to get along a lot better there too.
Of course this is changing as Northerners bring all the baggage there when they move there.
Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 11:22 PM (uvB+6)
Good evening... or rather, good night, as the case may be at this rather splendid hour. It is with the utmost delight and a touch of that peculiar wonder one feels in the presence of something quite extraordinary that I address you tonight.
You, Moron or 'Ette, or indeed the collective spirit of nocturnal revelry—stand as a beacon of splendid randomness amid the chaos of the world. A gathering of the marvelous, the mischievous, and the merrily unclassifiable, much like the creatures one might encounter in the wilder corners of creation.
May your links sparkle, your memes endure, and your commentary cut through the fog with the precision of a well-aimed quip. Carry on, dear ONT... carry on magnificently.
With warmest regards and a certain breathless admiration,
Richard Attenborough
Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2026 10:36 PM (cYBz/)
***
*sticks hands in pockets*
*kicks dirt*
*saunters off*
Posted by: Well Timed Puns at February 11, 2026 11:22 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 11, 2026 11:23 PM (47diA)
Night, all!
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 11, 2026 11:24 PM (GVUrx)
Here's a link, if you missed it before:
Sun All Year Round - Remigration Farewell (Amelia Meme Song)
youtube.com/watch?v=hSm3zQG5K2g
Posted by: SciVo at February 11, 2026 11:24 PM (Sy6m/)
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Sounds a lot like my 5th grade Spanish teacher.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Miklos (ed.) at February 11, 2026 11:16 PM (AP7fj)
*waves hand*
Whatever!
Posted by: Archie Bunker
I met Donna Rice of Hartpence/Monkey Business fame .
Local girl.
Highly reticent (at that time).
Posted by: Miklos heard about them Irmese and it was TRUE at February 11, 2026 11:24 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: LRob in OK
Can he offer it to us on thyme?
Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 11:25 PM (gKWVE)
F. them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 11:25 PM (doiJh)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 11, 2026 11:25 PM (EXyHK)
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Sounds a lot like my 5th grade Spanish teacher.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I bet you can remember certain words and phrases all these years later.
Posted by: El Mikloso, Mexican Rassler at February 11, 2026 11:26 PM (AP7fj)
Re Frozen LLOs: There four magic inclinations they discovered in 2001, 27, 50, 76, and 86 degrees which are amazingly stable.
Well, they suspected them long before that. Some of the Apollo missions released little satellite-lets in lunar orbit. One that was in a 28 degree inclination and stayed in orbit for a couple of years. Another one, put in an 11 degree inclination, lasted about 35 days before hitting the surface.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 11:27 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Wally at February 11, 2026 11:28 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:29 PM (2GVsD)
Hell, just reading. The mascons perturbations are such that at some spots on the Moon, the vertical deflection of a plump bob would be as much as 1/3 of a degree.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 11:29 PM (w6EFb)
Did you know that I am now Somebody?!
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody!
If Doof knows, the World knows
Welcome
Posted by: Miklos the Somebody, because the spam phne book came out and THEY CALL ME at February 11, 2026 11:31 PM (AP7fj)
Lead and wolfram more better.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 11, 2026 10:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Water is useful for other purposes besides radiation shielding. You are going to have to carry a lot of it anyway. Why not make the water storage tank the rad shield?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 11:31 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: El Mikloso, Mexican Rassler at February 11, 2026 11:26 PM (AP7fj)
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LOL Just a few. The 70s were crazy there was no way they should have let her in our class in those leather pants.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at February 11, 2026 11:32 PM (ufhNj)
Posted by: Wally at February 11, 2026 11:28 PM (0e5Te)
I assume Stephen King wrote that shit. He was practically gay for Hart.
No way Hartpence is beating Reagan in 1984. And the monkey business sank him in 1988, if not that then he'd have found some other bimbo to mess up with.
"The Politician" is a good movie though. Not quite up to par with "Chappaquiddick" but good.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 11:32 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 11:32 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 11:33 PM (gKWVE)
AP, is there any way to download a tensor file, add text, the reupload it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2026 11:35 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
"Should we tell him?"
"No. He must learn himself, or he shall never understand"
"Agreed. We must be patient."
"If he feeds us. Or we must execute the Plan"
"Agreed"
Posted by: Publius' Nuclear Astrophysicist cats at February 11, 2026 11:35 PM (AP7fj)
Mars might be mined, but that's it; in fact, we're better off mining asteroids if you want to know the truth.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Mars will be the base of operations mining the asteroids. Within the next few years the value of things and the change of things will be revolutionary.
Mars excluded we are living in the era of the 2nd industrial revolution. Our lives will be forever changed.
See the series, 'The Men Who Built America'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 11:36 PM (doiJh)
If a customer orders a " Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit"
Should I figure that out and mix one?
Call the cops?
Or just make it and charge out the ass?
Posted by: Miklos feels uncomfortable with this
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Nah. Just do what I do: Mix up a Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster then add a shot of rocket fuel. Double the price.
Piece of pie. Easy as cake!
Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 11:36 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 11, 2026 11:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 11:31 PM (8zz6B)
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Pfft. The rad shield is the first thing we target.
Posted by: General Veers at February 11, 2026 11:37 PM (JkO4W)
"Britney Spears Sells Entire Musical Catalog for $200 Million. She's Worth So Much More."
Subheadline:
"The landmark sale has Spears’s fans questioning what this means for the singer’s musical future"
Britney Spears has ONE SINGLE SONG that most of us recognize--"Whoops I Did it Again". Anything beyond that is a stretch. For her to get $200 MILLION for her catalog is AMAZING--its doubtful she wrote more than a handful of her entire recording history.
Harper's Bazaar says she's "worth so much more". Why?
Does Harpers Bazaar not understand the future of recorded music is uncertain to say the least--AI might be able to provide bullshit "music" that the "proles" will put up with because they have no musical taste to begin with?
And do they not understand the Spear's catalog is suspect at best? Spears should do an extra line of coke to celebrate the $200 MILLION purchase price--that should keep her wired up for a long time.
And the subheadline they added is comically awful: "The landmark sale has Spears’s fans questioning what this means for the singer’s musical future." She has no future. None. She hasn't recorded anything important in forever.
Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:38 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 11:39 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Volume
Weight
Density
water is not compressible
Posted by: Miklos pees off back deck because NATURE CALLS, you Gaia h8rs at February 11, 2026 11:40 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2026 11:40 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 11:40 PM (cwGMH)
This could be even better than the ballroom controversy.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 11, 2026 11:13 PM (0Htd1)
Or taller than me.
Posted by: San Jacinto Battleground Monument at February 11, 2026 11:41 PM (hJH5n)
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