It's Too Darned Hot Cafe

7 I think my favorite thing right now is Bette Midler singing her version of Woody Guthrie's You Fascist "Babbaloos" at the Rise Up, Sing Out! concert they put on to compete against the bare knuckles boxing match at the White House with the fighter jets, dirt bikes, and bikini chicks.

It's so damned 2026, I just can't even.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 23, 2026 07:38 PM (BI5O2)

8 Left LA 74 and 50% humility to Seabrook (Galveston) 07 and 90%.
I am much moar comfortable in the opressive heat than the opression.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 07:41 PM (/+uur)

9 Is the a kookaburra sound in the last video? Very loud and annoying.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 23, 2026 07:41 PM (3uBP9)

10 Looks like some good kayaking in San Giovanne.

Posted by: Eromero at June 23, 2026 07:41 PM (LHPAg)

11 LOL, YD!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 23, 2026 07:41 PM (VyBeY)

12 Oh. So, not first again, hmm … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at June 23, 2026 07:42 PM (ayRl+)

13 Was there a posting that the antifa butt fuckers got 450 years of butt fucking hard on labor for shooting at the ICE in Texas.
Gus and Call would have hanged them.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 07:43 PM (/+uur)

14 Breaking News: Cristiano Ronaldo has made history as he becomes the FIRST male soccer player to score* in six different soccer World Cups.

* specifically, scoring ON the field.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 23, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)

15 It's so damned 2026, I just can't even.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 23, 2026 07:38 PM (BI5O2)

Haha, that pretty much sums it up.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 23, 2026 07:43 PM (zYpTz)

16 "Cat doesn't know what's going on but it's very exciting!"

My cats like to help me making the bed.

Posted by: gp at June 23, 2026 07:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

17 Gus and Call would have hanged them.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 07:43 PM (/+uur)

You saying they ain't hung?

Posted by: gKWVE at June 23, 2026 07:44 PM (gKWVE)

18 Back in the old days, before global warming, a cool breeze would come up at this time of day. Now, not a wiggle from a leaf, dead calm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 23, 2026 07:44 PM (Cq/ve)

19 Don't get comfortable. I have some chores for you to do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 23, 2026 07:37 PM

But, señor, we are caught up! There haven't been any penguins through here in over two weeks! Praise Díos!

Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at June 23, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

20 Rise Up, Sing Out! concert they put on to compete against the bare knuckles boxing match at the White House with the fighter jets, dirt bikes, and bikini chicks.

It's so damned 2026, I just can't even.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 23, 2026 07:38 PM (BI5O2)

I saw Rise Up Sing Out at the Texas State Fair open for Sing Across America. My 10 YO daughter and her 5th grade friends stole their lunches and gave them a dick punch.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 07:46 PM (/+uur)

21 You saying they ain't hung?
Posted by: gKWVE at June 23, 2026 07:44 PM (gKWVE)

big diff in well hung and well we hunged them

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 07:47 PM (/+uur)

22 Cats that fly are cool cats.

Posted by: Eromero at June 23, 2026 07:48 PM (LHPAg)

23 My cats like to help me making the bed.
Posted by: gp at June 23, 2026 07:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

I tried that then my ocelot ate my capyburra

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 07:48 PM (/+uur)

24 'Sit TF Down, Hum Softly' > 'Rise Up, Sing Out'

Posted by: gp at June 23, 2026 07:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

25 I just came across a dish that, on the surface, does not sound appetizing...

Bukakke Udon...
https://tinyurl.com/542f3c3y

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 23, 2026 07:50 PM (l3cgK)

26 I'm watching "Minority Report" for the first time. Very Dickian meditation on memory, reality, and whether one can trust one's self-identity. Lots of clever takes on intrusive tech -- I loved the targeted advertising based on retinal scan. Of course it had to go ridiculously over the top in the chase scenes. It's Tom Cruse! I assume it'll go off the rails shortly.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 23, 2026 07:51 PM (kpS4V)

27 Otter bathing beauty.

* stops playing *

Pretty sure that's a river otter.

* closes up piano, goes over and ducks behind bar *

Posted by: Cafe Piano Player at June 23, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

28
Spent most of my day writing...

What's the final score in the Supreme Court Follies?

Did we win any good stuff?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 23, 2026 07:51 PM (iJfKG)

29 "I just came across a dish"

Phrasing?

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 07:52 PM (QjzZf)

30
What cool looking town in Lombardy up top, until the river floods, I suppose.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 23, 2026 07:52 PM (iJfKG)

31 Lots of clever takes on intrusive tech -- I loved the targeted advertising based on retinal scan.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 23, 2026 07:51 PM (kpS4V)

Short story a man take his grandson to the beach.
He turns off the advertisement as they walk done the boardwalk.
Punishment
He has to rewalk to hear the advertisements.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 07:54 PM (/+uur)

32 The owner of the Poetica coffee shop which refused Dan Goldman's "AIPAC" money:

owes taxes hates Jews
I owe zero in Taxes and Hate Goldman because he is a socialist.
Who is the bad guy?
What a country

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 07:58 PM (/+uur)

33 Today has been one of those 'the drinks are on me days'. Belly up to the bar.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 07:58 PM (afJtY)

34 I'm watching "Minority Report" for the first time.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 23, 2026 07:51 PM (kpS4V)
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The left was up in arms that Minority Report featured no minorities.

Posted by: Axeman at June 23, 2026 07:59 PM (Fi81e)

35 Hi Ben Had! Me too. I'll get the second round.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 07:59 PM (QjzZf)

36 33 Today has been one of those 'the drinks are on me days'. Belly up to the bar.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 07:58 PM (afJtY)

Ive got about 4 airplane titos in the truck

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 07:59 PM (/+uur)

37 I'm watching "Minority Report" for the first time. Very Dickian meditation on memory, reality, and whether one can trust one's self-identity. Lots of clever takes on intrusive tech -- I loved the targeted advertising based on retinal scan. Of course it had to go ridiculously over the top in the chase scenes. It's Tom Cruse! I assume it'll go off the rails shortly.
==

I read somewhere that Spielberg researched all the cool futuristic tech Silicon was dreaming up, and included it in the movie. You can see how much of it became reality - almost 25 years later!

Posted by: runner at June 23, 2026 07:59 PM (GD0B3)

38 It's hot here today, but only 92*. For tomorrow, the weather-guessers predict 98*. But it's a dry heat, LOL!
Current humidity: 15%

Posted by: JQ at June 23, 2026 08:00 PM (rdVOm)

39 Today has been one of those 'the drinks are on me days'. Belly up to the bar.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 07:58 PM (afJtY)
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Thanks! I'll have a glazed donut vodka in diet Cheerwine.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 23, 2026 08:00 PM (kpS4V)

40 The left was up in arms that Minority Report featured no minorities.
Posted by: Axeman at June 23, 2026 07:59 PM (Fi81e)

hey where the white women at?

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 08:00 PM (/+uur)

41 @ 2 Oy ve, the hunidity!
________________________

Wait … shouldn't that be the 'hubidity' … ? Asking for a friend …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 23, 2026 08:02 PM (ayRl+)

42 34 I'm watching "Minority Report" for the first time.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 23, 2026 07:51 PM (kpS4V)
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The left was up in arms that Minority Report featured no minorities.
Posted by: Axeman at June 23, 2026 07:59 PM (Fi81e)

It has the Irish

Posted by: Perry the Platypus at June 23, 2026 08:02 PM (+0Wk3)

43 I think my favorite thing right now is Bette Midler singing her version of Woody Guthrie's You Fascist "Babbaloos" at the Rise Up, Sing Out! concert they put on to compete against the bare knuckles boxing match at the White House with the fighter jets, dirt bikes, and bikini chicks.

It's so damned 2026, I just can't even.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 23, 2026 07:38 PM (BI5O2)

Yeah, because only ass sucking communists would actually believe they are cooler than dirt bikes, fighter jets and bikini chicks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 23, 2026 08:03 PM (snZF9)

44 Today has been one of those 'the drinks are on me days'. Belly up to the bar.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 07:58 PM (afJtY)
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Bombay Sapphire on the rocks, thank you. Make it a double.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:03 PM (ZOv7s)

45 @ 26 I'm watching "Minority Report" for the first time. Very Dickian meditation on memory, reality, and whether one can trust one's self-identity. Lots of clever takes on intrusive tech -- I loved the targeted advertising based on retinal scan. Of course it had to go ridiculously over the top in the chase scenes. It's Tom Cruse! I assume it'll go off the rails shortly.
______________________________

Next, y' hafta watch 'Looker' with Albert Finney …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 23, 2026 08:03 PM (ayRl+)

46 Is that near Vince, Lombardy?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 23, 2026 08:03 PM (Cqx++)

47 Care to commiserate Ben Had? I'll start. Yesterday the transformer on the power pole at the corner of the yard shorted out and vaporized the coax cable for our internet, scorched the back of the house, and set the pole on fire. The fire department came and the power company came and after a few hours we had a new pole, transformer, and power. No cable internet though.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:04 PM (QjzZf)

48 i've never had a pan galactic gargle blaster

Posted by: gKWVE at June 23, 2026 08:04 PM (gKWVE)

49 All Hail Eris, with or without a garnish?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:04 PM (afJtY)

50 Iced tea, please. (not Long Island style... not yet, anyway)

Thanks, Ben Had!

Posted by: JQ at June 23, 2026 08:04 PM (rdVOm)

51 So in MR Big Govt keeps 3 psychics in a pool of nutrients and feed them cases that MAY HAPPEN.
This is witchcraft type ideas that we can know what people will do based on what we/they think.
THEY ARE THINKING

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 08:05 PM (/+uur)

52 "i've never had a pan galactic gargle blaster
Posted by: gKWVE"

I've heard they are smashing.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:05 PM (QjzZf)

53 Here it is "The 2002 science fiction neo-noir film Minority Report, based on the 1956 short story of the same name by Philip K. Dick, featured numerous fictional future technologies which have proven prescient based on developments around the world. Before the film's production began, director Steven Spielberg invited fifteen experts to think about technologies that would be developed by 2054, the setting of the film...He wanted to consult with the group to create a plausible "future reality" for the year 2054 as opposed to a more traditional "science fiction" setting. Dubbed the "think tank summit", the experts included architect Peter Calthorpe, Douglas Coupland, computer scientist Neil Gershenfeld, biomedical researcher Shaun Jones, computer scientist Jaron Lanier, and former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) architecture dean William J. Mitchell."

Posted by: runner at June 23, 2026 08:05 PM (GD0B3)

54 Some folks might like my latest column, which links Jessica Chastain's The Savant to the SPLC paying Nazi lovers and of course Graham Platner showing that banging Nazis is sometimes okay.

https://tinyurl.com/yk3pw246

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:06 PM (ZOv7s)

55 Iced tea, please. (not Long Island style... not yet, anyway)

Thanks, Ben Had!

Posted by: JQ at June 23, 2026 08:04 PM (rdVOm)

Fuck it, give me hers. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 23, 2026 08:06 PM (snZF9)

56 Yeah, because only ass sucking communists would actually believe they are cooler than dirt bikes, fighter jets and bikini chicks.
Posted by: Berserker

Shhhhh.... let the children have their fun with make-believe!

Posted by: JQ at June 23, 2026 08:07 PM (rdVOm)

57 I'm afraid our future reality will be Tick Tok.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:07 PM (QjzZf)

58 fd, wow, that's a ' you need a drink' day.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:08 PM (afJtY)

59 But that's not all!

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:08 PM (QjzZf)

60 That dry heat you sweating you nuts off but it is evaporating

Posted by: Skip at June 23, 2026 08:09 PM (Ia/+0)

61 Arrival of Chinese TikTok (which is banned in China!) poisoned our discourse, and pushed many young people over the edge.

Posted by: runner at June 23, 2026 08:09 PM (GD0B3)

62 All Hail Eris, with or without a garnish?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:04 PM (afJtY)
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Bacon swizzle stick, por favor.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 23, 2026 08:09 PM (kpS4V)

63 Been up since 2:30am again
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 23, 2026 08:09 PM (Ia/+0)

64 I'm afraid our future reality will be Tick Tok.
Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:07 PM (QjzZf)
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The same people pushing a digital surveillance state also want to eliminate reliable power generation, so we'll see how that works out for them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:10 PM (ZOv7s)

65 Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:04 PM

Damn. Glad it wasn't worse!

Definitely buying a drink for you.

Posted by: JQ at June 23, 2026 08:10 PM (rdVOm)

66 "that's a ' you need a drink' day.
Posted by: Ben Had"

*toasts*

Yer turn!

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:11 PM (QjzZf)

67 33 Today has been one of those 'the drinks are on me days'. Belly up to the bar.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 07:58 PM (afJtY)

Awesome, thanks! I have no wine, no liquor in the house, not going out for any.

*hooks up usb port to Ben Had's bar

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 23, 2026 08:11 PM (zYpTz)

68 Prosst!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)

69 fd, I was the recipient of an unexpected and humbling generosity.

Party at my house!

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:13 PM (afJtY)

70 68 Prosst!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:11 PM (ZOv7s)

*sings rowdy german drinking song and grabs ass of a barmaid*

hellen yessen

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 08:13 PM (/+uur)

71 I'm enjoying a large room-temp tap water!

Posted by: Weasel at June 23, 2026 08:13 PM (PVV5z)

72 59 But that's not all!
Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:08 PM (QjzZf)

Oh, no, that was the good news??

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 23, 2026 08:13 PM (zYpTz)

73 Weasel, can I at least offer a slice of lime ?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:15 PM (afJtY)

74 A.H.Lloyd,
Shame on you for reminding me of an abiding pleasure that I have alas given up. Hard liquor and living alone are not a good combination.

Posted by: Wenda at June 23, 2026 08:15 PM (iIAkP)

75 Arrival of Chinese TikTok (which is banned in China!) poisoned our discourse, and pushed many young people over the edge.
Posted by: runner at June 23, 2026 08:09 PM (GD0B3)
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TikTok is banned in China because they do not want Chinese seeing foreign content. They have a Chinese version that is firewalled off from the rest of the world.

Chinese are actually worse phone addicts than we are, by a long shot.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:15 PM (ZOv7s)

76 Today has been one of those 'the drinks are on me days'. Belly up to the bar.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 07:58 PM

Can we go top-shelf with that aged-in-sherry-barrels-for-3-hours Valu-Rite?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 23, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

77 Today was gorgeous and not that hot here in the bluegrass. 80 on my drive in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 23, 2026 08:16 PM (G3T/K)

78 Weasel, can I at least offer a slice of lime ?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:15 PM (afJtY)
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Sure! So fancy!

Posted by: Weasel at June 23, 2026 08:16 PM (PVV5z)

79 Shame on you for reminding me of an abiding pleasure that I have alas given up. Hard liquor and living alone are not a good combination.
Posted by: Wenda at June 23, 2026 08:15 PM (iIAkP)
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I certainly did not mean to put you in the occasion of sin.

My house is packed to the rafters, so drinking alone is a wistful fantasy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)

80 Drag queen school board vice president arrested on child pornography and endangerment charges

How do you even begin to tell these people they are fucking your kids.

UK let a third of a MILLION little girls be raped raped raped for Social Justice.

There are approximately 1.1 million students aged 12 in UK schools.

Any given time mhammedans were RAPING 10k of them.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 23, 2026 08:17 PM (/+uur)

81 Duncanthrax, absolut ly

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:17 PM (afJtY)

82 Can we go top-shelf with that aged-in-sherry-barrels-for-3-hours Valu-Rite?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 23, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)
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Ahem. Valu-Rite Reserve Select is aged in recovered bottles of Mad Dog 20/20 grape for an entire week. It imparts a mellow sweetness with notes of cigarette butts.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s)

83 Mary Peltola is a lying, grifting scrunt.

That is all.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:18 PM (bl07w)

84 https://youtu.be/lpzqQst-Sg8

Posted by: JQ at June 23, 2026 08:19 PM (rdVOm)

85 78 Weasel, can I at least offer a slice of lime ?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:15 PM (afJtY)
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Sure! So fancy!
Posted by: Weasel at June 23, 2026 08:16 PM (PVV5z)

I think you probably need to extend your pinkie....

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:20 PM (bl07w)

86 Dash, sending you a nice Tempranillo

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:20 PM (afJtY)

87 TikTok is banned in China because they do not want Chinese seeing foreign content. They have a Chinese version that is firewalled off from the rest of the world.

Chinese are actually worse phone addicts than we are, by a long shot.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:15 PM (ZOv7s)

Chicoms manage their internal discourse. They also use their precious TikTok algos, that are driven by the Ministry of State Security, onto the American public. This is not about phone addiction, as much as latent propaganda and latent mind control.

Posted by: runner at June 23, 2026 08:20 PM (GD0B3)

88 Also, TikTok in china are less tits and ass and more 'education and indoctrination.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 23, 2026 08:21 PM (zZu0s)

89 "Oh, no, that was the good news??
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!"

I wasn't even here for most of the excitement. I was 70 miles away at my parents house. I rushed back after Mrs fd called me and once everything was back in order went back down there. Whereupon I found that the septic tank that was pumped 3 months ago was backed up into the showers. And the people installing a sprinkler system broke the water main going to the house, which after fixing got a lot of dirt in toilet valves so they run at a trickle now. Shall I tell you about the blinds?

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:22 PM (QjzZf)

90 Chicoms manage their internal discourse. They also use their precious TikTok algos, that are driven by the Ministry of State Security, onto the American public. This is not about phone addiction, as much as latent propaganda and latent mind control.
Posted by: runner at June 23, 2026 08:20 PM (GD0B3)
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It's about both. China tries to manage internal discourse, but the cognitive dissonance is getting out of hand. People have no idea how crazy things are getting over there.

The CCP is like the Soviets - trying to subvert the US before their society collapses completely.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)

91 All Hail Eris, I'm out of bacon. Will you accept three strawberries on one of those little umbrellas?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:23 PM (afJtY)

92 I just came across a dish that, on the surface, does not sound appetizing...

Bukakke Udon...
https://tinyurl.com/542f3c3y
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

If it helps, you have it backwards. The sex act gets its name from the culinary term. "Bukkake" is "to pour broth over."

Posted by: mikeski at June 23, 2026 08:24 PM (VHUov)

93 86 Dash, sending you a nice Tempranillo
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:20 PM (afJtY)

Cheers!

If the Spaniards don't straighten up and fly right, I'm going to have to abandon Spanish wine. This will give me a sad.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 23, 2026 08:24 PM (zYpTz)

94 I fully expect we are going to take it in the neck from SCOTUS on Thursday on birthright citizenship. They are going to tell us we are just not looking hard enough at what the constitution states.

It will be the last shred of their credibility along with the rest of the corrupt, subversive federal court system.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 23, 2026 08:24 PM (hZXic)

95 Cats that fly are cool cats.
Posted by: Eromero at June 23, 2026 07:48 PM (LHPAg)

Cats land claws-first. I love them, I adore them, unfortunately they leave scars.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 23, 2026 08:24 PM (rbvCR)

96 All Hail Eris, I'm out of bacon.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:23 PM (afJtY)
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I don't understand those words. How can someone run out of bacon?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)

97 Shall I tell you about the blinds?
Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:22 PM (QjzZf)
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Yes please. I'm very invested at this point.

Ben Had, I'll have anything cold with an umbrella in it, please. Thank you.

Posted by: bluebell at June 23, 2026 08:25 PM (afFes)

98 Prosst!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

====

Freddy the German soccer Fanatic just rolled through northwest Ohio. . . a region so thick with descendants of German catholic immigrants that, as a young'n, i figured Germany must be the most catholic country in the world.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 23, 2026 08:25 PM (gpQ8/)

99 Oblivion > Edge of Tomorrow > Minority Report

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:26 PM (GP8V/)

100 It's about both. China tries to manage internal discourse, but the cognitive dissonance is getting out of hand. People have no idea how crazy things are getting over there.

The CCP is like the Soviets - trying to subvert the US before their society collapses completely.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)

Is it collapsing ? If it is , they might go the Stalin route, put 1/3 of the population in camps, slave labor.

Posted by: runner at June 23, 2026 08:26 PM (GD0B3)

101 fd, there's more?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:26 PM (afJtY)

102 Was Freddy the invited to the WH ? I heard that he was. Not sure if true or not.

Posted by: runner at June 23, 2026 08:27 PM (GD0B3)

103 Freddy the German soccer Fanatic just rolled through northwest Ohio. . . a region so thick with descendants of German catholic immigrants that, as a young'n, i figured Germany must be the most catholic country in the world.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 23, 2026 08:25 PM (gpQ8/)
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Southern Germany, yes. The Rhineland is also Catholic, but north and east are Lutheran (well, the east was, now recovering Communists).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

104 Any society whose government tries to replace God with themselves is doomed to fail. The Chinese are on that glide path.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 08:27 PM (+Tpk4)

105 bluebell, one watermelon margarita coming up.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:27 PM (afJtY)

106 AH Lloyd, I have almost finished "Ways That Are Dark" and I can tell you that guy had a not favorable opinion of the Chinese and even more so, the missionaries that attempt to convert them. He correctly identifies a lot of the same things you did in your book, and I can see why this book pissed a lot of people off. You should check it out.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:27 PM (QjzZf)

107 Perfect, Ben Had!

Posted by: bluebell at June 23, 2026 08:28 PM (afFes)

108 Oblivion > Edge of Tomorrow > Minority Report
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:26 PM (GP8V/)

HARD disagree.

1) Edge of Tomorrow (Live. DIE. Repeat.)
2) Minority Report.
3) Oblivion.

Good DAY, sir.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 23, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)

109 just came across a dish that, on the surface, does not sound appetizing...

Bukakke Udon...
https://tinyurl.com/542f3c3y
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Damn.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 23, 2026 08:32 PM (bIH8o)

110 Is it collapsing ? If it is , they might go the Stalin route, put 1/3 of the population in camps, slave labor.
Posted by: runner at June 23, 2026 08:26 PM (GD0B3)
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It's worse than the Soviets. Total demographic collapse has already started.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:33 PM (ZOv7s)

111 Aetius451AD Johnson is right!

Posted by: gKWVE at June 23, 2026 08:33 PM (gKWVE)

112 It's funny about place like that. "Oh I want be in the one near the rivers." And it turns out the plumbing is shit. and the one half way up the hill is a beautiful palace with everything nice.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 23, 2026 08:34 PM (qFwJc)

113 Okay, I will need some knowledge from the Horde. Two of the Packers games are going to be on Netflix. How do I go about NOT paying for Netflix and still have DH able to watch his games? I hate Netflix. They are asshoe.

I'm good with Prime games, because up here if you don't have Prime, you pay shipping, and it kills you.

But there's no good reason to pay for Netflix.

So...

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:34 PM (bl07w)

114 "Yes please. I'm very invested at this point."

Well, I was at my parents to stay with my dad while my mom went to Florida and she had ordered blinds from Home Depot and naturally scheduled installation while she was gone. They had someone come out and measure, and they paid way to much for them. ANYWAY, they don't fit the opening, they don't block as much light as the old ones, the valences sag, the handles are on the wrong side and I forgot what else. Dad hates them and after my mom and sister got home and the crying was done we all hate them and Home Depot.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:35 PM (QjzZf)

115 A. H. Lloyd, I was just kidding about the bacon. I have some left over from lunch

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:35 PM (afJtY)

116 AH Lloyd, I have almost finished "Ways That Are Dark" and I can tell you that guy had a not favorable opinion of the Chinese and even more so, the missionaries that attempt to convert them. He correctly identifies a lot of the same things you did in your book, and I can see why this book pissed a lot of people off. You should check it out.
Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:27 PM (QjzZf)
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Thanks for the info. I've got a stack of stuff in front of it, but intend to take a look.

The thing is, Taiwan proves that China can become democratic and modern. The core issue is that ALL faith was destroyed. There is no morality other than "if you can cheat, cheat." No socialist brotherhood, no revolution, just the most rapacious form of capitalism ever devised backed by a one-party dictatorship.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:36 PM (ZOv7s)

117 ---
Southern Germany, yes. The Rhineland is also Catholic, but north and east are Lutheran (well, the east was, now recovering Communists).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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Many years ago , our then Associate Pastor explained Kulturkampf to me. It lined up perfectly with the dates many of my great greats immigrated, all from the areas you mention.

That belt of Germans runs from Michigan's thumb down through the i75 corridor in Ohio. Beautiful farms, and some amazing churches in those little towns.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 23, 2026 08:36 PM (gpQ8/)

118 * hands tcn a G&T*

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:37 PM (afJtY)

119 A. H. Lloyd, I was just kidding about the bacon. I have some left over from lunch

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:35 PM (afJtY)
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LOL

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)

120
So
How was your day

Posted by: Don Black at June 23, 2026 08:37 PM (1PR81)

121 Wasn't Minority Report about thought crime?

I never watched it. It is playing realtime in UK.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 23, 2026 08:37 PM (qFwJc)

122 I could have done those blinds right at half the price but I didn't know she ordered them.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:37 PM (QjzZf)

123 Out of bacon?
Hopefully, never.
Just sliced an entire belly. We have one pack left in the freezer.

Posted by: MkY at June 23, 2026 08:38 PM (q6tQZ)

124 "There is no morality other than "if you can cheat, cheat."

It's like a core value.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:38 PM (QjzZf)

125 F'd, can they return them to Home Depot because of all the problems? I know they were custom but there is certainly no customer satisfaction.

We got our window cellular shades through Costco when we bought this house years ago and they are still holding up well, if you're looking for an alternative.

Posted by: bluebell at June 23, 2026 08:39 PM (afFes)

126 That belt of Germans runs from Michigan's thumb down through the i75 corridor in Ohio. Beautiful farms, and some amazing churches in those little towns.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 23, 2026 08:36 PM (gpQ8/)
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Grandfather Lloyd remarked that both of his parents spoke German, and refused to teach it to him because of the Great War. (He was still upset about that decades later - would have been useful in 1942.) Anyhow, how does a guy with a Welsh surname have *both* parents speaking German?

Answer: the family kept marrying German girls fresh off the boat.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)

127 Dash, this tempranillo is from a very nice winery here in Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:40 PM (afJtY)

128 I missed the story of the Army Sgt who shot four fellow soldiers and his male fiancé. Just read the news he was sentenced to life.

Was that a one day story at the time? Black and gay may have had something to do with burying it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:41 PM (GP8V/)

129 Capitalism demands capital. Capital demands property rights. That means laws and contracts.

Whatever the crooked heathen Chinese are doing over there can't be called capitalism any more than theft can be called recycling.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 23, 2026 08:41 PM (BI5O2)

130 127 Dash, this tempranillo is from a very nice winery here in Texas.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:40 PM (afJtY)

Really! I didn't know we had any domestic tempranillo. will have to look for that.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 23, 2026 08:41 PM (zYpTz)

131 118 * hands tcn a G&T*
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:37 PM (afJtY)

*chef's kiss*

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:42 PM (bl07w)

132 "F'd, can they return them to Home Depot because of all the problems? I know they were custom but there is certainly no customer satisfaction."

My dad, the retired Colonel, will not allow this situation to persist.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:42 PM (QjzZf)

133 Grandfather Lloyd remarked that both of his parents spoke German, and refused to teach it to him because of the Great War. (He was still upset about that decades later - would have been useful in 1942.) Anyhow, how does a guy with a Welsh surname have *both* parents speaking German?

Answer: the family kept marrying German girls fresh off the boat.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)

Just like the Russian Royals!

Posted by: runner at June 23, 2026 08:42 PM (GD0B3)

134 *reaches over to Ben Had a cracker laden with smoked salmon dip*

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:42 PM (bl07w)

135 Ah, this Valu-Rite Reserve Select Kool Ultra has some nice notes of methol cigarettes in it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:43 PM (ZOv7s)

136 He has nothing better to do than badger them into submission just to get rid of him.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:43 PM (QjzZf)

137 Dash, can only be purchased from the winery . They also do an occasional run on the most amazing chocolate port.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:43 PM (afJtY)

138 "There is no morality other than "if you can cheat, cheat."

It's like a core value.
Posted by: fd

This is China and not India, right? It sounds like India, too.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 23, 2026 08:43 PM (l26NL)

139 Wasn't Minority Report about thought crime?

I never watched it. It is playing realtime in UK.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 23, 2026 08:37 PM (qFwJc)

Yes and No. Thought crime that would definitely turn into a real crime if person not arrested first.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:44 PM (GP8V/)

140 I have 1 lb. of bacon in the freezer.

*Hangs head in shame*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 23, 2026 08:44 PM (bIH8o)

141 There were three German guys that showed up for Christmas in Solana Beach. Walter and Werner were brothers and then there was LOL, I cannot remember his name. A very nice guy. They were all from Bonn and after Christmas Mass, they were introduced to my Father-in-Law. None of these guys ever had children that I know of. The guy was was most friendly with was a lawyer and worked for a Green party shit. LOL. No babies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 23, 2026 08:44 PM (qFwJc)

142 I think Townsend’s view on missionaries in China was more along the lines of “they were wasting their time”. He obviously didn’t have a high opinion of a Chinese society to the point he felt they were inherently evil.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 08:45 PM (+Tpk4)

143 I think Townsend’s view on missionaries in China was more along the lines of “they were wasting their time”. He obviously didn’t have a high opinion of a Chinese society to the point he felt they were inherently evil.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 08:45 PM (+Tpk4)

144 Dang, Mr Aspirin Factory, how are you doing on ammo?

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:45 PM (QjzZf)

145 *reaches over to Ben Had a cracker laden with smoked salmon dip*

Posted by: tcn in AK

======

* gives tcn in AK puppy dog I-can-has-some-too? look *

Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 23, 2026 08:45 PM (gpQ8/)

146 Wasn't Minority Report about thought crime?

I never watched it. It is playing realtime in UK.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 23, 2026 08:37 PM (qFwJc)

Yes and No. Thought crime that would definitely turn into a real crime if person not arrested first.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:44 PM (GP8V/)
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I never watched it, but some wag said the movie's premise was: "How many people does Tom Cruise have to kill to show he's not a murderer?"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:45 PM (ZOv7s)

147 tcn, oh my, thank you.

Would the "big guy" like a Travelers?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:46 PM (afJtY)

148 My grandmother grew up speaking only German, even though she was born in Milwaukee in 1904. There was no big push for the community to start using English until 1917. She said they all had German language newspapers, everything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 23, 2026 08:46 PM (AL+7F)

149 This is China and not India, right? It sounds like India, too.
Posted by: Blutarski

This is damn near every country in Asia.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 23, 2026 08:46 PM (bIH8o)

150 I think Townsend’s view on missionaries in China was more along the lines of “they were wasting their time”. He obviously didn’t have a high opinion of a Chinese society to the point he felt they were inherently evil.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 08:45 PM (+Tpk4)
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One bunch of missionaries made quite an impression...

Like 50 million dead worth. Taiping Rebellion.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:47 PM (ZOv7s)

151 I thought Sand Pebbles was somewhat anti American.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:47 PM (GP8V/)

152 Dang, Mr Aspirin Factory, how are you doing on ammo?
Posted by: fd

A lot better than my bacon stockpile.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 23, 2026 08:48 PM (bIH8o)

153 Yes and No. Thought crime that would definitely turn into a real crime if person not arrested first.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:44 PM (GP8V/)

Actually that was the tension in the film. Would it? The Government said that it would, they certified it. But was that the Truth, or a convenient lie?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 23, 2026 08:49 PM (AL+7F)

154 And apparently, they had no English speaking public schools

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 23, 2026 08:49 PM (qFwJc)

155 I thought Sand Pebbles was somewhat anti American.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:47 PM (GP8V/)
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Imagine British patrol boats policing the Mississippi. Locals might not like that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s)

156 " I think Townsend’s view on missionaries in China was more along the lines of “they were wasting their time”. He obviously didn’t have a high opinion of a Chinese society to the point he felt they were inherently evil.
Posted by: Marcus T'

Yes, he didn't really dislike them personally, he just didn't understand (nor do I) their willful blindness to the futility.

My sister spent a year in China on a "mission". She could teach business, but not mention Christ. Some mission. That's one reason I found the book interesting.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:49 PM (QjzZf)

157 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:45 PM (ZOv7s)

That would be funny but I don't think he killed anyone.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:50 PM (GP8V/)

158 " I thought Sand Pebbles was somewhat anti American."

Did you read the book? or are you discussing the film?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 23, 2026 08:50 PM (qFwJc)

159 This is damn near every country in Asia.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 23, 2026 08:46 PM (bIH8o)

Yes, they're all ethically impaired.

But the CCP Party/Army apparatus runs a society where corruption has penetrated from the head to the tail.

It's basically my fear of where we're headed soon. I don't want to buy a half dozen eggs at the price of a dozen, only to get home and find out they're papier mache.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 23, 2026 08:50 PM (BI5O2)

160 Would the "big guy" like a Travelers?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 23, 2026 08:46 PM (afJtY)

He'll be home from work in about an hour.

When wouldn't he like a Travelers?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:50 PM (bl07w)

161 Imagine British patrol boats policing the Mississippi. Locals might not like that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s)

They did.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:51 PM (GP8V/)

162 Freddy the German soccer Fanatic just rolled through northwest Ohio. . . a region so thick with descendants of German catholic immigrants that, as a young'n, i figured Germany must be the most catholic country in the world.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 23, 2026 08:25 PM (gpQ8/)

My wife's kin are from western Ohio. I recall visiting and the landmarks were the Catholic church steeples of the nearby towns. Reminded me strongly of the area between Wurzburg and Nuremburg.

Wife did one of those 23 and me things. 99% German. The remainder was French, most likely that part adjacent to Germany. She is part of ze master race. Me? A Heinz 57 of Northern European.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 23, 2026 08:51 PM (0aYVJ)

163 My dad, the retired Colonel, will not allow this situation to persist.
Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:42 PM (QjzZf)
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Oh good. I look forward to the next installment of this story.

Hahaha.

Posted by: bluebell at June 23, 2026 08:52 PM (afFes)

164 If you saw the fat woman knicks fan who emptied the contents (trash) of a knicks themed trash can so she could steal it, it turns out she's a DEI manager for I think JP Morgan.

Good news, though. JPM fired her.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 23, 2026 08:52 PM (l26NL)

165 Did you read the book? or are you discussing the film?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 23, 2026 08:50 PM (qFwJc)

The film. It seemed to be a substitute for a statement on Vietnam .

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:52 PM (GP8V/)

166 >> Like 50 million dead worth. Taiping Rebellion.

Indeed. They went from wow, this rebellion has biblical inspirations to, why are they killing everyone, this is bad, in record time.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 08:52 PM (+Tpk4)

167 149 This is China and not India, right? It sounds like India, too.
Posted by: Blutarski

This is damn near every country in Asia.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 23, 2026 08:46 PM (bIH8o)

We tend to not realize that Judeo-Christian values means we instinctively fall back on the individual in the image of God. Other religions and certainly atheism do not have that value. They are, therefore, not held back from atrocity by the value of human life. You might as well be a cockroach. And who deals fairly with a cockroach?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:53 PM (bl07w)

168 But the CCP Party/Army apparatus runs a society where corruption has penetrated from the head to the tail.

It's basically my fear of where we're headed soon. I don't want to buy a half dozen eggs at the price of a dozen, only to get home and find out they're papier mache.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 23, 2026 08:50 PM (BI5O2)
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They required the Cultural Revolution to get to that point. Right now we are swinging in the opposite direction. Pride Month is collapsing before our eyes. The whole leftist project is in a state of disarray. They're trying to manage a Kaiserschlacht style offensive, but Antifa has less strategic depth than Luxembourg.

That's why they stab the stupid Reflecting Pond. It's all they can do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:53 PM (ZOv7s)

169 Freddy driving thru Amish country!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 23, 2026 08:53 PM (fE6HJ)

170 161 Imagine British patrol boats policing the Mississippi. Locals might not like that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s)

They did.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:51 PM (GP8V/)

And.... we didn't like that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:54 PM (bl07w)

171 My grandfather did Chinese River boat duty.

You do what are ordered to do.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 23, 2026 08:54 PM (qFwJc)

172 14 Breaking News: Cristiano Ronaldo has made history as he becomes the FIRST male soccer player to score* in six different soccer World Cups.

* specifically, scoring ON the field.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 23, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)

So 12 hours or so of stoppage time?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 23, 2026 08:54 PM (T6aVk)

173 Oh my goodness. A sweet sea otter.

Thank you ace.

I love them. Did you know they hold hands when they sleep so they don’t float away from each other?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 23, 2026 08:54 PM (A5RD0)

174 Imagine British patrol boats policing the Mississippi. Locals might not like that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s)

They did.
Posted by: polynikes
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Everything was fine until that Jackson chap showed up.

Posted by: 1814 at June 23, 2026 08:54 PM (XeU6L)

175 Iirc, it was not so much thought crime as it was 'future' crime. Before it happened. I need to rematch the movie. I remember it being dingy blue-gray.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 23, 2026 08:54 PM (G3T/K)

176 This is China and not India, right? It sounds like India, too.
Posted by: Blutarski

This is damn near every country in Asia.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Christianity helps.

"Be good while you're here or you'll regret it for the rest of eternity" can make evil turn good.

"Be good while you're here or you'll reincarnate and get to do all the raping and burning and pillaging and raping for another lifetime" just isn't as persuasive.

Posted by: mikeski at June 23, 2026 08:55 PM (VHUov)

177 LOL. The Confederacy really hated it when the Northerners did that.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 23, 2026 08:55 PM (qFwJc)

178 I just saw the story where a talk by Talarico has been found, where he openly describes himself as “a Christian who hates Christianity.” Oh, that’s just perfect, that’s his theology in a nutshell.

Those who said Cornyn would be a better candidate in the fall were absolutely and shamelessly wrong. You want to know why?
Because Cornyn would have seen this and said “well that’s not nice or gentlemanly to talk about, so we’re just going to ignore it.”

Paxton is gonna make sure that everyone in Texas hears that line 10 times a day all through October.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 23, 2026 08:55 PM (AL+7F)

179 That's why they stab the stupid Reflecting Pond. It's all they can do.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:53 PM (ZOv7s)

Then they claim it was falling apart before they got there. They don't even take credit for their vandalism. They thought they would be applauded for their destruction, but not so much. Funny how all that rage suddenly disappears when the cops show up with handcuffs.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:56 PM (bl07w)

180 Croatia beats Panama. I have it in my mind that Croatia was sort of Nazi during the war. Maybe they were forced, I don't know.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 23, 2026 08:56 PM (l26NL)

181 >>It's Too Darned Hot Cafe

Actually, it's been pretty mild so far, you what's hot though?

Rush...

https://tinyurl.com/2fds9s7n

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 23, 2026 08:57 PM (XV/Pl)

182 The patrol boats were there to protect the Occidentals. A lot of Chinese preferred the relative security and safety of Westernized areas.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:57 PM (QjzZf)

183 The film. It seemed to be a substitute for a statement on Vietnam .
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:52 PM (GP8V/)
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I've watched it several times, never got that impression. It seemed more of "the end of an era" type of story because it was. Nationalist China was finding its strength and the unequal treaties could not survive. Of course, the Second Sino-Japanese War and then the World War ended China mission for good.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:57 PM (ZOv7s)

184 I love them. Did you know they hold hands when they sleep so they don’t float away from each other?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Ha! They fooled you. They're actually such natural pranksters, they're holding the others' hand in the water so they pee in their waterbed while they sleep!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 23, 2026 08:57 PM (6FSdT)

185 They did.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 08:51 PM (GP8V/)

And.... we didn't like that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:54 PM (bl07w)

You can still go see the remains of the USS Cairo in Vicksburg, from when the Federal troops were doing that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 23, 2026 08:57 PM (AL+7F)

186 47 Care to commiserate Ben Had? I'll start. Yesterday the transformer on the power pole at the corner of the yard shorted out and vaporized the coax cable for our internet, scorched the back of the house, and set the pole on fire. The fire department came and the power company came and after a few hours we had a new pole, transformer, and power. No cable internet though.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 08:04 PM (QjzZf)

We are sorry for the inconvenience. We will be out to make repairs on October 25th between 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM, unless we can't come then, in which case we will not bother to call, and you will need to figure out that we're not coming and reschedule. We appreciate your business and value you as a customer.

"Poor service, high prices, and incompetence are our business, and business is good".

Posted by: Your shitty cable company at June 23, 2026 08:57 PM (X5Jzz)

187 Lombardy got its name because the Viking barbarians who held it in Days of Yore had Long Beards.

Hence, Lombardy.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 23, 2026 08:57 PM (u/oMr)

188 “ My sister spent a year in China on a "mission". She could teach business, but not mention Christ. Some mission. That's one reason I found the book interesting.”

His book is good but I always found Townsend to be a controversial figure. He’s was kinda this well off Ivy League educated guy with what seemed more like biases than learned experiences which ultimately clouded his pronouncements. Don’t get me wrong I think he got a lot right about China but there are some important things he missed. I also think he was largely right about the Japanese. I’m also not one given to conspiracy but some of the things about FDR going after him because Townsend knew FDR was pushing towards war with Japan ring partially true. YMMV

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 08:58 PM (+Tpk4)

189 173 Oh my goodness. A sweet sea otter.

Thank you ace.

I love them. Did you know they hold hands when they sleep so they don’t float away from each other?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 23, 2026 08:54 PM (A5RD0)

In the Seward small boat harbor, they put their pups on the back decks of various boats while they go fishing. I don't know how they learned it, but it keeps them very safe. And apparently they have passed down that knowledge for a few generations.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:58 PM (bl07w)

190 Cat doesn't know what's going on but it's very exciting.

Looks like kitten helping kids strip copper from a unit. Ha.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 23, 2026 09:00 PM (NFX2v)

191 Mini-split unit

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 23, 2026 09:01 PM (NFX2v)

192 Ahem. Valu-Rite Reserve Select is aged in recovered bottles of Mad Dog 20/20 grape for an entire week. It imparts a mellow sweetness with notes of cigarette butts.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:18 PM

I've never had any of the premium Valu-Rite pours, I've only (enviously) read about them from some of the Commenters here.

Thanks to Ben Had's generosity this evening, I think I'll try a shot!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 23, 2026 09:01 PM (0sNs1)

193 Croatia beats Panama. I have it in my mind that Croatia was sort of Nazi during the war. Maybe they were forced, I don't know.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 23, 2026 08:56 PM (l26NL)
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Croatia is Catholic Serbia, and therefore sympathetic with the Habsburgs (they use the Latin alphabet). When Yugoslavia was forced on the Balkan nations, the Serbs ended up in the driver's seat and that was bad news for some folks.

After Yugoslavia was conquered, the Croats were restored to a higher status. Naturally, they wanted to preserve that.

They lost. Tito won. And then when he died, they broke away and got German recognition because reasons.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:01 PM (ZOv7s)

194 187 Lombardy got its name because the Viking barbarians who held it in Days of Yore had Long Beards.

Hence, Lombardy.

You're welcome.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 23, 2026 08:57 PM (u/oMr)

They are also known for their Traditional Ethnic Dance...

The Lambada... that's the forbidden dance...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 23, 2026 09:01 PM (mP0Kj)

195 192 Ahem. Valu-Rite Reserve Select is aged in recovered bottles of Mad Dog 20/20 grape for an entire week. It imparts a mellow sweetness with notes of cigarette butts.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:18 PM

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I like the topnotes of hobo sweat and misery.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 23, 2026 09:02 PM (u/oMr)

196 Paxton is gonna make sure that everyone in Texas hears that line 10 times a day all through October.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 23, 2026 08:55 PM

I'm down with that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 23, 2026 09:02 PM (0sNs1)

197 "Poor service, high prices, and incompetence are our business, and business is good".
Posted by: Your shitty cable company "

Well guess f'n what? Last week I got a Starlink receiver and was testing it in the shop so I just moved it to the house and am using it right now so you can take your cable and stuff it up your nose and pull it out your ass.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:03 PM (QjzZf)

198 The Lambada... that's the forbidden dance...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 23, 2026 09:01 PM (mP0Kj)

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It's good, but it's no Mamoushka.

Posted by: Gomez Addams at June 23, 2026 09:03 PM (u/oMr)

199 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 08:57 PM (ZOv7s)

Anti-War, anti - intervention ( imperialism I guess in the film) and a little bit of racism by Americans.

The protagonist was like what the Left imagines a righteous Vietnam War soldier should do or had done. I think the film was made during that time.

Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 09:03 PM (GP8V/)

200 Ha! They fooled you. They're actually such natural pranksters, they're holding the others' hand in the water so they pee in their waterbed while they sleep!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

NOPE!

Neener Neener. Joke’s on you. Sea otters are the keepers of the kelp forest and protect baby fishies. Without them, the seas become barren wastelands of urchins.

And sea urchin is wretched

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 23, 2026 09:03 PM (pBprQ)

201 I've never had any of the premium Valu-Rite pours, I've only (enviously) read about them from some of the Commenters here.

Thanks to Ben Had's generosity this evening, I think I'll try a shot!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 23, 2026 09:01 PM (0sNs1)
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After projectile vomiting my Valu-Rite (whew, that menthol had some KICK!) I'm going with Booth's Gin on the rocks.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:04 PM (ZOv7s)

202 I rented Citizen Vigilante. I can see what all the fuss was about.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 23, 2026 09:04 PM (l26NL)

203 Everything was fine until that Jackson chap showed up.
Posted by: 1814 at June 23, 2026 08:54 PM

Yeah, and then my behind got powdered, and it literally blew my mind.

Posted by: zombie Alligator at June 23, 2026 09:05 PM (0sNs1)

204 In the Seward small boat harbor, they put their pups on the back decks of various boats while they go fishing. I don't know how they learned it, but it keeps them very safe. And apparently they have passed down that knowledge for a few generations.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 08:58 PM (bl07w)

Awwww. I bet they are... 'cute.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 23, 2026 09:06 PM (zZu0s)

205 "We are sorry for the inconvenience. We will be out to make repairs on October 25th between 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM, unless we can't come then, in which case we will not bother to call, and you will need to figure out that we're not coming and reschedule. We appreciate your business and value you as a customer.

"Poor service, high prices, and incompetence are our business, and business is good".
Posted by: Your shitty cable company at June 23, 2026 08:57 PM"
+++

Starlink mini = $250.
Service: $55 a month.

Posted by: Thanks, Elon! at June 23, 2026 09:06 PM (ZeHnZ)

206 "I always found Townsend to be a controversial figure."

I don't know much about him other than the book. He can be humorous at times, somewhat shocking at others. Except to me. I'm done shocked out.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:06 PM (QjzZf)

207 I rented Citizen Vigilante. I can see what all the fuss was about.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 23, 2026 09:04 PM (l26NL)

I heard it's an Uwe Boll movie. How bad is it? Is it unwatchable?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 23, 2026 09:07 PM (BI5O2)

208 "starlink mini = $250.
service: $55 a month.
posted by: thanks, elon!"

Or $10 a month rental. And it's so easy to setup!

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:08 PM (QjzZf)

209 Anti-War, anti - intervention ( imperialism I guess in the film) and a little bit of racism by Americans.

The protagonist was like what the Left imagines a righteous Vietnam War soldier should do or had done. I think the film was made during that time.
Posted by: polynikes at June 23, 2026 09:03 PM (GP8V/)
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I think it was about it's subject. The US was roaming the inland waterways of China and the Chinese didn't like it. It was a fact. In the 1930s (when the story took place) Nationalist China had finally found its strength and wanted the foreigners out.

That's it. You can read Vietnam into it, but it came out before Vietnam was much of a thing.

But China was, and so I think that's what it was about - how we "lost" China. Another factor is that it was now 30 years since those events had happened. That's often when people do historical films and reflect on a past that is fading away. Wait too long, and everyone who remembers it is dead.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:08 PM (ZOv7s)

210 I heard it's an Uwe Boll movie. How bad is it? Is it unwatchable?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I enjoyed it but it's not a great film. There's a sex scene in the middle that just doesn't belong, but the big picture issues are addressed head on and unapologetically.

I also kept thinking that Hammer was Jon Ham. They kinda look alike, but they really sound similar.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 23, 2026 09:10 PM (l26NL)

211 Hi cafe friends!

Posted by: Piper at June 23, 2026 09:10 PM (+dm09)

212 Correction: It is in 1926 (I thought it was 1930, my bad).

So yes, the Nationalists are building their strength and in 1928 the Northern Expedition unifies the nation. But in the south, the Nationalists are already gaining control.

So the interval (40 years) is very similar to other flashbacks. Lots of World War I books emerged in the early 1960s for that reason. The vets are getting up there, and want to tell their stories.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:11 PM (ZOv7s)

213 >> I don't know much about him other than the book. He can be humorous at times, somewhat shocking at others. Except to me. I'm done shocked out.

Read his bio it will give you some additional perspective. But don’t read it at Shittypedia.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 09:11 PM (pkv3v)

214
Indeed. They went from wow, this rebellion has biblical inspirations to, why are they killing everyone, this is bad, in record time.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 08:52 PM (+Tpk4)

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Killing each other is practically the Chinese national sport.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 23, 2026 09:11 PM (O0L8i)

215 YD,
I don't even care if Citizen Vigilante is unwatchable. I just want it to be so popular that they make half a dozen more.

Go, Paul Kersey the second.

Posted by: Wenda at June 23, 2026 09:11 PM (iIAkP)

216
I enjoyed it but it's not a great film.

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That's a ringing endorsement, AFAIC. It's clearly no BloodRayne.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 23, 2026 09:11 PM (BI5O2)

217 All y’all drinking anything stronger than beer or wine. You’re all bad people. lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 09:12 PM (pkv3v)

218 Killing each other is practically the Chinese national sport.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 23, 2026 09:11 PM (O0L8i)
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Pretty much. The Taiping Rebellion is interesting because at first the Western Powers were like "Oh, Christians, we should help!" and then they realized "Oh, wacky lunatics, we should stop them!"

Frederick Townsend Ward and the Ever Victorious Army was one result.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:13 PM (ZOv7s)

219 >> Killing each other is practically the Chinese national sport.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 23, 2026 09:11 PM (O0L8i)

They’ve never lost their lust for killing each other, have they. I don’t think they ever will either. They’ve tried to kill God and that never ends well.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 09:14 PM (pkv3v)

220 Watched another 'Freddie' video. He was driving through Amish country in Ohio. He is touring America the right way. Off the main roads and very random. Love it. Often think of retiring in an RV and just driving around the country. Just pondering it, not making any moves to do it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 23, 2026 09:15 PM (sAmhv)

221 In the Seward small boat harbor, they put their pups on the back decks of various boats while they go fishing. I don't know how they learned it, but it keeps them very safe. And apparently they have passed down that knowledge for a few generations.
Posted by: tcn in AK

And they use tools! They have favorite rocks they store in “pockets” in their armpits for use in smashing mollusks for dinner. They also hide away a snack or two in their pockets.

So smart. So sweet. I love them.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 23, 2026 09:15 PM (A5RD0)

222 I love them. Did you know they hold hands when they sleep so they don’t float away from each other?
Posted by: nurse ratched

You mean the river otters hold hands while they sleep to prevent getting pick-pocketed by the others?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 23, 2026 09:16 PM (qx7Zg)

223 208 "starlink mini = $250.
service: $55 a month.
posted by: thanks, elon!"

Or $10 a month rental. And it's so easy to setup!
Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:08 PM (QjzZf)

We take Elon camping with us in the boonies in AK. Works fine. But, you might run out at the $55 level if you stream movies or sports.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 09:16 PM (bl07w)

224 "The US was roaming the inland waterways of China and the Chinese didn't like it."

They liked our trade though, which is why the boats were there.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:16 PM (QjzZf)

225 Wow. Lander is beating Goldman by almost 30 points.

The Democrat Party is gone.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2026 09:17 PM (viF8m)

226 The Democrat Party is gone.
Posted by: JackStraw

Is Lander a lunatic communist? Goldman is such a nepot nothing.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 23, 2026 09:18 PM (l26NL)

227 >> Pretty much. The Taiping Rebellion is interesting because at first the Western Powers were like "Oh, Christians, we should help!" and then they realized "Oh, wacky lunatics, we should stop them!"

One thing I’ve been taught throughout my education is to try and determine people’s motives, objectives and morals before you step in. When you liberate the oppressed make damn sure you know which side that is. The Taiping Rebellion was interesting in that regard. People jumped right in before they really knew what the motives were. That is until they witnessed the inhumanity and slaughter.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 09:19 PM (pkv3v)

228 Wife and I have thought about simply traveling the country after retirement. But I would not want anything bigger than one of those conversion vans you see once in a while. The mere thought of driving a giant RV with a car in tow gives me hives.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 23, 2026 09:19 PM (0aYVJ)

229 If they were so smart, they would have some mini channel lock pliers in their pockets.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:19 PM (QjzZf)

230 Taiping was the one where the 'Christian' leader said he was the Brother of Christ or something?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 23, 2026 09:20 PM (zZu0s)

231
The Democrat Party is gone.
Posted by: JackStraw

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And so are we. This is going to spread like the plague.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 23, 2026 09:20 PM (XJ22o)

232
The Democrat Party is gone.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2026 09:17 PM (viF8m)

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It is becoming the party of downwardly-mobile college graduates with useless degrees and/or poor work ethic.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 23, 2026 09:20 PM (O0L8i)

233 228 Wife and I have thought about simply traveling the country after retirement. But I would not want anything bigger than one of those conversion vans you see once in a while. The mere thought of driving a giant RV with a car in tow gives me hives.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 23, 2026 09:19 PM (0aYVJ)

When DH retires we are going to visit all MLB parks in an RV. I doubt we would take our current one, since that would involve driving through Canada, and we aren't all the well disposed to Canada these days.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 09:21 PM (bl07w)

234
Is Lander a lunatic communist? Goldman is such a nepot nothing.
Posted by: Blutarski,

==============

He's one of mad-manny's DSA jew haters.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 23, 2026 09:22 PM (XJ22o)

235 >> The Democrat Party is gone.

Talk to me in November after all the people still complaining about how bad things are vote for them because “they’re all the same and we need a change”.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 09:22 PM (pkv3v)

236 Taiping was the one where the 'Christian' leader said he was the Brother of Christ or something?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 23, 2026 09:20 PM (zZu0s)
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Older Brother. Yeah. It was something else. There's a book with a chapter on it...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:22 PM (ZOv7s)

237 And they use tools! They have favorite rocks they store in “pockets” in their armpits for use in smashing mollusks for dinner. They also hide away a snack or two in their pockets.

So smart. So sweet. I love them.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 23, 2026 09:15 PM (A5RD0)

I hide snacks in my armpits and people bitch bitterly about it.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 23, 2026 09:22 PM (rbvCR)

238
It is becoming the party of downwardly-mobile college graduates with useless degrees and/or poor work ethic.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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And they're taking charge in politics.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 23, 2026 09:23 PM (XJ22o)

239 228: Yea, there is that. the other option is a truck towing a trailer. It's just a matter of how much. I've looked into it. Lots of options for a mobile retirement. Retirement is still a decade away for me, more or less. Maybe. I usually just tell people that I'll retire 3 years after I'm dead, because I have no idea.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 23, 2026 09:23 PM (sAmhv)

240 Pug,
If I had a partner, I’d have a van ready to go and travel around out amazing country.

Of course, he’d have to be a sailor and want to park the van and step on a boat and sail.

I’d love to sail the Great Lakes. Anyone do e that?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 23, 2026 09:25 PM (A5RD0)

241 They liked our trade though, which is why the boats were there.
Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:16 PM (QjzZf)
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Not really. The treaty ports and trading rights were extracted at gunpoint. The interesting this is that the ChiComs have to really distort history to make the US a villain in the Unequal Treaty era, since we were the *only* power that did not want a concession. We wanted an Open Door, where all foreign powers could trade on the basis of equality with no carve-outs are special rights.

The Asiatic Fleet was there to secure American interests and keep banditry down, and I think the movie shows that we got along with the Chinese quite well until Nationalist fervor took hold. At that point the crew is basically just trying to live through it, breaking out to the coast.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

242 He's one of mad-manny's DSA jew haters.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 23, 2026 09:22 PM (XJ22o)
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I'm looking forward to the ADL destroying itself by refusing to condemn these freaks.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:26 PM (ZOv7s)

243 I've never seen the Pacific. I'd like to see it once before I'm on the other side of eternity.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 23, 2026 09:27 PM (sAmhv)

244 When I bought Villa Gorilla, there was big honking C-band dish outside and the previous owners threw in a receiver, so I used that for several years.

Then I got a DirecTV system, and was very happy for a long time, until I gave up TV watching on general principles.

I was an early adopter of Starlink, and my original dish is still going strong.

Through it all, there was a cable TV doghouse at the corner of my lot. I'm proud to say I have never succumbed to the temptation of using it.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 23, 2026 09:27 PM (bhZyo)

245 A movie is coming out about pickleball. It's by the dodgeball people. So it's like the dodgeball movie except it's pickleball.

Posted by: banana Dream - Explaining like Ice-T in Law & Order: SVU at June 23, 2026 09:28 PM (3uBP9)

246 243 I've never seen the Pacific. I'd like to see it once before I'm on the other side of eternity.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 23, 2026 09:27 PM (sAmhv)

We have a fair bit of it up here. Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 09:28 PM (bl07w)

247 A motorhome 26' or so you can get by just fine without a towed. I think for longer term camping a trailer might be better but if you want to be able to just get up and go a motorhome is the way to go.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:29 PM (QjzZf)

248 Lloyd, my dad got some memorabilia from the radioman on the SS Panay, who rotated out before it got sunk by the IJN

So you know if there is any related service museum that would like it? It is just a hand written chart of the IJN morse code on Panay letterhead

Posted by: Kindltot at June 23, 2026 09:29 PM (rbvCR)

249 That photo of Lombardy is so gorgeous I looked it up.

This is sadly the area of Italy with the most muslims. Bummer.

If we ever return to Europe it will probably be Poland.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 23, 2026 09:29 PM (hzuYO)

250 We have an extendable flag pole that anchors under a truck tire when we park the camper, and a bracket for the Elon that fits on the top of that, so we can get up above the trees. Also flies Old Glory, so it does double duty. Both work beautifully.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 09:30 PM (bl07w)

251
I've never seen the Pacific. I'd like to see it once before I'm on the other side of eternity.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

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Would like to see Hawaii. It's the only state I haven't spent a night in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 23, 2026 09:30 PM (O0L8i)

252 I’d love to sail the Great Lakes. Anyone do e that?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 23, 2026 09:25 PM (A5RD0)

Years ago, 2001 I believe we all took the speedy ferry to Put-In-Bay, Ohio, on Lake Erie. Super fun.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 23, 2026 09:30 PM (0aYVJ)

253 >>Talk to me in November after all the people still complaining about how bad things are vote for them because “they’re all the same and we need a change”.

It's not just about November and it's not just about NY or CA. Hasn't been for a while. The Democrat Party, as much as we disliked it, is rapidly becoming an openly communist party. And they will not stop with blue states.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2026 09:30 PM (viF8m)

254 I've never seen the Pacific. I'd like to see it once before I'm on the other side of eternity.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 23, 2026 09:27 PM (sAmhv)

Fly to Portland. Rent a car, and drive to SeaTac via Astoria. Fly home.

Three days if you push it, a week if you want to do some camping.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 23, 2026 09:31 PM (rbvCR)

255 252 I’d love to sail the Great Lakes. Anyone do e that?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 23, 2026 09:25 PM (A5RD0)

Years ago, 2001 I believe we all took the speedy ferry to Put-In-Bay, Ohio, on Lake Erie. Super fun.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 23, 2026 09:30 PM (0aYVJ)

I might stay away from any boat named the Edmund Fitzgerald. Just in case.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 09:31 PM (bl07w)

256 What seems silly to me is China spending lots of money building aircraft carriers. It seems aircraft carriers are well on the way to becoming useful only for threatening weak Third World nations cause you dont have to have a secure airbase nearby. And it wont be much longer before nearly every nation would be able to swarm them with drones/missiles. No one is invading China. They have nukes and too many Chinese. Reminds me of the battleship building before WW2.

Posted by: Azjaeger at June 23, 2026 09:31 PM (3/XaG)

257 I just took Ralphy outside for the night. As he's sniffing, I'm looking and looking for Snowflake.

I turn around and see Snowflake sitting in the house perched on the window sill looking out the window at the dog and I. In my defense, she comes in and out relatively often.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 23, 2026 09:32 PM (Sco7b)

258 I've never seen the Pacific. I'd like to see it once before I'm on the other side of eternity.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 23, 2026 09:27 PM (sAmhv)

Gotta do it. Fly into Portland. Rent a car. Drive up and down the coast.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 23, 2026 09:35 PM (0aYVJ)

259 We have an extendable flag pole that anchors under a truck tire when we park the camper, and a bracket for the Elon that fits on the top of that, so we can get up above the trees. Also flies Old Glory, so it does double duty. Both work beautifully.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I have a lot of historical flags I bought to teach the kids history (and pride, the good kind of pride). I've started flying them again leading up to the 250th. Today is Fort Moultrie which must have been in South Carolina since the SC state flag seems to be based on it.

I've forgotten most of the history.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 23, 2026 09:35 PM (l26NL)

260 I want to do the country on a motorcycle. Take my time and screw off. Just ride around and look at things.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 23, 2026 09:35 PM (snZF9)

261 Slow steady rain all day today. Never really poured, but everything is damp. Our contractor didn't show, since we aren't close to being enclosed. Waited all day for Home Depot to deliver appliances--turns out whomever scheduled it didn't bother to tell anyone, so I waited in vain. I did, however, get the laundry done, and we are having tacos for dinner, so there's that. DH should be home in half an hour or so with fresh supplies of bar items, so life is looking up.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 23, 2026 09:36 PM (bl07w)

262
It's not just about November and it's not just about NY or CA. Hasn't been for a while. The Democrat Party, as much as we disliked it, is rapidly becoming an openly communist party. And they will not stop with blue states.

Posted by: JackStraw

===============

I wonder if there's a chance in hell of Republican and non-commie Democrats forming an alliance to defeat this rising Red Guard. Right now they're blindsided and going along with it, but maybe enough losses and they can be brought to their senses.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 23, 2026 09:36 PM (XJ22o)

263 >> The Democrat Party, as much as we disliked it, is rapidly becoming an openly communist party. And they will not stop with blue states

It is a party with views that are antithetical to our democratic republic. It seeks to subvert our ideals and system of government by any means possible including murder. It is not going to stop until we curb stomp them out of existence. The unfortunate part is it is attracting a lot of like minded and disaffected people who are swayed by their lies and unrealistic promises. It’s really an insurgency because it’s no longer a debate about how to achieve what is best for our country. Their motives are to destroy it using the very auspices which underpin our society- the social contract, law, liberty, freedom and the Constitution. We must win this battle.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 09:37 PM (pkv3v)

264 The Democrat Party, as much as we disliked it, is rapidly becoming an openly communist party. And they will not stop with blue states.
__

No, they will not stop.

Not until Jesus returns.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 23, 2026 09:37 PM (ZHOnm)

265 I'm looking forward to the ADL destroying itself by refusing to condemn these freaks.

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Hah! Too late. The ADL destroyed itself by going all in for Jew-hating Leftists ages ago.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 23, 2026 09:38 PM (u/oMr)

266 Democrats have morphed themselves into a radical socialist party about a few inches of becoming a full blown Communist Party. This is what they want, full control of the country with no protection from a Constitution. We won't be people anymore, just their slaves.

Posted by: Case at June 23, 2026 09:38 PM (IY9No)

267 It's amazon prime day so you can buy a toaster for 30% off. It was $450 and now you can get it for a steal at 315$. It toasts two slices at a time and has the internet. A toaster. Amazing.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 23, 2026 09:39 PM (3uBP9)

268 "Today is Fort Moultrie which must have been in South Carolina since the SC state flag seems to be based on it.

I've forgotten most of the history.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly"

Is that the one with the palmetto logs on it?

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:39 PM (QjzZf)

269 Hey tcn!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 23, 2026 09:39 PM (ZHOnm)

270 >> Not until Jesus returns.

Jesus, the Son of God whom they don’t believe in ma’am.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 09:39 PM (pkv3v)

271 WTF is going on with the Senate's vote on the War Powers Act?

Posted by: davidt at June 23, 2026 09:39 PM (Q+gd/)

272 I've never seen the Pacific. I'd like to see it once before I'm on the other side of eternity.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

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If you've seen the Atlantic, just imagine the same thing except the sun sets in it instead of rising from it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 23, 2026 09:39 PM (u/oMr)

273 What seems silly to me is China spending lots of money building aircraft carriers. It seems aircraft carriers are well on the way to becoming useful only for threatening weak Third World nations cause you dont have to have a secure airbase nearby. And it wont be much longer before nearly every nation would be able to swarm them with drones/missiles. No one is invading China. They have nukes and too many Chinese. Reminds me of the battleship building before WW2.
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 23, 2026 09:31 PM (3/XaG)

I can see three scenarios where it makes sense.

1) We have carriers; We're powerful. (Propaganda, or the Pakleds from ST:TNG).

2) Power projection against Africa or India, perhaps the Middle East.

3) They plan on starting WW3 with an attack on Pearl Harbor or a West Coast Naval base, to start their Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 23, 2026 09:40 PM (qx7Zg)

274 Three days if you push it, a week if you want to do some camping.
Posted by: Kindltot

Ideally, a road trip to Bandon Dunes, get some golf in, then just randomly drive up the coast, into Washington. No itinerary, just driving around, looking at the west coast.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 23, 2026 09:40 PM (sAmhv)

275 >>I wonder if there's a chance in hell of Republican and non-commie Democrats forming an alliance to defeat this rising Red Guard. Right now they're blindsided and going along with it, but maybe enough losses and they can be brought to their senses.

I think it's already started.

>>@BillMelugin_

>>BREAKING: AP projects Mamdani-backed socialist Claire Valdez has won the Democratic nomination for US House in New York’s 7th Congressional District.

>>Valdez has campaigned on granting citizenship & voting rights to illegal aliens, taxpayer funded transgender treatments, and eliminating private health insurance.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2026 09:41 PM (viF8m)

276 Lloyd, my dad got some memorabilia from the radioman on the SS Panay, who rotated out before it got sunk by the IJN

So you know if there is any related service museum that would like it? It is just a hand written chart of the IJN morse code on Panay letterhead
Posted by: Kindltot at June 23, 2026 09:29 PM (rbvCR)
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Reach out to Navy Public Affairs. If nothing else, they'd love to write a story about it. Have photos of your father handy, they love that stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:41 PM (ZOv7s)

277
It was $450 and now you can get it for a steal at 315$. It toasts two slices at a time and has the internet. A toaster. Amazing.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 23, 2026 09:39 PM (3uBP9)

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We had to replace our toaster not so long ago. I can't remember how much it cost, but it was much closer to $45 than $450. No internet, though. All it does is toast bread.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 23, 2026 09:41 PM (O0L8i)

278 Democrats have morphed themselves into a radical socialist party about a few inches of becoming a full blown Communist Party. This is what they want, full control of the country with no protection from a Constitution. We won't be people anymore, just their slaves.

Posted by: Case at June 23, 2026 09:38 PM (IY9No)

It will never get to that point. Americans may be slow to anger, but once the safety valve blows look out. When things shift from dealing with a nuisance to living on your knees all fucking hell will break loose.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 23, 2026 09:41 PM (snZF9)

279 Jesus, the Son of God whom they don’t believe in ma’am.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Oh, they'll believe when He returns.

They'll even take a knee.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 23, 2026 09:41 PM (ZHOnm)

280 >> Oh, they'll believe when He returns.

They'll even take a knee.

Amen.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 23, 2026 09:43 PM (pkv3v)

281 If you've seen the Atlantic, just imagine the same thing except the sun sets in it instead of rising from it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 23, 2026 09:39 PM (u/oMr)

That I've seen on numerous occasions. I've seen a sunset on the Atlantic (while overseas). Sunsets over the Gulf of 'Murica are beautiful! Just never seen the Pacific. I'd like to.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 23, 2026 09:43 PM (sAmhv)

282 Is that the one with the palmetto logs on it?
Posted by: fd

Crescent moon in the corner and the word "LIBERTY" across it. Really looks like the South Carolina state flag.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 23, 2026 09:43 PM (l26NL)

283 >>If you've seen the Atlantic, just imagine the same thing except the sun sets in it instead of rising from it.

whoa

Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2026 09:44 PM (viF8m)

284 The worry is that Mamdani's DSA will take over real estate in NYC. This will give the DSA a financial base to spread to other cities.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 23, 2026 09:44 PM (gKWVE)

285 We had to replace our toaster not so long ago. I can't remember how much it cost, but it was much closer to $45 than $450. No internet, though. All it does is toast bread.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 23, 2026 09:41 PM (O0L8i

That's crazy. You can't use the toaster to go on the internet to find out how to toast bread!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 23, 2026 09:45 PM (Sco7b)

286 If you pretend you are on the east coast of Hawaii, the Atlantic looks exactly the same.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:45 PM (QjzZf)

287
The DSA appears to be shut out of the California gubernatorial race this year, also the lieutenant governor's office, which keeps the state safe for 8 years. But after that, I bet DSA Mayor Nithya Raman gets in so she can do for the entire state what she'll have done to LA.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 23, 2026 09:45 PM (XJ22o)

288 "Crescent moon in the corner and the word "LIBERTY" across it. Really looks like the South Carolina state flag.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly"

I think they added the palmetto logs after the battle of Fort Moutrie.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:46 PM (QjzZf)

289 It's amazon prime day so you can buy a toaster for 30% off. It was $450 and now you can get it for a steal at 315$. It toasts two slices at a time and has the internet. A toaster. Amazing.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 23, 2026 09:39 PM (3uBP9)
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Why in the world do you need a toaster that's connected to the internet? One that costs $450?

You can get a perfectly serviceable toaster that will last forever (more or less) from Walmart for a fraction of that cost.

And it won't talk back to you and report your bad toasting skills to social media when you inevitably burn something.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 23, 2026 09:46 PM (gnNyN)

290 Years ago, 2001 I believe we all took the speedy ferry to Put-In-Bay, Ohio, on Lake Erie. Super fun.

Our gang used to make an annual pilgrimage there every July. Some charter fishing for walleye but mostly a lot of drunken mayhem at the Roundhouse and other watering holes there. Definitely a lot of fun.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 23, 2026 09:46 PM (ceJ0R)

291 I can see three scenarios where it makes sense.

1) We have carriers; We're powerful. (Propaganda, or the Pakleds from ST:TNG).

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 23, 2026 09:40 PM (qx7Zg)
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This is the correct answer. China is obsessed with symbols of power, so having aircraft carriers means China is also powerful. Their carriers are garbage, and the latest "supercarrier" uses magnetic catapults but relies on conventional (oil) power, meaning it has pathetic endurance. Can't cross the Pacific without a train of refuelers.

Carriers are NOT obsolete, as the war against Iran showed. Nuclear carriers have incredible endurance, stand-off strike capability and a great deal of flexibility in terms of what type of operation. Hypersonic missiles are being hugely oversold. Carriers move. They move constantly. So course corrections are vital, but if a carrier is over the horizon and your satellite comms are jammed, you are firing blind.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:46 PM (ZOv7s)

292 >>> WTF is going on with the Senate's vote on the War Powers Act?
Posted by: davidt at June 23, 2026 09:39 PM (Q+gd/)

They're fur it. It passed. It's passed the senate and congress now. With the help of our republican senate and congress losers who made sure it had enough votes. It has no chance of standing up to a veto though. Unless Trump just says f it and gives up. I would. With the worthless republicans. I don't know how he just keeps going. Everyone, both parties, the entire legislative branch, all of the judiciary, all of the state department, all of the fed, all of the media, schools, businesses, the pundit clowns, everyone is out to get the man. But he keeps going.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 23, 2026 09:47 PM (3uBP9)

293
Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2026 09:41 PM (viF8m)

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Holy fvk. She's the other one I was looking at. The other is that Darializa Shinto Vega Orgasma or whatever her name is.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 23, 2026 09:47 PM (XJ22o)

294 9/25/1513: First European white man lays eyes upon the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. Is immediately told that the point break is reserved for locals only.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 23, 2026 09:47 PM (6/7Fs)

295 The pacific seems more golden and placid than the rough Atlantic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 23, 2026 09:47 PM (zZu0s)

296 Tree, I guess. Not log.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:47 PM (QjzZf)

297
We take Elon camping with us in the boonies in AK. Works fine. But, you might run out at the $55 level if you stream movies or sports.
Posted by: tcn in AK

What do you mean "run out?"
Their web page says unlimited data.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 23, 2026 09:48 PM (Cqx++)

298 If I don't love you, baby
Grits ain't grocery
Eggs ain't poultry
And Michelle Obama's not a man

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 23, 2026 09:48 PM (Kt19C)

299 I’d love to sail the Great Lakes. Anyone do e that?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 23, 2026 09:25 PM (A5RD0)

Back in the day, you could get a stateroom on, of all things, an Ore Boat and travel from the Iron Range right through to Lake Ontario.

Some of the Lakers have really nice accomdations.

But in lieue of actually sailing the Great Lakes, read Paddle to the Sea, by Holling Clancy Holling. You'll learn all about the Great Lakes through this very charming story.

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 23, 2026 09:48 PM (3sXRv)

300
The worry is that Mamdani's DSA will take over real estate in NYC. This will give the DSA a financial base to spread to other cities.
Posted by: gKWVE

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That's what he's threatening. I hope he succeeds. I've become an accelerationist for stupidity pits like NYC. May its flames serve as a warning beacon. Same for Los Angeles.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 23, 2026 09:49 PM (XJ22o)

301 Trump doesn't need to make a mark in office, please special interests, he's already a made man. He doesn't need to do any of this crap. He could just say f it, phone it in for the next 2 years and get the hell out. But he keeps going. Is it spite? That might motivate me.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 23, 2026 09:49 PM (3uBP9)

302 And the gulf feels like someone just peed in it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 23, 2026 09:50 PM (zZu0s)

303 What do you mean "run out?"
Their web page says unlimited data.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Residential, yes.

Roaming, no.

And with the Starlink Mini, there are various roaming packages.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 23, 2026 09:50 PM (ZHOnm)

304 "Their web page says unlimited data.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr"

I think it's all you can suck down at 100mbs down, 10 up.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:51 PM (QjzZf)

305 They're fur it. It passed. It's passed the senate and congress now. With the help of our republican senate and congress losers who made sure it had enough votes. It has no chance of standing up to a veto though. Unless Trump just says f it and gives up. I would. With the worthless republicans. I don't know how he just keeps going. Everyone, both parties, the entire legislative branch, all of the judiciary, all of the state department, all of the fed, all of the media, schools, businesses, the pundit clowns, everyone is out to get the man. But he keeps going.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 23, 2026 09:47 PM (3uBP9)
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Useless kabuki b.s.

Skittish Republicans want to be able to say "I voted against the War!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:51 PM (ZOv7s)

306 Tree, I guess. Not log.
Posted by: fd

Tomorrow is the Don't Tread on Me navel jack. I think Thursday I'll fly the Goliad (Come and take it) for the Mexicans that mow my lawn. Heh.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 23, 2026 09:52 PM (l26NL)

307 "Residential, yes.

Roaming, no"

Oh.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:52 PM (QjzZf)

308 >>The pacific seems more golden and placid than the rough Atlantic.

Pacific = Beach Boys

Atlantic = Barnacle Bill the Sailor

Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2026 09:52 PM (viF8m)

309 We are having terrible mosquito swarms right now. Even with the city treatment and our own lawn treatment, they are really bad.

Posted by: Piper at June 23, 2026 09:52 PM (tHSRx)

310 Lombardy got its name because the Viking barbarians who held it in Days of Yore had Long Beards.
Hence, Lombardy.
You're welcome.
Posted by: Cicero

Where do you think the Lombardy trophy comes from? They invented football.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 23, 2026 09:54 PM (DZ9Lv)

311 The Great Lakes are always fresh, sometimes frozen.

What this means is the water is less supportive. Freighters can't carry as much cargo as they can in salt water. Swimming is more difficult.

Thus, sailing requires a bit more skill and caution.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:54 PM (ZOv7s)

312 Yes, I was looking at residential. If I didn't already have a reliable (yes, I said it) cable internet I'd go for Starlink.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 23, 2026 09:55 PM (Cqx++)

313 Pacific = Beach Boys

Atlantic = Barnacle Bill the Sailor
Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2026 09:52 PM (viF8m)
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Atlantic = Billy Joel

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:55 PM (ZOv7s)

314 "We are having terrible mosquito swarms right now. Even with the city treatment and our own lawn treatment, they are really bad.
Posted by: Piper"

You are not kidding. All the rain helps. It is an easy way to lose weight.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:56 PM (QjzZf)

315 We had to replace our toaster not so long ago. I can't remember how much it cost, but it was much closer to $45 than $450. No internet, though. All it does is toast bread.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 23, 2026 09:41 PM (O0L8i)

If your toaster doesn't connect to the internet, you won't be able to have your car tell it to turn on so you are greeted with the smell of fresh toast as you walk in the door!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 23, 2026 09:56 PM (bhZyo)

316 Gold, Jerry! GOLD!

@cnnbrk 37m
Brad Lander, an ally of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will defeat Rep. Dan Goldman in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 23, 2026 09:56 PM (diia5)

317 Lombardy got its name because the Viking barbarians who held it in Days of Yore had Long Beards.
Hence, Lombardy.
You're welcome.
Posted by: Cicero

Where do you think the Lombardy trophy comes from? They invented football.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 23, 2026 09:54 PM (DZ9Lv)
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Um, Lombards were like 500 years before Vikings.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)

318 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons! Good news out of Texas today, I see.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 23, 2026 09:57 PM (1z8ji)

319 If your toaster doesn't connect to the internet, you won't be able to have your car tell it to turn on so you are greeted with the smell of fresh toast as you walk in the door!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 23, 2026 09:56 PM (bhZyo)
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Do not taunt Happy Internet Toaster. Do not expose its glowing core.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)

320 >>What this means is the water is less supportive. Freighters can't carry as much cargo as they can in salt water. Swimming is more difficult.

>>Thus, sailing requires a bit more skill and caution.

Gonna have to disagree with you on the swimming and sailing.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 23, 2026 09:58 PM (viF8m)

321 I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams

Posted by: Red at June 23, 2026 09:58 PM (6/7Fs)

322 You can buy a depuffing wand at amazon. It depuffs your face. Only $119 was $170. To depuff your face.

So this might be controversial but I like a puffy face on a gal. However, all the starlets go through this phase where after they achieve stardom thanks to their adorable puffy face, they go on this crazy diet and botox kick and the puffy disappears completely. Maybe this wand is to blame too. Screw the depuffing wand.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 23, 2026 09:58 PM (3uBP9)

323 302 And the gulf feels like someone just peed in it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

When you gotta go, you gotta go.

Posted by: Florida Man at June 23, 2026 09:58 PM (sAmhv)

324 There was a toaster a while back that would toast a weather report on your toast. I wouldn't pay $350 for it though.

Posted by: fd at June 23, 2026 09:58 PM (QjzZf)

325 Ideally, a road trip to Bandon Dunes, get some golf in, then just randomly drive up the coast, into Washington. No itinerary, just driving around, looking at the west coast.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 23, 2026 09:40 PM (sAmhv)

Fly into Eugene, or Medford if you want an adventure. It is a good road, but it is through trees and trees and trees and trees.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 23, 2026 09:59 PM (rbvCR)

326 I’d love to sail the Great Lakes. Anyone do e that?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 23, 2026 09:25 PM (A5RD0)

There are some ferries on the Great Lakes. One that I know about runs from Manitowoc, WI, to Luddington, MI. There's the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc focused on the Great Lakes. Naval buffs can also tour the USS Cobia.

This ferry's website is https://ssbadger.com

There's another between Milwaukee, WI and Muskegon, MI. It's a shorter distance, and a newer ferry. That's at https://www.lake-express.com/

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 23, 2026 09:59 PM (qx7Zg)

327 ---
Um, Lombards were like 500 years before Vikings.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 23, 2026 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)

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Hah!

I was wondering whether some tuned-in Moron would catch that. I made up the Viking part.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 23, 2026 10:00 PM (6/7Fs)

328 ONT up

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 23, 2026 10:00 PM (diia5)

329 There was a toaster a while back that would toast a weather report on your toast. I wouldn't pay $350 for it though.
Posted by: fd

Your toast is wrong 50% of the time

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 23, 2026 10:01 PM (bIH8o)

330 329 Ha!

Posted by: gp at June 23, 2026 10:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

331 Today, here in NE Okla., we have enjoyed alternating sunshine and heavy storms. Or, as we call it, Spring. Okay, it's "officially" (for certain values of "official") Summer, but just barely.

We managed to get some of the lawn mowed so Daisy Dog's tennis balls don't get lost, although she did drop one somewhere while chasing a squirrel. It's nice, generally, but I can already feel the days getting shorter and Winter setting in. Okay, not really, but, but, it's the post-solstice dread trickling into the back of my mind.

Is it ONTea-time yet?

Posted by: mindful webworker - don't be late for ONTea-time at June 23, 2026 10:02 PM (cz4n2)

332 Pretty picture of Italy & fun animal pics, as always. Thank you.

One year today since I lost my dog, Journey. I still miss her & occasionally think I hear her on the 1st floor, waiting for me and her evening treats.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 23, 2026 10:15 PM (NFX2v)

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