Supercell Eclipse Cafe

Edinburgh (?)
Pete Wands
@wandspja

Trash birds.

This is one big chungus baby tiger.

Old but good: Dressing your dog up in a giant spider costume and terrorizing the neighbors.

A tripod fish.

I could do this but I don't feel like it right now.

Deer and bunny are friends.

Hand-feeding a wild hawk.

This starling's mimicry is eerie.

Cat saves a chicken from a fox. They're not all evil.

In Nola, Italy, over 100 men carry a 25-meter-tall, 2.5-ton (5,500-lb) tower through packed narrow streets, a centuries-old tradition honoring Saint Paulinus pic.twitter.com/uXXovbADEP
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 12, 2026

Minnie is a Devon and Cornwall Longwool, one of the rarest breeds of sheep in the world.

[📹 dartmoorshepherd] pic.twitter.com/dwp0MBlwlQ
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 12, 2026

Eclipse viewed from inside a fighter jet pic.twitter.com/1qLAHsZlbL
— curious side of 𝕏 (@curioXities) September 5, 2024

Insane footage of a supercell over Nebraska

[📹 WxMstrr] pic.twitter.com/tNDNKbrrbB
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:48 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 07:47 PM (d9FiM)

2 rst?

Posted by: Reforger at August 12, 2026 07:49 PM (Zqvxn)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Top pic looks like a spy story.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 12, 2026 07:51 PM (zYpTz)

5 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 07:52 PM (udaaY)

6 Hi everyone!

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 07:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

7 Get out more, you people!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 12, 2026 07:53 PM (wxsGM)

8 Remember folks, every Femocracy is a failure.

Massachusetts
New York
Virginia
NJ
California (lol)
Minnesota (lol)

Posted by: Vengeance at August 12, 2026 07:53 PM (6qFZ4)

9 Another night at work of nothing to do.
I can't believe I get paid to do this.
Going to put in a bunch of requesitions for a mini machine shop I think we need. Run it up the chain and see if the purchasing manager is not paying attention again and just signing things.
Worked before.

Posted by: Reforger at August 12, 2026 07:54 PM (Zqvxn)

10 I might have thought it was end of times in Nebraska if I was there

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 07:55 PM (Ia/+0)

11 Top pic looks like a spy story.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

With a sniper behind every tree.

You guys do okay with the storms yesterday? Dear wife had to drive through them - a bit scary but all was well.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 07:55 PM (udaaY)

12 St. Paulinas needs to go on a diet.

Posted by: Fatty Boombilatti at August 12, 2026 07:56 PM (JM9I6)

13
Between the kidnap and the rescue, that chicken must have lost half its feathers.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:56 PM (XJ22o)

14 Skip

Here in the Great Plains states we call that April and May.

Had some close calls here the last year.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2026 07:56 PM (u82oZ)

15 A nice cafe to end a busy day of news. Gracias.

Posted by: H at August 12, 2026 07:56 PM (49bBV)

16
Get out more, you people!
Posted by: Hokey Pokey

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

Okay, I'm going to the nearest Starbucks drive-thru and get something.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (XJ22o)

17 Please don't tempt Mooslim men with lamby-porn. They have no self control.

Posted by: Pulling The Wool at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (JM9I6)

18 men carry a 25-meter-tall, 2.5-ton (5,500-lb) tower

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It was phallic enough without the bouncing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (ndZc7)

19 Top Pic. Is he looking at his friggin' cell phone?!

I really hate seeing almost everybody walking blindly down the path, glued to their fucking phones. I do keep my phone with me (in case I have a heart attack or something), but I do not carry it in my hand while walking. People! Enjoy the outdoors. Feel the sun, and the breeze. Listen to the birds. Chirp at the skwerls. Nod at passersby.

And, lest you think I am yelling at the younger folks, I see people my age doing the same damn thing.

Definitely near the top of my pet peeve list.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (0aYVJ)

20 Reforget I most always try for a bottle of Scotch in a long order of material

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

21 a centuries-old tradition honoring Saint Paulinus

— Massimo

St. Paulinus got his ass kicked at Stalingrad, didn't he?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 07:58 PM (udaaY)

22 Hand-feeding a wild hawk.

That'll be literal, eventually.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 07:58 PM (VHUov)

23 Ritchie Blackmore is performing with Deep Purple tonight. First time in over 30 years.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 12, 2026 07:58 PM (CNl8/)

24 Are you supposed to not stare into the abyss, or into the eclipse?

Posted by: Warby Parker at August 12, 2026 07:58 PM (JM9I6)

25
Cat had plans for the chicken. Fox threatened to interrupt them.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:59 PM (XJ22o)

26 I could do this but I don't feel like it right now.

He's only five; you could take him, Ace. Just cover your junk.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 07:59 PM (VHUov)

27 That Minnie is adorable. Too adorable.

I shared this last thread. I'm in the computer room getting to work but this happened an hour ago.

.......

I just took Ralphy outside for washroom. Snowflake races across the street startling a couple of Moms and their girls going to the park swimming pool.

They all came over to pet Snowflake and Ralphy whom I held. Then they told my friend he has a beautiful cat.

It was cute.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 08:00 PM (Sco7b)

28 You guys do okay with the storms yesterday? Dear wife had to drive through them - a bit scary but all was well.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 07:55 PM (udaaY)

Lot of flooding in my county, but our house is on a hill, so we were good. I was worried about wind, as there is an old silver maple next to the house, and those things are never stable.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 12, 2026 08:00 PM (zYpTz)

29 Chunk Chunk Chicken

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 08:00 PM (nDXEV)

30 >>>Dressing your dog up in a giant spider costume and terrorizing the neighbors.

Hello... Hey, I was wondering. I don't really like my dog anymore, but I'm kind of a coward. How can I get someone else to shoot him?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 12, 2026 08:02 PM (syz1S)

31 Get out more, you people!
Posted by: Hokey Pokey

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

Okay, I'm going to the nearest Starbucks drive-thru and get something.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (XJ22o)

***

Ok
Rocky Road Ice Cream!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 08:03 PM (2WIwB)

32 Cat saves a chicken from a fox. They're not all evil.

I wasn't saving the chicken, I was dinnerblocking the fox.

Posted by: cat, evil at August 12, 2026 08:04 PM (VHUov)

33 DO NOT FEED WILD RAPTORS! crazy lady...the haws could have damaged her arm..why do you think falconers wear those massive gloves ?!

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:04 PM (g47mK)

34 If I saw that super cell in Nebraska, I'd suddenly remember an appointment a hundred miles away.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 08:04 PM (LHPAg)

35 Some cool stuff up there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)

36 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 08:05 PM (Ia/+0)

37 Italy's birth rate is 1.14 per woman. Takes 2.1 or so to stay even. Quit hauling phallic statues and get married you degenerates!

Posted by: I Should Be Pope at August 12, 2026 08:06 PM (JM9I6)

38 I think that chicken probably became a human meal that night.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 08:07 PM (KC5Lt)

39 No more Mr. Nice Guy?

Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
I wonder if the White House press corps will finally go a little harder on Trump now they know he was okay with... potentially letting them die.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 08:08 PM (ndZc7)

40 Evenin’, All.

That is one ugly sheep.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:10 PM (77rzZ)

41 DO NOT FEED WILD RAPTORS! crazy lady...the haws could have damaged her arm..why do you think falconers wear those massive gloves ?!
Posted by: runner

Please stop yelling. You're going to frighten my wasp colony.

Posted by: crazy lady at August 12, 2026 08:10 PM (VHUov)

42 Wudu is typically performed before Salah or reading the Quran. Activities that invalidate wudu include urination, defecation, flatulence, deep sleep, light bleeding (depending on madhhab), menstruation, postpartum status, and sexual intercourse.

Since they pray five times a day, and can't have an invalid wudu, that must mean no Afternoon Delight.

So the only whoopie is Midnight at the Oasis?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 12, 2026 08:10 PM (0sNs1)

43 "I wonder if the White House press corps will finally go a little harder on Trump now they know he was okay with... potentially letting them die."

He potentially lets them die every day. He could potentially off them all tomorrow.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)

44 Yes mehdi, instead of insighting lunatics to murder PDT the press will do it themselves. That’s the only way they could treat him worse than they already do. What an asshat.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 08:11 PM (2NHgQ)

45 Top pic made me think of The Exorcist poster

https://rb.gy/wa45o5

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:11 PM (vE0+H)

46 33 DO NOT FEED WILD RAPTORS! crazy lady...the haws could have damaged her arm..why do you think falconers wear those massive gloves ?!
Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:04 PM (g47mK)

I think the gloves are for when the hawks land/perch. As long as the hawk doesn't miss as he grabs the chow...

Yeah, you're right. Those talons can do some damage.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 12, 2026 08:11 PM (syz1S)

47 Get outside people.....

It's 95 degrees outside. Screw that crap.

Posted by: Case at August 12, 2026 08:12 PM (fV9m3)

48 Violet the wonder beagle has the zoomies. So cute.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 08:13 PM (2NHgQ)

49 St. Paolo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 08:13 PM (Cqx++)

50 I wonder if the White House press corps will finally go a little harder on Trump now they know he was okay with... potentially letting them die."

===

LOL, Marco and Bessent were on the decoy plane too. So were other cabinet members. I don't see them complaining!

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:14 PM (g47mK)

51 Do not take wudu if you are allergic to wudu, or to any of its ingredients.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:14 PM (77rzZ)

52 "I wonder if the White House press corps will finally go a little harder on Trump now they know he was okay with... potentially letting them die."

*Shrugs shoulders*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 08:14 PM (d9FiM)

53 Ritchie Blackmore is performing with Deep Purple tonight. First time in over 30 years.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 12, 2026 07:58 PM (CNl8/)

He's 81 years old. I hope Graham Bonnet shows up and kicks his wrinkled old ass for firing him.

Posted by: Rainbow at August 12, 2026 08:15 PM (G5vcO)

54 know he was okay with... potentially letting them die.
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CNN "just happened to" broadcast a Trump rally live for the first time in 7 years and pointed a high speed camera at his head so they and the rest of their demented sons and daughters of Satan could masturbate to his face being blown apart in super slow motion for the rest of their lives. Please spare me the bullshit.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:15 PM (vE0+H)

55 Supercell over Nebraska > Two Moons Over My Hammy

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 08:17 PM (2WIwB)

56 Does the Deep Purple concert start at 4:30PM like the Early Bird Specials in Del Boca Vista?

Posted by: Uncle Leo at August 12, 2026 08:18 PM (JM9I6)

57 48 Violet the wonder beagle has the zoomies. So cute.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026

When Saijo has zoomies, he smooshes his ears down and looks like a seal.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 08:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

58 Supercell over Nebraska > Two Moons Over My Hammy
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 08:17 PM (2WIwB)
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I saw Supercell Over Nebraska open for John (Cougar) Mellencamp at Pine Knob in '87. Great show!

Posted by: David French at August 12, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s)

59 39 No more Mr. Nice Guy?

Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
I wonder if the White House press corps will finally go a little harder on Trump now they know he was okay with... potentially letting them die.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 08:08 PM (ndZc7)

Um...

The most overused word is "unsafe." You are never safe. You could get hit by a bus, you could die of a massive heart attack, you could bust an aneurism, you could just, you know, croak.

Is it really the Secret Service's job to protect these feckless idiots? Why, no, no it is not.

If you feel unsafe with PDT, then fuck off back to your studio and hide in a closet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:20 PM (+Z9Sn)

60 There's a Supercell in my pants.

Posted by: Preznit Depends at August 12, 2026 08:21 PM (JM9I6)

61 56 Does the Deep Purple concert start at 4:30PM like the Early Bird Specials in Del Boca Vista?
Posted by: Uncle Leo at August 12, 2026 08:18 PM (JM9I6)

They do, plus they have low sodium entrees. And a Salad Wagon.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 08:21 PM (nDXEV)

62 Goes to Gateway Pundit:

BABY GABRIEL HAS BEEN BORN! After a highly publicized legal battle over his medical care, Baby Gabriel has arrived in Texas. The case drew national attention after his surrogate, McKenna West, fought to ensure he could receive life-saving treatment for a treatable heart condition. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had intervened to protect the baby’s access to necessary medical care.

Read the rest of the story, link in the comment.

https://tinyurl.com/46rcp2tk

Suck dick Talarico.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:21 PM (VbzrQ)

63 Hey, Piper!

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:21 PM (77rzZ)

64 Heh, The White House press corpse.

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 08:22 PM (Q+gd/)

65 Cell the movie sucked and I walked out. Cell the band wasn't half bad. I think we played with em at Lollapalooza second stage in 93.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 08:23 PM (nDXEV)

66 Supercell over Nebraska > Two Moons Over My Hammy
Posted by: Diogenes

Everyone in the red Dodge truck! We have to get Dorothy under the cell!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:23 PM (VbzrQ)

67 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they enter the low T zone.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:23 PM (MWfyi)

68 CNN "just happened to" broadcast a Trump rally live for the first time in 7 years and pointed a high speed camera at his head so they and the rest of their demented sons and daughters of Satan could masturbate to his face being blown apart in super slow motion for the rest of their lives. Please spare me the bullshit.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:15 PM (vE0+H)
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The releases of information are not being conducted in real time. These were held back. If you work in the business, you know that. Trump has been holding back a ton of this stuff to completely derail Dem momentum in the midterms. Everyone wringing their hands over oil or Iran are just fools.

Only an abject idiot releases information when they find it. Yes, the reporters are running with it, but it was fed to them. All of them are being fed.

The next few months are going to be absolutely lit.

Posted by: David French at August 12, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)

69 *looks at italicans carrying heavy tower*

This is going to be great!

Posted by: Local Italican Chirpractors at August 12, 2026 08:24 PM (brIJB)

70 Begone cuckshed-dwelling sock!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)

71 Hey, A. H. Lloyd!

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (77rzZ)

72 70 Begone cuckshed-dwelling sock!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)

It was pretty icky.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (+Z9Sn)

73 67 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they enter the low T zone.
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:23 PM (MWfyi)

C'mon. That could be Organia, Halka, Starbase 24 or a number of failed colonies like Tarsus IV.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (nDXEV)

74 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they enter the low T zone.
Posted by: fd

Don't tell me - they also discuss the inviolate Prime Directive and then spend most of the episode breaking it.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (udaaY)

75 If you feel unsafe with PDT, then fuck off back to your studio and hide in a closet.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:20 PM (+Z9Sn)
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LOL, the White House simps have lied as hard as they can about Trump. Trump actually tried to kick them out - he's worried about their safety - but the SUED to be let back in.

I guarantee that if Trump told them to get off the plane due to a terror threat, they would have raised absolute hell.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

76 This zone sucks all of the energy out of you.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (MWfyi)

77 I'd wager most of those guys carrying the statue are unemployed and live in Mommy's basement.

Posted by: All Mammoni! at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (JM9I6)

78 Don't tell me - they also discuss the inviolate Prime Directive and then spend most of the episode breaking it.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (udaaY)
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Kirk bangs some high quality talent as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

79 He's 81 years old (Blackmore). I hope Graham Bonnet shows up and kicks his wrinkled old ass for firing him.
Posted by: Rainbow

I understand Bonnet would be taking a haircut to perform there.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (udaaY)

80 Does the Deep Purple concert start at 4:30PM like the Early Bird Specials in Del Boca Vista?
Posted by: Uncle Leo at August 12, 2026 08:18 PM (JM9I6)

You think you could keep us out of Del Boca Vista? We're moving in lock, stock and barrel. We're gonna be in the pool. We're gonna be in the clubhouse. We're gonna be all over that shuffleboard court! And I dare you to keep me out!

Posted by: The Rolling Stones, Older than dirt at August 12, 2026 08:29 PM (G5vcO)

81 You cast the spell, so break it.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 08:29 PM (nDXEV)

82 I'd wager most of those guys carrying the statue are unemployed and live in Mommy's basement.
Posted by: All Mammoni! at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (JM9I6)
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The secular basement dwellers aren't the ones showing up for ancient Catholic rituals. Much of Europe has secularized, but that has made the Catholic remnant a lot more strident.

The Pope's visit to Spain was lit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:30 PM (ZOv7s)

83 I saw Supercell Over Nebraska open for Supercell (not over Nebraska) at the Steelhouse in 2012.

https://youtu.be/a6nmtJAC4NM

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 08:30 PM (VHUov)

84
See Andrew McCarthy's X feed here for some of his first eclipse shots. He was on a boat in the Mediterranean for this:

https://t.ly/C2ALU

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 08:30 PM (w6EFb)

85 Damn, another sneezing fit. What a stupid reflex.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM (77rzZ)

86 Hey, A. H. Lloyd!
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (77rzZ)
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Hello! The surgery went very well. Mrs. Lloyd is spending the night just to be on the safe side. It's nice to have the whole ordeal over and now focus on healing and recovery.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM (ZOv7s)

87 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:20 PM (+Z9Sn)

The funniest part of this is they want the White House Press Corpse (spelled this way on purpose) to be HARDER on Trump

Like they don't already hate his guts and constantly write negative stories?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM (mP0Kj)

88 It was pretty icky.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (+Z9Sn)
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You have no idea.

Posted by: Nancy French at August 12, 2026 08:32 PM (ZOv7s)

89 You people and your weather.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:32 PM (JvZF+)

90 The releases of information are not being conducted in real time. These were held back. If you work in the business, you know that. Trump has been holding back a ton of this stuff to completely derail Dem momentum in the midterms. Everyone wringing their hands over oil or Iran are just fools.

Only an abject idiot releases information when they find it. Yes, the reporters are running with it, but it was fed to them. All of them are being fed.

The next few months are going to be absolutely lit.

Posted by: David French at August 12, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)

I enjoyed this but didn't understand the sock - I figured it was an old gay one.

BTW continued prayers for you and your lovely. I'm sorry you are going through it but good to hear that things are ok (last I heard).

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:33 PM (vE0+H)

91
Oh, a cool one he got post totality. The partially eclipsed setting sun over the horizon:

https://t.ly/UGQwx

He mentioned earlier he wanted to get in a spot with low sun altitude for what he was going for, and this shows what he was aiming for.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 08:33 PM (w6EFb)

92 86 A. H., what was the surgery?

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)

93 The funniest part of this is they want the White House Press Corpse (spelled this way on purpose) to be HARDER on Trump

Like they don't already hate his guts and constantly write negative stories?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM (mP0Kj)

It turns out you can just say things. Leftards only believe about 2% of what they actually say. And you can tell which stuff that is because it's the most hateful and vile shit they come out with.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:34 PM (vE0+H)

94 Cat saves chicken from a fox
=====

Pro Tip: Do Not Play With Barn Cat

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:34 PM (JvZF+)

95 Like they don't already hate his guts and constantly write negative stories?
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM (mP0Kj)
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Performative outrage knows no limits. There is always someone who is MORE pissed, demanding that others equal their rage.

The fact that it's completely ineffective is besides the point. It should be obvious by now that liberal guys are very comfortable with being loudly impotent.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:34 PM (ZOv7s)

96
You people and your weather.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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We had an earthquake today! California rules.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 12, 2026 08:35 PM (DUAdZ)

97 Has anybody heard from commenter XTC? Haven’t seen him lately.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:35 PM (77rzZ)

98 Left on the plane - bitch
Made to get off the plane - bitch.

Fuck 'em. They're commie assholes. This is what they do.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 08:36 PM (d9FiM)

99 liberal guys are very comfortable with being loudly impotent.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:34 PM

The Paolo is, how you say, quietly potent.

Posted by: Paolo at August 12, 2026 08:36 PM (0sNs1)

100 I'd wager most of those guys carrying the statue are unemployed and live in Mommy's basement.
Posted by: All Mammoni!

The secular basement dwellers aren't the ones showing up for ancient Catholic rituals.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

And regardless of their religiosity, basement-dwellers aren't known for hoisting 50+ lbs and dancing down the street with it.

5500 lb tower, 100+ dudes..... but does the weight include the band and the announcer standing on it?

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 08:36 PM (VHUov)

101 Deep Thought:

If a daredevil is killed doing a stunt does he become a dareangel?

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 08:36 PM (KC5Lt)

102 Damn, another sneezing fit. What a stupid reflex.
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM

Have you tried motorboating?

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at August 12, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)

103 I guarantee that if Trump told them to get off the plane due to a terror threat, they would have raised absolute hell.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

That was like when the libs all complained that Bush should have "done something" about his "9/11 warning" (Bin Laden Determined to Strike In U.S.).

You can see it now in the wake of Selected Not Elected -- Bush announces he has "classified intelligence" and therefore must crack down on swarthy men at airports and other high value locations. Would have gone down an absolute treat. "Yes President Bush, Good Idea President Bush, We Believe You President Bush, Thank You President Bush" they would have all said. Fuck, they wouldn't even let him do it on 9/12!

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:37 PM (vE0+H)

104 A. H., what was the surgery?
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
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Double mastectomy for stage one breast cancer. We caught it at stage zero, and they upgraded it last week, but the operation was already scheduled so I'm not sure what the point was. We're waiting for the biopsy to see if chemo needs to happen.

Just before she was to be prepped, I got to chat with her and all the staff is doing their thing and as I left and paused and looked wistfully at her chest. "I'm going to miss you guys. We had 26 great years together."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)

105 Ian Gillan looks great for 81.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 08:38 PM (DZ9Lv)

106 Left on the plane - bitch
Made to get off the plane - bitch.

Fuck 'em. They're commie assholes. This is what they do.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 08:36 PM (d9FiM)
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What's going to be funny is to see how many of them decided to travel independently, because they're all simpering cowards.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:40 PM (ZOv7s)

107 96
You people and your weather.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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We had an earthquake today! California rules.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 12, 2026 08:35 PM (DUAdZ)

Calif had 192 Earthquakes in the last week...

and no, I'm not kidding or exaggerating...

But lots of little quakes are much better than one big un.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 08:40 PM (mP0Kj)

108 We had an earthquake today! California rules.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 12, 2026 08:35 PM (DUAdZ)
=====

I thought you were in SEPa?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:40 PM (JvZF+)

109 I’m sorry, A. H., but I’m glad that your missus is OK. Please give her hugs on the Horde’s behalf.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:40 PM (77rzZ)

110 Hello! The surgery went very well. Mrs. Lloyd is spending the night just to be on the safe side. It's nice to have the whole ordeal over and now focus on healing and recovery.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Prayers for full healing and joy in recovery.

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 08:41 PM (Y8DZL)

111 Funny how no one is mad at Iran for possibly killing a bunch of reporters.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

112 Funny how no one is mad at Iran for possibly killing a bunch of reporters.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

The dog that didn't bark, eh

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:41 PM (vE0+H)

113 That was like when the libs all complained that Bush should have "done something" about his "9/11 warning" (Bin Laden Determined to Strike In U.S.).

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:37 PM (vE0+H)
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"We need to slash defense spending and put that money towards schools!"

"You idiot! You didn't spend enough on missiles! Iran is beating us!"

Exact same people.

Speaking of which...why do retired flag officers think they are allowed to talk about classified things like critical national defense secrets? Hegseth needs to break a bunch of these fat, cowardly DEI-loving war-losing shits.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s)

114 Thanks for the prayers and encouragement guys. The Horde is the best.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:43 PM (ZOv7s)

115 Saw a lost cat outside Subway this evening. Time was, I'd rescue it. But now I'm too old and broke to take in any more. Now I'll fret about its fate forever. Soft hearted sap.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 08:45 PM (Jr5Lq)

116 We had an earthquake today! California rules.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 12, 2026 08:35 PM (DUAdZ)

Just one? AK shakes constantly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:46 PM (+Z9Sn)

117
And another low-angle effect he was going for:

https://t.ly/-0Kp4

That's a brief video of the Moon's shadow splitting the sunset sky in half.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 08:47 PM (w6EFb)

118 Speaking of which...why do retired flag officers think they are allowed to talk about classified things like critical national defense secrets? Hegseth needs to break a bunch of these fat, cowardly DEI-loving war-losing shits.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s)

They don't get to. When they do, they need to be court marshalled. They do not get to flout the rules just because they retired. Sedition and/or treason still apply.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:48 PM (+Z9Sn)

119 How many times now has Iran tried to assassinate Trump? The White House press corpse doesn't know they are in danger whenever they are near Trump? The same SS who let an assassin nick Trump's ear is going to protect the press corpse?

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 08:49 PM (Q+gd/)

120 Hi, Bulg. Sorry, I was cleaning the kitchen.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 08:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

121 120 Piper, I thought you had people for that.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:52 PM (77rzZ)

122 They don't get to. When they do, they need to be court marshalled. They do not get to flout the rules just because they retired. Sedition and/or treason still apply.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:48 PM (+Z9Sn)

Thank you. Small pet peeve of mine - even Judge Judy gets it wrong - and I am hardly a grammarian.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:54 PM (vE0+H)

123 114 A. H., take care of her. Prayer up.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:55 PM (77rzZ)

124 118 Speaking of which...why do retired flag officers think they are allowed to talk about classified things ...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s)

They don't get to. When they do, they need to ...
Posted by: tcn
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Have their fingers broken, one at a time as bullet points, while they are being lectured on protocol.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 08:55 PM (VQ0bX)

125 121 120 Piper, I thought you had people for that.
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:52 PM (77rzZ)

I should have daily staff, but no. 😂

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 08:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

126
I thought you were in SEPa?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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Southeast Pennsylvania?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 08:57 PM (XJ22o)

127 You do not get to flute the rules in the low brass section.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:57 PM (77rzZ)

128 Those people up there in housing so comfortable we could never afford do not understand the mood of the people. They have enough money, they could buy a clue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 08:57 PM (VQ0bX)

129 I should have daily staff, but no. 😂

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 08:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

I will give you, how you say, daily staff.

Posted by: Paolo at August 12, 2026 08:57 PM (vE0+H)

130 Thank you. Small pet peeve of mine - even Judge Judy gets it wrong - and I am hardly a grammarian.

Posted by: ...
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nazi

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 08:59 PM (VQ0bX)

131
Calif had 192 Earthquakes in the last week...

and no, I'm not kidding or exaggerating...

But lots of little quakes are much better than one big un.
Posted by: Romeo13

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

I'm sure we had 192. I just happened to be in the zone for one of them today.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 08:59 PM (XJ22o)

132 BIL's surgery today went well after the sedation kicked in - as you may remember he has some developmental disabilities. He got spooked during the check in process and actually thought he could overcome his sister's (my lovely wife) will and strength when pissed off. Fool.

Anyway, the surgeon removed a monster organ that shouldn't have been and he is now in recovery. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 08:59 PM (udaaY)

133 Blonde Morticia, in the zone. OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:00 PM (VQ0bX)

134 I've been looking everywhere for that thing!

Posted by: Phantom of the Opera at August 12, 2026 09:01 PM (Q+gd/)

135 Piper, J’s gotta step up.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)

136 ...actually thought he could overcome his sister's (my lovely wife) will and strength when pissed off. Fool.

he is now in recovery. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers.

Posted by: Tonypete
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Fool, hahahahaah
Well, anyway, The best to your BIL.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:03 PM (VQ0bX)

137 They don't get to. When they do, they need to ...
Posted by: tcn
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Have their fingers broken, one at a time as bullet points, while they are being lectured on protocol.

Posted by: Braenyard

Nah - make it really painful. Order them to attend briefings given by O-1s until they give up the plans to the Norden Bombsight.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 09:04 PM (udaaY)

138 Tonypete, prayer up.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:04 PM (77rzZ)

139 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 08:59 PM (VQ0bX)

Tucker and Candace here I come.

Even Brit Lass thought it was flaunt and she's at least several times smarter than I am and besides the English are supposed to know language. It's not flaunt. Flaunt has become an "accepted misuse". But this I do not accept.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:04 PM (vE0+H)

140
Will remember Mrs. Lloyd in my Rosary intentions tomorrow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:05 PM (O0L8i)

141 118 Speaking of which...why do retired flag officers think they are allowed to talk about classified things ...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

They have information that's valuable, and haven't had to worry about consequences of misconduct for many years? Still don't, typically, unless they do something GROSSLY improper AND it gets general media attention.

Posted by: Military Moron at August 12, 2026 09:06 PM (+/CWD)

142 Flaunt is "show off." Flout is ignore flagrantly, to the point of abuse. I have no idea how those two words get reversed.

English, m-f'er. Do you speak it?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 09:06 PM (+Z9Sn)

143 I propose the new word 'flunt' to replace flout and flaunt, in order to restore vocabularian harmony.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 09:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

144
I did not know Bulg was into eclipse photography. Warning, NSFW silhouette:

https://t.ly/H2U8G

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 09:07 PM (w6EFb)

145
flaunted; flaunting; flaunts
Synonyms of flaunt

intransitive verb
1: to display or obtrude oneself to public notice
… a great flaunting crowd …—Charles Dickens

2: to wave or flutter showily
the flag flaunts in the breeze

transitive verb
1: to display ostentatiously or impudently : parade
flaunting his superiority
a chance to flaunt clothes, bodies, and sexuality—New Yorker

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:07 PM (VQ0bX)

146 Watching "Minions & Monsters". It's... not for kids

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 09:09 PM (88C+u)

147 SUE the T. rex
@SUEtheTrex
10h
TODAY IS MY UNEARTH DAY! THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY THEY FOUND ME IN THE GROUND!

CELEBRATE BY CREATING CHAOS IN A MIDWESTERN CITY. EAT RAW MEAT OUTSIDE. SCREAM AT PUBLIC ART. MAKE AN ENEMY OF A STATUE. BULLY A MAMMAL. SECRETLY BE TENDER. SCREAM AT A ROCK IN THE SKY!
Aug 12, 2026 · 2:16 PM UTC

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 09:10 PM (rbvCR)

148 I used to “flounce.”
— Zombie Lindsey Graham

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:11 PM (77rzZ)

149 Nah - make it really painful. Order them to attend briefings given by O-1s until they give up the plans to the Norden Bombsight.

Posted by: Tonypete
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I see that you are a gentleman and give gentlemanly respect to rank.
These people have adulterated their rank and deserve no respect.
Give the treasonous bitches what they deserve break their fingers or hang them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:11 PM (VQ0bX)

150 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 09:06 PM (+Z9Sn)

I do not want to excuse the abusers of language - Lord knows I love to beat up the English a bit myself - but apparently it's because someone thought flout was itself a corruption of flaunt because they saw someone breaking a rule one time "ostentatiously".

To make matters worse this mistake became codified somewhere along the way as a tolerable one. But the wrong word, however similar, is not a tolerable substitute for the right word.

And honestly I don't give a shit about most other wrong words or word orders or spellings. English is supposed to be fun. It's just when someone flouts this particular one, I believe they do so ostentatiously.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:14 PM (vE0+H)

151 "The Court-Martial of General Tso" with James Hong was on streaming last night, pretty decent but dubbing was not great.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 09:14 PM (nDXEV)

152 147 Good Grief, Ben R., could you back off a little?

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:14 PM (77rzZ)

153
Gave The Big Dummy a bath this evening. He's a good boy and never gives the least problem, but he's a pain to do all the same.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:15 PM (O0L8i)

154 Gave The Big Dummy a bath this evening. He's a good boy and never gives the least problem, but he's a pain to do all the same.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:15 PM (O0L8i)

Taking over for Aunt Esther?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 09:16 PM (nDXEV)

155 Ten minutes of Sergio Mendes and Brasil 88:
youtube.com/watch?v=PXgIfKTVyCI

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 09:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

156 To make matters worse this mistake became codified somewhere along the way as a tolerable one. But the wrong word, however similar, is not a tolerable substitute for the right word ...
Posted by: ...
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One must be careful, just because it appears on the web as a spelling or definition no longer means that it's correct.
The web is full of crap presented as valid.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:17 PM (VQ0bX)

157 Flout the flaunt flounce!

Posted by: Flaunt Flounce Flouter at August 12, 2026 09:18 PM (MWfyi)

158 flaunted; flaunting; flaunts
Synonyms of flaunt

The gunsel flaunted across the ballroom flaunting his gunsel package while others criticized the way the gunsel flaunts his wares so unashamedly.

Posted by: Gunsel and Flaunt at August 12, 2026 09:19 PM (G5vcO)

159 Hadrian, just a thought, maybe purebred dogs are dumb because of inbreeding? The canine brain version of the Hapsburg jaw?

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:20 PM (77rzZ)

160 I remember that one time I flaunted and they had to rush me off the stage.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at August 12, 2026 09:21 PM (MWfyi)

161 Haunfel and Grefel.

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 09:21 PM (g47mK)

162 159 Hadrian, just a thought, maybe purebred dogs are dumb because of inbreeding? The canine brain version of the Hapsburg jaw?

Posted by: Bulg
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Working dogs aren't bred that way and don't suffer the afflictions of the upscale.
Border Collies
Beagles

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:23 PM (VQ0bX)

163
I have been writing to professors at universities here and abroad requesting reprints of journal articles and explaining they're for my book. Not only have the responses been positive but also friendly and even, to my astonishment, flattering. And here I thought I was just a forgotten nobody.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:23 PM (O0L8i)

164 The trash-to-sculpture birds lady is incredible. Wonder if she sells those.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 09:23 PM (RCjYY)

165
Hadrian, just a thought, maybe purebred dogs are dumb because of inbreeding? The canine brain version of the Hapsburg jaw?

Posted by: Bulg

__________

The boys are dumb on their own merits. The girls will steal your watch, wallet and phone without you being aware of it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:24 PM (O0L8i)

166 The girls will steal your watch, wallet and phone without you being aware of it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Some girls are just naturally that way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:26 PM (VQ0bX)

167 The surrogate, McKenna West, an Alaskan nurse and single mother of two, had entered into a surrogacy agreement through Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists with the California couple, identified in court documents as Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed.

Let me guess, the donors were first cousins.

They should probably be deported.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (C0Nlv)

168 I still think that inbreeding animals is a bad idea.

Hybrid vigor is where it’s at.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (77rzZ)

169 Will remember Mrs. Lloyd in my Rosary intentions tomorrow.
Posted by: Hadrian

Saw this and was concerned Mrs. Lloyd was no longer with us! Had to go back upthread for context. Whew. Yes, God bless her in recovery. And comfort to A.H. as well.

Posted by: mindful webworker - partial info can be distressing at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (B18Qw)

170 A compilation of people taking video of the recent Menasha/Appleton tornado (instead of taking shelter) ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LULcjdaT5BE

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 09:30 PM (Q+gd/)

171
Blonde Morticia, in the zone. OK.

Posted by: Braenyard -

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

ITZ as we say.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 12, 2026 09:30 PM (XJ22o)

172 I love traditions like the procession of the tower carriers in Italy. It makes me happy that we come from a history and culture, European, that gave so much to the world.

Posted by: Decaf at August 12, 2026 09:34 PM (ZNpJk)

173 over 100 men carry a 25-meter-tall, 2.5-ton (5,500-lb) tower

That looks like a lot of fun. So, how many giraffes is 25 meters?

Posted by: mindful webworker - asking the important questions at August 12, 2026 09:34 PM (B18Qw)

174
News from my day. I had a reason to pay a visit to the West Marine store in Rehoboth Beach, DE this afternoon to acquire a replacement fire extinguisher for our watercraft.

Imagine my surprise to enter the store only to encounter it in a going out of business sale. The two guys staffing the checkout area said the company had filed for bankruptcy recently. It was extremely likely that all of its stores were closing or would be doing so soon.

"We're long since sold out of fire extinguishers." I got the replacement somewhere else.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 09:37 PM (s9VOe)

175

Hit that long lunar note and let it float.

https://youtu.be/XF177Aj59C8

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 09:37 PM (Cqx++)

176
I still think that inbreeding animals is a bad idea.

Hybrid vigor is where it’s at.
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (77rzZ)

_________

It has to be done carefully and with great aforethought. And there's no evidence that mixed breeds are any healthier than purebred.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:39 PM (NrCWn)

177 Ajax was pure bred and BY FAR the smartest dog I have ever known. He had a grasp of spatial reasoning that was creepy at times.

He was smarter than a lot of people I know, including some commenters on this blog.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 09:40 PM (zZu0s)

178
including some commenters on this blog.

__________

Well, that's an awfully low bar.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:41 PM (NrCWn)

179 Saw this and was concerned Mrs. Lloyd was no longer with us! Had to go back upthread for context. Whew. Yes, God bless her in recovery. And comfort to A.H. as well.
Posted by: mindful webworker - partial info can be distressing at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (B18Qw)
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She is very much alive and texting!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:43 PM (ZOv7s)

180 Smartest dog I ever knew was a blue heeler.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 09:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

181
Gave The Big Dummy a bath this evening. He's a good boy and never gives the least problem, but he's a pain to do all the same.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I came across a "LaMonte" in our family tree two days ago, out in second cousin territory as a grandfather of some degree. No evidence was available immediately to judge whether he was a big dummy, but that branch hasn't beennfully scoped out yet.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 09:44 PM (s9VOe)

182 And here I thought I was just a forgotten nobody.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:23 PM (O0L8i)

Awesome! And never to me...

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:45 PM (vE0+H)

183
Hubby and I are watching the Cubs game.

There are people there wearing yellow shirts protesting Harris Teeter keeping chickens in cages.

WTH?

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 09:45 PM (/QHx4)

184 Smartest dog I ever knew was a blue heeler.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 09:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

*fistbump* Red Heeler was Ajax.

They sometimes come at a problem sideways.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

185
He was smarter than a lot of people I know, including some commenters on this blog.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

I don't get it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 09:46 PM (s9VOe)

186 It has to be done carefully and with great aforethought. And there's no evidence that mixed breeds are any healthier than purebred.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:39 PM (NrCWn)
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The "inbred royalty" line is old English propaganda. The Habsburgs constantly sought marriages outside their line to add new territories. That's how Charles V could be such a threat to the rest of Europe.

There used to be a saying that the Habsburgs were unlucky in war, but lucky in marriage because they didn't conquer territory, they married into it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)

187 I can't figure out how those Italians are carrying that tower. Plus there are people on the platform dancing...that does not seem right for the poor men.

Are men UNDER the platform?

This will bug me forevermore.

Have been babysitting all week and am exhausted but sleeping really well every night. Baby girl likes noises and singing and we supply both.

She's almost a year old and tried to cluck like a hen today as the book she loves has animals. It will be awhile before she can master my rooster crow. She pets the Golden who looks like her's, and pants like a doggie (can't bark yet).

At a puppy stage of life pre-walking and fast crawls to you smiling to be picked up. We love her lots.

The eclipse from the fighter jet, Ace. Wow. All I could think about was God.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 09:47 PM (hzuYO)

188 Line breeding. I concentrated a line to a legend in horses in order to preserve those genetics.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 09:48 PM (EZtVN)

189
There used to be a saying that the Habsburgs were unlucky in war, but lucky in marriage because they didn't conquer territory, they married into it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)

__________

Bella gerant alii, tu, felix Austria, nube.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:49 PM (O0L8i)

190 @163
Sometimes it's best to be a forgotten nobody.

Posted by: Case at August 12, 2026 09:50 PM (fV9m3)

191
He was smarter than a lot of people I know, including some commenters on this blog.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 09:40 PM (zZu0s)

************
I'm right here and this is about me, isn't it

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 09:50 PM (hzuYO)

192 Hubby and I are watching the Cubs game.

There are people there wearing yellow shirts protesting Harris Teeter keeping chickens in cages.

WTH?

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 09:45 PM (/QHx4)
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Cheap grace. T-shirt Calvinism. "By these protest signs we are saved."

Kind of funny how I got flak for "Yard Sign Calvinism" and then Buck Throckmorton noted that Karens are basically bored Puritan women.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:50 PM (ZOv7s)

193
There are people there wearing yellow shirts protesting Harris Teeter keeping chickens in cages.

WTH?

Posted by: four seasons

A grocery store that sells live chickens?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 09:51 PM (Cqx++)

194 noted that Karens are basically bored Puritan women.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:50 PM (ZOv7s)

I was thinking self-absorbed social-climbing control freak assholes. Power of and?

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:53 PM (vE0+H)

195
Most of us are trying to survive.

Being upset that chickens are caged?

Get a life.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 09:54 PM (/QHx4)

196 113 AHL

Good catch! AFAIK, conservatives don't do that weathervane krap.

Speaking of respectable, unbiased purveyors of fact, I offer up the WSJ & CNBC for your consideration. Just this past week, I have seen these headlines. I'm going to rely on my memoiy-- not going to go through a lot of dreck to quote verbatim, but trust me:

"Trump Falsely States Childhood Vaccines May Cause Serious Health Problems"

"Trump Claims Wrongly That Voting By Non-Citizens Is Widespread"

Like that! This is not bilge from The View or Vanity Fair! This is respectable journalism!

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 09:54 PM (RCjYY)

197
There are people there wearing yellow shirts protesting Harris Teeter keeping chickens in cages.

They've not learned the snow job that is "free range chicken" yet, have they?

Chickens are dumb. Their gateway to "free ranging" is a single door at the end of a chicken house dozens of yards long. Ain't no chickens taking the long walk to go out that door.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 09:55 PM (s9VOe)

198 I was thinking self-absorbed social-climbing control freak assholes. Power of and?
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:53 PM (vE0+H)
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It falls squarely into the category of "nothing is new under the sun."

Chicks screaming about witches in Salem are now screaming about Trump. SSDD.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:55 PM (ZOv7s)

199 I've probably told this story before, but don't really care.

When he was about a year old, I kept trying to get him 'thinking toys'. He solved every one so quickly it was slightly creepy. Then I found one. It was a bottle with the screw end on the large end (the bottle looked kind of like a milk bottle.) In the small open end there was a rope inserted in the neck of the bottle. The idea being you filled the bottle up with treats, the dog would pull on the rope or swing the bottle around and get treats one or two at a time.

So I fill the bottle up and set the toy down in front of Ajax. He gets down and just stares at it. Sniffs both ends and just stares some more. Wheels turning furiously. I turn around thinking 'got you.'

Then about 5 mind later I hear munching. Turn around in my chair and there is Ajax with a pile of treats in front of him, pigging out. The bottle half empty beside him. Intact. And im like 'Whaaaaa'. He just wagged his tail at me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 09:56 PM (zZu0s)

200 104 A. H., what was the surgery?
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
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Double mastectomy for stage one breast cancer. We caught it at stage zero, and they upgraded it last week, but the operation was already scheduled so I'm not sure what the point was. We're waiting for the biopsy to see if chemo needs to happen.

Just before she was to be prepped, I got to chat with her and all the staff is doing their thing and as I left and paused and looked wistfully at her chest. "I'm going to miss you guys. We had 26 great years together."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August

What a shitty thing to say to your wife.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 09:56 PM (pXM6/)

201 176
I still think that inbreeding animals is a bad idea.

Hybrid vigor is where it’s at.
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (77rzZ)
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It has to be done carefully and with great aforethought. And there's no evidence that mixed breeds are any healthier than purebred.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:39 PM (NrCWn)

I have only ever had one "pure bred" dog. He was an amazing terrier, but downright odd. Not stupid, but driven, in the silly way terriers tend to be.

I have had many mutts, some were (are) idiots and some ridiculously intelligent dogs. The two I have now are Alaskan sled dogs, which means a mix of Siberian husky, probably some lab, probably some German shepherd, sometimes a little bit of wolf depending on the dog yard they bred in, and sometimes something else. They are bred for speed and endurance, and for sleeping in the snow below zero.

One sister is crafty and curious, the other is a complete idiot, but loyal in her stupidity. They look similar, except that one about 10 lbs bigger than the other. They are both fast and can run forever.

Breeding isn't just for "pure breed" conformance. Sometimes it is for other reasons.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 09:57 PM (+Z9Sn)

202 ..."Trump Falsely States Childhood Vaccines May Cause Serious Health Problems"

"Trump Claims Wrongly That Voting By Non-Citizens Is Widespread"

Like that! This is not bilge from The View or Vanity Fair! This is respectable journalism!

Posted by: mnw
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Like my doctor said, I don't understand how intelligent people (he was talking about his friends) believe that crap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:58 PM (VQ0bX)

203 What a shitty thing to say to your wife.
Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 09:56 PM (pXM6/)

And what an ass you are.

Do you suppose she got the joke? I doubt you have ever been married.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 09:58 PM (+Z9Sn)

204 Like that! This is not bilge from The View or Vanity Fair! This is respectable journalism!

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 09:54 PM (RCjYY)
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WSJ is just as bad as the NYT. The reporters are all woke, and the editorial page is beholden to importing peasants to drive down wages.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:59 PM (ZOv7s)

205 I can't figure out how those Italians are carrying that tower. Plus there are people on the platform dancing...that does not seem right for the poor men.
Are men UNDER the platform?

It's like a litter/palanquin. There are bars projecting from the sides, and the men around it are carrying it by those bars. I don't think anyone is dumb enough to be underneath the 2.5 ton tower....

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)

206 So I am wondering how he did it. Because I cannot quite figure it out. The screw end is intact. The rope end is intact.

So I fill it back up and put it down in front of him again. Sat down in my chair and turned around but kept glancing over my shoulder.

He turned the bottle around so it was laying on his front legs, small end away from him. He then grasped the big end in his mouth. Then shook the bottle up and down, spilling the treats out in a small pile .
I stopped trying to buy him 'thinking toys' because I realized it was just insulting for us both.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (zZu0s)

207 >>Like my doctor said, I don't understand how intelligent people (he was talking about his friends) believe that crap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:58 PM (VQ0bX)

When you realize this is their modern day religion, it explains a lot.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:01 PM (nDXEV)

208 nood

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

209 She already feels less of a woman

She already feels mutilated.

Men love boobs. Right?

It’s a shitty thing to say. I’ve been married. And my Boobs have been mutilated.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:03 PM (pXM6/)

210 204 AHL

Don't forget CNBC. For a purely financial news website, CNBC sure hates on Trump A LOT!

Almost daily CNBC commits some kind of bias atrocity. I guess they assume MAGAns are too dumb and broke to read financial news.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 10:04 PM (RCjYY)

211
It's like a litter/palanquin. There are bars projecting from the sides, and the men around it are carrying it by those bars. I don't think anyone is dumb enough to be underneath the 2.5 ton tower....
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)
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Thanks. It said 100 men carrying it and I tried to count. They must tag team?

I would like to be carried in a litter but don't have one. I'm that tired this week from a baby girl alternating with the older chimp grandchildren who make us more tired. When we have all 3 at the same time we need a day to recover.

What we do for love the week before school starts...

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:04 PM (hzuYO)

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I think AHL sad the right thing to his wife.

We here don't know what type of relationship people have with their family.

Every relationship is different. Having a sense of humor is important.

Best wishes for the AhL family!!

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 10:04 PM (/QHx4)

213 Bluebell the hen wants to know when the super-size ray will be available so she can go visit the dumb bint monkeys with their bright yellow t-shirts.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 12, 2026 10:07 PM (+fdRY)

214 What a shitty thing to say to your wife.
Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 09:56 PM (pXM6/)

And what an ass you are.

Do you suppose she got the joke? I doubt you have ever been married.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 09:58 PM (+Z9Sn)

My wife would have quipped, "grab a handful, these are the last boobies you'll handle...or else."

Gotta have a sense of humor about the shit life throws at you.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (0aYVJ)

215 Say the men who keep ogling at the big boobies on the sidewalk.

Not ok. She feels dewoman ized enough. She feels no longer attractive. Men talk about boobs all the time.

It’s not a joke. It’s traumatic.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (yEz+x)

216 Not ok. She feels dewoman ized enough. She feels no longer attractive. Men talk about boobs all the time.

It’s not a joke. It’s traumatic.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (yEz+x)

Everyone is different though. You have to make allowances for differences in situation and temper.

For example I call my wife a cunt to her face all the time. She's British. She expects it. Now if I called her a libtard, or said she was like her mother, those would be fighting words.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (vE0+H)

217 Sorry for what you went through btw. Very. I happen to like legs FWIW.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (vE0+H)

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