My Main Is a 40th Level Trump Cafe

Image of the moon transiting the earth,
taken by the DISCOVR satellite from a
million miles away

Supposedly that's real. NASA says so. But then, they faked the moon landing, so grain of salt.

Whoops on the timing. I thought I posted this.

Video of an 1880 AD grist mill on Prince Edward Island. The images are nice but I'm mostly linking it because finally, at age Nearly 29, I bothered to look up the actual meaning of "grist." It means (drum roll): "grain to be milled."

Okay so that's not the biggest surprise in the world but it's nice to have it all out in black and white.

Baby elephant hiding under mama's skirts.

A bear, and her cubs, are out-of-control as usual, this time using a family's pool as they please.

Abandoned premature foal, too weak to stand, is nursed into being a healthy boy.

Mama elephant wants to eat grass but baby elephant won't stop playing with her food.

Scared Golden retriever is afraid of everything but likes babies enough to become a fuzzy nana.

Baby learns head-butting from the best.

This baby is also learning how to baby goat.

Why do people say they don't like cats?

Cat and dog rocking out to Yes.

These woke sons-of-bastards are trying to take away our Elemenohpee.

Sneaky kisses..🐦😘😅 pic.twitter.com/YNCb6sh0nh
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 24, 2026

I'm speed..🐘💨😅 pic.twitter.com/K6Gvg2BnBy
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 24, 2026

Proof that cats are apex predators

[📹 statbeauty_michelle] pic.twitter.com/7cLgKaKBfu
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 24, 2026

Trump in Skyrim (A.I. Video) pic.twitter.com/zE3Z7IdlsH
— GORM THE OLD (@GORMTHEOLD25) August 24, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 08:26 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 24, 2026 08:28 PM (EJE3y)

2
Yay

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2026 08:28 PM (/QHx4)

3 Cafe!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:30 PM (RIvkX)

4 Ace up from a nap.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2026 08:31 PM (ydoWy)

5 Fake pic

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2026 08:31 PM (w3Mok)

6 I did a -. --- --- -.. -.-.--.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2026 08:33 PM (0CU3H)

7 mage of the moon transiting the earth,
taken by the DISCOVR satellite

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Verrry cool! I saw it, from Earth's perspective, it was spectacular. Terra covering up Lune.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 08:33 PM (g47mK)

8 >>Whoops on the timing. I thought I posted this.

How many times are you going to keep screwing up before you think we are going to stop forgiving you?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 08:33 PM (viF8m)

9 Ace, I just watched a couple of videos on Spanish windmills, the old types like Don Quixote thought he was fighting.

I will try to find some X accounts with shorts for you.
It is sad to see an old mill that doesn't run.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)

10 If the side of the Earth facing the camera is sunlit, why not also the Moon?

Posted by: davidt at August 24, 2026 08:34 PM (Q+gd/)

11 That's no moon.

Posted by: Guy who always says that's no moon at August 24, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)

12 Someone put a moon sticker on a photo.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:36 PM (RIvkX)

13 Was out and about this afternoon and had to stop and wait while a school bus disgorged its passengers. I was facing the bus not behind it. One little guy hops down, walks a couple of steps, pulls down the front of his shorts and lets loose a stream of you know what. I had to laugh while at the same time thinking what the heck are they teaching kids these days.

Posted by: Tuna at August 24, 2026 08:36 PM (lJ0H4)

14
Lol Tuna

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2026 08:36 PM (/QHx4)

15 That's no moon, it's AI!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 24, 2026 08:37 PM (aJQbY)

16 in 1978 the mooresville HS band mooned the town police

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 24, 2026 08:37 PM (jrgJz)

17 So the earth is a sphere but the moon is flat? Wild!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2026 08:38 PM (kpS4V)

18 Moon picture looks fake.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 24, 2026 08:38 PM (U/j9n)

19 There's a vid of a guy doing A-B-C to the tune of "You Get a Line and I'll Get a Pole." It scans pretty well.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2026 08:38 PM (vTZFs)

20 Alright, I'm burned out on job listings for a few hours. Time to eat, maybe nap.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 24, 2026 08:38 PM (aJQbY)

21 I had to laugh while at the same time thinking what the heck are they teaching kids these days.
Posted by: Tuna

That if you are born male, the world is your urinal.

This is known.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2026 08:39 PM (he2p7)

22 One little guy hops down, walks a couple of steps, pulls down the front of his shorts and lets loose a stream of you know what. I had to laugh while at the same time thinking what the heck are they teaching kids these days.
Posted by: Tuna at August 24, 2026 08:36 PM (lJ0H4)
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Lucky mom was not there. Dad would laugh.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:40 PM (RIvkX)

23 >>Whoops on the timing. I thought I posted this.

How many times are you going to keep screwing up before you think we are going to stop forgiving you?

Don't worry about him. You are the best. The mightiest. All others are insects before you.

Posted by: Bill Kristol at August 24, 2026 08:40 PM (Riz8t)

24 Penguins control the weather via their mephitic emanations.

youtu.be/hy-IbuXXUYk

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:40 PM (rbvCR)

25 Was out and about this afternoon and had to stop and wait while a school bus disgorged its passengers. I was facing the bus not behind it. One little guy hops down, walks a couple of steps, pulls down the front of his shorts and lets loose a stream of you know what. I had to laugh while at the same time thinking what the heck are they teaching kids these days.

Aim?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2026 08:41 PM (Riz8t)

26 Trump in Skyrim (A.I. Video)

Is that parenthetical really doing any work here?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2026 08:41 PM (vTZFs)

27 Saw a truck with the sticker SHOW ME YOUR KITTIES

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2026 08:41 PM (kpS4V)

28
Thank you to everyone who offered condolences for Dutchess. It was hard to let her go, but not a hard decision to do so. She was bleeding internally and Doc said it pointed to hemangiosarcoma.

Dutchess was a lovely, unlucky girl. She had epilepsy that manifested itself at a young age, precluding a career either in the show ring or the field. For nearly 10 years I had to give her medicine morning and night. While jumping and spinning around Mommy, she shattered her hock and was crate-bound for six weeks. Yet she was always a merry little girl.

Her last month was spent as a house dog when we brought everyone up. Being near Mommy and Daddy, treats and yummy greasy bread were her fate, poor thing.

Rest well, sweetheart, and wait for us.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 08:42 PM (O0L8i)

29 Dutchess was a lovely, unlucky girl.

Be consoled that you gave her the best life she could possibly have had.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2026 08:43 PM (vTZFs)

30 My longstanding belief remains true. If everyone was assigned a Golden at birth the world would be a much happier and more peaceful place.

If you've ever had the privilege of having a Golden take care of you, you know I'm right.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 08:43 PM (viF8m)

31 Aw, sorry about Dutchess, Hadrian. She's romping around the heavenly fields now.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2026 08:44 PM (kpS4V)

32 >>>Whoops on the timing. I thought I posted this.

Lucky. I was just getting ready to call for a riot.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 24, 2026 08:44 PM (syz1S)

33 Condolences to you and Her Majesty

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:45 PM (RIvkX)

34 Hadrian, well said, and sorry.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 08:46 PM (MWfyi)

35 Sorry about Duchess Hadrian.

Posted by: Tuna at August 24, 2026 08:47 PM (lJ0H4)

36 My painting of the blue marble in my nic.

I think I've reached repeat mode so I need to finish some of my paintings currently in progress. .

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2026 08:47 PM (KC5Lt)

37 Here is a section of a documentary on a restored windmill in Teruel, Spain. You may notice that the main transmission gear, the "Catarina wheel" is braked by a band brake similar to the kickback brake in a chainsaw. Just larger

X link

https://tinyurl.com/veb45uu3

the complete YouTube video with AI dubbing

youtu.be/uncSt9YZzIA

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR)

38 * shaking my groove thing* If you did not watch Bessent's speech on rolling out the economic D-Day, shame on you.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:48 PM (FHoaH)

39 Very sorry for your loss Hadrian.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2026 08:51 PM (KC5Lt)

40 I saw a couple of old airplane disaster flicks on TCM, "The High and the Mighty" and "The Crowded Sky". You can really see the DNA that begat "Airplane!", and it's not just the stolid presences of Dana Andrews and Robert Stack. I could barely stifle a snorffle every time the camera zoomed in for a closeup and wavy dissolve as the character had an important character reveal flashback, or an inner monologue ("Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home.").

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 24, 2026 08:53 PM (kpS4V)

41 >>* shaking my groove thing* If you did not watch Bessent's speech on rolling out the economic D-Day, shame on you.

I like Lee Smith. He's a good writer. Not a Trump fan but that's fine.

He's dead wrong about what Bessent and Trump are doing. Bessent is a brilliant guy and he's not fucking around.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 08:54 PM (viF8m)

42
Sorry if I go on about our guys so much. Anyone who has owned and loved a dog has gone through the same thing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 08:54 PM (O0L8i)

43 I've been looking for a moon shadow. Moon shadow moon shadow.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2026 08:54 PM (Cqx++)

44 Rest well, sweetheart, and wait for us.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Aww. Sorry to hear that. Condolences.

Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2026 08:55 PM (VHUov)

45 25 Was out and about this afternoon and had to stop and wait while a school bus disgorged its passengers. I was facing the bus not behind it. One little guy hops down, walks a couple of steps, pulls down the front of his shorts and lets loose a stream of you know what. I had to laugh while at the same time thinking what the heck are they teaching kids these days.
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India?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 08:55 PM (/h59J)

46 The back side of the moon looks so fake.

Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2026 08:56 PM (VHUov)

47 JackStraw, I would say Tousi was a must watch tonight but most would not bother, so be it. Collapse is on the menu.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:57 PM (FHoaH)

48 "I've been looking for a moon shadow. Moon shadow moon shadow.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

Where was the last place you saw it?

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 08:57 PM (MWfyi)

49 ace,

The Earth and Moon picture is real. The far side (which we never see) is very different that the familiar man in the moon side.

Took some finagling of orbit and camera inclination to pull this off.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 08:58 PM (u82oZ)

50 In honor of Jed York, I propose we change the '$20, same as in town' joke to '$140, same as in Ohio trailer park.'

Posted by: gp at August 24, 2026 08:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

51 That's actually the end of a Space Food Stick that has been in space for over 50 years.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 08:59 PM (MWfyi)

52 Hadrian, I can sympathize with your pain . 19 rescue dogs and 50years of breeding horses , you know what is going to happen.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:59 PM (FHoaH)

53 Carried over:

162 I am in desperate need of new sneakers actually, just keep putting it off.
Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 08:05 PM (Ia/+0)

My current pair is ALLSWIFIT, some rando Chinee shoes off Amazon, as I had worn holes in my soles and just needed something fast and cheap to hold me over until I could give the matter more consideration. They're comfortable and the sizing is correct, but the originally thick soles are predictably wearing down from all the sidewalk and street walking that I do, several miles a day every day.

You can see from the promotional photos that they're aimed at casual urban pedestrians, and people who work on their feet (barista, medical assistant) but not outdoors. According to AI, the product code on the tag is for a model alternatively called 'SwiftPlush' or 'ActiveSolid', but whatever, these look right:

amazon.com/dp/B0DT132ZHY

Posted by: SciVo at August 24, 2026 09:00 PM (ke3zm)

54 "The back side of the moon looks so fake.
Posted by: mikeski "

It looks flatter that Brea Larson's butt.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 09:00 PM (MWfyi)

55 Darrell Harris

-.-- . ... / -.-- --- ..- / -.. .. -..

Posted by: -. .- -.-. .-.. -.-- -.. --- --. at August 24, 2026 09:01 PM (u82oZ)

56 46 The back side of the moon looks so fake.
==

There's no ancient alien moon base so you know it's fake.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 24, 2026 09:02 PM (0bjKf)

57 Posted by: SciVo at August 24, 2026 09:00 PM (ke3zm)

I've become a big fan of slip on Skechers.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2026 09:03 PM (KC5Lt)

58

Hadrain,

No apology necessary.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2026 09:04 PM (/QHx4)

59 Trump in Skyrim (A.I. Video)

Is that parenthetical really doing any work here?
Posted by: Oddbob

It could have been human-generated, I guess? Things like this were done before AI, just not nearly as often.

They probably don't need a disclaimer that it's not the actual Donald Trump in the game, though.

Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2026 09:04 PM (VHUov)

60 Why did it take to almost age 50 before anyone realized Leslie Nielsen was funny?

Posted by: Class Clown at August 24, 2026 09:05 PM (JM9I6)

61 What is Trump's super power in the game?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:05 PM (u82oZ)

62 God bless you, Hadrian, for your love and care of animals.

Posted by: gp at August 24, 2026 09:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

63 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk0FTHqmO9o

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 24, 2026 09:07 PM (jrgJz)

64 Good News, peoples !!

"Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
56m
SCOOP:

Tom Barrack @USAMBTurkiye, the Ambassador to Turkey has been called back to Washington DC this week for “consultations”.

In State Department lingo, this is the term for having your ass handed to you by your boss @SecRubio.

This comes after Barrack sparked an International incident this weekend and almost started a regional war between Israel, Turkey and Syria by falsely accusing Israel of illegally occupying the Golan Heights.

A source at the State Department told me, “we want him gone so badly we might hire packers to pack his belongings for him.”

Barrack may not make it back to Turkey.

We could only hope to be so lucky.

Inshallah"

Don't let the door hit in the ass, Barrack. On the other hand, maybe it should.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:07 PM (g47mK)

65 Class Clown

Not one of us has said Hollywood is smart. Not even the movie guys.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:07 PM (u82oZ)

66 NaCly, please restate your question. I'm not sure what you are asking. Remember I'm not the brightest bulb on the block.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:08 PM (FHoaH)

67 We can do better than Barrack. And do we really need an ambassador to Turkey? It's not like we need an ambassador to I-ran...

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:08 PM (g47mK)

68 Best Ambassador in the Middle East Is Huckabee.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:09 PM (FHoaH)

69 "And do we really need an ambassador to Turkey? "

Sounds like a gravy job.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 09:10 PM (MWfyi)

70 I thought it was "Terk-hey" or some shit now.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 09:11 PM (MWfyi)

71 >>JackStraw, I would say Tousi was a must watch tonight but most would not bother, so be it. Collapse is on the menu.

We don't have a real media on our side our many people who even pretend that Trump isn't just a bull in a China shop instead of a really smart guy with his own plan or doctrine but he does. Venezuela, Cuba, Iran weren't arbitrary targets. And guys like Bessent aren't idiots.

They are in fact brilliant strategists, the thing that makes good deal makers which some dismiss as a negative.

Trump and his team are using all the tools previous administrations ignored to change the world. And they are in a generational way. It's amazing to watch.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 09:11 PM (viF8m)

72 69 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 24, 2026 09:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

73 Sometimes I can handle Tousi. I don’t know why he grates me. Perhaps it’s his optimism.

Posted by: Accomack at August 24, 2026 09:13 PM (8jVAy)

74 {{{Ben Had}}}

1st, that is not true. You are diligent, know where to look for good answers, and are wise. And I'm not just daying that because you can kick my ass.

I was asking about the video game Skyrim, which I never played. It is obviously a fantasy game, implying Trump is a major character. With unknown super powers.

Well, in D&D terms Trump has a very high constitution and intelligence, surviving 7 assassination attempt. And upending the Deep State even a bit.
He has a high charisma, holding on to Melania, with two previous stunning wives.
Wizard? Bard? What spells can he cast?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:14 PM (u82oZ)

75 More in jihadi news...

"BOOM! MIKE ROGERS just dropped this gem:

“Abdul El-Sayed wants to represent Palestine.”

“I want to represent Michigan.”

That’s a winning message 👏🏻

Reject the jihadist and vote for the Patriot!
Great Lakes HQ"

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:14 PM (g47mK)

76 42
Sorry if I go on about our guys so much. Anyone who has owned and loved a dog has gone through the same thing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 08:54 PM (O0L8i)

Hadrian, go on about your pups. We love hearing about them and cheering you and Her Majesty on your various roads to Westminster.
We lost our beloved Abner a month ago. We have a new pup, a Great Pyr, and we love him - he has settled in and bonded with each of us as well. But the pain of our big craterhoof behemoth not being here does not and will not go away. Not him or any of our boys and girls. As it should be.
Hugs to you and your lovely wife.

Posted by: moki at August 24, 2026 09:14 PM (wLjpr)

77 Tousi might state things dramatically, but at least he seems honest and on 'our' side.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 24, 2026 09:15 PM (aJQbY)

78 68 Best Ambassador in the Middle East Is Huckabee.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:09 PM (FHoaH)

Now and historically. Totally agree.

Posted by: moki at August 24, 2026 09:16 PM (wLjpr)

79 NaCly, I sure missed that one. I'm locked on geopolitics.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:16 PM (FHoaH)

80
“I was appalled by what happened during the Indiana Fever game last night, Chicago’s Natasha Cloud threatened former NBA player and future WNBA first-round pick Enes Kanter. There is simply no place for this type of woman-on-woman violence in our society and it needs to stop.”
_Indiana Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 09:16 PM (/h59J)

81 Ben Had

No worries. I do pay close attention to your analysis and predictions.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:17 PM (u82oZ)

82 @68 Amb. Huckabee is great, and he makes all the right people apoplectic, a bonus !

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:17 PM (g47mK)

83 Condolences to you and Her Majesty
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:45 PM (RIvkX)

Likewise from me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2026 09:18 PM (1z8ji)

84 moki, and you would surely know. Your opinion is a gold standard.

I hope you and yours are well, dear Lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:18 PM (FHoaH)

85 Braenyard - LOL! Subtle!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 24, 2026 09:18 PM (aJQbY)

86 RandomDave

What is amazing to me is to see his text crals on the right and notice all the women fans going on about Tousi's hair. Not his analysis.

The good news is he is leaving GB and going to Florida.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:19 PM (u82oZ)

87 moki, my condolences on the loss of Abner.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:20 PM (FHoaH)

88 {{{moki }}}

May you and your thrive and overcome.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:20 PM (u82oZ)

89 The moon doesn’t even look real there! Wow! Hi all. We had quite the exciting day of storms today, a tree almost fell on my car. That wasn’t fun.

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2026 09:21 PM (ZdaMQ)

90
I must say, stewarding for this last weekend's Toy Club of Greater Houston shows may have set a record for things I had never come across in 30+ years of work.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 09:21 PM (O0L8i)

91 "And do we really need an ambassador to Turkey? "

Sounds like a gravy job.
Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 09:10 PM (MWfyi)

Do you really need an Ambassador to tell them to get stuffed?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2026 09:22 PM (1z8ji)

92 Oh Moki, I am so sorry you lost Abner. Those furry faces sure to find their spots in our hearts.

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2026 09:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

93 "And do we really need an ambassador to Turkey? "

Sounds like a gravy job.
Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 09:10 PM (MWfyi)

It would be hard to leave, it sounds like an absolute delight.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 09:23 PM (rbvCR)

94 "And do we really need an ambassador to Turkey? "

Sounds like a gravy job.
Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 09:10 PM (MWfyi)

It would be hard to leave, it sounds like an absolute delight.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 09:23 PM (rbvCR)

It sounds like the sort of job it would be hard to throw in the towel.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 09:24 PM (rbvCR)

95 Catching up on the posts, Hadrian, I am so sorry for you and your Majesty. Y’all just pour every single thing you have into your dogs, and they are so blessed to have been born into your home.

Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2026 09:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

96 Kindltot

The Horde and puns always delights.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:25 PM (u82oZ)

97
What purpose do ambassadors serve in this day and age? Apart from payoffs to big donors.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 09:25 PM (O0L8i)

98 91 "And do we really need an ambassador to Turkey? "

Sounds like a gravy job.
Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 09:10 PM (MWfyi)

Do you really need an Ambassador to tell them to get stuffed?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Erdogan needs woodshedding or a bomb.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 09:25 PM (/h59J)

99 Barrack, the ambassador being recalled, who appointed him?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2026 09:27 PM (1z8ji)

100 either way somebody is taking a bath on the deal

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 09:27 PM (rbvCR)

101 Hadrian, an ear to the gossip. Grenell in Germany was invaluable.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:28 PM (FHoaH)

102 Barrack, the ambassador being recalled, who appointed him?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2026 09:27 PM (1z8ji)

The Big Guy appoints all ambassadors.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:28 PM (g47mK)

103
Ambassadors don't misspeak.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 09:30 PM (/h59J)

104 Tousi is in Florida.
He does have great hair.
I think he hates the mullahs and would root for whomever was bashing their teeth in.

Posted by: Accomack at August 24, 2026 09:32 PM (GbONR)

105 42
Sorry if I go on about our guys so much. Anyone who has owned and loved a dog has gone through the same thing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 08:54 PM (O0L8i)

Right now Duchess is being chased around by Sam, Mukluk, Sophie, Wurfie, Louie, Rosie and Rayray. They are fine. Just waiting for us to arrive.

Holy cow, it leaves a hole in your heart, but she is happy, so there's that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 09:32 PM (vfz7U)

106 Braenyard, Caroline Kennedy in Japan couldn't say two words not separated by the word "like"

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:32 PM (FHoaH)

107 Thomas Joseph Barrack Jr. (born April 28, 1947)[1] is an American diplomat, private equity real estate investor and the founder and retired chairman of Colony Capital, a publicly traded real estate investment trust.[2] Following his U.S. Senate confirmation, Barrack has served as United States Ambassador to Turkey since May 2025.

Barrack has for decades been a close friend of and fundraiser for U.S. President Donald Trump, representing him in television news appearances.[3] He was senior advisor to Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and served as the chairman of his Inaugural Committee.[4][5][6][7][8] In Trump's second administration, Barrack serves as the United States Ambassador to Turkey, United States Special Envoy for Syria and the United States Special Envoy for Iraq.[9]
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Recently came down with a serious case of Foot in Mouth disease.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 09:33 PM (/h59J)

108 Someone is watching Tousi and the only comment they can make is on his hair?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:35 PM (FHoaH)

109 106 Braenyard, Caroline Kennedy in Japan couldn't say two words not separated by the word "like"

Posted by: Ben Had
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Yeah, I was thinking of professional people when I wrote that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 09:35 PM (/h59J)

110 >>Ambassadors don't misspeak.

And Presidents don't do random government overthrows.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 09:37 PM (viF8m)

111 Next, we are going to steal ... THE MOON!
[Minions cheer]

And once the moon is mine, the world will give me whatever I want to get it back, and I will be the greatest villain of all time! That's what I'M talking 'bout!

Posted by: Gru at August 24, 2026 09:39 PM (wVcYX)

112 Fucking hell. The local news posted a picture of the crash site at Cape Newenham. Obliteration is the only word that means anything in that photo. My friend's body is now atomized. Luckily, I believe her soul is in transit to a much better location.

I just want Sabrina back, but failing that (and I am failing it), I'm gonna pray her ass outta Purgatory.

Join me in that, if you have a couple of minutes to spare, please.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 09:41 PM (vfz7U)

113
Search Assist

United States Department of State / Public domain

Caroline Kennedy graduated from Radcliffe College and later earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
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GPT 5.6

Caroline Kennedy was admitted to practice law in New York State in 1990. She passed the New York bar exam in 1989, though she reportedly did not practice law.
Wikipedia +1, L.A. Times

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 09:41 PM (/h59J)

114 Ben Had

Tousi is a bit excitable. But the videos of missiles raining down on cities, that he provides, was unimaginable by me in an earlier time. We get used to stuff quickly today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:41 PM (u82oZ)

115 42
Sorry if I go on about our guys so much. Anyone who has owned and loved a dog has gone through the same thing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 08:54 PM (O0L8i)

You honored the most important commandment of pet ownership, the 10th one:
10. When I am old, or when I no longer enjoy good health, please do not make heroic efforts to keep me going. I am not having fun. Just see to it that my trusting life is taken gently. And be with me on that difficult journey when it’s time to say goodbye. Never say, “I just can’t bear to watch.” Everything is easier for me when you are there. I will leave this earth knowing with my last breath that my fate was always safest in your hands.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 24, 2026 09:41 PM (SjAWL)

116 tcn, anything you request, darlin, you got it.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:43 PM (FHoaH)

117 tcn in AK

Prayers ascending.

Sad to loose people in crashes, like I did in 9-11. Entropy never rests.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:43 PM (u82oZ)

118 Good evening folks.

Sorry to hear about Dutchess, Hadrian. You are such a wonderful caretaker to those four legged friends. How lucky they are to have you and Her Highness.

Lucy the Fink is not happy about taking antibiotics. Theee days left. I hope I have enough blood left at the end of it all.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2026 09:43 PM (NMkeY)

119 110 >>Ambassadors don't misspeak.

And Presidents don't do random government overthrows.

Posted by: JackStraw
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Yes, I'm eating that crow.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 09:43 PM (/h59J)

120 Tom Barrack has been one of Trump's closest friends for decades. He fronted the bill for Trump's first inauguration.

Trump didn't just pick his name out of hat and stick him in one of the most pivotal countries in his plan to change the world power structure by chance.

He might have gone off the reservation. Or maybe the garbage media has no fucking idea what's going on as they usually don't. Might be worth taking a click to figure out which.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 09:44 PM (viF8m)

121 He wouldn't have been called home if it didn't happen?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 09:46 PM (/h59J)

122 The way a dog loves his people is the image of how people need to love God. Unconditionally, with complete trust and total satisfaction. That kind of absolute love is not replaceable, nor easy to fake, or create all on one's own. It is the result of God giving His grace to all creatures, and particularly to us, the pinnacle of His creation.

That sort of gift lasts only a while, and then in memory, until we see it again in Heaven. Too much of it, and we would forget Heaven and stay with the dogs. Just enough, and we know we are loved from above and below. Nothing better in the world than that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 09:46 PM (vfz7U)

123 I was stationed in Turkey (Turk-key-ie) in the mid-80's. Loved it. Rich in history and the people were great but you could tell who the hardass muzzies were. The local imam in my little village became a good friend.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2026 09:46 PM (2WIwB)

124 Well, I put on my newly-minted backhoe operator hat today, and dug a big hole in an effort to find the leak in my septic tank. Must have moved 3 yards of dirt. Got a hole about 4 feet deep, with a deeper pit in the corner, hand-dug. Exposed the tank, and the joining flange between the two halves, and I think I found the leak. As I expected (from viewing the inside of the tank with a camera on a stick), a flange bolt rusted away, and water pressure from inside caused the flange to crack at that point. At that depth, the tank is bedded in loose gravel, with perms out the ying-yang, so any water leaking out could find its way to the gravel under the house foundation.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2026 09:47 PM (1z8ji)

125 Thanks, everyone, for your prayers for Sabrina. She was surely one of a kind.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 09:48 PM (vfz7U)

126 JackStraw

For sheer Presidenting, I put Trump in the ranks of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and now Donald John Trump.

We live in an unacknowledged golden time. Mankind dreamed of times like these for thousands of years. And we live in that time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:48 PM (u82oZ)

127 Rich in history and the people were great but you could tell who the hardass muzzies were.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2026 09:46 PM (2WIwB)

So could Ataturk!

He understood Islam, and built the best structure he could, and it lasted for a long time, but eventually Islam won out.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 24, 2026 09:48 PM (k5CNB)

128 I was stationed in Turkey (Turk-key-ie) in the mid-80's. Loved it. Rich in history and the people were great but you could tell who the hardass muzzies were. The local imam in my little village became a good friend.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2026 09:46 PM (2WIwB)

I believe that Turkey of 45 years ago is not the Turkey of today. Islamists took firm control, Erdogan removed anyone who opposed his rule.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:48 PM (g47mK)

129 At that depth, the tank is bedded in loose gravel, with perms out the ying-yang, so any water leaking out could find its way to the gravel under the house foundation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2026 09:47 PM (1z8ji)

Ew. Ack. Can you fix it or do you need to replace the whole mess?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 09:49 PM (vfz7U)

130 >>Yes, I'm eating that crow.

No crow eating necessary. We are all just guessing from the outside. And we are all wrong all the time. Me included.

I've just been wrong enough times with Trump to think he is playing the game on a different level than we have seen.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 09:50 PM (viF8m)

131 >>> a flange bolt rusted away, and water pressure from inside caused the flange to crack at that point.
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I hate flanges.
_spirit of Elon Musk

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 09:51 PM (/h59J)

132 I see Barrack stepping away, or retiring. He's done enough damage and he enriched himself enough for Trump to cut him off. There is no reason to call an "ambassador" for "consultations". Unless to remove him.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:52 PM (g47mK)

133 I was stationed in Turkey (Turk-key-ie) in the mid-80's. Loved it. Rich in history and the people were great but you could tell who the hardass muzzies were. The local imam in my little village became a good friend.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2026 09:46 PM (2WIwB)

Did you ever go to Pops leather while you were there? I always here about that being the place to go for military leather jackets (A2s, G1s, etc), and a shit ton of dudes stationed there went there. It supposedly was not far from one of our bases. I managed to get my hands on an A2 from there and its really nice.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2026 09:52 PM (S41Gd)

134 I keep banging this drum, When the regime in Iran falls Iran will no longer be a muslim country in the muslim Middle East.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:54 PM (FHoaH)

135 Turkey's head tyrant and Turkey's government don't sound any different than the Iranian mullahs.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:54 PM (g47mK)

136 runner

Could be just a trip to the woodshed. Getting confirmation of a new Ambassador may prove difficult until after the midterms, or not at all possible.

Certainly a lot of egos in Congress do not want the US of A to function well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:54 PM (u82oZ)

137 I keep banging this drum, When the regime in Iran falls Iran will no longer be a muslim country in the muslim Middle East.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 09:54 PM (FHoaH)

and all the muslim arab countries around Iran are painfully aware of what that would mean, so they are doing everything to stop it; they are ok with the weakened mullahs

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:56 PM (g47mK)

138 Ew. Ack. Can you fix it or do you need to replace the whole mess?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 09:49 PM (vfz7U)

I figure I can fix it. Tank is fiberglass, and it can be bonded with resin and mat. The flange bolts are rusted to conical blobs, and the lowest one I reached so far fell right out, and the joint is gaping a bit there. I drilled 3/8" holes on either side of the 3 bolts above that point, and put in some new bolts, to forestall the gap from spreading. Will need to dig deeper, yet. Moving gravel with a hand trowel is tedious.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2026 09:56 PM (1z8ji)

139 132 I see Barrack stepping away, or retiring. He's done enough damage and he enriched himself enough for Trump to cut him off. There is no reason to call an "ambassador" for "consultations". Unless to remove him.

Posted by: runner
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He is rich enough in the first place and accomplished enough to not have misspoke. He could have been led down a comfortable path and forgot which hat he was wearing. It's possible he was jamming the Turks and was set up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 09:57 PM (/h59J)

140 Could be just a trip to the woodshed. Getting confirmation of a new Ambassador may prove difficult until after the midterms, or not at all possible.

Certainly a lot of egos in Congress do not want the US of A to function well.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:54 PM (u82oZ)

he can assign an envoy, keep some chargé d'affaires in place

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:57 PM (g47mK)

141 Did you ever go to Pops leather while you were there? I always here about that being the place to go for military leather jackets (A2s, G1s, etc), and a shit ton of dudes stationed there went there. It supposedly was not far from one of our bases. I managed to get my hands on an A2 from there and its really nice.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2026 09:52 PM (S41Gd)

***

Sadly no.
That was down south in Adana and the Incerlik Air Base. I only got down there a couple times but I was up on the Black Sea coast in Sinop. Never got to the leather shop although I did get to see the big brass shop there. Incredible stuff.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2026 09:58 PM (2WIwB)

142 He is rich enough in the first place and accomplished enough to not have misspoke. He could have been led down a comfortable path and forgot which hat he was wearing. It's possible he was jamming the Turks and was set up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 09:57 PM (/h59J)

misspoke ?? there was a lot more, and it built over time, the "misspeaking" was most likely the last straw

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:58 PM (g47mK)

143 I believe that Turkey of 45 years ago is not the Turkey of today. Islamists took firm control, Erdogan removed anyone who opposed his rule.
Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 09:48 PM (g47mK)

Totally correct. He jailed all the senior military who were very much set on remaining secular. Replaced them with Islamic hardcore yes-men.
Game over.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2026 10:02 PM (2WIwB)

144 ONT nood

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 24, 2026 10:05 PM (Jr+re)

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