Thursday Overnight Open Thread - October 15, 2026 [scampydog]

Welcome to the Thursday ONT. Double feature/content o'plenty edition. Your regular Thursday host (Doof) has surrendered the keys for the evening. He's off to Texas to meet with people who know each other by their AoSHQ handles, puns, and various online pleasantries.

We will keep the one-night transition (not transaction) mostly peaceful. Keeping the lights on, the doors open, and the comment section moderately unsupervised.

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James Bond had Q for his gadgets. We consumers got Ron Popeil and Ronco for ours. The Salad Spinner, Miracle Brush, Mr. Microphone, Pocket Fisherman, and more. Ronco history. Who got sucked in and made a purchase?

Ronco refined its marketing and distribution techniques with its second televised product, the "Chop-O-Matic." Produced by Popeil Brothers, this "food chopper with rotating blades" had been peddled by Ron Popeil on the fair circuit since the late 1950s. Not only was the commercial for this device longer, at five minutes, but Ronco also made this its first mail-order product. Delighted with the Chop-O-Matic's success, Sam Popeil invented and manufactured the Dial-O-Matic and what would become Ronco's first blockbuster, the Veg-O-Matic. Ron Popeil's television ad fueled the sale of over nine million units for $50 million worth of these rather primitive food processors.

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A section of news for those who like their ONT with a side of aggravation.

No new features have been added, your deductible is still enormous, and your preferred doctor may no longer be in network. Thank you for being a valued customer.

Congratulations! Your health insurance premium is going up again. Ignore the explainers in the article. Check out the chart.

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Universities cutting ties with foreign groups?

The Department of War mandated the universities conduct a review of their foreign partnerships following its updates to a list of "foreign institutions engaging in problematic activities." Reports were due at the beginning of this school year.

The American Association of University Professors challenged the Department of War's audit along with the American Federation of Teachers in August.

Of course they challenged. That's what commies do. People who are deeply invested in an ideology react defensively to information that threatens them/it. It's not confirmation bias if you call it ideological consistency. At least, that's what the Confirmation Bias Department would like you to believe.

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Economic reform is a long game. Summary of Javier Milei over at American Thinker and his battle against socialism. Worth a read.

The cancer of socialism metastasizes into every area of society -- the chemotherapy requires more time than a single presidency.

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Update from commenter mindful webworker.

Update here.

Predicting the future: the commentariat will hyperventilate. We should ready ourselves for the usual lectures about decorum, solemn denunciations, and grave warnings about the deplorable portion of society. I expect a parade of earnest pundits lecturing us that the real scandal is the response (public firing squad) rather than Nidal Hasan's actions (murdering 13 people).

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has announced that the execution of convicted Fort Hood Islamist terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan will be "PUBLIC," with American soldiers carrying out the firing squad at the very military installation where Hasan murdered 13 people and wounded 32 others in 2009.

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The ONT is here for: 1) those of you currently evading the U.S. Marshals or considering it as a future career pivot, and 2) those committed to maintaining operational readiness.

A few friendly reminders from the world of being on the run: Predictable routines are a gift to anyone trying to find you. Burner phones are not magical talismans. And purchasing a black turtleneck does not, in fact, make you invisible to federal law enforcement nor does it make you Archer. US Marshals. They are decidely unimpressed by your burner phone.

The thing that sticks with you after that video isn’t some secret gadget or Hollywood manhunt trick. It’s the patience of it. US Marshals can work through the ordinary leftovers of a person’s life until the hiding place starts getting smaller… an old address that still matters, somebody who knows more than they realize, a car that turns up in the right area, or a routine that finally becomes predictable enough to be useful.

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Now we know. Tungsten Carbide Pins. Sounds techy - I don't know enough about it to render judgment on accuracy. Fun and curious reading, however.

In automotive assembly, for example, fixture plates use carbide pins to locate body panels during welding. The pins slide into corresponding holes, ensuring each panel sits in precisely the right position before robotic welders do their work. Because these fixtures cycle thousands of times per day, the pins need to resist wear that would gradually enlarge the holes and degrade positioning accuracy. The same principle applies in:
• Aerospace jigs for composite layup and drilling operations
• Electronics manufacturing where circuit boards require precise positioning
• Medical device assembly where tolerances are measured in micrometers
• Tool and die construction for stamping and forming operations

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Rooftop bar? No.

As seen at a watering hole. When someone says they want the authentic travel experience...this is exactly the type of joint they mean.

It's almost winter. Who doesn't want to know how fur coats are made?

Betting there are a few fur coats and hats tucked away in the closets of the Horde.

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Vespa? No, but seems to fit the humor.

Mystery click. Of course.

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The magic of Flavacol and popcorn.

And while we're at it, for those who actually read the content, and the two of you smarty-pants readers who actually don't already know: the science behind the Alberger process.

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Nothing like an old-fashioned stare down.

Let's do some movie stare downs. What do you have Horde? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? Clubber Lang and Rocky? News Team Stare Down in The Anchorman?

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Two musical selections for your entertainment. Enjoy, complain, or suggest better ones - use tinyurl or similar if linking. Don't blow out the margins!

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Questions of the moment. What perfectly reasonable life moment has you questioning things?

Surely the package carriers know what's inside those boxes going to Exact Sciences Laboratories. Right?

Can anyone actually interpret a bill from a doctor visit?

When did saying, "I am so busy" become an excuse rather than a problem to be solved? Further, why is the person who identifies the problem often labeled as the problem?

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This ONT was brought to you by Bucket List Beauties - Dream Vacation Spots

Image credit: Mitchell Burns

Whitehaven Beach, located on Whitsunday Island, off the coast of Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia.

The photo above shows Hill Inlet. Apparently the tides move the sand through the turquoise waters creating the swirly looking things of awesomeness. The beach itself is 4 miles of the finest sand in the world. 98% pure silica. No public roads - it is on an island. Boat or aircraft only.

Some great images and facts here and here.

What's on your dream vacation list?

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DISCLAIMER: This brief ONT appearance does not constitute a return to regular service, an expression of renewed commitment, or an indication that you or I have learned anything from tonight. All future ONT appearances are subject to availability, inclination, weak moments, amnesia, and the Bacardi to mixer ratio. Safe travels to the Texas adventurers.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”
― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

I've lost my marbles!

Posted by: mindful webworker - shoulders! at October 15, 2026 10:00 PM (vmXN+)

2 Good evening morons en bedankt Hondo

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:01 PM (RIvkX)

3 I had to miss this one. Last year at this time I was camped out by the horse pasture and drinking a beer with the Horde.

Posted by: fd at October 15, 2026 10:01 PM (MWfyi)

4
I've lost my marbles!

Posted by: mindful webworker - shoulders! at October 15, 2026 10:00 PM (vmXN+)

As long as you haven't lost your balls...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 10:01 PM (l3cgK)

5 Beautiful, doggo!

So good to see your byline. Hope you are well. Thank you for the ONT!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 15, 2026 10:01 PM (yEz+x)

6 I like Javier Milei so much that I'm awarding Argentina permanent possession of the Falkland Islands.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 15, 2026 10:02 PM (vBZcw)

7 Hola, Hall.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:03 PM (77rzZ)

8 “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”
― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

I've lost my marbles!
Posted by: mindful webworker - shoulders! at October 15, 2026 10:00 PM (vmXN+)
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I thought all you had to do to fly was throw yourself at the ground and miss...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:03 PM (FZ29D)

9 The American Association of University Professors challenged the Department of War's audit along with the American Federation of Teachers in August.

Do a deep dive into all their financial transactions, and charge any member with espionage if foreign adversaries have paid them money or goods in exchange for access to forbidden information.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 15, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

10 Doggo! Thanks for the ONT!

Posted by: TRex- undisclosed location dino at October 15, 2026 10:04 PM (lJmmt)

11 The pins slide into corresponding holes, ensuring each panel sits in precisely the right position before robotic welders do their work. Because these fixtures cycle thousands of times per day, the pins need to resist wear that would gradually enlarge the holes and degrade positioning accuracy.

So robots have to worry about positioning their pins for holes and need to resist enlarging holes?
Humans have treatments for that.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 10:05 PM (l3cgK)

12 >> Is DNA proof that we are living in an AI created simulation and that sightings of UFOs are actually manifestations of the program's creators looking in on us?
Posted by: fd

Does the Flat Earth fit into this simulation somehow?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 15, 2026 10:05 PM (w6EFb)

13 I had to miss this one. Last year at this time I was camped out by the horse pasture and drinking a beer with the Horde.
Posted by: fd at October 15, 2026 10:01 PM (MWfyi)
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Sadly, had to miss it this year also.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:05 PM (iMWFR)

14
He's off to Texas to meet with people who know each other by their AoSHQ handles, puns, and various online pleasantries.

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Pleasantries? This place has gone soft!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 10:05 PM (eRlcH)

15 Hey, Scampy.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:06 PM (77rzZ)

16 Things I learned today: if you got to Amazon, click on "Account and Lists" and then on "Account" and then on "Ordering and shopping preferences" and finally "About You," you can learn what Amazon thinks about you.

Some people found some rather insulting things. For my part, can't argue with what they say. "Has a cat," yeah, thanks for rubbing it in. One puzzles me, though: "Does not understand their own creative works." I mean, yes, but who told them that?

I never once clicked on any volume in the "How To Understand Your Creative Works" series, despite the attractive faux leather and gilt titling. Also, what's with the "their"? I'm not that kind of mutant!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 15, 2026 10:06 PM (CHHv1)

17 12 >> Is DNA proof that we are living in an AI created simulation and that sightings of UFOs are actually manifestations of the program's creators looking in on us?
Posted by: fd

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Have you even considered solipsism?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 15, 2026 10:06 PM (vBZcw)

18 Queensland - the Sunshine State

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

19 Good evening Nurse, Dino, Bulg, and all others in TX and elsewhere.

Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 10:07 PM (41CYW)

20 What's on your dream vacation list?

Visiting the graves of all democrat pols?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 15, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

21 I remember watching a program on the western NHK channel about some prefecture in Japan. A visitor wandering around different parts, learning about more country-side places. One of the stops was at a salt manufacturer that did it the historical way. They would take sea water, constantly boiling it and evaporating the water part of it.

Just as the article on the Alberger process says, the salt would crystalize, forming pyramids. Was rather cool to watch.

Posted by: another anon at October 15, 2026 10:08 PM (4h45B)

22 Have ~~you~~ I even considered solipsism?
Posted by: Cicero

Fixed it for me.

Posted by: mikeski at October 15, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)

23 "Does the Flat Earth fit into this simulation somehow?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley"

Everything fits in the simulation. Even Lindsay Clancey.

Posted by: fd at October 15, 2026 10:08 PM (MWfyi)

24 OrangeEnt with back-to-back great comments. Well done on the dream vacay list.

Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 10:09 PM (41CYW)

25 "Have you even considered solipsism?
Posted by: Cicero"

Oh yeah. I like them with honey.

Posted by: fd at October 15, 2026 10:09 PM (MWfyi)

26 Hey, TRex!

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

27
Heading up to Corsicana tomorrow morning. You are warned.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 10:10 PM (eRlcH)

28 Bad Motor Scooter

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 15, 2026 10:10 PM (Cqx++)

29 If Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series of books has taught me anything, it's that when Johnny Law wants to talk to you, they're gonna find a way, no matter how clever you think you are.

Even if they have to use a super-secret law enforcement agency composed of ex-criminals that are just as good as you are.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:10 PM (FZ29D)

30 26 Hey, TRex!

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:09 PM
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Hey Bulg!

Posted by: TRex- subie dino at October 15, 2026 10:11 PM (lJmmt)

31 I had to miss this one. Last year at this time I was camped out by the horse pasture and drinking a beer with the Horde.
Posted by: fd at October 15, 2026 10:01 PM (MWfyi)
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Sadly, had to miss it this year also.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:05 PM (iMWFR)
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Seems like there's quite a few of us who have had to miss it this year for one reason or another (myself included).

Hope that doesn't bode ill for future TXMOMEs...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:12 PM (FZ29D)

32 Hadrian,
Looking forward to finally meeting you.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:12 PM (VCgbV)

33 I like Javier Milei so much that I'm awarding Argentina permanent possession of the Falkland Islands.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 15, 2026 10:02 PM (vBZcw)
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LAS ISLAS MALVINAS!

Posted by: El Presidente at October 15, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

34 I read the first of Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat books, which I enjoyed, but he descended into white-knightery quickly.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 15, 2026 10:13 PM (88C+u)

35 Some consider Francheska Velez's unborn child as Hassan murder victim; make that fourteen. She begged for her baby's life to be spared.

Read today the execution will not be broadcast.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Just as long as it happens at October 15, 2026 10:13 PM (vmXN+)

36 No, I am already planning on next year, barring anything unforseen.

Posted by: fd at October 15, 2026 10:13 PM (MWfyi)

37 12 >> Is DNA proof that we are living in an AI created simulation and that sightings of UFOs are actually manifestations of the program's creators looking in on us?
Posted by: fd

Does the Flat Earth fit into this simulation somehow?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 15, 2026 10:05 PM (w6EFb)

A Möbius strip Earth would be more fun...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 10:13 PM (l3cgK)

38 Seems like there's quite a few of us who have had to miss it this year for one reason or another (myself included).

Hope that doesn't bode ill for future TXMOMEs...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:12 PM (FZ29D)
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I was there last year.

I'll be there next year, God willing.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:13 PM (iMWFR)

39 Even I've had to miss one MoMe, it was the first year at rancher bob's.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:14 PM (VCgbV)

40 Hadrian, Tomorrow !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 15, 2026 10:14 PM (ua/lL)

41
Looking forward to finally meeting you.
Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:12 PM (VCgbV)

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I fear I will invert the astronomical norm and appear shine more brightly the farther away I am.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 10:14 PM (eRlcH)

42 17 12 >> Is DNA proof that we are living in an AI created simulation and that sightings of UFOs are actually manifestations of the program's creators looking in on us?
Posted by: fd

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Have you even considered solipsism?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 15, 2026 10:06 PM (vBZcw)

Is second solipsism what the 2nd Cornell dude engaged in?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 10:14 PM (l3cgK)

43 Ben Had!

lin-duh!

Y'all have a wonderful time.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:15 PM (iMWFR)

44 Next year in Corsicana.

*hic*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 15, 2026 10:15 PM (vBZcw)

45 OrangeEnt with back-to-back great comments. Well done on the dream vacay list.
Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 10:09 PM (41CYW)

Wh wh wh what? (shakes head, makes sounds of rocks) Someone noticed I comment here?

Thanks by the way, Doggo!

I try not to make jejune comments. We get enough of that out of politicians.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 15, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

46 >> A Möbius strip Earth would be more fun...

I would vote for a real projective plane Earth. You get handedness flipping there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 15, 2026 10:15 PM (w6EFb)

47 What's on your dream vacation list?

Pissing on Obama's, Hillary's, and Bidet's graves

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 15, 2026 10:15 PM (LOvBA)

48 ...you can learn what Amazon thinks about you.

I'm simultaneously curious and afraid to look. It could be interesting since my wife and I order on the same account and we have very different interests.

Posted by: Zombie in Waiting Hillary at October 15, 2026 10:16 PM (vTZFs)

49 What's on your dream vacation list?
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Can't say I have a dream vacation.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:16 PM (iMWFR)

50 /4-hour old sock that wasn't all that funny to start with

Posted by: Oddbob at October 15, 2026 10:16 PM (vTZFs)

51 46 >> A Möbius strip Earth would be more fun...

I would vote for a real projective plane Earth. You get handedness flipping there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 15, 2026 10:15 PM (w6EFb)

That would be...wild.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 10:16 PM (l3cgK)

52 Nothing like an old-fashioned stare down.
Let's do some movie stare downs. What do you have Horde?

TV series, not movie. Hope it still counts.

Lucky Star!

https://youtu.be/1QOaQIt7yh4

Posted by: mikeski at October 15, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

53 Things I learned today: if you got to Amazon, click on "Account and Lists" and then on "Account" and then on "Ordering and shopping preferences" and finally "About You," you can learn what Amazon thinks about you.

My wife just uses my account, so Amazon thinks I'm a fan of history books and romance and mystery novels, I have young children, am over 90, like floral arranging and home decoration, but grill outside, and consistently maintain a hair care routine, and prefer specialty vinegars.

They must think I'm schizophrenic.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 15, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

54 A Möbius strip Earth would be more fun...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 10:13 PM (l3cgK)
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Arthur C. Clarke wrote a short story about a world that only had one side...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:17 PM (FZ29D)

55 52 Nothing like an old-fashioned stare down.
Let's do some movie stare downs. What do you have Horde?

TV series, not movie. Hope it still counts.

Lucky Star!

https://youtu.be/1QOaQIt7yh4

Posted by: mikeski at October 15, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

Do Weeping Angels count?

Posted by: Cannonical Straight Dr. Who at October 15, 2026 10:18 PM (l3cgK)

56
Akshully, I did err. A Mobius strip also flips handedness, at least for flatlanders. A flatlander has no notion of upside-downness. And that means a Klein bottle does as well for the flatlanders.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 15, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)

57 Amazon knows I hate bugs that bite me. I guess that's ok.

Posted by: fd at October 15, 2026 10:18 PM (MWfyi)

58 SMH and Nurse you'll be missed. I guess that sponge guy will be DJaying.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:18 PM (VCgbV)

59 My timeline on X is full of some car...flying.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:19 PM (iMWFR)

60 …learn what Amazon thinks about you.…
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Apparently, Amazon knows nothing about me. All fields empty.

Don't use it much.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Amazon thinks? at October 15, 2026 10:19 PM (vmXN+)

61 Sponge will do just fine, lol.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:19 PM (iMWFR)

62 I'm sure Ben Had will feed the Horde awesomely.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

63 59 My timeline on X is full of some car...flying.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:19 PM (iMWFR)

That car flipped me off...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 10:20 PM (l3cgK)

64 Read today the execution will not be broadcast.
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Another on the list of things where Trump's initial impulse was entirely correct, and then he overthought it and dialed it back.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 15, 2026 10:20 PM (vSvIl)

65 56
Akshully, I did err. A Mobius strip also flips handedness, at least for flatlanders. A flatlander has no notion of upside-downness. And that means a Klein bottle does as well for the flatlanders.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 15, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)

I could go for some Ein Klein Nacht-Bottle...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 10:21 PM (l3cgK)

66 What's on your dream vacation list?

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I've never set foot on Antarctica but I'm not sure I'll do it now. Those trips cost.

On the other hand, if I could defray the expense by bringing back valuable penguin pelts, I might rethink the question.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 15, 2026 10:21 PM (vBZcw)

67 I had a rabbit fur coat when I was a little girl. It had a fluffy fox tail lining around the hood. My
Grandpa gave it to me.

I loved that coat.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 15, 2026 10:21 PM (zFqBN)

68 A Big hug for SMH, Ex-Ex and fd. You are missed but well remembered.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 15, 2026 10:21 PM (ua/lL)

69 Read today the execution will not be broadcast.
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Another on the list of things where Trump's initial impulse was entirely correct, and then he overthought it and dialed it back.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 15, 2026 10:20 PM (vSvIl)
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I have very mixed feelings about that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:21 PM (iMWFR)

70 Mr. Microphone

_________________

Yeah, I admit it. I bought one. My excuse is that I was about that age, and the Roger Daltrey looking guy in the convertible passing a scantily clad lady in the commercial seemed cool. "Hey, good looking. Be back to pick you up later."

I thought it was that easy. Turns out you just had to attach some fishing line to a five dollar bill and run it through a trailer park. RONCO never sold one of those.

As for stare downs. I think the mirror scene in "Duck Soup" qualifies. Harpo broke the mirror, so he pretends to be Groucho's relection...

Posted by: Orson at October 15, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)

71 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 15, 2026 10:21 PM (ErLti)

72 Arthur C. Clarke wrote a short story about a world that only had one side...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:17 PM (FZ29D)

What a two-dimensional writer.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 15, 2026 10:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

73 Awww nurse.

What a treasured memory.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:22 PM (iMWFR)

74 Scampydog! Who's a good boy? You are! Woof!

You asked: Surely the package carriers know what's inside those boxes going to Exact Sciences Laboratories. Right? The answer is: of course, the carriers know what's in those boxes but they just try to ignore it and pass the box along.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 15, 2026 10:22 PM (D/6p1)

75 I wish that I could join you all in Corsicana.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:22 PM (77rzZ)

76 Back at you, Ben Had. I can feel the vibes from here.

Posted by: fd at October 15, 2026 10:23 PM (MWfyi)

77 Who broke the comments?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:23 PM (FZ29D)

78 Ben Had,
Is Teresa going to be there?

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)

79 My timeline on X is full of some car...flying.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:19 PM (iMWFR)

Just a good old boys
Never meanin' no harm
Beats all you never saw
Been in trouble with the law since the day they was born

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 15, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

80 Hello to the folks meeting in Texas! Have fun!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 15, 2026 10:24 PM (CHHv1)

81 35 Some consider Francheska Velez's unborn child as Hassan murder victim; make that fourteen. She begged for her baby's life to be spared.

Read today the execution will not be broadcast.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Just as long as it happens
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Thanks. I updated the post with the your comment and linked an article.

Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 10:24 PM (41CYW)

82 I have the middle box in the row of Flavacol products. It really does work much better than regular, comparatively coarse salt.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 15, 2026 10:24 PM (Riz8t)

83 Arthur C. Clarke wrote a short story about a world that only had one side...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:17 PM (FZ29D)

What a two-dimensional writer.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 15, 2026 10:22 PM (1Ff7Z)
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It's kind of a crazy story, actually. The world has a wall that seems to encircle the entire planet. One guy has a vision of seeing what's on the other side of the wall and mounts an expedition. Then things get weird.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:24 PM (FZ29D)

84 I hope y’all have a lovely time, Ben Had.

Thank you for all you do.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 15, 2026 10:25 PM (zFqBN)

85 Read today the execution will not be broadcast.
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Another on the list of things where Trump's initial impulse was entirely correct, and then he overthought it and dialed it back.
Posted by: Methos

Did he want the execution broadcast, or did he want the media talking about the execution for two weeks?

I'm never sure when he's playing 4-D chess and when he's just being a blowhard.

Posted by: mikeski at October 15, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

86 Good job Doggo! Thanks for allowing me to have a night off!

Posted by: Doof at October 15, 2026 10:25 PM (SKux8)

87 A two-dimensional construct figures prominently in the last book of the Three-Body Problem trilogy (Death's End). I'll say no more than that.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 15, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)

88 I like Javier Milei so much that I'm awarding Argentina permanent possession of the Falkland Islands.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 15, 2026 10:02 PM (vBZcw)

I am waiting for the Brits to decide to put North Africans on the Falklands to "ensure diversity"

Posted by: Kindltot at October 15, 2026 10:26 PM (rbvCR)

89 Third (and final) FYI for MoMeAntiques: I am planning on some antiquing tomorrow east of Corsicana. If anyone wants to join in, say so here or contact me by way of tutuatin@hoboes.com. I can stop by any of the Corsicana hotels or at the Ranch to pick people up. Probably around ten or so.

And if anyone knows how to contact SnailRacer, let her know.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 15, 2026 10:26 PM (CQ8KO)

90
I try not to make jejune comments. We get enough of that out of politicians.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

It's jejune in JaJanuary.

https://youtu.be/sGcDmU90-Ug

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 15, 2026 10:26 PM (Cqx++)

91 San Franpsyco, the pig is marinated and will go in the cooking box early in the morning.

The weather has once again smiled on us.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 15, 2026 10:27 PM (ua/lL)

92 Citizen Vigilante stared down ever last one.

Posted by: Eromero at October 15, 2026 10:29 PM (LHPAg)

93 I hope that everyone at the TX MoMe has a great time.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:29 PM (77rzZ)

94 80 Hello to the folks meeting in Texas! Have fun!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 15, 2026 10:24 PM (CHHv1)

That's right! Good luck storming the ranch!

I wish I could be there (for the first time!), but I've got a campaign to run over here. Hopefully when I finally get there next year, I'll be an official POL-EE-TISHAN type.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 15, 2026 10:29 PM (0CU3H)

95 Lin-duh, Teresa and her husband are here already.

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 15, 2026 10:29 PM (lJmmt)

96 I'm sure Ben Had will feed the Horde awesomely.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

It is truly amazing

Posted by: Doof at October 15, 2026 10:29 PM (SKux8)

97 Waves to LS and Doof.

That was me that disrupted the comments - I updated the post with the recent info on the Hasan live stream - lack thereof.

Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 10:31 PM (41CYW)

98 96 Raca!

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:31 PM (77rzZ)

99 nurse, my thanks go to all of you that have made this such a special time.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 15, 2026 10:31 PM (ua/lL)

100 Economic reform is a long game. Summary of Javier Milei over at American Thinker and his battle against socialism. Worth a read.

The cancer of socialism metastasizes into every area of society -- the chemotherapy requires more time than a single presidency.

Gonna require some drastic surgery too.

Posted by: Eromero at October 15, 2026 10:31 PM (LHPAg)

101 I'm sure Ben Had will feed the Horde awesomely.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

It is truly amazing
Posted by: Doof at October 15, 2026 10:29 PM (SKux

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Yep! The food alone is worth the price of admission!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:32 PM (FZ29D)

102
You can construct a 3D space like this, a 3D manifold version of the Klein bottle, and put a Arthur C. Clarke mirror "boundary" in it.

You walk into what looks like a mirror. You set into a mirror___ version of the world you just left. It's the same space, you just crossed back into it. To someone watching you do that, it looks as if you stepped into the mirror, and your reflection just popped back out.

You think nothing happened to you, the world flipped handedness. The world thinks you flipped handedness.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 15, 2026 10:32 PM (w6EFb)

103 So. I have a theory.

The Seahawks have decided that the record for the biggest disappointment after a great season should not be held by the Mariners.

The Seahawks should be the biggest failures. I doubt we win another game this season.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 15, 2026 10:33 PM (yEz+x)

104 Doggo, great disclaimer...you watching the MLB playoffs? you know, for "inspiration"?

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 15, 2026 10:33 PM (lJmmt)

105 I was hesitant to come in here since I knew there would be a guest host. Contrary to rumor, I really do pay attention to Doof. Was afraid the ONT would go to the Dogs, but at least it's only one Dog. And a familiar one at that.

Posted by: Pound Puppy at October 15, 2026 10:34 PM (EdP2u)

106 Wow, we have a troll working the late shift. Very enterprising.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 15, 2026 10:35 PM (Riz8t)

107 Perfessor thanks, I think!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 15, 2026 10:35 PM (ua/lL)

108 Doggo, great disclaimer...you watching the MLB playoffs? you know, for "inspiration"?
Posted by: The Grateful - R
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LOL. Yes, we have the game on. Scampywife cheering for the Brewers - I'm cheering for the Dodgers. A house divided.

Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 10:35 PM (41CYW)

109 Thanks for letting me know Grateful!

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:35 PM (VCgbV)

110 Dope Troll

And if you're wrong, you'll come back and admit to it, right?

Oh, no. You'll just pretend you never said it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 15, 2026 10:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

111 Posted by: AOS C0pe at October 15, 2026 10:33 PM (Ro14Y)

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Your shift starts at 6 pm dipshit. You're docked for your first 10 stupid comments.

See that you show up on time tomorrow, buttwipe.

Posted by: Rental Trollz 4U at October 15, 2026 10:36 PM (vBZcw)

112 Wow, we have a troll working the late shift. Very enterprising.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 15, 2026 10:35 PM (Riz8t)
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Clearly we all need to subscribe to the super-duper extra-strength Troll-B-Gon plan...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:36 PM (FZ29D)

113 TJM seems to attract a lot of trolls.

Maybe they’re into Prometheus?

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:37 PM (77rzZ)

114 LOL. Yes, we have the game on. Scampywife cheering for the Brewers - I'm cheering for the Dodgers. A house divided.
Posted by: scampydog
**************
I am with the Tracinator! My Daddy and his family never forgave the O'Malleys for moving Da Bums to LA.

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 15, 2026 10:37 PM (lJmmt)

115 I am sitting in a pool of my own feces and urine.

So lonely.....

Posted by: Coping Sadly at October 15, 2026 10:38 PM (ErLti)

116 Perfessor thanks, I think!
Posted by: Ben Had at October 15, 2026 10:35 PM (ua/lL)
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Absolutely!

A couple of weekends ago, my pastor at church talked about people who build things out of faith, never knowing what the end result will be.

You did that eleven years ago when you started the TXMOME and every year it's gotten bigger and better.

You should be very, very proud of what you've created!

Stay blessed!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:38 PM (FZ29D)

117 Clearly we all need to subscribe to the super-duper extra-strength Troll-B-Gon plan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:36 PM (FZ29D)

And honestly, does an idiot like that think we care about the drivel posted? No. No we do not, nor does it affect our voting. Wasted time and effort.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 15, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

118 Troll sucks at haiku

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)

119 Goodnight, All.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:41 PM (77rzZ)

120 I like solipsism with milk for breakfast: just don’t let it get too soggy!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 15, 2026 10:41 PM (kd1a0)

121 Hadda check out The Who vid and God knows I did my share of rock concerts when they came to New Orleans (never made it into any of the Warehouse gigs 'cos of the extent of drugs then). This one ain't bad - but it always pisses me off royally to see musicians who should know what it takes to make the instruments they use go on-stage and blithely destroy them. That just pisses me the shit off - in part 'cos I just sold 2 of my Gibsons from the '70s. One was a ’72 Les Paul Custom (black) and the other was a ’73 ES 335 12-string double-cutaway (sunburst). Beautiful instruments - and I'd NEVER think about treating them the way 'rock stars' treated theirs … but, good vid even if it did piss me off …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 15, 2026 10:41 PM (ayRl+)

122 Goodnight, All.
Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:41 PM (77rzZ)

You're gonna miss the espresso.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 15, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

123 Banana Ball will play a couple games in Hawaii next year. Don't think I saw Alaska on the list, though. Will play in Canada, Winnipeg and Toronto, and in Mexico, Monterrey and Tijuana.

Posted by: Yellow Journalist at October 15, 2026 10:42 PM (EdP2u)

124 I think the reason we get trolls who don't even half-ass their jobs is because they literally don't have any facts or evidence to provide. What has AOS Cope said that has any impact at all, aside from toward his Soros-payments? Nothing. Nothing at all. Normally, that would be sad, but these people don't have functional brains. They say "Kamela is Brat" and think that's an argument.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 15, 2026 10:42 PM (CHHv1)

125 Troll sucks at haiku
Posted by: San Franpsycho

She sucks worse at Burma Shave ads.

Which one is she actually trying to do?

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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 15, 2026 10:42 PM (vOxCS)

127 108 Wow, we have a troll working the late shift. Very enterprising.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 15, 2026 10:35 PM (Riz8t)

Too bad we don't attract a better quality of troll...all we get are the droppings.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 10:43 PM (l3cgK)

128 (Doof) has surrendered the keys for the evening. He's off to Texas to meet with people who know each other by their AoSHQ handles, puns, and various online pleasantries.
......

Are they going to live stream the MoMe?

Posted by: wth at October 15, 2026 10:43 PM (oq9dX)

129 Jerry Garcia's "Tiger" guitar recently sold at auction for the princely sum of 11.5 million.

Posted by: Pulling Strings at October 15, 2026 10:44 PM (EdP2u)

130 120 Troll sucks at haiku

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)

maybe it's lowku...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 10:44 PM (l3cgK)

131 Are they going to live stream the MoMe?
Posted by: wth at October 15, 2026 10:43 PM (oq9dX)
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No visual recording allowed

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:44 PM (RIvkX)

132 G'night, Bulg. Thanks for stopping by.

Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 10:44 PM (41CYW)

133 I want a Bob Uecker WS. Brewers - Indians.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 15, 2026 10:45 PM (seCv0)

134 133 Are they going to live stream the MoMe?
Posted by: wth at October 15, 2026 10:43 PM (oq9dX)
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No visual recording allowed

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:44 PM (RIvkX)

So Braille...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 10:45 PM (l3cgK)

135 supervised???
* looks around *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 15, 2026 10:45 PM (nEUC6)

136 126 I think the reason we get trolls who don't even half-ass their jobs is because they literally don't have any facts or evidence to provide....
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Sounds a lot like the college student question and answer vids.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 15, 2026 10:45 PM (vOxCS)

137 The Whitsunday Islands would definitely be on my list of places I'd love to visit.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2026 10:45 PM (viF8m)

138 Niters, Bulg.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:46 PM (iMWFR)

139 Max 📟
@MaxNordau
Tucker Carlson on watching b*stiality p*rnography:

"If you look at p*rnography enough or b*stiality videos all day: after a while, like, it's kind of an attractive horse, I get it. I'm not into it personally, but it's not crazy."

11:04 AM · Oct 15, 2026
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More and more Muslim every day.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

140 Where is the left getting that Trump is a pediphile from? Serious question. I keep seeing people accusing him of being one. Rapist, I see where people believe that false "fact". Racist, check on that one too.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:47 PM (VCgbV)

141 The Whitsunday Islands would definitely be on my list of places I'd love to visit.
Posted by: JackStraw
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JackStraw, was thinking about your sailing while reading about Whitsunday. Sounds like there is a fair amount of sailing there.

Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 10:47 PM (41CYW)

142 Have you even considered solipsism?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 15, 2026 10:06 PM (vBZcw)

Scotch is better.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 15, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)

143 The Who ...... "Don't get fooled again" is a great song for all the idiots out there that will vote for the Commi-Crats for House and Senate...

Posted by: Mike Hunt at October 15, 2026 10:49 PM (/uEuX)

144 Where is the left getting that Trump is a pediphile from? Serious question. I keep seeing people accusing him of being one. Rapist, I see where people believe that false "fact". Racist, check on that one too.
Posted by: lin-duh

It's all bullshit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 15, 2026 10:49 PM (seCv0)

145 Where is the left getting that Trump is a pediphile from? Serious question. I keep seeing people accusing him of being one. Rapist, I see where people believe that false "fact". Racist, check on that one too.
Posted by: lin-duh

It's all bullshit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 15, 2026 10:49 PM (seCv0)
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It's all projection.

They are all guilty of those crimes.

They cannot imagine someone like President Trump would NOT be guilty.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 15, 2026 10:51 PM (FZ29D)

146 I know it's all BS but I'm just wondering what the basis of that particular one is from. I see where they twisted themselves in knots to get those other "facts" but not that one.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:52 PM (VCgbV)

147 142 Where is the left getting that Trump is a pediphile from? Serious question. I keep seeing people accusing him of being one. Rapist, I see where people believe that false "fact". Racist, check on that one too.

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One side has to make up facts to support its worldview. The other side doesn't.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 15, 2026 10:52 PM (vBZcw)

148 Had a chance to go to the Golden Coast when working in the ME. What a shame.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 15, 2026 10:52 PM (seCv0)

149 Is it because of Epstein?

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:52 PM (VCgbV)

150 >>JackStraw, was thinking about your sailing while reading about Whitsunday. Sounds like there is a fair amount of sailing there.

Have an Australian friend who has sailed there and his stories are why I would love to see it. Sounds like my kind of paradise.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2026 10:53 PM (viF8m)

151 I know it's all BS but I'm just wondering what the basis of that particular one is from. I see where they twisted themselves in knots to get those other "facts" but not that one.
Posted by: lin-duh
***********
I believe their flimsy link is that he was associated with Epstein. They were and know what they did, so he must have too.
Except he didn't.

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 15, 2026 10:54 PM (lJmmt)

152 Hope all is well in TX and people are having a good time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 15, 2026 10:58 PM (seCv0)

153 I got a question for the troll. When I get a Beato Talarico ad begging for money, it has 13,000 fake likes. But when SCOAMF, that's Barak Obama for you, does the ad as just started this week, he only has 10,000 fake likes.

What's up with that?

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 15, 2026 10:58 PM (r7+Q7)

154 You asked: Surely the package carriers know what's inside those boxes going to Exact Sciences Laboratories. Right? The answer is: of course, the carriers know what's in those boxes but they just try to ignore it and pass the box along.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 15, 2026 10:22 PM (D/6p1)

When I worked for a short time with the USPS sorting center we would get medical boxes marked "biohazard" on them, that were coming from medical clinics and going to be disposed of in a sanitary manner.
Some of them had dried blood streaked down the side, and when we complained management said, "yeah, whatever"

Posted by: Kindltot at October 15, 2026 10:59 PM (rbvCR)

155 DO NOT LICK PARCELS MARKED BIOHAZARD

Posted by: USPS Management at October 15, 2026 11:00 PM (vBZcw)

156 It's all projection.

Yeah, I used to think there was some logic to it, even if it’s twisted or wishful thinking or believing what they want to believe.

But every single time, it turns out they were doing whatever evils they accused others of, usually more egregiously than their accusations.

You could probably make a name for yourself as a prosecutor by looking at Democrat accusations and then investigating the accuser for exactly that. Most of the time it turns out they weren’t even hiding it. They just seem to assume no one will look or care, which makes me wonder why they made the accusations to begin with. They must have some sense that it’s wrong.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 15, 2026 11:01 PM (CQ8KO)

157 142 Where is the left getting that Trump is a pediphile from? Serious question. I keep seeing people accusing him of being one. Rapist, I see where people believe that false "fact". Racist, check on that one too.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:47 PM (VCgbV)

It's called projection; they project all the stuff they're into (p@edo, rape, etc) onto their enemies.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 11:02 PM (l3cgK)

158 Did he want the execution broadcast, or did he want the media talking about the execution for two weeks?

I'm never sure when he's playing 4-D chess and when he's just being a blowhard.
Posted by: mikeski at October 15, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

I think Hegseth wanted it broadcast, and Trump was agnostic on it until he got an idea of how the wind was blowing on the idea. He both got the discussion for 2 weeks, AND he got on the popular side.
I was not going to watch, but I am disappointed it will not be broadcast because the first rule of showmanship is to give the audience what they want and you will gather a crowd.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 15, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)

159 157 DO NOT LICK PARCELS MARKED BIOHAZARD
Posted by: USPS Management at October 15, 2026 11:00 PM (vBZcw)

Use the helpfully provided hand sanitizer stations. *eyeroll*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2026 11:02 PM (Y/06r)

160 My cat never sleeps with me... but he's in bed sleeping where I usually have my legs stretched out so I can't lay down. I have to get up early and drive to the MoMe. Doesn’t this cat understand??

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 11:02 PM (VCgbV)

161 161 157 DO NOT LICK PARCELS MARKED BIOHAZARD
Posted by: USPS Management at October 15, 2026 11:00 PM (vBZcw)

Use the helpfully provided hand sanitizer stations. *eyeroll*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2026 11:02 PM (Y/06r)

Don't lick parcels from China...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 15, 2026 11:03 PM (l3cgK)

162 This bowl of soup is really good, but I wish I had realized I was out of crackers before I made it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2026 11:03 PM (Y/06r)

163 What's up with that?

Talarico is a needy jerk who would look at his likes and berate his team for not having “enough”.

I doubt Obama ever goes back to look at something he said, wrote, or made, so his team figures why waste effort on fake likes?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 15, 2026 11:05 PM (CQ8KO)

164 Where is the left getting that Trump is a pediphile from? Serious question. I keep seeing people accusing him of being one. Rapist, I see where people believe that false "fact". Racist, check on that one too.
Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:47 PM (VCgbV)

Apparently people are allowed to say things.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 15, 2026 11:05 PM (rbvCR)

165 This bowl of soup is really good, but I wish I had realized I was out of crackers before I made it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Crackers in Hot and Sour soup?

Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 11:07 PM (41CYW)

166 Crackers in Hot and Sour soup?
Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 11:07 PM (41CYW)

Nah. Chickarina with an egg dropped in. Tasty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2026 11:07 PM (Y/06r)

167 Betting there are a few fur coats and hats tucked away in the closets of the Horde.

Picked up a Russian silver fox jacket for Mrs.D.when I was in Pakistan in the late 80's. It's beautiful. Muzzies from the 'Stans will trap fur and use the money to pay for the Haj.
Mrs D wore it once.
Sigh.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 15, 2026 11:08 PM (2WIwB)

168 Brewers going to World Series.

Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 11:08 PM (41CYW)

169 Tucker Carlson on watching b*stiality p*rnography:

"If you look at p*rnography enough or b*stiality videos all day: after a while, like, it's kind of an attractive horse, I get it. I'm not into it personally, but it's not crazy."

Didn't Niedermeyer have a thing for his horse (swidt)"

Posted by: Tonypete at October 15, 2026 11:09 PM (ozypf)

170 If I just started saying the reason Tali-Rico isn't teaching middle school anymore more is because he was molesting the boys... I wonder what the reaction would be???

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 11:09 PM (VCgbV)

171
Money can't buy everything. Milwaukee wins 6-4, sweeps the Dodgers, 4-0.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 11:10 PM (eRlcH)

172 Is it because of Epstein?
Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:52 PM (VCgbV)

To destroy someone it is first required to dehumanize them. Basically throw them out of the "collective us" the group that it is possible the empathize with.
Hammer on the [person] is a [violator of norms] or [ally of our enemy] or [traitor] and then move to number two, which is descrimination, and on to destruction.

One of the more interesting things to read is an essay on the ten steps to genocide that is out of the Holocaust movement. Of course then you will be sickened by the Rules for Radicals, or most political agitation that is run as a moral panic.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 15, 2026 11:11 PM (rbvCR)

173 Diogenes,
What size? I could use it this weekend, supposed to be quite chilly.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 11:11 PM (VCgbV)

174 LoL!! The Brewers just swept LA and are going to the World Series.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 15, 2026 11:12 PM (n17eQ)

175 170 If I just started saying the reason Tali-Rico isn't teaching middle school anymore more is because he was molesting the boys... I wonder what the reaction would be???
Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 11:09 PM (VCgbV)

Didn't they have texts between him and students at all hours of the night?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2026 11:13 PM (Y/06r)

176 @CollinRugg
JUST IN: Elon Musk unveils the Tesla Roadster by launching it off a ramp before the car flipped in midair and safely landed on the ground.

The car is a collaboration between Tesla and SpaceX.

x.com/CollinRugg/status/2110901393238474863

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 15, 2026 11:13 PM (nEUC6)

177 >>I was not going to watch, but I am disappointed it will not be broadcast because the first rule of showmanship is to give the audience what they want and you will gather a crowd.

I constantly have to remind myself that any US President has constituencies that go far beyond my tribe. Far beyond the US. He is playing to a global audience with almost everything he does. And no US President in my lifetime plays to a bigger one than Trump.

He literally is playing multi-dimensional chess with moves like this while he is dealing with a balance of power in the Middle East and beyond and trying to build coalitions and doing deals with countries that are trying to bring their people around to the idea of breaking their tribal bonds and going in a new direction and at the same time keeping his own tribe happy.

I probably would've watched the execution but I wouldn't fault anyone on our side who wouldn't. But mostly I'm glad he will face justice finally. I can live with the compromise.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2026 11:13 PM (viF8m)

178 Money can't buy everything. Milwaukee wins 6-4, sweeps the Dodgers, 4-0.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Milwaukee is 19th in payroll. Dodgers #2. About $200M difference. Looked up on Sportrac - dunno how accurate but sounds about right.

Posted by: scampydog at October 15, 2026 11:13 PM (41CYW)

179 Shootings and stabbings in Oregon.

Who/what could it be there?!?!?!

Hmmm.....

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 11:13 PM (aI58f)

180 123 Banana Ball will play a couple games in Hawaii next year. Don't think I saw Alaska on the list, though. Will play in Canada, Winnipeg and Toronto, and in Mexico, Monterrey and Tijuana.
Posted by: Yellow Journalist

That might be the only baseball next summer.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 15, 2026 11:14 PM (n17eQ)

181 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. I had a fox fur ushanka hat. Damn was that thing warm. Sadly, it was lost in the hat heist of the early 80's.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 15, 2026 11:15 PM (ozypf)

182 You can construct a 3D space like this, a 3D manifold version of the Klein bottle, and put a Arthur C. Clarke mirror "boundary" in it.

You walk into what looks like a mirror. You set into a mirror___ version of the world you just left. It's the same space, you just crossed back into it. To someone watching you do that, it looks as if you stepped into the mirror, and your reflection just popped back out.

You think nothing happened to you, the world flipped handedness. The world thinks you flipped handedness.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 15, 2026 10:32 PM (w6EFb)

As seen in the movie "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun", from 1969. Good movie that makes you think about assumptions.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 15, 2026 11:15 PM (qx7Zg)

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