The Monday Overnight Open Thread (10/26/26) [Crisis, What Crisis? Edition]

[Photo submitted by Yours Truly. Location? None of your business.]

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The Quotes of The Day

Quote I
Perhaps the most depressing element [of his case] is just how familiar all of the facts are to people like us that are used to handling these cases. Broadly speaking, several thousand people a year are being arrested for, quote unquote, ‘offensive speech’ in the UK.” FSU Legislative Affairs Director Sam Armstrong

And after the Kung Flu "Pandemic" actions by our "elected" and "appointed experts" we are but one presidential election away from being enlightened Europe.

Quote II
"This is the local government equivalent of insider congressional stock trading," Florida's chief financial officer, Blaise Ingoglia

My thoughts? Go big or stay home. Prison time for $50K, the risk/reward evaluation was not completed? But then again she can't understand normal thinking.

Quote III
“The Wright brothers can seek out patent attorneys anywhere they want to, right? And they come to Springfield, Ohio and work with Harry Toulmin! We were great.” Michael Morris, Springfield, OH resident.

Managed decline is one thing. Outright intentional destruction of the American fabric is another.

Speaking of intentional destruction, perhaps there are some GOP candidates who are MORONS and can use the following. Once again we have left Obama down.

And finally....................

Quote IV
“This mission, however laudable, is increasingly under threat. We bypassed a definition of diversity in the service of concluding the report; yet our evasion renders the goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion vulnerable to complete erasure.” Durba Ghosh, a professor of history in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences

If you are a parent and you allow your son to attend Cornell I have no sympathy for the ~~frontal lobotomy~~ brainwashing and degradation he will endure. Or for you when you say, "What happened to our son at the cost of $70,000 a year?"

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Good thing I'm not in the UK and the wonderful Ilhan Nuhr isn't an MP. (See Quote I)

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I don't recommend art instructors. Heck, I can barely draw a stick man. But, if I were to recommend an instructor, this guy would be it.

Speaking of art and perhaps Christmas presents. Here's your shopping countdown.

Don't say you were never provided top notch information. Because the ONT is always looking out for you.^TM Well at least this Cob is.

• Total Calendar Days (Oct 27 to Dec 25 inclusive): 60 days
• Monday–Saturday Shopping Days: 52 days
• Weekdays (Monday–Friday): 44 days
• Sundays / Weekend Days: 8 Sundays (plus Saturdays)

[Gift idea via Hrothgar]

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I'm not an attorney, nor did I play one on TV and/or Radio. But, I have dealt long enough with the law to know what does "The Contract" say?!

Wedding venue refused to refund woman's $15.9k payment when her fiancé died suddenly - and told her she could apply the amount to a future booking instead

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The ONT Musical Interlude & Migration Emporium

For those of you who are musically challenged........Tonight's Lesson - Because I care. And frankly, the others don't.

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Stay tuned for our next Musical adventure boys and girls and everything in between which will be 2 weeks from tonight.

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She's not a dirty Commie anymore. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.(Delightful, clean & wholesome video)

It's been a while since we've had one of these: Posthumous Genius Award Winner.

An American tourist plunged nearly 1,000ft to her death in the Italian Alps after veering off a mountain trail, trying to photograph the spectacular scenery.
Michaelle Alejandra Rubio Leiva, 36, was exploring the Dolomites with her family last Saturday when she reportedly lost her footing near Forcella Pordoi, a dramatic mountain pass overlooking the resort town of Canazei.
The Florida-based communications professional is believed to have strayed from the marked route towards a panoramic viewpoint before plunging approximately 980ft down an exposed section of mountainside, according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

And as an added bonus tonight, the perfect song............Or at least pretty close.

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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by ~~Christmas Music~~ Causation.

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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:02 PM

Comments

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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 26, 2026 10:02 PM (4cqyH)

2 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2026 10:02 PM (wzUl9)

3 Oh!

Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2026 10:02 PM (VCgbV)

4 Dad Gum, it’s ONT!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 26, 2026 10:02 PM (4tmEn)

5 Good evening morons e grazie mh

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 26, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)

6 Missed it by a marten's whisker!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2026 10:02 PM (wzUl9)

7 🎶Everything is beautiful in its own way

Except trolls. They ugle.

Posted by: mindful webworker - what th at October 26, 2026 10:02 PM (uQQoV)

8 "When the wicket srout like grass,
and all who do evil prosper,
it is so that they can be eternally destroyed,
while you, Lord God, are exalted forever."
Psalms 92:8-9

Part of today's Bible reading, and it gives me hope.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 26, 2026 10:03 PM (aJQbY)

9 MisHum!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 26, 2026 10:03 PM (96kpa)

10 ***we are but one presidential election away from being enlightened Europe.
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Crap to that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 26, 2026 10:04 PM (4tmEn)

11 An American tourist plunged nearly 1,000ft to her death in the Italian Alps after veering off a mountain trail, trying to photograph the spectacular scenery.

Okay, that's a sad story as far as it goes - the key fact they left out was: Did she get the picture?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 26, 2026 10:05 PM (4cqyH)

12 Hiya Marie

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2026 10:05 PM (fOVgY)

13 Hey, everybody. The top pic is actually a link to a music video. Surprise!

🙄

Posted by: mindful webworker - anyway, I think it's music at October 26, 2026 10:05 PM (uQQoV)

14 So. Much. Zappa.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 26, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

15 Wedding venue refused to refund woman's $15.9k payment when her fiancé died suddenly - and told her she could apply the amount to a future booking instead

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Will probably need to find a new spouse first.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 10:06 PM (4Je4D)

16 [Photo submitted by Yours Truly. Location? None of your business.]

Perfectly understandable, MisHum. No one needs to know where you dispose of a commie's putrid flesh.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

17 Fortunately, I rarely get headaches.

But I am getting a headache from this front porch rebuild, I thought I could get away with replacing the deck boards and joists but it's looking like I'm going to have to rip out and replace all the posts and footings.

Going to have to rent or buy a cement mixer, some rebar, some.... oh hey look, there's bourbon!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 26, 2026 10:07 PM (XV/Pl)

18 I did look twice at the photo expecting a painting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 26, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

19 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 26, 2026 10:07 PM (+9wcF)

20 Good evening Horde. Thanks MisHum!

Posted by: TRex - I can't believe it is dino at October 26, 2026 10:07 PM (XfIK1)

21 Evenin'

youtu.be/0O6zS46H1Fs

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 26, 2026 10:08 PM (sAmhv)

22 The Florida-based communications professional is believed to have strayed from the marked route towards a panoramic viewpoint before plunging approximately 980ft down an exposed section of mountainside, according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

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A Word to the Wise: Gravity isn't a purely American phenomenon.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 10:08 PM (4Je4D)

23
Good lord, Italian Alps lady never watched Auntie Mame? That's how Mame's husband died. Backed off an Alpine mountain trying to get the perfect photo.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 26, 2026 10:08 PM (mmrXZ)

24 Dana Loesch sounding the election alarm based on EV votes from a county in Texas so to speak. Supposed bellwhether or however the FUCK you spell it.

She seems to think Texas is about lost if "things don't change."

I don't think so. I think the finale is ain between Dave_in_Fla opptomism on X and Loeschs "we're all gonna die" negativity.

Also, good for the Brewers. Have had a lot of good times in Milly-Walk-A which is Algonquin for "The Good Land."

Posted by: GigantorX at October 26, 2026 10:08 PM (N5Ygk)

25 Hypertension headaches manifest in the occipital region? I wondered for years why l sometimes woke up with throbbing headaches like that long after I quit drinking. Sine I've been taking a daily hypertension pill, my numbers are almost as low as I had in my thirties, and I haven't had any kind of headache in . . . well, probably not since The Coof in late '19.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2026 10:09 PM (wzUl9)

26 And after the Kung Flu "Pandemic"…

I used the phrase "Kung Flu" to our mask-manic son. I was informed I was a racist.

One of the last things he said before cutting us off years ago.

I miss our grandkids.

I regret nothing.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Covidiocy, TDS, and gender-confused is no way to go through life, son at October 26, 2026 10:09 PM (uQQoV)

27 Dayum, a MisHum ONT!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at October 26, 2026 10:09 PM (hOUT3)

28
Andrew McCarthy's best mineral moon shot to date:

https://t.ly/wdq0b

Those colors are real -- they're all there, just very faint, and it takes all that stacking of many photos to bring them out. But they are all there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 26, 2026 10:09 PM (w6EFb)

29 Mindful. I've been linking photos and music since 2016. So quit your bitching. I've had enough of your shit.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 26, 2026 10:10 PM (fOVgY)

30 Frank Zappa, huh? Next someone will tell me Captain Beefheart is the schnizz. Actually, I think Rolling Stone tried that with their first Top Albums of All Time list. Didn't work then, either.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 26, 2026 10:10 PM (QaH55)

31 Perfectly understandable, MisHum. No one needs to know where you dispose of a commie's putrid flesh.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

For any that need such a location, the buzzards are back in my woods. About 50-75 of them. They'll be here for a few months. If that doesn't work for you there is an additional 90,000 acres of state managed wildlife area behind me. There are all kinds of poor decisions at rest back there.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 26, 2026 10:10 PM (4cqyH)

32 An American tourist plunged nearly 1,000ft to her death in the Italian Alps after veering off a mountain trail, trying to photograph the spectacular scenery.

Okay, that's a sad story as far as it goes - the key fact they left out was: Did she get the picture?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 26, 2026 10:05 PM (4cqyH)
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This happens a lot more often than I thought.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 26, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)

33 >>>I'm not an attorney, nor did I play one on TV and/or Radio. But, I have dealt long enough with the law to know what does "The Contract" say?!

If you are providing a service to the public, you not only have to worry about what the contract says, but also the cost to your business if it becomes known that you are behaving like a dick to someone who just lost their fiance.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 26, 2026 10:11 PM (syz1S)

34 Wedding venue refused to refund woman's $15.9k payment when her fiancé died suddenly - and told her she could apply the amount to a future booking instead

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Well, grooms are fungible, one's as good as another.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 26, 2026 10:12 PM (ndZc7)

35 Nice ONT, Mis Hum! Thank you so much!

That poor lady who lost her footing in Italy... no photo is worth your life.

Oh, and fvck Obama!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 26, 2026 10:13 PM (D/6p1)

36 A Word to the Wise: Gravity isn't a purely American phenomenon.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 10:08 PM (4Je4D)
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She is always a harsh mistress.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 26, 2026 10:13 PM (FZ29D)

37 >>>Christmas music in October

It's really not all that much better in December. Except maybe the day of and one or two days before.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 26, 2026 10:14 PM (syz1S)

38 Still cool at night and fairly pleasant (if you're in the shade) in the daytime here. I'll work out solidly tomorrow. Then I'll try using a little Superglue on the metal shower curtain rod and its socket, and let it sit for 24 hours. I mean, it says on the card that it can be used on metal, so . . .

I bought some Gorilla glue today. Not only was the brush inside it broken off, there appears to be no glue at all in the little bottle. Back it goes to WM tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2026 10:14 PM (wzUl9)

39 ---
She is always a harsh mistress.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 26

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Piper at October 26, 2026 10:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

40 People don't die from taking pictures of the scenery, they die because they put their backs to the 300 meter cliff so they can put their silly faces in the picture.
I've taken plenty of clifftop pictures but I've never fallen to my death because I'm not retarded enough to turn my back on a slippery slide to Hades.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 26, 2026 10:15 PM (88C+u)

41 Wedding venue refused to refund woman's $15.9k payment when her fiancé died suddenly - and told her she could apply the amount to a future booking instead

One point in her favor when trying to find a new guy.

"The wedding will be $15.9K cheaper than if you choose some other woman."

Posted by: mikeski at October 26, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

42 Good Evening, MisHum, and Horde! Lots to chew upon in the content tonight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2026 10:15 PM (hg8Lt)

43 She is always a harsh mistress.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 26, 2026

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Some guys are into that. . . .
( -- Classic submissive posting from Mom's basement)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2026 10:15 PM (wzUl9)

44 Frank Zappa, huh? Next someone will tell me Captain Beefheart is the schnizz. Actually, I think Rolling Stone tried that with their first Top Albums of All Time list. Didn't work then, either.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 26, 2026 10:10 PM (QaH55)
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Let me guess. Boyz 2 Men right? K-Pop Demon Hunters?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 26, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

45 The Sorrows Of Painting with GOTHROSS: A Lamp And A Light

https://tinyurl.com/4h5wyz3s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 26, 2026 10:16 PM (ndZc7)

46 As far as job search progress goes...

Interview scheduled for tomorrow around lunchtime, so prayers then would be appreciated.

Also, had a recruiter hit me up for one that looks promising, but that's not the first time that's happened by a long shot, and so far they keep falling through (not selected or cancelled position) or going silent (either the recruiter or the client).

Posted by: RandomDave at October 26, 2026 10:17 PM (aJQbY)

47 She is always a harsh mistress.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 26

So is the moon!

Posted by: RAH at October 26, 2026 10:17 PM (hOUT3)

48 Hypertension headaches manifest in the occipital region?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2026 10:09 PM (wzUl9)

Yes, you can tell it's hypertension when your external occipital protuberance starts hurting.

Posted by: Gorilla Monsoon and his sesquipedalian loquaciousness at October 26, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

49 >>>Christmas music in October

It's really not all that much better in December. Except maybe the day of and one or two days before.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

* sinister laughing *

Posted by: Gayla Peevey, Mariah Carey, etc at October 26, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)

50 Well, grooms are fungible, one's as good as another.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 26, 2026 10:12 PM (ndZc7)

............

And to save some effort you can just use the same one twice like I did..........

Posted by: Molly k. at October 26, 2026 10:18 PM (j/yko)

51
Gravity doesn't kill you. You feel no force. It's just the sudden stop that does you in.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 26, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)

52 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone, LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS GAY?!!? at October 26, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)

53 Yes, a heavy Mis Hum dose of Zappa! I saw Frank 5 times in the George Duke, Ruth Underwood era and it was always a great show. He came to NYC/NJ area for most of the 70s right around this time in the weeks leading to Halloween. The Capitol Theater in Passaic was a great place to watch a show. Thanks for the musical treat. Haters can go squeeze a breeze tonight.

Posted by: Exit 155B at October 26, 2026 10:18 PM (EdP2u)

54 Hypertension headaches manifest in the occipital region?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2026
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Yes, you can tell it's hypertension when your external occipital protuberance starts hurting.
Posted by: Gorilla Monsoon and his sesquipedalian loquaciousness at October 26, 2026

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I did call it a "blood headache" because it seemed to be throbbing in time with my heartbeat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2026 10:19 PM (wzUl9)

55 ***we are but one presidential election away from being enlightened Europe.

Broke, overrun with foreigners, and getting pillaged and raped by islamists??

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 26, 2026 10:19 PM (sAmhv)

56 Sir Issac Newton is always in the drivers/pilots/sky divers seat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone, LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS GAY?!!? at October 26, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)

57 Oh, and fvck Obama!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 26, 2026 10:13 PM (D/6p1)

Don't cut the line!

Posted by: Every faggot in Chi-town at October 26, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

58 I believe the photo up top is where the effluent from the treatment plant empties. They screen out most of the solids.

Posted by: Let It Flow! at October 26, 2026 10:19 PM (EdP2u)

59 Allie the Calico Kitty Cat (the *other* cutest little cat of them all) bids everyone a good night...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 26, 2026 10:20 PM (FZ29D)

60 "And as an added bonus tonight, the perfect song............Or at least pretty close."

You are referring to The Mud Shark (Live At Fillmore East , June 1971), right? (Ends too abruptly, though, like too many Zappa music vids.) (Digs frantically into catacombs looking for my Live at Fillmore East LP.)

My mind drifts back
oooooooooo ooooo

Posted by: mindful webworker - succulent young lady with a taste for the bizarre - vid or it didn't happen at October 26, 2026 10:20 PM (uQQoV)

61 One point in her favor when trying to find a new guy.

"The wedding will be $15.9K cheaper than if you choose some other woman."
Posted by: mikeski at October 26, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

The lady should book a date at the venue, and then throw a rave-up for the local chapter of Hells Angels.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2026 10:21 PM (hg8Lt)

62 My two furry thuglets are well. Big black Stirling is sprawled on the floor near the couch; little gray Dagny is stretched out on the TV stand just below the screen. Just now I was watching a ST:TNG episode, and for a moment it looked like an alien creature was stirring at the lower edge of the screen. Nope: just a little Siberian's head and ears sticking up in *front* of the screen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2026 10:23 PM (wzUl9)

63 Thanks for all the FZ!
Sometimes I wonder what Frank would be like if he were still with us...🫨

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 26, 2026 10:23 PM (96kpa)

64 Top photo could be any one of thousands of lakes in Precambrian Shield country.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2026 10:24 PM (hg8Lt)

65 I don't recommend art instructors. Heck, I can barely draw a stick man. But, if I were to recommend an instructor, this guy would be it.
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He calls out a lot in that video.
Thanks for the ONT MisHum.

Posted by: scampydog at October 26, 2026 10:25 PM (41CYW)

66 62 One point in her favor when trying to find a new guy.

"The wedding will be $15.9K cheaper than if you choose some other woman."
Posted by: mikeski at October 26, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

The lady should book a date at the venue, and then throw a rave-up for the local chapter of Hells Angels.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2026 10:21 PM (hg8Lt)

(1) Call venue, tell them she has a new fiance, book a date for the already-paid-for-wedding.

(2) Invite Hells Angels to a bitchin' party on the selected date.

(3) Invite Bandidos to a bitchin' party on the selected date.

Posted by: a.moron at October 26, 2026 10:26 PM (X5Jzz)

67 64 Thanks for all the FZ!
Sometimes I wonder what Frank would be like if he were still with us...🫨

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 26, 2026 10:23 PM (96kpa)

I imagine he would smell pretty bad, since he's been dead a while.

Posted by: a.moron at October 26, 2026 10:27 PM (X5Jzz)

68 "How do we he's really dead? He could just be stunned."

Posted by: The Wedding Venue at October 26, 2026 10:28 PM (vBZcw)

69 Thank you for the ONT, MisHum!

So nice to see you and have that familiar ONT algorithm.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2026 10:29 PM (yEz+x)

70 >> Sir Issac Newton is always in the drivers/pilots/sky divers seat.

"To the Master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton's ground."

"Nature to him was an open book, whose letters he could read without effort."

--Albert Einstein, on Newton

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 26, 2026 10:29 PM (w6EFb)

71 Windy Rahma Putri died going over a waterfall in West Sumatra, Indonesia on October 15. She was 25 and of course it is posted all over Youtube.

Posted by: Strike a Pose! at October 26, 2026 10:29 PM (EdP2u)

72 awright youse mooks

Posted by: Don Black at October 26, 2026 10:29 PM (ZxPkt)

73 Thank you Mis Hum for tonight's ONT. Hope you are the Fabulous are doing well!

Posted by: The Grateful at October 26, 2026 10:30 PM (XfIK1)

74 ***we are but one presidential election away from being enlightened Europe.
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Crap to that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 26, 2026 10:04 PM (4tmEn)

NUTS!, even

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 26, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)

75 Feel good story in the content - moar water cannon.

Posted by: scampydog at October 26, 2026 10:32 PM (41CYW)

76 Windy Rahma Putri died going over a waterfall in West Sumatra, Indonesia on October 15. She was 25 and of course it is posted all over Youtube.
Posted by: Strike a Pose! at October 26, 2026 10:29 PM (EdP2u)

Well, if they didn't get her in the ground right away, she'll be Windy Rahma Putrid, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2026 10:32 PM (hg8Lt)

77 NUTS!, even
Posted by: Count de Monet
*******""""
Totally agree Count. Good to see you in the gray box!

Posted by: The Grateful at October 26, 2026 10:33 PM (XfIK1)

78 Everyone knows its Windy!

Posted by: The Association at October 26, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

79 I noticed mention often in the last several days of the Insurrection Act here recently, and how its invocation is actually a goal of the usual suspects secret plans. Maybe, but without regard to that I keep seeing reference that the National Guard cannot be deployed except by request of the state governor.

I believe this to be incorrect. Ordinarily this is true, federalizing the NG is done at the request of state governors for disaster relief. A state of Insurrection is completely new territory. President Eisenhower, for example, played his hand during the 1950s. Mississippi or someplace like that intended to defy racial integration of their schools and Gov. Faubus used their National Guard to enforce that. Ike simply federalized the NG troops and further called in the 101st iirc.

My only point here is the governors can find themselves in deep shit if they are not careful. Invoking the Insurrection Act is serious business, they can “disappear” individuals, there is no right to an attorney or any of the ordinary constitutional rights we are accustomed. They lock you in a cell somewhere, and that, as they say, is that.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 26, 2026 10:36 PM (aNeGK)

80 Blaise Ingoglia
Isn't "Blaise" a stripper name?

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 26, 2026 10:36 PM (0Htd1)

81 Totally agree Count. Good to see you in the gray box!
Posted by: The Grateful at October 26, 2026 10:33 PM (XfIK1)

Thanks. Good to see you too.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 26, 2026 10:36 PM (wVcYX)

82 Well, if they didn't get her in the ground right away, she'll be Windy Rahma Putrid, now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The ball was put on the tee for you.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 26, 2026 10:38 PM (6vuXd)

83 Blaise Ingoglia
Isn't "Blaise" a stripper name?
Posted by: nerdygirl

Quite obviously not.

Posted by: zombie Blaise Pascal at October 26, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

84 My only point here is the governors can find themselves in deep shit if they are not careful. Invoking the Insurrection Act is serious business, they can “disappear” individuals, there is no right to an attorney or any of the ordinary constitutional rights we are accustomed. They lock you in a cell somewhere, and that, as they say, is that.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 26, 2026 10:36 PM (aNeGK)
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*unfurls scroll of paper with list of names*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 26, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

85 Well, if they didn't get her in the ground right away, she'll be Windy Rahma Putrid, now.

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Even the vultures won't touch her, so no Tibetan Sky Burial.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 10:40 PM (vBZcw)

86 The wedding vendor should refund her money less expenses incurred thus far regardless of the contract. I suppose the expenses could include loss of potential business.

You have a contract and you have being a decent human. Guess why I’ll never be extremely wealthy.

Posted by: polynikes at October 26, 2026 10:40 PM (KC5Lt)

87 Isn't "Blaise" a stripper name?
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Inspired a Bon Jovi song. Blaze of Glory.

Posted by: scampydog at October 26, 2026 10:40 PM (41CYW)

88 Always wanted to stay at the Edgewater Inn. Looks pretty spectacular, built over the water like that. I think Mudshark has an alternate connotation these days, though.

Posted by: Weight? Bait? at October 26, 2026 10:41 PM (EdP2u)

89 Sometimes I wonder what Frank would be like if he were still with us...🫨

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 26, 2026 10:23 PM (96kpa)

I imagine he would smell pretty bad, since he's been dead a while.
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I imagine he would be asking himself what he did *wrong* with "Valley Girl" since people actually wanted to listen to it.

Posted by: Crusader at October 26, 2026 10:42 PM (Cjcf6)

90 People seem to be falling off mountains more with selfies. Which I don't take as it is beneath me. Dude and I did try once from our hotel balcony in Vienna, to get the St. Stephens cathedral spire behind us. Many shots later of me not laughing we got a photo and no one died. It was close and the photos were retarded.

We visited the Grand Canyon when sons were in junior high. Elder son was in front of the sign when a tour group of Japs invaded off a bus and nearly knocked him off the site, over 4' away, in their excitement. I grabbed him. Now I would pick up a little shrimp person (no offense to Jap Morons), twirl her around like a shot put, and chuck her off the edge. I was calmer then.

I almost got in trouble with husband/son laughing at similar weridos taking the exact same photo of the same people at the Roman Baths in Bath England. It was tres stoopit. Different cameras, same shot. I started snickering and got elbowed by the dude and son scowled. I was not that obvious! jeez

I can't help it if I mock everyone else because I'm perfect.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 26, 2026 10:42 PM (hzuYO)

91 Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.
The comments are hilarious.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 26, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

92 87 Isn't "Blaise" a stripper name?
Posted by: nerdygirl

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Blaise Pascal was the John von Neumann of his day.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 10:43 PM (vBZcw)

93 I can't help it if I mock everyone else because I'm perfect.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

It's a heavy burden - it's true.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 26, 2026 10:43 PM (4cqyH)

94 Isn't "Blaise" a stripper name?
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Inspired a Bon Jovi song. Blaze of Glory.
Posted by: scampydog

He went down on Blaise of Glory. I get it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6vuXd)

95 YooPee.

Posted by: Eromero at October 26, 2026 10:44 PM (LHPAg)

96 84 My only point here is the governors can find themselves in deep shit if they are not careful. Invoking the Insurrection Act is serious business, they can “disappear” individuals, there is no right to an attorney or any of the ordinary constitutional rights we are accustomed. They lock you in a cell somewhere, and that, as they say, is that.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 26, 2026 10:36 PM (aNeGK)

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Will there be Proscriptions? Because I was told there would be Proscriptions.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 10:45 PM (vBZcw)

97 I imagine he would be asking himself what he did *wrong* with "Valley Girl" since people actually wanted to listen to it.
Posted by: Crusader

One of Moon Unit Zappa's first crushes as a teen was the drummer for the Bay City Rollers.

Posted by: Gag Me With A spoon at October 26, 2026 10:45 PM (EdP2u)

98 [Photo submitted by Yours Truly. Location? None of your business.]

Looks like there might be some fish in that water.

Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 10:46 PM (odBC9)

99
Will there be Proscriptions? Because I was told there would be Proscriptions.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026

***
They worked well for me.
( -- Zombie Lucius Cornelius Sulla)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)

100 LINCOLN SUSPENDED HABEAS CORPUS !!!!

Libertarian warning of the current danger of the government.

Posted by: polynikes at October 26, 2026 10:47 PM (KC5Lt)

101 I guess we'd all be in The Tower for mocking politicians. I would probably be first to the beheading with the ravens observing in delight.

That is one creepy place to visit. I have a cool photo, heaven knows where, of the view of one Queen's tiny window.

I really need to sort photos before I croak.

ANOTHER dang task! This stinks! My life of procrastination has come back to me like a boomerang and with force! I was having so much fun, too!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 26, 2026 10:47 PM (hzuYO)

102 88 Always wanted to stay at the Edgewater Inn. Looks pretty spectacular, built over the water like that. I think Mudshark has an alternate connotation these days, though.
Posted by: Weight? Bait?

Spent my wedding night there. Very fun. Lovely view. Soft bed.

Flew to Costa Rica the next morning.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2026 10:48 PM (dp11t)

103 84 My only point here is the governors can find themselves in deep shit if they are not careful. Invoking the Insurrection Act is serious business, they can “disappear” individuals, there is no right to an attorney or any of the ordinary constitutional rights we are accustomed. They lock you in a cell somewhere, and that, as they say, is that.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 26, 2026 10:36 PM (aNeGK)

You just need a guy to lay the blame on. A guy like Hedley Lamarr.

Posted by: Da Gov at October 26, 2026 10:48 PM (wVcYX)

104 There’s a pretty lengthy tome about Death at Grand Canyon. A surprising number of people have been killed by taking selfies at the edge and losing their footing. Oftentimes climbing over barriers or fences intended to prevent this sort of thing from happening.

It not taking pictures, just fooling around. One fellow would ride his bicycle from Flagstaff once a week or so, and collect coinage from a spot where tourists threw it for “good luck”, it was a very exposed spot on the canyon ledge. He would jump from cliff edge to an isolated rock formation, back and forth, sometimes collecting donations himself. Showing off. You can guess what happened.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 26, 2026 10:48 PM (n7YfF)

105 Looks like there might be some fish in that water.
Posted by: m

Probably Walleyed Pike and the regular Non-Walleyed Pike.

Posted by: Musky, Too Maybe? at October 26, 2026 10:49 PM (EdP2u)

106 [Photo submitted by Yours Truly. Location? None of your business.]

I'm going out on a limb here and say it was taken on Earth, nor Mars

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact, it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
And all the science, I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 26, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)

107 He would jump from cliff edge to an isolated rock formation, back and forth, sometimes collecting donations himself. Showing off. You can guess what happened.

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I'm guessing you're not going to say "a comfortable retirement."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 10:50 PM (vBZcw)

108 I hope you’re enjoying Zappa. I’ve had enough.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 26, 2026 10:50 PM (5Clwq)

109 Thanks for the ONT, MisHum!

Ahhhh.... FZ... legend...

Posted by: JQ at October 26, 2026 10:51 PM (rdVOm)

110 Probably Walleyed Pike and the regular Non-Walleyed Pike.
Posted by: Musky, Too Maybe? at October 26, 2026 10:49 PM (EdP2u)

Maybe some big lunker lakers, too?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2026 10:51 PM (hg8Lt)

111 98 [Photo submitted by Yours Truly. Location? None of your business.]

Looks like there might be some fish in that water.
Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 10:46 PM (odBC9)

Yeah. There may be gubs down there from that last canoe accident as well.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 26, 2026 10:52 PM (0CU3H)

112 I'm guessing you're not going to say "a comfortable retirement."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 10:50 PM (vBZcw)

Recovering the bodies must be a bitch. I doubt they go all the way to the river in the bottom. Get hung up on a crag somewhere part way. Big fishing poles with gaff hooks?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2026 10:53 PM (hg8Lt)

113 Fuzzy dice, bongos in the back. My ship of love is ready to attack.

Posted by: Eromero at October 26, 2026 10:53 PM (LHPAg)

114 Always wanted to stay at the Edgewater Inn.
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I once had tea and crumpets at the Jamaica Inn, Cornwall.

That's all I got.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2026 10:54 PM (XeU6L)

115 Maybe some big lunker lakers, too?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

No, they're all in Lost Angeles now.

Posted by: Check The Crypto.Com Arena at October 26, 2026 10:54 PM (EdP2u)

116 My only point here is the governors can find themselves in deep shit if they are not careful. Invoking the Insurrection Act is serious business...
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Any governor that participates in this plot against our Constitution knows in advance that in a just world they would *hang* for doing so.

What remains to be seen is whether we live in a just world. Are the people we voted to elect ready to do what expected of them, and enforce the law and take it to the point of arresting elected officials? Are we-the-people ready to stand up and resist local law enforcement--which we didn't do during "Covid". We talk a lot about civil war. We may be facing one.

How does that affect our choices?

Posted by: Crusader at October 26, 2026 10:54 PM (Cjcf6)

117 94 Isn't "Blaise" a stripper name?
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Inspired a Bon Jovi song. Blaze of Glory.
Posted by: scampydog

He went down on Blaise of Glory. I get it.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6vuXd)

Oh, my stars and garters!

*swoons*

Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 26, 2026 10:54 PM (0CU3H)

118 “This mission, however laudable, is increasingly under threat. We bypassed a definition of diversity in the service of concluding the report; yet our evasion renders the goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion vulnerable to complete erasure.”

This person gets paid per word.

Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 10:54 PM (odBC9)

119 Blaise Ingoglia
Isn't "Blaise" a stripper name?
Posted by: nerdygirl

Quite obviously not.
Posted by: zombie Blaise Pascal at October 26, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

Spelling matters: Blaze is a stripper name, Blaise is not.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 26, 2026 10:56 PM (EbuWs)

120 Hey! She gave me vd!

Posted by: Warren Cuccurullo at October 26, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

121 Fraud? Do the Capone. Hammer the criminal for tax evasion. How many are declaring the grift, kickbacks, graft, trips, gifts, cold hard frozen cash in their freezers on their tax returns? Beuller? Release theCPA’s. Let a Charles Martin Smith lookalike play the role.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 26, 2026 10:56 PM (5Clwq)

122 118 “This mission, however laudable, is increasingly under threat. We bypassed a definition of diversity in the service of concluding the report; yet our evasion renders the goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion vulnerable to complete erasure.”

This person gets paid per word.
Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 10:54 PM (odBC9)

And tells the AI to use 25 words when one will do.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 26, 2026 10:57 PM (qx7Zg)

123 120 Hey! She gave me vd!
Posted by: Warren Cuccurullo

Me too!

Posted by: Tony Carbone at October 26, 2026 10:57 PM (EdP2u)

124 Hey... you'll love it! It's a way of life!...

Posted by: JQ at October 26, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)

125
48 Hypertension headaches manifest in the occipital region?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2026 10:09 PM (wzUl9)

Yes, you can tell it's hypertension when your external occipital protuberance starts hurting.
Posted by: Gorilla Monsoon and his sesquipedalian loquaciousness at October 26, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

You don't have to use all the big words at once, just the one on the calendar from that day. But use it sedulously.

Posted by: Dan Dierdorf at October 26, 2026 10:58 PM (r7+Q7)

126 So. You paid several thousand $$ for a seat at the World Series.

Then you leave early.

Really?

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2026 10:59 PM (yEz+x)

127 Mindful. I've been linking photos and music since 2016. So quit your bitching. I've had enough of your shit.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

What th? I do hope you're kidding. As I recall, you initiated and patented the mystery click.

I'm not bitching. When have I ever given you shit? I thought I'd been around any regular would know I'm just a joker. My comment was me being a goofball, like, cosplaying as a noobie. It wasn't a great joke, I guess, but it was just goofing.

If anything, I'm a small-m moron because I so often still have to remember to check for it.

*ponders the mysteries of online communications*

Think I'll check out for the night and lick my wounds.

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I'll be back, if they let me at October 26, 2026 10:59 PM (uQQoV)

128 >>>For those of you who are musically challenged........Tonight's Lesson - Because I care. And frankly, the others don't.

And frankly ... Frank Zappa.

Punster!

Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 10:59 PM (odBC9)

129
So. Much. Zappa.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

There's a month for that. October ain't it.

- do i need the sarc tag?

/sarc

Just in case MisHum stole CBD's bn hammer.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 26, 2026 10:59 PM (Ra6EG)

130 She's not a dirty Commie anymore. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.(Delightful, clean & wholesome video)
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Hey, yo!

Meloni's serious about the right to protest is not a right to riot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 26, 2026 11:00 PM (4tmEn)

131 My predictive text is feces.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 26, 2026 11:00 PM (5Clwq)

132
The Florida-based communications professional i

___________

You can start right there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 26, 2026 11:00 PM (eRlcH)

133 Cornell link - It’s baffling to read Cornell’s professors and administrators tie themselves in logical knots to protect their worldview.

Posted by: scampydog at October 26, 2026 11:02 PM (41CYW)

134 There's a month for that. October ain't it.
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Those Decembers are gone my friend. Unless you can talk mh out of his mostly retirement.

Posted by: Warren Cuccurullo at October 26, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)

135 down an exposed section of mountainside

Is that worse than a covered section of mountainside? Should it have closed its coat before letting her fall? Seriously, what does that mean?

Posted by: GWB at October 26, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)

136 If Frank Zappa had been a mobster, what would his nickname be?

Frank "The Bug" Zappa, with his electric guitar set to Sizzle? Dual stun guns?

Something else?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 26, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

137 >>Seriously, what does that mean?

All rocks, no trees to slow her downfall? I dunno...

Posted by: JQ at October 26, 2026 11:04 PM (rdVOm)

138 Cornell link - It’s baffling to read Cornell’s professors and administrators tie themselves in logical knots to protect their worldview.
Posted by: scampydog
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The Left have been doing it for 100 years.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2026 11:04 PM (XeU6L)

139 Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

That one really needs the Ludacrous Cam treatment, don't it? (Did I spell that right?)

Posted by: GWB at October 26, 2026 11:05 PM (kU0PQ)

140 Edgewater Inn guys can just whizz out the window-that's a plus in my book.

Posted by: I.P. Freely at October 26, 2026 11:05 PM (EdP2u)

141 Evening all,

We have a launch in about two hours. I'm currently trying to type this on my tablet because the cats broke my monitor cable and I'm waiting for the new one to arrive. Forgive any typing errors.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-16
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA
Launch Date: October 26, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 10:46 p.m. PDT (October 27, 0546 UTC, 06:46 CET)

https://tinyurl.com/Launchyoutube1026

Posted by: Joyenz at October 26, 2026 11:05 PM (2F0/Y)

142 Is that worse than a covered section of mountainside? Should it have closed its coat before letting her fall? Seriously, what does that mean?

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Large areas of the Dolomites are covered in mattresses and cotton batting. Had she fallen there she would likely have survived.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 11:06 PM (vBZcw)

143 Missing from the medical picture on headache locations is the caffeine withdrawal / insufficiency headache.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 26, 2026 11:06 PM (wVcYX)

144 /Catholic boy sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 26, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)

145 Sorry to the devout Catholics morons but those Catholic Bishops who are apologizing for praying with Trump can eat a bag of dicks.

They claim they didn’t want to appear to make a political endorsement even though they were at the White House to discuss their liberal Democrat concerns with the Trump policies.

They didn’t want to appear to make a Republican endorsement. They wouldn’t have a problem if the photo was with Biden.

Hulk angry.

Posted by: polynikes at October 26, 2026 11:06 PM (KC5Lt)

146 The wedding venue, Posey Meadows (what a ghey name) had seven months to fill that day for another wedding after the fiance died.

It's not like he dropped dead the day prior! I will take the opposing view of the fekin' contract as I know there are wait lists for these venues. Some people cancel for reasons other than death. I think a month's notice is plenty of time.

My own botanical garden wedding came within a week of accidently being cancelled (my mother told me much this as I was 1000mi away). She happened to stop by to check it out and we were not on the books. I assume she stayed calm and didn't threaten anyone...but there was a wait list and some bride got in then she got out quickly and had to find another day. I would bless the mystery bride's heart but it was not my problem.

This date/time was secured 8mo prior with a payment to secure it. We had people flying from many directions to attend. It would have finished us all off if we all arrived to another wedding.

Seven months with a dead fiance would surely give them time to find another bride and groom!

No I don't know the full story. Maybe she threatened jihad rudely (like I would have). Still, it ain't right.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 26, 2026 11:07 PM (hzuYO)

147 Happy Monday Horde.

MisHum, it is good to see you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 26, 2026 11:08 PM (ibDUx)

148 Can't listen to Mud Shark and read at the same time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 26, 2026 11:08 PM (4tmEn)

149 135 down an exposed section of mountainside

Is that worse than a covered section of mountainside? Should it have closed its coat before letting her fall? Seriously, what does that mean?
Posted by: GWB at October 26, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)

heh; good one

I'm guessing that's an iffy translation from the original Italian:

The Florida-based communications professional is believed to have strayed from the marked route towards a panoramic viewpoint before plunging approximately 980ft down an exposed section of mountainside, according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 11:08 PM (odBC9)

150 down an exposed section of mountainside

Is that worse than a covered section of mountainside? Should it have closed its coat before letting her fall? Seriously, what does that mean?
Posted by: GWB at October 26, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)

Perhaps it means "nothing but rock, with no trees, bushes or grass to even pretend to break a fall."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 26, 2026 11:09 PM (yOHKZ)

151
Hulk angry.
Posted by: polynikes at October 26, 2026 11:06 PM (KC5Lt)

___________

Most bishops are the equivalent of a productive employee who got plucked from the ranks, where they were doing a good job, and made a manager, where they're clueless.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 26, 2026 11:10 PM (eRlcH)

152 Probably Walleyed Pike and the regular Non-Walleyed Pike.
Posted by: Musky, Too Maybe?

"Non-walleyed" pike and muskies are pike, in family Esocidae.

Walleyed pike are not pike. They're perch, in Percidae.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher-Winkelman at October 26, 2026 11:10 PM (VHUov)

153 Missing from the medical picture on headache locations is the caffeine withdrawal / insufficiency headache.
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Heh. The spontaneous subdural hematoma headache.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 26, 2026 11:10 PM (XeU6L)

154 137 >>Seriously, what does that mean?

All rocks, no trees to slow her downfall? I dunno...
Posted by: JQ at October 26, 2026 11:04 PM (rdVOm)

That makes sense. Like, the ground is exposed.

Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 11:10 PM (odBC9)

155 The wedding venue, Posey Meadows (what a ghey name) had seven months to fill that day for another wedding after the fiance died.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 26, 2026 11:07 PM (hzuYO)

I wonder if they run a cemetery as a sideline, and call it "Reposey Meadows"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2026 11:11 PM (hg8Lt)

156 My mom and dad also spent their wedding night at the Edgewatwr in 1966.

I was there.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2026 11:11 PM (yEz+x)

157 Wedding in the Courthouse, reception at Pizza Hut ought to be good enough for anybody.

Posted by: Cheep Skate at October 26, 2026 11:11 PM (EdP2u)

158 141 the cats broke my monitor cable
Posted by: Joyenz at October 26, 2026 11:05 PM (2F0/Y)

Bad kitties!

Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 11:12 PM (odBC9)

159 Govt weather says it's going dowwwn to 70 tonight
It's 65 right now.
Wunderground says it's 60.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 26, 2026 11:12 PM (4tmEn)

160 Cornell link - It’s baffling to read Cornell’s professors and administrators tie themselves in logical knots to protect their worldview.
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It's baffling that their donors haven't cut their funding in half.

Its also a tell.

Posted by: Crusader at October 26, 2026 11:13 PM (Cjcf6)

161 SPONGE!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 26, 2026 11:13 PM (jb8Ss)

162 Walleyed pike are not pike. They're perch, in Percidae.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher-Winkelman at October 26, 2026 11:10 PM (VHUov)

Here in Alberta, walleyes are Pickerel. And pike are jackfish, or slough sharks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2026 11:13 PM (hg8Lt)

163 156 My mom and dad also spent their wedding night at the Edgewatwr in 1966.

I was there.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2026 11:11 PM (yEz+x)

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That must have been awkward.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 11:13 PM (vBZcw)

164 The Florida-based communications professional is believed to have strayed from the marked route towards a panoramic viewpoint before plunging approximately 980ft down an exposed section of mountainside, according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 11:08 PM (odBC9)

I guess she . . . [dramatic pause] [takes off sunglasses]

. . . . didn't get the message. [puts on sunglasses, grimly]

Posted by: Lt. Horatio Caine, CSI: Miami at October 26, 2026 11:13 PM (wVcYX)

165 Most bishops are the equivalent of a productive employee who got plucked from the ranks, where they were doing a good job, and made a manager, where they're clueless.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Ah, the Peter Principle!

Posted by: SWIDT? at October 26, 2026 11:14 PM (EdP2u)

166 The Florida-based communications professional
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Most probably flapping her yap when she hit the gap.
yeah

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 26, 2026 11:14 PM (4tmEn)

167
Me? I always thought bishops were austere and wise. But they're more likely to be of the kiss-ass-upwards, kick-ass-downward school. Often, they're dumb, but if you're really unlucky you get a dumb, ambitious one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 26, 2026 11:15 PM (eRlcH)

168 Ah, the Peter Principle!

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*chefs kiss*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 11:15 PM (vBZcw)

169 Here in ENC, Pickerel are called Jackpike, there are no legit Pike here.

Posted by: Bill Dance at October 26, 2026 11:16 PM (EdP2u)

170 145 ... those Catholic Bishops who are apologizing for praying with Trump ...

They claim they didn’t want to appear to make a political endorsement even though they were at the White House to discuss their liberal Democrat concerns with the Trump policies.

Posted by: polynikes at October 26, 2026 11:06 PM (KC5Lt)

Someone should encourage them to pray with the opposition.

Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 11:17 PM (odBC9)

171 Me? I always thought bishops were austere and wise. But they're more likely to be of the kiss-ass-upwards, kick-ass-downward school. Often, they're dumb, but if you're really unlucky you get a dumb, ambitious one.

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Mister we could use a man like Augustine of Hippo again

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2026 11:17 PM (vBZcw)

172 Me? I always thought bishops were austere and wise. But they're more likely to be of the kiss-ass-upwards, kick-ass-downward school. Often, they're dumb, but if you're really unlucky you get a dumb, ambitious one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 26, 2026 11:15 PM (eRlcH)

My take on bishops came from chess. They were always working an angle.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 26, 2026 11:18 PM (qx7Zg)

173 That would be really awkward to be in a party of people when one of your group goes flying off the edge of a cliff. You might be momentarily tempted to reach out, but....

Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 11:19 PM (odBC9)

174
Someone should encourage them to pray with the opposition.

Posted by: m
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Or take a lesson from last night and Shut the Fuck Up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 26, 2026 11:19 PM (4tmEn)

175
While I believe in the mission and while I'm proud of the service, I guess I'm just another rear-rank private bitching about officers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 26, 2026 11:19 PM (eRlcH)

176 I always thought bishops were austere and wise. But they're more likely to be of the kiss-ass-upwards, kick-ass-downward school. Often, they're dumb, but if you're really unlucky you get a dumb, ambitious one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Dim and ambitious - ugly cocktail.

Posted by: scampydog at October 26, 2026 11:19 PM (41CYW)

177 170 145 ... those Catholic Bishops who are apologizing for praying with Trump ...

They claim they didn’t want to appear to make a political endorsement even though they were at the White House to discuss their liberal Democrat concerns with the Trump policies.

Posted by: polynikes at October 26, 2026 11:06 PM (KC5Lt)

Someone should encourage them to pray with the opposition.
Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 11:17 PM (odBC9)

Someone should tell them to read chapter 2 of 1 Timothy:

1First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 26, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)

178 My mom and dad also spent their wedding night at the Edgewatwr in 1966.

I was there.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Practice makes pregnant, but some folks are naturals?

Posted by: mikeski at October 26, 2026 11:22 PM (VHUov)

179 Govt weather says it's going dowwwn to 70 tonight
It's 65 right now.
Wunderground says it's 60.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 26, 2026 11:12 PM (4tmEn)

"Experts". Whaddya gonna do?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 26, 2026 11:23 PM (wVcYX)

180 An exposed section of mountainside refers to a visible area of a mountain slope where the natural surface cover—such as vegetation, soil, or snow—has been removed or is absent, revealing the underlying rock, soil, or geological layers. This can occur naturally through erosion, weathering, or avalanches, or be exposed by human activity like mining, road construction, or trail building

Posted by: Don Black at October 26, 2026 11:23 PM (ZxPkt)

181 poor woman bounced off rocks and shit all the way down

Posted by: Don Black at October 26, 2026 11:23 PM (ZxPkt)

182 145 Sorry to the devout Catholics morons but those Catholic Bishops who are apologizing for praying with Trump can eat a bag of dicks.
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Every single one of them should have been marched out to a desolate field, and then told...

"You can go home now. You can no longer represent our church that has held a THOUSAND meetings with stone-cold communists."

But nothing will happen. Catholics don't hold their popes (lower case intentional) or their administrators accountable. IF the "Pope" said tomorrow "All Catholics should vote for Islamic candidates everywhere" most of the "faithful" would nod their head and then either quietly commit heresy or do what they were told.

Every single Catholic "leader" should be asked this simple question: Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life?

Its a "Yes/No" question. Any official who stalls answering should be marched out to a desolate field...

Posted by: Crusader at October 26, 2026 11:24 PM (Cjcf6)

183 Dim and ambitious - ugly cocktail.
Posted by: scampydog

Ja. The worst.

Posted by: zombie Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord at October 26, 2026 11:25 PM (VHUov)

184 Regarding colleges and angry parents...

Fat and disgusting Michael Moore did his Ramen noodle and tidey whities tour of universities in 2004. He was coming to UF and FSU, and both universities heard from me. We were paying partial tuition and renting apts for both boys.

I debated going to hear the fat toad myself and mocking loudly, but was working. As it turned out, the kids would go collect their noodles and be too stoned to vote as turnout for college kids he spoke to was bad, and GWB the dog painter got elected again.

UF called me from the preznit's office expressing their sorrow et all and yada that it came from a special student fund vs tuition or state $, cause I was mad. She possibly was lying but it pacified me.

FSU called and said it came from student fund and that a conservative speaker would also have a platform. This pacified me much better, and they were nicer, as I liked FSU the best anyway.

Has Michael Moore reared his head from a bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos strapped to his jowls recently? I read an hilarious spoof of him and the guns of K-Mart. I was totally bummed out it was a parody and not real.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 26, 2026 11:26 PM (hzuYO)

185 > My mom and dad also spent their wedding night at the Edgewatwr in 1966.

I was there.
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how does that work

Posted by: Don Black at October 26, 2026 11:26 PM (ZxPkt)

186 how does that work
Posted by: Don Black

They were married in April.

I was born in October.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2026 11:27 PM (yEz+x)

187 [Photo submitted by Yours Truly. Location? None of your business.]

_______________________

Someone is not willing to share his favorite fishing hole with the rest of the Horde.

Posted by: Orson at October 26, 2026 11:28 PM (dIske)

188
They were married in April.

I was born in October.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2026 11:27 PM (yEz+x)

__________

Good shooting

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 26, 2026 11:28 PM (eRlcH)

189 how does that work
Posted by: Don Black

Shotgun wedding, or Right-First-Time manufacturing.

Posted by: mikeski at October 26, 2026 11:29 PM (VHUov)

190 I was a wedding anniversary baby myself

Posted by: Don Black at October 26, 2026 11:31 PM (ZxPkt)

191 zombie Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord
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Had to look up the reference. Well played.

Posted by: scampydog at October 26, 2026 11:32 PM (41CYW)

192 Its a "Yes/No" question. Any official who stalls answering should be marched out to a desolate field...

Posted by: Crusader at October 26, 2026 11:24 PM (Cjcf6)

and then shoved in a stack of old tires.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 26, 2026 11:34 PM (vzuC7)

193 This guy must read here. His latest article, "Slut nose on, slut nose off"

https://sigmagame.substack.com/

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 26, 2026 11:34 PM (lhenN)

194 Woot! I made it bark.

Success with the little Honda generator. Replaced the factory "spark unit" with a 4-pin HEI module from my parts stash. Minor rewiring was needed. Hooked it up, applied 12 volts from a small AGM battery. Pulled starter rope. Nice fat spark at plug, woohoo! Assembled it a bit more. Squirted brake cleaner into air intake. Pulled cord numerous times. No joy. Gave it a couple of shots of Quick Start fluid, pulled cord, Brrrrrp!. Ran about 4 seconds, but it did indeed run. Sounded a little bit strangled; the spark arrestor in the muffler could be clogged. Anyway, I shall clean out the muffler, mend the gashed fuel tank, and fully assemble, and try running it for real. And now I know for certain the "spark unit" was faulty, because all the other original components of the ignition system are in place, and working.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2026 11:35 PM (hg8Lt)

195 zombie Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord
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Had to look up the reference. Well played.
Posted by: scampydog

I didn't remember his name off the top of my head, but knew his clever/stupid hardworking/lazy matrix.

Mostly because it's my excuse to be cleverly lazy.

Posted by: mikeski at October 26, 2026 11:36 PM (VHUov)

196 @182...two of the twelve apologized. And look where they are from: two liberal cities.

I am a new Catholic and until our own priest pulls something like this...in a conservative parish...I will stand down.

Trust me, I'm not one to run from what I think is wrong. You could ask the chief poohbah of the Central FL Presbytery but he's no longer there. One question cut my mic: "How do you stand on abortion and late abortion?" I don't play with heretics.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 26, 2026 11:37 PM (hzuYO)

197 Hoping maybe it was 01:30

Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2026 11:40 PM (Ia/+0)

198 Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord

I distinguish four types. There are clever, hardworking, stupid, and lazy officers. Usually two characteristics are combined. Some are clever and hardworking; their place is the General Staff. The next ones are stupid and lazy; they make up 90 percent of every army and are suited to routine duties. Anyone who is both clever and lazy is qualified for the highest leadership duties, because he possesses the mental clarity and strength of nerve necessary for difficult decisions. One must beware of anyone who is both stupid and hardworking; he must not be entrusted with any responsibility because he will always only cause damage.

Wikipedia

Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 11:41 PM (odBC9)

199
Michaelle Alejandra Rubio Leiva, 36, was exploring the Dolomites with her family last Saturday

Dolomites? More like Dolo MiteNotSurviveThatFall

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 26, 2026 11:42 PM (ixS3i)

200 100

Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 11:42 PM (odBC9)

201
two hunnert

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 26, 2026 11:42 PM (ixS3i)

202 They were married in April.

I was born in October.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2026 11:27 PM (yEz+x)

It is an established fact that a new bride can bring so much enthusiasm to the project of having a child that she can accomplish in six months what more experienced women require nine months to do.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 26, 2026 11:42 PM (yOHKZ)

203 oops

Posted by: m at October 26, 2026 11:43 PM (odBC9)

204 The original Italian story of the woman who fell off a cliff in the Dolomites undoubtedly estimated her fall as 300 meters. This must have been converted to feet in the English translation.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 26, 2026 11:43 PM (J4mEx)

205
That was two quick swings and misses, m!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 26, 2026 11:43 PM (ixS3i)

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