Making New Friends Cafe

Venice in the fog

Adopting a senior pittie who had languished in the shelter for almost two years.

Dog brings her mom a treat every time the mom takes a bath.

Rescue lab's favorite game is diving and bringing up big rocks from the lake bottom.

Building apartment complexes for squirrels.

Elephant invites himself to a human's pool.

Baby seal jumps on boat to escape from a whole pod of killer whales.

Taking a golden to his first baseball game. He's a Red Sox fan so the curse of The Bambino be upon him.

Getting a weinerdog puppy for your weinerdog.

Livestock guardian dog puppy seems to be attempting to herd a two year old girl.

You shall not pass: Raccoons attempt to intimidate a cat but the cat just gives them the thousand-yard stare. Does not move at all. He merely waits, and calculates.

The date was going well until...

The snake thought it was another snake just like it until the lizard showed its leg.
His reaction! 😂😂 https://t.co/wfb1UkLmQZ
— The Best (@TheBestqueenx) October 28, 2026

Emperor penguin chicks pestering a southern elephant seal...
Kids will be kids. 😂
📹 BBC https://t.co/F2abSPBrkM
— The Best (@TheBestqueenx) October 28, 2026

Making friends.. 😊 https://t.co/a1KbOMar6F
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) November 2, 2026

Making friends.. 😊 https://t.co/ZNrK7hzuW2
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) November 2, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

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1 Springsteen Sucks.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 07:22 PM (MWfyi)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2026 07:23 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Been up since 3am, few videos and calling it a night

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2026 07:24 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Good evening, and hope you get some good sleep Skip.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 02, 2026 07:25 PM (aJQbY)

5 Adopting a senior pittie...

Your occasional reminder that senior dogs were Jewell's passion project and you can still donate in her name at the place she volunteered.

https://www.shepsplace.org/

Posted by: Oddbob at November 02, 2026 07:25 PM (vTZFs)

6 Be a good woman and man up.

https://youtube.com/shorts/28qZp_2KQBA

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 02, 2026 07:25 PM (RDiUV)

7 Aiiiiieeeeee! What's that smell? Arrgh! Without looking, we can tell we've been happyfooted. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 02, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

8 Hallelujah! The end of polling is nigh.

Thanks for the wonderful picture of Venice. Maybe it is time for a Bellini.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2026 07:26 PM (1utmP)

9 "The View’s Ana Navarro: “Ground beef is $6.30 a gallon"

something something Straits of Whore-Moos

Posted by: davidt at November 02, 2026 07:26 PM (Q+gd/)

10 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

I love my cats.

But I don't love it when Chloe is chasing Allie around my computer desk. More than once she's knocked the power cord loose and forced me to restart my computer.

Idiot cat.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 02, 2026 07:26 PM (s2iZv)

11 It was WAAAAAY foggier than that this morning in Seattle.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 02, 2026 07:26 PM (W2Pud)

12 That is one cool cat.

Posted by: Accomack at November 02, 2026 07:27 PM (TnuFK)

13
Good evening, fellow Café patrons.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 02, 2026 07:28 PM (eRlcH)

14 9 "The View’s Ana Navarro: “Ground beef is $6.30 a gallon"

something something Straits of Whore-Moos
Posted by: davidt at November 02, 2026 07:26 PM (Q+gd/)

*snort

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 02, 2026 07:29 PM (zYpTz)

15 Made mention of a rabbit living on my property, seems since I lost mt truck the truck tool.box is behind my outbuilding with everything in it the truck carried. Well a few time now the rabbit ran from under it so thinking its moved its home there.

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0)

16 something something Straits of Whore-Moos
Posted by: davidt at November 02, 2026 07:26 PM (Q+gd/)

Heifers of negotiable virtue?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 02, 2026 07:29 PM (0kX4S)

17 Gorgeous photo on top, Ace.

The doggie bringing gifts to the bath...he just wants her not to forget him. And tempt her to get out of the water monster.

I would have loved to have had a rock diving lab to help me build stuff. He's cool!

Our Golden, who hated water, would drop his tennis ball into the pool and stare at it til we got it out for him. No way he was going in and this was his game.

The only time he dunked his snout was in a bowl of water if there were ice cubes. He did like ice cubes and was very brave and blowing bubbles.

We know he was defective but he made up for the water deal by being the sweetest dog to ever live. It also probably saved a lot on the pool filters.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 02, 2026 07:30 PM (hzuYO)

18 "The View’s Ana Navarro: “Ground beef is $6.30 a gallon

I'm not sure that isn't AI. Ana hasn't looked that good in at least 15 years.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 02, 2026 07:30 PM (vTZFs)

19 That Elephant Seal makes me think of Jabba the Hutt

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)

20 It was WAAAAAY foggier than that this morning in Seattle.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 02, 2026 07:26 PM (W2Pud)

Venus would be a lot less smogy, if the gondaleers were made to wear Fart Toobs.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein at November 02, 2026 07:32 PM (0kX4S)

21
Isn't that elephant drinking swimming pool water gonna get sick?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 02, 2026 07:32 PM (mmrXZ)

22 Whitetail Deer: The Next Generation is beginning production here in Central Texas. So far, we've seen mostly supporting actors, but tonight the biggest buck I've seen in these parts is rehearsing.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 02, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

23 Happy cafe! Stopping in on my way to clean up dinner mess.

Posted by: Piper at November 02, 2026 07:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

24 The only time he dunked his snout was in a bowl of water if there were ice cubes. He did like ice cubes and was very brave and blowing bubbles.

We know he was defective but he made up for the water deal by being the sweetest dog to ever live. It also probably saved a lot on the pool filters.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Moose the lab is not a fan of the water.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 02, 2026 07:34 PM (8B4gm)

25 Isn't that elephant drinking swimming pool water gonna get sick?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Mebbe. But I'm not going to argue with it. You go right ahead.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 02, 2026 07:34 PM (nEUC6)

26 Bringing this over ... because:

272 CWRU ???
Posted by: browndog says woof

Glenn Research Center
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 02, 2026 07:23 PM (ftFVW)

Way cool !!!

Posted by: browndog says woof at November 02, 2026 07:34 PM (oCio0)

27
It's diesel beef that's expensive. 87 octane regular beef is less expensive.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 02, 2026 07:34 PM (eRlcH)

28 The fog in Venice is great in that you can’t see how dirty the water is.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 02, 2026 07:34 PM (PY8/y)

29 But I don't love it when Chloe is chasing Allie around my computer desk. More than once she's knocked the power cord loose and forced me to restart my computer.

Idiot cat.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 02, 2026 07:26 PM (s2iZv)

You may have to arrange things so the cats don't trip over your cords.
My old calico cat is outside being bouncy. I have started putting a dab of DMSO on the oldest cats' ears in the morning, and it seems to make a difference. I know my Chloe has arthritis, and I suspect the other has some as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 02, 2026 07:35 PM (rbvCR)

30 I had a Golden that would dive for rocks. And clams.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)

31 Despite common misperceptions, Emperor penguins are not actually royalty. None of the animal kingdom treats them as such, and in fact consider them to be all too persistent perverse polymorphic pests.

It is by no coincidence however that a penguin appears on the Markle coat of arms. The family's apparently deep relationship with penguin pseudo-royalty has only recently been revealed by top journalists at the highly respected news organ The Daily Mail. There will be more to come of this mephitic mess.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 02, 2026 07:36 PM (MWfyi)

32 Hope everyone has a good night

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)

33 What about quahogs?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 02, 2026 07:37 PM (rbvCR)

34
The comments at that elephant video are funny.

Meanwhile on Elephant Yelp:
"Water is not chlorinated but the staff is rather rude and unresponsive. 1/5 will not visit again."

--------

Elephant: "You gonna finish this?"

------------

"Hey guys, just gonna check your chlorine level. Alright looks good"

---------------

It's very important we address the elephant in the room.

--------------

“Thanks for the drink, put it on my tab!”

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 02, 2026 07:37 PM (mmrXZ)

35 Willowed at the end of the last post:

280 > My father said the "natives" bleached their hair orange with it and came back for more.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 02, 2026 07:23 PM (hzuYO)

My grandfather didn't talk about WWII much. I gather he'd Seen Some Shit.

One story he would tell was about one of the islands where the women traditionally go topless. He was at a base there for a while, and (naturally) he and his fellow young GIs had no objection whatsoever to this post. It sure beat the shit out of slogging through the jungle waiting for a bunch of crazy (pardon the expression) Nips to launch a banzai charge.

Anyway, some of the natives were hired to perform various tasks. Some stick-up-the-ass officer decreed that the women MUST wear shirts at all times while they were on post, and had them issued Army t-shirts for this purpose.

The women were pleased as hell with their new finery and wore them all the time, not just when they were at work.

However, they found them rather...confining... so they soon cut two big holes in the chestal region so the girls could run wild and free.

Heh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 02, 2026 07:33 PM (qlLNh)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 02, 2026 07:37 PM (qlLNh)

36 >>I had a Golden that would dive for rocks. And clams.

I had a great Pointing Lab that would dive for retrieves. No wounded duck was safe with that dog around.

Posted by: garrett at November 02, 2026 07:38 PM (Lu7y1)

37 My Venice painting. It was my first commission. The reference was a provided photo taken on the couple's honeymoon. See nic

Posted by: polynikes at November 02, 2026 07:38 PM (Ti9vn)

38 I got 150 lbs. Of unleaded today.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 02, 2026 07:38 PM (8B4gm)

39
Hope everyone has a good night
Posted by: Skip

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

Get a good sleep. See you at pixy.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 02, 2026 07:38 PM (mmrXZ)

40 Very nice Venice pic up top. Best Tremizzino sammiches I've ever had were in Venice.

Posted by: scampydog at November 02, 2026 07:40 PM (41CYW)

41 >>What about quahogs?

Occasionally.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 07:40 PM (viF8m)

42 However, they found them rather...confining... so they soon cut two big holes in the chestal region so the girls could run wild and free.
Heh.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Probably how Minoan Crete got started. Egyptian traders showed up and wouldn't trade unless the women covered up some. So... compromise!

Posted by: 88C+u at November 02, 2026 07:41 PM (88C+u)

43 Navarro has a meatloaf milkshake every morning for breakfast.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 07:41 PM (MWfyi)

44 “Thanks for the drink, put it on my tab!”
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

That's not how the joke goes.

Posted by: the duck at November 02, 2026 07:41 PM (VHUov)

45 Way cool !!!
Posted by: browndog says woof

It really was. My little laser tweezers project was fun, but... getting to talk to the scientists working on quantum entanglement was the real treat. That's some crazy stuff!

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 02, 2026 07:41 PM (ftFVW)

46 I had a Golden that would dive for rocks. And clams.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)

Did he make a lot of friends for you at the peeler bar?

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein at November 02, 2026 07:41 PM (0kX4S)

47 Despite common misperceptions, Emperor penguins are not actually royalty. None of the animal kingdom treats them as such, and in fact consider them to be all too persistent perverse polymorphic pests.

It is by no coincidence however that a penguin appears on the Markle coat of arms. The family's apparently deep relationship with penguin pseudo-royalty has only recently been revealed by top journalists at the highly respected news organ The Daily Mail. There will be more to come of this mephitic mess.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 02, 2026 07:36 PM

Thank you Penguin Facts!

This is the kind of hard-hitting journalism that, sadly, at least for now, is all too difficult to find outside of the hallowed pages of AoSHQ. We are blessed that we can find Truth, Justice, and The American Way here in the face of the inexorable attemps of Big Penguin to pollute and pervert our world.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 02, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)

48 "The View’s Ana Navarro: “Ground beef is $6.30 a gallon"
something something Straits of Whore-Moos
Posted by: davidt

From the last thread: one typical beef cow will give you approximately one 55-gallon drum of beef.

Posted by: mikeski at November 02, 2026 07:43 PM (VHUov)

49 1 more day till judgement day!

Posted by: carly at November 02, 2026 07:44 PM (gu8kd)

50 From the last thread: one typical beef cow will give you approximately one 55-gallon drum of beef.
Posted by: mikeski at November 02, 2026 07:43 PM

How many bum steers to fill a dumpster?

Asking for our host.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 02, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

51 "The View’s Ana Navarro: “Ground beef is $6.30 a gallon"
something something Straits of Whore-Moos
Posted by: davidt

Well, there aren't any queers anywhere near Hormus. Not any more.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent [/] at November 02, 2026 07:45 PM (ndZc7)

52 >>Did he make a lot of friends for you at the peeler bar?

All Goldens do is make friends.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 07:45 PM (viF8m)

53 Watching Cowboys Cardinals. Very impressive display. No wonder Jerry was so animated

Posted by: Accomack at November 02, 2026 07:45 PM (TnuFK)

54 And thank you to Mr Ace for allowing the truth to run free and unshackled by what has been and what will be.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 02, 2026 07:46 PM (MWfyi)

55 Posted by: polynikes

Nice!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 02, 2026 07:46 PM (NnhvP)

56 And thank you to Mr Ace for allowing the truth to run free and unshackled by what has been and what will be.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 02, 2026 07:46 PM (MWfyi)

57 Off to a flying start this week. Naysayers and ne'er-do-wells hardest hit!

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board! at November 02, 2026 07:46 PM (vFcoN)

58 And thank you to Mr Ace for allowing the truth to run free and unshackled by what has been and what will be.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 02, 2026 07:46 PM (MWfyi)

59 Watching Cowboys Cardinals.
Posted by: Accomack

Don't they belong to the Pope? How'd the cowboys get them?

Posted by: mikeski at November 02, 2026 07:47 PM (VHUov)

60 A triple post. Take that, BP.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 07:47 PM (MWfyi)

61 Lord, these Penguins are so chatty.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 02, 2026 07:48 PM (ftFVW)

62 "Penguin Facts" are unalloyed bullshit of the lowest order. No breeding, couth, or edumacational value. After the Coup, this will be dealt with!

Posted by: Penguin and Manatee Alliance at November 02, 2026 07:49 PM (vFcoN)

63 And thank you to Pixy, for amplifying our cause.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 02, 2026 07:50 PM (MWfyi)

64 "Penguin Facts" are unalloyed bullshit of the lowest order. No breeding, couth, or edumacational value. After the Coup, this will be dealt with!
Posted by: Penguin and Manatee Alliance at November 02, 2026 07:49 PM (vFcoN)
---
That's exactly what I'd expect an EU stooge to say...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 02, 2026 07:50 PM (s2iZv)

65 Pope is from Chicago. Probably sold them Chinesium knock offs.

Posted by: Accomack at November 02, 2026 07:51 PM (TnuFK)

66 64 "Penguin Facts" are unalloyed bullshit of the lowest order. No breeding, couth, or edumacational value. After the Coup, this will be dealt with!
Posted by: Penguin and Manatee Alliance at November 02, 2026 07:49 PM (vFcoN)
---
That's exactly what I'd expect an EU stooge to say...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 02, 2026

I bet their pants match the table center piece.

Posted by: Piper at November 02, 2026 07:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

67 Fog like that is nature's way of telling you to go back to bed and sleep an extra two or three hours.

Posted by: Case at November 02, 2026 07:52 PM (fzmBj)

68 52 >>Did he make a lot of friends for you at the peeler bar?

All Goldens do is make friends.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 07:45 PM (viF8m)

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

I just took my golden on a 9.5 hour road trip to see my sister, she has a wiener dog. It was so funny to watch them together! Best friends right off the bat. We dressed them up as dinosaurs on Halloween and the kids were more excited about petting the dogs than they were getting candy. The golden would go out and meet all the kids and try to follow them, I spent a lot of time making her come back to the house.

Posted by: Molly k. at November 02, 2026 07:53 PM (j/yko)

69 Unedited photo of the last manatee to unwisely make an alliance with penguins:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3uhzda

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 02, 2026 07:53 PM (0kX4S)

70 Posted by: Penguin and Manatee Alliance

I saw Penguin And Manatee Alliance open for Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins at Seaworld in 2001.

https://youtu.be/-x07IbOgEUU

Posted by: mikeski at November 02, 2026 07:55 PM (VHUov)

71 Springsteen Sucks.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 07:22 PM (MWfyi)

And he blows ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 02, 2026 07:56 PM (vzuC7)

72 There should be an IQ test to post in here. "Penguin Facts" posting on his Mom's phone riding the short bus home from the sheltered workshop, nose pressed against the glass, tongue hanging out, is not worthy of a smart military blog. Some sort of screening process, please!

Posted by: Penguin Defense League, Enforcement Division at November 02, 2026 07:56 PM (vFcoN)

73 Watching Cowboys Cardinals.
Posted by: Accomack

Don't they belong to the Pope? How'd the cowboys get them?
Posted by: mikeski

They didn't help much yesterday.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 02, 2026 07:58 PM (8B4gm)

74 >>I just took my golden on a 9.5 hour road trip to see my sister, she has a wiener dog.

My mom had Goldens and Jack Russells. Best pals but the Jack Russells were in charge.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 07:58 PM (viF8m)

75 So, um, why do Muslim women have to wear black trash bags and cover everything except their eyes? After all, you have all that information in your pocket, so why protect your vision from the female body?

Bueller? Bueller?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 07:26 PM (5WPt1)

Fuckin right

Posted by: ... at November 02, 2026 07:59 PM (vE0+H)

76 Good luck, election day voters. We're all counting on you.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 02, 2026 07:59 PM (wVcYX)

77 Unedited photo of the last manatee to unwisely make an alliance with penguins:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3uhzda

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 02, 2026 07:53 PM (0kX4S)

Funny shit. I drive past that site every time I go out on the bike.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 02, 2026 07:59 PM (vzuC7)

78 Just watch quick doc on a 'Mathamagician' and now I know how to square 2 to 5 digit numbers quite easily. Not in my head immediately like the guy did which was crazy. I'm sure others here knew the formula but I never did until now.

Posted by: polynikes at November 02, 2026 08:00 PM (Ti9vn)

79 Naysayers never counter the facts and often resort to insults to deflect attention from the truth.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 02, 2026 08:00 PM (MWfyi)

80 The Mental Mongolian needs to be put in a Sharia Hefty-bag. See if she likes it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 02, 2026 08:02 PM (2GVsD)

81 My mom had Goldens and Jack Russells. Best pals but the Jack Russells were in charge.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 07

Such is the way of the JRT.

Posted by: Piper at November 02, 2026 08:02 PM (ZdaMQ)

82 Star Trek is on. It's the one with that fag Riker.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

83 Soup has you fooled Piper?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 02, 2026 08:04 PM (2GVsD)

84 And the sensitive Klingon.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:05 PM (MWfyi)

85 A sensitive Klingon only dials up the Pain-stick to 7.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 02, 2026 08:06 PM (2GVsD)

86 83 Soup has you fooled Piper?
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 02, 2026 08:04

Oh he is just as in charge as any other dog who was bred to think for themselves. That trait brings about a lot of shenanigans.

Posted by: Piper at November 02, 2026 08:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

87
Flinders Petrie famously did complex calculations in his head using a mental slide rule. He visualized a slide rule and just did it all in his head.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 02, 2026 08:08 PM (w6EFb)

88 Isn't there a Trump Speech going on right now?

Posted by: garrett at November 02, 2026 08:10 PM (Lu7y1)

89 Camel's owner probably killed the unclean dog for kissing his girlfriend.

Posted by: polynikes at November 02, 2026 08:11 PM (Ti9vn)

90 Snake love!
Ssssssssssssss........

Posted by: Diogenes at November 02, 2026 08:11 PM (2WIwB)

91 "He visualized a slide rule and just did it all in his head.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley"

That's a pretty neat trick. I can see how it would work. Especially if you just start with whole numbers and practice. Thankfully I have no need for that.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)

92 So, um, why do Muslim women have to wear black trash bags and cover everything except their eyes? After all, you have all that information in your pocket, so why protect your vision from the female body?

Most all muslims are of low IQ and are suspectable to making the rape if allowed to see a female's ankle or other body part in MeatSpace as they cannot control their sexual appetite due to their malformed Medulla Oblongata. See also the denizens of most large American cities.

Posted by: Medulla Oblongata at November 02, 2026 08:12 PM (Ssbab)

93 No step on snek!

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 02, 2026 08:12 PM (2GVsD)

94 Snake love!
Ssssssssssssss........
Posted by: Diogenes at November 02, 2026 08:11 PM (2WIwB)

My favorite Rick and Morty episode.

Posted by: polynikes at November 02, 2026 08:12 PM (Ti9vn)

95 There should be an IQ test to post in here. "Penguin Facts" posting on his Mom's phone riding the short bus home from the sheltered workshop, nose pressed against the glass, tongue hanging out, is not worthy of a smart military blog. Some sort of screening process, please!
Posted by: Penguin Defense League, Enforcement Division at November 02, 2026 07:56 PM

Odd how Penguin Defense League can't respond with facts like Penguin Facts* gives us, but only with ad hominem attacks, exactly as Democrat supporters do.

* Facts is right there in Penguin Facts nic, so you know they're good.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 02, 2026 08:13 PM (0sNs1)

96 >>My favorite Rick and Morty episode.

GET BACK IN THE CAR, MORTY!

Posted by: garrett at November 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Lu7y1)

97 "David Hogg 🟧
@davidhogg111
If you supported Haley Stevens now is your time to speak out, denounce her as the Republican she is and apologize for supporting a traitor."

When Dems accuse somebody of being a traitor it is not to the country but to The Cause. Which should still be punishable by death.

Posted by: Ripley at November 02, 2026 08:17 PM (PTDkx)

98 Well, so I can visualize doing 2 + 2 on a slide rule in my head. That's about as far as I want to take it.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:18 PM (MWfyi)

99 Going through the sample ballot and trying to decide on some of the local crap that's poorly worded... I hate that.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 02, 2026 08:18 PM (aJQbY)

100 Going through the sample ballot and trying to decide on some of the local crap that's poorly worded... I hate that.
Posted by: RandomDave at November 02, 2026 08:18 PM (aJQbY)
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Those things are always deliberately worded to be confusing to the voters.

They don't want you making an informed decision.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 02, 2026 08:20 PM (s2iZv)

101 A Muslim with no oblongata,
Of perversities he had a lotta.
He whipped out his pole.
Jammed it into a hole.
Surprise! A vagina dentata

(with apologies to Muldoon)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 02, 2026 08:20 PM (qlLNh)

102 Going through the sample ballot and trying to decide on some of the local crap that's poorly worded... I hate that.
Posted by: RandomDave

Like the "poor wording" is an accident.

Do you disagree to not repeal the 2024 law that changed "and" to "but" in Minnesota penal code chapter 741, section 19, subsection 43(b)iv(a)ii ?

Shakespeare was correct. First.....

Posted by: mikeski at November 02, 2026 08:21 PM (VHUov)

103 @54 finding truth here. Good luck!

Posted by: carly at November 02, 2026 08:22 PM (gu8kd)

104 Evenin’, All. Happy November! My favorite month.

Posted by: Bulg at November 02, 2026 08:23 PM (77rzZ)

105 >My favorite Rick and Morty episode.

GET BACK IN THE CAR, MORTY!
Posted by: garrett at November 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Lu7y1)

I can't get the snake jazz tune out of my head now.

Posted by: polynikes at November 02, 2026 08:24 PM (Ti9vn)

106 mikeski, yep, and when you try to look that up, it's merely a list of revisions to other sections, etc, etc in an infinite chain. "Notwithstanding section 1 part a paragraph ii, whenever the a word has an 'a' in it,...".

Posted by: RandomDave at November 02, 2026 08:25 PM (aJQbY)

107 What is truth? Your version of reality? A bowl of leftover candy corn? What is it that makes it true? Salamanders? No!

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:25 PM (MWfyi)

108 WI has three referenda this election...

QUESTION 1: “Partial veto. Shall section 10 (1) (c) of article V of the constitution be amended to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating or increasing or authorizing the creation or increase of any tax or fee?”

QUESTION 2: "Freedom to gather in places of worship during an emergency. Shall section 18 of article I of the constitution, which deals with religious liberty, be amended to prohibit the state or a political subdivision of the state from ordering the closure of, or forbidding gatherings in, places of worship in response to a state of emergency, including a public health emergency?"

QUESTION 3: "Governmental entity discrimination prohibited. Shall section 27 of article I of the constitution be created to prohibit governmental entities in the state from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education, public contracting, or public administration?"

Near as I can tell, all three need a yes vote.

Posted by: davidt at November 02, 2026 08:26 PM (Q+gd/)

109 Evenin’, All. Happy November! My favorite month.
Posted by: Bulg at November 02, 2026 08:23 PM (77rzZ)

We've had better.

Posted by: zombie crew of Edmund Fitzgerald at November 02, 2026 08:26 PM (0kX4S)

110 Pirates vs Hispaños

They get up every morning
From the alarm clock's warning
Take the 8: 15 into the city
There's a whistle up above
And you're dealing on time

Takin' care of business, every day
Takin' care of business, every way
Takin' care of business, it's all mine
Takin' care of business, and working overtime, woo

https://tinyurl.com/yweukzet

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2026 08:26 PM (VQ0bX)

111 >My favorite Rick and Morty episode.

GET BACK IN THE CAR, MORTY!
Posted by: garrett at November 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Lu7y1)

IIRC your favorite episode was The Vat of Acid Or was it the Dragon episode?

Posted by: polynikes at November 02, 2026 08:27 PM (Ti9vn)

112 >>IIRC your favorite episode was The Vat of Acid

Yes. The Vat of Acid Episode is definitely my favorite.

Posted by: garrett at November 02, 2026 08:29 PM (Lu7y1)

113 Evenin’, All. Happy November! My favorite month.
Posted by: Bulg at November 02, 2026 08:23 PM (77rzZ)

You and Thomas Hood disagree bigley.

No sun — no moon!
No morn — no noon —
No dawn — no dusk — no proper time of day.

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member —
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! —
November!

Posted by: polynikes at November 02, 2026 08:29 PM (Ti9vn)

114 Stupid island. Feh.

@LeadingReport 1m
JUST IN: U.S. strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island, per WSJ.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 02, 2026 08:29 PM (nEUC6)

115 I don't particularly like November and December is even worse. January is right out. I wish I could hibernate.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:31 PM (MWfyi)

116 Stupid island. Feh.

@LeadingReport 1m
JUST IN: U.S. strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island, per WSJ.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

I guess we wanted finer beach sand?

Posted by: mikeski at November 02, 2026 08:31 PM (VHUov)

117 Things that I really could have lived without knowing:

Some teratomas (a type of tumor) can grow hair, teeth, etc. Sometimes even eyes!

Formerly these were thought to be a resorbed twin, but that turns out to not usually be the case.

These, I knew about.

BUT... these tumors can occasionally form in the vagina, leading to a vagina that is indeed dentata.

I now have to live with this knowledge and you do too.

Because I'm a giver that way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 02, 2026 08:33 PM (qlLNh)

118 If you don't know what the issues mean, you vote no...always. Easiest thing to do is to vote no for everything and then tell them if they want a yes vote, make the ask clear next time.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 02, 2026 08:35 PM (Gb7+b)

119 Kagan just proved being the smartest retarded SCJ Dem monkey doesn't keep you from still destroying America. Refused to accept appeal to set aside 20,000 possible mail in ballots by ineligible voters.

Posted by: polynikes at November 02, 2026 08:35 PM (Ti9vn)

120 I suppose you would have to go to a dentist and a gynecologist for checkups.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:35 PM (MWfyi)

121 JUST IN: U.S. strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island, per WSJ.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Squish, squeshm, I was taking a Qeshm,
Long about Mon-A-day night.
Rub-a dub dub, just lounging in the tub,
Thinking everything was all right...

Posted by: zombie Bobby Darin at November 02, 2026 08:37 PM (0kX4S)

122 113 November is the month of Thanksgiving, and of my son’s and my birthdays.

Screw you November haters.

Posted by: Bulg at November 02, 2026 08:37 PM (77rzZ)

123 She got her divorce papers and she ain’t happy.
Husband had her side piece deliver the divorce
papers on her next date.

https://tinyurl.com/mvarzjt5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2026 08:38 PM (VQ0bX)

124 Things that I really could have lived without knowing:

Some teratomas (a type of tumor) can grow [...] eyes!

these tumors can occasionally form in the vagina
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Posted by: zombie Friedrich Nietzsche, questioning his Tinder choices at November 02, 2026 08:39 PM (VHUov)

125 115 Then go to the wretched tropics, already.

Posted by: Bulg at November 02, 2026 08:39 PM (77rzZ)

126 It's not so much the month it's the cold. I prefer my globe to be warm.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:40 PM (MWfyi)

127 Ugly and terrifying hit on the qb in the Bears game just a minute ago. Yuk.

Posted by: M. Gaga at November 02, 2026 08:40 PM (3p/KU)

128 https://tinyurl.com/mvarzjt5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2026 08:38 PM (VQ0bX

That's all kind of awesome.

Posted by: polynikes at November 02, 2026 08:40 PM (Ti9vn)

129 115 I don't particularly like November and December is even worse. January is right out. I wish I could hibernate.
Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:31 PM (MWfyi)

Lack of light plus cold sucks - I agree. The light is almost worse than the cold.

If I had the money and my doc would move with me, I'd head south every year...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 02, 2026 08:41 PM (Gb7+b)

130 126 I prefer the opposite. Bring on the cold.

Posted by: Bulg at November 02, 2026 08:42 PM (77rzZ)

131 Ready to drive the steak thru the vampires heart tomorrow.

Posted by: carly at November 02, 2026 08:42 PM (gu8kd)

132 At DM: "Maine man, 28, killed after electric unicycle he was riding was struck by car. ... Electric unicycles are dangerous and some models can reach 93 mph."

Every day brings some delightful novel absurdity.

Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 08:42 PM (Jr5Lq)

133 Why is no one putting money on the GOP to at least hold the Senate?

Posted by: Paul at November 02, 2026 08:44 PM (MUBEz)

134 93mph on a unicycle? That's nuts. Does it have a gyro in it?

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:44 PM (MWfyi)

135 Maine man, 28, killed after electric unicycle he was riding was struck by car. ...

be better off breaking into Graham Platner's crib

Posted by: 88C+u at November 02, 2026 08:44 PM (88C+u)

136 October is my favorite month and November my least favorite when I lived in NY.

Living in Texas , I like March/April the best.

Posted by: polynikes at November 02, 2026 08:45 PM (Ti9vn)

137 @122. I like November. One of my favorite months. Lots of stuff going on. Cool weather, football, and Thanksgiving, what's not to like?

Posted by: Case at November 02, 2026 08:45 PM (fzmBj)

138 "some models can reach 93 mph."

Even slightly faster, in free fall.

Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

139 Ready to drive the steak thru the vampires heart tomorrow.
Posted by: carly at November 02, 2026 08:42 PM (gu8kd)

Steaks go through the stomach, sweet cheeks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 02, 2026 08:47 PM (0kX4S)

140 "Cool weather, football, and Thanksgiving, what's not to like?
Posted by: Case"

Ok,fine. But after Thanksgiving I would like to hibernate until mid February.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:47 PM (MWfyi)

141
Kagan just proved being the smartest retarded SCJ Dem monkey doesn't keep you from still destroying America. Refused to accept appeal to set aside 20,000 possible mail in ballots by ineligible voters.
Posted by: polynikes

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

Kagan referred it to the full Supreme Court, which denied the emergency request. The underlying lawsuit continues, oddly enough, and the next scheduled court date is November 13. In Cali's case, that's ~a month before the certification deadline.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 02, 2026 08:49 PM (mmrXZ)

142 140 "Cool weather, football, and Thanksgiving, what's not to like?
Posted by: Case"

Ok,fine. But after Thanksgiving I would like to hibernate until mid February.
Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:47 PM (MWfyi)

I hiberate Dec 26 to MLK Day...light starts coming back then...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 02, 2026 08:49 PM (Gb7+b)

143 Talarico is running non stop lying adds on Fox!

Posted by: AnnaS at November 02, 2026 08:49 PM (WdMlw)

144 Bring on the cold!

Posted by: Bulg at November 02, 2026 08:50 PM (77rzZ)

145 Bring on the cold!
Posted by: Bulg

because cold + boobs = headlights?

Posted by: mikeski at November 02, 2026 08:50 PM (VHUov)

146 Here's something odd. Over the last few weeks governments around the world have been urging their citizens to stock up on food and water.

Today, some group did a coordinated attack on freezers in grocery stores around Europe forcing stores to throw out million of pounds of food.

Coincidence or did they know what was coming?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 08:51 PM (viF8m)

147 So, you sissie hibernators, go hibernate already!

Posted by: Bulg at November 02, 2026 08:52 PM (77rzZ)

148
I'm quasi-okay with this Cali noncitizen vote spilling past Election Day, as long as the DOJ gets something done by Election Day 2028. Harmeet has gotten compliance from states that are already keeping their voter rolls clean -- she needs to devise a way to get them from the cheating states.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 02, 2026 08:52 PM (mmrXZ)

149 All of sports is just thugball run by gambling syndicates. Greasy dreads hanging out of helmets of 70 IQ misanthropes. Giving them a minute of my time or money would be the last thing I would ever do. Does anyone go down to the casino to watch old ladies yank on the electronic one-armed bandits? It's become the same thing. Phooey!

Maybe watching the third period of the NHL Playoffs is OK.

Posted by: Not Falling For It at November 02, 2026 08:53 PM (vFcoN)

150
Today, some group did a coordinated attack on freezers in grocery stores around Europe forcing stores to throw out million of pounds of food.

Coincidence or did they know what was coming?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 08:51 PM (viF8m)

I'm pretty sure either the freezer thing happened twice or that story is a week or so old.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 02, 2026 08:53 PM (r7+Q7)

151
It's not so much the month it's the cold. I prefer my globe to be warm.
Posted by: fd

Put your globe next to the outer space heater.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 02, 2026 08:53 PM (Cqx++)

152 145 Tight sweaters.

Posted by: Bulg at November 02, 2026 08:53 PM (77rzZ)

153 Picture up top- Venusian Fog>>Venetian Fog.

Posted by: Omnec Onec, From Venus I Came at November 02, 2026 08:54 PM (vFcoN)

154 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 02, 2026 08:49 PM (mmrXZ)

I thought she was assigned to determine if the SC would hear the emergency request and denied it.

Posted by: polynikes at November 02, 2026 08:54 PM (Ti9vn)

155 >> November is the month of Thanksgiving, and of my son’s and my birthdays.

>Screw you November haters.

Nothing lasts forever...

Posted by: November Rain at November 02, 2026 08:54 PM (Lu7y1)

156 150
Today, some group did a coordinated attack on freezers in grocery stores around Europe forcing stores to throw out million of pounds of food.

Coincidence or did they know what was coming?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 08:51 PM (viF8m)

I'm pretty sure either the freezer thing happened twice or that story is a week or so old.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 02, 2026 08:53 PM (r7+Q7)

It has now happened multiple times...1st one was a hack in France weeks ago.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 02, 2026 08:56 PM (Gb7+b)

157 >>I'm pretty sure either the freezer thing happened twice or that story is a week or so old.

Another one happened today.

https://tinyurl.com/b7b5579d

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 08:56 PM (viF8m)

158 I'm pretty sure either the freezer thing happened twice or that story is a week or so old.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 02, 2026 08:53 PM (r7+Q7)
----
Proto-Skynet is testing our vulnerabilities...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 02, 2026 08:57 PM (s2iZv)

159 Hopefully tomorrow the people will have spoken and the oligarchs will be forced to pay their fair share for my rent, my healthcare, my retirement and my grocery bill. Down with the oligarchy! Up with the people!

Medicare For All! Especially me! It's Free!

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, democrat scold and busybody at November 02, 2026 08:58 PM (Ssbab)

160 Coincidence or did they know what was coming?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 08:51 PM (viF8m

There is a word wandering about t hat the PHP exploit is sufficient to bring down large sections of the internet, especially in infrastructure controls, which tend to not get updated and are still vulnerable. I can't judge this, but my wife insists on having a years supply of rice, beans and catfood on hand anyways.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 02, 2026 08:58 PM (rbvCR)

161 My Smart Toaster just jumped into my Hot Tub.

Posted by: Re-Volting Development at November 02, 2026 08:58 PM (vFcoN)

162 "I'm pretty sure either the freezer thing happened twice or that story is a week or so old."

Ongoing since at least August, targets including some of our mil bases.

Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 08:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

163 143 Talarico is running non stop lying adds on Fox!
Posted by: AnnaS at November 02, 2026 08:49 PM (WdMlw)

Welcome to the party. We've had lying ads from Mary Peltola and her ilk for months. It is exhausting. And all the damned shiny mailers crapping up our mailbox! If I ever meet her, Imma smack her upside her useless head, with a fist full of her crappy mailers.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 08:59 PM (5WPt1)

164 Iran attacked looks like Trump is getting ready for the election tomorrow.

Posted by: carly at November 02, 2026 08:59 PM (gu8kd)

165 QUESTION 2: "Freedom to gather in places of worship during an emergency. Shall section 18 of article I of the constitution, which deals with religious liberty, be amended to prohibit the state or a political subdivision of the state from ordering the closure of, or forbidding gatherings in, places of worship in response to a state of emergency, including a public health emergency?"
-----

That's cute. It would be great were it upheld and respected.

I lived through the Covid era. Nothing about the Constitution was respected during that time.

Posted by: Crusader at November 02, 2026 08:59 PM (Cjcf6)

166 I can't judge this, but my wife insists on having a years supply of rice, beans and catfood on hand anyways.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 02, 2026 08:58 PM (rbvCR)

Well, I hope you have a cat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 08:59 PM (5WPt1)

167 not get updated and are still vulnerable. I can't judge this, but my wife insists on having a years supply of rice, beans and catfood on hand anyways.
Posted by: Kindltot

If your wife can persuade a cat to eat rice and beans, I salute her.

Posted by: Floyd The Cat at November 02, 2026 09:01 PM (vFcoN)

168 Nova Local,

Look at happy lughts. Light therapy. Not expensive. A couple docs I work with use them nine months out of the year (Seattle) and swear they are helpful.

Also. Get your vitamin d levels checked.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 02, 2026 09:01 PM (yEz+x)

169 >>Ongoing since at least August, targets including some of our mil bases.

If only the French government would give school kids more school supplies.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 09:01 PM (viF8m)

170 Well, I hope you have a cat.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 08:59 PM (5WPt1)

Five of them. Thank you for your concern. If we didn't have any cats I would be very upset to learn about the hoard

Posted by: Kindltot at November 02, 2026 09:02 PM (rbvCR)

171 I lived through the Covid era. Nothing about the Constitution was respected during that time.
Posted by: Crusader at November 02, 2026 08:59 PM (Cjcf6)

I'm not sure the statute of limitations has run out, but I am the one who cut down the police tape from the kids' playground on Government Hill during Covid. DH told me not to, but I went back and did it anyway. FFS. Kids, playing, outdoors, was what risk, exactly? I fixed it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 09:02 PM (5WPt1)

172 Five of them. Thank you for your concern. If we didn't have any cats I would be very upset to learn about the hoard
Posted by: Kindltot at November 02, 2026 09:02 PM (rbvCR)

Kinda worried me a bit there.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 09:03 PM (5WPt1)

173 or did they know what was coming?
---

As Putin advised western Europe about their history I suggest they
look to recent events in Poland, also, for a frame of reference for
their expectations.

Some cultures are not as submissive as others.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2026 09:03 PM (VQ0bX)

174 >>@EricLDaugh
·
6m
>>🚨 JUST IN: US STRIKES IRAN on Qeshm Island in self defense after Iran fired a MISSILE toward American aircraft in Hormuz — Axios

>>Iran's launcher has been DESTROYED.

>>Keep our troops safe tonight 🙏🏻🇺🇸

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 09:03 PM (viF8m)

175 I got 25 lbs of Anasazi beans that say we’re gonna make it as long as our bunker has ventilation.

Posted by: H at November 02, 2026 09:04 PM (w8ire)

176
polynikes, here you go:

"The application for injunction pending appeal presented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is denied."

That's the whole order, from SCOTUS.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 02, 2026 09:04 PM (mmrXZ)

177 Another one happened today.

https://tinyurl.com/b7b5579d
Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 08:56 PM (viF8m)

Internet-connected freezers. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 02, 2026 09:04 PM (0kX4S)

178 Feels like it's an hour later than the clock says.

Posted by: davidt at November 02, 2026 09:04 PM (Q+gd/)

179 175 I got 25 lbs of Anasazi beans that say we’re gonna make it as long as our bunker has ventilation.
Posted by: H at November 02, 2026 09:04 PM (w8ire)

I know beans last a long time, but I'm not bunkering up with DH and a bunch of beans, any more than I would with him and tap beer. At some point, you just beg for death, y'know?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 09:05 PM (5WPt1)

180
I can't judge this, but my wife insists on having a years supply of rice, beans and catfood on hand anyways.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 02, 2026 08:58 PM (rbvCR)

Well, I hope you have a cat.
Posted by: tcn in AK

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

comment of the week nominee lol

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 02, 2026 09:05 PM (mmrXZ)

181 November is still fall. Winter is right before Christmas. Weather is not so bad around here in November. January and February are the crummy winter months.

Posted by: Case at November 02, 2026 09:07 PM (fzmBj)

182 There is a word wandering about t hat the PHP exploit is sufficient to bring down large sections of the internet,
---

Don't know about that but there's some strange stuff showing up on my Linux update. Not touching it 'till I find out what it is.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2026 09:07 PM (VQ0bX)

183 >>Internet-connected freezers. What could possibly go wrong?

That's why I don't have internet connected toilets. The horror.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 09:07 PM (viF8m)

184 Holy shit

Lucy goes psycho zoomie cat after she poops.

It’s hilarious.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 02, 2026 09:09 PM (yEz+x)

185 The Target stores by me (at least two) had their refrigeration units conk out on them twice in the past six weeks. Clerk told me it was a computer "glitch."

Makes you wonder. Anyway, a good idea to take out some extra cash just in case banks get hit.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 02, 2026 09:09 PM (3ImbR)

186 Feels like it's an hour later than the clock says.
Posted by: davidt at November 02, 2026 09:04 PM (Q+gd/)

Full dark here now in Alberta, and its 8:08 P.M. Fat lot of good DST is doing us now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 02, 2026 09:09 PM (0kX4S)

187 "There is a word wandering about t hat the PHP exploit is sufficient to bring down large sections of the internet, "

Big sites have patched those vulns, but more PHP vulns will undoubtedly be discovered soon. The entire world's human-written codebase is buggy as hell.

Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 09:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

188 184 Holy shit

Lucy goes psycho zoomie cat after she poops.

It’s hilarious.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 02, 2026 09:09 PM (yEz+x)

Piper blasts in the doggie door at top speed like she needs to announce her biggest accomplishment. I mean, it is good to poop, but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to celebrate or just ignore it.

She also killed a squirrel yesterday and tried to bring that in to show us. Um, no. She was quite taken aback when I tossed it in the trash can. I think she wanted me to put it on the grill, or maybe a bit of taxidermy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 09:11 PM (5WPt1)

189 Don't get your ass to Mars.

@disclosetv 27s
NEW - NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, finds that Martian dust is smaller and more dangerous than previously thought, with the ultrafine particles able to stick to spacesuit materials, be carried into living areas, and bypass the human blood-brain barrier.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 02, 2026 09:12 PM (nEUC6)

190 Full dark here now in Alberta, and its 8:08 P.M. Fat lot of good DST is doing us now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 02, 2026 09:09 PM (0kX4S)

Sun is just setting now, at 5:12. I mostly just don't care.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 09:12 PM (5WPt1)

191 175 I got 25 lbs of Anasazi beans that say we’re gonna make it as long as our bunker has ventilation.
Posted by: H

Geneva Convention prohibits stockpiling chemical weapons.

Posted by: Lessons From The Trenches at November 02, 2026 09:12 PM (vFcoN)

192 That's why I don't have internet connected toilets. The horror.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 09:07 PM (viF8m)

https://tinyurl.com/4ushef6c

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 02, 2026 09:12 PM (0kX4S)

193
A lot of Obama ads for Abdul here; two second voice and visual cuts, lots of yelling, an absurd "Michigan Wolverine" doctor bit, incoherent.

It's like they're trying to throw the election this past week.

Posted by: Auspex at November 02, 2026 09:13 PM (Y8DZL)

194 189 Don't get your ass to Mars.

@disclosetv 27s
NEW - NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, finds that Martian dust is smaller and more dangerous than previously thought, with the ultrafine particles able to stick to spacesuit materials, be carried into living areas, and bypass the human blood-brain barrier.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 02, 2026 09:12 PM (nEUC6)

Well, you could hire the groundskeeping corps from MLB, but probably not the idiots at Tropicana who screwed up the pitcher's mound. But certainly the guys with the big hoses who water it all down.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 09:13 PM (5WPt1)

195 >>https://tinyurl.com/4ushef6c

Now I'm gonna have a nightmare.

Goodnight all. Tomorrow we vote!

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2026 09:14 PM (viF8m)

196 Lucy goes psycho zoomie cat after she poops.
It’s hilarious.
Posted by: nurse ratched
---------

My oldest calico did that too!
Reminded me of that commercial with the James Brown song:

"I Feel Good!"

Posted by: JQ at November 02, 2026 09:16 PM (rdVOm)

197 Its hard to imagine just how much damage was caused by a Republican squish of a President putting a judicial squish onto the Supreme Court two decades ago rather than putting a Constitutional literalist in place

Posted by: Crusader at November 02, 2026 09:16 PM (Cjcf6)

198 Mars sounds like a good candidate for artificial turf then.

Posted by: Too Cold For Bermuda Grass at November 02, 2026 09:17 PM (vFcoN)

199 >>>stick to spacesuit materials, be carried into living areas, and bypass the human blood-brain barrier.

Posted by: weft cut-loop
---

So, another year until we get the robots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2026 09:20 PM (VQ0bX)

200
Slowly, intuitively, the suspicion grows that Elon isn't building a fleet of starships to settle on Mars, no matter what he says.

Posted by: Auspex at November 02, 2026 09:20 PM (Y8DZL)

201 we were kind of hoping Kindltot was married to a neko

Posted by: 88C+u at November 02, 2026 09:21 PM (88C+u)

202
Colonizing Mars, and the Moon for that matter, sounds like a really bad idea. We have trouble enough surviving on Earth.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 02, 2026 09:22 PM (azNOR)

203 Why has no one asked me to campaign on their behalf?

Posted by: Lonely Joe In Wilmington at November 02, 2026 09:22 PM (vFcoN)

204 138 "some models can reach 93 mph."

Even slightly faster, in free fall.
Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

Pfft ...

Posted by: Nathalia Filgueiras at November 02, 2026 09:23 PM (oCio0)

205 IMHO, living long-term on Mars would be pure hell.

Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 09:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

206 IMHO, living long-term on Mars would be pure hell.
Posted by: gp

For me, living in a submarine would be, too.

Posted by: MkY at November 02, 2026 09:25 PM (ik4bQ)

207 205 IMHO, living long-term on Mars would be pure hell.
Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 09:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

It's not the kind of place, to raise your kids...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 02, 2026 09:25 PM (mP0Kj)

208
The Perseverance Rover just set the off-world driving distance record at 28.12 miles.

Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt hold the human off-world distance record from Apollo 17 at 21.21 miles.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 02, 2026 09:25 PM (w6EFb)

209 205 IMHO, living long-term on Mars would be pure hell.
Posted by: gp

Worse than Gary, IN, or Detroit?

Posted by: Trenton, NJ? at November 02, 2026 09:26 PM (vFcoN)

210 "It's not the kind of place, to raise your kids..."

Ironically, humans born there, with no Earthly experience, would find it easier to adapt, I think.

Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 09:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

211 "Worse than Gary, IN, or Detroit?"

Way, way worse.

Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 09:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

212
Oh, and in about #twoweeks, Voyager 1 will hit the one light-day distance mark from earth. Projected time moment of the event is Nov. 18th, at 10:16:07 Zulu, or 5:16:07AM EST.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 02, 2026 09:30 PM (w6EFb)

213 When are you all gonna realize that cats stink?

Posted by: Bulg at November 02, 2026 09:30 PM (77rzZ)

214 Ironically, humans born there, with no Earthly experience, would find it easier to adapt, I think.
Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 09:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars. All of it speculative, but pretty cool discussion of just that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 09:31 PM (5WPt1)

215
That is the biggest unknown. Can we reproduce in something significantly different from 1g. 1g will very little tolerance is baked in the cake from the get-go of all biology on earth. This is not a trivial thing one little bit.

Consider the horror of doing this "experiment" to "see what happens". That's worse than Dr. Fauci.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 02, 2026 09:32 PM (w6EFb)

216 The problem with human colonization of Mars is the humans bringing their basic human nature and its adjacent troubles with them.

Posted by: davidt at November 02, 2026 09:33 PM (Q+gd/)

217 Worse than Gary, IN, or Detroit?"

Way, way worse.
Posted by: gp

That's bad. Detroilet is awful.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 02, 2026 09:33 PM (8B4gm)

218 "When are you all gonna realize that cats stink?"

They track litter and food around. They shed and barf. They get into stuff they oughtn't. And they are more expensive to own now than ever before. I love mine and they love me, but when these are gone, I'm done.

Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 09:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

219 Maybe Robotic Mining ops on Mars for minerals. But the Cost/Reward ratio would have to be astronomical to make it work.

But human Colonies on Mars ? I do not think so because the psychological factors would be hell on the brain.

Unless travel to Mars could be a one day or less voyage.
Got to exceed or approach the speed of light to make possible.

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 02, 2026 09:34 PM (jGtoG)

220 >>>Consider the horror of doing this "experiment" to "see what happens". That's worse than Dr. Fauci.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Haven't the Russians already performed this experiment?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2026 09:36 PM (VQ0bX)

221 There we go!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 02, 2026 09:36 PM (yEz+x)

222 She also killed a squirrel yesterday and tried to bring that in to show us. Um, no. She was quite taken aback when I tossed it in the trash can. I think she wanted me to put it on the grill, or maybe a bit of taxidermy.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 02, 2026 09:11 PM (5WPt1)

******
Been meaning to tell you that I laughed at your comment of your husband with his walker and jet propelled with his proud gas last week.

I need to laugh because my mother, in rehab for a back fracture repair, was set to go home tomorrow. She's delayed a day or two as she got pneumonia. All is set up for her at home with 24/7 sitters, equipment, etc.

Not a huge surprise after 1 week of hospital and 2 wks of acute rehab to get pneumonia at almost 96yrs. I talked to her Saturday and she tells me to stay here.

Meanwhile, if you've seen, my wicked sister-in-law is telling me to fly home and do mother's laundry and order groceries.

I find out from mother on Sat. that her housekeeper does this.

My brother has no idea what is going on & I'm not telling him or my mother that a Jerry Springer star has suddenly arrived to mess with me in pre-grief.

Keep those stories coming, tcn. I'm normal if I laugh.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 02, 2026 09:37 PM (hzuYO)

223 I love mine and they love me, but when these are gone, I'm done.
Posted by: gp

I've told myself the same. But the Universal Cat Distribution System keeps finding me!

Posted by: JQ at November 02, 2026 09:38 PM (rdVOm)

224 Unless travel to Mars could be a one day or less voyage.
Got to exceed or approach the speed of light to make possible.

Posted by: Jackson K.
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There will be Go Go dancers and guys from Chippendale's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2026 09:38 PM (VQ0bX)

225 There we go!
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Yessss!

Posted by: scampydog at November 02, 2026 09:38 PM (41CYW)

226 >> Haven't the Russians already performed this experiment?

It was the Chicoms, IIRC, and they announced in May of this year. They used "artificial embryos" (I forget exactly what this means.

The Chicoms don't give a shit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 02, 2026 09:38 PM (w6EFb)

227
Using a 1g constant acceleration trajectory (well, 1g acceleration halfway there, then flip and decelerate the other half to match course and speed with Mars), the travel time would be a mere 3 days.

With the "Epstein Drive", this would be quite feasible. The physics works for something like this, it's just the engineering and materials are far beyond our current abilities.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 02, 2026 09:41 PM (w6EFb)

228 It's all fun and games until the Orcas sink your boat.

Posted by: wth at November 02, 2026 09:41 PM (oq9dX)

229 224 Unless travel to Mars could be a one day or less voyage.
Got to exceed or approach the speed of light to make possible.

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At the speed of light you could reach the sun in eight minutes.

There wouldn't be a return trip.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 02, 2026 09:41 PM (vBZcw)

230 Russians didn't use a petri dish.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2026 09:42 PM (VQ0bX)

231 228 It's all fun and games until the Orcas sink your boat.

Posted by: wth
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2026 09:44 PM (VQ0bX)

232
Top speed midway with the constant 1g trajectory woul be only about 0.05% c. Now, to the outer solar system, you would get up to around 2% c, and that would be a problem for shielding. The slightest little dust particle would be like a missile blowing up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 02, 2026 09:44 PM (w6EFb)

233 I guess we have to call it the Solomon Drive now.

Posted by: 88C+u at November 02, 2026 09:45 PM (88C+u)

234 Well, so I can visualize doing 2 + 2 on a slide rule in my head. That's about as far as I want to take it.
Posted by: fd at November 02, 2026 08:18 PM (MWfyi)

You perform multiplication and division on a slide rule because the scales are laid out logarithmically. Since the distances are logarithms of the numbers they represent, when you add distances, you multiply the numbers. Similarly, subtracting distances leads to division. I am just old enough to have used a slide rule in high school. They were gone by college, replaced with pocket calculators.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 02, 2026 09:46 PM (PY8/y)

235
Long term low gravity wrecks hell on the human skeleton.

Maybe the only thing the ISS's cost made worth while.

Posted by: Auspex at November 02, 2026 09:46 PM (Y8DZL)

236 At the speed of light you could reach the sun in eight minutes.

There wouldn't be a return trip.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 02, 2026 09:41 PM (vBZcw)

Just go there at night!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 02, 2026 09:48 PM (PY8/y)

237 Long term low gravity wrecks hell on the human skeleton.

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Gravity, she is a harsh mistress.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at November 02, 2026 09:48 PM (vBZcw)

238 Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977

Will be one light day away from earth, Nov. 18th.

212 Oh, and in about #twoweeks, Voyager 1 will hit the one light-day distance mark from earth. Projected time moment of the event is Nov. 18th, at 10:16:07 Zulu, or 5:16:07AM EST.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Kind of raises the hair up on the back of your neck.
How many of us were born in 1977. If you were, where
were you in November, that year?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2026 09:50 PM (VQ0bX)

239 You perform multiplication and division on a slide rule because the scales are laid out logarithmically. Since the distances are logarithms of the numbers they represent, when you add distances, you multiply the numbers. Similarly, subtracting distances leads to division. I am just old enough to have used a slide rule in high school. They were gone by college, replaced with pocket calculators.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 02, 2026 09:46 PM (PY8/y)

There is a linear scale on most sliderules, but its purpose is not to do simple addition work, IIRC.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 02, 2026 09:51 PM (0kX4S)

240 "in about #twoweeks, Voyager 1 will hit the one light-day distance mark from earth."

It has a plaque on it with pictures: "Look how plump and juicy we humans are. Here's where we live. Welcome! Come eat us."

Posted by: gp at November 02, 2026 09:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

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