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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - November 10, 2026
Edmund Fitzgerald Day, year 51. For those who observe. https://t.co/Xq9nrpc69t
— Puckin Hostile (@PuckinHostile) November 10, 2026
51 years ago today.
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared into Lake Superior during a brutal November gale. The 729-foot freighter, loaded with over 26,000 tons of taconite pellets and bound from Superior, Wisconsin, toward Detroit, went down about 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point. All 29 crew members were lost. No distress call. No survivors. No bodies recovered. Captain Ernest McSorley’s final radio message to the nearby Arthur M. Anderson: “We are holding our own.” Minutes later, the Fitz was gone. The legend lives on. Gordon Lightfoot made sure of that. The lake never gives up her dead. Fair winds and following seas to the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald. ⚓️ (Sound On)— Blue & White Grit USMC Style (AKA Tom) (@TriPSU91) November 10, 2026
If you search, “The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald” on Google a bell will appear. If you click on it you’ll be able to ring it 29 times for each man that went down with the ship. https://t.co/Ksz9gdD2oq
— Rae Turk (@raeannrambles) November 10, 2026
Starting [Today] at 1 AM, we’ll be sharing the real radio transmissions from the night the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was lost on Lake Superior, 50 years ago. These posts will follow the timeline as it happened, from the first reports of rough seas to the ship’s final transmission. We share them in remembrance of the 29 men who were lost, and in respect for all who work the Great Lakes.
Edmund Fitzgerald in Real Time
In 2025, we commemorated the final voyage of the Mighty Fitz and the 29 souls lost on board, on the 50th anniversary, and we will do so again this November-----
You'll probably recognize most of these songs, but how many of their names do you know?
10 Songs You Recognize Instantly but Never Knew the Titles Of https://t.co/fpiqaN3ILM
— 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 (@Old_But_Gold50s) November 9, 2026
Been a while since I featured this kind of content. Time to let 'er rip!
I'm crying! 😭💀
— Patton (@GeneralPatton83) November 9, 2026
Longest fart I've ever heard! https://t.co/euhTOZ5shF
I fuckin love science https://t.co/5yxow33ik9
— the swamp amp ⚠️ (@FloridaManPig) November 6, 2026
Sure - why not?
Highway wildlife crossings are evidently a thing. I'd like to see one in person. The world's largest wildlife crossing opens soon. Here's how to see the cute animals.
Soon California drivers traversing the 101 freeway won't be the only ones commuting in comfort. As hundreds of thousands of people zoom down the multi-lane highway (assuming there's no traffic jam!), their animal counterparts — the wildlife population that lives in northern Los Angeles County — will be similarly at ease. That's because officials will finally unveil the completed Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, a large, vegetated overpass that will help animals cross traffic safely and comfortably move across the land split by asphalt and vehicles. It is the largest wildlife crossing in the world. *** Over the last week, biologists have been installing a series of wildlife cameras near the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to track animal populations before the crossing officially opens on Dec. 2. By the time of opening, scientists and nature watchers will be able to monitor its visitors via 50 cameras and four thermal video cameras. Project leads told the Los Angeles Times that the cameras' photo stream will be available to the public. For now, live video feeds will only be available to researchers for security reasons. The cameras are already picking up hopeful moments, including the path's first visitor: A single coyote trotting up the side of the currently unfinished path, shielded by the cover of night and the lack of blinding headlights.
Colorado wildlife overpass cut vehicle-animal collisions by 91%, report finds
Colorado officials have tracked herds of elk, bears, pronghorn and even northern leopard frogs ambling across its new wildlife overpass. According to a newly released report, the overpass, which acts as a bridge over a busy stretch of interstate, has helped cut wildlife-vehicle collisions by 91% since its completion 10 months ago. The overpass is the centerpiece of a larger system built by the state to assist wildlife crossing the highway, which also includes miles of 8-ft-tall fencing and five large wildlife underpasses. “One of the most heartwarming moments for me was when [Colorado department of transportation] sent me a picture of an elk mama taking her calf under [Interstate-25],” Brandon Marette, a wildlife biologist for Colorado parks and wildlife, told CBS News. “All came to fruition in that one moment. That elk with her calf was just standing there in safety.” *** This region of Colorado is known for high movement of large game. State officials say that wildlife underpasses and tunnels often don’t work for big animals, such as bull elk, because they restrict mobility and don’t accommodate their antlers.
“Elk and pronghorn like these big open structures where they can see for miles in each direction,” Chuck Attardo, the environmental manager for Colorado department of transportation, told CBS News. “For decades, pronghorn going from Trinidad to Greenland were looking for a place to cross on I-25. And when we open this up, we have pronghorn on video using the overpass, and for the first time in decades they’re coming over here to the west side.” While large game animals have been taking advantage of the crossing, officials have also tracked smaller wildlife using the corridor, including mule deer, coyotes, rabbits, frogs and the threatened Preble’s meadow jumping mouse.
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Posted by: LRob in OK at November 10, 2026 10:10 PM (47diA)
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Evening •
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 10, 2026 10:10 PM (hPgrk)
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You are my moonshine
My only moonshine
You make me *hic* haaappppyy
When skies are *hic* guh *hic* guh *hic* raaaaay
My only moonshine
You make me *hic* haaappppyy
When skies are *hic* guh *hic* guh *hic* raaaaay
Posted by: mindful webworker - eggnoggin at November 10, 2026 10:10 PM (ou9Ci)
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EVERY.SINGLE.REPUBLICAN.SENATOR that voted to confirm Thune as minority leader should be the target of a primary campaign at the next opportunity.
Why are we *rewarding* bad behavior???
Why are we *rewarding* bad behavior???
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:11 PM (Cjcf6)
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Judge Continues Use of Machine
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 10, 2026 10:12 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 10, 2026 10:12 PM (hPgrk)
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Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 10, 2026 10:12 PM (6D7dZ)
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but America needs GOD. Talk to Him.
Posted by: Eromero at November 10, 2026 10:12 PM (LHPAg)
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Yay, ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 10, 2026 10:13 PM (+9wcF)
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Those California animal crossings are multi-million-dollar sinkholes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (2GVsD)
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Sucker pin on that green. Over the trap, small landing area. What the hell, didn't come to 3 putt!
Thanks for the ONT, Disco.
Thanks for the ONT, Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (41CYW)
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What's the difference between a Canadian moose, and an American moose?
Posted by: A Gale of November at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (KvhFP)
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I always liked the song Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Haunting and sad. Heard it a lot as a teenager.
Posted by: Nigel Planer at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (0aYVJ)
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Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 10:16 PM (eYxtx)
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Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 10, 2026 10:16 PM (sAmhv)
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And when the wrecked ship's bell was recovered and broke surface it rang out.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 10, 2026 10:16 PM (2GVsD)
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"The lake never gives up her dead."
The water is so cold that bodies don't bloat and float, they stay down.
The water is so cold that bodies don't bloat and float, they stay down.
Posted by: davidt at November 10, 2026 10:16 PM (Q+gd/)
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What's the difference between a Canadian moose, and an American moose?
Posted by: A Gale of November at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (KvhFP)
Punchline had to involve me in some way.
Posted by: A Gale of November at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (KvhFP)
Punchline had to involve me in some way.
Posted by: Moose Cock at November 10, 2026 10:17 PM (sKHUO)
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Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!
Posted by: TRex - bird sanctuary dino at November 10, 2026 10:17 PM (XfIK1)
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Sucker pin on that green. Over the trap, small landing area. What the hell, didn't come to 3 putt!
Thanks for the ONT, Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (41CYW)
Flop shot FTW!
Thanks for the ONT, Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (41CYW)
Flop shot FTW!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
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I never realized that so many taconite pellets went down with the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I'll bet the Mexican restaurants didn't recover for months.
I'll bet the Mexican restaurants didn't recover for months.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 10, 2026 10:18 PM (4Je4D)
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In keeping with the ONT pic:
Officially closed out the 2026 golf season today. Clubs are out of the trunk, and back in storage
Beautiful weather for November in WNY ... breezy, sunny, cool. The golf gods allowed me the grace to finish out the year with my best round; April can't come soon enough.
Officially closed out the 2026 golf season today. Clubs are out of the trunk, and back in storage
Beautiful weather for November in WNY ... breezy, sunny, cool. The golf gods allowed me the grace to finish out the year with my best round; April can't come soon enough.
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:18 PM (oCio0)
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What's the difference between a Canadian moose, and an American moose?
Posted by: A Gale of November at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (KvhFP)
There's no hunting for Canadian moose. They use MAID instead. Moose wanders onto railway track. Along comes train: Moose Assisted In Dismemberment.
Posted by: A Gale of November at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (KvhFP)
There's no hunting for Canadian moose. They use MAID instead. Moose wanders onto railway track. Along comes train: Moose Assisted In Dismemberment.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 10:18 PM (eYxtx)
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Seems like the wildlife overpasses would be prime hunting ground for predators.
Posted by: a.moron at November 10, 2026 10:19 PM (X5Jzz)
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Teenage son brought a girl home the other day, which I guess is now his girlfriend.
Sasha, from Ukraine , been here 4 years. Blond hair, blue eyes very pretty and sweet, just like the internet ads ( I am not making this up.)
Very happy for him but I still think he should keep an eye on his kidneys.
Sasha, from Ukraine , been here 4 years. Blond hair, blue eyes very pretty and sweet, just like the internet ads ( I am not making this up.)
Very happy for him but I still think he should keep an eye on his kidneys.
Posted by: Ripley at November 10, 2026 10:20 PM (PTDkx)
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"What's the difference between a Canadian moose, and an American moose?"
They're not telling, not up front about it.
They're not telling, not up front about it.
Posted by: davidt at November 10, 2026 10:20 PM (Q+gd/)
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I really appreciate your hard work on the ONT's Doof , and the great musical selections. I just don't want to tune into the "music" of a horse farting.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 10, 2026 10:20 PM (JrHfD)
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Well, it's nice that those coyotes and mou tainted lions will have a golden path into the neighborhoods of all those commie fucks.
Shame about the pets, but people have to feel good about themselves.
Thanks for the ONT.
Shame about the pets, but people have to feel good about themselves.
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 10, 2026 10:21 PM (lbtIB)
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Seems like the wildlife overpasses would be prime hunting ground for predators.
The big cats ain't stupid.
The big cats ain't stupid.
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 10, 2026 10:21 PM (47diA)
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In keeping with the ONT pic:
Officially closed out the 2026 golf season today. Clubs are out of the trunk, and back in storage
Beautiful weather for November in WNY ... breezy, sunny, cool. The golf gods allowed me the grace to finish out the year with my best round; April can't come soon enough.
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:18 PM (oCio0)
Nice job!
I played this afternoon. Definitely not my best round! But it was a beautiful mid-60s and sunny afternoon.
Off tomorrow for Veterans Day. Playing a beautiful but TOUGH course tomorrow. Weather should be similar to today. Fall golf is great!
Officially closed out the 2026 golf season today. Clubs are out of the trunk, and back in storage
Beautiful weather for November in WNY ... breezy, sunny, cool. The golf gods allowed me the grace to finish out the year with my best round; April can't come soon enough.
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:18 PM (oCio0)
Nice job!
I played this afternoon. Definitely not my best round! But it was a beautiful mid-60s and sunny afternoon.
Off tomorrow for Veterans Day. Playing a beautiful but TOUGH course tomorrow. Weather should be similar to today. Fall golf is great!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 10, 2026 10:21 PM (0aYVJ)
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First time I heard The Wreck, I figured it was based on a real event, but I had no idea it was so recent. Figured it was late 19th or early 20th Century. Especially with that old-timey cadence.
Didn't help that I can't make out most of the lyrics in that whatever accent it's supposed to be. Irkish. Just played the music vid up top. Still garbled.
Could just be my laptop speakers. 🙄
Didn't help that I can't make out most of the lyrics in that whatever accent it's supposed to be. Irkish. Just played the music vid up top. Still garbled.
Could just be my laptop speakers. 🙄
Posted by: mindful webworker - nar whim gobble goo ern de lally paloo abercrombie and fitch gitcher gloomy at November 10, 2026 10:21 PM (ou9Ci)
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It was late in the evening, and my small town radio DJ comes on.
"We just got a brand new Gordon Lightfoot record in! Let's listen to it!"
(plays Edmund Fitzgerald)
(there is a moment of silence)
"Gee! What a depressing song!"
"We just got a brand new Gordon Lightfoot record in! Let's listen to it!"
(plays Edmund Fitzgerald)
(there is a moment of silence)
"Gee! What a depressing song!"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 10, 2026 10:22 PM (FZzOq)
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Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 10:16 PM (eYxtx)
Howdy AOP!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 10:16 PM (eYxtx)
Howdy AOP!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:22 PM (QMAsf)
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THAT'S IT!!! I had the Colonel Bogey March going through my head earlier this week and wondered what the name of it was. I also figured I'd never know the name and I made peace with it.
Thank you for helping me reach enlightenment, Doof!
Thank you for helping me reach enlightenment, Doof!
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:22 PM (4S/sV)
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Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!
Posted by: TRex - bird sanctuary dino at November 10, 2026 10:17 PM (XfIK1)
Yo, Dino!!
Posted by: TRex - bird sanctuary dino at November 10, 2026 10:17 PM (XfIK1)
Yo, Dino!!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:23 PM (QMAsf)
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Wow! I never realized that Stacey Keach was Bad Bob in "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean". What a great bad guy character, right up until he got blowed near in half.
"If he wanted a fair fight he should have gone somewhere else"
I need to rewatch that movie, haven't seen it in 40-some years.
"If he wanted a fair fight he should have gone somewhere else"
I need to rewatch that movie, haven't seen it in 40-some years.
Posted by: a.moron at November 10, 2026 10:23 PM (X5Jzz)
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I have been taking great delight in seeing pretty much every member of the entire GOP Senate and their organizations getting absolutely bodied in the comment section on their X accounts.
At this rate, there will be overwhelming interest in the primaries. Hopefully no incumbent survivors.
Sad part is, Thune and all of the other traitors read all of this hate and angst as mainlining Viagra.
At this rate, there will be overwhelming interest in the primaries. Hopefully no incumbent survivors.
Sad part is, Thune and all of the other traitors read all of this hate and angst as mainlining Viagra.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 10, 2026 10:23 PM (a4flb)
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If you haven't checked out the Wikipedia page for the Edmond Fitzgerald, you actually should. Yes, I know Wikipedia can't be trusted for politicized topics, but that ship's sinking isn't political. Its a very detailed page and a good read.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:24 PM (Cjcf6)
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4 EVERY.SINGLE.REPUBLICAN.SENATOR that voted to confirm Thune as minority leader should be the target of a primary campaign at the next opportunity.
Why are we *rewarding* bad behavior???
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:11 PM
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It was a secret ballot.
4 EVERY.SINGLE.REPUBLICAN.SENATOR that voted to confirm Thune as minority leader should be the target of a primary campaign at the next opportunity.
Why are we *rewarding* bad behavior???
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:11 PM
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It was a secret ballot.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 10, 2026 10:24 PM (4Aqsh)
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I really appreciate your hard work on the ONT's Doof , and the great musical selections. I just don't want to tune into the "music" of a horse farting.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 10, 2026 10:20 PM (JrHfD)
Howdy and thanks, Fen.
Feel free to pass on the gas.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 10, 2026 10:20 PM (JrHfD)
Howdy and thanks, Fen.
Feel free to pass on the gas.
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)
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Thank you for helping me reach enlightenment, Doof!
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:22 PM (4S/sV)
I help where I can!
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:22 PM (4S/sV)
I help where I can!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)
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Off tomorrow for Veterans Day. Playing a beautiful but TOUGH course tomorrow. Weather should be similar to today. Fall golf is great!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
No day off for me. I learned from the CEO today that my company of 2000 people has about 50 veterans.
Hmm.
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
No day off for me. I learned from the CEO today that my company of 2000 people has about 50 veterans.
Hmm.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 10, 2026 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)
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Very happy for him but I still think he should keep an eye on his kidneys.
Posted by: Ripley at November 10, 2026 10:20 PM (PTDkx)
That old saw? Well, I guess you can believe it, or not.
Posted by: Ripley at November 10, 2026 10:20 PM (PTDkx)
That old saw? Well, I guess you can believe it, or not.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 10, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)
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I'm dying here...
"Your exhaust make you a shooting star"
"Three towns over, a little kid sees you and makes a wish"
"Your exhaust make you a shooting star"
"Three towns over, a little kid sees you and makes a wish"
Posted by: Community Notes at November 10, 2026 10:26 PM (a4flb)
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At some level, the sinking of the EF was another sign that the earth wants us all dead in various and sundry ways.
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 10, 2026 10:26 PM (47diA)
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10 Songs You Recognize Instantly but Never Knew the Titles Of
Would have been better on An Der Schoenen if he had hit the sour note Bugs Bunny always hits in the back and forth with Yosemite Sam. But Sam shows him what for!
https://shorturl.ly/OzzJO
(It's not actually the same tune, I think. But the popular one Bugs played was a derivative of the one above.)
Would have been better on An Der Schoenen if he had hit the sour note Bugs Bunny always hits in the back and forth with Yosemite Sam. But Sam shows him what for!
https://shorturl.ly/OzzJO
(It's not actually the same tune, I think. But the popular one Bugs played was a derivative of the one above.)
Posted by: GWB at November 10, 2026 10:26 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at November 10, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)
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THAT'S IT!!! I had the Colonel Bogey March going through my head earlier this week and wondered what the name of it was. I also figured I'd never know the name and I made peace with it.
Thank you for helping me reach enlightenment, Doof!
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:22 PM (4S/sV)
Do you know the lyrics?
Thank you for helping me reach enlightenment, Doof!
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:22 PM (4S/sV)
Do you know the lyrics?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (r9UEQ)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (qdXw3)
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If you haven't checked out the Wikipedia page for the Edmond Fitzgerald, you actually should. Yes, I know Wikipedia can't be trusted for politicized topics, but that ship's sinking isn't political. Its a very detailed page and a good read.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:24 PM (Cjcf6)
MIke Hammer gave me a book, entitled "Until The Sea Shall Free Them", concerning the sinking of a converted Liberty Ship carrying coal on the East Coast coastal trade. Fascinating story, and more than enough blame to go around.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:24 PM (Cjcf6)
MIke Hammer gave me a book, entitled "Until The Sea Shall Free Them", concerning the sinking of a converted Liberty Ship carrying coal on the East Coast coastal trade. Fascinating story, and more than enough blame to go around.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (eYxtx)
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It was a secret ballot.
We have the names of seven who have a clue.
Texas Ted has remained silent concerning his vote.
We have the names of seven who have a clue.
Texas Ted has remained silent concerning his vote.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (a4flb)
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Well just repainted a wing without painting over the decals, oh I had sealed the wing or so I thought. Then I applied a wash coat; off came patches of the 'sealed' camouflage.
Also putting on decals for a Fw 190D-9 and while adding landing gear to a Fw 190F-8. Need to muck up the bomb and cluster munitions for the F-8 before installing.
Also putting on decals for a Fw 190D-9 and while adding landing gear to a Fw 190F-8. Need to muck up the bomb and cluster munitions for the F-8 before installing.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (2GVsD)
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I only recognized half of those.
The William Tell Overture.
The Looney Tunes Funeral Dirge.
Theme from 2001 (the other one)
Theme from Bridge Over the River Kwai.
and the second one.
The William Tell Overture.
The Looney Tunes Funeral Dirge.
Theme from 2001 (the other one)
Theme from Bridge Over the River Kwai.
and the second one.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 10, 2026 10:29 PM (vSvIl)
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EVERY.SINGLE.REPUBLICAN.SENATOR that voted to confirm Thune as minority leader should be the target of a primary campaign at the next opportunity.
Why are we *rewarding* bad behavior???
Posted by: Crusader
It was a secret ballot.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
Well, he got the majority of the secret votes.
So I guess we just play the percentages and primary them all.
Not Ron Johnson, who walked out on the vote in protest. And maybe not the handful who wanted to postpone the vote.
Why are we *rewarding* bad behavior???
Posted by: Crusader
It was a secret ballot.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
Well, he got the majority of the secret votes.
So I guess we just play the percentages and primary them all.
Not Ron Johnson, who walked out on the vote in protest. And maybe not the handful who wanted to postpone the vote.
Posted by: mikeski at November 10, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 10, 2026 10:30 PM (hPgrk)
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Another great ONT, Sir Doof! Thank you!
That golf course up top looks simply marvelous!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (qdXw3)
Howdy and thanks, LS!
That golf course up top looks simply marvelous!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (qdXw3)
Howdy and thanks, LS!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:30 PM (QMAsf)
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Howdy and thanks, Fen.
Feel free to pass on the gas.
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)
How does that horse fart compare with the Hippo fart, with the rotating tail action?
Feel free to pass on the gas.
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)
How does that horse fart compare with the Hippo fart, with the rotating tail action?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 10:30 PM (eYxtx)
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"Tonight's ONT brought to you by home protection"
That's a fine plan... assuming the bandits can read.
That's a fine plan... assuming the bandits can read.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at November 10, 2026 10:31 PM (oji8u)
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4 EVERY.SINGLE.REPUBLICAN.SENATOR that voted to confirm Thune as minority leader should be the target of ...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 10, 2026 10:31 PM (hPgrk)
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You check his passport. It'll say Canada right on it.
Posted by: Geddy Lee in a register not unlike the cry of a vengeful hummingbird at November 10, 2026 10:31 PM (KvhFP)
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Do you know the lyrics?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (r9UEQ)
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No, and I hesitate to research them!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (r9UEQ)
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No, and I hesitate to research them!
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:31 PM (4S/sV)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 10, 2026 10:31 PM (hPgrk)
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Hey, old drunk, good to see you back.
Posted by: Braenyard
Howdy, Braeny. Did catch your comment last night.
Reviewing late ONT comments the next morning is kind-of strange sometimes.
Posted by: Braenyard
Howdy, Braeny. Did catch your comment last night.
Reviewing late ONT comments the next morning is kind-of strange sometimes.
Posted by: mindful webworker - how to ease into the tech news at November 10, 2026 10:33 PM (ou9Ci)
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Do you know the lyrics?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (r9UEQ)
Hitler has only got one ball.
Goering has two, but they're small.
Himmler is somewhat similar,
But Goebbels has no balls at all.
(whistles lustily)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (r9UEQ)
Hitler has only got one ball.
Goering has two, but they're small.
Himmler is somewhat similar,
But Goebbels has no balls at all.
(whistles lustily)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 10:34 PM (eYxtx)
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Thanks for the ONT, Doof!
Loved the Southern Security system. I watched a video on security from YouTube and one of the recommendations was to charge your phone at night by your bed. Huh?? Who doesn't already do that?
Loved the Southern Security system. I watched a video on security from YouTube and one of the recommendations was to charge your phone at night by your bed. Huh?? Who doesn't already do that?
Posted by: Iris at November 10, 2026 10:34 PM (286+n)
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Doof, thank you for posting Queensryche's "I am I". Such a great example of what that truly *great* band could do. If that song were released today the "metal"/hard rock crowd would be all over it.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:34 PM (Cjcf6)
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It was a secret ballot.
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Assume anyone who doesn't publicly state a vote in opposition as a supporter, and primary accordingly.
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Assume anyone who doesn't publicly state a vote in opposition as a supporter, and primary accordingly.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 10, 2026 10:35 PM (vSvIl)
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Do you know the lyrics?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (r9UEQ)
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I just looked them up. Two mysteries solved in one night! I always wondered where that 'Himmler had something similar' line came from.
I can die a happy man
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 10, 2026 10:28 PM (r9UEQ)
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I just looked them up. Two mysteries solved in one night! I always wondered where that 'Himmler had something similar' line came from.
I can die a happy man
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:35 PM (4S/sV)
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If the commies really want a war, let them re-institute prohibition.
Part of the plan, they just want to grab all the guns first.
Part of the plan, they just want to grab all the guns first.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 10, 2026 10:35 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 10, 2026 10:36 PM (CHHv1)
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The problem with targeting the idiots that voted for Thune is that we generally lose these types of scenarios.
The donks are not f***** around any longer we really can't afford to lose any Republicans, even squishes.
The earliest we can merely get back to status quo is 2032.
Sucks, but, there it is.
The donks are not f***** around any longer we really can't afford to lose any Republicans, even squishes.
The earliest we can merely get back to status quo is 2032.
Sucks, but, there it is.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 10, 2026 10:37 PM (XV/Pl)
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"What's the difference between a Canadian moose, and an American moose?"
American: Moose out front shoulda told ya.
Canadian: Moose out front shoulda told ya, eh?
American: Moose out front shoulda told ya.
Canadian: Moose out front shoulda told ya, eh?
Posted by: mindful webworker - moose limbs must go at November 10, 2026 10:37 PM (ou9Ci)
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Thanks for the ONT, Doof!
Loved the Southern Security system. I watched a video on security from YouTube and one of the recommendations was to charge your phone at night by your bed. Huh?? Who doesn't already do that?
Posted by: Iris at November 10, 2026 10:34 PM (286+n)
Hello, Iris!
Loved the Southern Security system. I watched a video on security from YouTube and one of the recommendations was to charge your phone at night by your bed. Huh?? Who doesn't already do that?
Posted by: Iris at November 10, 2026 10:34 PM (286+n)
Hello, Iris!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)
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Didn't help that I can't make out most of the lyrics ...
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Enunciation is not a big thing with many singers.
Engineers beckon the noose; some utube providers the garrote.
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Enunciation is not a big thing with many singers.
Engineers beckon the noose; some utube providers the garrote.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 10, 2026 10:38 PM (hPgrk)
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If you haven't checked out the Wikipedia page for the Edmond Fitzgerald, you actually should. Yes, I know Wikipedia can't be trusted for politicized topics, but that ship's sinking isn't political. Its a very detailed page and a good read.
Posted by: Crusader
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Seconded. Don't know if it's in there on Wikipedia but Northwestern Mutual owned the Edmund Fitzgerald. I believe it was their one and only.
That song is on regular rotation in the casa de doggo.
Posted by: Crusader
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Seconded. Don't know if it's in there on Wikipedia but Northwestern Mutual owned the Edmund Fitzgerald. I believe it was their one and only.
That song is on regular rotation in the casa de doggo.
Posted by: scampydog at November 10, 2026 10:39 PM (41CYW)
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Doof, thank you for posting Queensryche's "I am I". Such a great example of what that truly *great* band could do. If that song were released today the "metal"/hard rock crowd would be all over it.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:34 PM (Cjcf6)
Glad you enjoyed it. Was trying to find a combo version of I am I / Damaged, but no luck.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:34 PM (Cjcf6)
Glad you enjoyed it. Was trying to find a combo version of I am I / Damaged, but no luck.
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 10, 2026 10:39 PM (hPgrk)
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It was a secret ballot.
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Assume anyone who doesn't publicly state a vote in opposition as a supporter, and primary accordingly.
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Exactly. If they won't fight for us, they can be forced to openly fight against us. To hell with them.
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Assume anyone who doesn't publicly state a vote in opposition as a supporter, and primary accordingly.
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Exactly. If they won't fight for us, they can be forced to openly fight against us. To hell with them.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:41 PM (Cjcf6)
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Reviewing late ONT comments the next morning is kind-of strange sometimes.
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Pour a bit of Baileys in your coffee. By your 3rd cup it will make more sense.
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Pour a bit of Baileys in your coffee. By your 3rd cup it will make more sense.
Posted by: scampydog phone typos at November 10, 2026 10:41 PM (41CYW)
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Sucker pin on that green. Over the trap, small landing area. What the hell, didn't come to 3 putt!
Thanks for the ONT, Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (41CYW)
Flop shot FTW!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
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I'm thinking 8 iron, drop to the left side and two putt. Take the par, and a shot from the flask.
Thanks for the ONT, Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at November 10, 2026 10:15 PM (41CYW)
Flop shot FTW!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
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I'm thinking 8 iron, drop to the left side and two putt. Take the par, and a shot from the flask.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2026 10:42 PM (2WIwB)
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I just read about the Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Incident, which to my surprise had nothing to do with Star Trek, and instead had to do with contamination of a Japanese facility that generated Red Rice Yeast extract
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)
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Best Jethro Tull in a long time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 10, 2026 10:31 PM (hPgrk)
Gotta admit, I had never heard it before today. Spotify's algorithm is quite good, I think. It feeds me several "Daily Mix" varieties. Mostly stuff I'm familiar with but it pulls in deeper cuts / lesser known tracks. That Tull tune got added to my liked songs quickly!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 10, 2026 10:31 PM (hPgrk)
Gotta admit, I had never heard it before today. Spotify's algorithm is quite good, I think. It feeds me several "Daily Mix" varieties. Mostly stuff I'm familiar with but it pulls in deeper cuts / lesser known tracks. That Tull tune got added to my liked songs quickly!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)
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Enunciation is not a big thing with many singers.
Engineers beckon the noose; some utube providers the garrote.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 10, 2026 10:38 PM (hPgrk)
Well, I don't think Lightfoot has a problem with enunciation. I think the problem lies with listeners who are used to poppy love songs that run for 2:24. Fitzgerald is more of an epic poem, set to music. It demands that one pays attention.
Engineers beckon the noose; some utube providers the garrote.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 10, 2026 10:38 PM (hPgrk)
Well, I don't think Lightfoot has a problem with enunciation. I think the problem lies with listeners who are used to poppy love songs that run for 2:24. Fitzgerald is more of an epic poem, set to music. It demands that one pays attention.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 10:45 PM (eYxtx)
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Flop shot FTW!
Posted by: Doof
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No houses behind that green for the dreaded bladed flop shot.
Posted by: Doof
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No houses behind that green for the dreaded bladed flop shot.
Posted by: scampydog phone typos at November 10, 2026 10:45 PM (41CYW)
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Re: The Edmund Fitzgerald
I have a high school classmate who was a cook on the Fitz, as a summer job. He was back in school at the end of August, and avoided being the first in our class to die.
My girlfriend's father was an EVP at Olglebay Norton at the time the Fitz went down. A very grim, quiet house in the days that followed. When Gordon Lightfoot's song came out, he about had a stroke ... the song made him so angry.
I have a high school classmate who was a cook on the Fitz, as a summer job. He was back in school at the end of August, and avoided being the first in our class to die.
My girlfriend's father was an EVP at Olglebay Norton at the time the Fitz went down. A very grim, quiet house in the days that followed. When Gordon Lightfoot's song came out, he about had a stroke ... the song made him so angry.
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:45 PM (oCio0)
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Pffft.
Posted by: the Titanic at November 10, 2026 10:46 PM (oq9dX)
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>>What's the difference between a Canadian moose, and an American moose?
American moose are huge. You have to see one in person realize how big they are.
Canadian moose are bigger.
American moose are huge. You have to see one in person realize how big they are.
Canadian moose are bigger.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 10, 2026 10:46 PM (viF8m)
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Off tomorrow for Veterans Day. Playing a beautiful but TOUGH course tomorrow. Weather should be similar to today. Fall golf is great!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
I'm jealous. Had to cancel Geezer Golf today. It was raining buckets.
Sigh...
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
I'm jealous. Had to cancel Geezer Golf today. It was raining buckets.
Sigh...
Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB)
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Canadian moose are bigger.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 10, 2026 10:46 PM (viF8m)
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It's because they're metric. Duh.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 10, 2026 10:46 PM (viF8m)
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It's because they're metric. Duh.
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:48 PM (1LWHK)
Posted by: The Wilhelm Gustloff at November 10, 2026 10:48 PM (KT9zX)
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Off tomorrow for Veterans Day. Playing a beautiful but TOUGH course tomorrow. Weather should be similar to today. Fall golf is great!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
I'm jealous. Had to cancel Geezer Golf today. It was raining buckets.
Sigh...
Posted by: Diogenes
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Our courses closed up on Nov 1st. I am jealous of both of you.
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
I'm jealous. Had to cancel Geezer Golf today. It was raining buckets.
Sigh...
Posted by: Diogenes
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Our courses closed up on Nov 1st. I am jealous of both of you.
Posted by: scampydog phone typos at November 10, 2026 10:48 PM (41CYW)
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Flop shot FTW!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
You mean:
Hit it right in the equator, and skull it 30 yards behind the green.
---ask me how I play it---
Flop shot FTW!
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
You mean:
Hit it right in the equator, and skull it 30 yards behind the green.
---ask me how I play it---
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:48 PM (oCio0)
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68 It was a secret ballot.
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Assume anyone who doesn't publicly state a vote in opposition as a supporter, and primary accordingly.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 10, 2026 10:35 PM (vSvIl)
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There's the first order of attack right there. THIS should NOT be a behind closed doors ballot. They are representatives of a constituency and their votes should be, absolutely, public.
They only get away with a secret ballot (one I might add is significantly important) because WE don't force them out in the light to be accountable. They are afraid of repercussions, and they should be. That should be their motivating guide.
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Assume anyone who doesn't publicly state a vote in opposition as a supporter, and primary accordingly.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 10, 2026 10:35 PM (vSvIl)
______________________________
There's the first order of attack right there. THIS should NOT be a behind closed doors ballot. They are representatives of a constituency and their votes should be, absolutely, public.
They only get away with a secret ballot (one I might add is significantly important) because WE don't force them out in the light to be accountable. They are afraid of repercussions, and they should be. That should be their motivating guide.
Posted by: Orson at November 10, 2026 10:49 PM (dIske)
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Senate GOP beyond parody. Even bearing in mind that leadership votes are largely based on $$-raising power, political network and savvy, and occasionally (in the old days) on seniority and parliamentary skills (Robert Byrd) - this is beyond grotesque. You suffer this big - and this weird, and pathetic - a loss, you let someone else take the helm.
It's like Dubya not accepting George's resignation after 9/11. Or keeping Short and Kimmel after 12/7/41 (even though they were kinda sorta railroaded). Or a coach not quitting after a 1-15 season.
Just a darkly funny part of the overall national nightmare and humiliation.
It's like Dubya not accepting George's resignation after 9/11. Or keeping Short and Kimmel after 12/7/41 (even though they were kinda sorta railroaded). Or a coach not quitting after a 1-15 season.
Just a darkly funny part of the overall national nightmare and humiliation.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 10:49 PM (U/Byj)
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Pffft.
Posted by: the Titanic at November 10, 2026 10:46 PM (oq9dX)
Meh. That was mostly bad driving.
Posted by: the Titanic at November 10, 2026 10:46 PM (oq9dX)
Meh. That was mostly bad driving.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 10:49 PM (eYxtx)
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Good evening morons ותודה, דוף
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)
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So what's the course up top?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 10:50 PM (U/Byj)
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Well, he got the majority of the secret votes.
So I guess we just play the percentages and primary them all.
Not Ron Johnson, who walked out on the vote in protest. And maybe not the handful who wanted to postpone the vote.
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That seems like a great plan. Let's just throw those *bastards* out. They knew damn well what "We The People" wanted, and what we deserved. Thune is a God-Damned traitor, and I say that having told all of you that I'm trying not to curse. But he deserves the title. And so does EVERY.SINGLE.REPUBLICAN.SENATOR that decided that NONE OF US matter, and that the God-Damned traitor should be our senatorial leader. Primary every single one of them who made no effort to stand in the way of his re-election.
So I guess we just play the percentages and primary them all.
Not Ron Johnson, who walked out on the vote in protest. And maybe not the handful who wanted to postpone the vote.
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That seems like a great plan. Let's just throw those *bastards* out. They knew damn well what "We The People" wanted, and what we deserved. Thune is a God-Damned traitor, and I say that having told all of you that I'm trying not to curse. But he deserves the title. And so does EVERY.SINGLE.REPUBLICAN.SENATOR that decided that NONE OF US matter, and that the God-Damned traitor should be our senatorial leader. Primary every single one of them who made no effort to stand in the way of his re-election.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:50 PM (Cjcf6)
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35 THAT'S IT!!! I had the Colonel Bogey March going through my head earlier this week and wondered what the name of it was. I also figured I'd never know the name and I made peace with it.
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:22 PM (4S/sV)
The Colonel Bogey March was used in a famous WW2 movie but I can't remember which one. Was also used in a TV commercial back in the 70's
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:22 PM (4S/sV)
The Colonel Bogey March was used in a famous WW2 movie but I can't remember which one. Was also used in a TV commercial back in the 70's
Posted by: Joemarine at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (y171U)
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Flop shot FTW!
Posted by: Doof
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No houses behind that green for the dreaded bladed flop shot.
Posted by: scampydog phone typos at November 10, 2026 10:45 PM (41CYW)
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Ft Lewis has a similar hole. 183 yard Par 3 with bunkers in the front and blackberry bushes in the back. Do not over shoot!
Posted by: Doof
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No houses behind that green for the dreaded bladed flop shot.
Posted by: scampydog phone typos at November 10, 2026 10:45 PM (41CYW)
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Ft Lewis has a similar hole. 183 yard Par 3 with bunkers in the front and blackberry bushes in the back. Do not over shoot!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)
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I skipped the fart videos because we just watched the latest Zeducation, which had several flatulence memes. And, predictably, concluded with Schumer letting one rip, with which Zed too often ends. I keep my finger poised over the pause key so I don't have to watch it. Again.
Zed always says, what are you, twelve? Don't laugh at that! while chuckling uncontrollably.
https://youtu.be/mdLl6BD7_3k
Zed always says, what are you, twelve? Don't laugh at that! while chuckling uncontrollably.
https://youtu.be/mdLl6BD7_3k
Posted by: mindful webworker - thou shalt not paaassss at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (ou9Ci)
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The 10 common songs video was good. Although i misread the "Morning Mood" title, and thought, "Damn! Who knew they had that phrase back then?"
Posted by: Wally at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (Oly6l)
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Leadership votes will always be secret because open votes would magnify and weaponize personal rivalries beyond the ridiculous level already present.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (U/Byj)
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"We will not rest or relent until we have lost every remaining Senate GOP seat." - Sen. J. Thune
"We will not rest or relent until we have lost every remaining Senate GOP seat." - Sen. J. Thune
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (eRlcH)
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The Colonel Bogey March was used in a famous WW2 movie but I can't remember which one. Was also used in a TV commercial back in the 70's
Posted by: Joemarine at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (y171U)
Bridge on the River Kwai
Posted by: Joemarine at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (y171U)
Bridge on the River Kwai
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (oCio0)
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Now were are getting somewhere!!
"Red Eagle Politics
@RedEaglePatriot
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13h
And people still think the GOP lost Hispanic voters over “deportations”…if that were true, more than 15% of Hispanics would say immigration was their top issue. And 61% of them wouldn’t have voted red.
Compromise on the healthcare subsidy if you want Hispanics, NOT amnesty! "
"Red Eagle Politics
@RedEaglePatriot
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13h
And people still think the GOP lost Hispanic voters over “deportations”…if that were true, more than 15% of Hispanics would say immigration was their top issue. And 61% of them wouldn’t have voted red.
Compromise on the healthcare subsidy if you want Hispanics, NOT amnesty! "
Posted by: runner at November 10, 2026 10:52 PM (AKptf)
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The Colonel Bogey March was used in a famous WW2 movie but I can't remember which one. Was also used in a TV commercial back in the 70's
Posted by: Joemarine at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (y171U)
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I remembered it (poorly) from The Parent Trap. I was kind of sweet on Hayley Mills
Posted by: Joemarine at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (y171U)
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I remembered it (poorly) from The Parent Trap. I was kind of sweet on Hayley Mills
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:52 PM (1LWHK)
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86
My girlfriend's father was an EVP at Olglebay Norton at the time the Fitz went down. A very grim, quiet house in the days that followed. When Gordon Lightfoot's song came out, he about had a stroke ... the song made him so angry.
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:45 PM
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Why did it make him angry?
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My girlfriend's father was an EVP at Olglebay Norton at the time the Fitz went down. A very grim, quiet house in the days that followed. When Gordon Lightfoot's song came out, he about had a stroke ... the song made him so angry.
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:45 PM
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Why did it make him angry?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 10, 2026 10:52 PM (ienUH)
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The first time I heard The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald I didn't know about the actual wreck (yes, shame on me). I thought it was about a very old wreck, like from the 19th century. Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song for the ages -- or maybe shipwrecks are stories for all ages.
Those ratings are the thing that hit me. Men on a team, working, and they all go down despite their best efforts to reach safety.
The first time I heard The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald I didn't know about the actual wreck (yes, shame on me). I thought it was about a very old wreck, like from the 19th century. Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song for the ages -- or maybe shipwrecks are stories for all ages.
Those ratings are the thing that hit me. Men on a team, working, and they all go down despite their best efforts to reach safety.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 10, 2026 10:53 PM (XJ22o)
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Oy. What a night. I was having a nice phone conversation with a fellow Moron, hung up, and got in bed with my wife. She said she wanted me to fix a squeaky hinge.
I said "hell, it's only 2111hrs, I'll just go get some WD-40 from the shed right now," and that's when the trap was sprung!
My 10 month old, very black cat, who is in her first heat, leapt from beneath my shoe rack where she was hiding, out into the inky blackness, like a shadow among shadows.
I went out with a flashlight and a can of food and hunted for 45 minutes, to no avail.
So I went inside, locked the dog in the back of the house, shut off the lights, opened the doors and windows, and laid in wait on the kitchen floor.
"Skritch skritch," I heard from the top of the fence, and thought "that's her, or a raccoon," and ran outside.
It was neither. It was a big, fluffy, horny tomcat. I ran him off, and that flushed her out - she was waiting beneath the car for him and his unbridled cat passion.
She got snatched up and now she is strutting around my house in high dudgeon. She is NOT amused.
I said "hell, it's only 2111hrs, I'll just go get some WD-40 from the shed right now," and that's when the trap was sprung!
My 10 month old, very black cat, who is in her first heat, leapt from beneath my shoe rack where she was hiding, out into the inky blackness, like a shadow among shadows.
I went out with a flashlight and a can of food and hunted for 45 minutes, to no avail.
So I went inside, locked the dog in the back of the house, shut off the lights, opened the doors and windows, and laid in wait on the kitchen floor.
"Skritch skritch," I heard from the top of the fence, and thought "that's her, or a raccoon," and ran outside.
It was neither. It was a big, fluffy, horny tomcat. I ran him off, and that flushed her out - she was waiting beneath the car for him and his unbridled cat passion.
She got snatched up and now she is strutting around my house in high dudgeon. She is NOT amused.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2026 10:54 PM (BI5O2)
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Why did it make him angry?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 10, 2026 10:52 PM (ienUH)
Everybody’s a music critic.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 10, 2026 10:52 PM (ienUH)
Everybody’s a music critic.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2026 10:54 PM (SjTO/)
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Doof nice memoriam
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)
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No day off for me. I learned from the CEO today that my company of 2000 people has about 50 veterans.
Hmm.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 10, 2026 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)
So wwhat you're saying is that the company acknowledges that it would fall apart if those 50 would take the day off?
Hmm.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 10, 2026 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)
So wwhat you're saying is that the company acknowledges that it would fall apart if those 50 would take the day off?
Posted by: pookysgirl at November 10, 2026 10:54 PM (Wt5PA)
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There are surveys showing much higher % of Hispanic voters with ICE/deportations as top concern. Like 40%. RVG results certainly track with that - most amazing Trump success to date, reversed.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 10:54 PM (U/Byj)
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I have a laurel hedge that is completely overgrown. It is not mine, it is the neighbor's but it was overhanging our property so I cut it back to the property line, and hired a tree company to come in and chip the 50' winrow of cut branches.
It was just the one kid, so I helped by dragging cuttings up so the kid could stuff them in the chipper. It cost, but it took an hour, instead of the 3 days it would have taken to shove it all into a trailer and take it down to the place on the highway that charges 70 bucks a load. I saved a lot of frustration today. And I have a nice pile of chips to mulch my trees and my flower beds with.
I will have the tree service back when I negotiate with the neighbor over topping the hedge down to 4 feet. I want to take it off at t he ground but his wife won't have that.
It was just the one kid, so I helped by dragging cuttings up so the kid could stuff them in the chipper. It cost, but it took an hour, instead of the 3 days it would have taken to shove it all into a trailer and take it down to the place on the highway that charges 70 bucks a load. I saved a lot of frustration today. And I have a nice pile of chips to mulch my trees and my flower beds with.
I will have the tree service back when I negotiate with the neighbor over topping the hedge down to 4 feet. I want to take it off at t he ground but his wife won't have that.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)
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THIS should NOT be a behind closed doors ballot. They are representatives of a constituency and their votes should be, absolutely, public.
They only get away with a secret ballot (one I might add is significantly important) because WE don't force them out in the light to be accountable. They are afraid of repercussions, and they should be. That should be their motivating guide.
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Great post! If we wanted to guess what they think of us from their willingness to sell us out...GOLLY...we might start to wonder why we give a damn about them!
They only get away with a secret ballot (one I might add is significantly important) because WE don't force them out in the light to be accountable. They are afraid of repercussions, and they should be. That should be their motivating guide.
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Great post! If we wanted to guess what they think of us from their willingness to sell us out...GOLLY...we might start to wonder why we give a damn about them!
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:55 PM (Cjcf6)
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Should been RGV, Rio Grande Valley. Duh.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 10:55 PM (U/Byj)
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So was the course in the picture ID'd?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 10:56 PM (U/Byj)
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I have never had a problem understanding Gordon Lightfoot singing “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”. My hearing is only so-so these days, but I find his words ring out clearly. Make sure your not getting some compressed version of the song, I suppose.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 10, 2026 10:57 PM (r9UEQ)
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For Gordan Lightfoot - allow me to mention his Canadian Railroad Trilogy in 1967, in honor of the centennial of Canada itself. (CBC).
Posted by: John Drake at November 10, 2026 10:57 PM (j+SAP)
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I just read about the Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Incident, which to my surprise had nothing to do with Star Trek
Posted by: Kindltot
It's a fairly common Japanese surname, in addition to being a Star Trek meme.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid was a cute anime. It's like Three's Company, but get rid of John Ritter and replace Suzanne Somers with Godzilla.
Posted by: Kindltot
It's a fairly common Japanese surname, in addition to being a Star Trek meme.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid was a cute anime. It's like Three's Company, but get rid of John Ritter and replace Suzanne Somers with Godzilla.
Posted by: mikeski at November 10, 2026 10:57 PM (VHUov)
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She got snatched up and now she is strutting around my house in high dudgeon. She is NOT amused.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2026 10:54 PM (BI5O2)
Hmmmm....reminds me of a girl I knew in high school.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2026 10:54 PM (BI5O2)
Hmmmm....reminds me of a girl I knew in high school.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 10:57 PM (1LWHK)
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My girlfriend's father was an EVP at Olglebay Norton at the time the Fitz went down. A very grim, quiet house in the days that followed. When Gordon Lightfoot's song came out, he about had a stroke ... the song made him so angry.
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:45 PM
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Why did it make him angry?
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Some people are just drama queens.
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:45 PM
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Why did it make him angry?
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Some people are just drama queens.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 10:58 PM (Cjcf6)
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The Colonel Bogey March was used in a famous WW2 movie but I can't remember which one. Was also used in a TV commercial back in the 70's
Posted by: Joemarine at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (y171U)
Bridge Over the River Kwai I think
Posted by: Joemarine at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (y171U)
Bridge Over the River Kwai I think
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 10:58 PM (rbvCR)
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Why did it make him angry?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 10, 2026 10:52 PM (ienUH)
He thought it was disrespectful to those who died, took liberties with what was known about the tragedy at the time.
The Fitz was Oglebay Norton''s flagship, and everyone attached to the company took the sinking quite hard.
The song came out too soon, and emotions were still quite raw. That said, I think Rene would still have a bee in his bonnet to this day.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 10, 2026 10:52 PM (ienUH)
He thought it was disrespectful to those who died, took liberties with what was known about the tragedy at the time.
The Fitz was Oglebay Norton''s flagship, and everyone attached to the company took the sinking quite hard.
The song came out too soon, and emotions were still quite raw. That said, I think Rene would still have a bee in his bonnet to this day.
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:58 PM (oCio0)
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104 Leadership votes will always be secret because open votes would magnify and weaponize personal rivalries beyond the ridiculous level already present.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (U/Byj)
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I'm a transparency guy. The people you send to Congress have one customer....and that customer is entitled to know how their representative(s) votes on EVERY issue regardless of exposing factions. The vote is on my behalf. I WANT to know the rivalries. It makes it easier to hold accountability. The "Marquess of Queensberry Rules" era is over.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 10:51 PM (U/Byj)
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I'm a transparency guy. The people you send to Congress have one customer....and that customer is entitled to know how their representative(s) votes on EVERY issue regardless of exposing factions. The vote is on my behalf. I WANT to know the rivalries. It makes it easier to hold accountability. The "Marquess of Queensberry Rules" era is over.
Posted by: Orson at November 10, 2026 10:58 PM (dIske)
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Love just about every song Jethro Tull performed as an almost groupie in 1975.
Love the Genesis song. Thank you, Doof.
Long week and I think it's only Tuesday.
Rough stuff going on with my mother but she's loved, well cared for, stubborn, a woman of deep faith, comfortable, bossing people around, and all will be well.
Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow.
With great luck I'm still living with my old love and have nothing to compare to these lyrics. Still going strong.
Old Love
Eric Clapton 1988
https://tinyurl.com/cyrx9snm
Love the Genesis song. Thank you, Doof.
Long week and I think it's only Tuesday.
Rough stuff going on with my mother but she's loved, well cared for, stubborn, a woman of deep faith, comfortable, bossing people around, and all will be well.
Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow.
With great luck I'm still living with my old love and have nothing to compare to these lyrics. Still going strong.
Old Love
Eric Clapton 1988
https://tinyurl.com/cyrx9snm
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 10, 2026 10:59 PM (hzuYO)
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The Colonel Bogey March was used in a famous WW2 movie but I can't remember which one. Was also used in a TV commercial back in the 70's
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It was written in 1914 and used in Bridge on the River Kwai (whistled by the British soldiers). Malcolm Arnold also composed a march for the film.
https://youtu.be/qkJoufVDRt0
The Colonel Bogey March was used in a famous WW2 movie but I can't remember which one. Was also used in a TV commercial back in the 70's
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It was written in 1914 and used in Bridge on the River Kwai (whistled by the British soldiers). Malcolm Arnold also composed a march for the film.
https://youtu.be/qkJoufVDRt0
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 10:59 PM (eRlcH)
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It was neither. It was a big, fluffy, horny tomcat. I ran him off, and that flushed her out - she was waiting beneath the car for him and his unbridled cat passion.
She got snatched up and now she is strutting around my house in high dudgeon. She is NOT amused.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
I'd say she should be in high dudgeon. You pussy-blocked your pussy!
She got snatched up and now she is strutting around my house in high dudgeon. She is NOT amused.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
I'd say she should be in high dudgeon. You pussy-blocked your pussy!
Posted by: zombie Mrs. Slocombe at November 10, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUov)
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Doof nice memoriam
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)
Thanks -- I've listened to that song more times today than I care to admit.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)
Thanks -- I've listened to that song more times today than I care to admit.
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 11:00 PM (QMAsf)
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I will have the tree service back when I negotiate with the neighbor over topping the hedge down to 4 feet. I want to take it off at t he ground but his wife won't have that.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)
NOw you will be obliged to cut down some other tree, or trim a a different hedge. Because it would be a mistake to rest upon your laurels.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)
NOw you will be obliged to cut down some other tree, or trim a a different hedge. Because it would be a mistake to rest upon your laurels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 11:01 PM (eYxtx)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 10, 2026 11:01 PM (PgV1+)
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I don't get what kind of network and fundraising capacity Thune derives from South Dakota. Fewer than a million people live there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 11:01 PM (RIvkX)
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Don't think you're ever gonna see open leadership votes. For the reasons I noted above - too much poison to dump into the caucus, could easily complicate serious matters later. As it is, the secret vote permits the kind of uncertainty given to a firing squad's members - one of them doesn't have a real round.
Still can't get over the farce of re-electing someone who's just overseen one of the greatest setbacks in modern history. In no other part of life or society is that the norm (well, Jamie Gorelick, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, OK I admit one particular tribe has freed itself from that norm).
Still can't get over the farce of re-electing someone who's just overseen one of the greatest setbacks in modern history. In no other part of life or society is that the norm (well, Jamie Gorelick, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, OK I admit one particular tribe has freed itself from that norm).
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 11:03 PM (U/Byj)
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I don't get what kind of network and fundraising capacity Thune derives from South Dakota. Fewer than a million people live there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
It's part of the Greater Middle-Of-Nowhere Metropolitan area.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
It's part of the Greater Middle-Of-Nowhere Metropolitan area.
Posted by: mikeski at November 10, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)
138
So what's the course up top?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 10:50 PM (U/Byj)
Google Lens says it's the 16th at Stonehaven Golf Course (located at The Resort at Glade Springs) in Daniels, West Virginia
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 10:50 PM (U/Byj)
Google Lens says it's the 16th at Stonehaven Golf Course (located at The Resort at Glade Springs) in Daniels, West Virginia
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 11:04 PM (QMAsf)
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Lightfoot's song approaches perfection as a ballad and a dirge, it is as if each word fits perfectly with the next. Reading it without the tune does not do it justice. He was an amazing talent.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)
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Daniels, West Virginia
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 11:04 PM (QMAsf)
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Its a beautiful pic. My money would've been on Stowe VT or Jay Peak (again, VT).
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 11:04 PM (QMAsf)
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Its a beautiful pic. My money would've been on Stowe VT or Jay Peak (again, VT).
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 11:05 PM (1LWHK)
141
I wonder if Ron Johnson flounced out like he promised.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
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Franpsycho I'm describing the average case for leadership choices. Any given one may have other factors. Tom Daschle was also from SD and he was Dem leader. Dole was from KS. Mitchell from Maine. Reaching back, Mansfield from MT. Byrd from WV (but also very senior and a parliamentary expert).
Reminds me of the time, sitting in Kassebaum's office on a late-nighter, watching the floor with my friend (her staffer), and Nancy walking in, looking at the TV, shaking her head slightly and saying "poor George, he's not doing very well" (Mitchell was flailing in trying to manage some contentious matter). We all cracked up.
Reminds me of the time, sitting in Kassebaum's office on a late-nighter, watching the floor with my friend (her staffer), and Nancy walking in, looking at the TV, shaking her head slightly and saying "poor George, he's not doing very well" (Mitchell was flailing in trying to manage some contentious matter). We all cracked up.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 11:07 PM (U/Byj)
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Is twitface down?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2026 11:08 PM (4NO2D)
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Thanks Doof. Gorgeous course. Never played any of the really beautiful courses in VA when I lived in the area, but did play some nice ones.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 11:09 PM (U/Byj)
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>>There are surveys showing much higher % of Hispanic voters with ICE/deportations as top concern. Like 40%. RVG results certainly track with that - most amazing Trump success to date, reversed.
I'm pretty sure looking at historical demographics is a waste of time and chasing the past. The left registered 20 million new voters recently across the US including Texas and other states that had huge and hard to explain vote totals by issues alone. And many of those states, including Texas, did not require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Talarico got more early votes than Paxton got total votes and he spent 2 of the last weeks of the campaign, well, somewhere completely off the campaign trail. He got a historic number of votes for a Democrat running on transing kids, killing the oil and gas industry and making the border a welcome mat for illegals. Oh and hating Christians. In Texas.
Do you really think that was just a bunch of angry Mexicans that got him 5.4 million votes?
I'm pretty sure looking at historical demographics is a waste of time and chasing the past. The left registered 20 million new voters recently across the US including Texas and other states that had huge and hard to explain vote totals by issues alone. And many of those states, including Texas, did not require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Talarico got more early votes than Paxton got total votes and he spent 2 of the last weeks of the campaign, well, somewhere completely off the campaign trail. He got a historic number of votes for a Democrat running on transing kids, killing the oil and gas industry and making the border a welcome mat for illegals. Oh and hating Christians. In Texas.
Do you really think that was just a bunch of angry Mexicans that got him 5.4 million votes?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 10, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)
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toby, don't think so, just checked.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 11:09 PM (U/Byj)
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When Gordon Lightfoot's song came out, he about had a stroke ... the song made him so angry.
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:45 PM
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Why did it make him angry?
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He wanted a metal version?
Posted by: browndog says woof at November 10, 2026 10:45 PM
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Why did it make him angry?
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He wanted a metal version?
Posted by: wth at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (oq9dX)
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This is also the anniversary of the 1913 Great Lakes storm, where 19 ships were lost and some 250 men died. So why the Edmund Fitzgerald is such a big deal has always escaped me.
This is also the anniversary of the 1913 Great Lakes storm, where 19 ships were lost and some 250 men died. So why the Edmund Fitzgerald is such a big deal has always escaped me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (eRlcH)
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The squeaky hinge will get fixed tomorrow. Good night, guys.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (BI5O2)
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The EVP was angry that day my friends
Posted by: 496 at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (1LWHK)
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Hmm, everything I do on X is returning some version of 'Something went wrong. Try reloading'
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2026 11:11 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: four seasons at November 10, 2026 11:12 PM (/QHx4)
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Jack you forgot coming out against eating meat in Talarico's dream platform for a TX candidate.
No, I have no idea, and I'm not pronouncing on the sub-topic of Hispanic vote switchers (or new voters) and any relationship to immigration issues.
Could well be that the massive Dem vote increase was literally just brute registration/turnout arithmetic. I assume some data guys are going to look into this. Hard to believe an effort this massive slipped under the radar, but I have yet to see a word on it from any political pros (before or after last Tuesday).
No, I have no idea, and I'm not pronouncing on the sub-topic of Hispanic vote switchers (or new voters) and any relationship to immigration issues.
Could well be that the massive Dem vote increase was literally just brute registration/turnout arithmetic. I assume some data guys are going to look into this. Hard to believe an effort this massive slipped under the radar, but I have yet to see a word on it from any political pros (before or after last Tuesday).
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 11:13 PM (U/Byj)
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With great luck I'm still living with my old love and have nothing to compare to these lyrics. Still going strong.
Old Love
Eric Clapton 1988
https://tinyurl.com/cyrx9snm
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I'm so glad you posted that one! There's so much great music out there, and so much great under-played Eric Clapton music out there that I had kind of forgotten about that one. But its beautiful, and an incredible piece of music.
Old Love
Eric Clapton 1988
https://tinyurl.com/cyrx9snm
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I'm so glad you posted that one! There's so much great music out there, and so much great under-played Eric Clapton music out there that I had kind of forgotten about that one. But its beautiful, and an incredible piece of music.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 11:13 PM (Cjcf6)
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Hmm, everything I do on X is returning some version of 'Something went wrong. Try reloading'
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2026 11:11 PM (4NO2D)
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Likely it's because something went wrong.
Hmm, everything I do on X is returning some version of 'Something went wrong. Try reloading'
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2026 11:11 PM (4NO2D)
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Likely it's because something went wrong.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 11:13 PM (eRlcH)
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>>> 148
This is also the anniversary of the 1913 Great Lakes storm, where 19 ships were lost and some 250 men died. So why the Edmund Fitzgerald is such a big deal has always escaped me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (eRlcH)
Radio and teewee coverage of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
This is also the anniversary of the 1913 Great Lakes storm, where 19 ships were lost and some 250 men died. So why the Edmund Fitzgerald is such a big deal has always escaped me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (eRlcH)
Radio and teewee coverage of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 10, 2026 11:13 PM (PgV1+)
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Do you really think that was just a bunch of angry Mexicans that got him 5.4 million votes?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 10, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)
I have been assured it was Van Jones' clever advice, and definitely not fraud at all, since the Dems have given that up as not a useful tactic for elections.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 10, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)
I have been assured it was Van Jones' clever advice, and definitely not fraud at all, since the Dems have given that up as not a useful tactic for elections.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 11:14 PM (rbvCR)
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This is also the anniversary of the 1913 Great Lakes storm, where 19 ships were lost and some 250 men died. So why the Edmund Fitzgerald is such a big deal has always escaped me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (eRlcH)
Because it occurred within the memory of people now living?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (eRlcH)
Because it occurred within the memory of people now living?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 11:14 PM (eYxtx)
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This is also the anniversary of the 1913 Great Lakes storm, where 19 ships were lost and some 250 men died. So why the Edmund Fitzgerald is such a big deal has always escaped me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (eRlcH)
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Better P.R.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (eRlcH)
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Better P.R.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 11:14 PM (RIvkX)
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It's not actually the same tune, I think. But the popular one Bugs played was a derivative of the one above.)
Posted by: GWB at November 10, 2026 10:26 PM (kU0PQ)
The Bugs Bunny song was “Endearing Young Charms”, an old Irish tune.
Posted by: GWB at November 10, 2026 10:26 PM (kU0PQ)
The Bugs Bunny song was “Endearing Young Charms”, an old Irish tune.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2026 11:14 PM (SjTO/)
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141 I wonder if Ron Johnson flounced out like he promised.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
He did.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
He did.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 10, 2026 11:14 PM (y171U)
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Pretty sure every one of those 10 songs has been used in Looney Tunes cartoons.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 10, 2026 11:14 PM (3ImbR)
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Google Lens says it's the 16th at Stonehaven Golf Course (located at The Resort at Glade Springs) in Daniels, West Virginia
Posted by: Doof
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Just looked it up on my golf app. 587 yard par 5. Straight. Heavily wooded on both sides of fairway. 3 fairway bunkers and 2 greenside. And there is a house beyond the trees behind the green. Put me down for a snowman on that hole.
Posted by: Doof
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Just looked it up on my golf app. 587 yard par 5. Straight. Heavily wooded on both sides of fairway. 3 fairway bunkers and 2 greenside. And there is a house beyond the trees behind the green. Put me down for a snowman on that hole.
Posted by: scampydog phone typos at November 10, 2026 11:15 PM (41CYW)
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This is also the anniversary of the 1913 Great Lakes storm, where 19 ships were lost and some 250 men died. So why the Edmund Fitzgerald is such a big deal has always escaped me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (eRlcH)
Better theme song.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (eRlcH)
Better theme song.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 10, 2026 11:16 PM (4NO2D)
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I wonder if Ron Johnson flounced out like he promised.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
The Hill says he walked out.
https://tinyurl.com/3wy4zw5x
His own Xwitter account just says he "didn't participate."
Posted by: San Franpsycho
The Hill says he walked out.
https://tinyurl.com/3wy4zw5x
His own Xwitter account just says he "didn't participate."
Posted by: mikeski at November 10, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)
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Bessent sheltering on a base makes, I think, 3 cabinet/very senior staff in this unbelievable situation. I forget the 3rd, Miller is the other one.
Nothing new about special arrangements. SecDef/SecState/CIA bosses have had security added to their home situation for years, goes back to the 80s. But they lived out on the economy so to speak. VP just got Naval Observatory starting with Mondale, until then same deal. Typically security will set up a little outpost on the property, in some cases "harden" the home.
One of fave-o-rite all-time Senate stories involves a Senate vote on an amendment to prohibit an official residence for the SecState.
Nothing new about special arrangements. SecDef/SecState/CIA bosses have had security added to their home situation for years, goes back to the 80s. But they lived out on the economy so to speak. VP just got Naval Observatory starting with Mondale, until then same deal. Typically security will set up a little outpost on the property, in some cases "harden" the home.
One of fave-o-rite all-time Senate stories involves a Senate vote on an amendment to prohibit an official residence for the SecState.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 11:17 PM (U/Byj)
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Jack you forgot coming out against eating meat in Talarico's dream platform for a TX candidate.
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Some of the early in the day trolls tried to trot out that there was a "blue wave" that consumed all 254 (or whatever the number is) of Texas's counties.
I call bullshit. Not a single *real* Texan woke up on election day and said to themselves "What this state really needs is a vegetarian fag". I can't believe "we" aren't investigating that election outcome.
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Some of the early in the day trolls tried to trot out that there was a "blue wave" that consumed all 254 (or whatever the number is) of Texas's counties.
I call bullshit. Not a single *real* Texan woke up on election day and said to themselves "What this state really needs is a vegetarian fag". I can't believe "we" aren't investigating that election outcome.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 11:17 PM (Cjcf6)
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The squeaky hinge will get fixed tomorrow. Good night, guys.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (BI5O2)
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Obviously he hasn't yet informed Mrs. YD
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2026 11:10 PM (BI5O2)
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Obviously he hasn't yet informed Mrs. YD
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 11:19 PM (RIvkX)
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Better P.R.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 11:14 PM (RIvkX)
In 1913, there was no radio news, no TV. A few of the Lakes ships might have been equipped with wireless telegraphy, but probably not all. If distress calls went out, the few who heard them would not be able to make it widely known in a short time. Some of the missing ships may not have been deemed lost until days after they failed to arrive at their destination.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 10, 2026 11:14 PM (RIvkX)
In 1913, there was no radio news, no TV. A few of the Lakes ships might have been equipped with wireless telegraphy, but probably not all. If distress calls went out, the few who heard them would not be able to make it widely known in a short time. Some of the missing ships may not have been deemed lost until days after they failed to arrive at their destination.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 11:19 PM (eYxtx)
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I've seen Tull in concert 4 times, which qualifies me to tell you that Crest of a Knave won the freakin Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance over Metallica. Suck it Metallica!
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 10, 2026 11:21 PM (lfNXu)
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I call bullshit. Not a single *real* Texan woke up on election day and said to themselves "What this state really needs is a vegetarian fag". I can't believe "we" aren't investigating that election outcome.
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Just saying the obvious outloud:
That means the GOP is in or complicent on the fix.
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Just saying the obvious outloud:
That means the GOP is in or complicent on the fix.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 11:22 PM (Cjcf6)
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Howdy, horde.
Thank you for a most whelming ONT, Doof!
Love the music selections. I bought Crest of a Knave when it first came out.
Thank you for a most whelming ONT, Doof!
Love the music selections. I bought Crest of a Knave when it first came out.
Posted by: JQ at November 10, 2026 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
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>>Jack you forgot coming out against eating meat in Talarico's dream platform for a TX candidate.
If you haven't seen it you should watch the video DataRepublican recently posted. It's a compilation of various NGO leaders explaining exactly what they did to recruit an army of people, paid and volunteer, to register new voters for the 2026 midterms.
Look at the total number of Democrat votes this past election. It was a presidential turnout for the left. And no, they weren't that angry.
Our Congressional reps mostly suck. But we didn't get dragged because of the price of oil. The left found a way to get 20 more million votes than we had. Somehow. Unexpectedly. We better figure out how to play that game or it won't matter what policies are in play.
If you haven't seen it you should watch the video DataRepublican recently posted. It's a compilation of various NGO leaders explaining exactly what they did to recruit an army of people, paid and volunteer, to register new voters for the 2026 midterms.
Look at the total number of Democrat votes this past election. It was a presidential turnout for the left. And no, they weren't that angry.
Our Congressional reps mostly suck. But we didn't get dragged because of the price of oil. The left found a way to get 20 more million votes than we had. Somehow. Unexpectedly. We better figure out how to play that game or it won't matter what policies are in play.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 10, 2026 11:23 PM (viF8m)
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Just looked it up on my golf app. 587 yard par 5. Straight. Heavily wooded on both sides of fairway. 3 fairway bunkers and 2 greenside. And there is a house beyond the trees behind the green. Put me down for a snowman on that hole.
Posted by: scampydog phone typos at November 10, 2026 11:15 PM (41CYW)
I'd play boring, old man golf. Get there in 4 and hope for a 1 putt but expect a 2-putt bogey.
Posted by: scampydog phone typos at November 10, 2026 11:15 PM (41CYW)
I'd play boring, old man golf. Get there in 4 and hope for a 1 putt but expect a 2-putt bogey.
Posted by: Doof at November 10, 2026 11:24 PM (QMAsf)
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Jack, spot on. It's a boring truism that turnout wins elections, but typically there is some relationship between actual issues and turnout. Not, apparently, this time. Pure turnout. Which of course the Dems will excel at. A yuuuge portion of their "base" are tribal robotic voters, bumper-sticker deep on policy understanding, and now many (this is the scariest part) consumed by hatred.
Nasty sheep just requiring a bit or herding and organizing.
Nasty sheep just requiring a bit or herding and organizing.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 11:26 PM (U/Byj)
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Could well be that the massive Dem vote increase was literally just brute registration/turnout arithmetic. I assume some data guys are going to look into this. Hard to believe an effort this massive slipped under the radar, but I have yet to see a word on it from any political pros (before or after last Tuesday).
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 11:13 PM (U/Byj)
Here’s a bit of the Texas numbers.
From the census bureau, 2026 Texas population numbers:
Hispanic/Latino : 41.7%
White/Non-Hispanic: 37%
Black/Asian/Other: 21%
The election breakdown this year, in Texas (roughly)
Hispanic: 75/25 in favor of Dems
Anglo/Non Hispanic: 75/25 GOP
Black/Asian/Other: 80/20 Dem
.75 x .417 =0.313
.25 x .37 =0.0925
.80 x .21 =0.168
.31 + .09 + .16 =0.56
That’s how Texas Dems wiped out the GOP by double digit margins this time.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 11:13 PM (U/Byj)
Here’s a bit of the Texas numbers.
From the census bureau, 2026 Texas population numbers:
Hispanic/Latino : 41.7%
White/Non-Hispanic: 37%
Black/Asian/Other: 21%
The election breakdown this year, in Texas (roughly)
Hispanic: 75/25 in favor of Dems
Anglo/Non Hispanic: 75/25 GOP
Black/Asian/Other: 80/20 Dem
.75 x .417 =0.313
.25 x .37 =0.0925
.80 x .21 =0.168
.31 + .09 + .16 =0.56
That’s how Texas Dems wiped out the GOP by double digit margins this time.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2026 11:27 PM (SjTO/)
177
What's all this about Ella Fitzgerald sinking?
Posted by: Emily Litella at November 10, 2026 11:29 PM (wVcYX)
178
Jack, spot on. It's a boring truism that turnout wins elections, but typically there is some relationship between actual issues and turnout. Not, apparently, this time. Pure turnout.
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Pure fraud you mean. There's not a chance in the world this election was even close to being an accurate reflection of "what the voters wanted".
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Pure fraud you mean. There's not a chance in the world this election was even close to being an accurate reflection of "what the voters wanted".
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 11:29 PM (Cjcf6)
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The "wave" (i.e., most likely, massively increased turnout) was felt in FL, though it generally fell short. One GOP-gerrymandered seat was lost, I think. But a few races that were expected to be/shoulda been blowouts were conventional margins (2-3%).
I think Dems picked up *41* seats in 2024 Trump districts. Gotta think *that* is historic.
I think Dems picked up *41* seats in 2024 Trump districts. Gotta think *that* is historic.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 11:30 PM (U/Byj)
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That’s how Texas Dems wiped out the GOP by double digit margins this time.
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Let's see, I think the word I'm looking for is "bullshit".
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Let's see, I think the word I'm looking for is "bullshit".
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 11:31 PM (Cjcf6)
181
I call bullshit. Not a single *real* Texan woke up on election day and said to themselves "What this state really needs is a vegetarian fag". I can't believe "we" aren't investigating that election outcome.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 11:17 PM (Cjcf6)
“Real Texans” are only 37% of the electorate now.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 11:17 PM (Cjcf6)
“Real Texans” are only 37% of the electorate now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2026 11:34 PM (SjTO/)
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179 The "wave" (i.e., most likely, massively increased turnout) was felt in FL, though it generally fell short. One GOP-gerrymandered seat was lost, I think. But a few races that were expected to be/shoulda been blowouts were conventional margins (2-3%).
I think Dems picked up *41* seats in 2024 Trump districts. Gotta think *that* is historic.
Posted by: rhomboid
Blue/Red/Up/Down really doesn't matter -- next gov't shutdown is PRECISELY one month away Dec 11, 2026.
Commemorative Deckchairs and Colby Canoes available -- inquire within...
This is Normal.
What could possibly go wrong?
I think Dems picked up *41* seats in 2024 Trump districts. Gotta think *that* is historic.
Posted by: rhomboid
Blue/Red/Up/Down really doesn't matter -- next gov't shutdown is PRECISELY one month away Dec 11, 2026.
Commemorative Deckchairs and Colby Canoes available -- inquire within...
This is Normal.
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 10, 2026 11:35 PM (oCAHV)
183
https://tinyurl.com/2xc53wdb
In interesting news, the historic SS United States, once the fastest ocean liner in the world, is scheduled to leave Mobile, Alabama, on Monday for its final voyage before being intentionally sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast as an artificial reef tomorrow, Nov 11.
Apparently there is going to be some sort of watch party and livestream but I can't find it
In interesting news, the historic SS United States, once the fastest ocean liner in the world, is scheduled to leave Mobile, Alabama, on Monday for its final voyage before being intentionally sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast as an artificial reef tomorrow, Nov 11.
Apparently there is going to be some sort of watch party and livestream but I can't find it
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 11:35 PM (rbvCR)
184
>>Nasty sheep just requiring a bit or herding and organizing.
Also look at the number of states that don't require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Texas is one of them until Jan 1, 2027.
If you remember weeks before the election the DOJ sued CA to sequester 20,000 votes that they suspected were not American voters. That's a fraction of the overall numbers but even then CA fought it and leftist judges supported the state.
More than half of US states don't require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Some don't even require ID to vote. Blue states fought the DOJ for over a year about turning over their voter rolls for bullshit reasons.
This was the reason.
Also look at the number of states that don't require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Texas is one of them until Jan 1, 2027.
If you remember weeks before the election the DOJ sued CA to sequester 20,000 votes that they suspected were not American voters. That's a fraction of the overall numbers but even then CA fought it and leftist judges supported the state.
More than half of US states don't require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Some don't even require ID to vote. Blue states fought the DOJ for over a year about turning over their voter rolls for bullshit reasons.
This was the reason.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 10, 2026 11:38 PM (viF8m)
185
Let's see, I think the word I'm looking for is "bullshit".
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 11:31 PM (Cjcf6)
Denying reality might make you feel good for an evening, but it guarantees you’ll never understand what went wrong.
And if it’s not understood, it will repeat forever.
Look at the numbers. Yes, the shift really did happen in all 254 counties.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 11:31 PM (Cjcf6)
Denying reality might make you feel good for an evening, but it guarantees you’ll never understand what went wrong.
And if it’s not understood, it will repeat forever.
Look at the numbers. Yes, the shift really did happen in all 254 counties.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2026 11:38 PM (SjTO/)
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