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Lance Thrustwell's avatar

OT, but weekends are open thread, so says I. Question: If you go under partial sedation for a root canal, is that a trance & dental state?

Rhand Holm's avatar

A suggestion. Make Jones pay in cash. If he can't pay in full, take what he has and put his ass in prison. He's dragged out paying up way too long.

Bobathonic, Dingus Crusher's avatar

Whar indentured servitude?

Hank Napkin's avatar

Did Alex forget to put on his Boobie Gem Pasties?

Feep Feeperoonie's avatar

I have a side gig running a small DIY cassette label. I don't have them professionally duplicated, I make them at home using consumer electronics, I make the covers by hand. Last week one of my dubbing decks fritzed out, bye-bye. Currently business is good so getting a replacement deck was essential. I don't know of any shops locally that sell cassette decks so eBay here I come. I saw a number of decks that looked appropriate and I got a bit carried away with myself and bought 4 decks instead of 1. One of them arrived yesterday so I took it for a test run and it worked great. Today the other 3 decks arrived, I haven't even opened the boxes yet to check them out. I just had a nice meal and now I don't feel like doing anything. Plugging them in and making copies is tomorrows work.

goCatgo's avatar

A couple of years ago I noticed a lot of decks at my local thrift store. A Veterans store.

At least the name is.

tek's avatar

goddamn rubber belts.

I had a (REALLY) nice Harmon Kardon cassette deck that I eventually recycled because the generic replacement belts just don't work.

Goonemeritus's avatar

I will reserve judgement on this takeover until I receive my first spackle bucket of survival waffle batter from the new Info Wars owners.

Mysterysurf's avatar

Yesterday was the birthday of Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford, and today is the birthday of their bassist Stu Cook, who's turning 82 years old. Here's the band on the Ed Sullivan Show performing "Down On The Corner":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GY9GyHxyEo

And here is "Ramble Tamble" off the band's Cosmos Factory album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxOJrSVL8g4

Hank Napkin's avatar

JD VANCE, YOUR REPLY?

"The families of more than a hundred children killed when a missile struck an elementary school in Iran have penned a letter of grief and gratitude to Pope Leo XIV, who has repeatedly criticized the loss of innocent lives in the war with Iran.

An investigation by the U.S. military determined that the United States was responsible for the Tomahawk missile that destroyed the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in the town of Minab, on Feb. 28, the first day of the war, killing 175 people, according to the preliminary findings of the inquiry." -- NYT

Dorothea is a Democrat's avatar

"people." Don't want to be mean and call them little girls.

Our_Man_In_Redneckistan's avatar

And humanize women? As if.

Militant Agnostic's avatar

"Only" 160-something of them were little girls. The rest were adults.

Saviour of Bread's avatar

They were asking for it dressed like that.

Secretary of Warcrimes Hegseth.

Pat Kolmer's avatar

I have a great idea.

You know what would be real convenient? One bank for everything.

Checking, savings, loans, blood, sperm, spank - - all under one roof.

One-stop shopping!

Pauly2coffees's avatar

Robbers would need to use care.

Saviour of Bread's avatar

The lead singer is now a respected child psychologist.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IgmbfXld3z8

BillEGoatSmile's avatar

Can someone please file for an injunction asap before it looks like this but with a bunch of broken-down 'gold' chachkies scattered around the edges?

https://media.istockphoto.com/id/525570325/photo/empty-swimming-pool.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=P9pgZKPrRpdZctXZvFAVVIY7kkQByhgk4PDuMlDokBI=

‪Ron Filipkowski‬

‪@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

· 22h

The tasteless, classless, orange clown is destroying our capital.

https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3mkbmtevxmc2d

tek's avatar

I can see Trump as an Ugly American in Rome.

A sane person looks at things that have been standing for hundreds to thousands of years, with NO FUCKING GOLD, and you are just taken with images of what times were like and how this all came to be experienced by your insignificant self today.

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"What a dump!" -- DJT

Bobathonic, Dingus Crusher's avatar

He has to piss in every corner.

paperlesstiger's avatar

Evidently the crisis in military leadership is worse than just a few getting sacked. Trump is dissatisfied. He wanted a quick victory. Logically, it could take years and still be uncertain.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩: "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱'𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯."

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦.

𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵.

zuludaddy (seam & key)'s avatar

some fucking clown *will* agree to go nuclear, is what I'm reading into this...

Jeff, still got my guitar's avatar

I think there needs to be an objective to declare victory. This was a desperate plan by the WH to remain in power. It's not working.

Our_Man_In_Redneckistan's avatar

Next up, the yuan becomes the global reserve currency.

Saviour of Bread's avatar

The Euro is already used for c30% of trades.

Our_Man_In_Redneckistan's avatar

I saw yesterday that 30 percent of China’s trade is in yuan.

tek's avatar

"Trump wants a quick victory"

History is littered with despots in need of a "quick victory"

SkeptiKC's avatar

Any battles beginning with such a mentality do NOT end well.

Raccoon of Vengeance's avatar

None of these people know how things work. The "rescue mission" looks more loke a failed operation every day. Where are the hero pilots we saved?

Dorothea is a Democrat's avatar

Agree. It was all a huge lie.

Tza's avatar

Honestly I think one of the saddest things regarding Alex Jones is that he is no longer remarkable. There are too many big name proudly ignorant conspiracy theorists just shooting their shit on the Internet and make it a ton of money doing it. There is nothing unique about him anymore.

ManchuCandidate's avatar

Still something unique. He's the slimy motherfucker who owes people he slandered 1.5 Billion Dollars in large part because he's an idiot.

Tza's avatar

I don't know, "Internet loudmouth who owes a massive amount of money for defamation they're never actually going to pay" is sadly not that small of a category...

YaJagoff's avatar

*Mike Lindell has entered the chat*

Kateorite's avatar

TW children, injury, trauma, death, medicine

Aljazeera

"‘Silent suffering’: Why children in Gaza are losing their ability to speak

An estimated 1.1 million children in Gaza now need mental health and psychosocial support, as a growing number lose their ability to speak due to trauma and injuries from Israeli attacks."

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/24/silent-suffering-why-children-in-gaza-are-losing-their-ability-to-speak

GiggleSnort's avatar

I am with some more expert birders and am having experiences like:

Expert Birder #1: (Gestures vaguely towards bush) "Blue-faced Warbler"

Expert Birder #2: "Yeah, a female, carrying nesting material."

Me: "WTF? Where? No see."

But I try not to let this discourage me. I do see quite a lot, just not everything all the time.

ManchuCandidate's avatar

if you're pissing gold for more than 24K, please consult your lawyer and go to the fucking hospital.