There's an entire segment of mostly extremely online shitheads who think that openly stealing a subordinate's pen is a total alpha move. They don't support Paxton (and Trump) despite crap like this. They support them BECAUSE of it.
I don't know. What could I make with beer, hard cider, more beer, a fossilized green pepper, a couple of slices of (maybe) still-edible Swiss cheese (no _visible_ green mold!), and a large box in the pantry containing exactly two intact Triscuit crackers? Hmmm, possibilities ...
(There's more beer than cider in there because I actually drink the happy apple juice because I'm an 18th century farm hand in spirit)
Lay the Triscuits flat on a heat-safe cooking surface, like an oven tray. (Lining with foil simplifies cleanup immensely.) Grate or finely chop the cheese and sprinkle over the Triscuits. Finely chop what portions of the pepper remain edible and sprinkle over cheese and crackers. If desired, sprinkle in some beer, but no more than a few drops. Run under a broiler (preferred) or in an oven until cheese melts and covers crackers.
That ought to buy you two bites.
I think you need more crackers to make this really work.
This recipe was not created by AI, unless you try it and it becomes a fiasco, in which case it was.
After the mishandling of everything "WAR", why would any country put themselves in the hands of a drunken know-nothing and a senile demented tin pot dictator?
<President Donald Trump has said the US will "substantially reduce" joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.>
Hmmm... that hasn't happened before. There must be more to it...
<Earlier, South Korea said the drills with the US would proceed "as scheduled". It comes after North Korea this month conducted ballistic missile tests banned by the United Nations.>
Yeah, "Little Rocket Man" is acting up and Assface would usually take the opportunity to wave his weenus about this. Must be something else.
<He added: "While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, 'No thanks!'">
Some of the older groups are very right wing, who left Korea because of the fall of the American sposored dictatorship, but most of the younger people are very left wing
Deservedly so. Electing Trump again ruined everything Joe Biden did to rebuild trust in the US. We were kind of on probation before but if now, even if we elected sane, normal, competent leaders for the next 20 years, how would anyone know that another Assface wouldn't come along?
I was an electrician on two prior expansion/renovations at ORD and it was as good a job as I've had. Shift differential $, foreman pay... Plus a ton of budget. Working with really good folks, Could keep inventory on site, realistic timelines and good planning...
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) handles over 80 million passengers per year through a terminal complex that has not received a major capital investment in more than 25 years. The O'Hare 21 modernization program, approved in 2018 with an $8.5 billion budget that has since grown to approximately $12 billion in current dollars, is designed to replace, expand, and modernize the airport's passenger facilities over a construction period that now extends to 2034. The program includes a new 2.2 million square foot (204,387 square meters) Global Terminal, two satellite concourses, an underground tunnel system, and renovations to existing terminals
What's the bottom line on that? All totally committed Federal bucks or does the State, City & County play circular hot potato on their obligations for the next 20+ years?
Lots of bond sales. Chicago is issuing hundreds of millions of dollars in senior lien general airport revenue bonds on behalf of O'Hare International Airport...
They're rated "A+" and "A+ Stable" by the big raters, so not a problem to sell.
The feds are kicking in ~$110-115 million, tip money, maybe.
That's one of the many things I love about this place. I ask a kind of dumb question but I get a smart answer more often than not. Pray for the bond holders.
Thus ensuring a continuing ambivalence to the US is the region, given the historical support of the US for the dictatorships that kept the country in misery for so many decades
A hospital left a voicemail for my agency the other day -- said they had a patient who claimed to be wanted under multiple identities, said he had adopted an adult as his son, and a welfare check had found a decomposing body in his apartment that was so far gone that cause of death couldn't be determined. They said they didn't want to discharge him because they thought he might be a danger to the community. Really? What was the first clue?
<Top admiral praises USS Lincoln crew after reports of worsening conditions>
The leader of U.S. Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, wrote Sunday that his recent visit to the aircraft carrier was “awe-inspiring” and hailed the crew’s “resilience.”
If it was Gary instead he could say the crew were putting on the ritz. But then later we find out it turns out that what he meant by that is the only thing left in the cafeteria are ritz crackers.
In brief: A large-scale drone attack on the Moscow region early Sunday morning resulted in massive fires at two major logistics centers: the 200,000-square-meter (2,150,000 square-feet) Wildberries facility in Koledino and the Severnoye Domodedovo complex. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed air defenses downed 105 drones, while operations at Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports were suspended. Separately, explosions were reported late Saturday at the Galaktika shopping center in occupied Donetsk...
I am sad/ happy... he's sold out of Not Ken Paxton pens. Awaiting to hear if more are coming!
There's an entire segment of mostly extremely online shitheads who think that openly stealing a subordinate's pen is a total alpha move. They don't support Paxton (and Trump) despite crap like this. They support them BECAUSE of it.
You have the munchies.
I don't know. What could I make with beer, hard cider, more beer, a fossilized green pepper, a couple of slices of (maybe) still-edible Swiss cheese (no _visible_ green mold!), and a large box in the pantry containing exactly two intact Triscuit crackers? Hmmm, possibilities ...
(There's more beer than cider in there because I actually drink the happy apple juice because I'm an 18th century farm hand in spirit)
Lay the Triscuits flat on a heat-safe cooking surface, like an oven tray. (Lining with foil simplifies cleanup immensely.) Grate or finely chop the cheese and sprinkle over the Triscuits. Finely chop what portions of the pepper remain edible and sprinkle over cheese and crackers. If desired, sprinkle in some beer, but no more than a few drops. Run under a broiler (preferred) or in an oven until cheese melts and covers crackers.
That ought to buy you two bites.
I think you need more crackers to make this really work.
This recipe was not created by AI, unless you try it and it becomes a fiasco, in which case it was.
Thank you. You work miracles.
You don't mean to say you actually did this, do you?
Or I could just drink up all the cider. Not delightfully creative, though.
While we are all looking at S Korea, Iran, and immigration:
After killing hundreds in boat strikes, US military expands campaign on land in Latin America
https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-operations-latin-american-western-hemisphere-a1fccf4414e44341d3dbd54e19ae1ba4
In other words, these right wing autocrats will allow the US to do the dirty work and murder their opposition, just like in the bad old days
After the mishandling of everything "WAR", why would any country put themselves in the hands of a drunken know-nothing and a senile demented tin pot dictator?
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3mtbjxfujvc2z
Obviously, South Korea failed to buy any of Trump’s crypto.
Such an asshole. Can't stop, won't stop.
<President Donald Trump has said the US will "substantially reduce" joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.>
Hmmm... that hasn't happened before. There must be more to it...
<Earlier, South Korea said the drills with the US would proceed "as scheduled". It comes after North Korea this month conducted ballistic missile tests banned by the United Nations.>
Yeah, "Little Rocket Man" is acting up and Assface would usually take the opportunity to wave his weenus about this. Must be something else.
<He added: "While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, 'No thanks!'">
Aha...now I get it.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lll7zvn0o
Once you understand he’s in league with the worst people on earth to destroy freedom it makes more sense
Also:
Pete Hegseth: *turns out pockets, fingers small pills of lint*
“we lobbeded all our ordeenances at Iran”
The South Korean diaspora in the US was probably a reliable Republican voting bloc I suspect.
Some of the older groups are very right wing, who left Korea because of the fall of the American sposored dictatorship, but most of the younger people are very left wing
America has no friends. Nobody likes Donnie Dipshit. The US is now the international target of scorn, pity, and ridicule.
Us Canadian Wonketeers and many others around the globe still love the best of ya.
Deservedly so. Electing Trump again ruined everything Joe Biden did to rebuild trust in the US. We were kind of on probation before but if now, even if we elected sane, normal, competent leaders for the next 20 years, how would anyone know that another Assface wouldn't come along?
uh oh..
𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐥
(reuters)
1. A pardon from Diaper Don does not "exonerate" you ... you are still guilty.
2. Because of #1, you still can be disbarred
3. A Walmart greeter position isn't all that bad. Start training now.
I was an electrician on two prior expansion/renovations at ORD and it was as good a job as I've had. Shift differential $, foreman pay... Plus a ton of budget. Working with really good folks, Could keep inventory on site, realistic timelines and good planning...
𝗧𝗵𝗲 $𝟴.𝟱 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗢'𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗔 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝘂𝗯
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) handles over 80 million passengers per year through a terminal complex that has not received a major capital investment in more than 25 years. The O'Hare 21 modernization program, approved in 2018 with an $8.5 billion budget that has since grown to approximately $12 billion in current dollars, is designed to replace, expand, and modernize the airport's passenger facilities over a construction period that now extends to 2034. The program includes a new 2.2 million square foot (204,387 square meters) Global Terminal, two satellite concourses, an underground tunnel system, and renovations to existing terminals
https://simpleflying.com/chicago-ohare-global-terminal-modernization-project/
The ghost of FurryCaterwauling would updoot this
What's the bottom line on that? All totally committed Federal bucks or does the State, City & County play circular hot potato on their obligations for the next 20+ years?
Lots of bond sales. Chicago is issuing hundreds of millions of dollars in senior lien general airport revenue bonds on behalf of O'Hare International Airport...
They're rated "A+" and "A+ Stable" by the big raters, so not a problem to sell.
The feds are kicking in ~$110-115 million, tip money, maybe.
Just enough for The Honest Don to say it should have his name on it?
That's one of the many things I love about this place. I ask a kind of dumb question but I get a smart answer more often than not. Pray for the bond holders.
CNN: Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
Trump on Kim Jung In: We fell in love.
Thus ensuring a continuing ambivalence to the US is the region, given the historical support of the US for the dictatorships that kept the country in misery for so many decades
"Merely physical at first..."
The mind boggles, the flesh crawls
Today . . . in HISTORY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPG--d6tkFU
1807: Robert Fulton's steamboat 'Clermont' starts up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany. Toot-toot!
1896: Bridget Driscoll becomes the first recorded automobile traffic fatality in Great Britain.
1907: Pike's Place Fish Market opens in Seattle. The ribbon cutter got hit in the face with a flung salmon.
1945: Some animals are more equal than others, as George Orwell points out in a novella published this date.
1958: The USA takes aim at the Moon with 'Explorer 0,' and fails. Well, first attempt, you're gonna get that . . .
1998: US Pres. Clinton admits he got an extramarital hummer and lied about it.
2008: Michael Phelps wins eight gold medals in one Olympic Games. Sure he's *not* part otter?
2019: A bomb goes off at a wedding in Afghanistan, killing 63 and injuring 182. You know, most wedding crashers are just looking for free drinks.
LOL ... Shittyflute YMCA ...
Jesus Christ, that was painful!
(evil giggling)
It just showed up in my feed and I said, "Oh hell yes."
There are things in this world that simply cannot be made up.
CNN: Nearly 10 years after a Florida teen vanished in the middle of the night, detectives turn to psychics for help [https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/16/us/florid]
Florida. Amirite?
A hospital left a voicemail for my agency the other day -- said they had a patient who claimed to be wanted under multiple identities, said he had adopted an adult as his son, and a welfare check had found a decomposing body in his apartment that was so far gone that cause of death couldn't be determined. They said they didn't want to discharge him because they thought he might be a danger to the community. Really? What was the first clue?
(shruggy emoji)
That dipshit Kevin Hassett: "The economy is doing great!!"
𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/08/credit-card-delinquency-rates-near-record-high/
I'm helping with this one! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Come on, man. You should be going by "Bradley".
<Top admiral praises USS Lincoln crew after reports of worsening conditions>
The leader of U.S. Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, wrote Sunday that his recent visit to the aircraft carrier was “awe-inspiring” and hailed the crew’s “resilience.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/top-admiral-praises-uss-lincoln-crew-reports-worsening-conditions-rcna592872?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
"awe-inspiring" how they're holding up, given how they have been (and still are being) seriously fucked over.
If it was Gary instead he could say the crew were putting on the ritz. But then later we find out it turns out that what he meant by that is the only thing left in the cafeteria are ritz crackers.
They should not have to be resilient for that draft dodging orange bag of shit's ego war.
"Bradley" does not reek of testosterone, "Brad" does.
We didn't name an armored vehicle "Brad". "Brad" is like a decorative brass nail:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Bradley
I think PG was making a reference to the actor Bradley Cooper.
"Chad" and "Brad"!!
"Hanging Chad" was one of my first favorite PC games. I tried and tried to get Fukui to update it.
The new shower curtain rings and pasta maker will probably be late...
𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗯𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄
In brief: A large-scale drone attack on the Moscow region early Sunday morning resulted in massive fires at two major logistics centers: the 200,000-square-meter (2,150,000 square-feet) Wildberries facility in Koledino and the Severnoye Domodedovo complex. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed air defenses downed 105 drones, while operations at Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports were suspended. Separately, explosions were reported late Saturday at the Galaktika shopping center in occupied Donetsk...
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/82432
The stockpile of made-in-North Korea Boris Yeltsin fridge magnets did not survive.
Morning McSweeney's link!
"Imagined Conversations Between My Parents While on a Family Vacation"
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/imagined-conversations-between-my-parents-while-on-a-family-vacation
//
DAD: This hiking trail is so breathtaking and peaceful. Let’s ask everyone we see where they’re from.
MOM: Great. Then we’ll never make it to the viewpoint.
DAD: Are we going to physically struggle even though we asked to do this specific hike?
MOM: Yes. I’ll make a scene about my knee and say I’m light-headed. Just make sure you don’t drink any water.
DAD: What water? I didn’t bring a drop of water.
MOM: You’re going to be dehydrated and will legitimately need help. This is exactly how we wanted this to go.
DAD: Yes, but are we doing enough to make us late for the special dinner reservation the kids made?
MOM: You’re right. I’ll sit down immediately and have a hot flash.
//
I'm actually more the age of the dad and mom in this hypothetical, so I'm busy taking notes.
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗼𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮 [𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘁, 𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻] 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77gg5vn44yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Tangerini is looking for a kickback from Israel and Kushner is looking for a backdoor business deal.
Did Jared bring unmarked bills for Bibi this time?
(gold from Fort Knox)