Well, it's been a "meh" day in the various Internet comment sections I hang out in. Other than here, my postings have all been either ignored or slammed (for reasons largely due to my being unable to write a lengthy and comprehensive essay detailing my thoughts to the extent that even your typical commenter would have no choice but to agree with me).
But to compensate for all that, I've got another post up at my blog. I've been going through Newsweek's "Milestones of History" series from 1970, simply cataloging all the essays for the historical online record. I just put up Volume 3 - "Twilight of Princes" (covering the 17th and 18th centuries) - tonight. It pleases me to no end that if you put "newsweek "milestones of history" review" in your search engine (DuckDuckGo or Google), the FIRST result that comes up is my post starting the series. SO THERE.
EDIT: Volume 3 is "The Expanding World of Man" (13th through 16th centuries). I finished *writing* the one for "Twilight of Princes"...
A former Navy guy who I went to school with told me that coming back from Desert Storm, they dumped lots of stuff into the ocean including vehicles. Just write it all off as a field loss.
My uncle was commander of a garbage scow in WWII and if his boat did not get a salute, he would move onto the next ship in the group and let everyone smell the festering South Pacific garbage until they respect his scow. (He had survived the Battle of the Coral Sea when the IJN sunk the carrier he was on.)
Korax: Of course, I'd say that Captain Kirk deserves his ship. We like the Enterprise. We, we really do! That sagging, old rust bucket is designed like a garbage scow.
[Scotty's ears perk up]
Korax: Half the quadrant knows it; that's why they're learning to speak Klingonese!
Chekov: [outraged] Mr. Scott!
Scott: [to Korax] Laddie... don't ya think you should... rephrase that?
Korax: [in Scottish brogue] You're right. I should.
Korax: [normal voice] I didn't mean to say that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away AS garbage!
[Korax laughs. Scotty stands up, decks him, and a brawl ensues]
My uncle was a Damage Controlman aboard Kitty Hawk in the early 80s. If I learned nothing else about the US Navy from him, I learned that when sailors want to sneak a smoke they are not particular about the risk of explosion.
A couple of weeks ago, they were reported as having clogged sewer problems. They have become too complicated. Sounds like its time to go back to going off the bow next to the figure head which lead to the nautical term head for toilet.
Amongst all the shit and terror in the world, I have a nice time dog park long OT, so feel free to skip it if something important like WWIII started in the time it took me to write this (What? I'm a slow typist!):
A dear comrade, and our IT subcontractor, reached out today mid afternoon. I was busy shoveling paperwork and digits, and being upbeat with customers, but in the background of the call I could here his adorable, precocious preschool daughter clamoring about. Turns out she's off school and they'd already played outside twice today, though it sounded like she could use some more outdoor time; mostly because she was basically a one-kid riot singing "Let's go play outside again!"
So I invited them to meet me at the dog park and shut down the administration mines early. Fortunately, the Mr was ready to call it a day too, so we all met up at the dog park nearby, which is an old landfill covered in prairie now. It's our usual spot, and per my pal's kiddo, it shall now be named Dog Hill.
Andy's sheepadoodle girlfriend was there too, and it turns out that their family has a daughter exactly the same age as my pal's kiddo! So, two pre-k girls got to chase two floofy doodles (who both ADORE kiddos) while we all had a nice walk on Dog Hill. They girls gave each other hugs when we all left after a whippet licked both of their faces.
I had a present for the kid I've been holding on to for, well, for about 40 years. She's a huge unicorn fan, and I've been carrying around a lovely porcelain unicorn music box since I got it when I was 8. It's English, and has survived every move, and she loved it, and now I have more room on my bookshelf!
And that's the positive nugget I have to share. Everyone felt better after a trip to the dog park.
NYT: "The civilian toll from Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah continues to mount, including for the very young. Nearly 100 children have been killed over the past week and more than 200,000 displaced, according to Lebanese authorities. The international charity War Child said that roughly one in 10 children in Lebanon was among the displaced. Overall, more than 800,000 people have been displaced. At least 18 paramedics and emergency workers have been killed, Lebanese officials say.
An Israeli strike on Thursday on the campus of Lebanese University — the country’s main public university — also killed the director of the Faculty of Sciences, Dr. Hussein Bazzi, along with Dr. Murtada Srour, a professor there, according to Lebanon’s state-run news agency."
Taking out one person – Benjamin Netanyahu – would have saved those children, and the others he'll surely kill. Think of it in terms of the trolly problem.
"well, little kitty, what did I tell you NOT to do?"
"NOT eat the bougainevillea [sic]"
"and what did you do?"
"I ate the bougainevillea"
"Ah! and what then?"
"I meowed and heaved and grunted and then I barfed all over the chairl"
"and what have you learned?"
"to make sure you are not around when I decide to have a go at the plant"
Cats are just like that
"Hey, cat, a load of the tinsel threads have gone from the Christmas tree"
"I know nothing of this."
"I think you ate them"
"Why would I do that?"
"Because you're a cat"
"Calumny! A slur against my good name!"
"Also you have tinsel thread hanging out of your ass"
"Bah"
A stern talking to from The Blessed Reverend masquerading as a teaching moment.
OT: Three hours until zoomycar Free Practice 1 in China
Apparently Ferrari are going to run the rotating rear wing here
Won't that decapitate Mercedes?
Inspired by the actual post here!
Jackson Browne-
https://youtu.be/xtIobGdKR5U?si=4WN4DW74B_Sr2Pe2
"Some Russians escaped why we were bombing them, like they will do..."
Well, it's been a "meh" day in the various Internet comment sections I hang out in. Other than here, my postings have all been either ignored or slammed (for reasons largely due to my being unable to write a lengthy and comprehensive essay detailing my thoughts to the extent that even your typical commenter would have no choice but to agree with me).
But to compensate for all that, I've got another post up at my blog. I've been going through Newsweek's "Milestones of History" series from 1970, simply cataloging all the essays for the historical online record. I just put up Volume 3 - "Twilight of Princes" (covering the 17th and 18th centuries) - tonight. It pleases me to no end that if you put "newsweek "milestones of history" review" in your search engine (DuckDuckGo or Google), the FIRST result that comes up is my post starting the series. SO THERE.
EDIT: Volume 3 is "The Expanding World of Man" (13th through 16th centuries). I finished *writing* the one for "Twilight of Princes"...
This administration is the biggest collection of people-you-should-never-buy-a-used-car-from that has ever been assembled..
I'd rent a wood chipper from a few though!
Who of these morans would be tasked with peddling the Tru-Coat?
The ones who sniff it.
Cal Worthington and his dog Spot heartily agree.
Wow, that's a flashback.
"I'll eat a bug!"
👀
Do you want undercoating with that?
"Them tires are only flat on the bottoms!"
Martin is sure to be disbarred first since the Florida bar has decided not to investigate Halligan because... it's Florida.
Trump Insurance for your adventures in the Strait of Hormuz!
Like Trump would ever pay out on a claim.
surejan
Ya know, those warships have been deployed for a long time without returning to port, and not just ours. Where is all that human waste going?
"You're gonna need a bigger boat"...
Think about an SSBN four month patrol.
They dump it out of the waste tanks into international waters.
Sometimes they fuck up and do it in port. That's considered a "brown trout" moment.
A former Navy guy who I went to school with told me that coming back from Desert Storm, they dumped lots of stuff into the ocean including vehicles. Just write it all off as a field loss.
Most WWII Jeeps wound up on the ocean floor to not disrupt the auto industry.
I live me a CJ2
My uncle was commander of a garbage scow in WWII and if his boat did not get a salute, he would move onto the next ship in the group and let everyone smell the festering South Pacific garbage until they respect his scow. (He had survived the Battle of the Coral Sea when the IJN sunk the carrier he was on.)
Obligatory "Star Trek":
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708480/quotes/?item=qt1022257&ref_=ext_shr_lnk
----
Korax: Of course, I'd say that Captain Kirk deserves his ship. We like the Enterprise. We, we really do! That sagging, old rust bucket is designed like a garbage scow.
[Scotty's ears perk up]
Korax: Half the quadrant knows it; that's why they're learning to speak Klingonese!
Chekov: [outraged] Mr. Scott!
Scott: [to Korax] Laddie... don't ya think you should... rephrase that?
Korax: [in Scottish brogue] You're right. I should.
Korax: [normal voice] I didn't mean to say that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away AS garbage!
[Korax laughs. Scotty stands up, decks him, and a brawl ensues]
Poop deck
20 fathoms under the sea?
Davey Jones' locker?
The Ol' Deep Blue?
The abyss?
The big splash?
The drink?
Doesn't crab and seafood sound great right now?
And Bacon!
Why would I eat bugs and fish?
Red. Dead. Quadraped.
International waters
Nowhere if it's the Gerald Ford. The terlets don't fucking work.
On the USS Ford, they have to shit in a shotgun and shoot it out to sea.
I wouldn't follow that CVN too closely.
Lost at sea.....
"Another KC-135 was hit but landed in Israel."
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘊𝘉𝘚 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳.
https://xcancel.com/bonzerbarry/status/2032223759172501532#m
There are still Iranian AA assets...
There are Iranian AA assets in Iraq, specifically these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/358_missile
Landed or crashed?
One down, one made it back.
Jeez, you libs and your cult of”details”
Hey at least we know where it is!
potayto potahto
looks like we're entering the phase where things go less and less as planned..
This is literally the way these things go, but none of the assholes in DC have any clue.
The coverups are going to start getting bizarre.
Wait, there was a plan?!
This business will get out of control, out of control and we will be lucky to live through it!
-Hunt for red October.
"Start"?
But I thought Jared had brought peace to the middle east by wearing "jackass on a yacht wear" and a combat vest?
he WAS stylin' though!
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/jared-kusnher-iraq-1491509700.jpg?crop=0.669xw:1.00xh;0.236xw,0&resize=1200:*
I can *hear* Steely Dan playing in the background
By Your Command :
https://youtu.be/HXVc1f7IOgs?si=E2pPl0nzRLl_bS9l
oh lord that was so comical..
why ANYone thought that was a good photo to release is beyond me..
It's the hand in the pocket which really sells it
Oh, goodie. Something to look forward to this summer.
𝗘𝗹 𝗡𝗶𝗻̃𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿, 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀
𝘈 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘭 𝘕𝘪𝘯̃𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘌𝘭 𝘕𝘪𝘯̃𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/12/nx-s1-5745008/el-nino-summer-2026-forecast-hot
Hottest winter recorded in CO, very dry, too. Guess we can look forward to fires all year.
Sounds like someone didn't clean the lint trap?
Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Suffers Fire, At Least 2 Sailors Injured
https://news.usni.org/2026/03/12/carrier-uss-gerald-r-ford-suffers-fire
My uncle was a Damage Controlman aboard Kitty Hawk in the early 80s. If I learned nothing else about the US Navy from him, I learned that when sailors want to sneak a smoke they are not particular about the risk of explosion.
A couple of weeks ago, they were reported as having clogged sewer problems. They have become too complicated. Sounds like its time to go back to going off the bow next to the figure head which lead to the nautical term head for toilet.
MAN OVERBOARD!
This is why deployments aren't meant to be extended, especially on a "new" ship that still might have some gremlins.
Somebody farted into a dryer.
Trying to make supper, but best I can describe hearing the last 5 minutes of the 7:00 hour from the kitchen...
'WHAR "Trump presidential library" munniez'? The $50M or so has been disappeared! Bring us our fainting couches and smelling salts!'
It's like a Hogwarts library, there are only certain times of the year when you can see it.
Money disappearing when a Trump is involved is the least amazing thing ever...
Aren't Trumps supposed to have nothing to do with non-profits as part of the deal after their confession to stealing money from kids with cancer?
I think that was specific to NY. Maybe.
Yeah they're banned from operating charities because of their constant thieving
Amongst all the shit and terror in the world, I have a nice time dog park long OT, so feel free to skip it if something important like WWIII started in the time it took me to write this (What? I'm a slow typist!):
A dear comrade, and our IT subcontractor, reached out today mid afternoon. I was busy shoveling paperwork and digits, and being upbeat with customers, but in the background of the call I could here his adorable, precocious preschool daughter clamoring about. Turns out she's off school and they'd already played outside twice today, though it sounded like she could use some more outdoor time; mostly because she was basically a one-kid riot singing "Let's go play outside again!"
So I invited them to meet me at the dog park and shut down the administration mines early. Fortunately, the Mr was ready to call it a day too, so we all met up at the dog park nearby, which is an old landfill covered in prairie now. It's our usual spot, and per my pal's kiddo, it shall now be named Dog Hill.
Andy's sheepadoodle girlfriend was there too, and it turns out that their family has a daughter exactly the same age as my pal's kiddo! So, two pre-k girls got to chase two floofy doodles (who both ADORE kiddos) while we all had a nice walk on Dog Hill. They girls gave each other hugs when we all left after a whippet licked both of their faces.
I had a present for the kid I've been holding on to for, well, for about 40 years. She's a huge unicorn fan, and I've been carrying around a lovely porcelain unicorn music box since I got it when I was 8. It's English, and has survived every move, and she loved it, and now I have more room on my bookshelf!
And that's the positive nugget I have to share. Everyone felt better after a trip to the dog park.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
I would have flipped out over the box
I mean, it is kinda a head in a box, but in a nice unicorn jack-in-the-box sort of way ;)
She hugged it, and I am delighted to pass it along!
Dog Hill ... now and forever.
There was also a dog tornado, because it was like a dog party.
I love 5 year olds.
This is good Nice Times!
Calling Iraq "friendly airspace" is pretty optimistic though.
𝘜.𝘚. 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘒𝘊-135 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘲, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘺.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦.
https://xcancel.com/CENTCOM/status/2032211125882745265#m
There is no friendly airspace. Gravity is always waiting for you to FAFO.
The "airspace" might be friendly. The ground under it, however......
Mostly friendly?
lots of gear and lots of people doing lots of things: shit happens.
SECD̷E̷F̷ABV has no clue about this.
NYT: "The civilian toll from Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah continues to mount, including for the very young. Nearly 100 children have been killed over the past week and more than 200,000 displaced, according to Lebanese authorities. The international charity War Child said that roughly one in 10 children in Lebanon was among the displaced. Overall, more than 800,000 people have been displaced. At least 18 paramedics and emergency workers have been killed, Lebanese officials say.
An Israeli strike on Thursday on the campus of Lebanese University — the country’s main public university — also killed the director of the Faculty of Sciences, Dr. Hussein Bazzi, along with Dr. Murtada Srour, a professor there, according to Lebanon’s state-run news agency."
All Hezbollah. Totally, right, Israel?
What, no kindergartens left to bomb?
Taking out one person – Benjamin Netanyahu – would have saved those children, and the others he'll surely kill. Think of it in terms of the trolly problem.
More like a trolley solution
AMIRITE
Buc-effs.
https://www.firstalert4.com/2026/03/12/33-buc-ees-locations-receive-f-rating-better-business-bureau/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=organicclicks&tbref=hp
But what about Pump-N-Munch?
You keep Kristi and Corey out of this! They've suffered enough!
Hm, somewhat intersting but not that much..
These days the BBB is pretty much a shakedown operation..
It seems like BBB mostly hands out Fs to businesses that don't care what BBB has to say.
"Not a member? Then you get an F"
Literally "pay us and we delete the complaint".
Hell, that was a decade ago, they've not gotten better.