Tomorrow morning I'ma walk to the emergency room and see if I can't get admitted. Staghorn calculus with related infection. It seems to be following the same trajectory as before, so I want to arrest it sooner in the process than before, which nearly killed me.
Huh. Is he incompetent enough to qualify? I don't think he's incompetent, from the one article I read, which might have been disinformation. *strolls to corner, dons dunce cap, sits on stool*
Because the cheap-ass private equity firms that OWN these water systems don't want to spend money to have real humans that can get to those water systems controls. Put it on the internet! Then we can have one person watch them all!
Need to go farther. If we're limited to today's technology, the nearest planet we've seen that might be Earth-like isn't in Alpha Centauri. I want to say it's something like 10 light years away.
I've got a list to put on the B-Ark. No need to wait for near-lightspeed, let's start building a tin can on a rocket right now. They just have to reach escape velocity.
Italy has a running military band (which looks funny, epecially with the plumes on their hats bouncing as they jog, but think how fit those guys have to be to do that): https://youtu.be/huF_GOIvlJ4?si=Hk2yZ-4xRq5Y7Tls
"It’s a very twisted policy for the United States of America, and the state of Massachusetts, and individual donors and volunteers, to invest in people and then have all we’ve invested in them be taken to another country,” said Jeff Thielman, chief executive of the International Institute of New England. “It takes a lot of effort inside our organization and others to get people ready ... and that is now benefiting Canada. That is not what the taxpayers want.”
Welcome welcine welcome, Brooke, from a fellow former Serious Journalist. Can't wait to read more.
Welcome back from the Debunker Bunker.
Tomorrow morning I'ma walk to the emergency room and see if I can't get admitted. Staghorn calculus with related infection. It seems to be following the same trajectory as before, so I want to arrest it sooner in the process than before, which nearly killed me.
YAY!!! BROOKE IS BACK!!! Okay, I'm off to the corner to think about what I've done, but I wanted to say how happy I am that you're back.
I like you already
Welcome back/aboard Brooke. I think your first stint here was before my time as a reader, but I guess I can be one of your ding dongs anyway.
I posted the wrong thing in the wrong place.
I was incorrect.
Boy, bye! 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯, 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀
https://apnews.com/article/driscoll-departure-army-secretary-hegseth-4853c46840a522911da5a510b01966d2
18 entire months.
Why do I get the feeling he will somehow get a retirement package?
He was there longer than a Scaramucci, so yes.
And a featured slot on Faux News?
Huh. Is he incompetent enough to qualify? I don't think he's incompetent, from the one article I read, which might have been disinformation. *strolls to corner, dons dunce cap, sits on stool*
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢.
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴,” 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴.”
𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱, 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀
https://apnews.com/article/midterm-elections-postal-service-mail-voting-7f7cf4fdf2e9cf369ae96f96fbda03f2
"Rushed and sloppy."
Like Trump and Mellie having the sex?
Uh...yuck. Besides I have to doubt that such a rare event has happened since Melania got preggers with Barron.
WE'RE EATING HERE!!
I mean, at this point, that is really our fault. We know what is gonna happen
Minute Cryptic - 1 September, 2026
"How’s lead ammunition found by empty creek bed between two trees?" (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (106,030 solvers so far).
https://www.minutecryptic.com/?utm_source=share
OH!
It's today.
If any of you knows to say, "Rabbit", it is today.
Some of you know to say "Rabbit, rabbit."
Some people say, "Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit."
.
Those who do not know, look it up.
But, the very first thing you say aloud on the first of the month should be, "Rabbit."
.
Luck
say: rabbit rabbit
answer: hare hare
White Rabbit!
The Rabbit I mean is on time.
So. this all seems *more* horrible ... 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀
'These are test runs for a larger-scale attack'
https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/26/more-than-100-water-systems-were-hit-in-july-cyberattacks/5292685
Still do not know why any of them are online. They ought to be on closed system. There is nothing online can do for a fucking water plant goddamn it.
Because the cheap-ass private equity firms that OWN these water systems don't want to spend money to have real humans that can get to those water systems controls. Put it on the internet! Then we can have one person watch them all!
Lemme bring up what Shocktreatment was on about.
The Orion Project (the one from the 50s-60s) could have us exploring this system during the 70s.
What we could know now, and achieve now, is unfathomable.
At the space shuttle’s orbital speed of ~28,000 kilometers per hour, the journey to Alpha Centauri would take about 165,000 years...
So, no hurry.
That's why transporter technology is so important.
Why not use warp speed?
Need to go farther. If we're limited to today's technology, the nearest planet we've seen that might be Earth-like isn't in Alpha Centauri. I want to say it's something like 10 light years away.
Which is why we need SPACE ARK!
I've got a list to put on the B-Ark. No need to wait for near-lightspeed, let's start building a tin can on a rocket right now. They just have to reach escape velocity.
Aw, c'mon, you know it would take simply 20 years, with magic.
The "AI" will figure it out!
Are you meaning Mr. Jolson, or Mr. Lewis?
Mr. Yankovic
In the South Asian arms race the best India can do is a camel mounted military band, which is pretty weak.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GeTWd4i44W4&ra=m
The Wagah-Attari Border Ceremony https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-07/Behind-the-daily-ritual-at-the-India-Pakistan-border-1DbgnPmP1jW/p.html is a hoot. The Greek version ain't half bad also too! https://youtu.be/kfgcH60bq9Y
Italy has a running military band (which looks funny, epecially with the plumes on their hats bouncing as they jog, but think how fit those guys have to be to do that): https://youtu.be/huF_GOIvlJ4?si=Hk2yZ-4xRq5Y7Tls
It looked much better than what Ol Shitzenpants military parade
One thing the Indian military is not short of is numbers.
𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐏𝐒 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬. 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦
𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 10,000 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 $480 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑊𝐷.𝑢𝑠. 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦, 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔-𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 — 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 — 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/01/metro/haitian-tps-massachusetts-canada (paywall, prob)
"It’s a very twisted policy for the United States of America, and the state of Massachusetts, and individual donors and volunteers, to invest in people and then have all we’ve invested in them be taken to another country,” said Jeff Thielman, chief executive of the International Institute of New England. “It takes a lot of effort inside our organization and others to get people ready ... and that is now benefiting Canada. That is not what the taxpayers want.”
Since when has the regime ever considered what the taxpayers want ...
You have to wonder ... if one looks at in which states large Haitian communities grew ...
https://archive.ph/ojIX9