Weekend Open Thread
The Reddit poster that posted this meme claimed that “they” do not like public schools. The reason? They, the parents, can’t “impose” their “superstitious bull manure” onto their children while at the public schools. The meme’s point, that the parents provide a real education to their children in lieu of public-school indoctrination, was missed. Enjoy your weekend!
Category: Open thread
FIRST?!?
Somebody doesn’t like you being first apparently.
Jealousy is the sincerest form of flattery, Odie. Wasn’t even sure I’d be a contender today. Down in the Gun Shine State with The Baby Girl, The Grands, and all of The Adoring Soccer Moms that just lubs them some Gun Bunny. Had just checked in and WHUMP!…There is was…The TAH Friday Weekend Open Thread screaming for someone to be FIRST. Not too shabby on your 6 second 2nd Place…there’s a trophy awaiting you in the Lady’s Room.
Imma gonna go with Chippy being pouty…he was lurking around earlier and he HATES to come in late…for either The WOT…or the affections of our Beloved OAM. Could be the Stoned Hacker also…He of the one insisting that a Vast Chicken Wing Conspiracy is sidelining him. Bless their hearts.
KA-BOOOOOM!!!! FIRE MISSION FIRE MISSION FIRE MISSION! TIME ON TARGET The King of Battle…THE King of FIRST has endeavored and persevered to capture The Crown of the NEVER AWARDED ALWAYS WON Vaunted TAH Weekend Open Thread FIRST. Bacon stuffed Catheads and refreshing beverages for all hands!
Congrats to ya, KoB.
I was busy shutting down the office for the weekend & got distracted.
So, hopefully you haven’t lost track of the TAH WoT Crown & Scepter, nor lost the key to the Top Shelf Imbibles.
Anyway, Merry Christmas to a’y’all DillWeeds & Weedettes.
See ya around the campfire later.
Tanks!, Tox. Just got lucky. Was wondering where all of the usual suspects were. CW musta knowed he wasn’t going to be around, he left the trappings of Power on The Throne, and his 26 leaden soldiers did a fine job on police call. Musta been engineer troops this week…the Class VI Locker is nearly dry. Not to worry, I pulled from my personal stocks and hit the Publix pretty hard while on the provision run with Baby Girl. I got this.
Holiday Open Thread to drop sometime after 8 tomorrow. 😀
On a side note, the church day starts on sundown the previous day, which means we’re already in Christmas (Christmas Evening).
2nd, I think
Splash one, over.
Learning 100s of genders and pronouns takes lots of time
Join up with the ranks in academia!
Well, hey, just check this out… and it’s years out of date (three or four times as many now):
Top Ten, but first in the hearts and minds of those looking for outdated and overpriced Red Hat Software.
Any last minute Christmas deals to be had?
On the first day of Christmas, Phil Monkress stole from me….
Heritage, valor, honor and integrity!
Will Green Thumb be attending the All Points Logistics Christmas Party this evening in Merritt Island, Florida? Word on the street is that an international cabal of stolen valor hunters will crash the party. Fortunately, Jared Stern will be attending in the hood of winning back his estranged significant other, Elaine Ricci, and Jared has plans on spoiling their party, with the help from a morbidly obese private security guard, Thomas “Turd” Bolling, assisting from the perimeter. It should make for a great Holiday Classic, working title is Lie Hard.
Here you go, Hack. I’ve heard that they throw the best parties:
‘Tis a Christmas movie, y’all!
Yes. Yes it is a Christmas movie….
“What’s this? Zuzu’s pistol?” *BANG* “Merry Christmas, you son of a bitch!”
With all apologies to the late, great Brigadier General James Maitland “Jimmy” Stewart. Army and Air Force, rest in peace, Sir.
https://youtu.be/K5gbNf0daow?si=CP96I5P52E7QS7Vr
https://youtu.be/4Wi28Vsi_ZU?si=EFphmCaF3hPDFkQF
But, of course! Heck yeah!
https://i.chzbgr.com/full/936608000/h493B04C7/yippie-ki-yay-mother-fker
And do not forget Ranger Stephen “Cio” Burrell and the the “Big Turd” Keith Riley Keeton!
More blasts from the past.
This is turning into “A Christmas Carol”…the turds of Christmas past!
HO HO HO, Muh-Fuggers!
Back at’cha Dems. These three were not picked by accident.
Exclusive: GOP Drafting Bills to Remove Biden from Ballots in GA, AZ, PA (breitbart.com)
Sometimes, you just have to make a stupid and futile gesture. The dems done kicked a hornets nest with their latest judicial overreach.
And present.
And the Supremes just tossed water on the Jack Smith request for a fast track trial.
Here’s a steaming mug of go fuck yourself, Smith.
Tis the holiday season, so be kind and put some small marshmallows in there too
Maybe a shot of Irish cream. Straight from the tap.
That works too.
I see your story,, and raise you with this. Courtesy of ace of spades hq.
://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/as-dems-panic-over-2024-washington-post-dredges-up-biden-brothers-ties-to-corrupt-mississippi-lawyer-and-associates/
Unfortunately, nothing is going to come of that. Well, maybe the “Big Guy’s” people will decide that he needs to retire. But I doubt it.
Agreed, but if you don’t rely on the msm for info, the dems and deep state wheels are beginning to wobble. Unfortunately, to keep up their charade, who knows what kind of stupid BS they will attempt to pull. I think their hijinx in Colorado is just a trial to see if they can do it, and then roll it out nation wide.
Happy weekend from brown and green Vermont.
I’ll take ” who are presidents that helped black people” for $1000, Alex.
The first Republican President and the most recent Republican President…good dichotomy.
They would like to make Trump the LAST Republican president too.
Yeah, well, I’m a “Norteño” and I have no problem starting a “segundo” civil war. Northern Mexicans are always looking for a fight. Hell, I could be the only muh-fugger in a room and still have a brawl break out!🤣
I’ve found it funny that this current generation would find “The Dukes of Hazzard” offensive but, consider, “Boss” Hogg’s name was Jefferson Davis Hogg and he was corrupt as all get-out. His twin brother was a good guy, named Abraham Lincoln Hogg. I also found it hilarious that Boss was always dressed in white, but his good twin was dressed in black.
Rats of the Cong to the King of Battle, and apologies to all for my lateness. Had a funeral to attend this afternoon, and I just arrived home. Allow me to drop a very Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, Happy Festivus to all who don’t, and some trivia as my gift to all!
DID YOU KNOW…?
Did an NFL kicker once kick a touchdown … to himself?
By Commissioner Wretched
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
Monday is Christmas Day.
I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas, and that you never forget the real reason for the season.
Opening gifts under the tree … family get togethers … the stuff Norman Rockwell used to make fantastic paintings of … that’s what it means to many of us. Let’s always keep that, no matter where we are, no matter what we do.
Merry Christmas and happy trivia from “Did You Know…?” to all!
Did you know …
… an iconic scene in a horror movie took a week to shoot? In 1963’s The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), the scene where a flock of birds attacks actress Tippi Hedren (born 1930) took an entire week to shoot. The birds for the scene were attached to Hedren’s costume by long nylon threads so they could not fly away. Additional trivia note: The Birds was Hedren’s screen debut, and she is quoted as saying that working with Hitchcock was not a pleasant experience. In her memoirs, Hedren tells that a saying long attributed to Hitchcock – “All actors should be treated like cattle” – is borne out by the way he treated her during the filming of the movie. (But his movies are so good …)
… what is probably the most famous 30-second piece of music in the world was originally a lullaby? Even people who don’t watch Jeopardy! know the popular “think” music played during the Final Jeopardy round. You hear it everywhere, whenever time is being taken to do something. The tune was written by the creator of the game show, Merv Griffin (1925-2007), as a lullaby for his son Tony (born 1959). In fact, the “think” music’s official title is “A Time for Tony.” (Imagine having that tune lull you to sleep.)
… the Northern Lights make noise? Also known as the Aurora Borealis, the lights – a colorful display of charged particles from the Sun over the North Pole – make a cracking, popping or whooshing sound, but it is difficult to hear from the ground. (The light show is pretty fantastic, I’m told.)
… the average American household spends more on soft drinks each year than it does on water? (When you consider what fish do in water, though …)
… according to a study done by The New York Times, only about 20% of Americans live more than a few hours away by car from where their parents live? The study showed that on average, American adults live only about eighteen miles from their parents. (That makes it easier to borrow a buck or two from Mom and Dad.)
… you might know a yegg? If you do, you probably want to have the police on speed dial. A yegg is another term for a safecracker, someone who opens safes without proper authorization. The word began use in the early 20th Century, but is rarely used these days. (If the safecracker used explosives, and they went off too early, wouldn’t he then be a scrambled yegg?)
https://youtu.be/i9flhhwkTTA?si=RhIEH9RDiP5SOz-U
I know this from experience!
I delivered papers in the morning from 8th – 12th grade, while in Minnesota. During some of the mornings, when it was clear or mostly clear and I saw the northern lights when they occurred.
Not only have I heard the cracking, popping, or whooshing sound, but I felt it, vibration like, at the same time! Sometimes there was a buzzing sound to it. The sounds and the vibrations within me were “in sync.” Both the sounds and vibrations matched the ripples that occurred in the lights themselves.
Here’s a lullaby for ya, Commissioner:
https://youtu.be/x0OzUQi8uAo?feature=shared
Ok that’s just a little awesome
Yes, yes it is.
Love it!!!!
… an NFL kicker kicked a touchdown … to himself? In a game which took place on September 7, 1980, the Green Bay Packers were playing the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field, with the game tied 6-6 in overtime. The Packers were lined up to try a field goal to win the game. Kicker Chester Marcol (born 1949) was given the job of making the 34-yard attempt, but the kick was blocked by Bears defender Alan Page (born 1945). The block, however, sent the ball directly back into Marcol’s arms, and he ran all the way into the end zone to score the winning touchdown for the Packers. It is the only time that has ever happened in professional football, according to sources. Additional trivia note: In later interviews, Marcol admitted to being high on cocaine at the time he tried to make the field goal.
… the average person’s nose filters about 20,000 liters of air every day? (I would certainly like to meet this so-called “average person.” He or she makes my life miserable because I’m so far below average.)
… ravens are pretty smart birds? Ornithologists (those who study birds) say they’ve observed ravens pushing rocks onto people to keep them from climbing up to their nests … playing dead beside a beaver carcass to scare other ravens away … and even stealing packaged meats from customer carts at shopping centers. (Who’s the birdbrain now?)
… the most luminous and massive star known is not in our galaxy? A star called R136a1, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way), is 8.7 million times brighter than the Sun. (A true heavenly body, I must say.)
Got a Lady Friend that was a Former Green Bay Packers Cheerleader. Auburn Haired, Blue Eyed, legs to her neck well preserved 50 yo. Her dumbass husband had a mid life crisis ’bout 6 years ago, leaving her for a young gal that ended up dumping his ass.
The average artist formerly known as hunter has filtered a bunch of Marcol’s nose candy…every day.
Make Ravens into dumplins’…with a skillet of cornbread.
Heavenly bodies? Time for the Sunday Gun Girlz Pr0n already? Or are you talking about the Adorable Deplorables we have around here? OAM, Suzy B Honeymaker. Farm Girl with a Mosin…need I go on?
Baked beans and bugs are the menu they want to have for us.
Thanks, again, CW. You da man!
Talking about the skies with this extremely bright star, Christmas and the Three Magi…here’s a slow jam from Sabbath. The lyrics are kind of depressing, though. Aliens pass by our planet and decide not to visit because we’re too busy killing each other…
https://youtu.be/SvrOzYtnLMA?si=37U3F7hyaXMudcHn
… the male cicada is the loudest insect on Earth? When they flex their muscles along ridges called tymbals on their thoraxes, they can produce a sound of 106 decibels. The sound of one cicada can be heard more than a mile away. For comparison, a noise of 120 decibels can produce permanent hearing loss in humans. (Noisy little boogers, aren’t they?)
… you can visit a museum dedicated to baked beans? In Port Talbot, Wales, you can find the Baked Bean Museum of Excellence. Within its hallowed walls are exhibits of artifacts and eccentricities related to baked beans. The museum is operated by a fellow named Barry Kirk (born 1954), who legally changed his name to “Captain Beany.” He became that in 1986, after he reportedly sat naked in a bathtub full of beans for 100 hours, setting a world record. Captain Beany has made it his superhero mission to spread the good news about all things bean to the entire world. (Anything I could say right here would be superfluous, wouldn’t it?)
Now … you know!
Could Capt. Beany sitting in a tub of beans be considered ham and beans? 🤔
https://elusivedisc.com/the-who-the-who-sell-out-180g-lp/?/?utm_source=localiq&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=localiq_shoppingvinyl&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAhJWsBhAaEiwAmrNyq2pD36C434Hi06i4byqvdUxyMe_xAzg7-aTbCIskjUeiPKsZ2ztDrhoCLA0QAvD_BwE#
From the days when they were still struggling?
Oncet upon a time, when the GB Compound was located within the corporate city limits of Houston Texas, there was a cicada hatching that was at the peak of at least two, possibly three, cicada cycles.
In the back yard, one literally could not hear another human talk over the calling of the cicadas.
Our sympathies for your loss, CW. IIRC, you made mention of that last weekend. Getting old ain’t for sissies, not so much that individual health is failing, but the loss of so many friends and loved ones. I’ve been on borrowed time for nearly 6 years now and most of the loved ones I’ve lost have been younger and in overall be health than I. The after life is something else that we must be ready for and…Prepare
A Most Merry Christmas to you and your’s and we can never forget that A Birth that is Celebrated now (tho some studies suggest either the Spring or September) brought forth a Young Man who parlayed His skills as a Carpenter into becoming a Political Activist. Tho He taught Love and Compassion, He was not skeered to cop an attitude, start turning over furniture, and flailing about with a whip. Sometimes ya just gotta do what ya gotta do to get your point across.
That movie was for the birds, but Ms Thang was kinda hot in the classic ’60s style.
Hadn’t watched a lot of Jeopardy since we lost Alex. Just never could click with any of the replacements.
OAM pops, crackles, and whooshes electric…I think she’s fantastic.
A splash of good bourbon will take care of anything that the fish do in the water. It will also make a sody pop taste better, tho its kinda a waste of good bourbon.
Is 6+ hours away by car considered close? How about 8+ hours travel time if one flies? I blame the no count DYPANB ex SiL for my Baby Girl being that far away…since 2006. I need a to crack open the gun safe that DYPANB left, put the SOB in it and lock him up with something that goes ‘splodey.
‘Splodey? Sounds like some C4 might be in order…🧨🧨🧨
Speaking of ‘splodey…
https://twitter.com/TheFigen_/status/1737136959288668379
Once upon a time, my nephew and I (he’s only three years younger than me) put an
M-80 under a coffee can, hoping to launch it. The cylindrical portion of the can barely moved, the bottom blew about 100 yards up, formed into a perfectly shaped bowl. My dad used it as an ashtray for years.
While an Observer-Controller (Green Team plank owner) at the NTC ca 1984 I put an artillery simulator under my steel pot and stood on it to see what would happen.
I chickened out when the whistle started screaming …. damn pot flew about 200 feet into the air if not higher. Glad I didn’t try to hitch a ride!
After the pot landed the only thing wrong with it was the steel band around the rim was slightly warped. I kept that pot for years …. wonder where it is now.
You win. But… my team chief tossed a grenade simulator into a rice paddy outside of CP Humphreys around 1988. Atashi was just getting it nice and level, and BOOM! Water, mud, and shit raining down all over the poor old guy. One more reason I’ll see you all in hell.
Nope, your team chief wins!!
He was going down the grade,
Makin’ 90 miles an hour,
His whistle broke into a scream,
He was found in the wreck,
With his hand on the throttle,
Scalded to death by the steam.
She was flyin’ down the mountain,
Doin’ 90 miles an hour ,
When the chain on her motorcycle broke.
Well, we found her in the grass,
With the muffler up her ass,
And get titties playin’ “Dixie” on the spokes.
My apologies to anyone offended by my use of the word “Dixie”.
Wow…I got nothin’. And you all have known me for over 10 years, that’s sayin’ something. 🤣
I believe it was John Valby composition. I can’t take credit.
The Band, Alabama, approves your comment, and any that were offended can get doubly offended by my linky…Now…tell us more about those titties!
That actually makes sense from a physics perspective, but it’s fucking cool to see.
Present and accounted for.
I was at the VA getting my hands creamed and massaged. :O
(orthopedic therapy for Dupuytren contracture)
FU KoB only because someone ELSE doenvoted you so SUCK IT!!
It’s our Christmas Gift to YOU to allow you to be FIRST this week. LOL 😀
Lord well and all you fucktards have a MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I’ll be around mjostly trying to read up on 14 days backlog of TAH.
Now now now, Chippy…you know I gave you credit because I loooooove you so. Hell, probably dozens here that would loooooove to give me a downvote. 😀
Hear hear!!
Hallelujah, holy shit, where’s the Tylenol
FIRST TWENTY THIRD
Got on late and just re re newed my Law Shield since 2008
Present.
Praying you each have a blessed Christmas.
My Dad’s favorite season…meanwhile I got the tree up at least, but little else. We’ve all made it through x number of Christmases, and hopefully have many more to come. Each year, we see a little more fulfillment in the way of children and grandchildren (I’m not at the grandparent level yet), and a little less in the way of those we once celebrated with. Parents, grandparents, even siblings, meander off into the nether, and we still carry on. In the past week I learned that my two adult children plan to marry their significant others in the near future, and naturally I’m footing the bill for a substantial portion of the celebrations. I guess it’s better than my own marriage, where my wife and I each held one of those two while taking our vows in front of the magistrate.
Hopefully everyone has the best Christmas possible and celebrates the loved ones still there as well as those who are no longer with us.
52 years ago tomorrow, December 23, 1971, the first Dirty Harry film was released. know what you’re thinking. “Did they produce six or only five Dirty Harry films?” Well to tell you the truth in all these Hollywood sequels and reboots, I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a Clint Eastwood series, the most bankable actor in the world and would blow your mind clean off, you’ve gotta ask yourself one question: “Do I feel entertained?” Well, do ya, punk?
https://youtu.be/8Xjr2hnOHiM?si=-5kdL_dyjEXlFEd1
I gots ta know!
*Click*
(Fuck…I’m goin’ to jail like a punk)
In case you are wondering, there were five Dirty Harry films.
I binge watched them all multiple times about ten years ago. When I saw that S&W Model 29 at Fort Belvoir, I had to get it. Mine’s a 4″ barrel, while Dirty Harry had a 6″ (8″ barrels were used in some promotional posters), but it carries nicely in my Galco vertical shoulder rig.
I can’t wait until the Dirty Harry and Police Academy series get their remakes.
“In a world where crime is prosecuted only by racist rednecks, one cop is making a difference. Megan Rapinoe is Dirty Hairy, a trans-planted San Francisco cop looking to dirty up the streets of Amarillo. The town just isn’t big enough for Hairy and the MAGA DAs and judges.”
“In 2024, New York City experienced its lowest number of police applicants since 1845. Mayor Eric Adams announced a policy allowing anyone who could hold a pen to apply, prompting tens of thousands of illegals bused in by the evil Florida dictator DeSantis. This is the story of how nine diverse individuals became NYPD’s finest. It’s a story of she, her, they, them, zim, zhe, ghey, dat, and one Irish drunkard coming together in unholy ways.”
“Oh, you want security? I’ll make you a proposition…very secure. You’ll have housing, you’ll have food, you’ll have recreation, you’ll be able to study and everything. It’s called jail. I prefer a dangerous liberty instead of secure slavery”
VIVA LA LIBERTAD, CARAJO!
VLLC!
LONG LIVE LIBERTY, DAMMIT!
https://youtube.com/shorts/7iztngtoe-0?si=UqlHFWnrYlLgR3V4
My man Milei! God bless that man.
Ike knew:
I don’t know what he was saying without subtitles, but the interviewer was good looking.
I have seen some interviews with him that had subtitles and he has given a big FU middle finger to lots of people.
God protect that man, as I’m sure there are plenty of people who don’t care for him.
As I look back, Ike was my hero while growing up in the 50’s.
Then everything went to Hell. Reagan was a bit of relief but
since then we have been ruled rather than led.
America is over unless we re-elect Trump.
Even if just out of spite to the commies. A warning if you will. A message to the world.
Now that’s what I call saving the planet.
He’s my kind of guy. Smart, but with common sense, plain spoken, and looks like he’s in it for the right reasons. This dude one-upped Trump; instead of taking no salary and donating it to the treasury, Milei is raffling off his salary every month! Plus, he sang in a Rolling Stones cover band when he was younger.
Watching the Philadelphia NBC affiliate interviewing “Dr.” Jill Biden about Christmas. She just said how important family is at Christmas. Unless you are talking about the child that your crackhead stepson refuses to financially and emotionally support.
Nothing like watching grandma and grandpa in their big fine house all finely decorated up while you look in from the outside, unnoticed dragging your Charlie Brown Christmas tree home.
The unclaimed grandchild may be getting the best Christmas present ever by not being around this “family”.
Oh well, I once again award myself Honorary First.
((((OVER))))
Epstein’s list STILL remains under tighter guard than much US Government Classified Information, ditto with the Shooter’s manifesto.
Yeah, but a judge has ordered the release of the list. Hopefully it isn’t ” massaged” first, like by deleting all the Democrat names.
Once Dock Durban gets finished redacting that list it will be as empty as Daniel Bernath’s fuel tank.
For 1 year, I have been posting about Teddy in Open Threads.
First, it was a US Army FOIA email listing only 8 medals,
when Teddy Daniels wears 9 or 11 mini medals in public,
and sports 13 medals on his wall shrine to himself shadowbox.
Then, it was his posting of 4 alleged “medals certificates”.
Then, it was getting his FOIA, with DD-214, that ALSO listed only 8 medals, and more……
Then, realizing his CIB and his Purple Heart were awarded for actions on the same day, rendering his years of telling stories of “I’ve been in a shit ton of gunfights”, “I’ve won a lot of gunfights”, and “I’ve killed a bunch of terrorists”,
ALL allegedly happening BEFORE CIB/PH day,
rendering his “Phony Rambo” war tales as just that.
Bullshit.
Then, reporting July 2023 that Teddy fled from PA to SC,
continuing to display 13, and giving old and new lousy comebacks and excuses, including blaming “Army pencil pushers”, “libs”, people who “hate veterans”, and worse.
—————-
Now, there’s MORE.
Back in April 2022, his wife filed a PFA against him.
The court in PA dismissed it in May.
By November 2022, Teddy was issuing death threats on Rumble.
Weeks later, he was in court again,
this time for divorce, and emergency custody actions. It was ugly.
By July 2023, they somehow reconciled,
and Teddy and his wife moved to SC together.
Now, 2 days ago, December 22, 2023,
recently divorced just weeks ago,
his ex wife, and the mother of his 6 year old son is DEAD.
Yes. DEAD.
Worse (shown), Teddy posted THIS only hours after her death, BEFORE family notifications. Teddy upended notifications of family members, and many in her family (and his) learned of her death this way.
And, as you see…
This is NOT the reality, in PA or SC, in 2022 or 2023.
This is Teddy playing damage control, due to his awful reputation with women and children, and using the Book of the Fake to garner sympathy…
for HIMSELF.
Ugh.
As if he has a shot at getting anywhere near Heaven.
9th commandment alone sends him straight to Hell.