The biggest problem with those moolahs is...

 
Ya know I don't like to make fun of himself, but he may have opened a true can of worms over there for just one reason. Well, actually there's a whole bunch of reasons -  not the least of which is that those people in power over there are bat-shit fuckin' crazy. 

They kill their own people for protesting. They hate America because of it's freedoms, ferfucksake. They make their women cover everything but their eyes for god-knows what friggin' reason, and, if nothing else, they are just some downright hatefull motherfuckers who think martyrdom is a good idea. All the other crazy shit they do makes them a formidable oppponent - kind of reminds of that scene in the Monty Python movie with the sword fight - you know the one. Well, that's kinda what these asswipes are like, but maybe worse...

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As we've noticed over the years on many occassions - at least those of us who actually pay attention to this shit do - the Brits have a very unique - to say the least - sense of humor. In this case, this is a screencap from a real BBC gameshow called 'The Chase' It's a put on, Brit-style, but it actually isn't. They obviously did that on purpose. Subtle. Very subtle. I like that.

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This shit is wild. CCTV captured an out-of-control car that was dragging two cyclists down a street in a crazy scene that killed one person and injured four. The car has sparks flying as it speeds down the busy street in New York dragging the two victims, aged 33 and 28. CCTV footage from the crash just after 8pm on Thursday shows pedestrians on West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard diving for cover as the red car makes no effort to stop. The cyclists were left lying in the bus lane, one of them was reportedly bleeding from the head. One of them died, the other is in critical condition. 

The reason this caught my eye was the guy and the gal in the middle.As he ducks for cover, does he try to grab her arm? I don't think so. Either way, they do look pretty funny, no? My bad...

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That kinda sums it up, don't it?

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There's a couple reasons why I like this girl, not the least of which is the fact that the tabloid media seems to be obsessed with her every move, nudging sideways (Thank the baby Jesus) their absolute obsession with everything and anything Kardashian for the past ten or more years. The other reason I kinda like her is that she's pretty much self-made, if ya get my drift, and she didn't have to fuck every other hippidee-hop jerkoff rapper in the world just to get attention. Know what I mean? Keep the comments cool, boys...

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Now - lemme esplain' sumpem to joo, Lucy. 

I hate conspiracy theories - they the absolute fruit of idle minds. BUT - ya see shit like this and at the same time Himself starts talking about Cuba and ya put the two together and think to yourself - 'Didn't they do the same kinda shit when they went in and took Maduro? The shut down the power and internet and cell service while the attack was taking place. 'HMMMM' - ya says to yourself.

Juss' sayin'...

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That scumbag Hakeem Jeffries..

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My brother Bob took this picture in our suite when we were staying at the Rio in Vegas for the WSOP tournament. This is probably 25 or so years ago, but anyway, that's me, and ya can't tell by the stupid look on my face, but I was drunk as a friggin' skunk in the middle of the afternoon that one day because I had gone downstairs to have breakfast and when I was done I ran in to a buddy of mine in the casino and we had decided to go play a little roulette at like 10:00am. 

Well, many beers and about five hours later I finally made it back up in to my suite and told my brother that I'd won about $ 13,000 in that short time. When I showed him the wad of bills, he insisted on doing this. Helluva day. 

Oh - and I did cash in the tournament that year, so we (well I, anyway) went back home seriously flush. Doesn't happen too often, does it?

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The real 'soap box derby'...

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Maybe one of the sickest cartoons I've ever seen...

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Where do the stars go when they go away?

The star, known as M31-2014-DS1, didn’t erupt in a spectacular supernova. There was no brilliant explosion lighting up space. Instead, its core appears to have quietly collapsed under its own gravity, forming a black hole directly. By combining new telescope observations with more than a decade of archived data, a research team led by Kishalay De at the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute reconstructed the most detailed timeline yet of a star undergoing this silent transformation.

The pattern was remarkable. Around 2014, the star brightened in infrared wavelengths. By 2016, its visible brightness had dropped sharply. By 2023, it had dimmed to just one ten-thousandth of its original optical luminosity — effectively vanishing. Yet in the mid-infrared, a faint glow remains, coming from dust expelled from the star’s outer layers rather than consumed entirely.

 

 

Internal convection appears to have given the outer material enough angular momentum to orbit the newly formed black hole instead of plunging straight inward, allowing it to feed slowly over decades rather than in a sudden burst.

Only about 1% of the outer envelope ultimately fell into the black hole. And this wasn’t a one-off event - a previous case, NGC 6946-BH1, showed the same behavior. Some of the universe’s most massive stars don’t explode when they die. They simply fade away into darkness.

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Planning on flying soon? Here's a couple ideas that might help...

Checking live wait times and using special programs intended to let passengers bypass the lines are key hacks, even with the delays which have plagued American airports since Feb. 14, when federal funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the TSA, ran out.

Wait times for security checkpoints are posted on the TSA’s MyTSA app, but travel experts warn the data may be outdated during the shutdown. “Do not trust the TSA wait times right now, because the apps and websites are not updated regularly,” said Clint Henderson, a managing editor at the online travel website the Points Guy.Instead, check the real-time data on the airport’s website or app to get to the correct info.

 

Some other ideas? 

• Finding another checkpoint with a shorter line. Passengers aren’t obligated to use the one closest to their gates.
• Use TSA PreCheck Touchless ID, a program that allows those who are enrolled to stop a moment for a face scan, then keep going toward X-ray machines. The downside? It’s only available from some airlines, including Alaska, American, Delta, Southwest and United.
• Another option is to join the $209 a year Clear+, the biometric security program that operates in 60 airports and lets travelers to jump to the front of the line and bypass the government’s ID-check step.
• The CLEAR APP also launched a “Know When to Leave” tool.

Meanwhile, passengers waiting for things to return to normal are at the mercy of federal politics

The Brits love 'The Old West'? Who knew?

 Laredo is one of the most unusual historical recreations in the UK, a fully built, meticulously detailed Wild West town hidden in the English countryside. Created by a dedicated community of re‑enactors, it features saloons, a sheriff’s office, a cantina, wooden boardwalks, and period‑accurate interiors that look like they were lifted straight out of an 1880s frontier settlement. 

Members dress in authentic clothing, adopt historical personas, and recreate everything from poker nights to staged shootouts, giving visitors a surprisingly immersive glimpse into the mythology of the American West.

What makes Laredo fascinating is how it reflects Britain’s long‑standing cultural fascination with the Wild West, which dates back to the 19th century when Buffalo Bill’s touring shows captivated European audiences. 

Instead of being a tourist attraction, Laredo is a private passion project, built, maintained, and performed entirely by volunteers who gather every other weekend to “live” in the Old West for a few days. It’s a blend of craftsmanship, historical curiosity, and pure escapism, showing how powerful and enduring the frontier myth remains even thousands of miles from the real American West.

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We tend to forget that WWII was also fought on North American soil...

A Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Flying Boat of Patrol Squadron 

VP-61 in flight during a patrol in the Aleutians. 

March 1943 - VP-61 was based at Otter Point Naval Air Facility, Umnak Island, Alaska (USA), at that time. In the Battle of the Aleutian Islands (June 1942-August 1943) during World War II (1939-45), U.S. troops fought to remove Japanese garrisons established on a pair of U.S.-owned islands west of Alaska. In June 1942, Japan had seized the remote, sparsely inhabited islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands. 

It was the only U.S. soil Japan would claim during the war in the Pacific. The maneuver was possibly designed to divert U.S. forces during Japan’s attack on Midway Island (June 4-7, 1942) in the central Pacific. It’s also possible the Japanese believed holding the two islands could prevent the U.S. from invading Japan via the Aleutians. Either way, the Japanese occupation was a blow to American morale. 

In May 1943, U.S. troops retook Attu and three months later reclaimed Kiska, and in the process gained experience that helped them prepare for the long “island-hopping” battles to come as World War II raged across the Pacific Ocean.

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This blog is supported by the meager commissions I get when you buy stuff 

on Amazon going through a link you see here. It doesn't matter if you buy what

 is promoted, or something else - it's all still credited to the blog. I am ever so

 greatful when you guys do it, because that little I do make from Amazon is still

 a big help now that I'm no longer working.

Long and short of it? If you're ever going to Amazon, do me a solid - come to

 the blog first and use one of my links. Your help is greatly appreciated. Seriously...

                                                                                                                         

                                                                      

                               

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No this is my kinda HillBetty...

All of these HillBettys you see here come to us as a courtesy from  

our friend at Twisted Hillbilly on Facebook. You should follow them 

for all of the stuff he posts - not just the babes.

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In light of what's happening all around us lately, you 

might want to get one for your wife or daughter...

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How's that whole 'I hate Elon' thing working for you?

Elon Musk has offered to pay the salaries of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers during the ongoing partial government shutdown that is causing travel chaos nationwide. Wait times to pass security have stretched to more than two hours in some airports around the US after TSA workers’ pay was stopped, causing staffing shortages.

At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest in the world, lines reached up to 125 minutes on Saturday morning. In Houston, George Bush Intercontinental Airport saw delays of up to 150 minutes, while New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport topped 30 minutes.

TSA officers make about $50,000 per year on average, according to The New York Times. Musk, the richest man in the world, is valued at $814.3 billion. The partial government shutdown stems from a congressional deadlock over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees TSA. 

As of Saturday morning, at least 1,350 delays and 80 cancelations had been reported across the country, according to FlightAware. 

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Einstein's a fraud?

 

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Are you middle class - or maybe no class at all, like me...

The minimum income needed to be middle class ranges from $39.4K in Mississippi to $69.9K in Massachusetts. Northeastern and coastal states generally have the highest middle-class entry points. In much of the South, households can enter the middle-income range at under $45K.

What does it take to be considered middle class in the United States today? 

The answer varies widely depending on where you live. The map above shows the minimum income required to qualify as middle class in each U.S. state, based on the lower bound of middle-income households. The data comes from SmartAsset, using U.S. Census Bureau median income figures and Pew Research Center’s definition of middle income as two-thirds to double the median household income.

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