SmartAleq
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Every restaurant, hotel and grocery needs signs on the door that read: NO shirt, NO shoes, NO serve ICE. Let those incompetents figure out how to resupply their troops in the field.
January 18, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Every restaurant, hotel and grocery needs signs on the door that read: NO shirt, NO shoes, NO serve ICE. Let those incompetents figure out how to resupply their troops in the field.
I feel it's less that we have no faith than that we know for a damned fact how things work and who we can and can't trust.
January 18, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I feel it's less that we have no faith than that we know for a damned fact how things work and who we can and can't trust.
We learn way more about disease and illness from being pet owners than we expect, don't we? I had a diabetic cat for six years, learned a lot about how to stab a large feline while remaining myself unpunctured. Glad my current bunch are youngish and healthy!
January 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
We learn way more about disease and illness from being pet owners than we expect, don't we? I had a diabetic cat for six years, learned a lot about how to stab a large feline while remaining myself unpunctured. Glad my current bunch are youngish and healthy!
There's actually very little chocolate in Almond Roca and what there is is milk chocolate. If it's not a one pound tin I'd probably just give some mustard or peroxide to get a good barf going and watch for 24 hours.
January 17, 2026 at 10:51 PM
There's actually very little chocolate in Almond Roca and what there is is milk chocolate. If it's not a one pound tin I'd probably just give some mustard or peroxide to get a good barf going and watch for 24 hours.
And onions--hemolytic anemia, not fun.
January 17, 2026 at 10:48 PM
And onions--hemolytic anemia, not fun.
My local tienda sells quart containers of the manteca left over from making chicharrones, it's like non salty bacon grease and it's amazing.
January 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
My local tienda sells quart containers of the manteca left over from making chicharrones, it's like non salty bacon grease and it's amazing.
I don't foil wrap but I do use foil to make a little boat around the tater, because I don't want to clean up a pan. I sprinkle with garlic salt because, well, garlic.
January 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I don't foil wrap but I do use foil to make a little boat around the tater, because I don't want to clean up a pan. I sprinkle with garlic salt because, well, garlic.
How can something be so sad and yet...not?
January 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
How can something be so sad and yet...not?
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be;
That no life lives forever,
That dead men rise up never,
And even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
That's the bit I've had memorized for over fifty years. Love it!
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be;
That no life lives forever,
That dead men rise up never,
And even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
That's the bit I've had memorized for over fifty years. Love it!
January 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be;
That no life lives forever,
That dead men rise up never,
And even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
That's the bit I've had memorized for over fifty years. Love it!
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be;
That no life lives forever,
That dead men rise up never,
And even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
That's the bit I've had memorized for over fifty years. Love it!
Was speaking more in general, I'm not terribly conversant with your specific condition.
January 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Was speaking more in general, I'm not terribly conversant with your specific condition.
It's less "why are bodies so weird" than it is "why is food so weird?" Ultra processing makes food behave weirdly in our bodies, whereas minimally processed food tends to be so much easier on our digestion.
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
It's less "why are bodies so weird" than it is "why is food so weird?" Ultra processing makes food behave weirdly in our bodies, whereas minimally processed food tends to be so much easier on our digestion.
I'm in Portland, which is apparently his second choice and I'm dreading when the ICEholes get tired of sliding on real ice and figure out we're having an unseasonably warm winter here. They already shot two people in a hospital parking lot here FFS. I hate those shitbirds, I really do.
January 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I'm in Portland, which is apparently his second choice and I'm dreading when the ICEholes get tired of sliding on real ice and figure out we're having an unseasonably warm winter here. They already shot two people in a hospital parking lot here FFS. I hate those shitbirds, I really do.
In case it's escaped your notice, sir, your party is a controlled opposition fully captured by corporate interests and they will do NOTHING to upset their donor apple cart. Go ahead, try it, bring M4A to a vote and see what happens. Betcha five bucks right now I'm right and they'll vote against it.
January 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM
In case it's escaped your notice, sir, your party is a controlled opposition fully captured by corporate interests and they will do NOTHING to upset their donor apple cart. Go ahead, try it, bring M4A to a vote and see what happens. Betcha five bucks right now I'm right and they'll vote against it.
No, "fighting like hell" would be introducing Bernie's Medicare For All plan and keep on doing it over and over and over. Force the votes against it--then we'll see how many Dems are "fighting like hell." Because they'll vote against, I guarantee it.
January 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM
No, "fighting like hell" would be introducing Bernie's Medicare For All plan and keep on doing it over and over and over. Force the votes against it--then we'll see how many Dems are "fighting like hell." Because they'll vote against, I guarantee it.
Well, it IS way harder to aim while sliding on your busted ass so there's that. And speaking as someone who's busted their coccyx falling like that, it puts you out of commission for a good long time. You guys be safe, please, I'm in Portland, they'll probably ramp up here next. Solidarity!
January 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Well, it IS way harder to aim while sliding on your busted ass so there's that. And speaking as someone who's busted their coccyx falling like that, it puts you out of commission for a good long time. You guys be safe, please, I'm in Portland, they'll probably ramp up here next. Solidarity!
Okay, so hear me out--it's really freaking cold there, right? And those chubby assholes are having a hard time getting around what with falling on their asses so much, right? So what if, every place they show up, dudes piss all over, it freezes, they slide on unexpected piss ice? Genius or nah?
January 16, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Okay, so hear me out--it's really freaking cold there, right? And those chubby assholes are having a hard time getting around what with falling on their asses so much, right? So what if, every place they show up, dudes piss all over, it freezes, they slide on unexpected piss ice? Genius or nah?
There's a very simple and very sharp reason why the French government is exceedingly responsive to the preferences and opinions of the French people. Perhaps our government requires an incentive shift from a similar sort of demonstration here.
January 16, 2026 at 3:57 AM
There's a very simple and very sharp reason why the French government is exceedingly responsive to the preferences and opinions of the French people. Perhaps our government requires an incentive shift from a similar sort of demonstration here.
Haha, called my teenaged grandkid a goon, got a lesson in current slang. Ope!
January 15, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Haha, called my teenaged grandkid a goon, got a lesson in current slang. Ope!
Well, okay, but I'm not touching anyone's feet, nor is anyone to touch mine, capisce?
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Well, okay, but I'm not touching anyone's feet, nor is anyone to touch mine, capisce?
I accomplish the feat of avoiding illness basically by keeping all humans a good long ways away from me. That being said, a properly fitting N-95 mask also helps keep your nose warm in winter, and avoiding surveillance is also an excellent rationale for mask usage in general.
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I accomplish the feat of avoiding illness basically by keeping all humans a good long ways away from me. That being said, a properly fitting N-95 mask also helps keep your nose warm in winter, and avoiding surveillance is also an excellent rationale for mask usage in general.
Some day I'd love it if I had only dogs who love and respect soft toys. Of my two, one would be nice and would love a stuffy, the other would have it in tiny bits in milliseconds. The love of destruction is strong in that one!
January 14, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Some day I'd love it if I had only dogs who love and respect soft toys. Of my two, one would be nice and would love a stuffy, the other would have it in tiny bits in milliseconds. The love of destruction is strong in that one!
Bully breed would have been my second guess lol.
January 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Bully breed would have been my second guess lol.
Lemme guess, herding dog?
January 14, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Lemme guess, herding dog?
Once a week or so the cattle dog will suddenly fixate on The Very Bestest Toy EVAR that somehow got shoved under the couch and he will not stop staring and pining until I drag it out along with all the OTHER Best Toys EVAR and both dogs go bananas because OMG MOAR TOYZ!! I love dogs.
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Once a week or so the cattle dog will suddenly fixate on The Very Bestest Toy EVAR that somehow got shoved under the couch and he will not stop staring and pining until I drag it out along with all the OTHER Best Toys EVAR and both dogs go bananas because OMG MOAR TOYZ!! I love dogs.