To Call Paxton Ethically Challenged Is to Call Jeffrey Dahmer Suffering from an Eating Disorder—US Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), on the myriad of unethical actions taken by current Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton over the decades
I am not giving Tillis the benefit of the doubt here.
I think that his outrage is almost entirely about the fact that members of his private club , the US Senate, are being knocked off in primaries.
Still the characterization is both true and evocative.
IMHO, he is completely justified in doing so.
Devin Stone is profoundly unamused by the Trump slush fund, and I am surprised that he did not turn green and grow 8 feet tall.
There was a midair collision at an air show in Idaho.
Two F/A-18G Growlers collided, but all 4 pilots ejected safely.
Two E/A-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft collided during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show in Mountain Home Idaho on Sunday, in a mishap captured in dramatic videos. The four crew members of the aircraft, from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129‘s NAS Whidbey Island-based Growler Airshow Team, were able to eject right after the collision and are being evaluated by medical personnel, according to media reports. The incident took place two miles northwest of the base, according to the 366th Fighter Wing’s Facebook page. The Growler Airshow Team puts on two-jet displays.
Video of the incident showed the one of the Growlers close in on the other from behind and then collide, striking the lead aircraft’s rear with its nose from above. They then became entangled together, nose up, and then down, before tumbling to the ground. Four small explosions from ejection seats blasting out of the falling Growlers can be seen before the parachutes of the four crew members opened up. The Growlers hit the ground, exploding into a ball of flames, followed by the crew members floating down in their parachutes.
The latest report is that the pilots are being checked out, but it appears that there have been only minor injuries.
We know what he says it is, a lab project for Electronics & Instrumentation II
(Mechatronics), but we all know what this REALLY is.
It's his evil plan to take over the entire Tri-State Area.
Behold the Metronominator !!!
Yes, I'm bragging about my kid, dads gotta dad.
In any case, here is his vid:
Kids these days with their Arduinos and their 3D printing.
In my day, we had to machine everything with flint tools!
Welp, this has never happened to me before but an artist has issued a takedown notice on my most recent video on YouTube in what is in my opinion a comically obvious case of fair use, and you will never guess which band it is.
— Lindsay Ellis (@lindsayellis.bsky.social) May 1, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Look closely.
Yes, the Grateful Dead, the band who was so supportive of home tapers that they sometimes allowed people to plug their recorders into the mixing board at concerts, is issuing a copyright take-down for what is obviously fair use.
This is the biggest mind-f%$# that I have seen so far this year, and we are living under the Trump administration.
I'm pretty sure that the residents of Bizarro World are looking at us right now and saying, "They am so stupid."
Seriously, stop the world, I want to get off.
There is a genre of AI slop on YouTube, a SCF-FI genre you could call human exceptionalism.
Basically, it consists of a spoken word YouTube video in which aliens encounter Earthers, and said humans blithely do something that confuses and terrifies the host of aliens present.
I generally do not have much use for such stuff, unless, of course, it involves humor and cats.
At that point, I feel the need to share this with the rest of you.
Have fun.
This apparatus is a profound mind-f%$#.
It is fascinating, though I'm not sure of its strength or its physical robustness.
*Robert Hooke was a 17th century physicist, astronomer, etc. who is credited with inventing the univerals joint.
Refusing to make eye contact with Epstein victimsI am referring, of course, to Pam Bondi's epic meltdown in front of the House Judiciary Committee.
Let me be clear, this is not because it is too emotionally painful for me, I have watched various videos with no small amount of amusement.
This is because this sh%$ is so meshugana that I lack the communication skills to address this.
Coming from a people who have as many words for crazy as almost any other people, (meshugana, furshlugginer, verklempt, farmisht, farblunjet, etc.) this is a rather telling admission.
Here's one video, there are many, many, others:
I did not know that I needed this, but I really, really did;
Thank you Hank Azaria.
I have been a fan since Herman's Head.
I want to note that Diana Rigg gave me stirrings at about age 7.
I am Amused So, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was introduced at a restaurant in Washington, DC, and he was booed out of the place.
What a delicate snowflake.
But they should be.
Even Ingmar Bergman, who is better known for his brooding films directed a very good comedy, Smiles of a Summer Night which I rather liked, even with subtitles.
The humor definitely has been effected by the dark cold winters of Scandanavia, but unlike, for example, Russian humor, which tends to be dark, Swedish humor is more wry and playful.
This Swedish pilot's walk around of the Saab Gripen is very funny.
On Sunday at the Miss Universe competition in Chile, contestant Ignacia Fernández sang a song for the talent portion.
That is not particularly unusual, what is unusual is that she is in a band, and she brought a band mate on stage to accompany her as she sang a song from the band's repertoire.
What is even more unusual is that her band is Decessus, a progressive Death Metal band.
Who’s to say you can’t be brutal and a beauty? Ignacia Fernández is a 27-year-old model, that much is clear, but what isn’t upon first look is how damn savage she is. While competing in the Miss World Chile 2025 (in Spanish, it’s Miss Mundo Chile) pageant semifinal last Sunday, November 2, Fernández stunned damn near everyone by performing a song from her progressive death metal band called Decessus. Yes, you read that right. Miss World Chile 2025 could be a headbanging guttural queen, and if I could vote for her, I definitely would.
Joined by her bandmate Carlos Palma, Fernández performed an original Decessus song while rocking a ball gown. She understandably garnered a standing ovation, with one of the judges saying he’s never seen anything like it in a beauty pageant before. We haven’t either, sir.
In an interview with the Chilean paper Las Últimas Noticias, Fernández said how she was nervous about her performance and the reactions it might receive. “Television lends itself to people making memes and making fun of you,” she said. The song I sang is by my band. It’s my job, my life.”
Fernández represents the Las Condes district, hoping to move on to represent Chile in Miss Universe. Her performance won her a spot in the pageant finals, which will take place this Sunday, November 9. Imagine how wonderful it’d be to have a death metal maven representing our universe. She’s even said: “I’m not trying to fit in. I’m trying to show myself as I am.” I couldn’t think of anyone better.
She made it to the next round of the pageant, because she was true to herself, and truth is power.
This is beautiful.
If you want to see the original on TikTok, you can do so here.
Until I can find a way to embed TikTok videos that do not auto-play, I'll be downloading the video and re-upload it to Youtube.
Basically, a delivery driver got hassled by the recipients of a package for his rainbow earing, and his response is one for the ages.
This man simply walked into the fashion show wearing a garbage bag - and no one thought it was strange until security found him
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) October 20, 2025
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This is so true... 😂 pic.twitter.com/IvOrVF1WZP
— I'm 𝔽ugustra™ (@fugustra1) October 16, 2025
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
Well, not exactly done that.
🇲🇾 F/A-18D Hornet belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force crashes on takeoff from the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport in Kuantan. The jet’s pilot and weapons systems officer safely ejected.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 22, 2025
According to a statement released by RMAF, the incident occurred during a night flight… pic.twitter.com/iqqbhuV5MB
I do understand how low-cost drones are giving the US military, which, if it had its way, would develop an $800,000.00 tactical paper clip.
They have discovered that the M-1 Abrams is vulnerable to systems that cost 3 or 4 orders of magnituded than their gold-plated whiz-bang.
You know what is a bad solution for this problem? Removing the .50 Cal M2 Browning machine gun and replacing it with a minigun.
First, as anyone who has tried to hunt birds can tell you, a rifle round is not a good way to take down a small flying creature.
Second, you need to have someone with an open hatch, exposed, to operate the thing.
Third, the minigun cannot do things like taking out IFVs and LAVs reliably.
And then there are the logistical issues.
Whoever signed off on this idea needs another line of work. I would suggest phone sanitizer. dog walker, or stamp licker.
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A member of the Democratic wing of the Democratic party, and a fan of Bernie who thinks Neoliberal (DLC/New Dem) trickle down conomics sucks.Mechanical Engineer with a background in defense, electronics packaging, medical & food equipment, transportation, and manufacturing.
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I have two cats, a black cat, and a gray and white long hair cat, who keep me on my toes. (Because he keeps attacking my feet)
I am a Jew and a Zionist, who is married to a woman with exquisitely bad taste in men, and I have two remarkable children with her.
