***
By the late 1980s, the walled city contained roughly 35,000 residents[1] within its territory of 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres; 26,000 m2), or approximately four football fields; resulting in a staggering population density of over 3 million people per square mile.[2] As a result of the absence of any widely recognized bureaucracy, the city’s residents and businesses had no municipal codes to govern them. Enabled by the enclave’s anarchic nature, trade in banned products thrived, ranging from narcotics to dog meat. From the 1950s to the 1970s, it was controlled by local triad gangs and had high rates of prostitution, gambling, and drug abuse.
***
I’ve been to NYC a dozen time maybe. I like the natural history museum and street food. Last summer I drove through on the way to my Peace Corps reunion. Hard to believe it’s been 15 years already since I got back.
R.J.
on June 25, 2025 at 8:19 pm
Look, it’s my chance to post Escape from New York.
rhywun
on June 25, 2025 at 8:05 pm
It’s amusing (and not at all surprising) that he won the white vote and lost every other pigeonhole to Cuomo.
White people, right? SMDH.
Sean
on June 25, 2025 at 8:14 pm
White progressive wimmenz are the worst. I hope they like their new hijabs.
rhywun
on June 25, 2025 at 8:15 pm
Oh, the commie won “Asians” too – however that is defined. That’s a weird one.
Sean
on June 25, 2025 at 8:27 pm
Asian is white, I think.
Sean
on June 25, 2025 at 7:58 pm
Anyone game on Amazon’s Luna?
Brochettaward
on June 25, 2025 at 8:06 pm
Gaming is a distraction from Firsting.
Sean
on June 25, 2025 at 8:12 pm
Really, it’s all just masturbation.
Brochettaward
on June 25, 2025 at 8:14 pm
During a First, the penis ejaculates itself. Everyone knows this. Clearly not masturbatory in nature at all.
They call al-ghul, which means the demon. Looks like a copy of a dragunov.
Sean
on June 25, 2025 at 8:23 pm
The fuck was that? Did I just get added to another list? 🤬
Brochettaward
on June 25, 2025 at 8:29 pm
They have a list to keep track of all the lists I’m on.
dbleagle
on June 25, 2025 at 8:24 pm
Based on the reported IDF casualties:
1) Quality control of weapons and rounds is subpar, so who knows where the bullets actually go?
2) They still can’t shoot worth shit with it.
3) Both of the above.
Derpetologist
on June 25, 2025 at 8:27 pm
Ah, I see you are familiar with the Inshallah School of Marksmanship AKA Iraqi Death Blossom.
I have been killing time this morning watching various ‘science’ videos by various ‘experts’. Holy shit. I am tempted to say that academia and science in general are in deep trouble but that is not correct. It’s always been this way. A very small group of people we rarely hear from are quietly tinkering away at things that work. Who said yesterday they had not been to a hospital in 20 years and a recent visit blew them away at the advances they saw? Those advances in every field are always done at great cost and in spite of the ocean of morons we are adrift in. I would be better off just ignoring the cacophony of idiocy and trust in those people.
From the article on the expected and predictable rise in summer gas prices: “…stricter rules on refineries to encourage them to create lower-carbon fuels.”
That statement is shockingly stupid. Wow. Do I even want to try and unravel it? Maybe I will just get another cup of coffee.
Rat on a train
on June 26, 2025 at 6:11 am
Add impurities to the fuel. That will reduce the carbon content.
Gender Traitor
on June 26, 2025 at 5:41 am
Good morning, homey, Sean, Teh Hype, Roat, and Ted’S.!
Rat on a train
on June 26, 2025 at 5:47 am
The weather is forecast to break today back to normal hot.
slumbrew
on June 26, 2025 at 6:02 am
30 degree drop in temps today.
New England, you so crazy
Gender Traitor
on June 26, 2025 at 6:11 am
I could have sworn our “heat advisory” was supposed to end yesterday evening when some thunderstorms came through. They’ve extended it until tomorrow evening. 😑
Good morning, U! I have a dentist appointment (routine) at 8:30, so I hope that goes well. Took a dose of cough syrup to (I hope) suppress this pesky occasional cough that refuses to go away completely. Hope it lasts at least through my tooth cleaning.
The store I normally shop at is being renovated, so I’m not surprised they’ve got less in stock. The next closest store didn’t have those flavors, either.
Then again, the second store isn’t as big as the first. I remember it seemed huge when it opened in the late 80s.
Fourscore
on June 26, 2025 at 6:43 am
Life is like that, Ted,S.
I was severely disappointed everyday for 13 years married to my first wife.
“LOL who’s next?!” is all my brain did for a minute and a half
That was brilliant.
+1
related:
LBJ buys pants based on his anatomical needs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dohNFXMHL-I
JFK mad about furniture purchase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLTmg2vCzY
yes, these are real recordings
You forgot the “if we can get this civil rights bill passed we’ll have these niggers voting democrat for the next 100 years” video.
/paraphrased
The Hat and Putin are the best of the bunch.
How could the Ayatollah pass up being AK47?
“Thanks for the heads-up”
Maybe that’s why Iran isn’t claiming any casualties
One of the better cartoons you’ve done. Saw it hours ago on the Youtubes and watched. Hit dislike on it.
Hit dislike on it.
You sommabitch! I kill you!
DEPORT
EVERY
ILLEGAL
🥾🍑
Damn peaches.
“Suckin on my titties
Like you wanted me”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cV6pnvCVM4
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/06/25/new-york-real-estate-broker-flooded-with-calls-from-wealthy-residents-looking-to-flee-n2190907
Wall it off now. Don’t let any of them leave.
How I imagine future NYC:
***
By the late 1980s, the walled city contained roughly 35,000 residents[1] within its territory of 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres; 26,000 m2), or approximately four football fields; resulting in a staggering population density of over 3 million people per square mile.[2] As a result of the absence of any widely recognized bureaucracy, the city’s residents and businesses had no municipal codes to govern them. Enabled by the enclave’s anarchic nature, trade in banned products thrived, ranging from narcotics to dog meat. From the 1950s to the 1970s, it was controlled by local triad gangs and had high rates of prostitution, gambling, and drug abuse.
***
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JrH5_NliF4
I’ve been to NYC a dozen time maybe. I like the natural history museum and street food. Last summer I drove through on the way to my Peace Corps reunion. Hard to believe it’s been 15 years already since I got back.
Look, it’s my chance to post Escape from New York.
It’s amusing (and not at all surprising) that he won the white vote and lost every other pigeonhole to Cuomo.
White people, right? SMDH.
White progressive wimmenz are the worst. I hope they like their new hijabs.
Oh, the commie won “Asians” too – however that is defined. That’s a weird one.
Asian is white, I think.
Anyone game on Amazon’s Luna?
Gaming is a distraction from Firsting.
Really, it’s all just masturbation.
During a First, the penis ejaculates itself. Everyone knows this. Clearly not masturbatory in nature at all.
Wouldn’t a Zeroth be superior to a First?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeroth_law_of_thermodynamics
Which one of us which in this scenario, Derp?
I aspire to make whale noises like Harland Williams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jN_dGvcxcY
Inside a Hamas sniper rifle workshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siCeVVciDhA
They call al-ghul, which means the demon. Looks like a copy of a dragunov.
The fuck was that? Did I just get added to another list? 🤬
They have a list to keep track of all the lists I’m on.
Based on the reported IDF casualties:
1) Quality control of weapons and rounds is subpar, so who knows where the bullets actually go?
2) They still can’t shoot worth shit with it.
3) Both of the above.
Ah, I see you are familiar with the Inshallah School of Marksmanship AKA Iraqi Death Blossom.
Yep. I also helped train Kuwait “snipers”.
I worked adjacent to the Kuwaitis. They were…different. Officers driving POVs and wearing civvies out in the field.
Yemeni men are the ultimate gun nuts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W27-VB9BxSU
Even Burt Gummer would be jealous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeSd1GoUW-M
Watching: https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Talons_of_Weng-Chiang_(TV_story)
That’s such a good one. And you get fancy dress Leela.
Everybody Weng Chang tonight.
Weng Weng.
I appreciated the soft touches in this. The lavender color for Graham made me laugh out loud. The Hat’s first post was a winner as well.
Apparently Tundra has been scarce due to some dental issues.
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/06/25/dental-troubles-are-abruin-but-this-big-patient-can-bear-it-n2190909
That’s Animal, not Tundra. Tundra has been scarce because he owes me two dollars.
He was writing about a bear named Tundra. Who clearly cannot afford dental care if he can’t pay you two dollars.
Wow, I think I have discovered the world’s smallest hotel room. I wonder how they even managed to shoehorn the bed in.
Be careful of rooms said to “intimate.”
Good luck typing without bruising your elbows.
said to be
Um. Are you in Japan?
Those lie-in bed hotels are kinda dope. I mean, they’re monstrous in their own way, but it does give you Your Space. It’s a very comfortable locker.
That was a fun experiment the ex and I did. Dormitory-style showers, but your own shower and dressing room. But small. Though private!
Asian density in cities is absolutely fascinating.
Ha, no… NYC. On the bright side, The Book of Mormon is next door. I wish I had tickets.
I’m very upset I fell asleep long ago.
I woke, missed the Cubs shutout, and have to reawaken in four hours.
Dirty Jobs is on, and he’s damn good, Rowe.
I should check the zoom.
Regardless of contact, kick ass tomorrow, y’all. It’s gonna be a glorious day.
It’s baseball. You didn’t miss anything. :-p
Happy birthday Chesty Puller!
Morning y’all.
🥓☕️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vE5ewvxdfo
🎶🎶
suh’ fam
whats goody
“Tariffs are making toys more expensive and there’s a crisis in the Middle East.”
-the news
I dont have time to worry about that stuff- Im at the poop incinerator today.
Allons-y !
Sounds about right.
But what about gas prices?
Good morning all.
I have been killing time this morning watching various ‘science’ videos by various ‘experts’. Holy shit. I am tempted to say that academia and science in general are in deep trouble but that is not correct. It’s always been this way. A very small group of people we rarely hear from are quietly tinkering away at things that work. Who said yesterday they had not been to a hospital in 20 years and a recent visit blew them away at the advances they saw? Those advances in every field are always done at great cost and in spite of the ocean of morons we are adrift in. I would be better off just ignoring the cacophony of idiocy and trust in those people.
From the article on the expected and predictable rise in summer gas prices: “…stricter rules on refineries to encourage them to create lower-carbon fuels.”
That statement is shockingly stupid. Wow. Do I even want to try and unravel it? Maybe I will just get another cup of coffee.
Add impurities to the fuel. That will reduce the carbon content.
Good morning, homey, Sean, Teh Hype, Roat, and Ted’S.!
The weather is forecast to break today back to normal hot.
30 degree drop in temps today.
New England, you so crazy
I could have sworn our “heat advisory” was supposed to end yesterday evening when some thunderstorms came through. They’ve extended it until tomorrow evening. 😑
Morning, How goes?
Good morning, U! I have a dentist appointment (routine) at 8:30, so I hope that goes well. Took a dose of cough syrup to (I hope) suppress this pesky occasional cough that refuses to go away completely. Hope it lasts at least through my tooth cleaning.
How are you?
I managed to fall asleep in the wee hours and overslept relating to my work schedule. But I’m connected.
Oops! With any luck, maybe no one will notice. 😬
It was 7 minutes.
Oh, heck! That’s not even late for hourly employees at my office. Our timekeeping system rounds to the nearest quarter hour. ⏰
Thanks and apologies to zoomers last night. I had such a great weekend w my nephews. Upset I slightly unraveled yesterday.
Didn’t set my big alarm and slept through two others. Got to work around 5:40. No one has mentioned my 40min tardy.
I really do hope y’all do well today. I’m doing better than expected, I s’pose.
I’m mildly disappointed that it seems like the local supermarket chain no longer has own-brand yogurt in certain flavors I prefer.
The store I normally shop at is being renovated, so I’m not surprised they’ve got less in stock. The next closest store didn’t have those flavors, either.
Then again, the second store isn’t as big as the first. I remember it seemed huge when it opened in the late 80s.
Life is like that, Ted,S.
I was severely disappointed everyday for 13 years married to my first wife.
Things will get better, you’ll see.
Everything I like eventually gets discontinued. 🙁
-1 Sunshine Hydrox cookies
I want my .30 Remington ammo! And I want it now!
Morning All,
Cool again today (high of 63 forecast) and maybe a few drops of rain this afternoon, but who cares, right?
I was a shut in yesterday, rain all day but back at ’em today. Enjoy the summer!
It’s 69 degrees here, which feels cooler than days past. We’re supposed to have thunderstorms later today. Might break the heat wave.
Mornin’, one more day of heat here then a bit of a break.