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Monday morning rolling out

by | Aug 31, 2026 | Mondays | 0 comments

That weekend sure zipped by damned fast – and, of course, we had the sad, though perhaps inevitable, news of the great Peter Cullen‘s passing. More than a few of us reading this ‘ere pokey blog grew up watching the Transformers shows. In my case, I watched parts of the original series, then the follow-ons, bits of Beast Wars, most of Transformers Prime, and of course the Bayformers movies. Which were objectively terrible in a lot of ways (except for Megan Fox’s rack, of course), but are still a great guilty pleasure.

So let us pay tribute to the voice of a generation’s childhood, with some of the best moments of Mr. Cullen’s career-defining role as Optimus Prime:

And, by the way, the original movie is going to be re-released in theatres for its 40th anniversary too:

(h/t LRFotS MrUNIVAC for that one)


#BasedTucker is Based


Dawn of Battle

The Male Brain gets us off to a sharp start for the day:


Mind-Expanding Drugs


Death Smiles At Us All…


Culture Beats


Warriors of Faith


Manly Men of Manliness


Bad Medicine


Veteransโ€™ Day


Judgeโ€™s Ruling


MUH RUSHIAN KAHLOOOOOOOZHUN!!!

ะะพะฒั‹ะน-ะฆะฐั€ัŒ ะŸั€ะธะบะฐะทั‹ะฒะฐะตั‚

ะŸั€ะพั„ะตััะพั€ ะ‘ั€ะพะฒะบะธะฝ ะฃั‡ะธั‚

ะ”ะตะด ะกะฒะฐั€ะปะธะฒั‹ะน ะ“ะพะฒะพั€ะธั‚!

ะ”ัะดั ะกั‚ะฐั ะžะฑัŠััะฝัะตั‚

ะ ัƒััะบะธะต ะžั€ัƒะถะธะต

ะ ัƒััะบะฐั ะ–ะธะทะฝัŒ


Timeo Danaos Et Donna Ferentesโ€ฆ


Burn Paedowood to the Ground


Reading Too Much Into Things

Linkage is good for you:

https://www.rt.com/news/644601-russia-uk-ambassador-war

https://sonar21.com/why-russia-is-winning

https://www.rt.com/russia/644787-cia-chief-moscow-russian-media

https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-16076153/jesus-burial-site-jerusalem-excavation.html

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16089233/Man-Everythings-Unmissable-sign-winds-Christian-festival-witness.html

https://theduran.substack.com/p/the-grid-becomes-the-front

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/cia-directors-mystery-moscow-trip

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-true-extent-of-fallout-from-uss

https://www.rt.com/russia/644771-oligarch-part-3-rinat-akhmetov/https://www.rt.com/news/644832-from-kiev-to-rome-fedorov/

https://www.rt.com/news/644818-us-afghanistan-five-years-later

And some more from Dawn Pine:

https://nypost.com/2026/08/24/world-news/teacher-65-denies-sexually-abusing-boys-at-catholic-school-acting-like-she-was-in-a-sabrina-carpenter-video

https://www.voiceofemirates.com/en/lifestyle/2026/08/24/bottom-of-the-sea-is-sweeping-social-media-how-did-spongebobs-city-turn-into-a-satirical-egyptian-society

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/tim-curry-home-alone-2-curse-b1294848.html


HALO Nation


BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!

KILL! MAIM!! BURN!!!


Big Boyz Toyz


Oh No! Anywayโ€ฆ


Comedy Hour


Meme Warfare

We begin with some dank memes from The Male Brain:

We can watch
We can watch
S#!t happens
S#!t happens
I'm on the fence now
I’m on the fence now
And it is probably a ghost job
And it is probably a ghost job
DIBS
DIBS
YEP
YEP
BURN
BURN
The force is strong with this imbacile
The force is strong with this imbacile
We can believe that
We can believe that
Fact checked it - IT'S WRONG
Fact checked it – IT’S WRONG
The after life allows both. There is nor
The after life allows both. There is nor “Either/Or” in heaven
How dare she?
How dare she?
Yes. Also working on Shrek was like hundreds of people for 2-3 years
Yes. Also working on Shrek was like hundreds of people for 2-3 years
God rest her soul
God rest her soul
<Face Plam>
SAY WHAT NOW?????????
SAY WHAT NOW?????????
That one is going to take a while
That one is going to take a while
Go figue
Go figue
Smart
Smart
Imagine that
Imagine that
We fight with honor
We fight with honor
Hmmm
Hmmm

And now, as LRFotS RobertW likes to say:


Real Men Watch REAL Sports

REPS FOR JESUS!!!

Ass-Kicking of the Eight Limbs

They See Me Rollinโ€™…

JUST BLEED!!!

Facefisted


Gymtardery


Animal Planet

Pawsitivity

Golden Doofuses

German Shedders

Derpskies

BAFFTime

Cattitude

Cat Against Humanity

Murder Machines


Palate Cleansers

Axe Me Anything

Knives Out

Arrow to the Knee

Forgemaster

Woodshop

Weathervane

Drumlines

Guitar Heroics

MOAR DAKKA!!!

Mambo Italiano

Lunch Break

Omakase

DORINKU!!!

Jump-Starts

Gingervitis Injections


Livinโ€™ in the Land of the Metal Gods

Also Einstein: โ€œI fear that someday people will post my pic on the Internet with bogus made-up quotations in Comic Sans fontโ€

Rock Out With Your Glock Out


Thot Shots

Finally, here are a couple of Instathots to get your day off to a suitably idiotic start – beginning with a Russian:

And now a half-Eyetie (I think):

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